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Cugley’s out on his own

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 May 2018

IN your ar ticle concer ning Tony Burman leaving Dar tford (NLP May 13), it was stated that had he stayed he would have replaced Arsene Wenger as the long est-serving boss in England’s top seven divisions this season.
Whilst I’m sure he was the longest serving in the top six divisions, our own Neil Cugley at Folkestone Invicta will be starting his 22nd season at the helm in 2018/19. This Weng er statistic was also stated in The NLP in a feature on Cugley a few weeks ago.
Coincidentally, both Cugley and Burman have roads named after them on the housing complex built where the old...

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