The Wall oper PRESCOT CABLES V EVERTON XI | PRE-SEASON MATCH | 23 JULY 2019, 7:45PM | ISSUE 2
The Pesky Bulls
are back!
Pre-Season is in full swing for Pilling & Grundy’s squad
She’s one of
our own
Introducing Molly Grace Tigwell: the newest member of the Cables Family
PRINCIPAL CLUB SPONSORS
TODAY’S MATCH & BALL SPONSOR: Michael Corless Soccer Schools
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From The Editor Good evening and welcome back to Volair Park for a rather special pre-season match. Without wishing to put too fine a point on it, welcoming a Premier League club to their ground is a major event for any non-league side, regardless of the make up of the visiting team. It is with this in mind that we offer the warmest of welcomes to the players, staff, officials and supporters representing Everton tonight. We hope that you enjoy your brief stay with us. Greetings are also extended to the match officials; Messrs Jackson, Jones and Ockleshaw, whom we hope will have good games. I dislike the idea that any football match can be a “friendly” because the objective is to try to win. Having said that, there is a need for pre-season matches so that teams can build interpersonal relationships and understanding, develop match fitness and experiment with set pieces and the like. This is as true off the pitch as it is on it. Eagle-eyed readers might have noticed a few changes to the layout of The Walloper. This is because I believe that it should always be possible to improve on what has already been achieved. To this end, we always look to refresh the design each season, whilst building on the excellent content submitted by our contributors. I hope that you like the changes we have made; please let the team know - either way - by emailing programme@prescotcablesafc.com. Suggestions for features and articles are also very welcome; tonight’s edition is a smaller than usual effort and we will be looking to bring you as much exclusive content as we can. These notes have been written prior to Saturday’s match at Winsford United, so I can offer no comment on that game. What I will say is that it is important not to get carried away by any results recorded in July. I have a clear memory of my hometown club back down South winning every warm-up game, some of them handsomely... then getting spanked 5-0 in their first home League match. I have also known clubs to play any number of pre-season fixtures and not win a single one, before going on to win promotion. Whether we win or lose this match (or any of the other games between now and the trip to Kendal on 17 August) the more important question is: “are we more ready for the new season than we were at kick-off?”. If we can consistently answer ‘yes’, then we’ll have a good chance of getting where we want to be. Whether the team you are backing this evening is wearing amber or blue, I hope you have a fantastic evening. Your support is very much appreciated. We hope to see you again, whether at one of our remaining warm-up fixtures, or for our first home Northern Premier League match against Clitheroe on Tuesday 20 August.
Gareth Coates
PRESCOT CABLES
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Directors: Michael Corless, Ken Derbyshire, Mick Flaherty, Joe Gibiliru, Peter Kneale, Doug Lace, Norman Parr, Mike Rice, Matt Roberts, Jamie Weston, Robbie Williams.
Vice Presidents: Phil Blundell, Bob Nicholson Chair: Peter Kneale Vice Chair: Joe Gibiliru General Manager: Ken Derbyshire Club Secretary: Matt Roberts Match Secretary: Paul Goodwin Treasurer: Norman Parr Social Events: Mick Flaherty Bar Manager: Lynda Derbyshire First Team Managers: Steve Pilling & Roy Grundy Coaches: Garry Williams & Dom Finnigan Physio: Tony Carroll Kit: Vicky Tigwell Hospitality: Harry Boydell & Sandra Williams Head Groundsman: Vacant Ground Maintenance: Alan McNally, David Hill, Paul Watkinson Programme Editor: Gareth Coates Match Reports: Paul Goodwin & Richard Tigwell Regular Contributors: Mike Rice, Roy McDonald, Paul Goodwin, Matt Roberts, Richard Tigwell Club Shop Manager: Kath Conway Club Photographers: John Hendry & John Middleton The opinions expressed within this programme are those of the individual contributors and may not represent the official view of the club.
Chief Editor Johnny Dollar
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Our Visitors Today: Everton Nine-times Champions of England, the Toffees return to Prescot having last played here in February 2018, when a youthful Everton side was eliminated from the Liverpool Senior Cup.
