Oldham Athletic 3-0 Braintree Town: Clinical Latics are too hot for Iron

Oldham Athletic gave newly-promoted Braintree Town a harsh lesson as they sauntered to an opening day victory – their first in...

Aldershot Town 3-3 Forest Green Rovers: Golden boy Ghandour keeps Green guessing!

Forest Green Rovers enjoyed a tumultuous reintroduction to the National League on a thrilling afternoon which could have swung either way...

Southend United 1-1 York City: A new era at United if off and running with a point

Southend United started life under their new owners by securing a share of the spoils with York City at Roots Hall.

Morgan bows out – after one game!

Sam Morgan insists “it was the right time to move on” after leaving Sutton Common Rovers – just one game into...

Mark Harris: Protect our volunteers!

Like it or not, Non-League football is no longer a matter of kicking a ball round for 90 minutes on a...

Jake’s old acquaintance

Jake Caprice says working with boss Micky Mellon once again was key to his decision to return to the National League...

Grand home for Jordan

IT took a long time for Grand Drive to feel like ‘home’ for Jordan Gallagher, but now he’s fully settled in,...

Gregor Robertson: Outcasts have renewed hope

Every lower league footballer, at some point in their career, will experience the fear and uncertainty of being out of contract....

Saluting our Arthur kings

Arthurian League chief Jon Hunter says they’ve experienced the pinnacle of amateur football after representing England in the UEFA Regions Cup.

Spot-on Jacob’s a cracker

After Jacob Kirwan stopped three spot-kicks during a shootout to help his Sunday League side win a knockout semi-final in April,...

Jack’s at Holmes on the big stage

You might have recently returned from the holiday of a lifetime or even married the man or woman of your dreams,...

We are United in aid of Dan

Dan Cann refuses to let motor neurone disease force him to quit Hamworthy United – and his chairman is with him...

Diary of a ground hopper: Croydon Athletic 3-1 Guildford City

Thanks to the interesting back story, The Fox opts for a visit to AFC Croydon Athletic for this season’s FA Cup...

FA Cup factfile: The stats behind the preliminary round

There will be 136 preliminary round ties played across the weekend involving 134 clubs from Step 4 and 138 teams from...

Dream debut is oh so sweet for cup ace Sam

A hat-trick and a goal of the season entry – debuts don’t get much better for Tilbury’s Sam Bantick.

Kiddy start well on their Step 2 return

KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS enjoyed a win in their first game after relegation, scoring a goal in each half at Darlington.

CITY’S VINTAGE WIN CRUSHES CLARETS

By Freddie Gatrell SLOUGH TOWN 2 CHELMSFORD C 1 SCOTT DAVIES’ Slough Town defeated last season’s runners-up Chelmsford City thanks to...

MELLEN THE HERO AFTER MAD FINAL MOMENTS

By Andrew Satterthwaite LANCASTER CITY 3 BASFORD UTD 2 LANCASTER profited from stoppage time madness to beat nine-man Basford. Lancaster struggled...

POPPIES CUT DOWN TO SIZE AS THE YELTZ BATTLE

By David Johnson HALESOWEN TN 2 KETTERING TN 1 HALESOWEN narrowly took all three points in a hard fought battle with...

It’s better late than never for Town

By Gavin Lloyd PLYMOUTH P’WAY 1 BASINGSTOKE TN 3 BASINGSTOKE Town fell foul of the heavy summer traffic on their longest...

NPL MIDLANDS

By Adam Etheridge PADDY Webb’s hat-trick helped Quorn to an impressive opening day victory. But the home side didn’t have it...

NPL WEST

By Grendan Doyle BOOTLE 2 NANTWICH TOWN 0 ■Scarisbrick and Jack GOALS from Andy Lenehan gave Bootle victory over Nantwich Town....

DIV 1 NORTH

By Andrzej Perkins WALTHAMSTOW 1 GORLESTON 2 A LONG pre-season didn’t help Stow as they fell to Gorleston. Stow’s keeper Hafad...

MATTHEW IS ON THE SPOT

By Stephen Harrison DIV 1 S.CENTRAL SOUTHALL 1 LEATHERHEAD 1 SOUTHALL and Leatherhead met in the division’s play-offs at the end...

BERKHAMSTED 4 STOTFOLD 0

DIV 1 CENTRAL By Andrew Sparrow ■ BERKHAMSTED en- a dominant start joyed to the season, brushing visitors Stotfold easily aside....