FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE & LIVERPOOL COUNTY FA
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
ONWARDS & UPWARDS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAWN MARSHALL
SEASON 2018 - 2019
HALLMARK SECURITY FIRST DIVISION NORTH Saturday 27/10/18 KO 3:00pm ASHTON TOWN AFC V CARLISLE CITY FC
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ASHTON TOWN AFC The Ashton Town Stadium, Edge Green Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8SL President - Jimmy Cahill Chairman - Mark Hayes Vice President - Stephen Barrett Secretary - Stefan Ochwat Clubhouse Manager - Clare Peters Committee Member - Peter Williams Committee Member - Keith Peacock Committee Member - Kieran Johnson Committee Member - Nikki Dean Committee Member - Joanne Round Committee Member - Joanne Bourne Catering - Denise Brady Advertising & Programme Editor - Ian Pomfrett All Advertising enquiries - i.pomfrett@yahoo.com Welfare Officer - Gordon Johnson Groundsmen - David Bourne, Jimmy Cahill www.pitchero.com/clubs/ashtontownafc www.facebook.com/ashtontownafc twitter - @ashtontownafc Life Member - Billy Pomfrett Club Photographer - Dawn Marshall
This Club is Unincorporated FORMED IN 1953 AS MAKERFIELD MILL FC RENAMED ASHTON TOWN AFC IN 1962 FOUNDING MEMBERS OF BOTH THE NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE & THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 2
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WELCOME FROM THE CHAIRMAN Good afternoon, and welcome to all to this North West Counties First Division game against Carlisle City.
Today's game is going to be very hard as our visitors today are flying.. We have had a very disappointing week on and off the field, and Tuesdays performance against Shelley for me was far from expected.
We just wasn't switched on, half asleep, whatever you want to call it, and it was far from good enough. We had similar with Malpas last season. No disrespect to them, but both home and away they seemed to do something with our mentality and they took points off us. Same with Shelley, absolute bog standard team, but the facts on paper is that they have taken 4 points off us. For me at this level I am results driven, I don‟t care how we get them points, we just go out to get them.
No matter what we also seem to get injuries at this time of the season, hopefully it‟s not a coincidence and it‟s not just lads wanting Christmas off haha.. Edgy is now out for a while, Tuesday both Dylan Glass and Jay Carey went off to injury. However it is what it is, and we move on to the next.
As always your support is always appreciated. We have new followers both home and away and that‟s great to see. May you all continue to enjoy our football journey..
Onwards and upwards as always.
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WHY DO WE FOLLOW NON LEAGUE FOOTBALL? The country is now dominated by the Premier League with all its football celebrities earning money some of us can only dream about. Thanks to Sky TV & BT Sport you can almost pick which game you want to watch in the comfort of your home. A match ticket to go & watch a professional game can cost far upwards of £30 then there is the programme, food & drink to add on, more if the family want to go. Is this what the true football fan wants or can afford? The Premier League boast capacity crowds at the majority of games & one can only assume that if the working man has purchased a season ticket at say Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur or Chelsea he must have taken out a loan. Depending on what level of non league football you watch, entrance can be as little as £5 or maybe less. The cost of a pint won‟t set you back as much as they charge at professional grounds which is around £4 or more. Burgers, pies & chips will be a fraction of the cost what it is at a League ground. The non league fan can pay his entrance fee at the turnstile & not have to book online or phone the ticket office to be greeted by you are in a queue & listen to some boring music for 10 minutes, then find out that the phone call has cost you a few pounds because it was a premium rate number. The non league fan can have a pint in the club house & exchange friendly banter with opposing fans & any trouble if any at all is few & far between on the terraces, rarely is there any segregation. Oh yes we have terracing in non league not all seater grounds where stewards are constantly telling you to sit down at league grounds. Unlike the majority of league clubs non league clubs take the FA Cup seriously & for some the road to Wembley begins in August with the hope of eventually getting to the 3rd round proper in January & drawing a plum tie against a Premier League side. Here at Nostell MW we didn‟t qualify for the FA Cup but a trip to Wembley was still to be had in the FA Vase. In the 1st qualifying round it was a trip to the seaside to AFC Blackpool saucy postcards, kiss me quick hats, dads with handkerchief on head sat in deckchairs. Well it was like that in the 50s and 60s. As soon as the draw was made hoteliers in Blackpool were inundated with calls from Nostell or was it Crofton or maybe Barnsley? about available rooms for the weekend. Away games for the non league follower can take them to some towns or in some cases villages that they would never visit & with the chance of going to some wonderful or in some cases not so wonderful pubs. Some pubs you find are hidden gems & then it‟s a case of making a note of it & you look forward to the