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SUGARS We caught up with manager Luke Evans over a brew this week, as he gave us his thoughts on the week ahead...

Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to this afternoon’s game with Burscough. I’d like to start by welcoming their supporters and staff.

The first 40 minutes against 1874 Northwich is exactly what this team is about. That is the sort of football I expect from the lads, and you wouldn’t We’re well underway with the league season now, have believed were yet to win a game. They are a very good side, and at the end we had Jordan to and it’s fair to say that we are disappointed with how the results have gone. But we are all working thank for keeping us in front. He’s a terrific keeper, hard in training to make sure we put things right on and we are very lucky to have him. the pitch. Burscough are yet to play a game, so they will be raring to go ahead of the game and we know that I would like to personally apologise for the performance last week against Bootle. A big thank we need to be better. you to those who travelled down to support us. It’s not been the ideal start for us in any sense but we want to remain positive and remember that we still have the majority of the season to play out yet. We have to remember that it’s a weird season for everyone and there has been some freak results for quite a few teams. I’m not saying it’s acceptable to concede 7 but if you look at the results around us. It doesn’t look out of place - Winsford scoring 10 goals the other week for example…

I’d like to say a quick thank you to all the volunteers who continue to work hard to keep the club running. I appreciate it, and I know I speak for Tony when I say he does too. As a club, we are really starting to build something here and I do believe that once we start getting a couple of wins under our belt then we will become a very solid team to beat. Keep the faith, and thanks for your support. Luke

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WELCOMING Today we welcome Burscough to The Brian Addison Stadium. This will be their first game of the 2020/21 season after weeks of postponements due to various reasons. On the other hand, this will be Gate’s 7th game of the season. Last season’s meeting ended in a 1-0 defeat for Gate…

THE LINNETS

WELCOMING… CLUB FACTFILE FORMED: 1946

NICKNAME: THE LINNETS

GROUND: Victoria Park

CAPACITY: 1000

COLOURS: GREEN SHIRTS, BLACK

HONOURS: Northern Premier League Premier Division Champions: 2006-07 North West Counties League Champions: 1982-83 League Cup Winners: 1992-93, 1995-96 Lancashire Combination Champions: 1955-56, 1969-70 Division Two Champions: 1953-54 Liverpool County Football Combination Champions: 1949-50 FA Trophy Winners: 2002-03 Liverpool Senior Cup Winners: 2000-01 Cheshire Senior Cup Winners: 1974-75 Lancashire Junior Cup Winners: 1947-48, 1949-50, 1966-67, 2006 & 07

BURSCOUGH 1955/56 saw arguably the club’s greatest ever achievement as they won the First Division Championship ahead of non-league giants Wigan Athletic. In 1959 they reached the First Round of the F.A. Cup for the first time; going down 3-1 to Crewe Alexandra in front of a 4,200 gate at Victoria Park. In 1970/71 Burscough joined the Cheshire County League, finishing runners-up to Rossendale United. The following season they won the Liverpool Non-League Senior Cup and in 1974/75 the Cheshire League Cup was lifted. The Linnets also reached the F.A. Cup First Round Proper on three other occasions.

In 2000/01 season the Linnets won the Liverpool Senior Cup for the first ever time after beating Conference side Southport. Following the resignation of John Davison the club appointed Shaun Teale as player manager in May 2002 and the ex-Aston Villa defender went on to sensationally lead the club to its greatest ever achievement as Burscough became the smallest club to ever win the FA Trophy following a tremendous 2-1 victory over Tamworth at Villa Park on Sunday 18th May 2003 in front of a crowd of 14,296 spectators and televised live on Sky.

