National League North & South

Craig marches to Saints tune!

Buxton boss Craig Elliott is taking inspiration from rivals Brackley as he bids to join the National League North promotion battle.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 June 2023

Bucks boss has belief as part-timer
By Chris Dunlavy

Craig Elliott

BUXTON boss Craig Elliott is taking inspiration from rivals Brackley as he bids to join the National League North promotion battle.
In a division stacked with big budgets and full-time teams, Brackley have defied their semi-pro status to reach the play-offs in each of the last five seasons.
And after hauling Buxton from the relegation zone to within a point of the top six in their first-ever campaign at Step 2, Elliott says emulating the Saints is now his target.
“It’s a tough, tough league this,” says Elliott, who...

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