same away fixture next season & when you do go back the bar staff remember you. Locals will look at your football shirt asking where are you from? you tell them & the reply is “where‟s that?” There will be no police escort on the way to the ground & you will be able to walk into the ground 5 minutes before kick off. You don‟t need a fancy swipe card to let you through, there will be just a good old fashioned rusty turnstile with the guy operating it who has been following the club for years (and played for them) a bit rusty himself. He will then tell you when you ask for a programme that there are none left because they only printed a few. The programmes don‟t cost £3-50 or £4 as they do at league games in fact they are a lot less than that, but due to the minimum quantity that has to be ordered from the printers not all programmes are sold & clubs make a loss but the non league groundhopper will expect his programme to be available to buy. Once through the turnstile we all know the guys who try to sneak past the poor old raffle ticket seller without wanting to buy one, I never get to know the winner is the usual cry. Night games at non league games can be a nightmare with poor floodlights & the players numbers on back of shirts hard to distinguish, a white number on a yellow shirt isn‟t ideal. Toilet facilities can be poor at some grounds, tannoy announcer hard to hear for any team changes, especially if he has an accent. The terracing can be crumbling, the roof that‟s letting in rain & needed repairing for weeks still needs repairing. Think about the volunteers, cleaning the changing rooms after the game, manning (should I say person-ing) the turnstile, the tea bar & the club house, the guy who empty‟s the waste bins & cleans around the terracing ready for the next game, the poor guy who has been manning the turnstile now has to find the balls kicked into the trees during the game and never sees the game himself. Think about the poor referee & his assistants in a crowd of a few people, they are always to blame when something doesn‟t go our way & they can hear everything aimed at them. In non league we don‟t have multi million pound players diving (sorry simulation) trying to con the referee, the referee doesn‟t have VAR (video assistant referee) TMO (television match official) or a Hawk Eye or whatever else they want to call it in other sports to help them with decisions. After the game at many grounds they don‟t have the protection that many league grounds provide when coming off the pitch & that goes for the players as well. This is non league football & this is why we love it. Who knows, next season in the FA Cup your club may have the chance of meeting a Premier League club or it could even be a trip to AFC Blackpool. ENJOY THE GAME, RALPH WAINWRIGHT (KERCHING), NOSTELL MWFC Matchday Secretary 5
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Set up in August 2012 and based at The Ashton Town Football Club, the Radio Club was formed with a view to promoting the fascinating world of Amateur Radio to the wider community. The club is open for training and is also an Examination Centre, as you will need a licence to transmit on the Amateur Radio Frequencies. As of now our club can boast contacts in the following countries as well as many others: USA, Brazil, the Azores, Falkland Islands and Tasmania
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HALF TIME QUIZ QUESTIONS 1.
Who scored Southampton‟s only goal in their 1-0 win against man Utd in the 1976 FA Cup Final?
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Hornets FC &Earley FC amalgamated to form which club?
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Who plays at the Matchroom Stadium?
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If you walked down Dennis Viollet Avenue which ground would you come to?
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Victoria Park, Clarence Road is the home of which club?
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Who has the nickname “The Owls”?
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The pub “Livingstone Arms” is next to which ground?
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Which ground address is Stadium Way, Lakeside?
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Who plays at Floyd Road?
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Who are “The Jacks”?
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True or False, Peter Shilton never played a game in the English Premier League?
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Which Australian tennis player was nicknamed “Rusty” after the son of the Griswald family in the National Lampoon films?
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Which sportswear and sporting equipment company was founded in Bolton by Joe and Jeff Foster in 1958?
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Who scored the last ever goal at Arsenal‟s Highbury Stadium on 6th May 2006?
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Who were the last ever winners of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1971?
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Who were the last ever winners of the FA Amateur Cup in 1974?
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In what year did Wigan Athletic appear in the FA Trophy Final at the old Wembley Stadium?
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Which team did Wigan Athletic replace when elected to the Football League in 1 978?
