STEP 5 & 6 ACTION

STEP 5 ROUND-UPS NORTHERN LEAGUE ■ MORPETH TOWN were knocked off the top of the table when they lost their unbeaten...

ROBINS ARE ON FOR A SONG

Substitute Bennett snatches the points HELLENIC LEAGUE By David Groves HAIR-RAISER: George Short heads home for Blacknell to make it 2-2,...

JAMIE’S NOT READY

FORMER Blackburn Rovers and Accrington Stanley striker Jamie Clarke has quit as player-manager of United Counties League Premier outfit St Andrews...

PENGUINS ON ICE

ATHERSLEY RECREATION have sacked their management team after a poor start to their North West Counties Premier season. The Penguins were...

BIG GUNS ARE ON THE PROWL

Orient, Hartlepool and Wrexham fire warning shots MACAULEY BONNE was on fire with a hat-trick as Leyton Orient led the way...

AGONY FOR NOMADS AS SONS SEND THEM HOME

WELSH By Chris Smart CONNAH’S QUAY NOMADS suffered extra time heartbreak as they bowed out of the IRN-BRU Cup 2-1 after...

FANS ADVICE WAS LAIRD’S FINAL STRAW

CRAIG LAIRD accepts there was probably no coming back from an interview he did last week telling Dorchester Town fans that...

MYERS IS BACK AT BISHOP

COLIN Myers has returned to Bishop Auckland for his second stint as manager of the Ebac Northern League outfit. With the...

THE 3G PLASTIC POPULATION GO TO WAR ON EFL RULING

Maidstone, Sutton and Bromley join forces to fight against ban By Matt Badcock MAIDSTONE UNITED director Oliver Ash believes the joint...

SPURRED ON BY CUP TONIC

Matt BADCOCK FAMILY AFFAIR: Marlow boss Mark Bartley, captain Chris Ovenden and fans with the FA Cup PICTURE: The FA MARLOW...

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LEAGUE NAMES JUST DO NOT STIK

NOW the season is underway, it’s probably an opportune time to remind everyone how they should be referring to the Steps...

Diary of a Ground Hopper

TUSEDAY AUGUST 15 York City 0 Darlington 0 TONIGHT I am keen to say a fond farewell to Bootham Crescent –...

Were Hamlet ‘Amateur’?

I WAS interested to read the musings from Bob ‘The Cat’ Bevan about the good old Amateur days over the summer....

Twelve years on, Karl’s still a Red Rebel with a cause

KARLMARGINSON By SAM ELIOTT FINDING THEIR FEET: FC United have started slowly this term but are already showing signs of improvement...

Ben’s delay of 13 years

MARINE goalkeeper, Ben Barnes, made his debut aged 16. Now 29, his second match for the club was at Stalybridge Celtic...

TARPEY DEAL TO THE WIRE

DAVE TARPEY finally fulfilled his lifetime ambition of becoming a Football League player – but thanks to his chairman’s five-a-side match,...

You can’t gloss over tradition

FOR the first time ever I feel compelled to write to your excellent publication over plans by certain Evo-Stik Southern League...

PARKINSON KEEPING HIS COOL

By Sam Elliott ALTRINCHAM manager Phil Parkinson knows the power of keeping a cool head when those around him are losing...

’The Cat’ was really quite paw

BOB ‘The Cat’ Bevan brought the curtain down on a very interesting series last week and hit the nail right on...

IT’S AN ON-GOING GENERATION GAME

RECRUITING NEW BLOOD IS VITAL ON AND OFF THE FIELD Nige TASSELL IN IT TOGETHER: Attracting a new generation of supporters...

IRKED POOLS NEED TO BE PATIENT

HARTLEPOOL UNITED can’t afford to panic. Yes, they’ve had a bad start and only got their first win on Bank Holiday...

NLP says… Doswell is hands down my top boss

Before you read this (if you can be bothered at all, that is!), I would advise you to take a look...

THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREENER

MANAGERS ARE BEING ASKED TO WORK MIRACLES Adam VIRGO LESS THAN a month into the season and three National League clubs...

NATHAN OFFERS THAT BIT MOOR

By Jon Couch AWARD WINNERS: Harrogate’s Simon Ainge and Solihull Moors keeper Nathan Vaughan IT MIGHT be unusual for the Vanarama...