St Helens Town v Silsden 2016-17 by John McKiernan

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Team Line-Ups CLUB INFORMATION Honorary Life President: Alan Wellens Vice Presidents: Jim Barrett and Steve Ball Chairman: John McKiernan (07713 339682)

Saturday 11th February 2017, kick off 3pm The Hallmark Security League, First Division St Helens Town

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Vice Chairman: Glyn Jones

Andy Webster Eddie Pegler Ant Whelan Danny Greene

Hospitality: Margaret Wood and Paul Wood Trustee: John McKiernan

1st Team Physiotherapists Lisa Phillipson

Company Director: Jim Barrett

Mark Trueman Daniel Bunch

Kyle Hancock Luke Taylor Nathan Storton Robert Foulds Benjamin Cox Arron Davis Thomas Henderson Manager: Danny Forrest Assistant: Matt McNeil

Match Sponsor

Sunday Team Manager: David Platt

Legal: St Helens Town Limited Private Limited Company Company No. 04392840 Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002

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Referee: Mr P Simm (Wigan) Assist: Mr P Ellison (Coppull) & Mr W Kendall (Preston)

U18s Assistant Manager: Terry Smith

Shirt Sponsor: Freestart plc

Josh Kaine

Dom Whelan

Manager: Alan Gillespie Assistant: Lee Jenkinson

U18s Team Manager: David McNabb

Daniel Vincent

Alex Gillespie

Adam Donohue

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Charlie Holt

Nicholas McNally

Daniel Hennigan

U21s Team Manager: John McLaughlan

Callum Jakovlevs

Joshua Eastwood

Wade Muscart

1st Team Coach: Nick Robinson

Andy Gillespie Luke Edwards

1st Team Assistant Manager Lee Jenkinson

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Paul Carney Dale Korie-Butler

1st Team Manager: Alan Gillespie

Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

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Full Committee: John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, Jim Barrett, Ste Ball, Andy Langley Paul Wood, Margaret Wood, Kieran Ford, Chris Ford & Glyn Jones

Club Email: sthelenstownfc@hotmail.co.uk

Adam Fairchild Andy Presho

Hon. Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695)

U21s Assistant Manager: Lee Jenkinson

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Town v AFC Blackpool

Hallmark Security League Thursday 16th Feb 2016, 7.45pm Volair Park, Prescot Cables

Cover Photograph: Eddie Pegler and Liam Dodd

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Talk of the Town Good afternoon, and welcome to Edge Green Street for this Hallmark Security League, First Division contest against Silsden. 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. It’s been a month since we were last in action in a home game here at Edge Green Street taking on Eccleshall in what transpired to be a hard fought 1-0 victory but since then we have been frustrated a couple of times by the weather prior to last Saturday’s contest against Daisy Hill at Volair Park.

Town and Daisy Hill had already faced off against each other twice prior to last Saturday’s contest with the reverse league fixture ending with a 2-2 draw and Town advancing 2-0 in a Reusch First Division Cup contest. Town dominated the possession battle in the opening quarter of the contest but failed to make their dominance pay and it was the visitors who broke the deadlock on 27 minutes the dangerous Ashley Stott latched onto a through ball and was able to find Hensley Mills who sided footed home. Town bounced back quickly when Danny Greene sent a cross into the box and stand in skipper Ste Rigby met the ball with a diving header which the visiting stopper couldn't keep out. With the half drawing to a close a well worked Town free-kick straight off the training ground saw a decoy run from Andy Presho which was followed by Luke Edwards curling the ball home in at the far post to send the hosts into the break with a slender lead. Daisy Hill came out after the break and took the game to their hosts creating and spurning several chances before eventually drawing level via a controversial penalty which Ashley Stott. Town regained the lead when Dale Korie-Butler collected the ball on the edge of the box and applied a wonderful finish into the top right hand corner of the net and victory was assure in added on time when the scoring was rounded off when Korie-Butler turned provider unselfishly playing in substitute Shaun Brady when he could have taken an effort himself and the youngster made no mistake applying a cool finish to secure Town’s third win of 2017 and continue their 100% start to the new year. We turn our attentions to this afternoons contest against a Silsden side who have had mixed fortunes of late but secured an excellent 2-1 victory over high-flying Alsager Town last Saturday. The reverse fixture saw Town run out 4-1 winners back in November with a cameo in goal for Ant Whelan who hopefully will be in a more orthodox outfield role this afternoon. We need to continue our great start to 2017 as we look to build momentum as we aim to gatecrash the play-off places, there were some interesting results at the weekend and sides will start to take points off each other but we must look after ourselves and make sure we secure as many points as we can over the remaining fifteen games of the season and then we will see what happens!

Let’s get behind Town this afternoon and hopefully cheer them on to victory! Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller

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In Town Today The first ever Silsden AFC was formed in September 1904. The fledgling club adopted a blue & white playing kit that had been used by the recently defunct village rugby club, and a field adjacent to the original rugby field on Keighley Road was hired. It is amazing that the same field is used to this day by the current Silsden football club. 1905-06, saw Silsden become founder members of the Keighley & District League. Unfortunately success eluded them, finishing 5th in the league after being in the running for the title early in the season, and beaten in the Charity Cup final by Keighley Celtic 0-1, in front of 1000 wet & windswept spectators at Lawkholme Lane. For the 1909-10 season, Silsden FC resigned from the Keighley league, and they joined the Bradford & District League. For 1911/12 Season Silsden returned to the Keighley League and in 1913/14 won the Keighley Charity Cup for the second time after defeating Cullingworth 3-2. and lifted the Keighley League title for the first time in six seasons the next term. After the war there were a number of local clubs wanting a higher grade of football in which to play, and it was no surprise when the Keighley League’s top teams began to look to further themselves away from local competition. Silsden became founder members of the West Riding County Amateur League. For 1924/25 Silsden moved to the South Craven League. This was to herald what was to be a lean time for the club, who struggled badly in their new surroundings. The South Craven League came to sudden and abrupt end when its sides joined forces with others to form a strong Airedale & Craven League in 1931. Silsden won the inaugural A&C title after a titanic battle with Keighley Town and old rivals Sutton United. They defeated Keighley Town in the final game of the season 5-4 after twice being two goals in arrears to lift the title, also winning the Charity Cup and the Craven Morrison Cup finals. At the end of the 1933/34 season Silsden moved to the Bradford Amateur League in the hope of increasing their support and revenue. In their first season they had to settle for runners-up place, but they did retain the Charity Cup. After finishing bottom in 1936/37 Silsden moved back to the Keithley & District League, winning the League Cup in their first season. In 1939/40 with many teams closing down due to the war, Silsden won the League title, the League Cup and the Charity Cup. Silsden entered the Craven & District League after the war but after one season moved back to the Bradford Amateur League. In 1951 they moved again, this time spending 8 seasons in the Wharfdale League. This heralded another period of success for the club with League titles and cups being won. However, as ever the wheels turned and by the end of the decade Silsden moved back to the Craven & District League. In 1963/64 Silsden won the League and Cup double and on the strength of that were elected straight into the West Riding County Amateur Leagues top division for the following season. Over the next decade the side would win the Keighley FA Cup seven times, and lift both West Riding County Amateur and West Yorkshire League titles. Yet, despite their immense success, events would transpire that would lead them to a self inflicted downfall by the end of the 1970’s. In 1971/72 the club won the League title but at the end of 1972/73 Silsden were unable to raise a team to play in the League Cup final on the specified date and were expelled from the League. The club found a new home in the West Yorkshire League Division One and promptly won the title but there was no automatic promotion, so they were forced to play a second season in Division One. Silsden won the title again and this time were allowed promotion to the Premier Division where they took the title at the first attempt. An altercation between players from Silsden and Fryston at the League’s Presentation evening lead to both clubs being expelled from the League. Silsden managed to regain admittance to the West Riding County Amateur League. Incredibly Silsden were expelled from a league for the third time in six seasons, this time for violent and abusive behaviour from players and officials. Silsden also lost the use of their ground after breaking the tenancy agreement. With no home, the club broke up. However, Silsden United, a Sunday team who had taken over the facilities, changed their name to Silsden AFC as part of the tenancy agreement and in 1980 a Saturday team was formed which joined the Craven League. In 1983/84 they were accepted into the West Riding County Amateur League and in 1985/86 won promotion to the Premier Division. However, things didn’t work out and after finishing second from bottom in 1987/88, the club had withdrawn from the League by Christmas 1988 and folded. A new Silsden AFC was formed. They started life in the Craven & District football league Division Two and spent three years in the Craven League, moving up to the Premier Division and in the last year set a new record of going through the season unbeaten in all competitions. They then joined the West Riding County Amateur League in Division Two and quickly gained promotion up into the Premier Division where they enjoyed three seasons. In season 2002/03 Silsden set another record in going through the season unbeaten in all competitions. They won the League title and the League Cup. 2003/04 saw Silsden

