BAR AXE WON'T TAR MY LEGACY!

ADAM STEVENS admits he was hurt to be told in the bar that his Coalville Town reign had come to an end - but he won't let it overshadow the good times he had at his hometown club.

- Matt Badcock

Stevens will go down in folklore at the Southern Premier Central Ravens having been a central figure in some of their finest moments as a player and a manager: While they currently sit mid-table, Stevens' side beat Step 2 Boston United and Bath City to reach the last 16 of the Isuzu FA Trophy where they have been drawn against Bishop's Stortford.

And the former Grantham Town boss felt the news the club had decided to make a change after last week's defeat to Leiston could have been delivered differently.

"The key thing for me was it being done in those circumstances which disappoints you, really, because of the relationship that I've had, the success we've had," Stevens told The NLP. "Even this season we're through to the last 16 of the FA Trophy.

We won at Bath City, we beat Boston, we had another good FA Cup run.

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