Why Non League Football Is The Greatest Thing On Earth
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- Here is COPA90's rundown on why Non League Football is one of the greatest things you can spend your time on...
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I'm from the Faroe Islands, and our best league is just like this😂
Black Jesus lol
here in the philippines too
Erik Eliasen Im from Poland and we have VAR
Erik Eliasen
I'm Welsh, and I support Aberystwyth and the Welsh main league. Sometimes it can get a bit boring, so I cheer Swansea from the PL on as well!
best leagues? you have several?
The best part of non-league football is that it's so easy to get involved with the team. Inspired by Copa90's old video about Fisher FC way back, I contacted my local team and did webcasting for home games and was their commentator. It was way too much fun.
That does sound like fun
How do you define non-league?
@@nofurtherwest3474 I'd say anything below national league north/south is proper non league
@@james6417 so these "non league" teams actually do play in a league? Just not a professional one?
@@nofurtherwest3474 yep the 'league' is traditionally the top 4 divisions so anything below that is non league but the 5th and 6th divisions still have some professional teams so most of the clubs in this video are about 7th/8th division
“Without fans football is just 22 men chasing a ball around”
2020 be like 😰
Painting is just some lad rubbing a canvas with a brush
Classical music is just some people sitting around blowing and banging and fiddling
Football is....
'Gods make their own importance'
that aged well
Yeah it's really hard to watch Games without fans and the pumped in crowd noise doesn't help.
I feel really bad for the non-league clubs non having fans especially. They’re such a huge part of the game at that level and many clubs rely on attendance as their main source of revenue. I really hope they’re doing well right now
@@ferdinandimposter691
I think his point was that even without an audience an art still exists and can express itself with greatest freedom
I'm an American living in the US and I find non-league football much more fun to watch than I do the Prem. It's football at it's purest. It's local lads going down to watch a club from down the street. Reminds me so much of the local sports I watch here. The fans I've encountered in non-league football are so much friendlier than the fans I've met higher up the pyramid. I feel more at home with non-league, even if I'm thousands of miles away.
Absolutely fantastic to see my club, Stockport County, make an appearance in a Copa 90 video. The fact they chose an amazing away game where we pitch invaded is amazing, so thank you to Copa 90!
Shark Master56 just what I thought when I saw the county boys. Bout they got some recognition.
Shame you lost 1-0 to West Ham. You did well to get to the Third Round.
Goes to show no matter how much these oil billionaires corrupt football with insane spending people will always find a way to keep this game simple & a beautiful thing
A simple game will always be simple no matter how many people try to complicate it
...and no VAR !!!!!!!
@Maelodas The Seraphim haha 😐😐
Many thanks for putting this video together - great stuff!
Brakesssss
@@ethans67 💛🖤
I follow y’all on TikTok lol !
Try and get to league 2 from a Sheffield United fan
@@skully345 We'd love to!!
I currently play in French non-league. It is very fun and a good way to gauge ability.
Vive la Bretagne !
Wonder where you are now.
Im currently gonna go on trial with some non-league clubs in england
@@anthonylong9067 Any particular team?
@@cnirman5181 first stop, Racing Club Warwick. Then Highgate United, then Stratford Town
@@anthonylong9067 Nice man hope to see you playing for one of them someday!
I've been sort of following Leyton Orient since 1995 as a second team and a few years ago a few of us went over to a game at Brisbane Road.
I've been to Anfield numerous times and a few other Premier League grounds but never experienced passion from both fans and players as I did in Brisbane Road that day. Proper game of football and the fans were electric.
I must make the trip over again some day.
if non-league games were televised with late 90's/early 2000's UK dnb/garage, in the background, the world would be a better place.
Watching my local team (newport county) rise through the ranks from non league to league two a few years ago was special. Watched them from eleven years ago when I was just 9 years old. Our rise to league two and great escape last season was without a doubt two of the greatest things I will ever experience. Although theyre in league two now and ticket prices have risen So I tend to go to less games and watch/take part in more sunday league with my friends.
Ps: I may be biased but a copa 90 feature on newport county would be incredible. So much history, our nickname 'the exiles' from not having a home ground, our rise and our survival is truly incredible. Even now in league two we share a pitch with two, YES TWO, rugby teams. God bless those groundsmen.
HazardlyNP OMG IM FROM NEAR NEWPORT TOO MATE
HazardlyNP
I support Aberystwyth, but I love watching a TV game with Swansea, Cardiff or Newport now and again.
