Non-League Paper

CHRIS’ FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
31 May 2020

Flanagan hails tragic captain

By Neil Harvey

CROWNING GLORY: Christian Mbulu was a key part of the Brentwood Town team which won promotion in 2014-15

ADAM FLANAGAN says he has been left “heartbroken” by the sudden passing of former captain Christian Mbulu – and reckons he was destined for the very top.
The 23-year-old Morecambe defender was found dead after police were called to an address in Cottam, Preston, on Tuesday afternoon. Mbulu started his career as a 16-year-old academy product at Brentwood Town where Flanagan made him the club’s youngest ever captain...

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