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Silsden AFC again walk away with most of the trophies. As well as winning the League, they became only the fourth team in history to win the County Cup three seasons running, they also took the Keighley FA Cup, the Keighley FA Supplementary Cup and the Keighley FA Sunday Cup, although they had to settle for runners up place in the League Cup final, losing 3-1 to Campion. In season 2004/5 Silsden gained promotion to Division 1 in the North West Counties Football League in their inaugural season by finishing runners up to Cammell Laird. 2005/6 saw the side finish their first season in Division One in 14th position a great achievement in only their second season on the league. The following season saw them replicate the previous seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th placed finish but this time they gained four extra points. The following year they improved they finished in a club record 10th position. The 2008/9 season saw the Yorkshire men improve again this time finishing in their best ever finish of 9th position in the Premier Division. Work was completed in May on the new clubhouse & changing facilities at their natural home of Keighley Road. Silsden returned to its natural home in Silsden at the start of the 2010/11 season but the club had an difficult start to the season on the pitch finding themselves battling at the wrong end of the table they regrouped and eventually put a string of results together to ensure that they were to play Premier Division football this season with a 15th position finish. The 2011/12 season saw the club have a more comfortable season with the club finishing in a mid-table position of 12th. The following term 2012/13 saw the club have a good start but a poor run of form saw them slide down the table and be drawn into the danger zone. A few good results in the final month of the season saw the club climb back up the table and finish in 18th position. Last season saw the club improve slightly with another lower mid table finish this time in 15th position. 2014/15 saw a mid-table finish for Silsden but a 1-1 draw at Brocstedes Park saw them relegate Town and last term they suffered a similar fate finishing in 21st position and being relegated. Looking to bounce straight back to the Premier Division at the first attempt Silsden had a mixed started to the 2016/17 season and James Gill was replaced by former Bradford City player Danny Forrest in November 2016.

Season 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

League WRCL-P WRCL-P WRCL-P NWC-2 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P NWC-P

P 26 24 26 36 42 42 38 42 42 42 42 42 42 40 42

W 17 17 22 25 16 16 15 16 13 13 16 11 13 16 9

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D 4 7 1 5 8 6 10 10 7 9 9 6 8 8 11

L 5 0 3 6 18 20 13 16 22 20 17 25 21 16 22

F 66 63 78 93 76 66 65 62 53 47 59 58 52 55 57

A 30 19 28 42 75 79 57 67 75 74 59 98 70 62 88

GD 36 44 50 51 1 -13 8 -5 -22 -27 0 -40 -18 -7 -31

Pts 55 58 67 77 50 54 55 58 46 48 57 39 47 56 38

Position 2/14 1/13 1/14 2/19 14/22 14/22 10/20 9/22 14/22 15/22 12/22 18/22 15/22 10/21 21/22

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Chairman’s Notes Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Edge Green Street for this Hallmark Security League First Division game against Silsden AFC. Let’s hope their payers, officials and supporters have had a safe journey across from West Yorkshire and along with our own support are treated to an entertaining encounter. Many thanks today’s match sponsors Thatto Heath Tech Shop, St Helens and our match ball sponsors Beer EnGin, Whiston - your continued support is greatly appreciated. Last Saturday’s 4-2 win over Daisy Hill at Volair Park gave an opportunity to hopefully blow-away a few cobwebs with players out of action for the previous two Saturdays. We witnessed four great goals but it was a tight affair until youngster Shaun Brady netted in stoppage time to secure a much deserved three points. Silsden arrive on the back of a very good 21 home win over Alsager Town so we will need to be at our best if we are going to make it four successive wins in 2017. Of course the big news this week is the continued delays at Ruskin Drive Sports Ground and confirmation the first team will not play at the new ground until next season. The Council have said the work to complete the development will not be completed until mid-May. The delay also means we will be unable to host the Easter weekend Ground Hop game v City of Liverpool FC which has significant financial implications for the club. We will continue to work hard in the build up to our move to Ruskin and if you can help please give me a call on 07713 339 682 - we are always looking for volunteers to help with sponsorship, fundraising, club lottery and match day activities. Town host AFC Blackpool next Thursday evening at Prescot Cables while next Saturday we make a trip to Sandbach United. Enjoy the game . . . John McKiernan Chairman, St Helens Town

Man of the Match awards for Dale Korie-Butler (Litherland REMYCA) and Paul Carney (Holker Old Boys) pictured with Alan Gillespie

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The world this week This Week in the World of... Kieran Ford takes a trip down memory and discovers what events happened in the history of St Helens Town, sport in general and provides a reminder of any historical world events that occurred in this week in history. The week of 5th-12th February Last Season: St Helens Town – Town are unable to continue their winning run as their match is postponed. Sport – 11th February 2016 Sunderland sack winger Adam Johnson, following his pleading guilty to a charge of underage sex. Two further charges of the same crime still remain against Johnson, who pleaded not guilty to them. World – 12th February 2016 Pope Francis meets Patriarch Kirill in Havana - first meeting between Catholic and Russian Orthodox church heads for nearly 1,000 years. 10 Years Ago: St Helens Town – 10th February 2007 Town bounce back from two successive defeats with a 2-0 win away at Maine Road. Sport – 7th February 2007 Milan Mandarić completes his takeover of Leicester City. World – 11th February 2007 60th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Queen" Best Film, Paul Greengrass Best Director. 20 Years Ago: St Helens Town - 8th & 11th February 1997 Town secure a dramatic 4-3 victory at home to Burscough, with 3 St Helens goals in 7 2nd half minutes proving the difference. However, 3 days later they are defeated 1-0 away at Chadderton. Sport –10th February 1997 Leicester City defender Neil Lewis is sentenced to six months in prison for affray after being found guilty of attacking a man with a bottle in a nightclub brawl. World – 9th February 1997 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history. The Vase Year (+1!): 1988 St Helens Town – 6th February 1988 Town secure a 2-0 victory over Kirkby Town at Houghton Road. Sport – 5th February 1988 A UEFA referendum decides that all English clubs will be banned from European competition for a fourth successive season. World – 6th February 1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.

