NON-LEAGUE TRAITS NEVER DIE

Nige TASSELL
FOOTBALL AUTHOR

BOOTS ’N’ ALL: Day-glo boots, borne out of the Premier League, have filtered down to the Non-League game, as shown by Torquay players
PICTURE: Gary Day

Mere mortals regard those dead days between Christmas and New Year to be the time to reflect on the 12 months just passed and anticipate the 12 months to come.
For the sainted world of football, that point of the calendar is reached in May, when tea huts close their shutters, goalposts go into hibernation and stadia fall silent.
It’s a time to take stock, when t...