THE ANCHOR OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF STOCKTON TOWN FC
STOCKTON TOWN FC vs GUISBOROUGH TOWN 05/09/2020 3:00PM KICK-OFF 2020-21 SEASON
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WELCOME TO THE ANCHOR... STOCKTON TOWN vs GUISBOROUGH TOWN NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 2020
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MANAGER NOTES Michael Dunwell pens his latest column, talking about the winning start on Wednesday and today’s opening league game. CLUB NEWS Find out about the latest club news as the Anchors found out their opponents for the next round of the Emirates FA Cup. THE MAIN FEATURE Striker Mikey Roberts discusses his aims for the 2020-21 season, beating Shildon and his scoring form. MATCH REPORT - SHILDON AFC (FA CUP) The Anchors got off to the best possible start as they beat the Railwaymen in the Emirates FA Cup during the week. THE OPPOSITION - GUISBOROUGH TOWN Guisborough Town are today’s visitors and we take a look at recent results and how they will fair this season. AWAY DAYS Stockton will be on the road for the first time next weekend when they take on Billingham Town in the Emirates FA Cup.
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MANAGEMENT TEAM Manager: Michael Dunwell Assistant Manager: JD Briggs Coach: John Fielding GK Coach: Jason Hamilton Physio: Sam Higgins Kitman: Alan Farley MEDIA TEAM Head of Media: Andrew McDonnell Programme Editor: Andrew McDonnell Club Journalists: Jamie Beattie, James Cartwright Photographer: Harry Cook HONOURS FA Vase Finalists: 2017-18 Northern League Division Two Champions: 2016-17 Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup Runners-Up: 2016-17 Wearside League: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 Wearside League Cup: 2014-15, 2015-16 Runners-Up: 2011-12 Monkwearmouth Cup: 2014-15, 2015-17 Runners-Up: 2013-14 Shipowners Cup: 2014-15
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WELCOME TO THE MAP GROUP UK STADIUM FOR THE OPENING LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST GUISBOROUGH TOWN
ood afternoon and a warm welcome to the MAP Group UK Stadium for this afternoon’s opening league game of the season. We take on Guisborough Town and we look forward to welcoming another sell-out crowd here today. It was an important win for us on Wednesday and I’m pleased after such a long lay-off. People were unsure as to how we were going to be and how we reacted after what happened last season, but we’ve put that to bed quite early. We came out the blocks really sharp and thoroughly deserved the win. We worked on pressing high up the pitch and winning the ball up there. That came off on Wednesday and that’s what we’re trying to do, put teams under pressure early on. It worked on Wednesday against Shildon. You could see from our forward players; Mikey, Franksy, Munchie and Nathan, they were all pressing high and compact as a team. There are positives all over the place. It’s hard to pick a squad, never mind an 11 at the minute. You look at the players, who we left out on Wednesday, Tom Portas wasn’t even in the squad due to his injury. We brought on Jamie Owens, Max Craggs and Kevin Hayes and he played a part in the third goal. That’s great to see that they’ve came on and had a great attitude. That’s something that we’ll be looking for throughout the season. That’s also the reason we’ve tried to build such a strong squad. I said before the game on Wednesday that it’s difficult to pick an 11, but the 11 that are playing now have got the shirts and know that if they do slip up then someone can easily just come in and take their place. stockton_townfc
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“AFTER THE WIN DURING THE WEEK, CONFIDENCE IS HIGH AND THE LADS WILL BE LOOKING FOR THREE POINTS.” Then it’s down to the players, who are on the bench or outside of the squad to work hard and get back into the team, so the competition for places is probably the best that it’s been since I’ve been here. You’ve only got to look at Wednesday’s performance to see how focussed they are. They want to go and do it again this season and I think they’ve got the bit between their teeth even more because of what happened and how unfair it was. I wouldn’t say that they’ve got a point to prove, but they want to go out there and show that they deserve to be at the top of this league and get promoted come the end of the season. Looking at our opponents this afternoon now, games against Guisborough, over the years, have always been quite tight. We had two close games against them last season, fortunately won them both, but they’re quite physical in their approach, got some good players and some ex-Stockton players too. They’ve got a good back line with Josh Rowbotham and Nathan Guru. They’re good going forward with the likes of Sonni Coleman and Mason McNeill, so they’ll pose a physical threat. We’re at home, this is our first league game and after the great performance on Wednesday, we’re confident we can go out and get the three points.
