John Lyons

Our sister publication, The Non-League Paper, has been among those championing the case for three-up, three-down between the EFL and National League.
It’s now two decades ago since Non-League’s top flight was given a second promotion place via the play-offs.
However, when there are four promotion places on offer from League Two, it does appear somewhat bizarre there are only half that number from the division below.
Of course, it’s something that Football League clubs may well prefer to kick into the long grass. They are in the top 92 and understandably want to hang onto their...