COLD COMFORT

By Kenneth Hawkings SPALDING UNITED 3 SUTTON COLDFIELD 0 NPL SOUTH/EAST SUTTON Coldfield suffered an opening day defeat to Spalding for...

NPL NORTH/WEST

By David Foy BRIGHOUSE TOWN 1 CLITHEROE 2 ■ THE match was won in the space of five second-half minutes. A...

NPL SOUTH/EAST

By Gary Salisbury STAMFORD 5 GLOSSOP NORTH END 0 ■ STAMFORD brushed aside Glossop with a fivestar display at the Zeeco....

NPL NORTH/WEST

By Callum Chadwick WIDNES 1 RAMSBOTTOM UTD 4 ■ A CONTROVERSIAL opening 20 minutes proved decisive as Ramsbottom United saw off...

NPL SOUTH/EAST

By David Bradley STOCKSBRIDGE P S 0 KIDSGROVE ATH 1 ■ A HIGH-ENERGY start quickly fizzled out into a disappointing game....

NPL NORTH/WEST

By Michael Meadows CITY OF LIVERPOOL 2 MARSKE UNITED 4 ■ MATTY TYMON made the perfect start to the season with...

NPL SOUTH/EAST

By Devon Cash WORKSOP TOWN 6 LOUGHBOROUGH D 2 ■ CRAIG PARRY won his opening league game as Worksop Town manager...

NPL NORTH/WEST

By Danny Whalen DUNSTON 2 MARINE 1 ■ DUNSTON opened their season with a win at home to Marine thanks to...

FULL HOUSE, FULL POINTS

By John Wharmby MOSSLEY 2 OSSETT UNITED 0 NPL NORTH/WEST MOSSLEY opened their league campaign with victory in front of a...

COLLIERIES WITHER AT THE HANDS OF CARTMAN

By Ben Olawumi ATHERTON COLLS 0 SCARBORO’ ATH 2 TWO goals from Scarborough striker Nathan Cartman ensured that they began the...

PICK SO CLOSE

By John Walsh PICKERING TOWN 2 WORKINGTON 2 NPL NORTH/WEST PICKERING almost pulled off a shock win. Workington were 2-0 down...

Burton’s debut goal seals victory

By Ryan Smart BAMBER BRIDGE 1 MATLOCK TOWN 0 SCOTT BURTON scored the only goal of the game on his debut...

MODESTE TO THE RESCUE

By Charlie Fletcher PONTEFRACT COLL 1 RUNCORN LINN 1 NPL NORTH/WEST THE opening game of the season saw Pontefract Collieries and...

JACK HELPS GET THE JOB DUNN FOR THE YELLOWS

By Mark Williams BASFORD UTD 0 WARRINGTON T 2 JACK DUNN’S strike and a Bohan Dixon penalty gave Warrington Town a...

DOWN TO WIRE

By Richard Tigwell PRESCOT CABLES 2 KENDAL TOWN 0 NPL NORTH/WEST PRESCOT CABLES made hard work of their opening league game...

Buzzing Bucks fizz with fab four

By Tony Tomlinson BUXTON 4 RADCLIFFE 2 THE first league meeting between the clubs in 47 years provided rich entertainment for...

NPL NORTH/WEST

By Dave Law TRAFFORD 0 TADCASTER ALB 0 ■ A DEFENCE-dominated game ended with the spoils shared from the season opener...

DABBERS STEM THE FC FLOW!

Contenders earn point apiece By Ben Hughes FC UNITED: Lavercombe, Lenehan, Dodd, Donohue, Doyle, Jones, Sinclair-Smith (Cockerline 78), Potts, Fowler, Homson-Smith...

ZAK IS THE WAY TO DO IT

By David Simpson CLEETHORPES TOWN 2 ILKESTON TOWN 3 NPL SOUTH/EAST YOU BEAUTY: Ilkston’s Nat Watson celebrates his opener and inset,...

TRINITY AREN’T HYDING

By Rob Hughes GAINSBORO TR 2 HYDE UNITED 0 GAINSBOROUGH Trinity made a dream start to the season with a fine...

NPL SOUTH/EAST

By Nigel Oldrini BELPER TOWN 4 MARKET DRAYTON T 0 ■ BELPER TOWN coasted to a comfortable opening day victory. The...

Shields making a show of intent

By Jeff Bowron SOUTH SHIELDS 3 MICKLEOVER FC 0 NPL title favourites South Shields put down a marker on the opening...

NPL SOUTH/EAST

By Alan Murphy CARLTON TOWN 1 LINCOLN UNITED 3 ■ ROB SMITH’S double led Lincoln United to victory. The Whites finished...

Step 3 and 4 bosses hail the start of the Pitching In era

Trident’s Nick Robinson, Mark Harris and Anthony Hughes welcome on board Step 3-4’s new partners

Pitching In announced as partner of the Northern Premier, Isthmian and Southern Leagues

The announcement will deliver vitally needed financial support as the leagues seek to cope with the consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown