Non-League Paper

BLUES IN 10-HOUR TRAFFIC TURMOIL

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 November 2017

By Jon Couch
PLAYERS and officials of Chester discovered the road to hell on Tuesday night – after a TEN-HOUR trip back from London!
A serious accident caused g ridlock on the M1 and meant the team bus didn’t return from the midweek clash at Leyton Orient until 8.16am the following morning. The Blues, who drew the match 2-2, left Orient’s Matchroom Stadium in east London at about 10.20pm but hit trouble just after junction 15A of the M1 as emergency services attended a serious twovehicle accident. The motorway was closed at junction 15A and wasn’t fully reopened unti...

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