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Lee Fowler: We are the true Entertainers

The National League playoffs have made for fantastic viewing so far – and they’ve helped show the outside world how entertaining this level of football is.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 June 2022

Lee FOWLER

CLOSE CALL: Grimsby and Solihull in action earlier in the season

THE National League playoffs have made for fantastic viewing so far – and they’ve helped show the outside world how entertaining this level of football is.
Grimsby Town’s thrilling 5-4 win over Wrexham last Saturday is a great example. It was the only live game on TV that lunchtime and all those of us who tuned in were treated to a brilliant 120 minutes.
I’ve never seen such a high scoring play-off game. Usually we think of big semi-finals like that to be really cagey and decided by a moment of magic or even an ...

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