Chris DUNLAVY
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

JUSTICE IS DONE: Notts County celebrate winning promotion back to the Football League
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PAUL Cook was right when he called Notts County’s failure to win automatic promotion a ‘sporting disgrace’.
No team who collects 107 points in a 46-game season should ever have to worry about the play-offs.
Yet as the vain appeals of the past two decades demonstrate, there is little sense in making ethical arguments. The EFL board and its 72 member clubs know perfectly well that the National League warrants a third promotion place.
Rick Parry, the E...