Step 3

BLUES PLAN TO MAKE A MARK AGAIN

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 August 2025

DIV 1 CENTRAL
By Jon Couch

MARK Bartley’s Marlow will be looking for an immediate return to Step 3 following last season’s relegation.
The Blues won the Isthmian South Central play-offs in 2023-24 but found the step up to Southern Premier South just too much last year.
“I don’t expect a hangover and I haven’t seen any sign of it in pre-season,” Bartley told The NLP last week.
“We’ve got a spring in our step and we’ve worked very hard.”
The Buckinghamshire club must start as one of the Division One Central favou...

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