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ADAM VIRGO: Get ready for a title race to savour

5 January 2025 0 comments

The National League title race is already shaping up to be a great one.

FINAL WHISTLE: A sporting charm beside the seaside

5 January 2025 0 comments

Chris Towers, poet and writer of the NLP column ‘Final Whistle’ took himself to Scarborough for the National League North game between Scarborough Athletic and Peterborough Sports.

ADAM VIRGO: You’ll be like kids at Christmas

5 January 2025 0 comments

Set plays, corners – and in the case of Tamworth’s Tom Tonks – long throws, FA Cup upsets are built on key moments falling the underdogs’ way.

FA VASE FACTFILE: Club records mark a year of Vase firsts

5 January 2025 0 comments

Twenty-five of the 32 clubs involved in this season’s Isuzu FA Vase fourth round have the chance of setting or equalling their best Vase runs – that’s a massive 78% of clubs.

My top ten trips of 2024 – Tony Incenzo

29 December 2024 0 comments

Tony Incenzo- Talksport radio’s Non-League Expert I’ve travelled thousands of miles attending nearly 70 Non-League matches over the past 12 […]

Non-League: My top ten trips of 2024

29 December 2024 0 comments

I’VE travelled thousands of miles attending nearly 70 Non-League matches over the past 12 months.

Clinton Morrison: We’re making more inroads

15 December 2024 0 comments

Clinton Morrison has praised the work of the Premier League’s Communities and Wider Football scheme – after taking a trip down memory lane.

Matt Badcock: A home is where the heart is!

15 December 2024 0 comments

WHAT’S it like building a football stadium? “Very stressful and very expensive – apart from that, great fun,” Cambridge City chairman Kevin Satchell says, dryly.

Tony Incenzo: Football is still Keith Hackett’s Church!

8 December 2024 0 comments

Keith Hackett has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with football – with Non-League very much at the forefront.

Chris Dunlavy: Matt Uggla has learnt from mistakes

8 December 2024 0 comments

Has anyone heard from Matt Uggla recently? No twitter spats? No accusations of incompetence? Funny that.

Chris Dunlavy: The cat is out of the bag, it seems!

8 December 2024 0 comments

NOT so long ago, facing a club from Step 3 was a complete mystery to an EFL or Premier League side.

Such was the scarcity of available data or video, they may as well have been playing a team from Senegal or South Korea.

Ilkeston Town striker Tom Cursons discusses footballing journey

1 December 2024 0 comments

Hotshot Tom Cursons puts his Ilkeston Town goalscoring form down to an eclectic Non-League education and ignoring the hype.

Tony Incenzo on Hashtag United business model, popularity

1 December 2024 0 comments

I felt like I had been magically transported to an alternative universe of Non-League spectatorship on my recent visit to Hashtag United.

CLUBS HAVE IT TOUGHER THAN EVER!

24 November 2024 0 comments

Gregor ROBERTSON FOOTBALLER TURNED JOURNALIST Last month, I paid a visit to Isthmian League club Lancing, who had caused a […]

Matt Badcock: National League deserves third promotion place

17 November 2024 0 comments

It will be 22 years at the end of this season since Francis Tierney tapped in to send Doncaster Rovers back into the Football League.

Gregor Robertson: FA Cup about memories, not money

10 November 2024 0 comments

Who could have predicted that the much-discussed first-ever year without FA Cup replays would unfold like this?

Tony Incenzo: Witney Town’s revival a boon for its community

3 November 2024 0 comments

The relaunch of former Hellenic and Southern League team Witney Town this season has been a major success story.

FA VASE FACTFILE: Big guns greeted by step 6 hopefuls

3 November 2024 0 comments

THE final 25 clubs exempted until this Isuzu FA Vase second round draw join the 103 that progressed through from the previous rounds.

FA CUP FACTFILE: We’re out to become history makers

27 October 2024 0 comments

Of the 32 Non-League clubs that have qualified for the FA Cup first round, 24 have been drawn against EFL opposition – with four ties guaranteeing Non-League club presence in the second round.

FA TROPHY FACTFILE: Challenge for Step 4 clubs

20 October 2024 0 comments

FA Trophy Factfile gives an insight into the facts and figures ahead of the the first round of the competition.

Columnists

ADAM VIRGO: Get ready for a title race to savour

FINAL WHISTLE: A sporting charm beside the seaside

ADAM VIRGO: You’ll be like kids at Christmas

FA VASE FACTFILE: Club records mark a year of Vase firsts

My top ten trips of 2024 – Tony Incenzo

Non-League: My top ten trips of 2024

Clinton Morrison: We’re making more inroads

Matt Badcock: A home is where the heart is!

Tony Incenzo: Football is still Keith Hackett’s Church!

Chris Dunlavy: Matt Uggla has learnt from mistakes

Chris Dunlavy: The cat is out of the bag, it seems!

Ilkeston Town striker Tom Cursons discusses footballing journey

Tony Incenzo on Hashtag United business model, popularity

CLUBS HAVE IT TOUGHER THAN EVER!

Matt Badcock: National League deserves third promotion place

Gregor Robertson: FA Cup about memories, not money

Tony Incenzo: Witney Town’s revival a boon for its community

FA VASE FACTFILE: Big guns greeted by step 6 hopefuls

FA CUP FACTFILE: We’re out to become history makers

FA TROPHY FACTFILE: Challenge for Step 4 clubs

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