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CONTENTS
Caulfield, Sean Lindblad Volunteer Co-Ordinator: Mike Caulfield Charity & Mascots Co-Ordinator: Amanda Manning Programme Editor: Sean Lindblad Gatehouse: Peter Furmedge, Howard
8 - WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS A brief history of Leek Town FC 26 - THE SEASON’S FIXTURES Get your fixture diaries up to date… 28 - HOW THE TEAMS LINE UP
Klarfeld Hospitality: Amanda Manning, Leanna Brady Stewards: Owen Manning, Peter Manning, Lee Thwaite, Seana Thwaite, Colin Wilcox, Howard Klarfeld, Stephen Hesketh, Andrew Lavin, John Lavin, Cosmin Mocan Website: Sean Lindblad COLlotto: Andy Lavin, Lisa Lavin Purps TV: Jason Morland Merchandise Table: Sue Roberts Purps Matchday: Michael Meadows, Sam Pearson NLP Correspondent: Michael Meadows Club Graphics: Sean Lindblad First Team Michael Ellison Youth Section / College Dave McDiarmid (Joint Manager) Dave Rowe (Joint Manager) Junior Section Earl Jenkins / Sean Lindblad
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Leek Town FC Although some say the origins of Leek Town go back as far as 1876, the history of the club as we now know it begins in 1946. Starting out as Leek Lowe Hamil in the Leek and Moorlands League and progressing to the Staffordshire County League, where they still hold the record of being the only team to win the championship without the loss of a match in 1949/50. On moving into the Manchester League in 1951/52, they became Leek Town and won the championship at the first attempt. After a brief flirtation with the Birmingham League in 1954/55, they moved back to the Manchester League and eventually back to the Staffordshire County League.
It was 1968 when Leek Town started to become the club it is now. The ground was improved adding a clubhouse, small stand and floodlights. Manager Paul Ogden led the team to success in the Staffordshire County League and the Manchester League before joining the Cheshire League in the 1973/74 season and winning that championship at the second attempt. The chairman at the time was the late Geoff Harrison, after whom Harrison Park is named. Leek became founder members of the North West Counties League in 1982, but had little success.
When the Northern Premier League was formed in 1987, Leek were again, founder members. After two seasons finishing third, they were promoted to the Premier Division on topping the First Division in 1989/90. This season also saw them reach the FA Trophy final at Wembley, where they lost 3-0
to Barrow. This was a historic achievement, as no other side from that level of the pyramid had ever done so previously. The success, all under the guidance of manager, Neil Baker, continued in the following season in the form of an FA Cup run where they defeated Scarborough in the First Round Proper and forced a replay against Chester City in the Second Round.
Leek’s second place finish in 1993/94 should have been enough to see them promoted to the Vauxhall Conference. Instead, they were rewarded by being shunted sideways to the Southern League, as they were denied a place for financial reasons. They enjoyed a fairly successful campaign, finishing in 7th place, but due to the crippling financial commitment, requested a move back to the Northern Premier League. Success followed shortly as they won the championship in the 1996/97 season and were promoted to the Conference. The club managed to retain its Conference status at the end of the first season, a feat that required them to play six matches in the final eight days of the season. The following season proved one too many and relegation
back to the UniBond Premier Division resulted.
The relegation saw a complete change in the playing staff, with a side of mainly local players. The team struggled and was relegated again at the end of the 2000/01 season to the UniBond First Division. Following the league restructuring at the end of the 2003/04 season, Leek returned to the Premier Division where they finished in 7th position. In the following three seasons Blues struggled against relegation and after two great escapes they succumbed in the 2007/08 season.
Relegation saw a complete rebuilding of the side, but under manager Wayne Johnson and then Neil Cox they failed to reach the promotion play-offs. Neil Baker took the reigns briefly in 2011 before returning to Crewe Alexandra, his assistant Lee Casswell took charge and led the Blues to the promotion playoffs three times in four seasons, losing twice in the final against Ilkeston FC in 2012 and Sutton Coldfield Town in 2015. Lee remained in charge until April 2016 when Anthony Danylyk stepped in as player manager and continued in the 2016/17 season.
Neil Baker returned at the start of 2017/18 and in his first season narrowly missed out on a playoff spot. The following season (2018/19) Leek Town finished 3rd, and after beating Colne in the semi final, they narrowly lost to Radcliffe FC in the final. In 2019/20 Leek Town were riding high and were top of the table from December 2019 with 10 games to go the covid pandemic curtailed the season - they were cruelly denied promotion when the season was declared null & void.
