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How was it for you? Part 9 – Fancy Dan and the drumming gorilla

How was it for you? Part 9 – Fancy Dan and the drumming gorilla

May. 30 | To close off our ten day jaunt down memory lane of the Non-League passed I needed a heavyweight, someone who could knock people out with a dramatic punch. Instead Beat The First Man sent me something. With no other options left, here is his take on...

How was it for you? Part 7 – Oh to be a Pilgrim

How was it for you? Part 7 – Oh to be a Pilgrim

May. 28 | Boston United fans know something about ups and downs, mostly downs… Cheating our way into the Football League, winding up with the same cheating fraudster taking us down five years later while doing his best to run the club into the ground. Skipping...

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

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

May. 27 | 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 a complete stop just yet… 2010/2011 has been a high octane season full of emotion...

No naming rights here

No naming rights here

Apr. 27 | A few weeks ago we wrote about that ridiculous practice of selling naming rights to grounds and stands. Such was the feedback from the piece that we have dug a bit deeper and found a few more. So we thought we would list our top ten ground names in...

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

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

Mar. 29 | 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 Sunday morning. Finding three (you will see why not four at the end of this post) was incredibly hard as there...

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

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

Mar. 22 | 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 for change. To review or comment on points 1 to 3 click here, otherwise forever hold your peace. 4. All...

Northern roadtrip – Day 4 – Jekyll and Hyde

Northern roadtrip – Day 4 – Jekyll and Hyde

Feb. 22 | After the high’s of Gainsborough a day’s R and R was in order, which was spent hunting down a pub with an internet connection in LN6. Fortunately ASDA came to the rescue and I spent an hour or so there, reconnecting with society. Fully recharged...

Northern roadtrip day 2 – The wholly Trinity

Northern roadtrip day 2 – The wholly Trinity

Feb. 20 | This was not in the plan. Today was all about Glapwell – the search for their fans and Joanne Guest. But instead the northern climate put pay to that idea early on Saturday as well as Plan B (not literally as we tend to like his tunes in TBIR Towers)....

Has anyone seen Grays?

Has anyone seen Grays?

May. 18 | Last season saw three high profile clubs go to the wall mid-season in Chester City, Farsley Celtic and Kings Lynn. Add to this a number of clubs who had breached league rules and some relegation/promotion enforced geographical anomalies and you can see...

Wash your Eres out

Wash your Eres out

Apr. 4 | Ilkeston…Derbyshire’s riviera some say and home to a world record holder.  Have a wander around the Market Place on a Saturday and you may bump into William Roache MBE, better known as Ken Barlow, who holds the unique world record of playing...