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Welcome to the TDP Solicitors Stadium for our first home league match of the season against Irlam.

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CONTENTS 5 - CHAIRMAO Paul Manning welcomes us to the first home game of the season…

7 - ROBBO SAYS Meet the new manager…

9 - WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS A brief history of Irlam…

15 - THE NEW CAPTAIN Meet the new Captain…

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CITY OF LIVERPOOL FC 427 Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 2JL Chairman: Paul Manning Deputy Chairman: Peter Furmedge Club Secretary: Peter Manning Club Welfare Officer: Mike Caulfield Club Director: Cathy Long Supporters Council Chairman: Paul McGrady Supporters Council Secretary: Fran Stanton Programme Design & Production: David Marsh at Artomattic PURPS FM: Ste Martin, Jay McKenna Flok Information: Paul Squires Gatehouse: Peter Furmedge, Howard Klarfeld, Paul Manning Hospitality: Leanne Brady, Amanda Manning, Maria Manning Stewards: Mark Howard, Owen Manning, Peter Manning, Ste Martin, Paul Squires, Lee Thwaite, Seana Thwaite, Gary Walthew, Colin Wilcox, Howard Klarfeld, Stephen Hesketh.

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CHAIRMAO Notes from the little Purple book of COLFC Chairman, Paul Manning.

Welcome everybody to today’s game with Irlam.

It was also at the Irlam game where we first really saw the leadership qualities of Craig Robinson. He was a man on a mission that night, determined to put right the bad loss at Squires Gate on the Saturday. He literally tackled anything that moved and demanded 100% effort from every Purp on the pitch (and got it).

Today Robbo is our manager and leads the team into our fourth game of the season looking for a fourth straight win. Seeing the confidence that is oozing from this team, the football played and the battling qualities also can give us all hope for the future, but we know that Irlam are no push overs. Liverpool v Salford / Manchester at any sport is going to be a battle first before one team or the other gets to impose their will on the game, and we know that our lads understand that now.

It’s the same when we play Abbey Hey or West Didsbury & Chorlton and it’s a mindset that perhaps we have lacked throughout the squad previously.

So we welcome the Directors, Staff, Players and Supporters of Irlam FC for today’s game. I am sure it will be a great game and here is hoping for a Purple win.

The clubs have played twice so far with us gaining a fairly comprehensive 5-0 win at home on the opening day of last season, before a 1-1 draw away at Silver Street in a game “famous” amongst the Purps as being the first game we had been involved in that had floodlight failure.

The effort that the committee (and some players) of Irlam FC went to that night to get the game on was amazing and is indicative of the work that goes into football at this level. The game went ahead and we struck early with a rare goal from Jack Kelleher before our goalkeeper Michael Langley was beaten from all of 35 yards before half time.

Franny Smith then rattled the bar and goaline with a thunderbolt as the last kick of the game.

The match at Irlam was the second of what was three pretty poor performances from the team at that time that ultimately led to major changes in the club, which in turn led to the lads going on a 14 game unbeaten run, which saw us move up from ninth in the league table to finish a respectable fourth.

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managers notes The most pleasing thing for me was the impact that all three subs made; Tom Peterson, Jack Hazelhurst and Dave Forbes.

Good afternoon, I would like to welcome Irlam FC today to the TDP Stadium.

The most pleasing thing for me was the impact that all three subs made; Tom Peterson, Jack Hazelhurst and Dave Forbes.

In all three games our subs have all came on and had an impact which shows you the quality, attitude, strength and depth to the squad we have. I know that no matter what team we put out or what substitution I make, the player coming on is of equal standard to the player they are replacing and that is what we need to push each other and what will make us successful.

They started the season here against Bootle and went away with a point and also had a good result in the FA Cup last week, so we know that we will be in for a tough game today.

I have said to the lads in training this week that “yes” we’ve had three good wins, but they have gone now and we need to back it up again and our approach to every game has to be the same, to keep our concentration, work rate, desire levels and standards high, in order to go out and win three points every game.

Once again, I’d like to thank the fans who turned out in very large numbers to support us. Please keep doing it and getting behind the lads. We do feel it on the pitch and on the sidelines.

I hope everyone enjoys the game today.

Last Saturday was pleasing as it came on the back of two tough away games. We started well and felt we could have been more than two up at Half Time. The second half was always going to be more difficult as it was the FA Cup and Silsden had to come out and try and get back in the game.

Robbo

At times we rode our luck and Ben helped us out with saving the penalty at an important time of the game, but once again we stuck together and ended up comfortable winners in the end.

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irlam IRLAM FOOTBALL CLUB began life as Mitchell Shackleton Football Club, founded in October 1969 by a group of employees working for Mitchell Shackleton Limited, a well established engineering company based in Eccles, which manufactured marine and diesel crankshafts.

The founding members of Mitchell Shackleton Football Club were Bob Cowlishaw (Chairman), Bill Russell (Secretary) and Charlie Flynn (Treasurer, who served the Club also served as Secretary with distinction from 1981 until his death in 1994).

