HEYS ONLINE REVIEW
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HEYS’ NEXT FIXTURE 2pm KO @ SQUIRES LANE, TYLDSLEY, M29 8JP Saturday 7th March
Hindsford Vs Prestwich Heys
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Ground – Adie Moran Park, Sandgate Road, Prestwich, M45 6WG 1st Team Manager – Jon Lyons 2nd Team Manager – Jeff Kavanagh
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team manager Jon Lyons after Thursday’s training session at Salford Sports Village for his views on the last 7 days “On the back of our 5-0 win against a good Monton side I asked the lads a key question ‘can we show consistency?!’ I’ve banged on at the lads about this and we’ve proved its there iwithin n our group, 7 wins on the spin recently proves it. But I wanted more proof and in Saturday’s game we had it. A strong performance was needed to get us the win against a well organised Springhead. The lads shown me great heart, they dug deep on a pitch that has been hit hard by the wet weather and came from behind to get us the 3 points that moved us top. Tuesday night saw us play Radcliffe Boro in a fast paced friendly where the lads again proved their abilities versus a team 3 divisions above us. The game tested us in ways we aren't often use to but I believe it’ll set us up right for our game today against Hindsford. We know against Hindsford it will be a test, another huge game for the club on a hard wearing pitch but we’re all looking forward to the challenge”
Joffy
Johnson winner sinks Springhead Heys hit the top of the Premier Division table with a hard earned but ultimately deserved 2-1 win over Springhead at Adie Moran Park on Saturday. On a heavy pitch, a tight first half ended scoreless. However, Jon Lyons side upped the ante after the break and camped in the Springhead half only to fall behind in the 57th minute. With arguably the visitors first foray forward a coming together in the box brought about a penalty from which Paul Stevenson put his side in front. " Heys held firm to top the table for the first time since last winning the league in 2007. " Heys responded however almost immediately when an Ashford Blake shot was handled and from the resultant spot kick George Powell made no mistake. The almost constant pressure Heys exerted finally brought its rewards in the 74th minute. From a Brad Lyons corner the ball broke to Shaun Johnson and he fired in an angled shot just inside the post. A battling Springhead, made it hard for Heys throughout and applied late pressure to make it a nervous finish. However, Heys held firm to top the table for the first time since last winning the league in 2007. Full report and images at prestwichheys.com
Manchester Premier League 1 Prestwich Heys 2 Stockport Georgians 3 Walshaw Sports 4 Wythenshawe Ams 5 Royton Town 6 Dukinfield Town 7 Hindsford 8 AFC Monton 9 AVRO 10 Manchester Gregorians 11 Elton Vale 12 Atherton Town 13 Rochdale SH 14 Springhead 15 East Manchester 16 Chapel Town Last updated Saturday 28th February, 17:13
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HEYS’ LATEST SPONSOR IS Prestwich Heys are extremely pleased to announce a new sponsorship deal with Morena, the fine Italian Beer. Morena will be available to purchase in our clubhouse with immediate effect. The deal is great news for the club in this, such a hugely important month and the club wish to extend its thanks to Morena for their speediness in closing the deal. Cheers, here’s to Heys! A lager beer for the most demanding palates, with resolute barley notes, its golden colour makes it a real Queen. Intensive taste with flavours which varies from vanilla to cloves. The tastes of the best super aromatic hops (SAAZ-SAAZ), with rich and persistent foam. Type Pure Malt Alcoholic Content 5.2% ABV Fermentation Low Ingredients Barley Malt, Hop, Water Glass Flared-tulip Shaped Goblet Temperature of service 5°-8° C
Inside Heys – Danny Eyres We caught up with Heys winger Danny Eyres after our 2-1 victory over Springhead last weekend There was a typically great turn out for training last week and all the lads worked hard, it was great preparation for the Springhead game. The new lads at the club Ste (Dryden – GK), Rivaldo (Valdo Travares – STR) and Ash (Ashford Blake – STR) have settled in really well and have made a good start to their time with Heys, all looking really decent. The prematch build up was good. Every one of the lads were focussed on improving on last weeks game against Monton, despite that being a 5-0 win. The game itself I felt we controlled it, kept good possession and worked hard as a unit when we didn’t have the ball, to get it back! I think there were some opportunities we should’ve converted to improve on the 2-1 score line. Joffy has been mentioning a lot about our Team Spirit recently and our last 2 games we’ve proved that spirit is there, especially on Saturday against Springhead where we’ve won from being 1 down. For me, Conor Landers has been outstanding in the last 2 games and is improving week on week. He’s working ridiculously hard for the team, creating really good chances for us. Winning the penalty on Saturday as a prime example. Credit to Matt Jolly too, he’s put in two really really good performances after stepping up into the 1st team. His work rate has been impressive.
Princess Elle Tierney's Fund
UPDATE #7 Well done everyone, it's through your generosity the current total of the Princess Elle Tierney Fund now stands at a massive ÂŁ6,100. If you are wishing to complete the parkrun and want to obtain sponsorship to raise further funds to help with Elle's Rehabilitation once she is better then you can post the following status (or similar) to social media: 'I am running the Heaton Park 'parkrun' 5k to raise funds for Princess Elle Tierney who is currently fighting Cancer. Please sponsor me by clicking on the link and making a donation www.gofundme/PrincessElle
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#PrideOfPrestwich Heys are proudly sponsoring a barrel of beer at the Prestwich Beer Festival 2015 and will be represented by some of our more seasoned beer drinkers at the event. See you down there, support our community!!
