National League Lowdown

Dan, Craig, and Louis sit down with another one of Yeovil Town’s summer recruits, Joe Gubbins. Joe talks about his time coming through the Southampton and Queens Park Rangers academy. During the podcast, they discuss Joe’s time at Southend United and their FA Trophy win before moving onto Yeovil Town and pre-season preparations. Timestamps: Joe’s time in academy football and first taste of men’s f...

Louis and Dan sit down with Woking’s player/coach Craig Ross. Craig talks about his extensive career across non-league. They discuss the challenges of the role as a player/coach, the changing expectations of goalkeepers and what it was like during his interim spell in charge of Woking. They end the podcast looking ahead to the new season for the Cardinals under manager Jermaine Defoe. Timestamps: ...

Craig, Louis and Mark sit down with one of the National League’s biggest characters over the last few seasons, Tom Tonks. Tom talks about his time in non-league and the impact of being part-time in a predominately full-time league. The group look back on Tamworth’s famous FA Cup culminating with a tie against Tottenham Hotspur and the lethal weapon that is Tom’s long throw-ins. Timestamps:  Tom’s...

Dan, Craig, Mark and Louis are back again to round up some of the standout deals in the National League over the last few weeks. They take a look at ten transfers that have occurred for sides across the division. They finish the podcast with a game of higher or lower looking back at the goalscoring charts from the National League 2025-26 season.  Timestamps:  Miguel Azeez - 02:19 Callum Howe - 04:...

*Unfortunately, due to issues during recording, this podcast will be released on audio only* Dan, Craig, Louis and Mark sit down with one of Yeovil Town’s newest recruits, Hayden Muller. Hayden talks through his time playing in the Scottish Premiership, League of Ireland and most recently the National League. The defender was asked about his most recent season with Sutton United and looking ahead...

Dan, Craig and Louis run through the standout signings of the summer window so far. They take a look at ten transfers that have occurred for sides across the division. The trio also discuss whether getting business done early is a good thing or bad thing in preparing for the new season.  Timestamps:  Ashley Clarke - 01:11 Nino Adom-Malaki - 03:06 Jack Nolan - 05:31 Stephen Walker - 07:49 Charlie C...

Louis, Craig, and Mark come together to discuss the appointment of Kieron Dyer as Head Coach of Southend United. The trio give their thoughts on whether his appointment is a risky one for a club with ambitions of gaining promotion to League Two. They each discuss the possibility of Dyer’s appointment affecting the expectations of the Essex club heading into the 2026-27 National League Season.  Tim...

Dan, Craig, Louis and Mark pick three players each who played in the National League during the 2025-26 season that are now free agents. They run through the reasons why they have picked out their players as good signings and which clubs could look to sign them. The quartet have put together their own starting XIs made up of free agents.  Timestamps:  Archie Davies - 01:50 Harry Isted - 03:26 Harr...

Craig, Louis and Mark come together to pick out their 2025-26 National League Team of the Season. They run through each position in their team and the reasons as to why the individuals they chose were selected and how they would line up in their respective formations.  Timestamps:  Goalkeepers - 01:27 Defenders - 06:08 Midfielders - 14:49 Forwards - 20:24 Starting XIs - 26:42 Learn more about your...

Dan, Craig and Mark come together to react to a busy day at Carlisle where Carlisle and Mark Hughes part way before just a few hours later Rob Elliot takes the managers job! Dan gives his reaction to the sacking, gives a brief overview of Hughes’ tenure and then shares his excitement at Rob Elliot’s appointment and then discusses if Carlisle must win the league next season Reaction to the sacking:...

In this episode, Dan, Craig, Mark and Louis sat down with teenage sensation Oliver Whatmuff. Throughout the episode they discuss his career so far and look back at his incredible spell on loan at Rochdale. They delve deeper into Dale’s promotion winning campaign and ask him about his time in the Manchester City academy. Timestamps: Rochdale loan spell and 2025-26 season - 01:24 Impact of his dad a...

With the 2026 World Cup weeks away Dan, Craig, Louis and Mark come together to pick an alternative England squad ahead of the tournament. They have to pick one player from each team from the 2025-26 National League and have to take three goalkeepers on the plane. They also list their starting XI for the opening game of the World Cup.  Timestamps:  Squad selection intro/rules - 01:18 Goalkeepers -...

