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Non-League Paper cont…


       Torquay  United,  after  having  11  points  deducted  through  going  into
       administration  and  playing  an  ineligible  player,  could  yet join them  with
       Taunton Town and another big gun, Eastbourne Borough, also in the mix.
       In the Northern Premier League, Radcliffe rallied to the Premier division title
       under  co-bosses  Anthony  Johnson  and  Bernard  Morley  with  Warrington
       Rylands battling for second with Macclesfield.
       Leek  Town  won  NPL  West  after  a  sterling  season,  while  the  East  and
       Midlands division are still up for grabs – the latter thanks to a six-point
       deduction  handed  to  then  leaders  Harborough  Town  for  fielding  an
       ineligible player.
       Spalding United lead the way there with north-east rivals Stockton Town
       and Hebburn Town battling it out in the East.
       The Southern League Premier Central title went to Needham Market, under
       Kevin  Horlock,  in  the  season  where  Nuneaton  Borough  perished,  while
       Chesham United were convincing winners of Premier South.
       Both Step 4 divisions will go to the wire with Biggleswade Town holding pole
       position over Bedford Town, Ware, Waltham Abbey and AFC Dunstable in
       Division One Central honours and Wimborne Town and Frome Town neck-
       and-neck in Premier South. What a game that is this afternoon at the New
       Cuthbury!
       Hornchurch were thumping winners of Isthmian League Premier division
       with  Chatham  Town  impressive  runners-up,  but  former  big  guns
       Kingstonian and Concord Rangers dropped out.
       Chertsey Town clinched the South Central title but the other two are set for
       a showdown with Lowestoft Town going head-to-head with Bowers & Pitsea
       and Felixstowe & Walton United for the North title and Kent rivals Ramsgate
       and Cray Valley PM locking horns in a thrilling South East finale.
       And talking of county rivalries, Romford and Great Wakering Rovers will be
       the pride of Essex when they lock horns in the Isuzu FA Vase final on May
       11.


       With the play-offs filtering all the way down to Step 6 this season, there’s
       still so much football to be played, so if you’re invested in the action as
       much as we are, then you’ll pick up your Non-League Paper tomorrow.

       Let the games begin.


                                     By Jon Couch
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