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WE MUST FIND A WAY TO GET THE FANS IN

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The LeaguePaper Team
25 October 2020

FUMING: Jeff Stelling

JEFF Stelling was beside himself during Tuesday night’s appearance on Sky Sports News.
His beloved fi fth tier (football, not Covid!) Hartlepool United played away this weekend at eighth tier Ilkeston. And they did so in front of a crowd.
However, if the game had been played up in the north-east, Hartlepool would not have been allowed a crowd. Jeff really didn’t approve!
Better facilities, better infrastructure and yet no crowd.
I’m a great believer that sport and politics are at their best when they are very distant.
However, the Covid crisis will...

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