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Talk of the Town Good afternoon and welcome to the ArcOframe Stadium for this Macron Cup, First Round Tie against Cheadle Town. May I open by welcoming our visitors, I hope they enjoy the short time they will spend with us and have a safe journey home after the game.
Just one week has elapsed since we were last here at Ruskin Drive as we hosted Daisy Hill and Town got out of the blocks early netting in the 5th minute when Lewis Cain steered a right wing cross home. Town huffed and puffed, which was apt in the middle of Storm Callum which saw gusting wind and swirling rain before Tom Grimshaw curled a peach of a effort from 25 yards into the top right hand corner of the net and Town’s dominance was underlined when Danny Greene fired home from the edge of the box in added on time at the end of the first half to send the hosts in three goals to the good at the break. The visitors pulled a goal back just before the hour mark but Town looked comfortable and the game ventured into added on time before any further goals were registered as Liam Diggle bore down on goal and saw his standing leg taken out with the referee pointing to the spot. Danny Lomax stepped up and thundered a well struck spot kick home. The drama wasn’t finished as Lomax was sent off in the 7th minute of added on time for pulling a visiting player back as he bore down on goal and the resultant free kick was fired home from just outside the area with almost the final kick off the game with Town securing all three points with a 4-2 victory.
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We have got a bit of a busy schedule coming up in the next few weeks as we visit holders Prescot Cables in Liverpool Senior Cup action on Tuesday evening before taking the trip to new territory visiting league newcomers Longridge Town next Saturday we then host Prestwich Heys here the following Thursday (1st November) in the reverse of the fixture from the midweek before last which ended with an excellent Town comeback after being 2-0 down and securing a point with a 2-2 draw. Attentions turn to this afternoons contest as we put league action aside until next Saturday’s visit to Longridge as first we look to advance in The Macron Challenge Cup with a home tie against the winners of the Bootle Vs Vauxhall Motors game in the next round the prize for this afternoons victors.
Cheadle Town have had a tough last couple of weeks having lost their last three matches to Sandbach United, Alsager Town and Crewe Alexandra in Cheshire Senior Cup action midweek. Further bad news for Cheadle they have failed to score in these games and have shipped thirteen goals. They will be hoping to bounce back today but the hosts will be looking to heap further misery on them as we look to advance for the first time in a cup competition this season! Whatever the result this afternoon we will face a quick turnaround as we take the short trip to a ground that we know very well from many previous contests against Prescot Cables and indeed the year we sent ground-sharing with the hosts prior to our return to St Helens at the start of last season. It will be a stern test for Town as Cables are doing well in the upper reaches of the Evo-Stik League West Division and no one will fancy us to advance so the pressure is off us and we have everything to gain and nothing to lose but we’d love as much support from St Helens as we can get for the “10A Derby”!
Let’s get behind Town this afternoon and hopefully cheer them on to victory. Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller
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Danny Greene in action against Daisy Hill in the Hallmark Security League last Saturday.
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Club Information Honorary Life President: Alan Wellens Vice Presidents: Jim Barrett, Steve Ball and David Watkins Chairman: Glyn Jones Hon. Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695) Hospitality: Margaret Wood and Paul Wood Other Committee: Andy Langley, John McKiernan Kieran Ford, Ray Burns, David O’Keefe 1st Team Manager: Lee Jenkinson 1st Team Assistant Manager Nick Robinson 1st Team Physiotherapist Phil Fisher
Reserve Team Manager: David Platt U21s Team Managers: Jay Campbell and Joe McCann U18s Team Manager: Graham Arkle U18s Team Assistant Manager: Ste Burrows Sunday Team Manager: David Platt Snr / Jeff Voller
Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Legal: St Helens Town Limited Private Limited Company Company No. 04392840 Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002
Parent Company: A wholly owned subsidiary of Sporting Club St Helens Limited Company Director: Jim Barrett
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Jenko’s Notes Good Afternoon and welcome to Ruskin Sports Village for today's Macron Cup clash against Cheadle Town. May I wish the committee, players and supporters of the club an enjoyable stay in St Helens and hope they have a safe journey home. We obviously use to play Cheadle every season in the league but since the restructure we find ourselves in different leagues but I expect has always with them a very close competitive game. One game to report on since my last notes and I'm pleased to report on a 4-2 win against a very stubborn Daisy Hill side. The game started poorly, a bit like the weather on the day damp - we started off really well going 3-0 up in a game I think we never really got going across the full 90 minutes but if we can play poorly and win it's something I will take. We need to get has many points as possible on the board because we have a run of games where we travel to the top sides in the division.
The winners of today's game will know their opponents before the game as Bootle and Vauxhall Motors played last night so whoever wins today will face tough opposition in the next round. One thing that is pleasing is the amount of goals we are scoring this season, we have some quality players fighting for these positions and when they get the chance they are so chipping in with goals. I must admit though that when we are training doing shooting drills the amount of balls that end up in the car park is worrying. On the injury/absence front we have Jesse Robinson away for today's clash but Alex Hope O'Connor returns from a short holiday. Ant Whelan and Liam Diggle took knocks last week but both have trained so they should be ok and Carl Williams looks like he has made a full recovery from dislocating his fingers in training last week. The club has organised a fundraising dinner on Sunday 25th November at the Cottage Tandoori Restaurant in Rainford (walking distance for me) with ex Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney as guest speaker, tickets are £25 each which includes 2 course meal and a comedian and will raise funds for our club. Please see the club's social media sites or contact John McKiernan for details. As always thanks for your continued support Enjoy the game . . . Jenko
In Town Today Cheadle Town was formed in 1961 as Grasmere Rovers playing in the Manchester & District Sunday Football League in their Under 16s Division. As the team developed the Under 21 Championship was won in 1968, followed by the Premier Division title two years later. In 1972 the club made the significant decision to play their football on Saturdays and joined the Manchester Football League. Success on the playing field coincided with the arrival of Albert Pike as manager in 1978. In Albert’s first, full season he led the team to a terrific double of First Division Champions and Manchester Amateur Cup Winners; this was the prelude to even more success as the club won both the Manchester & Derbyshire F.A. Cups. Grasmere Rovers moved into their own ground at Park Road Stadium in 1982 and, a year later, changed their name to Cheadle Town when they also joined the North West Counties Football League. Membership has mainly been in the Second Division but in 1996 the club was promoted to the First Division. Sadly, relegation back to the second tier occurred in 2001, a position they still occupy in the now-named First Division. Park Road Stadium has a fine history with, initially, Cheadle Rovers being the owners. On their demise Manchester City used it as their training ground. Portugal, along with Eusebio trained there during the 1966 World Cup and, in 1993, the world-famous Brazilian player, Jairzinho, hosted a Soccer School for Cheadle Town.
