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Winchester City boss Craig Davis turns down advances from rival Southern League club

MANAGER Craig Davis has chosen to stay loyal to Winchester City after being approached by a rival Southern League club.

The unnamed outfit have a bigger budget than Winchester and are ambitious for promotion, but Davis is happy to continue the project he has started at the Simplyhealth City Ground.

Having joined the cathedral city club from Fleet Town last March, the ex-Bashley, Salisbury and AFC Totton midfielder has them well in contention for the Evo-Stik South West play-offs in his first full season at the helm.

City are also just one step away from the Hampshire FA Senior Cup final following Tuesday’s rollercoaster 4-3 quarter-final victory over Alresford Town.

“A Southern League club approached me about a job and I turned it down out of loyalty to Winchester and told (City’s director of football) Dave Malone about it straight away,” Davis revealed.

“I think we’re a good club who are going places. We’re at the start of something good here with a developing side.

“We’re still a very young team with a lot of room for improvement.

“I showed loyalty to Fleet for six years and I think it would be wrong to jump ship

Source Daily Echo