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FC United boss reflects on life without football

The Red Rebels had played just seven games in the NPL Premier when Covid-19 forced the premature termination of football at Step 3 for a second consecutive season.
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By Chris Dunlavy

REMEMBER THIS? FC United’s final game last term was their 5-1 defeat to Doncaster Rovers in the FA Cup at Broadhurst Park in early November
PICTURE: Barrington Coombs

FC UNITED boss Neil Reynolds says seven months without football has been the worst time of his life.
The Red Rebels had played just seven games in the NPL Premier when Covid-19 forced the premature termination of football at Step 3 for a second consecutive season.
Their final game of the 2020-21 campaign was a 5-1 defeat to Doncaster Rovers in the FA Cup first round on November 7.
“It’s been horrendous,” say...

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