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which unfortunately sees us behind most of the other sides in our division. Lee is working furiously behind the scenes at augment the squad and instil his ethos in the playing squad so hopefully the results will follow the performances very soon!
It is fair to say that it has been a difficult start to the 2017-18 season and this afternoon sees us take a break from league action to welcome Toolstation, Northern Counties East League Premier Division front runners Hemsworth Miners Welfare. The visitors currently sit in second place in their league table whist we sit second bottom at the level below so on paper this afternoons contest should be a comfortable one of the Yorkshire outfit. From experience we know that Football isn’t played on paper and Lee will have the lads up for this afternoon’s contest the first FA Vase tie at Ruskin Drive.
Our previous contest here at Ruskin Drive flagged up our difficulties at the moment, we welcomed table toppers Silsden who has taken a maximum return from their first five games of the season. We took the lead when an exquisite piece of skill from Neil Weaver released Luke Edwards on the left and he advanced before firing home. The lead was short-lived as Silsden levelled 90 seconds later and then a quick double salvo on 36 & 37 minutes sent the visitors into the break in front and it was a lead they never looked like relinquishing eventually adding a fourth late on in the contest. According to reports Silsden don’t want to be in a new First Division North next season and appear to be splashing the cash to ensure that this doesn't happen and at this stage of the race they look good to last the distance in the upper echelons of the table, although we do know that it’s a long race with many a twist and turn!
Whilst results haven’t been the best since the start of the season some of the performances have been encouraging and if we had taken more of the chances we have created in front of goal then we would have some points on the board. In football possession and passing stats are excellent retaining the football and using it well is good to watch if it is your team doing it but the most important factor as it always has been is putting the ball in the net and converting that possession into goals is what we are struggling with at the moment.
We then took the longest trip we have the 226 mile round trip to Carlisle City as you can imagine we had several players who would have been in the squad unavailable for the game with work commitments. It was always going to be a difficult contest and we acquitted ourselves well for the majority of the first hour. The hosts opened the scoring before Shaun Brady spurned a good chance to level and Town shipped two goals late on to put an undeserved gloss on the score line for the hosts in what was never a game with three goals in it.
Lee has had a difficult task taking on the reigns with less than two weeks before the first game of the season after the resignation of Alan Gillespie and he was away on holiday when the events unfolded and accepted the job from his sun lounger! Essentially where we are at the moment is in the middle of a “Pre-Season” period
We dust ourselves down and move on to this afternoons game which we know will be no walk in the Park but as always we will give it our all so let’s get behind Town this afternoon and hopefully cheer them into the next round of the FA Vase!
Good afternoon, and welcome back to Ruskin Drive! May I open by welcoming our first time visitors from Hemsworth Miners Welfare, I hope they enjoy the short time they will spend with us and have a safe journey home after the game.
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Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller
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Chairman’s Welcome Welcome to our visitors from Hemsworth Miners Welfare this afternoon. They have enjoyed a particularly good start to the season and are currently riding high in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division. This will be the first-ever meeting between our clubs and we look forward to it, not only for the opportunity to meet new friends but also, of course, for the chance to make progress in a competition we won back in 1987. It also affords us a break from league competition, where we have endured, rather than enjoyed, a difficult start. I have witnessed first-hand the massive effort put in by Lee and Nick and all the players: we may be without a win, but I firmly believe it is not far off in coming and somebody soon is going to pay one hell of a price for all this pent -up frustration. Town dominated proceedings for long spells against Eccleshall and Atherton L.R., looked like winning and came away with nothing. The defensive display at Carlisle on Tuesday was magnificent and had Shaun Brady converted his half-chance
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with 11 minutes left, St. Helens could have had a 1-1 draw, but a 0-3 loss was no reflection of the effort put into the contest. The signs are there and when we do get that first win, I feel sure a second victory won’t be too long afterwards and we’ll build that confidence and begin to move up the table. We’ve come a long way in recent months off the field and we’re now within touching distance of finalising the remaining issues with the new ground. The next item on the agenda is to resolve the status of the club itself. When Town moved from Hoghton Road in 2000 and threw in its lot with Saints under the joint banner of Sporting Club St. Helens Limited, it was envisaged that both clubs (together with Liverpool St. Helens RUFC and a boxing club) would eventually re-locate to what eventually became Langtree Park. For various reasons, that did not happen and St. Helens Town now needs to extract itself from Sporting Club St. Helens Limited and re-assert its own independent identity. The financial year end of 31st October affords us a logical opportunity to bring that relationship to an end and set up a new company to meet the club’s needs for the future. Glyn Jones
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Town News Update St Helens Town have secured a double sponsorship deal with Prabhu Ventures Limited on the eve on the 2017-18 campaign. Ashish Prabhu, a freelance journalist, will become the club’s Player of the Month sponsor and first team training/warm up kit sponsors. The ‘Prabhu Ventures Limited’ Player of the Month award will be presented to the player voted for by supporters and officials at the end of each month between August 2017 and April 2018. Each chosen player will also become the club’s nomination for the monthly Hallmark Security League First Division award. Last season saw Prabhu Ventures Limited take a full page advert in the club’s award winning match day programme along with a pitch side advertising board at Town’s new Ruskin Drive home. Both will be on show again throughout 2017-18. The new extended sponsorship deal will also see the Prabhu Ventures Limited logo adorn the first team training/warm-up kit; further visible evidence of the sponsor’s support.
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Club official John McKiernan said, ‘The club would like to thank Ashish Prabhu for his support across a broad range of sponsorship packages and the latest additions are a welcome boost to the club as we start a brand new campaign.’ ‘We will continue to promote Prabhu Ventures Limited over the next year with lots of social media coverage, news items and photographs.’ Ashish Prabhu said, ‘Prabhu Ventures Limited is extremely proud and privileged to offer its support to a club with a great past. Hopefully together we can look forward to a much more lucrative future.’ The 2017-18 season will also see the ‘Prabhu Ventures Limited’ Man of the Match award presented to a St Helens Town player in all twenty-one Hallmark Security League First Division home games at Ruskin Drive sports ground. Club official John McKiernan said, ‘Sponsorship is vital for clubs at all levels and it is also important to recognise the excellent performances of players. This sponsorship package works on both levels, bringing income to the club as well as providing an award for individual players. He added, ‘Each recipient will be presented with an engraved boxed medal following each home game and photographs will appear on social media and in the club’s match programme throughout the season.’
