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Category: Non league football

COVID…

The Unknown Knowns

1 Mar 2021
"It's as if the league doesn't want anyone to play football" This was just one of the comments I saw on Social Media over the weekend in response to the…
Lewes FC…

Choosing Save As

25 Feb 2021
It amused me to see some of the "uproar" on Social Media after the announcement on Wednesday 24th February 2021 that the Non-League season for Step 3 to 6 teams…
National League…

Bromley 2 Maidenhead United 2

21 Feb 202121 Feb 2021
Saturday 20th February 2021 - National League at Hayes Lane, Bromley There's never day without some incident or issue in the world of football and in a week where we've…
Lewes FC…

Islands in the stream – the digital dilemma

19 Feb 2021
One of the positives of the COVID-19 pandemic for football has been the removal of the ridiculous, archaic Saturday blackout period that has prohibited broadcasters showing live games between 2:45pm…
National League…

Welling United 4 Ebbsfleet United 3

15 Feb 202121 Feb 2021
Tuesday 16th February 2021 - National League South at Park View Road, Welling It seems with every passing day at the moment there's another club at Step 2 who give…
National League…

Sutton United 2 Boreham Wood 0

13 Feb 2021
Saturday 13th February 2021 - 3pm KO - National League at Gander Green Lane, Sutton It is a myth that having a 3G makes you immune to postponements due to…
COVID…

It is the hope that kills you

8 Feb 2021
On the 31st October, Lewes played their last competitive game, being defeated at Lowestoft Town in the driving rain in the FA Trophy. On the long coach journey back from…
COVID…

Praying for Time

25 Jan 2021
At some point in the next two weeks, Non-League clubs at Steps 3 and below will almost certainly be told that there will not be any competitive league football before…
National League…

Bromley 1 FC Halifax Town 2

22 Jan 202123 Jan 2021
Saturday 23rd January 2021, 3pm KO - National League at Hayes Lane, Bromley It has been a turbulent week for the National League with clubs, quite rightly, rejecting the proposal…
COVID…

Creative Destruction

22 Jan 2021
I'm sure deep down we all get a small amount of pleasure from destructing something. Whether that's the preciseness of a display in a shop, the virgin snow-covered field or…
FA Cup…

Price is only an issue in the absence of value

19 Jan 2021
There is an inherent jealousy in football. Fans will go to great lengths to disparage the supporters of rival, more successful teams. Many managers will use all the tactics in…
National League…

Welling Utd 0 St Albans City 2

13 Jan 202113 Jan 2021
Tuesday 12th Jan 2020 7:45pm- National League South at Park View Road, Welling It has been a frustrating time for many football fans, being locked out of the game they…
Barclaycard Premier League…

Many happy returns?

29 Dec 2020
The news in early December that football fans would finally be allowed back into all stadiums up and down the country was long overdue and most welcome on the face…
Finance…

Return on Investment

23 Dec 2020
"Sack the board, sack the board!" We've all heard it in football stadiums, radio shows and social media forums up and down the country.  Yet it is one of the…
FA Vase…

Hadley 0 Colney Heath 0

20 Dec 2020
Saturday 19th December 2020 - 3pm KO at Brickfields, Hadley in the FA Vase I've always been fascinated by economic theories and models. So much so that I have published…

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