VICS TO REMAIN, BUT NO MERGER

By Neil Harvey WITTON Albion and Northwich Victoria have extended their groundshare agreement to the end of the 2025/26 season –...

LINNETS PLEDGE FOR A PLAY-OFF

By John Lyons KING’S Lynn Town chairman Stephen Cleeve has given his backing for the play-offs to go ahead – if,...

WEAVING THROUGH SUMS

HARROGATE Town have voted to play the play-offs but manager Simon Weaver says the process has been made harder by not...

IT WILL BE ALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT, INSISTS MARC

DORKING Wanderers owner Marc White is convinced the National League could easily fit in play-offs before the start of next season....

THERE’S NO SELF INTEREST AT HEED

GATESHEAD chairman Neil Pinkerton is not in favour of the National League season being concluded via the play-offs – despite his...

EIGHT-TEAM SYSTEM IS THE ANSWER

BRACKLEY Town have asked the National League to decide the northern half of Step 2 with an eight-team play-off. Just 11...

PLAYERS ON SIDE FOR GILL

UPBEAT Jerry Gill knows he can count on his Bath Coty players if and when the play-offs take place. The fourth-placed...

CLUBS AWAIT PLAY-OFF D-DAY

By Matt Badcock IT’S A KNOCKOUT! Chorley won last year’s Play-Off Final in National League North PICTURE: Stefan Willoughby THE NATIONAL...

WE WON’T BE BOWING OUT, SAYS CHIEF KEN

By John Lyons BATTLERS: Chorley endured a long first season at Step 1 MYSTIFIED chairman Ken Wright has scotched speculation that...

TURN BACK TIME Chapple echoes regional rethink

NON-LEAGUE great Geoff Chapple insists football must bring back regionalisation to save the national game. Chapple – a five-time FA Trophy...

Credit successful clubs

THERE’S been a lot of controversy regarding the rather abrupt end to the season at Steps 3 to 7 and, to...

LEGEND WAS A CLOSED BOOK!

NON LEAGUE ICONS GRAHAM HEATHCOTE CHRIS DUNLAVY DISCOVERS WHAT MADE THE ALTRINCHAM STALWART TICK SPECT: Graham Heathcote served four decades at...

Howzat for a plan?

SO, as seems likely the 2020/21 season will have, to be shorter than normal, with a delayed start, how will the...

I’VE LEARNED BOSS’ TRADE

Sills is inspired by Brown and Buckle By Chris Dunlavy MASKED PROGRESS: Tim Sills has completed his fi rst season as...

HELP NOW NEEDED IN BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL

SOUTHERN LEAGUE IN LIMBO: Clubs like Salisbury face uncertain times I WAS interested to read the the thoughts of Farnborough manager...

ARDLEY: WE MUST PLAY TO A FINISH

By Chris Dunlavy JOB HALF DONE: Notts County would need the play-offs if they are to bounce straight back into the...

TREAT US ALL THE SAME!

STEP 2 CLUBS AREN’T A SEPARATE ENTITY Steve KING DARTFORD MANAGER MIND GAMES: Dartford are in the National League South play-off...

WILY BAKER IS WISE TO HIS DOUGH

By John Lyons DEEP IN THOUGHT: Harrow Borough boss Steve Baker and, insets, Luca Ashby-Hammond, top, and Ben Tricker CANNY boss...

MARINERS CHIEF TO ‘KEEP A CLOSE EYE’

By Mark Carruthers NO-GO: South Shields have been denied promotion SOUTH Shields chairman Geoff Thompson is taking a keen interest in...

‘I won at Wembley yet now I’m much happier’

DAVE BAYLISS’ NEW LEASE OF LIFE BY CHRIS DUNLAVY TEN years ago, Dave Bayliss led unfancied Barrow to a remarkable victory...

REDS CRISIS WILL ‘END IN EXODUS’

By Andy MItchell DUANE Darby claims directors plan to quit Redditch United in the wake of his sacking as manager –...

STEP 2 TO GO THEIR OWN WAY?

By David Richardson ON THE UP? Barnet would climb on points-per-game THE NATIONAL League are weighing up whether continuing with this...

WE JUST BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER!

MARTYN AND SCOTT ROGERS LEAD A FAMILY AFFAIR AT TIVERTON TOWN By MATT BADCOCK WHEN Martyn Rogers started managing Tiverton Town...

EADIE’S CALL TO FORMER CANARY

By Neil Harvey DARREN EADIE has turned to his connections at former club Norwich City to make his first signing as...

NLP says…

Classy Mike will be sadly missed by all MIKE Appleby’s death has touched many throughout the Non-League game. Chances are if...