After nine long - and largely wet months - we’ve finally reached the end of the 2023-24 season. There are celebrations for some and commiserations for others but it certainly hasn’t been dull, whoever you support.
We’re nearly there, just another month or so to go but for some the champagne corks are already popping, while for others their cups are more than half empty.
Administration, pitch problems and managerial mayhem; a month of madness both on and off the pitch illustrates the trials and tribulations of a busy February in the National League set-up.
Maidstone United grabbed the headlines in the FA Cup, Chesterfield continued to break records in the league, the Lambs put everyone else to the slaughter as Tamworth returned to the top and Aldershot Town were shot down in the FA Trophy.
Yes, in the words of Bon Jovi “we’re halfway there,” as the National League season reaches it’s midway mark, with the FA Cup exploits of Aldershot Town and Maidstone United taking centre stage.
Cup shocks, runaway leaders and managerial upheaval all led to another eventful month in the National League.
As the clocks go back to signal the dark descent from Autumn into WInter, we look back at who did what, why, when and how, in no particular order, during October.