Nationwide Football Annual 2022-2023: Soccer's Pocket Encyclopedia

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The likes of AFC Fylde, Kidderminster, Ebbsfleet and Oxford City will all hope they can avoid the drop having gone up from the fifth tier. Who is going to star in the Vanarama National League South – there’s some great games scheduled for day one. The Gunners introduce a new adidas home kit for the 2023/24 season, celebrating the joy and pride in moving forward together.

Barnes took over for the 2000-01 edition, the 114th. He says: “Attempts are being made to hand over the baton so the world’s oldest football annual can have a new lease of life. Some interest has been shown but nothing confirmed.” The 2023/24 season for CPFC will mark a club record of 11 consecutive seasons in the top-flight of English football (and 16th in total since the Premier League began in 1992). The Play-Off Eliminator and Semi-Final matches will take place on the same days across all three divisions as per the list below. Iin keeping with tradition, the Foxes made their debut in the new design during the final home game of the current season against West Ham United, giving fans their first glimpse of the new look for 2023/24. Oxford Citymake the trip to Aldershotas FC Halifaxfans get the home opener they wanted – the FA Trophy winners get a visit from Bromley.

This publication first appeared in 1887, produced by the Athletic News as a rival to the Football Annual. Like the older publication, it initially aimed to provided coverage of all football codes popular in England, including rugby football (both rugby union and rugby league after the codes split) in addition to association football. The final edition to date was published in the summer of 2022 for the 2022-23 season, as no deal could be agreed between the authors and prospective publishers for the 2023-24 edition. Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a variety of kits, some rather nice, others rather underwhelming. Take a look at the latest collection to be launched below… Football fans across the country are counting down the days until the start of the new campaign with it to be more competitive than ever before.

Randall Northam – [email protected](01904 613475); or [email protected](07795 293016).The first important date in supporters’ diaries is fixture release day on Wednesday 5 July when all clubs announce their schedules for the coming season at 1pm. Blyth Spartanstry to improve with the first stop a home tie with Gloucester Citywhile Curzon Ashtontake a trip to Darlington. The much anticipated National League fixtures for the 2023/24 season are revealed and it’s got a huge amount of people talking. Sadly the newly-published 2022-23 edition could be the last. Publisher Randall Northam and editor Stuart Barnes both intend to retire. Unless successors can be found, it could be farewell to one of football’s most familiar publications after 136 editions. The National League’s top tier sees six new sides this season – Rochdale and Hartlepool United who were relegated out of the Football League, with playoff final runners-up Chesterfield tipped to go up along with Oldham Athletic.

Following the withdrawal of News of the World as sponsors, the Nationwide Building Society emerged to provide new sponsorship in 2008. [4] This sponsorship lasted for two years, with the title Nationwide Football Annual being retained after the end of the sponsorship.Queen Victoria occupied the throne and the Marquess of Salisbury was having a second go at being Prime Minister though it is not recorded whether either of them celebrated Sherwin’s and England’s triumph. Wembley Stadium will host the National division Promotion Final on Saturday 4 May – Promotion Finals for the North and South division will be held the next day on Sunday 5 May. The 2022/23 campaign is over and done with, so now their attention can only turn to the next one, and with clubs still needing cash to boost their finances to make up for the last few seasons, now is the perfect time to release them to supporters. Liverpool FC unveil its brand-new home kit for the 2023-24 season, which pays homage to the legendary Bill Shankly’s last season in charge of the Reds 50 years ago. The year 1887 will be remembered, among many other things, as the year a number 11 batsman finished top of the batting averages as England won The Ashes in Australia.