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A FAREWELL TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 June 2018

Journeys that I’ll miss – and some that I won’t…

By STEVE HILL

RELEGATION affects different people in different ways. Tears, anger, despondency; these are all natural reactions when your club drops down a league.
However, after five seasons of treading water, when Chester FC finally slipped out of the National League following a routine 2-0 home defeat to Tranmere, the mood at The Deva was one of almost total indifference, so long had the inevitability been hanging over us.
Some months later, the reality has sunk in that next season will be a very different to...

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