St Helens Town v Cammell Laird by John McKiernan

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Today’s Teams . . . CLUB INFORMATION Honorary Life Presidents: Bert Trautmann OBE and Bill Foulkes Vice President: Jim Barrett Chairman: John McKiernan (07713 339682) Vice Chairman: Glyn Jones Hon. Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695) Commercial Manager Darryl Picton (07908 833554) Full Committee: John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, Jim Barrett, Darryl Picton, Ste Ball, Chris Ford and Glyn Jones. Trustees: John McKiernan and Eric Bond Club Manager: Ian Granite Assistant Manager: Ian Price Coaches: Paul Jones and Nick Matthews

Tues 26th November 2013, kick off 7.45pm Liverpool County FA Senior Cup, 1st Round St Helens Town Red & White Shirts White Shorts, Red & White Socks No

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St Helens Town

Ciaran Gibson Chris Tingay Shaun Judge Andy Mawdsley Lee Crompton Danny Owens Nathan Parish Connor Sanderson Adam Storey Andy Gillespie Mason Ryan Sam Pullinger Dan Wright Neil Weaver Stephen Milne Ed Richardson

Cammell Laird Blue Shirts Blue Shorts & Socks No

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Mike Manley Chay Dysart Chris Reilly Freddie Potter Steve Ferrigan Liam Hollett Paul Parle Paul Lundon James Foley Paul Foy Jamie Henders Craig Cairns Joe Evans Paul Carney John Couch Michael Young

Physiotherapist: Nicole Garner Reserve Team Manager Vacant Assistant Manager: Vacant

Manager: Ian Granite Assistant: Ian Price

Manager: Tony Sullivan Assistant: Barry Ellison

Youth Team Managers: Alan Gillespie & John Whelan

Assist: Mr D Issawi (Runcorn) & Mr O Williams (Newton-le-Willows)

Email: sthelenstownfc@hotmail.co.uk

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Referee: Mr D McDonald (Widnes)

Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Legal: St Helens Town Limited Private Limited Company Company No. 04392840 Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002 Company Directors: Jim Barrett & Gordon McDonald Parent Company: A wholly owned subsidiary of Sporting Club St Helens Limited

Cover: Lee Crompton in action during the Trautmann game.

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Talk of the Town . . . Good evening and welcome to Brocstedes Park for this Liverpool Senior Cup, First Round Tie against our friends from Cammell Laird. 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. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quick return to Brocstedes Park for us as we are back here after fighting out a 2-2 draw with an improving Stockport Sports outfit. We fell behind early on as a free kick into the box was not cleared and a deflection fell kindly for Paul Wadsworth to poke the ball home. The first half saw Town below par and struggling to string too many passes together but they bounced back to level matters when another set piece lead to the equaliser. The ball broke to skipper Lee Crompton on the far post and he belied his position as a Centre Half to chest the ball down and volley a thunderous strike more akin to a forward which gave the visiting stopper no chance. The visitors started the second half brightly but Town rode the storm and came back at them beginning to get on top in the contest and this culminated in them taking the lead just after the hour mark, former Stockport player Nathan Parish was able to latch onto a blocked effort after a series of shots from his colleagues and he fired the ball home to give the hosts a deserved lead. Town looked to add to their advantage with Andy Gillespie and Adam Storey having chances to put the game beyond the visitors but missing these chances was to cost the home side in the end as a pinpoint effort from Sam Pollard with his effort from the right of the area finding the back of the net via the inside of the left hand upright to see the sides share the spoils. We switch our attention from the bread and butter of league action to cup football as we enter the fray in the Liverpool Senior Cup at the First Round Stage. Our visitors are from the level above us, the Evo-Stik, Northern Premier League, First Division North and will come into the contest as favourites to advance to the next round. The come into the contest on the back of a 2-0 win at basement outfit Ossett Albion on Saturday afternoon and they currently sit in 16th position in the table, in a division of 22 teams. The visitors have already had an experience of playing a North West Counties League Premier Division club in cup competition this season as they went down 1-0 to Runcorn Linnets in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup at the end of September and more recently took the trip to Congleton Town in the Cheshire Senior Cup on Bonfire Night with the Evo-Stik outfit advancing into the next round thanks to a 5-4 penalty shoot out success after a 3-3 draw after 120 minutes. Should the scores be level in this evenings tie at 90 Minutes then the outcome of the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot out. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get behind Town this evening and hopefully cheer them onto victory. Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller

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In Town Today . . . Cammell Laird Football Club can trace its origins back to 1889 when a team from the Upper Boilers Shop of Laird Brothers (forerunners of the world famous shipyard whose name we carry to this day) played in Birkenhead Park under the name of Grange Football Club. However, the club soon changed to the rugby code and it was not until May1907 that the Cammell Laird Institute Association Football Club was established. Its headquarters were the Cammell Laird Institute in Conway Street, Birkenhead and matches were played on the old Prenton Park ground of Tranmere Rovers in the club colours of white shirts and blue shorts and socks and the club were admitted into the West Cheshire League in 1907. The first fixture was against Saltney Carriage Works and Lairds ran out 4-1winners with goals from Cobban, Walsh, a captain'sgoal from the penalty spot by Banton and Phillips finding the net. Despite difficult times the club finished a creditable 9th place. Following two poor seasons the club founder and Chairman Bill Elston was replaced, but due to industrial dispute at the time the club struggled to field a strong team and just avoided re-election. It soldiered on in mid table until the outbreak of World War 1 in August 1914, when many clubs disbanded and the League decided to amalgamate the two divisions. Resignations continued and as the end of the season drew near, the interest was reduced to a minimum, so much so that the surviving clubs failed to complete their fixtures because of the war effort, and as a consequence no medals were awarded. With the ending of the war, government orders for ships dried up consequently football was taken in-house with a departmental league of about 12 teams (affiliated to the Cheshire and Wirral Associations) and a representative team selected to compete in certain of the cup competitions of the Wirral Football Association. The club played their cup-ties on their old Park Road North ground with league games being played at Bebington Oval. The new Cammell Laird Departmental League commenced on September 20th, 1919 and on 7th May 1921, Lairds won their first ever Trophy by beating Laird Street Athletic 3-1 in the replayed final of the Shipley Cup at the Pool Bank enclosure with goals from Lees, Williams and Aitkin before a crowd of 2,000. In the summer of 1922, the team moved to the St Peters Road, Birkenhead, registered with the Birkenhead and District League 2nd Division and changed their name to Kirklands F.C. (The name of the original clubhouse). The club, staged it's first game on 27th September 1922 at St Paul's Old Boys, New Ferry with a 1-3 defeat, but ended the season in fifth position with 24points and were elected to Division 1.The club finished as runners up to Birkenhead Municipal despite only losing one match. Season 1924/5 saw a title play off against British Leather which Kirklands won 2-1 thanks to goals from Chapman (pen) and Wilson to be crowned champions. Kirklands also won the Wirral Minor â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup in 1924 and the Regent Cup in 1927 beating Cleveland Athletic 4-0 in front of some 2,000 spectators thanks to goals from Davies 2, Bevan (pen) and Hosie. Mid table positions were secured over the next four seasons but interest had begun to wane and by 1931/32 season the club had to go cap in hand to seek re-election which they gained. However by 1935/36 season the writing was on the wall with the team becoming the league whipping boys and Kirklands as a football club ceased before the start of the 1936/7 season.. At the commencement of the Second World War in September 1939 the club disbanded and the ground was badly damaged due to enemy action, this is unsurprising as the Cammell Laird Shipyard was one of the most prolific builders of warships for the Royal Navy.

