Steve Hill column: A football club is for life, not just for crisis

Now is not the time to stay away...

Nick Loughlin column: Hartlepool are left to plummet without a paddle, who would take over the club now?

Pools' future hangs in the balance.

Matt Badcock column: Long live our King Louis! Bromley’s hitman is leading their promotion charge

Neil Smith’s Bromley are well and truly in the promotion race – as well as in the FA Trophy quarter-finals.

Matt Badcock column: King’s Lynn Town scaling new heights

The NLP's senior writer took a trip to Norfolk.

Matt Badcock column: A Shaw fire way to hit the top – Tom has grounding to make his mark

The former Chester midfielder is learning on and off the pitch.

Kevin Nicholson column: What Hartlepool and Chester players might be thinking amid the financial problems

Off the pitch problems can affect what happens on it.

Steve Hill column: Respect? It’s a two-way thing

Football is one of the few occupations where criticism is so firsthand and so vociferous.

Scott Davies column: A player’s view on the January transfer window

A window of opportunity...

Matt Badcock: How Virgil van Dijk’s Liverpool transfer came good for Non-League

Money well spent...unlike some!

State of the game: Football’s all about people!

The Northern Premier League's long-serving chairman, Mark Harris, outlines some of his objectives on how to help grow the game more...

Badcock column: Gateshead’s Luke Hannant has learnt the hard way

The midfielder has worked his way up from Step 6 and earned a university degree.

Badcock column: My Christmas gifts to various Non-League clubs

After Southport reach their eleventh in four years, Matt thinks a voucher to Next is in order

Badcock column: 385 miles… treks like that have always been the norm

Long journeys are a part of supporting the club you love, writes Matt Badcock

Ridley column: One match can change history

Ian Ridley questions whether Leyton Orient could make a late run for the play-offs under new boss Justin Edinburgh

Davies column: Trophy is so much more than a Brucie bonus

The Chelmsford City midfielder recalls when defeat at Wembley with Aldershot Town left him inconsolable

Badcock column: BBC’s American approach for Sunday FA Cup games hasn’t worked out

Matt Badcock examines the BBC's copycat approach to football based on the NFL's Redzone operation

NLP says… consider fitting pitch inspections around the journey times for away supporters

The frost has struck, and in some cases blizzards, so Alex Narey proposes one way to keep fans informed when the...

“Biggest call in their history” – Adam Virgo discusses the vacant Leyton Orient job

IN a year clouded by uncertainty at Leyton Orient, there is one thing you can pretty much guarantee – this next...

The NLP says: Open your eyes! Is the ref really that bad?

You probably won’t admit it, but for all the imbalances and for all the injustices, the single biggest villain is the...

NLP columnist Neil Jensen has some doubts but wants to keep an eye on Billericay Town

I MUST admit, I went to Billericay Town with no small amount of doubt in my back pocket. I’ve always been...

Davies column: England age groups are progressing, it’s time we gave them a chance

Success has come to England at youth level, so how can we utilise them when their clubs are stunting their development

Nicholson column: The FA Cup and its essence of ‘giant killings’

(Photo: Media Image) By Kevin Nicholson I love the FA cup and I think if you ask any player or manager...

CUP GLORY IN ALL ITS GUISES

FAIRYTALES BEGIN AWAY FROM THE GLARE FOOTBALL AUTHOR It’s that time of the year when Donald Trump’s chief foe – the...

PARISH COUNCIL RESIST CITY PLAN

By Richard Mullen WORCESTER City’s quest for a new stadium starts in earnest tomorrow – but the homeless club are facing...

Football Matters – FA digital director Russell James

Russell James outlines how the FA are going to help clubs through the launch of their app 'FULL-TIME'