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ur visitors tonight are one of the most storied clubs in English football history, having won countless honours at home and abroad. The four-volume encyclopaedia about the game which was published in 1960 by Caxton Press, had this to say about Everton Football Club: From a Sunday School came Everton, for when the original club was founded in 1878 it was St Domingo F.C. connected with a Congregational Church. Next year it changed its name to Everton F.C., and as Everton and toffee are known to go together, it was inevitiable that the club became ‘The Toffeemen’. Playing at first on unenclosed ground near Stanley Park, where, as Everton, they staged their first match on December 23 1879, they later moved to Priory Road where a gate could be taken – this, in fact, amounted to 13s. Next year Anfield Road became their home, and they became members of the Lancashire F.A..
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Local football was good and Everton steadily advanced in fame in and in name. Yet it was hardly up to top standard, for in August 1886 the minutes of the Lancashire F.A. say: ‘Resolved that Everton be not allowed to play for the Senior Cup until they show proof of their ability.’ They were therefore permitted to take part only in the Junior Cup competition. However, in 1887, ‘the application by Everton to play in the Senior Cup is granted’. Their experience in this competition later on reads like a tragi-comedy, although they won the Cup three times by 1910. In 1888 they were good enough to be selected as one of the twelve original members of the Football League. They stayed in Division 1 until 1930, had one season in Division 2, and kept in the upper circle until 1952, returning there after three seasons in Division 2; so in 1955 they were back where they were in 1888. Five times have they been League Champions – in
Three Centuries of football Meetings between Prescot and Everton have been sporadic, but took place as early as 1891
1891, 1915, 1928, 1932 and 1939 – and they have occupied second place six times. In three consecutive seasons – 1931 to 1933 – they topped Division 2 and 1 and won the F.A. Cup, a unique achievement. In the F.A. Cup, they made their initial start in the competition proper in 1889 with Everton 11, Derby County 2. By 1892-3 they had reached their first Cup Final to meet the Wolves at Fallowfield,
after dealing with West Bromwich, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End, which last hurdle took three matches to settle. Suffice it to say that the Wanderers won 1-0. In all Everton have contested five finals and won two: in 1906 at Crystal Palace where they beat Newcastle United 1-0 and at Wembley in 1933 when they defeated Manchester City 3-0. In 1897 Aston Villa beat them by 3-2, all five goals being scored within twenty-two minutes before halftime; and in 1907 Wednesday won, at Crystal Palace, by 2-1. In 1950 and in 1953 the semi-final was reached.
The Liverpool Senior Cup was first won in 1884; since when it has had ‘Everton’ inscribed on it thirty times as holders or joint holders. Goodison Park, to which Everton migrated in 1892, is one of the finest club grounds in the world. On its pitch, the Cup Final replay, international matches galore and F.A. Cup semi-finals have been played. In 1948, for the game with Liverpool, no fewer than 78,299 people were present, whilst gates approaching 70,000 are not uncommon.
Last time we met The photos in the section were taken by the late David Fry when Prescot Cables defeated Everton 3-1 in the Liverpool Senior Cup in March 2018.
Everton FC provided a tremendous amount of support for the Jack Riding Charity Match which took place here last April, for which all at Prescot Cables would like to express our thanks.
Everton has been supply-
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Please make any donations by placing products into the Red Box next to the Real Ale Bar.
Thank you!
ing international players since 1890, so but a few can possibly be mentioned. These must include Nick Ross, Johnny Holt, John Bell, Wm. Scott, Hy. Makepeace, Jack Sharp, Harold Hardman, Sam Chedgzoy, Warney Cresswell, Dixie Dean, Ted Sagar, Joe Mercer, Tommy Lawton and Cliff Britton. What a team could be made up of Everton players through the years! Dean’s 60 goals in 1927-8 is still a League record. Of course, the piece predated Everton’s subsequent Championship in 1970 and the club’s ‘golden era’ during the 1980s which saw the club dominate English football and also claim a European trophy, specifically the Cup Winners’ Cup of 1985. Everton has also displayed an admirable commitment to local football by continuing to participate in the Liverpool
Senior Cup. The club has now won the tournament a record 46 times, most recently in 2016 here at Volair Park, defeating Prescot Cables in the Final. Everton clearly see the competition as a useful player development tool; conditions this evening will certainly be different to those encountered in Academy matches! In addition to its illustrious past, Everton Football Club is looking forward to an exciting future, which will be defined by the forthcoming move to a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. While Goodison Park remains an outstanding venue in which to watch football, the new stadium will be able to accommodate more spectators and will have improved facilities for supporters and sponsors alike. Perhaps a future Liverpool Senior Cup Final might be a ‘test event’ for
the new ground. The young players turning out for Everton tonight will be looking forward to challenging themselves against opponents who play in open-age football, week-in, week-out. For the visiting squad, tonight is an important step on a journey which for some could lead to playing regularly in the Premier League or Football League. For the home team, of course, tonight is an opportunity to test themselves against fulltime professionals. In March 2018, it was a test that Prescot passed with flying colours but with both clubs having gone through significant changes since, tonight’s match falls into an entirely different scenario, where fitness and patterns of play are every bit as important as the final score.
