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Board
Eman Forster - Owner & Joint Chair Steve Forster - Owner & Joint Chair Colin Wicks - Vice Chair Richard Watts - Company Secretary & Finance Director
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Management
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Billy Heath - Manager Mark Carroll - Assistant Manager
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Management Committee
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EDITOR NOTES A warm welcome to the Eon Visual Media Stadium for this evening’s match between North Ferriby United and Solihull Moors.
The season got underway for Ferriby with a 1-0 defeat against Tamworth in a game which saw two red cards. Whilst the result was disappointing make no mistake Tamworth are a quality side and will be challenging for promotion this year but the side can take heart from the way they performed. The club bounced back in the best possible way against Chorley with a resound-
ing 4-0 victory with Curtis Bateson bagging a hat-trick and To Denton getting on the scoresheet. A match report will be in the next issue of The Villagers. Despite losing Omar Bogle to Grimsby, Solihull Moors turned over AFC Fylde 3-0 at home proving they can still find the net consistently after his departure. Sponsorship packages are now available and anyone wishing to sponsor the club should contact Denise Barrass on denise.barrass@northferribyunitedfc.co.uk or Steve Forster on steve.forster@northfer-
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TODAY’S OPPONENTS...
SOLIHULL MOORS Our second home game of the National League North sees Solihull Moors make the trip to the Eon Visual Media Stadium. The club couldn’t have got off to a better start beating AFC Fylde 3-0 on the opening weekend, as the side look to better their 12th-placed finish last season.
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Two goals from Stefan Moore, the first being from the penalty spot, and a Tom Hannigan own-goal saw the side reach the summit of the table. Marcus Bignot had eleven summer signings available as he looked to stamp his mark on the team.
The club who amassed 55 points, three points fewer than Ferriby, last campaign coming in the form of 16 wins 7 draws and 19 losses.
MANAGER: Marcus Bignot Marcus served his apprenticeship with Birmingham City and had a short spell at Telford United before going to Kidderminster Harriers for a fee of £10.000 in 1996. He was capped for the England C squad, and after 56 appearances moved on Crewe Alexandra in August 1997 for £100,000. Marcus joined Bristol Rovers in August 2000 and to Queens Park Rangers in March 2001. He moved to Rushden and Diamonds in July 2001 when they were in the old second division and during a 30 month stay played 77 games before it was back to Loftus Road for 4 years and played 136 games. During this stay Marcus became Club captain. It was then onto Millwall in January 2008, and finally he returned to where it all started Kidderminster, in February 2010. He was appointed as manager of Solihull Moors in July 2011 and steered the club to Conference North safety before a 9th league place in 2012/13, 8th place the next season and 12th in the last campaign.
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TODAY’S OPPONENTS...
SOLIHULL MOORS
Danny Lewis
Connor Franklin
Position: Defence
Danny joins Moors from Kidderminster Harriers where for the last five years he has been the number one choice between the sticks and was part of the side that finished four times in the top seven of the Conference Premier.
He was the Supporters Player of the Season in his first spell at Liberty Way. Connor is another former England C player now in Moors squad.
Jordan signed for Solihull Moors in the summer of 2013. He joined Gresley Rovers in the summer of 2008 as a result of former Midland Alliance side Stapenhill FC’s demise.
Gareth Dean
Michael Nottingham
A former Player of the Year, Gareth was captain of Nuneaton. He was included in the England C squad to play against Latvia Under-23s in September 2013.
Another 2013 summer signing from Northern Premier League Division One Gresley. Michael Nottingham, a tall commanding defender.
Liam Daly
Callum Gittings
Liam first joined Moors in 2008 from Redditch United, having previously been at Birmingham City as a youngster. The towering centre half played 39 matches for Solihull over the next two seasons scoring five goals.
Another capture from Kidderminster during the close season, Callum made over 175 appearances, scoring 20 times in his five years with the Harriers.
Position: Goalkeeper
Theo Streete
Position: Defence Theo Streete rejoined Moors for the forthcoming season from Nuneaton Town, and will immediately resume his role of Club Captain.
Gavin Cowan
Position: Defence Six foot 4 inch Cowan was born in Hanover, Germany, and has been with Nuneaton for the past three years, having had two previous spells there and rising to assistant manager of the club.
