The National League (Conference) and non league football thread

[Oldsmobile-88]

Don't be silly, I most certainly was not.

I didn’t think for a second you would be

 

[Grecian2K]

Indeed.
Often forgotten,but Newport won Division 3 South in 1938/39 so started 46/47 in the 2nd Division.
You would never think that ground held 2nd tier football !

Surprised at that comment Olds....would have thought you'd have known that it even hosted a European Quarter Final as well (during our lifetimes!)

How Newport County made it to the last eight of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981

That 1980s Sports Blog: The Third Division side were handed a few kind draws in the early rounds, but they were desperately unlucky to lose in the quarter-finals and miss out on a trip to Benfica in the last four

www.theguardian.com

Oh, and ps. I can assure you that my motor bike chain always stayed firmly attached to the machine - they were far too expensive to waste on mere footballing adventures.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

I do remember that game G2K against a East German team in the ECWC q/f in March 1981 Carl Zeiss Jena.

They drew the 1st Leg 2-2 & lost 1-0 at Somerton Park infront of a full house(around 18,000 in those days)

*G2K,you will have to put your reminiscing of the motor bike ride to Workington on the Classic match thread*

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Surprised at that comment Olds....would have thought you'd have known that it even hosted a European Quarter Final as well (during our lifetimes!)

How Newport County made it to the last eight of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981

That 1980s Sports Blog: The Third Division side were handed a few kind draws in the early rounds, but they were desperately unlucky to lose in the quarter-finals and miss out on a trip to Benfica in the last four

www.theguardian.com

How did Newport not get anything from that game !
I remember watching it on Sportsnight all of those years ago.

 

[Hants_red]

Remember Steve Evans and Boston United and their tax problem? Here's a reminder from The Atheltic

The club who paid their players one amount and told the taxman it was less

Boston United broke the rules to win promotion to the Football League and the way the FA disciplined them punished Dagenham & Redbridge, too

theathletic.com

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Hereford are struggling in National League North these days & have been even lower in recent seasons
It’s easy to forget that they spent one season in Division 2/Championship in 1976/77.
Incredibly that was only 4 seasons after being elected into the FL.
Table is from early May 1977.

 

[Grecian2K]

And more than a quarter of those teams have subsequently had spells down in non-league!

 

[Greyhound]

Hereford are struggling in National League North these days & have been even lower in recent seasons
It’s easy to forget that they spent one season in Division 2/Championship in 1976/77.
Incredibly that was only 4 seasons after being elected into the FL.
Table is from early May 1977.
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Having won the Third Division title the season before, helped by Dixie McNeil, who was the leading scorer in the Football League.

 

[Red Devon]

Must have been a tasty Nottingham derby that season.

 

[DB9]

Osborne outlines Torquay stadium plans

Torquay United owner Clarke Osborne outlines his plans for a new 10,000 capacity stadium for the club.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nearly two years since this was first muted, Has there been any progress on this or was it just pie in the sky stuff?