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‘Wembley pain driving us on’

Canteen picture fires up Tanto
By Dave Flett
Stockport County striker Tanto Olaofe has revealed how a permanent reminder of last season’s play-off final defeat is being used to spur them on to automatic promotion this term.
A photograph of the losing Wembley dressing room following the penalty shoot-out loss to Carlisle has been pinned up in a place that nobody can avoid when reporting for training.
And Olaofe reckons its motivational value cannot be over-estimated with last weekend’s 3-1 win at Harrogate lifting the club to the top of the League Two table following an eighth straight victor...

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