Non-League Paper

DON’T RID THE GAME OF PURITY

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 May 2020

Ian RIDLEY
AN AUTHENTIC VOICE ON NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL

SPECTATOR SPORT: A clash between Long Melford and Thetford bears many of the hallmarks that I love about Non-League football
PICTURE: David Bauckham

T HE WORD I keep hearing is reset. This crisis, many say, is giving the planet, the whole social and political system, and even us as individuals a chance to reset. That is to say, a chance to heal, slow down and reassess our priorities.
Maybe so. Maybe we will come out of it a nation of choristers, poets, and banana bread makers, kinder and more mindful. One thing’s for sure, tho...

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