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Hello, good afternoon, good evening and welcome to the Home of Football for the final fixtures in the 2018/19 pre-season campaign, and especially to our visitors from Leek Town and Glossop North End.
The last run out here against a very strong Rotherham United side was very promising, and we more than held our own up until the last few minutes, with the result probably not reflecting how well we played. The trip to Germany was memorable in so many ways.; firstly the experience for all the lads was a memorable one, as well as being a team building exercise, it gave us an opposition who were up for an attacking duel. Secondly, it added yet another club who Sheffield have developed a tight friendship and bond with, and thoughts are already of a return game and a chance to reciprocate the hospitality SV Lipsia gave us whilst in their beautiful city. Enjoy the games.
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Leek Town were formed in 1946, originally known as Leek Lowe Hamil, although football in the town dates back to the 19th century. The current side began life in the Leek & Moorlands League before moving to the Staffordshire County League, which they won in 1950, or 1951 depending on the source(!), without losing a single game. For 1951/52 they joined the Manchester League and, now known as Leek Town, won the title at the first time of asking. Moves to the Mid Cheshire and Birmingham Leagues were not successful and after suffering financial diffi culties the side switched back to the Staffordshire County League, via a year in the Manchester League.
After a long period of struggle secretary Harry Allen sparked an upturn in fortunes and from 1968 the ground saw huge improvements whilst on the pitch they won the Staffordshire County League twice and the Manchester League in both 1972 & 1973, before stepping up to the Cheshire League. This time the move paid dividends with a 4th place finish followed by the championship in the following season. After a couple of good finishes the side slowly drifted down the table before becoming founder members of the North West Counties League in 1982 and then, 5 seasons later, joining the NPL in the new Division 1. Promoted to the Premier Division, as champions in 1990, a season in which they also reached the FA Trophy Final, the side performed well at the higher level. In 1991 Town played in Round 2 of the FA Cup, losing to Chester, and also qualified to Round 1 in 1994 when they lost to Wigan Athletic in a replay. Runners-up in 1994 The Blues had a spell in the Southern League before returning to the NPL to win the title in 1997. Two seasons in the Conference seemed to knock progress and they dropped 2 levels in the next 4 seasons. They did temporarily bounce back to the Premier Division, following league restructuring, before relegation to Division 1 South in 2008 where they have remained since. They reached the playoffs in 2012, ’14 & ’15, losing in the final in 2 of those. In the last three seasons they have once again challenged at the right end of the table but have narrowly missed out on the play-offs each time, finishing 8th, 9th and 7th respectively. Due to the restructuring of the Northern Premier League they, like ourselves in Division 1 East, will face a new challenge this time around.
There are familiar faces but new clubs for Town to come up against in Division 1 West and they will be hoping to go at least a few places better than the last few years and make a real push for a place in the NPL Premier after some positive results so far in their pre-season campaign.
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History Corner With Andy Dixon and 3-1 in the return.
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Our games against Leek Town only stretch back to the 2008/09 NPL season although there are a pair of meetings against Leek in the 19th century. 1889/90 saw Leek finishing 9th of the 11 sides in the Midland League and Sheffi eld at the very foot of the table as the pair won just 5 games between them. Club’s only 2 successes were both against Leek as they won 2-1 away
The first meeting between these sides came in January 2009. It was an exciting opening encounter with an out-of-form Club side visiting The Blues, who had won their last match 6-0. A young Sheffi eld side raced into a well-earned 2-0 lead with goals from Jack Muldoon and Sean Gordon before Matt Johnson pulled one back before half -time. In a second half of few chances an equaliser eventually came from Nick Ward as the game ended in a fair tie. The return was the final home game of the season at the Coach & Horses and a disappointing season fizzled out with a disappointing result. Steve Woolley put Club ahead at the interval but Oliver Edwards levelled matters before an injury time winner from Town’s Leon Ashman gave them a deserved win. Despite an improved 2009/10 ending with Sheffi eld in the play -offs the games between these sides ended with exactly the same pair of results. Ben Leonard and Matt Roney twice gave Sheffi eld the lead at Harrison Park in the first encounter but a late strike from Paul McMahon saw the match end in a 2-2 draw. In March Leek repeated their 2-1 win from the previous year thanks to two Ashley Miller goals with a Brian Cusworth header being Club ’s only reply. The next two seasons were a different matter as Club recorded 4 excellent performances to make themselves somewhat of a bogey side for The Blues. At the start of November 2010 Brian Cusworth and Ash Burbeary scored to send the visiting Sheffi eld supporters home happy. In the March return Dan Cope gave Leek the lead but Ant Lynam and James Gregory sent Club in ahead at the interval before the second period saw the game turn again as Ant Malbon and a second goal for Cope seemed to have maintained the visitors’ fine run in