National League North & South

Sports happy to be the underdogs at step two

When Jimmy Dean took over at Peterborough Sports in 2015, they were battling in the depths of Step 6. The fact that they will be kicking off their inaugural season in National League North next month is a genuine Non-League fairytale.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 July 2022

By Hugo Varley

UNKNOWN QUANTITY: Peterborough Sports are entering into new territory at Step 2 this season

WHEN Jimmy Dean took over at Peterborough Sports in 2015, they were battling in the depths of Step 6. The fact that they will be kicking off their inaugural season in National League North next month is a genuine Non-League fairytale.
With two seasons curtailed due to Covid, Dean has guided Sports to promotion in all but one full campaign he’s been in charge of. It’s an astounding record that has made the 39-year-old one of the most talked about young managers in the Non-League gam...

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