Non-League Paper

DREAM DECADE HAS FLOWN BY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 February 2021

By Johnny Morton

HOT TUBBS! Matt Tubbs scored 37 goals in 41 league games as Crawley Town lifted the Football Conference trophy ten years ago, inset
PICTURE: PA Images

IT’S A WHOLE ten years since Matt Tubbs helped fi re Crawley Town into the Football League for the fi rst time in their history – but, for the free-scoring striker, it feels just like yesterday.
On joining the ambitious Red Devils for a then club-record fee from Salisbury ahead of the 2010-11 Conference campaign, manager Steve Evans made it crystal clear what the club’s expectations were – promot...

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