Background

There have been many great adventurers in recent years - Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Tony Bullimore and Michael Palin spring to mind. They have taken on the polar weather, mountainous seas and the dangerous jungle. However few have taken on willingly the terrors of Spaghetti Junction, the Winchester Bypass and the M62, to name only a few of the nations scariest roads, and lived to tell the tale.

The motivation for undertaking this challenge is the ever present financial needs of two organisations close to our hearts; Macmillan Cancer Relief and Harrow Borough Football Club, and it has been inspired by four Leyton Orient supporters who visited all 92 league clubs in 92 hours in aid of their favourite charities. As non league football fans, the five thought they should do the non league equivilent and visit all of the 88 members of the Nationwide Conference, Ryman League Premier Division, Dr Martens League Premier Division and Unibond League Premier Division. These four leagues constitute the top of the non league football pyramid.

Their challenge will involve travelling the length and breadth of England and Wales. From Blyth in the North East to Tiverton in the South West and from the white cliffs of Dover in the South Easth to the North Wales resort of Colwyn Bay. It is estimated that if they complete the challenge they will have covered over 2,500 miles, passing through thirty-six counties, stopped at over a thousand red lights and passed a couple of hundred Little Chefs.

KEITH LODDY, NIGEL BLAKE, BRIAN BIGWOOD, NICK RINGHAM & ANTHONY BURLES