March 3, 2010—The draw was made for the FA Trophy Semi-Finals and the four remaining teams came out of the hat as follows: continue reading »
October 6, 2009—Only a third of the way into the new season and already the growing feeling among Kettering supporters is that the club will soon be losing their manager Mark Cooper. continue reading »
September 4, 2009—
Farsley Celtic have closed their doors after the administrators were unable to find a buyer for the Blue Square North outfit.
continue reading »September 3, 2009—
Salisbury City went into administration and were immediately hit with the standard 10-point deduction.
continue reading »February 21, 2009—
Weymouth's scheme to sell shares to raise money didn't go quite as well as they had hoped, leaving the South Coast outfit in deep trouble having lost most of their senior playing staff.
continue reading »February 19, 2009—
Last year a unique situation arose in football with the purchase of a football club paid for by subscription on a 'myclub website' where 26,000 fans signed up at £35 each
continue reading »February 13, 2009—
Blue Square Premier League outfit Weymouth are about to put into motion a plan to sell one million shares at 50p each
continue reading »February 12, 2009—
Wednesday night's replay FA Trophy 3rd Round replay between York City and Kidderminster Harriers ended 1-1 after extra-time
continue reading »January 13, 2009—
Earlier in the season Mansfield Town were deducted 4pts for fielding an ineligible player, now Oxford Utd and Crawley Town have suffered the same fate, being docked 5pts and 4pts respectively.
continue reading »December 29, 2008—
Chippenham Town's David Pratt set a new record in his side's recent 2-1 defeat at Bashley, he was dismissed by the referee after just three seconds ...
continue reading »October 2, 2008—
The argument about who should come first, club or country has been around for a long time in Football, but the recent appointment of Dean Saunders as manager of Wrexham adds an extra twist.
continue reading »September 2, 2008—
At about the same time the British transfer record was being smashed by Premier League outfit Man City, a little further down the football pyramid a slightly less expensive transfer was making history of a different sort.
continue reading »August 24, 2006—A brief History of tactical formations. When football first began, the whole purpose of the game was to attack the opponents goal, there was really no concept of defence or even midfield, other than to get the ball back into... continue reading »
November 9, 2005— (Published by kind permission of the author - Kevin Meikle) Talking to Kevin Wilson at the press conference that announced that Paul Gascoigne would be taking over Kettering Town as manager, with Paul Davis as his assistant, he acknowledged... continue reading »
October 19, 2005—Well okay, Rovers are probably the ONLY club that hadn't (until now) been linked to a takeover bid by the consortium headed by Imraan Ladak and Paul Gascoigne if you were to believe all the current plethora of articles written... continue reading »
October 13, 2005—Mr Imraan Ladak, the head of the consortium getting ready to takeover at Rockingham Road, outlined the restructuring that would take place at the club once the deal has been completed (expected to be sometime next week). Paul Gascoigne will... continue reading »
October 6, 2005—Check out the article that recently appeared in the Times Online newspaper: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-1813206,00.html... continue reading »
October 3, 2005—With the official announcement that current owner Peter Mallinger is about to sell Kettering Town Football Club to a consortium headed by businessman Imraan Ladak and Paul Gascoigne, another chapter in the long and colourful history of the Poppies looks... continue reading »
June 21, 2005—Sign up to be a Sponsors Patron and win the opportunity to be the Sponsor for the first home game. With the 2004/05 Season now a distant memory how would you like the opportunity to be the Match Sponsor for... continue reading »
May 13, 2005—The Unibond League was thrown into chaos following the revelation that Spennymoor Utd would be unable to fulfil their remaining league fixtures. The initial result was the usual course of action that happens in this situation, that their record was... continue reading »
May 7, 2005—Lest we forget which club were first to emblazon their shirts with their team sponsor, here's a reminder from the ESPNSoccernet ... "Barcelona finally caught up with Kettering Town yesterday when the European giants revealed they are to sell off... continue reading »
April 24, 2005—Arguably, the end of season in the Conference North has become a somewhat farcical affair and the culprits, if that's the right word, are Hucknall Town. Their success in reaching this season's FA Trophy final has meant the postponement of... continue reading »
April 10, 2005— Check out the remaining fixtures for each of the top six clubs: Conference North run-in... continue reading »
April 10, 2005— Hucknall Town cruised through to the FA Trophy final after winning both legs of their semi-final against Bishop's Stortford. After winning the first leg at Bishop's 2-1, they finished the job at Watnall Road with a 3-2 victory, making... continue reading »
