Team of the Season After another full season of non-league football, the season is complete, with just the Non-League Finals Day to go. Despite unfortunately spending over four months of the campaign overseas, I’ve still managed to get to 53 matches, and I’ve enjoyed (at least aspects of) every one of them. The GRT Team... Continue Reading →
Team of the Season 2017/18 Last season I put together a “Best XI plus Subs” from my first full season watching nonleague football, with simple criteria. It wasn’t based on performances over the season, nor was it based on the league the players were in – it was simply a case of who put in... Continue Reading →
Vanarama National League 2018/19 It’s now less than a week until the National League kicks off again. It certainly doesn’t feel like long since Macclesfield took the league title by a ten point margin which seemend a lot closer right up until the last minute. Had Sutton United not dropped off in the last month... Continue Reading →
The Vanarama National League South gets underway next Saturday, on the 4th of August, and if this season proves anywhere near as exciting as last we’ll be lucky. Dartford and Havant & Waterlooville going head to head for the title right to the wire. Whitehawk staging an improbable, and ultimately doomed, post-Christmas fight for survival. ... Continue Reading →
Team of the Season After my first full season watching nonleague football and with only two Play Off Finals to go, I have decided to put together a team of the season from the matches I’ve watched. I’ve tried to avoid the normal traps with these “Best XIs”, where all the players are attacking –... Continue Reading →
Despite my deepest desire to watch non-league in Horsham, Leatherhead or Thurrock over the Bank Holiday weekend, my long haired sergeant major decided otherwise, so I ended up getting my football fix in North Rhine-Westphalia instead. A trip to Düsseldorf brought about a veritable feast of footy. However, as enjoyable as it was sitting in... Continue Reading →