Dronfield. As 90 minutes approached however Andy Gascoigne headed in a corner to level matters and that was surely it? Well, no – in injury time a nervous Leek defence conceded another corner with the result this time a volley in to the net from Gascoigne to steal all 3 points at the death. The home game from 2011/12 ended with Sheffi eld as 4-2 winners. Jack Barnett and a double from James Knowles put Sheffi eld well in control of the home game and although James McCarthy gave Town some hope an injury to their keeper ended the fight-back with a Matt Roney goal settling matters before a late Matt Haddrell consolation. In early March the two sides were both battling for a play-off place and it was Sheffi eld who returned from Staffordshire with their challenge enhanced. Christian Millar immediately put Leek ahead but a Conor Higginson double and a red card for Matt Haddrell put Sheffi eld in the driving seat. Tim Grice levelled but Warren Burrell came off the bench to give his side the 3 points their all-round performance deserved. 2012/13 lacked in excitement compared to the previous season as both sides failed to score at home allowing the visitors to take the league points away. In two February games Peter Wright and Grice scored in a 2-0 success in S18 and just 17 days later the game was wrapped up by a sole Jack Muldoon strike in the closing minutes of the game at Harrison Park. The trip to Leek in August 2013 was a season opener and despite Andrew Gascoigne scoring first for Sheffi eld Leek battled back to take a 2-1 win. Title chasing Town repeated that score in the December return, despite Zeph Thomas scoring a sublime goal from 25 yards for Club, with late goals from Daniel Smith and Dan Shelley proving enough. Oddly the sides didn’t meet in 2014, the next game coming in January of the following year when Club twice battled back from behind to gain a point in Staffordshire, Warren Burrell ending the scoring at 2-2 just past the hour mark. Leek took all three league points in Dronfield in March though as Andre Brown put them ahead early on and a late strike FIRST MEETING –21/01/2009 from Dan Shelley meant James Gregory’s injury time goal was no NPL Division 1 South more than a consolation. The following season the first attempt Leek Town 2 to play the game here was abandoned due to rain before Town returned, nearly two months later, with Grice scoring twice in Matt Johnson, Nick Ward their 2-0 win. Leek completed the double in March thanks to a SHEFFIELD FC 2 second half goal from Darren Chadwick. In 2016/17 both sides won their home games by a single goal. Leek started strongest here and took the lead, but Club led at the break, thanks to goals from Alec Denton and Lee Cooksey, and saw the match out with a goalless second half. By the time of the return Club were going well in the league but at the start of a run which would see them plummet down the table, with Town deservedly, if somewhat controversially, winning the game 10. Last season it was a pair of convincing wins for the Staffordshire side, 3 second half goals in just over 20 minutes gave Leek a well-deserved 3 points at home and 2 goals either side of half time completed an easy double for them here in April.
Jack Muldoon, Sean Gordon LAST MEETING – 14/04/2009 NPL Division 1 South SHEFFIELD FC 0 Leek Town 4 Tim Grice, Rob Stevenson, Dan Trickett-Smith, Mat Bailey
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Sheffield FC 0 Rotherham United 3 Pre-Season Friendly Tuesday 17/07/18 Attendance: 382 Sheffield FC put up a good showing against a strong Rotherham United side, however a late flurry gave the Millers an emphatic looking victory, with the visitors winning 3-0. As expected Rotherham made all the early pressing, with both Jon Taylor and Michael Smith having efforts on goal, neither really testing the Sheffield keeper. Club looked lively, and were far from shy going forward, with former Clubbie loanee Laurence Bilboe doing well to bravely stop Marc Newsham.
The home keeper Sam Turton, making his first start for the World's First, was tested for the first time in the game from a David Ball shot - fortunately for the hosts it was well dealt with. With ten minutes of the first half
remaining the Millers were awarded a penalty, Sam Wright judged to have tripped Ryan Williams just inside the area, however Turton was more than up to the task saving Smith's spot-kick and the following two rebounds. Rotherham started to turn the screw before the break, Ball forced a good one handed save from Turton, from Taylor's
resulting corner Richard Wood headed against the bar, with Ball heading Ryan Williams' cross wide.
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It took just three minutes of the second half for the visitors to break the deadlock, Turton could only parry Taylor's shot, with Smith having the
easiest of tap-ins. Club went perilously close to equalising on the hour, Andrew Gascoigne's free-kick deflected onto the bar, with Bilboe beaten all ends up. With fifteen to go Sheffield went close again, as Jamie Yates free-kick was half cleared, with Ant
Mackie's shot from 20-yards-out being spectacularly saved by Bilboe. Turton cemented his man of the match award, making another fine reflex save, denying Joshua Kayode's shot from close range. There was nothing the keeper could do in
the 87th minute, as a quick throw on the left wing found Smith on the edge of the area, with the lanky striker spinning to volley a spectacular
Sheffield FC: Turton, Turner, Eagle, Wright, Winter, Lawrence, Yates, Gascoigne, Newsham, Osborne, Gregory. Subs: Hutchinson, Mackie, Mohammed, Hastings, Downes, Dawes, Kay, Fairhurst, Ingham.
shot parried out, giving another easy finish from
Rotherham United: Bilboe, Hird, Ajayi, Wood, Mattock, Taylor, Williams, Palmer, Smith, Ball, McGinley. Subs: Kayode, Parkin, Hames .
close range with Ball tapping home.
