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FROM STEP FIVE TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 February 2018

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Dapo’s moving on up!

By Matt Badcock
JANUARY TRANSFER SPECIAL

DAP OF THE GODS: Oladapo Afolayan in action for Solihull Moors and signing for West Ham, inset
PICTURE: Solihull Observer

OLADAPO AFOLAYAN has gone from the Midland League to the Premier League’s West Ham United inside 12 months – and his former Solihull Moors boss Liam McDonald thinks it shows how much Non-League talent is out there.
McDonald, now in charge at Rushall Olympic, spotted the 20- year-old forward playing at Step 5 for Loughborough University.
Afolayan was studying for an Engineering degree havin...

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