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Success heaps pride on Jamie

YOU could hardly blame manager Jamie Heapy for savouring every second of Didcot Town’s promotion having won the battle of – and for – his life.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 May 2023

By Andy Mitchell

WE DID IT! Didcot players celebrate their promotion in style and, inset, manager Jamie Heapy, right, with the trophy
PICTURE: Sean Coxon

YOU could hardly blame manager Jamie Heapy for savouring every second of Didcot Town’s promotion having won the battle of – and for – his life.
‘Mr Didcot’ played more than 850 games for the Railwaymen, winning the FA Vase and captaining the club to its first journey into Step 3 back in 2009.
Monday’s 1-0 win at home to Ware in the Southern Division One Central playoff final, decided by Jamar Smith’s first-half penalty, earned a retur...

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