Not a week for the Neil-ly men

FANS’ FORUM ALL CHANGE: Bromley began their new era yesterday NEAL Ardley leaving Notts County was a shock but Neil Smith’s...

Finals Day ban is the ultimate blow

FANS’ FORUM HERE we are go with the madness surrounding Non-League Finals Day, played behind closed doors on May 3. Yet,...

Game needs more independence

WHILE football as a whole has lessons to learn from the pandemic, I agree with many of the calls for the...

What has changed?

IN one of the previous rounds of the FA Vase, I saw Ampthill Town play Walthamstow in front of a restricted...

Fan’s Forum – March 21, 2021

Will breakdown in trust be restored? WHILE it was disappointing to read the announcement that the innovative proposals by clubs to conclude...

Fans Forum: Trams have gotten me back on track

As a football fan for as long as I can remember, I always enjoyed watching professional football. Sadly, the last few...

Let’s use hindsight as a learning curve

SEND YOUR VIEWS TO: FANS’ FORUM, THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER, TUITION HOUSE, ST GEORGE’S ROAD, WIMBLEDON SW19 4EU or e-mail [email protected] IT...

Town ended with 14 games in April

I WAS interested to read about Redditch United’s fixture pile-up at the end of the 1997-98 season (NLP, February 21). My...

Experts point to the summer

WHEN a Covid professor was recently asked whether the present lockdown would be the last one, he replied by saying that...

Magpies folklore – with a sub-plot

IN his piece on the 150th anniversary of Maidenhead United’s York Road (NLP, February 14), your writer David Richardson shows himself...

You must stand by your guns

I HAVE just finished reading the article in The NLP in regards to the National League being in turmoil (February 21)....

Breakaway clubs need suck it up

FANS’ FORUM JIM PARIS King’s Lynn IT is most disconcerting to observe the level of disunity amongst elite clubs of the...

Sadly, vote shows that greed has taken over

WHEN is the result of a vote not binding? If you vote and lose the vote do the honourable and accept...

Take a seat…to Banbury!

BACK IN THE SADDLE: Banbury United are looking for replacement seats THERE must be many clubs currently looking to replace and...

Let the games continue

I AM fully in agreement with continuing the Non-League season in its entirety. In his column, Steve King (NLP, Feb 21),...

County didn’t get rub of the green

TOM Bishop, the referee in charge of the Eastleigh v Stockport game last Saturday needs to have long hard look at...

Hero Ray lives long in history

READING your feature about the FA Trophy quarter final (NLP, February 21), I was reminded of a wonderful achievement by my...

Chester right to go against  grain

I’M so glad my club Chester FC voted to declare the National League North null and void as, financially for the...

Give grants to the willing part-timers

FANS’ FORUM I AGREE with the notion that National League North and South clubs should face serious sanctions if they refuse...

Summer fun could be just what we need

FANS’ FORUM INTRODUCING localised summer football could be an option if taking control of the Covid pandemic is proving difficult. Scientifically,...

Pilgrims drawn the short straw

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Fans return? Not at that price thanks

FANS’ FORUM TOP READ: Stockport County’s matchday programmes THIS week, I enquired as to how much it would cost me and...

Let’s have a happy Easter while we can

FANS’ FORUM I’M NOT sure if this idea has already been floated about, but with a view to alleviating the financial...

Streaming takes a sting off losses

FANS’ FORUM SEND YOUR VIEWS TO: FANS’ FORUM, THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER, TUITION HOUSE, ST GEORGE’S ROAD, WIMBLEDON SW19 4EU or e-mail...

Notts & Neal are football’s Covid busters

FANS’ FORUM NOTTS County and their manager Neal Ardley deserve huge credit for the measures they have taken to counter the...