St Helens Town v Ashton Athletic by John McKiernan

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Today’s Team News CLUB INFORMATION Honorary Life President: Alan Wellens

Vice President: Jim Barrett Chairman: John McKiernan (07713 339682) Vice Chairman: Glyn Jones Hon. Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695)

Full Committee: John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, Jim Barrett, Ste Ball, Chris Ford and Glyn Jones. Trustees: John McKiernan and Eric Bond Club Manager: Ian Price

Assistant Manager: Nick Matthews Physiotherapists: Nicole Garner Jess Pritchard & Ben Fletcher U21 Team Manager Alan Gillespie U21 Asst Manager: John Whelan

Tuesday 17th February 2015, kick off 7.45pm North West Counties League, Premier Division St Helens Town Red & White Shirts White Shorts, Red & White Socks No

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St Helens Town Rory Crowther James Halpin Jack Hont Hamish Falconer Aaron Morris Matthew Davidson Jack McKay Cole Ashton Andy Gillespie Thomas Moore James Rushton-Woods Dominic Whelan Paul Cook-Hannah Marcus Perry Adam Birchall

Ed Richardson

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Ashton Athletic Jason Foulds Louis Edwards Adam Howard Ian Rowlands Luke Holden Jamie Harrison Danny Regan Stephen Kay Ryan Small Mike Downing Sam Bailey Aaron Cringle Danny Greene Adam Gilchrist Paul Watson Isaac Kusaloka

U18 Team Manager: Cairns Hardie U17 Team Manager: Nick Matthews Veterans Team Manager: David Platt

Manager: Ian Price Assistant: Nick Matthews

Managers: Jay Foulds, Ben Kay & Dougie Pitts

Referee: Mr G Hilton (Warrington)

Email: sthelenstownfc@hotmail.co.uk

Assist: Mr J Morgan (Wigan) & Mr L Smith (Orrell)

Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

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Cover: Marcus Perry in action at Barnoldswick last Saturday

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Talk of the Town Good evening and welcome to Brocstedes Park for this North West Counties Football League, Premier Division contest against our landlords Ashton Athletic. May I open by welcoming our “visitors” I hope they enjoy the short time they will spend with us and I am sure they will be able to find their way home after the fixture quite easily! In the 10 days since we were last here at Brocstedes Park we have lost two North West Counties League, Premier Division matches in contrasting fashion. A week last Saturday we welcomed Merseyside rivals Bootle to Brocstedes Park and we took the lead when skipper Andy Gillespie fired home on the half hour mark and the scores stayed the same way at the interval. A seven minute spell in the second half was to decide the destiny of the points as first the visitors drew level when Kieran Haligan got to the byline on the left before finding the unmarked James McGrane who steered the ball home into the bottom left hand corner of the net. Town looked visibly rocked and it took Bootle just seven minutes to take the lead when a soft free kick from the edge of the box was met by Jamie Hay and he headed the ball to the far post where the visitors were queuing up to turn the ball home and it was Peterson who applied the finish to put the Bucks into the lead and as it turned out secure the won for the visitors. We then took the trip to relegation rivals Barnoldswick Town on Saturday and in a vital match turned in what must rank amongst the worse performances of the season. The early signs were ominous when an early attack from the hosts saw their winger felled and the spot kick was converted. St Helens levelled with a swift counter attack when Rushton-Woods released Gillespie and he applied a fantastic finish.

That was to be as good as it got for the visitors as they conceded a sloppy goal when Melia fired an effort off the bar and Henderson slid the loose ball home. A poor second half saw a pair of dubious goals for the hosts as first Melia fired a rebound home but looked a long way offside and then an awful penalty awarded when Crowther won the ball in the visitors goal was converted by Henderson to send St Helens further into the relegation mire. We now venture into a spell of three of the toughest home games we could face as we welcome Ashton Athletic (3rd), 1874 Northwich (4th) and Nelson (7th) to Brocstedes Park, no one will give us a chance of getting a return from these contests but it is vital that we start to register points as the number of games start to run out and sides below us continue to get results and draw us closer to the battle below us to stay in the division. On Saturday the performance and work rate was not to the level that we expect and this was reiterated to the players by Ian Price and Nick Matthews, we must quickly bounce back from this disappointment as we host high flying landlords Ashton Athletic who secured a share of the spoils with out next opponents 1874 Northwich with a last minute leveller here on Saturday. Let’s get behind Town this evening and hopefully cheer them onto victory you support is vital to the cause!

Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller

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In Town Today Ashton Athletic Football Club was founded in 1968 and played in the Wigan Sunday League - winning every division in consecutive seasons and many cup competitions before switching to the Warrington League on Saturdays where similar success was sustained. The club developed Brocstedes Park and was admitted to the Lancashire Combination, before becoming a founder member of the North West Counties \League when the Combination merged with the Cheshire League in 1982. Unfortunately, financial restraints prevented the required ground improvements to be completed, and the club was relegated into the Manchester league division one in 1986.

The drop of two leagues resulted that the majority of the playing staff moving to other clubs and for numerous years the club endeavoured to re build. Players came and went, lacking the club loyalty that had brought success to the club in the 1970's and 80's until the committee embraced an ambitious youth policy in 1999. The club is now at the end of a ten year development plan to enhance its recreational facilities and expand the club, in particular its junior section. Eight years ago the club had two teams, 50 members, one mediocre pitch with a dilapidated clubhouse and changing rooms.

Since then, the club members have worked tirelessly to progress the club within its means, and with some help from external grant sources, assistance from the Football Foundation, awards for All Programme and Wigan Council enabled a series of improvements to be completed. The main pitch was re drained and a second pitch acquired/improved, new changing rooms and club house built, disabled access provided and other improvements made to the ground. More recently the ground has been brought up to the necessary Ground Grading for re entry into the NWCFL in time for the 2006/07 season and further improvements have provided additional seating. The 2008/09 season also saw a further progression of the club having been promoted to the Premier division of the North West Counties League.We will again take to the national stage having been accepted into the FA Cup competition after last seasons debut in the FA Vase which proved to be very lucrative for the club, progressing through 3 stages and beating 2 teams from higher leagues in the process. Last season also saw cup success for the club retaining the Atherton Charity Cup at the end of the season. A new vision for the club is under discussion for the further development of the club and this includes improvements to the access road, new junior sections and a proposed girls/ladies section. The main ground is also scheduled for enhancement works with additional covered spectator areas.

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Ashton Athletic FC The club is a voluntary organisation run by a committee of 14 alongside approximately 25 coaches and managers. Any money raised by the club has been ploughed back into improving the facilities and improving the youth section. The club now has a total membership of over 400. We have 9 junior teams consisting of approximately 160 children who take advantage of our now excellent facilities, whilst hundreds of adults and children from our opposition also take advantage of the facilities. In addition to the 2 open age teams, the occasional run out for the veterans team providing a further 20 members, the highlight being the now annual challenge match against the Past Players of Wigan Athletic. The club is keen to maintain the pace of development and future plans will enable increased activity at the club. Additional junior teams and a much safer and secure environment in particular for spectators and children. The club achieved its FA Charter Standard award in 2013 to complete its Holy Grail. Last season in the first term under the control of the management trio of Jay Foulds and two former Town players Ben Kay and Dougie Pitts the club exceeded all expectations with a 6th position finish in a competitive NWCL Premier Division, equalling their best ever finish and securing their first piece of silverware as a management conglomerate winning the League Challenge Cup Final, beating Maine Road 1-0 in the final at Curzon Ashton with another former Town man Adam Gilchrist netting the winner. Season 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

League MANC-1 MANC-1 MANC-1 MANC-1 MANC-1 MANC-1 MANC-1 NWC-2 NWC-2 NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P

P 30 30 32 28 32 28 34 34 34 42 42 42 42 42 42

W 6 8 18 14 14 10 19 6 20 18 8 5 15 10 23

D 7 6 9 7 4 7 6 10 7 7 8 6 6 5 5

L 17 16 5 7 14 11 9 18 7 17 26 31 21 27 14

F 29 44 71 68 73 53 65 38 68 67 51 45 70 58 78

A 56 68 38 40 67 48 38 62 35 68 101 122 80 91 50

GD -27 -24 33 28 6 5 27 -24 33 -1 -50 -77 -10 -33 28

Pts 25 30 63 49 46 37 63 28 67 61 32 21 51 35 74

Position 13/16 12/16 5/17 5/15 10/17 10/15 4/18 16/18 3/18 6/22 21/22 22/22 15/22 20/22 6/22

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How We Compare? St Helens Town - last 6 matches All Competitions

Most recent

at St Helens Town NWC-D1

Previous Meetings 1999-00

at Ashton Athletic MANC-1

Home

NWC-D1

2000-01

MANC-1

Away

NWC-D1

2001-02

MANC-1

NWC-D1

2002-03

MANC-1

NWC-D1

2003-04

MANC-1

NWC-D1

2004-05

MANC-1

NWC-D1

2005-06

MANC-1

NWC-D1

2006-07

NWC-D2

Collated

Ashton Athletic - last 6 matches All Competitions

Most recent

Home

Away

Collated

St Helens Town games since...