Position: Defence
Position: Defence
Position: Defence
Jordan Gough
ONE TO WATCH: STEFAN MOORE With a reputation as one of the most formidable strikers in Non-League, Moore joined Moors in December 2014. Stefan is a product of the Aston Villa Academy where he came through the ranks with his younger brother, Luke Moore, captaining them to win the FA Youth Cup in 2003. Scored two goals in their recent 3-0 win over AFC Fylde. North Ferriby United The Official Matchday Programme
Position: Defence
Position: Midfield
TODAY’S OPPONENTS...
SOLIHULL MOORS
Jack Byrne
Position: Midfield Another summer signing Jack joins Moors after a five year stint at Kidderminster where he has made 164 appearances and scored 28 goals, including a memorable goal in an FA Cup win over Peterborough.
Adam Walker
Position: Midfield He made over 200 appearances for Nuneaton, scoring 23 goals in the process and helping the club gain promotion to the Conference Premier in 2012.
James Armson
Position: Midfield Signed in the close season from Nuneaton, James had progressed through Town’s youth setup and gained his England C cap in 2013 against Latvia.
Junior English
Position: Midfield
At 29, the midfield dynamo is the longest-serving player and founder member for the Moors. He is skillful, powerful and with a good turn of speed and has made a staggering 290 starts.
Ryan Beswick
Position: Midfield Ryan is happy to play on either wing and can strike a dead ball with devastating accuracy. He has scored 58 goals since joining the club, most of which have been spectacular.
Darren Byfield
Position: Midfield Darren started his career at Aston Villa, and graduated through the club’s Academy to make his Premier League debut on 28 December 1997. After playing for various clubs across the leagues he joined Moors in May 2014.
Andy Brown
Position: Forward Striker Andy joined Moors during
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the close season from Nuneaton Town and is a proven NonLeague goal scorer, leading the line for his former clubs Nuneaton Town and AFC Telford United over the past seven seasons.
Akwasi Asanti
Position: Forward Akwasi moved to the UK when he was just 13 years old. He then came through the academy at Birmingham City making his debut for the club in a Europa League play-off game against Portuguese side National in 2011.
Darryl Knights
Position: Forward Darryl was a product of the youth system at Ipswich Town under Joe Royal and played for England at youth and Under-17 level. A strong, skillful player and excellent crossser of the ball. Has made 98 starts for the club and scored 20 goals.
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CLUB HISTORY A look at the history behind Solihull Moors football club... Solihull Moors FC is a merger between the former Solihull Borough and Moor Green football clubs. Solihull Borough was formed in 1953 by Joe McGorian and the club was originally known as Lincoln FC. Borough progressed through the local leagues before joining the Midland Combination in 1969, where they spent 22 seasons, eventually resulting in promotion to the Southern League. In 1989 the club was forced to sell it’s Widney Lane ground to property developers but after a proposed relocation fell through, a ground-share was agreed with local neighbours Moor Green - this was to last for ten years until the purchase of Damson Park in August 1999.
two arson attacks at The Moorlands in January 2005, when the main stand and clubhouse were gutted leaving the club homeless. Moors thus became tenants of Solihull Borough at Damson Park With both clubs struggling to secure gates big enough to sustain the two teams, the merger of both seemed an obvious way forward and formed in the summer of 2007, Solihull Moors Football Club became one of the youngest clubs in senior English football. The new club took the place of Moor Green in the Blue Square Conference North. Bob Faulkner, the Moor Green manager was given the job to take the new club forward but Borough Boss Mickey Moore would return in the new club’s hour of need. For their first season Bob Faulkner
Moor Green was formed in 1901. The first ground was on a part of a farm in Moor Green Lane, Moseley. Their ancestral home, The Moorlands, was acquired in 1930, and was situated in Hall Green, a suburb of south Birmingham. The 2003/4 season was a momentous one for Moors gaining a place in the newly formed Nationwide Conference North; However the inaugural season was to prove a traumatic one with the devastation caused by North Ferriby United The Official Matchday Programme
ran with much the same team as the last Moor Green outfit and the Moors first competitive game was a 1-1 draw at home to Barrow AFC on August 11th 2007, with a 90th minute equalizer from Darren Middleton. The remainder of the campaign proved a struggle with the team rarely out of the bottom six in the league table. Survival was confirmed after the 40th league game of the season. The Moors finished 17th in the league with 47 points. There was a decent run in the FA Cup, as the fourth qualifying round was reached. However, Moors failed to reach the first round proper of the FA Cup after a 5-0 defeat at ex Blue Square Premier outfit Rushden & Diamonds. Eight new signings greeted the start 2008/09 season but it soon proved
to Droylsden and Moors took all three points in a 4-2 score line. Things got a lot better in November when we recorded back to back wins against title chasing Guiseley and Altrincham. But a creditable ninth league position.
