Non-League Nutter Natter

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Non-League Nutter Natter

2 non-league football fans talking about their non-league experiences, and discussing ongoing and current events in non-league football.

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    Episode 37 - Champions & Play offs

    welcome back lots of games fof ux to talk about from the ginal few weeks of the season. Could Tividale & Tividale Ladies end their seasons on a high? Djd Hitvhin go up as champions or would they havd to settle for the playoffs?Theres a quick updates on the latest at Tividale and a quick discussion on the drafting in of players from higher levels for play off games.As always thank you for listening.

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    Episode 36: March Madness

    Hello all welcome back. Its only been a couple of werks since the last recording but there are plenty of games to get through.We have the following match reports:Tividale Ladies V Coventry Godiva LadiesTividale V Uttoxeter TownTividald Ladies V Oldbury United LionessesFaversham Strike Force V Rusthallwe also have updates from Hitchin Town & Tividale games we were unable to attend.As always thanks fof listening and any comments and feedback are appreciated.

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    Episode 35: The Run In

    Welcome back after another long break, thanks mainly go the wondetful Britush Weather.We have match reports forHitchin Town V Ware FCHitchin Town V Besconsfield TownTividale V Coton GreenTheres a Tividale Ladies update from Ben.with us now entering March we take a look at Steps 1-3 to see who the potential league winners will be and who will finish in the playoff and relegation places.Finally Bury are in the news again followong their recent fixture against Lower Breck.

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    Episode 34: Its been a while

    Hello and welcome back, apologies for the amput of time between episodes, its been a hectic month for both of us.Join us as wd lok back at how Hitchin Town, Tividale , Tividale Ladies have fared over the last month.We met up earlier in the month with a first visit for both of us as we visited Queen Street as Bilston Town hosted Gresley in the FA Vase.We have a quick look at the FA Cup and the donating of gate money.we also havd a very quick discussion of a couple of bits of Non League news.As always thank you for listening, and any comments or feedback is appreciated.

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    Episode 33: 2025 Review

    Welcome back and Happy New Year to you all.A few games to catch up on with 4 match reports from over the festive period, and acquick overview of a few more, for both Hitchin Town and Tividale, as well ax a quick catch up on Tivisale Ladies.Andrew then gjves an upsate as to how many teams are still unbeaten in the league this season, and who they are.We then have a quick review of what we got up to in 2025, before looking ahead to our plans for the next couple of weeks.As always thank you for listening, and any fedback/comments are welckmed and appreciated.

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    Episode 32: The Good Old FA

    welcome back to Non-League Nutter Natter, a bit of a longer break bewteen episodes this time apologies but we haven't taken in many games.just the 3 match reports this time 2 from Andrew as Hitchin Town took on Leverstock Green in the Hetrfordahire Senior Challenge Cup, before they hosted League leaders Leighton Town. Bens macth report comes from the Midland League Premier Division as Tividale hosted Romulus.We then move onto discuss the new phenomenon of Goalkeepers going down injured to initiate a team talk on the side lines, giving our opinions on this new issue that has started to make its way into Non League.Finally there is an update on the outcome of the racial allegation from the match that was abandoned between Tividale & 1874 Northwich back in September, and it appears as though the FA are up to their usual tricks, also find out how a situation at the end of a Tividlae Ladies match has been dealt with by the FA.As always thankyou for listening and any comments or feedback is massively appreciated you can find us on X @NLNutterNatter

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    Epidode 31: Programme Problems

    Hello and welcome back to Non-League Nutter Natter we dive straight into the match reports with Andrew updating us on Hitchins trip to league leaders Leighton Town and their away trip o Beaconsfield Town. With Ben updating us on Tividale Ladies cup tie against AFC Wolves Women.we discuss the slow death of the printed programme and the rise of the digital programme, with Ben giving us the reasoning behind Tividale making gd switch from ptinted to digital.we then discuss dixcounted referee courses.as always thanks for listening, commemts amd feedback are always welcome. why not take part in this weeks poll

