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Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to today’s FA Vase First Qualifying Round tie between Squires Gate and Easington Colliery AFC. A warm welcome to our visitors who we look forward to hosting Itthisafternoon.
’s always a pleasure to take part in the FA Vase, another prestigious competition and we’re hoping to go far in it this season.Ourvisitorswon’tmake it easy for us though, I travelled up to watch them on Wednesday evening and they’re a good side who will prove tough competition for us Wetoday. ’re feeling confident at the moment though, as things continue to come together for this fresh, young squad. After what was a disappointing performance against Padiham, we bounced back in style last Saturday in our game against Longridge Town. We went into thegamewithaplanabouthow
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FIXTURES & RESULTS // 2022-2023 DATE VS KO / RESULT ATT. 1 2 3 4 5 30 July 22 AFC Liverpool 1 4 68 Pennington Abankwah Welsh Gray Bartram 2 Aug 22 Charnock Richard 3 1 220 Hogarth Abankwah Welsh Gray Bartram 6 Aug 22 Northwich Vics (FA CUP E.P.) 1 2 136 Pennington Abankwah Shields Chambers Welsh 10 Aug 22 Irlam 3 3 68 Pennington Hughes Shields Chambers Welsh 13 Aug 22 Litherland REMYCA 0 2 69 Pennington Hughes Welsh Chambers Holden 17 Aug 22 Padiham 0 2 118 Pennington Hughes Welsh Chambers Holden 20 Aug 22 Longridge Town 4 2 104 Pennington Hughes Welsh Chambers Abankwah 27 Aug 22 Easington Colliery (FA V Q1) 15:00 30 Aug 22 Bury AFC 19.45 03 Sep 22 Wythenshawe Town 15:00 07 Sep 22 Ashton Athletic 19:45 10 Sep 22 Northwich Vics 15:00 14 Sep 22 Barnoldswick Town 19:45 17 Sep 22 Vauxhall Motors 15:00 01 Oct 22 Winsford United 15:00 08 Oct 22 Wythenshawe Town 15:00 15 Oct 22 Cleator Moor Celtic (MACRON R1) 15:00 22 Oct 22 Charnock Richard 15:00 26 Oct 22 Avro 19:45 29 Oct 22 Irlam 15:00 05 Nov 22 Winsford United 15:00 09 Nov 22 FC Isle Of Man 19:45 19 Nov 22 Bury AFC 15:00 26 Nov 22 West Didsbury & Chorlton 15:00 03 Dec 22 Congleton Town 15:00 10 Dec 22 Kendal Town 15:00 17 Dec 22 Ashton Athletic 15:00 26 Dec 22 Burscough 15:00 07 Jan 23 Barnoldswick Town 15:00 14 Jan 23 Lower Breck 15:00 21 Jan 23 Congleton Town 15:00 28 Jan 23 FC Isle Of Man 15:00 04 Feb 23 Northwich Vics 15:00 11 Feb 23 Avro 15:00 18 Feb 23 Longridge Town 15:00 25 Feb 23 Litherland Remyca 15:00 04 Mar 23 West Didsbury & Chorlton 15:00 11 Mar 23 AFC Liverpool 15:00 18 Mar 23 Kendal Town 15:00 25 Mar 23 Prestwich Heys 15:00 01 Apr 23 Vauxhall Motors 15:00 10 Apr 23 Burscough 15:00 15 Apr 23 Lower Breck 15:00 22Apr23 Padiham 15:00
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Following the end of World War I, the club entered the league again in 1919 under the name Easington Colliery Welfare. They were runners -up in 1928 29 and won the league the following season. Although they dropped to fifth in 1930 31, they won back to back league titles in 1931 32 and 1932 33. However, after finishing bottom of the table in 1936 37, they left the league. In 1939 Easington rejoined the Wearside League again. After finishing as runners up in 1946 47, they went on to win back to back titles in 1947 48 and 1948 49.In 1955 56 theclubreachedthe firstround oftheFACupforthefirst time in their history, eventually losing 2 0 at home to Tranmere Rovers in front of a record crowd of 4,500. The club disbanded in 1964, but were reformed in 1973 when they rejoined Wearside League and were runners-up in theirfirstseason back in the league. In 1976 they adopted their current name. They joined Division Two of the Northern League in 1985 and were runners up in their first season in the league, earning promotion to Division One. They were relegated back to Division Two after finishing bottom of Division One in 1989 90,butwerepromotedto Division One the following season after a third place finish in Division Two. However, the club were relegated again two seasons Inlater1995 96 Easington finished third in Division Two, earning promotion back to Division One. They remained in Division One until being relegated at the end of the 2000 01 season.Afterfinishingsecond-from-bottom of Division Two in 2004 05 the club were relegated to the Premier Division of the Northern Alliance. After two seasons in the Northern Alliance, they transferred to the AWearsideLeague.secondplacefinish in 2010 11 saw the club promoted to Division Two of the Northern League, but they were relegated the following season after finishing bottom of DivisionTwo.
