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SMITH’S SO GRATEFUL TO NON-LEAGUE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 July 2018

By David Richardson

TIDY: Grant Smith kept 18 clean sheets last season

GRANT SMITH has hailed his experience playing Nonleague football as key to his rise after signing for League Two Lincoln City this week.
But the former Boreham Wood stopper has admitted there were times during his early days playing for Hayes & Yeading that he questioned where his career was heading after being released by Brighton & Hove Albion
“I thought, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’” admits the 24-year-old on his first Non-League appearance in 2014.
“Without a doubt it was ...

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