SHIELDS IN SEARCH OF A FAB FOUR

SHIELDS OF STEEL: South Shields were rampant last season in NPL North PICTURE: Action Images WHEN you’ve won three titles on...

Double trouble as Kealy hits two

By Sam Skilton WORTHING 2 WINGATE & FINCHLEY 1 DEBUTANT Callum Kealy made a dream start to his Worthing career by...

NAZZONE DELIVERS NARROW MET WIN

Police steal it early… By Terry Spracklen DORCHESTER T 0 MET POLICE 1 Nazzone 6 DORCHESTER: 5-4-1 Latham 7, Egan 7,...

I’LL BRING BACK THE GOOD TIMES

Roaming Ranger Burr returns to where it all began By Matt Badcock STEVE BURR is ready to kickstart Stafford Rangers –...

LEWES JINX STRIKES YET AGAIN

By James Boyes LEWES 0 CARSHALTON ATHLETIC 1 REIGNING Bostik South champions Carshalton enjoyed a rewarding afternoon at the Dripping Pan....

A THOROUGH BAPTISM AS CHURCH COME BACK

By Alan Deakin ALVECHURCH 0 ROYSTON TOWN 0 ALVECHURCH made their return to Step Three football after more than a quarter...

Pennery produces the magic

By Josh Miller GOSPORT BOROUGH 3 KINGS LANGLEY 2 THE new season kicked off at Privett Park and what a first...

WOUNDED TRINITY LOOK TO REWRITE HISTORY

AIMING HIGH: Lee Sinnott COUP: Damian Reeves GAINSBOROUGH TRINTY were relegated for the first time in 145 years at the end...

FOUR-STAR HAWKS ARE TOO GOOD FOR TOWN

By Adam Hart WHITEHAWK 4 HARLOW TOWN 2 WHITEHAWK ran out winners after an impressive first half against Harlow Town. The...

The Marketmen fill their boots at Oval

By NLP Reporter BEDWORTH UNITED 0 NEEDHAM MARKET 4 NEEDHAM Market enjoyed the perfect start to life in the Premier Central,...

TREBLE TROUBLE FOR BRANDON

By Jamie Perry HARROW BOROUGH 2 WEYMOUTH 3 A HAT-TRICK from Brandon Goodship got Weymouth off to a winning start. Harrow...

NOTTS LANDING! WE CAN BE ‘NEXT COUNTY’

By Matt Badcock ON OUR WAY: Basford celebrate their title success and striker Liam Hearn, inset PICTURE: Action Images BASFORD take...

Small delivers a giant performance

By Kevin Austen MERSTHAM 0 TONBRIDGE ANGELS 3 TONBRIDGE cruised to a comfortable win against a disappointing Merstham. From the moment...

LOWESTOFT LEE-K ONE LATE ON AT THE GROVE

By Ryan Saunders HALESOWEN TOWN 1 LOWESTOFT TOWN 0 LEE Hughes stole a late opening day victory for Halesowen with an...

Casuals saved by Hicks leveller

By Kane Brooker WALTON CASUALS 3 BASINGSTOKE TOWN 3 A LAST-MINUTE equaliser from Walton Casuals captain Joe Hicks ensured the points...

PLENTY OF LIFE IN THE SEADOGS YET

Kittrick aims to live out chairman’s dream By Matt Badcock STEVE KITTRICK wants to keep the feel-good factor at Scarborough Athletic...

MARGATE PRODUCE FIVE-STAR

By Charlotte Richardson MARGATE 5 CORINTHIAN CASUALS 2 MARGATE started their season in style with a prolific opening 45 minutes proving...

There is nothing between old foes

By NLP Reporter BARWELL 1 STOURBRIDGE 1 LUKE BENBOW’S late penalty ensured it was honours even as former Northern Premier League...

PEACOCKS CONTINUE TO STRUT THEIR STUFF

By Andy Power TAUNTON TOWN 4 STAINES TOWN 0 THE PEACOCKS began life in the Southern Premier with a convincing victory....

CAN ANYONE STOP SHIELDS’ JUGGERNAUT?

NLP’S VERDICT NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE CAN South Shields make it four in a row? Plenty will fancy the north-east club but...

IT’S ALL SMILES FOR LEE

Waders chief is up and running By Greg Plummer KING’S LYNN T 2 Clunan 50, Fryatt 56 BIGGLESWADE T 4 McNamara...

Levi is the hero as Tivvy break hoodoo

By Nick Taylor SWINDON SUPERMARINE 0 TIVERTON TOWN 1 TIVERTON TOWN won on the opening day of the season for the...

Visitors triumph without a Hitch

By Paul Harris HITCHIN TOWN 0 KETTERING TOWN 1 FLYING forward RHYS Hoeness fired Kettering to all three points on the...

TOWN ARE DOWNED AS WEBB SPARKLES

By Peter Leppington POOLE TOWN 1 HARTLEY WINTNEY 3 HARTLEY Wintney opened their historic first game at their highest ever level...

MAGNIFICENT 7 HAVE IT ALL TO PLAY FOR

NLP’S VERDICT NPL WEST VERDICT SEVEN new clubs have entered the Northern Premier League West with the 20-team division mostly made...