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VETS ALL SET TO DEFEND WORLD CROWN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
31 May 2026

By Neil Harvey

READY: England’s veterans

VAUXHALL MOTORS’ Kevin Ellison and new Margate boss Jamie Coyle are among the veterans in Thailand aiming to win England’s ninth Seniors World Cup.
The Three Lions begin defending the crown they have won for the last two years.
Kicking-off tomorrow, the annual eight-team tournament concludes on Saturday.
Ellison and Coyle – who recently left his role as Whitstable Town manager to take over at Kent rivals Gate – are among the squad, alongside former ex-Truro City striker Barry Hayles and former Hashtag, B...

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