Interviews & Features
'My mission is to provide a voice for the misfits' - In depth with Braintree's Nathan Smith
He is most closely connected with his time at Yeovil Town, and Chesterfield too, where he produced a Man of the Match display at Wembley and also tasted senior international football with Jamaica. Before Nathan Smith played a part in 11 separate seasons of League...
Art of anticipation - One-on-one with Thierry Audel
In the career of Thierry Audel, stopping goals has been the chief aim, though he has shown too an undoubted knack for pouncing first when a chance arrives. That, he believes, has been in no small part due to planning for the often mentioned second ball in a set-piece...
In depth with Guiseley's Hamza Bencherif - Young cub to Lions skipper
He had a big-club introduction to English football, arriving at Nottingham Forest as an 18-year-old, and though his breakthrough would not transpire at the City Ground, it is Nottingham where Hamza Bencherif remains, some 15 years later. Save a 2014 stint with...
Return of the Raks - The long road home for Ebbsfleet's Rakish Bingham
Without leaving the UK, Rakish Bingham's career has seen him well over 400 miles from home at times, and never anywhere close to his east London roots. The year of dramatic and unwelcome change that 2020 was ultimately brought the 27-year-old forward back to base,...
'Retiring without officially retiring, I guess!' - Joe Davis' new seat at a familiar table
A new club this season for Joe Davis, and his side currently sit three points off the top of the table, with two games in hand. He lives just about as close by as you could wish, and he’s also been able to slot right into the club environment. The only slightly...
Striving on at Silverlands – One-on-one with Buxton's Sam Wedgbury
It was a flurry of eye-catching close-season arrivals at Buxton, and among them, Gary Hayward secured a midfielder who was in National League action (with Chesterfield) as recently as February. Former Wrexham and Macclesfield Town man Sam Wedgbury has been notable for...
'I just want to pay people back who believe in me' - In conversation with Southport forward Jordan Archer
Four seasons ago, Jordan Archer was a Northern Premier Division play-off finalist with Stourbridge, having been the Glassboys' extra-time match-winner in the semi-final against Workington. The forward would depart in October 2017 for Marcus Bignot’s Chester, and he...
‘You are looked at as probably ‘the big I am, coming down here to play’' – Watford legend Luther Blissett reflects on non-league time
His name both commands respect and evokes a plethora of images of him at his formidable best. While Luther Blissett will always be chiefly linked to his record-setting exploits with Watford, the former England international’s football life is also interspersed with...
Brysa's back in town - Home is where the Hoops are for Paul Bryson
While the comings and goings on the playing side will always dominate headlines, it is true to say that the departure of Paul Bryson from Sunderland this year didn't go entirely unnoticed either. His time with the Wearsiders spanned the best part of two decades, with...
'There’s not a part of the club that I think could be run better' - In depth with Spennymoor goal king Glen Taylor
There will likely be precious few slipping on the rose-tinted glasses when it comes to looking back on 2020, though it will at least stick in Glen Taylor's mind as the year that he reached a century of competitive goals for Spennymoor Town. The former Ashington star...
