IN RESPONSE to Andy Neild's report on the crisis in non-League football (LET, February 11), apart from the money involved, one of the main reasons for the big decline below Conference level is the bad language and discipline of both the players and the people in the dug-outs.

F GREGORY (Mr), Stratford Way, Colne.

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