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Games lose momentum in subs rush

18 August 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM WE are one game into the new ruling at Step 6 permitting five subs per team. From a […]

Fixtures fail to take fans into account

11 August 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM LOGIC? Dover fans must go to Hastings on Boxing Day I’VE often thought that it was only the […]

Posh remain the blueprint for success

30 June 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM SO, Peterborough United have done it again – landing the best talent in Non-League football. They’ve built a […]

New contract rule is putting clubs at risk

2 June 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM I AM secretary of Denbigh Town FC, who play in Tier 2 (North) of the Welsh Football League. […]

Board must answer this play-off mess

28 April 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM SERIOUS questions need to be asked of the competence and governance of the board of the National League […]

Decision not to extend is dangerous

31 March 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM FA chiefs, league committees and their dignitaries, both local and national, need to understand that this has been […]

No substitute for manager’s hunch

25 February 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM LIFE’S A PITCH: Buckingham FC’s Stratford Fields ON JANUARY 24, 2024, I attended the Northern Premier League game […]

Vase rivals a credit to their clubs

18 February 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM LAST week’s FA Vase tie between Tilbury and North Greenford United was, as expected, a tense and exciting […]

Late venue switch isn’t fair on fans

11 February 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM AS a supporter of Romford FC since the 1960’s, I was somewhat irked by the late change and […]

Not all clubs have luxury of a facility

28 January 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM I REFER to the excellent article by Tom Cooper, Managing Director of Sports Ground Development (NLP, Jan 14). […]

It’s so easy just to blame the manager

21 January 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM THE recent merry-goround of football clubs sacking managers suggests that some club chairmen – and indded supporters – […]

Capturing the spirit of grass roots

14 January 2024 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM I RECENTLY attended Worthing United v Dorking Wanderers B in the Southern Combination Division One at Step 6. […]

Embracing the game’s entertainers

17 December 2023 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM FOR ME, Non-League football is one of the best aspects of living in England today. More controversially, since […]

The wrong way to the Rhonddas

19 November 2023 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM JUST an observation on the otherwise excellent report on the Merthyr Town v AFC Totton match last Saturday, […]

I got the RAW end of the deal at City

12 November 2023 0 comments

FANS’FORUM SEND YOUR VIEWS TO: FANS’ FORUM, THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER, TUITION HOUSE, ST GEORGE’S ROAD, WIMBLEDON SW19 4EU or e-mail […]

Ravens can not be more welcoming

29 October 2023 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM I WRITE in praise of Bromley FC and their amazing hospitality. I was a guest of the board […]

Following Ites brings back so many memories

22 October 2023 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM AROUND 70 years ago, I went to Botany Road with my Dad and saw Sheppey United go through […]

Never mind dogs… it’s the children

15 October 2023 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM I READ with interest in last week’s Diary of a Groundhopper (NLP, October 8) that your mystery hopper […]

Benches set the wrong example

8 October 2023 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM READING ‘Diary of a Groundhopper (NLP, Sept 16), I can whole-heartedly relate to his comments made regarding the […]

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