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

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P 10 11 1 0 22

W 6 3 1 0 10

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at St Helens Previous Meetat Silsden Town ings NWC-D1 2001-02 WRCL-P NWC-D1 2002-03 WRCL-P NWC-D1 2003-04 WRCL-P NWC-D1 2004-05 NWC-D2 04/02; 3-2 2005-06 18/02; 2-4 31/03; 2-1 2006-07 14/04; 1-1 20/10; 4-4 2007-08 05/01; 0-5 20/12; 4-1 2008-09 13/09; 1-2 29/04; 1-0 2009-10 20/03; 3-2 19/04; 0-3 2010-11 11/09; 3-0 26/11; 1-1 2011-12 28/04; 1-1 16/02; 2-1 2012-13 06/09; 1-7 19/09; 2-0 2013-14 14/12; 0-1 21/04; 1-1 2014-15 03/01; 1-2 NWC-D1 2015-16 NWC-PD 11/02/2017 2016-17 12/11; 4-1 St Helens Town Scores First Games Played 21 St Helens Town Wins 9 Draws 5 Silsden Wins 7 St Helens Town Goals 37 Silsden Goals 40 Percentage Town Wins 42.86

Previous Meetings D L 3 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 5 7

F 20 17 1 0 38

A 14 26 0 0 40

GD 6 -9 1 0 -2

Win % 60.00 27.27 100.00 0.00 45.45

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Ruskin Update

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Tea Break Teasers Q1. Which two Manchester City players were sent off in their 3-1 home defeat to Chelsea?

Q2. Which team effectively knocked Southampton out of the Europa League with a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s? Q3. Which Italian club defeated Liverpool in the 1985 European Cup Final? Q4. Which former Liverpool player was Hull City manager in 2011? Q5. Who was the only player transferred between Premier League clubs for more than £20m in the January transfer window? Q6. Who is the oldest player to win a Premier League title at 40 years and 205 days old? Q7. Which player moved from Crystal Palace to Everton for £8.6m in May 2006?

Q8. Which two current Championship clubs have never played in the English top-flight? Q9. Which current Premier League player has scored 11 Premier League goals with 10 of these coming from outside the area? Q10. Which former Everton striker netted four goals for Bury in 20 minutes in a 5-1 win over Peterborough last month? Q11. Which player joined Liverpool for £7m from Udinese in July 2008? Q12. With which club did David Seaman finish his career? Q13. Which company were the original Premier League sponsors from 1993/4 to 2000/1?

Q14. Which player in 2000 became the first non-Englishman to score 100 Premier League goals? Q15. Who was the first Argentinian to score a Premier League hat-trick?

1) Sergio Aguero & Fernandinho 2) Hapoel Be’er Sheva 3) Juventus 4) Nick Barmby 5) Morgan Schneiderlin 6) Edwin Van der Saar 7) Andy Johnson 8) Burton Albion & Rotherham 9) Tom Huddlestone 10) James Vaughan 11) Andrea Dossena 12) Manchester City 13) Carling 14) Dwight Yorke 15) Carlos Tevez

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Ruskin Drive News More disappointment as the wait continues for Town's return to St Helens. Club officials met with the Council last Friday (3rd February) and it has now been confirmed that the work required to meet the FA Ground Grading will not be completed until mid-May 2017. While the ground is currently being used by the club’s U18s, U21s and Sunday teams the prolonged delays to the completion of the new dressing room facilities and a problem with the height of the pitch perimeter fence have left the club frustrated that the first team will have an extended wait to make a return home. The delay will mean a number of issues for Town including the need to secure alternative playing facilities for next season to ensure they do not fall foul of the FA and NWCFL ground requirements. As the Ruskin Drive Sports ground will not be in a position to be inspected by the 31st March deadline the club needs to have a ground sharing agreement in place at a suitable alternative ground to maintain their membership of the league and guarantee entry to FA competitions. Club Chairman John McKiernan said, ‘The news is very disappointing and a real blow to our plans. We’ve relied on the good will and support of a number of clubs over the past six years and are indebted to those clubs in ensuring the survival of the club – their assistance should not be underestimated.’

He added, ‘If we accept that the new ground will be ready in May the reality is that we will never need to utilise any ground sharing agreement but it still has to be in place or we could be in serious trouble.’ The club will also lose out on a lucrative fixture as part of the NWCFL Easter weekend Ground Hop. Town were due to host promotion chasing City of Liverpool at Ruskin Drive as the second of three Ground Hop fixtures in the area on Easter Sunday which would have seen up to 300 ‘hoppers’ part of a likely four-figure crowd. Mr McKiernan added, ‘We had expected to be on the new ground some time earlier this season but delays have shifted from weeks to months. The loss of the Ground Hop fixture is both hugely disappointing and financially disastrous, losing the club thousands of pounds. ‘Given our opposition the City of Liverpool FC, who are very well supported, hundreds of ground hoppers and a lot of local interest this was guaranteed to be bumper crowd and an ideal way to showcase the club and the new Ruskin Drive Sports Ground facility. ‘Unfortunately, we had no other option but to inform the league that we would not be able to participate in the Ground Hop programme.’

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Danny Greene in action v Cheadle Town on Saturday 13th August 2016

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Andy Gillespie in action v FC Oswestry Town on Saturday 24th September 2016

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Match Sponsors We are looking for additional sponsors on match-days with a host of benefits for both match (£100) and match ball (£50) sponsors including free entry & programme; hospitality, programme and social media advertising; pre-match photos, man of the match awards. Contact John McKiernan on 07713 339 682 for more details. Date

Opponents

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Match Ball Sponsor

Thu 18/08/16

Sandbach United

Beer EnGin, Whiston

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Thu 01/09/16

Prestwich Heys

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Cuncannon

Sat 10/09/16

Chadderton (FAV)

Top Car Detailing

Cuncannon

Thu 15/09/16

Widnes

Thatto Heath Tech Shop

Beer Engin, Whiston

Sat 26/11/16

FC Oswestry Town

Toast Café

Live Wire Electrical

Sat 01/10/16

AFC Darwen (Macron Cup)

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

MLR Heating Supplies

Sat 15/10/16

Carlisle City

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Excell Painting & Decorating

Sat 05/11/16

Daisy Hill

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Beechley Stables, RDA

Thu 10/11/16

Cheadle Town

Beer EnGin, Whiston

Toast Café, St Helens

Thu 01/12/16

City of Liverpool (Reusch Cup)

