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Mark Harris: We must all find solution to abuse
“You f*****g s**g” – is it really acceptable to shout that at another human being at a football match? It’s an important question because that’s what...
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/ 2 months agoMark Harris: A field of streams! ClubberTV live-streaming debuts at Steps 3 & 4
Live-streamed match coverage debuted at steps three and four of the non-league pyramid as Mark Harris praises its introduction.
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/ 6 months agoMark Harris: Data is a whole new ball game!
Henry Ford once said, “if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” This could easily be applied to how Non-League football clubs go about generating commercial income.
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/ 1 year agoMARK HARRIS: Where will we be in a decade?
There's a natural tendency in Non-League to look backwards rather than forwards. Nostalgia is great, but how often do we consider what our level of the game will look line in ten or fifteen years’...
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/ 1 year agoMARK HARRIS: The price of progress…
Things on and off the field are vastly different now to when The NLP started, and even more so if we look back to the late 80s and early 90s. But is it a price...
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/ 1 year agoMark Harris: Protect our volunteers!
Like it or not, Non-League football is no longer a matter of kicking a ball round for 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon. We rely on volunteers to do the jobs that enable clubs to...
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/ 1 year agoMark Harris: Success isn’t just winning
Some see the Regulator as the game’s saviour. We don’t yet know whether the new government will follow their predecessors in restricting the Regulator’s scope to including Steps 1-2 of the NLS.
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/ 1 year agoMark Harris: Ambition can prove costly
Hardly a week goes by right now when we don’t hear about another Non-League club in financial difficulties. Why is this happening, and where will it all end?
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/ 2 years agoMARK HARRIS: Let’s answer those myths
We all love a good whinge. Whether it’s about lighting the Wembley arch, stiff penalties for clubs who stick two fingers up to financial regulations, or games being called off at the last minute.
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/ 2 years agoPEARSE SACKED WITH HIS ROBINS SECOND
Mark HARRIS By Robin Jones BRIDGWATER Town fans were left astonished and angry after Dave Pearse was sacked after seven years as manager – having taken them to second in the Western Premier Division table....
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/ 2 years agoMARK HARRIS: This year’s five big issues
What do we all do in the close season? Some eagerly await new signings, complain when the fixtures aren’t out at the same time as the Premier League (“Workington away on a Tuesday, AGAIN!”) and...
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/ 3 years agoMARK HARRIS: Thinking of it laterally
It used to be called the AGM Cup. Others have dubbed it Maps and Darts. The club allocations for next season have been out for ten days and social media is awash with puzzlement and...
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Mark Harris
/ 3 years agoLet’s address fans’ disorder
MARK HARRIS - NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE CHAIRMAN They say you can’t put a price on safety. I disagree. Ever since Covid, some people have forgotten how to behave at football matches. We now live in...
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/ 3 years agoMARK HARRIS: Safety is our number on priority
Some say, why do we need all this regulation in football. It’s just a game, isn’t it? If you’re one of those people, eBay will sell you some replacement marbles.
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Mark Harris
/ 3 years agoMARK HARRIS: Fans can help with the big squeeze!
THE cost of living crisis is on the minds of all but the wealthiest citizens. But what will the impact of soaring costs be on clubs, the Non-League game and fans actually be?
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/ 3 years agoMARK HARRIS: Making the big step up!
There's always been lots of debate around what constitutes the biggest jump in the National League System, either off-field or on.
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Mark Harris
/ 4 years agoMark Harris: Lateral flow is key compenent
Allocations (AKA The AGM Cup) are a perennial feature of the Non-League calendar. It’s that time when everyone becomes an expert on the road network (“if you take the B374 after Nether Whopping it’ll save...
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/ 4 years agoMARK HARRIS: Contigency plans are in place to see out to a finish
ONE word sums up life right now – uncertainty. With Kuenssberg, Peston and co fuelling mass hysteria, and scientists’ predictions erring on the Doomsday side of gloomy, its little wonder that Non-League fans are worried...
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/ 4 years agoMARK HARRIS: Volunteers are priceless
Amidst all the mis-guided optimism around the Crouch Review, the biggest challenge facing Non-League football barely warranted a mention. Namely the reliance of NLS clubs on volunteers to perform every task bar playing and management,...
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Mark Harris
/ 4 years agoMark Harris: Stream of tears
If, as seems likely, Article 48 remains in place, clubs must either bring forward or put back Saturday kick-off times (NPL clubs can do so by agreement with the visiting team and league).
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Mark Harris
/ 4 years agoMark Harris: Here’s to a new – full – season
Finally. After six months without competitive football, we’re back and the whole world seems a better place.
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/ 4 years agoMark Harris: Plans are better than panic!
An alarming number of pre-season games have been called off, mainly due to players and volunteers having to self-isolate after being pinged by NHS Track and Trace.
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/ 4 years agoReforming the game is no easy task – NPL Chairman Mark Harris
Last week, the government launched a survey of fans to canvas their views on football governance. You’ve got until July 22 to take part.
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Mark Harris
/ 4 years agoNPL chairman Mark Harris calls for evolution, not revolution after fan-led review
Does football need an independent regulator? That’s one of the questions being pondered by the Independent Fan-Led Review of Football Governance, led by former Sports Minister Tracey Crouch MP.
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