Non-League Paper

DOWSON: AT LAST I’VE FULFILLED A DREAM

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 August 2018

ALAN DOWSON would sit behind the goal at Woking hoping one day he would get his chance to be stood in the home dugout – and on Tuesday night he had his dream debut.
“It’s one of the best nights I’ve had in 12 years – I used to sit there”, he points. “In the far corner of the stand in my spare time at Walton and at Kingstonian looking at the managers in the dugout, looking at the players, thinking I hope I can get this job.
“I never knew if I would and I’m not saying I’m good enough to do it, results will prove that. They’ve h...

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