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Dave Wiggins

Sat 10/12/16

Bacup Borough

Kiera’s Occasions

Dave Wiggins

Toast Café, St Helens

Britannia Taxis

Mon 26/12/16 Litherland REMYCA Sat 07/01/17

Holker Old Boys

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Connor McGinn

Sat 14/01/17

Eccleshall

Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

LM Travel

Sat 04/02/17

Daisy Hill

Freestart SEO

Dave Wiggins

Sat 11/02/17

Silsden

Thatto Heath Tech Shop

Beer EnGin

Thur 16/02/17

AFC Blackpool

Sat 25/02/17

Ashton Town

Thur 09/03/17

Alsager Town

Thur 23/03/17

Chadderton

Sat 25/03/17

Stockport Town

Michael Allison

Stuart Pyke

Sat 01/04/17

Atherton LR

North West Do Rescue

John Cahill

Sat 15/04/17

City of Liverpool

The Boar’s Head

Sat 29/04/17

Charnock Richard

Toast Café , St Helens

TBC

Whitchurch Alport

The Track King

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Mike Hodson Ups and downs are normal…it’s having a club that matters Football is a game of ups and downs. The ups or the downs may be shorter or longer, there may also be plateaus, but, in relative terms, all clubs face this tension. Manchester United didn’t win the English championship for 26 years. After which they had a spell where they couldn’t seem to stop winning it. With Liverpool the ups and the downs are the other way round, from the triumphs of the 1970s and 1980s to the relative struggles of the 1990s. European champions in 1982, Aston Villa currently find themselves as Championship also-rans. Ups and downs are not confined to the English football elite. Burnley, English champions in 1960, were almost relegated out of the League in 1987, and are now again seeking to establish themselves in the top division. Likewise, Swansea City went from the bottom of the Football League structure to the top division in the early 1980s, and then slipped back down again in the later 1980s before beginning the rise up again in the 2000s. These kinds of ups are exemplified by Wimbledon, both in their original and their reformed guises. Bolton and Wolves made the journey the opposite way down the League structure in the 1980s and back up in the 1990s. The game is full of these ups and downs and ebbs and flows. What differs between clubs is the length of the ups and downs, the plateaus in-between, and the specific stories attached to them. The non-league game is no exception to these dynamics. It was a recent, pretty mild January night, at Holt House in Colne, when these thoughts about ups and downs came to me. I was stood watching an EvoStik North match between the home side and Lancaster City. I’ve been to the ground a couple of times and I like it. It’s both tidy and quirky, with its large slope, mish-mash of stands, excellent refreshment hut and its compact bar. The reason this came into my consciousness that night at Colne is, I think, because of the very specific story of that club’s ups and downs. Colne were promoted from the North West Counties League last season and are currently on a very steady upward trajectory since they reformed in 1996. The club reformed after their predecessor, Colne Dynamoes, were wound up in 1990. Clearly, this was more than a down, it was catastrophic for the club. But it had come after a very particular up. Colne Dynamoes were established in the 1960s by Graham White, who led the club through local leagues and into the Lancashire Combination in the mid-1970s. The club continued a steady rise, joining the bottom division of the North West Counties League on its founding in 1982. By the mid-1980s the resources of the, by-then, very wealthy White were becoming more visible. A Wembley win in the 1988 FA Vase, was accompanied by further scaling of the pyramid. White was arguably a forerunner of the breed of new aspirational owners who have infused the game, both in League and non-league circles in the last couple of decades. By 1989 the club was in the top division of the Northern Premier League, with a squad of full time players, many rumoured to be on very large salaries, playing in front of Friday night crowds at Holt House regularly topping 1,000. Colne’s rise through the pyramid was rapid and by 1990 they had sauntered to the Northern Premier League title and were knocking on the door of the Conference, the top division in non-league football. It became apparent through that season that Colne’s rise was likely to be stalled without significant ground improvements. Their tight Holt House ground, with its slope, was deemed not fit for entry to the elite club of non-league football. This led to efforts to ground share Turf Moor with neighbours Burnley, who were on a pretty spectacular down at the time. When this didn’t happen Colne’s decline was almost immediate and stark and in murky circumstances the club folded in the close season of 1990. Arguably all sides deal with ups and downs. Some are quite short and sharp over a few seasons, as was the case in the 1980s with Colne. Or indeed, as can be seen with Droylsden, where owner Dave Pace led The Bloods up the pyramid to the top division of non-league football and most of the way back down again between the late 1990s and the current day. Chorley experienced an upswing in the late

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Guest Writer 1980s, reaching the non-league elite and the Conference, before sliding down the leagues and only really reversing that slide and beginning a new upswing over the last decade or so.

Other examples involve the down swing being so sharp that it results in the demise of the club, such as was the case with Accrington Stanley in 1962. The club went out of business and with it the end of its Peel Park ground. Its reestablishment saw Stanley make the Crown Ground their home from 1968 and work up through the non-leagues, re-entering the Football League in 2006. Other ups and particularly downs are longer and more steady. Nelson, for example, were a Football League club between 1921 and 1931. Seen through that historical reference point the club has been on a long down slope; one on which it has folded, reformed and played in the Lancashire Combination, the West Lancashire League and the North West Counties League. This long narrative, though, ignores the rich history of the club, and the micro ebbs and flows, across these decades. One critical issue, though, is that understanding ups and downs requires some kind of historical perspective to be able to see them. Having said that, even if we can’t see the full trajectory of an up or a down, we can begin to see them forming in real time. So, for example, it would seem that those great FA Cup giant killers and regular top level non-league club, Altrincham, are probably now on a downward swing. With relegation from the National League in 2015/16 the Robins are currently rooted to the bottom of National League North. It would be no surprise if they fell further. Conversely, fuelled by the ambition of their owner, AFC Fylde are in the midst of a significant, almost thirty year, upswing that has seen them move up from the West Lancashire League, moving through leagues to the National League North, changing both their name and ground on the way. Nobody knows what kind of stories will be told about either Altrincham or AFC Fylde in the years to come. But it wouldn’t be a surprise in either case for their stories to involve alternatives to the current downs and ups that they’re both experiencing. Getting beyond the examples above the issue that remains is, why do ups and downs happen? The answer to this often isn’t straightforward. Sometimes it involves new owners, and an influx of money and players boosting a club’s status and position (or conversely the owner leaving). An obvious example of this is Salford City, where the ownership of the so-called ‘class of 92′ has lifted The Ammies’ league status and wider public profile. In other circumstances an influential manager can underpin the upswing of a club. Bob Murphy took small town Mossley to the upper reaches of the non-league game in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Similarly, Roly Howard presided over a golden period for Marine, particularly in the 1970s. Some degree of up and down is desirable to create a competitive context which is needed for the game to function. Ups are usually a source of great delight and pride. Downs are often accompanied by anxiety and stress about when the down – and its effects, such as losing players, managers, supporters and money – will stop. But this is from the immediate perspective of experiencing these ups and downs. If we take a step back and look in a longer historical perspective we will realise that these ups and downs are a common dynamic of the game. They allow supporters and officials to experience a range of emotions from delight and pride to despair and desolation. Winning and losing is obviously a fundamental part of the game but the unseen and unyielding pressure for clubs to be on a constantly upward trajectory is one of the most damaging aspects of the form of competition that has gripped the game over the last 30 years or so. Very stark ups and the downs that sometimes follow interventions from ‘entrepreneurial’ owners are often built on the search for rapid upward movements which have the potential to leave clubs open to equally rapid downs or even worse consequences. There needs to be something of a rebalancing of expectations to recognise that ups and downs are normal. That many clubs have existed for a century and more and have been through countless cycles of ups, downs and in-betweens. What matters is that the swings between the ups and downs don’t become destructive to the club through forcing too much change on the club too quickly. Too much change on the down swing endangers the very existence of the club and too much on the upswing runs the risk of the club changing so quickly that it becomes unrecognisable. The ideal is that clubs persist and are able to experience these ups and downs rather than to deny them in search of a permanent up that is undesirable and often unachievable. For future blogs follow me on Twitter @mhod71