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Club Information Honorary Life President: Alan Wellens
Manager’s
Vice Presidents: Jim Barrett and Steve Ball Interim Chairman: Glyn Jones Hon. Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695)
Good afternoon and welcome to today's Buildbase FA Vase clash as we host first time visitors Hemsworth Miners Welfare. I hope they enjoy their day in St Helens and wish their committee, players and supporters a safe trip back to Yorkshire lter this afternoon.
Hospitality: Margaret Wood and Paul Wood Other Committee: Andy Langley and Kieran Ford, 1st Team Manager: Lee Jenkinson
1st Team Assistant Manager Nick Robinson 1st Team Physiotherapist Lisa Phillipson Reserve Team Manager: Keith Griffiths U21s Team Manager: Keith Griffiths U21s Assistant Manager: Lee Jenkinson U18s Team Manager: Graham Arkle
Hemsworth play in the North East Counties Premier Division and have had an excellent start to the season and I wish them well for the reminder of the 2017018 campaign. We have had two more games since my last programme notes and again I am reporting two defeats, The first, last Saturday at home to Silsden a game which was an even affair for the opening 30 minutes. Having taken the lead it was some what disappointing that for the next 60 minutes we decided to play our worse football of the season, It is something that I can honestly say will not happen again and if the players are not willing to play for the shirt they will not be involved with the club .
Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool
Tuesday night saw the club make the long trek to Carlisle City and with a number of players missing because of work commitments we had to bring in players who have been playing for our reserves and under 21s teams, These players were an absolute credit to our club and even though we lost 3-0 we were always in the game and with a few chances missed while 1-0 down the result could have been different.
Legal: St Helens Town Limited Private Limited Company Company No. 04392840 Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002
We are still working hard in training and I'm working hard behind the scenes to bring in a few new faces. Let's get behind the lads and get our first win of the season.
Parent Company: A wholly owned subsidiary of Sporting Club St Helens Limited Company Director: Jim Barrett
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U17s Assistant Manager: Phil Fisher Sunday Team Manager: David Platt
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Photograph: Action from Town’s trip to Eccleshall in the Hallmark Security League First Division Charity Partner 2017-18
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Half Time Quiz Q1. Who was the last Leeds United player to win the Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year award? Q2. Who was the first Italian to score a Premier League hat-trick? Q3. Who was the manager of the first League Cup winners? Q4. Which current Premier League manager scored at Wembley in the 1992 European Cup Final?
Q5. Which former Everton defender scored seven of his eight Premier League goals from the penalty spot?
Q10. Which current League One side but then top flight team won the 1986 League Cup Final? Q11. Who were the only team to lose in two Full Members Cup Finals in its short lived tenure? Q12. Which player has a record seven FA Cup winners medals? Q13. Who was the last Everton player to win the Premier League Player of the Month award? Q14. Which goalkeeper received the fastest Premier League red card being dismissed after 13 seconds for Sheffield Wednesday against Wolves in August 2000?
Q15. Which local neighbours hold the record for the highest scoring aggregate Premier League fixture?
Q6. Which current Chelsea player was an African Cup of Nations winner in 2013 and an unused sub in that years Europa League Final?
Q8. What did the 2011, 2012 & 2013 FA Cup winning managers have in common? Q9. Which current Premier League outfit were relegated in the first Premier League season?
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Answers: 1) Gordon Strachan (1990/1) 2) Fabrizio Ravanelli 3) Joe Mercer with Aston Villa in 1961 4) Ronald Koeman 5) Michael Ball 6) Victor Moses 7) 28 8) All named Roberto 9) Crystal Palace 10) Oxford United 11) Everton 1988/9 & 1990/1 12) Ashley Cole 13) Romelu Lukaku 14) Kevin Pressman 15) Arsenal & Spurs
Q7. How many Premier League games did Slaven Bilic play for Everton, 28, 38 or 48?
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Match Day Sponsors Opponents
We are looking for additional sponsors on match-days with a host of benefits for both match (£100), match ball (£50) and programme (£50) sponsors including free entry & programme; hospitality, programme and social media advertising; pre-match photos, man of the match awards. Contact Simon
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Alsager Town
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AFC Blackpool
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Bacup Borough Cammel Laird
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Carlisle City
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Chadderton
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Daisy Hill Eccleshall
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FC Oswestry
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Holker Old Boys
Stuart Pyke
Litherland
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Britannia Taxis
Nelson New Mills
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Prestwich Heys
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Sandbach Utd
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Stockport Town
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Photograph: Action from Town’s away fixture v New Mills in the Hallmark Security League First Division
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Commercial Corner Town’s return to St. Helens has seen the club active on the sponsorship and commercial front over the summer but we’re still on the look out for more partners.
