ANT'S LIVING BORO DREAM

Step 2 is home for Johnson

- By Matt Badcock

ANTHONY JOHNSON says Radcliffe are determined to become part of the National League North furniture.

Boro’s first ever season at Step 2 — following their comprehensive run to the NPL Premier title the year before — saw them finish one spot above the drop zone, albeit comfortably clear.

Now Johnson and joint-boss Bernard Morley — who have won the division with Salford City and finished in the play-offs with Chester — want to build on the lessons learnt, while remembering how far the club has come.

“Listen, this is the highest level this football club has ever been at,” Johnson told The NLP. “We look at other clubs like us at the level. A Curzon Ashton, who have now been in the National League North for nearly ten years. A Chorley, who have come through Non-League and been at that level for 10, 11 years.

“Clubs of that size where you're going, ‘What have they done and how have they done it to be consistent at that level?’