Steve Evans: ‘Look at Klopp on the sidelines. That’s me 10 years ago. That’s pressure’ | Stevenage
‘Alexa, cease,” Steve Evans says, sitting at his kitchen desk, shutting off the Motown playlist as he displays on Stevenage’s excellent begin to the season, hours after victory preserved their good dwelling file. It’s a summer season’s day in Rutland, the solar blasting in from the backyard that doubles up as a soccer pitch for him and Joseph, his eldest grandson. Evans spent the morning strimming the hedges and mowing the garden and is comfortable as he seems to be again on a vibrant profession within the dugout. All of it started within the 90s, a couple of minutes down the highway at Stamford AFC the place he received two of his eight promotions and the administration bug gripped him, however a lot has modified since then. The rhino pores and skin stays – it’s a necessity to final this lengthy within the sport – however Evans insists the caricature of the uncensored character who would overheat and berate officers on the touchline is outdated. So does he really feel he has mellowed? “With no shadow of a doubt,” says Evans, 60 subsequent month. “I’ve assume in case you’ve seen me 10-15 years in the…