Non-League Football Thread

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Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Some ridiculous lengths of travel in the Conference today.

Southend v Carlisle with a 5.30pm kick off is a piss take.
Truro v Altrincham
Scunthorpe v Yeovil
Eastleigh v York

It’s time for a north and south league, 2 winners go up and the runners up have a play off, winners go up too.
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Some distances in National League South are also ludicrous due to the breadth of southern England and that would remain the case if the National League was split north and south. We need the National League split into north, south east and south west, and three feeder leagues split the same way. - Maybe even split into four with a midlands section to cut down on travelling by players and fans.
Top teams in the three National leagues get promoted to the EFL. Or preferably top three plus one of the runners up. Four down might upset the EFL but it's better for the game.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Some ridiculous lengths of travel in the Conference today.

Southend v Carlisle with a 5.30pm kick off is a piss take.
Truro v Altrincham
Scunthorpe v Yeovil
Eastleigh v York

It’s time for a north and south league, 2 winners go up and the runners up have a play off, winners go up too.
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The vast majority of the clubs in the National League are full time professional these days. If you live at an extreme point in the country, travelling is always going to be an issue. Truro for example have nearly 150 miles to their NEAREST away game this season. There is also always a heavy concentration of teams in the South West. So I'm not sure a north/south divide is going to make much tangible difference.

Also an increasing number of non league clubs these days aren't actually based anywhere near where they play their home games. Barrow for example are now a Manchester based club, who all travel up to Barrow for home games only.
 
Stephen230 said:
The vast majority of the clubs in the National League are full time professional these days. If you live at an extreme point in the country, travelling is always going to be an issue. Truro for example have nearly 150 miles to their NEAREST away game this season. There is also always a heavy concentration of teams in the South West. So I'm not sure a north/south divide is going to make much tangible difference.

Also an increasing number of non league clubs these days aren't actually based anywhere near where they play their home games. Barrow for example are now a Manchester based club, who all travel up to Barrow for home games only.
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Where are Barrow based in Manchester ?
 
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