non-league football

Why Non-League Day will always be more important than Deadline Day

September 2, 2014May 9, 2020by glen wilson1 Comment

As I sat down to write this, a retweet appeared in my timeline. The picture within it showed a grin in a suit, pointing at a huge yellow screen, genuine smugness on his face as he gestures at a number. £800,550,000. An obscene amount of money. The national debt of Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic combined. And, ludicrously, the amount spent by Premier League football clubs in the latest transfer window. With three hours still to go. This isn’t football; it’s commodities trading. Continue reading “Why Non-League Day will always be more important than Deadline Day” →

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A Doncastrian Non-League Day

October 11, 2012May 8, 2020by glen wilsonLeave a Comment

This Saturday sees the third annual ‘Non-League Day’. The brainchild of QPR fan James Doe, Non-League Day was initially launched to encourage fans of Championship and Premier League to use the international break in their own club’s fixtures to get along and support their local grassroots sides instead. The initiative has proved a huge success, and though Rovers may no longer be in the top two tiers of the game, popular STAND is still happy to endorse the day, and encourage any of you not making the trip to Hartlepool to get your football kicks with a local non-league side instead. Continue reading “A Doncastrian Non-League Day” →

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Playing Away: Whitby Town vs Blyth Spartans

September 9, 2012May 9, 2020by glen wilson1 Comment

Continuing our series of sneaking off whilst Rovers’ back is turned for a bit on the side popular STAND Editor Glen Wilson hops up the North Yorkshire coast to the Turnbull Ground for Whitby Town vs Blyth Spartans. Continue reading “Playing Away: Whitby Town vs Blyth Spartans” →

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Playing Away: Bridlington Town vs Whitley Bay

August 12, 2012May 9, 2020by glen wilsonLeave a Comment

We’re men of the world here at popular STAND, and so we realise that on occasion, there comes a time when you feel the need to seek alternate pleasure. Football sadly is not solely a game played by men (or women) in red and white hoops and so sometimes circumstances dictate that we must watch other people play. Rather than see this practice go underground we’ve taken steps to ensure it can be controlled and so have come up with a feature in which it can exist in small doses. In Playing Away we recount our tales of watching others play, starting with Editor Glen Wilson‘s trip to the seaside. Continue reading “Playing Away: Bridlington Town vs Whitley Bay” →