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Momentous occasion for Cray Wanderers at new stadium
Cray Wanderers London's oldest football club celebrated a landmark moment on Friday night in South East London when the floodlights were...
danslawson
Dec 2, 20231 min read


Who will be the 2nd round giant killers?
It's the return of the greatest club Cup competition in the world with the FA Cup🏆⚽ 2nd round taking place over the next four days with...
danslawson
Dec 1, 20232 min read


Oxford City promoted to the National League
Oxford City have won the National League South playoff final with an emphatic 4-0 victory over St Albans City. The game was over as a...
danslawson
May 14, 20231 min read


11th Tier Dawley Town FC Celebrate invincible season in style!
Dawley Town Football Club a team based just South of Telford in Shropshire have had a remarkable season in the Salop Leisure Football...
danslawson
May 9, 20231 min read


All the Playoff fixtures & Dates.
The regular season is now over in the EFL and the National Leagues so it's time for one of football's best most recent...
danslawson
May 9, 20231 min read


Bury FC and Bury AFC vote to merge and bring football back to Gigg Lane
Bury FC Supporters' Society and Bury AFC have both voted overwhelmingly in favour of a merger. They will come together under the name...
danslawson
May 5, 20232 min read


Non-League Step 3 playoff finals roundup
In the Isthmian Premier League playoff final it was Aveley who were victorious after beating Hornchurch 0-1 in front of 2,040 fans....
danslawson
May 1, 20231 min read


Promotion, Playoff & Relegation run-in
It's all still to play for in the race for the Championship playoff places with 2 games to go with everyone in with a shout from 5th down...
danslawson
Apr 28, 20232 min read


John Barnes tells the story behind the England World Cup 90 song
Football legend John Barnes joined us on our recent live show and told the story behind the England World Cup song ‘World in Motion'' and...
danslawson
Apr 25, 20231 min read


Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle & England Legend John Barnes to be a guest on our live show.
Join the Proper Football lads this Sunday 23rd April at 6:30 pm with special guest John Barnes! John's brilliant career spanning 18 years...
danslawson
Apr 19, 20231 min read


Proper Football went on the road for Non-League Day.
Like thousands of other football fans on Saturday 25th March, we decided to take in a game at grassroots level on what was the annual...
danslawson
Mar 30, 20232 min read


Roo Oxley
We recently caught up with Roo Oxley aka missrooxley on Instagram where she describes herself as “just a casual girl who enjoys footy,...
danslawson
Mar 27, 20234 min read


Combined Veterans Uk FC to play USA counterparts in charity match
Save the date, May 7th at Weston-Super-Mare AFC. Combined Veterans UK FC v USA veterans in aid of Scotty‘s Little Soldiers. Back in...
danslawson
Mar 5, 20232 min read


Legendary commentator John Motson has passed away aged 77
Legendary football commentator John Motson has sadly passed away aged 77. Motty, the sheepskin coat-wearing icon voiced over 2,000 games...
danslawson
Feb 23, 20231 min read


Interview with the men behind the new inspirational book ‘Angels with Dirty Faces.
Proper Football interview the men behind new book Angels With Dirty Faces.
danslawson
Feb 21, 20231 min read


EFL Chairman Rick Parry discusses long-awaited fan-led review white paper.
The publication of the UK government's long-awaited white paper, proposing reforms to shake up football, is expected later this month....
danslawson
Feb 20, 20233 min read


Pre-Book launch live interview ‘Angels with Dirty Faces'
Join Gary Harris for a Proper Football Live Special event on Thursday 16th Feb at 6 pm where he will be interviewing the co-authors of...
danslawson
Feb 16, 20231 min read


Grassroots, the forgotten heart and soul of football
Another transfer window has come and gone and another obscene amount of money has been spent. A total of £815m was spent in the January...
danslawson
Feb 2, 20231 min read


Why are fans turning to Non-League football?
One of the reasons we started Proper Football just over 18 months ago was because some of us had become disillusioned with football, yes,...
danslawson
Jan 4, 20233 min read


Bumper crowds over the holiday fixtures in Step 6 of the football pyramid.
It was great to see the fans flock in to watch their clubs over the holiday period in the lower leagues of the football pyramid, one big...
danslawson
Jan 2, 20232 min read
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