I never saw the late Chris Chilton play for Hull City, he retired just at the time I was coming into the world. I wish I had been able to, the film clips that we have now are such a poor substitute. His partnership with Ken Wagstaff was such that apparently goals were always on […]
Edit – Weds 21st – all the Premier League clubs announce withdrawal from the competition. Well, we know what the biggest story in European sport is at the minute, don’t we? In many ways, what we are seeing is the endgame of the process that began with the breakaway to form the Premier League in […]
The ongoing saga surrounding the Step 2 seasons involving National League North and South clubs has finally come to what appears to be a form of a conclusion. The FA Alliance Committee rubber-stamped the recommendation from the National League Board to declare the Step 2 season null & void as per the votes cast as […]
This is not the blogpost I was going to publish today but it’s a post that needs making. Following the published results of the National League’s written resolutions, a cabal of disgruntled North and South clubs have published an open letter to the National League’s interim leader, Mark Ives. The essense of the letter is […]
There’s been a lot of talk for and against the National League clubs taking up the proffered loans from Sport England and the DCMS, just so the season could be completed. I’ve even heard some think that because the grants were taken up earlier, the clubs have some sort of obligation to carry on, and […]
Well, the 2020-21 National League season has not been blessed with good fortune. Clubs are struggling to get matches played, and are being forced to postpone matches due to players contracting the virus, so creating fixture backlogs seldom seen in football. With there being no supporters permitted into grounds, and no opportunity to create revenue […]
Originally written for the excellent North Ferriby fanzine, ‘View from the Allotment End’, back in February 2020 (back in the Old days!), its a ramble through 12 years of visiting non league grounds across the country. I’m sure supporters of the clubs concerned will either like or hate me for it, but as always, my […]
Well, that’s that. The 2019-20 Championship season has finally ended. We know who that champions are, and a more unpopular one you’ll find hard to come across. Leeds Utd, a self proclaimed big club, will be back in the Premier League next season and already many of the supporters of other clubs are wishing they […]
It will soon get to the time of year when the weather will close in and takes its toll on the non league fixture list, and no doubt this will lead to calls that the game needs more artificial pitches to allow the matches to be completed. The latest National League South club to install […]
With the announcement by the EFL of a provisional restart date for the Championship of June 20th, many football supporters will be starting to get excited again. There is obviously still a lot of work to be done in that time, a lot of important decisions to be made and a lot of meetings still […]