Referee: Jamie O’Connor (Bolsover)
finish to make it 2-0. Seconds later it was 3-0, as Jon Taylor had his
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SV 93 Lipsia 3 Sheffield FC 3 Pre-Season Friendly Saturday 21/07/18 Attendance: 1,000 SV Lipsia 93 Eutritzsch and Sheffield FC served up a six-goal thriller to celebrate the Saxony outfit’s 125th anniversary, writes Stuart James, as the German side made a great comeback to snatch a 3-3 draw after falling behind to a two-goal deficit twice. A crowd of a 1000 gathered at the Sportplatz Thaerstraße in Leipzig to see Club take a quick two-goal lead through Darryl Winter and Marc Newsham, with Maaz Abdelrahim and Newsham exchanging goals either side, and Abdelrahim and Matti Hann pulling things level late in the second half.
Both sides started brightly with both having a series of corners early doors, with Jamie Kay having the first shot in anger, hooking a Jamie Yates delivery over the bar. On 16 minutes Sheffield should have taken the lead, as Andrew Gascoigne put Waide Fairhurst through on goal, with keeper Sasha Gerstenberger making a brave save to turn the ball round the post. From the resultant corner Jamie Yates chose the short option, playing to James Gregory who squared across the edge of the box, giving Daz Winter the chance to curl into the corner of the net with the outside of his foot. Moments later it could have been two, with James Gregory being found open at the back post, only to see Gerstenberger tip the ball over the bar. That second came on 21 minutes as Yates’ corner was met by a spectacular volley from Fairhurst, Gerstenberger made a great reflex save, but there was nothing he could do to stop Marc Newsham who was quickest to react to stab the ball home.
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Lipsia had their best chance on the half hour mark, as lightning fast Sudanese medical student Maaz Abdelrahim got behind the visitor’s defence and squared the ball across to Max Premßler, whose shot was well blocked by the feet of young keeper Jamie Ingham. Arguably the turning point came four minutes before the break as a potential three-goal lead was turned into a reduced deficit, Ben Turner and Ant Mackie combined down the right to tee up Fairhurst to side foot into the empty net, only for Premßler to clear off the line and send the Saxons up the other end where Lucian Unger fed Abdelrahim who hooked the ball on the run beyond Ingham. It didn’t take Sheffield too long to restore the two-goal advantage, as two minutes after the break Newsham grabbed his second, getting on the end of a defence splitting pass from Gascoigne to hit the ball on the run leaving Gerstenberger standing. Any thoughts this was going to turn into a cakewalk for the Englishmen were soon put out of the mind, as Abdelrahim tore beyond the Sheffield defence, only to squander his shot at the last moment. That warning soon came to fruition, on the hour mark Christopher Pokowietz burst through the defence to set Abdelrahim one -on-one with Ingham, with the Lipsia man dropping a shoulder before slotting the ball into the corner of the net.
Sheffield still looked a potent threat with substitute John Dawes’ shot being deflected over the bar, following build up from Yates and SV Lipsia 93: Gerstenberger, Kuhn, Fairhurst, whilst Winter drove an effort not too Nitzsche, Lohmeier, Wadewitz, Knoebel, far off target. Unger, Stamer, Premßler, Geigenmüller, The equaliser came 10 minutes from time, when Abdelrahim. the lanky Pokowietz dispossessed Gascoigne 20 Subs: Baum, Clauß, Krenzlin, Meyer, Berger, Bayer, Fischer, Stöckmann, yards out before driving an effort that rattled Aydinbas, Pokowietz, Hann. the bar, with Matti Hann tapping in with Ingham stranded. Sheffield FC: Ingham, Turner, Kay, Winter, Lawrence, Yates, Mackie, Despite the oppressive humidity both teams Gascoigne, Fairhurst, Newsham, Gregory. pressed valiantly for a late winner, however Subs: Roney, Wright, Osborne, Dawes, neither could find the goal that would have been Mohammed, Smith. harsh on the opposition, with both teams Referee: Christopher Gaunitz (Leipzig) applauded from the field by appreciative crowd.
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Player Statistics Richard Adams Ben Algar Laurence Bilboe Alex Brown Jack Brownell Adam Chapman Sam Colbear Lee Cooksey Charlie Dawes Ishmael Dawson Waide Fairhurst Sam Finlaw Luke Francis Andrew Gascoigne Ricky German Ross Goodwin James Gregory Jamie Hadfield Callum Harrison Bradley Howe Ritchie Humphreys Jamie Ingham Louis Jones Frank Koroma Julian Lawrence Ben Ledger Pat Lindley Damian Magee Jack Mawson Lee Morris Luis Morrison Kuda Muskwe Cecil Nyoni Rod Orlando-Young Leon Osborne Matt Outram Dylan Parkin Reon Potts Lewis Price Joel Purkiss Derry Robson Matt Roney Dan Rose Grant Ryan Leslie Sackey Jay Smith Brett Souter Matt Sykes Mohammed Tijani Jack Turnbull Ben Turner Matty Waller Hugo Warhurst Harley Wigley Tyler Williams Daz Winter Rob Worrall Will Wraith Jamie Yates Matt Yates
