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Nationwide Conference See Barnet Times for report. Match Photos Thirty Five photos of the game and ensuing celebrations. Quotes from the Manager (and others) "At the moment I'm convinced I'm still not a Football League manager because of what happened last time [Stevenage in 1996] so until I actually walk out for the first fixture of the season, I won't actually believe it, because last time we went to court, and literally we didn't know where we were going to play three weeks before the season started. "It's been a lifetime ambition - I was an average player and the next best thing was to try and be a successful manager - I think I've done that now. When I came here, I knew we had something special in the Play-Offs and I knew that even before I signed the new players, something was special and that we had a fantastic opportunity together. "I believe that we'll keep the majority of the players in the League and we'll play the same way that we've done - I think we've entertained all season - it's been a fantastic championship. I'm confident that this team can be very successful and I will now sit down and discuss the future with the chairman. "What happened at Stevenage the second time I'll talk about in depth one day, but basically I was seduced back there and when I got there, it wasn't what I wanted it to be. I felt I ran that football club with shackles around me" "Last week we didn't apply ourselves at Northwich and this week we did. This group of players are very young - it was 33 weeks ago that we played Halifax away and that was the defining moment of our season as we were 2-0 down at half-time, and won 3-2. We got exactly the same start in the second half today as we did then - I'm a great believer in history and statistics. "This team is a lot younger than the 1996 Stevenage title winning team but the similarities are that both were hungry men, who hadn't won anything - the only person in this side who's won anything of significance is Ian Hendon - Grazioli is 30 and hasn't won a championship, but it's so young for someone like Yakubu, Bailey or Sinclair to be champions at the ripe age of 20. "There are only five major championships in this country each year and they've won one - they've created a little bit of soccer history and you can never take it away from them - they deserve it" And some quotes from Ben Strevens: "It was a great feeling, it meant so much to me to score that goal. "It's a lot better feeling in the dressing-room this afternoon than it was after losing to Torquay four years ago. I remember sitting down with the manager, John Still, and him saying that we would never be able to come back up into the League, with the ground problems and all the other restrictions being put on the club. "People don't really know how much the boys wanted this. "We have three games to go and although it will be hard to concentrate, we have to try and win them and then everything will be geared towards planning for the Football League. "This club deserves it, the chairman deserves it and we all deserve it for the hard work we have put in all season." And from Grazioli: "It's hard to put into words how much we all wanted this and maybe we got a bit overeager. "The manager said to us to go out and enjoy ourselves and that everything would take care of itself. His methods are completely different to any manager that I've worked for. It's usually 'win at all costs', but all he's said is to go out and enjoy yourself and here we are as champions by quite a distance." Bookings Barnet Hatch Halifax Ingram * The BBC text commentary recorded this as 'foul and abusive language' but an email from a reliable source said it was recorded as violent conduct by the ref. Ref: D Deadman (Cambridgeshire) Teams Barnet Tynan, Hendon, King, Yakubu, Clist, Strevens, Lee, Sinclair, Graham, Hatch, Grazioli (Bailey 84) Subs Not Used: Gore, Charles, Roache, Batt Halifax Dunbavin, Haslam, Quinn, Ingram, Young, Blunt, Bushell (Clarke 68), Foster, Midgley, Killeen (Grant 53), Sugden (Mansaram 53) Subs Not Used: McStay, Chin Match Stats Possession: Shots: Corners: Fouls: Bookings: Other Reports Barnet Mad Links supplied by Brian Mackie. Tribute from Conf TV (broadband
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