Floodlights were installed in 1995 and Manchester United provided the opposition for the official ‘switch-on’ when, on a memorable evening, Town beat United’s
youngsters, 3-2 in front of almost 2,000 fans. The biggest gate to watch Cheadle Town on domestic soil came ten years later against FC United of Manchester. Due to the huge interest in the game Town officials moved the fixture to Stockport County’s Edgeley Park, and they were rewarded with a bumper 3,227 attendance that witnessed a pulsating 3-3 draw. The club is famous for its legendry foreign tours, having played 96 games in 30 different countries in front of over 312,000 fans and scoring 111 goals. Playing under their tour name, Manchester AFC, they have played against SEVEN national sides and once played in front of 65,000 people in Mexico City’s world-famous Aztec Stadium. Their epic journeys have taken them just over 210,000 miles all over the world. Alfredo di Stefano, Ronnie Biggs, Brazilian superstar Jairzinho and Rajiv Ghandi have all met the touring side as exotic locations such as Cannes, Acapulco, Rio de Janeiro, the Bahamas and Phuket have mixed with non-exotic places like Dar es Salaam, Haiti and Guangzhou in China. The club celebrated its 50th birthday in 2011 and, if the next 50 years are anything like the first, then there is a lot of excitement to come. It was at this time that Cheadle Town made the decision to change their kit colours to green which commemorated the colours worn by Grasmere Rovers 50 years ago. In 2014, Cheadle Town secured a Football Foundation grant to fund the renovation of their aging Main Stand which has since been overhauled, including new changing rooms and offices within. The development of Park Road Stadium continues as the club looks to make available its new facilities to the community. Cheadle Town are a Charter Standard Club and following a link up with local junior side
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Hincks stepped down at the end of the season.
Cheadle & Gatley, they are in the process of becoming a Charter Standard Community Club acknowledging the most advanced level of club development and football provision.
Trucca retained the hot-seat and at the turn of the year in 2018 a new future for the club was heralded when it became part of the Little Sports Group, owned by ex-Cheadle Town player Craig Brennan.
The management team of Terry Hincks and Antony Trucca were at the helm from December 2013 following the departure of long serving manager Steve Brokenbrow. Cheadle Town finished 11th in their first full season in the hot seat and improved one place the following term to 10th before piping St Helens Town to the final play off place in the 2015-16 season with a 6th placed finish and also earning the final FA Cup place available in the process.
Cheadle recorded a second consecutive 12th placed finish in the table last season and were placed in the new regionalised First Division South for the 2018-19 season. In May 2018 the club were awarded a ÂŁ50,000 improvement bursary from Buildbase that will enable them to realise their vision to improve the matchday experience and develop footballing facilities for the surrounding area.
The duo looked to continue their season on season improvement but they regressed fall back to a mid table finish in 2016-17 and
Season 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
League NWC-2 NWC-2 NWC-2 NWC-2 NWC-2 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-2
P 38 36 36 34 34 34 32 34 34 34 36 36 34 42 42
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W 12 11 14 9 10 16 9 13 13 14 14 13 16 18 14
D 9 7 6 8 6 4 9 7 9 7 7 7 8 7 11
L 17 18 16 17 18 14 14 14 12 13 15 16 10 17 17
F 55 47 55 41 44 54 46 54 60 61 65 68 89 97 72
A 69 80 53 60 80 44 57 62 61 65 74 67 59 83 83
GD -14 -33 2 -19 -36 10 -11 -8 -1 -4 -9 1 30 14 -11
Pts 45 40 42 35 33 52 33 46 45 49 46 46 56 61 53
Position 16/20 12/19 14/19 12/18 14/18 7/18 14/17 10/18 8/18 7/18 11/19 10/19 6/18 12/22 12/22
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Junior News
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Neil Weaver pictured with youngsters from St Helens Town U10s prior to kick off in last week’s home fixture v Daisy Hill. Neil was presented with his Prabhu Ventures Limited Man of the Match Award for the game v AFC Liverpool
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Photographs: Action from St Helens Town Reserves 4-1 win v Greenall’s PSO in the Liverpool County FA Junior Cup
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Hall of Fame Famous Duo 1980’s Phil Layhe As previously mentioned the highlight of Town’s existence has to be the Wembley Vase success of 1987 and the star among many stars that day was two-goal hero Phil Layhe. The 1980’s in general were a complete mixed bag in our fortunes with relegation from division one of the newly formed North West Counties Football league only narrowly avoided in 1982. However, just three years later we were enjoying our best ever FA Cup run and would have faced an away tie at York City in the First Round Proper had we not been unlucky in our replayed 4th qualifying round tie against Morecambe in 1985. Instrumental in our change in fortunes was ‘quiet man’ Phil Layhe who came along in 1984 to operate alongside the likes of Derek Farnsworth, Tommy O’Neil, Jay McComb and John Bendon and was soon leaving defences in his wake with his lightening pace and anticipation. As the ‘Vase’ squad took shape Phil’s obvious talents were given the perfect foil in Brian Rigby and the two set about terrorising defences as we began our quest with an astonishing 5-4 home victory after being 3-0 down to Cole Dynamoes. The fuse was lit and we were on our way with our league form also being revived after a poor start and Phil was regularly on the score sheet. Sadly the backlog of fixtures, which arose from our ‘Vase’ odyssey, meant we didn’t win the league title but the memory of Phil’s supercharged Wembley display will last forever. The final was a local derby against Warrington Town in a very warm Wembley stadium and Phil Layhe had the St Helens contingent on their feet when heading home Tommy O’Neil’s cross within four minutes. By the 7th minute it was 2-0 when Layhe turned provider for Brian Rigby to head past the forlorn John O’Brien. The games third headed goal came courtesy of Warrington’s Ian Reid on 58 minutes but just as the ‘Wires’ were threatening an equaliser,
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Phil Layhe forced his way through to make the game safe in the 67th minute. Neil Cooke’s 88th min goal for Warrington made it a jittery last few seconds but the day belonged to St Helens and Phil Layhe in particular. 1990’s Steve Pennington As the century’s final decade began, Steve Pennington had been given few opportunities in a Town shirt and reverted back to local football where he regularly scored ‘hat-tricks’ for fun! It was not until Jimmy McBride took over as manager that ‘Pellet’ got his chance and over an eight year period he wrote himself into our record books and non-league folklore. ‘Pellet’s’ first ever goal was a late tap in winner against Skelmersdale United at the ‘Moss End’ of Hoghton Road and it was into the same net that he scored the last ever goal at our old ground when we beat Vauxhall Motors 1-0 on that memory charged occasion in the year 2000. In between, Steve’s goals lit up every season and despite brief flirtations into the Vauxhall Conference with Altrincham and the Unibond League with Trafford, he always spent enough time with his home town club to top our goal scoring charts. It is fair to say that Pellet’s goals kept us a regular NWCFL top eight club and it is unlikely that his total haul will ever be bettered in Town’s cause, although ironically he never managed to beat our record for goals scored in a season. His tally of 45 in season 97-98 matched Phil Stainton’s 1965 haul but fell one short of Jackie Kendrick’s benchmark of 46 achieved in our latter Lancs. Comb. days in 1974. ‘Pellet’ was a larger than life character both on the field and off it and was well respected both by team-mates and opponents alike but his ‘cavalier’ lifestyle made him ‘not suitable’ for the pro game though his goal scoring talents undeniably were. Perhaps it is fitting that Mal Thacker’s photograph of that final goal in Hoghton Road’s final game depicting ‘Pellet’ at what he does best, should be the sporting epitaph on the ground he scored ‘bag-fulls’ for St Helens Town and in local cup finals.
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How can You help? It can be very difficult to see someone who you care about becoming unwell, but you don’t need to be an expert on mental health to offer support. Often small, everyday actions can make the biggest difference. Show your support If you know someone has been unwell, don’t be afraid to ask how they are. They might want to talk about it, or they might not. But just letting them know they don’t have to avoid the issue with you is important.
family member's life. Most people don’t want to be defined by their mental health problem, so keep talking about the things you've always talked about together. "For me, it is good to have them there to talk to me about other things, and take my mind off negative thoughts." Show trust and respect Trust and respect between you and your friend or family member are very important – they help to rebuild and maintain a sense of self-esteem, which a mental health problem can seriously damage. This can also help you to cope a bit better if you can see your support having a positive impact on the person you care about.
