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EIGHT FANS GIVEN BLUES BANS

14 May 2023 0 comments

Steve HILL EIGHT football fans have been issued with indefinite club bans from Chester FC following the crowd disorder which […]

Adam Virgo picks his National League Dream Team of 2022/23

7 May 2023 0 comments

Picking a Team of the Season is hard enough at the best of times – this campaign has been another classic for so many reasons.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: FC St Helens 2-2 Ilkley Town

7 May 2023 0 comments

THE weekend’s football entertainment is chosen very quickly; no prevarication needed this week. FC St. Helens of the North West Counties League have been on my radar all season so when I spot that they are at home in a Play-off semi-final on Saturday, it’s a no-brainer.

TONY INCENZO: A new giant is re-awakening!

7 May 2023 0 comments

Sleeping giant is a term which can often be overused amidst our everyday football parlance – but it certainly applies to Dudley Town who are joyfully celebrating a first league title triumph in almost four decades.

JOY OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE

30 April 2023 0 comments

Steve HILL HILLY’S AWAY DAYS Can I just shock you? I like football. Or do I? I numbly watch practically […]

Diary of a Ground Hopper: Heacham 0-0 Harwich & Parkeston

23 April 2023 0 comments

HEACHAM FC have been on my radar for quite some time. This North Norfolk club has rocketed up the Leagues and is in just about my favourite county in the country, so it was only a matter of time I paid them a visit.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Mortimor 2-0 Chinnor

16 April 2023 0 comments

READERS of The NLP will have noted Tony Incenzo espousing the delights of Groundhops in a recent issue. This weekend is a rare chance for me to catch up with one such Hop in the shape of UK Groundhop’s Hellenic event.

ADAM VIRGO: Winner takes all as Wrexham and Notts County prepare to meet

9 April 2023 0 comments

The Easter Monday showdown between Wrexham and Notts County has been circled on the calendar for a while now.

GROUND HOPPER: Hayes & Yeading 4-0 Dorchester Town

2 April 2023 0 comments

SatNav does me proud and leads me straight to Beaconsfield Road in Southall and the main gate of Hayes & Yeading United’s SKYex Stadium. I am greeted like royalty by the steward in the car park

TONY INCENZO: We are at a whole new level

2 April 2023 0 comments

When one of Non-League football’s biggest success stories champions the standard of the English game below the Football League, you tend to take note.

LET’S CREATE A FOUR NATIONS!

26 March 2023 0 comments

Matt BADCOCK AN INFORMED AND ENTERTAINING READ LOOK at his face, just look at his face! Barry Davies’ iconic line […]

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Hadley 3-2 Kempston Rovers

19 March 2023 0 comments

It’s not often I have a concrete plan in mind for a Saturday but this one falls nicely into place. Edgware announce they are kicking off at 7pm and Best Wife is out with her mates. Match 3 sorted.

Sorry, I hope there is no big reunion

19 March 2023 0 comments

It took my beloved Hartlepool United four years to get out of the National League so you can understand why […]

I’m lacing up the boots again!

19 March 2023 0 comments

JEFF STELLING I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I’d ever be lacing up my walking boots again. However, the chance […]

GAFFER’S GREATEST GAFFER: Tempo was the trick for Steve

12 March 2023 0 comments

In the latest in our series we pick the brains of ex-Northern Ireland international playmaker Jamie Ward whose first shot at management came as a bolt from the blue at Ilkeston Town earlier this season.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: AFC Totton 1-0 Bashley

12 March 2023 0 comments

Many fans recall in great detail every ground they’ve been to. I am not one of those people! Football is a passing, almost ethereal entertainment for me, so I very quickly forget the details.

MATT BADCOCK: A night of pure TV gold…and so much warmer!

12 March 2023 0 comments

Non-League football is best enjoyed in the flesh. The sights, the sounds, and the smells that waft from the food bars.

STEVE HILL: I’m so in love with loanees

5 March 2023 0 comments

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” wrote Shakespeare. Easily said, but Shakespeare didn’t have to find 11 fit bodies for a gruelling two games per week schedule with nary a pot to pass water in.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Gillingham Town 1-4 Oldland Abbotonians

5 March 2023 0 comments

A few seasons ago, Gillingham Town of the Western League had the genius idea of kicking off early and inviting fans of Gillingham FC to watch an early match on their way to Yeovil for their League fixture in the afternoon: a sort of unofficial twinning project.

TONY INCENZO: Town have aerial view of success

5 March 2023 0 comments

HUCKNALL TOWN are settling in very nicely at Non-League football’s newest venue after the £3 million RM Stadium was officially unveiled by Nigel Clough in December.

Columnists

EIGHT FANS GIVEN BLUES BANS

Adam Virgo picks his National League Dream Team of 2022/23

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: FC St Helens 2-2 Ilkley Town

TONY INCENZO: A new giant is re-awakening!

JOY OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE

Diary of a Ground Hopper: Heacham 0-0 Harwich & Parkeston

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Mortimor 2-0 Chinnor

ADAM VIRGO: Winner takes all as Wrexham and Notts County prepare to meet

GROUND HOPPER: Hayes & Yeading 4-0 Dorchester Town

TONY INCENZO: We are at a whole new level

LET’S CREATE A FOUR NATIONS!

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Hadley 3-2 Kempston Rovers

Sorry, I hope there is no big reunion

I’m lacing up the boots again!

GAFFER’S GREATEST GAFFER: Tempo was the trick for Steve

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: AFC Totton 1-0 Bashley

MATT BADCOCK: A night of pure TV gold…and so much warmer!

STEVE HILL: I’m so in love with loanees

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Gillingham Town 1-4 Oldland Abbotonians

TONY INCENZO: Town have aerial view of success

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