There were incredible scenes as almost 2,000 fans welcomed the team home to Victoria Park that evening but celebrations were In 1977, a 1 -0 defeat at Blyth Spartans, in dampened less than six weeks later as the 1979, a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United in club found it necessary to relinquish Teale of front of 14,000 spectators and in 1980, a 2-1 his managerial duties. Former Liverpool, Gadefeat against Altrincham. latasary and West Ham United midfielder Mike Marsh was appointed manager but after In 1982 the Club became founder members a poor start to the season Marsh resigned of the North West Counties Football League and ex-Southport defender Derek Goulding and had the distinction of becoming the took over in October 2003. Leagues first ever Champions under Bryan Griffiths. An incredible end to 2003/04 season saw Burscough finish with a remarkable run of In 1989/90 season Burscough suffered their victories that saw them claw their way out of first ever relegation, however, the the bottom three into the play-offs for Conferappointment of Russ Perkins as manager in ence North. Despite playing all their games 1991 was to bring about a change in the away from home the Linnets went on to club’s fortunes as Burscough reached the reach the play-off final where they only went League Cup Final and gained promotion down at Bradford Park Avenue following exback to Division One. tra-time. During the summer Frank Parr stepped down after 30 years as chairman In 1992/93 Burscough lost 2-1 to then with local businessman Chris Lloyd taking Conference bound Southport in the over at the helm. Liverpool Senior Cup Final at Goodison Park before 2,000 spectators. Success was Season 2005/06 was another historic one for achieved by winning the League Challenge Burscough F.C. as they went on to reach the Cup with a 2-1 victory over Nantwich Town. Second Round proper of the F.A. Cup for the first time in their history. In reaching that In May 1995, Burscough appointed John milestone they defeated League One side Davison as Manager. In his first season Gillingham 3-2 on a never to be forgotten day Burscough went on to win the League at Victoria Park before going out to Burton Challenge Cup for the second time, beating Albion. The 2006/07 season was Burscough League Champions Flixton 1-0 at Gigg F.C`s Diamond Jubilee and one of the ways Lane, Bury. the club marked the event was by playing in a predominantly white kit with a specially The following season after finishing runners designed badge. The season was one of the up in the North West Counties League the most successful in history when the Linnets club made history by being promoted to the won the Unibond Northern Premier Division Unibond League. They also won the League and the Lancashire Co-Op Trophy, formerly Floodlit Trophy and reached the final of the the Lancashire Junior Cup, for the first time Liverpool Senior Cup against Liverpool. in 40 years when neighbours Marine were defeated.

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Words from Gibbos 92 blog. It was a promising start to the match from both sides, and Trafford almost took the lead in the 3rd minute when Andy Smart’s free-kick was headed towards goal by a Burscough defender. It had been end to end so far, and the away side were keen to exploit the flanks. Shelton Payne on the wing for Trafford was getting abuse off his own team mates after a couple of minor mistakes. As is so often the case with football, Payne went and proved a point just a minute later when he scored a fantastic solo effort. Cutting in from the right hand side, he beat three defenders, before firing the ball into the top left hand corner from the edge of the box.

Four minutes later and Shelton Payne should have doubled his and his sides lead. His pace proved too great for the struggling Burscough defence. Taking the ball around the keeper, he then dragged his shot wide of an open net. Will Ahern also wasted a fantastic opportunity, when he found himself one on one with goal keeper Read. Shipton charged down the left hand flank and sent an asking cross into the Linnets box. Burscough defender Dave Roberts got his head to the cross, but the ball fell to Shelton Payne who fired the ball back across the face of goal to make it 2-0 to Trafford. The home side did have the odd moment of joy possession wise, but I find it hard to remember many clear cut chances. Trafford were keen to capitalise on a slow Burscough defence, and so kept knocking the ball over the top for Michael Oates to run on to. It was Oates who had a chance on the stroke of half time to make it 3-0, but instead of calmly slotting the ball into the back of the net… it went out for a throw in.

A projector was showing the Arsenal v Blackburn FA Cup match on the wall. Fans were crowding the bar to buy their half time drinks. I just sat on a small table by the door with Lucy and Grandad, admiring the vast collection of football scarfs dotted around the room. Every country in Europe was represented. Every region of non-league football was represented. It was brilliant. Through the gap in the door, I could see the teams coming back out for the second half. Trafford were out first for obvious reasons! It was clear for all to see that Burscough would have been in for the hair dryer treatment at half time. The words of their manager must have paid off too, as within just 5 minutes the home side pulled a goal back. The ball fell for David Lynch, who smashed the ball into the right hand corner from 20 yards out. A minute later and it looked like Burscough had levelled the match when Louis Mayer headed the ball past Read in the Trafford goal. The linesman saw an offside, and the goal was disallowed. We suddenly had a game on our hands, which was good from a neutral perspective. Martyn Andrews went close with a rasping effort, before substitute Chris Palmer didn’t quite get the contact on a low cross. Palmer knocked the ball towards goal with a scuffed effort, but the ball was scrambled off the goal line. Michael Oates was then denied again by Horn as Trafford began to play their fast, relentless style of football. The visitors scored their third on 78 minutes when the referee awarded a penalty after Martyn Andrews was tripped in the area. I thought it was a very soft penalty, but it really wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the match. Shelton Payne placed the ball on the spot, and cooly converted to score his hat trick.

