St Helens Town v Squires Gate 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

Tuesday 8th October 2013, kick off 7.45pm North West Counties League, Premier Division St Helens Town Red & White Shirts White Shorts, Red & White Socks No

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Ciaran Gibson Chris Tingay Shaun Judge Andy Mawdsley Lewis Coyle Cole Ashton Mike Sykes-Wright Danny Owens Adam Storey Andy Gillespie Connor Sanderson Paul Cook-Hannah James Curzon Neil Weaver Danny Barber Dan Wright

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Ben Fletcher Jack Hindle Neil Unsworth Ben Jakes Lee Botham Andy Collins Kristian Stephens Andy Harvie Ben Fishwick Sam Farrow Russ McKenna Chris Churchman Alex Ralph Seydou Bamba Alex Landless Jamie McQuillan

Reserve Team Manager Nick Robinson Youth Team Managers: Rob Walker Anthony Dunne Email: sthelenstownfc@hotmail.co.uk Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Manager: Ian Granite Assistant: Ian Price

Manager: Dave McCann Assistant : Richard Thomas

Referee: Mr M Bonage (Walton-le-Dale) Assist: Mr M Brown (Accrington) & Mr W Slinger (Haslingden) Today’s Match & Match Ball Sponsor:

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Cover photograph: Action from Bacup & Rossendale B 31.08.13

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Talk of the Town . . . Good evening and welcome to Brocstedes Park for this North West Counties Football League, Premier Division contest against our friends from Squires Gate. 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. Since we convened here 10 days ago to take on Bacup & Rossendale Borough we have had a frustrating couple of matches, as I write the day after the Runcorn Linnets game. We have played out two 1-1 draws but we are frustrated not to have taken maximum return from these games. The game against Bacup saw us conceded after only 72 seconds after a defensive mix up but we recovered our composure and Danny Owens open his Town account less than a minute later to level matters. We then dominated the exchanges and when Adam Storey was fouled in the area, September Player of the month Shaun Judge stepped up to take to spot-kick with the three points there for the taking but the visiting stopper was able to thwart him and despite two good penalty shouts in the closing stages for Town the points were shared. We then moved on to visit one of the League form sides Runcorn Linnets who the previous match had beaten Cammell Laird to advance to the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, we turned in an excellent performance and after soaking up some early pressure from the Linnets we grew stronger as the game wore on and started to test the home stopper. Andy Gillespie who had been rewarded for his goal scoring feats in the Reserves had a great chance to break the deadlock when he turned his marker before rounding the keeper but his touch was a little heavy and could not apply the final finish to net. The visitors did take the lead on 82 minutes when a move down the left saw a ball worked into the box and after a couple of thwarted efforts the ball was fired home by Storey. Town looked to be rolling towards a well deserved victory but a crazy spell saw a Town foray forward and Storey chase the ball down the Runcorn keeper collected and they took a side step towards the striker before sending his knee into his abdomen in what was a blatant act of violent conduct neither the referee nor the assistant deemed this to be a foul. To rub salt in the wounds the keeper started a counter attack which saw the home side level and leave a bitter taste in the mouth. With an earlier print deadline than normal we will have gone to print prior to the visit to Glossop North End on Saturday but we now come into a vast spell of home games 10 of our next 11 matches are here and in this spell we play plenty of sides in and around us in the table and we must build on the good performances to ensure that we consolidate a position well away from the relegation zone. Town will be seeking to avenge the 3-0 reverse at the hands of this eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitors back in August, in what was a poor all round display but fingers crossed that on recent form this is a thing of the past! Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get behind Town this evening and hopefully cheer them onto a victory. Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller

