2001-2002 WHAT ELSE…

• YEOVIL Town, who finished 14 points behind Boston and Dagenham in third in the Conference, lifted the FA Trophy at...

PHILL AND HIS SAINTS PALS GET ON THEIR BIKE

By John Lyons AT THE end of the season, most people like to put their feet up and have a rest...

NLP says… Let’s have play-offs at the bottom

A lot of talk about the play-offs at the moment (see left) and I understand it’s a contentious subject. Some love...

Will it be yes to big play-off shake-up?

By Sam Elliott THE National League’s radical promotion shake-up looks to be a vote winner, if The NLP’s early exit poll...

IRONOPOLIS WILL NEVER BE TOPPED

Northern League statistics go down in history BOB BEVAN’S Cat Stats THIS WEEK… 1890’s AFTER dinner comic Bob ‘The Cat’ Bevan...

MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE…

SO KEEP FRIENDS CLOSE THE NOISES coming out of Billericay Town grow ever louder. They are certain to be one of...

PRIMED FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE

By Steven Coney RASPER! Panjab FA players celebrate Rajpal Virk’s famous goal against England C PICTURE: David Loveday REUBEN HAZELL says...

ENGLAND IN SAFE HANDS

“THE TROUBLE with players,” an old lag of a manager at the top of the game once said, “is that they...

YOUNG AT HEART – WELL SOME OF US!

TOASTING SUCCESS: From the lift to the pub afterwards, Lincoln pair Paul Farman, left, and Alex Woodyard were model professionals PICTURE:...

READY AND WAITING!

Hill issues come-and-get-me plea GARRY HILL has alerted ambitious Non-League clubs, saying he’s ready to get back to work after sixyears...

I KNEW I WAS GOING WEEKS AGO!

Garry Hill opens up on sorry Kingfield exit By MATT BADCOCK POINTING THE WAY OUT: Garry Hill, left, with his assistant...

ACE STYCHE TO TUCK IN AT LAMB

By Matt Badcock REECE STYCHE is hungry to get back to his old self after signing for Tamworth – and he...

I’ve been on a rip-off trip to Wembley

AS a Non-League fan I decided to make the trip to Wembley to watch the play-off final. I have been to...

NOW THE CALL FOR THREE UP IS AT ITS LOUDEST

DEFLATED and dejected in the wake of Tranmere’s playoff defeat, Micky Mellon re-stoked the ever-smoldering embers of the three-up debate. “There...

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THIS SUMMER DON’T MISS YOUR NLP!

● Next week –The first in a new series: The Greatest Seasons in Non-League. We head back to 2001/02 to relive...

Stats spot on this summer

I LOVE Tony Williams’ Stats Life feature in The NLP – it’s a g reat idea to keep us Non-League fans...

ROVERS WILL BE A TARGET IN EFL

VINCE MUST SHOW HUMILITY DALE Vince says reaching League One with Forest Green will be easy. It will be a lot...

‘I’ve just come in to help Lockie – not stab him in back!’

THE BIG INTERVIEW GUISELEY ASSISTANT MANAGER DAVE PENNEY FRODO had Gandalf. Daniel Larusso had Mr Miyagi. Luke Skywalker had Yoda. Every...

WE’RE READY TO GO AGAIN!

By Chris Dunlavy DARLINGTON boss Martin Gray says the Quakers’ playoff agony must be used as motivation – but not by...

Look at the State of it…

WHY exactly do our sports constantly look at America for inspiration when looking to make changes? If it’s not showpiece events...

‘CHAMPS’ PAYING THE PENALTY

But Heath could ‘win’ title in June! By Sam Elliott THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER…BUT IS IT? Haywards Heath may lose...

LION JOE IS READY TO GO

By Matt Badcock JOE IRONSIDE didn’t have many plans for this weekend – but now he’s playing for his country. The...

SCHOOL’S OUT FOR BEEVER ALAN

HAMPTON and Richmond Borough manager Alan Dowson is to go full-time next season, writes Richard Parsons. The club’s new board has...

Money talk a mystery

HAVING looked over the provisional league structure for next season, I am relieved to see that, unlike previous years, there is...