HISTORY OF EASINGTON COLLIERY AFC
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EASINGTON COLLIERY AFC: THE SIXTY SECOND GUIDE WELFARE PARK Easington Colliery AFC play their football at Welfare Park, and The closest Football League ground to Easington CollieryAFC is Victoria Park, home of HartlepoolUnitedinLeagueTwo. THE NUMBER CRUNCHER 2021/22 STATS YEAR FORMED 1913 BEST FA VASE RUN ROUND 4 TWITTER FOLLOWS 3.6K BIGGEST WIN THIS SEASON SO FAR 5-1 ATTENDANCERECORD 4,500 INSTA FOLLOWS 1.8k W D L GF GA 23 7 10 88 54 P W D L F A GD PT FORM GUIDE 7 5 2 0 22 6 16 17 X X X X X 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 14 X X X X X 5 4 1 0 16 3 13 13 X X X X X Prudhoe YC Seniors 7 4 1 2 15 9 6 13 X X X X X 6 4 0 2 18 12 6 12 X X X X X Billingham Synthonia 7 4 0 3 18 13 5 12 X X X X X 7 4 0 3 13 10 3 12 X X X X X 6 4 0 2 12 9 3 12 X X X X X Street United 7 3 2 2 11 12 1 11 X X X X X 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 10 X X X X X 6 3 1 2 14 10 4 10 X X X X X 6 3 1 2 12 8 4 10 X X X X X 6 2 2 2 9 11 2 8 X X X X X 7 2 1 4 6 10 4 7 X X X X X 7 2 1 4 7 16 9 7 X X X X X 6 2 0 4 5 11 6 6 X X X X X Street Town 7 1 2 4 5 18 13 5 X X X X X 18 Willington 7 1 1 5 4 14 10 4 X X X X X 19 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 7 1 1 5 6 17 11 4 X X X X X 20 Jarrow 6 0 3 3 6 12 6 3 X X X X X 21 Newcastle University 5 0 0 5 5 14 9 0 X X X X X NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE AND FORM GUIDE Table & Form Guide accurate as of 23/8/22
R E W I N D GETTING TO KNOW... THE C LLIERS AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT TODAY’S VISITORS FROM THE NORTH EAST Best FA Vase Run: 1982-83 PRELIMINARY ROUND EasingtonCollieryAFC 6 HebburnReyrolle 1 FIRST ROUND DormansAthletic 2 EasingtonCollieryAFC 3 SECOND ROUND HighPitSocial 0 EasingtonCollieryAFC - 2 THIRDROUND EasingtonGrimethorpeMinersWelfareCollieryAFC - 2 FOURTH ROUND EasingtonCollieryAFC 1 PercyMainAmateurs - 1 FOURTH ROUND REPLAY PercyMainAmateurs 2 EasingtonCollieryAFC - 0 1 3 VS BIRTLEY TOWN 06/08 0 1 VS BRANDON UNITED 10/08 2 0 VS13/08JARROW 1 1 V CHESTER LE UNITED 20/08 2 1 VS24/08BILLINGHAM FORM GUIDE SEASON PTS POS W D L F A 2017 18 57 10th 16 9 15 78 75 201819 43 16th 12 7 19 75 91 2019 20 36 10th 11 3 13 64 55 2020 21 19 ( 3) 8th 7 1 2 32 17 2021 22 76 5th 23 7 10 88 54 THE VISITORS // GETTING TO KNOW THE COLLIERS FIVE YEAR RECORD THE GAFFER
Andy is an experienced goalkeeper who joined the club in pre season 2022. Andy is well known throughout the Northern League and has excellent shot stopping. He has previously played for the likes of Boldon CA, South Shields and Jarrow Roofing.
