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The Non-League Football Paper
'NUTCASE' RHINO GAVE ME INSIGHT
LEE Bircham may have plotted his own path to three straight promotions but some proper old-school values helped set him on his way.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
LOOK HUGHES READY FOR A CRACK!
A PREMIER League legend will be coming to a National League ground near you next season — but he's only planning a fleeting visit.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
DALE KING COMMITS
CLUB legend Ian Henderson has signed a new one-year deal at Rochdale — at the age of 40!
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
AT LAST! LEAFE BAG CROWN
KELLY WATERS has admitted it felt like an 'anti-climax' after AFC Whyteleafe were finally promoted to the Isthmian League after over a month waiting to discover their fate.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
DARYL DELIVERS URCHINS BELIEF!
DARYL McMahon says Hornchurch are aiming to build on the club’s best ever finish - but knows it will be no easy task in a National League South packed with heavyweights.
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
SEASIDERS NAIL A NEW TRIO
WESTERN League Premier side Clevedon Town have appointed a new management team.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
CASH-HIT VILLAINS ELECT TO PULL OUT
MONTPELIER Villa have pulled their three men’s teams out of the Southern Combination for next season.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
HOPKINS DOCKS IN AT UNITED
HOLYPORT are seeking a new manager to lead their Combined Counties Premier North campaign next season after Adam Hopkins stepped down a level to join ambitious Yateley United.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
CUMBRIANS MUST MAKE A MARK!
IT DOESN'T matter if you've got the fastest car on the grid. If you smash it into a wall, you ain't going to win the race.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
PROMOTION CHAOS HAS COST OUR CLUB DEAR
DOWNBEAT Fleet Town manager Darryl Evans has accused the Combined Counties League of “failing to take ownership” of the play-off debacle which he insists left his club out of pocket and at a huge disadvantage.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Play-off lottery is now weighted
I'VE long been an advocate of the National League play-off system, but this year’s schedule has exposed their flaws.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
SPIRIT OF THE SHRIMPES SHINES AGAIN IN THRILLER
BUT for qualities such as spirit, determination and togetherness, there may not have even been a Southend United as we know it in existence today.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
A PITCH PERFECT DEAL FOR PITMEN
NEWLY promoted Hednesford Town are set to make Non-League history with the installation of a brand-new, state-of-the-art pitch at Keys Park.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
LUKE'S GOT THE ASKEY GENES
THINK John Askey worked a miracle getting Tru- ro City promoted to the National League? That's nothing compared to the efforts of his nephew.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
PROUD TO TAKE A UNITED STAND
SIR Alex Ferguson sneered. Alan Gowling, the former Manchester United striker, famously said they wouldn’t last until Christmas.
4 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Here's to you, our super Mr Robinson
LONG-STANDING Isthmian League chairman Nick Robinson admitted he was both thrilled and surprised in equal measure as he was honoured with The Non-League Paper Lifetime Achievement award at the National Game Awards.
2 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
BOSS DRUMS UP SUPPORT!
McIntyre living out his dream as a fan
3 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
FAB FINN WILL STAY LOYAL TO OYSTERS
CENTRE-BACK Finn O’Mara says he will miss playing alongside “machine” player-boss Jamie Coyle in the heart of Whitstable Town’s defence next season — but wants to carry on playing under him!
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
PROUD TO TAKE A UNITED STAND
SIR Alex Ferguson sneered. Alan Gowling, the former Manchester United striker, famously said they wouldn’t last until Christmas.
4 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
RONALD GIFTS BOSS COYLE HIS SEND-OFF TO SAVOUR
TALK about finishing in style! Not just Ronald Sithole, whose extra-time winner was worthy of settling any Wembley final but, more fittingly, his Whitstable Town boss Jamie Coyle, who signed off his 25-year playing career with the biggest win of his life on the grandest of stages.
4 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
GRIFFITHS IS THE GINGERBREADS' MAN
RELEGATED Grantham Town have appointed Mitch Griffiths as their new manager.
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
REBEL YELLAS FOLLOW JAMIE
JAMIE TOMPKINS has admitted he didn't want to leave Ascot United but says their “ambitions were no longer aligned”.
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Viral Sam is Villa's big stager - like Dad!
GOLDEN boy Sam Merson praised his Hanworth Villa manager Simon Haughney for allowing him to play with freedom as he picked up the Huck Nets Goal of the Season award at the National Game Awards.
2 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
One Ell of an achievement!
MACCLESFIELD'S Danny El- liott admits he was feeling on cloud nine after being named the Step 3&4 Player of the Year at the National Game Awards, in associa- tion with Isuzu.
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
COYLE BOWS OUT IN STYLE!
WHITSTABLE Town player-boss Jamie Coyle called time on his glittering Non-League playing career after his FA Vase success - now, though, he’s going all out to win a World Cup!
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
TATT'S THE IDEAL WAY TO RELIVE MY BIG DAY
WHITSTABLE goalscoring hero Harvey Smith is planning on a permanent reminder of his magical day at Wembley.
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
For Ross, top award Fitz like a glove!
HUMBLE Ross Fitzsimons insists his Scunthorpe United teammates deserve the credit after he scooped the Reusch Goalkeeper of the Year award at the National Game Awards, in association with Isuzu.
1 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Town host fans haven with a lure of Pasties!
PROUD Falmouth Town chairman Graham Medlin believes everyone at the club should take a bow after the Cornish outfit scooped The FSA Away Day Experience of the Year accolade.
2 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
HINSH IS LOOKING TO RIGHT WRONGS
BORING, terrible, dire. Those were the words Adam Hinshelwood used to describe his side’s performance in last month's 1-1 draw with Oldham Athletic at the LNER.
2 min |
May 18, 2025
The Non-League Football Paper
Innovative Town are showing the way ahead
Digital Media of the Year Farnham Town
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