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PROMOTION FOR CHRISTMAS?

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 April 2020

LIKE everyone, I’m stuck in the house at the moment. As a stand-up comic I’m used to lying around all day watching re-runs of the Big Match from the 70s. But I am finding it hard to sleep. I think it’s down to the lack of live sport.
Consequently, I have been lying in bed and trying to come up with a solution to The FA’s problem with what to do about the 2019/20 season. A decision, of course, has already been made to null-and-void leagues from Steps 3-7. A petition signed by 160-odd clubs then fell on deaf ears but with the likes of South Shields threatening legal ac...

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