They were ably supported by a Committee comprising of Alf Johnson (now Club President), Ged Moore (Kit Manager) and Stan Catlin (Team Manager). Although the Cub has been in existence for over 30 years, Mitchell Shackleton FC can trace teams playing under the Company’s banner as far back as 1935.

Initially, the Football Club was financially supported through the Company’s active Sports and Social Club, however the recession of the late 1970’s led to the Company restructuring its business interests, and unfortunately a reduction in the workforce.

These events inevitably led to the dissolution of the Sports and Social Club, and a splintering of the various sporting sections with each individual group becoming self-financing.

The Club initially entered the Eccles Amateur league before moving in 1972 to the Manchester Amateur league where there reputation began to grow. Third Division (1973-74) and Second Division (1974-75) Championships were won consecutively, and a reserve section was created as the Clubs profile grew.

During this period, a re-structuring of the League saw Mitchells competing in the Industrial ‘B’ Division, in which the Club were runners-up in 1979-80.

In season 1983-84, Mitchells finished Industrial ‘A’ Division runners-up, but ended the season on a high by winning the Gosling Cup. Industrial ‘A’ Division runners-up once again in season 1985-86, and defeated finalists in the Gosling Cup of 1988-89 signalled the end of the Club’s 17 year association with the Manchester Amateur League with Mitchells again progressing upwards by joining the Manchester League in 1989.

In their second season, the Club was promoted as Runners Up to take their place in the Premier Division for season 1990/91 under the guidance of Paul Traynor and Kenny Davies. In 1993, Mitchells reached the Gilchrist Cup Final, only to lose out to Woodley Sports in the Final.

In 1994 Paul Traynor departed due to work commitments and Kenny Davies assumed control, ably assisted by Billy Hall.

This management team took Mitchells to their highest ever league position in the Premier Division, runners-up to Abbey Hey in season 1994/95. The Club was rocked prior to the commencement of 1997-98 season when Kenny Davies walked out; taking with him several first team players to a local, at the time rival Club Monton Dave Rowan and Craig Woodley, who had forged a successful partnership with the reserves, were promoted and asked to rebuild the side. A difficult season was to follow, but after being adrift at the bottom of the Division for most of the season, a dramatic win against fellow strugglers Wythenshawe Town and mid-table Monton Amateurs saw the Club stave of relegation.

After such a close call, Mitchells would never go below sixth position in their subsequent seasons i Mitchell Shackleton were proud winners of the Albert Booth Sportsmanship Trophy in 1998-99, a testament to the spirit in which the Club plays the game.

In June 2000, Club Secretary Ian Street was named Premier Divison Secretary of the Year at the AGM of the Manchester League.

A major change at the Club occurred in 2002 when Mitchells were informed that Salteye Park, their existing ground at Barton was to be purchased and subsequently used for what has now to become the new Salford Reds rugby League stadium.

The hunt was on for a new ground, and with compensation from their move, plus football foundation assistance, Silver St in Irlam, once home to Irlam Town became an obvious choice. The

start of the 2001-02 season saw the Club change its title to Irlam MS in anticipation of a proposed move to Silver St, the site of the then defunct Irlam Town FC. The new ground at Silver St was officially opened in 2003 with a visit from Brian McClair’s Milk Cup winning, Manchester United youth team.

A further name change saw Irlam MS become Irlam FC, and the appointment of Warren Dodd as secretary of the Club, from Irlam Rangers Junior Club saw development increase at the ground.

The Club made the decision in 2006 that they would pursue a place in The North West Counties football League, and entry via ground improvements at Silver St meant that the Club entered their highest level of competition in their history in readiness for the 2008/2009 season. That inaugural season, under the guidance of manager Dave Mann was a tremendous success, finishing in 8th position on 52 points in our first campaign. The Clubs performances over following seasons fluctuated in the NWCFL as the Club adjusted to the higher level of competition.

Previous managers Dave Mann, Ryan Gilligan and Nick Parker have all poured their effort and commitment into the Club, culminating in the appointment, Steve Nixon, a local manager with an impeccable coaching CV in readiness for season 2014/15 after taking over mid-way through the previous season With manager Steve Nixon at the helm for his 3rd campaign for the 2015/2016 season, the future began to look bright both on and off the pitch at Silver St. The opening of a brand new Clubhouse at the ground again pushed the Club to greater heights, creating a real non-league footballing set up at Silver St. Season 2015/16 season proved to be a watershed moment for the Club. Since joining the league in 2008/2009 the focus has been on youth and development of the ground, and it was 2015/2016 season when all the efforts and sacrifices made came to fruition.

Irlam manager Steve Nixon shaped a fantastic group of maturing young players as they put together a magnificent run of results to take second spot and gain automatic promotion to the Premier Division for the first time in their history.

