Non-League Paper

KEEP CALM & CARRY ON, URGES LUKE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 May 2026

By Matt Badcock

LUKE GARRARD told his players to find comfort in chaos in the build-up to their Wembley showdown.
But there was a point last night where they were able to close their hotel doors and focus in on what’s ahead and the chance to make history by taking Wood into the EFL for the first time.
“I want calmness,” Garrard tells The NLP. “I want there to be an understanding of, ‘Mirror me’. I feel I’ve been calm, I feel the squad are reflective of me as a manager. I want them to go there and perform to the level I know they can.
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