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Non-League Football Matters opened in 2009 as an independent football history information site about non-league soccer in England. The main reason why the site was started was because of my long-term interest in non-league football, which began when I watched Scarborough F.C. in the Midland and Yorkshire Leagues.
The loss of ‘Boro’ in 2007 was a devastating experience, which left a major gap. Carrying out this work has helped to fill that and the birth and re-birth of Scarborough Town F.C. has been a bonus. SCARBOROUGH TOWN F.C. were accepted into the HUMBER PREMIER LEAGUE 1ST DIVISION on June 21st and will return to league action on August 20th when the season begins. Last season, after winning the Wearside League, the club was unable to play due to ground grading problems, but a ‘new’ home, at the McCain Sports Ground, Osgodby Lane, has been found and a new chapter in Town’s history is about to unfold. Town's manager is former Scarborough FC player Shaun Rennison. The Scarborough Town website can be accessed by clicking on the STFC button above.
During its first year, the site concentrated on providing past final tables for leagues in the North. In the second year the aim was to provide the same sort of information about leagues in the Midlands and South – from when these started to the present. In the site's third year, the work is continuing with more leagues being covered and an attempt to include more current information also. Leagues included are listed below, with notes on how to access the information. Details of ‘current’ items are shown below, after the ‘history contents’ of the site.
NON-LEAGUE HISTORY CONTENTS
From this page you can go to the 'THE REGIONS' from which you can access the South Region and Regions 1.
The SOUTH REGION includes : the Southern League + up to 1900 + 1945-2010 the Isthmian League 1905-2010 (also including Athenian,Corinthian and Delphian Leagues links from pages covering 1945-1984) - complete the Combined Counties League - complete the Eastern Counties League - complete the Essex Senior League - complete the Hellenic League - complete the Kent League - complete the Midland Football Alliance - complete the Sussex County League - complete the United Counties League - complete the Wessex League - complete the Western League - complete leagues mentioned above
REGIONS 1 includes:
the CONFERENCE 1979-present (National, North and South); DEFUNCT leagues = Cheshire County League, Lancashire Combination, Midland League, North Eastern League and Yorkshire League; and current NORTH-based leagues = Northern premier League, Northern Counties (East) League, North West Counties League and Northern League.
REGIONS 2 includes:
The regions will be:
Metropolitan Midlands North North East North West South South East South West
The leagues it is planned to provide some coverage of are:
Aetolian League Athenian League I Athenian League II Birmingham & District League Central Midlands League Chiltonian League Corinthian League Cornwall Combination Delphian League Devon County League Dorset Premier League Durham Alliance Early Southern League Gloucestershire County League Greater London League Humber Premier League kent County Amateur League Kent County League Lancashire Alliance Leicestershire Senior League Lincolnshire League Liverpool County Combination London League London Spartan League Manchester League Metropolitan & District League Metropolitan-London League Middlesex County League Midland Combination North Devon League Northern Alliance Northern Amateur League Northern Combination Notts Alliance/Senior League Original Kent League Parthenon League Seanglian League Somerset County League South Midlands League South West Peninsula League South Western League Spartan League I + Spartan League II Spartan South Midlands League Staffordshire County Senior League Surrey Senior League Teesside League Wearside League West Cheshire League West Lancashire League West Midlands (Regional) League West Riding County Amateur League West Yorkshire League York League Worcestershire Combination
Hopefully there will be others. For the dates covered for the various leagues, please see the Regions 2 Main Page.
All this will take time to organise and implement.
The ARCHIVE section has pages for 1888-1893, 1893-1894, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. For each of these seasons there are a number of non-league tables, with enough leagues included in the most recent seasons to warrant 3 pages being necessary.
The BITS AND BATS section now has 4 parts remaining, with contents as follows: Bits and Bats Central - early Football League and non-league final tables, and past tables for the Parthenon, Spartan and Surrey Senior Leagues and access buttons for = Bits and Bats 3 contains pages showing past league tables for the Aetolian and Seanglian, early Athenian, Greater London, London, London Spartan, Metropolitan & District, Metropolitan-London and 'original' Kent Leagues; Bits and Bats 4 has pages with past tables for the Birmingham & District (West Midlands Regional), Leicestershire and South Midlands Leagues); Bits and Bats 5 has started with Northern Alliance, snapshots of past Scottish League seasons, together with Clubs' notes on Northern non-league clubs up to 2009 and Yorkshire Combination tables 1910-1914 seasons.
The latest section on site is AND, a completely unoriginal title for extra information which comes to light, which now includes pages on: the Birmingham & District League 1939-1942, the Eastern Counties League 1976-1977, the Midland League 1924-1925/1929-1930/1955-1960, the Conference 1979-1981/1983-1986/1986-1987, the Leicestershire Senior League's early days, the Northern Amateur League and the Northern Combination 1979-1980, Durham Alliance notes, including a list of champions, the Spartan South Midlands League 1997-2011 and the Southern League 1900-1911. There will be more added to the AND section.
