Ashton Town AFC v St Helens Town AFC 21/9/19 - NORTH WEST COUNTIES FIRST DIVISION NORTH

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COMMITTEE

President - Jimmy Cahill Chairman - Mark Hayes Vice President - Stephen Barrett Secretary - Stefan Ochwat Clubhouse Manager - Clare Peters Committee Member - Peter Williams Committee Member - Kieran Johnson Committee Member - Joanne Round Committee Member - Joanne Bourne Committee Member - Jayne Watkinson Catering - Denise Brady Advertising & Programme Editor - Ian Pomfrett All Advertising enquiries - i.pomfrett@yahoo.com Welfare Officer - Gordon Johnson Grounds Team - Jimmy Cahill, David Bourne, Keith Peacock

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This Club is Unincorporated

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ST HELENS TOWN FACTFILE Legal Entity: St Helens Town Limited C/N 04392840 Ground: Arcoframe Stadium, Ruskin Drive, Dentons Green, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6RP Website: http://www.sthelenstownafc.com, Twitter: @sthelenstownfc Registered Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Green Shirt, Black Shorts, Black Socks Alternative Colours: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Yellow Shirt, Black Shorts, Black Socks Secretary: Jeff Voller, Chairman: John McKiernan, Manager: Lee Jenkinson. Programme Editor: Jeff Voller Committee / Directors: John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, James Barrett, Steve Ball, Margaret Wood, Paul Wood, Andy Langley, David O`Keefe County Affiliation: Liverpool FA Year Formed: 1901 (Reformed 1946) Record Attendance: 8,500 v Manchester City, 27th April 1950 Previous Leagues: Liverpool County Combination, Lancashire Combination, Cheshire County League Honours: F.A Vase Winners 1987 George Mahon Cup Winners 1949 Lancashire Combination Division Two Champions 1950-51 Lancashire Combination Champions 1971-72 Lancashire Junior Cup Runner up 1966-67 Lancashire Combination Cup Runners up 1971 Liverpool Senior Cup Finalists 1976-77 Bass Charrington Cup Winners 1974 Carling Challenge Cup Finalists 1993-94 NWCFL Reserve Division Champions 1994-95 Runners up 1993-94, 1995-96 NWCFL Floodlit Trophy Finalists 1997-98

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FORTHCOMING FIRST TEAM FIXTURES 24/9/19 Skelmersdale Utd (H) 19:45 28/09/19 Chadderton (A)15:00 05/10/19 Atherton LR (H) 15:00 12/10/19 Steeton (H) 15:00

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HALF TIME QUIZ QUESTIONS

By Gordon Johnson 1.The winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europe League compete for which sporting trophy?

2.Which variant of the game of football has its own UEFA Championship?

3.“La Liga” is the name of which European country‟s professional football association?

4.The professional football association of which European country is called “Serie A”?

5.Name the Dutch footballer who was voted “European Player of the Century” in 1999.

6.Which French player is a record-scoring footballer for Arsenal and went on to become Assistant Manager of Belgium?

7.Which player went through the Ajax youth system, played for Ajax and became Assistant Manager at the club in 2011?

8.Name the Juventus goalkeeper who was the first winner of the Golden Foot Award.

9.Who started their professional football career at Stuttgarter Kickers, became captain of the German team and then head coach of the USA team?

10.How much did Sporting Lisbon receive for the transfer of 17 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo?

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NWCFL 1ST DIV NORTH FIXTURES 21/9/19

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WEEKEND RO It was a glorious afternoon for our NWCFL sides as the Buildbase FA Vase returned for the 2nd Qualifying Round, alongside action from all three leagues. 16 NWCFL sides won through to the next round, whilst one will have to be replayed.

There where some excellent performances up and down the region from NWCFL sides, and we start the round-up at Coventry Sphinx, as Hanley Town secured a famous 5-4 win with Timothy Barass bagging a 97thminute winner sparking superb scenes.

An epic game at Harworth Park saw Maine Road head back down the M62 delighted after a 6-4 win at Hall Road Rangers. Whilst Ashton Athletic dispatched NCEL side Liversedge 5-1.

Elsewhere, a Carl Grimshaw hat-trick gifted Charnock Richard a 3-2 win over fellow NWCFL-side Prestwich Heys, whilst Rylands came from behind against Rossington Main - winning 4-2, Jay White taking home the match ball.

