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GRADING CRITERIA IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A FEW UNHINGED SEATS

TUESDAY morning, a little before 9.30am and a corner kick away from Wembley Stadium, Hanwell Town are opening up their ground for assessment.

WE'D LOVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME

A LEICESTERSHIRE girls football club with more than 180 players on its books is appealing for help to find a permanent home following a new surge of interest prompted by the Lionnesses’ World Cup campaign.

LIONESS LUCY FILLS US ALL IN PRIDE AND JOY

THE town of Alnwick, perched high on Northumberland’s wild coastline will come to a standstill this morning as one of their own attempts to help the Lionesses make history in Sydney.

STORMZ-ING ON!

Rap star sees Rams charge in the FA Cup

RAMS COOKING UP A STORMZ

AFC CROYDON Athletic’s co-owner witnessed the dawn of a new era at Thornton Heath last Saturday – and his presence went down a Stormz!

NATHAN BIDS TO END ON A HIGH

IF THIS is Glossop North End captain Nathan Valentine’s final season in English football then he wants to go out on a high by leading the Hillmen back to the Northern Premier League.

JOSHUA'S GOULDEN BOY FOR VICTORS

SALISBURY spoiled the party at AFC Totton’s home opener with a pair of penalties and superb goalkeeping from Joshua Gould giving the visitors the win.

KELLER'S STUNNER FIRES UP THE BLUES

LEISTON gained their first three points of the season thanks to goals either side of the break from Spencer Keller and Joe Marsden.

SUB TOBY THE HERO AS TAGS HIT BACK

HASHTAG United marked the start of their Isthmian League Premier Division campaign with a last-gasp equaliser at the Len Salmon Stadium following 90 minutes of end-to-end action.

OPENER SUCCESS AT LAST FOR FC!

FOR the first time in over ten seasons, FC United kicked-off a league campaign with a victory following an impressive win over newly-promoted Worksop.

JOHNSON LADS LEFT STUNNED BY REBELS

WORTHING boss Adam Hinshelwood saluted his side after they stunned league favourites Torquay United.

HOOPER SCARES AWAY THE YELLOWS!

IN terms of defying adversity, Blyth Spartans ticked all the boxes against Warrington Town.

UNSWORTH'S SUPER LATICS BOUNCE BACK WITH STYLE!

OLDHAM Athletic marked manager David Unsworth’s return to the technical area with an emphatic victory over Aldershot Town.

PURPLE PAIN FOR COASTERS

TITLE favorites Chesterfield were full of goals against AFC Fylde as they ran out handsome winners at Mill Farm.

DALE CAN STILL RELY ON HENDO

ASECOND-HALF strike from club legend Ian Henderson earned Rochdale a first ever National League victory, leaving Oxford City still searching for their first points at Step 1.

MANI'S DEBUT TO REMEMBER

MANI Dieseruvwe marked his Hartlepool United debut in style – with two clinical strikes to seal three points from a highly-charged encounter with Gateshead.

The Shrimpers are no shirkers!

SOUTHEND United continued their perfect start to the National League season by putting rivals Dagenham & Redbridge to the sword.

THIS YEAR'S FIVE BIG ISSUES

What do we all do in the close season? Some eagerly await new signings, complain when the fixtures aren’t out at the same time as the Premier League (“Workington away on a Tuesday, AGAIN!”) and daydream about winning the League by Christmas.

CHERRY ON THE TOP FOR SCOTT

GUERNSEY FC are celebrating the rise of the top of one of their favourite sons after Alex Scott completed a dream £25 million move to Bournemouth.

NOW WE'RE WANDERING FREE

LEON Wyatt believes Ipswich Wanderers can fill a Non-League void in the town after back-to-back promotions fired them into the Pitching In Isthmian League North Division.

IT'S A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES

AVRO FC’s head of media and public relations Liam Bambridge believes Non-League football is the perfect place for aspiring journalists to launch their careers.

WE'VE POWER IN ADVERSITY!

CALLUM POWELL is backing his Southend United teammates to keep making headlines on the pitch for all the right reasons.

AUSTIN'S MAESTROS READY TO MOTOR!

Mitch's Bees aim to continue on right road

SUB-MISSION

Magpies chief calls for change in stoppage row

SAM'S HITTING NEW HEIGHTS

SAM Rathbone reckons the reality of playing for Avro in the Northern Premier League might not hit home until just seconds before Saturday’s big opener.

SILKMEN BACK ON PROMOTION HUNT AGAIN...

IT’S NOT hard to see why Mac-clesfield start as the bookies’ favourite in the NPL Premier.

BLUNDEN SWOOPS TO STUN POPPIES

STAMFORD took all three points against a committed Kettering side at a wet and miserable Zeeco Stadium despite falling behind to an early penalty.

TERRIFIC TUDORS STUN SAD GLOVERS

YEOVIL TOWN’S first appearance below the fifth tier of English football since 1996-97 ended with defeat by Hemel Hempstead.

IRON OFF TO FLIER AS LAMBS FEEL HEAT

SCUNTHORPE manager Jimmy Dean was left in no doubt that his Iron side, looking to bounce back up the pyramid, had been given a tough opening-day test by Andy Peaks' newly promoted Tamworth.

Shots give City a reality check

OXFORD City were given a rude awakening to life in the National League as a resurgent Aldershot Town ran riot at an exultant EBB Stadium.