NORTH FERRIBY UNITED
THE VILLAGERS
THE OFFICIAL 2017/18 MATCHDAY PROGRAMME - ISSUE 08 - £2.00
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Saturday 26th August 2017 Kick-Off: 3:00 National League North
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VILLAGERS ADDRESS
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KEY PERSONNEL
Club Owners, Directors & Chairpersons Eman Forster & Steve Forster
Vice Chairman & Director Colin Wicks
Company Secretary & Finance Director Richard Watts
Match Secretary
CLUB HONOURS (POST 1970) National League North
National League North Play-Off Winners 2015/16
FA Trophy Winners 2014/15
Football Conference League Conference North Runners-Up 2013/14
Northern Premier League Division One Play-Offs 2002/03 Division One Champions 2004/05 Premier Division Play-Off Finalists 2005/06 Premier Division Play-Offs 2009/10, 2010/11 Premier Division Champions 2012/13
Andrew Frankland-Barber
Northern Premier League Cup
Stadium Manager & Safety Officer
Winners 2011/12, 2012/13
John Foston
Youth Development: Richard Bell Youth Development Coordinator: Chris Curtis Welfare Officer: John Cartlich Social Media: Liam Foster Press Officer, Website Manager & Historian: Philip Withers Catering Manager: Jo Gray
First-Team Personnel
First-team Manager: Steve Housham Assistant Manager: Darryn Stamp First-team Physio: Jordan Parkin Kit Manager: Scott Lofas
Programme Editor Jamie Barwick
The people listed above can be contacted by email: firstname.lastname@northferribyunitedfc.co.uk
President’s Cup Winners 1990/91, 1998/99, 1999/00
FA Challenge Vase Finalists 1996/97
East Riding County FA Cup Winners 1970/71, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1990/91, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010,11, 2012/13, 2013/14
Northern Counties East League Premier Division Champions 1999/00 Division One Champions 1985/86
Yorkshire League Division Two Champions 1970/71 Division One Runners-Up 1975/76 League Cup Winners 1974/75
THE MANAGER
THE MANAGER
STEVE HOUSHAM May I welcome the officials, players and supporters of Darlington to the Eon Visual Media Stadium this afternoon, and I hope after an enjoyable game everyone has a safe journey home. Welcome back and we our finally off the mark, before we mention them points we must talk about the games before. I would like to apologies for the performance against Brackley, it was the worst I’ve experienced as a manager. As well as sending an apology to you the fans, I also apologies to my wife and kids because I took my work home and was a grumpy Dad that weekend. We know it is going to be a tough season, but I expect us to compete in every game. However, on that day, we threw in the towel, so we then went to Alfreton with a point to prove and we had brought in Akeel Francis from Rotherham United. He went straight into the squad and gave us the lift we needed and we welcome him to the club. On the night it was a much better display and, although both teams never really looked like breaking the deadlock, a draw would have been a fair result. But for all their effort we was denied a point with a late goal that we could have dealt with better, so four defeats in a row and our next game saw us travel up north to take on Blyth
Spartans, who were on a two-game unbeaten run, scoring eight goals. But we set about the task in hand from the off and, without doubt, put in our best performance of the season defending well. As the game grew, so did the players and we got our first goal of the season from Akeel and with it a belated three points. We now take on Darlington who are fancied by all to be challenging for promotion come the end of season. If we show our spirit and desire, like at Blyth, we will be in with a shout. On the downside Danny Emerton picked up a knee injury and we will be hoping it’s not a long-term injury. We all know how important he is to the team and football club, so we are hoping for good news. Finally I hope you stick behind the boys and they give you a performance you deserve. It’s OK hearing we improved away, but we want you to see it at home. Up the Villagers! Steve Housham First-Team Manager NORTH FERRIBY UNITED The Official Matchday Programme
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THE CAPTAIN
THE CAPTAIN Welcome to the Eon Visual Media Stadium as we take on Darlington in the National League North. A warm welcome back to the Eon Visual Media Stadium as we take on Darlington. Since my last programme notes we have had three games. First up we took on Brackley Town and that defeat was really tough to take. The whole team didn’t show up and I can only apologise to the supporters and to Housh for that display. Since then at both Alfreton and Blyth, the work rate and team performances have been much better and everyone’s been working together and putting a shift in. We were unlucky to come away with a defeat on Tuesday night, but to pick up the win at Blyth was great and we’ve got that monkey off our back now. If we keep that standard up for the rest of the season we will be absolutely fine and start climbing that table! The changing room was buzzing after the game and everyone’s looking forward to the two games coming up now. Thank you for your continued support it means a lot to the lads! Stephen Brogan First-Team Captain
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THE OPPOSITION
THE OPPOSITION
DARLINGTON
North Ferriby United host Darlington hoping for back-to-back wins for the first time this season. The Villagers will, though, have to be at the top of their game against a Darlington side who are flying high in the National League North. The Quakers have picked up 10 points from their opening five games and a further win this afternoon could springboard them as high as fourth if results go their way. Darlington opened their new campaign with a potentially tricky away game with Salford City, but a brace from David Ferguson ensured a 2-0 victory. The Quakers then faced consecutive home games against Gainsborough Trinity and Alfreton respectively.
