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JAMES ROWBERRY
Firstly, I want to pass on my thoughts to Her late Majesty after her passing late last week. On behalf of all at Newport County, I thank her for her years of service and reiterate our appreciation for her diligence and endeavour during her reign.
Chairman: Gavin Foxall
I would like to begin by offering you all a warm welcome back to Rodney Parade for today’s EFL League Two fixture against Barrow.
Following on from your great support at Stevenage on Tuesday, it’s good to be back at Rodney Parade and hopefully we can get another good atmosphere which definitely pushes us on in important moments. You can be a real driver to myself and the lads on the pitch when you create the great atmosphere you do so often.
First Team Coach: Jarred Harvey
Goalkeeping Coach: James Hollman
General Manager: Nigel Stephenson
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Assistant Manager: Carl Serrant
Club Secretary: Matthew Higgins Academy Manager: Damien Broad Media Manager: Ben Wills
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Honorary Club President: David Hando
Commercial Manager: Matthew Owen
Today will prove to be another competitive game. Barrow have started really well this season and are coming here off the back of another really positive result on Tuesday night, so we will have to be sharp and focused in our minds and in our play if we want to be successful against a team who will be full of confidence. On that note, I want to welcome Pete Wild, the technical staff, directors, players and supporters from Barrow and hope they have a safe journey to and from Rodney Parade.
Supporter Liaison Officer: Donna Linton
With Saturday’s fixture at Swindon postponed out of respect for Her late Majesty, we travelled to Stevenage on Tuesday having not played since Grimsby Town the Saturday previous. We were all disappointed leaving Hertfordshire on Tuesday night especially after handling Stevenage’s threats pretty well first half and restricting them to half chances without really having a shot at our goal. Unfortunately, the first time we didn’t deal with them in the way we should have, we were punished and from then on it was always going to be much harder to get a positive result from the game. They will be a strong side at home this season and I think we did well first half and could even have gone in at half time a goal ahead. The moment when they took the lead is just another demonstration that we have to be right in everything we do at all moments of the game or teams can punish you.
Senior Physiotherapist: Ryan Harrison
Club Chaplain: Keith Beardmore
Analyst: Conor McGaharan
I do want to say a huge thank you again to the fans who made the long journey on a Tuesday night to support us.
Sporting Director: Darren Kelly
Kit Man: Neil Leek
Community Development Officer: Norman Parselle
Manager: James Rowberry
Get behind the boys and enjoy the game.
Directors: Bob Herrin, Joe Crocker, Kevin Ward, Mark Crook, Mike Everett, Paul Marks, Peter Madigan, Shaun Johnson.
Mr. Beare was not too critical however, as he rec ognised the “Handicaps that manager Bill Lucas has had through the run of unfortunate injuries.” Anoth
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successful in our Holker Street clash, winning 4-1 with goals from Ken Morgan (2), Lawrie Sheffield and Jackie Swindells. The Somerton Park return fixture had ended in a 2-2 score-line with John Rowland and future Welsh international Gil Reece on target for Supporters’us.
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Back we go again in time, to review an old programme against this afternoon’s opponents and that today of course is Barrow, whom we welcome warmly to Wales…
T
he issue we are looking at was from an 11thof Sep tember 1965 clash that saw a 3-2 County win and was in fact our first home success of that season. Opening up for us on page two of the 6d-priced, eightpage ‘Official Programme’ are the ‘Pen Pictures ’of Barrow and I must confess, right now, that none of the players spring out from my old memory However,bank.Inote Larry Carberry at right-back had played “Regularly” for Ipswich Town in their championship season, while on the other flank left-back Malcolm Ed wards was born in Wrexham and had served Tranmere Rovers, Chester and Bolton Wanderers. Edinburgh-born inside-right Robert Tait had been last season’s top scor er with 14 strikes from 45 matches.Pagethree gives us details of the fixtures between the two clubs from that‘64/65 campaign and we had been
tary Fred Beare is up next with his ‘Editorial’ column and poses the question:“Will we be treated to our first home win of the season today?”He laments the op position in our last two home games scoring late equalisers to steal a share of the two points on offer in Rochdale’s case (1-1) or by forcing a replay in the Southend League Cup tie that ended 2-2.
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We had duly lost the League Cup replay in Essex against the Shrimpers by three goals to one and didn’t fare much better in the FA Cup later in the year either, when we meekly bowed out 0-2 to non-league Bath City
County: Len Weare, John Frowen, John Bird, Malcolm Cook, Graham Rathbone, John Rowland, Ken Morgan, David Pugh, Graham Reynolds, Len Hill and David Jones.
Barrow: Lionel Duffin, Larry Carberry, Malcolm Ed wards, Michael Hartland, John Rawlingson, Keith Eddy, Robert Preston-Knox, Robert Tait, James Mulholland, George Smith and Brian Pilkington.
