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PORT HIT BY PITCH BLOW

PORTISHEAD Town have been left counting the cost after travellers wrecked their pitch. The Toolstation Western League Division One outfit face...

LEGEND HAS GOT IT MAID!

Nisbet’s testimonial ‘honour’ By John Lyons EYES ON THE BALL: Mark Nisbet, left, keeps track on then AFC Wimbledon striker Danny...

PRE-SEASON FIXTURES

Sunday July 23 (3pm unless stated) Abingdon Utd v North Leigh Utd (2.00pm, Jim Newman Tournament, at Clanfield) Purton v Clanfield...

HARDY’S GOT ROBINS BACK IN FULL SONG

By Sam Elliott IT’S take three for Ilkeston after the club was purchased from liquidators by Notts County owner Alan Hardy...

THE DONS BOW OU T IN ST YLE

BOB BEVAN’S Cat Stats PAYING players had been going on since a ball was first kicked. Indeed, Scarborough’s departure from the...

IT’S ONLY RIGHT TO REVISE THE TEST

NEWS that the EFL will review their widely-ridiculed owners and directors test must be music to the ears of National League...

POWER SHIFT REALLYWHETS THE APPETITE

TOUCH OF CLASS: Ebbsfleet new boy Luke Coulson TWO weeks to go then. There’s last-minute sale shopping still to be done...

FAST START VITAL FOR MAC’S YORK

LEAMINGTON. Spennymoor Town. Blyth Spartans. A couple of years ago, fixtures against such sides would have represented a kindly FA Cup...

NO TIME TO TAKE STOCK!

AINS ‘ARF HOT! Jason Ainsley, left, with captain Chris Mason after the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Play-Off final PICTURE: Will Kilpatrick...

NO BAN ON FOXES AFTER APPEAL WIN

By Robin Jones FIGHT ANOTHER DAY: Ilford, on the defensive here, will feature in the Essex Senior League ILFORD are celebrating...

PENNY DROPS FOR THE POSH

V9 star joins Lloyd and Miller at London Road By Jon Couch MOVING ON UP: Stockport’s Danny Lloyd, left, and Dover’s...

SPHINX SECURE HOME

COVENTRY SPHINX have secured their future with the signing of a new 25-year lease with landowner Rolls Royce. The Midland League...

BRAVE KEVIN SHOWS THE WAY FORWARD

By Sam Elliott IF ANY of the National League’s many member clubs in attendance at the annual pre-season meeting on Wednesday...

TESSEM’S BACK AGAIN

FORMER Southampton and AFC Bournemouth star Jo Tessem – who is still playing at the age of 45 – has agreed...

PRESSURE IS ON FOR MELLON’S ROVERS…

TRANMERE MUST DELIVER COOKING ON GAS: Andy Cook is a fantastic striking option for Tranmere boss Micky Mellon PICTURE: TGSPHOTO MAKE...

SPECTATOR ATTACKED RIVAL FAN

By Robin Jones FORMER Sawbridgeworth Town player Aidan Chaves threatened opposing Clapton fans with a corkscrew, magistrates heard. Chaves, 26, was...

WHAT A WAY TO START THE NEW SEASON!

THE alarm clock is about to be set and my season starts on Monday morning. I’m getting down to work as...

FA FOCUS ON HEART ISSUES

THE FA Leagues Conference got to the heart of the issues affecting the game when they held their bi-annual meeting at...

Lessons for Hartlepool to follow…

NLP says… It’s funny how things stick in your head… At our National Game Awards in 2016 – where the paper...

Alex Narey: Change will shake ’em up! Play-offs offer the dream ticket…

AND so there we have it; six teams competing in next season’s play-offs across the first and second tiers of Non-League...

Alex Narey: Non-League players continue to make the step up – but managers must be more patient

SO Chester’s Sam Hughes has become the latest in a growing line of Non-League starlets to catch the attention of a...

Alex Narey: Let’s keep teams honest and have play-offs at the bottom too

A LOT of talk about the play-offs at the moment and I understand it’s a contentious subject. Some love the play-offs,...

CLOUGH, A MONKEY – AND DECENT PIES!

HART-BREAKER! Hartlepool fans look dejected – in stark contrast to South Shields Supporters celebrating FA Vase success PICTURE: Action Images IT...

McMAHON’S MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

THE BOTTLES of bubbly must have tasted pretty sweet at Ebbsfleet United last Saturday. After all, this is a club that...