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Match Statistics 201 Date Opponents Comp KO Result GK 2 3 4 5 Aug 06 Carlisle City NWCFL 3.00 4-3L Novak D.Brady Williams Rawsthorne Falconer Aug 13 Cheadle Town NWCFL 3.00 3-3D Novak Presho A.Whelan Falconer Rigby AUG 18 SANDBACH UNITED NWCFL 7.45 L2-4 Novak Greene Rigby Presho An Gillespie Aug 20 Litherland REMYCA NWCFL 3.00 W1-2 Novak Greene Rigby Webster Falconer Aug 27 Charnock Richard NWCFL 3.00 W1-3 Novak Greene Rigby Webster Falconer SEP 01 PRESTWICH HEYS NWCFL 7.45 2-2D Hodge Greene Rigby Webster Falconer Sep 03 Atherton LR NWCFL 3.00 4-2L Hodge Greene1 Rigby Falconer Webster Sep 06 City of Liverpool NWCFL 7.45 5-1L Hodge D.Brady Presho Falconer Webster SEP 10 CHADDERTON FAV 1QR 3.00 3-5L Taylor D.Brady Presho Webster Donohue SEP 15 WIDNES NWCFL 7.45 1-1D Taylor D.Brady Rigby Pegler Webster Sep 17 Daisy Hill NWCFL 3.00 2-2D Taylor D.Brady Rigby Ball Ogden SEP24 FC OSWESTRY TOWN NWCFL 3.00 2-1W Taylor Greene1 Rigby Donohue Falconer OCT 01 AFC DARWEN TMC 1R 3.00 4-2W Walsh Presho Rigby Pegler Donohue Oct 08 Alsager Town NWCFL 3.00 3-1L Walsh Presho Rigby Pegler Donohue Oct 11 AFC Blackpool NWCFL 7.45 1-3W Walsh Presho1 Carney Pegler Webster OCT 15 CARLISLE CITY NWCFL 3.00 3-4L Walsh Pegler Carney Webster1 A.Whelan Oct 18 FC Oswestry Town NWCFL 7.45 3-2L Walsh Tserpes Carney Webster A.Whelan1 OCT 22 Bacup Borough NWCFL 3.00 1-1D Novak Presho Rigby Donohue A.Whelan Oct 29 Eccleshall TMC 2R 3.00 3-5W Hodge Presho Rigby Webster A.Whelan1 NOV 05 Daisy Hill RFDC 2R 3.00 2-0W Walsh Presho Rigby Webster Donohue NOV 10 CHEADLE TOWN NWCFL 7.45 4-2W Walsh Presho Rigby Webster Donohue Nov12 Silsden NWCFL 3.00 1-4W A.Whelan Chojnicki Rigby Donohue Webster Nov 16 Litherland REMYCA LS Cup 7.45 4-2L Brinksman Presho Rigby Donohue1 Webster Nov 19 Eccleshall NWCFL 3.00 0-4W Walsh Presho1 Rigby Donohue Webster DEC 01 CITY OF LIVEPOOL NWCFL 7.45 0-3L Walsh Presho Rigby Donohue Webster Dec 03 Ashton Town NWCFL 3.00 0-2W Walsh Chojnicki Rigby Donohue Webster Dec 06 Bootle TMC 3R 7.45 5-1L Walsh Chojnicki Rigby Donohue Webster DEC 10 BACUP BOROUGH NWCFL 3.00 2-0W Fairchild Presho Rigby Donohue Webster Dec 17 Whitchurch Alport NWCFL 3.00 3-0L Fairchild Presho Rigby Webster Donohue DEC 26 LITHERLAND REMCYA NWCFL 3.00 2-4L Fairchild Muscart Presho Webster1 Donohue Dec 30 Prestwich Heys NWCFL 7.45 3-0L Fairchild Muscart Rigby Webster Donohue JAN 07 HOLKER OLD BOYS NWCFL 3.00 4-2W Fairchild Presho Rigby Webster Pegler JAN 14 ECCLESHALL NWCFL 3.00 1-0W Fairchild Presho Rigby Webster Pegler FEB 04 DAISY HILL NWCFL 3.00 4-2 Fairchild Presho Rigby1 Webster Donohue FEB 11 SILSDEN NWCFL 3.00 FEB 16 AFC BLACKPOOL NWCFL 7.45 Feb 18 Sandbach United NWCFL 3.00 FEB 25 ASHTON TOWN NWCFL 3.00 Mar 04 Chadderton NWCFL 3.00 MAR 09 ALSAGER TOWN NWCFL 7.45 Mar 11 Holker Old Boys NWCFL 3.00 MAR 23 CHADDERTON NWCFL 7.45 MAR 25 STOCKPORT TOWN NWCFL 3.00 APR 01 ATHERTON LR NWCFL 7.45 Apr 08 Widnes NWCFL 3.00 APR 16 CITY OF LIVERPOOL NWCFL 3.00 Apr 22 Stockport Town NWCFL 3.00 APR 29 CHARNOCK RICHARD NWCFL 3.00

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10 C.Lomax G.Lomax1 G.Lomax1 G.Lomax G.Lomax1 G.Lomax C.Lomax Pegler Greene Presho Greene S.Brady McDonald2 McDonald1 McDonald McDonald McDonald Edwards K-Butler2 K-Butler1 K-Butler1 K-Butler1 Korie-Butler Korie-Butler Korie-Butler Threlkeld Threlkled Korie-Butler Threlkeld Twist Pegler Korie-Butler Korie-Butler Pegler

11 G.Lomax1 C.Lomax C.Lomax Williams Williams2 Williams1 Williams Rigby Rigby Williams1 Williams Presho Edwards Edwards Edwards1 Edwards1 Edwards Carney Edwards Edwards Edwards2 Edwards Edwards Edwards1 Edwards Edwards1 Edwards Edwards Muscart Edwards1 Edwards Edwards2 Edwards1 Edwards1

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12 14 15 Greene10 Alex Gillespie6 Threlkeld3 Williams10 C.Banasko Al Gillespie Threlkeld11 Alex Gillespie Tingay Threlkeld10 Alex Gillespie D.Whelan Davidson Mavers9 S.Brady Ball Mavers D.Brady D.Brady6 An Gillespie11 Pegler7 Greene7 C.Lomax G.Lomax61 Ball Williams71 Rowe5 Greene10 Rowe2 S.Brady11 Al Gillespie Bradley11 S.Brady4 Hoult10 Alex Gillespie Williams D.Brady S.Brady Rawsthorne Tserpes8 Ball5 Falconer Cliff8 Ball2 K-Butler11 Ball7 Ashton K-Butler10 Presho2 Rigby7 Donohue3 Cliff8 Alex Gillespie Cliff8 Donohue Threlkeld11 11 9 Cliff McDonald Threlkeld7 Chojnicki Ball7 Pegler Threlkeld2 Ball3 Al Gillespie9 Al Gillespie8 D.Whelan2 Pegler McDonald Chojnicki2 Threlkeld9 Chojnicki2 Pegler D.Brady A Gillespie9 Woods11 Al Gillespie6 Pegler6 Davies8 Twist 2 Chojnicki Al Gillespie10 Hoult Hoult10 Worthington11 Cullen7 A Gillespie Heron7 Worthington2 Threlkeld6 D.Whelan2 Worthington Muscart10 Alex Gillespie6 Donohue6 Muscart Ale Gillespie10 D.Whelan8 Preston Alex Gillespie6 D.Whelan7

16 17 D.Whelan D.Whelan2 Threlkeld11 C.Banasko2 Tingay11 Ball2 Hodge1 S.Brady Al Gillespie Ball Dutton Ball4 Donohue Rawsthorne10 Hodge Mavers Novak Jones Ball Jones Al Gillespie Jones A.Whelan Novak Donohue Cliff6

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D.Brady D.Brady7 Threlkeld10 Hoult Hoult Worthington

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Eddie Pegler in action v Daisy Hill (Hallmark Security Lge) on Saturday 4th February 2017

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A Brief History 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 Tommy O’Neil over 2000 that season, peaking with a league record Wembley,1987 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. 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

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St Helens Town 1948 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 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. The 2015/16 season saw St. Helens Town in the First Division of the North West Counties League and despite some inconsistent mid-season form, they finished the season with an outside chance of making the promotion play-off places, only to fall short in the final match, losing at home to eventual champions Hanley Town in a game they needed to win thereby missing out for the first time on a place in this season’s FA Cup competition. Nevertheless, team captain Andy Gillespie landed the First Division Golden Boot Trophy with 29 league goals, 34 in all matches. At the start of the 2016/17 season, Town are looking to return to the borough and the new ground at Ruskin Drive will at last be ready in early October. In the meantime, early -season games will be played at Prescot Cables and with nearly all of last season’s squad staying on, boosted by new signings in key areas, they will be hoping to be among the front-runners for promotion in the club’s 70th year since their reformation, coincidentally, the 30 th year since their FA Vase success. The nomadic years since the loss of their Hoghton Road base in 2000 are now behind them, the return to their traditional blue and white colours herald a new beginning and the future once again looks bright.