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. . . Cammell Laird FC In the summer of 1944, the club was re-formed as Cammell Lairds Association Football Club and joined the Birkenhead & Wirral Football League where it remained until .the summer of 1948 when the club was elected to Division 2 of West Cheshire League. Although silverware did not arrive at the club until 1969, in the next thirty plus years Lairds won the West Cheshire League 19 times, together with 5 Second Division championships, reached the Quarter-Finals of the FA Vase in the season 1994-95 but have since bettered that by reaching the Semi-finals in 2005-06. After making the decision to attempt to climb the non league football pyramid, in season 2005-06 'The Lairds' made history by becoming the first team to win the championship of the second and first divisions of the North West Counties League in successive seasons. In addition, Cammell Laird won the North West Counties league Second Division Trophy and League Challenge Cup, furthermore in their first two seasons in the NWCFL, scoring over 250 league goals in the process. The 2006-07 season saw Lairds make their bow in the UniBond Northern Premier League Division One which saw Lairds finish in second place behind Buxton and they were desperately unlucky not to gain promotion at the first time of asking after losing in the play off final. Lairds finally gained promotion to the UniBond Premier Division in 2007-8 when second place was awarded the one automatic promotion place. The Unibond Premier League season threw up all sorts of challenges for Lairds, after a tough start, Manager Ken McKenna and the club agreed to go separate ways and Lairds defender Derek Ward was brought in as Manager with Ian Cooke as his assistant. After a long tough season Lairds finished one place above the relegation places despite having beaten most of the top six teams, however a ground grading technicality saw Lairds relegated to the Unibond League Division One South. Having had a prolific period of success with rises through the various leagues being achieved, the club had in effect over achieved and the next few seasons saw 'Lairds' struggle both on and off the field. Our 2011/12 season saw the club struggle from the start of the season, and Lairds were never out of the relegation zone, despite the best efforts of manager Tony Sullivan. 'Lairds' finished bottom of the league and had to seek re-election to stay in the now EvoStik North which was confirmed in May 2012. The 2012/13 saw an incredible turn around from the previous season, as Lairds finished league Runners up, with 86 points, but fell just short of promotion losing on penalties in the final to Trafford. Lairds also enjoyed some Cup success with matches against FC United and FC Halifax and a great league cup run enjoying victories against Premier sides, Kendal an, Chorley, before losing in the semi final to premier side champion elect North Ferriby. Jamie Henders scored 36 goals take the scoring plaudits, but goals came from all over the squad and a great team spirit saw them win games late on. Tony Sullivan side goes into the 2013/14 season on a high and with high expectations from all concerned.

Photos: FA Cup action Cammell Lairds v Town at Kirklands season 2009-10

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

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Chairman’s Notes . . . Good evening and a very warm welcome to Brocstedes Park, for this Liverpool County FA Senior Cup 1st Round encounter with our friends and rivals Cammell Laird FC. Let’s hope their players, officials and supporters along with our own followers are treated to an entertaining game. Many thanks to Jim McDonald and Zenith Global IT Solutions who are the Executive Match Sponsors for this evening’s game and for our remaining home games this season. This sponsorship deal is a huge boost to the club and we are delighted to partner with Jim and Zenith. Saturday saw Town pick up a point courtesy of a 2-2 home draw with Stockport Sports. The visitors took an early lead but Town levelled before half time courtesy of a fine strike from captain Lee Crompton. Nathan Parish put Town ahead midway through the second period but the Saxons hit back with 8 minutes remaining to secure a point. Goals from Craig Cairns and Jamie Henders gave Lairds a 0-2 win at Ossett Albion at the weekend, their first league victory since early October when they secured a 2-1 home win over Burscough. Lairds currently lie in 16th place in the Evo-stick Division 1 North with 19 points (5 wins, four draws) from 18 games. Town Reserves maintained top spot in the West Cheshire League Division 3 with a 0-6 win at Upton AA Reserves. On Sunday the Youth Team took three points in a 2-1 home victory over Atherton Town, Will Tabern and Marcus Perry with the goals - a selection of photos are in tonight’s programme with more on the club website. Saturday sees Town travel to West Didsbury and Chorlton who have been in decent form recently. Last Saturday they defeated leaders Runcorn Town 1-0 at Brookburn Road. Disappointingly we have had to postpone our forthcoming Comedy Night because of poor ticket sales and this has now been rescheduled for Saturday 8th February 2014. I apologise for any inconvenience caused. Enjoy the game. John McKiernan Chairman, St Helens Town AFC

