Stevenage have confirmed Alex Revell as First Team Manager, following the departure of Steve Evans in April…
Chairman Phil Wallace said, “We’ve taken our time to consider various candidates, but we believe the dynamics of our squad dictated that Alex was the natural successor to Steve. Alex knows the players, he’s been part of the original recruitment metric and, importantly, he’s held in high esteem by the dressing room. However, we wanted to improve our chances of success on the pitch by providing an experienced coach/assistant manager with in-game expertise and years of experience winning games.
“In this regard, we’ve also appointed the Management Team that Alex has chosen with Neil Banfield joining as Assistant Manager/First Team coach and Scott Cuthbert taking over Alex’s former number three role”.
Neil Banfield was at Arsenal for 21 years, progressing through the Academy coaching positions before being appointed as First Team coach under Arsène Wegner in 2012, a position he held for six years. This was followed in 2019 by three years as First Team coach at QPR in the Championship, before moving in November 2022 with QPR manager Michael Beale to Glasgow Rangers as First Team coach. He left that position in December 2023.
Scott Cuthbert needs no introduction to Boro’ fans having captained the Club and making 139 appearances for Stevenage in a career that spanned 20 years. It’s great to welcome him back.
Mr Wallace continued, “We had options of managers with more experience, but there’s never a guarantee the dressing room will buy into someone new and our dressing room this year is special. We have a group of hard working, great characters and we wanted to retain the identity we’ve created. These players have a respect and trust in Alex that we have built upon by adding proven coaching ability and experience in Neil”.
“There are never any guarantees in football, but we believe this is the right management team to establish us as a League One club that can push the big boys all the way”.
A Press Conference to meet Alex, Neil and Scott will be held in the Club’s 76 Lounge at The Lamex Stadium at 11am tomorrow. All are welcome to attend, with questions taken from the press and media.
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