Non-League Paper

WE’VE COME ON A BUNDLE

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 June 2020

Chris DUNLAVY

ANYONE who has suffered through the re-run of Euro 96 on ITV must concede that nostalgia doesn’t bear close scrutiny That cherished memories, like childhood toys, are best left shrouded in a golden haze, not dragged from the loft and dusted off.
Our collective conscious remembers an England team of swaggering leaders, goals galore, and a manager in Terry Venables whose departure set the country back a decade.
Elements of that are certainly true. Yes, we were crap against Switzerland. Lucky to draw with Spain. But for Uri Geller’s penalty-spot voodoo, Scotland mi...

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