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AN INTERESTING GAMBLE Gareth Coates
The Northern Premier League will have a new name this season but the identity of the competition’s latest backer has provoked a mixed reaction.
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he replacement of Evo-Stik as the title sponsor of the Northern Premier League (NPL) has proved to be one of the hottest talking points of the summer and the debate remains lively. The announcement that the online bookmaker BetVictor would sponsor all three competitions at our level has triggered controversy around the country and not just because of potential concerns over gambling addiction. After the sponsorship was formally launched at St George’s Park, the Isthmian League sent a document to their member clubs stating that there were a number of things that clubs could not do on their websites and social media, including
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this: “Clubs and Leagues to NEVER include images of players under 25 in tweets or articles where BetVictor is mentioned or linked to.” The problem with that, of course, is that many nonleague players – including the bulk of our own squad – are under the age of 25. It’s also impossible to go through a gallery of match photos and identify whether or not any opposing players in shot are over or under 25. When the NPL did send out detailed guidance four days after the Isthmian League, it contained instructions that the sponsor’s branding was only to appear on specific pages and was to be applied by the following Friday; basically giving clubs three days to comply. It is one thing to specify –
as our League did on the day their partnership with BetVictor was announced – that a specific banner needed to be placed at the top of our website and linked to a specific address. It’s quite another to do that, then go back to clubs and say “actually, we want you to do that, but only on certain pages and in certain circumstances” as the Isthmian League did last weekend. For those clubs who have heeded the League’s urgings to use Pitchero for their sites, placing the League sponsor’s banner is not something they can control. Do they now have to remove their youth teams from their club sites so as not to fall foul of these new requirements? At Cables, we maintain our
website in-house, so are able to control what is displayed on specific pages. However, to achieve this, we have had to do some work to the way the site handles and displays image banners, which took time away from other tasks. Part of the problem is that the gambling industry is subject to heavy regulation so the clubs have to abide by Advertising Standards Agency requirements in addition to those of the League and The FA. It is a little disappointing that this additional workload on the volunteers running their clubs hadn’t been identified prior to the announcement and launch of the partnership between the Leagues and BetVictor. It would have been better for clubs to have received
instruction and support with regards to implementation at the time of the announcement, as opposed to almost a fortnight later. In terms of winning over the clubs, it doesn’t help the three Leagues that The FA has imposed a blanket ban on betting on football upon all players, coaches, directors and club volunteers at Steps 1-4. The idea that I, the Programme Editor of a club which plays in the eighth tier of English football, could have any influence on a UEFA Champions League match is absurd, but were I to place a bet on one, I would be liable for a ban from all footballing activity – even watching my team play! Having a League sponsor whose product is effectively banned within the competitions being backed just
leaves me bemused. That said, the sponsorship from BetVictor is welcome, provided the clubs receive a tangible benefit from it. The Chairman of the NPL, Mark Harris, told the Non-League Paper that this would be the case, also stating that the deal had been done in “the toughest sponsorship market probably on record”. Harris also stated that the League Board had discussed the proposal at length and there would consideration given as to how branding could be implemented in a way that protects vulnerable participants and spectators. Both Mark Harris and Isthmian League Chairman Nick Robinson said that their competi-
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tions would aim to forge links with charities dealing with gambling addiction, with Robinson going further and stating that the BetVictor logo “will not go on ground boards and there will be no advert in the programme”. For many people in the game, the idea of three major Leagues being partnered with a bookmaker makes them uncomfortable, particularly if family or friends have had issues with gambling addiction. While both Chairmen acknowledged that there was a need to manage the partnership sensitively, Harris refused to be drawn on any potential moral issues, pointing out that the EFL is sponsored by a bookmaker and the National League also has
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an official betting partner. The bookies are now present at virtually every level of English football. Following the BetVictor announcement, Huddersfield Town revealed a shirt featuring the logo of Paddy Power depicted on an enormous sash, only to then announce that the bookmaker had paid to have their logo taken off the shirt; a neat twist which certainly attracted media attention. In some respects, the League are in a no-win situation. If they don’t have a sponsor, that has a financially detrimental impact on both the League and its clubs. They have worked with their counterparts in equivalent competitions to achieve what they consider
the best deal they could get and are still getting criticism. I’m no puritan; I don’t have a problem with the sponsorship on its most basic level. Where I have a grievance is in the implementation; volunteers are being asked to work to timescales that would challenge full-time marketing professionals and some of the instructions that were given to clubs are simply unworkable. Whatever your feelings on the new League sponsor, they have certainly received an avalanche of publicity since their involvement was announced. In that respect, the deal is already doing what the company wants it to do.
