An eight-team play-off?

READING Neal Ardley’s suggestion of an eight-day resolution to National League (NLP, April 26) led me to realise that there is...

DIDDY BOY LINCOLN TO THE RESCUE

By John Lyons WHEELY IMPRESSIVE: Lincoln Callaghan gets on his bike and with dad Chris IF DIDCOT Town ever need someone...

FRENCH HAVE LED THE WAY!

FOR those of us steeped in football, it is natural to see the Premier League as an unassailable force. A sporting...

TOWN ARE MAKING A STAND

By Neil Harvey THEY may not know what division they’ll be playing in next season as yet but, one thing’s for...

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS BUILT ME UP FOR LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

Boyd went from Sideshow Bob to the headline act By CHRIS DUNLAVY IN THE SPOTLIGHT: George Boyd, left, holds off Chelsea’s...

NOW CARDS ARE GETTING SHIRTY

By David Richardson PUT A NAME ON IT! Artistic designs of Woking’s proposed home, left, and away shirts WOKING fans won’t...

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...