Saturday 18th October 2014 Kick Off: 15:00
Winsford United
Dave McCann Says Good afternoon and welcome to The Royal British Legion Stadium for this afternoons home league fixture against Winsford United FC. First of all may I welcome Winsford’s management team and all associated with the club. I hope you feel welcomed and have a safe journey home. Our results over the past few games have been inconsistent, which reflect the way we have played over the course of those games. We have been good in parts but in others parts we have been below the standards we expect of ourselves. We need to stay focused as much as we can during games and make sure we prepare ourselves in the correct way both mentally and physically. We need to try and string a run of results together that will pull us away from the bottom half of the table, which I feel is a realistic target for us to aim for.
Today we face Winsford United who have a similar record to ourselves and are probably looking to be more consistent as soon as possible. All games in this league are tough and any team has the potential to beat another. We will have to be just as strong mentally and physically today if we are to gain the result we want. I hope you enjoy the game and visit us again for our next home fixture.
UP THE GATE!
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MATTEWS
ZIDANE
HURST
HENRY
BEST
Squires Gate 7-2 Alsager Town
The Royal British Legion Stadium Attendance: Saturday 20th September Squires Gate entertained Alsager Town at School Road on Saturday hoping to bounce back in the league after their FA cup exit at the hands of Bamber Bridge on Tuesday night. Gate made just one change from that team with Andy Richards coming back in for Brett Ferguson. Alsager made the brighter start in the game looking fired up, looking the more confident and having the best of the possession in the opening stages. And it was also the away side who went ahead early on, a mistake by Danny Penswick who's back pass let in Alsager attacker Josh Gordon in to finish well. It took Gate until the 24th minute to equalise the scoreline, Sean Holmes hacked down on the edge of the box and with the referee awarding a penalty, Alex Murphy stepped up to slot home. Gate looked threatening and again got themselves on the score sheet Danny Penswick rising highest from the corner to put the home side ahead. Gate who could have been ahead even further shortly after but Alex Murphy's couldn't control the ball on the edge of the area, moments later Murphy had a chance to add another goal to his tally but his header found the wrong side of the post. But on 40 minutes Gate would cement their lead, tricky Harry Dunn using his lightening pace eased away past the defence and finish cleverly slotted the ball past Kurasic the Alsager keeper. Into the second half and there was a buzz around the ground after Gate had come back from one down to be leading 3-1 many fans were expecting double figures. Gate started the sec-ond half like the finished the first, the home side were first to every ball and clearly wanted the win more. The man of the first half Alex Murphy could have added another goal to his collec-tion but his header was saved well by the Alsager goal keeper. It took Gate until the 60th mi-nute to add to their tally, Jake Forshaw meeting the ball first to head past the on-rushing keep-er.
It would be Forshaw who would steal the headlines, the winger beating the offside trap before a composed finish to make it 5 on the 75th minute. But the little winger wasn't done there, when on the 89th minute he completed his hatrick from the penalty spot. Harry Dunn fouled on the edge of the box and Forshaw was adamant to take the spot kick to make it six for the Gate. The visitors managed to pull another back in between Forshaw's hatrick Josh Gordon getting his second of the day. But Gate weren't done for the day yet!! and just a minute after Forshaw's penalty Ryan Riley rounded the keeper to make it 7 for the afternoon! Riley's goal means Gate scored seven goals for the first time this season and with five different scorers. After the game manager Dave McCann said "Obviously I'm very pleased with the end result but to be honest we took our time to get there. We were poor for the first 20 minutes of the game and didn't apply ourselves like we know we can. The players were honest enough to re-alise that at half time and took the game to them in the 2nd half. Everyone is playing their part at the minute and there's good attitudes and spirit within the changing room. We know how hard we have to work to get results and are currently playing well to gain them". Reported by Mark Ashmore
Gate 7-2 Alsager Town
Today’s Fixtures Saturday 18th October 1874 Northwich vs Maine Road AFC Liverpool vs Colne Ashton Athletic vs Slisden Bootle vs Alsager Town Congleton Town vs St Helens Town Glossop North End vs Bacup & Rossendale Nelson vs AFC Blackpool Runcorn Linnets vs Abbey Hey Squires Gate vs Winsford United Stockport Sports vs Runcorn Town West Didsbury & Chorlton vs Barnoldswick Town Fixtures to look out for this week: Tuesday 21st October 1874 Northwich vs Congleton Town AFC Blackpool vs St Helens Town Alsager Town vs Glossop North End
Barnoldswick Town vs Bacup & Rossendale Borough Runcorn Town vs Winsford
A round up of today’s games: League leaders Runcorn Linnets play at home to Abbey Hey, where they will be trying to extend their lead at the top. 2nd place Glossop are also at home to bottom of the table Bacup & Rossendale, who will be trying to get back to winning ways after their recent run of form. League strugglers AFC Blackpool, will be looking for back to back wins as they play away to Nelson. On Tuesday, Glossop will have a chance to narrow the gap on Runcorn Linnets when they play away to Alsager Town.
