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They've always been tactically quite savvy under Steve McKimm and given us (Dulwich) close contests but relatively speaking their recruitment has had a frugal look about it for a couple of years now, compared to 3 or 4 years ago when they appeared to be one of the bigger spenders in the Isthmian...

I've heard no sort of figure whatsoever for this season. Last season it was the median £6k p/w or £250k p/a (for a part-time regime), a figure that was given directly to supporters by the club's managing director at a fans forum shortly after we secured the return to our own ground. It's...

Just for the record, the median annual spend on players is £250k in National South. (So around £6k a week over a 40-42 week season for part-time clubs.) In the National Division it's closer to £750k.

This is classic tinpot in my book, and so predictable: https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lincoln-city-legend-matt-rhead-3463045 Who could possibly have foreseen that a 35 years old ex-pro based in Staffordshire wouldn't have a lasting relationship with Billericay?

Or Sunderland v Gillingham, or Bolton v Plymouth. I'm sure they don't normally go exclusively for non-league home clubs.

Rollers in Borehamwood? It's a hellhole for working class London overspill. Last time I was there the high street pubs had doormen on duty at 5pm.

The big difference is that we're at full capacity a lot of the time and with only 500 seats and limited terracing/cover It's a very basic ground well short of the Football League standard. Due to the ongoing ground ownership issues we can't do much to improve it. I know you played at St Albans...

Yes, that's us. We were locked out for 9 months, during which time we got promoted, then since we returned home on Boxing Day we've had several 3,000+ crowds for bog standard mid-table league matches with hundreds locked out on a couple of occasions. I assume this game will be all-ticket and...

In fairness that's not a direct quotation, someone else has paraphrased his comments so they may have lost a little light and shade. I think the winter weather/pitches factor is less relevant than it used to be as the standard of pitch maintenance is much higher than it used to be, most clubs...

If someone takes on the debts of the existing club and is able to revive it then I'd say there is a case for being accepted into the National League at the lower level. However if anyone is willing and able to do that surely it would have already happened before they were expelled from the...

There's never been a Third Division Football League club going bust before so who knows what solution the FA might propose. I read one article a few weeks ago suggesting that if it ended like this there would be no attempt to relaunch a new Bury club, although I find that hard to believe. When...

Even their official website refers to the away kit as "slime yellow"! They don't need the third kit as nothing else is going to clash with both the other kits.

What's the situation with their ground? Are they at Treyew Road until the end of the season? There was speculation in the summer that they might have to vacate again mid-season.

I'm sure Carshalton will be up and running soon enough with Peter Adeniyi still in charge. I reckon East Thurrock could be contenders. John Coventry clearly knows how to cobble together an effective side that'll keep it simple and score enough goals, and they became quite a formidable unit in...

I was quite worried for those first 20 minutes but Wealdstone were never quite so dominant again after the goal, and by the end I wasn't too concerned that we'd be able to see out the final minutes for the win. In fact we really ought to have wrapped it up properly with a couple of chances we...

One of their other new galacticos signed his contract in the clubhouse/boardroom at Hendon after a pre-season match, and a Hendon acquaintance who was present said he's on one third more than their entire budget. Alright that's a Step 3 club but even if their budget is tiny that's got to be at...

I suppose it's a fairly local "Oystercard" derby and the league seem to schedule relatively local fixtures for midweek. It's sod's law our two midweek home games are Maidstone and Wealdstone, for which I'd expect the biggest away followings on a Saturday. Only Torquay and Woking brought as...

There's a bit more, but don't expect anything comparable with last season's temporary home at Tooting. It's been lengthened behind each goal and an extra step has been added at the back of all three sections of terracing, along the side and behind the goals. The aim is to improve sightlines...

What goes around comes around. Many Hamlet supporters haven't forgotten Tonbridge indulging in timewasting and gamesmanship (or cheating) on an epic scale when inflicting our last Isthmian League defeat for the foreseeable future in April last year. I particularly recall your keeper sitting down...

:bg: It's not always easy to judge a player on just a couple of sightings. I saw Dave Pratt for Chippenham two seasons ago and he looked sensational in a 5-2 win at Bath. Former Dulwich manager/chairman Martin Eede is youth team secretary at Chippenham now after moving to live in Wiltshire and...