Spending time with your loved one lets them know you care, and can help you understand what they’re going through.
Look after yourself Supporting someone else can sometimes be stressful. Making sure that you look after your own wellbeing can mean that you have the energy, time and distance you need to be able to help. For example:
"Sometimes all you need is a hug and for someone to tell you that you're going to get there."
Set boundaries and don't take too much on. If you become unwell yourself you won't be able to offer as much support.
Ask how you can help Everyone will want support at different times and in different ways, so ask how you can help. It might be useful to help keep track of medication, or give support at a doctor’s appointment. If your friend wants to get more exercise, you could do this together, or if your partner is affected by lack of sleep, you could help them get into a regular sleeping pattern.
Share your caring role with others, if you can. It's often easier to support someone if you're not doing it alone.
Be open-minded Phrases like 'cheer up’, ‘I’m sure it’ll pass’ and ‘pull yourself together’ definitely don’t help. Try to be non-judgemental and listen. Someone experiencing a mental health problem often knows best what's helpful for them.
Get support You may be entitled to social care support from your Local Authority to help you care for your friend or family member.
"Leave out the 'cheer up' comments, they don't help and force my low moods lower as my condition is being made a joke of."
Don’t just talk about mental health Keep in mind that having a mental health problem is just one aspect of your friend or
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Talk to someone about how you’re feeling. You may want to be careful about how much information you share about the person you’re supporting, but talking about your own feelings with someone you trust can help you feel supported too.
You can contact them directly and ask for a carers assessment or you can call St.Helens Mind for information on 01744 647089 or email admin@sthelensmind.org.uk.
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How do we Compare?
at St Helens Town NWC-D1 NWC-D1 NWC-D1 NWC-D1 NWC-D1
St Helens Town - last 6 matches All Competitions Most recent Home D L W L D Away L L L L L Collated W L D L D
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Cheadle Town - last 6 matches All Competitions Most recent Home L D W L D Away W L W L L Collated L W W L L
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St Helens Town games since... All Competitions Clean sheet 5 Goal Scored 0 Loss 2
Cheadle Town games since... All Competitions Clean sheet 3 Goal Scored 3 Loss 0
No score draw
16
No score draw
17
Score draw Win
1 0
Score draw Win
6 3
Home League Away League Home Cup Away Cup Neutral Cup Collated
P 6 6 0 1 0 13
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W 4 3 0 0 0 7
Previous Meetings 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
at Cheadle Town NWC-D2 NWC-D2 NWC-D2 NWC-D2 NWC-D2
NWC-PD 2008-09 NWC-D1 NWC-PD 2009-10 NWC-D1 NWC-PD 2010-11 NWC-D1 NWC-PD 2011-12 NWC-D1 NWC-PD 2012-13 NWC-D1 NWC-PD 2013-14 NWC-D1 NWC-PD 2014-15 NWC-D1 19/09; 2-2 2015-16 30/01; 2-1 10/11; 4-2 2016-17 13/08; 3-3 28/10; 2-3 2017-18 05/05; 0-0 NWC-D1N 2018-19 NWC-D1S St Helens Town Scores First
Previous Meetings D L 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2
Games Played St Helens Town Wins Draws Cheadle Town Wins St Helens Town Goals Cheadle Town Goals Percentage Town Wins F 16 14 0 0 0 30
A 9 6 0 1 0 16
6 2 3 1 13 11 33.33 GD 7 8 0 0 0 14
Win % 66.67 50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.85
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Match Day Sponsors Opponents
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We are looking for additional sponsors on matchdays with a host of benefits for match (£100), match ball (£50) and programme (£50) sponsors including free entry & programme; hospitality, programme and social media advertising; prematch photos, man of the match awards. Contact John McKiernan on 07713 339 682
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Dave Watkins
Prabhu Ventures Ltd St Helens Mind
AFC Liverpool
Abbey PACS Limited
Dave Wiggins
Ashton Town
Unite the Union, St Helens
Boar’s Head, St Helens
Atherton LR
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Meadowcroft Group Ltd
Avro
ARC Glass and Bending
Alex O’Neill Photography
Bacup Borough
John Iddon Transport
Stuart Pyke
Carlisle City
Thatto Heath Tech Shop
In memory of Dave Harrison
Chadderton
Bickerstaffe Boat Company
Cleator Moor Celtic
Top Car Detailing
Ugly Man Records
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Macron Store Cheshire
Goldline Lottery Goldline Lottery
Daisy Hill
Device Doctor
LM Travel
Garstang
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Boar’s Head, St Helens
Holker Old Boys
Unite the Union, St Helens
Window Warehouse
Longridge Town
Aspho Surfacing
Device Doctor
Lower Breck
Dave Wiggins
Liverpool County FA
Nelson
ARC Glass and Bending
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Prestwich Heys
CWU Mersey AMAL
Alex O’Neill Photography
Shelley
Unite the Union, St Helens
Airborne Bathrooms
Steeton
Merlin Cycles
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John Brown Estate Agents
City of Liverpool
Garry X Bradbury 50th
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Grassroots Football? GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL . . . . OR NOT? The other week I was at a game and in conversation with a couple of game officials about the Development of the game and the difficulty in obtaining grants at clubs at the moment. We were also discussing the apparent benefits if Wembley was to be sold and the apparent benefits that would give to ‘Grassroots football’. Now before you start giving me pelters, I’m not necessarily for selling Wembley Stadium, I quite like the place and think that there should be a place where football is based without having to pay rents and other overheads, not least of course the cost of staging games and cup finals. However, like many I would be intrigued to see what the apparent benefits would be and if one of those would be hundreds of millions of pounds going into cities and town’s to improve playing facilities for non-league clubs, kids teams and inclusion based clubs then, I would be less disappointed. Before I go into the response though from an Official over what ‘Grassroots football’ is, have a think about what it is to you? For me, Grassroots football is the level of the game where people can get access to the game and that includes all people, be that myself if I suddenly wanted to start playing Sunday League, a semi-pro footballer who has a day job and plays for experience, to enjoy the game and to represent his/her club and to play the game. Not a player who has the game as a job, someone who play’s because they enjoy access to the game, that can be Adult or child, boy, girl or gender neutral, Physically fit, disabled or whatever? That for me is what grassroots football is for me and having spoken to a few people since my conversation with a game official, that seems to strike a chord with many? I recently read a Blog article in The Guardian
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from Eric Allison, a resident of Gorton Manchester, advocate of Youth and Community football who wrote a superb piece based on his side, West Gorton FC who have struggled for nearly a decade in finding funds for their teams who range from 16 to open age but having applied for many types of funding streams. It has proven difficult because differing bodies have different definitions of Grassroots funding and where the funding in that category should be allocated. UEFA describe Grassroots football as “All football that is non-professional and nonelite. This includes but not limited to Children’s football, school’s football, youth football, football for disabled players, Veterans football and walking football. In short, it is football played by the masses at a level where participation and a love of the game are the driving force.” Very admirable indeed and I have to say that I agree! However, it’s not that black and white as FIFA and The FA have differing definitions, in fact FIFA have definitions for it are split over six different age, sex and ability groups. I recently ran a poll on Social media, asking people what they viewed as Grassroots Football and the answers were Under 18 & Kids (30%), Below the Premier League (5%), All Non-League Steps 1-7 (36%) and Step 5 and below (29%) and this had over 350 votes in it. So there is uncertainty amongst clubs, supporters and observers who I have following my twitter. OK, so I’ve waffled and speculated for long enough, the answer given to me was that Grassroots football is any level below the FA Premier League. Just think about that for a moment, clubs like QPR & Sunderland applying for the same funding that clubs like ours are who are paying wages that in one week for a player could keep a club going for a year? Oh and don’t forget the Wembley sale that if it comes off the money will be allegedly going to the same pot. Now you can’t blame any club for applying for funding but maybe that balance needs looking at – and the definition perhaps? Gary Langley @garylangley
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No More Knives Following the launch of the Real Men Don’t Carry Knives programme, the group who will be educating the public have decided to create a first aid training programme to teach people what to do if put in a situation where someone may have been affected by an incident of knife crime. The first aid classes are to be Lifesaving First Aid sessions which deal with injuries that are more associated with the real injuries that come with a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol such as overdose, stabbing, head injuries and being knocked over. Alan Walsh from the RMDCK’s campaign brought that campaign to over five thousand kids in the area this year and each one of them now has access to the Lifesaving First Aid course also. They intend to continue to do all the schools in the area so that all kids have the awareness training.
