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Non-League

This is where you will find all of Late Tackle’s Non-League articles and content.

Hilltop Climb

2 December 2024 0 comments

MICHAEL GRIMES REPORTS ON A CLUB WITH SOMALIAN ROOTS WHO ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON AND OFF THE […]

The life of a Basingstoke Town Fan

14 October 2024 0 comments

LIAM HARDING ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF FOLLOWING BASINGSTOKE TOWN Good times: Basingstoke Town celebrat For most of my […]

Marine players and fans celebrate promotion from the Northern Premier League last term

Marine Life: Finding the heart of the community

12 August 2024 0 comments

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: An unusual matchday

12 August 2024 0 comments

Michael Grimes recalls a visit to a match that didn’t quite go to plan…

A Night To Remember

6 June 2024 0 comments

Poet Chris Towers looks back on a Fenix Trophy game at Enfield Town FC in March when Welsh side Llantwit […]

Bridge in Troubled Water

6 June 2024 0 comments

Hullbrudge Sports’ Media man Dave Colmer looks back at the past season – and forward to a fresh bid for […]

LIFE AFTER THE CUP HEROICS

11 April 2024 0 comments

Ben Smith looks at the reality for Maidstone United following their stint in the spotlight… Few underdog stories capture the […]

BACK TO THE BORDERLANDS

11 April 2024 0 comments

Poet Chris Towers, author of Hinterlands, takes a trip to the Crabble Athletic ground to watch Dover Athletic take on […]

PASCAL’S MISSION

15 February 2024 0 comments

Ben Smith reports on Pascal Chimbonda’s adventure at Skelmersdale United – and how he hopes to inspire other black managers […]

JOURNEY TO THE HINTERLANDS

7 December 2023 0 comments

Chris Towers reports on his trip to see the new Saints take on Bala Town… There I was waiting for […]

BULLS’ ROCKY RIDE

15 October 2023 0 comments

Mike Miles looks back at the highs and lows of Hereford United and their fresh start as Hereford FC… Although […]

Jon’s Non-League adventure

24 August 2023 0 comments

John Lyons talks to Ashton United co-owner Jonathan Sayer about what it’s really like to run a Non-League club Having […]

Notts Landing

15 June 2023 0 comments

Emotionally-spent Notts County fan Ian Kirke gives us his take on their return to the promised land of the EFL… […]

Sinking feeling

15 June 2023 0 comments

Barnaby Rostant reports on three clubs who have endured tough times over the past decade… Life moves quick but football […]

Come on Ref

27 April 2023 0 comments

John Lyons talks to film-maker Greg Cruttwell about his documentary on grassroots referees… WE’VE probably all asked the question at […]

Non-league family

16 February 2023 0 comments

Dave Colmer explains how highly addictive the lower levels can become If you give Non-League football a try, you might […]

Class Act

21 October 2022 0 comments

Joe Baker watches former Aston Villa star Lee Hendrie shine in more humble surroundings… Influential: Lee Hendrie in his Aston […]

DAN THE PHOTO MAN

3 March 2022 0 comments

NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE SALUTES PHOTOGRAPHER DAN WESTWELL’S EFFORTS TO CAPTURE THE CLUB’S AND SUPPORTERS’ SPECIAL MOMENTS… WITH Nottingham […]

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

3 March 2022 0 comments

DAVE COLMER LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW ADVENTURES WATCHING NON-LEAGUE SIDE HULLBRIDGE SPORTS… AFTER years of thinking about it, the wife […]

THANK YOU DAVE

20 January 2022 0 comments

DAN BONNINGTON PAYS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE AUTHOR AND BROMLEY FAN DAVE ROBERTS… I’VE always been an avid […]

THE LIFE OF A FAN

20 January 2022 0 comments

TORQUAY UNITED SUPORTERS’ TRUST SUPPORTER LIAISON OFFICER NICK BRODRICK EXPLAINS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A FOOTBALL FOLLOWER… Star […]

BRING ON THE SHAKERS

2 December 2021 0 comments

HARRY PHENSHAW ON THE PLIGHT OF BURY FC AND A NEW DAWN FOR THE GIGG LANE CLUB… Before the storm: […]

UP FOR THE CUP

2 December 2021 0 comments

JOHN LYONS SAYS THE FA CUP HASN’T LOST ITS MAGIC FOR LOWER LEAGUE AND NON-LEAGUE CLUBS… Sharp-shooter: Mark Cullen scores […]

MEMORY LANE JAN 1949

22 July 2021 0 comments

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WINNING THE POOLS

22 July 2021 0 comments

KEITH DIXON REPORTS ON JUBILANT HARTLEPOOL UNITED’S RETURN TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE… Ecstatic: Hartlepool celebrate after their dramatic National League […]

Doswell did well

23 May 2019 0 comments

NON-LEAGUE Barnaby Rostant relects on a golden era at Sutton United under a long-serving manager… Stalwart: Paul Doswell spent more […]

GLENN HAS GOT BIG PLANS FOR THE BLUES

5 October 2017 0 comments

MATT BADCOCK, of our sister publication The Non-League Paper, talks to brash Billericay Town owner Glenn Tamplin about his ambitions… […]

MERGER MISERY

5 October 2017 0 comments

JOHN LYONS looks at the rapid rise and steady fall of Hayes & Yeading United since their formation ten years […]

FLEET SET SAIL. AT LAST!

1 June 2017 0 comments

JOSHUA PECK revels in Ebbsfleet United’s promotion back to Non-League’s top table… JOSHUA PECK THIS time last year my beloved […]

PIE IN THE SKY

2 March 2017 0 comments

SAM ELLIOTT of our sister publication The Non-League Paper , gives us his take on the Wayne Shaw saga… SAM […]