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Mental Health Awareness: Opening up on battling with mental health
The NLP's North East correspondent Mark Carruthers has marked Suicide Prevention Awareness Month by writing a piece to discuss his own battles with mental health.
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Columnists
/ 3 days agoFrancis Duku: No big move is ever smooth!
The Abdul Abdulmalik transfer to Swedish club Djurgardens turned out to be a long-drawn affair – and that’s perfectly understandable.
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoMatt Badcock: Wood’s axis is a problem
Whether Abdul Abdulmalik stays or not, the rest of the National League have a Boreham Wood problem regardless.
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoMark Harris: Helping clubs to meet the criteria
Few topics attract more debate in Non-League football than Stadium Accreditation. Or Ground Grading in old money.
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoTony Incenzo: The ground hop goes on
TICKED OFF: This season, I’ve already taken in new visits to Anstey Town and Hemsworth Miners Welfare, inset THE life of a Non-League groundhopper is akin to painting the legendary Forth Bridge. In effect, once...
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/ 3 weeks agoMatt Badcock: We should embrace Non-League’s younger fans
Our NLP Editor At Large Matt Badcock reflects on his own Non-League upbringing and questions whether blanket restrictions on young fans risk alienating the next generation while clubs tackle genuine safeguarding concerns.
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoMark Carruthers: How Hartlepool United are rebuilding their bond with the town
Mark Carruthers looks at Hartlepool United’s summer transformation and how a new-look squad, management team and ownership have helped reconnect the club with its supporters.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoDIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Benfleet 1 Halstead Town
Welcome back to a new season. I say ‘new season’ but this is the 14th game of mine.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Race is on for the king of York, Stuart Maynard
Chris Dunlavy argues Stuart Maynard’s availability could make the former York City boss an attractive option for National League clubs after his shock departure from the Minstermen.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoSteve Hill: World Cup agony has become a distant memory
THE dream is over, another World Cup in the bin - and now it's all about the new Non-League season for Steve Hill.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoMichelle Dorling: No such thing as the summer
Essex Senior League secretary Michelle Dorling explains why there is no such thing as a ‘closed season’ in Non-League football – and reveals the countless hours of work that go on behind the scenes before...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoJon Couch: The day I played in a World Cup
The NLP's Jon Couch reflects on creating a memory to tell the Grandkids after he played in the World Cup.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoMark Harris: Time is the key to clubs
Every summer, the same questions come around. ‘Why are the fixtures out so late? Why can’t we find out sooner if we’ve been laterally moved? Surely AI could sort all this out?’
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoTony Incenzo: Pressing the reset button
I've been shocked and dismayed by the catalogue of teams that have resigned voluntarily from our National League System throughout the summer.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 months agoChris Dunlavy: Standing the test of time!
Chris Dunlavy reflects on the remarkable journeys of Scott Davies and Aaron Ramsey – and how football careers can change in the blink of an eye.
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoFrancis Duku: #SaferTogether gives us all hope
Francis Duku explains why Non-League football needs a cardiac screening programme and how #SaferTogether aims to improve player welfare before tragedy strikes.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoMatt Badcock: Refreshing England assistant Anthony Barry is all the talk
Anthony Barry delivered a half-time assessment of England’s performance that was straight out of Non-League.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 months agoChris Dunlavy: The heart & soul of football!
Chris Dunlavy argues that data and analytics are stripping football of its creativity, while the EFL and Non-League pyramid remains a haven for freedom, flair and entertainment.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoChris Dunlavy: Perfection or bust for bosses
Mark Hughes supposedly left Carlisle United by mutual consent, which is a bit like that bloke on Louis Theroux’s manosphere documentary yabbing about one-sided monogamy.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoMatt Badcock: Gus can finally pop the corks
When Gus Scott-Morriss kindly offered this hack a lift to a Maccy D’s around the corner from England C’s Swansea hotel, unopened bottles of bubbly were rolling around on the backseat.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoTony Incenzo: Proud Kensington Dragons breathing fire!
Fire is being breathed into the future of Middlesex County League Premier Division outfit Kensington Dragons.
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Forget data, Ollie is the ultimate in sound investment
An hour or so after York crushed Carlisle 5-0 at the LNER in September, Ollie Pearce dutifully shuffled into the sponsors’ lounge to collect his man of the match award.
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoCHRIS DUNLAVY: Redeemer Rob must take Heed
A great escape can be the ultimate springboard to success – or a false dawn that delays the inevitable. Which way will Gateshead go?
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Non-League Paper
/ 4 months agoTalkingPoints
Tony INCENZO A PERFECT END TO THE SEASON WEMBLEY BOUND: AFC Stoneham and, inset, Wealdstone’s, right, Nathan Tshikuna starts Wealdstone’s celebrations in the QF win over Kidderminster PICTURE: Ian Christy/Adrian Hoskins IT’S the occasion we’ve...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoTony Incenzo: It’s the journey of a lifetime
As reported in The NLP last week, it was immensely satisfying for me to fulfil my lifelong ambition on Easter Monday of watching a match at every Non-League ground in the entire National League System.
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