Championship

Are we wasting this glorious moment?

by
The LeaguePaper Team
4 February 2018

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Glenn Moore

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BIG MONEY: Manchester United’s Alexis Sanchez in action against Yeovil in the FA Cup last weekend
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IT USED to be phone calls. Then it became texts. Now notification goes up on a league’s twitter feed, followed by alerts sent via WhatsApp. But, whatever the technological progress, the message is always the same: match off.
In the world of grassroots football, modernity still struggles to gain a foothold. There are, around the country, oases of artificial tu...

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