U’s could end up paying hefty price

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

ON THE eve of the 2020-21 campaign, Matt Gray was asked to keep Sutton United in the National League.
“He failed miserably,” quipped chairman Bruce Elliott, who was as astonished as everybody else when the Non-League lifers somehow beat Wrexham, Stockport, Notts County and Chesterfield to the title.
Sutton were never supposed to be an EFL club. They had part-time players. A 3G pitch. Crowds that frequently dipped below 1,500 spectators. Gray, a former Tottenham and Cardiff youth player, hosted quiz nights in the clubhouse to raise funds.
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