The Non-League Football Paper
SPITFIRES ARE STANDING UP!
KELVIN Davis hailed his Eastleigh for standing up when it matters in the National League’s run-in pressure cooker.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
IT'S JUST THE JOB FOR ROB
GATESHEAD made it three wins in seven days in their first league meeting on Tyneside with Rochdale for 64 years – Derby County striker Dajaune Brown the Heed’s match winner.
1 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
HOLS ON HOLD FOR JOHNSON
HE’S already led his team to a European club record for 25 consecutive wins and clinched the league title in double quick time, but boss Paul Johnson insists all-conquering Farnham Town are determined to finish their best ever season in style.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
O'Flaherty: We need to learn from our inquest
SALE’S players had good old northern, say it how it is, conversations with one another earlier this week as the inquest into yet another defeat took place at Carrington.
3 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Eight-try England turn on the style
ENGLAND’S quest for a sixth successive title rolls on after blowing winless Wales away once more, in front of the Red Roses’ largest home crowd for a fixture away from Twickenham.
3 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Schreuder happy to be Spencer's back-up
LOUIS Schreuder wasn’t the only South African scrum-half smiling when it was announced at the end of February that he would be staying on at Bath for at least another year.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Halliday: New deal is within our reach
CALLS for a further relaxation of Premiership ground capacity rules appear to be gathering momentum as the protracted discussions over the new Professional Game Partnership agreement (PGP) continue.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
BUCKS FIZZIN' NICELY AS KEVIN'S BOYS UP ANTE!
AFC Telford United further cemented third position and closed to within a point of second-placed Mickleover with a result that pleased their manager Kevin Wilkin.
1 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
FIRST-HALF BLIZT SETS FROME ON THEIR WAY
FROME Town scored four first-half goals to see off play-off con tenders Bideford and continue their title charge at Badgers Hill.
1 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
STEY-ING POWER ASSURES NICHOLS
STEYNING Town chairman Ian Nichols says his club are ‘level-headed’ about their bid for promotion to Step 4 for the first time next season.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Latsha is just loving her life at Harlequins
HARLEQUINS prop Babalwa Latsha is relishing the opportunity to play in the Women's Premiership and hopes to transfer her skills and knowledge to her international side, South Africa.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Rebel life is just the thing for Maunder
JACK Maunder had always been a name synonymous with Exeter Chiefs. Born and raised in the heart of Devon, rugby ran through his veins like the nearby River Exe carving its path through familiar landscapes.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
JAHMARI FRONTS A DERBY DELIGH
YEOVIL Town are within six points from lifting the National League South title after a dominant victory over struggling south-west rivals Torquay United in front of a record-breaking Huish Park crowd.
1 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
HARRIERS FALL TO A CONN JOB
CHRIS CONN-CLARKE bagged a brace as Altrincham came from behind to strengthen their grip on the play-offs and leave Kidderminster Harriers facing an uphill task to avoid an immediate return to National League North.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Bath will have to go full metal jacket all the way
BATH have got a very good shout of winning the Premiership for the first time in almost 30 years, for all the reasons we've seen this season - and which were on display again against Sale at The Rec last weekend.
5 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Time for club owners to come clean on plans
SEETHING financial undercurrents are undermining the main pillars of the game in England, with the professional club top tier increasingly in peril-mostly due to the consistent administrative failings which have led to a broken Premiership structure.
3 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Slade: I'm happy to stay a Chief
HENRY Slade is set to reject the advances of clubs on the other side of the English Channel and pledge his future to the Exeter Chiefs.
3 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
TOM REVELS ON THE BIG STAGE!
TOM CLARE is used to living life in the fast lane. Star striker and fans’ favourite at Macclesfield’s Moss Rose, the former Barnsley and Bradford City trainee had helped the Silkmen win back-to-back promotions from the North West Counties League when he got the call that would change his life forever.
4 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
CLEGG HAILS MACC ATTACK
Set pieces key to Silkmen’s charge
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Putting 50 points on the Aussies was a highlight
IT was only through an accident of birth that I was born in England (in Northampton) while my dad was travelling around the country working in the oil industry.
6 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Bazalgette dreaming of shot at big time
HARTPURY playmaker Harry Bazalgette believes he’s put himself in the shop window for Premiership outfits as he aims to follow in his fore fathers’ footsteps and make the grade at the highest level.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Esher set to bounce back to third tier
AS the National Leagues take a pause over Easter, Peter Winterbottom’s Esher are looking on course to earn promotion back to the third tier.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Exeter flyer on the fast track to top
ROB Baxter has warned opposition defences that England sensation Immanuel Feyi-Waboso will only get better with time after impressing for both club and country this season.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Sharp Smith gives Saints extra edge
AN assured display from Fin Smith helped Northampton to maintain their play-off push after that 52-21 thrashing at Bristol last week.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
I've loved my time at Bath Gallagher
MATT Gallagher admits it will be a wrench to leave Bath at the end of the season and is doing so to pursue his dream of playing international rugby.
3 min |
March 31, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Lam: I understand Sinckler decision
PAT Lam understands Kyle Sinckler’s decision to turn his back on England and join the exodus to France next season.
2 min |
March 31, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
LOCAL LADS BANG THE CITY DRUM!
BOSS Chris Cornes hopes Worcester City's local lads can etch their names in history after years of waiting for a chance to shine.
2 min |
March 24, 2024
The Non-League Football Paper
England on their way to being a real force again
IT'S been a chalk-and-cheese Six Nations for England, with the first three games going from not much improvement to error-riddled, and then the last two against Ireland and France raising the bar to a totally different level.
5 min |
March 24, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Appleby taking on streets of London for Wooden Spoon
LONDON’S calling for Exeter Women’s head coach Susie Appleby, who will be one of over 40,000 who will take to the streets for the annual London Marathon on Sunday, April 21.
2 min |
March 24, 2024
The Rugby Paper
I'm fresh and ready for action, says Muir
WILL Muir broke into the England squad this year and although he did not feature in the Six Nations, Bath's coaches noted a difference when the wing returned to the club.
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