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    Episode 30: To Stream or Not To Stream

    Hello and welcome back apologies for the delay in uploading this one just had a hectic couple of weeks.Find out how Hitchin Town, Tividale and Tividale Ladies have been getting on.as its been annoumced that Clubber will be offerimg the chance for teams across the trident leagues the opportunity to stream their games we give our thoughts as well as the pros and cons.As always thanks for listening and well catch you on the next one.Any feedback/comments are appreciated

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    Episde 29: Walls

    hello everyone and welcome back, weve been away for slightly longer than we had hoped somapologoes but we are here.we kick off with match reviews with Andrew giving us an update on Hitchin Town as they finally returned to league action reports fro, their games against Biggleswade FC, AFC Dunstable & Hertford Town. Ben gives updates on Tividale as they faced Hanley Town & Northwich Victoria. Ben also updates us on Tividale Ladies as the faced Wellesbourne Wanderers, Bolehall Swifts & Gornal DC.Following the tragic passing of Billy Vigar, we discuss the FAs response to the incident and think about so,e of the froumds we have visited with walls close to the pitch.finally a shout out to the only 2 teams im steps 1-6 with 100% records you will have to listen to find out who they are.As always thankyou for listening.

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    Episode 28: Kick It Out!

    welcome back as always we kick off with our match reportsWere Hitvhin able to continue their run in this years FA Cupcould Tividale bounce back after their last second defeat against Stourport.Find out how Tividale Ladies have Fared in their opening league games.We then yalk abut 2 games which were abandoned on the same day duento racism being aimed at players.as always thanks for listening

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    Episode 27: A flurry of Games

    Hello and welcome back apologies, its been so long its been a hectic few weeks.Joun us as we catch up on how things are going for both Hitchin Town and Tiividale, after a mixed start for both.Ben also updates us on how pre season has gone for the ladies.we give an update on the situation at Morecombe, an talk about a couple of games that were abandoned.as always thanks for listening.

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    Episode 26: Mixed Beginnings

    Welcome back formour 3rd week in a row we're on a roll.Both the Southern League Divsion One Central amd the Midland Football League Premier Division got undedway last weekend woh fixturs on Saturday and Tuesday for both. Findout how Hitchin and Tividale faired as Hitchin started woth an away trip to Hadley before hosting Biggleswade Town, Whilst Tividale started by hosting one of the Midland Football League Promotion Favourites Whitchurch Alport before mpa midweek trip to Highgate United.We then discuss very early managerial changes.we alsk discuss aan FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round tie between Bridlington and Knaresborough which emded up bejn a 3 game tie following an officiating error.Then listen to the joys of trying to organise a friendly for Tiidale Ladies.we give an update on the latest at Morecambe.As always thanks for listening and we'll catch you in the next one

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    Episode 25: FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round

    Join us as we look back at the games we took in in thjs yesrs extra Preliminary round of the Emirates FA Cup as Andrew took in two games Enfield v Wormley & Barking v Grays, whilst Ben saw Tividale host FA Cup newcomers Clay Cross Town.we look ahead to the start of league football for Hitchin Town & Tividale this weekend and what our expectations are fornthe season ahead.we also discuss the new 8 second rule for goalkeepers, and touch briefly on the situation at Morecambe.Finally an update on Tividale Ladies as thy announcdd an exciting new partnership with a non-league podcast, and no its not us.

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    We're Back

    Welcome back to Non-League Nutter Natter after a year off.join us a s we take look back over the last 12 months and discuss what we havd been up to jnvkuding european away days, as well as updates from Tividale and Hitvhin.we also discus our plans gor the upcoming season

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    Pre Season Round up

    Join us as we give a quick overview of our pre seasons. Andrew goes through pre season shenanigans regarding fixture locations. Ben gives us a quickmupdate of what's happening at Tividale. We lay out our hopes for the upcoming season.