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For the record, we had ended the 1964/65 season in 16th spot with Barrow having to apply for re-election by virtue of a 21st place finish.
finish come late May wasn’t to be sniffed at during these austere times, I guess, and Barrow also enjoyed an improved 12th place finish.
er interesting snippet was a letter he had received from an exiled County supporter, a Mr. B. John, formerly of Cwmbran who now resided in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
That busy chap Fred Beare happens along again next with ‘Supporters’ Club Chatter’ and, as usual at this time of the year, there were calls for fans to renew their memberships. Some 1,551 had joined up the previous season and a call also went out for agents to sell tickets for the new “Ironsides Sweep” where for six old pennies you could win up to £300 every week. No mean sum back then. Lastly, it was hoped that the 1966 Club diaries would be in stock in time for this Barrow clash priced at 1/- each.
Forthcomingdefeat.fixtures to look forward to over the next week included a Monday night visit of Torquay United, who we also overcame 3-2 in front of a 3,814 crowd, and the following Saturday our Welsh League Premier side were hosting Llanelly.
Former Busby Babe and Munich air crash survivor, Kenny, also netted our consolation at Kenilworth Road, Luton in a 1-2
Leading Newport County scorer was Waterford-born Alfie Hale, the Irishman notching 24 goals in League and FA Cup with Morgan hitting a mean 20, including one in the Welsh Cup where Swansea Town had ended our interest early (2-3) at home.
The penultimate page was a neat roundup of the County teams from three recent matches; our scorer in that Rochdale match had been Graham Reynolds, with the former Hartridge teacher also netting alongside Ken Morgan in the drawn Southend cup tie.
After the teams printed out in all their splendour upon the middle pages, we have the league table from the pre vious season; a hark back to the past when tables weren’t always published until well into September, usually after teams had played maybe the best part of ten matches.
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The back page was gobbled up by the obligatory ‘Fixtures & Results’ section.
Mr. John, who by Fred’s reckoning was the most distant fully paid-up member of the Supporters’ Club wrote not only to wish County luck for the season ahead, but also to comment on the fact that every player on the books of Port Elizabeth City F.C. was British born. It transpires that agents in the UK had been most successful in recruiting players from here to go out to South Africa to play. He names some of these, including Andy Malcolm formally of West Ham United and Chelsea, ex Manchester United player George Spires, and also George Scott a formerly of Leeds United and Chesterfield.
Teams as printed:
That man Morgan was on target again against the Bluebirds of Barrow in this 3-2 win with David Pugh and Reynolds also scoring. A satisfied 2,741 had watched on maybe a few clutching their new Club Diaries.
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and as always, the support is much appreciated.
veryone at the club was truly saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty, The Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of 96. Over a 70-year reign, Her Majesty served the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth with distinction. The thoughts of everybody at the club are with the Royal Family at this sad time. Today we pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II with a minute’s applause.
I recently attended a meeting with the EFL exploring how Football can play a part in the current challenges associated with the cost-of-living crisis. There are several options being considered as part of the wider Government strategy in this area. Football plays an important part in the society, and this is recognised by Government as well as the Football Family. As always, as a community owned club, we will play our part. As a business we are not exempt from the challenges being encountered by businesses and families, and supporters will recall we priced our season tickets to reflect the environment. As a responsible business we will continue to ensure we are acutely aware of the rapidly challenging environment. More on this very soon.
Our Charity of the Day is The Samaritans. Every 10 seconds, Samaritans responds to a call for help. No judgement. No pressure. They are there for anyone who needs someone. As the cost-of-living crisis leaves people struggling the Samaritans can offer support to those who are struggling to cope. Please pop in the marquee prematch and have a chat to them and see what fantastic and valuable work they do in our local community and wider. You can find out more about their work and also how to support them via a donation at www.samaritans.org. Good luck to James and lads this afternoon.
Focusing on today’s game
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A warm welcome to all the Directors, Players, and Officials of Barrow for this afternoon’s home game in League Two.
View From The Boardroom
Many thanks to those supporters who travelled to Stevenage in the week. They were a credit to the club
Today we welcome our Junior Trust members – Clwb Spytty and TeenExiles – as our Guard of Honour. The jun ior packages that the Newport County AFC Supporters’ Trust offer are great value at only £15 per season where the members would get two free games per season as well as an opportunity to become a match-day mascot and take part in the Guard of Honour. There are other excellent benefits of being a member and more details can be found at www.ncafctrust.org or by speaking to our volunteers in the marquee pre-match. Membership forms are also available in our club shops. Enjoy the experience and game today.
On Sunday I will attend a service of commemoration for Her late Majesty, The Queen Elizabeth II at Newport Cathedral on behalf of the club.
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1 Joe DAY 0 (0) 0 0 0 3 (0) 0 0 0 3 (0) 0 0 0 2 Cameron NORMAN 8 (0) 0 2 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 9 (1) 0 2 0
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CARLISLE UNITED 2 4 1 8 7 1 10 WALSALL 2 3 3 10 8 2 9 WIMBLEDON 2 2 4 8 11 -3 8 TRANMERE ROVERS 2 1 5 8 9 -1 7 NEWPORT COUNTY AFC 2 1 5 9 11 -2 7 STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 1 5 10 13 -3 7 HARROGATE TOWN 2 1 5 6 11 -5 7 TOWN 1 3 4 8 12 -4 6 COLCHESTER UNITED 1 3 4 7 12 -5 6 3 4 2 9 -7 6 4 4 6 15 -9 4 6 5 13 -8 2 & 2022-23 SEASON
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Our last home game ended in a disappointing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town when the Mariners scored second half goals to take home maximum points. We caught a little of the action.
