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TONY INCENZO: Proud Sappers toast success!

6 April 2025 0 comments

A very special anniversary is being celebrated in military football circles this season – it is exactly 150 years since Royal Engineers lifted the FA Cup.

TUNE IN FOR THE SUNDAY DECIDER

30 March 2025 0 comments

By Freddie George FANS who can’t make the crucial second leg at at Hartpury University next week can still enjoy […]

Guernsey: New grounds for optimism says Green Lions boss Tony Vance

23 March 2025 0 comments

Guernsey boss Tony Vance believes moving into a football-specific stadium for the first time can give the game on the island a reboot – but insisted for now he is only focused on points and survival.

Martyrs weren’t to be fooled by £6m ‘incentive’

2 February 2025 0 comments

FANS’ FORUM MERTHYR Town’s vote to kick out the Football Association of Wales’ offer to join the JD Cymru Premier […]

Merthyr Town: It’s a no from us

26 January 2025 0 comments

Merthyr Town fans last night gave a thumbs-down to the Football Association of Wales’ offer to join the Welsh top flight and will continue their pursuit for Step 2 football in the Non-League pyramid.

MARTYRS TO STUDY WELSH PREMIER SWITCH

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Jon Couch MEMBERS of Merthyr Town are to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting this week to discuss proposals to […]

Tony Incenzo: Football is still Keith Hackett’s Church!

8 December 2024 0 comments

Keith Hackett has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with football – with Non-League very much at the forefront.

MARK HARRIS: Where will we be in a decade?

1 September 2024 0 comments

There’s a natural tendency in Non-League to look backwards rather than forwards. Nostalgia is great, but how often do we consider what our level of the game will look line in ten or fifteen years’ time?

TROPHY WINNER STIMSON FOUND GUILTY

28 July 2024 0 comments

By Andy Mitchell FIVE-time FA Trophy winner Mark Stimson has been convicted of assault following an incident after a tie […]

Defoe in talks to buy a club

30 June 2024 0 comments

JERMAIN DEFOE has exclusively revealed he is in talks to buy a Non-League club, as the former England striker spoke of his love of grassroots football and how ‘special’ he finds the pyramid.

FA announce competition dates

14 June 2024 0 comments

The FA have confirmed round dates for the FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase for the 2024/25 season. Finals […]

BAY NEED HELP IN A BID TO RE-JOIN THE ELITE

2 June 2024 0 comments

By Jon Couch COLWYN BAY are seeking new investment to help them build for the future and fit in with […]

‘THIS WILL CREATE TONS OF TURMOIL’

26 May 2024 0 comments

REACTION TO THE 2024-25 DIVISION ALLOCATIONS – AND A SHOCK EXIT By Matthew Nash CLAPTON fear for the future of […]

REVEALED: Provisional Club Allocations 2024-25

17 May 2024 0 comments

The Football Association have revealed the provisional club allocations for the upcoming 2024-25 season. Oxford City have been placed in […]

FAIRCLOUGH THRILLED WITH HIS CLASSY LIONS

12 May 2024 0 comments

By MATT BADCOCK ENGLAND C 2 Kabamba 8, Stead 13 NEPAL 0 KA-BAM! England celebrate Nicke Kabamba’s goal following pre-match […]

Rob’s so happy to right the wrongs

12 May 2024 0 comments

By Matthew Nash Rob Elliot says he knew Gateshead would win the FA Trophy when they went for a players’ […]

England C 2-0 Nepal: Huge crowd for landmark international encounter

7 May 2024 0 comments

ENGLAND C‘s quick-fire double sent them on their way to victory over Nepal in front of a bumper crowd at […]

TONY INCENZO: Seven finals I’ll always savour

5 May 2024 0 comments

ALL roads at our level of football lead to Wembley Stadium next Saturday for Non-League Finals Day 2024 – and it promises to be an outstanding spectacle once more.

COTTAGERS SANCTIONED IN FAB DEAL

5 May 2024 0 comments

By Jon Couch ACADEMY STAR: Fabio Carvalho spent three years at Balham FC when Fulham came calling PICTURE: Alamy PREMIER […]

Hornets got such a big buzz

21 April 2024 0 comments

Dom Di Paola has claimed the Football Association’s decision to do away with replays in the FA Cup from the first round proper onwards is ‘destroying their own competition’.