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The NLP standout moments of 2025: Glory days, goal feasters and a raft of emotion

The NLP team take a look back at their best moments of 2025 as another dramatic year in Non-League football comes to a close.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 December 2025

The Non League Paper team pick out their standout moments of 2025...

Jon Couch
The NLP, Executive Editor
Moment of the year
A bit of a sentimental choice for me, but witnessing Aldershot Town win the Isuzu FA Trophy in May with a 3-0 victory over Spennymoor Town was a very special moment.
Over 21,500 Shots supporters were in attendance for the club’s first-ever Wembley visit in their 99-year history – and it was a day that will live with them all forever.

WEMBLEY GLORY: Aldershot Town lifted the Isuzu FA Trophy
Team of the year
What Boreham Wood have achieved in 2025 has been nothing sho...

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