Opening Day Thriller at Soham Town Rangers FC
Took myself off to vlog in Cambridgeshire yesterday, thanks to an invite from Soham Town Rangers FC manager Alex Cross, for their season...
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Darren Ashley
- May 5
Brackley Town V Boston United National league North play off FINAL 2024
Sun beating down on a good natured pitch invasion, and grown men crying with joy. That was the scenes at the final whistle of yesterday’s...
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danslawson
- May 3
Girls Go Groundhopping
Whilst scrolling through social media we came across a new page on Facebook called 'Girls Go Groundhopping' and watched one of their...
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Darren Ashley
- Apr 28
Walsall Wood V AFC Rushden & Diamonds... The Great Escape?
Yesterday, my Non League vlogging took me up to the midlands, for a clash between Walsall Wood & AFC Rushden & Diamonds. Wood came into...
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Darren Ashley
- Apr 16
Royston Town v Kettering Town
My vlog travels took me this weekend to a very sunny Hertfordshire, where I took in Royston Town v Kettering Town... thanks to an invite...
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danslawson
- Apr 14
Ramsgate v Cray Valley PM The Ultimate 6 Pointer!
Another Saturday had rolled around and it was time to decide the next venue for us to ground hop, Its always a tough choice to pick a...
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Darren Ashley
- Apr 7
Kempston Rovers V Aylesbury United
Yesterday, I travelled to Bedfordshire to watch a vital match at the bottom of the Southern League Division 1 Central between Kempston...
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danslawson
- Apr 3
Fisher FC Ground HOP
For our latest Ground Hop we decided to make the short trip on Easter Monday to Rotherhithe in South London which is situated on a...
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danslawson
- Mar 26
Non-League Day at Tooting & Mitcham UTD
Non-League Day was set up by James Doe in 2010 as a social media experiment and has grown from strength to strength ever since and this...
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Darren Ashley
- Mar 24
Non-League Day, Stratford Town v Long Eaton United
Non League Day 2024… as, soon as they said they would love to have my mate Thunder & myself back, I just HAD to return to Stratford Town...
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Steve Boatright
- Mar 24
A Lincolnshire Football Pilgrimage Part 3
As the third part of my rambling pilgrimage around Lincolnshire football clubs I visited Spalding United FC on the 23rd March 2024 to see...
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Darren Ashley
- Mar 17
AFC Rushden & Diamonds V Lye Town
Yesterdays filming of my weekly Non League vlog took me to Hayden Road, to watch AFC Rushden and Diamonds, for their home match v Lye...
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Darren Ashley
- Mar 10
Flackwell Heath v Harefield Utd
Yesterday’s vlogging took me to South Buckinghamshire, after an invite from Rich to his club, Flackwell Heath, who happened to be top of...
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danslawson
- Feb 27
Chichester City FC
We had a very pleasant day out down in West Sussex to watch Chichester City on Saturday for their home game against Sevenoaks Football...
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Darren Ashley
- Feb 25
Stotfold FC v Ware fc
This weeks destination for the filming of the vlog was Stotfold FC, for their Step 4 Southern League Division 1 Central clash with Ware....
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danslawson
- Feb 25
Wessex Derby Day
We recently got in touch with the man behind FootyWatch, Andy Stone aka Stoner who is a ground hopper and grassroots reviewer who is also...
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Darren Ashley
- Feb 19
East Midlands Non-League Clash
The power of the Non League Football Facebook group lead to an invite from Lutterworth Athletic co-owner Lee English to vlog their UCL...
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danslawson
- Feb 15
Dad & Son Footy Adventures
Scrolling through social media a few weeks ago we came across a Facebook page called Dad & Son Footy Adventures and it immediately caught...
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danslawson
- Feb 14
fan makes 1,000 mile journey to watch Step 8 Side Dial Square FC
Many fans make long journeys up and down the country following their teams or on a ground hopping adventure to tick off another football...
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Steve Boatright
- Feb 11
'A Lincolnshire Football Pilgrimage' Part 1
I've decided to do a pilgrimage to visit a selection of Lincolnshire clubs across the county and I am starting at the most northerly of...
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Darren Ashley
- Feb 11
Long Crendon Vs Southam UTD
After the early postponement of the match I was meant to attend (Winslow Utd v Buckingham) yesterday, I found a different one to VLOG...
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Darren Ashley
- Jan 28
MOULTON FC VS ON CHENECKS FC
For my latest Non-League vlog, yesterday, I went to a step 6 clash in the Spartan South Midlands Division 1 between 3rd place Moulton and...
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Tim Cooper
- Jan 22
The dawn of the Lobster mascot at Redhill FC
I'm a season ticket holder for tier 9 team Redhill FC who play in the Combined Counties League Premier Division South at Step 5 of the...
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Darren Ashley
- Jan 21
Rugby Town v AFC Rushden & Diamonds VLOG
So, for my weekly Non League vlog, the destination was Rugby Town FC last Saturday for their vital bottom of the table clash vs AFC...
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danslawson
- Jan 16
CARLTON TOWN fc. everything that epitomises what's great about NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
On Saturday, we took the opportunity to go and visit our very good friends at Carlton Town FC who play in the Northern Premier League...
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danslawson
- Dec 4, 2023
Ramsgate FC Road to Wembley
Ramsgate Football Club are the lowest-ranked team left in this year's FA Cup. They are one step away from reaching the 3rd round for the...
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danslawson
- Dec 2, 2023
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...
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danslawson
- May 14, 2023
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...
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danslawson
- May 10, 2023
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...
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danslawson
- May 5, 2023
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...
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danslawson
- May 1, 2023
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....
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danslawson
- Apr 30, 2023
National League North and South Round-up
NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH Congratulations to AFC Fylde who won the National League North after winning 2-0 at Bradford PA, a result that...
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danslawson
- Mar 24, 2023
Non-League day 2023.
It's that time of the season again when the Premier League and Championship take a week off for the international break but more...
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danslawson
- Mar 22, 2023
England C v Wales C
Last night England C took on Wales C at the rain-swept J Davidson Stadium, (Moss Lane to most of us) the home of National League side...
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danslawson
- Feb 2, 2023
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...
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danslawson
- Jan 13, 2023
HEREFORD FC LATEST CLUB TO BECOME COMMUNITY-OWNED
Hereford FC are the latest team to join the growing trend of community-owned football clubs after The Bulls supporters secured 50.1%...
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danslawson
- Jan 4, 2023
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,...
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danslawson
- Jan 2, 2023
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...
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danslawson
- Oct 18, 2022
DORKING WANDERERS 'A Modern-day Fairy Tale'
We all know football has the habit of conjuring up amazing stories, be it heartwarming, emotional or freak results, just like Leicester...
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