It had been a very pleasing and comfortable result for Half time arrived, and Trafford in all fairness could have been Trafford. The result was made even better when it was revealed that both Skelmersdale and Mossley had dropped leading 10-0. We made our way over to the Barons Club for half time. Walking through the door, I noticed a group of men points in the promotion chase. I have seen all three sides on numerous occasions this season, and I feel it will be in the corner with no tops on. For a moment I thought I had Skelmersdale and Trafford who take up the two automatic walked into Burscoughs top of the range gay bar. Then it all promotion places. Mossley started the season off well, but became clear. The lads who were playing football on the seem to be fading somewhat. neighbouring pitch when we arrived were now using the bar as a changing room.

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OUR LEAGUE RECORD

Daniel Brady

AGAINST BURSCOUGH:

Taylor Brickell

Conor Christiansen

Naill Dawson

Luke Denson

Luke Gibson

First met in league: 2017/18

Phillip Denson

Doubles achieved: 0

Tom Hilditch

Conor Hunt

Jack Kay

Last away win: N/A

Mitchel Kinsella

Last home draw: N/A

Christopher Lomax

Last away draw: 1-1, 2018/19

George Lomax

Adam Owens

Kevin Pollard

Alex Pope

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Joshua Quarless

Nathan Quirk

James Salkeld

Adam Weston

Michael Anthony Wilson

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GATE 1 BURSCOUGH 3 DRAWS 0

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

1-2

0-6

6-1

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Whyte 56,82

Whyte 32, 39,64,80

Parkes 81

Coates 50

Buchan 60

Henerty 52.90

Booth 5 Pett 9,21 Charnley 28 Seear 43 Dawson 51

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Away

TOTAL

Doubles conceded: 1

Last home win: 6-1, 2018/19

Last home defeat: 1-0, 2019/20 Last away defeat: 2-1, 2019/20

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HT 0-0

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GATE 4 1874 2 DATE: 20.10.20 COMP: NWCFL Premier GATE: Gidley Ridings Higham Staunton-Turner Gourley Westwood Feeney Baldwin Pond Ing Boyd SUBS NOT USED Taylor Dodd GOALS: Boyd 4, 29 Feeney 16 Westwood 33 1874: Aghayere Hind Russell Ormrod Jones Parker Cain Woolley Smith Hare Kennerley SUBS NOT USED Connor Weir GOALS: Jones 45+2, Parker 64 ATT: 103

BOOTLE 7 GATE 2 DATE: 24.10.20 COMP: NWCFL Premier BOOTLE: Jones Halligan Carberry Bell Coyne Millington McGowan Hoy Peterson Peers Hodkinson SUBS NOT USED McGovern Leamey GOALS: Peers 4 Millington 47, 53 Peterson 68 Hodkinson 15, 75 McGowan 48 GATE: Gidley Ridings Higham Staunton-Turner Gourley Westwood Feeney Baldwin Pond Ing Boyd SUBS NOT USED Dodd Garrett GOALS: Boyd 57, 82 ATT: 199