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    A quick check in

    HI all Just a quick catch up for us as third hasn't been a lot going on. A quick look at what's coming up for us both & an update on Tividales merge sigh Starz academy

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    Episode 21: 2023/24 Season Review

    Welcome Back To Non-League Nutter Natter for our season finale. Kickingvoff with an overview if our final matches Gornal Athletic V Tipton Town, Bedford Towns play off campaign & our visit to Wembley for Non-League finals day as Great Wakering Rovers took on Romford in the FA Vase final & Gateshead faced Solihull Moors in the FA Trophy final. We then move onto our season Roundup including our personal stats for the season and our favourites & worsts of the season. Thank youbti everyone that has listened throughout the season we appreciate you all. We know we aren't the best, but we don't care we do it because we want to, not for the fame. We will return for the 2024/25 season.

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    Episode 20: Steps 1-4 Roundup

    Welcome Back all sorryvits been while but it will soon become apparent as to why we have not been able to record for a month!!!! We start as always with match reports well more match round ups this time round as there are 8 to get through as we run thekugh Tividale's run to end the season, and a visit to Garden Walk as Gornal Athletic hosted Bustleholme. We then have a look at steps 1-4 and discuss promotions, relegations & play offs. Woth steps 1 & 2 completed besides the play offs and step 3&4 going into their final weekend with league tiltles still to play for, play off places up for grabs and relegation battles to be fought. We then look atvthe weekends big scores. In the news this week there is only one place to start the decision to scrap replays from the 1st round of the FA Cup from.next season we give our opinions on this. A points deduction for Harborough Town, fixture congestion, Real Bedford get new investment & Gateshead's removal form the National League Play offs

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    Episode 19: Non-League Day 2024

    As always we kick off with our match reports this week of which there are 5 Studley v Tividale, Laverstock & Ford v Cowes, Tividale v Northwich Victoria, Bugbrooke St Michael's v St Neots Town & Tividale v Lichfield City. We then have a brief discussion about Non-League Day and if we thought it helped attendances at the games we were at. We then look at the big scores and the news including Chesterfield, Farnham Town, Torquay United, New Salamis and a game between Faversham & Rusthhall

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    Episode 18: Step 5&6 League History Part 2

    WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE OF A RACIAL NATURE, THE LANGUAGE USED IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN FOR USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE INCLUDING AT FOOTBALL GROUNDS, THE LANGUAGE IS USED DIRECTLY FROM AN FA DISCIPLINARY REPORT IS USED ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REPORT & PUNISHEMNT HANDED OUT. THE NON-LEAGUE NUTTER IS AGAINST DISCIRMINATION OF ALL FORMS BOTH ON & OFF THE FOOTBALL PITCH, THE LAMGUAGE HAS BEEN USED IN THIS PODCAST TO HIGHLIGHT WHY A CERTAIN PUNISHMENT HAS BEEN HANDED OUT AS MANY ARE QUESTIONING WHT THE PUNISHMENT IS SO 'SEVERE' Welcome back to the NON-LEAGUE NUTTER NATTER we have 3 match reports this week Uttoxeter Town V Tividale, Godmanchester Rovers V Racing Club Warwick & Bewdley Town V Tividale. We carry on from last weeks theme of looking at the history of Step 5&6 leagues this week Andrew has looked at 3 leagues The Nort West Counties Football League, The Northern Counties Eastern League & The ebac Northern League. We the look at this weeks big scores before moving onto this weeks news, which includes Southend United, Taunton Town, The FA Trophy & Vase, IFABs new proposed rules for next season and a controversial stadium ban for Bury FC who feel that their is a witch-hunt against them. As always we finish off with our plans for the upcoming week.

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    Step 5&6 League History Part 1

    Hello all, welcome back. Just the 1 match report this week with Tividale hosting Hednesford Town in the Quarter Final of the Walsall Senior Cup. Andrew begins a series where he looks atvthe history of the leagues at Step 5 & 6 some of the leagues included this are the Essex Senior League, the Hellenic League & the Midland Football League. The big scores are up next before discussing this weeks news. As always we finish off with our plans for the week ahead.

