Off the field activities at Marske United

before the hour mark with another goal from Boyes. Morpeth reduced the arrears in injury time but Marske held out for a vital win.

Saturday 11th March saw the game at Belper postponed due a frozen pitch so the next game saw Radcliffe make the visit to Marske. The game saw a debut for goalkeeper Nathan Harker, signed from Whickham FC. In an even game, the first moment of note saw the Radcliffe keeper dismissed by the referee for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity, which saw an outfield player don the gloves. Marske didn’t really test the standin keeper and suffered a hammer blow when the away side took the lead on 89 minutes and then broke away in injury time to double their lead. The following Saturday saw Matlock make the visit to the North Yorkshire coast from Derbyshire.

the local schools. We have various activities lined up be it from Flag Wavers/Mascots etc.

The away side took the lead on 14 minutes but Marske hit straight back through Connor Smith just 2 minutes later. Marske suffered a huge blow on 23 minutes when Aaron Cunningham was shown a straight red card for dangerous play. Despite the numerical disadvantage, it was Marske who sealed the win when a free kick from the halfway line from George Horbury was headed home by Andrew May, which sealed a vital win for the Seasiders.

Marske’s next game saw Liversedge visit Mount Pleasant, in a crucial game between the third and second bottom games, one which saw huge amounts of drama. With the away side held up in traffic and not arriving until 7.20pm, the game kicked off 8 minutes late and despite early pressure from the away side, it was Marske who took the lead on 22 minutes thanks to a fine volleyed finish from Josh MacDonald. Marske doubled their lead on 51 minutes when keeper Patrick Boyes could only parry a shot and Cunningham was on hand to slot home the rebound. Liversedge fought back immediately and pulled a goal back through Joe Walton before drawing level on 67 minutes with an own goal from Horbury. However, the drama had only just started and the away side saw Nicky Walker sent off for making an offensive gesture to the crowd, which was quickly followed by a red card for Josh Barrett for handball, which denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity. Down to 9 men, Marske kept pressing but couldn’t find a winner. The game ended with Liversedge manager Jonathan Rimmington being sent off for foul and abusive language. Next up was a trip to the magnificent Broadhurst Park, the home of FC United of Manchester. Marske had secured the loan signings of Junior Mondal, from Darlington, and Sam Hodgson, from South Shields, on deadline day. Mondal made the starting line up with Hodgson on the bench, as Marske took the game to the home side in the first half and deservedly took the lead on 37 minutes thanks to a close range finish from Jason Kennedy. Unfortunately, the home side came out a different side in the second half and, thanks to an inspired double substitution, turned the game around on the last 20 minutes, scoring twice in quick succession, which sealed a 2-1 win. As Marske enter the final strait of the season, they still sit in the bottom four but have crucial games against teams around them. The remaining fixtures are:

Tuesday 4th April – Belper Town (A) – KO 7.45pm

Good Friday 7th April – Marine (H) – KO 3.00pm

Easter Monday 10th April – Morpeth Town (A) – KO 3.00pm

Saturday 15th April – Nantwich Town (H) – KO 3.00pm

Saturday 22nd April – Liversedge (A) – KO 3.00pm

As always, you can keep up to date on all things Marske United at the club’s website – www.marskeunitedfc.org plus the club’s Twitter and Facebook pages.

Welcome

to this edition of what is happening off the field at Marske United.

The club are still working closely with the community to enable more people to become involved with Marske United, be it from children being involved on a match day to the volunteers who are coming along to help the club and build the community relationships.

Easter Draw

The club will once again be running an Easter Draw for the club. We have some great prizes for this and are hoping that the community will support as they did the Christmas Draw which was greatly appreciated. This will once again be run by Eddie McNamee and the Commercial team who with the support of the Coop and Sainsburys have been able to reach out to our fantastic community who are really getting behind this. We would like to thank all those who have donated some amazing prizes towards this event. The Volunteers will be selling tickets at every home game until the Draw is made on April 15th (due to our Easter Saturday game being changed to Good Friday). We would also like to thank those who have already purchased tickets for this draw.

