St Helens Town v Yorkshire Amateur by John McKiernan

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Today’s Team News Saturday 1st November 2014, kick off 3pm The FA Challenge Vase, First Round

CLUB INFORMATION Honorary Life President: Alan Wellens

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

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

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

St Helens Town Red & White Shirts White Shorts, Red & White Socks No

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St Helens Town Rory Crowther James Halpin Aaron Morris Hamish Falconer Lewis Coyle Jack McKay Jamil Saleh Gareth Grant Chad Whyte Kris Bell Andy Gillespie Lee Harrison Karl Bergqvist Paul Cook-Hannah Nathan Ogden Cole Ashton

Yorkshire Amateur Royal Blue Shirts Royal Blue Shorts & Socks No

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Yorkshire Amateur Suwara Bojang Luke Hammond Carl Heard Thomas Rose Daniel Freeman Chris Hitchings Tom Marsden Harrison Blakey Dempsey Smith Eddy Dankyr Mark Hill Craig Heard Kane Blair Shane Harding Joel Hughes Jahsai Donaldson

U18 Team Manager: Steve Wallis U17 Team Manager: Nick Matthews Veterans Team Manager: David Platt Email: sthelenstownfc@hotmail.co.uk Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Main Shirt Sponsor: Eciguk St Helens Legal: St Helens Town Limited Private Limited Company Company No. 04392840 Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002

Manager: Ian Price Assistant: Nick Matthews

Managers: Phil Harding & Lincoln Richards

Referee: Mr M Crusham (Wigan) Assist: Mr P Simm (Wigan) & Mr H Simm (Wigan) Today’s Executive Match Sponsor:

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Company Directors: Jim Barrett

136 High St, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside WA12 9SG

Parent Company: A wholly owned subsidiary of Sporting Club St Helens Limited

Cover: Chad Whyte in action at Widnes FC (25/10/2014)

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Talk of the Town Good afternoon and welcome to Brocstedes Park for this FA Challenge Vase, First Round Proper Tie against our friends from Yorkshire Amateur. 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 a quick turnaround as we are back at home this afternoon after hosting Runcorn Town here in league action on Tuesday evening as we looked to bounce back for the disappointment of exiting the Men United League Cup the previous Saturday. Whilst the performance in the first half was not exactly vintage we were solid against an outfit who had put seven past us in August and a 0-0 stalemate at the interval was probably a fair reflection on the first half in which the hosts had had the best chance a Kris Bell glancing header from a left wing corner which was headed off the line by a Runcorn defender. The second period saw an invigorated St Helens Town lead by Gareth Grant who had an extra incentive to perform well up against his former club and his drive and determination was at the heart of a lot of the good work from the hosts. He was involved in the opening goal five minutes after the restart when he beat his marker on the right of the box and squared to Chad Whyte who seems to be hitting good scoring form at present and he made space to turn and fire his effort home taking his tally to three goals in the last two matches and seven for the season and taking him to the top of the Town scoring charts. The advantage was doubled when ten minutes later skipper Andy Gillespie did well down the right hand side of the box and his inch perfect low cross found Bell on the far post and he slid the ball home from close range. St Helens then had a whole host of chances to make the victory assured as Gillespie, Aaron Morris and Bell had chances to net and when the visitors pulled on back on 83 minutes there were flashbacks to Saturday’s second half capitulation against Widnes which were heightened when a free kick on the left edge of the St Helens area was deflected away from Rory Crowther and into the net to level matters. Crowther had to be alert soon afterwards to keep out a dipping effort and Gillespie could have taken the spoils for St Helens as he had an effort which was partially blocked by the visiting stopper and squirmed through his legs but the keeper was able to collect the loose ball before it crossed the line and embarrassed him and so the points were shared. We can take positives from the last couple of matches we have started to find the net again with regularity as the front three of Bell, Gillespie & Whyte have started linking well together and whilst we have conceded two decent leads in these games at least we have been able to get into that position to start with and we have something to build upon. The focus obviously turns to FA Vase action as we welcome Northern Counties East League opponents for the second time this term, Yorkshire Amateur are from Division One and currently sit in 10th position with 22 points from 14 games. They are on a decent run of form at the moment and Pricey, Nick and the lads will not be under estimating their threat as we look to be in the hat for the second round draw on Monday morning. We have met once before with Town triumphing 6-3 AET at Bracken Edge in September 2000 a result we’d definitely take this afternoon! Finally, let’s get behind Town this afternoon and hopefully cheer them onto victory you support is vital to the cause!

Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller

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In Town Today Yorkshire Amateur AFC was founded in November 1918 by Kolin Robertson, but only began playing matches in 1919. In those early days, the club's fixtures largely consisted of playing friendlies at Elland Road following the demise of Leeds City FC, on the orders of the Football Association, after irregularities were discovered in their accounts. However, in 1920 the club decided that the ground was not suitable for their needs and sold the lease to the newly formed Leeds United AFC for the sum of £250! The aim of the club in those days was to compete as a major force against the professional teams playing in the north of England, this proved not to be viable and in 1920 the club became one of the founder members of the Yorkshire League. In 1922 the club became the first British team to tour in Latvia and Estonia. The club produced a number of leading amateur international players such as Joe Woodcock who, at left back, was the first Bradford born amateur international. The "Ammers" or “Ammas”, as they were known, moved to their present headquarters at Bracken Edge in 1922 after using several other grounds, including sharing with Harrogate Town. This period was by far the most successful for the club and a record crowd of 3569 paid receipts of £160 to see the 5-2 Amateur Cup Quarter Final replay victory over Wimbledon. This was after a 2-2 draw at Wimbledon before a crowd of 12,000. The "Ammers" had demolished the holders, Wycombe Wanderers, 4-0 in the previous round and the club's sights were now set on a Wembley appearance. Unfortunately, Marine FC had not read the script and triumphed 2-1 in the semi-final replay played at Leicester City's ground.

Such was the strength of the side in the 1931-32 season that George Hudson, the Amateur International and Captain of that season's Football Association Representative XI, could not make the Ammers side and left the club in mid-season to join Farsley Celtic in the hope of gaining a first team place. The same season saw the club finish as runners -up to Huddersfield Town in the Yorkshire League after losing 2-1 in a play-off. The club also reached the first round of the FA Cup losing 3-1 at home to Carlisle United after defeating Denaby United, Altrincham and Frickley on the way. 1932-33 saw the club become the inaugural winners of the Yorkshire League Cup, beating Huddersfield Town 4-2 in the final. The 1945-46 season had seen the club again reach the First Round Proper of the FA Cup. The Ammers went down to Lincoln City 5-2 on aggregate after winning the first leg 1-0 at home. The post war years, however, saw a decline in the fortunes of the club, but occasional success was seen playing in the lower reaches of the Yorkshire League along with victories in County Cup competitions. By the late 1970's the club was at a very low ebb and a youth policy was embarked upon with the formation of the Junior Section. This policy has produced rich dividends over the years with a number of players moving on to full-time professional football including Stuart Naylor & Gary Strodder (both West Bromwich Albion), Andy Watson (Swansea City) and Warren Ward (York City). Probably the most famous is Brian Deane of Middlesbrough and England who played in the Ammers First Team. A number of the current open-age squad are also products of the club's strong Junior Section. The club became a founder member of the newly formed Northern Counties East League in 1982. The club's resurgence continued in this new era with the construction of a covered seated stand, spectator hard standing all around the pitch, new dressing rooms, the installation of floodlights and the building of a floodlit wet weather training facility. In addition, the clubhouse was extended and refurbished with a new bar, lighting and decor.

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Yorkshire Amateur The club also saw success on the field with the first team rarely being out of the top five throughout the main part of the 1990's. The team also won the Leeds Senior Cup Final at Elland Road and became Wilkinson Sword Trophy winners in 1998. The Reserve side also twice triumphed in the Reserve Team League Cup during that period. Graham Hodder took over from Pete Cusic in March 2007. Graham had been managing the Reserves and also Yorkshire Amateur's U19 Academy side and was asked to take over when Pete Cusic resigned, Pete Ryder who was Assistant Manager of the Academy agreed to be the First Team Assistant. Graham's first full season in charge was very much a consolidation period as due to a lack of experienced players Graham has relied heavily on the young players from the Academy that he played the major part in setting up and these young men have done well in stepping up to the NCEL. 2007 saw the return of Dave and Ann Packham and Charles Sharman to the club committee. The dressing rooms have been improved with the addition of a separate changing room for female officials and further improvements were made to the clubhouse. The 2007-08 season also saw John Ward taking over the Academy bringing a whole host of exciting young players with him to add to the players already at the Academy. The Academy had a very good season finishing in third place in the league and having a good run in the F.A. Youth Cup. The period between 2005-06 and 2013-14 seasons saw the club struggling at the wrong end of the NCEL Division One table with the exception of a third placed finish in the 2010-11 season. This term however has seen the club having resurgence and they have recorded some impressive victories including recently defeating table topping AFC Emley and winning at Billingham Town to advance to this stage of the FA Vase. The management, committee and players have continued to work hard and progress is steadily being made and there is a definite "feel good" feeling at the club at present and a belief that the club is going places. Season 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

League NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-1

P 30 30 30 32 34 30 30 32 32 36 34 38 38 42 42

W 14 9 8 10 15 10 4 7 7 7 10 23 7 8 11

D 5 5 6 8 8 7 4 1 8 8 4 6 7 5 5

L 11 16 16 14 11 13 22 24 17 21 20 9 24 29 26

F 55 33 32 39 57 57 29 33 37 42 48 81 53 55 59

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A 37 53 47 45 44 55 80 106 67 77 70 36 112 120 99

GD 18 -20 -15 -6 13 2 -51 -73 -30 -35 -22 45 -59 -65 -40

Pts 47 32 30 38 53 37 16 22 29 29 34 75 25 29 38

Position 7/16 10/16 12/16 11/17 7/18 7/16 16/16 16/17 14/17 18/19 14/18 3/20 19/20 21/22 19/22

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

Most recent

St Helens Town 1R

FA Vase Round Reached 1995-96

Yorkshire Amateur 2R

Home

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1996-97

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Away

1997-98

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1998-99

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1999-00

2QR

2000-01

2QR

2001-02

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2002-03

2003-04

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2004-05

Collated

Yorkshire Amateur - last 6 matches All Competitions

Most recent

Home

Away

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St Helens Town games since...

