Sergio Torres probably hadn’t heard of Non-League football, let alone his future stomping grounds Molesey, Basingstoke Town and Crawley Town when he arrived in?England a little less than ten years ago with a big dream.
It never rains, but it pours at The Hive – and I’m not just talking about the sprinkler that caused us hacks to move three times while interviewing Edgar Davids last week!
Every footballer will tell you he knows the exact moment when Old Father Time told him to retire. His call to me came at the end of a 2007-08 season during which red-hot strikers like Jon Main had been getting too quick for me.
With just two more days to go for our first Manager of the Month of the FNL 2013-14 season we have a new leader for August/September with Fishermans Walk taking a 37-point lead into the run-in.
For a club whose home ground sits on a local industrial estate, it is perhaps fitting that Skelmersdale United boast their own production line. This ground is one I just had to tick off my list.
We start this week with an appeal. If you cannot find your team or it has been spelt incorrectly on the full online list, then please get in touch with the FNL Helpdesk.
It’s really great to finally get underway this season and to see so many old friends and, of course, a number of new ones. If this is your first journey into FNL, welcome and I can promise you that you are in for a great ride.