And so it begins ...

Always thought that October was a bad month for Football Managers ...

Statement on Stalybridge Message Board from supremo Rob Gorski ...

Stalybridge Celtic today announces that Jim Harvey has left his position as First Team Manager by mutual consent.
Jim joined us in February 2010 and has had two promotion-challenging teams in that period. He has been a major driver in the youth policy that we have developed and he was instrumental in our change to a full time structure.
I would like to put on record our sincere appreciation for all the hard work that Jim has put in over the past 3 1/2 years and we wish him every success in his future career.
Colin Chambers, our excellent Academy Coach, will take control of training from tomorrow morning until a new appointment is made.

With two other clubs in the area "struggling" - and actually in far worse shape  'on the pitch' than Stalybridge Celtic (viz. Hyde FC and Droylsden) - who's to say that we won't see more changes ...

Meanwhile ... Hinckley United have been wound up with debts of £200,000 ... a great shame (remember going there not long after they'd moved to the new stadium for the Matt Gadsby Memorial game back in 2007 - and their first couple of home games at the then Marstons Stadium were against Ashton United and Stalybridge Celtic).  There's more to this winding up than meets the eye as well (Police probe into Hinckley United "business irregularities") ... we shall see ...
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