Non-League Paper

MARINERS SEEK MORE MEMORIES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 November 2026

By Luke Oakes

MARINE travel to League One high-flyers Bradford City on Saturday looking to create more life-changing FA Cup memories.
In 2021 and during lockdown, the Mariners, then at Step 4, famously landed a once-in-a-lifetime financial lifeline by hosting Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur in the third round.
And CEO James Leary says that legacy lives on for the now National League North side.
“We generated £650,000 and we used that money to put in a new 3G pitch and to completely renovate all of our bars in the front of the stadium,” Leary told The NLP.
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