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Which EFL club play their home games at Sincil Bank?
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Which is the only British team to have a 100% record against Barcelona home and away in Europe? 9
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PLAYER PROFILE JACK RICHARDS
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Gerard - Leader Captaining a side in America
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Managers I have now
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PLAYER PROFILE ROB LAMONT
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Rob Lamont
Birth:
31/3/92
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Liverpool
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Striker/Centre Back
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Liverpool FC
idol growing up and why?
Zidane - Magician
t you were involved in?
NW Counties cup - scored from CB last min, then winning penalty
ver played for and why?
Dave Demps - Because I want to play
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John Lawless - made everything look easy, great goal scorer John Courtney - Funny Kid
Tom - Riddled
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Ashton Town?
No-one they're red hot Great Team Togetherness, Enjoy it!
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HALLMARK SECURITY WEEK League fixtures took a back seat on Friday and Saturday, with 28 ties in the Macron Challenge Cup First Round providing shocks, comebacks and plenty of drama to discuss. Seven Division One clubs defeated Premier Division opponents, with the most emphatic winners being Cleator Moor Celtic, who made their debut in the competition with a 5-2 win at home to Winsford United. Stuart Shaw and Tom Mahone both grabbed doubles for the Cumbrians. Two clubs defeated Premier Division sides on their own ground, with Silsden falling to a 20 defeat at the hands of Garstang, two goals in last 18 minutes from Ric Coar doing the damage, while goals in each half from Joshua Outram set Abbey Hulton United on the way to a 3-1 win at Irlam Cheadle Heath Nomads came from a goal down to win by the same score at home to Litherland REMYCA, Richard Tindall scoring twice in the second half, and Nathan Webb scored both of Nelson;s goals in the 2-1 defeat of Hanley Town. Two First Division clubs progressed to the next round via penalty shoot outs against Premier Division sides, each doing so by converting five penalties. FC Oswestry Town shared a 2-2 draw at home to West Didsbury & Chorlton before winning the shoot out 5-4, and Whitchurch Alport and Prestwich Heys were tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes, with Heys winning 5-3 on penalties. Abbey Hey‟s progress into the next round had looked unlikely for much of the afternoon, with an Ashley Stott hat trick putting Daisy Hill 3-1 up at the Abbey Stadium with just nine minutes to go. But Abbey managed to tie the game at 3-3 with an own goal equaliser in stoppage time, before winning 6-5 on penalties. The individual performance of the day was at Victoria Park, where Burscough‟s Chad Whyte scored all five of the goals in last season‟s beaten finalists‟ 5-1 victory over New Mills, and the highest scorers of the day were Lower Breck who rattled in nine without replay against Holker Old Boys at Rakesmoor Lane. Stephen Milne scored four of Breck‟s goals on a memorable first game in the competition for the club. Comeback of the weekend was on Friday night at the Venue, when Cammell Laird 1907 were two goals down to a double from Thomas Ash of St Martins approaching half time, before the revival began. Colm Lynch halved the arrears just before the break, and a hat trick the last half hour from Caleb Jones steered Lairds to a fine 4-2 win. There was also no shortage of entertainment at Andrew Street, with a ding-dong affair between Chadderton and 1874 Northwich eventually being decided by an 80th minute penalty from Matthew Woolley that clinched a 4-3 win for the visitors. 14
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KEND ROUND UP 21/10/18 The town of Stone lost both its representatives in the competition, after both had been given home advantage against Division One North opponents. It proved to make no difference, with Stone Dominoes going down to a 4-2 defeat against a Jason Carey-inspired Ashton Town on Friday night, and some 19 hours later Stone Old Alleynians fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of AFC Blackpool, for whom Ben Bradley scored twice. There were two 5-1 home wins, with Liam O‟Neill and Christopher Turner both scoring twice in Padiham‟s 5-1 win over Shelley, while all the goals came in the second half at Rylands Recreation Club in the home side‟s 5-1 defeat of Carlisle City. Ste Boothman scored a hat trick and Tom Croughan the other two in a fine win for Rylands, that kept up their record as one of the highest scoring sides in the league. In contrast, all the goals in Eccleshall‟s 3-2 win over AFC Darwen arrived in the opening 31 minutes, Thomas Wakefield scoring twice for the Eagles, and derby bragging rights went the way of Congleton Town in their 4-0 win at Barnton. Maine Road‟s