From board room to dugout: Colin April’s new mission

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Collin April has returned to the football scene by reviving Namib Woestyn FC. The club had been absent from league football for nearly 15 years. To achieve this return, April purchased the first division status of Young African FC. He describes the club as having left a deep mark on the country's football history. April believes the club has been saved from near extinction. He has moved from an executive role to a position on the dugout.

Namibia’s renowned player agent Collin April has done it again. Mr Reliable of local football has swapped his executive jacket for the tracksuit of Namib Woestyn FC – a club he has just resurrected after almost 15 years in the football wilderness. The soft-spoken football boss bought the first division status of Young African FC to return Woestyn to league football. “Yes, tell the people of Namibia that Namib Woestyn, a club that has left a deep mark in the country’s football, is back from the claws of death after near extinction,” April says. “The period of uncertainty has finally

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