I’m an American and visited London for the first time. Went to go watch Sutton United vs Boston United in the National league. Had someone ask me where I’m from and why I’m here. Told them I wanted to watch football, they said “and you came to Sutton?”. 😂
@Funboihahaha2 ай бұрын
I wish America had a local football scene as well as a tiered league system
@1stutterafter2 ай бұрын
@@Funboihahaha America does. The support for USL championship and USL League one clubs is amazing. In USL2, EPSL, and the UPSL there’s some clubs that have great grassroot support.
@graemeyetts3465Ай бұрын
English humour 😅
@grege50743 ай бұрын
we have something similar with Jr Hockey in Canada. A) the rinks are smaller so you're right in the action B) the fans are people who know the game well C) its the "future superstars" of the sport D) it doesn't cost a week's wages for a ticket and two beers.
@KempeIzGud3 ай бұрын
as a californian, i'm so jealous of canadian major-junior hockey. college hockey just isn't the same, especially outside of the midwest/northeast
@bobvail10002 ай бұрын
Minnesota here - I LOVE watching boys and girls high school and college hockey! We have a huge number of games available in the Twin Cities and I've been fortunate enough to see a number of players make the journey from high school to the NHL and the PWHL!
@Laudie8084 ай бұрын
Another huge factor is that tickets for premier league clubs aren’t possible to get they aren’t accessible and you need to get memberships ect.
@soyentak50762 ай бұрын
welcome to the beauty of minor league sports. I watch Minor league Hockey and Baseball. clubs of all levels will survive if they are supported
@enod97463 ай бұрын
The undue commercialization of the upper echelons of football has robbed the game of its soul. That's why players like Marcus Rashford can stroll around for 90 minutes, and be found in a nightclub the same day spending from his salary that most people will not touch in 10 generations. But for non-league football, it is all about the passion and it is played by local players who grew up in the neighbourhoods with the fans. I remember playing with my university team in Nigeria's FA Cup in 1998. It was never the same experience as when I played in the tournament organized in the district where I grew up. The yelling and screaming from boys and girls I attended primary school with up until when we were just out of secondary school, as well as our parents in the stands was like nothing I had ever experienced.
@Iberotimuka3 күн бұрын
football is community at a grassroots level but you get the sense clubs are more interested in the megabucks from TV money. I live in Paraguay but am a lifelong AFC Wimbledon fan, my Grandad was born round the corner from the gound, my mother is from Kingston and used to work at the greyhound track which is now the site of the new Plough Lane. My six y.o. supports Wimbledon with me but has one eye on Villa, and what can I say to him? His first football memories are watching Martinez save penalties in the World Cup final and Villa are on the tv every week and play in the Champions League
@indiekid198724 ай бұрын
"Normies" like non-league football. You can rock up with the lads on the day, no need to get a ticket in advance, stand where you like, have a pint, laugh at the standard of play, sing a few rude songs, get a bacon roll from Doris at the kiosk, then go home. There's a nostalgia for the old days where non-league now has a matchday experience much like you would get in the old days at league grounds. "Hipsters" like non league football for the exact reason you can expect. So they can say "oh yeah, I support Dulwich Hamlet, you've probably not heard of them, they play a revolutionary 4-2-1-2 formation with a box-to-box goalkeeper. You wouldn't understand."
@johntalbott56532 ай бұрын
best explanation
@Theiliteritesbian2 ай бұрын
You guys have hipsters in England too? Why do you keep importing all of our shitty social trends? Why do WE keep exporting them?!
@DaleTomlinson-w6c4 ай бұрын
I think there is a bit of nuance here. Its partly rising crowds naturally as fanbases get bigger and the FA/Premier League destroys the soul of football - but the other side of it is that lots of non-league clubs are/were former league clubs that have fallen on hard times. Rochdale, Oldham, Wrexham, Darlington, Stockport, Notts County, Chesterfield, Bury, Macclesfield, Scarborough, York City, Hartlepool, Southend United, Barnet, Scunthorpe - these are all clubs with long term EFL pedigree who have brought fans down with them rather than fans turning to non-league by choice. With this being true, perhaps the romanticisation of "non-league growth" is actually simply the ugly reflection of how the boom and bust nature of the EFL causes popular traditional clubs to fall down the pyramid with their fans.
