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Ian Ridley meets Burton Albion chairman Ben Robinson – Climbing the footballing pyramid
Ben Robinson speaks about his remarkable journey as Burton Albion Chairman.
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/ 8 years agoIan Ridley meets Jefferson Louis, the man who has played for 37 clubs
Award-winning writer sits down with Non-League's great journeyman.
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/ 8 years agoIan Ridley meets Chesterfield manager Martin Allen – Is the stress and strain really worth it? You bet it is!
A third consecutive relegation down from League One? Unthinkable.
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoGLENN COULD HAVE SAVED!
THERE has already been much said about Glenn Tamplin and Billericay and there will be much more to say by many commentators over this season, that is for sure, as this lavish soap opera runs...
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoTHE CUP MAGIC STARTS HERE!
IT’S A TIME OF YEAR TO SAVOUR COME THE New Year and the third round of the FA Cup, English football will again be debating the worth of the competition, as Premier League and Championship...
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoTIME WE LOBBIED FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE
AS their left-back Casey Linsell lay on the turf unable to be moved, so much in pain was he and so worried were all who could see his injuries, Leverstock Green officials rang 999 several...
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoBulls are under no illusions
I REFER to Ryan Stone’s letter (NLP August 6) regarding Hereford in their first season in the Southern League Premier. We are under no illusions that this is going to be an easy ride, however,...
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoFANS’FORUM
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoWood are just not up to scratch
LAST season a Dover fan wrote to complain about the price of away tickets at Dagenham and Redbridge. The cost was £21 but this was for a large, almost new, covered stand. Away fans were...
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoGive Jackie some credit
HAVING read your excellent paper recently, can I ask one question; what is Chris Dunlavy’s problem with Jackie McNamara? This is not the first time Chris has used his column to slate or have a...
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Ian Ridley
/ 9 years agoGulls are up and running
IT’S been a long, hard summer at Torquay United but Kevin Nicholson is finally beginning to put smiles on the faces of long-suffering fans with his new-look side. Taking on Tranmere and Aldershot in our...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoReprieving clubs is rewarding failure
THERE comes a time each season when teams are refused promotion, for one reason or another. Quite rightly, the next team down is offered the place but my gripe is teams who are handed relegation...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoFLYING THE FLAG…IT’S A TALL ORDER
FOR Jamie Butler, a shot in the V9 Academy is his opportunity to show that size doesn’t matter. The 24-year-old England C keeper doesn’t fit the archetypal big stopper so often seen in football. While...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoVARDY HOPEFULS ARE GIVEN THEIR CHANCE TO SHINE
V9 ACADEMY UNVEIL THE CHOSEN LIST OF GRADUATES By MATT BADCOCK JAMIE VARDY’S quest to unearth Non-League talent to follow in his path has taken a step forward as The NLP reveals the players handpicked...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoBORO IS NOT A SIDE-STEP FOR HOWELL
JAMIE HOWELL shocked the Non-League football world by quitting Bognor Regis following over two decades at the club hours after winning promotion, but says risks have to be taken if he wants to manage at...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoO’S FANS MUST KEEP FAITH…
THIRTY YEARS ago this coming August, Lincoln City played their first game in the old Conference and were beaten 4-2 at Bar net in a serious shock to their systems. I know because I was...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoHAT’S OFF TO FLEET
IT IS not the most prestigious of cups, but Fleet Town are surely among the worthiest winners of a trophy in this Spring season of awards. Their victory on penalties over Tadley Calleva in the...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoSHOTS GOT IT RIGHT
THE recently released list of what Vanarama National League clubs paid agents last year made fascinating reading. Top of the list was Forest Green Rovers, whose whopping £174,613 accounted for almost 70 per cent of...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoNLP says…
Play-offs deliver the ultimate low On Wednesday night I attended the first leg of the play-off semi-final between Aldershot and Tranmere at The Rec. With no reporting or writing duties to carry out, I took...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoLet’s show more respect please!
Staying at The Rec, those posh seats I was sat in were positioned right behind the Aldershot dugout. The emotions of the night were written all over Waddock’s face from the first minute, and you...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoFANS’FORUM
Church ensure that justice is done THIS time last year I wrote to The NLP about the unfairness that Alvechurch having one of their best seasons ever in finishing runners-up to Hereford were denied promotion...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoFGR chiefs lack respect to elders
THIS week, to my great displeasure, I discovered that Dagenham & Redbridge have not been given any seating tickets by Forest Green Rovers for our play-off semi final second leg this afternoon. Some Daggers fans,...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoIT’S TURMOIL ON TV!
GOING LIVE: The TV cameras at the York v Forest Green game WHILE I agree with Paul Hamilton (Fans’ Forum, April 30) that BT Sport’s coverage of the Non-League game is a positive in terms...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoVics are heading in right direction
AS another season draws to an end, with promotion, relegation or the ‘what ifs’, for Northwich Victoria it had both highs and lows. Firstly, the supporters kept the club running, only to see it then...
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Ian Ridley
/ 10 years agoLET’S BUCK THIS TREND
BUILD A LEGACY, NOT JUST A PLAY THING Good e vening, I from Esse x, in case you couldn’t tell. My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay, And I’m doing very well. W...
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