However both yielded six points, by way of a thrilling 4-3 win over Trinity, before scoring another four in the 4-1 triumph over Alfreton. A 0-0 draw away at York followed, before Darlington suffered their first defeat of the campaign at home to Alfreton Town going down in a narrow 1-0 defeat.
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RECENT HISTORY
Despite being under new ownership the following season (2009-10), the club was relegated out of the Football League into the Conference for the second time in its history. The fans thought that there was a bright new beginning when Quakers battled through to Wembley for the third time in the FA Trophy – overturning a two goal deficit against Gateshead in the semi final along the way – and on this occasion the previous despair turned into sheer delight when Chris Senior headed a last-minute winner against Mansfield. Unfortunately the win was not a springboard for success, and by the turn of 2012, the club was back into administration for the third time. After overcoming several difficult hurdles and negotiating for many hours, a supporters group took control of the club with the aim of making it stable once again, but the FA controversially ruled, despite an appeal, that Quakers should be demoted from the Conference back to the Northern League – an unprecedented drop of four divisions. The new look club, now under fan ownership, wisely decided to leave the costly Arena and agreed a groundshare with Bishop Auckland at Heritage Park twelve miles away. Despite the relegation, the fans stood by the club, and an average attendance record for the Northern League of over 1,300 – around three times the previous official best in the league – saw Quakers win the Northern League title and promotion to the Evostik League First Division North with a triple hundred of points, goals and goal difference ahead of previous champions Spennymoor Town. It was a magnificent performance,
considering that when Martin Gray took over in the summer of 2012, the club only had one player! In season 2013-14, Quakers finished second in the table to Curzon Ashton, but lost in the play off semi final to Ramsbottom. The crowd average was still well over a thousand. Happily in season 2014-15 Quakers went one step further, when they beat neighbours Spennymoor 3-2 and Bamber Bridge 2-0 in the play offs, and gained promotion to the EvoStik NPL Premier Division, the second promotion in just three years. And they followed that up by winning that league, clinching the EvoStik League title ahead of Blyth Spartans with a remarkable 7-1 away win at Whitby in the penultimate game of the season. Quakers played six league games in the last fortnight of the season, with Nathan Cartman top scorer on 19. Thanks to a huge amount of financial commitment by the fans and FSIF grant aid, Quakers moved back to their home town on Boxing Day 2016 to play Halifax Town at their new Blackwell Meadows ground – which is rented from Darlington Rugby Club -- in the Vanarama National League North. Quakers won the game 3-2, and went to finish fifth in the table, but were unable to play in the play offs because the new ground wasn’t up to the required standard. Striker Mark Beck achieved a unique double – he was the last player to score at the old home of Heritage Park, and the first to score at the new home of Blackwell Meadows. During the summer, more fundraising followed, and work began on a new playing area and a new seated stand. NORTH FERRIBY UNITED The Official Matchday Programme
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THE OPPOSITION
THE OPPOSITION We introduce the key players to keep an eye on for Darlington here...
THE TEAM MANAGER Martin Gray
GOALKEEPERS Adam Bartlett Mark Bell
DEFENDERS Chris Hunter Kevin Burgess Terry Galbraith Gary Brown David Ferguson
ADAM BARTLETT
CHRIS HUNTER
Adam started his career at Newcastle, and went on to play over 350 games for Blyth Spartans, Kidderminster Harriers, Hereford United, Gateshead and Hartlepool. The Quakers signed Adam from Hartlepool just two days before the signing deadline in March 2017 following his release.