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Form improved at the start of the 1950s and the Tercera title was secured along with promotion to La Segunda. Atlético’s When you research the history of Atlético Baleares, you can’t debut season was a mixed bag, with impressive home form help but feel that something, somewhere has gone very earning a tenth place finish. However, due to the convoluted wrong. How has a club that had shown great promise and format of La Segunda, they entered into a relegation play-off played in a great stadium, underachieved so spectacularly? against clubs from the other regional division. After finishing Four seasons in La Segunda, only two since the stadium was fourth in this mini-league and seemingly relegation bound, the opened in 1960, is a poor return. Maybe the answer lies Spanish Federation changed the format and reprieved the somewhere within the fact that Club Deportivo Atlético Baleaclub. There was to be no reprieve at the end of the 1952-53 res is an amalgam, created out of financial necessity, with season, as Atlético finished in fourteenth position and was little support from the local press or council? relegated. The history of Atlético can be traced back to November 1920 The move to the new stadium was partly driven by the sucwhen two relatively new clubs, Mecánico Futbol Club & cess in the Tercera and part due to a dispute with the owner Mallorca Futbol Club, merged to form Futbol Club Baleares. of the land on which the Campo de Son Canals stood. The To confuse matters, the similarly named FC Balear (Founded new stadium had started to take shape in the summer of 1916) was having some internal strife and as a result, Athletic 1959 to the east of the city and was inaugurated on 8 May Futbol Club de Palma was formed in 1922. So Athletic FC & 1960 with a match against Fairs Cup finalists Birmingham Futbol Club Baleares competed, Civil War permitting, for the City. At this stage, the ground was an open bowl of terracing, next twenty years at the regional level. In 1942, the local but a roof was added to the west side in time for the 1960-61 municipality served notice to Athletic FC that their home season and floodlights in April 1961. ground, Campo de Sa Punta was to be demolished for housing. In June 2014, the local council did agree a €650,000 refurbishment of the old Estadio Balear which would see the Unable to afford a ground of their own, Athletic FC initially demolition of the large, open, horse-shoe shaped terrace. It entered into merger negotiations with CD Mallorca (They did was planned to be replaced with three much smaller, not take up the prefix Real until 1949). CD Mallorca would not free-standing terraces, whilst the main covered tribune will budge on a name change, so Athletic FC started negotiations remain, albeit detached from the rest of the ground. with Futbol Club Baleares and on 27 May 1942, Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares is born. Home matches were The new capacity will stand at 6,000 and Atlético for their played at Campo de Son Canals, the home stadium of Futbol part, have agreed to use the revamped stadium for a Club Baleares. The present-day site of the ground is between minimum of 10 years. Finally, on 1 September 2019, Atlético Carre del Safareig, Carre de Martinez de Eslava and Carre returned to the Estadio Balear, albeit in a radically re-shaped Isidoro Antillón, around a kilometre north-west of the Estadio form. After a decade of neglect, the stadium now consists of Balear. just the main stand, whilst the vast terraces have been demolished and as yet, nothing stands in their place. But the After a season in the regional league, Atlético entered the return brings now hope to Atlético and after an impressive newly formed Tercera, featuring clubs from Catalunya, 2018-19 season that saw them reach the play-offs, maybe a Valencia and Aragon. The club did reasonably well for the return to their spiritual home may lead to a return to La remainder of the decade, reaching the play-offs in 1945-46. Segunda. 28

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1994/95 COLOURS

In a brand new feature, we will be taking a look at some kits from the past. In True Colours, you can relive some of the best and worst strips from every Premier League campaign. Our contributors for this feature are - Russell Cox (@RussWWFC), AET Shirts (@AETShirts), and The Shirt Union (@TheShirtUnion) We asked them to pick 2 of their favourite kits, and 2 of their least favourite kits. Read more about which kits they chose.

RUSSELL COX (@RussWWFC): This season was probably the birth of the modern-day Premiership as a top-ranking league, although it would take a few more seasons for the transformation to fully take place. Whereas Serie A was top dog for the first few years of the 1990s, the World Cup of 1994 saw a big influx of top stars into the English League. Success of the players varied and Tottenham Hotspur were at the forefront of this craze with Jurgen Klinsmann being amongst the most successful. This was the start of the era of a lot of clubs changing their kits every season and Aston Villa had some of the best in their history with a great home and away set sponsored by Muller Yoghurts. The kit was worn by the likes of Uho Ehiogu, Paul McGrath, Dean Saunders and Dalian Atkinson. Villa had won the League Cup the previous season and big things were expected of them. But it was to be a disappointing season. In the UEFA Cup, they beat Inter Milan on penalties but lost to Turkish side Trabzanspor in the next round. The league table saw them finish in 18th place and in any other season they would have been relegated but league restructuring saw them stay up. Blackburn Rovers would memorably win the league at the expense of Manchester United although the latter had an interesting shirt with an image of Old Trafford incorporated into the design. Chelsea sported an interesting orange and grey design for their change strip and although it's often considered as one of the worst kits of all-time, I actually quite liked it. There's not much to dislike amongst this seasons shirts but being picky, the Liverpool third shirt and some of Manchester United's goalkeeper shirts have not aged well. Pictured left: Man United home shirt, with Old Trafford incorporated into the background. Pictured right: Aston Villaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home shirt, with the blue pinstripes.