Since January 2018, two students have been killed by knife crime and this has led to Employability Solutions joining forces with Real Men Don’t Carry Knives to form a movement called Platform for Change. They want to create a safe space where the local community pool their ideas, talents and resources to change the outcomes for the most vulnerable young people in the community.
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The Platform for Change is looking to raise funds to help raise awareness and change people’s attitudes towards the subject of knife crime. They plan to run diversionary/ positive activities in the local community and are looking for local businesses and the community to get involved to pool assets. They want to provide somewhere to go in the community with something to do and someone to talk to. They plan to create hubs around the city and as RMDCK is strong in the North of the city and Employability Solutions is in the South, they are working across the city together, working for kids to overcome barriers by using youth work to hook kids in to learning who are presently disengaged. The vision being that by day they are at school and by night in a safe hub. The First Aid classes are a legacy to leave the kids with skills and the knowledge and attitude to change and realise that crime is not the way forward. The First Aid classes have been delivered in association with the Red Cross for over eleven years. If you’d like more information on the Real Men Don’t Carry Knives and Platform 4 Change Programme or would like to get involved, please follow them on Facebook ~ Real Men Don’t Carry Knives ~ #Platform4Change @empsolneet Ashish Prabhu
2018-19 Fixtures, Facts and Fig Date Opponents Sat 04/08/2018 Lower Breck ATHERTON LR Thur 09/08/2018 Sat 11/08/2018 Bacup Borough AFC DARWEN Sat 18/08/2018 Tue 21/08/2018 AFC Blackpool Mon 27/08/2018 Chadderton Sat 01/09/2018 Ashton Town Sat 08/09/2018 AFC Liverpool Sat 25/08/2018 CLEATOR MOOR CELTIC HOLKER OLD BOYS Sat 22/09/2018 STEETON Sat 29/09/2018 AFC LIVERPOOL Thurs 04/10/2018 Sat 06/10/2018 Cheadle Heath Nomads Tue 09/10/2018 Prestwich Heys DAISY HILL Sat 13/10/2018 CHEADLE TOWN Sat 20/10/2018 Tue 2310/2018 Prescot Cables Sat 27/10/2018 Longridge Town PRESTWICH HEYS Thur 1/11/2018 Wed 14/11/2018 Avro CARLISLE CITY Sat 17/11/2018 NELSON Sat 24/11/2018 SHELLEY Sat 01/12/2018 Sat 08/12/2018 Atherton LR BACUP BOROUGH Sat 15/12/2018 Sat 22/12/2018 AFC Darwen Wed 26/12/2018 Ashton Town CHADDERTON Sat 29/12/2018 Sat 05/01/2019 Cleator Moor Celtic AVRO Sat 19/01/2019 LOWER BRECK Sat 26/01/2019 Sat 02/02/2019 Shelley Sat 16/02/2019 Steeton Sat 23/02/2019 Holker Old Boys AFC BLACKPOOL Sat 09/03/2019 LONGRIDGE TOWN Sat 16/03/2019 Sat 23/03/2019 Daisy Hill GARSTANG Sat 30/03/2019 Sat 13/04/2019 Garstang Sat 20/04/2019 Carlisle City ASHTON TOWN Mon 22/04/2019 Sat 27/04/2019 Nelson
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Result 1-2W 3-1W 2-2D 2-2D 1-0L 3-2L 3-1L 2-1L 1-3L 9-0W 4-6L 3-3D 5-2L 19.45 2-2D 15.00 4-2W 15.00 19.45 15.00 19.45 19.45 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 19.45 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
GK Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Kechil Kechil Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams
2 McHugh
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gures 6 7 8 Lomax Smith Grimshaw Richards1 Lomax Smith Lomax Grimshaw Richards Furlong Richards Grimshaw Lomax Richards Furlong Lomax Richards Furlong Furlong Greene Richards A.Whelan Richards Grimshaw McHugh Richards Grimshaw1 Richards1 Grimshaw Smith Smith1 Richards McHugh Richards1 Lomax Smith A.Whelan Richards Smith A.Whelan Richards Lomax Lomax1 A.Whelan Smith
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10 11 Greene Weaver Greene Weaver Weaver1 Greene Greene Weaver Greene Weaver Greene Weaver Weaver Edwards Greene Edwards D.Greene Edwards D.Greene2 Weaver1 D.Greene Weaver1 D.Greene Cain D.Greene McHugh D.Greene Smith D.Greene1 Grimshaw1
12 Richards8 Edwards111 Edwards9 Whelan4 Grimshaw11 Grimshaw6 Rigby3 Weaver91 Diggle9 Edwards Lawrence3 Weaver91 Diggle11 Diggle10 Weaver10
14 Lawrence Grimshaw8 Whelan2 Lomax8 Cliff3 Edwards71 McHugh Furlong6 Smith6 McHugh7 Cain81 Robinson10 Lomax8 McHugh Lawrence
15 16 17 Dobney Heron3 Moffitt7 Dobney Potter Whelan4 6 McHugh Potter Dobney McHugh Potter9 Cliff McHugh6 Potter Duke McHugh A.Whelan5 Potter Grimshaw8 Smith Presho21 McHugh Robinson8 Smith Lomax Cain10 C.Greene H O’Connor Lawrence8 Cain 111 Potter Moffitt7 Taylor A.Whelan McHugh6 Webster D.Whelan H O’Connor3 Cain Lawrence Grimshaw7 Cain 91 Duke6 Diggle9 Mangan
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Curse of the Meme Sharers Those who dismiss football are missing out. It is their choice, and I respect it, but beware: there are dangerous extremists in their midst. Indifference, I can accept: there are a lot of sports, hobbies and pastimes jostling for our attention. It is fair enough if pigeon-fancying or online gaming is your thing, leaving you no space in the shed for a Subbuteo pitch or so sleep deprived that you would gaze blankly at Steve Ogrizovic if you bumped into him on the car park at B&Q. Your plate is full. It is ill-informed assault that leaves me miffed. We have all witnessed it: an otherwise respected friend or colleague puts his – or her – pint down and lumbers into action, armed to the teeth with old chestnuts and clichés. Footballers are “overpaid namby-pambies", who "fall over if you breathe on them”, and – wait for it - “they wouldn’t last two minutes in a proper sport, like Rugby League.” I reserve a special place in the circles of hell for the sharers of memes on this topic. There is a particularly dubious example featuring Guy Martin, with “if I wanted to watch 22 millionaires running around in their pants…”, splashed in fresh meme-font across his grinning mush. Now I don’t blame Martin, as he probably didn’t create the meme and definitely didn’t it send to me. He seems a decent bloke. I do,
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however, take a dim view of those who share such claptrap. Along with the selfie obsessed and the hyperbole merchants, they are fostering cleavage in our social fabric. Such memes do not attempt to persuade, or prompt healthy debate. They are designed purely to make the sharer feel clever and to elicit approval from those she – or he – already agrees with. Cast into the vast, empty void where genuine social interaction used to live, they confirm prejudiceseseses and widen the gaps between otherwise good people, amidst much sniggering and virtual backslapping. Those who know that few professional footballers are millionaires, that the same cheap pants gag applies to dozens of other sports, and that rugby would be very different if it was the most popular sport in the world, shake their heads and gnash their teeth and dream of better times. Taking down the miscreants would be a noble cause, my friends, worthy of the bravest knight errant. Alas, I must leave it to others. My tinnitus and backache are at this very moment reminding me that I am not as young as I once was, and am fast growing to resemble Old Mr. Gotobed, that venerable resident of Puddle Lane, WA9. Our fate rests with younger, more virile minds. Only they can forge a new consensus, tempering the best of the old with the best of the new. To them I direct this appeal: for the sake of Sir Bobby’s comb-over, Eric Dier’s tackle, and everything else that we hold dear, save us from The Curse of the Meme Sharers. COYB Ste Lingard (@stelingard)