The FOOTBALL LEAGUE HISTORY section of the site has been taken off while the full cycle of change is carried out. It had a selection of seasons covered in full + some snapshots included of league tables at particular points during the campaign for selected years. These pages are based on books I have had published about the History of the Football League 1888-2011. These are on sale from Desert Island books under titles beginning ‘Hopkin’s History ...’.
CURRENT
The FEATURES section includes F.A. Knock-Out competitions 2011-2012; information on Step 7 status; fixtures, results, tables of a number of ‘featured’ leagues at or seeking to achieve Step 7 status (including the Devon & Exeter League, the Haart of Kent County League (new at 18th December 2011), the Humber Premier League {with Scarborough Town}, the Lincolnshire League, the Manchester League, the Teesside League, the Wearside League, the West Riding County Amateur League and the York League) + links to the websites of most of these and other information.
The 2011-2012 section has been suspended while an overhaul of the site is carried out, with the focus on history and featured leagues.
DISCLAIMER
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LATEST INFORMATION
January 27th - West Cheshire League 1978-1992 has been added in North West 2 region today
After the weekend more will be added, but some of the leagues currently in 'Regions' will be taken off site temporarily for rewriting. These will reappear in 'Regions 1' when they are ready.
January 26th - There will be no new additions today because further information has come in about the league tables put on site in the last two days and some adjustments are required.
January 25th - Added today - West Lancashire League tables 1990-2006 in Regions 2 North West
January 24th - Kent County League 1984-1991 added today in Regions 2 South East section
January 23rd - new week, new pages - Regions 2 Midlands - Midland Combination 1982-1992 + Regions 2 North West - West Cheshire League 1964-1978
January 22nd - Results and league tables updates have been completed this morning for the Devon & Exeter, Haart of Kent, Lincolnshire and York Leagues in the Features section.
January 21st - Results and league tables have been updated for the Humber Premier, Manchester, Teesside, Wearside and West Riding County Amateur Leagues in the Features section.
January 20th - West Lancashire League 1978-1990 has been put into Regions 2 North West today
January 19th - new today, in the Regions 2 Metropolitan section, Middlesex County League 1984-2000 ...
... and a corrected version of the Sheffield League (1893-1894) table in the Archive section - thanks to Chesterfield FC historian Stuart Basson
January 18th - Today West Lancashire League tables 1959-1978 and the rewritten pages for the Cheshire County League and the Lancashire Combination (Regions 1 Defunct section) have been put onto the site.
January 17th - West Cheshire League tables 1946-1964 are now in the Regions 2 North West section, where West Lancashire League tables 1959-1978 will appear tomorrow
January 16th - Kent County League tables 1991-1998 have been put into the Regions 2 South-East section this morning.
January 15th - for the first time, thanks to Barry Baker, Notts Alliance and Senior League tables 1997-2011 are now in Regions 2 Midlands.
January 13th - Liverpool County Combination tables 1975-2006 have been added in the Regions 2 North West section today.
January 12th - Midland Combination 1968-1982 (Regions 2 Midlands) has now been added to the site
January 11th - added this morning in Regions 2 - West Lancashire League 1905-1954.
January 10th - There 3 new pages in Regions 2 today - Kent County League 1998-2004, West Cheshire League 1892-1915 and Worcestershire Combination 1950-1968
December 21st - serious editing problems today, but York League 1957-1987 has been put in Regions 2 North and Manchester League pages (Regions 2 North West) should all now work.
December 20th - The first history page for the Kent County League (2004-2011) has now been put on site in the Regions 2 South-East section
December 19th - Coverage of the Lancashire Alliance has been stretched to 1890-1935 thanks to Paul Stone.
... also today ... Liverpool County Combination 1909-1950 in the Regions 2 North West section.
December 2011 - published by DESERT ISLAND BOOKS - HOPKIN'S HISTORY OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE and PREMIER LEAGUE (VOLUME 4 1992-2011) - PRICE £12-99. I think this is a great book - but then I'm biased because I wrote it.
June 28th - the Football League section contains information on seasons 1888-1892, 1961-1962 and 1986-1987.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Other useful websites include the FCHD and RSSF sites, but the Non-League Tables archive at www.nonleaguetables.co.uk, has now disappeared. The late Tony Kempster's website is excellent for more recent seasons and at Mike Avery (.co.uk) and www.nonmatters.co.uk have covered more recent times.
Started on July 9th, 2009 - the visitor counter was added on August 17th.
The site had its 10,000th visitor since mid-February, 2010 on June 2nd, 2011. With a further 10,000 visitors by December 7th, 2011, the count has been started yet again.
The original hit counter had disappeared at 4224, so the count was re-started on February 13th, 2010.
Hopefully around for a while.
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