We welcome back Johnsons Toyota Liverpool as our main club sponsors - the Bootle base dealership have now been with he club for a remarkable 8 seasons and we must thank Centre Principal Gareth Shone for his continued support. New to the club are this season’s shirt sponsors Unite the Union, St Helens branch who ave taken a two season deal. Again, our thanks must go to branch secretary Martin Bond and his fellow officers. St Helens Mind have become our Charity Partners for the 2017-18 season and have also become our first team tracksuit and leisurewear sponsors. We look forward to seeing lots of staff and service users throughout the campaign. A special mention to Ashish Prabhu (freelance journalist) who has taken a number of sponsorship packages with us which includes programme and pitch side advertising as well and becoming this season’s Man of the Match and Player of the
Month sponsors. Prabhu Ventures Limited have also come our training kit sponsors for the 2017-.18 season. We are on the look out for more pitch side board sponsors - just £200 for a full year package includes the board design, manufacture, installation and a quarter page advert in each edition of our award winning match programme. Many thanks to todays match sponsors Dave Wiggins (match sponsor), Unite the Union, St Helens (programme sponsor) and Johnsons Toyota Liverpool (match bal sponsor). If you can support the club please get in touch - we have packages from £50 with full season overage. John McKiernan 07713 339 682
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Photographs: Action from Town’s away game v Eccleshall in the Hallmark Security League First Division
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Town News Update St Helens Town Football Club is delighted to announce that Johnsons Toyota Liverpool will continue as the club’s main sponsor for the 2017-18 season. The partnership will see the company’s Toyota branding continue to be utilised on the club's website and match-day programme and as part of the club’s long awaited return to St Helens as part of the club's return to St Helens a the Ruskin Drive sports ground Johnsons will become our Principle Community Partner
programme partner for the 2017-18 campaign'. Johnsons Toyota Liverpool, the Bootle based car dealership, were initially the club’s Executive Programme Sponsors during season 2009-10 and took on the main sponsor mantle the following season, a position they held since. John McKiernan added, ‘We continue to work extremely hard to generate sponsorship and feel we give considerable coverage to our sponsors via our award winning printed and on-line match day programmes, website and other social media as well as match day activities.' Gareth Shone, Centre Principal at Johnsons Toyota Liverpool said, ‘Our work with St Helens Town over recent seasons proved an ideal opportunity to expand our brand across the region and we are looking forward to developing and extending our partnership so that both ourselves and the club will continue to see significant benefits’.
Club official John McKiernan said, ‘I am delighted that we’ve been able to continue our partnership with Johnsons and this builds upon the great support they have offered St Helens Town over many seasons’.
He added, ‘We are delighted to see the club making a return the St Helens and Ruskin Drive Sports ground their new home. We will be helping them increase their community profile with a number of joint activities throughout the season.’
'The sponsorship package will include match and match ball sponsorships as well as pitch side advertising and Johnsons Toyota Liverpool will become our digital match
Anyone interested in joining Johnsons Toyota Liverpool in supporting the club should contact John McKiernan on 07713 339 682.
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What the Papers Say Atherton L.R. 2, St. Helens Town 0 St. Helens Town 1, Silsden 4 by Glyn Jones St. Helens Town ended another week with no points from two games, which proved scant reward for plenty of effort but no luck just when it mattered in front of goal. Tuesday’s 2 -0 defeat at Atherton L.R. was most frustrating, as they conceded a goal from a wicked deflection off the defensive wall, after the poorly-hit shot from Rodney Ajayi cannoned in past a stranded Adam Fairchild after 23 minutes after Town had opened much the better side. In fact, St. Helens were on top for virtually all the game, but could not convert their superiority into goals. Shaun Brady, Neil Weaver, Patrice Kwofie and Joel Douglas all had great chances in the first half, but none could find the target and the same was the case in the second half. Even the introduction of substitute Luke Edwards failed to make a difference and, as frustration set in, with the score at 1-0, shots rained in from 20 and 30 yards out, wider and wider of the Atherton goal, before L.R. finally sealed the game with a headed goal from Aaron Stott off the left-hand post, very much against the run of play, two minutes from time. Saturday saw table-toppers Silsden visit Ruskin Drive, with five wins from five outings, yet Town dominated the early exchanges. Both sides had early “goals” disallowed for offside decisions, including Brady for St. Helens, and it was Brady again shortly afterwards who very nearly scored but for the close attentions of visiting keeper Callum Jakovlevs. However, Town soon afterwards took the lead in spectacular fashion on 27 minutes when Weaver made a marvellous tackle in the style of Marouane Fellaini, turning on the ball 40 yards out, to set up Edwards who took the ball through to the corner of the penalty area and he fired home past Jakovlevs to put St. Helens 1-0 up.
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Unfortunately, the lead was only shortlived as, from a corner, Danny Illingworth fired in a low ball which caught Town keeper Tom Bradley off guard and it bounced in off a combination of his shoulder and the goal-post to level the scores within two minutes. Worse was to come for St. Helens, who appeared to switch off momentarily to allow Silsden to stroll through for goals from Mark Trueman and Joseph Gaughan after 36 and 37 minutes, which effectively killed off the game at half-time, with the score at 3-1 to the Cobbydalers. The second-half was very much a midfield stalemate with neither side looking likely to make a breakthrough, but Silsden settled the contest at 1-4 with a simple tap -in 10 minutes from the end, substitute Chris Wademan scoring. The return of a number of players from holiday and work commitments in the next few weeks should give manager Lee Jenkinson a welcome boost ahead of the next league fixture on 16th September, when Town travel to take on bottom club FC Oswestry Town but, before then, St. Helens Town are at home again this Saturday in the FA Vase, First Round Qualifying, when Hemsworth Miners Welfare are visitors to Ruskin Drive, kickoff at 3pm. Hemsworth play in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division (Step 5), one division higher than St. Helens, so it will be a big test for Town. They have started the season well and are currently in second place, behind Pontefract Collieries, the only team they have lost to up to now, apart from Runcorn Linnets, who put them out of the FA Cup on 5th August. If the scores are level after 90 minutes on Saturday, there will be 15 minutes each way extra time, but if still level, there will be a replay at Hemsworth’s ground in Fitzwilliam, near Pontefract, next Tuesday, at 7.45pm
