TONY INCENZO: Mouse is out of the house

Tony INCENZO TALKING POINTS I’VE been enthralled by the rapid rise to prominence of Mousehole AFC – the most westerly football...

FA CUP FACTFILE: Step 5 and 6 hopefuls are on the history trail

104 clubs that started in the extra preliminary round are still in the competition including 55 clubs from Step 5. At...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Newcastle Blue Star 1-1 North Ferriby

Hurrah! It’s FA Cup Day again. Double hurrah! I am heading to my beloved North-east for the tie between Newcastle Blue...

GREGOR ROBERTSON: When will our noise be heard?

Almost two years have passed since it emerged that the EFL were ready to offer three promotion places to the National...

MARK HARRIS: The price of progress…

Things on and off the field are vastly different now to when The NLP started, and even more so if we...

TONY INCENZO: London’s finest Wandering free

Being humbled at home by your closest rivals doesn’t exactly constitute the perfect homecoming but it would have taken a lot...

FA VASE FACTFILE: Force look to strike at last

Phil Annets from the FA Vase Factfile takes us through the facts and figures as the competitions gets underway next weekend.

Diary of a ground hopper: Croydon Athletic 3-1 Guildford City

Thanks to the interesting back story, The Fox opts for a visit to AFC Croydon Athletic for this season’s FA Cup...

FA Cup factfile: The stats behind the preliminary round

There will be 136 preliminary round ties played across the weekend involving 134 clubs from Step 4 and 138 teams from...

Mark Harris: Protect our volunteers!

Like it or not, Non-League football is no longer a matter of kicking a ball round for 90 minutes on a...

Gregor Robertson: Outcasts have renewed hope

Every lower league footballer, at some point in their career, will experience the fear and uncertainty of being out of contract....

Adam Virgo: Time for Bees to aim for a title tilt

The National League pundit gives his take on who could shine in Non-League football's top tier this season.

Mark Harris: Success isn’t just winning

Some see the Regulator as the game’s saviour. We don’t yet know whether the new government will follow their predecessors in...

Adam Virgo: Why I am so in love with league

Adam Virgo explains how the National League has been a huge part of his life since he started commentating on the...

Exclusive: DAZN strength will carry us right around the world

The NLP sat down with National League general manager Mark Ives, their independent non-executive director Martin Howard, DAZN’s CEO of growth...

Mark Harris: Ambition can prove costly

Hardly a week goes by right now when we don’t hear about another Non-League club in financial difficulties. Why is this...

Steve Hill: Manxmen put on a summer show for fans to savour

Steve Hill takes in the Isle of Man Football Festival.

FA Cup factfile: Extra special shot at glory

Phil Annets takes us through the facts and figures as the world's greatest domestic cup competition gets underway once again next...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Game has to mind the gap

“If anyone knows the effects of prune juice, it’s very simple,” explained the Apprentice star and former owner of Tottenham. “It...

TONY INCENZO: Rocks are rolling in fresh guise

It was a real pleasure to watch the newly founded East Thurrock Community FC in action last weekend.

COSU HAVE SHOWN UNITED INTENT

Chris DUNLAVY THERE’S a general rule of thumb when it comes to the purchase of football clubs: the longer things drag...

DARLING BUDS OF THE NORTH-EAST!

Tony INCENZO TALKING POINTS ON THE RISE: Darlington Town FC have been promoted to Step 6 for the first time PICTURE:...

A PROPER PLAN CONQUERS ALL

Chris DUNLAVY A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL ASK a football manager to assess the competition and – as sure as night...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Actions now speak louder

Whatever the case is with his appointment at Macclesfield, this is unchartered territory for Robbie Savage and the rules by which...

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Fry’s got an eye for a bargain

Barry Fry loves to tell the story of how Peterborough United plucked Dwight Gayle from Dagenham & Redbridge.