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SEADOGS PERFECT PLACE TO THRIVE...

GATESHEAD manager Rob Elliot has told Aidan Rutledge a loan move to National League North side Scarborough Athletic is the 'perfect scenario' for his development.

SPARTANS HAVE TO KEEP ON GROWING

ASSISTANT manager Jon Shaw has called on Blyth Spartans to 'grow up' and avoid being sucked into the National League North relegation battle over the festive period.

BORO TO HOST TROPHY CLASH AT COV

NUNEATON Borough have hailed an \"unbelievable gesture\" after it was confirmed Coventry City's home stadium will host Boro's FA Trophy clash with AFC Fylde on Saturday for FREE!

FA VASE ROUND-UP: CLASSY BORO CRUISE BY HALL

ESSEX Football League side Romford gressed into the fourth pro-round with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Mildenhall Town.

PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION

THE North Yorkshire coastal town of Redcar has always fascinated me in footballing terms.

DOGGED TAYLOR TO THE RESCUE

THIS top-of-the-table clash between Harborough Town and ten-man Spalding United ended goalless, with neither side able to take their numerous chances.

MALONEY ON THE MONEY AS GENERALS PEGGED BACK

AFC TOTTON and Chesham United played out an entertaining draw on a freezing afternoon at the Snows Stadium.

FANS' CHIEF HAILS IRON HOME DEAL

SUPPORTERS' trust chair Tony Gosling hopes the deal to buy Glanford Park can make Scunthorpe United's new board masters of their own destiny.

LONG'S STRIKE SO TIMELY FOR GATE

WINGATE & Finchley edged this clash between third and fifth-placed teams at the Maurice Rebak Stadium with Elliot Long hitting the winner with 20 minutes left on the clock.

DONALDSON DOUBLE DETHRONES TUDORS

A PAIR of headers by Ruaridh Donaldson secured Hampton & Richmond a win against Hemel Hempstead. Now unbeaten in ten, the hosts rise to second place in the table.

IRON AWE TOO MUCH FOR BULLS

SCUNTHORPE overwhelmed a disappointing Hereford side to surge to the top of the table.

LEGENDARY GLOVERS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ASK any fan of any club, and they will say they love the FA Cup - and quite right, too. But there is something about this competition and Yeovil Town Football Club.

WEBB SPINS CAUSE FOR SPIREITES' OPTIMISM

OPTIMISTIC assistant boss Danny Webb reckons this afternoon's visit of his former club Leyton Orient is a \"winnable game\" for his all-conquering Chesterfield.

TOMMY'S RESTORED A BELIEF IN HIS SHOTS

UNTIL the end of October, Aldershot Town hadn't won an FA Cup tie in five years, and just one since 2015.

WHING GETS A PRESENT IN ALEX

SOLIHULL Moors boss Andy Whing reckons he has landed an early Christmas coup in defender Alex Whitmore.

DANNY'S GOAL IS JUST REWARD

BARNET boss Dean Brennan insisted an FA Cup replay against League Two Newport County was the least his side deserved after Danny Collinge’s 89th-minute header earned the National League side a draw at Rodney Parade.

STONES ON ROLL WITH BIV'S BIFF

ECSTATIC Maidstone United boss George Elokobi hailed a ‘mesmerising’ winner from Bivesh Gurung against League Two high-flyers Barrow – after almost taking him off!

WEBB SPINS CAUSE FOR SPIREITES' OPTIMISM

OPTIMISTIC assistant boss Danny Webb reckons this afternoon's visit of his former club Leyton Orient is a \"winnable game\" for his all-conquering Chesterfield.

HORNETS CAN BE PROUD AS CUP DREAMS FINALLY END

DOM Di Paola hailed his Horsham history boys as they bowed out of the FA Cup – for the second time this season.

KEEPER IS PURPS' UNLIKELY HARE-O!

WHEN City of Liverpool took to the field for an FA Cup preliminary qualifier in early August, close observers noticed an important change to the line-up.

GATES HAVE OPENED TO A WHOLE NEW WORLD

IT'S WEDNESDAY afternoon and Ramsgate chairman James Lawson is just off the phone to AFC Wimbledon.

HUMBLE PIE ON MENU THIS TIME FOR SHAW

FA Cup 'villain' Wayne Shaw is pie-ly delighted -after Eastleigh landed his dream second round draw.

SCALES' WORTH WEIGHT IN GOLD

Step 4 Vale have Dons legend in ranks

NEW CHIEF EYES HOMECOMING!

NEW chairman Eric Perez swooped into Truro City this week with a \"guarantee\" of a long-awaited homecoming in time for next season.

ROLLING STONES!

Gurung fires Maidstone into third round

TOWN'S ALI IS ALL GOLD

‘ONCE is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is Ahmed Ali’ – Ian Fleming might well have been writing about Nantwich Town’s FA Trophy run.

TOP TWO SHARE THE SPOILS IN FEISTY TIE in MING

STALYBRIDGE Celtic and Prescot Cables shared the points in a feisty encounter at Bower Fold.

MICHAEL SALUTES RESILIENT  MARTYRS

A TEN-MAN Merythr Town side emerged victorious from this clash of fourth and fifth place in an exciting, nail-biting game at Walton & Hersham’s Elmsbridge Xcel Sports Hub.

HAKE: WE HAVE GOT URCHINS IN SIGHTS

CHATHAM reigned supreme in their battle with Enfield for second place.

FIVE-STAR SILKMEN ARE FULL OF GOALS

A FIVE-star performance from Macclesfield saw them comfortably past Guiseley.