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I felt like a little boy over again!

Chris Millington admitted he felt like a little boy lost when leading out his FC Halifax Town side under the arch at Wembley.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 May 2023

ISUZU FA TROPHY FINAL
By Jon Couch

LEADING FROM THE FRONT: Chris Millington turned around the fortunes of FC Halifax Town’s season
PICTURE: Alamy

CHRIS Millington admitted he felt like a little boy lost when leading out his FC Halifax Town side under the arch at Wembley.
“I didn’t know what I was doing!,” the Shaymen chief admitted.
“I didn’t know where I was meant to be walking or what I was doing.
“[Captain] Jack Senior kind of had me on remote control, he was saying ‘no gaffer, this way, that way!’
“It was a bit surreal, I felt like a little boy just playing at it.
“I saw a clip of ...

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