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Top day ended in a Senior moment

“We’ve done it,” Senior told The NLP. “Everything we’ve worked for, we’ve had to do it the hard way. Not even a game at home, so many penalty shoot-outs – you could say we had to do it the hard way in terms of the game too.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 May 2023

By Matt Badcock

FC HALIFAX Town skipper Jack Senior fell to his knees as soon as the final whistle blew.
“We’ve done it,” Senior told The NLP. “Everything we’ve worked for, we’ve had to do it the hard way. Not even a game at home, so many penalty shoot-outs – you could say we had to do it the hard way in terms of the game too.
“They are a good team. The way they pass the ball about, the identity they’ve got, the way they play, they’re all clued up as to what is going to hurt teams. We had to be so clued up out of possession. That’s what I am most pleased about as a defender, we were so o...

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