JACK LEONARD JONATHAN PEARSON JONNY CARR SIMON TODD Jack signed from North Shields in July 2022. An exciting attacking midfielder who was previously at Hartlepool United and Morpeth Town, Jack brings plenty of quality to the squad. Jonna signed in July 2020. A boxtobox midfielder, Jonna looks to do everything right and brings experience to the middle of the park.
Ethan is only just starting his Northern League career, but he’s a very good young centre back. Commanding in the air and with the ball on the floor, Ethan will growinto a superb centre back. Ryan came into the squad to play alongside his mates at the beginning of the 2017 2018 season. He’ll play anywhere across the back and can come into midfield. He’s had a couple of seasons in the Northern League now and will play an important role for the Colliers this season.
Jonny is a full back who has plenty of experience in the Northern League as well as in America. An experienced face in a young midfield. Toddy signed during the 2019 2020 pre season and brings experience and knowledge to a young midfield. Currently out injured.
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Dylan is a young full back playing his first season of Northern League football. Dylan may struggle for game time, but he’s always learning and is definitely one for the future.
Reece signed for the Colliers in late August 2021 from Sunderland West End, and he quickly impressed at full back. Reece is now a regular at full back and likes to get forward whenever possible.
Tommy signed in September 2021 from Sunderland RCA and is a very composed central/ defensive midfielder who reads the game very well. Tommy was with Hull City until under 23 level, and he spent time at Pickering Town while in Hull. Tommy’s ability just adds to a very good midfield.
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He’s a defender’s nightmare. Chases everything and he’ll get stuck in at everyone. Chips in with goals too. Kyle joined from Seaham Red Star in the 2018 2019 season and has been a real asset. Always a handful. In charge of the player’s pot and he’s vice captain for the 2022 2023 season. Son of chairman Paul Adamson who has been in the squad for four seasons now. Liam was top scorer with 22 goals two seasons ago and regularly works upfront with Jack Pounder and Josh Home Jackson. Liam has developed every year and is now one of the most crucial players in the Easington squad. Young Denny signed for the Colliers at the end of September
Jake joined the club in summer 2022 from Sunderland West End. Flash is an experienced midfielder who played for England up to under 18 level while at Middlesbrough. Since then, Jake played for Gateshead before a career in the Northern League. Cass is another who joined the club in pre season of 2021 from Sunderland RCA. Cass has struggled with a few injuries, but when on his game, he’s a superb winger.
Brad signed for the club in July 2022 from Sunderland West End. Prior to signing, Brad was a familiar face at the Welfare Park having played against the Colliers on many occasions for West End. Brad is a tall, commanding centre back who fits in the side very well.
Dylan is another new signing and another superb central midfielder. Dylan was previously with the Green Army on loan from Hartlepool United, and he's spent the last four years at Sunderland RCA. Dylan knows Luke Page well from their time together at RCA, and there won't be many/any better midfield duos and Dylan and Pagey in Northern League Division Two. He rejoined the Colliers in June 2021.
Jonny signed for the club in July 2022 from Sunderland RCA.
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Jack signed in the 2017 2018 season from Sunderland RCA. Jak is a talented full back who likes to get forward when given the opportunity, although he wasn’t available to play much in the 2021 2022 season. Jak can also playcentre back.
Lee joined the club in September 2020 having played for Seaham Red Star a fewyears ago. An experienced midfielder, Lee scored a free kick less than five minutes into his debut against Jarrow. He won the Durham Sunday Cup with Dawdon last year.
A2021.well known young forward who hails from the Colliery, Denny had been scoring goals from fun on a Sunday, and he soon signed a form with the Colliers. Denny scored his first Northern League goal in the 5 1 win over Esh Winning in October2021.
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ETHAN ORD RYAN LINCOLN BARROW DYLAN WOOD BRAD FORSTER
Jak is an experienced goalkeeper who joined the club in December 2021 and made his debut in the derby at Horden. Jak has played for the likes of Bedlington Terriers, Jarrow and South Shields, and he is a very good shot stopper.