to be a struggle with only two points being gained from the first five games. In truth, it was the away form which kept the Moors sucked in at the wrong end of the table with only 16 points being collected away from Damson Park. Solihull finished in 16th position, with a better points total than the previous season, so progress of some sort was made. The 2009/10 campaign saw another poor start despite summer signings which on paper looked good. By mid September Moors were languishing in 21st place. Bob Faulkner brought in 10 more players to stem the tide and a wonderful run between mid January and mid March saw the team up to a healthy 13th in the league. It was all to little avail, however, as by the end of a gruelling season Moors were again back in 17th position having gained only 3 more points in the final 7 games of the season. A total of 42 points Birmingham and Solihull Bees became tenants of the club during the 2010 close season and would play their rugby matches on either Fridays or Sundays.
squad, draining for the players – the momentum slipped and we missed out by 4 points. During the summer break before the 2011/12 season Mickey Moore decided to take up an offer from Mansfield Town and Marcus Bignot, ex Crewe, Bristol Rovers, QPR and Millwall was announced as his replacement a week later. He inherited a youthful squad but the spark was missing and having won no pre-season friendlies, we lost the first seven games of the season. Using his connections in the game, Marcus brought in several new players, and the tide began to turn, so much so that by January the possibility of the Play-offs seemed achievable. However, it proved impossible to maintain the momentum and by the end of the season the club finished just one point above the drop zone. 2012/13 saw a blend of youth and experience but with only one win the first six outings, manager Bignot brought himself out of retirement for the visit
By the start of the 2010/11 season, our manager of 25 years, had put together the best by far Moors team we had seen. Bob said that this team would need time to settle but would score goals. Maintaining a healthy position for the first half of the season, we were all shattered when Bob Faulkner sadly passed away in February. Amazingly this galvanised the team and with Mickey Moore stepping up to fill the empty void the Moors went from strength to strength and with 8 games to go were in the Play-off places. It was emotional for us all and with a small North Ferriby United The Official Matchday Programme
2013/14 saw the successful culmination of efforts to introduce a proper youth structure and ladies/ girls section into the club. Most of the previous team stayed and were joined by seven quality players from the Midlands for what was another good season. The team finished eighth in the league having been top at the half way stage whilst gates increased by 80%. Major changes in the basic structure were introduced as Solihull Moors transformed itself into a community interest club. 2014/15 Marcus Bignot decided to run with the nucleus of the previous seasons team. The first half of the season saw Moors in the play off positions but just like the previous campaign results after Christmas were disappointing and the team finished 12th in the league with 55 points. rict with over 15 coaches whilst the new Disabled section goes from strength to strength 2015/16 has already seen 11 new signings with Vanarama National League experience and there is a new mood of optimism within the club. It is early days but hopes are high for the latest campaign.
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PAST ENCOUNTERS 2 SOLIHULL MOORS 4 NORTH FERRIBY UNITED Bogle (52, 90+1)
St Juste (5), Kendall (17), King (29 pen), Wilde (64)
March 17, 2015 | Vanarama Conference North | The Autotech Stadium The Villagers made it three wins in a row with another good all-round performance at Solihull Moors.
Moors started brightly and Villagers’ keeper Jonathan Hedge made a brilliant one-handed save to deny Dominic Langdon within the first 40 seconds. Solihull had three corners in the first five minutes. From the third of these, Reece Fleet headed straight to Hedge who comfortably held the ball. The keeper then launched a long ball towards the left side and Jason St Juste took the ball, beat his marker and then ran on to hammer the ball through Solihull keeper Tony Breeden’s legs from a narrow angle. The Villagers doubled their score after 17 minutes. Sam Topliss found Nathan Jarman who flicked-on the ball to Ryan Kendall who powered the ball home from close range.
Ferriby virtually settled the game after 29 minutes. Nathan Jarman was tripped in the area by Rob Elvins and Liam King confidently dispatched the penalty, sending Breeden the wrong way. Moors had the better of the second-half in terms of possession and territory and scored after 52 minutes through Bogle. Some neat passing around the Ferriby penalty area set-up the striker to score from close range. A Ferriby attack was cleared and the clearance kick found Josh Wilde in his own half. The defender strode forward some 25 yards before unleashing an unstoppable 35-yard shot past Breeden who did not have time to move. With Ferriby’s defence still in a dominant mood, they closed-out the game and Bogle’s 30-yard freekick in added time was too little too late for the home side.
