Non-League Paper

NLP says… Silkmen and Boro deserve rapid decision

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 July 2020

AFTER all the uncertainty over the last few months, we should have known better than to assume Stevenage’s return to Non- League was a given.
Boro’s fate looked to have been sealed two weeks ago when an independent disciplinary commission deducted relegation rivals Macclesfi eld two points for failing to pay wages on time in March.
It was the latest in a series of punishments to hit the cash-strapped Silkmen in the 2019-20 campaign. In total, they were docked 13 points for a variety of misdemeanours, though, crucially, they remained a fraction above Stevenage in the standings.
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