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Club Honours: 1949 George Mahon Trophy Winners 1951 Lancs Comb Division 2 Champions 1972 Lancs Combination Champions 1973 Bass Charrington Cup Winners 1974 Watson Trophy Winners 1978 St Helens Hospital Cup Winners 1979 St Helens Comb Div 1 Runners Up 1979 St Helens Hospital Cup Runners Up 1980 St Helens Comb Div 1 Champions 1985 NWCFL Reserve Div 2 Runners Up 1986 NWCFL Reserve Div 1 Runners Up 1987 FA Vase Winners (Wembley) 1994 League Challenge Cup Finalists 1994 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1995 NWCFL Reserve Division Champions 1996 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1998 Floodlit Trophy Finalists 1999 REALCO Fair Play Award Winners 2009 Bert Trautmann Trophy Winners 2014-15 South Lancs League U17s Cup Finalists 2014-15 Cheshire FA U21 League Champions Record Appearances: Alan Wellens (448) Record Goal Scorer: Steve Pennington (216) 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 1993-94 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1995-96 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1997-98 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1998-99 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1999-00 NWCFL Programme of the Year 2000-01 NWCFL Programme of the Year 2009-10 NWCFL Premier Division 2010-11 NWCFL Premier Division 2011-12 NWCFL Premier Division 2012-13 NWCFL Premier Division 2013-14 NWCFL Premier Division 2014-15 NWCFL Premier Division 2015-16 NWCFL First Division Wirral Programme Club National Survey 1996-97 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1997-98 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1998-99 NWCFL Programme of the Year

Programme Monthly 2007-08 NWCFL Programme of the Year Soccer Club Swap Shop National Awards 2010-11 Placed 28th 2011-12 Placed 8th 2012-13 Placed 7th 2013-14 Placed 8th 2014-15 Placed 5th 2015-16 Placed 8th 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

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League News The Trust Board of Runcorn Linnets Football Club has regretfully accepted the resignations of three key board members - including chairman, Derek Greenwood and club secretary, Lynn Johnston. Derek steps down with immediate effect while Lynn and Rob Johnston, board member for ground maintenance, will continue in their roles until the end the season. All three are founder board members and their departures will leave a huge chasm at the fans-owned club, in terms of ability and commitment. Each of them have played leading parts in the formation of the club in 2006, the move to a new hometown ground, The Millbank Linnets Stadium, in Murdishaw four years later and the successful growth of the club. Rob and Lynn tendered their resignations on Saturday afternoon while in a further, unconnected development, Derek informed the Linnets of his decision to step aside in late Monday afternoon on returning from a three-week holiday in Australia. The three resignations were accepted at a scheduled Monday evening board meeting with great sadness but full understanding of the reasons and appreciation of the trio’s invaluable contributions. Mark Buckley, acting chairman in Derek’s recent absence, will continue in that role on a temporary basis – stepping up from vice-chairman – pending a permanent appointment. Plans are already afoot with regards to a replacement club secretary in succession to Lynn Johnston. Runcorn Linnets acting chairman, Mark Buckley said: “First of all, we would like to thank on behalf of our Trust members and supporters Derek, Lynn and Rob for all they have done over the last decade or so to ensure not only that we have a club but one of which we can be truly proud.

“They have all been pivotal to the success of the club, which has one of the biggest and best supporter bases in the country at our level of football. Along with that, we have a double-winning Ladies team and a thriving junior section with hundreds of boys and girls who are our future first-team players and supporters. “Derek was responsible for creating the Linnets Legends section of our website, celebrating the managers and former players of our predecessor club Runcorn AFC. He is now, in our eyes, a modern-day Linnets Legend himself. Rob and Lynn are the lifeblood of the club and, like Derek, have put in countless hours of hard work and dedication, often unseen and way beyond their remit, to ensure that the club has continued to prosper and move forward. “In the week that conditional planning approval was granted for our new purpose-built clubhouse, it is extremely sad that they will not be moving forward with us in an official capacity. But they have created their own legacies which we will look to build on over the next 10 years and beyond.” Derek, a lifelong Linnets fan, said: “I have given my heart and soul to the formation of the new club since 2006, most of that time as chairman, and I hope I have made a good contribution but I really do now feel that I would like to step down with immediate effect both from the chair and the board. With only a couple of months of the season now remaining, the board can look at perhaps bringing in newer (and younger! folk) to drive it forward. I no longer want the continued pressures that come with the role and it would be unfair of me to stay under such circumstances.”

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Match Report v Town Secure 2nd Win in 3 Days as They Gather Momentum By Kieran Ford The Blues move up to 12th as Jenkinson and Gillespie make it 3 from 3. After St Helens Town’s impressive 4-2 victory over Cheadle Town on Thursday night, it could be seen that a quick turnaround was good for the side as they looked to keep their momentum going. Managers Lee Jenkinson and Andy Gillespie, along with Coach Nick Robinson clearly thought this was the case as they only made one forced change from the team 48 hours prior. This was a bizarre one as a goalkeeping crisis left normal centre back/ midfielder Ant Whelan to take the reins in goal. This was the side’s first meeting in 18 months, in which Silsden relegated Town to this division with the last kick of the season. Andy Gillespie was ruled out of that match due to injury, but his intentions of revenge on the “Cobbydalers” became clear as he opened the scoring for St Helens on 4 minutes. He broke clear down the right hand side before cutting in and firing a shot that was too powerful for Silsden keeper Jakovlevs to handle. Although Town had the early advantage, they were conceding chances to the home team as Silsden’s Daniel Riley had a free header wide of the post before Joshua Greenwood had a long range effort that was comfortably saved by Whelan.

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Silsden AFC However, Town proved their clinical finishing as they doubled their advantage. A neat through ball from the inform Dale Korie-Butler found Gillespie who went on a surging run towards goal, causing a Silsden defender to slip in the process. He sealed the move with a composed finish to complete his 4th 2 goal haul of the season. Even though Town were 2 up this didn’t change the pattern of the game as Silsden continued to create the better chances. The rapid Silsden forward Leon Smith was through on but blazed over the bar, this was followed by a powerful shot from Nicholas McNulty that was well handled by Whelan. Silsden eventually got their goal back as Daniel Riley spun clear of St Helens debutant Michael Chojnicki, and drove a powerful effort into the far corner leaving Whelan with no chance. St Helens restored their two goal lead at the perfect time as Dale KorieButler was fouled just outside the area 2 minutes into first half stoppage time. He stepped up to take the free-kick himself and curled a wonderful effort into the far corner. HT: Silsden (Riley, 33) 1 – 3 St Helens Town (Andy Gillespie, 4, 18) (Korie-Butler, 45+2) Town started the second half brightly; as it appeared that the 3rd goal had knocked the wind out of Silsden’s sails. They created chances firstly through tough tackling central midfielder Paul Carney, whose dipping long range shot could only find the hands of Jakovlevs. This was followed by a surging run from Luke Edwards whose cross found his fellow wide man Danny Greene unmarked at the back post; however his volley went well over the bar. Edwards then had an attempt of his own as he made some space on the edge of the box, but his long range shot was parried away by the goalkeeper. Town grabbed a 4th goal with 25 minutes to play as an Andy Gillespie through ball was pounced on by the versatile Andy Presho who supplied a neat finish into the far corner off the post to round off a tremendous victory for the visitors. FT: Silsden (Riley, 33) 1-4 St Helens Town (Gillespie, 4, 18) (Korie-Butler, 45+2) (Presho, 65)

