Vanarama National League 2019/20 It’s now less than a week until the National League kicks off again, and this August we have some big clubs joining – from both ends of the table. Last season, a tight title (tightle?) race went right to the wire, as Leyton Orient pipped Solihull Moors in the final week,... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 18th September 2018, 1945 Kick Off Sutton United FC vs Boreham Wood FC The Build Up A blustery midweek called for a short trip, so imagine my delight at checking the Groundhopper App (if you don’t use it, get to @GroundhopperApp on the Twitter) and finding that the National League’s Caledonian adventurers were playing... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 4th September 2018, 1945 Kick Off Dagenham & Redbridge FC vs Braintree Town FC The Build Up After watching the top two sides in the Vanarama National League South side battle it out on Saturday, on Tuesday evening came the chance to watch the teams immediately above them in the league system slug it... 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 →
Saturday 7th July 2018, 1306 Kick Off Sutton United FC vs Coventry City FC Well, it’s 31˚C, and it feels as though the league season has only just finished, but as Mitchell & Webb famously pointed out, the football is officially going on forever and as such, nonleague sides up and down the country are... Continue Reading →
Saturday 12th May 2018, 1500 Kick Off Tranmere Rovers FC vs Boreham Wood FC The Build Up It had been a long, hard season in the Vanarama National League, and with Macclesfield Town defying the odds to take the title and automatic promotion, it was left to the Play Off system to decide who else... Continue Reading →
Saturday 24th March 2018, 1500 KO Dagenham & Redbridge vs AFC Fylde The Build Up Saturday found me once again bracing myself to run the gauntlet of travelling across London via the rail network. A two hour journey to Dagenham East – which is about as far as I can travel without leaving London –... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 6th March 2018, 1945 KO Sutton United vs Woking The Build Up After the entire National League system (stand fast Dover Athletic and Leyton Orient) took a snow day on Saturday, most teams were raring to get back into action on Tuesday. Two of those teams were set to compete in the Old Surrey... Continue Reading →
Saturday 24th February 2018, 1500 KO Leyton Orient FC vs Gateshead FC The Build Up It was #magicofthecup time on the non-league circuit this weekend, as both the FA Trophy and the FA Vase reached the quarter final stage. Across the country, 16 teams would be battling it out for the chance to be just... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 20th February 2018, 1945 KO Aldershot Town FC vs Bromley FC The Build Up This Saturday gone was something of a blockbuster for the Vanarama National League, with the top four teams – Macclesfield Town, Aldershot Town, Wrexham and Sutton United – all facing off against each other. With the Us and the Dragons... Continue Reading →
