ONE OF the most talked-about aspects of non-league football is the wage bill. Some clubs talk their budget up while others play it down. But mostly, the playing budget is shrouded in mystery. In some countries, declaring your budget for the year is a requirement. In France, for example, it is well known what each club is paying out to its players. In non-league circles, nothing is sacred, but nothing is official. Secrets are rarely kept – inter-club or intra-club – and rumours constantly circulate about the wages of that top centre forward, the amount of money being thrown-in by a benefactor or the sum being paid to a club’s star player in the car park after the game by a sympathetic sponsor. Back…