Nine straight wins put Real Bedford three points clear
Real Bedford lead Southern League Premier Division Central with 27 points from 9 wins in 9 matches. Bury Town are 3 points behind in the published standings.
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Real Bedford lead Southern League Premier Division Central with 27 points from 9 wins in 9 matches. Bury Town are 3 points behind in the published standings.
Didcot Town lead Southern League Division One Central with 21 points from 7 wins in 7 matches. Potters Bar Town are 6 points behind in the published standings.
Bootle lead Northern Premier League Division One West with 24 points from 8 wins in 8 matches. Stafford Rangers are 3 points behind in the published standings.
Forest Green chairman Dale Vince has confirmed that Robbie Savage has permission to speak to Peterborough United and that the clubs are negotiating terms.
Graham Alexander has left Bradford City to become Preston North End's head coach, with Chris Lucketti joining him as assistant after a difficult start at Deepdale.
Woking scored four times after half-time at Brunton Park, with John Marquis completing a hat-trick that included two penalties in a 5-2 National League victory.
A stoppage-time equaliser denied Hereford victory at Bedford Town, while Macclesfield's 1-0 win over Harborough brought them within two points of the leaders at the weekend.
Brentwood Town's home FA Cup tie with Dagenham & Redbridge will be shown live by the BBC, with a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday 3 October.
Ebbsfleet United confirmed on 2 September that their National League suspension had been lifted, allowing the club to resume its campaign after August's postponed fixtures.
Ebbsfleet United remain suspended from National League South competition after an HMRC winding-up payment missed the required deadline, with a further review scheduled for 1st September 2026.
Sado Djalo headed home three times from Cameron Gascoigne corners as Heaton Stannington defeated Kendal Town 4-2 in an FA Cup preliminary round replay at The Willow Park, reaching the first qualifying round for the fourth time in five seasons.
AFC Greenwich Borough marked their FA Cup debut with a 4-2 preliminary-round victory over Cray Valley Paper Mills and will take their place in the first qualifying round on 5 September.
Sutton United beat Hartlepool United 2-1 at the weekend to complete a maximum-points opening to the 2026-27 National League season, with manager Chris Agutter back in the dugout after serving a touchline ban.
Yeovil Town ended their wait for a first National League win of the 2026-27 season with a dominant home display at Huish Park, Stephen Walker and skipper Luke McCormick doing the damage against Gateshead.
Braintree Town's transfer embargo has been lifted after sell-on fee proceeds arrived from Kyrell Lisbie's £2.5m switch to Millwall — a welcome development for a club that has had a rather trying few months.
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Southampton find themselves in hot water after allegedly sending a coaching staff member to conduct some unauthorised reconnaissance on Middlesbrough's training session ahead of their Championship play-off semi-final clash.
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