Ashton Athletic games since...

All Competitions

Clean sheet

Goal Scored

Clean sheet

Goal Scored

NWC-D1

2007-08

NWC-D2

28/10; 1-2

2008-09

26/12; 0-5

18/08; 2-0

2009-10

12/12; 5-4

19/02; 2-1

2010-11

19/03; 3-1

04/05; 2-3

2011-12

26/12; 0-4

04/09; 2-2

2012-13

24/11; 2-2

21/04; 2-6

2013-14

11/03; 2-6

17/02/2015

2014-15

06/04/2015

St Helens Town Scores First Games Played

12 4

Loss

St Helens Town Wins

No score draw

Draws

Ashton Athletic Wins

Score draw

St Helens Town Goals

Ashton Athletic Goals

Win

Percentage Town Wins

33.33

All Previous Meetings All Competitions P

Win %

Home

-4

25.00

Away

-11

28.57

Collated

-15

26.67

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From the Chair Good evening and a very warm welcome to Brocstedes Park for this North West Counties League Premier Division game against our friends and landlords Ashton Athletic.

I’d like to offer a warm welcome to tonight’s match sponsors The Daily Grind and match ball sponsors The Hippodrome Bingo, St Helens. Both are first time sponsors of Town and we hope you enjoy your evening with us (hopefully bring us a bit of good luck). We’re currently in our second season ground sharing here at Ashton and it has to be said that we have been made most welcome by Jimmy, Alan, Bill, Derek and the remainder of the committee at Ashton Athletic. It’s been difficult being exiled from Town but the task has been made much easier courtesy of a great working relationship between our two clubs and whatever the result tonight I am sure there’ll be time for a drink or two after the game. A special thanks goes to Derek who continues to assist us on those occasions when pitch inspections are required and he’s joined us at the ground on a few wet and cold early mornings over recent weeks! Our ‘visitors’ are having another superb season under the stewardship of Jay Foulds and former Town players Ben Kay and Dougie Pitts - we wish them continued success but not tonight. Our own situation has become somewhat concerning with defeat at Barnoldswick Town on Saturday allowing our hosts to close the gap to just two points and we now sit just two points outside the relegation zone. While we do have games in hand we now need to pick up some points as a matter of urgency and I am sure Ian Price and Nick Matthews will be stressing this to the players. Some of you will be aware of the possible demise of Stockport Sports and this will be discussed by clubs in a couple of week’s time and may also have an impact on our current points total (and a number of other clubs). Don’t forget we have started our fundraising for Comic Relief, supporting Toyota GB and our main sponsors Johnsons Toyota Liverpool. We’ve no game this Saturday but we’re back at Brocstedes Park next Tuesday evening when 1874 Northwich are our visitors for what will be another tough encounter. Enjoy the game John McKiernan Chairman St Helens Town AFC 07713 339 682

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Town U18s in action

North West Youth Alliance St Helens Town U18 2-2 West Didsbury Sunday 18th January 2015

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Player Appearances Player Aaron Morris Jack McKay Hamish Falconer Andy Gillespie Rory Crowther James Rushton-Woods Marcus Perry Chad Whyte Paul Cook-Hannah Karl Bergqvist Chris Cottington Gareth Grant Ryan Duffy Jack Hont James Halpin Kristian Bell Cole Ashton Edward Richardson Matthew Davidson Lewis Coyle Neil Hulme Chris Brinksman Jamil Saleh Nathan Ogden Lewis Saunders Tom Lightbody Dominic Whelan Lee Harrison Sam Coulter Michael Houghton Alex Gillespie Joseph Peers Thomas Barton Thomas Moore Daniel Vincent Adam Birchall Sam Pullinger Jordan Stevenson

