By Matt Badcock

A PROPOSAL for Step 1 clubs to be allowed to use five substitutes from a bench of six named players was defeated at yesterday’s National League AGM. The motion was turned down despite voting being 15-9 in favour because the threshold to pass is 18. Gloucester City co-chairman Alex Petheram was voted onto the board as the National League North representative. Gateshead’s Sonia Kulkarni steps up to fill the place left by Stockport County’s Richard Simkin. In addition, Steve Thompson (Dagenham & Redbridge) and Richard Parsons (Hampton & R...