The issue for the National League is not so different to the one faced by the EFL. Its leaders have spent the last few years pleading with the Premier League for a bigger slice of its TV revenue. The “New Deal for Football,” they call it.
National League CEO Mark Ives insists adding a third promotion spot into the EFL needs to be addressed now – or risk being kicked down the road for years.
New owner Scott Drewitt-Barlow says he is fulfilling a “childhood dream” by taking over at Maldon & Tiptree – and it hoping to create a “Cinderella story, just like Wrexham”.
National League strugglers Wealdstone have announced Neil Gibson as their new head coach following on from the departure of Matt Taylor to play-off chasing Solihull Moors.
Non-League representation in the FA Cup is over for another year, and it’s hard to shake the feeling that there will be fewer of the stories that make the competition special now that replays are a thing of the past.
ALTRINCHAM powered their way into the National League play-off places with a hard-earned victory over ten-man Eastleigh, whose nine-match unbeaten run came to a disappointing end.