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    Episode 16: Non-League Professionals

    Welcome back to Non-League Nutter Natter for episode 16 as always we kick off with our match reports from the last week, of which there were 3, Tividale v Lye Town, Haringey Borough v Margate & Halesowen Town v Royston Town. For our main feature this week, Andrew looks at some former professionals who would down their careers in Non-League, there's a few and some big names as well. We then move on to the 'big scores' from steps 1-4 o er the weekend. Ben then looks at what has been in the news over the past week with stories from Barnet, Rochdale, Blyth Spartans & Torquay United. As always, we finish off with our plans for the week ahead. We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to listen to our podcast. We appreciate every one of you. Apologies for any sound issues. Neither one of us is brilliant when it comes to technology, and our editing skills are limited. Anyway, we hope you enjoyed the podcast and hope you return for future episodes.

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    Episode 15: A European Adventure

    We kick off as always with our match reports there are 2 this week starting with Reverse fixture in the Midland Football League Premier Division Black Country Derby as Dudley Town hosted Tividale, Then we both met up in South Wales for a Non-League European game as Llantwit Major took on current holders of the Fenix Trophy BK Skjold on a very damp Saturday afternoon. We discuss a new TV deal for the FA Cup and the potential ramifications for Non-League football. We shout out some non league vloggers near to us so you can check out their content. In the news this week a medical incident during Kidsgrove V Avro, a contentious decision at Hednesford, Barnet to get a new ground, Travel woes for Bury & is Sir Keir Starmer the saviour of Non-League football.

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    End of Season Predictions

    Hi all after an unplanned break last week we are back & due to the break we have 4 match reports to bring you this week, Waltham Abbey V Kiddlington, Congleton V Tividale, Fairford Town V Roman Glass St George & Halesowen Town V Redditch United. Once we eventually get the match reports out of the way a main feature this week is a quick look at the tables of Step 1-3 to make our predictions regarding who we think will go up as champions and who will follow via the play offs. In the news this week are Lordswood & Punjab United, Truro City, Taunton Town, Chorley & Atherstone Town. As always we finish up with our plans for the week ahead.

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    Giant Killers

    As always we kick things off with the match reports from the past week we have 3 to bring you this week, A Non-League Black Country Derby as Tividale hosted Dudley Town, a 150th Birthday for Bishops Stortford as they hosted Gloucester City & a midweek trip to the river as Tividale visited Stourport Swifts. In honour of Step 2 Maidstone knocking Championship Ipswich Town out of the FA Cup at the weekend, we look back on some non-league giant killings in the FA Cup over recent years, and one from ot so recent years which Andrew likes to remind Ben about so he can't forgot about it. In the news thus week Hartlepool supporters trust fail in their bid to purchase the club, New Salamis V Redbridge abandoned, a revival for Nuneaton? & crowd trouble at Bury again. There are 18 games in the big scores section this week. As always we round off the episode woth our plans for the week ahead.

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    2003/04 Conference. Where are they now?

    we kick off with the sole match report this week which comes from the Midland Football League Premier Division as Dudley Town hosted Stone Old Alleynians. We then move onto our main feature this week where we look back at teams competing in the 2003/04 Conference and we ask where are they now? Do they all still exist have? Have any progressed to the Football League? Have any disappeared completely? We experienced a few technical issues this week so the news is cut short and a little bit rushed, and as always we finish off with our plans for the week ahead.

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    Money Money Money

    As always we kick off with where we were the previous week, just the one again this week but we were both at The Beeches as Tividale hosted Highgate United in the Quater Final of the Midland League Cup. Out main talking point this week is surrounding finances in Non League football as more and more clubs are releasing statements surrounding finances. In the news this week a mass exodus of players at Taunton Town, a high profile appointment at Kidderminster Harriers, Atherstone Town are locked lut of their ground & Bury appeal their 2 game fan ban. We also look at the weekends games in the FA Trophy & FA Vase and discuss the draw for the last 16 in both competitions. We finish with our plans for the upcoming week.

