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Striker Dan Holman enjoying Dubai coaching adventure

It’s fair to say Dan Holman has had to field a phone call or two from jealous friends and family over the past few months.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 March 2021

By Hugo Varley

SCORING FOR FUN: Dan Holman in familiar pose for Woking and Cheltenham Town, inset bottom, and with son George in Dubai, inset top
PICTURE: Antony Thompson

IT’S fair to say Dan Holman has had to field a phone call or two from jealous friends and family over the past few months.
Indeed, for while the UK entered another gruelling month of lockdown, the 30-year-old former National League Golden Boot winner was basking in the Dubai heat, studying for his coaching badges.
“It was just a great opportunity to come over and see football in a completely different culture, the former...

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