By Matt Badcock

PROUD MOMENT: Dave Diaper lifts the FA Vase trophy with Sholing in 2014 – now he’s gone on to manage 1,000 games at the club
PICTURE: Action Images

“LIKE MOST MANAGERS, I THOUGHT I’D BE IN THE JOB FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS” – Sholing boss Dave Diaper
THERE’S a picture taken on the Isle of Wight that, for Sholing boss Dave Diaper, epitomises what Non-League football is about.
The Boatmen were Vosper Thornycroft back then when they were crowned Hampshire League 2000-2001 champions in Diaper’s second season at the helm. Pints in ...