Dino Maamria: Stevenage appoint Nuneaton Town boss as manager
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Former Stevenage player and assistant boss Dino Maamria has been appointed as the new manager of the League Two club.
The Tunisian, 44, joins from National League North side Nuneaton, where he had been in charge since October.
He replaces Darren Sarll, who was sacked on Sunday after two years in charge with the club 16th in the table.
"I have always loved his passion for the club, our fans and for winning football matches," Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace told the club website.
"The Nuneaton chairman was outstanding in the way he handled our interest but he was desperately sad to see Dino leave after the difference he had made to their results."
Maamria first joined Stevenage in 2003 and played 97 games for them in two spells before returning to the club to work under Graham Westley in 2008.
He also managed Southport for four months in 2015-16, in between stints on Westley's coaching team at Preston and Newport County.
"We had a lot of applications for the job but we needed to bring Dino back home and we wanted him in charge for the home game against Colchester on Saturday," Wallace added.
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Agreed, but this is a good choice. Too often, it's all about the top 6 Premiership teams. More HYS on the lower leagues would be nice, because they do have supporters, too!
Good luck to Dino Maamria and Stevenage.
It's not unreasonable for the appointment of a League Two manager to be featured on the League Two section. Dino's ethnicity is completely irrelevant to everyone except people like you who have a chip on your shoulder about it.
- "Understand completely why the lure of Stevenage was too much to say no to."
Understand completely why the lure of Stevenage was too much to say no to, but am gutted all the same.
I realised your meaning, which is why I clicked the up-arrow and wrote what I wrote. Seeing some on the other comments about the lower league clubs, we start to realised that there are 92 clubs in the football league plus another 24 in the National League, all of which have a right to be supported and deserve their own HYS. It's these other teams which are supplying the interest.
Stevenage board member #2: 'Let's just hire his chummy assistant who plays the same brand of 'football' instead.'
One day, Stevenage fans will see a match played on the ground and without those predetermined drinks breaks that GW so loves.
Proof if proof were needed that we all knew his name and could chant it slowly together...
Good luck in your new role squire.
Dino! Dino! :)
They have gone from 2nd bottom at Christmas to 13th in the table under his management.
Well liked by the fans there apparently.
Good luck Dino
Totally agree. He did a great job at Newport County as well. If you want a laugh check out what he reckons his legacy there was via Wikipedia.
Mid table yes, but they were 2nd bottom when he took over.