goal tally moved to ten in two games with Michael Burke scoring twice in Road‟s 4-0 win against Steeton at Brantingham Road, and another double marksman was Stockport Town‟s Liam Mottram, who bagged a double in the Lions‟ 3-2 win over Ellesmere Rangers. Squires Gate eventually negotiated their way through a tricky looking Lancashire derby at Longridge Town, going a goal down in the first half before eventually winning 3-1, a victory made safe by two second half goals from Richard Sear. Premier Division leaders City of Liverpool transferred their league form into the cup with a 3-1 home win over Ashton Athletic, and having shared an exciting 3-3 draw in the league a few weeks, Bacup Borough‟s 3-2 defeat at home to Avro again provided some great entertainment, with the visitors going three up before Borough pulled two back to set up a dramatic finale. Sandbach United continued their recent good form with a 4 -1 home win over AFC Liverpool, and St Helens Town‟s interest in the competition was ended by two first half goals from Cheadle Town that delivered a 2-0 win for the visitors. The two other ties were decided on penalties with Bootle coming back from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with Vauxhall Motors, Ryan Cox and Connor Millington both scoring in the last 16 minutes to set up a shoot out that the Bucks won 4-2. The only goalless draw was at Mossie Park, where Runcorn Town progressed with a 3-1 win on penalties over Charnock Richard, with Adam Reid saving three penalties.
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WHO'S PLAYED AT Mark Jules was formerly thehead of Chesterfield FC‟s youth academy and now runs Synergy Sports Academy with one of his former Chesterfield former team mates Andy Morris. Jules appeared here at Edge Green Street as a member of the Kevin Davies All Star XI who played against the GB Deaf team back in March 2017 to raise much needed funds for the GB Deaf Olympic Squad. Jules is pictured front row far left on the team picture taken prior to kick off here at Edge Green Street on the 12th March 2017. Born in Bradford Mark Jules was signed for Chesterfield after one excellent display that helped Scarborough to an unlikely win away from home at Chesterfield‟s at Saltergate ground. Scarborough, known as the Seadogs, were unable to turn down the offer of £40,000 for Jules services and he subsequently joined Chesterfield in the summer of 1993. After struggling to make an impact up front, though, MarkJules reverted to a defensive role. His shackling of Carlisle's Rod Thomas in an early defensive role at Chesterfield earned him a reputation as a limpet-like man-marker although Chesterfield fans still loved to see him going forward on attacking runs down the wing. It took Mark Jules a little time to become happy with his new role at Chesterfield, but he became established as an attacking left wing-back. Scoring a few goals in his time, Jules goal scoring usually involved him running against a desperate, back-pedalling defender, before unleashing a screaming shot from around the edge of the penalty area. His finest hour, like so many of his contemporaries, was in Chesterfield‟s 1997 FA Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough, where the dangerous Brazilian Juninho was largely marked out of it by Jules. Post-match Mark Jules graciously gave credit to his team mate, Iain Dunn, who reportedly played the part of Juninho in training! 16
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T EDGE GREEN ST? Frustrated by a lack of regular first-team football at Chesterfield, Jules had a transfer request granted in November 1988and he eventually signed for Halifax Town after being freed in May 1999. With an eye to his future, Mark completed a PFA sponsored sports physiotherapy course and returned to Chesterfield, where he served as Head of Academy Coaching in the club's youth set-up until staff changes in the summer of 2013 saw his departure after around 16 years' service to the club. Mark has since joined Dave Bentley and Andy Morris in setting up the Synergy Sports Academy. The 1997 FA Cup Semi Final of 1997 between Chesterfield and Middlesbrough, mentioned above, was one of the most controversial moments in FA Cup history when Chesterfield were crucially denied a place in the final.They were leading Middlesbrough 2-1 thanks to goals from Andy Morris and Sean Dyche with 21 minutes to go when Jon Howardâ€&#x;s shot crashed down off the cross bar and clearly crossed the line. Unfortunately for Chesterfield referee David Elleray failed to give the goal and within 60 seconds Craig Hignett equalised from the penalty spot for Middlesbrough.More drama then followed as Boro took the lead in extra time through GianlucaFesta but with just 65 seconds left, Jamie Hewitt kept the Chesterfield dream alive with a looping header which took the game to a replay.Boro went on to win the replay and book themselves a place in the FA Cup Final against Chelsea and the rest, they say, is confined to history. Could Mark Jules career have taken a different course along with many of his Chesterfield team mates that year had they not been controversially denied a place in the FA Cup Final by a goal line refereeing decision?
