You get some real ‘characters’ taking over non-league football clubs, none more so than Glenn Tamplin. His ownership of Essex club Billericay Town was of particular interest to me as I lived there when I was at secondary school. Now Tamplin is a wanted man: he is on the run from police after twice failing to show up in court last year. Tamplin, a born-again Christian who made his multi-million-pound fortune in steel, was due before magistrates last year over allegations of cocaine possession and failing to comply with a community order. After his no-show at the hearings, his mugshot was circulated by Hertfordshire Police on December 14, who said “extensive inquiries” were being carried out to find him. Billericay’s football club were pretty unremarkable (although they did win the FA Vase) bobbing along in the Isthmian League Premier Division (the seventh level of English football) when Tamplin bought them in December 2016, after first trying to take over at nearby Da...