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In Town Today . . . The club was originally formed as Squires Gate British Legion F.C. in 1948 and played in the Blackpool & District Amateur League. In Coronation year, 1953 the club changed its name to Squires Gate F.C. and won its first honour in the leagues Rawling Sheild. In the years that followed, the ‘Gate’ added to their silverware by securing the Division One title twice in 1956/56 and 1957/58 and also the Blackwell Cup in 1958/59 and 1959/60. The club joined the Flyde District League for one season only in 1960/61, winning the Flyde Cup and reaching the final of the Bannister Cup. In 1961 they moved up to the West Lancashire League where they played for 30 years. They were promoted from The West Lancashire League Division 2 as the Champions in 1981, but apart from that title win the Division 1 Richardson Cup win in 1986/87 was the clubs only major honour of that period. The club won the Division Two title again in 1987/88 and gained promotion back to the Leagues top flight. Squires Gate’s home ground School Lane adjoins former North West Counties outfit Blackpool Wren Rovers home Bruce Park. The two grounds were fashioned out of a corporate waste tip in the late 1950’s. Leased to the clubs in 1961, originally the clubs played on two adjacent pitches with nothing more than a rope separating them. Over the years the two grounds were segregated and developed into two NWCFL standard grounds. The club have made steady progress since being elected to they North West Counties League Division Two for the 1991/92 season. The club ended that first season in 14th place after struggling to adapt to the step up in standard. The club won the NWCFL Fair Play award for the 1993/94 season and were losing finalists in the Division Two Trophy in 1997/98. Gate struggled at the wrong end of the second division for some years before a they just missed out on promotion with a third placed finish in the 1998-99 season. The club now boasts a licensed clubhouse and three seated stands. The millennium was celebrated with the erection of floodlights and the completion of the largest stand. They won the Division Two Trophy in 2001/2 beating Bacup Borough in an exciting final and won promotion to the First Division the season after finishing 3rd in the table and accepting the promotion place left vacant by Stand Athletic who withdrew from the league. Their first season in the top flight saw them finish in a very respectable12th position. 2005/6 saw the club finish in 14th position but it was their FA Vase exploits that the Gate fans will remind you of as they advanced from the 1st qualifying round all the way to the Quarter Finals where they went down 2-0 to Hillingdon Borough who were eventual beaten finalists. 2006/7 saw Gate have a mixed for start and manager Stuart Parker was sacked after an 8-0 defeat by FC United and former manager Jed Starkey has returned to take up the reigns. The

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. . . Squires Gate FC club finished the season in 18th position. Andy Clarkson took up the reigns for the start of 2007/8 season and Gate reaping the rewards of his stewardship as they finished in 6th position their highest ever league position in his first term in charge of the club. In recent years, Gate's real achievements have been in developing the Club itself. Some of the former players who moved to School Road in 1960 are still around, working in various capacities, most notably Brian Addison, who has progressed from player to Linesman, to Secretary, to Chairman, and eventually to the most important job of all: groundsman. Once the pitch had been re-laid some ten years ago, Brian has gradually turned the pitch into one of the best in the League, and with the opening of the new changing rooms a couple of years later (named after one of the Club's great stalwarts, Wilf Carr,) the ground has become unrecognisable since those early days. The complete refurbishment of the Clubhouse in 2006, with air-conditioning added the following year, and now the upgrading of the floodlights, means that Squires Gate can be rightly proud of what they have created since those far-off days playing on "the tip". 2008/9 saw the coast outfit finish in a very respectable 10th position but Clarkson left the club at the end of the season to take up a position in the AFC Fylde coaching staff. Gate appointed Russ McKenna to the hot-seat with Mark Moretti as his assistant for the 2009/10 season. The new duo did a good job of consolidating the clubs position within the Premier Division as they steered the club to a 13th placed finish. 2010/11 saw the club build on that finish as Gate were one of the surprise packages in the Premier Division finishing in 9th. The 2011/12 season saw Squires Gate win almost as many league games including 6-1 & 5-3 victories over Town and completed a treble with a 1-0 FA Vase win too but fell down the table and finished the season in a disappointing 17th position. Last term saw the seaside outfit struggle and despite a change of management with Dave McCann taking over the reigns in February they could not avoid finishing in the relegation zone but similar to Town the season before their Premier Division status we ensured off the field when the NWCL did not receive a club back from the level above. Season 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

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

P 36 34 38 40 42 42 42 42 42 38 42 42 42 42 42

W 17 16 21 24 13 7 12 12 10 19 14 15 18 14 8

D 14 7 7 9 12 12 8 15 8 9 15 8 10 8 6

L 5 11 10 7 17 23 22 15 24 10 13 19 14 20 28

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F 53 70 75 103 58 52 38 43 56 52 56 61 74 74 47

