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TONY INCENZO: Cook’s living Westy dream

7 April 2024 0 comments

Championship defender Steve Cook is predicting a bright future for Mid Sussex League outfit Westfield FC, where he is part-owner.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Melbourne Dynamo 2-6 Wirksworth Ivanhoe

31 March 2024 0 comments

I have an update on my trip from last week, where I tried to find the Central Midlands Alliance League match at Burton Hornets at Washlands. If you remember, I failed miserably and ended up at Hemington Hammers.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: We’re back in the big time!

31 March 2024 0 comments

Shortly after Chesterfield were relegated from the EFL for the first time in almost a century, caretaker manager Ian Evatt took aim at a squad whose collective salaries comprised the sixth-highest wage bill in League Two.

WE’RE SET FOR A SHOWDOWN

31 March 2024 0 comments

Steve KING TOP OF THE CHARTS: Ollie Banks and Chesterfield have been outstanding this season, as have Yeovil Town and […]

FA VASE FACTFILE: Final four are racing towards history

24 March 2024 0 comments

A new name will be etched onto the Isuzu FA Vase this season as all four semi-finalists are appearing at this stage of the competition for the very first time.

GREGOR ROBERTSON: Top shouldn’t forget roots

24 March 2024 0 comments

Self-regulation has failed. The time for an independent regulator is here. Two stories in football from the past week or so underlined why.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: North Greenford United 0-1 Romford

17 March 2024 0 comments

There’s only one place to go today and that’s North Greenford for the quarter-final of the Isuzu FA Vase. The club has long been on my radar and this history-making match is an ideal opportunity to tick off Berkeley Field.

TONY INCENZO: The Lofty heights of Bushmen!

10 March 2024 0 comments

That fabled ‘Mush from Shepherd’s Bush’ might well be fascinated to learn of The Bushmen’s imminent reappearance in senior Non-League football.

We’re part of one big family

3 March 2024 0 comments

Charlie BAKER talk SPORT HOST AND TORQUAY UNITED FAN I’ll admit it. I always smirked and was pretty cynical whenever […]

Wolves are at the door

3 March 2024 0 comments

Gregor ROBERTSON FOOTBALLER TURNED JOURNALIST Torquay United needs its own Ryan Reynolds to save club”, so read a headline on […]

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Chatham Town 2-1 Margate

25 February 2024 0 comments

Plan A is to take in Highworth Town’s FA Vase match but The Fox and I agree that the likelihood of Town’s game against Great Wakering Rovers is about as likely as me dating Nadiya Bychkova from Strictly Come Dancing so we set about formulating Plan B.

FA CUP FACTFILE: All hail the last 16 heroes!

25 February 2024 0 comments

Maidstone United are the lowest ranked side for 46 years to make the last 16 of the FA Cup and only the 11th Non-League club ever to make it this far since the current structure was adopted for the 1925-26 season.

TONY INCENZO: Like it or not, sin bins work!

25 February 2024 0 comments

Talk of blue cards and sin bins have dominated the mainstream national media in recent weeks with reports suggesting both could be introduced at football’s highest echelons in the near future.

MARK CARRUTHERS: Scrutiny and cynicism healthy as Spartans takeover is completed

22 February 2024 0 comments

Scrutiny and cynicism over the new owners and their plans is healthy and in over a decade of working in the North East Non-League media, I have found maintaining that stance is sensible.

MATT BADCOCK: Taylor made for a Kitty increase

18 February 2024 0 comments

Just ask the NFL about the importance of eyes on their product. Even the most-watched sport in America can do with more attention – and the Taylor Swift effect has been clear to see.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: St Albans City 4-1 Havant & Waterlooville

11 February 2024 0 comments

A wet Tuesday in January; what could possibly go wrong when trying to find a match on? As it happens, nothing!

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Southend Manor 1-2 Brimsdown

28 January 2024 0 comments

A very rare bird is tempting me down to Essex, so The Fox, Tottenham Tim and I make plans for an early start on Saturday.

GREGOR ROBERTSON: Stu is a perfect fit for Notts!

28 January 2024 0 comments

If you are reading these pages, you will no doubt know, as well as me, the reason why Notts County came calling for Wealdstone boss Stuart Maynard.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Studley 4-1 Whitchurch Alport

21 January 2024 0 comments

Having returned from The Big Smoke in the early hours of the morning, I think a shorter, easier trip is in order for this afternoon.

FA CUP FACTFILE: A run Maid in history

21 January 2024 0 comments

Maidstone United are the last Non-League club still standing in this season’s FA Cup and have remarkably already won six FA Cup ties this season – the same number of wins a Premier League club would have to achieve in order to lift the cup itself.

Columnists

TONY INCENZO: Cook’s living Westy dream

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Melbourne Dynamo 2-6 Wirksworth Ivanhoe

CHRIS DUNLAVY: We’re back in the big time!

WE’RE SET FOR A SHOWDOWN

FA VASE FACTFILE: Final four are racing towards history

GREGOR ROBERTSON: Top shouldn’t forget roots

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: North Greenford United 0-1 Romford

TONY INCENZO: The Lofty heights of Bushmen!

We’re part of one big family

Wolves are at the door

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Chatham Town 2-1 Margate

FA CUP FACTFILE: All hail the last 16 heroes!

TONY INCENZO: Like it or not, sin bins work!

MARK CARRUTHERS: Scrutiny and cynicism healthy as Spartans takeover is completed

MATT BADCOCK: Taylor made for a Kitty increase

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: St Albans City 4-1 Havant & Waterlooville

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Southend Manor 1-2 Brimsdown

GREGOR ROBERTSON: Stu is a perfect fit for Notts!

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Studley 4-1 Whitchurch Alport

FA CUP FACTFILE: A run Maid in history

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