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Geoff Chappel The Story Behind The Legend

Sir Alex Ferguson was once asked what it was like to lead a team out at Wembley. ‘Don’t ask me, ask Geoff Chapple’, came the reply, the Manchester United icon handing out the ultimate accolade to one of non-League football’s most revered figures.

 

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Clive Youlton

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Under the guidance of Geoff Chapple, Woking Football Club’s first five years in the conference were accompanied by three FA Trophy triumphs and a continuation of the FA cup glory which began in the early 1990s. Then came the slump, which almost ended in bankruptcy and oblivion, while the 2002/03 season saw the club cling onto its Conference status by a thread following a dramatic last-day escape.

Written by journalist and former Woking player Clive Youlton and the club’s programme editor Paul Beard, this is the remarkable story of Woking Conference years – the fluctuating fortunes of one of the non-League football’s biggest names.

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Sir Alex Ferguson was once asked what it was like to lead a team out at Wembley. ‘Don’t ask me, ask Geoff Chapple’, came the reply, the Manchester United icon handing out the ultimate accolade to one of non-League football’s most revered figures.

Voted non-League manager of the era in the late 1990s, Chapple achieved an incredible five Wembley triumphs in seven years, having already risen to national prominence thanks to some marvelous FA Cup exploits with Woking Football Club. To win the FA Trophy three times in four seasons with the cards was some achievement. To then go and do it twice more with another club, Kingstonian, was an incredible feat and one which will surely never be repeated. Included here are recollections of his journey from childhood to non-League footballing legend, where his triumphs have come against a backdrop of personal sadness – often witty, sometimes touching, always honest.

Written by sports journalist Clive Youlton, this is the authorized biography of Geoff Chapple. It is a fascinating account of a career that, by his own admission, brought him very few friends but any number of acquaintances. It is the story behind the legend.

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