Non-League Paper

IAN’S SET FOR NEXT CUP TRICK

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 September 2026

By Andy Mitchell

IAN Long insists his Christmas cancer fight hasn’t stopped him playing the pantomime villain – especially when Rushall Olympic’s players make his naughty list.
Having been diagnosed with testicular cancer, the Pics boss underwent surgery two days before Christmas yet was still on the touchline for a 5-1 Boxing Day bashing at Ilkeston Town “that didn’t make me feel any better”.
That was followed by a bout of chemotherapy with Long now on a five-year assessment plan and test results due back later this month, but the ordeal ha...

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