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CLUB NEWS STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST NEWS FROM STOCKTON TOWN FC
ANCHORS WILL TRAVEL TO BILLINGHAM TOWN IN NEXT ROUND OF EMIRATES FA CUP
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Teesside derby against Billingham Town awaits the Stockton Town in the FA Cup Preliminary Round. The Anchors secured their trip to Bedford Terrace after they dispatched Shildon 3-0 on Wednesday and Town had overcome Northallerton Town 4-1 on Tuesday. Stockton sealed the double over Billingham Town last season. On the opening day, the Anchors made short work with a 6-0 win and in January they ran out 2-0 winners. On the tie, assistant manager JD Briggs said: “An FA Cup
game against a local rival will be a difficult game. “We’ve got to approach the game in the right way.” Briggs is aware with Stockton’s form last season; teams will be keen to knock them down. “Every team finished below us last year,” Briggs said. “So we’ve got to adapt our game with not just with teams from the bottom six but teams from near the top too.” The game will take place on Saturday 12 September at Bedford Terrace ground. Fans will be updated on ticket details during the week.
HOME LEAGUE FIXTURE AGAINST WEST AUCKLAND TOWN RESCHEDULED
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he home game against West Auckland Town has been rescheduled to Saturday 19 September. The game was originally planned for Saturday 24 October- the weekend of the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round. West Auckland have proven to be one of the more exciting visitors to the Map Group UK Stadium. Memorable encounters include Stockton Town’s 2-1 win in extra-time in the run to the 2018 FA Vase Final and a pulsating 3-3 draw at the beginning of the 2018-
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19 season. Last season, the Anchors comfortably beat West Auckland 3-0 at home before the reverse game was a turgid goalless which was the last game before the season was declared null and void. West Auckland began this season by progressing in the FA Cup. A stoppage time goal from Adam Mitchell sealed a 3-2 win at Northern League Division Two, Heaton Stannington. Fans are reminded to check our website and social media in regards to any future fixture changes.
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T H E M A I N F E AT U R E
MIKEY ROBERTS
Stockton Town host Guisborough Town on Saturday as the Anchors get their Northern League campaign underway. Ahead of the match, we caught up with striker Mikey Roberts to get his thoughts on pre-season, the FA Cup tie against Shildon, his aims for the season and more. Q: The Northern League season was declared null-and-void last season, how did that affect you personally, knowing all the season’s work was lost? A: It was hard to take, we didn’t know what was happening, watching it happen, filter down we thought it might be the same where promoted teams would go up on points per game but when it was nulland-void for just us, it was hard to take. Personally, and as a team, all of us probably feel the same, it was tough, in one sense it was a kick in the teeth but in another sense it was motivation to prove it wasn’t a one off and we go and do it again.
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Q: Coming back from pre-season after a long break, did it take you time to get in the groove of things? A: Yeah, it was a strange one coming back to pre-season after such a long time off, you can do all the road running and exercise you want but as soon as it comes to games, it’s a completely different type of fitness and feeling. It was tough, it took us a while to get going, I’m not sure whether that was the lay-off but we can’t use that as an excuse because everyone’s had it. It took us a while but the last two pre-season games we were really good and we took into Shildon last night. Q: Do you think playing against the likes of South Shields and Whitby helped to take your game to the next level? A: Definitely, we played Morpeth in our first game, and although we lost 2-0 I thought we played quite well in spells. When we played Horden, we were turned over because they worked harder than us, they wanted it more and it was probably the kick up the backside we needed as a group that we do need to dig in and it isn’t going to be easy and we need to turn up with the right mentality, from there that helped us. Q: Personally, you’ve now scored in back to back matches, was that your aim to start the season quickly and force your way into the team? A: I suppose, but the strength of the squad is frightening, in the striker position we have myself, Jamie Owens and Nathan Steel still to come back, you’ve got three who in my opinion are more than capable of playing week in week out in the Stockton team. I had a conversation with Michael in the off season and he said to me and all the players that you’ve got to work hard and earn your shirt and once it’s once it’s yours you’ve got to work hard to keep it, as long as I’m working hard in games and in training, scoring goals and doing the right things, I try and make myself impossible to be dropped. Q: Have you set yourself a personal goal target for this season? A: Not as of yet, I’ve been more focused
