March 3, 2013

Lower League

Alex

Last night after work I was trailing through my football hammered Twitter feed when suddenly I came across a new team being mentioned by countless fans from across the country. FC Bluebirds was the account name, a fan-owned breakaway team …

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January 15, 2013

Lower League

Alex

One quiet Saturday afternoon, I decided to try a local non-league game of football here in Manchester. With an abundance of clubs scattered across the leagues, and all within a short bus or tram ride, there were options aplenty. All …

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December 19, 2012

Lower League

Andrew

Last Saturday, I experienced my first Blue Square Bet Premier League match. The game ended Macclesfield Town 0 – 0 Nuneaton Town.  You’d think I’d regret attending this drab fixture, wouldn’t you? Luckily I’d been given a friend of a …

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November 8, 2012

Lower League

Nick

Non-league football needs to get over itself. This is the bottom line. Nobody, in any country, should be made to pay a sum into double-figures to spend their Saturday afternoon watching their local semi-professional club. Should you not be able …

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September 10, 2012

Lower League

Nick

The unpredictability of success in the second tier of English football is one thing that will have trumped Mr. Chandler, Mr. Hill and Mr. Power alike, particularly since the days of ‘The Championship’. Rarely is it possible to predict a …

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August 2, 2012

Lower League

Will

For many, the new season is a time of great excitement. As the torture of the domestic summer break takes its toll on the nation’s football supporters, the anticipation of a fresh campaign is an overwhelming sensation. But not everyone …

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June 18, 2012

Lower League

Stuart M

Wolves began the 2011/12 season in some style, winning their first two games and drawing away at Villa to reach the heady heights of third after only three games.  After that though, their season was one of decline, with only …

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May 19, 2012

Lower League

Stephen

Many on here focus primarily on Premier League and international football. While this in itself is not wrong, with the vast majority of fans going to football league matches, it does mean that lower levels tend to pass under the …

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May 19, 2012

Lower League

Stephen

After nearly 20 years of Aston Villa’s dominance of the West Midlands, the last few seasons have seen a renaissance not witnessed since the early 1980s. With the exception of Coventry (who?), Villa were the only West Midlands club in …

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April 18, 2012

Lower League

Nick

Well done on Reading’s promotion – though it would seem that Jobi McAnuff wasn’t entirely sure. We have to wonder – what the hell else could be happening to make everyone run on the pitch like that?

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April 14, 2012

Lower League

Greg

They don’t make football fans like they used to. And you don’t get this at your fancy-dan Premier League all-seater snoozefests either. Top man.

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April 13, 2012

Lower League

Greg

We first saw this a few days ago but help off putting it here in case it was fake, but it seems to be genuine! Hideously disliked Crawley manager Steve Evans has jumped ship and moved to Rotherham, presumably in …

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