Club Chairman Andrew Long comments “Firstly our thanks to everyone who applied for this exciting opportunity to lead our Men’s First Team into our three-year plan. We had an exceptional, and diverse, short list and a hard decision to make, but we are confident that Marc is the right manager at the right time.”

Head of Football Danny Laws continues “Our plan is underpinned by the club’s ability to attract the most ambitious senior players in the area to play at this high level, supported by the pipeline of homemade talent coming through our academy into adult football. Given Marc’s easy rapport with Craig Power and his Academy colleagues, plus his network of players attracted to prove their ability to compete and win at Step Three, I can think of few managers better qualified.”

Andrew Long adds “Marc’s experience with St Neots and his day job with Cambridge United are among numerous factors that we consider beneficial. Both help to shift our geographic scope towards the Southern Premier League’s region, thereby helping to address that aspect of the challenge we face.”

In his first comment for the club Abbott says “I am incredibly proud to be asked to join AFC Sudbury at this point in time when we have an exciting vision, realistic ambition and a solid plan to achieve it. I am looking forward to meeting all the volunteers and supporters at the heart of the club, and not least to my first pre-match interview with young Isaac who seems to epitomize the way that the club provides young talent with every opportunity to grow and shine.”

Pre-season planning has been underway quietly in the background and Marc has already made an impact with some interesting additions that will be announced in due course.

See and hear Marc in his first official AFC interview HERE