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Club 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
Record Attendances: 3012 at Hoghton Road v Burscough (1948) 8000 at Hoghton Road v Man City (1950) 1723 at Knowsley Rd v FC Utd 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 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
NWCFL 2015-16 Awards Player of the Month Oct Andy Gillespie ‘Keeper of the Month Nov Matthew Hodge January 2016 Team of the Month ‘Keeper of the Month Jan Matthew Hodge
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)
83 Harry McCann
36 Albert Leadbetter 1950/51
300 Jackie Cooke (1 estimated)
81 Ray Fairweather
35 Arthur Tyrer 1957/58
287 Gary Laird
72 Arthur Tyrer
34 Lee Cooper 2001/02
280 Kevin Grice (147 estimated)
68 Phil Stainton
33 Ronnie Rigby 1952/53
278 Jimmy Woodyer (67 estimated)
63 Mervyn Bull
32 Harry McCann 1950/51
276 Iain Dyson
31 Terry Garner 1950/51
272 Ray Fairweather (3 estimated) 265 Larry Redmond (134 estimated)
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2017-18 Fixtures, Facts and Figu Date Opponents Comp KO Result GK Aug 12 New Mills NWCFL 3.00 2-0L Bradley AUG 17 ABBEY HULTON UTD NWCFL 7.45 0-0A Fairchild Aug 26 Eccleshall NWCFL 3.00 3-2L Fairchild Aug 29 Atherton LR NWCFL 7.45 2-0L Fairchild SEP 02 SILSDEN NWCFL 3.00 1-4L Bradley Sep 05 Carlisle City NWCFL 7.45 3-0L Fairchild SEP 09 HEMSWORTH M.W. FAV 1QR 3.00 Sep 16 FC Oswestry Town NWCFL 3.00 Sep 20 Litherland REMYCA NWCFL 7.45 Sep 30 Daisy Hill NWCFL 3.00 OCT 05 PRESTWICH HEYS NWCFL 7.45 OCT 07 CHADDERTON NWCFL 3.00 Oct 11 Holker Old Boys FDC 1RN 7.45 OCT 14 AFC BLACKPOOL NWCFL 3.00 Oct 17 Prestwich Heys TMC 1RN 7.45 Oct 21 Stockport Town NWCFL 3.00 OCT 28 CHEADLE TOWN NWCFL 3.00 NOV 04 ECCLESHALL NWCFL 3.00 Nov 11 Prestwich Heys NWCFL 3.00 NOV 16 HOLKER OLD BOYS NWCFL 7.45 NOV 18 BACUP BOROUGH NWCFL 3.00 NOV 25 FC OSWESTRY TOWN NWCFL 3.00 Dec 02 Nelson NWCFL 3.00 DEC 09 DAISY HILL NWCFL 3.00 DEC 16 CARLISLE CITY NWCFL 3.00 DEC 23 SANDBACH UNITED NWCFL 3.00 Dec 26 Cammell Laird NWCFL 3.00 Dec 30 Whitchurch Alport NWCFL 3.00 JAN 06 ALSAGER TOWN NWCFL 3.00 Jan 13 Sandbach United NWCFL 3.00 Jan 20 AFC Blackpool NWCFL 3.00 JAN 27 NELSON NWCFL 3.00 Feb 03 Holker Old Boys NWCFL 3.00 FEB 10 WHITCHURCH ALPORT NWCFL 3.00 Feb 17 Chadderton NWCFL 3.00 Mar 03 Silsden NWCFL 3.00 MAR 10 NEW MILLS NWCFL 3.00 Mar 24 Bacup Borough NWCFL 3.00 MAR 31 CAMMELL LAIRD NWCFL 3.00 Apr 02 Alsager Town NWCFL 3.00 APR 07 ATHERTON LR NWCFL 3.00 APR 14 LITHERLAND REMCYA NWCFL 3.00 Apr 21 Abbey Hulton United NWCFL 3.00 APR 28 STOCKPORT TOWN NWCFL 3.00 May 05 Cheadle Town NWCFL 3.00
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Match Report Eccleshall 3, St. Helens Town 2 by Glyn Jones St. Helens Town are in need of a confidence boost. After falling two goals behind at Eccleshall on Saturday, they turned on the style to dominate the second-half and had the home side on the rack at 2-2 and it only seemed a matter of time before they scored the winning goal when the Staffordshire club hit them on the break and netted the winner three minutes from time. long ball down the left channel in the sixth minute produced a chance which Adam Fairchild did well to reach, but he could only parry the shot and Danny Needham was close at hand to tap the loose ball into the unguarded net to put the home side 1-0 up. Shaun Brady surged forward for Town and he was unlucky to see his goal-bound shot deflected off the under-side of a defender’s boot.
Missing a number of first-choice players, including Andy Gillespie, Joel Douglas and Luke Edwards, Town started very slowly in the warm conditions and this encouraged Eccleshall, who played an expansive passing game, using the full width of the pitch. A
Twenty minutes into the game, Town went two goals behind when Eccleshall attacked again down the left and found the St. Helens defence exposed to allow Louis Downs too much room to sweep his shot past the hapless Fairchild. Town gradually fought back to establish a foothold in the game and Danny Forrester had a goal chalked off for a tight offside call
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traffic, although Town had to wait until the 68th minute to register their first goal, man-of-the-match Brady dribbling around the defence before taking two further touches to round the keeper ahead of netting a well-earned goal. He very nearly scored a second four minutes later from an identical position, only to see the ball hit the far post with the open goal at his mercy. Substitute Patrice Kwofie then hit a wonderful goal, in a similar vein to Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson’s effort against Hajduk Split earlier in the week, to level the scores and it really was only a matter of time until St. Helens took the lead and how many they would win by, such was the level of their superiority at this stage. in the 27th minute, then Liam Dodd went close with a headed effort from a corner three minutes later, stand-in keeper Craig Bould saving at the second attempt. St. Helens failed to convert their chances before half-time and just before the break, Fairchild saved his side from further embarrassment, tipping a well-hit shot on to his crossbar to keep the deficit to two goals at the break.
The second half was virtually all one-way
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Matthew Moody had another chance for Town on his full debut, Bould pulling out all the stops to make a save and then, in the closing stages, from yet another St. Helens corner-kick, the ball broke upfield and, with the visitors’ defence at full stretch, Eccleshall substitute Elliot Booth struck the winning goal to give the home side their first win of the season, the final score being Eccleshall 3, St. Helens Town 2.