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    The Green Stuff Vs The Fake Green Stuff

    This week we kick off with an apology for Heanor Town, we then move onto the sole match report this week which is Daventry V Wellingborough Town. Our main talking point this week is grass pitches Vs Artificial surfaces. In the news this week the FA Cup 3rd & 4th Rounds. A decision by the Ebac Northern League to cancel this season Cup competitions, Dagenham & Redbridge are put up for sale & Bury get themselves a stadium ban. We finish as always with our plans for the week ahead.

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    What's in Store for 2024

    as always we kick off with our match reports which this week are Corby Town V AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Harborough Town V Rugby Town & Lichfield City V Tividale. We then talk about our plans for the next 12 months, woth Andrew setting himself a particularly ambitious target, whilst Ben & Andrew look to visit Wembley in May and South Wales in February. In the News this week Marske United, Heanor Town and a look ahead to the FA Cup 3rd Round, looking at the last 4 remaining non-league teams and the television picks.

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    2023 Review

    Join us as we take back look at 2023 and orally the football we took in from January to December. Including total games and goals, best ground, best game, best goal and much more. But before we get in to all that as always we start with our match reports this week there are 3 Atherstone Town V Tividale, Buckingham V Winslow & Tividale V Wolverhampton Casuals, before moving into our new segment ref watch

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    To The End of The Earth ............ Well Country

    Welcome Back this week.as always we start with our match reports 2 games this week, Tividale V Ashby Ivanhoe & Wellingborough Town V Eynesbury Rovers We briefly talk about a postponement between Stourport Swifts & Tividale as Ben decided to cause issues on Twitter (x). Andrew has been doing some research over the past week and has found the longest distances teams have to travel from step 1-4 We then move onto the news discussing a distasteful tweet from @refsupportuk, an abandoned game between Lydd Town & Fisher FC, a bad week for the shields with statements coming out of both North & South Shields & a 12 and half year ban for a Stratford Town player. Finally we finish off with our plans for the week ahead

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    Summer Season & FA Competition expenses

    We are back after taking an unexpected week off, we start as always with our match reports. Ben reports on Lye Town V AFC Rushden & Diamonds whilst Andrew visited his local Club Hitchin Town as they took on Leiston. We then discuss the non-league calendar and if their is potential to run non-league alongside the MLS rather than the PL & EFL. We also discuss the expenses rules in tje FA Vase and how they are actually a hinderence to clubs. We look at some noeague news stories including an FA Cup reprieve for Scarborough Athletic, a licence suspension for Marske United. We finish as always with our plans for the upcoming week

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    The Unbeatables & The Unwinables

    we start as always with our match reports from our games in the previous week, which include a senior cup tie which put non-league against EFL and a non-league European cup tie. We then look at teams this season that remain unbeaten as well as the teams without a win. Along with this weeks news we look ahead to this weekends FA Cup & FA Vase fixtures. As always we finish with our plans for the week ahead.

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    International Break

    This week we start with our usual match reports of which there are 3 this week. We then take a look at international players in non-league football, before moving onto this weeks news and finally finishing off with lur plans for the week.

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    HOW MUCH!!!???

    This week we discuss our games from the weekend. After Andrew feeling as though £21 for step 2 football was too much we looknat average ticket prices from step 1-6. We then look ahead to our plans for the weekend, before finishing off with what's in the news this week.

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    Balti Pies & Bovril

    Join us this week as we disusd our fixtures from the weekend. Andrew talks to us about his favourite non-league food. We look back at the FA Cup action. Discuss 2 new managerial appointments and a points deduction for a step 5 club. Before finally looking ahead to this weekend and our plans for 2nd Round of the FA Vase

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    Episode 1 - Meet the Nutters

    an introduction to the non-league nutters, and their links to non-league. A few memorable moments. And current discussion points within non-league

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2 non-league football fans talking about their non-league experiences, and discussing ongoing and current events in non-league football.

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