Ramsbottom United Photo Book

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photographed and designed by Rob Moss, December 2014


î Łe Rammy Rocket lands in Banbury for the 2014 FA Trophy tie


Rammy Legends Phil Dean and Jon Robinson celebrate the 3-1 win against Grantham Town in 2014


Phil Dean’s header against Nantwich and Rammy are through to face Banbury in the FA Trophy


Battle of the leopard-print boots - Jordan Hulme takes on half the Nantwich defence


October 2014 Club of the Month presented to jointmanagers Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson


In their penultimate game together, proliďŹ c goalscoring partnership Lee Gaskell and Jon Robinson combine to set up Jordan Hulme lurking at the far post


Wizards hats and fancy dress as the Rammy Ultras head over to Whitby on Halloween


Elation as Jon Robinson bags the injury time winner in the FA Trophy game at Whitby


Two goals for centre-back Steve Howson as Marine suer a 3-1 home defeat


A goal for Phil Dean as he racks up a record number of appearances for a Rammy player 255 and counting!


A 4-2 home win against Belper with Phil Dean scoring two, Jon Robinson and Osebi Abadaki scoring one each


Osebi Abadaki harassing the Belper defence in the 4-2 win that saw him ďŹ nding the net


Gary Stopforth in action against our old friends at Shawe View, Traord FC


Happy with the 1-0 win against Traord, jointmanager Anthony Johnson


Trying out one of them Yorkshire pies before the 4-2 defeat away at Frickley


e long awaited return from injury of Midfield Supremo Gary Stopforth, as Rammy draw 1-1 with Curzon Ashton


Phil Dean ďŹ nding the net in a 3-1 win over Stamford


Joel Pilkington, Johnno and Bernard’ ďŹ rst ever signing, shortly before deciding to call it a day in his sixth season at the club


Ten minutes in and Steve Howson heads Rammy’s ďŹ rst in the 3-1 win against Stamford


Chairman Harry Williams gives his opinion as the BBC non-league roadshow broadcasts from Rammy


î Łe voice of Ramsbottom United, Tony Cunningham


ProliďŹ c goalscoring centreback Steve Howson nets in the 3-2 home win against Marine


MidďŹ elder Malachi Slaven scores Rammy’s second against Marine in the 3-2 win


Was it or wasn’t it across the line - ‘at Goal’ scored by Marine which caused so much uproar


Greaves scores in that horrible 3-1 defeat vs FC United in front of 2000 people at Stalybridge


Malachi Slaven in action against FC United at Stalybridge


Jon Robinson heads home before getting sent o during the miserable 4-1 home defeat to Nantwich Town


Cedric Krou - we’re having a party every time he scores!


Inspirational midďŹ elder Scott Burton in action during the 3-2 defeat against Kings Lynn at the start of the 2014/15 campaign


Ten minutes into the new season and 2-0 up... not expecting the three goal King’s Lynn comeback


A second-half penalty awarded to Grant Spencer... if only Rammy had someone who can take them!


Another chance to seal the win goes begging against King’s Lynn


Dom Smalley maintains his usual wicked pace despite the tropical heat in pre-season Clitheroe


Iranian triallist Porya Ahmadi gets into the spirit of a preseason friendly by putting his studs into the Clitheroe midďŹ elder’s chest


...handbags ensues, with Lee Pugh putting Simon Garner straight on a few things and Steve Howson pulling his ‘scary face’


Summer signing from Bamber Bridge Tom Williams impressing on the right wing against Clitheroe


Managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley during pre-season at Cheadle


Rammy’s hero at the back captain Grant Shenton


Left-back and Really Hard Bloke, Lee Pugh


Invited to see the Queen, Rammy’s very own Jack Wolfenden


Billy Priestley in action at the playoff final against Bamber Bridge, before heading off to the wilds of West Yorkshire


Lee Gaskell scores the opening goal in the playo ďŹ nal after just 6 minutes


Scott Burton flicks on for Steve Howson to tuck away Rammy’s second goal


Billy Priestley heads just wide of the Bamber Bridge net


Grant Spencer probes the Bamber Bridge defence


Jordan Hulme in action in front of the 1,206 crowd


Scott Burton in action at Bamber Bridge


Dom Smalley seals the 3-2 win and promotion to the Evostik Premier with his extra-time goal for the Rams


Tub-thumping Rammy fans









at aftermath of at Tackle by Owen Roberts that caused so much trouble at Darlington


Billy Priestley scores the first in Rammy’s 2-0 playoff semi win at Darlington in front of 1,926 supporters


Jordan Hulme bags the second


Gary Stopforth in action at Darlington


Grant Spencer in action at Darlington


Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley as the clock ticks down on injury time


Owen Roberts - still on the pitch after the shocking early tackle that incenses the Darlington fans to this day


491 fans watched Rammy and Bamber Bridge play out a dull 0-0 draw that saw both teams through to the playos


Jordan Hulme comes nearest to breaking the deadlock in the pre-playo Bamber Bridge game


After a whole season of playing catch-up for the awful start, Rammy make the play-os


Joint-manager Bernard Morley, as yet unaware that wife Gemma has booked a romantic trip away for his birthday aka Playo Final Day!


