Saturday 8th May 2021, Kick Off 1500 Sutton United FC vs Weymouth FC The Build Up It’s very much squeaky bum time in the National League now, and whilst the jeopardy at the bottom of the table may have been removed, at the top it’s very much all still to play for. Speaking of squeaky... Continue Reading →
Friday 2nd April 2021, 1500 Kick Off Eastleigh FC vs Chesterfield FC The Build Up The start of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend thankfully for the return of a strange and almost forgotten golden orb to the sun, and for the first time it really felt like summer was in the air. With the relaxation... Continue Reading →
Saturday 6th March 2021, 1500 Kick Off Chesterfield FC vs Yeovil Town FC The Build Up Whilst the machinations rumble on regarding the prospect of anymore Step Two football this season, Step One marches on unabated, so on the first Saturday of meteorological spring I found myself making the drive north to Derbyshire, and the... Continue Reading →
Vanarama National League 2019/20 It’s now less than a week until the National League kicks off again, and this August we have some big clubs joining – from both ends of the table. Last season, a tight title (tightle?) race went right to the wire, as Leyton Orient pipped Solihull Moors in the final week,... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 18th September 2018, 1945 Kick Off Sutton United FC vs Boreham Wood FC The Build Up A blustery midweek called for a short trip, so imagine my delight at checking the Groundhopper App (if you don’t use it, get to @GroundhopperApp on the Twitter) and finding that the National League’s Caledonian adventurers were playing... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 4th September 2018, 1945 Kick Off Dagenham & Redbridge FC vs Braintree Town FC The Build Up After watching the top two sides in the Vanarama National League South side battle it out on Saturday, on Tuesday evening came the chance to watch the teams immediately above them in the league system slug it... Continue Reading →
Vanarama National League 2018/19 It’s now less than a week until the National League kicks off again. It certainly doesn’t feel like long since Macclesfield took the league title by a ten point margin which seemend a lot closer right up until the last minute. Had Sutton United not dropped off in the last month... Continue Reading →
Saturday 7th July 2018, 1306 Kick Off Sutton United FC vs Coventry City FC Well, it’s 31˚C, and it feels as though the league season has only just finished, but as Mitchell & Webb famously pointed out, the football is officially going on forever and as such, nonleague sides up and down the country are... Continue Reading →
Saturday 12th May 2018, 1500 Kick Off Tranmere Rovers FC vs Boreham Wood FC The Build Up It had been a long, hard season in the Vanarama National League, and with Macclesfield Town defying the odds to take the title and automatic promotion, it was left to the Play Off system to decide who else... Continue Reading →
Saturday 24th March 2018, 1500 KO Dagenham & Redbridge vs AFC Fylde The Build Up Saturday found me once again bracing myself to run the gauntlet of travelling across London via the rail network. A two hour journey to Dagenham East – which is about as far as I can travel without leaving London –... Continue Reading →
The Grass Roots Tourist 