Meet Britain’s non-league football fans rebelling against the Premier League elite and putting community back at the heart of the game

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The modern Premier League is a spectacular, multi-billion-pound juggernaut.It features the finest athletes on the planet, state-of-the-art stadiums and a global audience stretching into the billions.

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It is a slick, polished, and highly lucrative entertainment product.And yet, for a growing movement of football purists across the country, it has completely lost its appeal.The soul of English football, after all, cannot be found in a £120 replica shirt, a half-and-half scarf, or a VAR review that takes four minutes to decide if a striker's toenail was offside.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say For an increasing number of disenfranchised supporters, the soul of the beautiful game packed its bags a long time ago and moved down the pyramid.Instead, it lives on the terraces, smells like fried onions and beer, and clanks through rusting turnstiles.To the outside world, non-league football is often dismissed.

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Graft, rather than glitz and glamour, is the order of service.But to those who stand...

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