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on getting myself right and ready to go. The strength of the squad is incredible, looking at the bench, it’s one of the best I’ve ever seen in the Northern League, anyone could start any game so instead of setting myself any targets, I’m just this season I’m taking it differently and targeting myself to keep my shirt. Q: For the team, the aim will be promotion, is there any other aims like a deep FA Vase run or another good FA Cup run? A: We all know promotion is the aim, that’s what we want. Every Northern League player’s dream is to play in the Wembley FA Vase final, I know some of the lads have done it at Stockton but hopefully we can get there this year and hopefully win it. A good FA Cup run is always a bonus, it’s always a good day out for the fans, it’s good for the players to play against higher level opponents, and it’s good for the club financially. Q: On the win on Wednesday’s night, to put out a performance like that against Shildon, a top two side last season, must have been some statement? A: We had a big talk before the game to not drop our standards. We know this season, in stockton_townfc
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our league, we believe if we play the way we can and impose our game on teams, we are going to be difficult to beat. I think we were just a little bit too much for Shildon at times last night. We limited them well, aside from two fantastic saves from Callum but we know we are going to get them from a keeper like him. Ideally, we don’t give him too much to do and like last season, not concede too many goals. Q: We now move on to Guisborough at home to begin our league campaign, one of your former teams, it’s a big game to start with? A: It is, last year we had Billingham Town in another local derby, we ran out comfortable winners and hopefully we can do the same on Saturday. I’m not expecting Guisborough to roll over, they’re a good side, very well organised and have some very good players, form goes out of the window in derbies, it will be a tough test but I think it’s a welcome test because that’s what we had with Shildon and we’ve overcome it. If we start ideally with a win over Guisborough we set our stall out for the season.
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MEET THE PLAYERS INTRODUCING OUR SQUAD FOR THE 2020-21 SEASON
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Callum Roberts Goalkeeper
Callum joined from Billingham Synthonia and he was at Preston NE for six years prior. The shot-stopper has also spent time higher up in non-league football.
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Dan McWilliams Defender
A local lad, Dan was released from Middlesbrough’s Academy at age 16. He has previous Northern League experience with Billingham Synthonia and Guisborough.
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Jordan Robinson Midfielder
Jordan is a very experienced defender, who played for Middlesbrough’s Academy before joining Wigan Athletic. He is a tall, strong midfielder, who is a huge asset.
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Michael Arthur Goalkeeper
‘Martha’ joined the club back in 2012 from Billingham Town as an outfield player. He was a vital member of the team that went all the way to the FA Vase final in 2018.
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Lewis King Defender
Lewis was a member of the Hartlepool Academy until 16, he then spend time with Burnley and then Spennymoor. A top prospect, athletic and gets forward.
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Max Craggs Midfielder
A product of the Stockton youth system, Max joined the squad age 17 and quickly became a regular. He had a season with Billingham Synthonia in 2015-16.
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Adam Nicholson Defender
Longest-serving player at the club, Adam came through the youth system. Captain of the team, he leads by example at the back and also has an impressive scoring record.
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Tom Coulthard Defender
Tom is a product Stockton’s youth set up. He broke into the first team when he was 17 and is a tough, strong, quick, thoroughbread of a centre back.
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Nathan Mulligan Midfielder
Nathan was with Middlesbrough until age 18. He played in the Football League with Darlington and has a wealth of Northern League experience.
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Dale Mulligan Defender
Dale re-signed for Stockton and links back up with brother Nathan after a spell at Shildon. He played for the Anchors during their Wembley run in 2017-18.
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James Risbrough Midfielder
‘Munchie’ returned home in 2017 after playing for several top clubs including Spennymoor, Marske and Guisborough as well as spending time in Sweden.
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Shane Henry Midfielder
Shane’s nickname is ‘The Bull’ and that becomes clear when you see him play. He joins his hometown club after six seasons playing higher up with Spennymoor Town
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Tom Portas Midfielder
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Tom signed from West Auckland and has previous experience with Guisborough, Whitby and Darlington. A fantastic midfielder, elegant on the ball.
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Jonathan Franks Forward
Jonathan started his journey at Stockton and has represented England from U15s through to U20s. The forward has played for a number of top clubs.
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Michael Dunwell Manager
After a successful playing career, he was appointed Stockton manager in 2014, after a year of being a playercoach. He now enters his seventh season as manager.
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Cieran Jackson Forward
Cieran signed for the Anchors Spennymoor Town and also has international honours to his name when he was called up to the England Schools Under-18 squad in 2018.
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Kevin Hayes Forward
Kevin forced his way into the title-winning team in 2017 and has gone on to cement his place in the first team. A lightning quick wide man, likes to get at defenders.