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FA Vase Fixtures Friday 8th September 2017 The Buildbase FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round Northwich Victoria v Stockport Town Saturday 9th September 2017 The Buildbase FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round AFC Blackpool v West Didsbury & Chorlton Alsager Town v New Mills Atherton LR v Irlam Barnoldswick Town v Dunston UTS Barnton v Penistone Church Chester-le-Street Town v Silsden Ellistown & Ibstock United v Eccleshall Garforth Town v Holker Old Boys Hanley Town v Lichfield City Heaton Stannington v Carlisle City Litherland REMYCA v Ashton Town Maine Road v Pontefract Collieries Maltby Main v Cammell Laird 1907 Padiham v Thackley Parkgate v Daisy Hill Prestwich Heys v Liversedge Rossington Main v Cheadle Town Selby Town v Charnock Richard Squires Gate v Congleton Town St Helens Town v Hemsworth Miners Welfare Vauxhall Motors v 1874 Northwich Whitchurch Alport v Pershore Town Widnes v Glasshoughton Welfare Wolverhampton SC v FC Oswestry Town
Sunday 10th September 2017 The Buildbase FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round AFC Liverpool v Athersley Recreation Hallam v Abbey Hey Saturday 23rd September 2017 The Buildbase FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round St Helens Town or Hemsworth Miners Welfare v Prestwich Heys or Liversedge Litherland Remyca or Ashton Town v Chadderton
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Worsbrough Bridge Athletic or Dronfield Town v Barnton or Penistone Church Rossington Main or Cheadle Town v Hallam or Abbey Hey Widnes or Glasshoughton Welfare v AFC Darwen Barnoldswick Town or Dunston UTS v Washington AFC Blackpool or West Didsbury & Chorlton v Northwich Victoria or Stockport Town Padiham or Thackley v Ashington or Easington Colliery Selby Town or Charnock Richard v Bacup Borough West Auckland Town v Chester-Le-Street Town or Silsden Ashton Athletic v Maltby Main or Cammell Laird 1907 Garforth Town or Holker Old Boys v Nelson AFC Liverpool or Athersley Recreation v City of Liverpool Coton Green or Heath Hayes v Wolverhampton SC v FC Oswestry Town Vauxhall Motors or 1874 Northwich v Squires Gate or Congleton Town Studley or Long Buckby v Hanley Town or Lichfield City Alsager Town or New Mills v Nostell Miners Welfare Ellistown & Ibstock United or Eccleshall v Wednesfield Winsford United v Maine Road or Pontefract Collieries Ellesmere Rangers or Highgate United v Whitchurch Alport or Pershore Town Atherton LR or Irlam v Parkgate or Daisy Hill Burscough v Armthorpe Welfare Sandbach United v AFC Emley
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Photograph: Action from Town’s trip to Eccleshall in the Hallmark Security League First Division
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Charity Partners Despite the joy of finally returning to St. Helens, it is fair to say that the start of the season has been sobering. The game against in-form Silsden last Saturday is a case in point: with the teething problems of the ‘opening night’ at Ruskin out of the way, attention could be focused on the actual football. After a cagey start, Town took the lead late in the first half with a fine finish low inside the far post. The cheers were followed by collective sigh of relief: things were on the up.
Moments later, Silsden equalised. Doubt flowed, confidence ebbed and the early promise faded. Silsden scored another three. They were worthy winners and will do very well this season.
Town’s 3-0 defeat in Carlisle on Tuesday did little to improve matters. The journey back down the M6 in the dark wouldn’t have been a bundle of laughs. In such circumstances, it isn’t easy to think positively. Where is a win going to come from? A point, even? It seems that the opposition’s goal is tiny, they have about 15 players on the pitch and both halves of every match are played uphill and into the wind. It is the same away from sport: when life is hard change can seem impossible. That is true for all of us, but especially for those experiencing anxiety and depression. Doubt becomes pervasive and crippling: things just won’t get better, because they won’t – no way, no how. Nothing I do makes any difference. There is no easy answer to such problems. Those suffering can’t just ‘snap out of it’ or ‘pull themselves together’; to suggest they do so is to fundamentally misunderstand the problem. It will just make things worse.
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For football teams, teammates and coaches provide an immediate source of support. Town’s coaching staff will be telling the lads to put the past behind them, focus on what they have been working on in training and to believe in themselves. They can put things in perspective, help focus attention in productive areas and boost flagging confidence. They can also instil the feeling that the team is just that, and does things together – no-one is alone. Many people experiencing mental health issues have no such source of support. Without teammates and coaches they can be physically alone, as well as mentally isolated. Our volunteers try to help them, including through ‘befriending’. This involves spend two or three hours each week with someone who needs support, accompanying them to G.P. or hospital appointments, or to get their shopping. They also encourage people to get involved in our groups and activities, and go along with them to help get things started. Most of all they listen, helping people feel that they are not alone and that others care for them. If you would like to volunteer please give us a call on 647 089, email us at admin@sthelensmind.org.uk or Tweet us @sthelensmind. Meanwhile, let’s all give it the positive thoughts this afternoon. Come on Town. Ste Lingard Vice-Chair, St. Helens Mind
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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 all-time 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
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1950 and another 4000 witnessed a second match with City the following season. 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
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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 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. Current club captain Andy
Gillespie won the NW Counties’ golden boot with 34 goals in the 2015/16 season and netted another 24 times last season. This season sees Town in their third season in the Hallmark Securities League First Division, aiming to put behind themselves two seasons of inconsistent performances which have seen them finish some way short of the promotion places, despite some excellent results. New manager Lee Jenkinson, who served his time under the experienced Alan Gillespie, now has a settled first team squad and with the club having endured seven years of a nomadic existence, ground-sharing at Ashton Town, Ashton Athletic and Prescot Cables, the excellent 3G facilities at Ruskin Drive are now up and running and backed up by a strong development system, featuring Under-18s, Under-21s and Reserves managed by a top -class coaching team, St. Helens Town are looking forward once again to a great future. Glyn Jones
