Non League latest....

Chippycafc

There was a non - league team a few years ago in the same position that at the end of the season had to play 8 games in 7 days. Sure it was a west midlands side. They had to play every day and on the final Saturday had to play two different teams for their last two games...The league wouldn't extend their season.

ken_shabby

Might have been Halifax? The year they went up they also had big cup runs, got into the play offs while on a marathón set of fixtures and managed to win promotion. I think they were playing saturdays, tuesdays and thursdays on the run in to the regular season.

stonemuse

Chippycafc said:

There was a non - league team a few years ago in the same position that at the end of the season had to play 8 games in 7 days. Sure it was a west midlands side. They had to play every day and on the final Saturday had to play two different teams for their last two games...The league wouldn't extend their season.

I believe it was Canvey Island, something like 9 games in 12 days?

Chris_from_Sidcup

iaitch said:

Just looked at the league table for Dulwich and see that Billericay are 5 points behind with 8 matches in hand.

How come they've only played 22 games? Been involved in some cup competitions or lot of postponements?

They played 9 games (due to a lot of replays) just to reach the FA Cup 1st round.

They are in the Essex senior cup semi finals, League cup semi finals and still in the FA Trophy.

I'd imagine that come early April they'll already have promotion wrapped up so a fixture pile up probably won't matter too much by then. I'm sure their reported 30k+ a week wage bill will be enough to see them through though.

LenGlover

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

iaitch said:

Just looked at the league table for Dulwich and see that Billericay are 5 points behind with 8 matches in hand.

How come they've only played 22 games? Been involved in some cup competitions or lot of postponements?

They played 9 games (due to a lot of replays) just to reach the FA Cup 1st round.

They are in the Essex senior cup semi finals, League cup semi finals and still in the FA Trophy.

I'd imagine that come early April they'll already have promotion wrapped up so a fixture pile up probably won't matter too much by then. I'm sure their reported 30k+ a week wage bill will be enough to see them through though.

Are the likes of Pennant, O'Hara and Konchesky still playing for them?

iaitch

I think Konchesky left recently.

Robbo on the wing

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

Lordflashheart

Robbo on the wing said:

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

Bloody hell - I didn't pick up on that - when did this happen ?

5k a week - that's insane - where did the club get the money from ?

Bet he's popular with his much less paid team mates !!

bolloxbolder

Lordflashheart said:

Robbo on the wing said:

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

Bloody hell - I didn't pick up on that - when did this happen ?

5k a week - that's insane - where did the club get the money from ?

Bet he's popular with his much less paid team mates !!

Whoooooosshhh

Lordflashheart

bolloxbolder said:

Lordflashheart said:

Robbo on the wing said:

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

Bloody hell - I didn't pick up on that - when did this happen ?

5k a week - that's insane - where did the club get the money from ?

Bet he's popular with his much less paid team mates !!

Whoooooosshhh

Bit harsh - it could have been true !!

killerandflash

https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/21197/former-west-ham-and-billericay-defender-paul-konchesky-in-talks-with-bostik-league-north-side/

He had been linked with Grays in December. Interestingly...

But now the 36-year-old is in talks with Grays boss Jamie Stuart, who he knows from his time at Charlton.

Stuart told the Basildon Echo: “I’ve had a good chat with Paul and we’re in the middle of talks at the moment.

“I’m good friends with him. We were at the Charlton Athletic legends game (which celebrated 25 years since The Valley reopened) a couple of months ago.

“I still speak to him and a lot of them from my time at Charlton.

Chippycafc

Robbo on the wing said:

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

And i have been told many times here its ebbsfleet who are the big spenders.

bolloxbolder

Chippycafc said:

Robbo on the wing said:

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

And i have been told many times here its ebbsfleet who are the big spenders.

Whoosh number two!

Lordflashheart

bolloxbolder said:

Chippycafc said:

Robbo on the wing said:

iaitch said:

I think Konchesky left recently.

Joined Welling on £5k per week.
Their at home to Braintree this weekend should anyone fancy it.

And i have been told many times here its ebbsfleet who are the big spenders.

Whoosh number two!

Fear you won't get a hat trick thou :-)

Chippycafc

Whoosh number 3...two og,s

stonemuse

C’mon you Wings ... three nil now

DaveMehmet

stonemuse said:

C’mon you Wings ... three nil now

Welling played very well, even against 10 men.

Chippycafc

Was going to ebbsfleet until daughter intervention. Dad said ebbs were pants

Robbo on the wing

DaveMehmet said:

stonemuse said:

C’mon you Wings ... three nil now

Welling played very well, even against 10 men.

Any idea what that sending off was for?

DaveMehmet

Robbo on the wing said:

DaveMehmet said:

stonemuse said:

C’mon you Wings ... three nil now

Welling played very well, even against 10 men.

Any idea what that sending off was for?

Think he grabbed one of ours round the neck in reaction to a tackle.

Chris_from_Sidcup

Why did Konchesky leave Billericay given they were paying him very well and he was too good for that level?

Chris_from_Sidcup

Also whilst mentioning Billericay, read yesterday that their top scorer Robinson now has 42 goals this season! 42!! And it's not even February yet.

Robbo on the wing

northstandsteve said:

Robbo how is Callum Driver doing at Welling, is old man is on the board down at Phoenix so I always follow Callum's career.He was in the Maidstone team that got promoted to National League

Another solid performance yesterday, and another goal to boot.
Fitting in well and finally have a solid eleven and bench

northstandsteve

Yer saw his goal on Twitter, you got a good player there for that level.

Simonsen

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Why did Konchesky leave Billericay given they were paying him very well and he was too good for that level?

Heard he might have gone to West Ham as a coach.

Simonsen

Went to Hendon v Folkestone.

Hendon were losing 3-0 with 20 mins left......made it 3-3 with almost last kick of the game. Bit lucky because Folkestone missed quite a few chances but it was an entertaining 2nd half.

Gravesend_Addick

Went to Ebbsfleet vs Boreham Wood. Fleet were atrocious. Boreham Wood won 3-0. It could easily have been 6 or 7

Lordflashheart

Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

Went to Ebbsfleet vs Boreham Wood. Fleet were atrocious. Boreham Wood won 3-0. It could easily have been 6 or 7

Money can't buy you love ......

Robbo on the wing

Welling goals here. Couple of crackers.
thenationalleague.org.uk/match-info/match-centre/1-2850729

Arsenetatters

An excellent Maidstone vs Gateshead, 2-2. Respect to the 28 travelling Heed Army. 11 hour round trip.