@NarcissisticTree3 ай бұрын
That doesn’t explain how teams that have always been non league have seen attendance go up 2X, 3X, etc
@HannibalBarcaRTW4 ай бұрын
I remember 10 years ago when I was a teenager, my local club Hednesford Town FC asked people to help shovel the snow of the pitch so the game could go ahead, and me and my friends + others got the pitch ready in time for kick off!
@anthonylangford77974 ай бұрын
I pick a random non league match most weekends at a ground I've never been before. As a neutral is great.
@callumhayes75023 ай бұрын
A man of culture I see.
@feka29835 ай бұрын
I've lived in Dorking almost my whole life, but only started regularly attending our club (Dorking Wanderers) about 4 years ago and I'm very glad I did and I'm now super invested in them! I'm not sure any country has non league as high standard and high popularity as England. Another reason for the high quality which wasn't mentioned in the video is that a lot of the big clubs in England have very large academies compared to other big football countries, so there are many players who have experience at a high level who end up playing in non-league.
@TriggerMan04 ай бұрын
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@NoGunKills9 ай бұрын
I'm blown away with the quality of this video. Really happy you're following something you're passionate about, great work!
@Lawrie9 ай бұрын
Thanks man, hope you’re doing well
@abnormalanorak4 ай бұрын
For the longest time, I have been envious of the non-League football in England. Where I am from, around 85-90 per cent of football fans support a certain number of clubs who were *made* to be successful because of their location.
@tkb402610 ай бұрын
Fantastic vid fact that a New Zealander is seeing through the glory hunting support a top 6 club bullshit is brilliant. I hope lower league football can grow to a point in the UK that the Prem stop being full of corporate selfish scumbags
@everybodygotthegoodones4 ай бұрын
Dulwich Hamlet are my local, love going there, great food, great atmosphere and a short walk away!
@FangedBaby993 ай бұрын
Been a Slough Town supporter since I randomly picked them for a football manager save, absolutely love the games down there and the atmosphere is always brilliant
@vedrummer10 ай бұрын
High quality content my friend from down under. The views will come rolling in soon I'm sure! Too easy
@MrStuart18914 ай бұрын
I’m from Newcastle and I’ve noticed crowds for a lot of the Non league clubs in the North East in general dunno if it’s because it’s much harder post takeover to get a ticket for Newcastle, some people not wanting to attend games because they are morally and politically opposed to the takeover or we’re all just a bit football mad and we’re happy to watch a game at any level
@ja12954 ай бұрын
Id say its due to the top flight becoming more and more corprate and fans feeling less and less attached to their clubs so they go support their local non league clubs so they feel more apart of the club
@Jorgemtzc810 ай бұрын
Impressive video, i'm a big fan of english non league football, new subscriber all the way from Mexico, keep up with your amazing content!!
@Iberotimuka3 күн бұрын
emigrated in 1994 but watched Rainham Town in the Diadora League for years before that. Actually went to see Ramsgate play Norwood in 2023 and then hey presto they played my lifelong club AFC Wimbledon in the second round of the FA Cup last season. Listening to that at Montevideo airport was a surreal experience. The megabucks of the Premier league has alienated fans from their clubs and non-league is the way to go.