In Town Today Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club were formed in July 1981 out of the disbanded Hemsworth Colliery Football Club which folded in 1979. The newly formed Club had to play their early football in League’s such as the Bentley League the Barnsley Nelson League and then eventually got accepted into the Doncaster and District Senior League from where the Club flourished, after a couple of poor seasons in the Doncaster Senior League the team went on to win three successive back to back promotions without actually winning the title, following four top six finishes in the Doncaster Premier Division the Club won its first Honours when they beat Kinsley Boys F.C in the Premier Division Cup final in 1995 the score was 2-0 at Askern Welfare both goals scored by Jimmy Slaughter. The following season the Club were accepted into the West Riding County Amateur Football League where they took there place in Division One under the Managership of Andy Cracknell who had took over from Billy Clark. The first season in the WRCAFL Division 1 saw the Club miss out on promotion on goal difference but the following season they made no mistake and won the Championship and League Cup double joining the elite in the Premier Division at step 7 for the very first time in the clubs History. The Club also won the Doncaster Challenge Cup and the Sheffield Junior Cup during the late 1990,s, although never winning the WRCAFL Premier Division Title the Club were always pushing for a new higher challenge notably the NCEL but things were a long way off going into the new millennium, a couple of Premier
Division Cup wins came in the early 2000’s. A breakthrough came when the Club received 2 Football Foundation grants for a new state of the art Clubhouse and for floodlights enabling the push for step 6 football to begin, Paul Crapper had now taken over as First Team Manager and led the team into the NCEL IN 2008-09 season after being accepted following ground improvements, Paul however found it difficult through work commitments to give the First Team Managers job the full attention it deserved and handed the job back to Andy Cracknell who led the team to a 10th place finish in its first season the seventh place in the second season. The third season 2010-11 was a bit of a disaster but the campaign will be remembered for the Club’s debut in the F.A. Cup after the first taste of F.A. Vase the previous season. The Club then appointed Wayne Benn as First Team Manager after Andy’s decision to stand down and the Club relished the new Challenge with Wayne and Chick at the Helm. The 2011-2012 season saw us finish a very creditable 8th place in the league and reached the quarter final of the Sheffield Association Cup. This was a great achievement for such a small club with hardly any resources and massive credit went to Wayne and his management team. Unfortunately in April 2012, Hemsworth were saddened at the tragic death of club secretary Mark Crapper. Mark was very well known in the non league football pyramid as well as the local community and local football teams. He put the football club on the map and without his hard work and determination the club would not be where we are today. In September 2012 Wayne Benn and Andy Hayward left for pastures new as they accepted the job at Goole AFC in the evoStik league. Daryl Bowman took over from Wayne having been at the club for 5 years and was assisted by Alan Billingham. Daryl and Alan managed to keep the majority of
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in the league our highest ever NCEL Finish. The club has then gone up & up and improving each season. 2016/17 was HMWFC first season in the Premier division after dominating in 2016/17 winning the Division One league.
the squad Wayne built and we managed to finish 12th. Lots of injuries and suspensions hampered our season throughout. We also started back up the U19s for the 2012-2013 season and our reserves won the Doncaster Challenge Cup.
Wayne Benn & his squad return in 2017/18 in full fighting force with the new Chairman Richard Norman backing them along the way along with new club Secretary & Treasurer Laura Mulroe.
Midway through the 2013/14 season Wayne Benn and Andy Hayward returned to the club for a second spell and results from Christmas improved setting us up for a better 2014/15 season. Our reserves came runners up in the Doncaster Premier and our U19s under Shaun Pugh had a very successful season.
HMWFC are introducing new teams with Under 21s and Over 35s joining the club this season and a change in management brings new passions for our Reserves & U19s as Adam Pugh steps into his dads shoes and takes over as manager and our U19s are passionately led by John Davis & Liam Price
Ground improvements close season saw the extension of the seated stand and also some more seats added around the ground. Improvements inside the clubhouse also leaves us with something to be proud of. Season 2014/15 saw Hemsworth finish 3rd
Season
League
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
Position
2002-03
WRCL-P
24
11
3
10
35
33
2
36
5/13
2003-04
WRCL-P
26
11
4
11
47
44
3
37
6/14
2004-05
WRCL-P
26
12
5
9
34
35
-1
41
6/14
2005-06
WRCL-P
26
7
4
15
38
62
-24
25
11/14
2006-07
WRCL-P
26
8
8
10
44
47
-3
32
8/14
2007-08
WRCL-P
30
14
8
8
57
41
16
50
4/16
2008-09
NCE-1
36
13
11
12
57
52
5
50
10/19
2009-10
NCE-1
34
17
4
13
81
68
13
55
7/18
2010-11
NCE-1
20
12
6
2
64
82
-18
42
16/20
2011-12
NCE-1
38
18
6
14
73
66
7
60
8/20
2012-13
NCE-1
42
17
5
20
69
81
-12
56
13/22
2013-14
NCE-1
42
12
9
21
61
79
-18
45
17/22
2014-15
NCE-1
42
26
10
6
104
56
48
88
3/22
2015-16
NCE-1
40
31
5
4
128
49
79
98
1/21
2016-17
NCE-P
42
19
8
15
92
80
12
65
9/22
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Town Latest news St Helens Town are delighted to welcome Unite the union, St Helens Branch as the club’s new kit sponsors for the start of the new Hallmark Security League campaign. The two year sponsorship deal covering seasons 2017-18 and 2018-19 will see the Unite the union logo take pride of place on the front of the brand new home and away Macron kits which will be worn at the club’s new Ruskin Drive Sportsground home for the first time this summer. Unite the union will also have a significant presence in the club’s multiaward winning match programme, official club website and social media outlets as well as at the club’s new home.
Club official John McKiernan said, ‘We are thrilled to welcome Unite the union to the club and we are looking forward to a partnership which will reap benefits for both parties.’ ‘The market for sponsorship of non-league clubs is always tough but we feel our experience over recent seasons with a range of partners has shown we offer great value and a superb potential return on investment.’ He added, ‘We work hard for all our sponsors and I am confident the club will prove to be an excellent partner in promoting the work undertaken by Unite. ‘The two year sponsorship deal is a real boost for the club and provides us with an excellent platform as we look forward to a bright future at our new home.’ Unite the union is Britain's biggest trade union with 1.42 million members. It is a democratic and campaigning union standing up for equality for all. ‘Unite is dedicated to serving the best interests of its members, protecting workers rights and improving the quality of life by negotiating with employers and government. As a primarily industry-based union, its structure means it can effectively represent member’s interests in the workplace. Martin Bond, Branch Secretary said, ‘Our Branch of almost 1000 members is rooted in St Helens. Most of our members live and/or work in St Helens and for the Branch to be sponsoring St Helens Town as they return home is particularly pleasing. We are proud to become Shirt Sponsors for the next 2 years and are looking forward to a successful season’ Richard McCauley Branch Chair continued, ‘We are thrilled to be partnering up with an iconic local club with a such proud history, similar to ourselves and we look forward to promoting both as we continue to represent the best interests of our members right across the borough.’
