SO KEEP FRIENDS CLOSE

THE NOISES coming out of Billericay Town grow ever louder. They are certain to be one of the stories in Non-League football next season. As they are right now.
Their owner, Glenn Tamplin, indeed has been matching words with deeds. A clutch of new signings, proven even above the Ryman Premier, have arrived at New Lodge to take the wage bill to an astonishing £25,000 a week. There are clubs in League Two who will not be spending that.
It has led the wealthy Tamplin to claim that he will be sending out “the best Non-League team in the world” and that ...