 Evergreen Football Club will look to climb the league with a new man in charge after assistant manager Paul ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald replaced Paul Faulkner. It is the first time for a number of years that an ‘Abbots Man’ will lead the club, and Fitzgerald has his work cut out after the Green Boys suffered another torrid month. Faulkner handed in his resignation at the end of September after admitting that he felt he had taken the club as far as he could. Fitzgerald told My Abbots: “With Paul (Faulkner) leaving it’s now a case of steadying the ship. I intend to spilt the season into four and set the team targets for each quarter. “Realistically, we cannot win the league, but its early days and the aim is to consolidate and get the team away from the relegation zone.” The Green Boys currently lie in the bottom three, having failed to win a single league fixture in the last month, with the only bright spot for the South Way side being progression in the Aubrey Cup at the expense of First Division Chipperfield. After a promising draw against Hatfield Town last month, Evergreen came up against mid-table Stanton and Puckeridge. The Green Boys winless run sadly continued as they suffered a 3-1 defeat, with Craige Tomkins consolation the only notable moment of the match worth mentioning. Faulkner’s former side had the opportunity to gain their first win in four when they travelled to fellow strugglers Knebworth. A six goal thriller would see Evergreen sadly only gain the one point, as goals from Daniel Field, Craige Tomkins and Dean Seabrook meant a 3-3 draw for the struggling side. The side’s next fixture was a tricky trip to fourth placed Wormley Rovers. The South Way side suffered their biggest defeat of the season so far by their superior opponents, crashing to a 4-0 loss, leaving them six games without a league win. This would be Faulkner’s last game in charge as he resigned a few days later; stating that he had taken the club has far as he could. Assistant manager Paul Fitzgerald took charge of the team’s last fixture, which was the Aubrey Cup game against Chipperfield Corinthians. After the two sides finished normal time at 2-2, the game went into extra time. Somehow, Evergreen managed to put their recent poor run behind them and hammer their opponents 6-2 in the extra 30 minute period. A hat-trick from Dean Seabrook and goals from Danny Field, Jack Brown and Howard Hall ensured that former Mill End manager Fitzgerald would get off to winning ways giving Evergreen a Quarter Final away to Debden Sports to look forward too.
My Abbots would like to wish ‘Fitzy’ all the best in turning the club’s fortunes around.
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