Abbey Hey defeated Stockport Town 3-1, meanwhile, Steve Jones was on hand to guide Whitchurch Alport to a 4-1 win over Nuneaton Griff - bagging three goals. And Vauxhall Motors defeat fellow NWCFL side Cheadle Heath Nomads 2-1 at the ProSeal Stadium.

Sandbach United booked a place in the next round with a 3-0 win away at Ashby Ivanhoe, whilst Chadderton left it late to beat Brigg Town 3-2 - James Dwyer netting the winner with five minutes to go.

Meanwhile an early Danny Smith goal gift Padiham a slender 1-0 win away at Sunderland West End. Whilst Cheadle Town strolled to a 4-0 win against NCEL bottom side East Hull and Longridge Town defeated AFC Blackpool 3-1 - Paul Turner grabbing a brace.

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Lower Breck fought back from an early setback to eventually defeat Pilkington 4-3 - the winner coming in injury-time. And a late Kris Holt goal for West Didsbury & Chorlton was the only goal of the afternoon at Runcorn Town to secure the win.

Abbey Hulton United and Alsager Town will have to battle out once again as they drew 2-2 after extra-time. The game was 1-1 at 90 minutes but two late goals in each half of extra-time in front of 55 fans meant a replay, whilst Barnoldswick Town had to come from two-down against Northallerton and eventually won 3-2.

Unfortunately, there were defeats for Cleator Moore Celtic - losing 2-0 to Crook Town, FC Oswestry Town - losing 3-2 to Gresley, Steeton - losing 3-2 to Seaham Red Star and Squires Gate who fell to a 4-1 defeat to West Allotment Celtic. Lastly, Wythenshawe Amateurs was defeated by NCEL outfit Selby Town 3-1 with 205 fans watching.

Only one game took place in the NWCFL Premier Division as Avro stunned Congleton Town - winning 5-1 and moving up to fourth in the standings.

In the First Division North, there where draws for Golar United and Bacup Borough who battled out a superb 3-3 draw - with two goals coming in the final minutes for Brent Peters side to draw level. And Shelley and Atherton LR had to settle for a point-a-piece after a 1-1 draw.

AFC Liverpool moved up to fourth in the table following their 4-1 victory over Nelson.

And finally, in the NWCFL First Division South, Cammell Laird 1907 defeated Eccleshall 4-2 - a brace-a-piece for Luke Blondel and Kyle Sambor whilst Barnton come from behind to defeat St Martins - a result which leaves them sixth.

LCFA GRASSROOTS AWARDS ‘19 Here at Ashton Town we were delighted to hear recently that the sterling efforts of our ground staff team have been recognised by Liverpool County Football Association at their annual grassroots football awards evening for 2019.

Rain or shine the trio are at the club‟s ground seven days a week, ensuring that the facilities are as pristine as possible for the clubs‟ teams from the first team through to the U18 and ladies‟ teams.

Duri ng the s ummer pr e season period, the pitch perimeter fence was painted with new gates being added at the emergency vehicle access point, and where the players and officials enter the field of play. A new safety fence was also added separating the pitch-side hard standing area from the club car park. Dug outs and stands were cleaned and artificial grass added in front of the two technical areas, improving overall ground conditions.

At the prestigious presentation evening held at the Liverpool Marriot Hotel, Queens Square on Friday 13th September 2019, our intrepid trio Dave Bourne, Jimmy Cahill and Keith Peacock were presented with their award by the Liverpool County FA Chief Executive Officer David Pugh.

Many congratulations and a big thank you from everybody at the club to Keith, Jimmy and Dave for your efforts being recognised outside of the club. Pic l-r Dave Bourne, Keith Peacock, Jimmy Cahill & David Pugh

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MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD

7th of September 2019 Today's Scott Rees & Co Man of the Match chosen by Neil Prescott who attended the game v Nelson is ...

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HALF TIME QUIZ ANSWERS 1.UEFA Super

6.Thierry Henry

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7.DenisBergkamp

2.Futsal

8.Gianluigi Buffon

3.Spain

9.Jurgen Klinsmann

4.Italy

10.£12 million, a record fee at the time for a player of his age.

By Gordon Johnson

NWCFL NEWS

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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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On this day 21st September 1949 England were beaten for the first time on home soil by a foreign country.

