Non-League Paper

SUCH PROUD TRADITION AND ON THE HUNT OF MORE GLORY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 May 2020

By Jeremy Blackmore

SAINTS’ MARCH: St Neots Town are aiming to climb back up from Step 4

THE name Oliver Cromwell looms large in the county of Huntingdonshire with numerous pubs and schools named after the English Civil War leader and local MP.
Less well known is that Cromwell was a keen footballer in his youth at Cambridge University. As an adult, though, he took a Puritanical approach, frowning on sport and banning football being played on Sundays.
These days, Huntingdonshire punches above its weight in the football stakes despite its relatively small size. It has a vibrant lo...

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