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YORK WOUNDS RUN TOO DEEP

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 May 2017

I HAD a sneaking suspicion it wasn’t going to be an easy season for York City or for The Non-League Paper before a ball was kicked.
I telephoned Jason McGill, the Minstermen’s chairman, inset, in July. The purpose was simply to say hello again after the club’s few years away in the Football League, a reminder that it isn’t all bad after relegation – at least you’ve got us!
I didn’t want to do a story, I was killing time on my way in to work. It’s always nice to be nice.
After about 30 seconds the line went dead. Had he hung up? Well, I w...

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