Source: DS Pugh (cc-by-sa/2.0) The race for promotion from the National League can pile pressure on any team, and Harrogate Town are no exception. The North Yorkshire club have never played in the football league and are enjoying the best spell in their 105-year history under the stewardship of former Lincoln City and Kidderminster Harriers defender Simon read more→
Opinion
The Race For The National League Is Wide Open
As we enter the month of November, it is fair to say that we have a real title race on our hands in the National League. At the time of writing, just three points separate the top half dozen teams and it will take a brave man to predict who will come out on top read more→
Three Reasons For Harrogate Town’s Strong Start To the National League
Harrogate Town have been one of the surprise packages in the National League this season as they currently sit third in the table, one point off leaders Salford City. After gaining promotion from the National League North last season, Town weren’t expected to be one of the contenders for the title in the 2018/19 campaign, read more→
20 years of watching Non League Football
This week marks 20 years since I went to my first Non League Football match. Duly, it seems a good moment to take a trip down memory lane and remember some memorable moments and name my favourite NL X1. From helping to keep several goldfish alive on a six hour trip home from Torquay, lifting read more→
The end is nigh for football programmes
The call for the death of Football Programmes by Football League clubs has been a long time coming. Regardless of what the die-hards say, it is time to consign programmes to the great dustbin in the sky, certainly in the NCEL for starters. The case for that is extremely strong. Producing a programme, for most read more→
Yorkshire NCEL Div One team of the year
Just like the Premier Division, it has been great year for our Yorkshire sides in the Toolstation NCEL Division One so picking a Team of the Year has been the hardest it has ever been in five years. It has been that difficult, some heavy-duty players have missed out on selection. It was that tight. read more→
Yorkshire NCEL Prem team of the year
It has been great year for our Yorkshire sides in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division so picking a Team of the Year has been hard. Pontefract Collieries have deservedly romped to promotion and have three chances to win the title this week. Pickering Town can also join them in the Evo Stik in the next read more→
York Must Ease Pressure On Parkin For National League Return
Meet the presenter: Jon Parkin or you may know him as “The Beast”. He has currently over 200 league goals, “Feed The Beast and he will score”. He now joins our team as a co-presenter on UndrTheCosh. pic.twitter.com/CgD83XvjfX — UndrTheCosh (@UndrTheCosh) February 2, 2018 York City’s attempt to bounce back to the National League at read more→
York Must Iron Out Their Inconsistencies in Order to Secure Promotion
It’s been a miserable few years for York City fans and the long-suffering supporters have had very little to cheer, apart from a trip to Wembley. The Minstermen have fallen down the pyramid at an alarming rate but they appear to have finally steadied the ship and are very much in contention for promotion from read more→
NLY’s top 15 moments of 2017
When you sit down and reflect, 2017 has been a very successful year for Non League football in Yorkshire. More clubs than normal have won promotion, won silverware and for the first time since NLY was launched, a Yorkshire club from below the National League has reached the FA Cup first round. Now regular readers read more→