BY CHRIS DUNLAVY

THIS time last year, Scott Rendell was wavering. Released by Havant & Waterlooville, the now 36-year-old striker had just been invited to join AFC Totton of Southern League Division One South.
Like everyone else, Rendell knew the ambitious Stags were going places. But was a player only just out of full-time football, his CV burnished by over 100 EFL appearances, really ready to drop into Step 4?
“Driving down here last summer, I really didn’t know,” admits the former Peterborough, Wycombe and Luton striker, who has scored over 200 goals in a career spanning 20 years....