Whickham chairman Ross Gregory is hoping for more of the same from newly-appointed manager Tony Fawcett as he returns for a second spell in charge of the Ebac Northern League Division One club.
It was the story which thrust Thornaby FC into the national media spotlight for all the wrong reasons – but now it has inadvertently given the club a new lease of life.
There’s a natural tendency in Non-League to look backwards rather than forwards. Nostalgia is great, but how often do we consider what our level of the game will look line in ten or fifteen years’ time?
Tooting Bec chairman Steffan Wells has insisted he wants to ‘move on’ from the whirlwind of publicity that accompanied his side’s forfeited FA Vase tie with Newhaven – after the home side forgot their kit!