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SPECIAL FEATURE
THE VOLUNTARY LOT
Steve Cunliffe (Secretary)
Not the type who sits at a desk
flicking through gossip magazines
and answering cold-callers, Steve’s
role demands an attention-to-detail
unrivalled by anyone at the club. Steve
signs and registers players, liaises with
match officials, organises fixtures,
keeps all of the club’s administration
in check, designs, writes and prints the
matchday programme and manages
the fundraising Predictor each
week. Then he turns his attentions
to matchday tasks, providing team
sheets and communicating with the
media two of the major tasks at any
football club. Steve has been with
the club for over 10 years, and has
seen and been a pivotal figure as the
Newtonians have gone from strength
to strength. “I remember when I first
started,” says Steve. “There was more
subs on the sidelines than fans. To see
the club today from where it has come
from, is truly remarkable.”
Dan Lewis (General Manager)
Mr Football, Dan is the man
responsible for Newton Aycliffe’s
latest development ‘The Soccer
Factory,’ a multi-purpose indoor
football arena due to open its doors
on Aycliffe Business Park later this
year. Dan has been with the club for
almost two years, and has used his
experiences and skills of working at
high-profile organisations such as
Durham University and Hartlepool
United, to oversee and implement
various strategic decisions which has
steered the club in a new direction as it
looks to sustain its position at the top
table of the Ebac Northern League.
Paul McGeary (Historian)
Statistic-mad Paul, a Maths teacher
no less, has been with the club for
five years, since its inception into
the Northern League. Previously the
club’s Programme Editor and Website
Manager, Paul won an unprecedented
three ‘Northern League Programme
of the Year’ awards, between 201012. Paul’s role has evolved in recent
seasons, and he now looks after the
historical records of the team, keeping
everyone informed of who’s who and
what’s what, via the club’s website and
social media outlets.