JAMES HERD can’t understand why the big clubs spend so little time and effort scouting players in non-league football

Roy Essandoh, remember the name? Wycombe Wanderers were flying in the FA Cup, 2001, but there was a problem – manager Lawrie Sanchez needed players.
So what did he do? Appealed on Ceefax of course. Essandoh’s quick-thinking agent responded to this appeal and the rest…has gone down in history.
Essandoh went on to score one of the most well-remembered goals in FA Cup history – the injury time winner in the quarterfinal against the then Premi...