THE SHIRT UNION Great designs and successful seasons aren’t the only contributing factors that makes us remember a shirt fondly. Sometimes it’s key iconic moments draped in those jerseys, and the 1994/95 season was so jam packed full of them, that it almost put Roberto Baggio’s penalty miss that summer firmly in the shadows. Who can forget Jurgen Klinsmann’s introduction to English football and his ‘diving’ celebration to light-heartedly mock the crowd. Robbie Fowler’s 4 and a half minute hattrick at the tender age of 19 against Arsenal. Or perhaps even the uglier moments such as when Eric Cantona decided to take crowd control into his own hands at Crystal Palace. All iconic moments, all in some fantastic 90’s football attire. Perhaps the pinnacle moment of the 1994/95 season was Matt le Tissier’s goal of the season, a 35-yard strike after jinking past Blackburn’s midfield which nestled into the top corner. Le Tissier, of course, was better known back then for his goal contributions for Southampton than tweeting about Covid-19. At the time, Southampton rocked one of the great shirts of that season. The chevron on the home shirt actually cleverly deputises as an extra-large version of the Pony logo, working really well with The Saints’ traditional stripes, whilst the Dimplex sponsor looks great in place too. At the other end of the scale there was Everton and Umbro. Now, we’re all up for logo distortions and funky patterns, but this one has a real slap-dash feel to it. Broken up into chunky panels that sit to the side of the shirt and under the arms, there is an addition of another panel, this time grey and dotty in complexion, and acting somewhere between an off-centre stripe and a sash. It’s all rather uncoordinated. Something a little more co-ordinated in terms of symmetry was the Chelsea away shirt. But that’s where the plaudits stop unfortunately. If you’re going to use a design that oddly divides the shirt using panels, stripes and piping, then at least use a colour scheme that compliments it.

Controversial orange kit from Chelsea in 1994/95.

We’ll round out the 1994/95 season by favourably highlighting the Liverpool home and away kits of this season. Big logos were all the rage in the 90’s, and Adidas were no different. Whether it was creeping over a player’s shoulder or appearing from under the arms like 3 beaming lights, we found it hard to not pay homage to this notable style at least once in this series. Sometimes templates get a bad wrap in the football shirt world, but this style was so popular that even to this day shirts with those huge stripes command eye-watering prices. We might not like Liverpool, but these shirts deserve some recognition.

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Home: Wimbledon The Crazy Gang wording on the front of the self made shirt was fantastic. Darker than normal shade of blue with yellow collar and sleeve trim was a memorable look for the dons. The shield badge featured WIMBLEDON F.C. written underneath it. The only premier league club to have their name written out with the badge.

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Spurs (A) So many damn classic kits (for me) in this season. I'd chose 20 favs if I could, each for many reasons. I had to choose this as my cousin had it and wore it to death. Giving him a good kicking in it at football is probably a good memory that never happened but what a kit. That purple is ace, I don't know what the hell is going on with it Blackburn Rovers ASICS - Fine symmetrical balance of blue and white halves with tiny red trim. pattern-wise, but I like it. Big win. MCEWANS LAGER sponsor in red completed the Arsenal (A) Always remember this kit being look not to mention winning the league. plastered over MATCH magazine at the time and Ian Wright and Stefan Schwarz. I know it's the Away: Tottenham Hotspur UMBRO - Dark blue same template as the home but the colours they've and purple. Klinsmann flying header at Hillsbourgh used in the away are awesome. The thunderbolts cemented this as an all time great kit. Official within as well are an absolute match-winner. Drink reproductions by Umbro can be found at ÂŁ35. it in! Absolute bargain. TWO WORST West Ham United: PONY two claret hoops on sky Crystal Palace (A) Really don't like this blue rolling years back to 1960s style West Ham one, coupled with the shorts and socks all kinds of away shirts. Local sponsor DAGENHAM MOTORS wrong. The home shirt is a classic they manage to still remembered fondly by hammers when added nail that through the versions in the years easily. to modern designs by concept kit modifiers. This seasons away though, not for me. 2pts for every good shirt vote, -1 for every bad shirt vote. GS

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Aston Villa

Man City

Arsenal

Newcastle

Southampton

Spurs

Everton

Blackburn

West Ham

10 Leeds

11 Liverpool

12 Man United

13 Middlesbrough

14 Sheff Utd

15 Norwich

16 Wimbledon

17 Coventry

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18 Crystal Palace

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19 Oldham

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20 Swindon

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21 QPR

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22 Chelsea

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Wimbledon (A) As I've probably said before this is kind of my era so I'm going to struggle when this article gets out of the '90s! but all the kits of this season bring back memories so its tricky to find any ones I really dislike. This is a bit plain I guess, doesn't do much, didn't they have a red one around this era too, that was better.