A 31 49 47 60 71 83 64 62 97 43 56 74 70 89 95

GD 22 21 28 43 -13 -31 -26 -19 -41 9 0 -13 4 -15 -48

Pts 65 55 70 81 51 33 44 51 38 66 57 53 64 50 30

Position 3/19 6/18 5/20 3/21 12/22 20/22 17/22 14/22 18/22 6/20 10/22 13/22 9/22 17/22 21/22

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How We Compare . . . St Helens Town - last 6 matches up to 01/10/2013 All Competitions

at St Helens Town

Most recent

Home

Away

Collated

Previous Meetings

at Squires Gate

NWC-D1

1998-99

NWC-D2

NWC-D1

1999-00

NWC-D2

NWC-D1

2000-01

NWC-D2

NWC-D1

2001-02

NWC-D2

10/09; 0-0

2002-03

18/01; 3-2

23/03; 3-0

2003-04

14/02; 1-3

Squires Gate - last 6 matches up to 28/09/2013

09/10; 1-0

2004-05

22/01; 0-0

All Competitions

20/09; 1-0

2005-06

25/04; 1-1

Home

Most recent D

28/11; 5-0

2006-07

15/08; 1-1

26/04; 0-0

2007-08

26/12; 1-2

Away

Collated

St Helens Town games since...

Squires Gate games since...

01/11; 1-3

2008-09

11/04; 3-1

20/10; 0-4

2009-10

30/01; 2-1

30/03; 1-3

2010-11

26/10; 0-4

22/11; 3-5

2011-12

13/09; 1-6

All Competitions (1/10) Clean 15 sheet

All Competitions (28/9) Clean 3 sheet

28/03; 5-0

2012-13

02/03; 0-3

08/10/2013

2013-14

06/08; 0-3

Goal Scored

Games Played

Loss

St Helens Town Wins

Draws

No score draw

St Helens Town Scores First

No score draw

Score draw

Win

Squires Gate Wins

St Helens Town Goals

Squires Gate Goals

Percentage Town Wins

34.78

Previous Meetings Since 1949/50 All Competitions P

Win %

Home

45.45

Away

-12

28.57

Collated

-7

36.00

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Chairman’s Notes . . . Good evening and a very warm welcome to Brocstedes Park, for this NWCFL Premier Division encounter with our friends and rivals Squires Gate FC. Let’s hope their players, officials and supporters along with our own followers are treated to an entertaining game. Many thanks to this tonight’s match and ball sponsors The Window Warehouse, Aintree for their continued support. My notes have been produced prior to last Saturday’s trip to Glossop North End and I can only hope that our recent form continued at Surrey Street. Our last home fixture saw Bacup & Rossendale Borough earn a share of the spoils with a 1-1 draw, both goals coming in the opening minutes of the game. A saved penalty very late in the game denied Town all three points! Last Tuesday we made the short trip to the Millbank Linnets Stadium where the lads put on an excellent show to earn another point. Adam Storey put Town in front on 82 mins but the home levelled in stoppage time in somewhat controversial fashion (see Glyn Jones’ match report). Town will be looking to avenge the 0-3 defeat suffered at School Road back early August for what was out first away game of the season. I’m sure both sides will be hoping to avoid the relegation battle we both become embroiled in last term. Tonight is the start of an amazing run of ten home fixtures between now and the end of next month, our only away visit sees us make the return trip to Bacup at the start of November! Our September monthly 500 Club Draw took place last week and congratulations to Ann Jones (374) £150, G Noblett (528) £75 and Jeff Voller (062) £25. Don’t forget our Race Night which will take place on Saturday 26th October, 8pm at Windleshaw Sport Club. Admission is £2 and includes a hotpot supper. Congratulations to Shaun Judge who was voted the Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Town Player of the Month for September. Shaun will choose a brand new Toyota car for a week from our Main Sponsors. Details have been confirmed for the Bert Trautmann Memorial game which will take place on Sunday 17th November - full details are in tonight’s programme Enjoy the game. John McKiernan Chairman, St Helens Town AFC