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JD Briggs Asst Manager
JD also had a great playing career, in non-league. He turned to coaching and became Michael’s assistant in the 2014 and has been with the club ever since.
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Fred Woodhouse Forward
Another Stockton youth product, Fred won the Second Division title with Newton Aycliffe and was part of the Marske United squad that won the title in 2015.
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Michael Roberts Forward
Another Stockton lad, Mikey has also played at Guisborough, Spennymoor, Whitby and Marske. He also has a Division One title under his belt.
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Jamie Owens Forward
Jamie is now in his third spell with the club and is a product of the Stockton youth system. He has a wealth of experience and won the league title with Marske in 2015.
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Nathan Steel Forward
Nathan arrived from Shildon and is an experienced Northern League striker, who has had successful spells at clubs like Guisborough and Billingham Synthonia.
John Fielding Coach
John joined Stockton as an assistant with the U18s and was promoted to first team coach in 2018. He guided the youth team to a league and cup double in 2017.
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- MATCH REPORT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 / EMIRATES FA CUP - EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND / THE MAP GROUP UK STADIUM
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tockton Town opened their season by progressing to the Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round with a commanding 3-0 win over Shildon. The game started in monsoon like weather – not something you would typically expect for the opening game of the season. Not that it deterred Stockton and they had game’s first chance when Mulligan fired wide after receiving the ball from James Risbrough’s cross. They then took the lead when Mulligan hounded Shaun Newbrook into an error. The goalkeeper kicked it straight to feet of Roberts who made no mistake to strike home. Stockton doubled their lead after 25 minutes
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TOTAL SHOTS SHOTS ON SHOTS OFF CORNERS FOULS OFFSIDES
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when Lewis King found Mulligan who calmly found the net via the post. Ten minutes into the second half Callum Roberts showed his ability with a magnificent save to deny a Posthill effort that was bound for the top corner. Franks impressed throughout and he had an effort that proved too much for Newbrook to handle at the first attempt. The home side capped off their night when Franks headed in Hayes’ cross from the left. Shildon were denied a consolation when Sweet could only send his effort straight at Roberts. The Anchors will travel to Billingham Town in the next round of the competition.
Stockton Town: C.Roberts, King, McWilliams, Henry, Nicholson (C), Coulthard, Franks, Robinson, M.Roberts (Owens, 79), N. Mulligan (Craggs, 77), Risbrough (Hayes, 71) Subs not used: Jackson, D.Mulligan, Woodhouse Shildon AFC: Newbrook, Heywood, Lavery, Moore (Sweet, 66), Curl, Vaulks, Matthews (Atkinson, 66), Trotter, Thexton, Craggs (Liddle, 62), Posthill Subs not used: White, Palmer, Moody, Bateman Goals: 1-0, M.Roberts, 12 min. 2-0, N.Mulligan, 26 min. 3-0, Franks, 90 min Referee: Craig Dean Assistants: Tim Craig and Ryan Bird Attendance: 300 stockton.townfc
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POST-MATCH REACTION
JD BRIGGS: “I thought we were excellent right from the off and pressed really well, especially the first 15 minutes. We didn’t let them out and this led to our first goal. I was really happy with Nathan and Mikey, who both scored again and looked dangerous each time we went forward with both having other good chances. Nathan with a header saved at very close range and Mikey having a rasping shot just tipped over in the first half. I thought Jordan and Shane were exceptional in winning the ball back and then got us playing. Shane looked a lot more comfortable after the Whitby game and managed the full 90 unscathed.” stockton_townfc
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L A S T T H R E E R E S U LT S
WON 1-0 vs NEWTON AYCLIFFE (H)
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DREW 2-2 vs BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA (H)
LOST 4-0 vs WHITBY TOWN (H)
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OPPOSITION PROFILE
GUISBOROUGH T OWN When the season was declared null and void, Guisborough Town were enjoying their best season since 2015-16. They were in 7th and had a six-point lead on eighth place Newcastle Benfield. It was the culmination of the improvement manager Gary Forster has brought to the side since his appointment in December 2016. The Priorymen have added to the core they developed. Defenders Nathan Guru and Callum Martin have been brought in from Thornaby and Whitby Town to add to the already solid Josh Rowbotham. Both return for their second spell with the club. Former Stockton youth players, Joe Bartliff and Brad Marron add competition to the midfield. Christian Selby has also been brought in to add further experience to a youthful squad. The first meeting of the clubs saw Guisborough Town beat Stockton Town 4-2 in their first FA Cup game. In the league, they shared a win each in both 2017-18 and in 2018-19. Last season, the Anchors completed the double.