Season 2016/207 proved to be the most successful in the Clubs long history, an eighth place finish in the Premier Division showed the growing strength of the Club, whilst a treble winning U21’s development side swept all before them in the Cheshire U21’s league. Point deductions for our U18’s were all that stood between them and a possible title win as they finished 4th, just six points adrift of Nelson FC. For season 2017/2018 a restructuring of positions at the Club has seen new faces take control of on the field matters. 1st team manager Steve Nixon and asst Chris Boardman have moved out of the hot seats in order to take over the commercial side of the Club, with Steve Nixon taking over from Ron Parker as chairman of the Club. New manager Michael Dodd, and asst Matty Kay, both part of the 1st team backroom staff last season was chosen to take control for the new campaign. They have assembled a strong backroom staff around them and we wish them well for future campaigns.

Season 2017/18 saw the team enter what is usually called the “tough second season” in the Premier Division. A tough campaign, added to for all Club with the pressure of 4 relegation spots due to the 20 club restructure for 2018/19 season, IRLAM performed well, and despite indifferent home form, away form proved to be the catalyst for improvement. An indifferent start to the campaign, mainly driven by injuries to key players saw the team in the bottom half of the table for the first period, but the quality of the squad wasn’t in doubt when available, and notable back to back wins against West Didsbury, and a draw and a win against Linnetts showed the quality of the side. A decent run in the Macron Cup, losing in the Semi Final to Burscough, kept the players focussed as they moved up the divison, and a an eventual 13th place finish in the table gave Irlam a feeling of having established themselves in the top tier.

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captains notes What a first week for the club, three wins out of three and into the next round of the FA Cup.

chances, but we knew second half that the next goal would be massive, and what a goal by Jamie Mc, if the lads keep scoring these goals it’s going to be a tough pick for goal of the season.

Saturday was a huge game for us as a group of players, as we knew a win would provide good money for the club, which is vital for clubs at our level. We were delighted with the win and hopefully we can go on a good run in the cup and keep the winning mentality going.

Shout for Ben Ashcroft with a massive penalty save, if that would of gone in it would have been a tough end to the game but it was a big save.

We have had two good sessions to prepare for today’s game against Irlam, and we have all been working hard. We know there is no easy game and we need to be at our best every game, and if we are I don’t think anyone can live with our strike force.

Brilliant support last week with 700 purps signing for the lads, same again today as that support really does give us a massive lift.

It was a tough game against a physical Silsden side who made it tough for us, but I thought we more than deserved the win. Lads were throwing their bodies on the line and that is what we will need to be successful.

We scored two good goals in the first half and it could have been more with my missed penalty and other

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fixtures & RESULTS 2017/18 Date Comp Opponent 04/08/18 HSL A 1874 Northwich 08/08/18 HSL A Northwich Vics 11/08/18 FA H SILSDEN

Att Result Goalscorers 433 W 6-3 Cairns (3), Forbes, Clair, McGrath 298 W 2-1 McDonald, Holt 630 W 3-1 Holt, McGrath, McDonald

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Premier Division

1 Runcorn Town 2 CITY OF LIVERPOOL 3 Congleton Town 4 Squires Gate 5 Charnock Richard 6 Hanley Town 7 Northwich Victoria 8 Padiham 9 Winsford United 10 Silsden 11 Bootle 12 Whitchurch Alport 13 Irlam 14 West Didsbury & Chorlton 15 Abbey Hey 16 Ashton Athletic 17 Litherland REMYCA 18 1874 Northwich 19 Barnoldswick Town 20 Burscough

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With the ongoing success of our football for everyone project and our brand-new walking football initiative we are starting to put the wheels in motion for our next scheme, Kits4Kids, a scheme which aims to provide children in the local area with the equipment and kit needed to participate in football.

Families are struggling to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head never mind forking out £40/£50 for a pair of boots every year plus shin pads, kit etc, if you have more than one child you’re suddenly looking at spending a few hundred pounds, and that’s before any subs need paying.

An analysis by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) reveals cuts to benefits and tax credits under the Tory government will see children hardest hit, forecasting that around one and a half million more under-18s will live in households below the relative poverty line by 2022. The research, which analyses the

impact of welfare reforms between 2010 and 2018, shows households with lone parents and children are set to lose an average of £5,250 – almost one-fifth of their total net income, compared to a loss of £3,000 for couples with children. This will see the child poverty rate for those in lone parent households increase from 37 per cent to over 62 per cent.

These children are of great risk of being isolated and abandoned socially. The life skills learned through football help empower individuals and enhance mental wellbeing, such as increased resiliency, self-esteem and connections with others. These features of football are beneficial to people of all ages, but they are especially vital to the healthy development of young people. We must do more to increase engagement and encourage young people into football, not stand by while they are priced out of the game through no fault of their own.

This is where the fantastic City of Liverpool FC Supporters come in! If there are any old kits, boots or shin pads that your son/ daughter has grown out of then please do not hesitate to contact us and we can arrange a collection or drop them off at one of the home games where one of our Community team will collect them from you.

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