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Gaffer’s Greatest Gaffer: Mike Ford – Denis Smith treated his players like men
Management was always likely to be Evesham United boss Mike Ford’s destiny with the influences he had throughout his childhood.
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Postponed games have disappeared
FANS’ FORUM WHAT on earth has happened to the results on the Step 3&4 league websites this season? For some strange reason, matches in recent weeks that have been postponed or abandoned – such was the NPL East game between Brighouse Town and Lincoln United on Wednesday night – have...
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‘I am The Secret Footballer’ – Dave Kitson ends football’s longest guessing game
For years, football fans played detective. Every new “Secret Footballer” column dropped like a clue. The voice was too inside to be a journalist. Too sharp to be a club statement. Too honest to be anyone with a contract still to protect. Now the guessing is over...
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July matches could ease a winter backlog
FANS’ FORUM WITH the weather getting wetter and warmer each year, surely something needs to change in the football calendar. Unfortunately, I fear that the leagues and FA are so loathe to change anything as we continue to battle through a backlog of fixtures at the end of each season....
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The Big Interview: Carlisle United’s Charlie Wyke – I’d love one last hurrah for my son
Four years ago, Charlie Wyke suffered a heart-attack during a training session for Wigan Athletic and died for four minutes.








