Former Ascot United player Rob Saunders and Binfield manager Roger Herridge have led the tributes to Jeff Lamb and Paul McGrotty after the duo announced their resignations at the Racecourse Ground on Wednesday morning.
Saunders played under the pair at Ascot and tweeted: What is @grotty8 going to do on Satdees?! He and Jeff led the best side the club has ever seen and me to some of my best days in football.
https://twitter.com/SogsSaunders/status/816619153746436096
Herridge, manager of Hellenic Premier League neighbours Binfield tweeted McGrotty: ‘Our will to win saw us fall out at times but always had 100% respect for you.’
@grotty8 will be sorry to see you guys go. Our will to win saw us fall out at times but always had 100% respect for you ⚽
— Roger Herridge (@Rog0109) January 4, 2017
Bracknell News sports reporter Dave Wright said:
Sorry to see @AscotUnitedFC management team all standing down. But I'm not surprised. Jeff and Paul always great to interview.
— Dave Wright (@DWrightSport) January 4, 2017
And there were similar messages of support for the pair..
Sad to see Jeff & @grotty8 leave @AscotUnitedFC.Have done an amazing job over the years & had my best memories in football during their time
— Jon Bennett (@jonbennett9) January 4, 2017
Sad to see the news Jeff and @grotty8 have stepped down. Done an amazing job @AscotUnitedFC and was an honour to captain their side
— David Hancock (@Daveh2705) January 4, 2017
Sad to see these 3 step aside. Had some very good battles over the years. Best of luck in the future boys.
— Paul Shone (@PShoney81) January 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/footieplums/status/816618418900271104
While Saunders has categorically defintely absolutely ruled himself out of the running (we haven’t though)..
https://twitter.com/SogsSaunders/status/816633923438608384
And Dave has some thoughts as speculation around who might take over at Ascot Racecourse mounts..
@AscotUnitedFC looking for new managers. What are Messrs Bateman and Eggleston ( ex @wokingham_sumas ) doing these days?
— Dave Wright (@DWrightSport) January 4, 2017
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