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TOP, AND NO HANGOVER!

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 November 2020

Steve KING

DARTFORD MANAGER

OFF AND RUNNING: Dartford have kicked off the new season well, showing no signs of their play-off heartbreak
PICTURE: Carol White-Griffiths

WE MOVED top of the National League South table in the week. It’s nice but all it means is we’ve had a decent opening.
You see it time and time again. Teams that lose in the play-off final, as we did, often struggle at the start of the next season.
Psychologically it is so deflating. I know how I felt after the Weymouth game for at least a month. I was wrecked.
But, as manager, you’re the leader. The g...

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