Non-League Paper

GOAL ACE DELIVERED A CHEEK-Y RESPONSE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 May 2022

By Jon Couch

MASTER tactician Andy Woodman always knew Michael Cheek would score the winner at Wembley – but revealed his star striker didn’t speak to him in the build-up.
In managing the workload of his top scorer, the Bromley chief left Cheek out of a couple of National League games in preparation for the Trophy showdown – adecision which didn’t go down too well with the 30-year-old.
“I said to him he needed rest but he didn’t get it,” Woodman revealed. “He didn’t talk to me last week because I left him out (against King’s Lynn).
“Instead, I told him ‘you’ll score the winner at Wemb...

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