Non-League Paper

YO-YO YEARS HAVE TO END – PARKY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 August 2020

By Chris Dunlavy
VICTORIOUS Altrincham boss Phil Parkinson has set his sights on ending the Robins’ yo-yo years after sealing a place in the National League for the first time in four years.
Though re gulars in Non-League’s topflight over the last two decades, Alty – hamstrung by parttime status – have invariably struggled.
Relegation in 2016 was the catalyst for a tumble into Step 3 for the first time in almost 50 years and it is that kind of turmoil that Parkinson is desperate to avoid.
“I can’t wait to sample that National League,” he said. &ldqu...

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