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TAMWORTH Durrell (60)
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Ferriby went down 1-0 in a game from which they should have earned at least a point. Both sides finished with 10 players in a niggly and scrappy match that also saw 6 yellow cards.
The first-half was entertaining enough. Both sides attacked down the wings but neither keeper was rarely seriously troubled. Denton was unlucky after five minutes when his snap-shot was deflected for a corner. Eight minutes later Bolder’s free-kick reached Danny Hone but the defender was unable to get a clean shot and keeper James Belshaw saved. Tamworth’s only attempts up to this point were two free-kicks from Elliott Durrell, one of which narrowly went wide whilst the other was way off-target. The second-half opened in explosive fashion. Tamworth’s Smith was sent-off after 49 minutes for elbowing Tom Denton in the face. King fired the resultant free-kick narrowly wide.
After 53 minutes a Nathan Hotte foul led to a melee involving many of the players. Once order had been restored Bolder was dismissed for violent conduct and Hotte received a yellow. Nicklin did well to turn Paul Green’s shot over the bar for a corner which was cleared. Tamworth started another attack down the right through Newton. His low cross was only partially cleared to Durrell on the edge of the area and his low shot through a crowded penalty area found the bottom corner of the net. Palmer was unlucky not to equalise after 66 minutes when his header from a Bateson corner came back off the underside of the bar with Belshaw well-beaten. Two minutes a repeat move saw Palmer head just wide at the far post. NFU - Nicklin, Middleton, Wilde, King, Palmer, Hone, Clarke, Bolder, Denton, Hotte, Bateson Subs - Fry, Kendall, Emerton, Nicholson, Gray
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VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH
THE SEASON SO FAR... VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Solihull Moors Lowestoft Town Nuneaton Town Stockport County Tamworth Corby Town FC North Ferriby United Harrogate Town Brackley Town AFC Fylde Gloucester City Hednesford Town Bradford Park Avenue Curzon Ashton Alfreton Town Stalybridge Celtic Worcester City Gainsborough Trinity AFC Telford United FC United Of Manchester Boston United Chorley
P 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
W 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
F 7 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2
A 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 6 7
GD Pts +6 6 +4 6 +2 6 +2 6 +2 6 +2 4 +3 3 +1 3 0 3 -1 3 -1 3 -1 3 0 2 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 -2 1 -3 1 -2 0 -4 0 -5 0
TOP GOALSCORERS Rank 1 2 3 -
Name Ashley Sammons Jake Reed Michael Potts Elliott Durrell Obi Anoruo Stefan Moore Brendan Daniels Gary Burnett Glen Rule Greg Mills
Team Corby Town FC Lowestoft Town Bradford Park Avenue Tamworth Gloucester City Solihull Moors Harrogate Town Curzon Ashton Stockport County Corby Town FC
BEST ATTACK Solihull Moors Played : 1 Scored : 3
Total 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
FORM TEAM
Solihull Moors
Played 2 Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 0
FIXTURES Saturday 15 August
AFC Fylde vs Gainsborough Trinity AFC Telford United vs Stockport County Alfreton Town vs Brackley Town Boston United vs Curzon Ashton Corby Town vs Chorley FC United Of Manchester vs Tamworth Harrogate Town vs Hednesford Town Nuneaton Town vs Bradford Park Avenue Stalybridge Celtic vs Gloucester City Worcester City vs Lowestoft Town Monday 17 August Curzon Ashton vs Harrogate Town
BEST DEFENCE Lowestoft Town Played : 2 Conceded : 0
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SEASON STATS NORTH FERRIBY UNITED ROLL CALL PLAYER
OUR LAST... WIN 4-0 vs Chorley (H) National League North 11/08/2015
DRAW
Armstrong, Ross Bateson, Curtis Bolder, Adam Bruce, Louis Clarke, Danny Clarkson, Lewis Davie, Tom Denton, Tom Emerton, Danny Forrester, Jamie Fry, Russell Gray, Mark Hone, Danny Hotte, Nathan Kendall, Ryan King, Liam Lisles, Dean Middleton, Ben Nicklin, Adam Nicholson, Tom Palmer, Ash Taylor, Tim Wilde, Josh
LGE APPS
LGE GLS
CUP APPS
CUP GLS
APPS
GLS
0 2 1 (1) 0 2 0 0 2 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0 2 2 1 (1) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-2 vs Leamington (A) Conference North 18/04/2015
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LOSS 0-1 vs Tamworth (A) National League North 08/08/2015
Goals - 4 Scored Goal Conceded - 0
Goals Curtis Bateson 4
Biggest Victory 6-2 vs Mickleover Sports FA Trophy 29/11/14 Biggest Defeat 3-1 vs Solihull Moors Conference North 06/09/14
