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WE’RE UP FOR IT!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 June 2025

New bosses relish challenge ahead
By Jon Couch

NEW Step 1 gaffers Adam Lakeland and Alun Armstrong say they are ready for the rigours of the National League as they gear up for their big re-building jobs this summer.
Lakeland, 40, has made the step up from King’s Lynn Town to take over a FC Halifax Town side who are looking to replace three key departures to the EFL.
And Armstrong, arguably, has an even bigger task in front of him in patching up a Gateshead side hit by a number of key exits on and off the pitch amidst a takeover collapse.
Both bosses spoke exclusively to T...

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