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Step 5 and 6 football returns for another season!

The Summer drew to a close and football returned for clubs at Steps 5 and 6 yesterday as ten leagues kicked off the new 2025-26 season.

UP AND RUNNING: Veteran striker Craig Westcarr, right, takes the plaudits after his four-goal salvo for Sherwood Colliery on the opening day PICTURE: Garry Griffiths

Steps 5&6 underway as FA Cup looms
By Matthew Nash

The Summer drew to a close and football returned for clubs at Steps 5 and 6 yesterday as ten leagues kicked off the new 2025-26 season.
Sherman Artmeladze entered his name in the history books as English football’s first goalscorer of the new season, scoring after just two minutes for Soul Tower Hamlets in a 5-2 Essex Senior League win at White Ensign on Friday night.
Former Notts County striker Craig Westcarr, 40, hit four in Sherwood Colliery’s 5-1 opening-day victory at Gresley Rovers in United Counties League Premier North yesterday...

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