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Gregor Robertson: A flip side to raising the bar

You wonder what the fella interviewing Bracknell Town’s manager, Matt Saunders, would have said if you told him that footage of the answer to that anodyne question would be watched more than 8 million times on X in the space of a few days.

by
Gregor Robertson
2 November 2025

Are the days of Non-League players enjoying a pint after games changing?

“Hi Matt. Not the result you wanted today. Talk us through the game.” – You wonder what the fella interviewing Bracknell Town’s manager, Matt Saunders, would have said if you told him that footage of the answer to that anodyne question would be watched more than 8 million times on X in the space of a few days, that the manager’s resignation would follow ten days later and that it would stir up a fierce debate about how professional Non-League footballers ought to be these days.

Bracknell were bottom of the table, without a point since Saunders was appointed five weeks earlier.
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