@BadgerOff322 ай бұрын
English non-league football truly is something special. I've been going to non-league games on and off my whole life, but for one reason or another, I hadn't been in years. That changed last year though. I've been following Hashtag United on KZbin for a few years now, so when I saw that they were playing a pre-season friendly against one of my local sides Worthing, I had to go along and support the Tags, and it rekindled that old excitement in me. Ended up going to 8 or 9 more Hashtag games over the course of the season. Carried that on this season. Been to a couple of games already and I've got a load more on the horizon! I even started going to watch my local team again. They're only a 10 minute walk away! They play in the 9th division but they surprisingly pull in an average of around 300 supporters a game! Pretty impressive for a team at that level! They actually played Brighton in the local Sussex Cup (well, the under-18's at least. Brighton don't exactly send their first team out for a local cup lol. It just wouldn't be fair!) and that game attracted over 650 people! The ground can only hold about 1,000 people at most. It was PACKED! It was kind of amazing to see that many people turn up to watch a 9th division team take on an under-18's team. It is a special thing, non league!
@ciarciar123710 ай бұрын
Criminally underrated video
@OP1GK10 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed watching this video. This quality and editing is sublime. Defiantly deserves way more views 💪
@GoTPLATANOS3 ай бұрын
One thing that might also be contributing is that the Premier League barely has English players. I think the percentage is like 35% of English players that play in the PL. That's terrible...
@enod97463 ай бұрын
I remember when Barca played a game under Louis Van Gaal and there was not a single Spanish player in the lineup. It was 90% Dutch guys he brought from Ajax. I found it scandalous back then.
@GoTPLATANOS3 ай бұрын
@@enod9746 it definitely was crazy. Not enough English players get an opportunity to play at the highest level to really make competitive the spots on the National Team which in turn is the reason they haven't won anything. A lot of English internationals are very complacent because they know they're safe on the squad...
@Leaburn3 ай бұрын
@@GoTPLATANOS sorry but I’ve got to call this all out as absolute garbage. In terms of competitiveness across the entire league, the EPL is the strongest in the world. It is so strong because it is so globalised. If you’re a better Senegalese, Ecuadorean or South Korean player than an English player, you can get in the team. That doesn’t make English players worse, it just pushes competition for places up and forces standards up. The 30% of players now in the EPL are light years ahead technically and physically than players even 20 years ago. They have to be just to get in a premier league team whilst competing with the best players from around the world. The players who don’t quite make that elite level now play in the Championship. That’s not diminishing opportunities to play, it’s just pushing up the quality in the divisions below. The football in the championship is now exceptionally good compared to what we saw previously. As for the international team….England now have one of the top 3 or 4 teams in the world…they had an awful manager but there’s arguably no team in the world with the depth of attacking talent England now have. Back in the 70s and 80s when there were no foreign players in the domestic league, England often didn’t even qualify for international football tournaments and we played a parochial style of football with no foreign influence to raise standards. The reason the EPL and England national team are now so strong is precisely because of how cosmopolitan the game has become in England. This trope about English players getting a chance isn’t just wrong, it actually couldn’t be any further from the truth if you tried.
@GoTPLATANOS3 ай бұрын
@@Leaburn all you wrote was English pundits propaganda talk. Spain just literally beat England with football light years away this summer at the Euros... But sure "tHe ePl Is ThE sTrOnGeSt In ThE wOrLd."
@GoTPLATANOS3 ай бұрын
@@Leaburn Everything you just said is pure EPL propaganda talk. "the EPL is the strongest in the world" FOH. The ACTUAL football in that league is subpar to La Liga and the Bundesliga. There's a massive amount of overvalued players in that league that it's laughable. Declan Rice is worth £100 million? Then how much is Rodri worth? Also, Spain just played a Final against England and it wasn't close in terms of the type of football each team played. Anyways, that wasn't even the point of this video. Non-league is popular in part because there are a lot of English players in the league. They also play football like a lot of them play it. Is just a natural thing...
@nigeljones19693 ай бұрын
Non-league football is simply brilliant,you can go every week, travel to most places,even stay overnight in a hotel,and it STILL won't cost anywhere near what fans are being ripped off with the premier league
@artefactos151910 ай бұрын
What a fantastic video, really glad it showed up in my recommended! I was blown away by the production quality, but also the incredible story here. I feel like a learned a lot, definitely got a new subscriber here.