Total - 2017/18 Season
Career
Apps
Start
Sub
Goal
MOM
Apps
Start
Sub
Goal
15 25 2 27 12 24 6 10 8 1 12 18 7 32 3 6 41 7 4 1 6 7 11 3 22 2 8 16 13 4 13 3 11 2 15 1 6 3 12 21 18 17 1 13 4 5 10 5 14 7 41 3 6 1 10 11 13 1 24 3
15 24 2 25 9 21 6 10 2 1 9 18 0 30 2 4 34 6 1 1 5 7 11 0 20 2 4 12 8 3 12 3 11 0 11 0 6 0 10 14 17 8 1 11 3 4 10 2 7 7 39 1 6 0 10 9 7 0 13 3
0 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 3 0 7 2 1 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 2 7 1 9 0 2 1 1 0 3 7 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 6 1 11 0
1 2 0 0 3 6 0 0 3 0 7 0 1 10 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0
0 3 1 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1
15 96 2 27 12 24 6 139 13 1 12 54 7 250 3 57 252 188 118 2 6 8 11 3 22 2 51 47 13 4 13 3 11 2 15 114 6 3 12 178 18 485 1 13 4 5 10 5 22 7 170 3 6 1 10 172 13 1 24 3
15 86 2 25 9 21 6 120 6 1 9 51 0 212 2 36 227 181 101 1 5 7 11 0 20 2 42 39 8 3 12 3 11 0 11 98 6 0 10 112 17 284 1 11 3 4 10 2 7 7 160 1 6 0 10 161 7 0 13 3
0 10 0 2 3 3 0 19 7 0 3 3 7 38 1 21 25 7 17 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 9 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 16 0 3 2 66 1 201 0 2 1 1 0 3 15 0 10 2 0 1 0 11 6 1 11 0
1 6 0 0 3 6 0 13 3 0 7 0 1 97 1 6 40 25 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 47 0 56 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 18 2 0 3 0
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Stat Attack Opposition
Competition
Score
Att
1
2
3
4
Sat 07/07/18 Chesterfield
H
Friendly
1-5
418
Ingham
Mackie
Roney
Chapman
Thu 12/07/18 Hallam FC
H
Friendly
0-2
145
Ingham
Turner
Roney
Lawrence Wright
Sat 14/07/18 Penistone Church
A
Friendly
2-1
115
Ingham
Turner
Eagle
Tue 17/07/18 Rotherham United
H
Friendly
0-3
382
Turton
Turner
Eagle
Wright
Sat 21/07/18 SV Lipsia-Eutritzsch 93
A
Friendly
3-3
1000
Ingham
Turner
Kay
Winter 1
Wed 25/07/18 Worksop Town
A
Friendly
1-2
236
Ingham
Turner
Kay
Winter
Tue 31/07/18 Harworth Colliery
A
Friendly
2-1
52
Turton
Turner
Kay
Mohammed
Friendly
Sat 04/08/18 Leek Town
H
Tue 07/08/18 Glossop North End
H
Friendly
Sat 18/08/18 Marske United
A
NPL East
Tue 21/08/18 Tadcaster Albion
H
NPL East
Sat 25/08/18 Hyde United
A
FA Cup
Mon 27/08/18 Stocksbridge PS
A
NPL East
Sat 01/09/18 Pontefract Collieries
H
NPL East
Tue 11/09/18 Cleethorpes Town
A
NPL East
Sat 15/09/18 Gresley FC
H
NPL East
Sat 22/09/18 Frickley Athletic
A
NPL East
Tue 25/09/18 Loughborough Dynamo A
NPL East
Sat 29/09/18 Prescot Cables
H
FA Trophy
Tue 02/10/18 Morpeth Town
H
NPL East
Sat 06/10/18 Carlton Town
A
NPL East
Sat 20/10/18 Spalding United
A
NPL East
Sat 03/11/18 Ossett United
H
NPL East
Sat 10/11/18 Pickering Town
A
NPL East
Sat 17/11/18 AFC Mansfield
H
NPL East
Sat 24/11/18 Stamford AFC
A
NPL East
Sat 01/12/18 Lincoln United
A
NPL East
Sat 08/12/18 Brighouse Town
H
NPL East
Sat 15/12/18 Tadcaster Albion
A
NPL East
Sat 22/12/18 Marske United
H
NPL East
Wed 26/12/18 Belper Town
A
NPL East
Sat 01/01/19 Stocksbridge PS
H
NPL East
Sat 05/01/19 Ossett United
A
NPL East
Sat 12/01/19 Spalding United
H
NPL East
Sat 19/01/19 AFC Mansfield
A
NPL East
Sat 26/01/19 Pickering Town
H
NPL East
Sat 02/02/19 Carlton Town
H
NPL East
Sat 16/02/19 Morpeth Town
A
NPL East
Sat 23/02/19 Loughborough Dynamo H
NPL East
Sat 02/03/19 Wisbech Town
A
NPL East
Sat 16/03/19 Stamford AFC
A
NPL East
Sat 23/03/19 Lincoln United
H
NPL East
Sat 30/03/19 Frickley Athletic
H
NPL East
Sat 06/04/19 Gresley FC
A
NPL East
Sat 13/04/19 Cleethorpes Town
H
NPL East
Sat 20/04/19 Pontefract Collieries
A
NPL East
Mon 22/04/19 Belper Town
H
NPL East
Sat 27/04/19 Brighouse Town
A
NPL East
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2018-19 Season 5
6
7
8
Wigley
Lawrence
Wright
Winter
Newsham
Osborne
Deakin
Fairhurst 1
Gregory
Kay
Magee
Kay
Yates
Wright
Osborne
Fairhurst
Gregory
Newsham
Eagle
Deakin
Kay
Lawrence
Mackie
Winter
Lawrence
Yates
Lawrence
Yates
Mackie
Lawrence
Magee
Roney
Lawrence
Magee
Roney 1
9
Gascoigne 1 Newsham
10
11
Sub
Sub
Sub
Thomas
Gregory
Osborne 1
Mohammed
Hastings
Osborne
Gregory
Mohammed
Hastings
Fairhurst
Gascoigne Newsham 2
Fairhurst
Gregory
Mohammed
Dawes
Roney
Gascoigne
Newsham
Fairhurst
Gregory
Yates 1
Dunne
Osborne
Yates
Osborne
Newsham
Gregory
Dunne 1
Fairhurst
Hastings
Gascoigne
Newsham
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Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant Avenue Marske by the Sea Cleveland TS11 7BW Telephone: 01642 475612 Saturday 18th August 2018 (KO 3:00)
By Car Take M1 / A1 Northbound to Junction with A19 signposted Teesside. Turn off A19 on to A174 towards Redcar. Stay on A174 and follow signs for Marske / Saltburn at Wilton Roundabout. Go straight on at next 3 roundabouts, turn left at 4th roundabout and go under railway bridge. After the bridge take first right in to Meadow Road and then first left on to Southfield Road (ignore first turn as this is not a road), take first left off Southfield Road in to Mount Pleasant Avenue, narrow road that leads to club car park.