Crazy that you'll rise to league 1 this year
I really don't watch a lot of english football but I remember seeing the newport v tottenham fa cup match a few years ago which went into a replay, cheering for the underdogs really is beautiful
Went to Sutton Coldfield Town for my first ever non-league match today and was pleasantly surprised
For £1 I got to be involved in a great atmosphere and have some fun
Brilliant day
£1 ?? They're charging £8 here at Hanwell and we're in the same league the cheeky rob dogs!
@@vasilishimself9806 £8 is a lot tbh, mine charges £5 which is reasonable. Sutton Coldfield probs had a friendly game which is usually £1 around the West Midlands leagues anyway
I couldn't agree more, I'm a Chatham Town FC fan that left all that premiership nonsense behind a long time ago. Fair play to the people who do but I prefer the sense of community that the lower leagues bring. Nothing beats the feeling of watching your local team.
If not for non-league clubs worldwide sports may no longer exist. Watching the professionals are great but watching amateurs in any sport engaging in competition can be very enjoyable, plus it is great exercise for the participants that can improve the quality of one's life! Thank You for the video and greetings from Cleveland, Ohio USA.
Retired non-league player here. Played with some actual pro players in my time too. I remember watching Dez Hamilton score at Wembley for Bradford City then 3 years later playing in midfield with him.
Long live non-league.
Sutton United!!! Man I loved their cup run last season... Mad!
If you really love non league football then you wouldn't want to have a thing to do with Salford City and Billericay Town football clubs. They are the polar opposite of what non league is and are much hated by proper non league supporters.
RyxnFX so true when they said that they are offering an alternative to premier league they are doing the polar opposite
RyxnFX couldn’t get any truer. I’m a Stockport fan and to think 3 years ago the team top,of our division(Salford) where 3 leagues below us 3 years ago is a joke. They are funded by the class of 92 and they’re going to get football league before we return
What exactly is non league?
@@nofurtherwest3474 amateur league,no profi
I’m a Salford fan it’s true but that’s because we just too good for non league
Wouldn't be surprised if Palace are a non-league side in 5 years.
They had a bad start, but then played Liverpool, city and united, and have chelsea next. Once that is over they will do better, it's not like they're playing bad, they just can't score. If you think a team will be relegated after 7 games of the season then you obviously don't know football.
Jackstratts Afcb I'm pretty sure I know more about football than you. This stage of the season means nothing, and now they beat us they're going to improve.
Jackstratts Afcb I'm not boasting, I'm a chelsea fan I hate that palace won. But I usually get things right about football, Palace will stay up.
Go on, eat your words son
Haha I have palace and I agree
I swear the guy speaking is Memeulous
Harrison Ashton OMG IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE HIM ASWELL
Harrison Ashton i think it is
it is
thanks I can't unheard it now
i know 😂😂
This pure football....just for fun, just the game but still with pure passion
As am Australian, thank you to this channel because I get to see a side of English football that never gets shown really outside of the premier league. It's really heartening to see clubs are still around for the pure love of the game, not because they are money making machines.
When I have time I go and watch my non league home town club of Bishop Auckland F.C who are famous for being one of the most successful amateur sides of all time in the 1950's, and also for loaning players to Manchester United after the Munich air disaster.
Totally agree! Great video but please don't mention Billericay - very much against the non-league ways
How?
Agreed
Non league should never be about money or owners, but about the players,, fans and volunteers,clubs like billericay, Fylde, Salford etc are the main reason people are turning away from the pro game
@@MrRyanBatty They're in League 2 now, better for them to not be in non-league. They were the anti-non-league club
Went to my first little football game at my local park. I could walk up and down the pitch, get up close to both goals, and relax in the cozy clubhouse at half time. Good stuff.
I'm not really into football, but I watched this with a smile on my face.
Gave up on paying stupied amounts of money to go to Man Utd. Now I go to my local club Stockport County. Absolulty love the real connection between the players the managment and the fans. Real football Real football fans.
The crowd when we (stockport) play fc United is incredible
Ross Wozza agreed
Ross Wozza nice one smashing our pubs up creating damage in club house fighting us wow some holigans u like
What a documentary
Thanks a lot for putting one of my videos in (2:09- 2:15) really appreciate it :)
I support Tranmere Rovers who are currently in the top tier of non league, and as great as it is for smaller clubs, we really don't belong there. A 15,000 seater stadium and our attendances higher than some clubs in leagues 1 and 2. Just hope we can get out in the next couple of years
Zak Hayes debt vs careful money management maybe?
All of the teams will get back to the FL soon stockport Tranmere Wrexham Leyton orient etc
I was going to insult you, but then you said nice things about Wrexham.
