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BOSS HAS SHO-WN THE WAY, SAYS DAN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 May 2023

By Matthew Nash

SHOLING goal-den boy Dan Mason has attributed the club’s promotion to the man who has built the club “from the ground up” – long-serving manager Dave Diaper.
The Boatmen reached Step 3 by winning last Monday’s Southern Premier League Division One South play-off 2-0 against Hamworthy United in front of a club-record attendance of 1,289 at the Imperial Homes Stadium.
After a mammoth 24 years and a 1,198 matches in charge, Diaper will finally be able to take charge of his beloved Sholing in the Southern Premier Division South next seas...

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