Yorkshire Amateur games since...

All Competitions

Clean sheet

Goal Scored

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No score draw

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2005-06

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2006-07

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2007-08

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2008-09

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2009-10

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2010-11

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2011-12

2012-13

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2013-14

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FA Vase - Club Records 1986/87

First Entry

1975/76

Winners 86/7

Best Season

8-1; 04/09/10

Biggest Win

3-0; 09/09/89

0-4; 15/12/10

Biggest Loss

0-8; 10/10/98

All Previous Meetings All Competitions P

Win %

Home

0.00

Away

100.00

Collated

100.00

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From the Chair Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Brocstedes Park for our FA Carlsberg Vase 1st Round Proper tie against visitors Yorkshire Amateur FC. Let’s hope their players, officials and supporters have had a safe journey and enjoy our hospitality. Firstly, many thanks to today’s Match Sponsor The Tanner Pub and our former manager Ian Granite for his support. We also thank Ariete Restaurant, Newton-le-Willows who are today’s Match Ball sponsors - your support is greatly appreciated and we hope you enjoy your afternoon with us. Town will be looking to build on a very solid midweek performance which was tinged with some disappointment at not taking all three points in our 2-2 draw with Runcorn Town. With less than ten minutes remaining Town were 2-0 up and had had a number of gilt edge chances to extend their lead but it wasn’t to be and two late efforts, the second a wicked deflection saw Runcorn scramble a draw. Having suffered a 7-2 in the reverse fixture I am sure we would have taken a point prior to kick off but the performance warranted more!

This afternoon’s visitors have had a great October recording four wins from five outings (NCEFL League table elsewhere in today’s programme). They opened last month with a 1-3 away win at Billingham Town in the FA Vase before suffering their only loss when Eccleshill United earned a 0-1 away win. The ‘Ammers’ secured a 3-2 home win over league leaders Emley AFC and completed October with two further victories - a 1-5 win at Hall Road Rangers and last Saturday a 3-0 home victory over Winterton Rangers. Hopefully we are starting to see a settled side once again and with a few news faces over the last couple of weeks Ian Price and Nick Matthews will be hoping for progress today and some improvement in our league position. Our U21s are in Cheshire U21s League action tomorrow afternoon as they entertain Vale Juniors (Congleton) at Edge Hill University, 12 noon kick off. Also in action tomorrow are the U17s who travel to Southport U17s in the South Lancs Counties League while the U18s are away at Altrincham Youth (NW Youth Alliance League). The Veterans side playing in the Liverpool & District Sunday League are at home to Hunting Lodge Athletic. Full fixture and results information for all our teams are available on the club website sthelenstownafc.com As long as a replay isn’t required we will be back to league action on Tuesday evening when we make the trip to Stockport Sports while next Saturday we entertain high flying Colne FC here at Brocstedes Park Enjoy the game . . John McKiernan Chairman St Helens Town AFC

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Ammers in the FA Vase Yorkshire Amateur’s All Time FA Vase Record P W D L F A GD Home 34 13 3 18 46 71 -25 Away 29 7 1 21 29 62 -33 Collated 63 20 4 39 75 133 -58 Yorkshire Amateur’s FA Vase Record Vs North West Counties League Teams Home 6 3 1 2 10 16 -6 Away 4 0 1 3 5 11 -6 Collated 10 3 2 5 15 27 -12

Date 1993/94 02/10/1993 1995/96 28/10/1995 1996/97 05/10/1996 1998/99 10/10/1998 1999/2000 25/09/1999 28/09/1999 2000/01 23/09/2000 2001/02 22/09/2001 2004/05 25/09/2004 28/09/2004

Round

Win % 38.24 24.14 31.75 50.00 0.00 33.33

Ammers FA Vase Vs NWCL Teams Opp Div Result

Preliminary

NWC-1

Yorkshire Amateur 2-0 Blackpool Rovers

1st

NWC-2

Yorkshire Amateur 2-0 Cheadle Town

2nd Qualifying

NWC-1

Holker Old Boys 2-1 Yorkshire Amateur

2nd Qualifying

NWC-1

Yorkshire Amateur 0-8 Vauxhall G.M.

