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The Planters, who suffered relegation from the Bostik North Division last season, found them-
selves on a barren run of form when Anselin was appointed midway through December, a
slump which saw the Norfolk club slide down the Eastern Counties Premier Division table.
However, a smash and grab win away at Wroxham and battling draws against Gorleston
and Godmanchester Rovers over the festive period helped to reignite a sense of belief at
Plantation Park and the future is looking increasingly bright for the club.
The new boss remarked: “Coming into a side that
are going through a bad patch is difficult so my in-
itial aim was to steady the ship and quickly put a
stop to this losing run.
“You don’t become a bad player overnight and I
know that a lot of the lads here possess real quality
so it is mainly a matter of helping them to become
confident on the pitch again.
“From a personal perspective this job is perfect for
me because Norfolk is my home and I have spent Cedric Anselin, Norwich United manager,
many years living here now. I am settled and my two considered taking his own life during a par-
children live here so to be managing a team in the ticularly bleak time in his career.
area is brilliant.”

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