New contract rule is putting clubs at risk

FANS’ FORUM I AM secretary of Denbigh Town FC, who play in Tier 2 (North) of the Welsh Football League. The...

I WANT TO FINISH OFF THE JOB I’VE STARTED AT BEES

BARNET MANAGER DEAN BRENNAN By CHRIS DUNLAVY NOT many National League managers would spurn a job offer from a club in...

I’VE PROVED THE DOUBTERS WRONG MY WHOLE CAREER

ANDY BUTLER By CHRIS DUNLAVY LEARNING CURVE: Andy Butler during his spell as interim manager of Doncaster Rovers PICTURE: Alamy ANDY...

Diary of a Groundhopper: Gornal Athletic 1-3 Tipton Town

TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH GORNAL ATHELTIC 1 TIPTON TOWN 3 THERE are still plenty of matches available to those who want their...

Now’s the time to make your votes count!

■ AFC Wimbledon are the ultimate Non-League success story – so what better way to celebrate their fairytale rise to the...

Board must answer this play-off mess

FANS’ FORUM SERIOUS questions need to be asked of the competence and governance of the board of the National League who...

Decision not to extend is dangerous

FANS’ FORUM FA chiefs, league committees and their dignitaries, both local and national, need to understand that this has been an...

Many fine shouts for top gaffer

MANAGER OF THE YEAR SPORTS GROUND DEVELOPMENT WHO would be a manager these days? Spinning plates with water-tight budgets and working...

NATIONAL GAME AWARDS

AFC Wimbledon are the ultimate Non-League success story – so what better way to celebrate their fairytale rise to the Football...

Diary of a Groundhopper: Highworth Town 2-3 Great Wakering Rovers

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Today looks like it will finally be the day The Fox and I get to visit Highworth Town’s...

No substitute for manager’s hunch

FANS’ FORUM LIFE’S A PITCH: Buckingham FC’s Stratford Fields ON JANUARY 24, 2024, I attended the Northern Premier League game between...

Vase rivals a credit to their clubs

FANS’ FORUM LAST week’s FA Vase tie between Tilbury and North Greenford United was, as expected, a tense and exciting encounter....

COLE SKUSE

The plan was to quit but I just couldn’t walk away By JON COUCH COLE’S GOAL: Cole Skuse leads a very...

Late venue switch isn’t fair on fans

FANS’ FORUM AS a supporter of Romford FC since the 1960’s, I was somewhat irked by the late change and venue...

Not all clubs have luxury of a facility

FANS’ FORUM I REFER to the excellent article by Tom Cooper, Managing Director of Sports Ground Development (NLP, Jan 14). In...

It’s so easy just to blame the manager

FANS’ FORUM THE recent merry-goround of football clubs sacking managers suggests that some club chairmen – and indded supporters – have...

Diary of a Groundhopper: Boro Rangers 4-0 Northallerton Town

This week, I am following in the footsteps of The NLP’s own Tony Incenzo, who recently visited the home of Boro...

Capturing the spirit of grass roots

FANS’ FORUM I RECENTLY attended Worthing United v Dorking Wanderers B in the Southern Combination Division One at Step 6. After...

Diary of a Groundhopper: Paget Rangers 2 Walsall 5

TUESDAY DECEMBER 12TH I’ve been in Panama dreaming of the cold weather in England (but not the place) while ‘sweating buckets’...

Embracing the game’s entertainers

FANS’ FORUM FOR ME, Non-League football is one of the best aspects of living in England today. More controversially, since I...

Macc’s £13m man is a nice Brucie bonus

ALEX BRUCE By CHRIS DUNLAVY IN football, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Or, in the case of...

The wrong way to the Rhonddas

FANS’ FORUM JUST an observation on the otherwise excellent report on the Merthyr Town v AFC Totton match last Saturday, which...

I got the RAW end of the deal at City

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

Ravens can not be more welcoming

FANS’ FORUM I WRITE in praise of Bromley FC and their amazing hospitality. I was a guest of the board of...

Following Ites brings back so many memories

FANS’ FORUM AROUND 70 years ago, I went to Botany Road with my Dad and saw Sheppey United go through the...