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Hello Blackpool! I hope you are keeping well in these uncertain times, that life has not been too disrupted by these recent changes to what we are allowed and not allowed to do. Until said otherwise, football continues to roll on in it’s own special way, from the top of the pyramid to the bottom, different rules dictate who can attend and who can't, and how many are allowed in the turnstiles if they are.

team, go in search of something to feed their football hunger.

driving me to carry on doing what we do.

My biggest highlight from these past five years, visiting well over 150 clubs up and down the country, is the excitement of the new, the unknown. What exactly is this corner of the non league universe going to give up this time?

Football is football wherever you go, while the levels of ability will vary, it’s the places that it's staged, the arenas, the stadiums that excite me.

Will the teams appear from the tiny corridor down the centre of the slanted roofed old main stand With a few exceptions, more and or out the back from the raised more grounds towards the apex portacabins with no steps, forcing of our nation's football pinacle everyone to take a small jump of are looking almost identical. faith every time they exit? In high Prefab sterile bowls, straight out winds will the roof of the rickety From the Premier League to the of a flat pack, with little sense of terrace stay on or how long with style or character. Admittedly the that mural on the side of that National League North and South, these ‘elite clubs’ carry on view is guaranteed to be a good building hang on, before mother sons fans, with piped in FIFA 21 one, no pillars like at White Hart nature deprives us of it? crowd noise and if your side has Lane or like at Highbury where if For as long as we carry on, I’m you happened to be sitting too far happy to proudly say I’m a not been picked for Super back, the tier above would domi- ground geek, loud and proud. Sunday or Monday Night nate your eye line. Football, you can shell out a Now point me in the direction of further £15 on top of your Sky In non league though this could the tea bar serving out the back and BT subscriptions. Bargain. not be further from the truth, in of a broken down transit van. non league on every away day, However if you delve a little You can contact us on: on every visit to a new ground further under the surface, past all you are likely to be treated to bus Twitter: @BeautifulGame15. the supposed glitz and glamour Facebook: Two Men In Search Of of the professionals, the world of shelter repurposed as a terrace or conservatory that’s been The Beautiful Game non league is doing it’s best to modified into a dug out. carry on, to stay afloat, in some Email: beautifulareas seeing record gates as It is the weird, the wonderful and game2015@gmail.com those unable to see their ‘first’ the different that appeals to me,

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BOOKS @footybookreviews talks about some of the must read football books Where to start? Well, the back cover of this book defines itself as “biographical fiction” so a definition of the term is as good a place as any to begin. In essence, biographical fiction is a form of writing which takes a real-life individual and combines actual events in their life with a fictional narrative in which other situations and characters are created sense of what football was like at this level during to tell the story. the 70s. Man Friday: The First Half (The Life and Times of Robin Friday) by Stuart Kane, isn’t the first book in This was a time when the game was very physical and skilful players such as Friday got little the football arena to use such a form, with David protection from referee’s, and their play was not Peace’s excellent The Damned Utd (published helped by surfaces that ranged from grassless and 2006) and Red or Dead (published 2013) bone hard to mud baths. Life in the Fourth Division forerunners. Peace looked at the 44 days that was unglamorous, as fans and players endured Brian Clough spent at Elland Road in charge of Leeds United at the start of the 1974/75 season, in poor facilities and crumbling stadiums, with the The Damned Utd, whilst Red or Dead featured the threat of hooliganism also a possible part of the managerial career of Bill Shankly at Liverpool from matchday experience. Players at that time were a lifetime away from those of today with dietary plans 1959 to 1974. and inventive training, instead this was a period Whilst both of Peace’s books looked at managers when the drinking culture was the norm. and life in the then top-flight of English Football – The book whilst successfully capturing the football the First Division, Kane turns his attention to a player from the other end of the football spectrum, landscape of the time, also delivers through Friday, the superstition, repetition and routine of life as a Robin Friday at Division Four side, Reading. professional player. Where in The Damned Utd, This first book whilst dominated by Friday’s career Peace has Brian Clough repeatedly prowling the at Reading between 1974 and 1976, provides the corridors of Elland Road as he attempts to deal reader with a very brief introduction to his with the reputation of former Manager Don Revie upbringing, with details of his playing time as a that hangs over Clough and the club, Kane has Friyouth at Chelsea, his early drug taking, a spell in day going through the same match routine prior to borstal and a near fatal accident whilst working the start of the game. Out on the pitch is where Friasphalting. They are a useful scene setter in day can excel and express himself, with his off-field understanding the character of Robin Friday and drug taking and drinking providing his escape from the way he led his life. the pressures of life, which Kane imparts through Kane provides details of the games that Friday the fictionalisation of life away from the pitch. played in at Reading’s old Elm Park ground and This is an engaging read and draws you into Friprovides in each, on the one hand an element of day’s world, leaving the reader eagerly awaiting the factual content in terms of the score-line and second half of the story. Squires Gate Football Club