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Town v Bacup . . . Late penalty miss costs Town a win North West Counties Football League Premier Division St Helens Town 1-1 Bacup & Rossendale Borough St. Helens Town extended their unbeaten sequence to three games against Bacup & Rossendale Borough on Saturday, but squandered the opportunity to record a valuable victory when they missed a penalty five minutes from time. Both goals in the 1-1 draw came in the opening three minutes, Bacup going ahead when a defensive error found Simon Thompson unmarked at the left post and he had plenty of time to pick his spot as he placed the ball past Ciaran Gibson after 2 minutes. Town equalised almost immediately through Daniel Owens – his second goal in as many games since signing from Stockport Sports – following a corner which the Bacup defence failed to clear, the ball going in at the second attempt. The game looked likely to be full of goals but, as is often the case at Brocstedes Park, both sides had difficulty coping with the stiff breeze and many opportunities were missed playing the ball in the air when it was surely better to keep it on the ground. The move of the match came after a quarter of an hour when Shaun Judge broke down the wing. He passed to Greg Harrison, who executed a quick one-two with Ste Milne but the full-back’s shot was blocked by John Ogden in the Bacup goal. Ogden was Bacup’s best player throughout as he kept them in the hunt with a series of saves. In another good move on 22 minutes, Paul Cook-Hannah held up the ball to set up Judge, but his powerful drive was blocked by Gareth Wager at the edge of the visitors’ box. Judge had another opportunity two minutes later, with a free-kick following a poor challenge on Cole Ashton, but his shot went high over the bar. A minute later, another sweeping move saw the ball pushed out to Nathan Parish, but his effort could only find the side netting. On the half hour, another chance fell to Owens, but Ogden saved his header. With half-time approaching, Bacup pushed upfield and it took two goal-line clearances in quick succession to keep the visitors at bay, then Town had a great chance to go ahead when the ball was crossed to Ashton, but Owens arrived at the same time and shot wide, with Ashton the better-placed to score. Ogden produced another good save from Judge in the opening exchanges of the second half and, with 20 minutes left, Judge again, this time with a header, found Ogden perfectly placed to produce a save. With only seven minutes remaining, Harrison fired in a ball across the Bacup goal but nobody could get in the decisive touch and the chance went begging. The decisive moment of the game arrived on 85 minutes, when centre-back Laquan Esdaille was adjudged to have backed into substitute Adam Storey in the box, bringing him down in the process, but Judge’s spot kick could only find Ogden’s hands and with it two points blew away in the wind. Town did have another two penalty shouts turned down in the closing minutes, one for a foul and the other a hand-ball, but the game ended with Gibson saving a Bacup shot low down in the home goal. Glyn Jones

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Action from our last home game v Bacup & Rossendale Borough on Saturday 28th September which saw the teams draw 1-1

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Congratulations to St Helens Town’s August Player of the Month Andy Mawdsley. The award is sponsored by Johnsons Toyota Liverpool the recipient receives VIP treatment from the club’s Main Sponsors, choosing any brand new car from the Toyota range. On this occasion Andy chose the Toyota GT86 (Top Gear Magazine Car of the Year 2012) which he had unlimited use of for one week. Andy is pictured prior to the game v Bacup and Rossendale Borough with the club’s Assistant Manager Ian Price

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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 public-access 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.

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. . . Our Charity Partner “Never before have I witnessed such an event that has brought football fans, clubs and 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 Question of Sport tournament evening on Saturday 24th August and a Race Night on Friday 18th October. 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 2 Nov 9 Nov 12 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

