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AFC Whyteleafe vs Whitstable Town: Kelly Waters eyed a vision for the future

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 May 2025

By Matthew Nash

AFC WHYTELEAFE v WHITSTABLE TN

Sunday, May 11, Wembley Stadium, ko 12.15pm
Kelly Waters insists that bringing Whyteleafe back to life became an ‘obsession’ as he prepares to lead the phoenix club out against Whitstable at Wembley.
The Leafe chairman and joint-manager took over at Church Road in 2021 after the 75-year-old club withdrew from the Isthmian League before the start of the 2021-22 season.
Waters arrived with little more than a pipe dream to restart the Surrey outfit but four years later, they are 90 minutes away from winning the FA Vase at the national stadium in...

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