Non-League Paper

Big clubs showing their true colours!

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 September 2020

HERE we go again! The National League is left in turmoil over the inevitable decision to not be able to play with spectators.
This would never have happened if the league had not applied to the DCMS for Step 2 North and South clubs to be classified as ‘Elite’.
The DCMS, for their part, made that nonsensical decision prior to the play-offs taking place without an understanding of Non-League football.
The majority of clubs in the North and South, like mine at Curzon Ashton, are part-time with players on part time contracts or non-contracts/ This is the same at Steps 3,4 and 5 so w...

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