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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.

Village people reap the rewards! Hartley Wintney toast welcome promotion

12 April 2017 0 comments

HARTLEY WINTNEY chairman Luke Mullen has hailed a “huge community effort” after the club were given the green light to play Step 4 football next season for the first time in their history.

West Allotment Celtic quit Northern League after Northumberland FA raises ground rent 67 per cent

5 April 2017 0 comments

WEST ALLOTMENT CELTIC say they have been forced to withdraw from the Northern League after the Northumberland FA greatly increased their annual rent.

Former FA Vase winner Kieran Wrightson given the all-clear after cancer battle

29 March 2017 0 comments

FORMER FA Vase winner Kieran Wrightson is celebrating the best victory of his life after he was given the all-clear from cancer.

Disappointed Windsor FC castled by lease blow-up

28 March 2017 0 comments

THE FUTURE of Windsor Football Club is being placed on the line after its landlord, The Crown Estate, has precluded The Royalists from a long-term lease, writes Andy Fitzsimons.

Reaching Wembley with South Shields a “dream” for former Premier League ace Julio Arca

21 March 2017 0 comments

FORMER Premier League star Julio Arca says he has achieved a “personal dream” by leading South Shields to Wembley in the FA Vase.

Interim Rotherham United boss Paul Warne: The ‘Non-Leaguer’ who crashed the party

17 March 2017 0 comments

IT’S a long way from the Eastern Counties League to the Championship. In fact, for pretty much everyone at that level of the game, even the National League can feel out of reach, let alone the Football League.

Former FA Vase winner Daniel Moore given three-year deal as Shildon boss

16 March 2017 0 comments

FORMER FA Vase winner Daniel Moore has signed a three-year contract as manager of Northern League club Shildon – a move chairman David Dent has described as a “massive step forward”.

Sam Elliott: It’s time the FA relaxed their demands and helped clubs get good grades

24 February 2017 0 comments

CLUBS are getting twitchy, and not just because we’re hurtling towards the business end of the season.

Non-League club Langtoft AFC in shock after player James Moorfoot dies on pitch

14 February 2017 0 comments

A NON-LEAGUE football club is in mourning after one of its players, James Moorfoot, collapsed and died on the pitch during a game.

Good, Bad and the Ugly: Ex-Plymouth, Exeter, Weymouth and current Exmouth Town striker Lee Phillips

3 February 2017 0 comments

LEE PHILLIPS was still at school when he made his first team debut in men’s football. At the time he became Plymouth Argyle’s youngest ever player.

Stranded boss Dave Ricardo is a lone Ranger after club leaves him behind!

2 February 2017 0 comments

IT happens to the best of us. You leave a match, get back to the warmth of your car and then it hits you – we’ve left something behind.

Whole new ball game! Steps 3-7 set for major FA re-structure

24 January 2017 0 comments

NEW DIVISIONS at Step 3 and 4 have been agreed in principle by the Football Association in a major shake-up of the National League System structure.

Premier League star Yannick Bolasie steps in to help save Hillingdon Borough

18 January 2017 0 comments

STEP 6 club Hillingdon Borough have been saved from closure after former player and current Everton winger Yannick Bolasie stepped in to help.

Newcastle Benfield youngster Jack Devlin earns dream move to Stoke City

18 January 2017 0 comments

JACK DEVLIN has been told he can go as far as he wants after swapping Step 5 football with Newcastle Benfield for Premier League side Stoke City.

Highgate United hope to raise £2,500 to help commemorate 50th anniversary of Tony Allden’s passing

11 January 2017 0 comments

MIDLAND League side Highgate United are hoping to raise £2,500 through Crowdfunding to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Tony Allden’s passing while playing for the club.

George Gaskin is a Boxing Day knockout with two hat-tricks in one day!

6 January 2017 0 comments

THERE was no Christmas hangover for George Gaskin as the striker went above and beyond on Boxing Day – scoring two hat-tricks for two different teams!

Non-League footballer sacked after sending vile messages to Premier League star

4 January 2017 0 comments

A NON-LEAGUE footballer has been sacked after vile messages from his Twitter account were sent to AFC Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter, taunting him over his stillborn child.

Cockfosters see the top side of golfer Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston!

29 December 2016 0 comments

COCKFOSTERS were never going to be under par against Leighton Town after a star guest gave a special pre-match team-talk – golfer Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston!

Busy George Gaskin scores two Boxing Day hat-tricks for two different teams!

28 December 2016 0 comments

BUSY striker George Gaskin had a Boxing Day to remember after scoring two hat-tricks for two different teams!

Newton Aycliffe charged by Durham FA after ugly scenes following FA Vase tie

22 December 2016 0 comments

NEWTON AYCLIFFE have been charged with misconduct by the Durham FA after some of their players stormed into visiting Morpeth Town’s dressing room following an FA Vase tie.