Non League Football

An ex-Premier League goalkeeper has told talkSPORT that he has had offers to keep playing – but instead wants to save a non-league club. Former Fulham star David Stockdale completed his takeo…

JAMES SHARPE: A football match was starting in half an hour, but it was already clear who was the main event and what was the sideshow.

Kate's off to west London for today's episode of The Drop In, where she's shown around QPR's training facilities by a Premier League icon. It's only bloody Les Ferdinand! (Sir) Les sits down with Kate to discuss a storied career that took him from QPR to Newcastle and many places in between. They talk about how representation needs to be accompanied by meaningful action from footballing authorities, discuss his role as QPR's Director of Football and remind us of the importance of non-league football. We also get the answers we* have always wanted, such as did he really fly himself to Bolton training in a helicopter? *Pete. Obviously. Who would you like Kate to speak to next? Find us on socials @FootballRamble. Sign up for our Patreon to get exclusive live events, ad-free Rambles, full video episodes and loads more: patreon.com/footballramble ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iain Macintosh and Mark Carey join Tifo Football Podcast veteran Seb Stafford-Bloor in discussing Barcelona's remarkable transfer window, where should Zinchenko play for Arsenal and the atmosphere of hope and optimism for England in the Euros. Also stay for a passionate monologue about Southend United and the state of non-league football from our resident tragedian. If that's what you're into. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S9 EP3: Caroline Barker (Non-league special) It's our great pleasure to welcome to the QK studio this week the brilliant journalist and broadcaster - Caroline Barker. As a life-long fan of her beloved Chelmsford City, Caroline talks us through life as a non-league fan, director, and even key holder (yes, literally, the keys that open all the doors around the club) This episode is very much a love letter to Non-League football in all its guises. The characters, the tales, the heartbreak and ultimately, the hope... Over on Patreon the Quickly Kevin Fan Club is going from strength to strength - to get extended ad free episodes of the main series with exclusive content on a Friday instead of a Monday (yes, a whole 72 hours early!) as well as ad free episodes head on over to www.patreon.com/quicklykevin where you'll also find bonus episodes each month including the chapter by chapter breakdown of the Steve Barnes / Bruce crime novel trilogy. Extra QK Film Cub episodes (most recently a review of Nick Hancock's seminal VHS compilation 'Football Nightmares') and a whole load of new QK Fan Club exclusive episodes coming up in 2021 and into 2022! Thanks, Chris, Josh and Michael. Fan Club: www.patreon.com/quicklykevin Twitter: @quicklykevin Instagram: quicklykevin Email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater to look at our exclusive story on the recent Burnley takeover. Their new owners have only put in £15 million up front and the rest is leveraged debt. What does this mean and should Burnley fans be concerned? Swansea City investor Jordan Gardener joins us to give us his considered view on the Burnley deal and context on the wider picture relating to increasing amounts of American capital investment in football. We also speak to Spencer Owen of Hashtag United (22:40) about the increasingly difficult situation in non-league football as it appears a second consecutive season is going to be cancelled and expunged from the record books. Spencer also gives us a fascinating insight into what it's like to have created a fully-fledged football club from scratch off the back of being a YouTube sensation and the club's ambitious vision for the future. Subscribe to The Athletic Right now you can enjoy the Athletic for just £3.99 per month as part of our January sale. Enjoy great analysis and in-depth features from the very best football writers around, as well as ad-free versions of all of our podcasts. Just go to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to sign up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slater bring you an FA Cup special as they're joined by the CEO of Marine AFC, James Leary, ahead of their huge 3rd round tie against Tottenham on Sunday. It's a game that will see their players furloughed if they don't stay in the competition, it's a game that has changed the future of this 8th-tier club forever, and we speak to James to find out exactly what it is like to be running a non-league club part-time in the midst of a global pandemic and deal with the challenge of facing a Premier League team. Newport County are a club who know a thing or two about causing an FA Cup shock in recent seasons and ahead of their game against Brighton we are joined by chairman Gavin Foxall, a man who has a lot to say about the difficulties of the last year, his hope for the future and the importance of clubs to their communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the later than billed weekly People's Poll Suj & James discuss the concerns within non-league football. Can the National League complete its season? And more importantly can clubs survive the current crisis? The lads look at some cases in the National League featuring Barnet, Boreham Wood and Stockport County & venture even deeper into the football pyramid to discuss the cases of South Shields & Jersey Bulls whom like so many others have now had their season curtailed & voided. *Suj brings the finance knowledge as only he can! _________________________________________ Web: www.planetfpl.com Twitter: @PlanetFPLPod (James) / @sujanshah (Suj) Facebook: www.facebook.com/PlanetFPL Instagram: @planetfpl You Tube: www.youtube.com/planetfpl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices