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Kelvin has a pure desire

Title winner Kelvin Langmead would love to take Banbury United back to the future in his first managerial gig – even if time travel isn’t an option.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 August 2025

By Andy Mitchell

CROWD PLEASERS: Banbuty United are looking to give fans something to cheer

TITLE winner Kelvin Langmead would love to take Banbury United back to the future in his first managerial gig – even if time travel isn’t an option.
The ex-Shrewsbury Town and Northampton defender was influential on the field when the Puritans won Southern League Premier Division Central in 2022 under Andy Whing, now boss of League Two Barrow.
Now 40 and having retired from playing during the early part of last season, Langmead is following in his old gaffer’s footsteps by taking his first steps in...

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