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Jamie’s living the dream

Jamie Tompkins didn’t have to gaze too far to envisage fulfilling his Wembley dream – all he need do was look out of his bedroom window!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 May 2023

By Jon Couch

JAMIE Tompkins didn’t have to gaze too far to envisage fulfilling his Wembley dream – all he need do was look out of his bedroom window!
The Ascot United boss grew up just three miles away from the Home of English football, in Northolt, and still works just down the road at Premier League Brentford FC, as their Head of Youth Development.
But it’s his success in his ‘second job’ which will led him back to north-west London this afternoon where he will fulfil the childhood dream he never thought possible.
A fortnight after steering the Yellamen into Step 4 for the first time in...

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