Sutton United are team of the season – but credit to shock FA Trophy winners Hornchurch

The 2020-21 season will be remembered for many reasons. Unfortunately, for a second campaign running, the majority of Non-League was shutdown...

Franny Tierney was the golden boy for Doncaster Rovers play-off heroes

On May 10, 2003, at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium, the winger scored an injury-time winner to settle the inaugural Conference play-off...

Danny Rust: Let’s hope our big day out at Wembley is just the start…

After 14 months of matches taking place behind closed doors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, I was among the...

Chris Hargraves: You can’t beat the Wembley experience

All the BT Sport team were in the stadium and, at any level, it’s always a privilege to be there, to...

Tony Incenzo: A world in union, made in Surrey!

The adventurously named International Surrey Football team have joined the World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA) with a view to competing in...

Chris Dunlavy: Shrimpers living life on the edge

Even before the Covid-19 crisis struck, the Shrimpers faced a winding-up order and repeatedly failed to pay their players on time....

Jeff Stelling: Dave Challinor deserves some love for outstanding work at Hartlepool United

If my beloved Hartlepool United make it back into the Football League over the next month, I’ll be the happiest man...

Steve Hill: Yes it’s sad, but don’t go up!

Before any fellow Chester fans burn my books in protest, by ‘following’ I don’t mean supporting. In fact, I mean quite...

Chris Hargraves: It’s handling the big stage as National League season reaches climax

WITH the National League season coming to its end – and going right down to the wire – there are still...

Mental Health Awareness Week: Opening up on battling with mental health

The NLP's North East correspondent Mark Carruthers has marked Mental Health Awareness Week by writing a piece to discuss his own...

Adam Virgo: Job done for classy Harrogate Town

It was tough for Concord to get up the pitch in the first half so Harrogate were winning it back on...

Tony Incenzo: Parading as the Sunday’s best? That’s Don and Dusted

The Orpington and Bromley District Sunday League club were only formed in 2014 but they already have 199,000 subscribers to their...

Just one thing was missing in absorbing FA Vase Final…the fans!

When the final whistle was blown on this breathless FA Vase final, there was only one thing the 90 minutes had...

Chris Hargreaves: Time to savour your big moment

There's two clubs that may well be passing each other come the end of the National League season, Grimsby Town and...

By George, he’s got it! Chesterfield star relishing bid for promotion

It seems incredible to think someone who is now playing such a vital role in Chesterfield’s bid to return to the...

Steve Hill: At last…the joke’s on you!

At school in Chester in the 80s, a teacher randomly conducted a straw poll of who supported who. Surprise, surprise, it...

Lee Fowler: Radcliffe feel like my perfect fit

I’ve really embedded myself in the culture of the football club while putting my stamp on it too. When you’ve got...

Tony Incenzo: Upstaging stars like Shearer and Ardiles – Hail the unsung heroes of non-league football!

Many of these men graced unforgettable FA Cup ties against some of the biggest clubs in the land. They indelibly wrote...

Diary of a Ground Hopper

Several leagues have initiated cup competitions to ease clubs back into the swing of things. What an excellent idea! I have...

Matt Badcock: Torquay United just lovin’ their Gary time

Tuesday’s win at Sutton United drew the third-place Gulls level on points with their hosts and means they too can still...

Stuart Fuller: Time for the big guns to show willing

Clubs will now have at least three months to get everything in place and ready for when the turnstiles can turn...

Tony Incenzo: Dust down the boots and hoist up the goalposts, grassroots is back!

After a three-month hiatus, outdoor organised football training sessions and matches were allowed to recommence from March 29. And whilst there...

Steve Hill: Sheer Lunacy – but we love it!

Compared to sitting at home for the umpteenth Saturday, the thought of trudging out of a freezing away end on the...

David Richardson: Heybridge Swifts boss Julian Dicks shows gems exist

The former West Ham and Liverpool defender was stood on the touchline alongside Pep Guardiola only a few months ago at...

Lee Fowler: The Sonny’s shining for Linnets ace

It’s no surprise there is interest in Carey. What impressed me, and he’s only 20, was the way he handled himself...