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A Hopper’s menu won’t ever change
FANS’ FORUM I DON’T know if I was meant to smile or not at Shane Roberts’ take on food at matches, but I did anyway (Fans’...
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/ 3 weeks agoOur grounds are no places for vegans!
FANS’ FORUM WHILST I sympathise with John Barnett (Fans’ Forum, Oct 4) concerning the lack of vegetarian food in football grounds, I would suggest that he tries putting himself in the shoes of a vegan!...
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/ 4 weeks agoPlace extra sales into a central pot
FANS’ FORUM WITH National league attendances totalling 1,545,344 for last season, a minimal increase of say £0.25p per ticket sale would have yielded a total income of £386,336. The National League could then place this...
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/ 1 month agoCup replays simply don’t make sense
FANS’ FORUM AS a relative newcomer to being a football fan, I have taken the plunge and fully engrossed myself in Non-League and joined my amazing hometown club, Merthyr Town. It was difficult therefore to...
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/ 1 month agoCan we create a revelutionary ‘GB Pyramid’?
FANS’ FORUM I CONGRATULATE all those involved in getting the English Non-League pyramid up and running from the messy arrangements that prevailed in the 1960s and then developing it into its complete coverage today. I...
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/ 2 months agoChevrons are heading down the right route
FANS’ FORUM I WOULD like to put in print a shout out to Steeton FC. My son and I have attended matches at the Marley Stadium for around 18 months now, going whenever we can,...
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/ 2 months agoStep 5 void is a Western problem spot
FANS’ FORUM MARK Harris (NLP, July 26) was talking about the time it takes to produce fixture lists. I am not so concerned about this, but more the travel distances in Step 5 for many...
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/ 3 months agoPre-season is whetting the appetite
FANS’ FORUM NON-LEAGUE football is back – and already we’ve got plenty of meat on the bones to chew off ! Take Tuesday night’s pre-season friendlies, for example, where it all seemed to happen. The...
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/ 4 months agoHaver heart! Stop bosses raiding exes
FANS’ FORUM THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER Sunday, July 5 I WOULD like to add further to the comment made in (Fans’ Forum NLP, June 21) by your correspondent Kevin Bower. I believe a lot of the...
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/ 4 months agoPutting the World Cup in the shade
FANS’ FORUM CLAPTON Community Football Club (CCFC) play an intriguing fixture against New York International FC (NYIFC) on Saturday, July 18 (ko 3pm). NYIFC are a wonderful demonstration of American culture and are serious about...
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/ 4 months agoI’m not finished just yet – at 50!
Goal-den oldie Jamie Cureton turns 51 at the end of August, but he’s still keen to keep on playing – and has one more milestone in his sights.
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/ 4 months agoGreens were left in awe of Genchev
HIGH PROFILE: Jordan Hugill has joined Hartlepool I HAVE fond memories of Boncho Genchev (NLP, June 14). His first goal for Hendon was an overhead scissors kick 15 minutes into his first start. His infectious...
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/ 4 months agoClark’s given us Pools’ fans hope
LEE Clark has only had his feet in the door at Hartlepool United for five minutes and already he’s making a big impression. High-profile summer signings such as Jordan Hugill, Jack Nolan and Corey McKeown...
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/ 4 months agoOur great clubs need protecting
AM I alone in being concerned about the number of clubs, particularly at Steps 5/6, either taking voluntary relegation or, worse still, being forced to pull out of senior football altogether. This year, we’ve seen...
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/ 4 months agoBEES BOSS BRENNAN DOUBLE DIPS
BARNET boss Dean Brennan has returned to his Non-League grounding to grab an exciting talent – twice! The League Two Bees have added Isiah Noel-Williams from Brennan’s former club Hemel Hempstead Town, while Jack Maskell...
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/ 4 months agoGAME’S FLOW IN NEED OF A BREAK
IT’S NO longer a game of two halves but one of four quarters. As always, money makes the earth spin and when the World Cup is serving up hydration breaks even in climate controlled indoor...
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/ 5 months agoWembley experience is lacking
FANS’ FORUM ONCE again, I have to complain about the poor Wembley experience – and I am not talking about the lack of goals or excitement in both FA Trophy and FA Vase finals. Upon...
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/ 6 months agoDenis and Viv’s 80s heroes left me Radio Ga Ga
FANS’ FORUM I REMEMBER vividly when York City accumulated over 100 points in the 1983-84 season. I attended many games at the old romantic Bootham Crescent ground, where strikers Keith Walwyn and John Byrne spearheaded...
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/ 7 months agoHonourable – 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 a match in doubt with H&S concerns for no...
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/ 8 months 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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/ 8 months 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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/ 8 months 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 10 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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