The Republic of Ireland won 2-0 at Everton's Goodison Park in a game that kicked off at 3.00pm on a Wednesday afternoon !!!

21st September 1985 Charlton Athletic beat Stoke City 2-0 in front of a crowd of 8,858 who witnessed the clubs' last match before a period of exile from their home ground, The Valley, due to financial problems at the club. There were ground-shares with Crystal Palace and West Ham United before Charlton finally returned home in 1992.

21st September 2004 Gary Lineker announced that he would be retiring from playing football after picking up a toe injury while playing for Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan and that he would be joining the BBC. Not a bad couple of careers for someone whose final school report read 'Must devote less of his time to sport if he wants to be a success.'

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WHO’S PLAYED AT EDGE GREEN ST Nick Chadwick started his career as a promising youth player at Everton, scoring 48 goals in 75 appearances in his first three seasons in the junior ranks. He made his senior debut against Crystal Palace at the age of 18, and made his Premier League debut on 22 September 2001 against Sunderland. Chadwick was highly regarded at Everton and tipped for a big future in the game, but ultimately failed to secure a regular first team place at Goodison Park. He scored three league goals for Everton, all of which came in April 2002 against Bolton, Leicester and Blackburn. After this burst of scoring in the league, he only scored in cup games for Everton, scoring in the League Cup against Stockport and Bristol City and in the FA Cup against Plymouth. He had loan spells at Derby County and Millwall and featured regularly for the reserves, scoring 36 goals in 54 appearances in his last four seasons at Everton. During his loan spell at Millwall they made it to the 2004 FA Cup Final.

Chadwick was an unused substitute during their semi-final triumph over Sunderland, but the terms of his loan spell meant he had to return to his parent club just three days before the final itself.

Having failed to secure a regular first team place at Everton, he was transferred to Plymouth Argyle for a fee of £250,000 early in 2005. Despite regular appearances in the Plymouth Argyle first team, his goal scoring tally was less than prolific. He scored Argyle's fastest ever goal after 11 seconds against Crystal Palace in a Championship match on 17 December 2005. It was announced in April 2008 that Chadwick, along with five other Argyle players, were going to be released when their contracts expired in June. After trials with Walsall and Cheltenham Town, he signed for League One side Hereford United on 10 September 2008. He went on to score a penalty on his debut for the Bulls, against Scunthorpe United. On 8 January 2009 Hereford decided against renewing his contract and he was subsequently released, though he signed for Shrewsbury Town the day after on a contract until the end of the season. He was released on 25 May after Shrewsbury lost in the League Two Play-Off final against Gillingham. On 14 August he signed for Chester City. The following day he made his debut for his new club as a substitute and scored in a 4–2 loss to Cambridge United. However, Chester's season was quickly hit by financial problems and Chadwick moved on to fellow Conference National team Barrow in January 2010, having not been paid by Chester since November. His first goals for Barrow came in a game against Ebbsfleet when he scored a hat trick in a 4–1 win on 27 February 2010. Chadwick scored 11 goals in 35 league games for Barrow, but was restricted to 15 games during the 2010–11 season because of a knee injury. He was one of five players released by the club in May 2011. Chadwick joined Stockport County on a free transfer in July, having spent pre-season with the club on trial. He began the new season as the club's first-choice forward under the management of Dietmar Hamann, scoring seven goals in 19 games before Hamann resigned and was replaced by former Stockport manager Jim Gannon.

With a new manager in place and the club looking to reduce their wage bill, Chadwick returned to Plymouth Argyle on loan until January 2012. Chadwick is currently at Wigan Athletic where he coaches the U23 squad. As a result of his link to the Latics, Chadwick appeared here at Edge Green Street on 25th May 2019 when he was part of the Latics Legends side that drew one all with a Manchester United Legends team before going on to beat the United team 5-4 in a penalty shootout.

By Gordon Johnson

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 Jimmy is 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, Ian, Dawn, Peter, Clare and more recently, Keith 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.

