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Boys mark new beginnings as Hayes Lane plays host to league newcomers
Bromley manager Andy Woodman ahead of the Vanarama National League play-off semi-final match at Technique Stadium, Chesterfield, May 7, 2023

By Layth Yousif 

at Hayes Lane


 
YOU could tell it was going to be a special occasion when the merest hint of a rainbow emerged to welcome the nation’s newest league team, following a brief sprinkling of rain in deepest south London on Tuesday evening.

Hayes Lane, Bromley was the scene. 

Where Andy Woodman’s Ravens hosted AFC Wimbledon in the first round of the League Cup. It also happened to be their maiden home game as a league side in this welcoming club’s 132-year history. 

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