Match Report Hallmark Security League First Division North Saturday 13th October 2018 St Helens Town 4-2 Daisy Hill On Saturday Town had a strong wind at their backs in a first half which saw them go threenil up by the interval. The visitors however did much better than the score line suggested
and in fact, monopolised possession. Nevertheless the game is about goals and Town got on their way in the 5th minute when Lewis Cain drilled home Danny Greene’s low cross from the right. Tom Grimshaw made it two nil on 28 minutes with a superb strike from distance at a time when Daisy Hill were causing problems and Town survived a six yard scramble before O’Brien went narrowly wide for visitors. Goal number three came in first half added time with Town on the counter attack and Greene fired a deflected effort from the edge of the Daisy Hill penalty box. Now Town faced the win and good efforts
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from Farrington and O’Brien went close before Daisy Hill reduced the arrears on 57 minutes when a cross cum shot from the left dipped into the top corner. A minute later Town’s Greene was denied when he lobbed ‘keeper Walker but the wind held the ball up and Fairhurst cleared. The introduction of Diggle up front for St Helens enabled his side to retain more forward possession and without being a serious threat, they ran down the clock.
Things got very niggly in the closing minutes and Daisy Hill conceded a penalty when Diggle was felled in the box after cutting along the bye line. Lomax converted the award but seconds later was sent off for pulling back Kinsella on the edge of the Town penalty area and Jack Iley drilled home the resultant free kick. Immediately following the final whistle tempers flared between the visitors and match officials and Daisy Hill’s Fairhurst received a red card. Town are back at the Arcoframe Stadium, Ruskin Drive on Saturday (20th October, 3pm) as they host Cheadle Town in the 1st Round of the Macron Cup. Jim Barrett
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Commercial Corner Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to the Arcoframe Stadium for today’s Macron Cup 1st Round tie against Cheadle Town. Let’s hope their players, officials and supporters enjoy the afternoon with us and have a safe journey home. Many thanks to today’s match sponsors Unite the Union (St Helens branch), our match ball sponsors Macron Store Cheshire and St Helens Mind who are this afternoon’s programme sponsors. We still have a number of match day sponsorship opportunities available starting at just £50 with all our packages including admission, programme adverts, hospitality, match day photos and social media coverage. If you can help the club please give me a call on 07713 339 682. The club, in conjunction with Ian Duke of Warrington Motors, have organised a fundraising dinner on Sunday 25th November (see advert for full details). If you’d like tickets please see me at today’s game – we also have a number of sponsorship opportunities for the evening. In welcoming Cheadle it sees only opportunity for us to meet this season having been kept apart following the reorganisation of the First Division teams
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this season. We need to do better than in our only other encounter against First Division South teams, having lost 5-2 away Cheadle Heath Nomads in the League Cup a couple of weekends ago. Last time out the lads were 4-2 winners in our home league fixture v Daisy Hill. It wasn’t the best performance but how many times have we played well and took nothing from a game? The winner today will be at home to the winners from Bootle v Vauxhall Motors on Saturday 10th November.
Next Tuesday evening we travel to good friends and neighbours Prescot Cables in the 1st Round of the Liverpool Senior Cup. It’s another tough encounter against the current trophy holders who are also flying high in the Evostik North. John McKiernan
League News Goals keep coming for James and Rob Carlisle City's Rob McCartney and Sandbach United's James Kirby celebrated in fine style after learning they had respectively won the Macron Player of the Month in September for Division One North and South. Following the announcement on Tuesday morning, James scored all three goals in Sandbach's 3-1 win over Ellesmere Rangers that same evening, and Rob followed suit with his third hat trick of the season the following night when City won 5-3 at Holker Old Boys. If both players keep up that sort of form, more awards will surely follow. Vase home ties are good news for Heys There's something about home ties in the FA Vase that seem to hit the right note with Prestwich Heys. After winning their Second Qualifying Round replay at home to Padiham by 6-2, they repeated the treatment on Saturday by dumping Garforth Town out of the competition by the same score.
What's more, the victories are the only two home wins that Heys have recorded in the competition, as they haven't always had the luck of the draw with only five home ties in a total of 13 played in the club's history. It's fair to say they have now broken their duck in fine style. Another Barnton blitz On these pages last week, mention was made of Barnton's good week, scoring 11 goals in two games. There's no sign of that goalscoring form disappearing yet either, as they followed up a midweek 5-1 win over Alsager Town by rattling in another five without reply against Maine Road on Saturday. 21 goals in four games is some going, and while it's a bit much to expect it to continue, manager James McShane will be hoping his players can keep up their present goal ratio for a bit longer yet. Vics going well It was a good week for Northwich Victoria, who followed up a fine 3-0 win at Squires Gate in midweek with a 5-0 victory over Cammell Laird 1907 on Saturday. Three straight wins, ten goals scored and none conceded is decent form by any standards, and with some interesting cup ties and derbies coming up in the next few weeks, Steve Wilkes' men are looking good for the challenges ahead. Away days no problem for Rylands The 6-1 win that Rylands recorded at New Mills on Saturday is the latest impressive away win that they have posted this
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season. They have won five out of seven league games on the road this season, and Saturday's result means they have now scored 24 goals in those seven games. Based on that form, four away games in their next six fixtures should give no cause for concern in the Rylands ranks.
Jamie is a forward who played in Gibraltar for a number of clubs including Manchester 62 and Lincoln Red Imps, and more recently appeared for Undy Athletic in the Welsh Football League while studying in Cardiff, before joining West a few weeks ago.
FA Vase 2nd Round Draw The draw was made on Monday for the Second Round of the Buildbase FA Vase. Ties involving NWCFL sides are as follows:
Both players had to wait until international clearance was received before they could be considered for the West squad this season, and confirmation came through just as both players joined the Gibraltar squad last week.
Vauxhall Motors v Runcorn Town or Guisborough Town Staveley Miners Welfare or Silsden v Bedlington Terriers Newcastle Benfield v 1874 Northwich Avro v Squires Gate Irlam v Hemsworth Miners Welfare Garstang v Sunderland RCA Stockton Town v Nelson or Ashington Prestwich Heys v Northwich Victoria
It turned out to be a memorable few days for both players, beginning in Yerevan last Saturday night, where, against an Armenia side that included Arsenal’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan as captain, they were both in the starting line up as Gibraltar recorded a 1-0 win - their first ever victory in a competitive international - thanks to a second half penalty from Joseph Chipolina.