Meet Ryan Riley This week we put Gate star Ryan Riley to the test as we ask him questions about his life ambitions and which Gate player he would go on holiday with... Name: Ryan Riley Positon: Striker Age: 19 years and 2 months Occupation: University
Favourite Food: “Everything” Favourite Drink: “Jager Bomb” Favourite footballer and why?: “Messi! Unstoppable” What do you aspire to achieve: “Professional Footballer” Favourite TV/film and why?: “Storage Hunters”
Favourite item of clothing?: “Onesie” Favourite pair of boots: “Nike Mercurails” Pet hate in life: “Being told what to do” Person you'd go on holiday with from SGFC & why?: “Everyone, it would be a good laugh”
Gate’s First Away Loss Colne 3-0 Squires Gate The XLCR Stadium Attendance:151 Tuesday 23rd September
Squires Gate travelled to Colne on Tuesday night hoping to continue on from there impressive 7-2 win against Alsager on Saturday. Gate made three changes, all enforced from Saturdays side. The home side sat three points and five places above Squires Gate with 16 points from 10 games. It was the home side who started the brighter having plenty of possession early on looking confident on the ball. But it was Gate who had the first chance, an early cross in from Alex Murphy on the right almost caught out Colne keeper Thompson but he recovered well to tip the ball over the bar. Gates defence was cut in half by a pass through the middle of them which found Chris Anderson to give the home side the lead. Gate could have equalised soon after but the home sides goal keeper got down well to deny Hothersall at his feet. Gate were restricted to mostly long shots during the first half but couldn't capitalise from any of them with the home side first to very ball. The home side could have made it two late on but quick thinking from Chris Anderson on the line after the ball rebounded of the bar saved Gate. Into the second half and it looked to be much like the first, the home side first to every ball not letting Gate time on the ball. Gate were made to pay on the 51st minute when the ball was fired across the 6 yard box to find an unmarked Tom Berwick at the back post to tap in the ball. This goal seemed to get to Gate and fired them up. It wasn't until the 60th minute that Gate really got going. Gate had many chances to get a goal back but Colnes defence stood tall and strong to deny them. Despite the efforts of subs Dickinson and Dunn get just couldn't find a way through. The night would get worse for Squires Gate as the home side added a third. The kick straight from the goal keeper came all the way though to the onrushing Danny Boyle who finished past keeper Ben Fletcher.
Report by Mark Ashmore
Colne 3-0 Gate
Bacup & Rossendale 3-4 Squires Gate
Brain Boys West View Stadium Attendance: 45 Saturday 27th September
Squires Gate came back from 3 – 1 to score three-second half goals, to lift them up the table to 14th. They went behind after 4 minutes, and were caught out again after 12 minutes resulting Gate trailing 2-nil. The first goal followed Gate winning the first corner of the game, the home clearance was picked up by Bacup’s Shaun Plummer who raced down the left, beating the Gate defence to score. Ten minutes later when the visitors had three consecutive corners, again the home sides clearance resulted in the second goal scored by B&RBFC's tricky striker Glodi Kuba-Kuba. It took a while for the visiting defence to settle and although they produced most of the pressure, it took 28 mins before Jack Sowerby began the fight back, with a characteristic race through the defence from forty yards out before slotting the ball past the keeper. Then on the half hour Borough scored a third, through Sam Crook, before, Jake Forshaw, reduced the deficit on the 32nd min. the teams went to the dressing rooms at the break wondering what the second half would produce. It was Squires Gate that made most of the running, but on a couple of occasions Ben Fletcher, had to come to their rescue, and brought off a great right handed save turning a shot past the post from the home sides striker, Glodi Kuba-Kuba, playing his second game for Bacup. As a result of a move down the left Harry Dunn pushed the ball through the defence, to Jack Sowerby, who slipped it in front of Alex Murphy, and he gave the home keeper no chance, shooting into the bottom right hand corner, to put the Gate level on three goals each. Both teams put everything into taking the three points, but leading scorer Jack Sowerby, back after missing the midweek visit to Colne, raced onto a long ball down the middle, and beat defence to score his second of the day, giving the home keeper no chance as his shot went low into the corner of the net, for the winner, taking three points back to School Road. Manager Dave McCann, said after the game, “It was a rollercoaster of a game, we didn’t help ourselves with the way we defended in the first half but every credit to the lads in gaining 3 points. Bacup is never an easy place to go to and the character and spirit the players displayed underpins what we have at the Gate at the moment”. He added, “They’re an honest bunch of players and are big and honest enough to realize when they need to improve. They did that in the second half and deserved their 3 points “. Reported by Albert Cooper
