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TROPHY HAS BEEN MADE A MOCKERY OF

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 December 2020

By Tom Scott

TAMWORTH boss Gary Smith reckons the most recent announcement about fans returning to grounds has ‘made a mockery’ of competitions such as the FA Trophy.
With a ban on fans, the Lambs fielded a much-weakened side against Royston on Tuesday night, with a number of key contracted players still on furlough.
The stuttering nature of decision making around fan attendance has left Smith scratching his head.

“We came out the lockdown on December 2 into the tiered system and now they’re announcing we can have the fans back in,” Smith told The NL...

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