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TONY INCENZO: Cup kings Wanderin’ free again

16 July 2023 0 comments

A fascinating slice of embryonic football history has been revived in the lower echelons of the Non-League Pyramid.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: No salutes for cup idea

9 July 2023 0 comments

Chris DUNLAVY A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL PLANS to overhaul the FA Cup have sparked predictable – and justifiable – […]

GAFFER’S GREATEST GAFFER: Jim showed me how it’s done

2 July 2023 0 comments

In the latest in our series we pick the brains of a man whose lifetime in the game has covered most jobs and every level – former Arsenal winger Ian Allinson.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Lessons to be learned

2 July 2023 0 comments

What to make of Matt Uggla, the 29-year-old son of a billionaire who has promised to take York City back to the EFL?

CHRIS DUNLAVY: We go our own way!

25 June 2023 0 comments

STEVE Morison, the new and thoroughly unexpected manager of Hornchurch, bristled when I asked how he’d cope with coaching players of a lesser standard than the Cardiff City stars he’d recently guided to Championship safety.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: It’s time for a cap on owners

18 June 2023 0 comments

When the EFL announced strict new rules aimed at preventing clubs falling into the wrong hands, it begged an obvious question. Can the National League look forward to a future where it is not forced to reanimate the lifeless corpses of once proud sides?

CHRIS DUNLAVY: New Urchins boss Morison bucks the trend

18 June 2023 0 comments

Being snobby is an accusation that could never be levelled at Steve Morison, who accepted an offer to manage Isthmian Premier Division side Hornchurch less than a year after guiding Cardiff City to Championship safety.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: A team that time forgot

11 June 2023 0 comments

Relegation from League Two is usually the result of long-term neglect or financial mismanagement, and frequently both.

DIARY OF GROUND HOPPER: Evercreech Sports 1-3 St Crispins

11 June 2023 0 comments

We are down to the scrapings now. Only the desperate and the die-hards are scratching around for football. Some even scuttle off abroad for their football fixes: Scandinavian leagues all play during the summer.

Gaffer’s Greatest Gaffer: Odhiambo proud to be in Brady’s bunch

11 June 2023 0 comments

In the latest in our series we pick the brains of Conference-winning full-back and former North Leigh manager Eddie Odhiambo.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Learn respect, like Cloughie!

4 June 2023 0 comments

Just imagine what Brian Clough would have made of Roma and Jose Mourinho, whose shameful antics in Wednesday’s Europa League final defeat to Sevilla made Don Revie’s Leeds look like Corinthians.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Dunbar United 2 Camelon Juniors

4 June 2023 0 comments

Die-hard hoppers, who know there’s no sane alternative to football on a Saturday, look to Wales and Scotland at this time of year. I plump for Scotland.

MARK HARRIS: Thinking of it laterally

28 May 2023 0 comments

It used to be called the AGM Cup. Others have dubbed it Maps and Darts. The club allocations for next season have been out for ten days and social media is awash with puzzlement and indignation-as usual.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: City of Stoke 6-1 Lichfield City Casuals

28 May 2023 0 comments

The season has seemingly come to an abrupt end. Apart from play-offs, there’s a cliff-like drop off of fixtures to choose from.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Money is the 3-up charter

21 May 2023 0 comments

Paul Cook was right when he called Notts County’s failure to win automatic promotion a ‘sporting disgrace’.

FA VASE FACTFILE: Yella fly the flag for first-timers

21 May 2023 0 comments

FOR the 49th time in the 49 seasons of the FA Vase, the 2022-23 Final will involve at least one club appearing for the first time

TONY INCENZO: Hammer is only happy to retrace his roots!

21 May 2023 0 comments

Michail Antonio is one of football’s biggest rags to riches success stories – but also one of the game’s most humble. At 33, Antonio is West Ham United’s leading Premier League goalscorer and has racked up seven international caps for Jamaica having twice been handed an England call-up.

Columnists

TONY INCENZO: Cup kings Wanderin’ free again

CHRIS DUNLAVY: No salutes for cup idea

GAFFER’S GREATEST GAFFER: Jim showed me how it’s done

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Lessons to be learned

CHRIS DUNLAVY: We go our own way!

CHRIS DUNLAVY: It’s time for a cap on owners

CHRIS DUNLAVY: New Urchins boss Morison bucks the trend

CHRIS DUNLAVY: A team that time forgot

DIARY OF GROUND HOPPER: Evercreech Sports 1-3 St Crispins

Gaffer’s Greatest Gaffer: Odhiambo proud to be in Brady’s bunch

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Learn respect, like Cloughie!

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Dunbar United 2 Camelon Juniors

MARK HARRIS: Thinking of it laterally

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: City of Stoke 6-1 Lichfield City Casuals

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Money is the 3-up charter

FA VASE FACTFILE: Yella fly the flag for first-timers

TONY INCENZO: Hammer is only happy to retrace his roots!

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Play-offs at their finest!

STEVE HILL: Bad to much worse

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