Match and Ball Sponsorship Date
Opponents
223/07/19
Everton (Pre-Season Match)
27/07/19
Bootle (Pre-Season Match)
03/08/19
Warrington Town (Pre-Season Match)
06/08/19
Chorley (Pre-Season Match)
10/08/19
Market Drayton Town (Pre-Season Match)
21/08/19
Clitheroe
31/08/19
Tadcaster Albion
14/09/19
Dunston
24/09/19
Widnes
19/10/19
Brighouse Town
09/11/19
Ramsbottom United
30/11/19
Colne
07/12/19
Pickering Town
21/12/19
Kendal Town
01/01/20
Marine
11/01/20
Droylsden
18/01/20
Trafford
01/02/20
Workington
22/02/20
City of Liverpool
14/03/20
Mossley
28/03/20
Pontefract Collieries
13/04/20
Runcorn Linnets
25/04/20
Ossett United
TBA
Marske United
Match Sponsor
Ball Sponsor
Michael Corless Soccer Schools
The Town of Larvik, Norway
We are again inviting businesses and supporters to sponsor our home fixtures and the match ball for each game. Match Sponsorship costs £175 and includes pre-match and half-time hospitality, extensive promotion within The Walloper and during the pre-match stadium announcements. Match Ball Sponsorship costs £75 and includes pre-match and half-time hospitality, extensive promotion within The Walloper and during the pre-match stadium announcements. The club also offers a Gold Sponsorship option for £350. This entitles the sponsor to hospitality for up to six people, including a free bar with priority service. w w w. p re s cotca b le s a fc. co m
To find out more about any of these opportunities, please contact Mick Flaherty or Jamie Weston.
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2019-20 FIXTURES, RESUL Date
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We have a number of opportunities for pitchside advertising here at the Cables. Taking a board at pitchside doesn’t just get your company’s brand noticed by match-going spectators; we will also provide good coverage across our social media channels. Prices start from £375 for the first season and £300 for subsequent seasons. For more information, send our commercial team an email, talk to one of the Directors on a matchday or call Jamie Weston on 07367 284803. w w w. p re s cotca b le s a fc. co m
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PRESCOT CABLES 2-2 CURZON ASHTON
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rescot Cables began the new era under managers Steve Pilling and Roy Grundy with a creditable draw at home to National League North side Curzon Ashton.
Tuesday 16th July Pre-Season Match Volair Park
Having seen around a dozen players move on following the departure of predecessor Brian Richardson, the new management team had been working hard to build a new squad. This first warm-up match will have offered plenty of encouragement to Roy Grundy, who was in sole charge for the evening because Steve Pilling was on a family holiday.
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The first half, in particular, suggested that the Pesky Bulls should prove to be competitive in the new North West Division of the Northern Premier League. Cables ended their first 45 minutes of action 2-0 ahead. The opening goal was a penalty scored by fans’ favourite James Edgar. The mercurial player then turned provider for new signing George Hassell, whose stylish goal doubled Prescot’s advantage.