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KO Result GK 2 3 4 5 6 3.00 3-3D Clark Mawdsley Harrison Williams(C)1 Coyle Cooper 7.45 3-0L Clark Mawdsley Harrison Wright Crompton(C) Williams 3.00 2-1L Clark Mawdsley Judge Williams(C) Coyle Ashton 7.45 4-1W Taylor Mawdsley1 Harrison Williams(C) Coyle Chesworth 3.00 2-2D Taylor Mawdsley Harrison1 Williams(C) Coyle Ashton 7.45 1-0L Taylor Mawdsley Harrison Williams Crompton(C) Ashton 3.00 0-5L Taylor Mawdsley Harrison Crompton(C) Williams Ashton 7.45 1-2W Taylor Mawdsley Judge1 Crompton(C) Coyle Wright 3.00 0-3L Taylor Tingay Judge C.Williams Coyle Sykes-Wright 3.00 2-0L Taylor Tingay Judge Barber Coyle Chesworth(C) 7.45 3-0L Gibson Pullinger Judge(C) Curzon Coyle Ashton 3.00 1-1D Gibson Pullinger Harrison Coyle Curzon Ashton 7.45 1-2W Gibson Pullinger Harrison Coyle Crompton(C) Parish 3.00 1-1D Gibson Sykes-Wright Harrison Mawdsley(C) Coyle Parish 7.45 1-1D Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton S 3.00 7.45 3.00 3.00 7.45 3.00 7.45 3.00 3.00 7.45 3.00 7.45 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 Name1 Player name and number of goals scored 3.00 Name Player name and CAUTION 3.00 Name Player name and DISMISSAL FOR 2 CAUTIONS 3.00 Name Player name and DISMISSAL 3.00 Name10 Player name and number of replaced player 3.00

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Weaver Wright Milne Sanderson Judge Ashton Judge Edwards Milne Sanderson Cooper1 Wright Milne Sanderson Etchells Milne2 Ashton Judge Cook-Hannah Sanderson1 Cooper Judge Milne Cook-Hannah Etchells Weaver Judge Cook-Hannah Sanderson Milne Weaver Judge Cook-Hannah Sanderson Milne Weaver Parish Bergqvist Cook-Hannah1 P.Williams Weaver Parish Bergqvist Cook-Hannah(C) P.Williams Weaver Parish Bergqvist Cook-Hannah Ashton Sanderson Parish Storey Wright Weaver Milne1 Sanderson Wright Cook-Hannah Judge(C) Judge1 D.Owens Milne Cook-Hannah Ashton Ashton D.Owens1 Cook-Hannah Milne Judge Storey1 Sykes-Wright D.Owens Gillespie Sanderson

Pullinger Pullinger Pullinger Pullinger10 Finlay Pullinger/Ross Pullinger C.Williams4 Edwards10 Edwards9 Sykes-Wright10 Mawdsley2 Sykes-Wright Tingay Cook-Hannah

Ross Weaver11 Bowen7 Wright Pullinger Cooper/Wright Edwards Edwards Chesworth6 Sanderson10 Cook-Hannah Sykes-Wright7 Wright C.Williams Curzon

Bowen Coyle5 Ross11 Bowen Edwards10 Sykes-Wright Etchells Sanderson Sanderson11 Milne11 Bergqvist7 C.Williams Storey101 Storey9 Weaver11

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Owens61 Edwards71 Cooper Bowen9 Chesworth Weaver9 Weaver11 Edwards9 Weaver71 Ross Edwards9 Coyle10 Coyle Wright9 Milne10 Ashton7 Milne Ashton C.Williams Sykes-W Milne Barber Weaver Crompton Mawdsley5 Sanderson8 Weaver10 Sanderson8 Barber Wright10

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St Helens Town AFC . . . St Helens Town Statistical History by Glyn Jones Part 12 – Season 1958/59 - LANCASHIRE COMBINATION DIVISION 2 Final League Table Netherfield Reserves Chorley Reserves Earlestown Lytham Padiham Northern Nomads Leyland Motors Crompton’s Recs. Glossop St. Helens Town Horwich RMI Reserves Rossendale United Reserves Lomax Wigan Athletic Reserves Great Harwood Morecambe Reserves Nelson Reserves Rolls Royce Opponents Chorley Reserves Crompton’s Recs. Earlestown Glossop Great Harwood Horwich RMI Reserves Leyland Motors Lomax Lytham Morecambe Reserves Nelson Reserves Netherfield Reserves Northern Nomads Padiham Rolls Royce Rossendale United Reserves Wigan Athletic Reserves

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Won 23 21 21 18 19 17 14 14 14 15 13 9 12 10 10 10 8 3 Home date Feb 21 Sep 4 Mar 28 Nov 15 Mar 27 Aug 30 Feb 28 Dec 13 Apr 30 Nov 29 Feb 7 Dec 20 Mar 14 Nov 1 Oct 18 Sep 27 Apr 11