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Age 11 (he is 11 on 15th Sept)
Anything else you want to add: Up The County!
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Anything else you want to add: Love following County away from home, and going around grounds to watch different levels of football.
Best Memory from Watching County? Mickey Demetriou the captain I’d say. Beating Bristol Rover’s away last season. Going to Wembley twice, in 2019 and 2021 to support my favourite team Newport County.
Position: Wing
Best Memory from Watching County? Middlesbor ough Cup Match Away. What made you become a county fan? 4th Generation in the family
Team: Cwmbran Town
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Favourite Newport County AFC Player? Mickey Demetriou and Joe Day
School: Coed Eva Primary
Favourite Newport County AFC Player? Matty Dolan
What made you become a county fan? My dad has always been a County fan and I played for Newport County Soccer Tots when I was 4 so I started going to watch them.
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Key: Goalscorer(s) in Bold1; Sub 1 l; Sub 2 l; Sub 3 l; Sub 4 l; Sub 5 l; Yellow Card n; Red Card n; * Own Goal. SUBS REF Bennett n Wildig Bogie 1 l Zanzala l Collins l Willmott l Zimba l (AA) Lewis Day Waite (AD) Lewis Mr. S. Purkiss Bennett n Wildig l Bogle l Zanzala (AA)Lewis l Waite l Collins l (AD)LEWIS l Zimba l Day Willmott Mr.A.Young Willmott n Waite 1 Collins 1 l Zimba 1 l Norman l Bennett l Zanzala l Wildig l Dolan Evans Stokes Mr.O.Yates Bennett n Wildig l Collins l Bogle l Waite l n Bowen (AA)Lewis Evans Zimba l Day Moriah-Welsh Mr. W. Finnie Bennett 1 Waite l Collins Bogle 1 n Moriah-Welsh l Evans l Zimba l Day Farquharson Dolan Stokes Mr. S. Gill Bennett Waite l Nevers l BOGLE1 l Collins l Bowen l (AD)Lewis l Zimba l Dolan Evans Day Mr. T. Nield WILDIG 1 l Collins Zimba l EVANS 1 n Demetriou l Moriah-Welsh l WAITE 1 l Bogle l Townsend Dolan (AA)Lewis Mr.JBusby Bennett Waite l n NEVERS 1 l BOGLE 2 l Dolan l Wildig l Collins l Evans l Willmott l Day (AD)Lewis Mr.C.Boyeson Wildig n Collins l ZIMBA 1 l Evans l BOGLE 1 l Waite l Moriah-Welsh l Drysdale l Clarke l Townsend Nevers Mr. D. Drysdale Moriah-Welsh Waite Bogle Nevers l Willmott l Evans l n Collins l Zimba l Day Farquharson Dolan Mr. S. Oldham Dolan Waite Bogle Evans l Moriah-Welsh l Nevers l (AD)Lewis l Lindley l Day Demetriou Zimba Mr.O.Langford STATS 2022-23YOUR TRUST YOUR CLUB For more details and to join simply scan our unique QR code or visit us at www.ncafctrust.org or email us at info@ncafctrust.org YOUR TRUST – YOUR CLUB For more details and to join simply scan our unique QR code or visit us at www.ncafctrust.org or email us at info@ncafctrust.org WWW.NEWPORT-COUNTY.CO.UK OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2022-23 | 21
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COUNTY IN THE COMMUNITY information contact Liam Jenkins liam.jenkins@newport-county.co.uk
For more
On Friday 9th September County in the Community held their annual charity Golf Day at Llanwern Golf Club. Over 60 people supported the event and played a part in raising funds for our We Wear the Same Shirt initiative which continues to enhance the lives of many people who suffer from mental health.
Golf Day
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We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the event and congratulations to the individ uals and teams that won prizes on the day.
Our next charity event will be held in April 2023 so please keep a look out on the CitC social media platforms for regular updates. We really appreciate your support.
The project provides a safe, local, and engaging place to play football among other sports where the parents are happy for young people to attend, knowing the fact that they are safe and, on some occasions, accessing the only sporting provision they may do on a typical weekly basis.
Premier League Kicks
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The weekly session is delivered in the heart of the community making use of Ringland Playing Fields. The session takes place every Friday including half terms. CitC have chosen a Friday as previous work has shown young people will come in their numbers on a Friday and are usually out a little later as the weekend is approaching. Young people have told us that they want the provision on a Friday night, and it has shown with the amount of engagement in the area until now.
County in the Community are delighted to be delivering Premier League Kicks in partnership with the Police and Crime Commissioner in Ringland.
For the regular attendees, there will also be opportunity within the programme to travel to different areas of the United Kingdom and participate in competitions. The impact of regular attendance will also see young people progress to volunteering, educational opportunities, placements, and employment opportunities where possible.