John Middleton
However, this was The Nash’s ninth game of a pre-season that
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began at Cheadle Town on 2nd July and the Step 2 side rallied strongly after the interval. Curzon struck twice early in the second half to peg Prescot back and end the scoring.
There were plenty of positives for Cables to take from the match, not least obtaining valuable match fitness for the squad, which contains a mixture of familiar faces and newcomers to the club.
A further positive was the attendance, which was very encouraging given that the match was both midweek and featured a number of substitutions as both teams sought game time for their squads.
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HELLO, MOLLY! The Cables Family got a little bigger last week. First Team Kit Manager Vicky Tigwell gave birth to her second child; a beautiful baby girl!
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veryone at Prescot Cables Football Club wishes to extend our warmest congratulations to the Tigwell family, following the arrival of the clan’s newest member. Molly Grace Tigwell was born just after 12 noon on Wednesday 17th July, weighing 6lb 7oz. The Tigwells are, of course, familar faces around the ground. Mum Vicky looks after the First Team Kit, Dad Richard is a key part of the club’s Media Team (when he isn’t being Vicky’s lackey, of course...) and Big Brother James is our Ball Boy, occasional Mascot and all-round Cables superfan. So, it would be fair to say that there is no chance of Molly supporting City of Liverpool when she’s a bit older!
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It’s unlikely that we’ll see Molly at this evening’s game, but James is sure to be as regular a presence on matchday as ever. We’re delighted to welcome the little ‘Pesky Princess’ to the Cables family. At the time of writing, both Molly and her Mum were doing well and we hope to welcome them both to a match in the not too distant future.
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ALL CHANGE (YES, AGAIN) Gareth Coates
From four promoted clubs to one, then back up to two... The FA keep amending how promotion and relegation work in non-league football
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or the third consecutive season, The FA has announced changes to the arrangements concerning promotion and relegation between Steps 3 and 4 of the National League System. The governing body is working towards a ‘perfect pyramid’ with one division at Step 1, down to 16 divisions at Step 5. Having implemented the additional divisions at Step 4 over multiple seasons, the ‘powers that be’ created a total mess last season, which led to play-off winners not being promoted. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case. At our level, all seven play-off winners will go up while at Step 3, the ‘Super Play-Off’ has been
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consigned to the dustbin of history which, although the right decision, has come a year too late for Warrington Town. This has been made possible by making the three divisions of the National League larger, which will create vacancies at Step 3. But The FA has also taken decisions that create some short term pain for clubs such as ours, but should ultimately transform our tier of non-league football. The major change coming into effect next season is the addition of an eighth division at Step 4. This new division will be administered by the Northern Premier League and while it has not officially been designated as a “North East” section, one major
reason for its being formed was to address the imbalance in the system, which has seen many more clubs from the south of England progress to Step 4 and beyond. It is for this reason that last season’s East Division stretched from Morpeth in Northumberland all the way down to Peterborough. There was a huge imbalance in the travelling those clubs were doing compared with their counterparts in the West Division. This was a driving force behind the North West / South East split in place for 2019-20; having three divisions mapped across the North of England will help to ease the pressure next season. However, for this season, Cables have
been placed in a fiercely competitive division which features most of the East Division clubs who contested the play-offs last season, Marine and City of Liverpool, as well as many of the contenders from the 2018-19 West Division. The challenge is daunting, but one the players and coaches will embrace. Having an additional division at Step 4 means more clubs are required at our level. So, for one season only, three clubs will be promoted from the North West Counties League, the Northern Counties East League and the Northern League. The other Step 5 divisions all have one guaranteed promotion place; some will get a second, which will be determined by points-per-game
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Meanwhile, whichever club finishes last in the North West Division will get a second chance to avoid a relegation that in any other season would result in dropping down a level. The seven bottom clubs will go into play-offs against Step 5 clubs who have missed out on promotion because of their PPG. The play-off winners take their place at Step 4 for 2020-21.
Further changes are also being made at Step 5 with the long-term goal of creating a system where clubs are not penalised because of their location. Anything that encourages more clubs from the North East to test themselves at our level and beyond can only be a good idea.
