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EARLY TIP-OFF WOULD HELP

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 July 2026

COMPUTERS have come a long way since my old man came home from work with a Spectrum ZX in 1984.
Like a lot of what my dad ‘acquired’ over the years, it was often best not to ask too many questions.
Our microwave looked suspiciously industrial. Our towels frequently bore the names of local hospitals. And as for those enormous planters in the backyard… well, let’s just say the caretaker at Gateshead civic centre didn’t need his hosepipe that morning.
Anyway, that Spectrum was a cranky old thing. Games took about ten minutes to load, and sometimes didn...

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