March Matches

 March

Tuesday 5th/Wednesday 6th: Free Inter-Services football at Aldershot Town as the RAF take on their Army counterparts. The women's game is a 7pm kick-off on Tuesday, the men's at the same time the following night.

Sunday 10th: Crystal Palace Women host Sheffield United at Selhurst Park in a 12pm kick-off. U-16 tickets are priced at £2 and one adult can go free with each under 16.

Tuesday 19th: The Wales 'C' squad, made up of players from the Cymru Premier, take on their England counterparts (drawn from the National Leagues) in Llanelli. Adance tickets are priced at £8/£3.

Friday 22nd: Wales U21's take on Lithuania in Newport at 6pm. Online prices for the Euro qualifier are £4/£2.

Saturday 23rd: Non-League Day returns with a host of special admission offers up and down the country in a celebration of the game outside of the top leagues. I'll post more about this in the next week or so.

Saturday 23rd: In the EFL there are £10 tickets available in advance at Carlisle United as their home game with Stevenage marks #OneCarlisleOneCommunity day at Brunton Park.

Sunday 24th: Glasgow moves to Edinburgh as Rangers Women and Partick Thistle Women meet at Tynecastle in the final of the Sky Sports Cup Final. Tickets are available now and cost £8 adults, £1 for concessions and £15 for a family of four. 

Sunday 24th: At Ewood Park it is Blackburn Rovers Women against Southampton at 2pm with tickets costing £2 for under-17's and £3 for students.

Tuesday 26th: England men's under-21's take on Luxembourg in a Euro qualifier at Bolton Wanderers. £10 adult tickets (£5 concessions) are available to BWFC season ticket holders and members and also to groups of 10 or more

Something For The Weekend

Non-League Day 2024 takes place in March but there is always great value football happening somewhere near you every weekend of the season...

This Saturday special BOGOF offer! As we not at home on @nonleaguedayuk we are running some offers in March, starting with this against @CorinthianCas.
Buy One Get One Free!
Bring a mate, a neighbour, your postman to enjoy some @IsthmianLeague football. https://t.co/OVrg2geWfJ pic.twitter.com/CRgSkLGW0f

— Hanworth Villa FC (@HanworthVillaFC) February 28, 2024

No April Fool

Just a nice bit of working together in the United Counties League where two Easter Monday fixtures have been scheduled so that spectators can watch both, with a discounted, combined ticket also available for £8 adults and £6 concessions.

Newark & Sherwood United host Lincoln United at 12.30pm before Southwell City, entertain Newark Town at 4pm.

At The Heart Of It

 

The players prepare for the second-half at Handsworth FC on Saturday after a goalless first 45 minutes in the Northern Counties East Premier Division game against Frickley Athletic.

If you're looking for the very definition of a community club then an afternoon at Olivers Mount is what you need.

Just a fiver for adults and free for under-16's, a busy clubhouse bar, warm welcome on the gate and a spotlight given to the mascots for the senior game, many of whom will be back at the ground today (Sunday) for various age-group matches.

Both Handsworth and Frickley currently sit in mid-table and that was reflected in a cagey affair that the hosts gradually took control of, a glancing header breaking the deadlock early on in the second-half.

Frickley hadn't offered too much by the time a downpour influenced my decision to leave a few minutes early.

Inevitably, that meant that when I checked my phone while on the 52 bus back through Sheffield I learned that the visitors had indeed earned a point with a late equaliser!

Boundary Changes

Good to see some positivity back at Oldham Athletic in recent times under the chairmanship of Frank Rothwell, currently in the midst of fundraising huge amounts for Alzheimer's Research UK.

The last time I was at Boundary Park was in the inaugural season of the Premier League as Bobby Gould's Coventry edged past the Latics by a single goal.

Many years later and Oldham's ambitions are currently concerned with reaching the National League play-offs and taking that first step back towards their previously dizzy heights.

With Chairman Frank due back in town ahead of the home game against Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday 24th February, all tickets for the game have been priced at just £1 with proceeds going to his chosen charity and the option to donate more when buying your seat for the match.

Wembley In Sight

 

For the 16 teams left in the FA Vase with Fifth Round Proper ties taking place this coming Saturday, 10th February.

After a dismal weekend for both United and Wednesday, supporters of Sheffield's two big clubs may be looking forward to taking refuge in the welcoming surroundings of Sandygate, home of Hallam FC of the Northern Counties East League.

The Countrymen have made great strides, on and off the pitch, over the past few years and another big crowd will be in attendance for their last sixteen game at home to Lincoln United.

Tickets have been on sale in recent weeks, to help with spectator flows, but on the gate admission will also be available at just £6 adults, £4 concessions.