Non-League Paper

ARDLEY HAS SET SIGHTS AT THE TOP

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 July 2025

By Thomas Barlow

AMBITIOUS Neal Ardley says he is aiming for the very top of the National League with Woking this season.
Ardley lost only one in his first 17 matches in charge of the Cards since walking through the door at Kingfield last December, but had to negotiate a nervy final few matches to lead the club to regelation safety.
But a takeover of the club by the Cardinal Football Group back in February – and the subsequent appointment of Jody Brown as director of football – have given the club a foundation in which to build on and Ardley, the former Notts County,...

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