@@TheWoollyFrog UTFS
Copa90 this video is fantastic! Maybe you could make one on my league? The League of Ireland is highly under appreciated. With the premier league on the tv and bigger sports like GAA, who would turn up? True fans like me would.
i’ve grown up supporting man city, but starting at the turn of the decade i began also cheering on bromley fc from the national league, now they are in league two, this feels special 😊
I went to a non league game for the first time the other day (Sheffield FC - Shildon AFC)
I thought it was a great atmos and Im not the biggest football nut.
Its just so much more chilled out, no animosity between home/away fans, half time pies, manually operated scoreboard, and got my ticket at the turnstile for 11quid on the day.
This video actually made me a bit fired up to watch a football game. Cant remember if I ever been fired up for football except for Icelands Eu miracle a few years ago!
I live in Trinidad and Tobago and we have 1 professional league, 1 semi pro, and a nationwide amateur league split into zones. The highest level is probably like League 2 football BUT there are talented fellas up and down the leagues but lack of proper structure, infrastructure and more means that the leagues never really go anywhere and fan participation is shamefully low. We do play in the CONCACAF champions league whenever a team qualifies though so it gets exciting then - I just think of it as a champions league, no uefa or concacaf. It's always a great experience to see Seattle Sounders or NY Red Bulls play down here though.
This is all so true. Theres nothing like non-league. I’ve built relationships with loads of my local clubs and they are all so grateful for all volunteer help. 👍
Love Non-League football. I support the Corinthian Casuals and the fans and footballers there are amazing; it’s like a family there 😂
I watched my local team Scarborough FC till they went bust in 2007,now spend my Saturdays travelling around the north of England watching the new Scarborough athletic with my mates, players on the fans coach’s,beers flowing, everyone singing 400-500 away fans every game, can’t go wrong
I am a Spurs member but also go to my local club Wealdstone. It’s great afternoon out!
I’d rather watch non-league than England. Who agrees ?
Dean Norman I'd rather watch it than the premier league
YES
midnite69 well mate it’s true
Dean Norman 👎
non-league > premier league
Brilliant I’m a Bromley supporter and at the end of 16/17 season George porter gave me his worn boots and always sees me and always ask if I’m ok the connection between fans and players in unbeatable
2:16 was my local team that goal won us the match in added time
This was awesome! Truer words couldn't have been said. I rarely attend matches but I love hearing about non league football. Lots of great stories as well as experiences and great players.
This is exactly why i love the Australia A League!
Indie baseball in the US and senior hockey in Quebec and Ontario have a similar appeal and feel.
I love Non-League. It's amazing
Agreed, I've played against both Bromsgrove and Leamington
Honestly it’s amazing. I’m a Northallerton fan a team in the Northern League D1 and yes we may be crap but you feel more together with a small club that you watch every week 🖤
Thousands at seventh tier matches watching teams climb the football pyramid 👌⭐ - England's football atmosphere throught the leagues is genuinely second-to-none.
To Copa 90: I am in love with non-league football and also with your narrative and essay: Your wonderful articulate summary of the value of this type of football compared to the elites, has more to offer at a reasonable price. Grounded in the community is the ultimate aspect of the game. People and fans are what drive the enthusiasm, the enthusiasm drives the game. Local players find an opportunity to play the game they love, not just for the stipend/ emolument, but for the purpose of sharing their skills with satisfied consumers making this sport salient and sacrosanct. This harkens back to the days were everyone not only knows your name -- but can pronounce it! I, you, they, the youth, the older professionals can be afforded the opportunity to aspire to greater football from this level.
If there is one word, to describe the non-league aspect of the game today, it is -- *community.*
My wife and I have season tickets to our village team here on Rhodes (Greece). Real passion!
I live in a town with a non league team, Matlock town fc and it really is brilliant to watch
It’s what football should be! Watch a game of hard tackling and have a pint! Cheap prices, pure passion, free to move, chat to opposition fans, chat to the coaches and stewards
I thought this was just gonna be a compilation of funny moments lmao
Great to see my local side Corby in this video with that pint swig
LOVE this video. The corporate leagues are even replacing voices of fans/ chants with .wav files that a guy clicks after a goal or a foul. Pathetic. Football belongs to fans, not corporate stooges with more money than sense.
Ive been to a few Manchester city games and ive got to say watching my local team afc fylde is far better and only missed one game this season. Fucking love it
I SAW THE HAMLET ON HERE
Why does that kid have two pints of beer?
Callum James Genuis!
Patrick Wraith Cos he’s double parking
Because this is england
This is England mate I’m more surprised the kid only has 2 pints
He's got a drink problem.
Two pints, one mouth.
So true. Happy to share this with Warminster Town Fans!
