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John’s on top of the world

Supporters of a certain vintage in the West Country could have been forgiven for thinking they had been transported back in time earlier this month as a former non-league star lifted silverware.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 September 2024

John’s on

By Richard Edwards

WORLD CHAMPION: John Evans lifts the Over 70s Cricket World Cup as England captain

SUPPORTERS of a certain vintage in the West Country could have been forgiven for thinking they had been transported back in time earlier this month.
In the idyllic surroundings of Wormsley, John Evans led England’s Over70s cricket team to victory in the first Septuagenarian World Cup.
But his is a name that will also be familiar to supporters of a number of Non-League football sides in Gloucestershire in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Back then, the notion of him one day taking his place among a s...

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