2nd Qualifying Replay

NWC-2 NWC-2

Yorkshire Amateur 1-1 Squires Gate AET Squires Gate 2-1 Yorkshire Amateur

2nd Qualifying

NWC-1

Yorkshire Amateur 3-6 St Helens Town AET

2nd Qualifying

NWC-1

Warrington Town 5-1 Yorkshire Amateur

2nd Qualifying Replay

NWC-1 NWC-1

Trafford 2-2 Yorkshire Amateur AET Yorkshire Amateur 2-1 Trafford

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NWCFL News Silsden have produced a commemorative brochure and organised a remembrance event to honour footballers from the town who were killed in the First World War. Press Officer Jim Rosser, Commercial Manager Barry Thomas and General Secretary Peter Hanson have put together an illustrated, 16 page newspaper featuring memories from 100 years ago. The publication is named "The Silsden Herald", and in addition to the newspaper, the club will be organising other commemorative events around their home game against 1874 Northwich on Saturday 8th November. Jim explained the background to the newspaper and the events. "On August 4th, 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany and over six hundred Silsden lads took the “King's shilling”. Whilst at the Front on R and R, they started playing football, and the Silsden lads wrote home for some football shirts. "The people of Silsden rallied round and produced some blue and white striped shirts, which were duly sent to the Front and the Silsden lads proudly played in their new strip. The significance of the strip is that in 1914 Silsden won the Keighley and District FA Charity Cup. They were playing in blue and white stripes and beat the favourites, Cullingworth FC, by three goals to two, in front of a crowd of 2,500 in Keighley. "The Silsden lads, mainly in the 9th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment, went on to play in a cup competition in the strip, eventually going on to win a prestigious cup. They were presented with the cup and silver medals by the Brigadier General. "The skipper of the team, Clarkson Baldwin, survived the war and his daughter Elizabeth, who still lives in Silsden will be bringing his medal down to the Cobbydalers ground on November 8th. July 1st 1916 was the date of the first Battle of the Somme. Silsden footballer Private John Gill was one of the early casualties on the day which is described as “The worst day in British History”. On the 7th July, two more of Silsden footballers, Sergeant John Baldwin and Private Stanley Wrigglesworth were amongst the fallen. "The "Silsden Herald" features memories from that period. There are features on Dr. John Purcell, the man who was responsible for the formation of the club, the Silsden footballers who died at the front and also the skipper. There are letters sent from The Front by soldiers who later died, or from their comrades. There is a match report on the 1914 Keighley and District Cup Final and the history of Silsden AFC. There are features on the Bancrofts of Silsden, The Red Lion, Silsden Post Office and Jackson's Taxis. "There are articles on the two main industries of Silsden, Clog making and Weaving and the living conditions of the workers. Other news from 1914 includes the opening of Hothfield Street School and a dance at the Town Hall! No “Silsden Herald” would be without an article on the Silsden Police Station Riot which took place in 1912.

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Action v Runcorn Town

North West Counties Football League Premier Division

St Helens Town 2-2 Runcorn Town Tuesday 28th October 2014

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

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

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

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NWCFL News Alsager Town are looking at options for developing facilities at their current Wood Park ground, while at the same time exploring the possibility of moving to a new location.

It's the latest chapter in a story surrounding the ground, which first began in July 2011 when most of the club house, office and part of the newly refurbished away team changing rooms were destroyed in a fire. With support from the town’s largest employer, BAe Systems and a number of their contractors, a group of volunteers, headed up by Chairman Terry Greer, and known as “Terry’s Gang” worked seven days a week to get the clubhouse rebuilt and the facilities back up to standard within a few months, and work has continued since then. Now, Terry believes that it's time for the club to look at moving up to the next level as far as facilities are concerned. "We've spent two or three years getting the facilities up to standard, which are reasonable now, but we are not where we want to be as a club", he said. "We have a meeting with planning inspectors next month, and if we get the go ahead, we would then move to submitting a planning application to build a new ground in another area of Alsager. "We can become more of a community club if we move to a new ground, because at the moment we just have the one pitch. If we move to a new stadium then we would look to have a full size 3G pitch as well as the main pitch, and if it was left to me that would be a 3G surface as well. "I'd rather have two full size 3G pitches than a grass one and a 3G, because that would mean we'd have two pitches that could be used all the time, and we could hire a 3G pitch out and it would mean the income streams would be better". The issue of increasing current levels of income is one that Terry believes is integral to the ongoing development of the club, on and off the field. "It's difficult to compete with the income coming in as it is at the moment", said Terry. "We haven't quite got the depth of squad we'd like. The teams at the top of the table have the bigger budgets and can go and get players, but where we are, there are five or six Evo-Stik League clubs fairly close to us, so to compete with them we need more to attract players (from higher levels) than we can offer at the moment. "At the moment we have to pay to go and train somewhere else, our youth teams have to play elsewhere, and we'd wouldn't have to do that if we had a 3G pitch to use that was ours. If we had that, it would be a massive plus for us as a club. If it goes through (the planning application) we reckon we would have a new home by 2017. However, if it doesn't go through we'll work on getting the freehold on our existing ground and look to develop the facilities there. We need an additional new pitch to develop as a club, and for now we will look at both options available to us".

