Leek Town 1-2 Warrington Town (Northern Premier League) It’s been a while as I’ve been busy with county cricket recently but I’ve a few football games this week to get my teeth into and one of them is a long-awaited trip to Harrison Park in Leek, Staffordshire. A market town on the southern edge of the Peak District I’m not entirely sure a lot goes off in Leek? My last visit here was December 2015 when I was a coach at Loughborough Dynamo, we lost 3-1 to a team containing loc

Spalding United 0-0 Macclesfield (National League North) I’m back in the South Lincolnshire town of Spalding, after watching the Tulips in a promotion chasing playoff match here in May, I return to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field for a National League North game. It’s my first watch of sixth tier competitive football this season. Two games into the new campaign and Spalding have won one and lost one so far, they started their step two era by beating Radcliffe 2-0 but los

Alfreton Town 2-1 Gainsborough Trinity (Northern Premier League) Two teams I have seen a lot of in recent years are facing up against each other in the league for the first time since the 2017/18 season tonight. Gainsborough Trinity were relegated from the National League North finishing three points below Alfreton Town during that struggling sixth-tier campaign all of eight years ago. The Holy Blues winning 2-1 at the Northolme following an earlier season 4-1 thumping at Nor

Alfreton Town 0-1 Rotherham United (Friendly) Spain are world champions, Argentina got what they deserved, and England made bronze, after arguably the game of the tournament v France on Saturday night. I was scratching around for some sport to watch on Monday after the World Cup ended the night before, I eventually I flicked my TV over from the World Matchplay Darts to watch the Premier League Years, the iconic “I would love it” 1995/96 season highlighted on the sad day of a

Hitchin Town 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge (Friendly) I enjoyed my first visit to Top Field so much last summer, I’m back again tonight, as I head down the M1 to watch Southern League Hitchin face National League South Dagenham & Redbridge in a friendly. On Saturday, the Canaries played out a testimonial for Mr Town himself, Mark Burke, who not only played and managed the club, is now their secretary. He’s been involved for over 40 years in one way or another, having made over 700

Spalding United 1-0 Halesowen Town (Southern League Central Division Playoff Semi Final) Last night I watched the most remarkable game I've seen in some years on the TV as Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich 5-4 in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg at the boyishly loud and crazily atmospheric Parc des Princes. Today, I've spent it mostly arguing on Twitter (X) with Arsenal and Premier League football fans who are saying the French and German champions only pla

Boston United 3-1 Hartlepool United (National League) The last day of the National League season and the biggest game in arguably the competition's history as leaders York City visit second place Rochdale with a winner takes all tie to secure promotion back to the Football League. York have 107 points and a draw will do for the Minstermen to return to the 92 after 10 years away. Rochdale on 105 points need nothing less than victory to themselves return to League Two after a t

Solihull Moors 0-3 Boston United (National League) Just two rounds remain until the end of the National League season and both Solihull Moors and Boston United have very little to play for, the battle for thirteenth is about as exciting as it gets so I’m looking forward to a hassle free game of little incident ahead of getting back home and attending a friends swanky engagement party later this evening. Solihull have drawn their last two games nil nil but before that they th

Alfreton Town 2-2 Buxton (National League North) Tonight’s Derbyshire Derby is massive. If Buxton win, they will probably be in the playoffs, if Alfreton lose, they will most likely be down, a winner takes all opportunity? Would it be wise to predict a draw? In actual fact, nothing can be decided tonight, the two teams have a game in hand on most around them, ahead of the final two weekends of the National League North season, but victory means bridging the gap on those abov

Tamworth 0-1 York City (National League) It’s that stage of the season where it either matters a lot, or it matters not. Whilst winning or losing today might not make much difference for Tamworth Football Club it means everything to York City who are heading their head-to-head battle with Rochdale in the promotion race to decide who gets to go back to the Football League. Top of the table York have 101 points and have scored 109 goals and they are two points above Rochdale wh

