CHRIS TOWERS, poet and writer of the NLP column ‘Final Whistle’ took himself to Scarborough for the National League North game between Scarborough Athletic and Peterborough Sports.
Every Easter weekend, there’s an organised Groundhop somewhere in the country, where Leagues stagger kickoffs to allow us hoppers the chance to watch up to 12 games across the Bank Holiday.
Crown dependencies’ offshore football clubs have become part and parcel of the Non-League Pyramid in recent years with Guernsey, Jersey Bulls and FC Isle of Man all valued members of our National League System.
There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK every year – the survival rate is less than one in ten.
So I was perusing the laws of the game the other night. As you do. The Ifab’s website. I know… get a life, mate. But look, you bloomin’ well have to these days if it’s your job to write about football.