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HISTORY OF ASHTON TOWN AFC Ashton Town Association Football Club originally joined the Div 2 of the Lancashire Combination in 1903 and were promoted Div 1 in 1st season. However, relegated back to Div 2 after finishing 16 in first season of Div 1. Towards the end of 1910/11 season club withdrew from league and fixtures taken over by Tyldesley Albion. The Club was reformed in 1953 as Makerfield Mill FC and after a short spell in the Wigan Sunday School League, they played in the St Helens Combination League for three years before joining the Warrington and District Amateur League in 1958. The founder was a persistant man named Derek „Mick‟ Mycock. In 1962 the Club was forced to move from its original ground at Windsor Road because of land development and it was at this point the Club name was changed to Ashton Town AFC. Home games were played on a public park pitch at Whithill Street Recreation Ground in Bryn until 1964, at which point the Club purchased a piece of land at Edge Green Street, previously the home of Stubshaw Cross Rovers. This became the Club`s new home, and development of the ground began. In 1969 the Clubhouse was completed, and was opened by Liverpool and England star Roger Hunt, and in 1975 the present dressing room facilities were built. During this period the Club joined the Lancashire Combination in 1971, and then in 1978, they left to join the Cheshire County League for four years. The formation of the North West Counties Football League 1982 saw Ashton Town join as founder members, and the Club has remained in the league since then with the exception of season 1985-86, when they played in the Manchester League while essential ground maintenance work was carried out to bring the ground up to stringent ground grading requirements for the NWCF League. Throughout the years there have been many custodians of the club, owned by no-one, powered by volunteers. I‟ll surely miss out a host of names here but….Notable is the involvement of Jack Longstaffe, Pat Dooney, Barry & Sandra Longstaffe, Gordon Ellis,, Les Bailey, Len Riley, Malcolm Magrath, Billy Pomfrett and Jimmy Cahill. The latter two who have clocked up over a hundred years service to Town and are still here on a daily basis. In more recent times, Clare and James Horner made a massive boost to the club with the long overdue formation of a Junior section. As did the arrival of our current Chairman, Mark Hayes, who has helped build the profile of the club both locally and nationally. Other volunteers to mention are Steve, Stefan, Denise, Peter, Clare and more recently, Keith (Kitman/Physio) whose dedication and workrate is second to none on quite often a day to day basis. It would go amiss if I didn‟t mention at this point Brian Cunliffe, who has on and off, over the years worked behind the scenes painting, digging or mending often without the right resources for the job…..it‟s people like this who really make a place what it is. So Many to mention, others to forget, but we are here and that wouldn‟t exist if it weren‟t for those who give up their time and effort to keep the club alive. Our motto „Onwards & Upwards‟ sums us up as we now strive for promotion. 20
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HISTORY OF CARLISLE CITY FC The Club was formed in 1975 by two ex Carlisle United footballers, George Walker and Ron „gingerâ€&#x; Thompson . In 1976 a reserve side was formed, followed by a third senior team in 1977. The Club maintained 3 teams for about 13 years then in 1990 set up a junior section. An under 18 team was the first junior team formed and by 2000 we had grown significantly to 2 senior teams, 10 boys teams and 4 girls teams. The 2009/10 season saw a City ladies team compete in the Cumbria Womens league for the first time. Today we support 5 senior sides, in addition to the Senior side our Reserve side are in the Cumberland County Premier League, our Veterans compete in the Cumberland County Veterans League, Carlisle City Deaf FC and Carlisle City Mencap FC compete in the Cumberland FA Ability Counts Leagues. Our junior section comprises of 14 boys teams and 2 girls teams, all in all we have nearly 300 players at our Club. The senior side joined the Northern Alliance league in 1975 and played continuously at that level until 2016/17 when we were accepted into the Hallmark Security North West Counties Football League. In the Alliance, City were often the bridesmaids and never the bride, as they finished league runners-up on no fewer than nine