If your club has the upcoming international weekend off, why not support your local club on Non-League Day?
Prostate Cancer UK want football fans to make a pledge for Men United.
Pledges can be as simple as vowing to take a friend to a game or donating £20 if the team keep a clean sheet. Text Pledge to 70004 or visit prostatecanceruk.org/pledge
The charity have teamed up with National League sponsor Vanarama for a #WearTheWig campaign.
Vanarama will donate £10 for fans tweeting a wig-wearing selfie.
Prostate Cancer will also lead a 10k walk from the Bulls Head in?Oak Lane to Macclesfield Town ahead of the game against Kidderminster. The walk starts at 9.30am.
Meanwhile, plenty of clubs are celebrating Non-League day in many different ways.
(Southern Combination Premier)
The Stringers are supporting Hailsham Food Bank on Non-League Day. Kids go free to their clash against East Preston and anybody who brings a donation of a non-perishable, in date food item will be entered into a raffle. The winner will win a copy of computer game Football Manager 2016 and a t-shirt with the runner up picking up just a shirt.
(North West Counties League Div One)
St Helens Town's usual admission prices of £5 and £3 have been waived for Non-League Day with supporters able to ‘Pay What You Want'. St Helens North MP Conor McGinn will be in attendance and the club will be holding a half-time raffle to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK. The club said: “With no Premier League or Championship matches taking place, we hope that football fans in the local area who would normally watch clubs at the top level of the game will take this opportunity to experience a match at Brocstedes Park.”
Fisher FC
(Southern Counties East League)
The fan owned club are offering half price entry to all Premier League and Football League season ticket holders for their game against Sevenoaks Town. All residents of SE16 can also get in half price.
Walsham-Le-Willows FC
(Eastern Counties Premier)
The Willows have come up with what they describe as an “eggclusive, eggstatic, eggshilarating eggstravaganza with no eggscuses” for their game with Brantham Athletic. The first 50 paying spectators through the gate will receive a box of half-a-dozen eggs supplied by long-term supporter Alan Marshall of Manor Farm Eggs. They have to be collected from the bar after the final whistle, however, as the only ‘cracking' they want at Summer Road between 3 and 4.50pm is a description of the Step 5 game on show!
(Evo-Stik Southern South & West)
The Puritans are allowing all of their community benefit society members to bring along a guest for free. All current serving members of the Armed Forces will also be admitted free along with under 16s. All Premier League and Football League season ticket holders receive half-price admission and there will be 50p off a pint of all draught beers, ciders and lagers in the clubhouse. All small children will be given a small gift and there will be activities such as face painting on the ‘Non-League Family Day'.
Paget Rangers
(Midland League Div Two)
The club have started the ‘Paget Need You!' campaign as they try to break their record attendance since they reformed of 155. Entrance for everybody is just £1 for the game against Knowle. All food from the CrossBar kitchen will also be reduced by ten per cent. Chairman Matthew Dainty said: “At Paget we like to do things differently and initiatives such as Non-League Day are the sort we love to get behind and market to the full.”
Barkingside
(Ryman One North)
Adults can pay what they want to get into the game against Maldon & Tiptree at Ilford's Cricklefields. Kids are free, as are members of the Armed Forces and local emergency services, while drinks and refreshments are half price.
(North West Counties Premier)
Half-price admission of £3 is available to season ticket holders of Premier League, Championship and professional rugby league clubs, plus members of the Armed Forces, for the match against Silsden. The Linnets are also asking fans to come up with any fresh initiatives for the day to raise the club's profile and attendance, with supporters' trust secretary Dave Bettley saying: “There will be prizes for the most unusual and also the most effective NLD proposal.”
Trafford FC
(Evo-Stik NPL Div One North)
Trafford have labelled their game against Radcliffe Borough as a ‘Fab Five Freebies Fixture'. There is free admission for all Armed Forces, emergency services and NHS workers as well as for all local schools and clubs. Kids will be able to pick up a free hot dog or drink with adults getting a drink free with their first purchase at the bar. There will also be a kids' half-time raffle with footballs, badges and scarves up for grabs.
AFC Emley
(Northern Counties East League Div One)
AFC Emley are offering a special £10 ticket which can only be purchased online prior to their game against Hull United. For just a tenner, you can sample everything the club has to offer. You'll get entry to the game, a match day programme, a raffle ticket to win a famous Emley Big Breakfast, as well as any hot food menu item with chips and a hot drink. Children under 13 are, as always, free when accompanied by an adult.
Aldershot T/ Boreham W/ Bromsgrove SP/ Sheffield FC
All four clubs have nominated their home games on Non-League Day to the work of Kick It Out and the Fans For Diversity campaign, run in partnership between Kick It Out and the Football Supporters' Federation (FSF). Players from all teams involved will wear t-shirts recognising Kick It Out and Fans For Diversity during the pre-match warm up, with supporters in attendance welcomed with badges, stickers, wristbands and fan clappers.
