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Bishop’s big move has no integrity

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WHEN Bishop’s Stortford were last put in National League North I wrote to the National League suggesting that a compromise would be for there to be 23 clubs in the North and 25 in the South on a temporary basis. An official wrote back to say it would affect the integrity of the competition.
Yet, doesn’t putting such a southern club in a geographically totally unsuitable division do the same thing?
Bishop’s will be operating at a massive disadvantage with financial viability (travel expenses, loss of local derbies), player recruitment (part-tim...

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