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Town v Stockport Sports . . . Eleven league games unbeaten for Town St Helens Town 2-2 Stockport Sports Saturday 23rd November 2013 North West Counties League Premier Division Without a competitive game for nearly a month, St. Helens Town fought out a battling 2-2 draw at home to Stockport Sports at Brocstedes Park on Saturday, extending their unbeaten run in league games to eleven, ahead of back-to-back away games at West Didsbury & Chorlton on Saturday next and Wigan Robin Park the following Tuesday evening. A draw was perhaps a fair result overall, but Town will be kicking themselves for not having sewn up the three points well before Stockport equalised with nine minutes to go. St. Helens got off to a bad start. A contentious free-kick awarded to the visitors in the third minute caused a mix-up in the Town defence and the ball bounced off Shaun Judge’s leg, wrongfooting keeper Ciaran Gibson and centre-half Paul Wadsworth poked home the rebound from close range. Stockport went on to dominate most of the early play and, in an isolated opportunity for Town, Andy Gillespie’s shot on 12 minutes was saved by visiting stopper Richie Torkington at his near post. The game swung Town’s way after 25 minutes when, from a corner, Shaun Judge back-headed the ball to skipper Lee Crompton, who was unmarked on the corner of the penalty box and the centre back let fly with a wonderful strike which beat Torkington all ends up. Judge had to leave the field with a shoulder injury soon afterwards, but St. Helens were well on top and they had chances to take a half-time lead, but were wasteful in attack. Town started the second-half in much the same fashion and after 62 minutes, Nathan Parish got his just rewards for a solid performance when he followed up a number of ricochets to prod the ball past Torkington from 10 yards. The home forwards were dominating the match, with Adam Storey, Danny Owens and Mason Ryan all having chances. Torkington was leading a charmed life in the visitors’ net and the best opportunities fell to Gillespie and Storey, who twice had opportunities to wrap up the points. As it turned out, Sports’ substitute Sam Pollard turned the game on its head when he rifled home from 25 yards out on the right, his fierce shot beating Gibson in the air and going in off the left-hand post. Both sides had chances to win the match in the closing stages and Pollard in particular could have grabbed a winner in the last few minutes, but the Town defence and Gibson in particular kept him at bay and the point gained left Town in tenth place in the Premier League table, just on the heels of a group of clubs, six of whom have played more games than St. Helens. This represents a vast improvement on last season’s achievements, as they currently have 28 points from 19 games, whereas it took 38 games to amass the same number of points last time around. Glyn Jones

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. . . Town v Stockport Sports

Action from Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home game v Stockport Sports (2-2)

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Where are we now? Something that always makes me smile is when a club from our League gains promotion to the Northern Premier League and then someone claims on their website that their club is now playing at its highest level ever. In most cases, the truth is that those clubs are still playing well below their highest ever level. The problem comes from the way things have changed over the last 35 years or so. Back at the tail end of the 70’s there was no official pyramid, but like the entire history of football, there was an unofficial one. If you go back to 1949/50 when St Helens Town competed in the Lancashire Combination Division Two, they were playing at what is now Conference North level. The top clubs in the Lancashire Combination applied directly to the Football League for membership, it was one of the Leagues at the top level of non league football (no Northern Premier League back then). Even at the start of the 1980’s when St Helens were in the Cheshire County League and then the North West Counties League Division One, above them was just a single division Northern Premier League and a single division Conference League, putting them at what is now Step 3, NPL Premier Division level. Of course, since then, the NPL has added a second division and then the Conference League added their Division One North above us, each one pushing us down a level meaning that we and other clubs who played alongside us and still do, such as Winsford, Congleton and Glossop are now playing two divisions lower than we were in the mid-80’s without being relegated! With all that in mind, has the non-league pyramid benefitted clubs or supporters? With St Helens playing at what is now Step 2 and Step 3 levels up until the mid 80’s, supporters were able to watch a high standard of football in and around the North West for little cost. Now in Step 2 you have Oxford City playing Workington and Barrow, a round trip of 568 miles and 492 miles respectively. Colwyn Bay have a few 6 or 7 hour round trips. If St Helens were at Step 2 now, this season, they would have a total of 4,242 miles to travel in round trips just in the League. In Step 3 you have to travel all over the north of England from Birmingham upwards. If St Helens were in the NPL Premier Division now, they would have total round trips of 3.064 miles for League games. Taking a season at random, 1985/86 when St Helens were at Step 3 in the NWCL Division One, they had a total of 1,408 worth of round trip miles. Only three clubs gave us more than a 100 mile round trip. So, up until the mid-80’s, St Helens Town supporters could watch Step 2 or Step 3 standard football, just in and around the North West meaning low cost for supporters and clubs alike and enabling part time players to play for their local clubs at a high standard. You may not think that’s an issue, but if you watch local football, for example in the West Lancs League, there are players there who have either played in the NPL or could easily do so, but they choose to play in a local League because of their job or family commitments. They don’t want the long travelling time. It was clear that changes were needed in non league football, but does massively increasing costs to clubs and supporters as well as the hugely increased travelling time, seem the right way to go? Would you rather the NWCL was still at Step 3 or are you happy to travel all over north England? Tim Lees

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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 in 1955/56, 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 the only club to feature in the top division of that league throughout its existence although, after a very good start, they very nearly lost that proud record last season. The club’s major achievement was victory in 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

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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. Other future stars, groomed at St. Helens Town, included John Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday), Geoff Nulty (Burnley, Newcastle United and Everton) and, most recently, ace goal scorer 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. 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 in 2010/11 next to bottom, when they would have been relegated, but for Flixton’s decision to resign from the league.

Club Honours: 1949 George Mahon Trophy Winners 1951 Lancs Comb Division 2 Champions 1972 Lancs Combination Champions 1973 Bass Charrington Cup Winners 1978 St Helens Hospital Cup Winners 1979 St Helens Comb Division 1 Runners Up 1979 St Helens Hospital Cup Runners Up 1980 St Helens Comb Division 1 Champions 1985 NWCFL Reserve Division 2 Runners Up 1986 NWCFL Reserve Division 1 Runners Up 1987 FA Vase Winners (Wembley) 1994 League Challenge Cup Finalists 1994 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1995 NWCFL Reserve Division Champions 1996 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1998 Floodlit Trophy Finalists 1999 REALCO Fair Play Award Winners 2009 Bert Trautmann Trophy Winners Record Appearances: Allan Wellens Record Goal Scorer: Steve Pennington Record Attendances: 4000 at Hoghton Road v Manchester City 1723 at Knowsley Road 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 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

Town began the 2012-13 season under new manager Ian Granite, who brought in a new team and coaching set-up who battled well to avoid relegation. Though the club have the benefit of an 80-year ground-sharing agreement with Saints, they have been unable to re-locate to the new stadium at Langtree Park and having spent over two seasons sharing Ashton Town’s ground at Edge Green Street a new ground share agreement has been brokered with fellow Premier Division side Ashton Athletic to cover their immediate future as plans for a return to St Helens continue.

