He's been hated since his days at Boston in the early 2000s, he was always seen by non-league rivals as a man to despise and it was around then he was done for fiddling his taxes.
Sorry if this going to earn me a virtual slap off someone, but despite everything I remain glad we got Russell Slade (or anyone else we hired) rather than him.
A bit of research on google and good old Wikipedia shows that three times at Boston he was under the microscope
He's been hated since his days at Boston in the early 2000s, he was always seen by non-league rivals as a man to despise and it was around then he was done for fiddling his taxes.
Sorry if this going to earn me a virtual slap off someone, but despite everything I remain glad we got Russell Slade (or anyone else we hired) rather than him.
These are just a few of the things that Evan's has been convicted/charged with, excluding the usual minor bans, over his illustrious career:
2002 - He was found guilty by The FA in December 2002 of impeding an FA inquiry into contract irregularities. Evans was also suspended from the game for 20 months in January 2003 for involvement of the affairs of Boston, in which players' contracts lodged with the FA contained false salary details. Evans was further accused of impeding the inquiry and fined £8,000.
2005 - In September 2005, Evans and four other people connected with Boston appeared in court, denying fraud charges.
In 2006, Evans changed his plea, pleading guilty to conspiracy to evade tax.
The jury heard the club operated a shadowy system of parallel contracts and secret payments which enabled them to recruit the best players which they otherwise would not have been able to afford. Star striker Ken Charlery told the trial he was given one contract which promised him £620 a week plus a £16,000 signing-on fee. The Lincolnshire club's cheating was so successful that they gained promotion to the Football League in 2002 with a squad of players of whom many were being paid inflated wages written into secret contracts.
On 3 November 2006 Evans received a one-year suspended sentence and a £1,000 fine.Despite these events, Evans kept his manager's position at Boston, a decision that angered the Boston United Supporters' Trust.
2006- On 11 February 2006, he was escorted from Grimsby Town's stadium Blundell Park by Humberside Police at half-time, after he berated the fourth official after being incensed when Grimsby goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall appeared to handle the ball outside his area and was immediately spoken to by a police officer after a complaint of alleged foul and abusive language.
2012- In September, Evans was given a six-match stadium ban and fined £3,000 by the Football Association after being found guilty of "using abusive and insulting words and behaviour" towards a
female member of Bradford City's staff, an incident which occurred during his time at Crawley
Wow.
Squeaky clean aren't you Steve...