Bacup 3-4 Gate
Match Preview Good afternoon and welcome to the Royal British Legion Stadium, for this NWCFL fixture between Squires Gate and Winsford United. Well, back to mid September for our last home match, where Squires Gate hosted mid table side Alsager Town. Hit by an early goal, Gate were determined to turn things around and that’s just what they did, winning by SEVEN goals to 2. After that, we had a trip down to Colne on a wet and cold Tuesday night. Gate had 3 key players out for this game including top scorer, Jack Sowerby, Josh Westwood and Ryan Riley. And this showed when Colne’s forceful attacks eventually were rewarded by a goal. The second half was also more or less one sided. Gate unable to produce anything from their chances and Colne scored 2 more to round off the night. So a defeat on the back of great victory the weekend before. We then travelled to relegation fighters Bacup, looking to turn results around after the 3-0 defeat to Colne. Gate went 3-1 down within 25 minutes. Jake Forshaw sparked a comeback 3 minutes later as Gate trailed 3-2 at halftime. Great team spirit in the second half as Gate fought well and managed to walk away with 3 points, winning the game 4-3. A tough game followed as Gate travelled to Yorkshire in an attempt to take 3 points from high flyers Glossop North End. Starting well and taking a 2-0 lead, but Glossop pulled 1 back just before the break. Into the second half, and Glossop were too strong as they eventually went on to win the game 3-2. Last weekend, Gate travelled down to Brocstedes Park, for their game with St Helens. A very slow start, and not a lot of chances in the first half, and the second half was almost a repeat as the game went on to end 0-0. Winsford head into today’s game on the back of a 2-2 draw away to AFC Liverpool. Last time these 2 sides met, Gate went away with the 3 points in a 2-1, at the start of this year. Winsford striker Kyle Riley has bagged 7 goals already this season, one less then Jack Sowerby. There has only been 5 games played between these two sides here at The Royal British Legion Stadium. Squires Gate winning 3 of them, Winsford only winning 1 of them. However, Winsford have thumped Gate In 2 meetings at the Barton Stadium, 4-1 back in the 2012/13 and 5-0 back in the 2011/12 season. Both teams go into today’s game with an inconsistent run of form, winning only 2 of their last 6 games. Squires Gate have a good home form, winning 3 of their last 6 games at home. Winsford have only won 1 of their last 6 games away from home, so Squires Gate will be hoping to take advantage today. Squires Gate are without midfielder Billy McKenna. But Alex McKendrick should return for today’s game. We would like to thank everyone for their continued support, and for attending today’s game. We hope you have a safe journey home. Be sure to come and get one of our delicious meat & potato pies from the bar. Enjooooooy the game! By Daniel Hayden. Programme Editor.
Winsford United Winsford United Football Club Nickname: “The Blues” Founded: 1883
Kit Colours:
Capacity: 3,000 Ground: Barton Stadium Manager: Rob Byrne Winsford United have a long and proud history, having been formed way back in 1883. In those early days, the club was called. United became a Limited company and the 1950’s saw the glory days on Non-League football when crowds of over 3000 were the norm. In 1959 Winsford won the Cheshire Senior Cup against Ellesmere Port Town in front of a 12,000 crowd at Gresty Road. . In 1974 they reached the Senior Cup final again, this time against the then-mighty Macclesfield Town. The final was an epic with three replays and the Silkmen only clinching it after extra time in the fourth match. All the ties were played in front of crowds of over 3,500. The Blues won the Cheshire Senior Cup again in 1980 with a 4-1 victory over local rivals Witton Albion. The goalkeeper in that final was Neville Southall who was then was sold to Bury for£6,000. A sell on clause later netted United a club record figure of around £30,000 when he moved to Goodison Park. The club was given a boost during the summer of 1996 when they received nearly £90,000 from the sale of Wayne Collins to Sheffield Wednesday from Crewe Alexandra. Three seasons later under the management of Dalton Steele, The club received another tremendous boost early in 1999 when goalkeeper Andy Oakes who had signed for Hull City for a modest fee but with a 25% sell-on clause was signed by Derby County for £480,000 giving Winsford a record amount for a Non-League sell-on clause. The board of directors were determined that this money was to be spent sensibly on improving the infrastructure of the club, the first move being to install Football League standard floodlights. The Club appointed former Flixton Manager Lloyd Morrison with Kevin Bircumshaw remaining as his Assistant.