March 17, 2005— Hucknall Town are through to the Semi-Finals of the FA Trophy following a narrow 1-0 victory over Conference National outfit Hereford Utd. A strike by Bacon on 31 minutes was enough to clinch the victory at Watnall Road, following... continue reading »
March 4, 2005— With Altrincham going out of the Trophy at the hands of Conference North runaway leaders Grays Athletic it's now left to Hucknall Town to carry the flag for the Conference North teams into the Quarter-Finals of the competition. The... continue reading »
February 6, 2005— Just two teams out of a possible four now remain in the FA Trophy following the weekend's fourth round ties. Hucknall Town came away 1-0 winners from Conference National outfit Northwich Victoria and Altrincham defeated fellow Conference North side... continue reading »
January 19, 2005— Midweek replays narrowed the field down to just six teams left in the FA Trophy competition from the Conference North. Kettering Town went out 2-1 at Alfreton Town and Southport went out 1-0 at Hucknall Town. The replay between... continue reading »
January 18, 2005— When the draw took place on Monday for the 4th Round of the FA Trophy there should have been 32 teams left in, but there are nearly always guaranteed to be several unresolved ties and this stage was no... continue reading »
December 21, 2004—Hinckley Utd finally bowed out of the FA Cup after narrowly losing 2-1 to League One side Brentford in their 2nd Round replay. The Knitters were holding their own against the Bees until the 51st minute, when former Poppies player... continue reading »
December 7, 2004—A 0-0 draw on Sunday against Brentford allowed Hinckley Utd a glimpse of their possible future, namely who would be waiting for them in the FA Cup Third Round if they win the replay. The perhaps slightly disappointing news was... continue reading »
November 23, 2004—A 2-0 defeat for current Conference North leaders Alfreton Town in their FA Cup 1st Round Replay at the Moss Rose ground by Football League Two outfit Macclesfield Town left Hinckley Utd the lone flag bearers still surviving in the... continue reading »
November 15, 2004— .. and for most Conference North teams it is. Having done well to reach the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup, with some Conference North teams overcoming Conference opposition in the process, 4 of the 6 clubs were... continue reading »
November 4, 2004—Of the three FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round Replays this week, the two pitting Conference North clubs against their Conference counterparts ended in triumph for the 'underdog'. Hinckley Utd took Burton Albion to extra-time and then won 4-1 on penalties... continue reading »
November 1, 2004—Hucknall Town crashed out of the FA Cup on Saturday, thrashed 5-1 at Conference outfit Morecambe, but Southport, 3-1 winners at home to Hyde Utd, Vauxhall Motors, 2-1 conquerors of hosts Northwich Victoria, and Stafford Rangers, 2-1 victors over visitors... continue reading »
October 18, 2004—It's not quite as often these days that the cricket scores crop up in the latter stages of the Qualifying Rounds of the FA Cup, but Saturday produced one scoreline worthy of note. Hornchurch, currently in top spot of the... continue reading »
August 25, 2004—Have you ever dreamt you kicked off and then dribbled past the whole of the opposition as though they were standing still to put the ball in the net and score? Well if you were Plymouth Argyle's Steve Crawford you... continue reading »
August 3, 2004—Have you noticed that when nothing appears to be happening of interest in the football world then the media creates their own news. Now I know that is hardly news in itself, but lately there seems to have been a... continue reading »
July 12, 2004—Browsing through the football news pages I came across a report about Blackburn Rovers possibly giving a trial to the 17 year-old son of Argentine legend Diego Maradona, who is currently trying to make it at Napoli. Rovers manager Graeme... continue reading »
June 23, 2004—If you're looking for some entertainment on the afternoon of Sunday 11th July and want to help the club then the place to be is 183 Queensway Burton Latimer where Dave and his wife Pam are holding a Graden Party.... continue reading »
June 21, 2004—The continuing saga of Wimbledon FC took another strange turn after the Football League sanctioned the club's proposed name change to Milton Keynes Dons FC. When I first read this I had to admit I checked the calender to make... continue reading »
May 24, 2004—You don't very often see anything on this website about our near Neighbours up the road and although it certainly caused a lot of joy in the Poppies supporters' camp, I couldn't even be bothered to write anything on their... continue reading »
April 28, 2004—It's been a difficult season for Kettering Town and an especially frustrating one for the club's supporters. An indifferent start in a lower league where we were supposedly one of the favourites and by Boxing Day we were on our... continue reading »
March 31, 2004—In an article on the BBC Football website by Paul Fletcher, John Barnwell, chairman of the League Managers Association, gives his views on the current trend of sacking managers before they've had a chance to get established. The article was... continue reading »