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Town in the FA Vase Home Away Neutral Collated Home Away Collated

St Helens Town’s All Time FA Vase Record P W D L F A GD 33 20 3 10 81 49 32 41 21 2 18 72 61 11 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 75 42 5 28 156 112 44 St Helens Town’s FA Vase Record v Northern Counties East League Teams 10 8 0 2 34 11 22 8 5 0 3 16 15 1 18 13 0 5 50 26 24

Date 1986/87 21/03/1987 28/03/1987 1993/94 02/10/1993 1995/96 30/09/1995 1997/98 10/09/1997 1998/99 10/10/1998 07/11/1998 12/12/1998 1999/2000 25/09/1999 2000/01 23/09/2000 21/10/2000 2004/05 23/10/2004 2010/11 04/09/2010 18/09/2010 13/11/2010 2012/13 04/09/2012 2013/14 04/09/2013 2014/15 05/10/2014

Round

Town's FA Vase v NCEL Teams Opp Div

Win % 60.61 51.22 100.00 56.00 80.00 62.50 72.22

Result

Semi Final 1st Leg Semi Final 2nd Leg

NCE-P NCE-P

St Helens Town 0-1 Emley Emley 0-2 St Helens Town, AET AGG 2-1W

Preliminary

NCE-1

Hallam 2-0 St Helens Town

2nd Qualifying

NCE-1

St Helens Town 4-0 Eccleshill United

1st Qualifying

NCE-P

St Helens Town 3-1 Ossett Town

2nd Qualifying 1st 3rd

NCE-1 NCE-P NCE-P

Hall Road Rangers 1-2 St Helens Town St Helens Town 2-1 Brigg Town St Helens Town 3-1 Eccleshill United

1st Qualifying

NCE-P

Selby Town 4-1 St Helens Town

2nd Qualifying 1st

NCE-1 NCE-1

Yorkshire Amateur 3-6 St Helens Town AET Winterton Rangers 2-3 St Helens Town AET

1st

NCE-P

St Helens Town 6-2 Hallam

1st Qualifying 2nd Qualifying 2nd

NCE-1 NCE-1 NCE-P

St Helens Town 8-1 Brodsworth Welfare St Helens Town 4-0 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Winterton Rangers 0-2 St Helens Town

1st

NCE-P

St Helens Town 2-4 Parkgate AET

1st Qualifying

NCE-1

Pontefract Collieries 2-0 St Helens Town

2nd Qualifying

NCE-P

St Helens Town 2-0 Nostell Miners Welfare

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2014-14 Fixtures, Facts an Date Aug 2 Aug 5 Aug 9 Aug 13 Aug 16 Aug 18 Aug 23 Aug 26 Aug 30 Sep 6 Sep 9 Sep 13 Sep 16 Sep 20 Sep 23 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 5 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct 21 Oct 25 Oct 28 Nov 1 Nov 4 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 19 Nov 22 Dec 6 Dec 13 Dec 20 Dec 27 Jan 3 Jan 17 Jan 24 Feb 7 Feb 14 Feb 28 Mar 7 Mar 14 Mar 21 Apr 4 Apr 6 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 TBA

Opponents Maine Road AFC BLACKPOOL ALSAGER TOWN Bacup & Rossendale Boro’ ATHERTON COLLIERIES Runcorn Town Colne STOCKPORT SPORTS BARNOLDSWICK TOWN Irlam ABBEY HEY AFC LIVERPOOL RUNCORN LINNETS Winsford United Bootle W DIDS & CHORLTON Burscough Nostell Miners Welfare SQUIRES GATE Congleton Town AFC Blackpool Widnes RUNCORN TOWN YORKSHIRE AMATEUR Stockport Sports COLNE Runcorn Linnets AFC Liverpool SILSDEN Alsager Town 1874 NORTHWICH Nelson ASHTON ATHLETIC Silsden Squires Gate West Didsbury & Chorlton BOOTLE GLOSSOP NORTH END NELSON Abbey Hey CONGLETON TOWN Glossop North End WINSFORD UNITED Ashton Athletic BACUP & ROSS’ BORO’ MAINE ROAD Barnoldswick Town 1874 Northwich

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KO Result GK 3.00 1-2W Brinksman 7.45 3-0W Brinksman 3.00 0-4L Brinksman 7.45 2-6W Brinksman 3.00 2-5L Brinksman 7.45 7-2L Brinksman 3.00 4-0L Brinksman 7.45 2-4L Brinksman 3.00 4-3W Crowther 3.00 1-2W* Crowther 7.45 1-0W Crowther 3.00 0-9L Crowther 7.45 0-1L Crowther 3.00 3-0L Crowther 7.45 3-0L Crowther 3.00 0-3L Crowther 7.45 4-1L Crowther 3.00 3-0W Crowther 3.00 0-0D Crowther 3.00 2-0L Crowther 7.45 2-1L Crowther 3.00 4-4D# Crowther 7.45 2-2D Crowther 3.00 7.45 3.00 3.00 7.45 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 TBA

2 Cottington Cottington Cottington Cottington Cottington Cottington Cottington Morris Saunders Morris Cottington Saunders Duffy Cottington Duffy Duffy Whelan Duffy

Duffy Duffy Duffy Halpin Halpin

3 4 5 6 7 Saunders Falconer Morris1 McKay Lightbody Lightbody1 Saunders Falconer Morris1 McKay Saunders Falconer Morris McKay Lightbody Houghton Falconer Morris1 McKay Rushton-Woo Andy Gillespi Houghton Falconer1 Morris McKay McKay1 Houghton Falconer Morris Peers Morris Falconer Ogden McKay Andy Gillespi Richardson Falconer Ogden Cottington1 Coulter Bergqvist1 Richardson Falconer Morris1 Cottington Bergqvist1 Saunders Falconer Ogden1 McKay Morris Falconer Ogden McKay Bergqvist Richardson Falconer Morris McKay Andy Gillespi Morris Falconer Grant McKay Perry Morris Falconer Grant McKay Perry Richardson Falconer Morris Cottington McKay Saunders Falconer Morris McKay Cottington Morris Falconer Ogden McKay Saleh Morris Falconer Ogden McKay Saleh