League Starts Sub On Gls 30 0 4 26 2 2 29 0 0 25 1 7 23 0 0 21 4 2 13 10 4 14 4 6 9 7 0 7 8 4 14 0 1 10 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 10 1 0 6 2 5 10 0 0 8 1 0 5 3 0 6 0 2 7 0 0 7 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Cup Starts Sub On Gls 8 0 0 7 1 1 7 0 1 6 1 4 7 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 5 6 4 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Starts 38 33 36 31 30 23 15 17 13 10 16 15 15 15 13 10 11 9 6 9 7 8 6 7 7 3 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0

Total Sub On Apps 0 38 3 36 0 36 2 33 0 30 6 29 12 27 9 26 8 21 9 19 0 16 0 15 0 15 0 15 1 14 2 12 0 11 2 11 4 10 0 9 2 9 0 8 1 7 0 7 0 7 2 5 3 5 5 5 3 5 1 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Gls 4 3 1 11 0 2 5 12 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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NWCFL News Visitors to Daisy Hill can soon look forward to sitting more comfortably when taking in action at New Sirs. Within the space of the next few months, the club will be installing eye-catching yellow plastic seats in the stand behind the goal at the club house end, which have been acquired after being used during the 2012 London Olympics. In the aftermath of the Games, a variety of fixtures and fittings have been made available for use by other sports clubs across the country, and as Daisy Hill Secretary Bob Naylor explained, the club were first made aware of the opportunity to get the seats a few months ago. “We were alerted to the fact that the seats were available after receiving a note from League Secretary John Deal, so we decided to investigate”, said Bob. “At that stage you didn’t know exactly how many you would get or if you were successful, you just had to put in a request for certain lots. “I submitted the application online, and a few weeks later we were told we had been successful and that we had been allocated 150 seats. It was then down to us to arrange the transport to pick them up from London, and bring them up to the ground. “We arranged for a courier to collect them, and when he got to our ground with the seats it turned out that we had been given slightly more than we expected, there were 196 in total.

“The only problem is that we will have to look at a couple of options to install the seats. The existing ones aren’t suitable for safely securing them at our ground in their present state, which we couldn’t have known at the time we applied. “The seats are designed to be secured on vertical brackets, whereas we need to install them on horizontal brackets, so we can either get the existing brackets modified or get new ones made. I’ve spoken to a couple of suppliers, and it looks like getting new ones will be the best option. “It’s a pity because if it wasn’t for that, we could have had them installed within a matter of weeks. “But we will start work on getting everything we need, and if the seats are not in place by the end of this season, they will certainly be ready for use by the start of the new season”.

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Club News We are looking for supporters to become Goldline members which will provide the club with a valuable source of income which will help us to achieve a bright future by assisting us in our goal of making a return to St Helens. In addition, you will have the chance to win up to £5,000 . . . so we could all be winners! As a lottery partner, St Helens Town Football Club will receive a massive 70p of your £1 weekly subscription. As a Goldline member you will receive your membership card which includes your membership number, 10 sets of Goldline draw numbers and 4 unique rollover draw numbers:

Your 10 sets of Goldline draw numbers will be entered into the Goldline draw every weekday for your chance of winning. Each week 5 prizes of £500 are paid out, that’s a total of £2,500 paid out every week. Your 4 rollover draw numbers will be entered into the weekly draw for your chance of winning up to £5,000. The rollover draw starts at £250 and each week rolls over and increases by £250 until won or until it reaches £5,000 at which time it will be drawn and redrawn until a winner is found. £100s in £10 consolation prizes are paid out every week. Goldline pays out over £170,000 in prizes every year to members. In addition your Goldline membership card will entitle you to exclusive deals available at St Helens Town Football Club. No claim is necessary. Prizes will be sent automatically and either delivered by post or by your agent. Club Chairman John McKiernan said, “Having joined forces with Bolton Wanderers in the Goldline Lottery we can ensure big cash prizes are dished out every week but the Club also wins too – with the possibility of raising thousands of pounds each year.

“We hope those who have previously supported our monthly 500 Club lottery will now join our new venture. We are going to start canvassing this week with a view to entering our first draw at the start of March. In the current climate, this income through the Goldline Lottery will be crucial to the club. If people are able to give up £1 a week to enter then we think this is ta great way to support the club – but also give yourself a real chance of winning some cash too!” For more information on how you can join call John on 07713 339 682 or email sthelenstownfc@hotmail.co.uk. Club officials will also have details on match days.

