Coach Dabba's verdict on Chichester City's Isthmian League promotion

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Coach Dabba - Darin Killpartrick - gives his verdict on Chichester City's Isthmian League promotion

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00:00 So, joined by Darren Kilpatrick. How do you put that into words?

00:04 You just, this team just keep on surprising people. Do they keep on surprising you?

00:09 Yeah, absolutely.

00:11 A kiss from the captain?

00:12 Absolutely.

00:13 And at the start of the season, if somebody said to you, you're going to get promoted to step three,

00:19 was promotion in your mind at all at the start of the season?

00:23 No, Jack always taught me that there's like a hierarchy of what you've got to try and achieve.

00:30 One, stay in the league. That's the standard. People underestimate this standard.

00:34 It's a great standard. It's a great standard.

00:36 And you first put a call to survival. You have to set your team up to survive.

00:41 Then, you see how far up you can come up the table.

00:43 And then you start thinking about playoffs. And then you start thinking about winning the league.

00:47 But that's the hierarchy of the order.

00:49 So, I must admit, I think 12 weeks ago, I turned around to Miles and Dan and Gia and I said, forget the playoffs.

00:57 I said that personally, forget the playoffs.

00:59 And they did look at me a little bit like, the run that this lot went on, I've never seen anything like it. Never.

01:06 Relentless, wasn't it?

01:07 Yeah, absolutely. And what Jamie's done here at Three Bridges, the run that they went on was absolutely incredible as well.

01:15 And it set up an absolutely brilliant final for Sussex.

01:19 What's gone on around Sussex, you've got Worthing, you've got Arsenal.

01:23 At all levels, isn't it?

01:24 All these teams in and around the playoffs. And it's incredible.

01:29 And that goes out to all the coaching that's going on around Sussex.

01:32 Forget the results tonight. I'm looking long term for the future, what's going on in Sussex for the younger players coming through.

01:40 And I care a lot about that and everyone knows me that I do care about that.

01:44 I just think it's brilliant for Sussex.

01:48 And for these boys now, they can have a break, but you'll soon be thinking, coming back and you've got a new challenge ahead of you now.

01:56 Step three.

01:57 Listen, what we've done.

01:58 Miles said to me the other day, tie in in many ways for a step five.

02:02 You're now two levels above that, step three.

02:05 A lot of hard work, but you'll tackle it head on, won't you?

02:08 We'll have to.

02:10 We're going to have to.

02:12 It's going to be a bit of a momentum game.

02:14 I know what's coming. It's going to be difficult. It's going to be hard. It's going to be extremely hard.

02:20 So I know what's coming. So we'll have to get that all ready.

02:25 We'll enjoy the moment now. Enjoy this time.

02:28 Because these moments don't come along a lot in your careers.

02:33 So we'll enjoy this.

02:36 I'm pleased with the turnout tonight. Brilliant. Brilliant.

02:40 I'd like to dedicate that game to obviously G, my late mother.

02:44 My dad was always around us.

02:46 And a couple of friends that we've lost on the journeys.

02:49 I'd like to dedicate this game to all of them.

02:51 G was a massive inspiration to us all.

02:55 How brave the man was is beyond words.

02:58 Absolutely beyond words.

03:00 So that one was for you, Gia.

03:02 And I have to say, in all the years I've been involved in London football,

03:08 I've never met a bunch of lads like this in my life.

03:11 Ever. Ever.

03:13 If my son turns out to be like these players, I'll be a happy father.

03:18 Congratulations. It's not the first time I've interviewed you after a playoff win.

03:22 You did a bogger a couple of times, but this one is a remarkable one. Congratulations.

03:26 Thank you, Steve.

03:27 I'd also just like to say thanks to Freedbridge's. They were fantastic and very gracious at the end.

03:33 It's very hard. When play-offs are hard, you come through all that way.

03:37 But Jamie and his team should be so proud of what they've done here.

03:41 They just need to be strong again next season and they probably will be.

03:43 They should be so, so proud. So proud.

03:46 We've got a lot of teams in our league that are big hitters.

03:50 And what they've done here is incredible and a great job.

03:54 And I think everyone should be proud in this whole ground tonight. Everyone.

03:59 I can see your dad waiting to speak to you, so I'm going to let him do it.

04:02 He can even come into the shop.

04:04 There we go. That's nice.

04:05 I think he's going to give me my birthday card.

04:07 It's a bit late, isn't it?

04:08 Oh, it's not my birthday card.

04:10 Oh, it's for my birthday.

04:12 Well done.

04:13 It's nice.

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