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NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE POS
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Ashington
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Billingham Town
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Bishop Auckland
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Consett
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Hebburn Town
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Newcastle Benfield
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Newton Aycliffe
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North Shields
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Northallerton Town
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Penrith
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Seaham Red Star
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Shildon
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Stockton Town
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Sunderland RCA
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Ryhope CW
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Thornaby
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West Auckland Town
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Whickham
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Birtley Town
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Crook Town
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Durham City
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Easington Colliery
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Tuesday September 1, 2020 Emirates FA Cup - Extra Prelim Round Ashington 2-1 Goole Consett 3-2 Ryhope CW Garforth Town 3-0 Whitley Bay Hebburn Town 4-1 Hemsworth MW Marske United 3-0 North Shields Newcastle Benfield (4) 1-1 (3)Seaham Red Star Northallerton Town 1-4 Billingham Town Penrith 3-2 Pickering Town Sunderland RCA 3-1 Durham City Thornaby 2-0 Bridlington Town Whickham (2) 0-0 (4) West Auckland Town Wednesday September 2, 2020 Emirates FA Cup - Extra Prelim Round Bishop Auckland 1-0 Hall Road Rangers Crook Town (5) 1-1 (3) Yorkshire Amateurs Guisborough Town 1-0 Newton Aycliffe Heaton Stannington 2-3 West Auckland Town Stockton Town 3-0 Shildon
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SQUAD STATISTICS
All stats up to date as of 04/08/20
2020-21 SEASON STATISTICS PLAYER
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Adam Nicholson
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389
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Callum Roberts
GK
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1
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45
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Cieran Jackson
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26
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Dale Mulligan
DEF
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48
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Dan McWilliams
DEF
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46
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Fred Woodhouse
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0
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0
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203
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James Risbrough
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1
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174
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Jamie Owens
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1
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135
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Jonathan Franks
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1
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Jordan Robinson
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1
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1
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60
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Kevin Hayes
FOR
0
0
1
0
1
0
146
47
Lewis King
DEF
0
0
1
0
1
0
45
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Max Craggs
MID
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0
1
0
1
0
306
87
Michael Arthur
GK
0
0
0
0
0
0
243
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Michael Roberts
FOR
0
0
1
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1
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Nathan Mulligan
MID
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0
1
1
1
1
122
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Nathan Steel
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0
0
0
0
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Shane Henry
MID
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0
1
0
1
0
1
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Tom Coulthard
DEF
0
0
1
0
1
0
324
44
Tom Portas
MID
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0
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Jamie Owens 25 Goals
Kevin Hayes 20 Goals
Michael Roberts 13 Goals
MOST APPEARANCES 19/20
Tom Coulthard 47 Apps
Tom Portas 45 Apps
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AWAY DAYS
DATE: 12/09/20 // EMIRATES FA CUP - PRELIMINARY RONUD // GROUND: BEDFORD TERRACE
at the ground. The ground has a capacity of 3,000, of which 176 is seated and 600 covered.
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DIRECTIONS From the ground, turn right onto the Bishopton Road West, turn left at the lights onto Bishopton Avenue. Take the second exit onto the A1027, at the next roundabout take the second exit and continue on the 1027. Once into Billingham, take the second exit on the next two rounabouts to Central Avenue. Take the first exit onto Cowpen Lane and then turn left into Warwick Crescent and follow the road towards Bedford Terrace. PUBLIC TRANSPORT Take the Northern Rail service to Billingham, the ground is short walk from the train station across the bridge and right at the traffic lights before a right turn at Warwick Crescent which leads to Bedford Terrace.
THE OPPOSITION Billingham Town have competed in Northern League Division One since winning promotion in 2018-19 as the league champions. They had superb debut season and were 10 th when the campaign was declared null and void. Their best FA Cup performance was in 2000 when they were knocked out by Gateshead in the Fourth Qualifying Round. LAST TIME OUT 04.01.20 Stockton Town 2 Billingham Town 0 Stockton Town made short work of Billingham Town last season, beating their Teesside rivals by an aggregate of 8-0. In their last meeting, a packed crowd of 830 saw Kevin Hayes bag a brace in 2-0 Anchors win. The opener was the pick of the pair as Hayes produced a beautiful deft lob over a despairing dive of Brad Young.