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The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation is a charity set up in memory of Daniel Wilkinson who died in 2016 aged 24, while playing the game he loved, from an underlying heart condition called Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Dan played football from an early age and joined Hull City AFC when he was 10, earning a professional contract aged 18. Loughborough University followed where he completed a degree in Accounting and Financial Management while playing non-league football. He was an athlete who enjoyed the gym and took his health and nutrition very seriously. He lived life to the full and had so much ahead of him. Other than feeling light-headed on a few occasions in the month before he died, he had no symptoms!
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN THE YOUNG (SCD) SCD is the leading cause of death in young athletes during sport and the majority of deaths occur with NO SYMPTOMS or family history. ARVC can be found in one in every 1,000 to 5,000 young adults - IF IT IS LOOKED FOR. Warning signs may include light-headedness, fainting, palpitations, swollen legs, breathlessness. Every week in the UK, 12 apparently fit and healthy young people (aged 35 and under) die from previously undiagnosed heart conditions. In Italy, where screening is mandatory for all young people engaged in organised sport, they have reduced the incidence of young sudden cardiac death by 89%.
OUR MISSION The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation has been set up to raise awareness of SCD and to provide funding towards heart screening, defibrillators and CPR/defibrillator training primarily for grass-roots sporting teams. Tragedies can be prevented through cardiac screening. It is vital that young people are identified and treated.
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APPEARANCE STATS LEAGUE APP Theo Roberts
CUP SUB
GOAL
9
APP
TOTAL SUB
GOAL
4
Zach Aley
5
Nathan Burke
7
4
Xenon Bahula
2
5
Jack Hazlehurst
8
1
Ryan Schofield
6
1
Stephen Rigby
5
1 2
4 3
Ben Rydel
4
Jack Hinnegan
8
Louis Isherwood
7
1
Freddie Potter
5
1
1
1
5
4
CARDS
APP
SUB
TOTAL
GOAL
13
0
13
0
9
4
13
0
2
11
0
11
5
1
1
5
6
11
1
2
3
1
1
1
9
2
11
1
1
3
1
9
2
11
0
1
1
3
6
4
10
1
3
1
7
3
10
1
2
10
0
10
0
2
9
1
10
0
7
2
9
6
2
1
3
1
1
1
Adam Hughes
5
8
1
9
0
Elliot Johnston
5
1
2
7
1
8
0
Ethan Devine
3
3
1
4
3
7
0
James Edgar
5
2
7
0
7
0
James Kirby
2
1
3
2
5
0
Ryan Gibson
3
1
4
0
4
1
Shaun Kelly
3
1
4
0
4
0
James Salkeld
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
3
0
2
3
0
3
0
Andy Kanga Kai Shorrock
1
2 1
Mitchell Bryant
2
Louis Corrigan
1
Djavan Pedro
1
Harvey Sample
2
1
1 1 1
Y
1
2
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
R
1
CLUB NEWS
LEAGUE TABLE #
Team
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Diff
Pts
1
Mossley
13
10
1
2
29
15
14
31
2
Marine
12
10
0
2
25
9
16
30
3
Workington
14
8
4
2
23
14
9
28
4
Warrington Rylands
13
8
3
2
25
15
10
27
5
