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This is where you will find all of the Non-League Football Paper’s Step 5 and below news, opinion and content.

Tiny Northumberland club get £100,000 transfer windfall

27 November 2015 0 comments

A TINY football club from Northumberland have received an amazing £100,000 windfall thanks to former player Fraser Forster.

Joke’s over as AFC Emley’s Ashley Flynn nets 46 already!

20 November 2015 0 comments

ASHLEY FLYNN, in his own words, was the laughing stock of Non-League football last season – now the opposition can’t stop talking about the AFC Emley striker’s 46 goals!

FA issue reminder to Step 5 promotion hopefuls

5 November 2015 0 comments

THE Football Association have reminded Step 5 clubs hoping to win promotion to Step 4 that they must apply by the end of November.

Eugen Bopp still enjoying his football at Basford United

29 October 2015 0 comments

NINE years on from his departure from Nottingham Forest, German midfielder Eugen Bopp is still enjoying his football in the city in which his dreams of becoming a professional footballer came true.

Combined Counties game abandoned after players and fans clash

19 October 2015 0 comments

A COMBINED Counties League Division One game had to be abandoned on Saturday after players and fans clashed in the dressing rooms at half time.

Gaizka Mendieta Wades in to bring out Spanish flair

15 October 2015 0 comments

SPAIN may be looking to defend their European title in little under a year at Euro 2016 but Biggleswade United have attracted their own Spanish contingent to focus on more pressing matters in the Spartan South Midlands League.

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.

Keeper Ricky Drury grabs headlines with dramatic overhead kick

29 September 2015 0 comments

IT’S not every day that you see a goalkeeper scoring an overhead kick in the 94th minute to earn his side a deserved replay in the FA Cup.

FA Cup: Away day No.16 is sweet for Kidlington

24 September 2015 0 comments

KIDLINGTON don’t mind having their 16th consecutive away draw on the spin – they can travel to Gloucester City on a coach!

Worthing United secure Vase victory with a little help from above

17 September 2015 0 comments

EVEN the finest scriptwriter would have struggled to come up with something as dramatic as Worthing United’s victory last Sunday, their first since the tragic Shoreham air crash, which killed two of their players.

South Shields add steel with former Premier League ace Julio Arca

17 September 2015 0 comments

FORMER Sunderland and Middlesbrough star Julio Arca isn’t taking his South Shields responsibilities lightly after joining the Step 6 side.

Hull United (Tuesday, August 25)

16 September 2015 0 comments

I DON’T know how I’ll be able to drag myself off the sofa for a match tonight; the stuffing has been knocked out of me by reports that One Direction are splitting up. How will I be able to live life after such earth-shattering ‘news’?

Boy, 12, dies after being hit by a fence post at Non-League game

15 September 2015 0 comments

A 12-year-old boy, who was hit by a fence post in a freak accident while watching a Non-League football match, has died.

Former Frome boss Adrian Foster returns to Gillingham Town

7 September 2015 0 comments

ADRIAN FOSTER has returned to Gillingham Town to replace Kevan Davis following his spell as boss of Frome Town.

Nation mourns tragic Worthing pals

4 September 2015 0 comments

WORTHING UNITED are expecting a bumper crowd for their FA Vase this weekend to honour players Matt Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, who were tragically killed in the Shoreham air crash.

Westfields stage amazing FA Cup comeback

3 September 2015 0 comments

WESTFIELDS pulled off one of the best FA Cup comebacks ever last night to make it through to the FA Cup first round qualifying.

Codicote’s Steve is Young at heart and still nifty for fifty!

2 September 2015 0 comments

SPARTAN South Midlands outfit Codicote notched their first win of the season – after their 50-year-old joint manager donned the goalkeeper’s jersey.

Step 6 goal machine Jamie Insall gets Hibernian move

2 September 2015 0 comments

STRIKER Jamie Insall has gone from part-time launderette worker and Step 6 striker to the Scottish Championship after signing a three-year deal at Hibernian.

Ashford Town chairman Dave Baker gets scrubbing after Cup vow!

28 August 2015 0 comments

THERE are some chairmen who would move heaven and earth to get their side scoring more goals, but perhaps in future Ashford Town’s Dave Baker will be more careful what he wishes for!

There’s no cunning plan, it’s just hard work says Ruel Fox