Non-League Paper

COVID TAKES ITS TOLL AS FIRST THREE CLUBS FALL

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 April 2020

FOOTBALL ,S COVID CRISIS

By Robin Jones
THE COVID outbreak By Robin Jones has already begun to take its toll on cash-strapped football clubs with the first three casualties revealed this week.
Midland League outfit NKF Burbage were the first club to fall victim to the crisis on Tuesday, and they were closely followed by Step 5 Brackley Town Saints and Marlow United, both from the Hellenic League.
Announcing NKF Burbage’s demise after 11 years, chairman Dave Radburn said the Division One outfit could no longer carry on because of a shortage of manpower.
“Committee members decided...

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