THE GROUND Billingham Town play at Bedford Terrace, a ground which they moved to in 1981. Floodlights, which were installed in 1992-93, have been renovated this year. A new pitch was laid in 2007 with funding from Hartlepool United who played their reserve team matches stockton_townfc
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season stats 2020/21 DATE
OPPOSITION
All stats up to date as of 04/08/20
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POS
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2
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4
5
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C.Roberts
King
Nicholson
Coulthard
McWilliams
SEPTEMBER 2020 Wed 2 Sat 5 Wed 9 Sat 12 Tue 15 Sat 19 Wed 23 Sat 26 Wed 30
Shildon (FAC) Guisborough Town Ashington Billingham Town (FAC) Sunderland RCA West Auckland Town Newcastle Benfield Northallerton Town Whitley Bay
OCTOBER 2020 Sat 3 Tue 6 Sat 10 Tue 13 Sat 17 Sat 31
Consett Billingham Town Seaham Red Star Hebburn Town Shildon Whickham
NOVEMBER 2020 Sat 7 Sat 14 Sat 21 Sat 28
North Shields Bishop Auckland Newton Aycliffe Ryhope CW
DECEMBER 2020 Sat 5 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26
Thornaby Penrith Ashington Shildon
JANUARY 2021 Sat 2 Sat 9 Sat 16 Sat 23 Sat 30
West Auckland Town Sunderland RCA Newcastle Benfield Whitley Bay Billingham Town
FEBRUARY 2021 Sat 6 Sat 13 Sat 20 Sat 27
Guisborough Town Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Consett
MARCH 2021 Sat 6 Sat 13 Sat 20 Sat 27
Seaham Red Star Whickham North Shields Bishop Auckland
APRIL 2021 Sat 3 Sat 10 Sat 17 Sat 24
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Newton Aycliffe Ryhope CW Thornaby Penrith
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7
8
9
10
11
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SUB 2
SUB 3
Robinson
Henry
N.Mulligan 1
Franks 1
Risbrough
M.Roberts 1 B
Hayes
Craggs
Owens
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PARTING SHOT
THE SECOND ISSUE OF THE ANCHOR CONCLUDES WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPHER SELECTING HIS FAVOURITE IMAGE FROM THE LAST GAME
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n the second issue of the Anchor, club photographer Harry Cook has selected his favourite image from the last week of action. For this edition, he has gone with his photo of striker Mikey Roberts celebrating his opener against Shildon in the Emirates FA Cup during the week. It was a win that ensured Stockton Town’s season started with a victory. Roberts’ strike, capitalising on some questionable play at the back from the
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Railwaymen, got the Anchors off to a flying start and the hosts booked their place in the next round of the competition after Nathan Mulligan and Jonathan Franks got themselves on the scoresheet. One of the most prestigious competitions in club football, in the world, Stockton had a great run last season and will be aiming to do just that this term. They will go up against Teesside rivals Billingham Town for a place in the First Qualifying Round next Saturday. stockton.townfc
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STOCKTON TOWN
GUISBOROUGH TOWN
Michael ARTHUR Tom COULTHARD Max CRAGGS Jonathan FRANKS Kevin HAYES Shane HENRY Cieran JACKSON Lewis KING Dan McWILLIAMS Dale MULLIGAN Nathan MULLIGAN Adam NICHOLSON Jamie OWENS Tom PORTAS James RISBROUGH Callum ROBERTS Michael ROBERTS Jordan ROBINSON Nathan STEEL Fred WOODHOUSE
Joseph BARTLIFF Brian CLOSE Sonni COLEMAN Joe FERGUSON Louis GOLDSACK Nathan GURU Lewis HAWKINS Brandon HOLDSWORTH Bradley MARRON Charlie MARSHALL Callum MARTIN Dylan McAVOY Mason McNEILL Steven ROBERTS Mark ROBINSON Josh ROWBOTHAM Christian SELBY Shawn SPOZIO Aaron STEAVENS Harry THOMPSON James WARD Paul YOUNG
MANAGER: MICHAEL DUNWELL COLOURS: YELLOW AND BLUE
MANAGER: GARY FOSTER COLOURS: RED AND WHITE
TODAY’S MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE: MATTHEW EAST
ASSISTANT: MATTHEW CARROLL
ASSISTANT: LEWIS HARDIE
NEXT AT HOME
NEXT AWAY GAME
WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2020 KICK-OFF 7:45PM NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2020 KICK-OFF 3:00PM EMIRATES FA CUP - PRELIMINARY ROUND
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