Non-League Paper

SWANS SEIZE HUGE CHANCE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 May 2022

By Jon Couch

GRIN IT TO WIN IT: Newport Pagnell Town manager Gary Flinn is all smiles and, inset, the Swans celebrate Kieran Barnes’ magnificent opener
PICTURE: Garry Griffiths

HOW DO you solve a problem like Littlehampton Town? That was the dilemma facing the two Garys, Flinn and Chance, as they led Newport Pagnell Town’s bid for Wembley glory.
Around 130 miles away from the Swans’ Willen Road ground, the Sussex club had made easy meat of their Step 5 opponents in the Southern Combination, scoring 130 goals in a mightily-impressive title-winning campaign.
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