'Everyone would say the same thing about him: a good pro and a good person'

Liam Daish tells a story about the day Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley in 2008 in front of a crowd of 40,000.

“Earlier in the season, there was a lad that played for us called Daniel Slatter”, he says.

“He’d been a regular for two or three years but damaged his knee quite severely halfway through that season so he wasn’t involved.