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Alex moves on
The 35-year-old leaves the county town club after six seasons and revealed it was a difficult decision to make. He said: “It’s all happened very quick and sudden. I finished training last Thursday and Shaun Brooks said Wimborne had asked to speak to me about becoming player-manager. “We discussed it and I then got a call from Wimborne on Friday and went to see them yesterday afternoon and now it’s all done and dusted. “It pulls on the heart strings to leave Dorchester because it’s a fantastic place to be but this was too good an opportunity to turn down. “After the two big non-League clubs in the county Wimborne are the next biggest so I felt I had to give it a go. “How much I’ll play I don’t know. I’ll go there and have a look around and play it by ear.” Browne joined the Magpies in the summer of 2003 after more than 10 years and over 600 appearances at rivals Weymouth. The defender, who was appointed Shaun Brooks’ right-hand man last May, went on to make 216 appearances in Dorchester colours, his last coming in the 4-0 Dorset Senior Cup victory over Blandford United two weeks ago in which he scored. Browne added: “I’d like to thank Shaun and Dorchester for giving me the opportunity as assistant. They’ve got things to get on with now, like the FA Cup replay next week, and hopefully this won’t disrupt it. I still want them to do well but things change in football all the time, players come and go and clubs just get on with it.” Former Dorchester boss Mark Morris was linked with the Cuthbury hot-seat, but Wimborne director Paul Miller revealed only Browne and ex-Terra and Magpie Gary Borthwick were interviewed for the post. And while Browne, at first glance, appears to have little managerial experience, Miller insists the defender’s youth can help ignite his club’s faltering fortunes. He said: “We were very impressed with Alex’s approach and what he can bring to the football club. We interviewed Gary Borthwick as well and he was an exceptional candidate. He is very knowledgeable of the game, but the key thing for us with Alex was continuity. “Alex still plays and is a quality centre-back, which is something else we felt we needed to bring to the club. That is pretty much what swung it.” Browne was in the dugout on Saturday as Dorchester captured a draw at Oxford United in their first round FA Cup clash, and he was delighted with the display despite seeing the Magpies denied a famous victory after Ryan Moss’ late goal was disallowed for an alleged handball. He said: “We rode our luck a bit and you’re going to get that against a side in a higher league but in the second half we were fantastic. “It gives the lads confidence and hopefully they can go out and do it again.”
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