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Chief has a second chance at cup glory

James Connor was cruelly denied a chance of fulfilling an FA Cup dream as a player – now he’s out to finally create memories, this time from the head of the boardroom table.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 September 2023

Chief has

By Jon Couch

JAMES CONNOR was cruelly denied a chance of fulfilling an FA Cup dream as a player – now he’s out to finally create memories, this time from the head of the boardroom table.
As a teenage midfielder at defunct Aldershot, Connor was once labelled one of London’s top talents with Mick McCarthy’s Millwall clambering over their rivals to offer him a mammoth five-year deal.
But just two months and 10 games into his fledgling career, a knee injury forced the young Lion to hang up his boots and set his sights on a different career at the ripe age of just 22.
These days, Connor runs hi...

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