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Honourable – but call in the experts!
FANS’ FORUM HEALTH and Safety gets a bad (tabloid) press from things like over-zealous officials banning kids playing conkers. In last weekend’s NLP, Tony Incenzo found...
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/ 2 weeks agoCards failed Moors fans – and must pay
FANS’ FORUM I WRITE on behalf of the supporters of Solihull Moors FC regarding our frustration over the late postponement of the fixture at Woking FC on Wednesday February 25. While we fully understand the...
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/ 3 weeks agoPostponed games have disappeared
FANS’ FORUM WHAT on earth has happened to the results on the Step 3&4 league websites this season? For some strange reason, matches in recent weeks that have been postponed or abandoned – such was...
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Features
/ 1 month ago‘I am The Secret Footballer’ – Dave Kitson ends football’s longest guessing game
For years, football fans played detective. Every new “Secret Footballer” column dropped like a clue. The voice was too inside to be a journalist. Too sharp to be a club statement. Too honest to be...
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/ 1 month agoJuly matches could ease a winter backlog
FANS’ FORUM WITH the weather getting wetter and warmer each year, surely something needs to change in the football calendar. Unfortunately, I fear that the leagues and FA are so loathe to change anything as...
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Features
/ 1 month agoThe Big Interview: Carlisle United’s Charlie Wyke – I’d love one last hurrah for my son
Four years ago, Charlie Wyke suffered a heart-attack during a training session for Wigan Athletic and died for four minutes.
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Boreham Wood
/ 2 months agoThe NLP looks at a pivotal month in the National League title race
February may be a month best known for Valentine’s Day, but there will be no love lost in the quest for the National League title race as the top six prepare for the most pivotal...
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/ 2 months agoFans’ Forum: Macc’s top cup scalp was a proud day for Non-League
Was Macclesfield's FA Cup third round win against Crystal Palace the biggest shock of all-time? It's up there according to this supporter.
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/ 2 months agoWe have to do things differently
FANS’ FORUM ON SATURDAY at 2.10pm, the referee at Bath City called the FA Trophy game against Southend off. A mere 50 minutes before kick-off. Even he agreed that the pitch was completely playable so...
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Features
/ 3 months agoKevin Ellison celebrates 1000 games – I sit and think ‘I’ve done ok’
Kevin Ellison has seen it all during his three decades in football, but joining an exclusive four-figure club was almost enough to leave the vocal winger lost for words.
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/ 3 months agoThis weather chaos is just so pointless
FANS’ FORUM LAST weekend saw the usual chaotic, and at times comical, approach to dealing with matches affected by poor weather. Some matches were postponed the day before, some on the morning of the game...
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Features
/ 3 months agoGaffer’s Greatest Gaffer: Mike Ford – Denis Smith treated his players like men
Management was always likely to be Evesham United boss Mike Ford’s destiny with the influences he had throughout his childhood.
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Features
/ 3 months agoThe Big Interview: Alan Dowson – Pressure? It’s what I live for!
How pleased is Alan Dowson to be back in the management madhouse at Hampton & Richmond Borough with all the stresses and strains of trying to win a game of football each week?
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Features
/ 3 months agoThe NLP standout moments of 2025: Glory days, goal feasters and a raft of emotion
The NLP team take a look back at their best moments of 2025 as another dramatic year in Non-League football comes to a close.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoDiary of a Ground Hopper: Darlington Town 0-1 AFC Newbiggin
The Northern League is probably my favourite competition in the country. The football always seems to be played in a good spirit, with very little of the modern whinging and handbags over nothing.
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/ 3 months agoSol needs a grounding lower down
FANS’ FORUM I WAS surprised with the front page coverage in The NLP for Sol Campbell (December 14). If Campbell is wondering why he’s not been offered managerial jobs then maybe he should review his...
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/ 4 months agoDon’t give the morons power
FANS’ FORUM I READ your report titled ‘Halted! Female official abused’ (NLP November 16) with my head in my hands. You explain how Coventry Sphinx match with AFC Rushden & Diamonds was abandoned “due to...
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Features
/ 4 months agoThe Big Interview: Chris Agutter – Sutton United boss has found the right path
Chris Agutter quit a well-paid mechanical engineering job to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time football manager.
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Features
/ 5 months agoWhich NLF players have the biggest social media followings? Andy Carroll, Wilfried Zaha, Robbie Savage and more
The Non League football scene is now littered with former Premier League players plying their trade in various roles across the pyramid.
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Fans Forum
/ 5 months agoBilly must be catalyst for change
FANS’ FORUM THE tragic death of Billy Vigar on September 25 has shaken football from top to bottom. Put simply, it should never have happened. When I walk past the local rugby club, I notice...
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Features
/ 5 months agoThe Big Interview: Hungerford Town boss Danny Robinson – I’ve plenty more left in the tank!
Danny Robinson still remembers his first game as a Non-League football manager.
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Boreham Wood
/ 6 months agoNational League talking points: Get ready for a title showdown
With almost a third of the season in the books, we decided to look at some of the talking points from the opening two months of the 2025-26 National League campaign.
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Features
/ 6 months agoNational League Rundown: What did we learn from Round 14?
Round 14 of the National League delivered drama at both ends of the table, with statement wins, late twists, and a change at the top.
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Featured
/ 6 months agoNational League: Managerial merry-go-round clicks into overdrive with all change at the top
It was a good week to be a manager named Chris as Millington and Agutter landed new jobs the National League pressure cooker.
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Features
/ 6 months agoNational League Rundown: What did we learn from Round 13?
The latest round of the National League will be one to forget for Morecambe, who suffered a nightmare start to their home clash with Gateshead.