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HISTORY OF ST HELENS TOWN AFC The original St. Helens Town club was formed in 1901 and played at Park Road, behind the Primrose Vaults public house. Although it was known as the Primrose Ground, the players changed further down Park Road at the Black Horse pub. Playing in the Lancashire League and Lancashire Combination, the team enjoyed some early success, but struggled after the Great War and appears to have folded midway through the 1928/29 season. The club was re-formed by George Fryer and a group of local businessmen in 1946. They took out a lease of the former cricket ground at Hoghton Road, Sutton, adjacent to the St. Helens Junction railway station and, although it entered in the FA Cup in the 1946/47 season, a team could not be raised in time to fulfil its tie with Prescot Cables. Friendly games were played, then local team Derbyshire Hill Rovers were taken over in April 1947, those players forming the nucleus of the team which entered the Liverpool County Combination at the start of the 1947/48 season. St. Helens Town soon began to prosper and early results included a sensational 10-4 win over Everton “A” on 6th December 1947. Former German prisoner-of-war Bert Trautmann joined the club in the Summer of 1948, the strapping goalkeeper helping the team to win its first trophy, the George Mahon Cup, which was secured with a 2-1 win over Runcorn at Prescot on 7th May 1949. Crowds averaged over 2000 that season, peaking with a league record attendance of 3012 against Burscough in October 1948. The following season, 1949/50, Town entered the Lancashire Combination and, despite losing Trautmann to Manchester City in October 1949, they won the Second Division title in some style the following season, three players, Albert Leadbetter (36), Harry McCann (32) and Terry Garner (31) all netting over 30 goals apiece. An all-time club record attendance of “between 8000 and 9000” witnessed a friendly game against Manchester City, arranged as part of the Trautmann transfer deal, in April 1950 and another 4000 witnessed a second match with City the following season. Although relegated by a slender margin from the First Division in 1951/52, the club continued to look forward, even contemplating Football League status and, in order to further its ambitions, moved to the former St. Helens Recs. rugby league ground at City Road. Initial crowds were encouraging but, despite success, the club decided to move back to Hoghton Road in October 1953, where they remained until April 2000. Town produced a number of fine players who joined Football League clubs, including Bill Foulkes (Manchester United), John Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday) and John Connelly who joined Burnley, later transferring to Manchester United and who played in the England 1966 World Cup winning squad. More recently, Dave Bamber scored goals in all four divisions of the league with a host of different clubs, starting and ending his league career at Blackpool and in the last few years, Karl Ledsham, who had a productive career at conference level with Southport, Lincoln City, Barrow and Stockport County before moving to the USA. Following a second relegation in 1956, St. Helens Town continued to play in the Lancashire Combination, winning the Championship in 1971/72, by nine points ahead of Accrington Stanley. However, the formation of the Northern Premier League in 1968 led to a gradual drain of stronger clubs from the Combination and St. Helens joined the Cheshire League in 1975, becoming founder members of the North West Counties League seven years later. They held the proud record of being the only club to play in the NW Counties‟ top flight every season until they were relegated in April 2015, conceding an injury-time equaliser to Silsden in the last game of the season, a match they had to win to stay up. Town enjoyed a golden era in the late 1980s, just missing out on an appearance in the First Round proper of the FA Cup in 1985/86, losing to Morecambe in a Fourth Qualifying Round Replay, but they obtained ample compensation by winning the FA Vase at Wembley in 1987, beating near neighbours Warrington Town 3-2, with two goals from Phil Layhe and one from Brian Rigby. They were regular promotion candidates for many years, largely due to the scoring exploits of Steve “Pellet” Pennington, who grabbed 216 goals in 351 games, his season‟s best hauls of 45 in 1993/94 and 46 in 1997/98 just failing to beat the club record of 47 scored by Phil Stainton in 1963/64. Former club captain Andy Gillespie won the NW Counties‟ golden boot with 34 goals in the 2015/16 season and netted another 24 times the following season, whilst the 2017/18 season saw Shaun Brady only just miss out on the player-of-the-season award in the First Division. Town moved from Hoghton Road in 2000 and ground-shared with Saints Rugby League club pending an intended move to their new stadium, which took many years longer than anticipated and finally moved out of Knowsley Road when it closed in September 2010. Plans for the move were shelved following a disagreement and Town went on a nomadic existence, playing out of town at Ashton Town, Ashton Athletic, Prescot Cables and odd games at Atherton Collieries, before St. Helens Council redeveloped the Ruskin Drive multi-sports complex and St. Helens Town moved back home there in August 2017, playing on an artificial 3G surface. Last season saw Town start off well with victories at much fancied Lower Breck on the opening day of the season followed with a home win over Atherton LR and draws with Bacup Borough & AFC Darwen before a run of five losses brought them back down to earth and it was to be a season of battling it out at the wrong end of the table. Safety was secured with a 3-0 win at Atherton LR at the start of April and this season sees Town in their fifth term at Step 6, aiming to put behind them four seasons of inconsistent performances and regain their Step 5 status under highly ambitious manager Lee Jenkinson and new assistant Liam Dodd.

