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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

THE WINNERS!

8-PAGE PULL-OUT! Our National Game Awards highlight all that is great about the game at Non-League level, and at Stamford Bridge...

DORKING MERRIER TO SIGN MOORE

By Sam Elliott AMBITIOUS Dorking Wanderers have signalled their intent for next season by signing attacking midfielder Luke Moore, a player...

What a golden moment!

Fitting line-up at the Home of Champions PICTURE: Andy Nunn WINNING TEAM! Top row, L-R, Jake Gallagher, Alex Woodyard, Danny Cowley,...

ASH GROW WITH WADE

FORMER Blyth Spartans boss Tom Wade has become joint manager with Steve Harmison at Ebac Northern League outfit Ashington. Following a...

GET IT RIGHT OR MORE MISERY WILL FOLLOW!

Crisis club Hartlepool in limbo – both on and off the pitch By CHRIS DUNLAVY HARTLEPOOL UTD COME ON DOWN! ANOTHER...

DORMER LEADS A FLEETING AMBITION

By Jon Couch NEW Fleet Town chairman Chris Arnold believes he has the set-up in place to help lead the Southern...