E.ON adopted the club for their 2013 Community Project and carried out a great refurbishment of the facilities including a new toilet block, a first aid suite and help in restoring the floodlights. However, with everything in place for a serious assault on the league title and over £20,000 spent on improving the facilities and pitch, the club was rocked when two weeks before the start of the season Lloyd Morrison announced he was going to
Meet Andy Richards Gate star Andy Richards, who scored a blinder against Bamber Bridge in the FA Cup, is also put to the test this week. As we ask him about his favourite footballer, and his favourite TV show.
Name: Andy "Rico" Richards Position: False Nine/Right Back Age: 31 Occupation: Project Manager
Favourite Food: “Beans on Toast” Favourite Drink: “Pineapple Juice” Favourite Footballer: “Steven Gerrard, inspirational!” Most Inspirational: “Dad” What do you aspire to achieve: “A headed goal. Haha!” Favourite TV/Film & why?: “Shawshank, it’s emotional and moving.”. Favourite item of clothing: “Grey Nike Shorts” Favourite pair of boots: “Nike Total 90" Pet Hate in Life: “Biting nails/OCD”
Person you'd go on holiday with from SGFC & why?: “Brett/Channy/ Magsy“
Head To Head Records TOP SCORERS
Record vs Top Half
Jack Sowerby 8
Kyle Riley
7
Jake Forshaw 4
Danny Egan 5
Alex Murphy 3
Alex Byrne
W
D
L
W
D
L
3
2
3
2
2
4
Record vs Bottom Half
2 W
D
L
W
D
L
1
3
0
4
1
2
Record when scoring first
GAMES SINCE
W
D
L
W
D
L
2
1
1
3
1
1
10 Season Record
2
Win
3
0
Home Win
1
2
Away Win
3
1
Defeat
1
4
Home Defeat
0
1
Away Defeat
1
7
Score Draw
0
0
No Score Draw
20
1
Conceding 1+
0
1
Scoring 1+
0
0
Clean Sheet
4
14
Back To Back Wins
6
0
Gaining A Point
0
0
Losing A Point
0
Facts & Stats Squires Gate - last 6 matches until 18.10.14
Winsford United - last 6 matches until 18.10.14
All Competitions
All Competitions
Home
W
W
L
D
L
W
Home
L
W
W
W
W
L
Away
W
D
L
W
L
D
Away
D
D
W
L
L
D
Collated
L
W
L
W
L
D
Collated
W
L
W
L
L
D
Gate Fixtures In Full Sat 2nd Aug
Bootle
A
1-1
109
6th
League
Tue 5th Aug
Nelson
H
3-0
102
6th
League
Sat 9th Aug
Maine Road
H
3-1
72
6th
League
Wed 13 Aug
Slisden
A
0-0
98
8th
League
Sat 16th Aug
AFC Liverpool
A
0-3
172
N/A
Cup R1Q
Sat 23th Aug
Congleton Town
A
0-0
108
11th
League
Tue 26th Aug
Ashton Athletic
H
1-2
105
15th
League
Sat 30th Aug
New Mills AFC
A
2-3
101
N/A
Cup R2Q
Tue 9th Sep
Barnoldswick Town
H
0-0
65
15th
League
Sat 13th Sep
Bamber Bridge
A
2-2
264
N/A
Cup R3Q
Tue 16th Sep
Bamber Bridge
H
2-3*
155
N/A
Cup R3QR
Sat 20th Sep
Alsager Town
H
7-2
55
13th
League
Tue 23rd Sep
Colne
A
3-0
151
16th
League
Sat 27th Sep
Bacup & Rossendale
A
3-4
45
15th
League
Sat 4th Oct
Glossop North End
A
3-2
273
16th
League
Sat 11th Oct
St Helens Town
A
0-0
56
16th
League