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FOOTBALL IN: LUXEMBOURG Last issue, we began our new feature about football in Luxembourg. This week, we learn more about the history of football in the country, as @LuxembourgFooty give us an insight into what we could expect if we were to ever watch a game there. The History Of Luxembourg Football Despite never being a powerhouse in European football, Luxembourg does have its history – a history of more than 100 years. It all started 114 years ago when an English language teacher called Jean Roeder decided to build a football club.

ENJOYED THIS ARTICLE? If you enjoyed reading this, be sure to check out @LuxembourgFooty on Twitter for all the latest updates. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be finding out more about the lower leagues, a usual match day experience, what are the best teams in Luxembourg and the best stadiums.

He spent 11 years in the UK before, and after returning he felt he couldn’t live without his beloved sport. But even though he returned home in 1890, he had to spent years searching for a pitch, trying to convince the country that it helps to stay healthy and it isn’t dangerous or brutal at all. In 1906, Roeder was finally able to recruit 11 players (mostly his pupils from high school). They together founded CS Fola Football and Lawtennis Club, holding their first meeting on 9 December that year. Two years later, there were enough clubs to form their championship, which was first held in 1909/10, won by now-defunct Racing Club Luxembourg. After next year’s title being won by Sporting Club Luxembourg, the national team played their first-ever friendly game against France, losing 1-4 on 29 October 1911. Their first victory however came almost three years later, beating France in a 5-4 thriller. Surprisingly, for unknown reasons, the championship wasn’t held in 1912-13. The biggest club in the country at the time was arguably Hollerich (x5 winners, x2 runners-up) in the 1910s. Another team worth mentioning is Fola, who won two and finished 2nd twice as well.

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31st October 2009

20th October 2015

Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham

Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool

Arsenal emphatically swept aside claims from Tottenham that they were ready to challenge the supremacy of their north London rivals with a convincing victory at the Emirates.

Liverpool piled the pressure on Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as Jurgen Klopp secured a hugely impressive first Premier League win since taking charge at Anfield.

The game turned inside 11 seconds shortly before the interval as the Gunners struck twice to set up a victory that gave manager Arsene Wenger 1000 Premier League points since his arrival at the club in 1996.

Chelsea made the perfect start when Ramires headed them into the lead after only three minutes but Liverpool's confidence was not dented and Philippe Coutinho equalised spectacularly in first-half stoppage time.

It also ended any hopes Spurs may have harboured of ending a winless league sequence against Arsenal that now stretches back 20 games.

Mourinho will have been demanding a fast start and his players delivered. Azpilicueta raced away down the left flank and picked out the on-rushing Ramires, who beat Alberto Moreno to the ball and powered a header into the net from close range.

Robin van Persie reacted quicker than Ledley King to meet Bacary Sagna's cross in the 42nd minute, but Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes should have done much better than fumble the ball over the line. Referee Mark Clattenburg played a clever advantage after Benoit Assou-Ekotto had fouled Eduardo and, while Spurs inexplicably waited for a whistle that was never going to come, Sagna set up Van Persie for his second from eight yards. As the linesman flagged for a foul by Assou-Ekotto on Eduardo, Spurs defenders stood around obligingly as referee Clattenburg played a splendid advantage. Sagna took advantage with a ball into the box that was bundled home by Van Persie.

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With half-time approaching, Liverpool drew level. The visitors worked the ball to Coutinho on the edge of the box and he danced inside before curling a fantastic effort into the far corner. Oscar nearly caught a back-pedalling Simon Mignolet out from 40 yards but just five minutes later Chelsea's season hit a new low as Coutinho grabbed his second. With Stamford Bridge stunned and chants of "you're getting sacked in the morning" emanating from the away end towards Mourinho, Liverpool got their third on 83 minutes.

