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MARK HARRIS: Where will we be in a decade?

There’s a natural tendency in Non-League to look backwards rather than forwards. Nostalgia is great, but how often do we consider what our level of the game will look line in ten or fifteen years’ time?

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 September 2024

MARK HARRIS:

Mark HARRIS
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE CHAIRMAN

THERE’S a natural tendency in Non-League to look backwards rather than forwards. Nostalgia is great, but how often do we consider what our level of the game will look line in ten or fifteen years’ time?
It’s easy too. After all, by the time the future arrives, nobody remembers or cares what your predictions were in the first place. With that in mind. Here’s my personal thoughts on this very topic. They do not represent the views of the Football Association or the NPL. So there.
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