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Building a football club: The Dorking Wanderers story

The Vanarama National League is awash with owners, coaches and volunteers who go above and beyond the call of duty for their clubs, but there can be few men more dedicated than Dorking Wanderers supremo Marc White.  Perhaps that should be no surprise – White is the founder, owner and manager of the National League…

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Torquay’s Samba Shot Stopper: Meet Lucas Covolan

The journey from Curitiba to the coastal town of Torquay certainly isn’t one of football’s more well-trodden paths, but then very little about Lucas Covolan’s career could be considered conventional.  Torquay United’s globetrotting goalkeeper has taken the scenic route to the English Riviera – playing for teams as varied as South American giants Vasco de…

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Is the National League title race over? Let’s see what the stats say…

With Barrow seven points clear at the top of the Vanarama National League table, there have been suggestions in some quarters that this season’s title race is as good as over. Former Torquay United manager Chris Hargreaves certainly implied as much, when appearing on BT Sport’s National League Highlights Show last Saturday. “They (Barrow) are…

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Promotions, memories and making dad proud: 40 years of the National League

“The National League still allowed me to achieve my dream, in a way – playing full-time football and allowing me to do something that I love every day.” Dagenham & Redbridge captain Kenny Clark is in a reflective mood, as he assesses his career to date at the club’s training ground.  “It might not be…

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