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Scrapper has fought for his big break

PROFILE ON NORTHAMPTON TOWN MANAGER

DEAN AUSTIN
By Chris Dunlavy

WAITING GAME: Dean Austin has had to be patient to get a chance as an EFL manager

DEAN Austin calls football his love and obsession, but the sport has frequently proved a cruel mistress for the manager of Northampton Town.
“It’s a brutal game,” he told author Michael Calvin in 2014. “Absolutely brutal. But you’ve got to keep going. You’ve got to keep fighting, keep scrapping on.”
So it has always been for a man pilloried by supporters, crippled by injury and consistently overlooked ...

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