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Shrewd Steve is master of his destiny…

Shrewd Steve

Steve Evans’ remarkable longevity can largely be ascribed to his capacity for spotting talent and ability to build winning teams. But the 61-year-old also knows when to bail out at the right time.
In April 2012, he turned his back on a Crawley team that was just a month away from promotion to League One, recognising the higher ceiling offered by a Rotherham side primed to surge out of the basement division.
Three-and-a-half years later, with the Millers on the cusp of an historically awful Championship campaign, Evans voluntarily joined the dole queue.
He left Mansfield pushing for promotion...

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