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We are looking forward to using the new floodlit MUGA moving into the winter months!
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2022/2023 STAT PACK GOAL TIMES MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS 15 1 17 0 NEWPORT COUNTY BARROW � GOALS 9 11 � SHOTS 84 75 � EXPECTED GOALS 8 7.1 � POSSESSIONAVERAGE % 42.7 44.1 � CONCEDEDGOALS 10 9 � SHOT RATECONVERSION% 10.7 14.7 � EXPECTEDAGAINSTGOALS 5.6 8.4 �� POINTS GAINED AFTER TRAILING 4 0 � SHEETSCLEAN 1 2 � POINTS DROPPED AFTER LEADING 0 0 POWERED BY SCORED CONCEDED 0-15 2 1 16-30 2 2 31-45 3 0 46-60 0 3 61-75 2 2 76-90 0 2 SCORED CONCEDED 0-15 5 1 16-30 1 0 31-45 2 0 46-60 0 4 61-75 1 2 76-90 2 2 Data excludes games played after September 12th
Barrow have won just one of their nine away Football League games against Newport County (D1 L7), defeating the Exiles 1-0 in April 1967.
The last eight meetings between Newport County and Barrow in the Football League have resulted in a home win dating back to January 1971.
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The Board of the Supporters' Trust cur rently consists of seven elected directors and two coopted directors. As the Trust is the majority shareholder i n the club, all Trust directors ore also registered with the Football League as directors of the club having passed the EFL's Owners and Directors Test.
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The primary purpose of the Trust is to provide funding to the club. Our aim is to donate at least £100,000 a se ason to the club.
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was originally formed in 2001 and took a controlling stake in the foot ball club in October 2015 following a communi ty share issue which saw County supporters raise a magnificent £236,000 in just a month.
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Your Trust/Club elected directors are: Paul Marks (Trust chairman), Gavin Foxall, Shaun Johnson, Mike Everett, Joe Crocker, Bob Herrin and Kevin Ward. The two co-opted directors are Mark Crook and Peter Madigan.
Since then, Newport County AFC has been a supporter-owned, communi ty-based club.
As well as being owners of an EFL club, Trust members receive a range of benefits depending on their membership tier. All members have guaranteed priority tickets for cup Morematches.detailsabout the Trust can be found on our website: www.ncafctrust.org
The Newport County AFC Supporters' Trust is one of more than 140 Supporters' Trusts that exist under the umbrella of Supporters' Direct, a national body that provides assistance to supporters "who wish to play a responsible part i n the life of the football club they support".TheTrust
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Record Attendance: 16,874 v Swansea City, FA Cup Round 3, January 1954.
FACT FILE…
Ground: SO Legal Stadium, Holker Street, Wilkie Road, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5UW.
1901-03 Lancashire League; 1903-05 Lancashire Combination Division 2; 1905-08 Lancashire Combination Division 1; 1908-11 Lancashire Combination Division 2; 1911-21 Lancashire Combination Division 1/ Division A; 1921-58 Division 3 (N); 1958-67 Division 4; 1967-70 Division 3; 1970-72 Division 4; 1972-79 Northern Premier League; 1979-83 Alliance Premier League; 1983-84 Northern Premier League; 1984-86 Alliance Premier League; 1986-87 Northern Premier League; 1987-89 Northern Premier League: Premier Division; 1989-92 Conference; 1992-98 Northern Premier League: Premier Division; 1998-99 Confer ence; 1999-2004 Northern Premier League: Premier Division; 2004-08 Conference North; 2008-13 Conference Premier; 2013-15 Conference
Bluebirds sealed a return to the Football League courtesy of pointsper-game in the curtailed 2019-20 campaign, having topped the table for much of the campaign, making them the first club to return to
Most Capped Player: Harry Panayiotou, 5 (29), St Kitts & Nevis.
Record Appearances: Brian Arrowsmith, 512 (1961-71 and 1974-78).
Best in FL Trophy: Group stage, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Best League Position: 5th, Division 3 (N),1931-32 (3 tiers) and 8th Division 3, 1967-68 (4 tiers).
North; 2015-20 National League; 2020- League Two.
INTRODUCING BARROW AFC
Record Scorer: Billy Gordon, 145 (1949-58).
Following Newport County from 1912 to the late 1980s was never for the faint-hearted but supporting this afternoon’s visitors was arguably even tougher! In over 50 years of Football League membership up to 1972, the Cumbrian Bluebirds achieved just one promotion, to Division 3 in 1968, just 12 top half finishes and applied for re-election on 11 occasions. County, in comparison, managed to survive three applications for re-election between 1969 and 1971, with the unfortunate Barrow harshly voted out of the Football League in place of Hereford United in 1972 after a second successive application, despite Stockport County and Crewe Alexandra finishing below them in the Division 4 table.
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Best in League Cup: Round 3, 1962-63 and 1967-68.
