Non-League Paper

HOW WILDER’S WONDERS PUT THE U’S BACK IN THE BIG TIME

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 March 2020

THE NLP'S GREATEST EVER SEASONS

By CHRIS DUNLAVY

U’S BEAUTY! Oxford United lift the Blue Square Play- Off trophy at Wembley and, right, celebrate
PICTURE: PA Images

STRIKE POWER: James Constable

FLYING HIGH: Ryan Clarke

BY THE time Mark Creighton joined Oxford United in the summer of 2009, he knew exactly why the U’s had spent three years marooned in Non-League.
“You look at these big clubs who get stuck in the National League and it’s always the same story,” says the 38-year-old, who arrived from rivals Kidderminster Harriers.
“They’re...

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