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Keep your eyes peeled as there’ll soon be a #PrideOfPrestiwch beer available!! Our friends at Beer Nouveau – England’s smallest commercial Brewery, based in Prestwich, are in the early stages of developing the brew. Suggestions on beer types can be sent to their twitter handle @BeerNouveau Catch up with Beer Nouveau at the Prestwich Beer Festival
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ALL JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY REPEATING… Formation The origins of Prestwich Heys A.F.C. can be traced back to February 9, 1938 when a meeting was called at the music room of the Heys Road Boys' School at which Elgar Lumsden put forward the idea of forming an old boys' association. Attending that first meeting were messrs Bridge, Stott, Foster, Taplin and Alan Proctor Bell, who was to become a central figure in the club’s history and whose progress he was to report on in the Prestwich Guide under the guise of ‘Touchliner’. Despite the onset of the Second World War a year later, the association flourished under the chairmanship of Bell, who also acted as secretary of the football arm, known as Heys Old Boys' AFC and was acknowledged as one of the region’s best. The club went on to win its first honours in 1943 in the Prestwich and Whitefield League with the Woodward Shield – a success which was repeated for the next three seasons.
The glory years The team gradually progressed through the Bury Amateur League and into the South East Lancashire League claiming championships in 1960, 1961 and 1964. Under the guidance of Peter Gilmore in the 1960s, Heys won the prestigious Lancashire Amateur Cup in 1967 followed by the one and only Lancashire Combination Grand Slam in the 1970–71 season with Heys bringing all four trophies available back to Grimshaw's. The club also changed its name in 1964 to Prestwich Heys AFC, an acknowledgement of the fame achieved by the club as they proved one of the nation’s top amateur clubs. Thousands flocked to see Heys play, and beat, the likes of Sutton United, Ferryhill Athletic, Finchley and Highgate United in the FA Amateur Cup with the club's best run taking Heys to the last 8. The victory over Sutton United in 1969 ranks as one of Heys’ most famous moments, attracting nationwide coverage, coming a week before their opponents were due to meet Leeds United in the FA Cup.
Restructuring and a new home These were heady days but with the 1970s came the onslaught of professionalism and the club struggled to maintain its winning ways. After claiming the Manchester Amateur Cup in 1972, the trophy cabinet remained bare as Heys negotiated the gradual restructuring of semi-professional football, moving from the Cheshire County League into the newly formed North West Counties League in 1982. Ground grading problems saw the club drop into the Manchester Football League in 1986 but the club went on to gain its first trophy for over a decade when the First Division title was claimed in 1988. 1991 saw Heys moved by Bury Council off their Grimshaw's home on Heys Road for a new base at Sandgate Road, just over the border in Whitefield.
After relegation in 1996, the club bounced back with the Manchester League double of First Division Championship and Murray Shield built on the back of a record 19 league wins from the start of the season.
Former skipper Lee Connell in action for Heys in 2006
Present day The 2004–05 season saw Heys finally take the major prize of their first Manchester League Premier Division title. They followed this up by retaining their crown the following season with a 2–0 victory in their penultimate game of the season at Hindsford. In 2006–07 Heys made it a hat-trick of Premier Division titles and also lifted the Goldline Trophy after defeating Charnock Richard on penalties at the Reebok Stadium. Tragically, Manager and Chairman Adie Moran died on June 27 2007, whilst on holiday in Sri Lanka at the age of 43. Assistant Manager Jason Dormer took over first team duties until he was replaced by Peter Freakes and Andy Whiteman in February 2008. However, Freakes and Whiteman's spell in charge was to last only nine games with the club citing differences of opinion in the future strategy of the development of the club as the reason for their dismissal. Reserve team management duo of Liam Morrissey and Paul Taylor took over the running of first team affairs during the summer of 2008. Morrissey led the team to a 12th-place finish in the 2008–09 season, some 29 points behind league champions Manchester Gregorians. On 8 October 2009, with Heys sitting third from bottom in the table, it was announced that Morrissey was standing down from his position as first team manager. Morrissey moved to manage the reserve squad and was replaced by former Heys player Mark Slater, who was taking on his first managerial role. Former players Jon Lyons & Karl Kavanagh took charge of 1st team affairs in December 2012 with another former player, Jeff Kavanagh taking charge of the 2nd team Heys continue to work on their redevelopment plans as they look to get their Sandgate Road ground up to a standard that may possibly see a return of North West Counties League football to Prestwich for the first time since 1986. Planning permission for pitch floodlights was granted in November 2007. Working under the Shared Access Agreement to help with costs for floodlight installation Heys' push for a move back into The North West Counties Football League has taken great strides in early 2015. Installation of new changing facilities are taking place to meet league Ground Grading criteria
NOW TO THE FUTURE… #PrideOfPrestwich