1878-2022 …
LAST 10 SEASONS …
Welcome …
Previous Grounds: The Strawberry (1901-04), Ainslie Street (1904-05), Little Park (1905-09).
e welcome all our visitors from BARROW to Rodney Parade after their marathon trek from Cumbria. After two sea sons spent flirting with relegation to the National League following their 2019-20 promotion, ‘The Bluebirds’ are flying high under new manager Pete Wild this term, with his predominantly Lancashire-based squad leaving supporters dreaming of third tier football for the first time since 1970.
Formed: 1901.
Record Departure: Jordan Williams, £100,000 est to Rochdale, June 2017.
Best in FA Trophy: Winners 1989-90 and 2009-10.
Best in FA Cup: Round 3 13 times, most recently 2021-22.
Position Average Att. 2012-13 Conference Premier 22 (rel.) 979 2013-14 Conference North 11 736 2014-15 Conference North 1 (prom.) 1459 2015-16 National League 11 1355 2016-17 National League 7 1293 2017-18 National League 20 1181 2018-19 National League 11 1375 2019-20 National League 1 (prom.) 2010 2020-21 League Two 21 BCD 2021-22 League Two 22 3202
Capacity: 5916 (1006 seated).
A football club was first established in Barrow-in-Furness in the early 1880s as thousands flocked to the town, many from Scotland, in search of employment in the iron and later steel industry. Unfortu nately, the initial club, despite the backing of a Tartan Army, seem to have ceased trading by the mid 1890s and in 1901, local publican Mr Hinds chaired a meeting for interested parties in the town’s Drill Hall to form a successor. The Scottish influence was again strong, and the fledgling outfit soon attracted crowds of three and four thousand for home fixtures in the Lancashire League. They moved to Holker Street in 1909 and, despite their Cumbrian location, remained in the more competitive Lancashire Leagues prior to joining Division 3 (North) as founder members in 1921.
Record Win: 12-1v Gateshead, Division 3 (N), May 1934.
BACK STORY …
Season League
Record Signing: Anthony Wilson, £20,000 from North Ferriby United, July 2014.
Record Defeat: 1-10 v Hartlepools United, Division 4, April 1967.
Barrow’s only promotion as a Football League club came in 1966-67, when Don McEvoy’s side finished third in the Fourth Division. Our visitors, inspired by 18-goal striker Jim Mulholland, confirmed promotion with a 1-0 victory at Somerton Park on the penultimate day of the season, a repeat of the score line in Cumbria seven weeks earlier.
1970-71 Division 4 3-2 (1542) 1-3 (2075) 1971-72 Division 4 2-1 (3443) 0-1 (2196)
Season Competition
09 Aug: Blackpool (League Cup R1) H 0-0 4972 (won 4-3 on pens.)
Gordon 5, Whitfield 4, Warren 2, Kay 1, McClelland 1, Moyo 1, Rooney 1, Waters 1.
Barrow fan Will Metcalfe making a persuasive case for his club to ‘FourFourTwo’ magazine.
RECENT RESULTS ……
BLUEBIRDS TODAY …
FAN’S VIEW …
2010-11 Conference Premier 5-0 (1331) 1-2 (1089)
Scorers:
20 Aug: Harrogate Town H 1-0 3068
2012-13 Conference Premier 0-2 (2107) 3-0 (802)
‘Pete Wild did a good job at Halifax. He is a young, ambitious guy and hopefully the squad he builds will reflect that. I would have loved to have had Dom Telford, who is at Crawley, because we need goals, but to be honest Barrow fans expect absolutely nothing. I will be very happy with some magical FA Cup moments. Fans think our ground is tiny, but name another Football League ground where you have an unfettered view of the Lake District fells? ’
1966-67 Division 4 0-1 (2263) 0-1 (5186)
New scoreboard
It is not just on the field that things are looking up for Barrow. In addition to the new training facility at De La Salle Sports & Social Club in Salford, the club have installed a new electric scoreboard at the SO Legal Stadium this season, sponsored by Cumbria Roofing Ulverston. Bluebirds’ Sponsorship & Hospitality Coordinator, Kelly Moxham explained to the club’s website:
MANAGER’S VIEW …
23 Aug: Lincoln City (League Cup R2) H 2-2 3011 (lost 1-3 on pens.)
30 July: Stockport County A 3-2 10011
2011-12 Conference Premier 2-2 (1315) 1-3 (900)
30 Aug: Fleetwood Town (EFL Trophy) A 1-1 866 (won 4-3 on pens.)
Having a decent start to the season also helps. We are very en couraged at the positivity and passion being shown by the players, management team and everyone else associated with Barrow.’
All-round progress
06 Aug: Bradford City H 3-2 4012
‘This is a special Club and one we already feel proud to be associated with.We saw this first season as one of transition; we had to make some difficult player decisions over the summer, but we feel we are in great shape now with a nice balance between experience and youthful talent underpinned by good personalities.The new training facility has turned out well. It provides a quality facility that we can develop over time.’
Pete Wild is clearly excited after his side’s promising start to the season:
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‘We have seen from fans’ feedback that there is an appetite for a scoreboard, and we believe that this will develop into a real asset for the club, running adverts, details of events and key announcements.’
2021-22 League Two 2-1 (4080) 1-2 (2427)
13 Sep: Doncaster Rovers H 2-0 3295
the fourth tier having lost their league status via the controversial re-election process.
