Non-League Paper

CALLING IT A DAY WAS THE LEAST UNFAIR WAY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 March 2020

By Matt Badcock

FAIRNESS: Mark Harris

NULL-and-voiding the season was the fairest route for the “majority of clubs” at Steps 3 and 4, Northern Premier League chairman Mark Harris believes.
Subject to ratification by the Leagues Committee, the 2019-20 campaign from Steps 3 down to 7 – along with the women’s football pyramid and the wider grassroots game – will be brought to an end and the results expunged.
There will also be no relegation down from Step 2 whatever the outcome of the National League’s decision, while the planned restructure for next seas...

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