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1-4 2-3

0-3

1-5 1-3 0-1

1-2 3-0

2-3 1-4 3-0 2-1 3-0 2-2 3-0

1-3 5-1 3-5 1-0

4-2 3-0 0-0

4-0

1-1 1-0

6-2 2-0 0-0 8-0 3-2

City of Liverpool

Cheadle Town

Charnock Richard

Chadderton

Ashton Town

3-1

Atherton LR

1-2 3-1

0-5

Stockport Town

Carlisle City

Bacup Borough

Carlisle City

Chadderton

2-3

Charnock Richard

Cheadle Town

0-2 2-1

City of Liverpool

3-0 0-4

Litherland REMYCA

Atherton LR

Daisy Hill

4-1 6-1 0-0 1-1

FC Oswestry Town

Ashton Town

Eccleshall

0-1

Holker Old Boys

2-0

Prestwich Heys

2-3 2-3 0-0 1-3 1-1 2-2 0-4 1-1

Sandbach United

3-1 3-1 5-0

Silsden

Whitchurch Alport

6-1

Widnes

Alsager Town

St Helens Town

AFC Blackpool

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Match Report v Town Back In The Groove With Win By Kieran Ford St Helens’ 1st game in 3 weeks ends with 4-2 victory over Daisy Hill After their last match at Ashton Town’s Edge Green Street, St Helens Town returned to Volair Park to take on a Daisy Hill side that sat comfortably away from the relegation places, but seemed doomed to a mid-table finish. Town are also in a mid-table position, however have a more realistic chance of finishing in the top 6 but found themselves 13 points off Sandbach United who occupied the final playoff spot. Town were on the back of 2 successive victories as they looked to replicate their fine end of season form from last season. The Blues now have a consistent starting eleven, and with plenty of squad depth they can also afford to make any minor changes if this is necessary. This was evidenced with the inclusion of physical central midfielder Liam Dodd who was back for his 2nd spell at the club after making 6 appearances in the 2013/14 campaign, he replaced Ant Whelan in partnering Paul Carney in the midfield 2. The other change for Town was the return of Adam Donohue into the back 4, replacing the absent Andy Gillespie as St Helens went back to a familiar 4-3-3 formation.

Town’s in-form man Danny Greene started the match in the same vein as he has recently, as a good turn of pace by Town’s right winger allowed a cross for striker Dale Korie-Butler, he laid the ball off to Andy Presho but his shot was well wide. Town started the match the better of the two sides, as Dodd fit straight into the midfielder with his tall frame allowing for Town to win the midfield battle early on. Town also looked good in the air, as Ed Pegler won a header from a deep Danny Greene free-kick, but this was comfortably saved by Daisy Hill keeper Steven Dryden. Greene continued his influence the game as he collected an Ed Pegler flick on from

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Daisy Hill a Luke Edwards ball that exposed the away sides’ defence, however, his half volley went well wide.

Town’s inability to take their chances has come close to costing them in the past, especially evident in the recent 1-0 victory over Eccleshall, but they seemed to pay the ultimate price for this on 27 minutes. A through ball managed to beat the Blues’ defence, as Ashley Stott managed to square for Hensley Mills who tapped the ball in to put the hosts a goal behind against the run of play. This seemed to spring Town into life, as merely two minutes later Greene claimed an assist as his floated cross found stand-in captain Ste Rigby who’s darting run was met with a diving header that was two powerful for the goalkeeper as Town got a deserved equaliser.

Minutes before half time, Town found their way into the lead, a ploy from Andy Presho from a free kick distracted the Daisy Hill wall, this allowed Luke Edwards to bend the free kick to the far post, as Town went into the interval a goal to the good. HT: St Helens Town (Rigby, 29) (Edwards, 42) 2 – 1 Daisy Hill (Mils, 27) The half time team talk in the Daisy Hill dressing room must have worked as the away team looked the more dangerous of the two sides after the break. First Mills looked to add to his tally but his free header went over the bar before he had another attempt to add his 2nd goal. A deep cross found Mills who beat Adam Donohue to the ball but Andy Presho was on hand to clear the effort of the line. Daisy Hill eventually equalised, but this was in controversial circumstances. They won a penalty after it was judged that Andy Webster was holding back a Daisy Hill player in the area, although it looked like a very close decision between a free-kick and penalty from the stand. Alas, November’s 1st Division Player of the Month Ashley Stott dispatched the spot kick to bring the game level again.

After chances from either team, Town managed to retake the lead, as Dale Korie-Butler picked the ball up on the edge of the area. Seeing as there was no one in the middle for him to cross to he made some space and fired a terrific effort into the far corner. Town made sure of the victory in added time as Korie-Butler was played through on goal, but unselfishly laid the ball off to substitute Shaun Brady who supplied a smart finish to round off a 3rd straight win. FT: St Helens Town (Rigby, 29) (Edwards, 42) (Korie-Butler, 69) (Brady, 90+3) 4 – 2 Daisy Hill (Mills, 27) (Stott, 58)

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Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Notes Welcome to Ashton Town for today's contest with our friends from Silsden across the Pennines. Our opponents arrive on the back of a fine win last weekend against high flying Alsager so we will need to be at our best today ! In the reverse fixture earlier in the season Town ran out 4-1 winners despite playing without a regular goalkeeper! Ant Whelan taking the pink goalkeeper shirt after our regular goalkeeper was side-lined at late notice. This was one of our best performances this season with two goals from Andy Gillespie and one each from Dale Korie-Butler and Andy Presho sealing a fine win. Last weekend saw us host Daisy Hill at a very wet Prescot Cables. We were a bit understrength on the day without Captain Andy Gillespie and Ant Whelan but were reinforced with new signing Liam Dodd and Shaun Brady a regular scorer for our u21 team. The game will be probably be remembered for the four quality goals we scored the first an unstoppable diving header by Ste Rigby after a superb Danny Green cross. The second a well placed free kick from Luke Edwards. The third, a curling shot from Dale Korie-Butler from the edge of the penalty area The fourth a good finish from Shaun Brady after a great run by Dale in the final minutes. Unfortunately despite scoring four goals we were rarely in a comfortable position in the game after falling behind in the 27th minute following some slack defending. After getting our noses in front just before half time Daisy Hill were awarded a very soft penalty early in the second half to level the score at 2-2. To be fair Daisy never gave up and were unlucky to go away empty handed after carving out a couple of good chances. I am sure the fact that we hadn't played for three weeks meant we were decidedly rusty but the lads gave it 100% and got the result we wanted. It was definitely good to welcome back Paul Carney at the weekend who has been side-lined for a couple of weeks with a knee injury sustained against Eccleshall. Paul has been one of our most consistent performers this season and his midfield partnership With Ant Whelan was a key factor in our great run before Xmas. One major factor that hasn't gone in our favour this week is the announcement that we won't be playing on our new pitch this season. Very disappointing for all concerned. Enjoy the game . . . Alan Gillespie

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League News Millers fighting spirit New Mills may be battling at the wrong end of the Premier Division, but they are certainly looking like they won't go down without a fight, if Saturday's game against Runcorn Linnets is used as a benchmark. Two goals down and a man down after 51 minutes, the Millers then had a second player sent off, yet within four minutes midway through the second half they had scored twice to pull themselves back leveI was certainly an action packed start for Calum Sykes in his first home game as manager, and he can't fail to have been impressed with the never-say-die attitude of his squad. Craig back on track It may have been his first game of 2017, but it was business as usual for Runcorn Town's prolific marksman Craig Cairns. Craig scored twice in the opening 36 minutes as Town took a 3-0 lead over Irlam that they held until the end, and it kept up a remarkable run of form for the striker, who now has 42 goals in 32 games for the season, and has only failed to hit the back of the net twice in his last 14 games for Town. Town haven't done too badly without him in the meantime, but are clearly even more formidable with their leading scorer in the ranks. No winter blues for Winsford One team who have been quietly keeping an impressive run of form going are Winsford United, who picked up another three points with a 2-0 win at Nelson on Saturday.

The Blues have now won five of their last six games, with the only break in the run being a penalty shoot out defeat at the hands of Stockport County in the Cheshire Senior Cup. With games in hand on everyone above them in the league table, Lee Duckworth's men will carry on motoring up the table if they can maintain their current form. Chaddy looking good Another team whose league position belies recent results are Chadderton, who came from two goals down after 17 minutes at home to FC Oswestry Town to eventually win 4-2 on Saturday. It was Chaddy's third win in a row, having scored 14 goals in the three games, and they have now lost just once in 11 games since early November. Disappointing early results mean Mark Howard's men are some way of the play off places, but they look like posing a stern test for anyone in the league between now and the end of the season. Some cheer at last for Lairds A shout out is due for Cammell Laird 1907, who ended a run of ten successive defeats by picking up a point from a 1-1 draw at Ashton Athletic on Saturday. Rooted to the bottom of the Premier Division table and 19 points from relegation safety, it's been a tough season for everyone at the club but hopefully Saturday's result, against an Ashton Athletic team that had won their previous two games, will give them a much needed boost.