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Hearts and Goals . . . St Helens Town has a new high-profile national charity partner for the 2013/14 season after joining up with Hearts & Goals, a lifesaving campaign for which Fabrice Muamba is ambassador. The club has forged a new partnership with Arrhythmia Alliance, the charity behind Hearts & Goals,a national campaign to tackle the UK’s biggest killer sudden cardiac arrest, by helping communities place lifesaving public-access AEDs (automated external defibrillators). The campaign’s ambassador, former Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on the football pitch in March 2012 and went on to make a remarkable recovery thanks to prompt treatment with CPR and an AED. Everyone at the club was so moved by his experiences and the work he and the charity has done through Hearts & Goals, Town want to raise as much money as possible for the campaign by holding a series of fundraising events throughout the season and beyond, as well as dedicating a percentage of all incoming sponsorship deals to the charity. Sudden cardiac arrest claims 100,000 lives in the UK every year and AEDs, like the one used on Fabrice on the pitch at White Hart Lane, increase a person’s chance of surviving from just 5% to 50% if they suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. The devices do not require training and can be used by anyone to shock a person’s heart back into its normal rhythm in the event of someone suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. Arrhythmia Alliance has already helped communities up and down the UK place publicaccess AEDs as part of Hearts & Goals. The devices are placed in secure cabinets which are logged with local ambulance services and available to anyone in the community 24/7. In the event of an emergency anyone who phones 999 is then given immediate access to the lifesaving defibrillator. St Helens Town Commercial Manager, Darryl Picton, said: “The idea to forge this partnership came from Fabrice’s story. “Never before have I witnessed such an event that has brought football fans, clubs and

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. . . Our Charity Partner players together in support of one man as what happened on that horrific day at White Hart Lane. The story touched the hearts of everyone and transcended sport. Those events really hit home to everyone at St Helens Town how quickly and unexpectedly tragedy can strike in a community and having access to this essential equipment will save hundreds of lives. “We are proud to be associated with Hearts and Goals and with Fabrice, and we will work tirelessly throughout the year to raise every penny possible for the campaign.” Trudie Lobban MBE, Founder and CEO of Arrhythmia Alliance, said: “We are absolutely delighted St Helens Town AFC have chosen our Hearts & Goals campaign as their official charity campaign. “Hearts & Goals focuses on tackling the UK’s biggest killer, sudden cardiac arrest, which kills 100,000 people in the UK every year. We have already been able to help communities up and down the country place lifesaving AEDs (automated external defibrillators) and with partners like St Helens we can continue this work. “It is clear all involved at the club are very passionate about the campaign and we are delighted to welcome them on board.” A host of fundraising events are already planned throughout the year, including a a Race Night on Saturday 26th October and Comedy & Curry Night on Saturday 7th December. For full details of events or to make a donation to the campaign contact Darryl Picton on 07908 833 554 or by email at sthelenstownafc@gmail.com Visit www.heartsandgoals.org for more information.

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2013-14 Fixtures, Facts and Fig Date Aug 3 Aug 6 Aug 10 Aug 13 Aug 17 Aug 17 Aug 24 Aug 27 Aug 31 Sep 7 Sep 12 Sep 21 Sep 24 Sep 28 Oct 1 Oct 5 Oct 8 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 22 Oct 26 Oct 29 Nov 23 Nov 26 Nov 30 Dec 3 Dec 7 Dec 14 Dec 21 Dec 26 Jan 4 Jan 11 Jan 18 Jan 25 Feb 1 Feb 8 Feb 15 Mar 1 Mar 29 Apr 12 Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 26 TBA TBA TBA TBA

Opponents Comp NORTON UNITED NWCFL Squires Gate NWCFL Winsford United NWCFL WIGAN ROBIN PARK NWCFL ASHTON ATHLETIC FAC EPR Ashton Athletic FAC Rep MAINE ROAD NWCFL Barnoldswick Town NWCFL ALSAGER TOWN NWCFL Pontefract Collieries FAV 1QR AFC Liverpool NWCFL Abbey Hey NWCFL Bootle NWCFL BACUP & ROSS BORO NWCFL Runcorn Linnets NWCFL Glossop North End NWCFL SQUIRES GATE NWCFL W DIDS & CHORLTON NWCFL SILSDEN NWCFL CONGLETON TOWN NWCFL ALSAGER TOWN Lge Cup 2 BARNOLDSWICK TOWN NWCFL STOCKPORT SPORTS NWCFL CAMMELL LAIRDS LSC1 West Didsbury & Chorlton NWCFL Wigan Robin Park NWCFL COLNE NWCFL Silsden NWCFL WINSFORD UNITED NWCFL Ashton Athletic NWCFL RUNCORN TOWN NWCFL Norton United NWCFL ABBEY HEY NWCFL Runcorn Town NWCFL Alsager Town NWCFL RUNCORN LINNETS NWCFL Stockport Sports NWCFL Colne NWCFL AFC LIVERPOOL NWCFL AFC Blackpool NWCFL GLOSSOP NORTH END NWCFL ASHTON ATHLETIC NWCFL Maine Road NWCFL Bacup & Ross Borough NWCFL Congleton Town NWCFL AFC BLACKPOOL NWCFL BOOTLE NWCFL

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Result

3-3D 3-0L 2-1L 4-1W 2-2D 1-0L 0-5L 1-2W 0-3L 2-0L 3-0L 1-1D 1-2W 1-1D 1-1D 2-3W 5-0W 3-0W 2-0A 1-1D 1-2L 1-1D 2-2D

Clark Mawdsley Harrison Williams(C)1 Coyle Cooper Clark Mawdsley Harrison Wright Crompton(C) Williams Clark Mawdsley Judge Williams(C) Coyle Ashton Taylor Mawdsley1 Harrison Williams(C) Coyle Chesworth Taylor Mawdsley Harrison1 Williams(C) Coyle Ashton Taylor Mawdsley Harrison Williams Crompton(C) Ashton Taylor Mawdsley Harrison Crompton(C) Williams Ashton Taylor Mawdsley Judge1 Crompton(C) Coyle Wright Taylor Tingay Judge C.Williams Coyle Sykes-Wright Taylor Tingay Judge Barber Coyle Chesworth(C) Gibson Pullinger Judge(C) Curzon Coyle Ashton Gibson Pullinger Harrison Coyle Curzon Ashton Gibson Pullinger Harrison Coyle Crompton(C) Parish Gibson Sykes-Wright Harrison Mawdsley(C) Coyle Parish Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Gibson Tingay Judge1 Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Gibson Tingay Judge1 Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Parish Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Parish1 Gibson Pullinger Richardson Mawdsley Crompton(C) Parish Gibson Pullinger Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Parish Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley Crompton(C)1 D.Owens

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Player name and number of goals scored Player name and CAUTION

