Local football mourns Edwards' passing (From Daily Echo)
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Local football mourns Edwards' passing
2:41pm Tuesday 26th February 2013 in Non League
ONE-TIME Fareham Town and Newport IoW manager Derek Edwards has died after a long illness.
A Portsmouth youth player in his early days, Edwards went on to become an accomplished defender, playing a lead role when Leigh Park lifted the FA Sunday Cup in 1969.
He went on to become a successful manager, primarily at Bognor Regis Town and Newport.
His funeral is at Portchester Crematorium on Friday (March 1) at 11am.
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