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Ross Fitzsimons: EFL return Fitz me like a glove

Ross Fitzsimons believes he is going back into the Football League a much better goalkeeper – and person.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 June 2025

BOWING OUT IN STYLE: Goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons holds aloft the National League North Play-Off trophy with Scunthorpe United PICTURE: Luke Broughton

By Matt Badcock

Ross Fitzsimons believes he is going back into the Football League a much better goalkeeper – and person.
The 31-year-old was a key part of Scunthorpe United’s National League North playoff triumph as they returned to Step 1.
Fitzsimons kept a club record 27 clean sheets for the Iron and picked up The NLP’s Reusch Goalkeeper of the Year at the National Game Awards.
His form also saw him voted into the National League North Team of the Year.
Learning curve
Now the former England C stopper has been handed his chance back in the EFL with League One Northampton Town, managed by ...

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