27 Aug: AFC Wimbledon A 1-0 7048
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13 Aug: Sutton United A 0-1 2276
PAST MANAGER …
1962-63 Division 4 6-0 (5733) 0-3 (3640) 1963-64 Division 4 3-0 (3274) 1-1 (4137) 1964-65 Division 4 2-2 (2057) 4-1 (2718) 1965=66 Division 4 3-2 (2741) 2-2 (3532)
Barrow-in-Furness born BRIAN ARROWSMITH is the ultimate Bluebirds legend, having spent his entire professional career at his hometown team, holding the record for club appearances – 512 – and serving as player-manager during the 1974-75 season. Predominantly a right-back, he captained Barrow to Fourth Division promotion in 1966-67, featuring in his side’s two 1-0 victories over Billy Lucas’ County that season. He left Holker Street four years later for Netherfield but returned in 1974 to the then Northern Premier League side as play er-manager. Barrow had struggled to adapt to non-league football following their controversial failure to gain re-election in 1972,despite finishing two of the foot of the Fourth Division, and hoped that the return of their popular defender would rekindle playing fortunes. Unfortunately, the then 35-year-old could only emulate the previous campaign’s 22nd place finish and resigned a few months into the 1975-76 season. Ever the club man, Arrowsmith remained as a player for a further three years before opening up a DIY shop in his home town and attending matches as a supporter. His son Mark played for the club briefly in the 1980s, while in 2017 the main stand at Holker Street was renamed ‘The Brian Arrowsmith Stand’. Sadly, the Bluebirds icon never saw his beloved team back in the Football League, passing away in hospital of Covid-19 on Easter Sunday 2020, aged 79.
Home Away
‘There is a massive opportunity to do something exciting here. I said it the other week, but the work that lies ahead really enthuses me, so hopefully we can get the foundations in place as quickly as possible. I am going to give this club everything I have got.’
F-A Att:
03 Sep: Northampton Town A 1-3 4605
Sporting Director Iain Wood assumed his current post at Holker Street four months ago, having spent the previous 15 years in player management and most recently running his own agency. Based in Leeds, he works closely with manager Pete Wild and recently penned an open letter to fans, reflecting on the encouraging initial progress:
2020-21 League Two 2-1 (BCD) 1-2 (BCD)
AnotherMIDFIELDERveteran of promotion to the EFL, Jason added coaching duties last season. The Mancunian began with Oldham and moved on to Stockport and Rotherham, spending 2009-10 on loan at Roch dale. After three years and nearly 150 games back at Rotherham, Jason joined Cheltenham and then Northampton. He then dropped into the National League with Eastleigh and Fylde before joining Barrow in the summer of 2018.
ADEFENDERsurvivorfrom the National League winning side of 2019-20. Born in Sheffield, Connor began his career there with United with loans to non-league Eastwood Town and Hinckley. He then spent four years with Oldham, playing 89 games, and also had a loan with Carlisle. In the summer of 2016 he joined Guiseley, moving on to York City after 50-plus appearances, and he signed for Barrow after being freed by York in June 2018.
OnDEFENDERloanforthe season from Chelsea, whose talent scouts spotted him playing youth football for Cole raine. Sam has the rare distinction of earning a full cap for Northern Ireland a year before playing a senior professional game – he was picked for a friendly against Ukraine in sum mer 2021 and made his EFL debut for the Bluebirds in this season’s opening-day win at highly fancied Stockport.
05 Sam McClelland
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ClubDEFENDERcaptain who joined the Bluebirds in last January’s transfer window from Bradford City, who he also skippered. The Leeds-born centre back established himself at Scunthorpe where he played almost 200 senior games. He then spent two seasons at Rochdale before a move to Plymouth where he was a key player in promotion from L2 in 2019-20.He made just short of 100 appearances before rejoining Bradford in January 2021.
InGOALKEEPERhissecondseason with Barrow. Paul was a regular for Carlisle in 2020-21but turned down a new deal at Brunton Park, where he spent a year after leaving Stevenage. From the northeast, he was with Blyth Spartans and Gateshead before making his name at Lincoln City. He made more than 200 appearances for the Imps in six years, including promotion to the EFL and a run to the last eight of the FA Cup.
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PHIL MEET THE PLAYERS and MANAGEMENT of BARROW AFC
BornDEFENDERinCarlisle, where he came through the youth team and made his debut in August 2013. Patrick made 40 senior appearances over the next four years with loans out to Lincoln City in the National League and Salford, then in National League North. He then spent a season each with Morecambe in League 2 and Falkirk in the Scottish Championship before joining Barrow, where he has now passed 100 games at left back.
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10 Josh Gordon
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Player-coachGOALKEEPERsigned two years ago as a free agent after leaving Roch dale. Josh, 34, has so far appeared only in cup games with Paul Farman in firm charge of the shirt. He played more than 250 times for Rochdale in all competitions, having begun his career at Scunthorpe with loan time at Notts County and Grimsby. His father Mark was a striker with clubs including Manchester City.
