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Neil Redfearn certainly knows how to pick a club in crisis. In the summer of 2006, he quit the manager’s chair at Scarborough as they lost their Conference place amid a host of financial woes. The former Barnsley and Bradford midfielder might have hoped for an easier ride when he pitched up at Northwich Victoria this summer. He didn’t get it. Nine Blue Square Premier matches brought eight defeats and a draw. So Redfearn packed his bags to find something less stressful to do. Since then, Northwich have lurched from one crisis to another. Redfearn’s successor, Paul Warhurst, lasted a week before walking away, citing a lack of financial backing. Tunisian striker Dino Maamria, a well known figure in non-League circles, became their third manager of the season in the opening week of October. But then came the winding-up order brought by HM Revenue and Customs over an unpaid £350,000 tax bill. Redfearn may feel he got out just in time. As WSC went to press, owner Mike Connett was applying to take the club into administration. But the Vics have hardly any assets to call their own; even paying off a reduced debt may prove beyond them. From WSC 250 December 2007 On the subject...
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