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Postponed games have disappeared

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 March 2026

FANS’ FORUM

WHAT on earth has happened to the results on the Step 3&4 league websites this season?
For some strange reason, matches in recent weeks that have been postponed or abandoned – such was the NPL East game between Brighouse Town and Lincoln United on Wednesday night – have now been simply wiped from existence, making it impossible for those supporters – and groundhoppers like me – to grasp, especially in the hours leading to kick-off when monitoring which games have been affected by the weather.
I’ve noticed similar on the Isthm...

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