Chris was signed during the summer of 2013 from Northern League club Shildon. In 2015-16 began the season at centre half, before being switched to right back. He missed some of the 2016-17 season because of injury, but was a regular for the last two months of the season.
Dominic Collins Liam Marrs
MIDFIELDERS Tom Portas Leon Scott Phil Turnbull David Syers Josh Gillies Arran Wearmouth Stephen Thompson
FORWARDS James Caton Nathan Cartman Mark Beck Harvey Saunders
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TERRY GALBRAITH Terry joined Darlington in November 2012 from Dunston UTS where he was part of their 2012 FA Vase winning side. Capable of playing leftback, left wing and central midfield. He has now won three promotion medals with Darlington, and is recognised as the team’s dead ball expert.
DAVID FERGUSON David signed for Quakers for the second time in January 2017 from Northern League club Shildon. He began his career at the club, before moving to Sunderland. At the end of the 2016-17 season, he was awarded an England C international cap and played against Jersey.
THE OPPOSITION
DOMINIC COLLINS
PHIL TURNBULL
DAVID SYERS
Dom was signed by Quakers when he left Fylde at the end of the 2016-17 season. He started his career at Preston, before moving on to Crawley, Chester and Hereford. In 2014 he moved from Hereford to Southport where he rejoined his old Hereford manager Martin Foyle.
Phil started his career in the Football League at Hartlepool, and has gone onto play for Gateshead, York and Darlington for the 2015-16 season. He made 42 league appearances in season 201516 and helped Quakers win the EvoStik Premier title.
Midfielder David was signed in October 2016, and scored on his debut against Gainsborough in a 5-2 win. He started his career at Ossett Albion and then played for Harrogate Town, Farsley Celtic and Guiseley before signing as a pro with Bradford City in 2010.
JOSH GILLIES
STEPHEN THOMPSON
JAMES CATON
Josh was signed by Darlington after he failed to agree a new contract with Gateshead during the summer of 2016. He was an immediate hit with Quakers, and his form was so good that he was the Vanarama National League North’s player of the month in October 2016.
Tommo signed for Quakers in September 2012 from Northern League club Durham City. He started his career in the youth team at Middlesbrough, before playing fro Port Vale, Telford United, Durham City. He was transferred in September 2012 to Quakers for whom he scored 19 times in season 2012-13.
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MATCH ACTION
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MATCH Akeel FRANCIS
Saturday 19 August 2017 | Croft Park | Att: 678 Ferriby broke their scoring and points ducks with a superb win at Blyth Spartans. An Akeel Francis goal after 62 minutes sealed the win for The Villagers. The win came on the back of an excellent team performance in a game that was played in testing windy conditions throughout. The wind was strong, blew across the ground and swirled about. This made passing difficult for both sides. Jake Picton and Jake Skelton were tremendous in the centre of Ferriby’s defence and won virtually everything in the air, despite the testing conditions. In a game where players were bound to make mistakes because of the wind, Ferriby made far fewer than Blyth. Bobby Johnson and Joe Pugh continually hassled and harried Blyth’s midfield and regularly forced them to play the ball back to the defence. This allowed Joel Ambalu and Francis to continually press the defence. Russ Fry and Simon Russell worked hard in midfield and eventually controlled in the second-half. Ross Durrant was solid in goal and Steve Brogan and Jordan Cooke not only defended well, but found time to attack the wings. Things did not really change in the second with Alberto Seidi, Callum Rzonca and Kyle Dixon, on as substitutes, also making their presence known. The first-half was fairly even and it was Ferriby who came close to opening the scoring after just five minutes. Steve Brogan’s wellstruck 22-yard free-kick was turned round the post by the diving Peter Jameson. 12
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Durrant did well to block a shot from Daniel Maguire as the striker burst through. Durrant also did well to tip Jordan Watson header over before producing a diving save to deny Blyth a goal. For their part, Ferriby pushed hard, but clear chance did not come but they did cause a lot of anxious moments for Blyth. The second-half largely belonged to The Villagers. They mastered the conditions better than Blyth and, for the first time this season they found their shooting boots. Francis put one just over the bar under pressure from Jameson and a defender. However, the striker did not have to wait long to open his account. Substitute Callum Rzonca burst down the right. His cross found Francis t the far post and he hammered home the ball. Pugh, twice, Rzonca, Skelton, Russell and Dixon all went close as The Villagers took control of the game. The second and clinching goal would not come and there was always the worry that Blyth would snatch an equaliser that they did not really deserve. The final whistle was relief to the players, managers and Ferriby’s band of travelling fans. Manager Steve Housham was a delighted man after the game, saying: “The shooting practice paid off! It probably could, and should, have been more. We had chances to kill game off. “It’s great to get that first win under our belts Blyth is always a difficult place to get a result and the players were tremendous.”
