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/ 12 years agoThe Future of Non League Football 2012
So after seven weeks we have re-presented our updated manifesto for change. You can read all of the articles again from...
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/ 12 years agoAt last, the wait is over…
Apart from my trip to the dark side a few weeks ago to watch the New York Red Bulls, my season...
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/ 12 years agoThe Future of Non League Football – The Inequalities of the leagues
In the first week of May the play off semi-finals took place across most non leagues. However, whilst the fans at...
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/ 12 years agoThe Future of Non League Football – Simple things make so much sense
Continuing our look at what the future could be for Non League Football, we have been lucky enough to secure the...
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/ 12 years agoThe Future of Non League Football – How far is too far?
Hardened non-league supporters and groundhoppers alike regularly clock up several hundred, maybe even a couple of thousand miles a season to...
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/ 12 years agoThe Future of Non League Football – Ask and ye shall receive
Continuing our series on what can be done to improve Non League football, the genius that is Beat The First Man...
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/ 12 years agoThe Darts hit the bullseye of promotion after 26 years of hurt
I’ve never really hidden my admiration for the progress Dartford have made on and off the pitch in the past few...
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/ 12 years agoThe Future of Non League Football – Time to rethink the FA Vase?
Wembley Stadium will host a number of massive games in May. The FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool will be...
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/ 12 years agoThe blue print for Non League football – 1 year on
Last March, after really diving in head first into the non league game, I took stock of the game I had...
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/ 12 years agoWell that was one hell of a season
So it all comes down to just 90 minutes of football. The whole season will be decided not only by events...
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/ 12 years agoThe magic of the FA Cup part 2,314
As a fan of Non League football, my interest in the FA Cup normally dies for the season around December time....
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/ 12 years agoI get around….
….from town to town, I’m a real cool head, I’m makin’ real good bread” A trip to Canvey Island on a...
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/ 12 years agoDraycott, Lord of the Manor
“Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity” Every football team in every season has one defining event, the moment...
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/ 12 years agoIt’s not a results business is it?
“Well I want you to understand somethin’. To me, being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It’s not about...
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/ 12 years agoA night in Middle England
Royal Tunbridge Wells is very familiar to me. Every two weeks I can take a long hard look at the fine...
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/ 12 years agoOne beer, two pies, three goals, four minutes
In the past two weeks Lewes have dropped 3 points in injury time against teams in the top 3. After the...
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/ 12 years agoThe heart of a king but the body of a woman
Back in the days of Henry VIII when the boat was the only method of continental travel, Tilbury was THE place...
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/ 12 years agoBeware the Ides of March
According to history, the Ides of March (15th March) is considered to be an unlucky date. Many people think that Friday...
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/ 12 years agoIn praise of Harry Beck
Every day millions of Londoners see the imagination, creativity and genius of Harry Beck, yet few know who he is. Harry...
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/ 12 years agoOnwards towards Whitehaven
We are not shy about extolling the virtues and pleasures about Non League football, and our merry band of writers are...
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/ 12 years agoWe ate all the pies
Peters and Lee, Strawberries and Cream, Katie Price and anyone….Classic partnerships that all the family know and love. For us blokes...
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/ 12 years agoTwenty one days of pain and frustration
Twenty one days ago the sun was shining. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky as Lewes kicked off against Canvey...
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/ 12 years agoCan’t read my poker face
“Can’t read my, can’t read my, he can’t read my poker face”. So sang Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga...
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/ 12 years agoRomeo has nothing on me
Like most married men, Valentines Day’s arrival every year in a pain in the arse. Surely we do enough to show...
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/ 12 years agoNo Dr Feelgood factor for Lewes
“”You have to have the rain before you can have the rainbow” In just 24 hours I would be walking along...
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/ 12 years agoOn the gravy train again – From New Eltham to New Pudsey
“Northern Steve loves gravy”…He held the T-Shirt aloft that I bought him for his birthday and chuckled a Northern laugh. My...
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/ 12 years agoThe magic of the Alan Boon Cup
Deep down any football fan of a lower level team (and by lower level I mean anyone apart from Man City,...
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/ 12 years agoDuffed up
It is rare that I go to a game and do not whip out my camera or my phone to record...
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/ 12 years agoRunning up that hill
With the Lewes v Horsham game all done by 2pm, and my agreed ETA back at TBIR Towers 5.30pm I had...
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/ 12 years agoA Hornets sting in the tail
The world changed for Lewes FC in July 2011 when Brighton & Hove Albion moved into the American Express Community Stadium,...
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/ 12 years agoWhile Shepherd Neame watched their flock by night
Kent is one of the poorest counties in England when it comes to derbies at the moment. Last season the high...
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/ 12 years agoA double dose of Essex United
What a day this promised to be. Three (well two and a half) fiercely contested local derbies, either side of the...
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/ 12 years agoRooks avoid crash landing at Pilot Field
You would have thought reading all the fuss around the tube strike and the Chelsea/Arsenal games that this was something new....
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/ 12 years agoA Christian Cracker
‘Tis the season to be jolly. That is unless you are an out of work football manager. Just two weeks ago...
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/ 12 years agoWe fade to Cray
If you look hard enough you will find a non-league team closer than you think. Unless you live with one literally...
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/ 12 years agoSix on the Ley Lines
East Grinstead is a strange old place. Sitting on the border of Kent and Sussex it has been home to many...
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/ 12 years agoThe Leatherhead Tip
A few weeks ago, Lewes visited FA Cup giant killers Harlow Town and came away with a shock of their own...
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/ 12 years agoRooks pay the penalty….again
Can you think of anywhere better to spend a Tuesday night than in Thurrock? We are not talking about Lakeside, Thurrock...
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/ 13 years agoTemper, temper you big Knit!
This was going to be quite a weekend. Work decreed that I must go to New York City for a week....
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/ 13 years agoAll time Har Low
When I turned ten I was allowed to stay up until 9.30pm on School days. Not that there was much to...
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/ 13 years agoSterling work for Saint Nicholas
Black suit – check White shirt – check New club tie – check I was ready. After the false start on...
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/ 13 years agoEt Tu Bute
It had been quite a week for me and Lewes FC. On Thursday morning the first copies of Dripping Yarns rolled...
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/ 13 years agoGet down, Crawley Down
Crawley is a swear word in Non League terms. The funny thing is that this is a relatively recent situation. In...
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/ 13 years agoParty seven in Leafey Surrey
Hands up who knows why Whyteleafe FC hit the national headlines in 2010? Most leafiest ground?, Most “shhhh’s” from the neighbours...
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/ 13 years agoBeckenham Palace
In the past two seasons I have been to close to two hundred games. Some have been as placid as a...
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/ 13 years agoA pilot’s licence
Through a combination of the Ryman Premier’s fixture scheduling and the famous FA Cup balls, the legend that is James Boyes...
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/ 13 years agoOne bad apple
This was supposed to be a happy report. The sun was shining, in fact so much so that it was the...
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/ 13 years agoTell me why…I hate Monday’s
Monday night is not my favourite day for football. Whilst I am an “addict” I would normally give Monday games a...
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/ 13 years agoNo Cray fishing at the Pan
Posted in Uncategorized by stuartnoel on September 24, 2011 Who wanted a trip to Wembley anyway? I mean have you seen...