If anyone would like to sell some books on behalf of the club or would like to purchase any please contact Eddie via FB or email the Commercial team commercial@marskeunitedfc. org

Schools Interaction

The club continue to develop their links with

The club have also raised funds for Westgarth, St Bedes and Errington which have been greatly received by all schools. The club are planning on a inter Junior School penalty shoot-out prior to the end of the season competing for the Neil Collinson Shield. We also have inter- schools football tournament planned for the end of the season participating for the Mike Findley shield. This was greatly received by the children of the schools taking part and we hope this year’s event will be another success.

Community support

The club are grateful to the Ship Inn, Marske by the Sea who chose the clubs Ground Improvement Fund as their chosen quiz charity of the month for February. This was well supported, and we are extremely grateful to everyone from the Ship for getting behind the club to improve the ground.

Girls Team

The club have made great progress in the setting up of a girls’ team at Under 11 under Marske United. We have had a great response towards this and the girls who have already registered an interest are really enjoying it. If you are interested in signing up for the team, please contact Amanda on the following to register your interestgirls@ marskeunitedfc.org or visit the Facebook page Marske United FC Girls.

Matchday Mascot

The club are looking for volunteers who would like to be involved in being the club mascot for the day (Seasider Sid). The full outfit is available and we are looking for a number of volunteers to carry out the role on a matchday etc. This is so we can have a roster and share the workload. This is another great opportunity to become involved at the matchday and interact with the supporters etc.

Seasider Sid is also taking part in the Mascots Gold Cup at Wetherby racecourse on Sunday

30th April 2023. This is a competition against other mascots from clubs around the country. It is a great honour for Sid to be asked to attend. To enable as many people to go along for a Family Fun Day there is a coach organised at a cost of £10 per person and the club can also get discounted admission rates for supporting Sid. If anyone would like to attend or for more details please speak to Stan Glover, Bob Ryan or Debi Large at a home game or email : commercial@ marskeunitedfc.org. It will be great to see a lot of people from Marske backing Sid at this event.

Walking Football

This is still going strong with more and more new members trying it out for themselves. We have recently had to play at Errington Primary due to our normal venue being out of action. We would like to thank the Headmistress for helping us out with the facility as an interim solution. The sessions are now back on at De Brus Centre Skelton on the following days: Monday 6pm-7pm and Thursday 11am-12 Noon. It is all about the social aspect of the game with the emphasis on social inclusion without trying to be the best footballer. Anyone is welcome to attend. Please email: msrpfootball@outlook.com for more details or just come along. Refreshments are provided on a Thursday morning after the session.

Entertainment in the Clubhouse@ Mount Pleasant with Marske’s own Squealer

The club are hosting a live music event on Friday 14th April 2023 from 7pm with a performance by the well known local band Squealer. It will be great to see everyone at the clubhouse and advance tickets can be ordered by emailing: commercial@marskeunitedfc.org cost is £5 if purchased in advance.

Marske United Ground Improvements Fund and Ground Grading

The club are extremely grateful for everyone who has supported our campaign to improve the ground. We have seen a fantastic response to our campaign. Money raised has so far been able to purchase more seats for the main stand, enabling the Tin Shed to be extended with steel work and cladding to the far corner of the ground. Extra seats for part of this extension, plus lighting This means that more people can watch games under cover at Marske United. Extra hard standing behind the goal. Covered entrance where Season Ticket holders enter the ground. Covered Walkway, a further Turnstile and housing for the turnstile. A tractor for our volunteer groundsman to enable him to maintain the pitch. This has been a major factor in the recent run of games and the standard of the pitch given the frequency of games. This has been positively commented on from visiting teams and is testament to the hard work our groundsman and his volunteers are putting in. Everyone who has visited Mount Pleasant recently can see the difference that your help has made, and it is certainly appreciated by everyone at Marske United. The club will keep the fund open for any help which will further help the club improve further facilities at Mount Pleasant for supporters. To access the link, go to www.marskeunitedfc.org and go to GROUND IMPROVEMENT FUND at the top of the Home Page. Thank you.

Marske United Club Shop

The club have replica shirts, scarves, hats, coats, Hoodies, Polo Shirts etc available for immediate collection etc. These are available from the Club Shop on matchdays or you can email diryan699@ hotmail.com

Thank you once again to everyone who has supported Marske United and we hope to see more supporters at Mount Pleasant enjoying the football. If anyone has any ideas or if they would like their organisation to work with the club please speak to Bob Ryan or Stan Glover or email msrpfootball@outlook.com