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As many of us like statistics, I thought you might like to know that the Isthmian archive is now complete right back to 1905. http://www.isthmian.co.uk/the-isthmian-archive-is-now-live-37921

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/little-league-love-affair/rams-trams-and-the-starman-a-south-london-odyssey-21/ Rams, Trams and the Starman- a South London football odyssey featuring Crystal Palace, Croydon FC & AFC Croydon Athletic, with a visit to "the Olympic Stadium without the violence"...

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/little-league-love-affair/lifting-the-lydd-a-journey-along-the-road-to-nowhere-20/ Lifting the Lydd- a journey along the road to nowhere. Featuring Lydd Town, Rusthall, Kentish football, 27 fans and a nuclear reactor.

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/little-league-love-affair/the-best-team-in-englandand-a-stand-for-the-psychic-19/ A little something (actually I lie, quite a big something) featuring the FA Vase, Eastbourne United Association & Crowborough Athletic FC.

I had to go to Shoreham for the NLP, and took some time to look at the club and its emergence from the shadows over the last few months. http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/cup/shoreham-search-for-success-and-symmetry/ Please note- if you have OCD, you'll hate the photograph at the top.

I went along to Woodside Road on Saturday for the Non League Paper, but as always wrote far more than they needed. So here's a kind of match report, which also focuses on the resurgence of Worthing FC under George Dowell...

Jimmy Bullard, Leatherhead FC and a thrilling draw with Leiston. http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/im-a-celebrityhow-did-i-get-here/

On Saturday I watched Braintree Town v Macclesfield Town for the NLP, but they want only 400 words and I wrote rather more...so here they are, just in case you're interested. Take a sad side, and make it better...Featuring Braintree Town & Macclesfield Town, a poor John Barnes impersonator, and...

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/...fa-cup-adventure-17/ Sholing in sepia- an FA Cup extra preliminary round adventure featuring a Wembley goal scorer, Jim Davidson, Val Doonican, Pikachu and a flock of pigeons. It isn't just a match report (and it's rather longer), so I didn't put it in the...

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/the-fog-begins-to-lift-over-peacehaven-telscombe-fc/ An article I wrote recently for the NLP about the efforts by supporters of Peacehaven & Telscombe FC to take the club into community ownership. Now updated and reproduced on my website with the typos...

A collection of Sussex seaside play-off matches left Worthing promoted to the Ryman Premier League whilst Bognor count the cost of fixture congestion...words and pictures also featuring Dulwich Hamlet, Faversham Town and Hythe Town...

I wrote this article back in February for Late Tackle Magazine, and an abridged version also appeared in the Non League Paper, but they've now moved on to new issues so I thought I'd share it here. Featuring Worthing FC and owner George 'Undateable' Dowell...

Greenwich Borough yesterday beat Croydon Athletic 2-0 to confirm the SCEFL title. Sadly they did it in front of only 75 spectators, which I doubt will be sustainable in their new ground (well, Cray Valley PM's ground, which they've purchased), so I do hope that the people of the Borough come out...

I spent two weeks following the Rocks of Bognor through two matches in the FA Trophy, one in the Ryman Premier League and one in the Sussex Senior Cup. Here's the result. http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/little-league-love-affair/on-a-roll-with-the-royal-rocks-16/ I hope you enjoy it...

A longer version of something I wrote for Non League Daily about the impact of televised football- and social media- on non league attendances. I'd be glad of your thoughts, as I'm looking to shape a similar themed article for print media...

Walkouts with ten minutes to go are all well and good, but they've already got your money. I thought I'd share an alternative idea...http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/twentys-plenty-dont-walk-out-boycott-and-help-the-grassroots-game/ ...sorry for troubling you with it if it isn't...

A few months ago I wrote an article for When Saturday Comes about my experiences of (then Non League) Crawley Town's trip to Old Trafford for the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. But they only needed half of what I'd written, so I thought that today was a good time to publish the rest of it...

I had course to speak to Burgess Hill Town General Manager John Rattle last week, for the Non League Paper and Non League Daily, about progress on the field and the need for ground improvements off it. Afterwards I went to watch the Hillians play Kingstonian, and I've now written a rather longer...

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/the-game-of-the-name-hawks-dispute-rocks-brighton/ An extended version of something I wrote for Non League Daily a couple of days ago, featuring the proposed Whitehawk name change, and the associated fall-out.

A tale of St Francis Rangers of the SCFL Premier Division (currently GD -149), which should prove that however terrible you might think your team is at the moment, it could be worse! http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/little-league-love-affair/the-worst-team-in-england-and-a-one-man-army/...