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Play-Off winner, Josh Barlow, on a hard-earned promotion

Evesham United were made to work hard to earn their promotion following Monday’s play-off final victory over Worcestershire neighbours, Malvern Town.

A goal just past the hour from Levi Steele proved to be the difference in front of a crowd of just under 3,000 as the Robins moved up into Step 3 for the first time in 13 years.

Playing his part with some solid and impressive displays has been Josh Barlow.

“The performance that we put in on Monday was by no means our best,” he admitted to us. “But in a final it’s all about winning, that’s the only thing that matters, and we did what we needed to do.

“It was such a great feeling to get the job done, especially as we took our challenge for the title right down to the wire.

“I am extremely proud of what we have achieved; as a group we’ve worked our socks off all season and I’m just so glad that it has paid off in the end.

“To do it with this group of players makes it even more special and it’s a memory that we will all cherish.

“I set a few targets going into the season and the main one was to achieve promotion. I was also looking to add more goals to my game and I feel that I’ve managed to achieve that too with eight goals and eight assists.

“This has been a tough and competitive Division One South. There are some very strong teams involved that are well set-up and hard to beat.

“We’ve had some battles over the course of the campaign, but I’ve enjoyed every single one of them.

“During the second half of the season we managed to push Yate Town all of the way. People thought that they would run away with it at one stage, but we kept with them and even went above them briefly at Easter.

“But credit to Yate on seeing it through and thankfully now we are joining them in being promoted.

“Hopefully I can continue enjoying my football as much as I have done this year and continue progressing as well contributing with goals and assists.”

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