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Squires Gate v Town

NWCFL Premier Division action at School Road, Blackpool

Squires Gate 1-1 St Helens Town Saturday 10th January 2015

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Town Managers Between 1946 and 1962 the club, like many, didn’t have a ‘manager’. Town officials would liaise with first and reserve team captains over team selection. In 1962-63 ‘First Manager’ Pat Murphy came from Burscough with a nucleus of his team which won the Lancashire Combination Division One title for Burscough but the formulae didn’t work for Town despite financial backing of a brand new 200 seat supporters club opened by John Connelly in spring of 1962. 1963-64 Sam Cottingham came after success with Pilkington's in a move to rebalance the squad with more local players. 1964-66 Jimmy McKiernan became the club's first commercial manager and team boss after arriving from Earlestown via a successful playing career which included a spell on the North Wales circuit. 1966-68 Jackie Dewsnip, cousin of Town player Jimmy Dewsnip who along with the latter’s son Neil meant the Haydock based family served Town well over a couple of decades. 1968-71 Peter Jones took the reigns in the wake of the Northern Premier League being formed which reduced Town’s league (Lancs Combination) to one division. He moved on after three years to a position on the staff of Preston North End. 1971-77 Alan Hampson arrived from South Liverpool after a distinguished playing career at Holly Park and became a mini ‘Messiah’ as Town won the Lancs Combination title in 1972 along with the Bass Charrington and Watson trophy in quick succession. He also oversaw Town’s step into the Cheshire County League in 1975 as by then, the Lancashire Comb had become a pale imitation of its former self. 1977-79 The aforementioned Jimmy Dewsnip took the reigns after ‘Hampy’ had moved on and became the first ex Town player to become manager. He combined this with work for the Liverpool County FA with the latter eventually claiming his services after two years. 1979-80 Player manager Geoff Robinson hailed from the new overspill at Laffak where he also ran the increasingly successful ‘Starting Gate’ pub team in the blossoming new Sunday League. Many of his squad were ‘Town’ players but the ‘conflict’ of interests was seen as detrimental to the senior club. 1980-82 Jack Prytherch had been at Wigan Athletic and he brought in players from that area including new club skipper, his son in law, Steve Murfin. Jack’s reign saw the formation of the North West Counties League and Town’s first season was a struggle in the new league’s top flight resulting in a change in mid-term. 1982-84 Peter Rutherford. After the success of Alan Hampson a decade earlier, the Town board returned to South Liverpool again for their next appointment. Peter Rutherford was number two at Holly Park at the time but he also found it hard going in the NWCFL inaugural season and his charges only escaped relegation on a ‘technicality’. Things got a little better the following season and he bowed out just before glory arrived. 1984-87 Alan Wellens had skippered Town’s Lancs Combination title team and went on to become the club’s top appearances holder after making his debut at Great Harwood in 1966. His playing career was ended by a broken leg against Hyde in 1981 at Hoghton Road. Alan went on to Town history with the club’s historic journey to Wembley in 1987 before he and the vast majority of Allan Wellens receiving the Lancs the FA Vase winning side sought pastures new. 1987Combination Championship Trophy 92 Alan Aspinall (pictured opposite) took over the from Wesley Bridge in 1972 mantle of manager following the departure of the Vase squad and management team having been Reserve team boss and spent a successful five seasons in charge.