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St Helens Town AFC . . . St Helens Town Statistical History by Glyn Jones Part 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Season 1965/66 - LANCASHIRE COMBINATION DIVISION 1 Final Table South Liverpool Chorley Skelmersdale United Marine Horwich RMI Netherfield Morecambe Lancaster City Clitheroe Great Harwood Barrow Reserves Droylsden Fleetwood Guinness Exports Leyland Motors Burscough St. Helens Town Rossendale United Bacup Borough Southport Reserves Nelson Prescot Town Opponents Bacup Borough Barrow Reserves Burscough Chorley Clitheroe Droylsden Fleetwood Great Harwood Guinness Exports Horwich RMI Lancaster City Leyland Motors Marine Morecambe Nelson Netherfield Prescot Town Rossendale United Skelmersdale United South Liverpool Southport Reserves

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P 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42

W 29 24 28 27 26 20 19 19 20 18 19 15 18 14 14 13 11 9 11 9 10 8

Home Oct 9 Dec 4 Apr 18 Jan 22 Apr 14 Nov 6 Aug 21 Feb 12 Sep 16 Nov 13 Mar 26 Oct 23 Sep 23 May 6 Dec 18 Sep 25 Nov 20 Jan 8 Apr 9 Apr 25 May 7

D 6 12 4 4 3 13 12 10 8 10 8 12 5 5 5 6 5 9 5 7 5 8 Result Lost 2-4 Drew 2-2 Won 2-1 Lost 1-2 Lost 2-3 Lost 2-4 Won 4-2 Drew 2-2 Won 3-0 Lost 1-6 Won 2-1 Won 2-0 Won 2-1 Lost 1-3 Won 5-0 Drew 0-0 Lost 1-3 Drew 2-2 Lost 0-6 Lost 1-2 Won 3-1

L 7 6 10 11 13 9 11 13 14 14 15 15 19 23 23 23 26 24 26 26 27 26

F 128 121 120 129 100 104 105 77 77 81 88 80 95 74 52 76 65 48 57 65 56 66 Away Jan 1 Apr 30 May 2 Dec 27 Aug 28 May 5 Jan 29 Mar 5 Apr 7 Sep 11 Oct 2 Feb 5 Sep 1 Nov 27 Sep 8 Mar 19 Oct 16 Oct 30 Dec 11 Apr 11 Mar 22

A 56 56 62 66 58 70 65 59 73 73 85 78 101 103 99 89 125 97 126 98 121 104

Pts 64 60 60 58 55 53 50 48 48 46 46 42 41 33 33 32 27 27 27 25 25 24

Result Lost 1-2 Drew 2-2 Won 1-0 Lost 0-6 Lost 0-1 Lost 0-3 Lost 1-9 Lost 1-5 Lost 2-4 Lost 1-4 Lost 1-2 Won 4-0 Lost 1-6 Lost 0-7 Lost 1-4 Lost 2-9 Won 5-1 Lost 0-4 Lost 1-3 Lost 0-5 Lost 1-3

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. . . Season 1965-66 Player

App

Prov. App

Total Goals Apps

Anders, Jackie

Atherton, Eric

Bass, Johnny

Bold, Johnny Bond, Eric Charnock, Ralph Critchley, John

3 1

45 26

Aug 23 1st Round Burscough (A) Won 2-1

Sep 20 2nd Round Skelmersdale United (H) Won 4-1

Fairweather, Ray

Frodsham, Colin

Gilliker, Arthur

Hegarty, Dave

Hennin, Derek

41 2

Horton, Roy

Hurst, Stan

McDermott, Jimmy

Maloney, Derek

Marsh, Phil

Moran, Frank

Myers, Johnny

Nulty, Geoff

1 48

Smith, John

LIVERPOOL NON-LEAGUE CUP Aug 30 1st Round Prescot Town (A) Drew 3-3* Game abandoned due to bad light in ET Sep 6 1st Round Replay Prescot Town (A) Lost 2-5

1 7

Turner, Norman

Wilson, Terry

Young, Ricky

Own goal

Totals

LANCASHIRE COMBINATION CUP

Mar 31 3rd Round Horwich RMI (A) Lost 1-3

Topping, Maurice

Jan 15 1st Round Marine (H) Lost 0-1

Lodge, Horace

Pennington, Joe

Hill, Eddie

Unknown

LANCASHIRE JUNIOR CUP

Dewsnip, Jimmy

Stainton, Phil

Sep 4 1st Qualifying Round Ashton United (A) Won 4-2 Sep 18 2nd Qualifying Round Skelmersdale United (H) Lost 0-3

3 39

FA CUP

2 14 550

1 14

550

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Reserve Team News . . . St Helens Town Reserves It’s been a busy few weeks for the Reserves with both League and Cup action. Two successive league victories against Belfry (0-4) and in form Capenhurst Villa (4-2) saw the Reserves take back top spot in the West Cheshire League Division Three. Last Saturday the lads consolidated top spot with a 0-6 away victory at basement outfit Upton AA. Goals from Ste Bowen (2), Adam Owens (2) and Danny Norris (2) secured the points. This Saturday the Reserves travel to third placed Ford Motors. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

DIVISION THREE St Helens Town Res South Liverpool Res Ford Motors Hale Res Rainhill Town Capenhurst Villa Res Bootle Res Kirkby Town Railway Belfry Chester Nomads Res Widnes Vikings Res Christelton Res Neston Nomads *Marshall Res Merseyside Police Upton AA Res

