Non-League Paper

WE GOT THERE IN THE END!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 May 2017

Finally, our play-off jinx is over

By JOSHUA PECK

THIS time last year, my beloved Ebbsfleet United had just lost the National League South play-off final and after five years of heartache with relegation and two failed promotion attempts, I started to wonder if I would ever see the glory days again.
The 2016 play-offs saw us squeeze past Whitehawk on penalties in the semi-finals and face a fellow Kent side for promotion, Maidstone United.
On paper, we were favourites just like we were to win the league until we combusted. It was one apiece after 90 minutes, extra-time loomed, when Danny ...

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