The Northern Premier League to run new eighth division at Step 4

The NPL currently runs one Step 3 division and two at Step 4 in the Non-League pyramid

What is still to be decided in the Northern Premier League?

This week we will be taking a look at what the state of play is in each of the Step 3...

FOUR-STAR BRIG BOOST THEIR BID TO STAY UP

SATURDAY MATCH CENTRE NPL PREMIER BAMBER BRIDGE 4 MATLOCK TOWN 2 By George Hodgson BAMBER BRIDGE sealed back-to-back wins and took...

Non-League restructuring: It’s all change with a 2020 vision

FA outline second phase of Pyramid changes

What is the current state of play in Step 3?

In this article we take a look at the twists and turns that still have to be played out in the...

AFC Mansfield Chairman issues apology to fans

Saunders explained that a deadline for work to be completed to meet the regulations had been missed, which will result in...

Workington manager Lee Andrews to step down at the season’s end

The club have been all but relegated from the Northern Premier League

MBALANDA POWER IS TOO MUCH FOR BUCKS

By Tom Clarke MARINE 1 BUXTON 1 IT WAS honours even at the Marine Travel Arena on Saturday afternoon, as Marine...

Nervous Celtic are still not safe

By Scott Smith HEDNESFORD TOWN 1 STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0 A FIRST half goal from Reece King saw the ten-man hosts take...

Harrison class proves decisive

By Ian Richardson MATLOCK TOWN 1 WITTON ALBION 2 WITTON won this mid-table battle that had an end of season feel...

YELLOWS ROLL ON BUT SEADOGS ARE SET BACK

By James Gordon WARRINGTON: 4-4-2: McMillan, Duggan, Hughes, Garrity, Roberts, Raven, Cusani, Evans, Gray, Amis, Dunn Subs: Benjamin, Dixon, Mackreth, McCarthy,...

HONOURS EVEN IN HEAD TENNIS

By Sam Goldsworthy MICKLEOVER SPORTS 1 LANCASTER CITY 1 THE quintessential game of two halves, with both teams failing to entertain...

NO HOME COMFORTS AGAIN FOR POOR REDS

By John Walsh WORKINGTON 0 GAINSBOROUGH TR 2 WORKINGTON slumped to their eighth successive home defeat which virtually condemned them to...

Town fall to second defeat of the week

By Andrew Snaith WHITBY TOWN 1 STAFFORD RANGERS 2 WHITBY’S inconsistency has been outlined this week as three successive victories were...

FALTERING SHIELDS SLIP UP IN TITLE RACE

By Jason Button SOUTH SHIELDS 1 BASFORD UNITED 1 SOUTH Shields’ were rescued by Rob Briggs’ penalty seven minutes into injury...

SPENCER AT THE DOUBLE AS FARSLEY MARCH ON

By Pat Nixon GRANTHAM TOWN 0 FARSLEY CELTIC 4 FARSLEY overcame Grantham in style to strengthen their Championship quest. The visitors...

Bridge get back on track after bad run

By George Rothwell HYDE UNITED 0 BAMBER BRIDGE 2 AN IMPROVED second half performance by Bamber Bridge saw them get their...

Non-League footballer Reece Thompson jailed for 40 months after attacking woman

He beat a woman with an iron bar, forced her to eat paint and smashed two mirrors over her head

Q&A: Our views on the Steps 3-4 promotion and relegation battles

Matt Badcock and David Richardson run the rule over the lower leagues

WALSHAW IS TOO BIG FOR BRIDGE TO HANDLE

BAMBER BRIDGE 2 SCARBOROUGH ATH 4 By George Hodgson SCARBOROUGH edged a six goal thriller at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium,...

Late Bailey strike rescues Lancaster

LANCASTER CITY 1 GRANTHAM TOWN 1 By Andrew Satterthwaite GOALS in the first and last five minutes of the game gave...

TRINITY ON THE UP AS BYRNE IS ON TARGET

GAINSBOROUGH TR 1 HYDE UNITED 0 By Rob Hughes GAINSBOROUGHTrinity secured a hard-fought victory over a tigerish Hyde side to move...

Spencer leaves it late for leaders

BUXTON 1 FARSLEY CELTIC 2 By Tony Tomlinson LEAGUE leaders Farsley’s did their title ambitions a power of good with a...

WHAT A BRIGG DEAL

Rob’s double keeps magic Mariners in the race for the title By Kieran Archer SPOT ON: Robert Briggs slots home the...

Dunn gets the rub of the green

MATLOCK TOWN 0 WARRINGTON TOWN 2 By Ian Richardson WARRINGTON benefitted from a highly controversial opening goal from Jack Dunn which...