Non-League Paper

NO-ONE BETTER TO SPOT TALENT

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 June 2020

STILL THE BEST: John Still was the fi rst manager to win promotion to the Football League with three different clubs
PICTURE: PA Images

WHEN John Still ‘retired’ from football after stepping down as Barnet boss in 2018, Paul Benson was one of the fi rst to reach for the phone.
“I told John what a great career he’d had. What a pleasure it had been to work for him. All of that stuff,” laughs the 40-year-old, who played under Still at Dagenham & Redbridge and later Luton Town. “Two days later, he joined Maidstone!
“But that’s John, isn&rsq...

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