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The Big Interview: Le Fondre still has targets after goal-laden career
Adam Le Fondre scored 12 goals in his solitary season as a Premier League footballer. That’s a better minutes-per-goal ratio than Mo Salah and Harry Kane.
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoThe Big Interview: Hartlepool United manager Simon Grayson
Simon Grayson is no mug. After 784 games, four promotions and an abundance of boardroom drama, he knows exactly what he’s walked into at Hartlepool United.
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoThe Big Interview: Steve Pitt – Whatever the task, I’m willing to get my hands dirty
There can’t be many National League managers helping out with a kitchen fitting when The NLP calls but Steve Pitt needs to phone back.
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The Big Interview
/ 3 weeks agoThe Big Interview: Graham Coughlan – I’m a tight Irishman, it’s not all about money!
By CHRIS DUNLAVY By CHRIS DUNLAVY GRAHAM COUGHLAN GRAHAM Coughlan’s bid to rebuild Boston United has unfortunately required several fruitless trips to Starbucks. “I’m a tight Irishman,” explains the 50-year-old Dubliner. “So there’s nothing worse...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoThe Big Interview: Richard Pacquette – I’m ready for my next step
If there’s one thing that much-travelled striker Richard Pacquette has learned over the last quarter of a century playing football at various levels, it’s the importance of team spirit.
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Features
/ 1 month agoThe Big Interview: Jefferson Louis – Love of game kept me going
He changed clubs 51 times over 28 years, made over 900 career appearances and scored 257 goals, but Jefferson Louis can pinpoint the exact moment he knew it was time to hang up his golden...
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National League South
/ 2 months agoThe Big Interview: Lee Martin – Fergie’s fledgling has earned his Wings
Lee Martin played with Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs during his formative years at Manchester United.
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Chorley
/ 4 months agoChorley: Magpies’ stalwart Mark Ellis has found his range
Not content with carving out a 500-game professional career as a top-class defender, Mark Ellis is now revelling in a new role – as Chorley’s top goalscorer!
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Features
/ 4 months agoClitheroe FC: Danny Wilkins has got the board’s backing
There was a moment when Danny Wilkins realised that becoming Clitheroe FC’s next chairman might not be such a mad idea.
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Features
/ 4 months agoRyan Beswick’s earning his Quorn in dual role
With his team 20 points clear at the top of NPL Midlands pre-weekend and topping the club’s scoring charts, it’s safe to say that Ryan Beswick has settled well into his role as Quorn player-manager!
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Dagenham & Redbridge
/ 4 months agoBen Strevens strives for more time
For Ben Strevens, the job title of manager is not one he is totally wedded to. It’s one he also ponders whether he will want again and perhaps it’s too early to say.
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Features
/ 4 months agoAce Louie Theophanous has still got six appeal
The goals have always flowed easily enough for Louie Theophanous – but now he has managed something his old pal Cristiano Ronaldo would be envious of.
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Features
/ 6 months agoHakan Hayrettin interview: Hak-ing into my top minds
Barry Fry, Martin O’Neill, Frank Clark, Gary Johnson, John Still, Graham Taylor – Hakan Hayrettin has enjoyed a front row seat with some of football’s biggest names.
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The Big Interview
/ 6 months agoANDY WHING
It’s been a long road to get here, I’ve come sofa By CHRIS DUNLAVY READY TO ROAR: Andy Whing says the opportunity to manage Barrow in League Two was one he couldn’t resist PICTURE: Alamy...
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The Big Interview
/ 10 months agoADAM HINSHELWOOD
We still look back on the moment that changed everything By JON COUCH HINSH PERFECT! Adam Hinshelwood has turned around fortunes at York City since The NLP’s front page back in March, below PICTURE: Tom...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTHE BIG INTERVIEW: I’ve had my manager’s head on for ten years!
If any Runcorn Linnets player needs a bit of advice in the coming season, they only need to seek out the club’s new manager Antony Kay.
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The Big Interview
/ 1 year agoI 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 the EFL. Very few get the chance. Yet when Dean Brennan heard that Swindon...
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The Big Interview
/ 1 year agoI’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 Butler wasn’t supposed to be a footballer, at least if his secondary school teachers...
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The Big Interview
/ 1 year agoCOLE SKUSE
The plan was to quit but I just couldn’t walk away By JON COUCH COLE’S GOAL: Cole Skuse leads a very close-knit Bury Town changing room PICTURE: Neil Dady NO REGRETS: Cole Skuse AFTER 27...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoMacc’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 Alex Bruce, who turns up to your weekly kickabout. Every Tuesday night, the Macclesfield...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoDARTY BROWN
All Stars unite to champion a true legend By MATT BADCOCK ALL ACTION: Darty Brown on the ball for Yeading against Newcastle United PICTURE: Alamy MAIDENHEAD UNITED XI v DARTY’S ALL STARS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoPats on the back, we but must stay humble
DEAN BRENNAN By MATT BADCOCK IF THERE were questions in the summer whether Barnet were going to be one-hit wonders, then Dean Brennan’s side have given a pretty emphatic answer in the opening two months....
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoWE NEED TO MEET REFS MORE
DEAN BRENNAN believes morefrequent manager and referee meetings will help raise standards across football. “I want referees to understand the tactics of the game,” Brennan says. “I think that’s where it goes wrong. They don’t...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoROSS JENKINS
We have shown we can thrive in this division By MATT BADCOCK ROSS JENKINS and his staff took about three days to enjoy their National League South promotion before getting back to work. The first...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoCALUM MCINTYRE
I’m out to prove that I’m not just a young upstart By CHRIS DUNLAVY FRESH IMPETUS: Calum McIntyre transformed fortunes at Chester last season PICTURE: Alamy ‘There was a real unity and togetherness around the...