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Today Easington were taking on Ashbrooke Belford House in the The Shipowners Charity Cup Final. This competition, one of three Wearside League cup competitions, was inaugurated in the 1898 99 season by Alderman Ralph B. Annison. The money raised from the competition went to the Boys' Orphanage in Sunderland, most of the boys in oftheAsylumbeingfromthehomeslostseaman.
When Chester City were drawn away at Easington Colliery in October 2000 instead of joining my mates for a day out in the North east, I declined the invitation to continue my mission to "do the 92" by heading to Adams Park to watch Wycombe Wanderers lose 2 1 to Bristol SoCity.today I travelled to the former mining village in County Durham, where scenes for the 2000 film Billy Elliott were shot, to right that wrong of 14 years ago. Easington Colliery Welfare were originally formed in 1913 but disbanded in 1964. Easington's biggest day came in 1955 when 4,500 spectators packed the Welfare Ground to watch the Colliery lose 2 0 to Tranmere Rovers in the first round of the FA Cup, the only time that Easington have reached the first round proper.
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gameTheranbusyfrom?havecounterwasheardtoask"WhereallthesepeoplecomeShewascertainlykeptattheintervalasthepiesout!finalitselfwasasuperbandafantasticadvertfor thisleveloffootball. Easington came out flying and were four goals to the good within 30 minutes. They could easily have doubled that advantage with effortsclearedoff the line, a missed penalty and numerous other chances. Ashbrooke looked shell-shocked. Ashbrooke then scored what every one assumed was a whistle to give them a glimmer of Ashbrookehope. came out for the second half a revitalised team and had Easington pinned back for most of the 45 minutes. They grabbed a third goal and an equaliser seemed inevitable. Sadly, for them, the moment never arrived though they went very close and had an effort Easingtonscoopedoftheline.werereduced to 10 men as Luke Page received a second yellow card. However as Ashbrooke pushed forward in the latter stages they got caught on the counter, resulting in another penalty and this time there was no coming back as Easington won the trophy for the first time since1979.
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If I was stuck on a island it would be with Ethan, he could definitely getusofftheresomehow.
We caught up with the Easington Colliery captain Adam McGuinness ahead of today’s game, who’s in his second season at Easington Colliery. After seeing the pen pics, we can see you are captain of the club. How do you get the lads motivated for games?
I always get to the ground nice and early to have a bit crack and laugh with the lads before it all starts and I prefer home games, love to see the faces of everybody who helps out at the club and it always feels special on home match days. Both teams coming up against unknown opposition today, with this being the first game between the two clubs, how do you personally prepare for these sort of games?
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We always have a good team notalkbeforethegameandtheladswhatisexpectedofthem. Can you talk us through your matchday routine? Do you prefer home or away games?
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Could you give us a brief rundown of your matchday routine? How do you prepare for games, and how do you ensure everything runs smoothly?
MEDIA DIARIES MATT BURGESS MEDIA DIARIES // MATT BURGESS // MANCHESTER UNITED
itsaccountFormeagoodclubsocialmediaappealstoasmanyoffansaspossible,againwith wide ranging content so the feeds are always varied. Since this is the Squires Gate programme, is there anything you know about our club? No I haven’t heard about them until now, but will be keepingmy eyeoutfromnowon! What would you say is your favourite social media platform to use at the club? I have always loved Instagram as I love how visual it is, I love taking pictures myself or presenting other photographers images in a creative way. I also asenjoycreatingcontentforTikTokit ’s the platform which is the newestformetobeusing.
DependingonwhatroleI’llhaveon a matchday, my preparation will vary. If I am going to be covering a game on a social platform, I like to get myself prepared in plenty of time so I like to get to the office early and get all files set up and ready. If I’m working pitchside, again I like to be there early with all my gear and start to capture as much content as possible. One important part of matchdays is the “footy scran”, have you any favourite grounds in terms of hospitality and what is your go to choice of matchday food?
A question we have to ask. How does it feel being able to film CR7 up close every match? Do you get to speak with the squad on a personal basis? Very surreal to be so close to a United great on many occasions last season. Capturing his goals will always be a highlight for sure.
In terms of social media. What do you think makes a good club social media account?