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YoungerSTRIKERbrother of Wayne. Now 31, John’s varied career after being in Everton’s academy began at Mac clesfield Town and including loans has taken in clubs as disparate as New York Red Bulls and Orlando City in MLS, Bury, Chester, Wrexham, Guiseley and Stockport County, from where he joined Barrow last January. He is now in his second spell at Holker Street and has no ticeably become more prolific as he has got older.
PlayedSTRIKERsix games for us in 2019-20 on loan from Northampton Town but without hitting the net. The well- travelled frontman followed manager Pete Wild from Halifax Town in the summer after scoring 20 in 44 games in the National League last season. After starting at Crewe he has also played for Cheltenham Town, where he helped win promo tion, Cambridge (loan) and Torquay and has been capped by England at C level.
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Born in Blackpool and began his career with local club Squires Gate before joining AFC Fylde. Josh was picked up by Barnsley in 2016. He arrived at Holker St after loans back to Fylde and to Tranmere and a stint with Chesterfield. A member of the NL title-winning team, netting the 2020-21 Goal of the Season, he was freed at the end of the first campaign back in the EFL but then re-signed when Mark Cooper took charge last summer.
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ScoredSTRIKERthe winner against County at Holker Street last season. Josh was signed in the summer of 2021 from Walsall, where he scored 21 in 107 EFL games after joining them from Leicester City. The 27-year-old spent eight years with hometown club Stoke before playing non-league while taking a degree in Sports Development and Coaching at Staffordshire University. He then landed a dream move to Leicester from Stafford Rangers.
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PeteMIDFIELDERWild’ssecond signing as Bluebirds boss, joining in June from Woking. The 26-year-old box-to-box player was one of the Cards’ standout performers last season, making 41 appearances in the National League campaign. Also able to play in defence if required, Solomon earned a move to Wok ing after catching the eye during a two-season spell with St Albans City. Before that he was with Biggleswade Town.
CrossedDEFENDERpaths
JoinedMIDFIELDERonlast August’s deadline day from Leeds United and made 40 appearances in L2. Robbie came through the ranks as a right back before converting to midfield. He was part of the Leeds U23 side which won the Professional De velopment League North title in 2018-19. He spent time on loan at Lincoln in League One early in 202021 before starring for Salford City in the second half of that campaign, making 23 appearances.
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InMIDFIELDERhissecondseason as a permanent Barrow player. Tom returned last summer after a loan from Blackburn Rovers in 2019-20 when he played a big role in the Bluebirds’ promotion to the EFL. A former Carlisle youth player, Tom joined Gateshead in 2015 and became a first-team reg ular in 2018-19. Blackburn won the race for his signature that summer. He has also spent time on loan at Bolton Wanderers and Hartlepool.
full Zimbabwe inter national signed a week into the new campaign. David had spent three seasons in Scotland with Hamilton Academical, where he netted 13 times in 57 + 25 appearances across the top two divisions. He moved north of the border after scoring consistently in the upper reaches of non-league for St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Brackley Town, after playing youth football for Northampton.
WelshDEFENDERU21cap who came through the Crewe academy, turning pro in 2011, becoming captain and topping 150 appearances. George twice featured in entirely home grown starting line-ups. The centre back moved on to spend 2019-20 and 2020-21 with Tranmere Rovers and then joined Exeter City ahead of last season. Last January’s transfer window brought a move to Leyton Orient on loan and he joined Barrow this summer.
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with County late last season when Colchester won a poor Friday night game at Rodney Parade. Myles was on loan at the Essex club from Ipswich Town, where he had spent his entire career to that point, and made 20 appearances in L2 after making the switch in January. He made his debut for Ipswich in 201516 and topped 100 senior games but fell out of favour last summer and last season played only cup games.
15 Robbie Gotts
20 Myles Kenlock
SummerMIDFIELDERarrivalfrom Tranmere. One of the most popular members of County’s 2009-2010 record-smash ing side in Conference South, Sam joined us from Kidderminster Har riers and scored 36 in 132 league games. He moved on to Yeovil in 2011 to pursue a career in the EFL, then to Port Vale and Northampton before spending two years in Scot land with St Mirren - where he was Player of the Year for 2019-20 - and Motherwell.
21 Tyrell Warren
Well-travelledSTRIKER
13 Tom White
16 Sam Foley
25 George Ray
FullbackDEFENDERwho played youth football for Manchester United. Tyrell moved to Salford City in 2019, spending time on loan locally at Radcliffe and at Boston United. After a brief permanent spell with Boston he had a breakthrough season last term when he made 44 appearances as Halifax Town reached the National League playoffs. He then followed Halifax manager Pete Wild to Barrow in June.
DescribedMIDFIELDERbythe club website as a midfield dynamo, Harrison is on loan for the season from Sheffield United. He captained the Blades’ U23s to their league title in 2020-21 before spending the first half of last season on loan at Kettering Town in National LeagueNorth and then ending the season one tier higher at Southend United from January, making 22 league appearances.
