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LUKE’S LOOKING TO NEW HEIGHTS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 August 2026

By Sam Bunce

LUKE AT US GO! Longest-serving player Luke Preedy is looking forward to leading Everett Rovers into Step 5 for the first time

AT THE far end of the clubhouse, reluctantly away from the distant murmuring, the longest-serving player at Everett Rovers had taken a seat after finishing another admittedly gruelling pre-season session, ahead of the club’s debut season at Step 5.
Stepping out onto a statean-th-e-art astro turf having a welcoming place to socialise inside have not always been typical parts of Luke Preedy’s routine here, especially when he was fi...

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