Over the years working for Shrewsbury, we had a wide ranging experience when it came to food! The best whilst with Salop was when we played Wolves away in the FA Cup, where we got roast lamb. Since working for United, Tottenham’s food selection has probablybeenthebest.
In this week’s feature of our popular ‘Media Diaries’ feature, our Social Media Manager Dan Hayden interviews Man United’s Content Creator Matt Burgess about what goes on behind the scenes at the Premier League club. Could you tell us a bit about yourself, your role at the club and have you worked at any clubs previously? I’m Matt, I am a social media content creator at Manchester United. I’ve been at the club since September 2021. Previously I worked for Shrewsbury Town FC within their media team for four and a halfyears. How do you usually prepare your weekly content? Do you plan ahead? We tend to have a rough plan in advance however as football is an ever changing and evolving world, we have to be very reactive to those plans changing. Working at Old Trafford must be surreal in itself? In your first couple of games, did you feel nervous walking out in front 70,000 supporters? I’m a life long United fan and even though I’ve been to Old Traffordmanytimesoverthe years, nothing compares to being in the position I’m in working wonpitchside.IttrulyisaprivilegeandI ’t ever take it for granted.
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Building up to the Manchester Derby. How does the atmosphere around the club feel? Would you say this is the climatic game or would you say there is one that you look forward to more? The excitement builds ahead of all fixtures but certainly as a fan, you always get extra excited ahead of Liverpool or City games. It’s been great to have Leeds back in the Premier Leaguetoo. Which grounds to you enjoy visiting the most in terms of facilities and matchday food? I didn’t go to every away ground last season, but as mentioned before Tottenham’s ground was fantastic. I’ve always wanted to go to St. James Park and managed to do that last year too. Atletico Madrid’s ground was very impressive when stood pitchsideaswell! What is your favourite memory within your time at the club? My favourite memory working for Shrewsbury was probably covering the club reaching the League One play off final in 2017/18, followed closely by that United,drawwithLiverpoolinthecup.I ’ve been very fortunate to have some amazing experiences in my first year at the club but a highlight for me has to be being able to play at Old Trafford at the end of last season!Thatwasincredible.
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A North West double beckoned with Burscough at home on the Tuesday and Squires Gate on the Wednesday (10th August). Burscough wasn’t particularly memorable as a new ground a distinct lack of character compared to their old one but I had popped into Squires Gate on a previous trip to AFC Blackpool in November 2019 and I was looking forward to watching a game there. I was met on that occasion by Jay on the gate and made a mental note that their programme looked quite good so I’ve been wanting to visit ever Thesince.Squires Gate match I saw was against Irlam and was played in warm and sunny evening conditions and turned out to be an entertaining 3-3 draw.Itwasagreatadvertforthe North West Counties League although I do rate the standard anyway compared to some other leagues around the country. One particular highlight (fluke!) was that I managed to get a photo of the ball on its way into the net for Gate’s second equaliser by James Hughes. Can you spot the ball? I wonder if the chap in front of me got a good snap. I liked the ground as I do the neighbouring Wrens and AFC Blackpool as they all have character with individual built stands with no prefabricated “Atcost” style stands.
As a keen programmecollector, I reserved a copy on twitter and met Jay and Dan Hayden in the bar before the game to collect it. I wasn’t disappointed and then noticed a series of coincidences related to the fact that I am from Northampton and a season ticket holder at my local club The I used to follow the Cobblers away as well and visited Bloomfield Road a number of times over the years and it wasn’t a happy hunting ground forus. I onlysawone victoryin tenvisits when Marco Gabbiadini scored a brace for us. Any Blackpool fans
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THE GROUNDHOPPING COBBLER // SIMON OLIVER media chap Jamie Duncan. No less than four pages on the media routine at the Cobblers and it made for an interesting Theread.next coincidence was that not long before kick off the song ‘The Liquidator’ was played over the speakers the song that the Cobblers walk out to at Sixfields (Chelseauseitaswell). Can you name any other teams that do/have done? Beginning to feel home from home now!
