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BIRCHAM’S EAGLES ON COURSE TO SOAR HIGH

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 October 2023

By Tom Greenwood

ORCHESTRATOR: Lee Bircham has led Bedford Town’s storming start to the season

BEDFORD TOWN’S manager Lee Bircham says he didn’t have to think twice about joining the club in the summer – but admits an immediate tilt at promotion wasn’t part of the remit.
The Eagles are soaring in the Southern League Division One Central, sitting top of the league unbeaten with eight wins from their opening ten matches.
Bircham made the rather unpopular switch to The New Eyrie from Bedfordshire rivals Leighton Town in May, shortly after guiding t...

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