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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 Workington AFC 26 - THE SEASON’S FIXTURES Get your fixture diaries up to date… 28 - HOW THE TEAMS LINE UP
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Workington AFC WORKINGTON AFC Formed in1884, Workington played competitive football in the Cumberland Association, Cumberland Senior, Lancashire, Lancashire Combination and the North Eastern leagues before disbanding in 1911, going into voluntary liquidation. The club was reformed in 1921 and, since then, has operated from the North Eastern League (25 seasons), Football League (26 seasons), Northern Premier League (34 seasons), North West Counties League (1 season) and National North (9 seasons). Various events are being planned to celebrate the club’s centenary season. North Eastern League When the club was reformed in 1921, they became members of the North Eastern League remaining there for thirty years. They finished in the top half of the table more often than not – 5th on five occasions, 4th five times and runners-up after one memorable season. Goals were plentiful in those days, with the team netting over a century on eight occasions – including 147 at the end of the 1933-34 campaign. Billy Charlton was the leading scorer during the early thirties, netting 131 NEL goals in just three seasons. The Club record victory (16-1 v. Chopwell Institute) was obtained in May, 1934 having overcome the same team 7-4, away, earlier in the season. On two occasions, they lifted the NEL Challenge Cup overcoming Middlesbrough Reserves in 1936 and Blyth Spartans two years later. They were beaten finalists in 1938. The Football League Elected to the Third Division North in 1951, their first Football League fixture was against Halifax Town but ended in a 3-1 defeat. A few days later, Chesterfield were welcomed as the first visitors to Borough Park with Reds emerging 3-1 victors. It was a tough baptism, though, and Work-
ington finished 24th, 23rd and 20th in their first three seasons with a record FL defeat (0-8 at Wrexham) inflicted upon them during the ’53-54 campaign. Matters slowly began to improve under the management of Bill Shankly and his two year tenure saw the club better positioned when he left than they were on his arrival. Two other prominent managers, Joe Harvey, who was in charge for five seasons, and Ken Furphy, in the hot seat for just over two years, did so much to enhance the club’s reputation throughout the late fifties/early sixties.
Promotion from the Fourth Division in 1964 led to three seasons in the Third and, whilst there, Workington attained their highest FL placing – 5th position at the end of the ’65-66 campaign. Sadly, though, relegation was experienced twelve months later.
It had been a golden period in the club’s history and included a notable league double over Swansea Town (7-0 at home, 6-1 away), during the 1965-66 campaign. They became famed League Cup fighters in the sixties, reaching the quarter finals in both 1964 and 1965 only to lose to West Ham United and Chelsea respectively. The run in ‘64-65 competition began with a 9-1 victory over Barrow and included a sensational 5-1 replay success over, then, top flight outfit
Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park – arguably the club’s finest ever result.
Trophy runs, with a few Cumberland Cup successes thrown in for good measure.
Other cup heroics were recorded in the FA Cup – a narrow 1-0 defeat against Liverpool (51-52) and a 1-3 reverse v. Manchester United (57-58) – both memorable occasions.
They finished runners-up in Evo-Stik Premier in 2015 recording more victories (27) than any other team in the division. Unfortunately, though, they lost in the play-offs to Ilkeston, a team they had beaten twice in the regular campaign. A fifth place finish in 2016 again culminated in play-off heartache, beaten in the final at Salford City.
Messrs Shankly, Harvey and Furphy were revered during their time in the Borough Park hot-seat but the stability was not quite the same thereafter and managers came and went on a regular basis. Brian Doyle and former player, George Aitken, did stay longer than most but once they left the club the future looked bleak The decline set in during the mid-seventies and Workington’s final four seasons saw them finish 23rd, 23rd, 24th and 24th. It ended in demotion from the Football League in 1977, voted out and replaced by Wimbledon. The Non-League Era They became members of the Northern Premier League on the 18th June, 1977 but life remained a struggle. Indeed, they were left to reflect on 19th, 14th and 21st final placings in the first three campaigns and didn’t manage a top half finish (7th) until the end of their sixth season. Winning a first trophy in forty seven years was welcome respite when they lifted the President’s Cup in 1984 but matters deteriorated on the league front culminating in relegation at the end of the 1987-88 season. Many unwanted records were established including an all-time heaviest loss, 0-9 at Chorley, and the heaviest home defeat, 0-8 v. Rhyl. Ten mediocre seasons in the NPL First Division followed, before another relegation saw them demoted to the North West Counties League in 1998. After years of struggle and decline, what happened in the NWCL was truly remarkable. They won their final fourteen league games to pip Mossley for the ’98-99 title on the final day of a dramatic season – a first senior championship in the club’s history. It prompted fifteen years of moderate success and a nine season stint in Conference North, ending in April, 2014. They twice reached the Conference North play-offs, and enjoyed several good FA
