Premier League 2 Non League

In Profile... Joe Jagger of Emley AFC  Name: Joe Jagger Position: Striker Current Club: Emley AFC   Previous clubs: Brighouse Town, Liversedge FC, Littleton.   Team supported growing up? Barnsley FC.   Childhood hero? David Beckham, free kick against Greece.   Biggest influence? My Dad, His constant support and still comes to games to this day.   Favourite current player? Kevin De Bruyne, he’s a magician.   Best ground you’ve played at? Beck Lane, Littleton.   Best friend in football? Kurt Harris.   Best player you’ve played against & why? Ash Onitiro, goalkeeper. Played with him for ages but against him a couple of times. Always seemed to stop me scoring.   Footballing Night out You & 4 others. Who’s getting an invite? If i’m picking professional players. Jack Grealish, Jordan Pickford, Zlatan Ibrahimovic & Roy Keane.   Your All time 5 a side team of players you ha...

In Profile... Chris Bowles of Southwell City Name: Chris Bowles Position: Centre Mid Current Club: Southwell City FC   Previous clubs: Always been Southwell!   Team supported growing up? Derby county, up the rams.   Childhood hero?  Shaun Stocks, just had an Aura about him and demanded respect whenever you entered a room, even as a young lad you knew it, similar to a Jeff Bezos figure. Someone you aspire to be like, and now he’s involved in the club it’s great to have a role model at most games.   Biggest influence?  Standard answer😂 but I’d probably say my dad, he used to manage mine and my brothers team, organise kick offs early in the morning one after another so then we could all go watch derby! Saturday has always been football day to me and that was drilled in to me by my dad from a young age😂 ultimately he managed me as well and we won a lot of trophies back in the day together so he definitely has had the biggest influence o...

In Profile... Danny South of Ossett United Name: Danny South Position: Centre Back Current Club: Ossett United   Previous clubs: Too many!   Team supported growing up? Manchester United   Childhood hero? David Beckham. When I was younger I copied everything he did, his boots and even his haircuts! I’ve got a picture somewhere where I’ve got a Mohican that my dad did with a remote!   Biggest influence? My Grandad Sam. Bless him, he’s no longer with us but he took me on a football field when I was at a young age and never missed a game.   Favourite current player? Lisandro Martinez. He’s class. Been wrote off by people before and proved them wrong. I love his passion too.   Best ground you’ve played at? Probably Hillsborough for Frickley in the Sheffield Senior Cup final. Unfortunately, we lost but great ground.   Best friend in football? Derry Robson. We do a lot together to be fair and he was an usher at my wed...

A sit down with... Phil Marsh Phil came through the Manchester United academy system making 1 1st team appearance in his time against Crewe Alexandra in The League Cup. After United Phil spent a bit of time in the football league before dropping into the non league pyramid pulling on the shirt for some of the biggest non league sides in the north west.  Firstly Phil, thank you for your time in answering the questions below about your career. Speaking personally. You've lived my childhood dream!  Let’s start with United. You joined United at aged 11 Just how was it coming through the ranks with the cream of the crop of talent at the cliff and Carrington? Joining the club at 11 from Wigan was amazing and really helped me fine tune my game playing with some of the players we had in the team at that time was of a really high quality. Having the top coaches and training facilities from such a young age really helped me develop massively. The repetition and competitive nature we had...

We support our local team! Is there a better view in football than the one behind the goal  Bit rich from a Manchester United season ticket holder from Nottingham, right? Well hear me out. As somebody who watches every level of football and will now be going 7 weeks without a home league game for the team I support. I know there will be plenty of fans of professional clubs losing out on their “football fix” while the World Cup is on. I guarantee, unless your reading this and live in the middle of nowhere, you’ll be 10-15 minutes max away from your local non league football club. I would be 95% certain that, especially in a cost of living crisis, us as football fans are looking to get outside to watch 22 lads (in the words of Neil Warnock) die for 3 points. For £20 (ruling out The National League) you’ll pay entry, get yourself a pint and some food to go with it. You may also find some change from that £20 in your pocket too. That really is the value for money that your local no...

In Profile... Luke Shaw of Coalville Town Name: Luke Shaw Position: Left Midfield Current Club: Coalville Town   Previous clubs: Notts County, Ilkeston Town, Grantham Town.   Team supported growing up? Nottingham Forest   Childhood hero? Frank Lampard, goal scoring midfielder     Biggest influence? My Dad for his work ethic   Favourite current player? Kevin De Bruyne, his vision!   Best ground you’ve played at? Meadow Lane   Best friend in football? My Brother   Best player you’ve played against & why? Jordan Amavi, left back when he was at Aston Villa, very tough match & opponent     Your All time 5 a side team of players you have played with?  1 Keeper: - Saul Deeney 1 Defender: - Akil Wright 2 Midfielders: - Tom McGlinchey & David Morgan 1 Striker – Che Adams   Best moment of your career so far? Scoring the winner away at Notts County in The ...

In Profile... Gregg Smith of Basford United Gregg’s famous Ronaldo trim Name: Gregg Smith Position: Striker Current Club: Basford United   Previous clubs: Boston United, Brackley Town, Grantham Town, Tamworth, Stamford AFC, Corby Town, Spalding United, Rugby Town, Newark Flowserve, Gainsborough Trinity & Kings Lynn Town   Team supported growing up? Tottenham Hotspur.   Childhood hero? Teddy Sheringham, old school striker, loved watching him play.     Biggest influence? Graham Drury. Right at the start of coming into men’s football he gave me a chance and I took it.   Favourite current player? Harry Kane. The complete striker!   Best ground you’ve played at? Villa Park, Coca Cola u13 national final   Best friend in football? Nathan Stainfield   Best player you’ve played against? Marcus Maddison   Footballing Night out You & 4 others. Who’s getting an invite? Adam Chapman, Jamie M...

In Profile... Levi Owen of Ollerton Town CFC Name: Levi Owen  Position: Goalkeeper Current Club: Ollerton Town FC   Previous clubs: Shirebrook Town FC, Clipstone FC, Parkgate FC & Rotherham United   Team supported growing up? Rotherham United   Childhood hero? Petr Cech, loved everything about that Chelsea side!   Biggest influence? Andy Warrington, watched him single-handedly keep Rotherham in 75% of games one year.   Favourite current player? Probably Ederson, his distribution is a different level.   Best ground you’ve played at? Probably the New York stadium, cracking facility despite being “small”.   Best friend in football? Lewis Murr, played with him since under 11s. Been a pleasure sharing the journey with him so far.   Best player you’ve played against & why? Angel Gomes, played against him at under 16s, the lad had the ball glued to his foot. He was unbelievable.    ...