Adrian Bevington (born c. 1971) was Club England Managing Director at

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(the FA) from 2010 to 2015. He was recently a Non-Executive Director at

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side

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. In October 2022, Bevington resigned as a Non Executive Director at

Career

Bevington was born in

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and started his career at ICI as a trainee on the company newspaper C&P News in 1987. He is a lifelong fan of his hometown football team

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, whose media team he later joined. He has also written books on the club, one with fellow press officer Dave Allen, "From Doom to Boom: The Most Dramatic Decade in the Life of Middlesbrough FC" (Hardback, Mainstream Publishing 1996), about the dramatic rebirth of Middlesbrough F.C. following their financial woes in 1986. He joined the FA's communications division in 1997, since when he has worked with managers

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, Kevin Keegan, Sven-Göran Eriksson,

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, Fabio Capello and Roy Hodgson. He has worked with several chief executives, including

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and Ian Watmore. On 22 May 2018, it was announced by

that Bevington had joined the club as Head of Recruitment Operations. Bevington left the role in December 2019. In September 2021, Bevington joined the board at

as a Non-Executive Director.

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* 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Middlesbrough British public relations people The Football Association Middlesbrough F.C. non-playing staff Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-bio-stub