@BBoySnakeDogG2 ай бұрын
Torquay haven't had a home attendance below 3000 yet this season, in the sixth tier National League South. There's loads of passionate fanbases in the lower levels of the pyramid and it's great to see.
@ianarn2 ай бұрын
I like watching Averley football club there is a real connection between players and fans which is can only remember existing in the old first division in top flight football at best. The main footballing difference is that they’re less of a threat outside of the box than in the premiership where just a sniff of the goal from even 40 yards out will lead to a powerful shot on target and usually beating a higher lever goalkeeper.
@MrMmnngghh2 ай бұрын
I live in Melbourne Australia now, but lived in England from the mid 1980's to mid 2000's. I used to go to Highbury whenever possible from 1983-1995, at which point the steep increase in ticket prices that coincided with an all seater stadium, and the cost of league re-branding that was passed on directly to the consumer by the change of ownership of the league itself. Living in Leicester for six years also played a part, but I simply went to Filbert Street instead, which was on it's last legs by then, but was a lot more affordable to get into to watch top flight football (that tasty Martin O'Neill team) than what Arsenal were charging. When I returned south, I went to watch Boreham Wood instead. They were in the Isthmian Premier at the time, and you could stand wherever you wanted, on very basic concrete steps, your choice of uncovered behind the goal, or covered on the far side under the asbestos shed roof, for eight quid. I went back to Meadow Park last season for the last home match of the season 2022/2023 v Yeovil, and it was TWENTY quid to stand behind the goal for a National League match! That's inflation for you. Meadow Park's facilities have improved leaps and bounds, so that softens the blow a bit, unless you're an away supporter. The skinny brick walled south end is still rubbish, and looks like the sore thumb that it is during televised matches. Boreham Wood are taking the piss a bit with the same excuse that Arsenal have used as justification for price hikes - "London entertainment ticket prices" - especially given that Boreham Wood is in Hertfordshire, but strangely that twenty sized hole in my wallet is still a bargain in comparison to budgeting for a day at Ashburton Grove.
@fletchergracie399210 ай бұрын
Colchester United is more expensive than Crystal Palace
@benlonghurst777710 ай бұрын
Col U mentioned 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵⚪️
@Thegoldenemerald4 ай бұрын
But they aren’t non league so that doesn’t count
@RW-nr6bh4 ай бұрын
Palace want me to buy a membership just to buy a ticket though.
@Pope_Rural_I51842 ай бұрын
More expensive than crystal palace for the second best team in Essex damn
@parsaheed4 ай бұрын
Same here in Scotland, We call it Junior Football, It has a cult following in this Nation
@gabrielpurves71564 ай бұрын
If you look at the ways in which clubs receive money and divide them into "fans' purchases" (ticket sales, club shop, VIP tickets etc) and "money from other sources" (eg sponsors, prize money, etc): - Premier League: 10-15% of club income comes from fan revenue (tickets etc) In non-league football, that's 60%. A club might make £1 million profit yearly. £600,000 is from the fans, they might have average attendances of 1,200. If they had double the crowds (1,200 extra), they would make an extra £600,000, pushing their yearly club income up from £1m to £1.6m! If you go down the pyramid far enough, because of what the ticket revenue can do for the club, attendances become more important than the actual game result!
@abdullahaanawaleh3 ай бұрын
Great video and unbelievable production quality for 2k subs! Really enjoyed watching this, I guess I should go to a non-league game soon since we're living in its good old days
@PierceMenzies5 ай бұрын
As someone who is involved with my local club in non-league in Scotland (albeit in the lowest part of the pyramid due to geographical region), north of the central belt, I really envy the English non-league experience as the numbers are quite really low up till highland/lowland league.
@conorwells91294 ай бұрын
I think there is an increasing number of fans who are fed up with the cooperate nature of the upper levels, increasing ticket prices, VAR etc. Non league is a lot more community focused, your much closer to the players, and your ticket price actually worth it.
