Non-League Paper

ON THE ROAD & GETTING SHIRTY

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 December 2017

Kit changes give fans the Blues

By STEVE HILL

MELLOW IN YELLOW: Chester wore their yellow away kit at Dover recently but played in blue at Leyton Orient
PICTURE: Matt Bristow

TUESDAY night,
Orient away, Brisbane Road under lights – what a time to be alive. A swift nerve-calmer in that weird pub between the tube and the ground, and the game is almost afoot.
A genuine occasion, the stadium seems bigger than when we used to come here in the Football League, my expectations perhaps lowered by seasons of Non-League discontent.
A quick pat-down from a steward, twenty notes on the gate...

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