Workington made it a hat-trick of top five finishes, fourth in fact, but again suffered disappointment in 2017 when they fell at the first hurdle, albeit a thrilling 3-2 defeat at Stourbridge. It was a mid-table finish at the end of the 2017-18 campaign when an injury crises over the second half of the season saw them slump from a position of second at the turn of the year to a final standing of eleventh. And the decline continued throughout the 2018-19 season with only eight league wins recorded, culminating in relegation. During the last three months of a depressing season, Workington lost nine consecutive league games at home – another unwanted club record! Under new management, the Reds bounced back in style during the 19-20 campaign but, the intervention of a world-wide pandemic prevented a highly probable promotion and immediate return to Step 3 football. They were ten points clear at the top of the North West Division when the season was declared ‘concluded’ and recorded as null and void. Managers Darren Edmondson was appointed in September, 2007 and became the longest serving manager in the club’s history before stepping down in December 2013. He had been in the hot seat for six years and three months. Some of his predecessors include Bill Shankly, Joe Harvey, Ken Furphy, Keith Burkinshaw, Alan Ashman, John McNamee, Bobby Johnstone, Barry Endean, Les O’Neill, Mick Heaton, Peter Hampton and Tommy Cassidy. Gavin Skelton took over as player manager and guided the club to a second place finish, just two points behind champions, FC United of Manchester. His success attracted the interest of Queen
of the South who enticed him over the border to become their assistant manager. Derek Townsley was appointed his successor and he can reflect on a fine career, in England and Scotland, as well as a previous playing spell with Workington. When Townsley stepped down, two more former players, Lee Andrews and David Hewson, took over, enjoying moderate success at first. Danny Grainger was in charge for two seasons but resigned in June to take up a post in Scotland and Chris Willcock became his successor following his appointment in July, 2021. Stadium Borough Park has been Workington’s home for eighty four years and the record attendance for the ground was set in 1958 when 21,000 fans witnessed the visit of Manchester United (FA Cup 3rd Round). The Fourth Division Boxing Day derby v. Carlisle United in 1963 attracted a record league crowd of 18,628. Plans for a new 8,000 capacity stadium, which would have housed Workington AFC and Workington Town RLFC and hosted three World Cup matches in 2021, were abandoned in June, 2019. The subject is under constant review, however, with a scaled down version now the preferred option. Their previous home was Lonsdale Park, adjacent to the current site, where they played from 1921 until 1937. The ground staged Workington’s only ever appearance in the 4th Round of the FA Cup when Preston North End emerged 2-1 winners before a 16,730 attendance.
Cumberland Cup Winners: 26 times. Cumberland Cup Runners-up: 12 times
North Eastern League Runners-up: 1939
North Eastern League Challenge Cup Winners: 1935, 1937 North Eastern League Challenge Cup Runners-up: 1938
Promotion from Division Four (Football League): 1964 (3rd position) Best season in Football League: 5th position in Division Three 1965-66 Football League Cup Quarter-finalists: 1964, 1965
North West Counties League Champions: 1999
Northern Premier League President’s Cup winners: 1984 Runners-up: 2004 Best season in Northern Premier League: 2nd position in 2004-05, 2015-16 Northern Premier League Play-off winners: 2004-05
Best season in Conference North: 3rd position in 2006-07
Famous ‘old boys’ John Burridge, Glenn Murray, Grant Holt and Adam Collin are some of Workington’s better known home grown players with the likes of Alan Suddick, Paul Stewart, Derek Fazackerley and Derek Mountfield also spending brief periods with the club. George Best and Bobby Charlton have also worn the WAFC shirt in ‘one-off’, fund raising matches.
Honours
Best season in FA Cup: 4th Round proper in 1933-34 Best season in FA Trophy: Quarter-final in 2009-10 Best season in FA Vase: 6th Round in 1998-99
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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%.
