CHRIS Moore was enjoying a season to savour with Hanwell Town until the coronavirus knocked both him and the club for six.
The Geordies’ co-manager, along with long-time pal Wayne Carter, was in a bad way when their unexpected promotion challenge in Isthmian South Central officially came to an end with Step 3 to 7 leagues being declared null and void.
“I had the coronavirus and didn’t really get to talk to anyone until three or four days later,” said the former Brentford and Dagenham & Redbridge striker.
“We were gutted when we heard, but I expected it. I didn’t think it would be points-per-game, the leagues will always go with the easy option.
“However, when you have people dying around the country – and we lost a supporter to it – it’s all kind of irrelevant.”
Indeed, his own brush with Covid-19 enabled Moore to see the bigger picture.
“I had it for two weeks and there were three or four days that were really, really rough,” explained the 40-year-old.
“My doctor suggested the possibility of going into hospital, but I’d heard the news about people going into hospital and not coming out, so I was reluctant.
“My doctor prescribed me some tablets and I was bed-bound. Five weeks later and my sense of taste and smell haven’t returned, though, fortunately, I was one of the lucky ones to come out the other side.”
Hanwell’s disappointment and his coronavirus scare could have floored many, but Moore is made of sterner stuff.
Indeed, his football career has been a rollercoaster ride right from the early days when he was rejected by Brentford as a 16-year-old for being ‘too small’.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 03, 2020 من The Non-League Football Paper.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 03, 2020 من The Non-League Football Paper.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
SHAKERS REVEL IN MAKING HISTORY
DAVE McNabb says Bury's FA Cup heroes are proud to be writing their own chapters in club history.
WILCOX: WE FEEL COMPLETE WITH WIN
RUSS WILCOX'S verdict after watching his Gainsborough Trinity side outmuscle and outplay their hosts was that it was \"probably our most complete performance\".
CRACKER BY KABIA TOPPLES TUDORS!
ASSISTANT boss Stewart Yetton said his Truro City side were good value for their win over table-toppers Hemel Hempstead Town.
BRAKES PUT STOP ON BORO BATTLERS
SEPARATED only by goal difference before kick-off, these sides remain neck and neck in the embryonic table after playing out 90 minutes in the October sunshine that was a great advert for the division.
BOSS COTT'S GOT A REALLY GOOD THING WITH ROVERS
STEVE Cotterill hailed Forest Green Rovers’ first class performance as they produced a spirited comeback to topple fellow high-flyers Eastleigh at the Silverlake Stadium.
SKIPS STEER HEED'S SHIP
GATESHEAD captains of the past and present are playing a lead role in helping the National League club move on from the departure of FA Trophy-winning manager Rob Elliot.
FA CUP PREVIEW: SWEET! 'DREAM' DRAW IS CHANCE OF OUR LIFETIME
DAVE NORTHFIELD says minnows Biggleswade FC were like 'kids in a sweet shop' when they drew out York City in what he describes as the 'draw of a lifetime'.
PARKER'S HEART IS STILL AT HOME
FORMER England right-back Paul Parker has revealed he would never completely rule out a return to management – but says he would only do so for one of his beloved local clubs.
LOCALS RALLY TO REBUILD BRIDGE
WHEN committee members at Bamber Bridge set out to raise £30,000 to protect the club's future, they were apprehensive about the response they'd get.
RUTHLESS BEES FIND THEIR FEET
ASTERLING second-half performance resulted in league leaders Barnet brushing aside a Boston United outfit that led at the interval through Keaton Ward’s early strike.