occasions. Incredibly, City finished second on four occasions in our first five seasons in the Alliance. In more recent times, the side were also runners-up in successive seasons in 2013/14 and 2014/15. We made our debut in the NWCFL in the 2016/17 season finishing in a respectable midtable position in the league as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Cumberland Senior County Cup, going down on penalties to Penrith AFC and making our first appearance in the FA Vase being narrowly beaten by a strong Team Northumbria. We have enjoyed plenty of cup success over the years, winning the Alliance League cup four times, and the Challenge Cup on six occasions. The last season in the Alliance also saw a trophy collected as City beat Percy Main in the final of the Bill Gardner trophy. 21
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OUR CHOSEN CHARITY The Joseph’s Goal charity was set up in October 2012, by Paul and Emma Kendrick, to raise funds for research into NKH, (Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia), the life-limiting genetic condition that their son, Joseph, was born with. NKH is caused by an excess of glycine on the brain. Joseph was given five days to live but reached his ninth birthday in May this year. He is severely disabled and suffers from seizures. But he is resilient and is a fighter, and we, in turn, are fighting to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure for NKH, which is very rare, with only fifteen children still surviving in the UK, and less than five hundred worldwide. Joseph’s Goal is a Wigan-based charity, run by a small group of family and friends, who all volunteer their services. No-one is paid. We have received support from Wigan Council, Wigan Warriors and Wigan Athletic, as well as schools, local organisations and the business community. In four years we have raised over £340,000, largely from charity balls, football matches, bike rides, marathons and 10-Ks, swimathons, spinathons, Xmas jumper days, numerous other fundraising events, and hundreds of donations from generous people. The funds raised have been sent to Dr Johan Van Hove at Colorado University, Denver, USA, and Professor Nick Greene at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health in London. Both have presented their research findings to NKH families at conferences in the North West organised by Joseph‟s Goal, and trustees of Joseph‟s Goal have twice attended NKH conferences at Harvard University in Boston, USA. The many varied defective genes that have been found in different children/families in the brain that causes NKH have been identified, and the task now is to find a route to replace it with a healthy gene. There is, at last, some light at the end of a very dark tunnel, with real grounds for optimism that better treatments for NKH are not far away. Since Joseph‟s Goal began, Joe has become a little celebrity locally: - in 2013, he was the mascot for Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup Final and was carried out onto the pitch at Wembley by the captain, Emmerson Boyce, which resulted in television appearances on BBC NW, Granada, and Sky News; - in 2013, Joseph‟s family were the WISHFM „Local Heroes Family of the Year‟; - in 2014, Joseph switched on the Xmas Lights in Wigan Town Centre; - in 2014, Joseph‟s Goal was recognised by Wigan Council as contributing to the „Believe in Wigan” campaign; - and in 2016, Joseph‟s Goal was a Finalist in the GM Chamber of Commerce Wigan Business Awards. If you are looking for a charity to support, then please consider our charity, and help Joseph to achieve his Goal. 22
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THOMAS GOODWIN (GK) JOHN COURTNEY (GK) GEORGE ATKINSON JACK BAKER RYAN BOTELL JACK BROMILOW JASON CAREY NICHOLAS CHAMBERS MICHAEL CUSHION JOHN EDGERTON HENRY GASKILL DYLAN GLASS CHRISTOPHER HILL MATHEW JOHNSON ROBERT LAMONT ROSS LOWEY JAMES LUDGATE ARON MCGRATH DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN ALEX NOONAN JACK RICHARDS HARRIS SAUNDERS JACOB SHIELD JAMES SIGSWORTH BRADLEY SMART LIAM SMITH DYLAN SWEENEY MICHAEL WHITE DALEY WOODS SEAN YELDREM
1. STEVEN TOWNSLEY 2. JAMIE HEATH 3. AARON BRADBURY 4. JOSH SIMPSON 5. TYRAN TAYLOR 6. PETER ALLISON 7. DAVID RENYARD 8. JAMES EARL 9. ROBERT MCCARTNEY 10. MICHAEL SLACK 11. KIERON BLAIR 12. DANIEL WOOD 13. MICHAEL BALLANTYNE 14. MARC GALLIMORE 15. KYLE ARMSTRONG 16. THOMAS HICKEY
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Referee: James Morgan, Assistant 1: James Thomas, Assistant 2: Ryan Hoey