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Ric Blank steps down as manager of Oakwood A

Ric Blank insists now is the right time to step down as joint-manager of Oakwood A following 11 successful years at the helm.

April 3, 2017 13:46
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Blank, who shared duties with Dan Kristall, this season – they currently lead the MGBSFL Premier Division and will be crowned champions if Redbridge fail to win all their remaining matches – guided the Oaks to two cup finals following a spell as C-team boss when he first arrived from Manchester.

In a statement released soon after the 6-3 win over Lions, Blank told JC Sport: “After 11 fantastic years, yesterday was my final game in charge of Oakwood.

“It’s hard to put into words what this experience has meant to me. The memories, the friends, the winning and the losing - it's been such an important part of my life.

“Football is an addiction to many of us and Sunday football the drug. I am no different. As a boy my weekends were: Saturday at Old Trafford, Sunday at Hough End playing for South. When I moved to London there was a gap that needed filling. That proved to be Oakwood. When Jonny Beilin and I took over the ailing Oakwood C team I had no idea the adventure that lay ahead.