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APPEARANCE STATS LEAGUE
Adam Hughes
CUP SUB
GOAL
APP
SUB
13
1
1
5
1
Zach Aley
9
6
Jack Hazlehurst
15
2
Xenon Bahula
2
10
Theo Roberts (GK)
10
Elliot Johnston
13
James Edgar
14 10
Freddie Potter
5
Jack Hinnegan
12
Louis Isherwood
7
1
Ryan Schofield
7
2
Ryan Gibson
9
1
Ethan Devine
5
4
Stephen Rigby
5
1 2
Ben Rydel
4
Louis Corrigan
8
James Murphy
7
Danny Taberner (GK)
9
George Hassall
5
Shaun Kelly
6
Jack Walls
8
Josh Quarless
8
James Salkeld
2
5
TOTAL
GOAL
18
2
20
1
14
6
20
0
17
3
20
8
1
6
12
18
1
2
6
16
0
16
0
1
3
16
1
17
0
1
2
1
4
2
5
6
2
1
0
15
4
1
0
11
2
13
0
4
1
2
11
3
14
0
11
1
12
1 0
10
1
3
1
7
3
10
1
1
1
9
1
10
0
7
3
10
1
9
0
9
0
1
6
4
10
0
1
7
0
7
0
8
1
9
0
8
0
8
4
4
2
6
1
6
2
8
0
4
1
5
1
6
0
6
1
3
5
0
5
0
1
1
3
1
4
0
2
1
3
1
1
1
4
1 4 2
2
1
2
1
1
2 1
1
Ben Finley
2
2 1
7
15
4
James Kirby
1
13
6
2
Ollie (GK)
6
3
Kai Shorrock
Michael Monaghan
7
1
6
1
6
1
12
Scott Lycett
Tom Morris
0
15
5
2
Lewis McKinney
18
0
7
1
2
0
15
1
6
Anton Smith
18 3
2
3
Harvey Sample
1
3
Glenn Rule
Harry Scarborough
SUB
3
1
CARDS
APP
4
Djavan Pedro
Andy Kanga
GOAL
5 8
1
Nathan Burke
Mitchell Bryant
TOTAL
APP
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Y
1
R
1
CLUB NEWS
LEAGUE TABLE 1
Workington
23
16
5
2
48
20
28
53
2
Marine
22
17
0
5
43
23
20
51
3
Warrington Rylands
23
15
4
4
56
29
27
49
4
Leek Town
23
14
4
5
48
24
24
46
5
Runcorn Linnets
22
14
3
5
49
27
22
45
6
Clitheroe
22
12
4
6
45
27
18
40
7
Trafford
24
10
8
6
41
28
13
38
8
Mossley
23
12
2
9
38
36
2
38
9
Bootle
22
12
1
9
50
39
11
37
10
City of Liverpool FC
20
8
5
7
29
26
3
29
11
1874 Northwich
22
8
5
9
36
41
-5
29
12
Colne
20
8
3
9
27
28
-1
27
13
Newcastle Town
25
7
6
12
35
46
-11
27
14
Glossop North End
24
5
11
8
23
30
-7
26
15
Ramsbottom United
22
8
2
12
31
43
-12
26
16
Widnes
22
7
2
13
28
33
-5
23
17
Kidsgrove Athletic
23
7
2
14
28
43
-15
23
18
Prescot Cables
24
5
2
17
33
56
-23
17
19
Kendal Town
25
3
2
20
21
64
-43
10
20
Market Drayton Town
21
1
3
17
8
54
-46
6
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
2-0
Tue Nov 9 2021
BVNPL
H
Market Drayton
3-0
Sat Nov 13 2021
BVNPL
A
Kidsgrove Athletic
2-1
Sat Nov 20 2021
BVNPL
A
Mossley
1-2
Sat Nov 27 2021
BVNPL
H
Kendal
0-0
Sat Dec 4 2021
BVNPL
A
Prescot Cables
0-6
Sat Dec 18 2021
BVNPL
A
Ramsbottom Utd
1-0
Sat Jan 15 2022
BVNPL
H
Runcorn Linnets
2-0
Tue Jan 18 2022
BVNPL
H
Workington
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 12 2022
BVNPL
A
Bootle FC
Tue Feb 15 2022
BVNPL
H
Widnes FC
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 Workington AFC
TODAYS TEAMS COLFC
WORKINGTON AFC
OLIVER MARTIN
1
JIM ATKINSON
KAI SHORROCK
2
DANNY ECCLES
NATHAN BURKE
3
KYLE HARRISON
LOUIS CORRIGAN
4
DAN WORDSWORTH
SCOTT LYCETT
5
SAM SMITH
JACK HAZLEHURST
6
MATTY CLARKE
JACK HINNIGAN
7
CEIRAN CASSON
ADAM HUGHES
8
CONOR TINNION
SHAUN KELLY
9
BRAD CARROLL
JAMES EDGAR
10
BRAD HUBBOLD
MICHAEL J MONOGHAN
11
DAVID SYMINGTON
RYAN GIBSON
12
STEVEN RIGG
GLENN RULE
14
CONNOR GAUL
RYAN SCHOFIELD
15
IYRWAH GOODEN
JACK WALLS
16
CHARLIE BOWMAN
LOUIS ISHERWOOD
17
SCOTT ALLISON
RYAN SCHOFIELD
18
AIDAN HOWARTH
JOSH QUARLESS
19
LOUIS ROWE
XENON BAHULA
20
ZACERY ALEY
21
MICHAEL ELLISON
Manager
MATHEW CROSS
Assistant Manager
CHRIS LAWTON
Coach
RYAN BROOKFIELD PAUL TREMARCO
G/K Coach Physio
CHRIS WILLCOCK STEVEN RUDD
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