Non-League Paper

COVID HAS BEEN THE ULTIMATE LEVELLER

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 July 2020

By Chris Dunlavy

CONFIDENT: Pete Wild

FC HALIFAX boss Pete Wild has a simple message for his players ahead of the National League play-offs – cut out the blunders.
The Shaymen, who finished fifth in the adjusted final table, will travel to Boreham Wood for a first round eliminator. Survive that, and Yorkshire rivals Harrogate Town will await in the semis before a Wembley final against Notts County, Yeovil or Barnet.
Factors like form and fatigue, usually pivotal to the outcome of any playoff competition, have been rendered irrelevant by the 15-week hiatus imposed by the outbreak of...

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