National League North

MORE THAN JUST A CASUAL FLIMG

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 March 2017

Prestige, not money, is the Corinthian way

By SAM ELLIOTT

FLYING HIGH: Corinthian-Casuals are fighting for promotion despite not paying their players a penny. Inset, right: Pictures from the 2015 trip to Brazil
PICTURE: Stuart Tree

WE don’t like to accept it, but even in the bowels of Non-League blood, sweat and tears can quickly dry up for an extra couple of quid.
“You speak to some managers really, really low down the Pyramid, County League level and lower, and they lose players to another club because they’re offering an extra tenner a week,” assesses James ...

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