It is our intention to make Wellingborough Town the prime football club in Wellingborough and with your assistance no doubt this can be achieved. Now that the future of the club has been guaranteed, this is a wonderful opportunity for young players to progress through the club to senior level and be able to play semi pro football for Wellingborough Town Football Club.

Our Football Chairman is Steve Whitney.

A former Swansea City apprentice professional, he was signed by Ron Atkinson for Kettering Town in the summer of 1972 after being released by the Swans. Steve played a number of first-team games for the Poppies but suffered a bad knee injury that eventually meant leaving his beloved Rockingham Road. Steve also played UCL football for the likes of Raunds Town, Rushden Town and Burton Park Wanderers and also had a spell with Biggleswade as well as a stint as player-manager with Burton United.

Steve started managing at under-18 level with Kettering back in 1984 and led a side only re-formed a month before the season began to the League Cup Final against Northampton Town that season.

Steve has since had a second spell in charge of the Poppies youngsters as well as Yeovil Town Rothwell Town, and Desborough Town before taking over as first-team manager at UCL side Irchester United in 2004.

Our First Team Coach is Nick Ashby.

Nick rejoined Raunds Town as player-manager towards the end of the 2004/05 season and guided the Shopmates away from the relegation zone.

He started his career under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest and then played under his father Roger, the current boss of Nuneaton Borough, at Rushden Town where they won the Southern League Midland Division, and then Aylesbury United before moving to Kettering Town in 1994 where he won the first of five England caps.

He rejoined his father at Rushden & Diamonds and helped to win the Southern Premier title.

He then had spells with Burton Albion, Raunds and Stamford, where he was player/assistant-manager under Billy Jeffrey.

Last season he led the Shopmates to a creditable eighth spot in the Premier Division on a much-reduced budget.

Ex-Burton Albion, Yeovil Town, Rothwell and Desborough left-sided player Les Hornby is joining Ashby in the move to the Dog & Duck as his number two. Les also coaches the Wellingborough Town Under 14 team.

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