@NeptuneDesign3 ай бұрын
Dope content! Much love from South Africa, I used to live in Maidstone 😊
@IsaacLHarrison3 ай бұрын
Quality production matey! Keep up the good work.
@alexrochford176710 ай бұрын
Amazing quality video, keep up the great work
@bender92222222222 ай бұрын
I visited Anfield as American and was shocked of how dull the support was in person. All I've ever heard was how electric it was, could've have had the opposite experience
@Azog1502 ай бұрын
That's because the ground is full of tourists there to experience the "famous atmosphere", pricing out the local fans who made that atmosphere famous in the first place. Now it is simply a marketing slogan for the rich owners to get even richer. The more they push the slogan and the more wealthy fans that flock to Anfield to experience it (not forgetting the obligatory trip to the club shop to buy all the merchandise), the worse the atmosphere gets. Whole generations of younger local fans, who are the life and soul of any club, have been locked out of the stadium completely. The 100+ year old chain of kids picking up a regular match-going habit from their parents (usually dad's) has been broken.The average age of season ticket holders at Anfield is pushing the mid-50s. Half of the tickets from the new stadium expansion have gone to corporate seating. Most proper Liverpool fans watch in the pub with their mates, nowadays, where you get a better atmosphere. Liverpool (the city) remains among the most football-mad places in England, but you wouldn't know it from a trip to Anfield nowadays. The other thing is, atmosphere's at 3pm against relegation fodder have never been great, in any era. But even the big games are getting shite atmospheres now. Personally I hope the whole Premier League implodes, all the rich bloodsucking owners leave, and we can have our club back. I'd take the dramatic drop in quality to be able to go to Anfield on a regular basis, stand with my mates for a reasonable price, and have a good time.
@ScottMansfield2 ай бұрын
Nicely done. Deserves a sub. Good luck with the channel!
@BiggieAEnjoyer694 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, editing and production is so high quality I was surprised this didn’t have more views ❤
@fletcherlyon874710 ай бұрын
Great video the production quality was top standard, even better coming from another aussie
@weekender88392 ай бұрын
I watch a lot of non-league football and have done for years. The far and away biggest reason for increased attendances is due to how corporate top level football has become, with ridiculous kick off times and stadiums full of tourists. The vast majority of regulars at my local non-league club are ex season ticket holders/members of big clubs, who followed them religiously for years, who can no longer abide what football at that level has turned into. They still need their football fix and non-league provides that
@dummeponk2 ай бұрын
The more things are commercialized, the more things lose its soul. This is true for everything really
@CFCDanielS20Ай бұрын
When we not busy as a family we go visit our local football team now its cheaper I can even have a pint myself pitchside and there is passion and fight in the team and a connection from top to bottom which has gone in the top leagues now.
@jackmitchinson52825 ай бұрын
Very true, actually go half an hour every couple weeks to go to Gateshead
@bhvillaman44013 ай бұрын
This time of year non league is great with fa cup qualifiers aswell. I believe my local team redditch utd has only made it to the 1st round proper 1 time before but are currently 2 or 3 wins away from doing it again.
@teafSAINTS2 ай бұрын
Watch every weekend
@chimsuaumo2 ай бұрын
I watch my local team (Lancing) with my dad. £10 for me and £6 for him. They rarely win these days, but it's still great fun and we get a drink after. Meanwhile, some Premier League teams require you to become a member just to purchase a ticket.
@ZaKRo-bx7lp3 ай бұрын
A similar thing is happening in America where baseball is seeing attendance rise for the first time in 20 years. Nothing can beat the local and cheap ballpark experience.
@jontalbot13 ай бұрын
In the end it’s a bit of a mystery. It is especially interesting when you consider how many other social institutions (church, political parties etc etc) are failing. Football at all levels in Britain has never been in better health. A lot of it is about connecting with others and in an era of corporate gloss, people enjoy the portacabin/shipping container architecture, dodgy burgers etc
@tomconstant280310 ай бұрын
great quality vid !
