Midway through the first half of Mansfield Town’s FA Cup second round ‘winner-takes-all’ replay with Lincoln City, the tannoy operator asked for the owner of a Peugeot 307 to return to their car.
The part-time footballers of Hastings United were in hot water with their manager last week, but it was nothing to do with the Pilot Field lads’ performances.
If there is anyone well-placed to talk about the importance of building a family environment at a football club it is Harrogate Town manager Simon Weaver.
Most lower level footballers’ first thoughts when told there was an offer from Iceland would revolve around words like “cheap”, “party food” and “Kerry Katona” ?and not necessarily in that order.