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Wood are just not up to scratch

LAST season a Dover fan wrote to complain about the price of away tickets at Dagenham and Redbridge. The cost was...

Give Jackie some credit

HAVING read your excellent paper recently, can I ask one question; what is Chris Dunlavy’s problem with Jackie McNamara? This is...

Gulls are up and running

IT’S been a long, hard summer at Torquay United but Kevin Nicholson is finally beginning to put smiles on the faces...

LIFE’S A PITCH NO MORE, CIREN

CRUMBS OF COMFORT: The green rubber crumb from Cirencester’s new Premier Pro60 pitch, below. Inset, Boss Charlie Griffin PICTURE: Cirencester Town...

Every effort should be made to avoid postponements or else watch your attendance figures fall

Solihull Moors postponed match with Chester on the opening day of the season was a kick in the teeth for both...

The ‘Bubble Match’ was a ludicrous overreaction which never worked for Chester nor Wrexham fans

By Steve Hill The bubble has finally burst. While it may not have the same global impact as the economic, dotcom...

Non-League Directory

Now in its 40th year of publication. The Directory has developed into a comprehensive record of competitions within the Non-League game and...

The NLP predicts… Part Three

In the final installment of our preview, Gateshead midfielder Russ Penn and former Margate boss Nikki Bull gives us their two...

The NLP predicts… Part Two

In the second installment of our National League season preview, Sam Elliott and Adam Virgo profer their signings of the summer

The NLP predicts… Part One

In part one of our NLP season preview, writers Jon Couch and Matt Badcock offer their predictions on the National League

One true love – toying with alternatives when spending the summer without football

Cricket, rugby and DIY – football, it's good to have you back!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...