Jon Robinson’s (oside) return from long-term injury in a 2-0 win against Salford City when they still played in Orange


Gary Stopforth in action at Salford, the game where Rammy ďŹ nally started to believe a playo spot might just be possible


Lee Pugh’s returning debut, Rammy’s 3-2 win against Sean Reid’s Warrington Town


Goal! An Owen Roberts freekick levels the scores against Warrington Town


Joel Pilkington’s broken wrist against Warrington - an injury that ruled him out for the remainder of the season


Rammy 5-3 Prescot, and a hat-trick that takes Lee Gaskell to 100 goals for the club


A goal on his debut against Prescot for new signing Steve Howson


Bernard ‘e Cat’ Morley takes centre stage at New Mills after an injury that sees Grant Shenton miss the rest of the season


Jordan Hulme bagging one of the goals in the 5-0 crushing of Harrogate back in March 2014


Dan Warrender battling during the 2-0 home defeat against arch-nemesis Cammell Laird


Grant Spencer getting some of the Cammell Laird treatment during the 2-0 defeat


Dom Smalley returning from injury to help Rammy ďŹ nally seal a win at Prescot Cables


Revenge for the early-season defeat, a 4-1 win at Rammy Old Boys Padiham


Having a great time at Lancaster despite the weather - the Rammy Charabanc


He doesn’t score very often, but even a Gary Stopforth goal couldn’t stave off a 2-1 defeat at arch-nemesis Cammell Laird


Anthony Johnson watches Cammell Laird v Rammy from the terraces, having been a naughty boy again


Eight minutes left and Billy Priestley heads Rammy into the lead at Clitheroe - the ďŹ nal result was a 4-2 win


Clitheroe’s Simon Garner again - this time trying to cripple midďŹ elder Chris Denham


Rammy 8-0 Radclie. Where do you start!


A 3-0 win against Mossley, and Rammy ďŹ nally put the Mossley hoodoo to bed


A late comeback by Curzon Ashton cancelled out goals by Dom Smalley and Lee Gaskell in a scintillating game - the ďŹ nal score 2-2


A disappointing 3-0 defeat to Worcester City in the FA Trophy third qualifying round. î Łe match was played at Kidderminster Harriers.


Phil Dean notched up his 200th club appearance in a dull 1-1 draw with New Mills


Scorer of an early goal Dom Smalley is felled for a penalty at Harrogate. î Łe Rams eventually romped to a 4-0 win


Two goals each for Phil Dean and Tom Brooks in a 7-2 FA Trophy demolition of Worksop


Hulme and Warrender combining to get the better of the Worksop defender




Another six goals at the hands of Lancaster City with Tom Brooks (2) and Jon Robinson getting on the scoresheet


A penalty awarded to Tom Brooks at Warrington in the FA Trophy, with the 2-1 win being revenge for the early season defeat


A hat-trick for Jon Robinson as Rammy give Darlington the ďŹ rst of three lessons in how to play footy


A shot just over the bar by Ian Flanner in an unforgettable game at Mossley that saw the home side score two late goals to win 4-3


Not his happy face - even some Grant Shenton heroics couldn’t stop Mossley ďŹ nding the injury time winner


Andy Dawson up at Stocksbridge in the FA Cup - a 2-2 draw which was the archetype ‘Game of Two Halves’


Phil Dean’s injury time equaliser forces Stocksbridge to visit Rammy for a replay, where they lose 3-0


Goalscorer Lee Gaskell helps make short work of AFC Liverpool in the FA Cup, Rammy romping to a 5-0 win


On Your Marks - Mark Drew and Mark Sharples battle in midďŹ eld as Rammy’s rude awakening continues with a 2-1 defeat to Rammy Old Boys Padiham


î Łe misery goes from bad to worse as Phil Edghill gets his marching orders against Padiham


Concern as Rammy’s terrible start to the season continues with a thoroughly undeserved 1-0 defeat at Warrington


Everything bar the kitchen sink got thrown at Warrington, with nothing going Rammy’s way


î Łe Rammy squad that started season 2013-14


Andy Dawson’s point-blank shot saved during the 3-1 opening day defeat against Curzon Ashton


ree minutes of injury time away from the play-offs away to champions Skelmersdale United


Katie Physio would bite her nails, but they cost a bomb!


Two minutes into the three added for injuries... 2-1 to Skelmersdale





î Łe promotion winning squad, season 2012-13


Rammy v Winsford, promotion from the Northwest Counties at the end of the 2011-12 season







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