Non-League Paper

Game brought into disrepute?

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 February 2021

BOSS’S ORDERS: Boreham Wood manager Luke Garrard

PLAYERS who dive are cheats and players who feign injury are cheats. So, that means that “honest” Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard, who tells keeper Nathan Ashmore to feign an injury to buy his side a bit of breathing space at Notts County is a cheat too!
Since when did cheating become an acceptable part of our game? Especially at Non- League level.
Garrard should face an FA charge of bringing the game in to disrepute.
MALCOLM CAPORN Derby

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