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Goal-den Boyes is is keeping us feeling youthful!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 June 2026

SERIAL WINNER: Jamie Vardy arguably became Non-League’s most potent proteges
PICTURE: Alamy

ASIDE from feeling old, a delve into The NLP archives is a reminder of some distant memories.
Some things never change – 3UP was the same debate more than a decade ago that it is today – and Non-League is still packed with exciting talents.
But how good were the strikers in 2011-12? Back in that summer, leading up to the London Olympics, we ran weekly Top 20s – manager, goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and attackers. It was the latter that really caught the e...

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