@jackurgun45210 ай бұрын
great video and production, views will be there soon....
@awesomepig9910 ай бұрын
Love to see my Chesterfield mentioned!!
@jeremyroberts3910 ай бұрын
Love this.... Really special.
@graemeyetts3465Ай бұрын
Aussie JUSTIN REES is in at Southend United and most welcome. I don't really know why, but believe the new board truly understand the potential there. At last 🎉
@LewisYatesАй бұрын
My local chasetown gets 400 on a bad day, upwards of 700 on a good day. Have had 3k, 2.k, 1.2k on match days. Tickets £10 adult ( has gone up ), £1 u16 It’s a community not a football team
@GetStuckInThere4 ай бұрын
This is amazing journalism man keep it up
@starkers19974 ай бұрын
My local club is in the EFL. I’ll only watch non league if my local team are in there barring their Play Off Final.
@crb64683 ай бұрын
Tbf clubs like Oldham, Chesterfield, Southend etc are all traditionally league clubs. So their attendances will always be big for that level. Chesterfield are back up in League 2 now and im sure over the next few years Oldham, Southend, Rochdale etc will be back in the league eventually. Great video btw though
@southpawjinx13 ай бұрын
Yes, as of last season Bury we’re back at Gigg Lane getting 3k gates
@tom-sherman5 ай бұрын
Great video! Shame you skipped over the unregulated aspect, probably the biggest risk for any non-league club. Many are run like any other business when they have a massively different level of importance in the local community.
@FootballManagerStories-nl6ns10 ай бұрын
great video man!
@Henry-b3j10 ай бұрын
Great video!
@waylingtons2 ай бұрын
People are realising it’s just a great day out. Gets you out the house. It’s not expensive and you’re supporting a local business. Win for all.
@james-fv9cx10 күн бұрын
good to see my local club in here aswell
@kimbirch12023 ай бұрын
Folk under estimate the quality of non league football in England. There are some very good players some of which go on to become Premier league players. Everyone has to start somewhere.
@NeilArgyleАй бұрын
I like non league because I can stand up and move about, not shackled to sitting in one place.
@Mattitude-2910 ай бұрын
Great video I love non league so much I do vlogs every week! For Bracknell town and I visit others too
@shahidnyker29003 ай бұрын
Very good video. Commenting for the algorithm
@keithyork82262 ай бұрын
I grew up watching non-league football (Bromley in the late 1970s). It was cheap. It was local.
@rizzdogg10 ай бұрын
Awesome video
@simonwright35472 ай бұрын
the growth is across the board. 20 years ago you could get a ticket on the day for a top premier league club. Now you have to be on a waiting list even though their stadiums are twice the size. Championship games are sold out where once they were half empty. For all people moan, football has become increasingly accessible. Lots of people stayed away due to the hooliganism or just the feeling that a football crowd wasn't the place for them. Now we have more families, women, people from other demographics coming.
@SPKR_ov4 ай бұрын
my local team is man city. i live a few streets away from the etihad
@anthonylangford77974 ай бұрын
You have non league Maine Road FC on your doorstep lucky you.
@bhvillaman44013 ай бұрын
That's really unlucky
@Shendersonsports30034 ай бұрын
This video is brilliant, instant sub from me!
@DaleTomlinson-w6c4 ай бұрын
Wrexham played less of a role than Notts County did!
@MrHastygamer4 ай бұрын
I’m apprehensive because I went once and it was just the players friends and family, felt like a right weirdo 😭
@abdullahaanawaleh3 ай бұрын
Don't go to a super small fixture. Any non-league game with 500+ crowds is bound to feel normal, games like that are easy to find in national league and tier 6
@lelesucks10 ай бұрын
Great video
@jjeverson22692 ай бұрын
Another factor in play here is just how overpriced EPL is and with England and Europe dealing with an even worse economic crisis than America. There are less consumers
@jimethota2 ай бұрын
I think a big part of it is because the Premier League is so boring. 6 clubs get given all the players, managers, money, coaches and referee decisions that it's just dull when any of them "win" anything, who even cares? The most interesting that's happened in the Premier League in the last 15 years is Leicester.