Sat 18th Oct
Winsford United
H
League
Sat 25th Oct
Nelson
A
MUCupR2
Sat 1st Nov
Stockport Sports
H
League
Tue 4th Nov
Barnoldswick Town
A
League
Sat 8th Nov
Runcorn Town
A
League
Tue 11th Nov
Ashton Athletic
A
League
Sat 15th Nov
Bootle
H
League
Tue 18th Nov
Colne
H
League
Sat 22th Nov
Maine Road
A
League
Sat 6th Dec
Glossop North End
H
League
Sat 13th Dec
Winsford United
A
League
Sat 20th Dec
Abbey Hey
H
League
Fri 26th Dec
AFC Blackpool
H
League
Sat 3rd Dec
Nelson
A
League
Sat 17th Jan
St Helens Town
H
League
Sat 24th Jan
AFC Liverpool
A
League
Sat 7th Feb
Bacup & Rossendale Borough
H
League
Sat 14th Feb
Runcorn Linnets
H
League
Sat 21th Feb
Stockport Sports
A
League
Sat 28th Feb
West Didsbury & Chorlton
A
League
Sat 7th Mar
West Didsbury & Chorlton
H
League
Sat 14th Mar
AFC Liverpool
H
League
Sat 21th Mar
1874 Northwich
A
League
Sat 28th Mar
Abbey Hey
A
League
Sat 4th Apr
Runcorn Town
H
League
Mon 6th Apr
AFC Blackpool
A
League
Sat 11th Apr
1874 Northwich
H
League
Sat 18th Apr
Congleton Town
H
League
Sat 25th Apr
Alsager Town
A
League
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
1
Runcorn Linnets
19
15
4
0
49
12
37
49
2
Glossop North End
14
11
2
1
38
7
31
35
3
AFC Liverpool
17
10
3
4
41
21
20
33
4
1874 Northwich
13
10
2
1
27
6
21
32
5
Ashton Athletic
17
8
5
4
25
18
7
29
6
Maine Road
19
8
4
7
32
32
0
28
7
Nelson
16
8
2
6
36
28
8
26
8
Silsden
15
8
2
5
28
25
3
26
9
Bootle
15
7
3
5
27
18
9
24
10.
Alsager Town
18
7
3
8
38
39
-1
24
11
Colne
14
7
2
5
24
16
8
23
12
Congleton Town
15
5
7
3
24
19
5
22
13
Winsford United
16
6
3
7
31
27
4
21
14
West Didsbury & Chorlton
15
6
0
9
23
34
-11
18
15
Squires Gate
12
4
5
3
21
15
6
17
16
Runcorn Town
12
5
1
6
27
22
5
16
17
St Helens Town
15
5
1
9
20
44
-24
16
18
Stockport Sports
15
3
4
8
26
49
-23
13
19
Abbey Hey
17
3
1
13
17
45
-28
10
20
Barnoldswick Town
15
2
2
11
19
39
-20
8
21
AFC Blackpool
17
1
4
12
15
40
-25
7
22
Bacup & Rossendale
15
1
2
12
14
44
-30
5
Ones To Watch Mark Ashmore gives us his views on who he thinks will be the ones to watch in today’s game.
Andy Jones - Goalkeeper The number one at Winsford this season and has been in impressive form, keeping five clean sheets and conceding 16 goals. Andy has been at the club for three seasons now and has also played for Glossop and Stafford Rangers.
Alex Bryne - Defender A young defender at 21 years old originally from the Peak District. Alex has been in impressive form recently and clearly poses a threat from defence scoring 2 goals in the league so far.
Kyle Riley - Attacker Kyle is a big strong striker with a terrific touch for a big man. His former clubs include Burnley, Oldham Athletic, CF Frederico Mayo and Ashton United. Kyle has been in fine form so far scoring seven goals in the league.