Ties to be played on the weekend of Saturday 3rd November 2018,
Jack kept his place and Jamie came on as a half time substitute in Tuesday night’s game against Liechtenstein, which turned out to be another unforgettable night, as Gibraltar came from behind to score two goals in an international for the first time, with second half goals from George Cabrera and Joseph Chipolina earning a 21 win.
West Didsbury & Chorlton will be welcoming back Jack Sergeant and Jamie Coombes from a memorable international break this week. Jack and Jamie were both members of the Gibraltar squad who bagged back-to-back wins in their UEFA Nations League games away to Armenia last Saturday, and at home to Liechtenstein on Tuesday. Jack played for West last season in a central midfield role, and was nominated the manager’s player of the season at West’s end of season awards.
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Having added to their international caps tally - Jack now has 16 caps and Jamie has 11 – they will now be available to West manager Steve Settle for selection, starting with the game against FC Oswestry Town in the Macron Challenge Cup on Saturday.
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Photographs: Town’s 5-2 Hallmark Security League First Division Cup 2nd Round defeat against Cheadle Heath Nomads last Saturday.
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Q1. Which is the only World Cup Finals where the host nation, won the tournament and the winning manager and top goalscorer were from the hosts too? Q2. Who is the oldest player to make their Premier League debut? Q3. Which team holds the Premier League record having failed to score in 22 games during the 2007/8 season? Q4. Which former Liverpool player was capped 75 times for Wales and scored 22 goals between 1986 & 2001? Q5. Who scored the most goals in Premier League history without ever scoring a penalty? Q6. Which team have Liverpool beaten the most times in Premier League history with 26 victories? Q7. Who is the only Englishman to have played for three different English teams in the Champions League? Q8. Which Spaniard has made the most Premier League appearances?
Q9. Who last season became the first player
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to play for seven different clubs in the Champions League? Q10. Which World Cup Finals Tournament saw the first penalty shoot-out take place? Q11. Which German international appeared in five consecutive World Cup Finals from 1982 to 1998? Q12. Which former Everton & Wolves centre half was a Premier League winner with Manchester City in 2011/12 & 2013/14?
Q13. How many Premier League appearances did Dan Gosling make for Everton? Q14. Which team have Everton beaten the most times in Premier League history with 22 victories?
Q15. Which two clubs have lost both Charity Shield matches they took part in?
Answers: 1) Argentina 1978 2) Graham Alexander (Burnley) 37 & 310 days 3) Derby County 4) Dean Saunders 5) Les Ferdinand 6) Aston Villa 7) David Batty 8) Cesc Fabregas 9)Zlatan Ibrahimovic 10) Spain 1982 11) Lothar Matthaus 12) Joleon Lescott 13) 22 14) West Ham United 15) QPR (1908 & 1912) & Ipswich Town (1962 & 1978)
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St Helens Honours 1949 George Mahon Trophy Winners 1951 Lancashire Comb Division 2 Champions 1972 Lancashire Combination Champions 1973 Bass Charrington Cup Winners 1974 Watson Trophy Winners 1978 St Helens Hospital Cup Winners 1979 St Helens Combination Div 1 Runners Up 1979 St Helens Hospital Cup Runners Up 1980 St Helens Combination Div 1 Champions 1985 NWCFL Reserve Division 2 Runners Up 1986 NWCFL Reserve Division 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 2014-15 South Lancs League U17s Cup Finalists 2014-15 Cheshire FA U21 League Champions 2015-16 Cheshire FA U21 Premier Cup Finalists 2016-17 Cheshire FA U21 League Cup Finalists 2016-17 Cheshire FA U21 Premier Div Runners Up 2017-18 NWYA U18s President’s Cup Winners
Record Attendances: 3012 at Hoghton Road v Burscough (1948) 8000 at Hoghton Road v Man City (1950) 1723 at Knowsley Road v FC United of Manchester (2006) 9000 at Prescot Cables v Runcorn (1949) Programme Awards NWCFL Programme of the Year 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-998, 1998-99, 2000-1 NWCFL Premier Division 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 NWCFL First Division 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 Wirral Programme Club National Survey NWCFL Programme of the Year 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 Programme Monthly NWCFL Programme of the Year 2007-08 Soccer Club Swap Shop National Awards 2010-11 28th, 2011-12 8th, 2012-13 7th, 2013-14 8th, 2014-15 5th, 2015-16 8th, 2016-17 2nd, 2017-18 5th
St Helens Town AFC - Player Records 1946-2016 Goals in a Career
Goals in a Season
Career Appearances (Qualification 250 games)
216 Steve Pennington
47 Phil Stainton 1963/64
448 Alan Wellens (inc. 207 estimated)
118 Terry Garner
46 Steve Pennington 1997/98
359 John Critchley (16 estimated)
108 Gary Laird
45 Jackie Kendrick 1973/74
352 Steve Pennington
105 Lee Cooper
45 Steve Pennington 1993/94
346 Gary Lowe (1 estimated)
101 Glenn Walker
40 Bob Potter 1952/53
345 Glenn Walker
94 Iain Dyson
38 Terry Fearns 2000/01
327 Jackie Atherton (122 estimated)
84 Andy Gillespie
36 Albert Leadbetter 1950/51
300 Jackie Cooke (1 estimated)
83 Harry McCann
35 Arthur Tyrer 1957/58
287 Gary Laird
81 Ray Fairweather
34 Lee Cooper 2001/02
280 Kevin Grice (147 estimated)
72 Arthur Tyrer
33 Ronnie Rigby 1952/53
278 Jimmy Woodyer (67 estimated)
68 Phil Stainton
32 Harry McCann 1950/51
276 Iain Dyson
63 Mervyn Bull
31 Terry Garner 1950/51
272 Ray Fairweather (3 estimated) 265 Larry Redmond (134 estimated)
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Brief History Of Town The original St. Helens Town club was formed in 1901 and played at Park Road, behind the Primrose Vaults public house. Although it was known as the Primrose Ground, the players changed further down Park Road at the Black Horse pub. Playing in the Lancashire League and Lancashire Combination, the team enjoyed some early success, but struggled after the Great War and appears to have folded midway through the 1928/29 season. The club was re-formed by George Fryer and a group of local businessmen in 1946. They took out a lease of the former cricket ground at Hoghton Road, Sutton, adjacent to the St. Helens Junction railway station and, although
it entered in the FA Cup in the 1946/47 season, a team could not be raised in time to fulfil its tie with Prescot Cables. Friendly games were played, then local team Derbyshire Hill Rovers were taken over in April 1947, those players forming the nucleus of the team which entered the Liverpool
County Combination at the start of the 1947/48 season. St. Helens Town soon began to prosper and early results included a sensational 10-4 win over Everton “A” on 6th December 1947. Former German prisoner-of-war Bert Trautmann joined the club in the Summer of 1948, the strapping goalkeeper helping the team to win its first trophy, the George Mahon Cup, which was secured with a 2-1 win over Runcorn at Prescot on 7th May 1949. Crowds averaged over 2000 that season, peaking with a league record attendance of 3012 against Burscough in October 1948. The following season, 1949/50, Town entered the Lancashire Combination and, despite losing Trautmann to Manchester City in October 1949, they won the Second Division title in some style the following season, three players, Albert Leadbetter (36), Harry McCann (32) and Terry Garner (31) all netting over 30 goals apiece. An alltime club record attendance of “between 8000 and 9000” witnessed a friendly game against Manchester City, arranged as part of the Trautmann transfer deal, in April 1950 and another 4000 witnessed a second match with City the following season.
