Posted on 10th October 2018
This is a story from the SD archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
This weekend will see the seventh Non-League Day since its formation in 2010. An annual celebration of all things Non-League and grassroots and supported by clubs, leagues and groups from all corners of the football family.
Coinciding with the October international break, the day is a fantastic platform for clubs to promote the importance of affordable accessible volunteer led community football and where better to see that on display than one of our many supporter-owned Non-League teams who are in action this weekend!
Thirty of our thirty-four Non-League supporter-owned take to the field at 3pm on Saturday and there is a chance to get to a game wherever you are in the country.
Two fixtures will be an “all fan-owned clash” as FC United of Manchester take on Darlington FC in the National League North and high-flying Scarborough Athletic host Bamber Bridge in the Evo-Stik Premier Division.
The FSA has long supported the work behind Non-League Day, and this year the BBC joined in and helped shine the spotlight on one of our community-owned clubs, Scarborough Athletic, by bringing Football Focus to the Flamingo Land Stadium on Saturday.
Non-League Day, the biggest volunteer-led event in the non-league system, is returning for the first time since 2019 this weekend.
The FSA has once again teamed up with the Non-League Paper to sponsor its Non-League Away Day of the Year Award, and nominations are open now.
Blyth Spartans have been named as the 2021-22 overall winners of the Best Away Day in non-league at the National Game Awards in association with Buildbase. It is the third time we’ve partnered with the Non-League Paper to recognise the clubs who are the best at welcoming fans from Steps 1 to 4 of the National League, and the first since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
