It’s August in the home dressing room at Shortwood United’s quaint Meadowbank ground, and Alex Sykes is borrowing from one of his old bosses as he sets out his Step 4 side’s targets for the season.
Gary Mills says he feels Gateshead is “the right place to be” after putting an end to speculation linking him with the managerial vacancy at Forest Green Rovers.
We know what’s always been said about goalkeepers. But for Chris Maxwell, the on-loan Cambridge United stopper enjoying a sensational start to the season, we can change the age-old adjective from mad to modest.
Olly Murs dreamed of playing at Wembley, and the semi-pro striker turned singer rocked the national stadium recently by playing Kylie Minogue’s role in a duet of ‘Kids’ with pop legend Robbie Williams.
To frustrated out-of-work managers like Gary Brabin, Terry Brown, Gary Mills, Andy Sinton, Marcus Law and Liam Daish, came a message from above this week.
Leo Skeete can still remember like it was yesterday the game which geared up Mossley towards a second successive Northern Premier League title and reaching Wembley.
While his new Cambridge United team-mates had the sound of the infamous pre-season bleep test ringing in their ears, Tom Champion was in the Californian sun.
It seems like only yesterday that we were calculating last season’s final totals, but in the blink of an eye, pre-season has begun – and that can only mean one thing. Yes, Fantasy Non-League is back for 2013-14!