Nantwich Town had just been relegated from the Northern Premier League's top flight after a 14-year stay and the defender was desperate to help them return at the first attempt.
Instead, he tore his ACL at the start of pre-season.
"That was tough mentally," he told The NLP.
"And I would never have returned had the phone not rang." Fast forward 10 months, and this week Moran was Simpson appointed as the Dabbers' next manager following a short stint as caretaker.
He succeeds Paul Carden, the man who dialled his number last Christmas after a difficult December during which the team had failed to win a league game and occupied a position in the bottom half of the NPL West Division table.
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WE HAD A NUTTY ALMOND PARTY!
Roy Hamilton tells JOHN LYONS about the days when Almondsbury Greenway became a big fish in Non-League waters...
VILLAGERS ARE ON TO A SHAW THING
THERE'S no place like home, as the old saying goes.
DABBER JON GETS A DABBLE - AT 27!
SECOND time around, Jon Moran's reaction a potentially career-ending knee injury was to step away from football altogether.
LEON'S LATE, LATE SHOW
Lobjoit hat-trick stuns the Daniels
BLUES STEAL POINT IN DRAMATIC FINISH
BILLERICAY Town nicked a remarkable point in second half stoppage time with two late, late goals in this rip-roaring top-of-the-table clash.
BOSS GRAY HAS GOT HIS MOJO BACK AT COLLIERS
NICKY Gray is relishing a return to the dugout after revealing an offer from Ashington ‘ticked a lot of boxes’.
LAMBS SO SAVAGE ON SILKMEN!
ANDY Peaks’ backto-back Tamworth inflicted the first defeat of the season on Robbie Savage’s Macclesfield to progress into the first round for the first time in just over a decade after an enthralling cup tie.
WE JUST LOVED OUR 'BIGG DAY
OLLIE PEARCE'S brace and a goal from Dipo Akinyemi guided York City to a resounding victory over underdogs Biggleswade.
BRAKES ARE HOLLERING!
PAUL HOLLERAN jokes 'it was never meant to be like this' as he approaches 15 years in charge of National League North high-flyers Leamington - and says producing players is what keeps him motivated.
JOHNNO'S MACHINE KEEPS ON CHURNING
PAUL JOHNSON told The NLP back in the summer that he wouldn’t mind, in a strange way, if Farnham Town’s unbeaten league streak came to an end.
