Interviews & Features

A season like this is challenging enough to negotiate for a player, but surely even more so when you have to wait until December for your first competitive action. Since officially signing for Aldershot Town at the start of that month, Jermaine Anderson has taken to...

This season's National League includes an Altrincham side acquitting themselves well in their first time back in the division since 2016, and you would expect nothing less of the Robins under Phil Parkinson. Alongside the club's demonstrable ambition, Alty have been...

Former England international Carlton Palmer would like the challenge of managing a non-league team. The Sheffield Wednesday favourite managed Stockport County and Mansfield Town between 2001 and 2005. The years since have included time in Dubai, where he was a Premier...

Writing about a football club for a living is just about the dream role for many. How about when it's also 'your' club? It beats the life out of doing a job that means nothing to you, but football isn't all it is classically packaged and polished up to be, and...

A new era is underway at Newcastle Blue Star. In this most disrupted and decimated of seasons, change has certainly been afoot as well down at Scotswood. Following Kenny Wharton's departure as manager in late-August, Steve Preen and Robin Falcus had overseen...

This week, James Baxendale was announced as taking on a coaching role at Worksop Town to go alongside continuing to play for the club. The attacking midfield man's start at senior level came at a then-Championship side, in Doncaster Rovers, with a league debut against...

After his appointment as Colne boss last May, Nathan Rooney secured one of his key targets early on when the Reds signed recent Fleetwood Town youngster Jamie Cooke. Upon his arrival being announced, the former Carlisle United first-team coach shared his delight,...

All restrictions and ridiculousness apart, this has been an enjoyable season thus far for Hungerford Town forward Craig Fasanmade, playing for a young manager who got a taste of the Wembley spotlight three years ago. Danny Robinson was Thatcham Town's FA Vase-winning...

His recollections of some cherished times at Sheffield Wednesday are accompanied by a self-described ‘nearly man’ sentiment. There is, however, a very satisfying full-circle element to both Lance Key’s days on the pitch, and where you find him today as a manager. “The...

The current campaign has held plenty of promise for Rod Orlando Young, with five league goals as part of his contribution for a Gainsborough Trinity team harbouring high hopes of pushing further up the Northern Premier Division table. Like a surging run halted by a...