“I don’t think we’ll be able to have 30 people in the dugout in Saturday football! I’m sure some old-school supporters might not like what we do,” admits the rapper-turned-football club CEO.
If you live in London, Kent or the wider southeast, it has been hard to ignore the rise of SE Dons – the club formed by Strapzy in 2011 – and as of August it will be impossible to overlook them.
That’s because the notorious Sunday league side – built on a platform of YouTube views and a strong local following in Lewisham, south-east London where they have welcomed crowds of several thousand to their matches – have made the big step into the NonLeague pyramid, partnering with Forest Hill Park in the Southern Counties East League first division.
It may have come as something of a surprise to hear the recent announcement that they were leaving Sunday football, so central to their success as a brand in recent times, behind but Strapzy outlined just why they had opted to make the leap.
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EX-PREMIER League playmaker Elliott Bennett whacked the bar as Shifnal Town went within a whisker of another FA Cup upset.
END OF LINE FOR PROUD MAGPIES
TAUNTON TOWN made it through to the final qualifying round after ending Amersham’s historic FA Cup journey.
BRY REFUSES TO LET IT LY AS SHAKERS MARCH ON!
BRYAN LY kept his cool to fire in a 90th-minute penalty to put Step 5 Bury into the fourth round qualifying in front of an FA Cup sell-out.
JIM'S DALE ARE SO STUBBORN!
KAIRO Mitchell’s eighth goal of the season in the eighth minute goal saw high-flying Rochdale see off Braintree Town and stay fourth in the table in a hard-fought clash at the Crown Oil Arena.
Steve's still Cott a magic touch!
BASHFUL Steve Cotterill refused to take any credit after his managerial masterstroke saw Forest Green edge out a dogged Hartlepool.
PROMOTION CONTENDERS FIRE BLANKS IN TOP CLASH
Defences reign as Spitfires hold York
YOUNG U'S LEARNING ON THE JOB
STEVE Morison’s revamped, youthful Sutton United side took the Surrey derby honours to close in on the National League play-off spots.
