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HAMMER TIME

MIKE MILES RECALLS WHEN WEST HAM UNITED BAGGED THEIR FIRST EUROPEAN SILVERWARE ALMOST GO YEARS AGO...

FOXES' RETURN

JOHN LYONS LOOKS AT THE PROSPECTS OF LEICESTER CITY AS THEY HEAD BACK TO THE TOP FLIGHT AFTER A YEAR AWAY...

GIVE GARETH SOME CREDIT

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK ON THE REIGN OF THE DEPARTED ENGLAND MANAGER FOLLOWING HIS DECISION TO STAND DOWN AFTER THE EUROS...

SAME OLD ROUTINE

JONNY BRICK APPRECIATES THE RITUALISTIC ARRIVAL OF A NEW FOOTBALL SEASON...

A FLASH OF GORDON

CALLUM HUMPHREY REFLECTS ON A DISAPPOINTING EUROS FOR ENGLAND WINGER ANTHONY GORDON...

CLOSE ENCOUNTER

MAURICE MOORE TELLS US ABOUT HIS UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE AS A EURO 2024 VOLUNTEER...

HANSEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

AS MATCH OF THE DAY CELEBRATES ITS GOTH BIRTHDAY, SAM TODD REFLECTS ON THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY FORMER PUNDIT ALAN HANSEN...

DOUBLE DIAMOND

AUTHOR ALEX IRELAND DETAILS HOW SPORTSWEAR FIRM UMBRO BECAME PART OF FOOTBALL HISTORY ACROSS THE GLOBE

TASTY ALMONDS

ROY HAMILTON TELLS JOHN LYONS ABOUT THE DAYS WHEN ALMONDSBURY GREENWAY BECAME A BIG FISH IN NON-LEAGUE WATERS...

MARINE LIFE

POET CHRIS TOWERS WATCHED MARINE PLAY BRADFORD PARK AVENUE IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE IN FEBRUARY. HE WRITES OF A CLUB CLOSE TO ITS COMMUNITY

THE LOST WALLET

MICHAEL GRIMES RECALLS A VISIT TO A MATCH THAT DIDN'T QUITE GO TO PLAN...

BLUES SEEK REPEAT

SAM SHEPPEY RECALLS WHEN BIRMINGHAM CITY WERE LAST IN THE THIRD THER 30 YEARS AGO...

MARCHING WITH SAINTS

LIAM HARDING REFLECTS ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF FOLLOWING SOUTHAMPTON...

GAME CHANGER

LIFELONG IPSWICH TOWN FAN JON COUCH, WHO WORKS FOR OUR SISTER PUBLICATION THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER, REFLECTS ON THE JOURNEY BACK TO THE TOP FLIGHT...

REISS LIGHTNING

SHUBI ARUN ON FOLLOWING THE FORTUNES OF ARSENAL IN 2022/23...

A NEW ERA AT UNITED IS OFF AND RUNNING WITH A POINT

Lenell has role of party pooper

SALUTING OUR ARTHUR-KINGS

PROUD Arthurian League chief Jon Hunter says they’ve experienced the pinnacle of amateur football after representing England in the UEFA Regions Cup.

KORPAL'S SPOT-KICK PUNISHES STEELMEN

SHERWOOD Colliery started life at Step 4 with a narrow but morale-boosting win over Consett AFC.

DENZELL DELIGHT DENIES MILLERS

DARTFORD boss Ady Pennock admitted improvement is needed despite seeing off their local rivals in front of a bumper crowd.

GOLDEN BOY GHANDOUR KEEPS GREEN GUESSING!

FOREST Green Rovers enjoyed a tumultuous reintroduction to the National League on a thrilling afternoon which could have swung either way in a dramatic 90 minutes.

RUTHLESS DALE POSE PILGRIMS PROBLEMS

EVANTE Rodney's double D helped Rochdale saunter a comfortable opening day success against a Boston United side playing at their highest level for 17 years.

SLICK CITY GRAB A POINT AT WHITES

MARINE endured heartbreak as their inaugural National League fixture ended in a home draw with an injury-time equaliser for Oxford City.

JACK'S AT HOLMES ON BIG STAGE

YOU might have recently returned from the holiday of a lifetime or even married the man or woman of your dreams, but you’d still be hard pushed to beat the summer Rotherham United’s new signing Jack Holmes has just enjoyed.

SPOT-ON JACOB'S A CRACKER!

Young keeper's penchant for penalties

SARLL RETURNS TO SINK TOWN

DARREN Sarll returned to Huish Park to haunt his former club after steering Hartlepool United to a slender victory in a hardfought battle.

GRAND HOME FOR JORDAN

FOR IT TOOK a long time for Grand Drive to feel like ‘home’ for Jordan Gallagher, but now he’s fully settled in, the Raynes Park Vale hotshot doesn’t want to share it with anyone – not least Isthmian League South Central title-rivals Kingstonian.

JADAMA LEAVES IT LATE FOR THE RAMS

ALAST-GASP goal in the sixth minute of added time gave Ramsgate the points in what was otherwise a tight encounter in which both teams had chances.

WE ARE UNITED IN AID OF DAN

DAN Cann refuses to let motor neurone disease force him to quit Hamworthy United – and his chairman is with him ‘every step of the way’.

NIXON HITS IN ROCKIES

IT was a baptism of fire as The Rockies faced Malvern Town in their first-ever Step 4 game.

LUKE THE MAN FOR SAVAGE'S SILKMEN

A LAST-MINUTE goal from Luke Duffy gave Macclesfield the win on the opening day of the season. Worksop dominated the first half, but the Silkmen dragged themselves back into the game to gain all three points.