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Lydders looking to Dex as boss

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 July 2025

LYDD Town have promoted first-team coach Dexter Gondongwe to manager of the Southern Counties East Division One club.
Gondongwe, who also served as the club’s under-23s manager, has replaced Ryan Smith, who resigned after the club lost their FA appeal against a four-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player, which saw them relegated from the Premier Division.
Lydders chairman Scott Lindsey said: “We are glad to give Dexter this opportunity and hope he brings success back to this football club. He is not afraid to give youth a chance. We see the love that he has...

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