From Home of Football : 2 hours 10 mins - From Sheffield Centre: 2 hour *
By Public Transport Nearest Station: Marske ½m. Up Station Close, then cross into Meadow Road, left into Southfield Road, left into Mount Pleasant Avenue, and ground is on left behind bowling green.
What to Expect The entrance to the ground is fairly attractive, with a gate in the club colours. Inside the ground are a few areas of cover - the 'Tin Shed' which holds around 200 standing fans and another smaller area behind the goal for around 50 standing fans. As for seats, the club replaced their attractive old stand with a dull 'arena' style unit which seats around 150 under cover.
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Glossop North End
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Glossop North End were founded in 1886, initially playing at several grounds before settling at North Road in 1898. They first entered league competition in the North Cheshire League in 1890, before joining The Combination in 1894, finished 2nd and then 3rd. They moved to the Midland League for 2 seasons, before being elected to Division 2 of the Football League in 1898. At the first attempt they were promoted to the top flight of English football – finishing just behind Manchester City and ahead of Leicester City (then known as Leicester Fosse) and Manchester United (playing as Newton Heath at the time)! The step up proved too much and they were relegated, after finishing bottom of Division 1, but to this day Glossop remains
smallest town to have a side play in the top flight. They spent the next 15 seasons playing in Division 2, with best finishes of 5th in 1901 and 6th in 1910. In the 1908/09 season Glossop also reached the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup, beating Sheffi eld Wednesday along the way before losing to Bristol City, but only after a replay. They had ended the 1914/15 campaign bottom of the table and following World War I were not re-elected to the Football League, playing a season in the Lancashire Combination and then the Manchester League. The Hillmen won the Manchester League in 1928 and lifted the (Gilcryst) Cup on 4 occasions through to re-joining the Lancashire Combination in 1957. After 9 seasons, a spell in the Manchester League and 4 years in the Cheshire County League the club were founder members of the North West Counties League in 1982. They struggled for several season in Division 1, being relegated in 1988, after which they slowly began to improve and they returned to the top flight of the NWCL in 1992, where they would remain for the next 23 seasons. North End won the Manchester FA Premier Cup in both 1997 and 1998, the Derbyshire County FA Senior Cup in 2001 and reached the FA Vase Final in 2009 but to 2013 had managed no higher than 5th in the league. 3rd in 2013/14, also reaching another Derbyshire Senior Cup Final, represented an improvement and the following season was certainly one to savour. Glossop lost just 4 of their 40 games, scoring 100 and conceding a miserly 23, as they topped the 100-point mark to be crowned North West Counties League Champions. They capped their dominance by winning the League Cup and reaching the FA Vase Final once more as they were promoted to Division 1 North of the Northern Premier League. At their first attempt they very nearly made it consecutive promotions, finishing 4th in the table before narrowly losing in a play-off trip to Northwich Victoria. The following campaign ended with the side just 3 points away from a second consecutive top 5 finish, an impressive crowd of over 700 witnessing their defeat at home to eventual league champions Lancaster in April. Last season was a little bit of a step back, but they still finished in the top half of the table and will be looking to mount a promotion push in the newly formed Division 1 West this time around.
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We can find just a single previous meeting between the clubs in our archives. This came in the FA Vase in the 1975/76 season, with Glossop playing in the Manchester League and Club in Division 3 of the Yorkshire League. In 1974 Sheffield had ended down in 10th in the third tier of the Yorkshire League, their lowest finish in 25 years, but had improved in the previous season and ended 5th in the table. This was to be a key turning point in the club’s fortunes and over the next 3 seasons they would be promoted from Division 3, crowned Division 2 Champions, reach the FA Vase Final and win the League Cup, in addition to a couple of other Cup Semi Final appearances too.