Morris Morris Morris Morris Hont

Falconer Ogden Falconer Grant Falconer Coyle1 Falconer Coyle Falconer Coyle

McKay McKay McKay McKay Morris

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9 10 11 12 Whyte1 Rushton-Woods Perry Pullinger Perry1 Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Pullinger Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Perry Pullinger Bergqvist3 Perry1 Cook-Hannah Pullinger Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Perry Barton11 Whyte1 Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie Pullinger Whyte Rushton-Woods Perry Pullinger10 Rushton-Woods1 Andy Gillespie Whyte Bergqvist7 Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie1 Harrison10 Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Perry Peers5 Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie Peers Whyte Rushton-Woods Perry Peers3 Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie Peers Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie Saunders Whyte Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie Cook-Hannah Bergqvist Rushton-Woods Andy Gillespie Cook-Hannah10 Cook-Hannah Rushton-Woods Bergqvist Andy Gillespie9 Bergqvist1 Andy Gillespie1 Cook-Hannah Saunders

Cook-Hannah Ashton Whyte Andy Gillespie Whyte Bergqvist Whyte2 Bell1 Whyte1 Bell1

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14 Alex Gillespie7 Alex Gillespie Houghton3 Coulter10 Pulling/Saunder Coulter6 Bergqvist11 Cook-Hannah3 Alex Gillespie Hulme11 Whyte91 Alex Gillespie11 Ogden Harrison9 Bergqvist9 Saleh11 Lightbody10 Harrison8

15 16 Bergqvist11 Cook-Hannah9 Houghton Bergqvist9 Alex Gillespie8 Bergqvist11 Barton11 Andy Gillespie91 Whyte9 Peers/Crowther Perry7 Cook-Hannah Cook-Hannah Richardson7 Alex Gillespie Perry9 Peers Brinksman Whyte9 Harrison Perry11 Alex Gillespie Cook-Hannah9 Whyte9 Saunders Barton7 Whelan Whelan10 Perry7 Whyte91 Whyte9 Lightbody10

17 Crowther Crowther Crowther Crowther Coulter7 Crowther Crowther Crowther Brinksman Saunders

Andy Gillespie Saunders Rushton-Woods11 Harrison Whyte9 Saleh Cook-Hannah Bergqvist11 Bell10 Rushton-Woods8 Halpin Andy Gillespie Halpin2 Harrison6 Bell11 Andy Gillespie Harrison Bergqvist10 Cook-Hannah Andy Gillespie Bergqvist9 Rushton-Woods McKay7

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Match Report Town so close to first Runcorn win St Helens Town 2-2 Runcorn Town St. Helens Town turned in a terrific performance against Runcorn Town on Tuesday, which should have brought about a convincing first victory in eight attempts over this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FA Cup giantkillers, but in the end they had to settle for a 2-2 draw, after the visitors levelled the scores with a lucky deflected goal in the closing stages. Still, this was one of their best performances of the season and will give them great confidence ahead of their FA Vase First Round Proper tie against Yorkshire Amateur on Saturday. The continued absence of Ryan Duffy with a hamstring injury led to a debut for new signing Jack Hont at left back, which freed Aaron Morris to take up a more effective midfield role and, with Gaz Grant looking to impress against his former teammates, Town had a much more convincing look in attack, where Andy Gillespie, Chad Whyte and Kris Bell impressed, particularly in the second half. Sadly, Jamil Saleh was injured in the first half, but Jack McKay gave an improved performance, coming on as substitute. The first half saw few chances for either side, Chris Lawton saving a certain goal for Bell after he headed the powerful shot up against the underside of the bar and away on the half hour. At the other end, Paul Shanley, who turned in a subdued performance, missed an open goal for the visitors, just ahead of a chance for Grant who let fly, only for his goal-bound drive to be blocked by a Runcorn defender. After half-time, St. Helens stepped up the pressure against the visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defence and went into a deserved lead after 50 minutes, Grant turning full-back Danny Toone inside out to set up a chance for Whyte, who turned and lobbed keeper Stuart Plant with a wellplaced shot into the top corner of the net. The second goal came ten minutes later, when Gillespie outstripped Toone, took the ball to the by-line and hit a well-weighted cross which Bell gleefully turned in. Town appeared well in control at 2-0 and were unfortunate not to add to their tally when first Morris, put through by Whyte, hit the top of the bar on 72 minutes and then Gillespie, taking on three defenders, could only hit over from 12 yards out a short time later. Runcorn pulled a goal back with seven minutes remaining, substitute Sean Breen hitting home a rebound after the initial effort was blocked by the St. Helens defence and following another attack, were given a controversial free-kick on the corner of the home penalty area following an untidy challenge by Grant. Unfortunately for the home side, the ball was deflected by Toone past the hapless Rory Crowther for the equaliser, but the keeper then pulled off a tremendous save from Mark Keddie as Runcorn went in search of a winning goal. There was still enough time for Town to try to restore their lead and substitute Karl Bergqvist set up Gillespie for what looked to be the winning goal, but Plant just got enough to take the sting out of the shot and re-gathered at the second attempt with the ball squirming towards the open goal. Although St. Helens lost their lead for the third successive match, they were unlucky not to come out winners following a much more convincing performance and that elusive first league victory since early September cannot be far away.

