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Covid-19 has robbed legends of a fitting farewell, says goalscoring legend Graeme Armstrong

The last 18 months has seen the lower-league scene disrupted as two seasons were brought to a premature end by the Football Association.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 July 2021

Covid-19 has

By Mark Carruthers

NORTH-EAST goalscoring legend Graeme Armstrong believes one aspect of the impact Covid-19 has made on the Non-League game has been ignored.
The last 18 months has seen the lower-league scene disrupted as two seasons were brought to a premature end by the Football Association.
Those decisions also spelt the end to the careers of a number of experienced players around the country without giving them a chance to say a proper farewell to the clubs they have served so well.

WELL PLAYED: Hebburn Town striker Graeme Armstrong hung up his boots at the end of the season after a g...

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