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Past & Present 1992-93 Mick Holgate presided over just one season at Hoghton Road before moving on to Leigh RMI. 1993-2002 Jimmy McBride stepped up from his position as Reserve team boss to take the reigns of the first team for almost a decade which saw the club’s move from Hoghton Road to Saints. Took the club to its first cup final since the visit to Wembley but lost out in the League Cup and Floodlit Trophy finals in the mid 1990s. 2002-2003 John Davison and Peter King arrived from Burscough having presided over a very successful period in the ‘Linnets’ history. After a disappointing first campaign despite significant financial backing the club’s need to tighten the purse strings led to the pair’s departure at the start of the 2003 campaign, along with most of the squad. 2003-04 Ex-Everton professional Paul Lodge became Town manager as the club reeled from financial cuts but unfortunately his youthful side struggled at the bottom of the league and he was replaced in January 2004. 2004-05 Former Town ‘keeper Joe Paladino took over the reigns from Lodge and secured the club ’s safety from relegation before going to challenge for the title during most of 2004-05. Joe resigned in March 2005. 2005-06 Assistant to Paladino, Joe Gibiliru took over the manager’s position and presided over a period of on the field stability for the club before resigning in September 2006. 2006-07 Alex Wright, who had previously been assistant manager to Paul Lodge returned to the club as manager but his tenure was short-lived as family commitments led to him stepping down in September 2007. 2007-08 John Fletcher, Wright’s assistant, was given managerial responsibility and he steered the club away from the relegation battle with a 19th place finish at the end of 2006-7. Despite the club’s off the field problems and financial difficulties the following season saw Fletcher’s charges finish fourteenth after only one defeat in the last nine games. However Town remained rooted in a relegation spot for most of the following season and Fletcher departed with weeks of the season remaining. 2009 – 2010 Gary Bickerstaffe was appointed in March 2009 and secured the club ’s safety with some ease recording six victories from the final eight games. Bickerstaffe’s fine form as manager continued throughout 2009-10 eventually finishing in 9th place. 2010 – 2011 Lee Riley steps up from assistant manager when Gary Bickerstaffe steps down at the end of the 2009-10. Lee resigned in March 2011 due to work commitments and Iain Dyson took over the managerial reigns before he too stepped down at the end of the season. 2011-12 season saw Jimmy McBride make a return to Town but it proved a difficult season and Town parted company with him as we narrowly avoided relegation. 2012 - 2013 Ian Granite became manager following success with neighbours Wigan Robin Park FC. A challenging 2012-13 season saw Town eventually steer clear of relegation, in doing so maintaining their unique 30 year stay in the North West Counties League top division. Despite an excellent start to the 2013-14 season Ian stepped down at the end of November due to business and family commitments and Ian Price (left) took over the managerial reigns with Paul Jones as his assistant. Many thanks to Jim Barrett and Eric Bond for their input in compiling the information.

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Statistical History ST. HELENS TOWN AFC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A STATISTICAL HISTORY by Glyn Jones Part 46 - Season 1992-93 North West Counties League Atherton L.R. Bamber Bridge Chadderton Prescot Newcastle Town Bradford Park Avenue Clitheroe St. Helens Town Salford City Burscough Flixton Blackpool Rovers Nantwich Town Penrith Bacup Borough Glossop North End (-3) Darwen Eastwood Hanley Maine Road Kidsgrove Athletic Skelmersdale United Blackpool Mechanics Opponents Atherton L.R. Bacup Borough Bamber Bridge Blackpool Mechanics Blackpool Rovers Bradford P.A. Burscough Chadderton Clitheroe Darwen Eastwood Hanley Flixton Glossop North End Kidsgrove Athletic Maine Road Nantwich Town Newcastle Town Penrith Prescot Salford City Skelmersdale United

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A Brief History The original Town club was in existence from 1901 to 1928, but George Fryer and a number of local businessmen decided to re-form the club in 1946. They obtained a lease on the Hoghton Road ground in Sutton, adjacent to St. Helens Junction station on the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, took over a local St. Helens Combination team, Derbyshire Hill Rovers, signing a number of players from other clubs and entered the Liverpool County Combination in the 1947/48 season, playing against Everton “A” and Liverpool “A” and several reserve sides from the leading non-league clubs in the Merseyside area. Success was first attained in May 1949 when Runcorn were defeated in the final of the George Mahon Cup, played at the Prescot Cables ground. The following season, 1949/50, Town were elevated to the Second Division of the Lancashire Combination and they were promoted as Champions in only their second season to the First Division, where they ran up against teams such as Ashton United, Nelson and New Brighton, newly relegated from the Football League. Sadly, Town were themselves relegated in their first season and although promoted briefly again for the 1955/56 season, they spent most of their early years in the Second Division. Improvements were quickly made to the facilities at Hoghton Road in the early years, but in November 1952 the decision was taken to re-locate to the former St. Helens Recs’ rugby league ground at City Road in order to further their ambitions of reaching the Football League. Initially, the move resulted in some encouraging crowds, but the club had a change of heart and returned to Sutton in the October 1953. The ground was purchased and further developed and a social club and floodlights were added in later years. Town were Champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1971/72 season, losing only one game, finishing 6 points clear of Accrington Stanley. 1975 brought a switch to the Cheshire League, where they remained until the formation of the North West Counties League in 1982 and St. Helens Town is still the only club to feature in the top division of that league throughout its existence. The club’s major achievement was to win the FA Vase at Wembley in 1987. After a stuttering start in the Preliminary Round with a 5-4 extra-time win over Colne Dynamoes, further home successes over General Chemicals, Wren Rovers, Guisborough Town and Wythenshawe Amateurs, led to wins at Wisbech Town, at home to Rainworth Miners Welfare, away to Falmouth Town (after a replay) and in the away leg at Emley when, following a 1-0 home defeat in the first-leg, a 2-0 win in Yorkshire secured a Wembley Final against local rivals Warrington Town, who were dispatched 3-2 with goals from Phil Layhe (2) and Brian Rigby. St. Helens Town boast an impressive “Hall of Fame”, including legendary goalkeeper and former German Prisoner-of-War Bert Trautmann, who signed for Manchester City over 60 years ago and who went on to play the game of his life in the 1956 FA Cup Final, despite breaking his neck in the latter stages. Bill Foulkes was transferred to Manchester United, where he had a glittering career, surviving the Munich Air Disaster in 1958, in which he bravely rescued some of his stricken team-mates. John Connelly, an England squad member in the victorious 1966 World Cup campaign, was sold to Burnley and he later moved to join Foulkes at Old Trafford. Sadly, all three have passed away in the last few years. Other future stars, groomed at St. Helens Town, include John Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday), Geoff Nulty (Burnley, Newcastle United and Everton) and, most recently, ace goalscorer Dave Bamber, who began and ended his league career at Blackpool and who played in all four divisions of the Football League. Captain of the FA Vase winning team was Tommy O’Neil, who began his league career playing alongside George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton at Manchester United.

