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‘Biggest threat to non-league football since WW2’

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March 18, 2025

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Talia Slack & Lewis Coombes

BBC South

BBC Poole Town match — Fans, like these pictured in Poole, have always been able to take watching matches under the floodlights for granted

Teams across the lower tiers of the football pyramid fear the combination of dwindling attendances and higher energy prices could seal their fate.

The cost of matchday transport, floodlights and mowing the pitches have been identified as common problems.

The FA said it was trying to understand how to best help grassroots clubs.

Didcot Town chairman John Bailey worries the rising costs will result in the floodlights being turned off for good

John Bailey — Didcot Town chairman John Bailey worries the rising costs will result in the floodlights being turned off for good

Twenty-nine of the 31 non-league clubs who spoke to the…

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