NLP says… Big Fox hunt gives hope to managers too

SO Chester’s Sam Hughes has become the latest in a growing line of Non- League starlets to catch the attention of a Premier League club. In Hughes’ case, the fact that he has been snapped up by Leicester City gives the story an extra feel of the ‘Cinderellas’ because, of course, the Foxes were the club that took a punt on Jamie Vardy back in 2013. Nigel Pearson’s side were playing in the Championship then, but Vardy has gone on to become the pin-up boy for Non-League, illustrating how a club dipping into the lower leagues can bring great success at even greater...

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