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A true visionary of Non-League

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 June 2023

FANS’ FORUM

■MAY I pass on my personal condolences (and on behalf of Ramsbottom United) on the sad passing of David Emery.
He has legendary status as a journalist and editor, but, for me, his greatest achievement was the setting up and supervising of the superb Non-League Paper.
With the demise of so many ‘Pinks’, ‘Greens’ and ‘Buffs’ around the country, this superb publication filled a void so desperately needed by many supporters, yet no doubt the doom-mongers believed that it could never be successful.
David had the vision a...

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