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MATCH DETAILS

Started

SUB

Unused sub

DEBUT

Club Debut

EP27 Sub used - with initials of player replaced/minute of sub Booked

Sent Off

F-A

Att. (KO)

Suspended

Pos Gate scorers and goal times

Tue

Sep

Maine Road (FA Cup EP Round)

5-0

300

Ing 39, 44, 65, Higham 53, Pond 89

Sat

Sep

Ashton United (FA Cup Prelim. Round)

0-2

286

Sat

Sep

Birtley Town (FA Vase 1st Qual. Round)

1-1

Boyd 75

Sat

Oct

Congleton Town

2-3

148

Boyd 16, Westwood 70

Tue

Oct

Padiham

1-2

110

Boyd 13

Sat

Oct

Barnoldswick Town

2-3

145

Haworth 20, Ing 22

Tue

Oct

Charnock Richard

1-3

145

Pollard 53

Tue

Oct

1874 Northwich

4-2

105

Boyd 5, 30, Feeney 17, Westy 33

Sat

Oct

Bootle

2-7

199

Boyd 57, 83

Sat

Oct

Burscough

3pm

Sat

Nov

Warrington Rylands

3pm

Sat

Nov

Ashton Athletic

3pm

Sat

Nov

Whitchurch Alport

3pm

Tue

Nov

Litherland REMYCA

Sat

Nov

Northwich Victoria

3pm

Sat

Dec

Winsford United

3pm

Sat

Dec

Congleton Town

3pm

Sat

Dec

Avro

3pm

Sat

Dec

Longridge Town

3pm

Sat

Jan

Hanley Town

3pm

Sat

Jan

Runcorn Town

3pm

Sat

Jan

Bootle

3pm

Sat

Jan

Skelmersdale United

3pm

Sat

Jan

Charnock Richard

3pm

Sat

Feb

Winsford United

3pm

Sat

Feb

Ashton Athletic

3pm

Sat

Feb

Irlam

3pm

Sat

Feb

Whitchurch Alport

3pm

Sat

Mar

Runcorn Town

3pm

Sat

Mar

Padiham

3pm

Sat

Mar

Skelmersdale United

3pm

Sat

Mar

Litherland REMYCA

3pm

Sat

Apr

Barnoldswick Town

3pm

Mon

Apr

Longridge Town

3pm

Sat

Apr

Burscough

3pm

Sat

Apr

Avro

3pm

Sat

Apr

Northwich Vics

3pm

Sat

May

Warrington Rylands

3pm

Mon

May

Irlam

3pm

Sat

May

1874 Northwich

3pm

Sat

May

Hanley Town

3pm

7.45pm

CG70

SUB

LH63

DEBUT

LH88

SUB

X X JH80

Declan BALDWIN

SUB

X JP59

SUB

X SS79

1 X

JP75

1 X

SUB SS61

1 X

SUB SS60

X DB64

SUB

DB73

1 X

2 X

DB46

X DI79 SUB

RR83 SUB

LT65 SUB

X EP65

JR64

X EP78

SS58 SUB

SUB

JR58

SUB DEBUT

SS82

SUB

X AH78

1 SUB

KF67 SS65

Oli ORR

Joe JOHANSON

Ryan RILEY

Alex KAYE

Andy HAWORTH

Matty GARRETT

Jamie RAMWELL

Elliott POND

Dean ING

Joshua POLLARD

Sam STAUNTON-TURNER

James BOYD

Cameron GOURLEY

Luke HOLDEN

Joshua WESTWOOD

Jake HIGHAM

Jacob RIDINGS

Ryan DODD

Jordan GIDLEY

Luke TAYLOR

1 SUB

JP91

SUB CG86

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Jordan Gidley

Connor Hunt

Josh Westwood

Luke Denson

REFEREE

Jake Higham Ryan Dodd

Kavan Hum

Andrew Presho Luke Gibson

Dean Ing

Danny Brady

Jack Iley

Mitchel Kinsella

James Boyd

Conor Christiansen

Matthew Garrett

ASSISTANT REFEREES

Cameron Gourley

Courtney Hughes

Sam Staunton-Turner

Benjamin Wiseman

Josh Pollard

Ryan Riley

Joe Johanson Oli Orr Jamie Ramwell

Josh Quarless James Salked Chris Lomax

Adam Weston

Luke Holden Elliott Pond

Nathan Quirk

George Lomax

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