Chris DUNLAVY
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

THE GAME’S MOVED ON: Horsham fans have become accustomed to a very new ‘Non-League’ concept in recent years. Inset: Tom Richards scores against Barnsley
PICTURE: Alamy

SEVERAL years ago, whilst living in Oxford, I invited a couple of friends to watch the mighty U’s in action.
Chris Wilder was in charge at the time and promotion to the Football League was finally on the horizon. James Constable was scoring for fun.
I’d hoped to show them that Non-League football wasn’t the sporting wasteland of popular portrayal. That for the princely sum of £20 a t...