THE NLP’s Stuart Hammonds caught up with England C manager Paul Fairclough – ambassador for the National Game Awards in association with Budweiser Club Futures – recently to discuss contenders for the BetBright Step 3/4 Player of the Year award.
After a 20-year professional career in some of the best dressing rooms in world football, you could forgive Michael Duberry for turning his nose up at the less than salubrious surroundings of the Ryman Premier League.
Croydon created history in 1975-76 when they managed to go through the entire Isthmian League season without losing a game – but still didn’t win the league title.
Roger Connell’s last-minute goal broke the hearts of his former club at Wembley – but it was the feat achieved at the other end of the pitch which helped Walton & Hersham earn a place in the history books.
This year’s FNL officially comes to an end after today’s Blue Square Bet North and South play-off matches with the final update for the season printed in next week’s NLP.
It only seems like yesterday that we started this epic journey back in August. Now, we are contemplating the end of the FNL 2012/13 season once the final whistle blows for the final play-off game.