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Kevin Adair: Statement from Men's Committee

07 Feb 2026

On Saturday the 31st of January Kev Adair stepped down from his position as manager of the Alton FC first team.

Kev has spent nearly 7 seasons at our football club and has been the major driving force in establishing us as a step 5 football club at the senior level.

His first few years were really tough as he joined us at the time when covid was wreaking havoc yet he and his team performed so consistently over the first two seasons that they won promotion back from step 6 which was the level he inherited to step 5, which was his challenge.

In his third year he consolidated our position in the Wessex Premier only to have rug pulled out from under his feet when the FA reallocated our club to the Combined Counties League , he lost most of the side overnight.

He rebuilt his squad and within 2 years he was challenging for the play offs , finishing 7th , the highest position any Alton side had finished for decades.

Yet every year the challenge to compete and move forward gets harder and harder and the time required to meet those challenges longer and longer.

Kev is a leader of men and spent a huge amount of that time ensuring that the players were incredibly well looked after.

The time and effort he has committed to our club unmeasurable.

His playing record over those 7 seasons up there with the very very best at this level.

He will be a huge miss, a great ambassador for the whole club, keen to see and help the youth set up succeed as part of how he saw his role.

Should he choose to there is no doubt a club higher up the football pyramid would be lucky to have him.

He goes with our thanks and gratitude for his commitment and dedication and our very best wishes for him and his family in a bright and healthy future.