P 15 14 14 12 13 16 14 12 12 16 13 14 14 16 13 14

W 10 10 9 9 8 8 9 4 6 6 4 2 2 3 2 2

D 4 1 3 2 4 2 2 7 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0

L 1 3 2 1 1 6 3 1 5 9 6 10 11 12 11 12

F 40 49 41 35 49 39 34 42 27 28 22 18 27 26 15 10

A 19 21 16 18 12 30 20 27 23 40 36 42 47 58 41 52

GD 21 28 25 17 37 9 14 15 4 -12 -14 -24 -20 -32 -26 -42

Pts 34 31 30 29 28 26 29 19 19 19 15 8 7 7 6 6

DATE 23/11/2013

TIME 14:00

HOME UPTON AA RES

0-6

AWAY ST HELENS TOWN RES

L L

16/11/2013 09/11/2013

14:00 14:00

ST. HELENS TOWN RES BELFRY

4-2 0-4

CAPENHURST VILLA RES ST HELENS TOWN RES

C C C L L

02/11/2013 26/10/2013 19/10/2013 12/10/2013 05/10/2013

14:00 14:00 14:00 15:00 15:00

ST HELENS TOWN RES ST HELENS TOWN RES CLOCK FACE FC SOUTH LIVERPOOL RES ST HELENS TOWN RES

3 1 1 0 1

GARSWOOD UTD RES KIRKBY TOWN RAILWAY ST HELENS TOWN RES ST HELENS TOWN RES HALE RES

28/09/2013

15:00

ST HELENS TOWN RES

2-1

SOUTH LIVERPOOL RES

L L L L

21/09/2013 14/09/2013 07/09/2013 04/09/2013

15:00 15:00 15:00 18:15

NESTON NOMADS KIRKBY TOWN RAILWAY ST HELENS TOWN RES MARSHALLS RES

1 3 3 2

-2 -3 -3 -3

ST HELENS TOWN RES ST HELENS TOWN RES CHESTER NOMADS RES ST HELENS TOWN RES

L L L L L

30/08/2013 27/08/2013 19/08/2013 16/08/2013 09/08/2013

18:15 18:15 18:30 18:30 18:30

ST HELENS TOWN RES MERSEYSIDE POLICE ST HELENS TOWN RES CHRISTLETON RES ST HELENS TOWN RES

2 1 2 0 3

-1 -3 -2 -2 -0

BOOTLE RES ST HELENS TOWN RES WIDNES VIKINGS RES ST HELENS TOWN RES RAINHILL TOWN

DATE 30/11/2013

TIME 1400

HOME Ford Motors

-2 -2 -3 -0 -3

AWAY St Helens Town Res

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Alsager Town

AFC Liverpool

AFC Blackpool

Abbey Hey 3-2

4-2 1-0

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Winsford United

Wigan Robin Park

West Didsbury & Chorlton

1-2 0-2

1-1

3-5 1-1

4-3 0-2

2-1

0-2 1-3

0-2 0-3 5-5

1-1 1-1

4-0

0-8 2-3 2-4 4-1 3-2

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

0-3 2-1

1-1

St Helens Town

Stockport Sports

1-2

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

3-2

2-2

4-1

3-1

4-0

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

1-1

1-2

2-2

0-3

1-0 1-3

0-5 3-3

0-1 1-3 1-0

4-1

2-1 2-2 1-5

0-1

0-3

0-2

0-1

4-0 1-2 3-1

5-0

2-0

4-2

1-2

1-1

2-3

3-0

0-2

1-0

2-2 3-4

1-3

1-2

1-1 1-0

3-2

1-0 5-1

5-0 3-0

5-0

0-4 3-1 5-1

2-2 3-0 4-1

2-2

1-1 2-1

1-1

2-1 5-0 5-0 0-1

1-2

2-1 2-2 4-0

2-3 2-0

2-2 6-0

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

2-3 0-3 1-0

2-1 2-1

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

3-0

2-0 2-4 1-2

3-0

0-1 3-2

0-2 4-1

2-1

1-0

0-4 4-2

2-1

1-2 1-3 1-1

2-3 0-4

1-2

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

2-1 1-2

0-2 0-0

1-1

3-0

3-1

3-2

2-1

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

2-0

1-2

4-0

1-0 7-0 0-0

1-1

0-2

1-0

1-4 0-4 1-2

3-0 3-1 0-1

Squires Gate

Silsden

Runcorn Town

Runcorn Linnets

Norton United

Maine Road

Glossop North End

0-1

2-0 2-0 0-4

Colne

Congleton Town

1-0

5-0 2-1

3-1 1-2 2-1

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

Bootle

Barnoldswick Town

Bacup & Ross Boro

Bacup & Rossendale Borough

Barnoldswick Town

0-1

Bootle

1-3 0-1 2-1

Congleton Town

Alsager Town

Glossop North End

Ashton Athletic

Main Road

1-1

Norton United

1-3 0-3 3-0

Runcorn Linnets

1-1 4-0 2-0

Runcorn Town

1-0

Silsden

4-0

West Dids & Chorlton

3-3

Wigan Robin Park

AFC Liverpool

Squires Gate

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

Winsford United

AFC Blackpool

Colne 1-4

St Helens Town

4-2 2-0

Stockport Sports

Abbey Hey

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Tea Break Teasers . . . Q1. Which four Scottish players have collected Premier League winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; medals? Q2. How is Givanildo Vieira de Souza better known? Q3. Which Serie A club is known as the Flying Donkeys? Q4. What did six Premier League clubs have in 2012-13 but eight have in 2013-14? Q5. Who did Liverpool sign Jonjo Shelvey from in 2010? Q6. Manchester City sold Carlos Tevez to which club over the summer? Q7. What is the oldest ground in England to have hosted a Premier League match? Q8. Who is the only player to have taken a penalty in a shoot-out at three consecutive World Cup Final tournaments? Q9. Which three keepers have captained their countries to World Cup wins? Q10. From which club did Everton sign goalkeeper Joel Robels? Q11. Nicolas Anelka this season became the second Frenchman to play for six different Premier League clubs but who was the first? Q12. Which club amassed the most First Division points in the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s? Q13. Who was the first Asian football to win a Premier League medal? Q14. Which four London clubs have played in the Football League but never competed in the top flight? Q15. What nationality is Everton player Antolin Alcaraz?