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Statistical History ST. HELENS TOWN AFC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A STATISTICAL HISTORY by Glyn Jones Part 41 - Season 1987-88 North West Counties League Team Colne Dynamoes Rossendale United Clitheroe Colwyn Bay (-2) St. Helens Town Ellesmere Port & Neston Darwen Warrington Town Kirkby Town Burscough Leyland Motors Prescot Cables (-2) Bootle Formby Salford Skelmersdale United Atherton L.R. Glossop

P 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34

W 24 24 18 20 18 17 14 16 11 14 10 10 12 6 8 4 4 5

D 7 7 10 7 6 5 10 5 13 7 11 11 5 10 6 11 7 4

L 3 3 6 7 10 12 10 13 10 13 13 13 17 18 20 19 23 25

F 71 68 51 60 61 55 55 68 57 45 53 34 43 32 33 34 31 30

A 14 23 20 42 36 48 45 47 54 51 53 45 61 63 66 64 78 71

Pts 55 55 46 45 42 39 38 37 35 35 31 29 29 28 22 19 15 14

Opponents Atherton L.R. Bootle Burscough

Home Sep 8 Apr 9 Oct 24

Result Won 4-0 Won 7-0 Lost 0-1

Away Dec 19 Jan 16 Dec 15

Result Won 1-0 Lost 0-1 Drew 0-0

Clitheroe Colne Dynamoes

Dec 12 Apr 26

Drew 0-0 Drew 0-0

Aug 25 Oct 28

Lost 0-2 Lost 1-4

Colwyn Bay Darwen Ellesmere Port & Nelson

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Won 3-1 Won 2-1 Won 2-0

Aug 31 Apr 22 Nov 21

Lost 2-3 Lost 1-4 Won 2-1

Formby Glossop

Apr 12 May 4

Won 4-0 Won 2-1

Feb 13 Apr 4

Won 4-0 Won 2-1

Kirkby Town Leyland Motors Prescot Cables

Feb 6 Jan 2

Won 2-0 Won 3-0

Aug 22 Feb 24

Lost 2-3 Lost 0-1

Aug 15

Won 1-0

Jan 30

Won 3-1

Rossendale United

Apr 24

Won 2-1

Nov 3

Lost 0-1

Salford

Apr 19

Won 3-2

Nov 28

Won 3-1

Skelmersdale United Warrington Town

Apr 7 Mar 5

Drew 1-1 Drew 0-0

Oct 20 Sep 5

Drew 2-2 Lost 2-3

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Season 1987-88 Aug 29 Sep 12 Sep 15 Sep 21 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 10

Prelim. 1st Qual. Replay 2nd Replay 2nd Qual. Replay 3rd Qual.

Nov 7 Nov 14

2nd Rd. Replay

Oct 3 Oct 17 Dec 5 Feb 20 Feb 27 Mar 12 Mar 19

1st Rd. Replay 2nd Rd. 3rd Rd. Replay SF 1st Leg SF 2nd Leg

Oct 31 Jan 12 Apr 1

1st Rd. 2nd Rd. SF

Player Aspinall, Dave Corns, Simon Deakin, John Edwards, Paul Eleftheriou, Terry Filson, Martin Flannery, Mike Griffiths, Bryan Hill, A (Tony) Humphreys, Stu Jackson, Ian Kelly, A (Tony) Laird, Gary Leyland, Graham Lunt, Kenny Madin, Lee Mairah, Arthur Nolan, Terry O’Donnell, Dave Paladino, Joe Quinn, Jimmy Tickle, Steve Warrilow, Phil Wilson, Barry Woodyer, Jimmy Own goals Totals

FA CUP CURZON ASHTON Home Ilkeston Town Away ILKESTON TOWN Home Ilkeston Town E’wood Hanley HORWICH RMI Home Horwich RMI Away Northwich Victoria Away FA VASE Rainworth MW Away RAINWORTH MW Home RAAB KARCHER LEAGUE CUP CLITHEROE Home Clitheroe Away GLOSSOP Home Oldham Town Away OLDHAM TOWN Home WARRINGTON TOWN Home Warrington Town Away LIVERPOOL SENIOR CUP PRESCOT CABLES Home Skelmersdale United Away Southport Away

Won Drew Drew Won Drew Won Lost

6-2 1-1 1-1 AET 4-1 0-0 3-2 2-3

Drew Lost

1-1 0-2

Drew Won Won Drew Drew Drew Lost

1-1 2-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 W 4-3 on pens 0-0 1-3

