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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

RESPECT HAS TO BE EARNED

Chris DUNLAVY IT’S tournament time and England are involved so, inevitably, we’re all hearing some old favourites. Sweet Caroline. Three Lions....

PLAN B? MOVING SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY

Chris DUNLAVY GATESHEAD chairman Neil Pinkerton says a move away from the International Athletics Stadium is “very much Plan B”. Really?...

GREGOR ROBERTSON: Let’s see if you can do better!

Steve Baines was something of a pioneer: The first former professional footballer of note to become a referee.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Things can get Ugg-ly

Is it cowardly for the owner of a football club to shy from the limelight? Or simply a sensible precaution?

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Conn can do the job – just like Lee

Chris Conn-Clarke doesn’t look like an athlete, but nor did Lee Tomlin. It didn’t stop him giving Vincent Kompany the fright...

TONY INCENZO: Storrie gets a happy ending

ON a recent visit to watch Liss Athletic, of the Hampshire League, I was intrigued to spot a very familiar face...