May 15, 2026 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
On Monday, I wrote about the decisions faced by the Football Association in terms of allocating clubs to the divisions of the non-League Pyramid and the fact that, as in 2024, there seemed to be a higher-than-average number of clubs withdrawing from the National...
May 11, 2026 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
For the last couple of years, I have written from time-to-time about the increasingly parlous state of non-League football and in February 2024 I asked whether English football had a pyramid built on quicksand. Now, in May 2026 as another season concludes it is worth...
Jul 1, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
I have written a few times about the frequency with which non-League football clubs are folding; I asked whether the National Leagues System was A Pyramid Built on Quicksand as early as February 2024. The club closest to my heart, Ashford Town (Middlesex) would...
Jun 20, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
A year ago, I wrote about the demise of Clapton FC and the emergence of an alternative club, Clapton Community FC. Clapton Community have been in the headlines recently, following the controversial abandonment of a Cup Final in which their women’s team was playing....
Apr 30, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
One of the greatest players of all time, Diego Maradona once said that “football isn’t a game, nor a sport; it’s a religion” which might at least partially explain why I was sitting on a train to London, alone, last Saturday. Regular readers will already be aware that...
Apr 22, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
This Saturday (26 April), I am going to a football match. For anyone who read the blog I wrote last November called Losing Interest, this might be a surprise. If I’m honest with myself, it is a surprise to me. But, 357 days after my last game, I’m not just going to...
