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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Haywards Heath Town 2-3 Redbridge

The FA has taken play-offs to a new level this year. Some lowly Step 4 sides are playing runners-up in Step 5 Leagues to fight out promotion and relegation. I love this different idea!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 May 2023

DIARY OF

SATURDAY, MAY 6 HAYWARDS HEATH TOWN 2 REDBRIDGE 3

THE FA has taken play-offs to a new level this year. Some lowly Step 4 sides are playing runners-up in Step 5 Leagues to fight out promotion and relegation. I love this different idea!
Selfishly, it allows me the chance to pull in grounds I haven’t yet visited when the pickings are becoming decidedly thin on the ground. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a win-win situation (rather than a win-lose situation for the clubs involved).
The fixture that sticks out like a sore thumb is Haywards Heath of the Isthmian South East (Step 4) against Redbridg...

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