So, we go into the new season knowing that (unlike last season) our division has two guaranteed promotion places and that the bottom club might not go down. It can only be hoped that the denouement of this campaign is more straightforward than the one just
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BetVictor Northern Premier League North West Division BetVictor NPL North West Brighouse Town City of Liverpool Clitheroe Colne Droylsden Dunston Kendal Town Marine Marske United Mossley Ossett United Pickering Town Pontefract Collieries PRESCOT CABLES Ramsbottom United Runcorn Linnets Tadcaster Albion Trafford Widnes Workington
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D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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GD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SATURDAY 17 AUGUST 2019
MONDAY 26 AUGUST 2019
MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019
SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2019
Clitheroe v Brighouse Town Droylsden v Colne Kendal Town v Prescot Cables Marine v Dunston Marske United v City of Liverpool Ossett United v Mossley Ramsbottom United v Widnes Runcorn Linnets v Pontefract Collieries Tadcaster Albion v Trafford Workington v Pickering Town
Brighouse Town v Marske United
TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2019
City of Liverpool v Kendal Town Colne v Marine Dunston FC v Ossett United Mossley v Runcorn Linnets Pickering Town v Ramsbottom United Pontefract Collieries v Tadcaster Albion Prescot Cables v Clitheroe Trafford v Workington
WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST 2019 Widnes v Droylsden 20
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Clitheroe v Colne Droylsden v Mossley Kendal Town v Widnes Marine v Prescot Cables Marske United v Dunston Ossett United v Brighouse Town Ramsbottom United v Trafford Runcorn Linnets v City of Liverpool Tadcaster Albion v Pickering Town Workington v Pontefract Collieries
Brighouse Town v Droylsden City of Liverpool v Workington Colne v Ossett United Dunston v Runcorn Linnets Mossley v Kendal Town Pickering Town v Marine Pontefract Collieries v Ramsbottom United Prescot Cables v Tadcaster Albion Trafford v Clitheroe Widnes v Marske United
FROM THE BOARDROOM Club Secretary Matt Roberts fills us in on the preparations for the new campaign
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s the 2019-20 season is almost upon us, I thought it would be good to give you all an update on our outlook as a club for the forthcoming campaign. As most of you are aware, we have had some key players leave but rest assured we have also got some great players coming in. The goal of Steve Pilling and Roy Grundy is to continue strengthening our squad. Off the pitch, we have also been busy in preparing for the new season and making sure that we have everything in place. We recently attended the League AGM where I was surprised but honoured to collect the Digital Challenge award on behalf of the team. This is a fantastic achievement for us and it is good to know that the
league are recognising the effort and changes that we are putting in to improve our social media platforms. As you may have heard, Jamie Weston and I travelled to Wembley where we pitched our ideas for ground improvements to a panel of judges to try and gain £25,000 of funding from Buildbase. Unfortunately, we weren’t successful in winning the funding but it’s not at all negative when you consider what we learned and the experience we gained. The meeting has generated some fantastic contacts for the club and we have already started following up on additional funding opportunities that may be available to the club. We are in a strong position now that we have secured the lease and we need to maximise the opportunities that are available to us.
I would also like to welcome Paul Goodwin who has taken up the role of Matchday Secretary and is supporting me with various administrative duties. Paul has settled in to this role really well and I would like to thank him for his continued support and commitment to the club. I am really looking forward to this coming season and I hope you will all join me in getting behind the new management team and players and wish them every success for this coming season. As always if anyone has any questions or would like any further information, then please don’t hesitate to contact me.
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K-Bull’s Kids Korner K-Bull is going on a Summer Holiday before the new season starts, but he has left his bucket and spade behind. Can you help him find them so that he can make a sandcastle once he gets to the beach?
Hi everyone! It is very cool to be able to welcome Everton back to Volair Park. Hopefully, some young Blues will be making their first visit to our ground and enjoy themselves so much that they come back on those days they can’t go to Goodison Park. Games like tonight are very important for lots of reasons. The most important is preparation for the new campaign. By playing games locally, Everton get to maintain their connection to their supporters (especially those who can’t get to Goodison Park). But taking on a club like Cables generates awareness of our own club around the town and brings in money that can really help. Whether you are supporting Prescot or Everton, I hope you have a fantastic time and will come back for another game in the future. See you soon!
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