All in all it was a superb night out at School Road with Dan and Jay very friendly and enthusiastic about allthings Squires Gate and rightly proud of their programme along with James Ashton who I believe is also co editor. However, I’m afraid to say chaps that you have some stiff competitionintheshapeof
Apparently, they had three home games in a week and Tom had been moving house right in the middle of it and said he was sorry the programme wasn’t up to the usual standard! I bumped into him at the game and it turns out they normally issue a 52 pager (tonight’s being a mere 40 pages!) and he showed me one from a pre-season friendly they had v Torquay and it was superb (coincidently with a feature on the NWCFL included in it).
Incidentally,there! these page numbers pale into insignificance when I look back at a Hoddesdon Town programme from 2010 at 72 pages and Marske United at 88
issue!poorEditorIwiththatitwasalsoanexcellenttomeinterestingarticlesetc.whennoticedanapologyfromthe(TomBesford)aboutthequalityofthatparticular
Allpagesfrom2014.thebestforthe rest of the season and in case you were wondering that Blackpool defeat to the Cobblers was in March 2002, Blackpool played Anderlecht in a Festival of Britain match in 1951 winning 2 0 and among other teams that I know use (or used to use) the Liquidator are West Brom and WycombeWanderers.
Buckland Athletic (from Newton Abbot) who play at the same step 5 level as Squires Gate but IintheWesternLeague.visitedthemthe following Wednesday and was reading their programme and thinking
Another question for the Blackpool fans who did they play in the Festival of Britain?
Finally, the last article in the excellent programme (I’d never heard of the Mitropa Cup before) mentioned Luxembourg league football including Progres OneNeidercorn.ofthe rarest programmes that I own is for a Northampton Town v Luxembourg Festival of Britain match in 1951 with the Luxembourg team made up Progres Neidercorn players.
Rest assured Dan, Jay and James as when I mentioned how good the programme was that I picked up at Squires Gate the previous week, Tom said he’d heard of you so the word is out
ONE OF THE GREATS: ELLEN WHITE // JESSE PARKER HUMPHREYS
Probably her most famous goal was against Arsenal when she was playing at Notts County. With a free kick on the edge of the area, White, Laura Bassett and Alex Greenwood crowded round the ball. The three looked prepared to do a complicated routine until Bassett andGreenwood seemed to have an argument about the set up. Greenwood nudged the sevenanyClearly,thingplayerstheballtoWhitewhosmasheditinamidgeneralconfusionoftheArsenalastowhetherthewholewasonpurpose.Whiteshowedlittlemercytoofherformerteams.ShescoredtimesagainstArsenalafter leaving them, and five times against Birmingham City. It was Everton whosheenjoyedplayingthemostin LOOK BACK AT WHITE’S CAREER
Having come through the Arsenal academy, White played her pre WSL football at Chelsea and then Leeds. But she began the WSL-era at Arsenal after the Leeds squad was disbanded. Moves to Notts County and Birmingham City came later,althoughWhite’sminuteswere
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nationstartedItisraretoseeaplayerwhohasjusteverysinglematchforherinatournament -winning campaign retire, but on Monday afternoon Ellen White announced that she would be stepping away from football. England Women’s all-time greatest scorer and the Women’s Super League’s second highest goal scorer, White closes her career as one of the all time greats of women’s football, having spent 17 years terrorising defences worldwide. The list of clubs that White played for is indicative of how much the women’sgamehaschanged.
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Skinner15cameHerseasonsfinishedoftenlimitedduetoinjury,whilstshehercareerwiththreeatManchesterCity.mostsuccessfulscoringseasonin201718whereshescoredgoalsintheWSLforMarc ’s Birmingham City, helping them finish fifth. Impressively those 15goalscameinonly13starts,with a hat-trick against her former club Arsenal a particular highlight of the season.
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A hat trick against Australia was not WiegmanThatabounded.ersrelyersfinalsenoughtogethersideintothesemibutsheshowedwhymanag-weresowillingtocontinuetoonher,evenasotherchalleng-forthatstartingstrikerspottrustcontinuedunderSarinaforwhomshescoredthe
record breaking goal that saw her become the Lionesses’ all time top scorer fitting that it was as part of a hat-trick as England thrashed Latvia 20-0. White started every game at the successful 2022 Euros, scoring herfinaltwo goalsfor England in the 8 0 group stage win over NorHavingway. lifted the European Championship trophy, White is undeniably going out on a high, her name firmly stamped in the record books.