Drn 7 5 4 8 5 6 8 7 6 3 4 10 4 7 6 5 8 7

Lst 4 8 9 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 15 18 17 18 19 18 24

Home result Lost 0-2 Won 4-3 Lost 1-2 Drew 0-0 Won 3-0 Lost 2-3 Lost 1-3 Won 4-0 Won 8-1 Won 4-0 Won 2-1 Lost 0-1 Lost 0-4 Lost 2-4 Drew 2-2 Won 3-0 Lost 1-2

For 110 86 109 89 95 76 85 80 75 73 71 59 71 46 62 56 52 35 Away date Jan 31 Dec 27 Nov 22 Mar 21 Mar 30 Apr 16 Oct 25 Oct 11 Oct 4 Apr 4 Apr 25 Aug 23 Nov 8 Mar 7 Apr 18 Feb 14 Sep 6

Agt 46 53 62 72 60 70 69 75 64 62 73 78 105 69 100 86 84 102

Pts 53 47 46 44 43 40 36 35 34 33 30 28 28 27 26 25 24 13

Away Result Drew 1-1 Won 4-1 Won 2-1 Won 4-2 Won 2-1 Lost 2-3 Won 3-2 Lost 2-5 Lost 0-2 Lost 1-4 Won 2-1 Lost 2-3 Lost 1-2 Lost 0-2 Won 3-1 Won 5-0 Lost 2-3

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. . . Season 1958-59 Player

App

Goals

Abbott, Steve

Anderton, Dave

Ashcroft, Don

Ashcroft, Stan

Aspinall

1 5

Barnes, R (Dickie)

Buckley, John

3 33

Critchley, John

Fairhurst, Ray

Fairweather, Ray

Farrell, B

Hunt, J

Ireland, Ronnie

Johnson, W

Jones, Ben

Jones, G

Kelly

Marsh

Moore, Eric (Sen.)

Moran, Frank

Morris, Dave

Pennington, W (Bill)

24 8

Rimmer, Cyril

Speakman, Tommy

Topping, Maurice

Jan 24 1st Round Prescot Cables (A) L 0-5 LANCASHIRE COMBINATION CUP

LIVERPOOL NON-LEAGUE CUP Aug 25 1st Round Prescot Cables (A) L 0-3

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2 Kit & Leisurewear Partner Umbro Teamwear Goalkeeper Partner The One Glove Company

Turner, L

Woods, Alan

418

Totals

LANCASHIRE JUNIOR CUP

Sep 13 1st Round Cromptonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Recs (H) L 0-1

Cooke, John

Prescott, Roy

Sep 20 1st Qualifying Round Llandudno (A) L 0-3

Bain, Victor

Briscoe, R

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Reserve Team News . . . St Helens Town Reserves Nick Robinson’s Reserve team continued their excellent start to the season and last time out they ran out 2-1 winners over South Liverpool Reserves at the Windleshaw Sports ground with goals from Joe McKeegan and Andy Gillespie. The game had been hastily re-arranged as Town’s cup opponents had withdraw from the competition. In a quick turnaround the Reserves will travel to South Liverpool Reserves this coming Saturday for what will be another tough game.

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DIVISION THREE South Liverpool Res St Helens Town Res Capenhurst Villa Res Hale Res Rainhill Town Bootle Res Belfry Kirkby Town Railway Ford Motors Chester Nomads Res Widnes Vikings Res Neston Nomads Upton A.A. Res Merseyside Police Christleton Res *Marshalls Res

P 10 10 10 8 9 9 8 8 8 10 9 8 7 7 8 9

W 8 7 7 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1

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

L 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 1 2 6 5 6 6 6 7 8

F 40 25 28 26 26 18 21 30 24 15 15 23 5 9 9 13

A 16 14 13 12 10 15 11 17 14 26 30 30 24 28 30 37

GD 24 11 15 14 16 3 10 13 10 -11 -15 -7 -19 -19 -21 -24

Pts 24 24 22 20 16 16 15 13 12 10 8 4 3 3 3 0

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