GIANTS: Atrincham were the ‘Man United of Non-League’

THE birth of the Alliance Premier League was pivotal in helping Graham Barrow’s career to the next level.
It wasn’t until the current Shrewsbury Town assistant and former Chester City, Wigan, Rochdale, Bury and Wrexham manager was 27 before he landed a Football League move which came following success in the newly-formed top tier of Non-League. Midfielder Barrow had been playing for Chorley and Southport until Altrincham boss Tony Sanders paid £2,000 to bring him to the club in 1979, not long into the ina...