I’ve been Dulwich Hamlet's last 2 pre season games and tbh I can’t wait to watch them in the league
I went to a Charlton game for £10 as my first ever football game, and it was the best time i have ever had
Josh Berry charlton are not non league
Was all going so well until you mentioned Billericay and Salford. Whyyyyyyyyyy
Ok you convinced me to go watch my local non league team which its actually about 3 streets away ... when attendances are allowed again 😀
Something just like this in Ireland called the GAA where the lads on field are playing in front of 20 to 80 thousand an Sunday and are back to work on Monday there’s a real community spirit about it
I live in Northern Ireland and our Premiership is just like this and it can often produce some great matches. Last night for example bottom placed Ballinamallard beat high flying Cliftonville 6-4! I however support the mighty red and blue of Ards
As a journalist who covers what is effectively the same level in the US I agree. While I am an ardent supporter of Minnesota United I have fallen in love with covering the local clubs and leagues.
My team Leamington at 1:38. So proud. Thanks.
And shown a couple more times :-)
The player who scored the first goal for Chorley against Derby county used to play for the Oldest football club in the world .he was Great then and still is..
I go to non-league as much as I can, and the atmospheres there on some nights are genuinely better then any professional football game, I still have vivid memories of my local down 3-2 in the FA Vase and in the 93rd minute, our striker curves one into the top left with the very last kick of the game to take to 3-3, we ended up losing on penalties but the reaction from the crowd when that went in was amazing, so much so away fans started to try and fight some of the more louder fans. That was what non-league football was meant to be like. All for £6.
what a freekick from that lad at 0:47
One thing about non-league is that it is tough, old style football. No diving, no messing around, occasionally the opposing manager calling the ref a "F***ing old c***". (Actual quote from the Attleborough Manager)
I was thinking looking at the photo at the start about the beer, I thought about weather or not players could be drunk whilst playing and as a non-league referee myself the ‘Rules of The Game’ doesn’t actually say anything about getting refreshments or food from 3rd parties, so really we could be seeing 22 pissed players running round anytime soon. 😂🍺
Fantastic video .... we are bout to bring some glamour to our league with an unbelievable managerial appointment... fancy following us this season and doing a documentary?
3:26 I was about to say if the ref reaches for a card I would flip
Wish I lived in England or somewhere where nonleague existed :( In the United States it's super commercialized "franchises"
Non professional football matches are the best in my opinion.
The players really enjoy the match, and are focused on the team and not on the wallet €€££€£€£
2:44 i actually met this lad after watching a shields game at the pub in mariners park
Great to see a couple of magic moments from South Shields on here. Cheers!!! #UTM
I love non league football! I'm a Merthyr town FC fan and the players are outstanding not just on the field but off it aswell, the standard of football is quality and it's a cheap day out compared to football league, the players are hero's to us fans and they are friendly but premier league players are smug unfriendly arrogant people!
You are absolutely correct! This is the essence of football, not that commercialize rubbish on tv where the local fans can barely afford the tickets and clubs prefer tourists over their true home fans.
Used to live near a small club, standing in the bar with my cider watching the match. Proper footy.
How a Team Like Tranmere Rovers are Non-League is Sickening. Up the Super Whites!⚽️⚽️
Little story about the thumbnail, it's corby town my local team and he downed a beer after a goal. I've also seen him score a 30 yard volley in a cup final against our bitter rivals Kettering town. (He's a centreback)
I support witton Albion in the northern premiere league (3 leagues below league 2 I think) and I absolutely love going to the home and away games. I do support Liverpool as well but I only really knew about non-league football 5 years ago and I've been a Liverpool fan for my life due to my family, I'm 15 btw
You guys should come to berkhamsted me and 20 of us go every week we put so much money into Berko we love them it’s a great team we went on an away day yesterday we were 2-0 down and won 3-2 it was one of the best feeling ever
I only know these clubs because of Football Manager. I always add the non-league database updates, which are now all the way down to Level 22!
I'm actually there at 3:28! I'm worryingly happy about it!
Non league football has the same characteristics as GAA here in Ireland. Simply brilliant
Thnx for putting north and south shields in go Julio arca he's a beast
Went to see United play at Old Trafford when I was in England and that was fucking awesome!!! But now I wish I had of also gone to see some non-league football too.
Great commentary , fella.
Love how you included Monmouth Town in this video ❤ (we're the yellow ones conceding the bicycle kick)
never stop playing!
2:03 it's actually Montenegrin first league. :D
I was behind the goal when that goalkeeper scored from his own half.
Stockport County 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️
C'mon copa90, you HAVE to talk about the conmebol qualifiers. They're on fire!!
Scottish Highland League, North Caledonian League and Caithness County League- where the action is at! :D
Anyone in the Nottingham area go and watch Basford Utd at Greenwich avenue. Going for promotion and play some lovely football