@artful19672 ай бұрын
You watched football at Bromley? I find that hard to believe. They are the most hoof it anti-football team I have ever seen.
@unusedsub30035 ай бұрын
I’m closer to AFC Fylde than North End, but I wouldn’t set foot in AFC Fylde.
@Spengaspang29 күн бұрын
fun fact chris smalling was a maidstone boy
@georgemacpherson19923 ай бұрын
It’s because a lot of people are put off by professional football for many reasons.
@graciapropertindo34572 ай бұрын
use VAR too?
@xavicordier90010 ай бұрын
Cracking insight, non league football on the up and hopefully more fairytale cup runs to come 🫡
@sebastianvella89923 ай бұрын
This is good news.
@gigahoe424 ай бұрын
Na na na na na na na na na, Dulwich Hamlet, Pink and Blue!
@ronaldomessi90003 ай бұрын
soon in most majority of countries. china has it. football being completely ruined with "mega trasnfer" and greedy agents asking for big fat-check. i think it was started from real madrid, like david beckham era i guess then manchester city (corectmeifimwrong)
@graemeyetts3465Ай бұрын
The PL is poor for the money. Brentford, Brighton and AFC Bournemouth are great exceptions. As for the rest, I'm less and less interested. Too many foreign players, too many foreign owners and less connection to fans.
@PC-sq3zq4 ай бұрын
Football not spoiled by "supporters" from the other side of globe and going on about GOATs.
@williamthompson29413 ай бұрын
I think it called, being late to the party
@kerwinomalleyok10 ай бұрын
I follow a couple from NZ on youtube and its far more enjoyable than PL (shoutout SE DONS & Hashtag United)
@northamericanintercontinen32072 ай бұрын
In Mexico local football is all but dead thanks to corruption, underinvestment, abandonment from the FMF and the insecurity waves plaguing the smaller cities of the country.
@Negan_110 ай бұрын
Can’t beat non league football
@Reginald30003 ай бұрын
Don't have to watch the vid. It's because the EPL is boring and the leagues below are so unpredictable!
@bhvillaman44013 ай бұрын
The man city fans might fit in well when they get relegated to non league, all 300 of them
@soyentak50762 ай бұрын
Brits figuring out minor league sports
@BSMAG872 ай бұрын
What are they figuring out? Watch some videos about the English football pyramid because there are so many clubs per capita compared to the states (London alone has I think 13 professional clubs) and non league is the 5th tier and below (the 3 tiers between them and the premier league can get attendances from a few thousand to 25-30k with the biggest clubs). There’s also relegation and promotion, so, in theory, a team in the 8th tier with crowds of less than a 100 could get promoted 7 times and end up playing in the biggest sports league in the world
@chipite2 ай бұрын
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@Kenny1977-b1j2 ай бұрын
Increased attendance from 400 to 900… yes it’s more than 100% growth, but it’s still only 500 more, hardly “booming” It’s a step up from Park Football..one step..
@BoOb-yd4dk24 күн бұрын
Park football is football, non league football is football. It’s a joyous thing and almost a thousand people paying to see it is remarkable. I support Kettering Town and the 900 people there have so much passion and pride for their town it’s genuinely touching. Something that cannot be replicated in the modern prem.
@Kenny1977-b1j18 күн бұрын
@ it’s a shaky argument…60k (say) Liverpool fans at anfield (who have generations of involvement with their club) aren’t as genuine about it as Kettering fans? No doubting Kettering fans …. But wouldn’t taint all Prem club fans as superficial glory hounds… (ok, there is the partial Surrey fanbase of Man Utd..😀)