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SEASON STATS NORTH FERRIBY UNITED 2017/18 SEASON STATS PLAYER
Ambalu, Joel Barlow, Jack Barrows, Ross Bateson, Curtis Brogan, Stephen Cooke, Jordan Dixon, Kyle Durrant, Ross Emerton, Danny Exall, Lewis Francis, Akeel Fry, Russell Gray, Mark Hutchinson, Leigh Johnson, Bobby Kyei, Kojo Langton, Mitch Picton, Jake Pugh, Joe Rogerson, Eddie Rzonca, Callum Russell, Simon Seidi, Alberto Skelton, Jake
LGE APPS
LGE GLS
CUP APPS
CUP GLS
TOTAL APPS
2 (3)
2 (3)
3 2 (2) 5 3 (1) 0 (4) 5 4
3 2 (2) 5 3 (1) 0 (4) 5 4
2 3 (1) 2
1
2 3 (1) 2
5
5
2 4
2 4
1 (1) 5 4 (1) 5
1 (1) 5 4 (1) 5
TOTAL GOALS
1
Clean Sheets 1
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LEAGUE STATISTICS
NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH
LEAGUE STATistics
NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH LEAGUE TABLE 1
Brackley Town
P 5
W 5
D 0
L 0
F 13
A 2
GD +11
Pts 15
2
Harrogate Town
5
4
1
0
17
7
+10
13
3
Southport
5
4
1
0
11
4
+7
13
4
Salford City
5
4
0
1
8
3
+5
12
5
York City
5
3
1
1
11
4
+7
10
6
Darlington
5
3
1
1
10
5
+5
10
*7
Spennymoor
4
3
0
1
7
4
+3
9
8
Tamworth
5
3
0
2
10
8
+2
9
9
Stockport
5
2
1
2
9
7
+2
7
10
Curzon Ashton
5
2
1
2
7
8
-1
7
11
Blyth Spartans
5
2
0
3
8
9
-1
6
*12
Boston United
4
2
0
2
6
7
-1
6
13
Kidderminster
5
2
0
3
4
6
-2
6
14
AFC Telford United
5
2
0
3
5
8
-3
6
15
Telford United
5
2
0
3
3
6
-3
6
16
Bradford Park Avenue
5
2
0
3
5
10
-5
6
17
Chorley
5
1
1
3
3
8
-5
4
18
Gainsborough Trinity
5
1
0
4
11
15
-4
3
19
Leamington
5
1
0
4
5
9
-4
3
20
Nuneaton
5
1
0
4
4
10
-6
3
21
North Ferriby United
5
1
0
4
1
12
-11
3
22
FC United Of Manchester
5
0
1
4
7
13
-6
1
*Not including the midweek game with Boston and Spennymoor
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UPCOMING FIXTURES Saturday 26th August AFC Telford United v Bradford Park Avenue Chorley v Brackley Town Curzon Ashton v Blyth Spartans FC United Of Manchester v Boston United Harrogate Town v Tamworth Kidderminster Harriers v Alfreton Town Nuneaton Town v Leamington Southport v York City Spennymoor Town v Salford City Stockport County v Gainsborough Trinity Monday 28th August Alfreton v Curzon Ashton Blyth Spartans v Harrogate Town Boston United v Nuneaton Town Brackley Town v Kidderminster Harriers Bradford Park Avenue v Chorley Darlington v Spennymoor Town Gainsborough Trinity v North Ferriby United Leamington v AFC Telford United Salford City v Southport Tamworth v Stockport County York City v FC United Of Manchester
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FIXTURES & RESULTS
2017/18
FIXTURES & RESULTS DATE OPPOSITION AUGUST Sat 5 Curzon Ashton Tue 8 Harrogate Town Sat 12 Brackley Town Tue 15 Alfreton Town Sat 19 Blyth Spartans Sat 26 Darlington Mon 28 Gainsborough Trinity
A H H A A H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN
SEPTEMBER Sat 2 Tamworth Tue 5 Boston United Sat 9 Chorley Tue 12 Spennymoor Town Sat 23 Stockport County
H A H H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN
OCTOBER Sat 7 FC United Of Manchester Sat 14 Kidderminster Harriers Sat 21 AFC Telford United Sat 28 Leamington
H A H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN
NOVEMBER Sat 4 Southport Sat 11 Bradford Park Avenue Sat 18 Salford City
A H A
NLN NLN NLN
DECEMBER Sat 2 Nuneaton Town Sat 9 Curzon Ashton Sat 23 Harrogate Town Tue 26 York City
H H A H
NLN NLN NLN NLN
JANUARY 2018 Mon 1 York City Alfreton Town Sat 6 Brackley Town Sat 13 Sat 20 Boston United Sat 27 Chorley
A H A H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN
FEBRUARY Sat 3 Leamington Sat 10 AFC Telford United Sat 17 Southport Sat 24 Bradford Park Avenue