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With Andy Dixon
That upturn was evident in the FA Vase Preliminary Round clash between these sides where Sheffield recorded an easy 3-0 home win to set up a tie against Manchester YMCA in the next round. Club negotiated that hurdle easily enough, winning 6-1 before beating Kiveton Park in Round 2, winning 1-0 at home in a replay after the sides had scored 1 apiece at the first attempt. Round 3 saw Sheffield facing a trip to face Brigg Town of the Lincolnshire League – Town were a side used to winning as they were on their way to a 6th league title in 8 seasons! The result was a one-sided meeting that ended with Brigg powering into the next round courtesy of a 7-1 win. Later in the season Sheffield would also reach the Semi Finals of the Yorkshire League Cup, an impressive achievement from the third tier of the league. After a 1-1 draw at home to Scarborough Reserves, Club lost 1-0 on the east coast to narrowly miss out on the final. As Brigg demonstrated in ending their Vase run though, success breeds success and they clearly had a taste for winning football matches now and over the following years would progress to establish themselves as one of the Yorkshire League’s leading sides. The 70s also saw a key moment for Glossop with a move to the Cheshire League in 1978 and they progressed strongly up to the restructure of non-league football in 1982 which saw them joined the North West Counties League. At the same time Sheffield joined the North East Counties, Club eventually progressing to the NPL in 2007 and Glossop doing so 8 years later. Despite being separated by less than 30 miles a north/south geographical separation has kept the sides apart in the league and will continue to do so this season after the move to east/west divisions. Try as we might we sadly couldn’t dig up any other previous meetings. We did find a game against Nottinghamshire in January 1872 which was played at The Farm, Glossop Road, which was “the Sheffield residence of the Duke of Norfolk ”. We also found a goalkeeper called Glossop who played a single game for Club in 1951 and an S. Glossop who made nearly 50 appearances in the 1970s, sadly the records are sketchy so we can’t say whether he played in the game against Glossop itself or not! Both today’s sides had less than inspiring campaigns in 2017/18 and will be wanting a good performance against each other in this second meeting between the clubs as they look to build confidence for a promotion push this time round.
PREVIOUS MEETING 27/09/1975, FA Vase Preliminary Round SHEFFIELD FC 3 Glossop 0
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Club in Action
Worksop Town 2 Sheffield FC 1 Pre-Season Friendly Wednesday 25/07/18 Attendance: 236 Sheffield FC lost out in a short-notice friendly on Wednesday, writes Stuart James, as they were beaten 2-1 by a very familiar looking Worksop Town side. The Tigers fielded a squad that contained no less than nine former Clubbies and took the lead on 5 minutes as one of them – Matt Sykes – hit a sweet volley beyond Jamie Ingham, following a deep Deegan Atherton cross.
The rest of the first half was a muted affair, Sheffield looking tired after their German exploits of the weekend, with their best chance a free-kick from Andrew Gascoigne that was deflected just off target. Both teams came out for the second half fired up, and there were some tasty challenges going in from both sides, with the game finally waking from its slumber. The chances eventually started to come, Ant Mackie had a decent shot parried out by Dave Reay, whilst at the other end Kyle Jordan headed over for Worksop. There was however an undercurrent of niggliness creeping in, which bubbled over on the hour mark as Town skipper Jamie Price went too far in a challenge on Gascoigne, and following the mêlée was given an enforced substitution by referee Martin Beard. His replacement – another formed Sheffield player – Ross Goodwin, made an instant impression, heading just over the bar. Club grabbed an equaliser on 73 minutes, as Jamie Yates played a short one-two with Leon Osborne from a corner, skipped the full width of the penalty area before curling a beauty into the corner of the net with Reay beaten all ends up.
Worksop Town: D.Reay, Atherton, Royles, Woolley, M.Reay, Pemberton, Price ©, Nyoni, Simpson, Jordan, Sykes. Subs: Francis, Templeton, Wilson, Wraith, Goodwin, Brunt, Poole.
Sheffield FC: Ingham, Turner, Kay, Winter, Lawrence, Magee, Roney, Gascoigne ©, Newsham, Fairhurst, That parity lasted just two minutes, as a long Gregory. through ball from Harley Wilson was misjudged Subs: Dunne, Osborne, Yates, Mackie, by Jamie Ingham, with the ball bouncing over the Mohammed, Dawes, Chappel. keeper’s foot into the empty net. Referee: Martin Beard (Tibshelf) Sheffield FC v Glossop North End Pre-Season Friendly 07.08.18
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Harworth Colliery 1 Sheffield FC 2 Pre-Season Friendly Tuesday 31/07/18 Attendance: 52
A Sheffield FC XI led by Chris Dolby and Kirk Jackson had a good work out last Tuesday, writes Stuart James, as they ran out 2-1 winners over a newly promoted Harworth Colliery team at Scrooby Road. The hosts started the game quite strongly, and had Club on the back foot early on, with Ben Turner having to be alert to scoop the ball off the line. Club took the lead on 17 minutes, a deep ball into the box by James Gregory went over the head of Mark Newsham, with Matt Roney taking a couple of touches before driving the ball home. Keeper Josh Turton was called into action for the first time ten minutes before the break, turning a drive round the post, and following a couple of corners Harworth managed to equalise with a decent header at the back post. Harworth grew in confidence and after Luke Black curled an effort wide, ex-Clubbies Luke Francis and Bruno Holden both had chances to grab the lead, with Turton more than a match for both. Three minutes after the break Sheffield regained the lead; a fine piece of footwork from Scholar Ehsan Mohammed eked out some space for him to get a thunderous drive that rattled the bar, with substitute Mitchell Dunne quickest to react, steadying himself before picking his spot. Dunne was the main one asking all the questions of the NCEL side’s defence and combined with James Hastings to whip a cross across the face of goal, with a Harworth defender swinging a wild clearance just over his own bar. The game wasn’t without its fair share of lively challenges, with Damien Magee picking up a bash to the nose, whilst Turton went a bit high racing to collect the ball feet first following a mix-up in the middle. Waide Fairhurst had a couple of opportunities, both from distance and both just off target, whilst the closest the home side came to levelling was a wasted effort following a gift from the Sheffield defence.
