Castles. Hedges the size of grandstands. Corner flags that have seen better days. New York Cosmos fans. Luxury suites the size of an outdoor toilet. And real, genuine, muddy football. Pitch Invasion tours a sampling of Non-League football in England throughout 2011, courtesy of the wonderful work and dedication to the lower levels of the English game by photographer Paul Paxford.

As a fan of a Non-League side it's very rare that I have anyone to talk to about the team I support. I completely understand why some people will have little or nothing to say about the Non-League but what really gets on my nerves is when I hear people writing it off as being a poor level of football.

Just Desserts #8 is a post from: Just Football

Time for another sprinkling of football-related goodness from around the web. The following pieces have educated or entertained us recently:

Swiss Ramble on top form once again delving into the finances at Lazio

LBITCR laments the death of the strike partnership

BackPageFootball take a look at Non-League Day

A well-written piece on Barca and Futbol at In Bed with Maradona

Roll up man!

Financial instability continues to see David beat Goliath in Lower leagues is a post from: Just Football

As has been well documented in recent years there are a whole host of league clubs who are seemingly operating on borrowed time due to season upon season of poor financial management.