Non-League Paper

JACK’S OUR PAW-SOME NO.1 FAN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 January 2021

By Nicholas Harling

SUPERFAN: Border Collie Jack peers through the fence alongside owner Graham Butler as Leamington celebrate, inset

IF dogs suffer withdrawal symptoms like humans then Jack the Border Collie is probably enduring itchy feet or, in his case, itchy paws. Since Covid kicked in he has been forced to go without his Saturday afternoon fix of a game whether it be at Leamington, Racing Club Warwick or Southam, the other venues on his owner, Graham Butler’s regular beat.
The piece of astroturf that a Leamington official kindly provided for their unofficial club mascot to...

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