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Wilting Leafers impress Waters

Kelly Waters was left with nothing but pride after watching AFC Whyteleafe fall to a narrow FA Vase final defeat.

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Mark Carruthers
18 May 2025

PROUD: AFC Whyteleafe’s Kelly Waters By David Lawrence

KELLY Waters was left with nothing but pride after watching AFC Whyteleafe fall to a narrow FA Vase final defeat.
After a remarkable season which still might see Waters’ side crowned champioms Combined Counties League Premier Division South, a Wembley visit was the icing on the cake for Surrey side.
Captain Dan Bennett handed them the perfect start by scoring a 17th-minute opener, and that was how it stayed until Harvey Smith equalised for Whitstable six minutes into the second half before Ronald Sithole won it for the Oystermen in ext...

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