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Going Up Is Big Step In Dragons’ Double Dream

14 March 2013 0 comments

The signing of Dele Adebola and David Artell in the last couple of weeks has bumped up the average age of Wrexham’s Dad’s Army so much that captain Dean Keates jokes the old ‘uns team in training has subs.

If It’s A Quick Fix You Want, I’m Not Your Man

6 March 2013 0 comments

John Still jokes that he got into his car at Braintree on Tuesday and told assistant Terry Harris they should head back to Dagenham.

Cards Hold The Aces To Seb’s Second Chance

6 March 2013 0 comments

Seb Brown’s last touch of a Non-League football couldn’t have been much better. The firm right wrist that set AFC Wimbledon on the road to redemption at the City of Manchester Stadium was a story nobody could ignore.

Me… Flash? I’m More Brooke Bond Than James Bond

20 February 2013 0 comments

The picture is typical Paul Cox. “What you see is what you get,” says the boy brought up in Nottingham’s toughest inner-city suburbs.

Vow To Be The Best Is Not Act Of Arrogance

12 February 2013 0 comments

Aswad Thomas lays it all down on his twitter bio: The best left-back outside the Football League.

Tyler’s Feeling Chirpy After Fulfilling A Cup Dream

7 February 2013 0 comments

Norwich born and bred, a young Mark Tyler stood on a milk crate on Carrow Road’s old River End terrace every other week in the late 1980s and early 90s to watch and learn from his hero, Bryan Gunn.

PC Robbo’s At Ease And Happy To Go It Alone

24 January 2013 0 comments

As Brentford’s PFA representative by the age of 22, Gary Roberts’ future vocation was always going to involve telling people what to do.

Matt’s Doubling Up To Prove His Critics Wrong

21 January 2013 0 comments

Matthew Barnes-Homer has been waiting to give both barrels for a while.

Jamie Can Keep The Wings Flying High

6 January 2013 0 comments

WHAT do you think the difference is between Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and Welling United player-manager Jamie Day? Other than […]

Dreamer Jay Has Stones Rolling Again

20 December 2012 0 comments

When Jay Saunders took charge of Maidstone United for the first time back in March 2011, just 312 hardy souls clicked through the gate.

It’s Boiling Up – And That’s Just The Hot Tub!

11 December 2012 0 comments

The part-time footballers of Hastings United were in hot water with their manager last week, but it was nothing to do with the Pilot Field lads’ performances.

Chairman Dad Won’t Spare Me The Sack

25 November 2012 0 comments

If there is anyone well-placed to talk about the importance of building a family environment at a football club it is Harrogate Town manager Simon Weaver.

Power Surge Can Spark Up Imps Recovery

18 November 2012 0 comments

HIS manager David Holdsworth describes Alan Power’s new position, playing just off Lincoln City’s in-form striker Jamie Taylor, as the […]

We’ve Still Got The Drive, We’re Not Finished Yet

4 November 2012 0 comments

As tasks go, putting together the CV for Terry Brown and Stuart Cash’s next football adventure couldn’t have been overly taxing.

Marvel Matt’s Taylor-Made For The Big Time

28 October 2012 0 comments

In a meeting room on the first floor of an Albanian hotel, 16 young English footballers are shouting and hugging as if they haven’t seen each other for five years.

Titles And Europe – That’s Why Dan’s Gone To Iceland

7 October 2012 0 comments

Most lower level footballers’ first thoughts when told there was an offer from Iceland would revolve around words like “cheap”, “party food” and “Kerry Katona” ?and not necessarily in that order.

Treble Ace Ryan Rowe Lays Foundations For Hero Status

30 September 2012 0 comments

Ryan Rowe used to resurface driveways and car parks in the family tarmacking business, but on Tuesday night the only thing he was looking to lay was a sorry start to the season to rest.

Grassroots Is What Football Is All About – Alan Pardew

23 September 2012 0 comments

Alan Pardew knows a thing or two about hard work and striving for success.

Lindon Meikle: I’ll Make The Big Time In The Face Of Tragedy

16 September 2012 0 comments

Mansfield Town and Lindon Meikle tells us how personal tragedy has spurred him on to be the best footballer he can be.

Former King Of Diamonds Aaron O’Connor Now Acing It At Newport County

2 September 2012 0 comments

There is a Rushden & Diamonds heartbeat running right through Newport County’s pulsating start to the season.