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With the two teams set to meet again in the FA Cup fourth round this weekend, we looks back at their previous match at Gander Green Lane
by Nige Tassell
Yellow Jersey Press, £12.99
Reviewed by Ed Wilson
From WSC 358, December 2016
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Disastrous former manager Jackie McNamara is now chief executive, while early performances under Mills have hardly been an improvement
Gary Andrews explains how 3G pitches are becoming a more attractive option for non-League clubs, despite resistance from the FA
As the 2012-13 non-League season reached its climax, plenty of clubs will have envied Maidstone United. This wasn’t due to the Stones’ league position – they finished second in the Isthmian League Division One South and were promoted through the play-offs – but instead it was because of their 3G pitch, which registered just one postponement during the season. Non-League is more susceptible to bad weather than higher divisions but even allowing for the inevitable winter postponements, this year’s extended cold snap, snow and rain led to huge fixture pile-ups across the divisions, as reported in WSC 314.