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League News The Social and Fundraising committee at 1874 Northwich are inviting supporters to take part in an "1874 Bake Off" at the home game against Squires Gate this Saturday. The committee have been busy of late, organising events to raise funds for both the club and their official charity this season, St Luke's Hospice, and a week last Saturday they staged a very well supported "Tribute to Elvis" night starring local entertainer Ivan Kingsley, raising a considerable amount for club funds. This coming Saturday they are turning their attention to raising funds for St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice, who are running a Love St Luke's campaign through February to raise awareness of the Hospice around the area. To help support the Hospice, the club have orgainsed a "Bake Off", as committee member Steve Richardson explained. "We are asking supporters to bring along their own baking creations to enter the Bake off. I don't expect a vast amount, but I know that we will have at least 5 or 6 of the finest baking creations ever seen. Soggy bottoms will be severely down marked. Supporters will be asked to buy a ticket and cast their vote. Tickets to vote in the event will cost only £1 each, with the winner receiving the masterpiece of catering excellence. All proceeds from the competition will be donated to our charity partner St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice. It's a bit of fun and this is our way of doing our bit".

Silsden have donated kit and equipment to a team of volunteers heading to Sierra Leone. The club first became aware of the trip through Silsden supporter Philip Smith, who is one of a team of volunteers from the locality making the trip to West Africa between April 8th and 23rd. Philip is part of a team, led by Derek Smithson, visiting the country on a trip organised by Mission Direct, a charity that equips volunteers to join them for two-week overseas trips to build homes, schools/classrooms, hospitals and rescue centres in some of the world’s most unprivileged areas. The group of Silsden volunteers also includes local Minister, Reverend David Griffiths, a West Brom supporter by birth, who now watches Bradford City and The Cobbydalers. David has led several “services” at the Cobbydalers ground including carol services and the 1914 Memorial which honoured the Silsden Footballers who died at The Somme. David is joined by his wife, Susan and children, Matthew, Andrew and Hannah. The team will be staying in Freetown for the first week and then at the coast for the second. The team are spending the first week building at Waterloo Hospital and the second week helping to finish off a medical centre along with some Italian volunteers who are taking three local nurses back to Italy for two years of further training. Silsden Press Officer Jim Rosser said: “Mission Direct supports a number of football teams in Sierra Leone. Youngsters in the country are passionate about football, some even digging a trench across a road so they have a flat area on which to play. “The volunteers came down to the recent Cobbydalers game against Widnes FC and were given two sets of Silsden AFC kit and some Junior Kits as well. It’s the third time the club have supported visits by the charity. We also thought it would be a good idea to sound out our future opponents in the Hallmark Security League to see if any other teams could donate any spare kit, boots shin-pads etc. If so, please either bring items to Silsden when you play here or we will pick them up on our visit to you”.

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League Tables First Division Table as at Wednesday 08/02/2017

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First Division

W D

Litherland REMYCA

29 19 6

81 45 36 63

Whitchurch Alport

30 19 4

67 35 32 61

City of Liverpool FC

29 18 4

85 37 48 58

Alsager Town

27 17 4

71 34 37 55

Charnock Richard

25 17 3

70 33 37 54

Sandbach United

27 17 3

56 33 23 54

Widnes

25 15 5

68 39 29 50

24 13 2

60 35 25 41

A GD Pts

Prestwich Heys

St Helens Town

FC Oswestry Town

30 12 5

13 51 63 -12 41

Stockport Town

29 11 7

11 65 71 -6 40

Chadderton

25 11 6

Cheadle Town

30 11 6

13 65 69 -4 39

27 11 3

13 50 61 -11 36

Carlisle City

Silsden

Holker Old Boys

27 12 5 10 60 57

60 51

26 11 1 14 57 57

26 10 4

12 45 54 -9 34

Daisy Hill

26 9

13 55 69 -14 31

Bacup Borough

27 6

16 29 55 -26 23

Atherton LR

29 6

20 30 67 -37 21

AFC Blackpool

29 5

18 33 76 -43 21

Eccleshall

28 3

21 38 96 -58 13

Ashton Town

25 1

22 25 84 -59 5

Anthony Whelan Focus Windows & Doors Limited Luke Edwards Airborne Bathroom Services Andy Gillespie Arcoframe

Danny Greene Danny’s Window Cleaning Eddie Pegler Kiera’s Occasions Andrew Presho Total Building Care Eddie Pegler Gibney’s Jewellers Adam Fairchild Howdens, Leigh Wade Muscart Kreative Kirsty Ste Rigby Kealshore Ltd Paul Carney Property Link Liverpool Dale Korie-Butler Live Wire Electrical Alex Gillespie Walton Carpets Dom Whelan Walton Carpets Dale Korie-Butler Beer EnGin, Whiston Adam Donohue MLR Heating Supplies Andy Webster Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

We are still looking for a number of additional Player sponsors. Contact John McKiernan on 07713 339 682 for further details

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League Tables Premier Division Table as at Wednesday 08/02/2017 W D

Premier Division Bootle

28 21 1

98 38 60 64

Atherton Collieries

27 20 4

74 28 46 64

1874 Northwich

28 19 5

56 30 26 62

Runcorn Town

27 19 3

77 31 46 60

Runcorn Linnets

29 17 7

69 35 34 58

Padiham

26 14 3

57 43 14 45

AFC Liverpool *

30 14 5

11 60 53

Hanley Town

30 11 8

11 61 53

West Dids & Chorlton 29 12 5

12 69 63

8 9

A GD Pts

Abbey Hey

27 13 2

12 50 48

Maine Road

27 10 8

52 46

Ashton Athletic

28 10 7

11 59 53

Winsford United

25 11 4

10 48 50 -2 37

Irlam

10 37 50 -13 35

Congleton Town

13 52 62 -10 34

Squires Gate

15 60 73 -13 33

Barnton

31 10 3

18 41 78 -37 33

Barnoldswick Town

12 40 39

AFC Darwen

14 30 74 -44 26

New Mills

18 43 72 -29 16

Nelson *

16 36 60 -24 15

Cammell Laird 1907

24 23 113 -90 7

Saturday 11th February 2017 Premier Division 1874 Northwich v Squires Gate Abbey Hey v Congleton Town AFC Darwen v Runcorn Town Ashton Athletic v New Mills Barnoldswick Town v Atherton Collieries Bootle v Padiham Hanley Town v Barnton Irlam v Nelson Maine Road v Winsford United West Didsbury & Chorlton v Runcorn Linnets First Division AFC Blackpool v Litherland REMYCA Alsager Town v Chadderton Atherton LR v City of Liverpool FC Cheadle Town v Carlisle City Daisy Hill v Eccleshall Holker Old Boys v Prestwich Heys Sandbach United v Charnock Richard St Helens Town v Silsden Stockport Town v Ashton Town Widnes v Bacup Borough Monday 13th February 2017 Premier Division Atherton Collieries v Bootle Winsford United v Runcorn Linnets Tuesday 14th February 2017 First Division Charnock Richard v Widnes Shropshire Cup Semi Finals Market Drayton Town v Whitchurch Alport Wednesday 15th February 2017 Premier Division Runcorn Town v Maine Road First Division Litherland REMYCA v Prestwich Heys Thursday 16th February 2017 First Division St Helens Town v AFC Blackpool

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