A big weekend for Non-League football
IF YOU’VE never been to a Non-League or Sunday League game, then this weekend is your chance to do so.
Saturday is the annual Non-League Day, and the following day it’s the first-ever Sunday League Day.
Set up as a social media experiment in 2010, Non-League Day has now grown to become an annual part of the football calendar.
It is backed by Premier League and Football League clubs, MPs, celebrities, media organisations, charities and most importantly the non-league clubs themselves and the fans who turn up on the day.
Non-League Day is always scheduled to coincide with an international break, to promote grassroots football.
The second semi-final in this season’s Parkers Pitches Suffolk Junior Cup is taking place on Saturday as Stanton take on Ipswich Wanderers Development at Debenham Leisure Centre FC, kick-off 2pm.
This year is also Sunday League Day, a new concept to promote Sunday League football across the UK, piggybacking on the success of Non-League Day in recent years.
Sunday League Day coincides with the four semi-final fixtures of this season’s Best Badges Suffolk Veterans’ Cup and Veterans’ Shield.
This weekend’s fixtures for clubs in the National League System are listed below, with links to the websites of leagues that are Non-NLS leagues.
Saturday's Fixtures
Kick-offs 3pm unless stated:
Southern League
AFC Sudbury v Redditch Utd
Isthmian North
Felixstowe & Walton Utd v Gorleston
Mildenhall Town v Sporting Bengal Utd
Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division
Brantham Athletic v Soham Town Rangers
Hadleigh Utd v Walsham-le-Willows
Kirkley & Pakefield v Sheringham
Lakenheath v Heacham
Stowmarket Town v Woodbridge Town
Thurlow Nunn League Division One North
Framlingham Town v Swaffham Town
Haverhill Borough v Pinchbeck Utd
Leiston U23s v Holbeach Utd
Needham Market Res v Dussindale & Hellesden Rovers
Parkers Pitches Suffolk Junior Cup Semi-Final: Stanton v Ipswich Wanderers Development at Debenham Leisure Centre FC (2pm).
Thurlow Nunn League U23 North & South Divisions
Gateway 14 Suffolk & Ipswich League
Fosters Solicitors Anglian Combination
Sunday's Fixtures
Best Badges Suffolk Veterans’ Cup Semi-Finals: Ransomes Sports v Whitton Colts (2pm), AFC Kesgrave v Bury Town (2pm).
Best Badges Suffolk Veterans’ Cup Semi-Finals: Framlingham Town v Old Newton Utd (2pm), Capel Plough v Sporting 87 (2pm).
