Interviews & Features

Only briefly acquainted with England until three years ago, Ruairí Keating has been to just about the ends of the country in his two club spells since. The former Torquay United forward bid farewell to Devon and embarked upon the near-400-mile journey north to...

Why are there so many gems in non-league still untouched? The 'non-league Harry Redknapp' follows up on his behind-the-scenes insight posted on Non-League Daily in March 2018. Former Waltham Forest manager Qayum Shakoor became head of Crawley Town's Under-23 team in...

By Steven Oldham Sutton United and Lebanon forward Omar Bugiel’s international ambitions have been put on hold by the Coronavirus pandemic – for now. The 26-year-old was in line for a recall to the national team for next week’s now-suspended World Cup qualifier with...

He had some adversity thrown his way after arriving in England with AFC Bournemouth as a teenager, but it wouldn't be quite enough to knock young Aussie goalkeeper Jordan Holmes out of his stride. With different options in Europe last summer, the 22-year-old...

Bolton doesn’t tend to deal too much in delusions of grandeur, but recent months have still been new territory for local product and one-time Wanderers first-teamer Andy Kellett. Notably signed on loan by Manchester United in 2015, the ex-Wigan Athletic...

A couple of decades on the pitch had Ian Evatt earning the highs and enduring the hits in just about equal measure. The ex- Chesterfield and Blackpool captain insists he is not quite the menacing figure his playing days have led plenty to believe, though an...

The promotion race in the Isthmian Premier League is really warming up and Carshalton Athletic’s recent form has the club right in the mix, writes James Barrett-Sterling. The Robins have won four and drawn one of their last six matches to put them firmly in the top...

Tom Greaves hit his 20-goal mark for the current campaign in the New Year, and at Ossett United, the seasoned scorer is finally just about local again. FC United's all-time leading marksman (with 103), the West Yorkshireman hung up the parka (so to speak...) last...

It was a playing farewell to ‘his’ club at the end of last season, though ex-Carlisle United captain Danny Grainger did get to retire on his own terms, and with his Workington AFC flying high almost a year on, the first-year manager feels suitably vindicated. The rise...

Carshalton Athletic emphatically won a battle of play-off hopefuls last weekend as the club consolidated their position near the top of the Isthmian Premier League, writes James Barrett-Sterling. There were only two points separating the fifth-placed Robins and...