Leek Town
14
8
3
3
24
14
10
27
6
Trafford
14
7
5
2
27
13
14
26
7
Runcorn Linnets
12
8
1
3
25
15
10
25
8
Clitheroe
13
7
2
4
26
15
11
23
9
Bootle
13
7
0
6
30
23
7
21
10
Colne
13
5
3
5
18
15
3
18
11
Ramsbottom United
13
5
2
6
20
20
0
17
12
Kidsgrove Athletic
13
5
1
7
14
20
-6
16
13
Newcastle Town
15
4
3
8
19
28
-9
15
14
1874 Northwich
13
4
3
6
14
23
-9
15
15
City of Liverpool FC
12
3
4
5
13
22
-9
13
16
Widnes
13
3
2
8
9
14
-5
11
17
Glossop North End
14
1
6
7
8
17
-9
9
18
Prescot Cables
13
2
2
9
15
30
-15
8
19
Market Drayton Town
13
1
2
10
5
30
-25
5
20
Kendal Town
12
1
1
10
12
29
-17
3
2021/22
FIXTURES & RESULTS Date
Competiton
Home/Away
Opponents
Score
Sat Aug 14 2021
BVNPL
H
Ramsbottom
0-0
Tue Aug 17 2021
BVNPL
A
Workington
3-0
Sat Aug 21 2021
FA Cup
H
Emley
2-0
Tue Aug 24 2021
BVNPL
H
Glossop North End
1-1
Sat Aug 28 2021
BVNPL
A
Newcastle Town
1-3
Mon Aug 30 2021
BVNPL
H
Bootle
2-1
Sat Sep 4 2021
FA Cup
H
Clitheroe
1-0
Tue Sep 7 2021
BVNPL
H
Clitheroe
0-4
Sat Sep 11 2021
BVNPL
A
Warrington Rylands 1906
2-3
Tue Sep 14 2021
BVNPL
A
Colne
4-0
Sat Sep 18 2021
FA Cup
H
Farsley Celtic FC
3-0
Tue Sep 21 2021
FA Trophy
H
Stockton Town
0 - 0 (4-3p)
Sat Sep 25 2021
BVNPL
A
Runcorn Linnets
3-3
Sat Oct 2 2021
FA Cup
H
Buxton FC
1-6
Tue Oct 12 2021
BVNPL
H
1874 Northwich
0-1
Sat Oct 16 2021
BVNPL
H
Trafford
0-0
Sat Oct 23 2021
BVNPL
A
Marine
2-1
Sat Nov 6 2021
BVNPL
H
Leek Town
Sat Nov 13 2021
BVNPL
A
Kidsgrove Athletic
Sat Nov 20 2021
BVNPL
A
Mossley
Sat Nov 27 2021
BVNPL
H
Kendal
Sat Dec 4 2021
BVNPL
A
Prescot Cables
Sat Dec 11 2021
BVNPL
H
Workington
Sat Dec 18 2021
BVNPL
A
Bootle FC
Mon Dec 27 2021
BVNPL
H
Widnes
Sat Jan 1 2022
BVNPL
A
Bootle
Sat Jan 8 2022
BVNPL
A
Market Drayton Town
Sat Jan 15 2022
BVNPL
H
Runcorn Linnets
Sat Jan 22 2022
BVNPL
A
Trafford
Sat Jan 29 2022
BVNPL
H
Marine
Sat Feb 5 2022
BVNPL
A
Leek Town Kidsgrove Athletic
Tue Feb 8 2022
BVNPL
H
Sat Feb 19 2022
BVNPL
H
Colne
Sat Feb 26 2022
BVNPL
A
1874 Northwich
Sat Mar 12 2022
BVNPL
H
Warrington Rylands 1906
Sat Mar 19 2022
BVNPL
A
Clitheroe
Sat Mar 26 2022
BVNPL
A
Kendal
Sat Apr 2 2022
BVNPL
H
Mossley
Sat Apr 9 2022
BVNPL
A
Glossop North End
Sat Apr 16 2022
BVNPL
H
Newcastle Town
Mon Apr 18 2022
BVNPL
A
Widnes
Sat Apr 23 2022
BVNPL
H
Prescot Cables
City of Liverpool FC vs Leek Town FC
TODAYS TEAMS COLFC
Leek Town FC
DANNY TABERNER
1
DANIEL ROBERTS
KAI SHORROCK
2
AMMAR DYER
NATHAN BURKE
3
LOUIS KEENAN
LOUIS CORRIGAN
4
MARC GROCOTT
ETHAN DEVINE
5
OLIVER HARRISON
JACK HAZLEHURST
6
JOSH RYDER
JACK HINNIGAN
7
ROB STEVENSON
ADAM HUGHES
8
WILLIAM REEVES TIM GRICE
SHAUN KELLY
9
JAMES EDGAR
10
DANIEL TRICK-
KIERAN NOLAN
11
WILL SAXON
RYAN GIBSON
12
MATT BELL
THEO ROBERTS (GK)
14
LEWIS SHORT
RYAN SCHOFIELD
15
LEWIS BROWNHILL
BEN RYDEL
16
LUCAS BAKER
LOUIS ISHERWOOD
17
SAMUEL BOOTH
PEDRO DAJAVAN
18
FREDDIE POTTER
19
XENON BAHULA
20
ZACERY ALEY
21
MICHAEL ELLISON
MATHEW CROSS
Manager
Assistant Manager Coach
RYAN BROOKFIELD PAUL TREMARCO
G/K Coach Physio
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