March 10, 2004—Ford Utd have angered their near-neighbours, Conference club Dagenham & Redbridge by announcing they are changing their name to Redbridge FC. Daggers chairman Dave Andrews promptly accused the RLPD club as being 'unprofessional in how they handled the announcement of... continue reading »
February 27, 2004—The proposed restructuring of the National League system finally got the green light on Thursday after a legal appeal by the Isthmian League was rejected. "The Arbitration Tribunal which heard the Isthmian League's challenge to the restructuring of the National... continue reading »
February 18, 2004—With the championship going down to the wire, just goal difference separated Second division rivals Curtorim Gymkhana and Wilfred Leisure as they kicked-off their final matches. Curtorim had the obvious edge as they were +7 goals up on their close... continue reading »
January 13, 2004—Whilst Wimbledon FC are currently in administration, trying to settle into their new 'home' at the National Hockey Stadium outside Milton Keynes and are rock-bottom of the First Division, desperately struggling to avoid relegation into Divison Two of the Football... continue reading »
December 19, 2003—Those lovable oversized walking stuffed animals have been at it again in Oldham and this time it looks like landing them in court. When Oldham hosted Blackpool in a recent FA Cup tie the two opposing mascots, namely Chaddy the... continue reading »
November 18, 2003—Freddy Adu, the much-heralded 'soccer-phenomenon' has turned his back on the likes of Manchester Utd, Chelsea and PSV Eindhoven to sign a six-year contract for the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) side DC United. Although Adu is still only... continue reading »
November 5, 2003—Italian Serie A club Perugia just can't seem to stay out of the spotlight for more than a few days, the latest headlines concern the positive drug test of Saadi Gaddafi (son of Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi) who was found... continue reading »
October 29, 2003—Italian Serie A side Perugia have announced they are trying to persuade Sweden's top female player, Hanna Ljungberg, to join their club and play in the Italian top-flight against the likes of Maldini, Del Piero, Rivaldi, etc. Perugia president Luciano... continue reading »
October 22, 2003—In an interview Sir Alex Ferguson gave prior to Man Utd taking on Rangers in the Champions League, he was asked about the possibility of Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers taking their places in the English Premiership. This was... continue reading »
October 16, 2003—There is a Race Night this Friday 17th October 2003 in the POPPIES social club held on behalf of Craig Norman's Testimonial Season. Entrance, including Sausage and Chips, is ¬£4:00 and you can pay at the door. First race 8:30pm... continue reading »
September 30, 2003—A few weeks ago I covered the farcical events surrounding the Italian Second Division (Serie B), when one of the three relegated clubs went to court to be re-instated over some 'technical difficulty' that happened during the season. The outcome... continue reading »
September 15, 2003—You would think you'd have heard it all before when it comes down to most football mangers trotting out their post-match verdicts and usually it's the same old drivel. Occasionally a member of this strange breed comes out with some... continue reading »
September 10, 2003—The Isthmian League (currently sponsored by Ryman) has announced it will be taking legal action to challenge the proposed restructuring of the non-league pyramid, claiming it has the support of the majority of it's clubs. The current setup allows for... continue reading »
September 4, 2003— Pedro makes his debut for Kettering Town in the pre-season friendly against Leeds Utd in front of 1,425 supporters under the bright floodlights at Rockingham Road. (Click on image to enlarge) Enjoying the atmosphere .. 'The players were... continue reading »
Saturday 6th March 2010
Home
Grays Athletic
Blue Square Premier
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| 2 | Stevenage Borough | 33 |
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| 3 | York City | 32 |
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| 4 | Luton Town | 33 |
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| 5 | Rushden & Dmds | 32 |
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| 6 | Kettering Town | 32 |
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55 |
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| 7 | Mansfield Town | 34 |
12 |
55 |
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| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 32 |
23 |
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| Blue Square Premier 2009-10 Season | ||||
| Tuesday 2nd March, 2010 | ||||
| Cambridge Utd | 1 | Oxford Utd | 1 | |
| Eastbourne Boro' | 0 | |
Stevenage Boro' | 6 |
| Kidderminster H | 2 | Ebbsfleet Utd | 2 | |
| Mansfield Town | 0 | Luton Town | 0 | |
| Salisbury City | 2 | Crawley Town | 2 | |
| Tamworth | 1 | Gateshead | 0 | |
| Wednesday 3rd March, 2010 | ||||
| Histon | v | Rushden & Dmds | ||