Ebbsfleet goalkeeper Chris Haigh celebrated his second promotion from the same division in a month on Sunday. It’s been a remarkable turnaround for the 26-year-old after a double leg break in August threatened to ruin his campaign.
But the likeable keeper has bounced back in style, regaining fitness in double swift-time with the Fleet before heading on loan to Oxford City and helping them win the National League South play-off Final. “People keep asking me if it’s a record and I don’t know!” said Haigh. “I’d like to think so.
It feels a little bit surreal, though. “To go from double leg break in August to double promotion in May is a big turnaround.
I’m chuffed to bits with how the season has gone now. “I’m genuinely so proud of myself, a lot of hard work has gone into this year.