Ups & Downs In Non League, Part 1: The Conference
In this, the first of a series, I provide a comprehensive roundup of the ups and downs in non league, starting with the Football Conference. Dropping back into the Conference Premier after losing their...
View ArticleJohn Askey Appointed New Silkmen Boss
The wait is over. Sixty two days after sacking Steve King the Macclesfield Town board have finally confirmed his replacement, with the announcement that club legends John Askey and Efe Sodje will take...
View ArticleAldershot Town: The Return To Non League
Shots fan Carson Flack makes his UTL debut with a look ahead to the coming season for Andy Scott’s team. The last time Aldershot Town were in the Conference, the Shots enjoyed a fantastic season,...
View ArticleHockaday Pays Price For Poor Form
David Hockaday left Conference Premier club Forest Green Rovers this week by mutual consent after four years in charge. The club has gone through an awful run of form recently, losing their last four...
View ArticleBurr Leaves Kiddie
Kidderminster Harriers have announced that Steve Burr has left the club with immediate effect. In a statement on the club’s website, the board thank Burr “unreservedly” for his efforts whilst in...
View ArticleStoppage Time Drama At Deva
FC Halifax made the trip across the Pennines to take on Chester FC in a battle of relatively new clubs. Both have had their trials and tribulations in recent times, with both clubs now in a new guise...
View ArticleGray To Become A Gooner?
We have seen plenty of nonleague hotshots make the step into the Football League, and even the Premier League, in recent years. Jermaine Beckford, Jamie Vardy, Kwesi Appiah, Joe Lolley and Dwight Gayle...
View ArticleTipped for Glory 2014-15: Conference Premier
The new season is almost here! It’s been a summer of football, with the World Cup in Brazil filling the void until the real business of the nonleague season begins again. Most teams are now at least...
View ArticleWelling Hold On For Imp-ortant Point at Lincoln
Even for the hardcore fan or tireless groundhopper, November football can be a hard sell. There’s a howling wind which BBC News have given a deceptively cutesy name to, and it’s spectacularly wet. The...
View ArticleWaiting For God.
At the end of the 1940’s the acclaimed novelist/poet Samuel Beckett wrote what many people believe to be his finest work – Waiting For God – a play centered around a couple of Macclesfield Town FC...
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