Won Won Lost

2-1 1-0 1-3

App 35 33 18 3 17 3 42 24 14 15 11 35 2 1 26 5 5 16 35 3 12 8 29 39

Prov. 12 15 4 1 6 10 11 7 2 1 5 9 5 3 12 15 1 3 5 14 11

Sub App 2 2 1 1 1 -

Total App 47 48 22 1 9 29 3 53 31 18 17 16 44 2 1 31 9 5 28 50 4 16 13 43 50

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Goals 3 3 2 4 1 24 6 1 9 19 1 4

1 1 10 2 91

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

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

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

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

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

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

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West Dids & Chrltn

Stockport Sports

St Helens Town

Squires Gate

Silsden

Runcorn Town

Runcorn Linnets

Nelson

Maine Road

Glossop NE

Congleton Town

Colne

Bootle

Barnoldswick Town

2-0

2-3

2-0

5-0

3-1

2-1

2-2 4-1 1-2

0-2

7-2 1-2

3-2

4-3

0-0

3-2 2-0 5-0

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1-0

0-1

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0-0

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2-1

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0-1

0-2

1-2

1-5 2-8 1-6 2-5

3-0 4-0 3-0

1-0 1-1 3-0

0-4

4-1

0-0

1-1 3-2 1-1 2-3

0-1 2-2

0-4 2-3

4-1

3-1 3-0

0-1

1-1

2-0

0-0

2-0 2-0

3-1

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

3-0

7-2

4-2

2-2

2-1

2-2

3-0

1-2 1-4

2-4 0-3

3-4

3-2 6-0 2-0

1-2 2-2

6-0

2-4

1-2 3-4 2-6 1-3 1-3

2-2

2-4 3-4

2-1

0-4

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

1-4 1-1 1-1

1-2 0-3

0-4 6-0 2-1

4-2 4-0

1-2 0-2

1-1 1-2 3-1

1-2 1-4 1-3

2-1

1-0 4-2 0-4

0-0

0-1 3-0 1-1

1-1

3-2 1-3 1-4

4-1

4-0

3-0

1-0 3-0 0-9 0-4

4-1 2-0

2-2

0-2 0-1

2-3

3-1

3-2 1-1

2-0 1-0

1-2 1-1

0-1

0-4

Abbey Hey

0-1 3-0 0-5

Squires Gate

Bacup & Rossendale

AFC Blackpool

0-1

Ashton Athletic

1-5

Glossop NE

Alsager Town

Bacup & Ross

1-1 3-0

Colne

Congleton Town

1-2 2-1

Silsden

Ashton Athletic

AFC Liverpool

2-1 1-4

Nelson

1-4 1-1 1-1

Runcorn Linnets

4-2 2-4

St Helens Town

4-1

Alsager Town

Barnoldswick T 0-0

Stockport Sports

1-0

0-4

Abbey Hey

AFC Blackpool

Bootle

4-2

Maine Road

3-1 1-0

Runcorn Town

0-1 1-0

WD&C

1-1

1874 Northwich

Winsford Utd

AFC Liverpool

3-0

1874 Northwich

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Tea Break Teasers Q1. Who replaced David Seaman as England third choice goalkeeper at Italia 90 after he sustained a thumb injury in training?

Q2. Which former Premier League player has been Spanish top-scorer twice and was joint top scorer at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa? Q3. Father and Son, Steve & Alex Bruce made it to the 2013/14 FA Cup Final but who was the last Father/Son combination to do this? Q4. How many World Cup Tournaments have been won by the host nation? Q5. Which team have Everton defeated the most times in the Premier League era? Q6. When was the last time that the England National team lost it’s first two matches of a major tournament?

Q7. What was the World Cup 1966 official mascot called? Q8. Daniel Sturridge last season became the second player in Premier League history to score in eight consecutive matches but who was the first? Q9. Which former England international was manager of Hibernian when they were relegated from the Scottish Premier League last season? Q10. With which country did England draw 0-0 in the first match of the 1966 World Cup Finals tournament? Q11. With which club did Alex Ferguson begin his managerial career? Q12. Who are the only team Liverpool have played in the Premier League but failed to record a win against? Q13. Which country has the worst goal difference in World Cup Finals tournaments? Q14. Against which four nations have the Brazilian Men’s full international team lost more games than they have won?

Q15. Which two national teams competed in “The battle of Nuremberg” during World Cup 2006 in which 16 yellow and 4 red cards were shown? 1) Dave Beasant 2) Diego Forlan 3) Brian & Nigel Clough 4) Six (1930, 34, 66, 74, 78 & 98) 5) West Ham United 6) Euro 88 7) World Cup Willie 8) Ruud van Nistelrooy 9) Terry Butcher 10) Uruguay 11) East Stirling 12) Blackpool 13) South Korea (-36) 14) Argentina, Hungary, The Netherland & Norway 15) Portugal & The Netherlands

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Meet the Players

Alex Gillespie 06/08/1997 Midfield

Rory Crowther 29/12/1996 Goalkeeper

Gareth Grant 16/08/1990 Defender/Midfield

Marcus Perry 16/08/1996 Forward

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