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Town sold their Hoghton Road ground in 2000 to move in with St. Helens Rugby League Club at their Knowsley Road base. Their farewell appearance at Sutton produced a 1-0 win over Champions Vauxhall Motors and the initial campaign at Knowsley Road got off to a cracking start, with Town leading the table for most of the season, before finishing in a rather disappointing fourth place. Recent seasons have been more of a struggle, ninth place in 2009/10 being the best finish since. Season 2010-11 saw Town slide to 16th and next to bottom in 2011-12, when they would have been relegated, but for Flixton’s decision to resign from the league.

Town began the 2012-13 season under new manager Ian Granite, who brought in a new team and coaching set-up and they battled well to avoid relegation, their status being confirmed with a couple of games remaining. 2013-14 was a mirror-image of the previous campaign, with a 14-game unbeaten run between September and December putting the club just behind the front runners for two thirds of the campaign. Granite resigned in November 2013 due to work and family commitments and his assistant Ian Price took over the reins, assisted by Paul Jones and Nick Matthews, but the long breaks caused by the winter weather interrupted their earlier rhythm and Town finished the season once again in the lower reaches, although never in any serious danger of the drop.

Club Honours: 1949 George Mahon Trophy Winners 1951 Lancs Comb Division 2 Champions 1972 Lancs Combination Champions 1973 Bass Charrington Cup Winners 1974 Watson Trophy Winners 1978 St Helens Hospital Cup Winners 1979 St Helens Comb Div 1 Runners Up 1979 St Helens Hospital Cup Runners Up 1980 St Helens Comb Div 1 Champions 1985 NWCFL Reserve Div 2 Runners Up 1986 NWCFL Reserve Div 1 Runners Up 1987 FA Vase Winners (Wembley) 1994 League Challenge Cup Finalists 1994 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1995 NWCFL Reserve Division Champions 1996 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1998 Floodlit Trophy Finalists 1999 REALCO Fair Play Award Winners 2009 Bert Trautmann Trophy Winners Record Appearances: Alan Wellens Record Goal Scorer: Steve Pennington Record Attendances: 4000 at Hoghton Road v Manchester City 1723 at Knowsley Rd v FC Utd Manchester 9000 at Prescot Cables v Runcorn (1949) Programme Awards 1993-94 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1995-96 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1997-98 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1998-99 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1999-00 NWCFL Programme of the Year 2000-01 NWCFL Programme of the Year 2009-10 NWCFL Premier Division 2010-11 NWCFL Premier Division 2011-12 NWCFL Premier Division 2012-13 NWCFL Premier Division 2013-14 NWCFL Premier Division

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Following the demolition of the Knowsley Road ground in 2010, Town have led a nomadic existence up the road in Soccer Club Swap Shop National Awards 2010-11 Placed 28th Ashton-in-Makerfield, sharing Ashton Town’s Edge Green 2011-12 Placed 8th Street ground for three seasons before moving across town 2012-13 Placed 7th to Brocstedes Park as the guests of Ashton Athletic in 2012. 2013-14 Placed 8th The current season is scheduled to be the club’s last in exile, as plans are in place for re-location back to St. Helens for the 2015-16 season at the Council-owned Ruskin Park site, currently undergoing massive redevelopment and a brand-new facility awaits. In readiness for the move, the club is undergoing a radical re-branding, adopting the town’s coat of arms as their badge once again and reverting next season to their traditional blue and white colours in preparation for a return to the town in 2015.

