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10 more reasons why Non League football is great

Sep. 4 | Lewes 1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 2 – The Dripping Pan – Saturday 4th September 2010 – Non League Day Still need more convincing that Non League football is the place to be at on a Saturday afternoon? Well here are ten more reasons...

10 Reasons why I am a Non League Fan

Sep. 4 | “Fewer attended matches last season than at any other point in this club’s history. Hardly anyone offers to volunteer for match day duties; almost no-one attended the Quiz night nor the Race Night previously arranged for fans. Hardly anyone...

What do you do on a Saturday afternoon?

Sep. 2 | There is a saying within the GTC Media offices (those fine folks who help with our little website, and Danny Last’s European Football Weekends site) that a good day out is often ruined by 90 minutes of football. To us a game is not about what goes...

A bonus weekend

Sep. 1 | Sometimes going to football can be a bit like going back to school. You’re told where to sit by the number on your pre-bought match ticket, the atmosphere can be a bit like a boring lesson (if the game isn’t great), and then you encounter head-master...

Ibbo on players, parasites and partridge

Aug. 22 | Lewes manager Steve Ibbotson is asked about the return of star player (and The Ball is Round sponsored) David Wheeler after his good will trip to Ghana in the summer after the nil nil draw with Basingstoke Town. The man behind the camera is none other...

Only 13 games from Wembley

Aug. 15 | It is a tired old cliche but the Road to Wembley starts in mid-August every year. It may be tired but actually to us and our friends over at The Real FA Cup have been very excited by the prospect of the Extra-Preliminary since the draw was made last...

The March to the Arch

Aug. 15 | The first home game of the season normally generates quite a bit of excitement, and for those of us at the daggers, this was to be extra special this year, with our promotion to League 1. However, two days before we were due to play, it was postponed...

Sea Urchins

Aug. 11 | “And so the end is near“…with just a few days left until the start of the Premier League and Non-league seasons there was still time to fit in one more friendly. And could we have found a better one that just across the water in the...

Some unfinished business

Aug. 7 | One year ago to the day EFW’s Danny Last rang me up. “Stu” he said “I’ve got a plan. Let’s sponsor a couple of players, make it into a competition and have some fun.” Never one to turn down a challenge nor...

The school of hard knocks

Jul. 27 | First week of the summer holidays and the weather is crap. Of course it is. Just as we prepare to that the TBIR roadshow down to Wales we get dull grey skies and rain. So we delayed heading off until later in the day, and as we were heading west it...