This week's non-league videos of the week features four matches from the Second Round of the FA
Trophy. With only thirty-two teams left in the competition at this stage, the scent of a Wembley
final is starting to drift into the air, and our four matches tonight feature twenty-five goals.
First up is a match between two clubs that are owned by their supporters, as Ebbsfleet United of
the Blue Square Premier play Chester of the Northern Premier League.
This week's non-league videos of the week features four matches from the Second Round of the FA
Trophy. With only thirty-two teams left in the competition at this stage, the scent of a Wembley
final is starting to drift into the air, and our four matches tonight feature twenty-five goals.
First up is a match between two clubs that are owned by their supporters, as Ebbsfleet United of
the Blue Square Premier play Chester of the Northern Premier League.
For the second part of our Non-League Videos Of The Week, we have two matches from the Blue
Square Bet Premier Division. At the top of the table, Wrexham are continuing to hold Fleetwood Town
at bay and, while Fleetwood had a Lancashire derby match at home against third placed Southport on
Boxing Day, Wrexham, who are now owned by their supporters, made the relatively short trip to
Shropshire to play another supporter-owned team, AFC Telford United, and over four thousand people
turned out at New Bucks Head for the match.
We have five matches for you this week as our non-league videos of the week. First up is the
match from the Blue Square Premier between Ebbsfleet United and a club that has been having renewed
difficulties off the pitch again, Darlington. Next up are the goals from the Blue Square North
match between Altrincham and Gloucester City.
We have five matches for you this week as our non-league videos of the week. First up is the
match from the Blue Square Premier between Ebbsfleet United and a club that has been having renewed
difficulties off the pitch again, Darlington. Next up are the goals from the Blue Square North
match between Altrincham and Gloucester City.
Sorry.
Those are the toilets area in which one is supposed to dispose of bodily waste of Ebbsfleet
United, the club which became famous as part of that fan-ownership experiment some years back,
leading to the theory that the common man doesn't care much about the loo. They're taking part in
and currently leading a competition to find the worst restrooms in English football, the "winner"
of which will get £100k in order to spruce up the facilities with a nice TOTO setup, one would
imagine.
The fifteenth of May must have felt like a long time ago for the supporters of Farnborough FC on
Tuesday night. On that particular day, Farnborough stood at the cusp of a place in the Blue Square
Premier. Having finished in second place in the Blue Square South behind champions Braintree Town,
they started their play-off final with home advantage and as the favourites to beat Ebbsfleet
United.
We have two sets of non-league videos of the week lined up for you this week. Earlier this
evening, we had a quick round-up of matches from the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. Now, to
follow that up, we have a quick round-up of two matches from the Blue Square Premier, followed by
one match from the Blue Square South.
We have two sets of non-league videos of the week lined up for you this week. Earlier this
evening, we had a quick round-up of matches from the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. Now, to
follow that up, we have a quick round-up of two matches from the Blue Square Premier, followed by
one match from the Blue Square South.
There is a lot of money flying about in the Blue Square South this season as the teams jostle to
fill the void at the top left by Braintree Town and Ebbsfleet United. The gap between those with a
decent budget and those without seems to be growing a bit more in the southern half of Step 2 than
in the northern half.
This weekend sees the FA Cup final and a round of Premier League matches, as well as play-offs
in the Football League. This evening, though, we are going to take a two-part look back at the
play-offs in the Football Conference over the last couple of weeks or so, kicking off with action
from the Blue Square South play-off semi-finals.
This weekend sees the FA Cup final and a round of Premier League matches, as well as play-offs
in the Football League. This evening, though, we are going to take a two-part look back at the
play-offs in the Football Conference over the last couple of weeks or so, kicking off with action
from the Blue Square South play-off semi-finals.
The Premier League season is still going and the Football League season ended at the weekend,
but the non-league play-offs have already begun and, in some cases, have already ended. The Ryman
League Premier Division play-off final was played on Saturday between Tonbridge Angels and
Lowestoft Town, with the semi-finals having seen Tonbridge having beaten Harrow Borough and
Lowestoft Town having won a local derby against Bury Town.
The Easter weekend is traditionally the weekend during which most non-league promotion and
relegation issues are sorted out one way or the other and, with a round of fixtures to be played
this afternoon, we're going to take a moment to catch up with some of Saturday's matches. Our first
match comes from the foot of the Blue Square South.
The dubious honour of receiving the quickest red card goes to Chippenham Town striker David
Pratt, who was sent off only three seconds into his side's loss at Bashley back in
late December 2008.
Pratt, 21, lunged at Bashley midfielder Chris Knowles straight from the kick-off and received
his marching orders from referee Justin Amey.
Schoolboy defending, toddler tantrum Preston Edwards reluctantly entered the record books this week
as he picked up the fastest red card ever. The Ebbsfleet United keeper was sent-off after 10
seconds of his side's match against Farnborough. The ex-Millwall man brought down Kezie Ibe, who
was clean through on goal after a woefully underhit backpass [.
Preston Edwards for Ebbsfleet United against Farnborough.
10 seconds.
Ebbsfleet United v. Farnborough (5.2.11) from MyFootballClub on Vimeo.
It's time for a bit of a non-league round-up (as is our wont at this time of the week), with
highlights of three matches from the last couple of weekend's worth of matches. First up, we're
taking the opportunity to catch up with one of the matches from the weekend of the 15th of January,
with the FA Trophy Second Round match between Blyth Spartans.
One of the most important developments within British football over the last ten years or so has
been the growth of the understanding that football supporters can be empowered to control their own
destinies. The notion that football clubs could only be run as the personal fiefdoms of
the self-appointed "great and the good" has become more and more discredited as the first decade of
the new century wore on and, and the relative success and stability of clubs that are run by
supporters trusts has been obvious to anybody that takes the time to stop and examine them.