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NWCFL News The League Management Committee can now issue a further statement with regard to Stockport Sports. The Club has failed to fulfil fixtures on three separate occasions this season, which is in breach of League Rule 8.6 which states: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any Club without just cause, failing to fulfil an engagement to play a Competition match on the appointed date shall for each offence be liable to expulsion from the Competition and/or such other disciplinary action the Board may determine". The Club have also failed to comply with League Rule 2.3.1 by failing to comply with the Management Committee instructions regarding confirmed notification of venues for their remaining home fixtures by the 24th January 2015 deadline. The Club had been notified of the implementation of League Rule 4.6, whereby they would not be allowed to play or take part in the competition until the expiry of 7 days from the day this instruction was complied with. The Club also has considerable outstanding debt to the League, and have not complied with the instruction issued on 29th January 2015, when they were made aware of the requirement to settle the debt in full within 14 days. Having sought confirmation from The Football Association of the procedure to be adopted in these circumstances, the League Secretary has now issued 14 days notice to all member clubs that an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on Monday March 2nd 2015. The agenda for the meeting is: "To expel Stockport Sports F.C. from membership of the North West Counties Football League". In the event that that member clubs vote in favour of Stockport Sports being expelled, their playing record will be expunged. Winsford United have announced plans to help raise funds for national cancer charity Macmillan. The club will work in partnership with representatives of the charity to set up two fund raising events at the Barton Stadium, as Blues Secretary Bob Astles explained. "Following a meeting at the end of last year, we considered ways in which we could help raise funds for this very worthwhile charity that has done so much for so many people", said Bob. "Following the lead of the Prostate Cancer day at the match between 1874 Northwich and Runcorn Linnets, we suggested Macmillan should use our home fixture against 1874 Northwich on Easter Monday to raise much needed funds.

"Leading on from this, Macmillan asked if they could use the facilities at the Barton Stadium to stage a knockout competition for junior teams at the end of the season. "The event is being sponsored by Asda, and they are looking to raise in the region of ÂŁ2000 for the charity. The event has now been firmed up for the weekend of May 23rd/24th, and schools in the area will soon be contacted to encourage them to enter teams for the event". www.nwcfl.com

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Tea Break Teasers Q1. Who is the oldest player to win the World Cup? Q2. How many full England Caps did Gary Lineker win? Q3. Who has won more Portuguese titles, Benfica or Porto? Q4. Which Conference side play in the village of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire? Q5. In which competition are Scarborough, Woking & Telford United the most successful sides? Q6. Which two teams played out the first goalless draw in a European Cup Final? Q7. Which League Two side were sponsored by Dove Energy last season? Q8. What was the highest scoring Football League game in 2013-14 season? Q9. Who did Celtic beat in 1967 to become the first British side to lift the European Cup? Q10. Which French club sold Petr Cech to Chelsea? Q11. In which city was Zlatan Ibrahimovic born? Q12. Who is the most capped Full Scottish international? Q13. Where was the 2014 UEFA Super Cup held? Q14. With which Premier League team do Kaiserslautern & Hapoel Tel Aviv share a nickname? Q15. Which Spanish club play their home games at La Rosaleda?

1) Dino Zoff (40 years 133 days in 1982) 2) 80 3) Benfica (33) 4) Forest Green Rovers 5) The FA Trophy 6) Steaua Bucharest & Barcelona in 1986 7) Hartlepool 8) Wolves 6-4 Rotherham 9) Inter Milan 10) Rennes 11) Malmo 12) Kenny Dalglish 13) Cardiff City Stadium 14) Man Utd (Red Devils) 15) Malaga

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Meet the Players

Alex Gillespie 06/08/1997 Midfield

Rory Crowther 29/12/1996 Goalkeeper

Matthew Davidson 11/01/1992 Midfield

Marcus Perry 16/08/1996 Forward

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