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WE’LL MORE THAN HOLD OUR OWN, CLAIMS YUS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 May 2026

By Jon Couch

LIFTING SPRITIS: Spalding United goal hero Yusifu Ceesay

YUSIFU Ceesay knows just what it takes to become a hit at Step 2 – and he’s backing newcomers Spalding United to do just that.
The much-travelled striker has played the majority of his career in National League North, turning out for the likes of Telford, Nuneaton, Alfreton, Kidderminster and Hereford as well as a spell in the EFL with Blackpool.
Now the Gambian front man finds himself back among the division’s top marksmen after goals in both the play-off semi-final and final helped the Tulips ...

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