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NON-LEAGUE WAS HOME TO ‘66 HEROES

Neil JENSEN

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ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Several of England’s 1966 World Cup winners finished their careers in Non-League – but Alan Ball, felt their skills should have been leveraged better
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Non-League and World Cup winners – an unlikely match. By the time you read this, England will have a clearer view on their World Cup chances and we may be convincing ourselves that we’re on the brink of a new golden era for English football. Of course, it will probably be a different story!
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