Clean Sheets: 1
Biggest Attendance vs Bath City 1871 FA Trophy 28/02/15 * Statistics correct up to Tamworth (A)
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SID ELINE S Sam Shepherd gives us his take on the Tamworth defeat... So the season is underway and it didn’t start well for Ferriby with a 1-0 defeat away at Tamworth with our old nemesis Elliott Durrell scoring the game’s only goal, it was a great finish I should add. I concur with the comments made by Billy Heath who said the game lacked quality and was a typical opening game of the season. Ferriby did have chances in the game two of which fell to Tom Denton who had a goal bound shot deflected wide and he later glanced a header narrowly wide. Ash Palmer had our best chance when his header from a corner was somehow stopped on the line by the Tamworth goalkeeper. Other than this Ferriby didn’t create much else and this was the most worrying aspect of the defeat however it was only the first game and Tamworth are going to be up there this season so it was always going to be hard to come away from there with
anything. The team looked solid at the back and in midfield and only an excellent shot from the edge of the box could beat Adam Nicklin in the Ferriby goal. It was a glorious day in Staffordshire and I certainly underestimated how warm it would be! It was a great day for football but not so good for those of us “blessed” with ginger hair and I can still feel my neck burning now! The food is to be recommended and it always brightens up an away day when the pies are as good as they are at Ferriby. A decent crowd was in attendance for the opening game and the regulars in Tamworth’s main stand “The Shed” certainly created a hostile atmosphere that was cranked up a few notches when Nathan Hotte made a mistimed tackle early in the second-half. This resulted in a melee in the middle of the pitch. North Ferriby United The Official Matchday Programme
The home side were certainly angered and this was shown by the keeper who sprinted 50 yards to get involved. Adam Bolder was then sent off for violent conduct much to the delight of the home crowd. Adam will be a big miss and from what I have seen he is not the type to grab a player around the neck as he was accused of doing but the referee saw it differently and Ferriby will now have to manage without him for three matches. So overall not the best start for Ferriby but a tough away game is behind us now and after Tuesdays game against Chorley and today’s meeting with Solihull Moors we will hopefully have some points on the board! Enjoy the game, Sam
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Karl Ledsham became Neil Young’s first signing since taking over at Edgeley Park.
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The 27-year-old won the Conference North title with Barrow last season and is well versed in the division. Standing at 6’3” the imposing attacking midfielder is no stranger to the club having played for the youth ranks aged 14 before being released two years later.
CLUB BACKGROUND Stockport County will be hoping for a better season in 2015/16 campaign after finishing just below Ferriby in 11th position.
Young and his management team, headed by Gary Jones, made their name with successes at Colwyn Bay and Chester City.
16 victories, nine draws and 19 losses saw the club finish on 57 points a mere points behind us so this on paper should be a fairly even contest.
Young broke several records with his Chester side in the Conference North including achieving the most wins (33), fewest defeats (3), the most points (107), the most goals scored in a season (103) and the best goal difference (+71). Chester also broke the record for the longest unbeaten streak.
Towards the end of the 2014/15 season Alan Lord made the transition from manager to Director of Football with County securing the services of Neil Young as a replacement.
Young will now look to instil the confidence from his previous job into his new side.
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NORTH FERRIBY
Manager: Billy Heath Adam NICKLIN (GK) Tom NICHOLSON (GK) Josh WILDE Ben MIDDLETON Danny HONE Mark GRAY Louis BRUCE Ash PALMER Nathan HOTTE Liam KING Russell FRY Adam BOLDER Danny CLARKE Tom DAVIE Tim TAYLOR Danny EMERTON Ross ARMSTRONG Lewis CLARKSON Jamie FORRESTER Tom DENTON Ryan KENDALL Curtis BATESON
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Manager: Marcus Bignot Danny LEWIS (GK) Liam DALY Theo STREETE Gareth DEAN Connor FRANKLIN Gavin COWAN Jordan GOUGH Michael NOTTINGHAM Darren BYFIELD Callum GITTINGS Jack BYRNE Adam WALKER James ARMSON Junior ENGLISH Ryan BESWICK Stefan MOORE Andy BROWN Akwasi ASANTI Darryl KNIGHTS