Monday 12th November 2018, 1945 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough FC vs Oldham Athletic AFC The Build Up Televised football is a paradoxical thing for a match-attending football fan. On the one hand, matches are played on more days to squeeze in as much glorious cash-generating TV as possible, which means you can get... Continue Reading →
Woking FC
Saturday 1st September 2018, 1500 Kick Off Woking FC vs Billericay Town FC The Build Up We may only be seven matches into the season, Woking and Billericay Town had already set their stall out as potential champions. It’s exactly why I jumped at the opportunity to get down and watch them going head to... Continue Reading →
Slough Town FC
Saturday 18th August 2018, 1500 Kick Off Slough Town FC vs Torquay United FC The Build Up Having had a somewhat extended summer break, I returned to the UK – and non-league football – just in time for the fifth match of the nascent season. After five weeks away, I’m sure my girlfriend was looking... Continue Reading →
Vanarama National League South 2018/19 Season Preview
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 →
Vanarama National League South Promotion Final
Sunday 13th May 2018, 1500 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough FC vs Braintree Town FC The Build Up Today’s match was a special one for me, falling as it did at the same ground as my first ever foray into nonleague football. It was fitting that Beveree Stadium would also host my final blog... Continue Reading →
Bognor Regis Town FC
Saturday 28th April 2018, 1500 KO Bognor Regis Town FC vs Dartford FC The Build Up It was the last round of fixtures in all Step One to Step Four leagues on Saturday, and with the National League South title one of few still in debate, it was to one of the two crucial fixtures... Continue Reading →
Havant & Waterlooville FC
Saturday 14th April 2018, 1500 KO Havant & Waterlooville FC vs St Albans City FC The Build Up It’s squeaky bum time in nonleague divisions up and down the country, as the remaining fixtures list dwindles through the single figures. Well, in some leagues – rain, snow, plague and pestilence has resulted in some leagues... Continue Reading →
Dartford FC
Saturday 10th March 2018, 1500 KO Dartford vs Poole Town The Build Up It had been a fair while since I watched a Step 2 match, so this week felt like a good time to dip back in to the Vanarama National League South. Table topping Dartford were hosting strugglers Poole Town at their Prince’s... Continue Reading →
Whitehawk FC
Saturday 3rd February 2018, 1500 Kick Off Whitehawk FC vs Weston-super-Mare AFC The Build Up With January out the way, and the promise of better weather, I was looking forward to a month of uninterrupted Saturday football. Surely, as Spring edged its way closer the veritable wave of nonleague postponements would recede to a trickle,... Continue Reading →
St Albans City FC
Saturday 6th January 2018, 1500 KO St Albans City FC vs Chelmsford City FC The Build Up For the first game of 2018, I was making the hideous journey around the M25 to St Albans. I decided to make a weekend of it, and visited a friend in London Colney on the Friday evening, which... Continue Reading →