Last Time Out
Gate 2-1 Winsford United After holding a one minutes silence in respect for an old Squires Gate keeper "Jack the Cat" "JD" Jack Drinkwater who sadly passed away just after the xmas period. Gate kicked off in search of their first win since playing table topping Maine Road at the start of November last year. With six wins in their last six outings the visitors to The Royal British Legion could be forgiven for thinking a seventh win was on the cards against a Gate side who'd not won for over two months but with just 20 seconds of the game gone they found themselves one nil down. Jack Sowerby pushed the ball into space down the right hand side and delivered a pin point cross for Zach Clark to tap in at the back post. Winsford’s first chance of note came on 20 minutes with a goal mouth scramble but Gate man-aged to clear the danger away. 3 minutes later Gate's Jamie Gibson found space on the edge of the area, Winsford keeper Nathan Beckett pulling of a fine save to deny Gibson. Beckett produced a superb save on 42 mins, this time diverting Billy McKenna's effort onto the crossbar and away for a corner. Winsford almost equalised just on half time but for Gate keeper Dave Rogerson putting off his opponent who skied his volley when he should really have done better. Into the second half and after soaking up Winsford attack for ten minutes the away side finally broke through. David Gremie finding himself in space 35 yards out, he looked up and let off a low pile driver beating Rogerson to make it one all. Rogerson pulled off two fine saves to deny the visitors taking the lead and how valuable those saves
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NWCFL Newsletter Runcorn Town's interest in the FA Cup ended at the 3rd Qualifying Round stage as they slumped to a disappointing 5-2 home defeat to Norton United at the Pavilions. Town got off to a perfect start when Danny Toone's free kick ended up in the back of the net via a defenders boot, but two goals before half time from Kyle Diskin and Lee Cropper gave the visitors the advantage at half time. Chris Lester brought Town back in to the game with an equaliser seven minutes into the second half, but the lead lasted only three minutes before Paul Taylor put Norton ahead again, and a second goal from Cropper and a last minute penalty from Tom Fogg ensured a place in Monday's draw for last season's NWCFL Premier Division Champions. Elsewhere, the focus was on collecting league points, and in the Premier Division Runcorn Linnets extended their lead at the top of the table with a comfortable 3-0 win at Bacup & Rossendale Borough, Matthew Atherton scoring twice. With Glossop inactive, both 1874 Northwich and AFC Liverpool joined them on 32 points in joint second place. A goal in the 68th minute by Michael Brandon gave 1874 a 1-0 win at Colne, and goals from Ryan Cox, Francis Barry and a penalty from Ronnie Morgan saw AFC Liverpool through to a 3-1 win over West Didsbury & Chorlton. Ashton Athletic are in fifth place, with goals in each half from Adam Gilchrist and Nathan Martland earning them a 2-1 win at Winsford United, and Maine Road are sixth after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to Stockport Sports. Josh Harper and Richard Williams scored twice in two minutes to establish a two goal lead for Road, but Ryan Humphreys and Ellis Brownlow earned the Saxons a point. A Steven Williams goal was enough to see Bootle through to a 1-0 win over Slisden, St Helens Town and Squires Gate cancelled each other out in a goalless draw at Brocstedes Park, and the other three games all ended in 2-1 wins for the home sides.
Results Saturday 11th October 2014 FA CUP 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND Runcorn Town 2-5 Norton United Premier Division Abbey Hey 2-1 Barnoldswick Town AFC Blackpool 2-1 Congleton Town AFC Liverpool 3-1 West Didsbury and Chorlton Alsager Town 2-1 Nelson Bacup and Rossendale Borough 0-3 Runcorn Linnets
Bootle 1-0 Silsden Maine Road 2-2 Stockport Sports St Helens Town 0-0 Squires Gate Winsford United 1-2 Ashton Athletic Tuesday 14th October 2014 Premier Division Alsager Town 2-5 Runcorn Town Ashton Athletic 0-1 Runcorn Linnets Barnoldswick Town 1-4 Colne Congleton Town 1-1 Abbey Hey Glossop North End 6-0 West Didsbury and Chorlton
Slisden 0-4 Nelson Winsford United 2-2 AFC Liverpool Wednesday 15th October Bacup & Rossendale Borough 1-3 Stockport Sports
St Helens 0-0 Squires Gate
Brocstedes Park Attendance: 56 Saturday 27th September
