Lee FOWLER

GRASS ROOTS: Non-League football certainly did Jamie Vardy no harm

WE TRIED to get a player from a Championship club to join us on loan at Bradford Park Avenue. Apparently he and his agent think Non-League football is beneath him.
I’d say one or two per cent of an Under-23 age group will make it – and that’s being bold by saying one or two. So I think there should be a change. Young players, as part of their contract, should have to go and play in Non-League football. It’s vital.
It gives them a reality check of what football is like outside of, what...