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ne of the increasing number of bosses in League 2 who never played the game professionally, Pete began coaching in the academy at his hometown club Oldham Athletic while still in his teens. It’s not disrespectful to say few followers of lower-division football outside Greater Manchester would have known of him when as academy manager he first took caretaker charge at Boundary Park in December 2018 following the departure of Frankie Bunn.
HugelyDEFENDERexperienced centreback who joined last summer from Tranmere and ended the campaign on loan at Solihull Moors. Mark was brought to Holker St by former manager Mark Cooper who he had played for at Forest Green. At almost 34 he has more than 400 senior games under his belt. He made his name in his native Devon with Torquay and his other clubs include Crewe, Shrewsbury, Carlisle, Leyton Orient and Notts County.
Peter emerged as the new man in charge at FC Halifax Town in the National League ahead of the 2019-20 campaign. He took charge of just under 150 games during his three seasons at The Shay, boasting a win percentage of almost 50 per cent and twice reaching the playoffs. After being linked with several other EFL clubs he took over at Barrow in May.
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winger who signed for the Bluebirds on deadline day in August 2021 after leaving Leeds United. Jordan came through the ranks at Forest Green under Mark Cooper before being sold for an undisclosed fee to Leeds in 2018. He made his Championship debut in January 2019 and played a key role for their successful U23s. Further first-team experience came via loans at Swindon and Bradford in 2020-21.
Pete stepped aside when Paul Scholes was appointed but within weeks was handed the reins temporarily once more when Scholes quit in March 2019. He was appointed substantively, but only until the end of the season, and left Oldham that May.
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Big,STRIKERtraditional centre forward signed in the summer after helping Sutton United establish them selves in the EFL with six goals in 38 appearances. Now 31, Richie began his career with hometown club Oldham Athletic and moved on to play for Mossley, Northwich, an initial spell with Barrow, Carlisle United and Port Vale before joining Stockport in March 2020, with a loan from there to Hartlepool.
WingerMIDFIELDERbrought in this summer from National League champions Stockport. The Yorkshireman was in Bradford City’s youth setup and was then picked up from non-league Guiseley by Bournemouth. He didn’t make the first team on the South Coast but had three substantial loans from 2015-16 to Kiddermin ster, Yeovil and Port Vale. He joined Vale permanently and then arrived at Stockport via Torquay United.
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SQUAD CHECK NEWPORT COUNTY AFC MANAGER: JAMES ROWBERRY BARROW AFC MANAGER: PETE WILD TODAY’S SKYBET LEAGUE TWO FIXTURES (All games kick-off at 3.00 unless stated otherwise) Bradford City Vs Stevenage Carlisle United Vs AFC Wimbledon Colchester United Vs Grimsby Town Crewe Alexandra Vs Crawley Town Doncaster Rovers Vs Swindon Town Gillingham Vs Mansfield Town Leyton Orient Vs Walsall Newport County AFC Vs Barrow AFC Northampton Town Vs Rochdale Salford City Vs Tranmere Rovers Stockport County Vs Harrogate Town Sutton United Vs Hartlepool United MATCH OFFICIALS Referee JAMES OLDHAM Assistant JAMES VALLANCE Assistant MARVYN AMPHLETT Fourth Official STEVEN PLANE FOREST GREEN ROVERS TUESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2022 KICK-OFF 7.45PM PAPA JOHN`S TROPHY, SOUTHERN GROUP F LEYTON ORIENT SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2022 KICK-OFF 3.00PM SKY BET LEAGUE TWO NEXT UP AT HOME ON THE ROAD1PAUL FARMAN (GK) 2 CONNOR BROWN 3 PATRICK BROUGH 4 JASON TAYLOR 5 SAM MCCLELLAND 6 NIALL CANAVAN 7 JOHN ROONEY 8 SOLOMON NWABUOKEI 9 BILLY WATERS 10 JOSH GORDON 11 JOSH KAY 12 JOSH LILLIS (GK) 13 TOM WHITE 14 HARRISON NEAL 15 ROBBIE GOTTS 16 SAM FOLEY 19 PAWEL ZUK 20 MYLES KENLOCK 21 TYRELL WARREN 23 DAVID MOYO 25 GEORGE RAY 26 RICHIE BENNETT 27 MARK ELLIS 34 BEN WHITFIELD 35 JORDAN STEVENS 1 JOE DAY (GK) 2 CAMERON NORMAN 3 DECLAN DRYSDALE 4 SAM BOWEN 5 JAMES CLARKE 6 PRIESTLEY FARQUHARSON 7 ROBBIE WILLMOTT 8 MATT DOLAN 9 OMAR BOGLE 10 OFFRANDE ZANZALA 11 JAMES WAITE 14 AARON LEWIS 17 SCOT BENNETT 18 CHANKA ZIMBA 19 THIERRY NEVERS 20 HAYDEN LINDLEY 21 LEWIS COLLINS 22 NATHAN MORIAH-WELSH 23 HARRISON BRIGHT 24 AARON WILDIG 27 ADAM LEWIS 28 MICKEY DEMETRIOU 29 WILL EVANS 30 NICK TOWNSEND (GK) 35 JACK KARADOGAN 39 EVAN OVENDALE (GK)
