by Chris Harris Gimmick definition: something that is not serious or of real value that is used to attract people's attention or interest temporarily, especially to make them buy something. In other words, something eye catching that helps a product or brand stand out from the competition. Whether Equality FC belongs in that category is no longer an abstract question. It is now a pertinent one. The general understanding is … Continue reading Is Lewes FC’s ‘Equality FC’: Principle, Gimmick, or Something In Between? A Reappraisal.
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Non League National League: A Shifting View Part 2: Protecting the Brand of the Football League
By Chris Harris The second part turns the spotlight on the top end of the pyramid. Here the focus is on the EFL, why the Football League has resisted branding a formal Division Five, how its clubs protect their own status, and why the National League has become a fifth division in everything but name. … Continue reading Non League National League: A Shifting View Part 2: Protecting the Brand of the Football League
Non League National League: A Shifting View. Part 1: From Non League Independence to the Unofficial League Division 5.
by Chris Harris This first part looks back at how the old GM Vauxhall Conference saw itself long before anyone talked about โDivision Five.โ It traces the mindset, the culture and the independence that defined non-league football through the 1980s and 1990s โ and how automatic promotion gradually reshaped ambitions, identities and expectations. Itโs the … Continue reading Non League National League: A Shifting View. Part 1: From Non League Independence to the Unofficial League Division 5.
