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Category: Blue Square Premier League

Blue Square Premier League…

Football for the jilted generation

19 Apr 2014
I'm heading towards Braintree on the A120 when I decide to engage my teenage daughters in polite conversation.  Of course, being plugged into the Apple grid they huff and puff…
Blue Square Premier League…

IMPending doom in the Lincolnshire Derby

27 Dec 201327 Dec 2013
It's Boxing Day. A time to put on your Christmas jumpers and escape from the family. In recent years it has been a tradition that I head off to football…
Blue Square Premier League…

Diwrnod mawr y tu allan (A Grand Day Out)

5 May 201312 May 2013
On Friday night I made my long-awaited return to a football pitch as I turned out for the Lewes FC Elite team in a post-season friendly.  As I crawled off…
Blue Square Premier League…

Welling continue to spread their Wings

29 Mar 201330 Mar 2013
Good Friday.  A day for some chores, DIY and then some football.  That's what we are supposed to do, right?  And what better way to top off a morning of…
Blue Square Premier League

Lose your pounds or lose your club!

2 Feb 20133 Feb 2013
We all know that Non League football is going through a tough time.  At the top end of the pyramid, clubs like Luton Town, Wrexham and Grimsby Town are operating…
Blue Square Premier League…

Hyde and Speak

15 Oct 201217 Oct 2012
The last few weeks have seen an upturn in the Daggers fortunes, with eight points garnered from the last four league games. Although it hasn’t propelled us as far up…
Barclaycard Premier League…

On the twelth day of Christmas….BLOODY FOOTBALL!

6 Jan 2012
You choose a team. You choose a place to sit . You choose your new family. Choose a fucking big television to watch games played in 3-D slo-motion High Definition…
Blue Square Premier League…

Possibly the best match report ever written

26 Jul 2011
Northern Steve loves a game or two whenever I go up to visit him in the lowlands of Lincolnshire , but with no one to lead him astray the rest…
Blue Square North…

How was it for you? Part 6 – Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

28 May 201128 May 2011
Nicola Hudson brings us the rollercoaster ride that has been Southport FC's season back in the Blue Square Bet Premier.  And who is to say the ride has come to…
Blue Square Premier League…

Prayers are answered if you ask nicely..

23 May 201123 May 2011
Nigel Henderson recants the moment that AFC Wimbledon completed their remarkable rise up the non league ladder. On Saturday evening, about 20 minutes before the world was due to end…
Blue Square Premier League…

The curious case of Glapwell FC

24 Apr 201124 Apr 2011
In the top 10 levels of football in England there are currently 1,004 teams, playing in a total of 46 leagues.  Starting at the bottom of this ladder in a…
Blue Square North…

The TBIR Blueprint for the future of Non League football – part 3

29 Mar 201129 Mar 2011
So six down, four to go in our agenda for change for the Non League game.  Parts one and two have gone down like a bacon sandwich on a hungover…
Blue Square North…

The TBIR Blueprint for the future of Non League football – part 2

22 Mar 201124 Mar 2011
After the successful launch of our campaign, and our feature on the BBC Non League Show no less we are ploughing on with points 4 to 6 on our agenda…
Barclaycard Premier League…

The TBIR Blueprint for the future of Non League football – part 1

15 Mar 201131 Mar 2011
Non league football is the lifeblood of the game today, yet gets little attention from the media (apart from radio shows like the excellent BBC Non League Show or the…
Blue Square Premier League

Northern Roadtrip – Day 1 – Abbey not well

20 Feb 201121 Feb 2011
We've all seen those American movies immortalising the road trip, that carefree adventure on the open road, punctuated by freedom, adventure and hilarious consequences normally involving accidentally driving into "no…

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