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

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. . . Managers 1946-Present (pictured below) took over the mantle of manager following the departure of the Vase squad and management team having been Reserve team boss and spent a successful five seasons in charge. 1992-93 Mick Holgate (pictured right) presided over just one season at Hoghton Road before moving on to Leigh RMI. 19932002 Jimmy McBride stepped up from his position as Reserve team boss to take the reigns of the first team for almost a decade which saw the club’s move from Hoghton Road to Saints. Took the club to its first cup final since the visit to Wembley but lost out in the League Cup and Floodlit Trophy finals in the mid 1990s. 2002-2003 John Davison and Peter King arrived from Burscough having presided over a very successful period in the ‘Linnets’ history. After a disappointing first campaign despite significant financial backing the club’s need to tighten the purse strings led to the pair’s departure at the start of the 2003 campaign, along with most of the squad. 2003-04 Ex-Everton professional Paul Lodge became Town manager as the club reeled from financial cuts but unfortunately his youthful side struggled at the bottom of the league and he was replaced in January 2004. 2004-05 Former Town ‘keeper Joe Paladino took over the reigns from Lodge and secured the club’s safety from relegation before going to challenge for the title during most of 2004-05. Joe resigned in March 2005. 2005-06 Assistant to Paladino, Joe Gibiliru took over the manager’s position and presided over a period of on the field stability for the club before resigning in September 2006. 2006-07 Alex Wright, who had previously been assistant manager to Paul Lodge returned to the club as manager but his tenure was short-lived as family commitments led to him stepping down in September 2007. 2007-08 John Fletcher, Wright’s assistant, was given managerial responsibility and he steered the club away from the relegation battle with a 19th place finish at the end of 2006-7. Despite the club’s off the field problems and financial difficulties the following season saw Fletcher’s charges finish fourteenth after only one defeat in the last nine games. However Town remained rooted in a relegation spot for most of the following season and Fletcher departed with weeks of the season remaining. 2009 – 2010 Gary Bickerstaffe was appointed in March 2009 and secured the club’s safety with some ease recording six victories from the final eight games. Bickerstaffe’s fine form as manager continued throughout 2009-10 eventually finishing in 9th place. 2010 – 2011 Lee Riley steps up from assistant manager when Gary Bickerstaffe steps down at the end of the 2009-10. Lee resigned in March 2011 due to work commitments and Iain Dyson took over the managerial reigns before he too stepped down at the end of the season. 2011-12 season saw Jimmy McBride make a return to Town but it proved a difficult season and Town parted company with him as we narrowly avoided relegation. 2012 - present Ian Granite (pictured left) became manager following success with neighbours Wigan Robin Park FC. A challenging 2012-13 season saw Town eventually steer clear of relegation, in doing so maintaining their unique 30 year stay in the North West Counties League top division. Many thanks to Jim Barrett and Eric Bond for their input in compiling the information.

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Cammell Laird FC. . . Evo-stick Division 1 North (Up to and including Saturday 23rd November) Pos 1

Team Warrington Town

Pd 18

W 14

D 2

L 2

F 43

A 13

Diff 30

Pts 44

Curzon Ashton

Bamber Bridge

Farsley FC

Lancaster City

Darlington 1883

Clitheroe

Harrogate Railway Athletic

Kendal Town

-1

Mossley

-2

Northwich Victoria

New Mills

-16

Ramsbottom United

Salford City

-9

22 20

Burscough

-9

Cammell Laird

-1

Prescot Cables

-6

Ossett Town

-3

Padiham

-15

Wakefield

-34

Radcliffe Borough

-14

Ossett Albion

-23

Up to and including Saturday 23rd November 2013 Season

League

Pts

Position

1998-99 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

W CHES-1 W CHES-1 W CHES-1 W CHES-1 W CHES-1 W CHES-1 NWC-2 NWC-1 NPL-1 NPL-1S NPL-P NPL-1S NPL-1N NPL-1N NPL-1N

30 30 30 30 28 30 36 42 46 42 42 42 44 42 42

23 18 24 20 18 22 27 35 28 27 12 13 13 8 26

5 9 5 4 6 5 6 3 10 5 11 11 8 4 8

2 3 1 6 4 3 3 4 8 10 19 18 23 30 8

82 80 82 71 59 93 142 126 105 82 58 51 66 34 86

25 36 27 40 25 32 34 36 56 54 70 66 94 103 58

57 44 55 31 34 61 108 90 49 28 -12 -15 -28 -69 28

74 63 77 64 60 71 87 102 94 86 47 50 47 28 86

1/16 2/16 1/16 2/16 3/15 2/16 1/19 1/22 2/24 2/18 18/22 16/22 19/23 22/22 2/22

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Trautmann Tribute . . . The Bert Trautmann Memorial game between St. Helens Town and Manchester City last Sunday at Prescot Cables’ Valerie Park ground was a fitting tribute to the former German goalkeeping legend, who began his career with St. Helens Town 65 years ago. He died in July, at the age of 89 years, but members of his family, supported by former team mates from both clubs joined a crowd of over 400 for a memorable game of football, played in the best spirits of the game. Both teams and officials joined Bert’s family and the Mayor of St. Helens, Andy Bowden, in a minute’s silence in memory of the great man, the mark of respect extended also to former Saints’ legend Steve Prescott. The kick-off was performed by Bert Trautmann’s understudy, Steve Fleet. For the record, St. Helens Town ran out 54 winners in an open contest. Both teams were supported by several guest players. Town’s goals were scored by current centre-forward Adam Storey, who netted twice, and former Accrington Stanley manager, John Coleman, who scored three, also taking the man-of-the-match award. Town raced into a 4-0 lead, Coleman ably supporting the home side’s youthful attack. Former City goalkeeper, Eric Nixon, pulled off two great saves from Storey inside the first ten minutes, but he had no chance when Storey crossed for Coleman to open the scoring on the quarter-hour. Four minutes later, Jimmy Bell put Storey clear 40 yards out and he netted the second, despite Nixon’s best efforts. A few minutes later, Storey scored his second, when he mopped up a loose ball close home, but the goal of the game came on 32 minutes. Ste Milne was unceremoniously blocked off the ball by Andy Morrison and Coleman scored a beautiful free kick from 40 yards out. Even Trautmann in his prime would not have saved that one. Young Ciaran Gibson in the home goal turned in a faultless display in the first half to keep City’s old boys at bay. Unfortunately, Gibson played the second half up front and Town Secretary Jeff Voller deputised between the sticks. Whether he was instructed to let City back into the game will remain a mystery, but he was beaten four times as City fought back with goals from Andy Morrison (2), Steve Redmond and Town’s own Danny Owens, but Town ran out 5-4 winners thanks to Coleman’s third goal. Eric Nixon’s son, Eric junior, had a great second half in the City net and there were good contributions throughout from Neil Pointon, Peter Barnes and Andy Reid. Net proceeds from the match will be divided between three charities, namely Hearts and Goals, the Bert Trautmann Foundation and the Mayor of St. Helens’ designated charity, the Saints Community Development Foundation. Glyn Jones

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Trautmann Match Photos . . .

