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We’re green for go – Swans chairman

Chairman Steve Handley says Newport Pagnell is in the grip of FA Vase fever as the Swans gear up for their big date at Wembley.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 May 2022

By John Lyons

PROUD chairman Steve Handley says Newport Pagnell is in the grip of FA Vase fever as the Swans gear up for their big date at Wembley.
Tickets for the final have been selling like hot cakes and it’s given many in the Buckinghamshire town, in the borough of Milton Keynes, a new-found interest in their local side.
“It’s incredible, the high street is green and white,” enthused Handley, below, who hails from Sheffield but moved south more than 40 years ago. “There’s even a Wembley arch outside one of the pubs!
“Getting to Wembley means so much to the club and to the town. We were...

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