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CHIEF ION HAILS HERO SAVIOURS

FC Romania are saved from the brink

FRIENDLY FARE SETS THE BALL ROLLING

THE Euros are still going on and Wimbledon hasn't even started, but we're already at the dawn of a new football season! And to prove the point, there were friendlies dotted around the country yesterday to whet the appetite for 2024-25.

DEFOE IN TALKS TO BUY A CLUB

JERMAIN DEFOE has exclusively revealed he is in talks to buy a Non-League club, as the former England striker spoke of his love of grassroots football and how ‘special’ he finds the pyramid.

MATIJA'S GLOW WILL LIVE ON

MATIJA SARKIC’s former clubs in Non-League have paid tribute to the Millwall goalkeeper after his shock death at the age of 26.

DARYL'S SETTING HIS SIGHTS HIGH

McMahon's made Urchins even stronger

JORDAN RECEIVES OUR FULL SUPPORT

Seagulls back Bastin after betting ban

TIME RUNNING BID OUT IN A TO RESCUE ROMANIA

FC ROMANIA owner lon Vintila admits the club's existence is hanging by a thread as he desperately searches for a last-gasp financial saviour.

NORTON AND BIRCH EAGER TO EMBRACE AVRO CHANCE

Experiences give bosses belief

JONES GLIDES IN TO BOOST SWANS

JOEY JONES reckons it was a “no-brainer” to sign for Walton & Hersham after relocating back to the area.

KEEPING STAR REES IS NET GAIN FOR MICHAEL

UPBEAT Merthyr Town boss Paul Michael says keeping hold of star striker Ricardo Rees is ‘better than any new signing we could get’.

MAC'S READY FOR A RETURN

CALUM McIntyre says he has never felt better after returning from a holiday in Menorca – but there’s one break the Chester boss didn’t enjoy.

NEW DEAL OR NO DEAL, ROB KEPT HEED ON UPWARD TRAIL

But boss finally gets his reward

COX IS TOPS FOR HOOPS!

Rookie Sam relishing his City challenge

DIAMOND POLISHERS EYE A GEM IN NEVETT

TEENAGE talent George Nevett says he only needed to look back at the devleopment of Non-League players in the past to convince him that Peterborough United were the right club for him.

AGONY GOES ON FOR SHRIMPERS!

SOUTHEND United's future remains incredibly uncertain ahead of another crunch week for the club.

ANOTHER FAILURE NOT AN OPTION ROBBIE

ROBBIE Savage has been warned he 'cannot fail' after taking the managerial reins at Macclesfield.

BIG BAS IS STILL IN FULL SWING!

Entertainer carries on playing starring role

GET CHECKED, PLEADS PAUL

LEGENDARY Leamington boss Paul Holleran has urged men to get themselves tested for prostate cancer in the light of his own diagnosis.

BLAKE KNOWS HE'S ONTO A SHORE THING WITH ROCKS

ROBBIE Blake has backed Bognor Regis Town’s young bucks to challenge for the Isthmian Premier play-offs next season.

LEVI'S ABOARD WITH BOATMEN

CHELSEA and England star Levi Colwill is to give something back to the club which helped launch his promising career – by joining the board of directors.

WE WERE LEFT ON THE BRINK

CHAIRMAN Paul Ayres revealed Thatcham Town briefly discussed the prospect of a second voluntary relegation in ten years having been shunted into the Southern League.

LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN DO BETTER!

STEVE Baines was something of a pioneer.

PREMIER PAIR ARE NO PR STUNTS!

WESTFIELD’S audacious coup in signing former Premier League stars Charlie Daniels and Dan Gosling is ‘no PR stunt’, chairman Jack Stapley has insisted.

A PROUD HUB OF THE COMMUNITY!

‘NEVER did I ever think I would see a pitch invasion at Beverley Town,’ chuckles chairman Mark Smith.

ACE JOE GIVES TONY BOOST

New Rams boss keeps star striker on board

TOWN'S PROUD JEWELL IN THE CROWN

WHEN Andy Drury left Stevenage just a month after winning the National League title in 2010, he thought his chance to play in the EFL had gone.

SCOTT HAS BROUGHT NEW GEMS TO REBELS

Davies looking to next batch

JIMMY'S JOY AT TARRYN CAPTURE

ROCHDALE boss Jimmy McNulty says he is delighted to have beaten off tough competition to land highly sought-after winger Tarryn Allarakhia.

THINGS CAN GET UGG-LY!

KEEP SPATS PRIVATE

DONN'S GONNA DO IT ALL AGAIN

SCOTT Donnelly admits it took time away from football to help him rediscover his love for the game – now he’s aiming to make it big once again as a manager.