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St Helens Town 4R
FA Vase Round 1998-99
Hemsworth Miners W Did Not Enter
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1999-00
Did Not Enter
5R
2000-01
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4R
2001-02
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2R
2002-03
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2003-04
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2004-05
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2005-06
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2006-07
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2007-08
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Hemsworth Miners W - last 6 matches All Competitions Most recent Home W W W D W W Away L W L D W W Collated D D W W W W
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2008-09
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2009-10
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St Helens Town games since... All Competitions Clean sheet 8
Hemsworth M.W. games since... All Competitions Clean sheet 0
Goal Scored Loss
1 0
No score draw
121
Score draw Win
9 8
Goal Scored Loss No score draw Score draw Win
How do we Compare? St Helens Town - last 6 matches All Competitions Most recent Home W L D W L Away L L L L L Collated L L L L L
Town Home Away Collated Hemsworth Home Away Collated
P 11 10 21 P 1 3 4
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0 6
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17
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FA Vase - Club Records 1986/87
First Entry
2009/10
20
Winners 86/7
4 0
8-1; 04/09/10 Biggest Win 3-1; 05/09/15 0-4; 15/12/10 Biggest Loss 0-4; 21/09/13
Best Season 2R 15/16 16/17
FA Vase Records Vs Opponents Leagues W D L F 8 0 3 37 7 0 3 22 15 0 6 59 W D L F 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 6
A 15 15 30 A 1 7 8
GD 22 7 29 GD 2 -4 -2
Win % 72.72 70.00 71.43 Win % 100.00 33.33 50.00
League News City of Liverpool have announced that main sponsor Regenda Homes have extended their partnership with the club for a further two seasons. The announcement was made on the Regenda website, and to celebrate the deal, COLFC Media Director and Programme Editor Gary Johansen took part in the recreation of an old photo in front of the William Huskisson statue that sits outside Dukes Terrace in Liverpool city centre, owned and managed by Regenda’s subsidiary, Redwing Living. Huskisson, who was MP for Liverpool (182330) and an advocate for free trade, is most commonly remembered for his notorious death as the first ever railway fatality, being run over by Stevenson's Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. Chadderton Chairman Bob Sopel says they are hoping to be back playing home games at Andrew Street by the end of September. The club have been having to play mainly away fixtures since the start of the season, due to a new playing surface and new
floodlights being installed. However, they did manage to fit in a "home" fixture against Silsden last week at Atherton Collieries' Kensite Stadium, but as Bob explained, the original plan was to get all the work done in the close season. "The work should have started on 1st May", said Bob. "But in the end the start date was delayed to July and at that point we knew, with the original timescale of 12 weeks for the work, that we were looking at the end of October. But the contractors have now brought the end date forward and we are looking at the end of September now. "The League have been very good with us. We have kept them fully informed and they have given us a lot of away fixtures, but we will be playing on our new surface very soon. The weather has been fantastic for us, it's been warm and wet, which has been ideal for getting it in place". The work is the latest step in a series of developments that have taken place at Andrew Street, and Bob says that everyone at the club is delighted at the progress that has been made. "The ground used to be open access and anyone could come in, so we had to overcome that first and legally stop that so we could get the ground up to standard. "Next was the lease, we had been talking to the council for several years and it seemed it just kept being delayed, but eventually we got a 35 year lease and that opened the door to the funding that is available, which allowed us first of all to upgrade the club house.
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"We also got funding to reclaim waste land at the top end of the ground, behind the far end goal. "We have actually started working from the back of the area. We were going to start at the front but it made more sense to start at the back and work our way forward. "So we now have a warm up area which takes the pressure of the pitch, and now we have spent just under ÂŁ50,000 on a brand new surface, along with brand new floodlights.
"A local Trust fund has provided most of the 30% funding we needed to find, with the rest coming from the Football Foundation. "There's still a bit of work to do, but it is all looking good so far and we are looking forward to playing games by the end of September". More cup glory for the Yellows What is it about Ashton Athletic and cup ties? Once again the Yellows delivered under pressure when facing opponents from a higher league, in defeating Evo-Stik League side Bamber Bridge 2-1 in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday. Victories over Radcliffe Borough and Chorley on the way to lifting the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy, and a 7-2 thumping of Mossley in the FA Cup at the same stage last season are still fresh in the mind, so in many ways another memorable cup
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occasion was no surprise. Once again it looks like the Yellows cup fighting qualities are once again well and truly ready for action. Tremendous comeback from Abbey Hey When it comes to remarkable comebacks, the weekend award has to go to Abbey Hey for the way in which they turned adversity into near dramatic triumph, in their FA Cup at home to Altrincham on Saturday. The visitors of course have some considerable cup fighting pedigree of their own, and when they cruised into a three goal lead after 24 minutes having passed up other good chances in the meantime, supreme optimism was required in the home camp. But two goals just before half time pulled Abbey back into the game, and with five minutes left a penalty from Sam Freakes completed an amazing recovery. Indeed, Abbey could even have won it with a chance in the last minute.
Town in good goal scoring form A team whose shooting boots are well polished at the moment are Stockport Town, who continued their recent good form with a 5-1 win at FC Oswestry Town on Saturday. That's now 11 goals in three games for Dave Wild's men, and there has been no shortage of entertainment in those games either, with the games containing a total of 17 goals. With those stats, it sounds like Town are a good watch at the moment.
