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GOOD OLD DAYS: Geoff Chapple lifts the FA Trophy after winning it as manager of Kingstonian
PICTURE: PA Images

By Steve Tervet
NON-LEAGUE legend Geoff Chapple has called on the Football Association to wind the clock back 60 years for the good of the national game.
Chapple, a five-time FA Trophy winner with Woking and Kingstonian, believes the lower reaches of the EFL should be regionalised to help clubs survive the economic fallout of COVID-19.
He twice finished runner-up in the Conference but Chapple can’t see a future for a national division of Non-League football.
He said: &ldqu...

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