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Tony Incenzo: We’re keeping up with the Jones’s
One of the standout fixtures and results for me this season came in a historic Northern Premier League East Division basement battle on New Year’s Day...
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/ 2 weeks agoMatt Badcock: Ronnie stands among greats
Think about some of the most fearsome Non-League sides in recent years and Stevenage’s 2009-10 champions and Luton Town’s 2014 title winners have to come into the conversation.
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/ 3 weeks agoMatt Badcock: Knowledge is the bomb for Shrimps
If you listen to National League managers, on and off the record, they are quite wary of Morecambe’s capabilities.
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/ 4 weeks agoMatt Badcock: The National League super six are getting ready for a showdown
When Barnet swept York City aside last February it had the feeling of a big ‘moment’ in the title race - when will this season's big 'moment' arrive?
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/ 1 month agoMark Carruthers: How Hebburn Town went from brink of collapse to Northern Premier League contenders
The warning signs were clear and obvious as attendances dropped into double digits and interest appeared to be waining – Hebburn Town were on the brink and there were no signs of hope for their...
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/ 1 month agoMatt Badcock: Should Macclesfield’s feat be seen as the best?
Hereford, Sutton, Altrincham, Colchester, Yeovil, Wimbledon, Luton, Lincoln. Now Macclesfield FC - the list of FA Cup shocks involving Non-League clubs beating a top-flight opponent has a new name at the table.
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/ 1 month agoDiary of a ground hopper: Crowborough Athletic 1-2 Jersey Bulls
There's usually a bit of dialogue between myself and my fellow Hopping Travellers in the week before a game to decide where we are going to go for our Saturday football entertainment.
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/ 1 month agoSpencer Day: British weather wins every time
We at Farnborough found ourselves at the eye of a storm, quite literally, last Saturday when our National League South game with Chelmsford City was postponed very late on, leaving everyone concerned disappointed – and...
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/ 1 month agoMark Carruthers: Why Macclesfield’s FA Cup shock was about more than Crystal Palace’s failure
There is always a fasciation in witnessing the reaction to an FA Cup upset – but Macclesfield’s stunning win against Crystal Palace was not just any other giant-killing.
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/ 1 month agoDiary of a Groundhopper: Epsom and Ewell 2-2 Corinthian Casuals
With Christmas festivities done and dusted, it’s a third attempt to get to Crowborough Athletic today: it seems The Fox really does have an itch to scratch! It went unscratched.
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/ 1 month agoMatt Badcock: We’re winning with the Dolphins
As the one-year anniversary of their arrival at Poole Town ticked by in the week, management duo Pat Suraci and Joe Lea would no doubt have paused to reflect on quite how much has changed...
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/ 1 month agoTony Incenzo: We’re just happy to be back home
I've been following an intriguing modern day Canterbury Tale – although it is being portrayed in football language rather than dense Chaucer prose.
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/ 2 months agoDiary of a Ground Hopper: Bedford Town 1-2 Macclesfield
An embarrassing confession: I am a tad confused about my Bedford clubs. A combination of a poor memory, the passing of time and shoddy record keeping mean I am unsure which of the Bedford sides...
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/ 2 months agoFrancis Duku: Non-League Day is one to savour
Clubs get so excited about Non-League Day – they get in contact really early looking for ideas for things to do or to share info about what they will be putting on.
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/ 2 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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/ 2 months agoTony Incenzo: 2025 – It’s been my pleasure!
I’ve greatly enjoyed a myriad of amazing adventures watching 70 Non-League matches throughout 2025.
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/ 2 months agoLee Wellings: Pals Marc White & Dom di Paola set for Xmas derby to savour!
You’d struggle to find two closer friends in football management than Dorking Wanderers’ Marc White and Dom di Paola at my team Horsham.
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/ 2 months agoTony Incenzo: Pep Guardiola has nowt on our Steve Wilkes!
Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game in management recently was greeted with wild excitement among the game’s elite.
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/ 2 months agoMark Carruthers: North East Non-League Christmas chaos – titanic clashes and relegation drama
The Northern Premier League East Division always looked like it was going to be an intriguing division for North East Non-League fans.
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/ 3 months agoSteve Hill: Hilly’s Away Days – Caught in the twilight zone
96, 93, 95, 94, 97, 94, 97. Not next week’s lottery numbers but a selection of this season’s goal times involving my team, Chester.
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/ 3 months agoMatt Badcock: The numbers don’t add up
Promotion can be career altering for clubs and players. Currently the numbers don’t add up. They didn’t nine years ago either. It’s time they did.
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/ 3 months agoMark Harris: We must all find solution to abuse
“You f*****g s**g” – is it really acceptable to shout that at another human being at a football match? It’s an important question because that’s what a female referee was called last Saturday during a...
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/ 3 months agoMark Carruthers: Can Marc Nash restore Blyth Spartans’ lost aura?
There is something about Blyth Spartans’ famous old Croft Park home that can satisfy the needs of any football romantic.
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/ 3 months agoTony Incenzo: Solihull Moors have body & soul
I’m pleased to see my old friend Dave Boddy back in football administration as CEO at Solihull Moors.
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/ 4 months agoDiary of a Ground Hopper: Tavistock AFC 1-0 Bashley
No matter how far I travel to tick off Tavistock AFC in deepest Devon today, it is nowhere near as far as Truro City fans have to go to see their team play at Gateshead!
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