Mark Maddox used to bring tears to the eyes of opposition strikers – and the Non-League legend did it again with an emotional speech after picking up The NLP’s Special Achievement Award.
It takes a special goalscorer to keep a man as prolific as Altrincham striker Damian Reeves away from the Pro Direct Golden Boot award for the top three levels of Non-League football.
Retiring from playing football at whatever level is tough, the question of how to fill that void come 3pm on a Saturday afternoon is a hugely emotional, personal poser.