By Sam Elliott
MALDON v
THURROCK
MARK STIMSON says success in today’s Ryman North play-off final will taste every bit as sweet as when he created history as the first manager to lift a trophy at the new Wembley.
The Thurrock manager, inset, takes his team to Maldon & Tiptree on Sunday for the right to play in the Ryman Premier next season.
He’s got scores to settle too. Not only were his team thrashed 4-0 at the home of their Essex rivals earlier in the season, but two years ago Thurrock embarrassed themselves in the final when Brentwood Town rolled them over 5-0.
But on the...