In this episode, Dan and Craig sat down with Worthing defender Joe Cook. Throughout the episode they discuss his career and idols growing up. They delve deeper into his time at Worthing and discuss his and Worthing’s title winning campaign in the National League South before looking ahead to his and the club’s expectations for the 2026-27 season.  Timestamps:  Joe Cook’s youth career - 00:55 Playi...

Join Dan, Craig, Mark and Louis to break down the departure of Southend United head coach Kevin Maher. They look back at Maher’s time in charge of the Essex side and debate whether he has taken the club as far as he can. The quartet look at possible replacements that Southend could turn to for the 2026-27 season.  Timestamps:  Kevin Maher’s departure from Southend United - 01:40 Possible Kevin Mah...

Join Dan, Craig, Mark and Louis for their 100th episode of the show and an in depth look at the 2025-26 National League season. In this bumper podcast, the quartet review all twenty-four National League sides and rank their seasons from A to F.  Timestamps:  Eastleigh - 01:26 Morecambe - 05:52 Braintree Town - 11:42 Aldershot Town - 19:09 Truro City - 24:42 Brackley Town - 31:52 Sutton United - 38...

Dan, Craig and Louis join together to recap Southend United’s victory at Wembley on penalties against Wealdstone in the FA Trophy. The trio recap the game and look at the key moments leading up to Southend’s victory in the penalty shootout. Craig gives his take on what could be done to revitalise the competition and they discuss whether Kevin Maher will be in charge at the start of the 2026-27 sea...

Dan, Mark and Louis are joined by Boreham Wood forward Abdul Abdulmalik to discuss his career so far. They cover a range of topics including Abdul’s experience in Millwall’s academy, representing England at youth level, Boreham Wood’s impressive 2025-26 campaign and the impact of manager Luke Garrard on his career.  Boreham Wood’s 2025/26 season - 01:06 Abdul Abdulmalik’s Millwall and England expe...

Dan, Craig and Louis are joined by Sutton United and National League manager Chris Agutter. They discuss Chris’ career, playing style, his previous spell at Worthing and his time in charge at Sutton United alongside the future for the club.  Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome to Chris Agutter and the National League Lowdown Hosts 0:55 - Start of Chris’s managerial/coaching career 02:01 - Management and pla...

Dan, Craig and Louis come together to preview the FA Trophy final between Southend United and Wealdstone. Dan and Craig look back at the two side’s run to the final and their season so far. Louis recaps the previous head to heads between the sides this season and how the game could take shape. The trio have put together their combined XI for the two National League sides and make their predictions...

Dan, Mark and Louis come together to recap the play-off final in the National League between Rochdale and Boreham Wood. The trio recap a dramatic game that saw outstanding individual performances and late, late drama involving Rochdale once again. They look ahead to how Rochdale will fare in League Two next season and what the future holds for Boreham Wood in the National League during the 2026-27...

Craig, Mark and Louis come together to recap the play-off finals in the National League North and National League South. The trio recap a comfortable victory for Kidderminster Harriers away to South Shields and a historic victory for Hornchurch at home to Torquay United. They look ahead to how the newly promoted sides will do in the National League next season and whether the play-off losers can c...

Craig, Louis and Mark join to preview the play-off finals taking place across the National League, National League North and National League South. Louis and Craig look at Boreham Wood’s and Rochdale’s journeys to the final respectively before Mark takes us through previous finals in the National League play-offs. The group come up with their combined XI for the two teams before Louis previews the...

Dan, Craig, Louis and Mark join to recap the play-off semi finals across the National League, National League North and National League South. Dan dissects Carlisle United’s defeat at home to Boreham Wood and the group praise Rochdale’s mental resilience as they saw off Scunthorpe United for a trip to Wembley. The group reacted to Torquay United, Hornchurch, South Shields and Kidderminster Harrier...

Dan, Mark and Louis came together to discuss the play off eliminators in the National League, National League North and National League South. They were covering Scunthorpe United’s win over Southend United, Boreham Wood’s extra time win over Forest Green Rovers, Macclesfield’s late win over Chester, Buxton’s win over Scarborough Athletic, Weston-super-Mare’s penalty victory over Hemel Hempstead T...

Dan, Mark, Craig and Louis join up for a special episode looking ahead to the end of season play-offs across the National League, National League North and National League South. The group breaks down all six of the eliminator games across the three divisions and give their score predictions for the game. The quartet also predict who they believe will win the play-offs across the respective divisi...