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The Non-League Football Paper
Play-offs are a different game
ARTICLES and letters in recent editions of The Non-League Paper show that many fail to fully comprehend the structure of football in 2025.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
EFL RETURN FITZ ME LIKE A GLOVE
ROSS FITZSIMONS believes he is going back into the Football League a much better goal- keeper - and person.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Jimmy just Knowles how to find the net
ALTRINCHAM boss Phil Parkinson believes he has signed \"one of the best finishers I've seen for a long, long time\" in striker Jimmy Knowles.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Crime sheets counted
IN RESPECTS to the issues surrounding Jersey Bulls, Redhill and the Combined Counties League this season — not to mention other clubs and leagues up and down the country —-I have the following suggestions.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
ACE CHARLIE GETS GOLDEN TICKET
CHARLIE Warren says he always felt he could earn his way into the professional game through Non-League after the Felixstowe & Walton sensation joined Bolton Wanderers.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
SIMON'S GOT HIS WORK CUT OUT!
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
The system is ludicrious — and unfair
NOW is perhaps an appropriate juncture for a serious discussion of the play-off system, bearing in mind that the teams who finished fifth and seventh in the National League fought it out at Wembley for a place in the Football League.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Panic has set in
WHATEVER is going on at Gateshead is deeply concerning.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
WRITE TRURO OFF AT YOUR PERIL
TRURO City will begin their first ever season in the National League as one of the hot favourites for relegation.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
GASH 'N' GRAB! TURBINES DRIVEN BY EMPOWERED BOSS WITH A PLAN
Goal ace happy to lead from the back
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
RICH IS LAPPING UP THE DUBAI DREAM!
FROM the West Midlands to Palm West Beach - Richard Peniket isn't a man who does things by halves.
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June 15, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
I’M BACKING BRAD IN HIS ROOKS ROLE
ONE of my old clubs, Lewes, recently appointed Bradley Pritchard as their new manager — and I would love to see him do well.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
BRICKIES PROVIDE A NEW BASE FOR HOYTE
FORMER Arsenal full-back Gavin Hoyte says he wants to finish his football career with a bang - and help fire Sittingbourne's bid for redemption.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
TOWN MUST HEAD NORTH
BOSS Paul Michael vowed Merthyr Town would \"make the best\" of being in National League North despite losing an under-wraps appeal against the placement.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
OUR JACK IN THE BOX PRANKSTER YETTSY GAVE US ALL A SURPRISE!
But it was the beginning of a journey that took him, via Falmouth Town, to become a key cog in Truro City’s rapid rise up the Pyramid.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
ENTERPRISING DEAL FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE
ENTERPRISE Rent-A-Car are set to be unveiled as the National League’s new title sponsor this week, The NLP understands.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
EFL CLUBS SCARED OF CASH COST
JULIE-Anne Uggla, the co-owner of York City, should probably have dug into the history books before she published an open letter railing against the iniquity of the play-offs.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
WHERE DRAMA IS ALWAYS A GIVEN!
WANT to win the National League promotion final? Then you'd better be prepared to go the distance.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
NORS POWERS TO THE PEOPLE
JAMES NORWOOD says a pre-match pep talk from Oldham Athletic owner Frank Rothwell was the perfect reminder of who the players are represent- ing.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Player bans were never a problem
CONGRATULATIONS on a fabulous Fans' Forum for the June 1 edition.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
BUCKLE PREPARED ME FOR THE RIDE!
EVEN one of the most feared strikers outside the Football League needs an arm around the shoulder from time to time.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
ISUZU SIGN FOR THREE MORE YEARS
ISUZU UK have extended their sponsorship of the FA Trophy and FA Vase after signing a deal to run until the end of the 2027-28 season.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Tigers roar in to capture four
NEW Gloucester City manager Daf Williams has made a quartet of signings as he attempts to mould his squad for Southern Premier South.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Panjab Warriors step in to end Shrimps' takeover stalemate
MORECAMBE’S incoming owners say actions will speak louder than words after they were given the green light to take control of the crisis-torn National League newcomers.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
BRETT HAS HIS MILLERS MOJO
Boss focused on lifting Aveley
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
REDS DO NOT NEED TO RUSH
New era starts for Alfreton
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
FORMER KIDDY STRIKER JET IS JAILED
FORMER Kidderminster striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been sentenced to four years for smuggling £600,000 worth of cannabis into the UK.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
RALPH: WE MUST TAKE POSITIVES
SOUTHEND UNITED captain Nathan Ralph says he couldn't be prouder of his team-mates and wants them to use their heartache as fuel for next season.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
FRANKS FOR THE MEMORIES - IT'S BEEN SURREAL!
FROM dancing like he needed the loo to partying on the pitch, Wembley was quite the rollercoaster for Frank Rothwell.
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June 08, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
THAT'S ONE ECC OF A MOVE!
ECCLESHILL United are quitting their Kingsway home in Bradford and have moved 10 miles west to groundshare’ with third-tier rugby league side Keighley Cougars.
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