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OUR CHOSEN CHARITY Joseph Michael Kendrick was born on the 9th May 2009, after an unremarkable pregnancy at 42 weeks. After his birth, although Joe was very quiet, he was thought to be otherwise healthy by the doctors. However, over the next couple of days, Joe rapidly deteriorated, and fell into a coma. Joseph was immediately taken to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit where they began to test him to find the cause of his lethargy and low muscle tone. After six days, the Kendrick family found out that Joseph had a severe form of a very rare genetic disorder known as NKH. The Kendricks received the devastating news that Joseph was unlikely to live past 10-days old, and almost certainly wouldn‟t reach his first birthday. Luckily for the Kendrick‟s, they were surrounded by a very supportive family who helped get them through the dark first few days. Paul, Emma, and the family waited every day around Joseph‟s cot, praying that he would wake up, open his eyes or cry.

The family was informed of a special medicine (sodium benzoate), which may help Joseph to wake up, and remove some of the glycine from his brain, but not from his cerebral fluid. On day 13, to the relief of his family, Joseph finally „woke up‟, started to cry and act more like a „normal‟ little baby. Joe‟s parents were able to change his nappies, feed him through his tube and cuddle him, which meant everything to Paul, Emma and the family. Paul and Emma were told that he was very jerky due to a seizure called a myoclonic jerk, and if he lived, they would turn into other types of seizures. Joe managed to fight through the horrible days in hospital and was able to go home for the first time with his family around a month after his birth. Paul and Emma had a very worrying year waiting for him to fall very unwell as they were told by doctors and to stop breathing, but thankfully Joe never did. Joe is doing really well despite his condition. Joe still has frequent seizures but takes medicine to help control them. Having ate orally until he was 4-years-old, Joe now has a gastrostomy for milk and medicines which is much easier to feed him through. Joe still manages tasters of food when he‟s well, and really enjoys yoghurt and ice cream in the summer months. Joe is also a very proud big brother to Sam and Tom and is doing really well at school.

Joe‟s parents are very proud of their “strong and resilient” little boy and are proud on how well he has done to exceed all expectations. Joe made it very clear to his parents in showing that he wants to fight all the way, and his parents were inspired from this to fight on his behalf to help create awareness of this heart-breaking condition, find better treatment for him, and one day find a cure for NKH. Parents, Paul and Emma Kendrick formed the Joseph’s Goal charity in 2012 and have raised over £700,000 since their foundation just seven years ago. Joseph‟s Goal are fighting to find better treatments and hopefully, a cure for NKH, with raised funds being 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 for further research into the condition. Both doctors 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 finally some light at the end of a very dark tunnel, with real grounds for optimism that better treatments for NKH are not far away.

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BEN PURDHAM JOHN EDGERTON LUKE EDWARDS JAY TOMO MICHAEL WHITE ANTHONY SHINKS ANT POTTS JAMES SIGSWORTH JESSE DOWLING JOE WHITTINGHAM ALEX MCMILLAN WILLIAM DUNNE CHRIS HILL BRAD SMART TOM MOLYNEUX DAVID MOORES CHARLIE DUKE DALEY WOODS DYLAN GLASS JASON CAREY Manager: David Dempsey Asst. Manager: Lee Bignell Head Coach: Chris Stammers Coach: Karl Bell GK Coach: David Billington Physio: Kaydrion Drimmie Colours: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks GK: Grey

CARL WILLIAMS JESSE ROBINSON GEORGE ATKINSON JOE CLARK ANDREW WEBSTER DANNY LOMAX MORGAN ONHU TOM SUMNER JORDAN JONES NEIL WEAVER LOUIS SHARP LUKE SALTERS SEAN YELDREM LEWIS CAIN GEDEAO VARELA DOMINIC WHELAN Manager: Lee Jenkinson Asst.: Liam Dodd Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks GK: Green or Yellow

Referee: Niall Eaves, Assistant 1: Dave Wolfenden, Assistant 2: Steve Rider

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