Boston United 0-1 York City (National League) I'm off to a tulip festival on Saturday. Call it a compromise. The things you agree to do with the wife after working Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and having the rest of the Easter holiday weekend off. York City are gunning for the league and are bidding for promotion back to the 92 after ten years outside, but they are three points behind leaders Rochdale who they play on the last day of the season. Earlier in the week fans camped o

Cleethorpes Town 2-1 Stockbridge Park Steels (Northern Premier League) It was former Grimsby Town midfielder Tommy Watson who formed Lincolnshire Soccer School in 1998, they would soon become LSS Lucarly before changing their name to Cleethorpes Town in 2008, Watson still to this day involved in mostly coaching the club's juniors. Since changing names a third time, the Owls have rapidly risen up the divisions from winning the Lincolnshire League and both Northern Counties Ea

Alfreton Town 1-0 Chorley (National League North) It's the business end of the season and time is running out for Alfreton Town who are down in the relegation places and fighting for survival in a division they have been in since 2015. Cut adrift it all looks a big ask if they are to stay up with seven points needed to gain even a punchers chance of keeping at the weight they are currently at, against Chorley tonight, they take on a team with little to play for but pride and

Morecambe 2-3 Hartlepool United (National League) Boston to Morecambe is just short of 200 miles so it's another lengthy road trip East to West between fifth tier stadiums as less than 24 hours do I watch one National League match between two evenly balanced teams, do I take on another viewing, between two with varied ambition this season. Morecambe are in a relegation battle after a turbulent couple of years, the Panjab Warriors expected bigger and better upon their late ta

Boston United 2-2 Altrincham (National League) It was a tale of two penalties the last time these two teams met earlier in the season at Moss Lane. Jordi Hiwula missed his spot kick for Boston on 32 whilst only four minutes later Elliot Osborne scored his, to give Altrincham a 1-0 home win in November. Tonight's game is likely to be another tight affair, Boston in thirteenth are a point above Alty in fourteenth but the Pilgrims did get beat 6-2 against Carlisle at the weeken

Braintree Town 2-3 Scunthorpe United (National League) I’m knackered today, after getting back from Denmark via Bristol around 9pm last night, I’m back down south for a National League match this afternoon, a couple of hours and more journey time I need to be heading off for 11am, so after a quick dog walk and recharge with full flask of coffee I’m heading to Essex, to watch a couple of sides I’ve seen a bit of this season. Nicknamed the Iron, Braintree are in the relegation

Leamington 0-1 Buxton (National League North) The start of a busy week as I head to Denmark for a Europa League match between Midtjylland and Forest on Thursday, before games at Braintree and Leicester over the weekend, I'm off to Boston then Morecambe next week before covering two Scottish international matches north of the border, the silly season is here as football compresses into the final few months where the business end separates the men (and women) from the boys (an

Alfreton Town 0-2 Peterborough Sports (National League North) The games are coming thick and fast as we reach the business end of the season and perhaps under the grand scheme this is the most important non-league match I’ve covered so far in 2026, both Alfreton Town and Peterborough Sports are battling for their lives in the National League North relegation zone and should either lose ground on those above today, it’ll heap pressure on their survival chances with little mor

Boston United 2-2 Woking (National League) Woking have sacked their Manager Neal Ardley after a 1-0 defeat at Marine in the FA Trophy. I had thought Ardley was doing reasonably well having watched Woking win on the road a couple of times this season. The Cardinals went on an eleven game unbeaten run before Christmas but have since won just twice in the league and after four defeats in five games the team are starting to look over their shoulders. No such trouble for Boston w

Scunthorpe United 3-3 Solihull Moors (National League) Another Saturday game and another trip to Scunthorpe United, as I head over to North Lincolnshire to see the Iron take on Solihull Moors, a team that I've not yet seen play this season. The Moors are solid in mid table but aren't in a great run of form right now, just one win in seven and that coming at lowly Morecambe a few weeks back. They did start the year in great form after a 4-1 win over Sutton before Christmas, t