ONE ELLEN WHITE // JESSE PARKER HUMPHREYS the WSL though, with eight goals in fifteen appearances against them. Leicester City were the only WSL team she played against without Whitescoring.scored her 50th WSL goal on 7 November 2020 as part of an 8 1 thrashing of Bristol City, becoming the second ever player after Vivianne Miedema to reach the total, and was briefly the all time leading scorer. Overall White scored 59 WSL goals, 35 with her favoured right foot, 16 with her left foot and eight with her head. None of her goals scored were penalties, and the only penalty she took in the competition against Arsenal for Notts County in April 2015 she missed.MuchofWhite’sgoalscoring came from her ability to slip away from defenders as she played on the last shoulder. Time and again White would make runs to find herself somehow in acres of space as the ball was played into the box. Occasionally it made her seem like scoringrightshewasjustaplayerwhowasintheplaceattherighttime,scoringsimplegoalsbutWhite ’s intelligence was to use her movement to get into those positions. There was often a sense when White played that just because you knewwhat she was going to do,that did not help you stop her from doing Noit. goal sums up her ability to do this betterthanherequaliseragainst the United States in the World Cup semi final. With Beth Mead out on the left wing, White ghosted between Abby Dahlkemper and Becky Sauerbrunn, with her outstretched right foot redirecting Mead’s cross into the top corner. In fact, White scored again that game, but the goal was ruled out for a minuscule offside. The offside flag wasafamiliaroneforWhite no player has been ruled offside more in the history of the WSL (125 times) particularly later in her career as her pace declined, but she still found ways to score goals. White will probably be best remembered as England Women’s all time top scorer, and second on the overall list with 52 goals, just one fewer thanWayne Rooney. Her first ever England goal came at Loftus Road back in March 2010, where she scored against Austria in World Cup Qualifying. She scored regularly throughout the years when she was fit but it was the 2019 Women’s World Cup where she really had her breakout moment for WhiteEngland.had played in international tournaments before but often alongside another striker, whether that was Kelly Smith, Eni Aluko or Jodie Taylor. Under Phil Neville, however, White became the de facto number nine for England and she repaid the favour by scoring in every single game as England reached the semi final. Her six goals were not enough to win the Golden Boot as Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan had also scored as many and had more assists, but her contribution to the side was undeniable. Her iconic ‘glasses’ celebration, inspired by Anthony Modeste (White is a big fan of German football), made her instantly recognisable to the wider public who might have been watching women’s football for the first time. She was Team GB’s stand out player at the Tokyo Olympics where she was a rare bright spark in a disappointing tournament.
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There were two pubs for us to pick from the first pub we went to was The Moor Pub which had a pool table, darts and a jukebox but no BT Sport so it was a no from us. I can’t remember the name of the second pub but it was on the corner in the middle of an estate and it was a home fan pub; however, it had BT OrderedSport.Result!the usual dark fruits, and a Diet Coke for Tom. Ended up with a Strongbow with blackcurrant and the smallest glass of Diet Coke I’ve ever seen. We found a good spot right in front of the TV and we hours.weresetupforthenextcoupleof
Afterdebatingwhich teamstoput on our bets, and Tom finalising his Super 6 scores, we set off for Deepdale via Moor Park. We got to the ground, and I picked up a programme, which was actually pretty good to be fair, compared to the standard EFL programme full of adverts. I also picked up a Chicken Balti pie which, considering I am very fussy and I chose it over the Meat and Potato, was actually Allbanging.inall, a decent away day but the less we say about the actual game itself, the better. Let’s hope we can keep Sarrand Pedro until theendofthewindow
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Words by Dan Hayden Championship away days are back for us Watford fans after a Premier League campaign to forget last season we picked up less points (22) than we did in any other season in the Premier LastLeague.Saturday, I traded The Brian IAddisonStadiumforDeepdaleas ’d already booked tickets before the Longridge game was arranged. As we have not had a Squires Gate away trip since Litherland REMYCA, I thought I’d document my away trip. As there was no trains from Blackpool to Preston, and the only other option was the 68 bus which took 1 hour 17 minutes, Tomofferedtodrive - savingus2 hours journey time. A 25 minute stress free car journey later and we were in Preston. Tom’s playlist had a selection of David Bowie, Oasis and some questionable songs on it.
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