The Non-League Paper’s first edition hit the shops on Sunday, March 26, 2000 – we revisit the opening weekend

PITCH PERFECT: Stuart Pearce at Benfleet’s Woodside Stadium on Non-League Day
PICTURE: Phil Greig

Stuart Pearce implored top clubs to unearth Non-League treasures on the front cover of The NLP’s first ever edition – and what good advice it has proved!
The England legend famously took that path himself, beginning at Wealdstone before going on to have a decorated career at the very top of the English game.
Pearce joined the Essex Senior League’s Non-League Day groundhop yesterday to ...