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Although relegated by a slender margin from the First Division in 1951/52, the club continued to look forward, even contemplating Football League status and, in order to further its ambitions, moved to the former St. Helens Recs. rugby league ground at City Road. Initial crowds were encouraging but, despite success, the club decided to move back to Hoghton Road in October 1953, where they remained until April 2000. Town produced a number of fine players who joined Football League clubs, including Bill Foulkes (Manchester United), John Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday) and John Connelly who joined Burnley, later transferring to Manchester United and who played in the England 1966 World Cup winning squad. More recently, Dave Bamber scored goals in all four divisions of the league with a host of different clubs, starting and ending his league career at Blackpool and in the last few years, Karl Ledsham, who had a productive career at conference level with Southport, Lincoln City, Barrow and Stockport County before moving to the USA. Following a second relegation in 1956, St. Helens Town continued to play in the Lancashire Combination, winning the Championship in 1971/72, by nine points ahead of Accrington Stanley. However, the formation of the Northern Premier League in 1968 led to a gradual drain of stronger clubs from the Combination and St. Helens joined the Cheshire League in 1975, becoming founder members of the North West Counties League seven years later. They held the proud record of being the only club to play in the NW Counties’ top flight every season until they were relegated in April 2015, conceding an injury-time equaliser to Silsden in the last game of the season, a match they had to win to stay up. Town enjoyed a golden era in the late 1980s, just missing out on an appearance in the First Round proper of the FA Cup in 1985/86, losing to Morecambe in a Fourth Qualifying Round Replay, but they obtained ample compensation by winning the FA Vase at Wembley in 1987, beating near neighbours Warrington Town 3-2, with two goals from Phil Layhe and one from Brian Rigby. They
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were regular promotion candidates for many years, largely due to the scoring exploits of Steve “Pellet” Pennington, who grabbed 216 goals in 351 games, his season’s best hauls of 45 in 1993/94 and 46 in 1997/98 just failing to beat the club record of 47 scored by Phil Stainton in 1963/64. Former club captain Andy Gillespie won the NW Counties’ golden boot with 34 goals in the 2015/16 season and netted another 24 times the following
season, whilst last time out, Shaun Brady only just missed out on the player-of-theseason award in the First Division. Town moved from Hoghton Road in 2000 and ground-shared with Saints Rugby League club pending an intended move to their new stadium, which took many years longer than anticipated and finally moved out of Knowsley Road when it closed in September 2010. Plans for the move were shelved following a disagreement and Town went on a nomadic existence, playing out of town at Ashton Town, Ashton Athletic, Prescot Cables and odd games at Atherton Collieries, before St. Helens Council redeveloped the Ruskin Drive multisports complex and St. Helens Town moved back home there in August 2017, playing on an artificial 3G surface. This season sees Town in their fourth season at Step 6, this time in the newlyformed Hallmark Securities League First Division North, aiming to put behind themselves three seasons of inconsistent performances and regain their Step 5 status under highly ambitious manager Lee Jenkinson and his assistant Nick Robinson.
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Man of the Match News August 04 Lower Breck 09 Atherton LR 11 Bacup Borough 18 AFC Darwen 21 AFC Blackpool 27 Chadderton
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Bacup Borough AFC Darwen Ashton Town Chadderton
Man of the Match Carl Williams Andy Presho Carl Williams Neil Weaver Mick Furlong Liam Diggle
September FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round 01 Ashton Town 08 AFC Liverpool Andy Webster 15 Cleator Moor Celtic Andy Prsho 22 Holker Old Boys Liam Diggle 29 Steeton Neil Weaver
Andy Presho MoM v Cleator Moor
October 04 AFC Liverpool Neil Weaver First Division Cup 2nd Round 06 Cheadle HN Danny Greene 09 Prestwich Heys Danny Lomax 13 Daisy Hill Lewis Cain Macron Cup 1st Round 20 Cheadle Town 27 Longridge Town November 01 Prestwich Heys 03 Avro 17 Carlisle City 24 Nelson December 01 Shelley 08 Atherton LR
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Liam Diggle MoM v Holker Old Boys
League News The League Management Committee wish to issue the following reminder to Clubs in Step 7 Leagues.
2018.
The Football Association will shortly be announcing the promotion criteria for Clubs currently playing in Step 7 Leagues. The deadline for submitting applications to the FA will be 31st December
Our League Grading Committee offer free advisory grading visits to any prospective promotion hopefuls, especially if development work is being planned or undertaken. Any Step 7 Club wishing to take advantage of this offer should contact League Secretary John Deal. It is requested that this is done as soon as possible, in order that arrangements can be made quickly. Clubs should send requests by email to john.deal@nwcfl.com with a copy to their own League Secretary. In addition, we have also received enquiries from Clubs not currently playing in Step 7 leagues, and we wish to clarify the position regarding applications from Clubs in that situation. The position for new Clubs entering the National League System at Step 6 is that such an application has to be approved by the League concerned, who would then make application to the FA on behalf of the Club. That would need to be done by no later than the end of
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February, unless the criteria has changed. The FA would then consider the application. Any new Club would only be admitted if there was a vacancy after promotion and relegation issues had been settled between Step 6 and Step 7 - not just in our league but in other leagues around the country. It is an FA decision as to whether such a Club would be placed at Step 6. At this stage, we cannot give any indication as to whether or not a vacancy would arise, as there are several factors involved, including Clubs going out of business, the number of applications from Step 7 Clubs and possible lateral movement between leagues.