Sheffield FC: Turton, Turner, Kay, Mohammed, Magee, Lawrence ©, Roney, Yates, Osborne, Newsham, Gregory. Subs: Dunne, Fairhurst, Ingham, Hastings. Referee: Jamie O’Connor (Bolsover)
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FA WSL 2 TABLE 2017/18
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P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
PTS
Doncaster Rovers Belles
18
15
2
1
52 15
37
47
2
Brighton & Hove Albion
18
12
1
5
35 26
9
37
3
Millwall Lionesses (-3pts)
18
12
3
3
40 23
17
36
4
Durham
18
11
2
5
44 26
18
35
5
Sheffield FC
18
9
1
8
40 31
9
28
6
London Bees
18
6
5
7
29 32
−3
23
7
Tottenham Hotspur
18
6
4
8
32 34
−2
22
8
Oxford United
18
3
3
12
24 41 −17
12
9
Aston Villa
18
3
2
13
21 40 −19
11
10
Watford
18
1
1
16
8
57 −49
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P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
PTS
1
Handsworth Parramore
15
12
2
1
51 15
36
38
2
Staveley Miners Welfare
15
8
2
5
33 22
11
26
3
Hallam FC (-6 pts)
15
8
2
5
28 27
1
20
4
Sheffield United (-3 pts)
15
4
5
6
25 27
-2
14
5
Sheffield FC
15
3
2
10
18 29 -11
11
6
Harworth Colliery
15
3
1
11
18 53 -35
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P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
PTS
1
Sheffield United
16
12
2
2
68 18
50
38
2
Sheffield FC (-3 pts)
16
13
1
2
55 21
34
37
3
Worksop Town
16
8
4
4
34 30
4
28
4
Alfreton Town
16
8
0
8
31 18
13
24
5
Retford United
16
6
5
5
35 33
2
23
6
Dronfield Town
16
6
2
8
18 38 -20
20
7
Gainsborough Trinity
16
5
1
10
22 51 -29
16
8
Espial (-3 pts)
16
3
1
12
20 41 -21
7
9
Swallownest Miners Welfare
16
1
4
11
26 59 -33
7
1
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EARLY FOOTBALL Versions of football evolved in many early civilisations, example of these can be found in ancient China, Greece and Rome. In England the original games were played between villages in fields and streets. This ‘Mob Football’ involved hundreds of players and was little more than prolonged and violent street battles. During the 19th century a more refined version of the game grew in popularity within the public schools and universities, each playing to their own sets of rules. THE BIRTH OF SHEFFIELD FOOT BALL CLUB. During the 1850s the enthusiasm and influence of ex-public school and university students spread the popularity of the game around Sheffield. In the summer of 1857 William Prest and Nathaniel Creswick agreed that the game would be a splendid candidate for organised sport during the winter months. The pair wrote to the Public Schools for information, regarding their varying rules, with the aim of drawing up a set of laws embodying the best points from each. On October 24th, 1857, the world’s first football club was born in a greenhouse, at the home of Harry Chambers. Chambers went on to become one of the club’s greatest players, and Secretary, in a career that spanned over 40 years. Among the first rules drawn up were laws asserting that “no hacking or tripping up is fair under any circumstances”, “no player may be held or pulled over” and “it is not lawful to take the ball off the ground [using hands]”. Upon the formation of the Football Association in 1863, Sheffield Club’s insistence on these laws began the evolution into the game we recognise globally today. Heading, solid crossbars, corner kicks, free-kicks for fouls, throw-ins, a half-time change of ends and floodlit matches can all be traced to the innovators of Sheffield F.C.! EARLY YEARS Initially early matches, such as Married men v Unmarried, had to be played between Club members. Records also show games against local army sides. Following victory over the 58 th Army Regiment in 1860 a local report stated that, “most of the officers were adepts at the game, having, in their younger days, played in the public school matches, and the victory of the civilians was quite unexpected.” Following the birth of Hallam F.C., the world’s first inter-club game took place on Boxing Day in 1860. The match “was conducted with good temper and in a friendly spirit”, concluding in a 2-0 win for Sheffield. For several years all matches were played locally, against a rising number of new sides, before the first ‘out of town’ match was played in Nottinghamshire in 1865. In 1866 the first game limited to a length of 90 minutes was played at Battersea Park against London. The FA Cup was founded in 1871 and in its third season Sheffield became the first northern side to take part. They succeeded in reaching the quarter finals in this and two further seasons also, 1876 and 1878. 1872 saw the first international game, between England and Scotland in Glasgow, with Sheffield’s Charles Clegg playing for the England side. Clegg would later go on to be Chairman, and President, of the FA and receive a knighthood for his services to the game.
