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The fixtures are out, and frankly nothing particularly exciting in there for my money. We're splitting our festive games between Bedford and Kempston (as expected, based on us sharing at Kempston). Nothing too notable elsewhere on the list for me. Kind of weird that we're both starting the...

Suspicion that they bet on games they were involved in?

I thought all the relevant details about that were out for now. The only thing that hasn't been confirmed is what is planned to happen with the geographical footprints of the various divisions, and where the new ones are to sit etc, however I imagine they would like to wait until the last min to...

This was my point about players signing for the season and moving on! It's a bit of a weird culture change if you are more used to players being contracted as is normally the case at conference level. Anyone can put in a 7-day approach for any player, though there are a few extra rules about...

Couple of key differences; Trump has had some successes and appears to have slightly more tact

Private landlord apparently didn't like us for some reason. Kicked out both clubs (activated break clause in the lease) with the hope of selling the site for redevelopment as per the estate right next to the Dog and Duck that has been developed recently in to commercial units (from vacant). When...

I think most draws in this are not very inspiring for us - having moved between divisions and with a regionalised draw we're always likely to be facing teams we have played in the league now. We're at home at least in this one, playing Kidsgrove Athletic. Winners are away to the winners of...

Beat me to it this year as I didn't know it was due today! We've been drawn away to the winners of Fakenham Town vs Wellingborough Town, so it could be an early return to the Dog and Duck very soon after leaving! We played Fakenham Town in the Vase a few years back now, though that was at...

I think near the start of the season would be good, and I'll do the same for our squad, who knows maybe we can pick up another fan or two from some of the other clubs in the division. Players can still easily leave on a 7-dayer if they have even signed registration forms. Only contracted players...

Kempston are in a weird position, they were an average UCL club for a while so it's almost hard for me to take them seriously as contenders at this level, though I know they have financial backing recently for some reason. Their budget may be somewhat strengthened by us playing some of our...

You can see how this appears to be different from your previous statement of "anything but promotion is a huge failure for us"? Also your biggest test yet isn't saying much to be honest, what's the general thoughts on management there - doing a good job, or neutral based on the relative size of...

To be fair that's actually somewhat sensible vs using the real contract. Don't want people accidentally reading stuff in the background of your photos like tactics boards or transfer targets...

Can't say I know much about many of them, even with some googling. Duku sounds familiar and looking him up he played in Kings Langley's championship winning side, which is a very good sign as he seems to have played the second half of that season where they moved from outside playoff contenders...

A bit far I think, though to be fair it's difficult to see the sarcasm if you're going for the whole "piss this tinpot league" thing, though I doubt it. You should of course be up there challenging for a playoff spot at least, but there is a pretty big step up between divisions at this level, as...

Biggest clubs does not mean biggest budgets, well at least not in our case. Though most teams seem to assume we pay the most based on our crowds. It will be nice having a few recognisable teams at this level, but that just increases the competition. Cambridge City are also a big club for this...

Step 3 and 4 fixtures due next Thursday, so now is as good a time as any to recap the members of each division: Premier: Banbruy United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Bishops Stortford Chesham United Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Farnborough Frome Town Gosport Borough Hereford Hitchin Town...

They will. And you'll find it will be around the same for most clubs that don't have a bespoke kit. Which is most non-league clubs. You'll find that a ~50% profit margin on football shirts is industry standard if you are able to dig deep enough and find the numbers etc. Bear in mind that...

What are your expectations for the season? It's going to be slightly odd for me to have a forum regular fan of a club in the same division on here. Not happened since we reformed

Our third kit is the same design in grey, though we've gone with a monocolour version of our badge on it to try and blend it in a bit better Home and away kits are the same as last season but with the new sponsor too.

It's all a bit more fluid at the lower levels. So far we are confirmed to have lost 4 players as they have gone elsewhere: Jack Bowen* Shawn Richards Dan Quigley Kyal McNulty Bowen is a bit of a loss, though he was only technically with us on loan, or maybe it was dual-reg. He has potential...