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Steve McNulty Big Interview: There will be no excuses if we don’t get promoted this time

14 July 2017 0 comments

AT Tranmere, pre-season ain’t what it used to be. And at 33, Steve McNulty isn’t complaining.

Jamie Cureton Big Interview: Goal machine Jamie’s still the perfect Cure for a promotion tilt

12 May 2017 0 comments

AFTER a career spanning 24 years, over 800 senior appearances and 300 goals, there’s not a lot that Jamie Cureton hasn’t experienced on a football pitch.

Goal machine Jamie’s still the perfect Cure for a promotion tilt

7 May 2017 0 comments

By Jon Couch HE’S STILL GOT IT! Jamie Cureton, left, leads the celebrations after firing Farnborough in front in Monday’s […]

WOODY IS A HIT WITH HAWKS

7 May 2017 0 comments

By John Lyons MAKING your managerial debut in the midst of a relegation battle is either brave or crazy – […]

DOING SO MUCH FOR THE GAME…

7 May 2017 0 comments

Football Foundation THE Football Foundation is once again delighted to be supporting the Community Club of the Year category of […]

Dave Challinor Big Interview: Now we’re Coasting our way to the promised land

5 May 2017 0 comments

WHEN AFC Fylde chairman David Haythornthwaite was persuaded over a pint to get involved with a little club near Blackpool, the plan to reach the Football League by 2022 was put in motion.

Danny Lloyd Big Interview: Amidst a dark place emerges Stockport County’s shining light

13 April 2017 0 comments

PERHAPS it’s the salesman in him, but Danny Lloyd was making big guarantees before he’d even kicked a ball in Stockport County colours.

Danny Rowe: Making the move to AFC Fylde was a twist of fate – now we can make history

24 March 2017 0 comments

IF AFC Fylde had their way, then Danny Rowe would have been lining up in their colours a long time ago.

FA Cup Big Interview: From Essex to the Emirates, it’s been an epic journey for the Cowley brothers

10 March 2017 0 comments

THEY’RE the brothers who have masterminded Lincoln City’s rise to the top of the National League and taken a Non-League club into FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 103 years.

Danny Cowley Big Interview: Supersonic rise from Concord – and now we’ve hit the summit

15 December 2016 0 comments

IT’S less than two hours before Lincoln City have the chance to go top of the National League and Danny Cowley’s office is humming with activity.

Big Interview: Max Porter planning for his next step but still aiming for success at Chelmsford

13 October 2016 0 comments

MAX PORTER has always been a studious footballer. England C manager Paul Fairclough tells a story about how the midfielder, then at Barnet, stood outside the Rochdale dressing room waiting to pick the experienced brains of Gary Jones.

Jimmy Bullard: Leatherhead job is no joke, football has always been in me

30 September 2016 0 comments

THE kids are camped outside the changing room… iPhones for selfies and notepads for autographs. This is Folkestone Invicta Football Club on a Tuesday night and the waiting posse know their turf: it’s one way in and one way out.

Big Interview: Don’t believe what you hear, we’re just a pair of Salford softies!

25 August 2016 0 comments

WHEN Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley asked Ramsbottom United chairman Harry Williams to give them a crack at management, the two players, then in their mid-20s, were met with a curt reply.

Forget the likes of Terry and Ronaldo – Steve Jones is living the dream with Nantwich Town!

11 March 2016 0 comments

STEVE JONES has taken on the best in a career that started out in the North West Counties League and took him around the globe.

Gambling crippled him – now Glen Southam’s out to repay his debt to society

22 December 2015 0 comments

THE setting was familiar for a footballer, the situation anything but. Glen Southam had just finished tucking into his chicken at Nandos, and asks to be excused from the table.

Spat at and threatened with a stabbing, just because he’s gay. But Luke Tuffs is fighting proudly from the front

6 October 2015 0 comments

COURAGE and fearlessness. Two words easily associated with the FA Cup, symbols of our lionhearted risk-takers who stop at nothing to break down the barriers.

Big Interview: Daryl McMahon and Ebbsfleet let football do the talking

16 September 2015 0 comments

IF you were to believe what you read, Ebbsfleet United are already as good as National League South champions. Not the views of mischievous journalists or an ambitious entry laced with bitterness on a newspapers’ letters’ page, you understand.

Big Interview: Lincoln City midfielder Craig Stanley

19 August 2015 0 comments

by Matt Badcock CRAIG STANLEY’S goal against Braintree Town was a Mighty Missile, and could certainly be described as Superior […]

At last, the Gates have opened for wily campaigner Malcolm Crosby

18 June 2015 0 comments

MALCOLM CROSBY knows all about the importance of timing. Twenty-four years ago, the new Gateshead boss was a rookie coach at Sunderland when his friend and mentor Denis Smith was sacked.

Kevin Nicholson: I’m ready for one last hurrah!

25 May 2015 0 comments

THIS time of year might be all about the promoted clubs enjoying their moment in the spotlight, downing the champagne and jetting off to party in Magaluf.