Non-League Paper

RAMPANT REBELS URCHINS CLINCH A YELL LOUDEST AS PLACE IN HISTORY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 June 2026

THE NLP’S 2025-26 REVIEW: NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH

WORTHY WINNERS: Worthing players celebrate winning promotion after their final-day victory over Ebbsfleet United
PICTURE: Ed Miller

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IT’S safe to say not too many people will have predicted the National League South top five come the end of the opening month.
With all eyes on the big spenders, it was the unlikely part-timers who took centre stage early on with Daryl McMahon’s Hornchurch particularly impressive at the summit.
Scott Bartlett’s Weston-super-Mare were their nearest rivals with Hampton ...

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