Away from the riches of the Premier League and EFL, hundreds of clubs form a footballing world built around part-time work, volunteers and local communities. But what does life in England's semi-professional game truly look like?

Despite the players being the reason the supporters turn up on a Saturday afternoon, behind every non-league fixture is an army of people giving up their own time to make sure that there is a game to watch.

For young academy footballers who spend their childhood dreaming of becoming professionals, non-league can provide somewhere to rebuild a career, rediscover the game and sometimes find another route back.

Training sessions, midweek night fixtures and Saturday afternoons are only part of the working week for many semi-professional footballers. Away from the pitch, another career is taking up their time.

For 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon, the football takes care of itself. For the thousands of minutes between one fixture and the next, non-league clubs face another challenge entirely: making sure people are still paying attention.

Promotion is supposed to be the reward for a successful season. But for clubs climbing through non-league football, winning on the pitch can create an entirely new set of challenges away from it.