PAUL FAIRCLOUGH managed two swashbuckling Conference title- winning teams – both with very different outcomes.
First came his Stevenage Borough side featuring a young Barry Hayles who had been picked up playing for Willesden Hawkeye.
The future Premier League striker hit 29 goals – topping the overall scoring charts – that 1995-96 season as they romped to the championship. But their Broadhall Way ground didn’t meet League requirements and despite being played out in the courts, they were denied promotion. Fairclough had to wait nine years to put that right when the B...