Buckling up for a special journey

BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN EXCITING NEW ERA AT EASTBOURNE BOROUGH
By MATT BADCOCK

AS the new Eastbourne Borough owner Simon Leslie and head coach Mark Beard go to take a seat, Priory Lane fizzes with activity.
Walls are being re-painted, the players are finishing a stretching session as music pumps out of a speaker and the smell of lunch fills the air before they get ready to strike a pose in front of the cameras for the club’s media assets.
It’s been a busy eight weeks since Leslie exchanged contracts to take over the National League South club and start a revolution in what’s stereotyped ...

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