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Premier Division Fixtures
Premier Division Table Wed 06/09/2017
P
W
D
L
F
A
Saturday 9th September 2017 AFC Darwen v Runcorn Linnets Ashton Athletic v City of Liverpool Runcorn Town v Burscough Winsford United v Bootle GD Pts
1
Runcorn Town
6
6
0
0
17
6
11
18
2
Runcorn Linnets
6
4
1
1
21
7
14
13
3
Charnock Richard
5
4
0
1
17
9
8
12
4
Bootle
7
3
2
2
18
12
6
11
5
Winsford United
7
3
2
2
9
12
-3
11
6
AFC Liverpool
6
3
1
2
15
7
8
10
7
Hanley Town
5
3
1
1
15
8
7
10
5
3
1
1
13
7
6
10
9 City of Liverpool FC 5
3
0
2
15
8
7
9
10
1874 Northwich
3
2
1
0
6
3
3
7
11
Irlam
5
2
1
2
8
8
0
7
12
Widnes
6
2
1
3
11
13
-2
7
13 Northwich Victoria
6
2
1
3
9
17
-8
7
14
7
2
1
4
7
18
-11
7
15 Barnoldswick Town 5
2
0
3
8
6
2
6
16
Maine Road
4
2
0
2
8
11
-3
6
17
Padiham
6
2
0
4
14
18
-4
6
18
Congleton Town
6
1
2
3
12
13
-1
5
19
Ashton Athletic
3
1
1
1
6
3
3
4
20
Abbey Hey
3
1
0
2
2
7
-5
3
21
Burscough
6
0
3
3
5
13
-8
3
22
Barnton
7
0
3
4
9
25
-16
3
23
Squires Gate
5
0
0
5
4
18
-14
0
8 West D & Chorlton
AFC Darwen
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Tuesday 12th September 2017 Ashton Athletic v Barnton Wednesday 13th September 2017 Abbey Hey v Hanley Town Friday 15th September 2017 Squires Gate v Widnes Saturday 16th September 2017 Abbey Hey v AFC Liverpool Burscough v Congleton Town City of Liverpool FC v Barnton Irlam v Barnoldswick Town Northwich Victoria v Bootle Runcorn Linnets v Maine Road West D & Chorlton v Runcorn Town Winsford United v AFC Darwen Monday 18th September 2017 Maine Road v Runcorn Town Widnes v Burscough Tuesday 19th September 2017 1874 Northwich v City of Liverpool Barnoldswick T v Charnock Richard Bootle v Irlam Congleton Town v Winsford United Padiham v Ashton Athletic Runcorn Linnets v AFC Liverpool Wednesday 20th September 2017 AFC Darwen v Squires Gate Barnton v West D & Chorlton Hanley Town v Northwich Victoria Saturday 30th September 2017 1874 Northwich v AFC Darwen Abbey Hey v Winsford United Ashton Ath v West D & Chorlton Barnton v Padiham Burscough v Irlam Charnock Richard v Bootle City of Liverpool v Barnoldswick T Hanley Town v AFC Liverpool Maine Road v Northwich Victoria Runcorn Town v Congleton Town Squires Gate v Runcorn Linnets
First Division Table Wed 06/09/2017
First Division Fixtures Saturday 9th September 2017 Bacup Borough v Abbey Hulton Sandbach United v Chadderton
P
W
D
L
F
A GD Pts
1
Silsden
7
7
0
0
15
3
12 21
2
Whitchurch Alport
7
5
2
0
18
5
13
3
Litherland REMYCA
6
5
1
0
17
4
13 16
4
Alsager Town
7
5
1
1
10
6
4
16
5
Cheadle Town
7
4
1
2
12 10
2
13
6
Prestwich Heys
7
4
0
3
18
9
9
12
7
Bacup Borough
6
3
2
1
8
4
4
11
8
Abbey Hulton Utd
6
3
2
1
9
7
2
11
9
New Mills
5
3
1
1
14
8
6
10
10
Carlisle City
7
3
1
3
11
9
2
10
11
Sandbach United
7
3
1
3
9
8
1
10
12
Stockport Town
7
3
1
3
13 15
-2
10
13
AFC Blackpool
6
3
0
3
10 10
0
9
14
Atherton LR
6
2
1
3
5
6
-1
7
15
Cammell Laird
6
2
1
3
8
13
-5
7
16
Chadderton
5
1
2
2
9
9
0
5
17
Daisy Hill
7
1
2
4
6
9
-3
5
18
Eccleshall
6
1
1
4
8
15
-7
4
19
Holker Old Boys
7
1
1
5
7
23 -16 4
20
Nelson
6
0
1
5
3
12
21
St Helens Town
5
0
0
5
3
14 -11 0
22
FC Oswestry Town
7
0
0
7
9
23 -14 0
-9
17
1
Saturday 16th September 2017 Abbey Hulton United v Carlisle City Atherton LR v Chadderton Cammell Laird v Holker Old Boys Daisy Hill v Alsager Town Eccleshall v Prestwich Heys FC Oswestry Town v St Helens T Litherland REMYCA v Whitchurch A Nelson v Stockport Town New Mills v AFC Blackpool Sandbach United v Bacup Borough Silsden v Cheadle Town Monday 18th September 2017 Stockport Town v New Mills Tuesday 19th September 2017 Cammell Laird 1907 v Eccleshall Prestwich Heys v Daisy Hill Wednesday 20th September 2017 Cheadle Town v Chadderton Holker Old Boys v Carlisle City Litherland REMYCA v St Helens Tn Tuesday 26th September 2017 Chadderton v New Mills Saturday 30th September 2017 Bacup Borough v Cheadle Town Cammell Laird 1907 v Atherton LR Carlisle City v Alsager Town Chadderton v Holker Old Boys Daisy Hill v St Helens Town Oswestry Tn v Litherland REMYCA Nelson v Eccleshall Prestwich Heys v Abbey Hulton Sandbach United v AFC Blackpool Stockport Town v Silsden Whitchurch Alport v New Mills Tuesday 3rd October 2017 Abbey Hulton v Sandbach United Alsager Town v Cammell Laird Carlisle City v Nelson New Mills v Atherton LR Silsden v AFC Blackpool
Charity Partner 2017-18
Charity Partner 2017-18
Next up at RUSKIN DRIVE Thurs 5th Oct 2017 Kick Off 7.45pm
Today’s Team Line-up
versus PRESTWICH Heys AFC Hallmark Security League Division One
Next AWAY FIXTURE Sat 16th Sept 2017 Kick Off 3.00pm
versus OSWESTRY T Hallmark Security League Division One
Today’s SPONSORS Match: Dave Wiggins Match Ball: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool
Programme: Unite St Helens
Main Club Sponsors
Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Charity Partner 2017-18
Charity Partner 2017-18
Charity Partner 2017-18