Danny Greene
Alex Moffitt
Lewis Cain
Jamie Casson
James Duke
Andy Presho
Hal McHugh
Matty Smith
Sean Richards
Danny Lomax
Andy Webster
Jesse Robinson
Neil Weaver
Tom Grimshaw
Luke Edwards
Carl Williams
Liam Diggle
Paul Cliff
Tom Potter
Scott Lawrence
Liam Dodd
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Ryan Dobney
Dom Whelan
Alex Hope-O’Connor
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History Archive St. Helens Town Vice-President Jim Barrett recently unearthed a copy of the club’s accounts and balance sheet for the year ended 31st May 1963. They provide a fascinating insight into the financial side of the club going back over 50 years ago and were of added significance, given that this marked the first full operating year of the long lamented Social Club at the Town Ground in Hoghton Road, Sutton. The football club had been re-formed in 1946, when a lease was taken out of the former Sutton Cricket Club near St. Helens Junction railway station and had begun playing in the Liverpool County Combination at the beginning of the 1947/48 season. Fifteen seasons later, the social club, which was the place to be seen in downtown Sutton. At its height, the main room seated over 800 and the bingo sessions and Friday and Saturday concerts were legendary, pulling in far bigger crowds than watched the football. At the end of its first full year of operation, the social club donated a net sum of £1120, which dwarfed the football profit of just over £381. Town played in the Second Division of the well-regarded Lancashire Combination in 1962/63 and finished the season half way up the table in 10th place, winning 16, drawing 6 and losing 16 of their 38 fixtures. They had won through to the third qualifying round of the FA Cup, winning at Earlestown and beating South Liverpool at home before going out at Hoghton Road to Altrincham, a leading light in the equally prestigious Cheshire League, which included Macclesfield and Wigan Athletic and that season’s champions Runcorn among its membership. Back in those days, there was no sponsorship of the competitions and gate receipts for 19 home league games amounted to barely £72, whereas the three FA Cup ties brought in £125. Donations, other than from the social club, amounted to nearly
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£3,300, the Christmas raffle netted £23 and programme sales contributed just £8. On the expenditure side, match expenses for the first team were £1347 and £360 for the reserves, referees and linesmen cost £90, the manager, trainer and groundsman cost £386, ground repairs £155 and travelling expenses amounted to £177. Playing kit cost £136, printing and advertising £36 and telephone expenses worked out at nearly £52. The secretary was awarded an honorarium in the princely sum of £50. Looking at the Balance Sheet, the value of the ground was stated to be £905, building (presumably the social club) £6,435 and the grandstand £1100, with fittings £150 and cash in hand and at the bank amounting to £283. Among the club’s creditors were Burtonwood Brewery £3,040, Forward Trust Ltd. £435 and the curiously named Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. £80. The Notes to the Balance Sheet stated that the loans to Burtonwood and Trinidad Lake had been taken over by the social club. Put into context, today’s players are not paid, whereas over 50 years ago, the club paid out £1,700 over the season. These were momentous times, as the Football League had only just abolished the maximum wage of £20 per week to leading clubs’ players, season tickets at Everton were available in the “best seats” for £9, admission to Goodison and Anfield in the standing enclosures was 20p or 25p a game and programmes cost 4d at Liverpool and 6d at Everton. Liverpool had just been promoted back to the First Division and Everton won the Championship. Littlewoods Pools were offering total payouts of £500,000 every Saturday and men over 5’8” between the ages of 19 and 29 could join Liverpool City Police and earn £1,000 per year. They were the days! Glyn Jones
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First Division North Table First Division North
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD Pts
1
Longridge Town
13
11
1
1
60
18
42
34
2
Carlisle City
13
11
0
2
30
16
14
33
3
Avro
12
8
1
3
39
20
19
25
4
AFC Liverpool
11
7
1
3
32
25
7
22
5
Prestwich Heys
12
6
2
4
25
19
6
20
6
Shelley
13
5
4
4
22
21
1
19
7
Steeton
11
6
1
4
27
28
-1
19
8
AFC Darwen
11
5
3
3
25
25
0
18
9
Lower Breck
10
5
2
3
23
10
13
17
10
Cleator Moor Celtic
10
5
2
3
25
15
10
17
11
AFC Blackpool
10
5
2
3
16
13
3
17
12
St Helens Town
13
4
4
5
35
27
8
16
13
Garstang
11
5
1
5
23
21
2
16
14
Bacup Borough
14
4
3
7
26
31
-5
15
15
Ashton Town
11
4
2
5
17
27
-10
14
16
Chadderton
14
3
2
9
25
39
-14
11
17
Nelson
11
2
3
6
11
18
-7
9
18
Atherton LR
13
1
2
10
13
42
-29
5
19
Holker Old Boys
12
1
1
10
15
52
-37
4
20
Daisy Hill
11
0
3
8
15
37
-22
3
Saturday 20th October 2018 The Macron Cup 1st Round Abbey Hey v Daisy Hill Bacup Borough v Avro Barnton v Congleton Town Burscough v New Mills Chadderton v 1874 Northwich Charnock Richard v Runcorn Town Cheadle HN v Litherland REMYCA City of Liverpool v Ashton Athletic Cleator Moor Celtic v Winsford United Eccleshall v AFC Darwen FC Oswestry Tn v West D & Chorlton Holker Old Boys v Lower Breck Irlam v Abbey Hulton United Longridge Town v Squires Gate Maine Road v Steeton Nelson v Hanley Town Padiham v Shelley Rylands v Carlisle City Sandbach United v AFC Liverpool Silsden v Garstang St Helens Town v Cheadle Town Stockport Town v Ellesmere Rangers Stone Old Alleynians v AFC Blackpool Whitchurch Alport v Prestwich Heys Sunday 21st October 2018 The Macron Cup 1st Round Northwich Victoria v Alsager Town Monday 22nd October 2018 First Division North Daisy Hill v Nelson Tuesday 23rd October 2018 Premier Division Charnock Richard v Ashton Athletic West Didsbury & Chorlton v Irlam Tuesday 23rd October 2018 Liverpool Senior Cup Prelim Round Prescot Cables v St Helens Town First Division North Ashton Town v Shelley First Division South Cheadle Heath Nomads v Maine Road FC Oswestry Town v Stone Old A Vauxhall Motors v Rylands Wythenshawe Town v Stockport Tn Wednesday 24th October 2018 Premier Division Litherland REMYCA v Congleton Town Mid Cheshire Senior Cup QF Barnton v Northwich Victoria First Division North Garstang v Holker Old Boys Longridge Town v AFC Blackpool Prestwich Heys v Chadderton Steeton v Cleator Moor Celtic
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League Tables Tables correct as at Thurs 18/10/2018 Premier Division
P
W
D
L
F
A GD Pts
First Division South
P
W
D
L
F
A GD Pts
1
City of Liverpool
12 10
2
0
39 11 28 32
1
Abbey Hulton United
14
9
0
5
35 27
8
27
2
Runcorn Town
13 10
0
3
33 19 14 30
2
Wythenshawe Amateurs
13
8
2
3
27 19
8
26
3
Silsden
13
7
4
2
26 17
9
25
3
St Martins
13
8
1
4
29 18 11 25
4
Congleton Town
11
8
0
3
24
15 24
4
Rylands
11
8
0
3
39 13 26 24
5
Barnoldswick Town
13
7
2
4
30 23
7
23
5 Cheadle Heath Nomads 14
8
0
6
30 27
6
Northwich Victoria
12
6
2
4
29 20
9
20
6
Stone Old Alleynians
11
6
5
0
22 12 10 23
7
Whitchurch Alport
13
5
4
4
24 17
7
19
7
Cheadle Town
12
6
2
4
20 24 -4 20
8
Bootle
13
5
4
4
24 18
6
19
8
Vauxhall Motors
10
5
4
1
22 17
9
Padiham
13
6
1
6
27 28 -1 19
9
FC Oswestry Town
13
5
4
4
24 28 -4 19
10
1874 Northwich
14
4
5
5
17 25 -8 17
10
Wythenshawe Town
11
6
0
5
31 19 12 18
11
Charnock Richard
11
5
1
5
27 20
7
16
11
Sandbach United
10
6
0
4
22 10 12 18
12
Litherland REMYCA
11
4
3
4
21 21
0
15
12
Barnton
12
6
0
6
25 24
13
Squires Gate
11
4
2
5
15 12
3
14
13
Alsager Town
14
5
2
7
25 30 -5 17
14
Ashton Athletic
12
4
2
6
13 17 -4 14
14
New Mills
13
5
1
7
35 42 -7 16
15
Hanley Town
13
4
2
7
18 29 -11 14
15
Eccleshall
13
4
1
8
23 36 -13 13
16
Burscough
11
4
1
6
21 25 -4 13
16
Stockport Town
12
3
3
6
17 20 -3 12
17
Irlam
11
2
5
4
20 23 -3 11
17
Cammell Laird 1907
11
3
3
5
19 24 -5 12
18
West D & Chorlton
13
2
2
9
14 36 -22 8
18
Maine Road
11
3
0
8
22 33 -11 9
19
Abbey Hey
13
2
2
9
12 40 -28 8
19
Stone Dominoes
13
2
1
10 11 31 -20 7
20
Winsford United
13
1
2
10 15 39 -24 5
20
Ellesmere Rangers
13
0
3
10
9
9
3
5
1
24
19
18
33 -24 3
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Next HOME FIXTURE Sat 20th Oct 2018 Kick Off 3.00pm
Today’s Team Line-up
versus
Cheadle Town Macron Cup First Round
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