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From the 1880s onwards the rise of professionalism and Sheffield Club’s firm insistence of retaining their amateur status saw them overtaken and overshadowed by other sides in the area. During these years the very survival of the club owed much to the leadership of former players Harry Chambers and Harry Broughton Willey. After the death of the latter in 1933 the minutes stated that “Mr H.B. Willey for years had carried the Club on his back, administratively and financially, making up a yearly deficit from his own pocket.” It wasn’t all doom and gloom though! In fact Sheffield enjoyed possibly their greatest hour in 1904 when they won the Amateur Cup, beating Ealing 3-1 at Valley Parade, Bradford. YORKSHIRE LEAGUE 1949 brought admission to the Yorkshire League and a resurgence, which saw the side promoted to Division One in their third season and reach the League Cup final in 1953. In 1957 they celebrated their Centenary year and reached their first Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Cup final in 1962. The 1950s also saw the emergence of the Club’s greatest legend with forward Geoff Robinson (above) scoring 232 goals over 216 appearances. After a period of yo-yoing between divisions the 1977 side were crowned Division Two Champions and reached that season’s FA Vase final at Wembley. They established themselves as a top division side in the Yorkshire League, lifting the League Cup in 1978, before joining the newly founded Northern Counties East League in 1982. NORTHERN COUNTIES LEAGUE The Division One title was won in both 1989 and 1991 and a first Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Cup win came in 1994. In 2001 the club acquired a permanent ground, for the first time, when moving to its current home. After the turn of the century the side began to consistently challenge for promotion, winning both the League Cup and Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Cup on two occasions. The 2006/07 season ended with a 2 nd place finish and promotion to the Northern Premier League. NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE The side made an instant impact in reaching the 2008 play-off final, narrowly losing only on penalties. That first season also saw games against Inter Milan and Ajax at Bramall Lane, as part of the 150th birthday celebrations, and a few years later a win at Hallam’s Sandygate ground to mark the anniversary of the first inter-club match. Sheffield have twice more been involved in the season ending play-offs and lifted the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Cup on two further occasions also. Manager Mark Hume took over in May 2017, and hopes are high for 2017/18 of making good progress from last season’s disappointing 15th place finish. In addition the SFC Ladies’ team have now risen from the lowest rung of women’s football, to play alongside the elite of the game in the FA Women’s Super League. Sheffield Futsal Club were again amongst the country’s leading sides, the Under 19s won the League Cup and the Over 35s won the treble, whilst the newly formed Sheffield FC Veterans (with Jim Fern scoring, right) went to the San Siro Stadium in Milan to win the ACLI Invitational Trophy as the club continues to go from strength to strength in the grass roots game in its 160th season.
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South Division Table 2017/18 1 2
Team Basford United (CHAMPIONS) Alvechurch (PROMOTED)
P 42 42
W 31 25
D 7 10
L 4 7
F 101 78
A 42 49
Diff 59 29
Pts 100 85
3 4 5 6
Frickley Athletic (-3pts) Bedworth United Chasetown Stamford (PROMOTED)
42 42 42 42
26 22 22 19
7 8 7 14
9 12 13 9
117 73 83 66
61 58 64 34
56 15 19 32
82 74 73 71
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Leek Town Lincoln United Corby Town Cleethorpes Town (-12pts) Stocksbridge Park Steels Peterborough Sports Spalding United Loughborough Dynamo Sheffield FC Belper Town Gresley FC Kidsgrove Athletic Carlton Town Newcastle Town Market Drayton Town
42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42
20 21 18 18 13 15 14 13 10 12 11 11 10 10 10
8 5 6 13 14 6 8 10 15 9 10 9 11 9 9
14 16 18 11 15 21 20 19 17 21 21 22 21 23 23
80 85 74 82 75 70 52 61 66 46 49 70 66 49 51
50 81 75 57 66 78 62 78 85 90 91 90 76 73 97
30 4 -1 25 9 -8 -10 -17 -19 -44 -42 -20 -10 -24 -46
68 68 60 55 53 51 50 49 45 45 43 42 41 39 39
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Romulus (RELEGATED)
42
8
11
23
57
94
-37
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Pre-Season Fixtures 2018 07/07/2018 - 12:30 Chesterfield (H) - LOST 1-5 (Att 418) 12/07/2018 - 19:30 Hallam FC (H) - LOST 0-2 (Att 145) 14/07/2018 - 15:00 Penistone Church (A) - WON 2-1 (Att 115) 17/07/2018 - 19:30 Rotherham United (H) - LOST 0-3 (Att: 382) 21/07/2018 - 15:00 SV Lipsia-Eutritzsch 93 (A) - DREW 3-3 (Att: 1000) 25/07/2018 - 19:30 Worksop Town (A) - LOST 1-2 (Att: 236) 31/07/2018 - 19:45 Harworth Colliery (A) - WON 2-1 (Att: 52) 04/08/2018 - 15:00 Leek Town (H) 07/08/2018 - 19:30 Glossop North End (H) Sheffield FC v Glossop North End Pre-Season Friendly 07.08.18
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