A route one glory trail

Tony INCENZO Talking Points THEIR name may suggest they adapt a more outdated approach, but manager Sohail Abbas Rehman knows just...

Mitch is back in the groove

Mitch Walker knew it was a bad news phone call when the doctor asked him to sit down first.

STEVE HILL: Great to be back on the road

Hello, it’s good to be back. I don’t mean me – although it has been a while – but the football...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Real Bedford 4-1 FC Clacton

Peter McCormack’s bold announcement about plans to take Real Bedford into the Premier League was dismissed with the same “Oh no,...

Trust HUST for smiles all round

Football fans can so often be relied on to do good things and it’s no different when it comes to the...

MATT BADCOCK: It began with a brain storm

Luton Town playing their first ever game in the Premier League brought to mind that great John Still quote having watched...

FA VASE FACTFILE: ‘50 club’ leading the way to Wembley

The 2023-24 FA Vase, which gets underway this weekend, marks the 50th year the competition has been been contested.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Horbury Town 1-4 Louth Town

Horbury Town joined the Northern Counties East League last season. I fully intended to pay the club a visit but never...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Hucknall Town 1-1 Wisbech Town

After last night’s enjoyable opener of The United Counties League Groundhop at Saffron Dynamo, I am joined for today’s four Hop...

FA CUP FACTFILE: Lydd are opening up a new legacy

272 clubs are involved in the FA Cup preliminary round as the remaining Step 4 teams join those from Steps 4...

MARK 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...

It’s Ay-ok in a day to remember for Okes

FA Cup fever swept through the northern edge of Dartmoor last Saturday when Okehampton Argyle relished their debut in the world...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Saffron Dynamo 1-5 Birstall United

A few Notts County youth friendlies and three highly enjoyable Khalsa tournaments have kept me going over the summer but now...

Adam Virgo: Chesterfield start as favourites but this is a wide open race

THE NLP’S ADAM VIRGO GIVES HIS VERDICT ON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ONES TO BEAT: Chesterfield are many people’s favourites after going...

Tony Incenzo: My epic FA Cup adventure in 1984-85

Tony INCENZO IN MY eyes, the FA Cup has always been the world’s greatest knockout tournament. And our noble Non- League...

FA Cup Factfile: 2023-24 Extra Preliminary round preview

By Phil Annets @FACUPFACTFILE 732 – The total number of clubs involved in the 2023-24 FA Cup, the first time in...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Grigg’s his own man in the box

Will Grigg spoke last week of being inspired to join Chesterfield after watching Welcome to Wrexham. Yet Paul Mullin, one of...

TONY INCENZO: Cup kings Wanderin’ free again

A fascinating slice of embryonic football history has been revived in the lower echelons of the Non-League Pyramid.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: No salutes for cup idea

Chris DUNLAVY A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL PLANS to overhaul the FA Cup have sparked predictable – and justifiable – outrage...

GAFFER’S GREATEST GAFFER: Jim showed me how it’s done

In the latest in our series we pick the brains of a man whose lifetime in the game has covered most...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Lessons to be learned

What to make of Matt Uggla, the 29-year-old son of a billionaire who has promised to take York City back to...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: We go our own way!

STEVE Morison, the new and thoroughly unexpected manager of Hornchurch, bristled when I asked how he’d cope with coaching players of...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: It’s time for a cap on owners

When the EFL announced strict new rules aimed at preventing clubs falling into the wrong hands, it begged an obvious question. ...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: New Urchins boss Morison bucks the trend

Being snobby is an accusation that could never be levelled at Steve Morison, who accepted an offer to manage Isthmian Premier...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: A team that time forgot

Relegation from League Two is usually the result of long-term neglect or financial mismanagement, and frequently both.