Action from last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bert Trautmann Memorial game at Prescot Cables. Photos courtesy of Pete Barton

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Back to Business . . . Well, its cup action tonight as our Liverpool Senior Cup campaign gets underway and hopefully we can have an extended run in this competition after falling at the first hurdle in three previous cup competitions this season. To do so however, we must negotiate a stiff test this evening as we welcome our visitors from the Evo-Stik Division One North. This past Saturday saw us return to competitive action after almost a month following a number of postponements due to adverse weather. Whilst we looked a little rusty at times we battled out a hard fought 2-2 draw with a resilient Stockport sports side, however at 2-1 up we should have taken advantage of our dominance and had numerous chances to kill the game off. Nevertheless, the unbeaten league run has been extended to 11 games and there were positives to be taken from the game. Debutant Mason Ryan had a patchy game but at times showed promise, whilst a return to first team action for club captain Lee Crompton was a welcome boost with big Lewis Coyle missing at the heart of our defence through illness, and the skipper capped off a solid performance with a goal. All in all, taking into consideration the long period of inactivity a draw was a fair result on the day and hopefully we shook off a few cobwebs ahead of tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough encounter. Away from the pitch, plans continue to develop for our end of season dinner, our return to the borough of St Helens and the clubs future development and despite a few setbacks in recent weeks with the departure of our Reserve team manager and the unavoidable postponement of the clubs comedy and curry night, things are looking bright for the future of the club and if the momentum continues both on and off the pitch it should be a successful campaign all round. This eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitors make the short trip from the Wirral off the back of a 2-0 away win at Ossett Albion on Saturday and currently sit in 16th place in the Evostik North table.

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It will be a hard fought encounter but one I believe is not beyond us if we put in a strong performance and hopefully come 9.45pm we will have booked our place in the next round. Enjoy the game and have a safe journey home afterwards. Darryl Picton Commercial Manager St Helens Town AFC.

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Youth Team Action . . .

Action from Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NW Youth Alliance game between Town and Atherton Town at Bobbies Lane. goals from Will Tabern and Marcus Perry secured a 2-1 win for Town

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League Standings . . . Premier Division Table as at Saturday 23rd November 2013 Premier Division

W D

A GD Pts

Runcorn Town

22 15 1

6 47 23 24 46

Maine Road

21 13 5

3 45 21 24 44

Runcorn Linnets

18 13 2

3 40 25 15 41

AFC Liverpool

22 12 3

7 51 24 27 39

Bootle

22 12 3

7 55 29 26 39

Norton United

17 11 3

3 46 20 26 36

Colne

20 11 0

9 34 30 4 33

8 Barnoldswick Town 22 9

3 10 36 44 -8 30

6 31 17 14 29

Glossop North End 17 9

St Helens Town

19 7

5 32 31 1 28

West Didsbury & Chorlton

21 8

9 30 33 -3 28

Ashton Athletic

19 8

8 27 24 3 27

Stockport Sports

22 6

8 36 37 -1 26

Congleton Town

18 8

8 29 32 -3 26

Abbey Hey

23 7

5 11 30 50 -20 26

AFC Blackpool

21 7

3 11 27 43 -16 24

Squires Gate

19 7

2 10 28 35 -7 23

Winsford United

18 6

2 10 25 38 -13 20

Silsden

20 5

4 11 23 35 -12 19

Alsager Town

21 5

3 13 29 45 -16 18

21 Bacup & R Borough 20 4

5 11 17 37 -20 17

2 18 28 73 -45 14

Wigan Robin Park

24 4

* points deducted for a breach of league rules

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Saturday 23rd November 2013 First Division Challenge Cup Second Round 1874 Northwich 5-0 Widnes Vikings AFC Darwen 3-2 Cheadle Town Formby 2-2 Atherton LR Hanley Town 1-0 Chadderton Holker Old Boys 1-0 Rochdale Town Leek CSOB 1-1 Northwich Fl Villa (Played at Northwich Flixton Villa FC) Nelson 6-1 Irlam Oldham Boro 0-3 Ashton Town (Played at Ashton Town FC) Premier Division Abbey Hey 4-2 Alsager Town AFC Blackpool 2-6 Winsford United AFC Liverpool 1-2 Maine Road Bootle 4-0 Barnoldswick Town Colne 2-1 Congleton Town Norton United 4-0 Bacup & R Borough Runcorn Linnets 3-2 Wigan Robin Park Silsden 0-1 Glossop North End Squires Gate 0-1 Ashton Athletic St Helens Town 2-2 Stockport Sports West D & Chorlton 1-0 Runcorn Town First Division Eccleshall 1-2 Atherton Collieries Reserve Division Cheadle Town 3-2 West D & Chorlton Glossop North End 4-1 Irlam Monday 25th November 2013 First Division Atherton Collieries v Daisy Hill Liverpool Senior Cup First Round Widnes Vikings v Bootle Tuesday 26th November 2013 First Division 1874 Northwich v Cheadle Town Chadderton v AFC Darwen Liverpool Senior Cup First Round Marine v AFC Liverpool St Helens Town v Cammell Laird Manchester Premier Cup Quarter Finals Glossop North End v Trafford

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League Standings . . . Division One Table as at Saturday 23rd November 2013

Division One

W D

A GD Pts

Atherton Colls

17 12

50 26 24 40

Nelson

18 12

61 33 28 38

1874 Northwich

18 11

35 19 16 37

Hanley Town

16 11

39 21 18 36

Formby

41 18 23 30

Atherton LR

10 39 43 -4

Cheadle Town *

33 25

Irlam

25 26 -1

Ashton Town

33 36 -3

10 Widnes Vikings

35 38 -3

11 Rochdale Town

29 31 -2

25 39 -14 17

13 Holker Old Boys

26 21

AFC Darwen

26 30 -4

Daisy Hill

12 28 51 -23 16

Leek CSOB

Oldham Boro

10 29 47 -18 14

Eccleshall

11 15 32 -17 10

19 Northwich F Villa 18

12 30 62 -32 10

Chadderton

22 23 -1

* points deducted for a breach of league rules

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Saturday 30th November 2013 Premier Division Alsager Town v Winsford United Ashton Athletic v Runcorn Linnets Bacup & R Borough v Abbey Hey Barnoldswick Town v Wigan Robin Park Bootle v Norton United Congleton Town v Maine Road Glossop North End v AFC Liverpool Runcorn Town v AFC Blackpool Silsden v Squires Gate Stockport Sports v Colne West D & Chorlton v St Helens Town First Division 1874 Northwich Ashton Town Atherton LR Cheadle Town Eccleshall Holker Old Boys Irlam Leek CSOB Widnes Vikings

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Reserve Division AFC Darwen Padiham

v Silsden v Glossop North End

Chadderton AFC Darwen Rochdale Town Nelson Formby Hanley Town Daisy Hill Atherton Collieries Northwich F Villa

Monday 2nd December 2013 First Division Oldham Boro v Atherton LR Manchester Premier Cup Quarter Finals New Mills v Irlam Tuesday 3rd December 2013 Premier Division AFC Blackpool v Bacup & R Borough Ashton Athletic v Bootle Runcorn Linnets v West D & Chorlton Wigan Robin Park v St Helens Town

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