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.

DIARY OF GROUND HOPPER: Evercreech Sports 1-3 St Crispins

We are down to the scrapings now. Only the desperate and the die-hards are scratching around for football. Some even scuttle...

Gaffer’s Greatest Gaffer: Odhiambo proud to be in Brady’s bunch

In the latest in our series we pick the brains of Conference-winning full-back and former North Leigh manager Eddie Odhiambo.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Learn respect, like Cloughie!

Just imagine what Brian Clough would have made of Roma and Jose Mourinho, whose shameful antics in Wednesday’s Europa League final...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Dunbar United 2 Camelon Juniors

Die-hard hoppers, who know there’s no sane alternative to football on a Saturday, look to Wales and Scotland at this time...

MARK 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...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: City of Stoke 6-1 Lichfield City Casuals

The season has seemingly come to an abrupt end. Apart from play-offs, there’s a cliff-like drop off of fixtures to choose...

FA VASE FACTFILE: Yella fly the flag for first-timers

FOR the 49th time in the 49 seasons of the FA Vase, the 2022-23 Final will involve at least one club...

TONY INCENZO: Hammer is only happy to retrace his roots!

Michail Antonio is one of football’s biggest rags to riches success stories – but also one of the game’s most humble....

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Money is the 3-up charter

Paul Cook was right when he called Notts County’s failure to win automatic promotion a ‘sporting disgrace’.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Play-offs at their finest!

Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu was intriguing, but never exciting. First legs rarely are. Like the...

STEVE HILL: Bad to much worse

The universe is ruled by chance and indifference. As to a certain extent are the play-offs, a heady mix of fortune...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Haywards Heath Town 2-3 Redbridge

The FA has taken play-offs to a new level this year. Some lowly Step 4 sides are playing runners-up in Step...

EIGHT FANS GIVEN BLUES BANS

Steve HILL EIGHT football fans have been issued with indefinite club bans from Chester FC following the crowd disorder which marred...