Lee Fowler: We are the true Entertainers

The National League playoffs have made for fantastic viewing so far – and they’ve helped show the outside world how entertaining...

Adam Virgo: Who makes the great in the National League team of the season?

Picking my Team of the Season doesn’t get any easier! Once again, we’ve been treated to some fantastic games with some...

Steve Hill: A match made in Hollywood

You couldn’t make it up. It’s a phrase that is tossed around football commentary with aplomb, despite the fact that you...

Colin Peake: How long ’til we stop dreaming?

Too many times I see fans on social media castigating those clubs making headlines through success by denigrating their fan base.

COOKING ON OWN TERMS

Chris DUNLAVY BUT HE MUST LEAD SPIREITES WITH A SMILE A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL STRUGGLED: Paul Cook has often cut...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Cadbury Athletic 4-0 Tipton Town

THERE’S very little choice of decent games for this afternoon. I could travel to Wales for a pick of a few...

Tony Incenzo: Now let’s fill out Wembley

I COULD barely believe my eyes as I cast a curious glance towards the executive seating area! That amazing sight of...

It’s our duty to give Chris Barker the send-off he deserves

Like anybody in that situation, I’ve been tormented by the thought of ‘Should I have seen something? Should I have done...

Adam Virgo: Wild can end Cook’s misery

PLAY-OFF games are usually hard to call but FC Halifax against Chesterfield?

Tony Incenzo: We’re the new City slickers

THEY may be the teeniest tiniest ‘City’ in English football but there are interesting developments happening on and off the field...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Bestwood Colliery 1-3 Shirebrook Soldiers

THE end of the season is rapidly approaching but there are still bits and bobs to choose from on fixture lists....

Chris Dunlavy: Beware, it’s a slipper slope

Chris DUNLAVY A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL MAKING A STAND: Oldham Athletic fans invade the pitch at Boundary Park in protest...

It’s an FA Cup year to remember!

EVEN though the FA Cup is celebrating its 150th anniversary, this season’s competition has still produced club records, competition firsts and...

Mark Harris: Lateral flow is key compenent

Allocations (AKA The AGM Cup) are a perennial feature of the Non-League calendar. It’s that time when everyone becomes an expert...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Southwell City 1-1 AFC Dunkirk

The Foxmobile draws up outside my house right on time. Inside sits Pencilman for the relatively short journey to Southwell City.

Tony Incenzo: Tighten those purse strings!

AS Mick Hucknall famously declared “Money’s Too Tight to Mention. Indeed, it is a sad fact of life that many Non-League...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Buckhurst Hill 1-2 Halstead Town

I AM away again during the week, so have no available research time for the weekend. The Fox comes up trumps...

ADAM VIRGO: My old pals act doing the business

Worthing and Banbury United will be two new faces at Step 2 next season – managed by two of my former...

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Walthamstow 2-1 Stanway Rovers

I WAKE at silly o’clock to pick up The Fox early for birdwatching in Cambridgeshire. The plan is to continue south...

THREE-UP NOW LONG OVERDUE

Adam VIRGO THREE-UP, three-down between the National League and the EFL has been the subject of so much debate down the...

Tony Incenzo: Watch us rise from the ashes

I have always taken a keen interest in playing fortunes of the praiseworthy phoenix clubs which grace our Non-League family.

Mark Harris: Innocent until proven guilty

FROM time to time, clubs make administrative errors that lead to a variety of sanctions ranging from suspensions to points deductions...

Steve Hill: No match is meaningless

What possesses a man to travel the length and breadth of the country for a meaningless football match?

Diary of a Groundhopper: Taunton Town 2-1 Yate Town

The chasing pack have long known their route to Step 2 is via the Southern League Premier Division Central play-offs.

CHANGE IS BEST FOR THE SOUTH & WEST

Steve HILL By Matt Badcock THE Football Association have announced a period of consultation on a proposal to adjust the structure...