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LEWISHAM BOROUGH
By HUGO VARLEY

CLUB EFFORT: At last, the south London borough of Lewisham has a football team they can be proud of

LEWISHAM is renowned as a special hotbed for emerging talent – now it’s embracing its very own Non-League team.
But. remarkably, despite topflight players such as Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Joe Gomez and Eddie Nketiah calling the south London borough home, you have to scan all the way down to Step 6 to find a team the area can be proud of.
Founded in 2003, Lewisham Borough FC ply their trade in Southern Counties East Division One, but club offers far ...

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