DESPITE all the joy and excitement it can bring, there is nothing more stressful than football, and Ilkeston chief-executive Nigel Harrop would be the first to agree.
BOBBY BOWRY has been there and done it in football. He’s played at the highest level with Crystal Palace, in the Championship with Millwall and Colchester United, and in Non-League with Gravesend & Northfleet.
At 21, Rob Evans has been appointed as Wrexham Football Club’s new captain as the previous captain, Sean Newton, is moving to York City on loan. Prior to becoming the captain, Evans, a professional Welsh footballer, was playing as a midfielder for Wrexham.
In a world where many Premier League clubs buy their talent from abroad, it is refreshing to know there are a number of players started at grassroots level and battled their way to the very top.
With the 25th season of the Premier League scheduled to begin on 13 August, fans of the Non-League Football Paper are already getting excited about the upcoming action in their own leagues.
JAMIE VARDY went from a Fleetwood Town prospect to a Leicester City star. One that has now won the English Premier League, and played and scored for England at Euro 2016.