Non-League Paper

Name change won’t stik that easily

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
9 July 2017

I READ with amusement Sam Elliott’s comment that it would take time for people to get used to calling the old Ryman League by its new name of Bostik (NLP, July 2).
How right he is! There are still many people these days, including some in the sports media, who still refer to Non- League’s top division as the Vauxhall Conference, a name that actually ceased to exist in 1998!
D.BASSETT, via email
IT’S all well and good renaming the Isthmian League – but to me it will always be known as the Ryman League so what a masterstroke by Theo Paphitis and reward for 20 years sup...

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