Squires Gate travelled to St Helens this weekend looking to improve on Saturdays close 3-2 defeat to Glossop where Gate were 2-0 up. Gate made two changes to the team with new signing Mark Buchan coming in for Sam Dickinson and Harry Dunn coming in for Steven Eyangobwanga. Gate made a good start early on with Jake Forshaw going close. Gate looked the better side in the first 20 minutes and had the St Helens Keeper not pulled of a top quality save from Harry Dunns low drive then Gate would and should have been one up. It was the home side who ended the first half the better a top draw save from Ben Fletcher keeping Gate in the game, the home side ended the first half bossing the game. Into the second half and Gate had the first chance, a good first time ball over the top to find the run of Jack Sowerby but the last man for St Helens managed to clear the ball away. From the resulting corner St Helens managed to launch a counter attack down the other end and had it not been for a quality one handed save from Ben Fletcher the homeside would have been one up. Sub Hothersall looked to make an impact on the 70th minute but his run and cross down the right couldn't be converted by Jack Sowerby. This was probably the best chance of the game for Gate who were described as missing there usual creativity and quality when going forward. After the match Squires Gate manager Dave McCann said: I thought a draw and no goals for either side tells the story. We looked solid defensively which is really pleasing but we never did enough to score and win the game. We lacked our usual creativity and quality when going forward, having said that a clean sheet and a point away from home is always pleasing. Report by Mark Ashmore
St Helens 0-0 Gate
Glossop North End 3-2 Squires Gate
Surrey Street Stadium Attendance:273 Saturday 4th October
Squires Gate travelled to Yorkshire to visit second in the league Glossop North End. Gate looking to continue the good form that saw them come from 2-0 down against Bacup on Saturday to turn it around and win 4-3. Gate made one change from Saturdays win with Steven Eyangobwanga coming in to make his debut for the unavailable Harry Dunn. It was a fairly open start to the game with both teams having early chances. Glossop though had the better chances and forced Gate to sit in and defend for long periods of the first half. Glossop could have been ahead with 20 minutes gone the home side finding themselves four on three but the cut back ball was fired over the bar and Gate were let off. Gate looked spurred on by this missed opportunity and started fighting and wanting the ball more. Gate managed to clear the ball forward to the feet of Jack Sowerby who laid the ball off to Alex Murphy who cleverly played it back over the top to the run of Sowerby. Sowerby turned past two defender and rocketed the ball past the helpless goalkeeper to open the scoring for Squires Gate. Gate again looked to attack the homeside with the impressive Eyangobwanga running down the left hand side his cross found Alex Murphys head who found the back of the net to make it two for Squires Gate. Gate would have been very happy to go into half time two up but couldn't hold on. Suspicions of offside as the ball was played along the face of goal for the unmarked Glossop man to tap in at the far post to give the home side one back going into half time. Into the second half and the home side had definitely been on the end of a roasting in the break. The home side looked a completely different team. It was a defensive error that cost Gate with the home side pulling the game level early into the second half, Gate didn't get the favourable bounce of the ball after Penswick's clearance hit off the Glossop attacker who capitalized to even up the game. Gate just couldn't get going in the second half and were described as never coming out of the dressing room by manager Dave McCann in the second half. Gates day was made worse as the home side took the lead the ball fired in from the edge of the box to beat keeper Fletcher. After the game manager Dave McCann said: I thought we did well in the 1st half, we reduced them to half chances, defended well and scored 2 good gaols. We let ourselves down in the second half and never came out of the changing rooms. We haven't played as poorly that all season and it cost us. The lads are disappointed considering the position we were in during the game but that's an indication how far we've come from last season. Report by Mark Ashmore.
Glossop North End 3-2 Gate
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Crystal Palace
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Chelsea
0-3
Newcastle
-
Leicester city
1-2
Fulham
-
Norwich City
1-1
Huddersfield
-
Blackpool
2-0
Reading
-
Derby County
0-0
Arsenal
-
Hull
2-0
Everton
-
Aston Villa
3-0
Fleetwood
-
Doncaster
1-0
Ipswich
-
Blackburn
0-2
In Remembrance Albert Hamer
Albert Hamer aged 83, passed away recently. He was Squires Gate’s former first team coach for many years, and a long serving member of the club. A well known referee, he was a trainer to many local clubs, and was awarded a 50 year service award by the Lancashire Football Association, for his devotion to football in the country. “A regular at Gate’s matches until recently, his knowledge of football will be missed/.” said Brian Addison, Squires Gate’s award winning groundsman, who had the pleasure of working alongside Albert, lifting the club through local football leagues, to their present position to play in the Premier Division of the North West Counties Football League. The funeral was held on Wednesday 24th September, at Carlton Cemetery Blackpool at 12:30pm. Players from both teams at the game between Squires Gate and Alsager Town, along with spectators, stood in 2 minutes of silence before kick off, as a mark of respect in remembrance of Albert.
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