H A H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN
MARCH Sat 3 Salford City Sat 10 Nuneaton Town Sat 17 Darlington Sat 24 Blyth Spartans Fri 30 Tamworth
H A A H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN
APRIL Mon 2 Gainsborough Trinity Sat 7 Stockport County Sat 14 Spennymoor Town Sat 21 Kidderminster Harriers Sat 28 FC United Of Manchester
H H A H A
NLN NLN NLN NLN NLN
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ATT POS 0-4 0-2 0-5 0-1 1-0
290 274 167 371 678
21 22 22 22 21
1
2
3
4
5
Durrant Durrant Durrant Durrant Durrant
Barrows Barrows < Barrows < Cooke Cooke
Brogan Brogan Brogan Brogan Brogan
Johnson < Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson
Gray Gray Cooke Picton Picton
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Skelton Skelton Skelton Skelton Skelton
Russell Russell Russell Russell Russell
Rzonca > Bateson > Bateson > Fry Fry
Seidi Seidi Seidi Francis < Francis <
Ambula * Pugh * Fry Pugh > Ambalu >
Emerton Emerton Emerton * Emerton * Pugh *
Dixon < Dixon < Dixon < Ambalu < Seidi <
Bateson > Fry > Ambalu > Seidi > Rzonca >
Cooke * Ambalu * Pugh * Bateson * Dixon *
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VIEW FROM THE STANDS
VIEW FROM THE STANDS by Sam Shepherd Today we welcome Darlington to the Eon Visual Media Stadium for the first time. It’s sure to be another tough game for us as Darlington have promotion ambitions this season and have started the campaign well. Ferriby finally got off the mark last weekend with a well-deserved win at Blyth Spartans. Steve Housham’s side fought hard throughout the game and after absorbing some pressure from the Spartans they found a winning goal. New signing Akeel Francis got the winner and Housham will be hoping Francis can be a consistent source of goals for Ferriby. There had been signs of improvement in the match at Alfreton, as Ferriby were much more resolute defensively and created chances but unfortunately, they couldn’t take them and were punished to lose 1-0. They finally put the start of the season right last Saturday though by beating Blyth and we all hope that will be a springboard for the season. The side have been much more solid at the back in the last two games and Ferriby will hope to continue their defensive improvement today as they take on Darlington. The visitors have been free scoring so far this season and will see this as an opportunity to add another three points to their promotion charge. Steve Housham has been here before, though, who would have thought we would have beaten 22
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Forest Green Rovers last season for example? The Villagers have been underdogs before and hopefully they can beat the odds again today. On Monday we travel to face our bitter rivals Gainsborough Trinity at Northolme for another exciting encounter. Steve Housham will be returning to his old stomping ground as will a few of the players so they will need no extra motivation to bring home three points. Housham was well liked at Gainsborough, but he will be keen to leave Northolme as a less popular figure on Monday with three points in his back pocket. We have had mixed results at Gainsborough in recent seasons as tends to happen in derby games. Trinity have been scoring a lot of goals, but also leaking them so Ferriby will need to be resolute in defence and look to hit Gainsborough’s flimsy defence on the counter attack. We need to get a result today first though and hopefully we can build on last week’s first win of the season. Enjoy the game! Sam Shepherd North Ferriby United Supporter
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