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BONFIRE CIRCUS EXTRAVAGANZA COMES TO TOWN Bonfire Night has been a traditional British celebration for many years and this year a circus theme fireworks extravaganza is to be hosted at one of the town’s favourite attractions. Doncaster Racecourse, in conjunction with Hallam FM, will hold its glittering ‘Firework Spectacular’ event on Saturday 4th November with the family friendly event culminating in a musical firework display at 7.30pm, which visitors will enjoy from a covered viewing area guaranteeing

enjoyment, come rain or shine! “Bonﬁre Night is always great fun for all the family and we are keen to keep this tradition going strong in the town,” said Abby Chandler Head of Marketing at Doncaster Racecourse. “Our event has been carefully thought out to ensure all members of the family can come along and have some fun.” Attractions and activities at the event include Mr Dan’s Circus Company where children will be encouraged to have a go in the Circus Workshop, face

painting, fairground rides and stalls, and a fire trickster. Furthermore, a fancy dress competition will take place for those attending in circus themed costume. “We encourage families and groups of friends to get together and come and enjoy a fun few hours on home turf this Bonfire Night,” said Abby. “And remember, almost all entertainment is free once you’ve paid for your admission ticket including the firework display and huge children’s disco that will be taking place in the main hall.”

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Tickets can be prebooked or purchased on the night. A family ticket (for 4 people) costs just £10. Individual tickets are available. Fairground ‘Happy Hour’ will take place between 5.00pm and 6.00pm where small rides will be £1.50 and large rides £2.00. The event starts at 5pm and concludes at 8pm. For more information and to buy tickets visit www.doncasterracecourse. co.uk/whats-on/ event/ﬁreworksspectacular-inconjunction-withhallam-fm/

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Night after night on his incredible comeback tour, Phil Collins has introduced his show to the audience by simply saying that he has missed them. And he wasn’t kidding. After postponing two shows of his recent Royal Albert Hall series until November due to an injury, Phil has decided to keep the celebration going by announcing more live dates for the end of the year adding a FlyDSA Arena date on Friday 24th November, which is over twenty years since his last visit to the venue where he played 2 sell-out shows back in November 1994. One of the great British musicians is back performing, having just returned to the stage for his ﬁrst live dates in 10 years. His performances have received rave reviews from media and fans alike, with his incredible band storming venues every night, including his 16 year old son Nick taking his dad’s place on drums. “It took just a few moments on stage and singing with the fans to convince me that this was the best idea I’ve had in years,” says Phil of the recent shows,

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“There’s so much love and so much fun. We decided to share that with as many people as we could.” June 2017 saw Phil Collins perform a 3 night residency at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, as well as shows in Paris and Cologne. With 100 million record sales to his name, Number 1 albums the world over and songs that have soundtracked millions of lives, Phil Collins is a legend whose work has received growing acclaim as a new generation of artists have discovered and been inspired by an incredible career. Artists from Adele, to Pharrell, Lorde, Kanye West and Beyoncé have talked of their love for his music in recent times, since Phil announced his retirement from music in 2011. He last toured in 2007. Phil made his live return at an event for his own Little Dreams Foundation last year, before performing two of his biggest hits at the opening of the US Open tennis in New York in August, inspiring him to announce his first headline tour in a decade. One the most successful artists of his generation, with more UK Top 40 singles than any other artist of the 1980s, Phil Collins came to prominence first as drummer and then as frontman of Genesis, making his solo debut with 1981’s album Face Value, containing smash hit single ‘In The Air Tonight.’ He followed this with an extraordinary run as a prolific hit maker. 3 UK Number ones - Easy Lover, You Can’t Hurry Love and Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - as well as 7 US Number 1s and global smashes including One More Night, Separate Lives, Two Hearts, Another Day In Paradise, I Wish It Would Rain Down, Both Sides Of The Story and Dance Into The Light to name but a few. His long awaited memoir Not Dead Yet: The Autobiography was published in November 2016 by Penguin Random House and after reissuing all of Phil Collins’ studio records throughout last year, a career-spanning selection of hits ‘The Singles’ is available on 2 CD, 3 CD, 4 LP and digital download from Atlantic Records.

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A major investigation by MoneySavingExpert.com reveals 10,000s of the most vulnerable people in England, Scotland and Wales are being overcharged up to £400 a year due to a council tax postcode lottery. Their new research, based on data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and a mystery-shopping exercise – concludes up to 100,000 people who are entitled to a 25% council tax discount could be missing out. This is mainly due to inappropriate information being given about the discount by local councils. Two-thirds of those councils they mystery-shopped gave incorrect information, while some frontline staff were apparently unaware of the existence of the discount. Council tax staff were also unable to clearly explain to the MSE ‘applicant’ the criteria for eligibility or how to submit a claim for the discount. Council tax rules state that those diagnosed as ‘severely mentally impaired’ – which covers conditions such as dementia, but also many others, and who are eligible for certain beneﬁts, are ‘disregarded for council tax purposes’. This means if they live with one other person, usually their carer, the household is entitled to a 25% council tax discount. Those living alone are entitled to a 100% discount, so they don’t pay council tax at all. Martin Lewis said: “The law rightfully recognises that many vulnerable people

who have a severe mental impairment such as dementia or Alzheimer’s are entitled to a council tax reduction. Sadly, many local councils do not, and the result is that society’s most vulnerable face a postcode lottery with huge variance in take-up depending on where people live. I would urge any family affected by this to speak to their local council. Not only are many due a reduction of £400+ a year, but it can be backdated for years. The people who are missing out on this are among the most vulnerable in our society and can’t ﬁght for themselves. They should not be left to battle this alone. Better awareness is fundamental – and all councils should agree to allow backdating, or at the very least each council should publish a clear policy. There should be an urgent review by central and devolved Government of how local councils are applying the SMI discount, including setting up a standardised procedure, with one form, to make it easy to claim, regardless of postcode.” Leading charities including Dementia UK, Carers UK , and Alzheimer’s Society have welcomed MSE’s investigation and backed their call for action. A Government spokesperson said: “The law is clear that where people are severely mentally impaired, their council tax bill should take account of this. We expect all local councils to make sure that people entitled to this support receive it.”

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Each Equality Hub is supported by a grant funded organisation. The Equality Hub Network Board oversees the Network. Events bring the whole Network together around a theme that people care about, such as poverty, hate crime, health and employment. The Network shares information across communities through the monthly Equality Hub Network Newsletter and Twitter. The next Age Hub Meeting takes place on Tuesday 31st October 2017, 10am to 12pm, Sheffield Islamic Centre Madina Masjid, Wolseley Road, S8 0ZU. The Hub is open to anyone interested in age and ageing issues. The meeting is free to attend, but you must book a place by Monday 23 October – ring 0114 2502850 or email Joanna. If you are interested in volunteering Glaves@ageuksheffield.org.uk. with us then please get in touch. If you need any reasonable adjustments We have a range of volunteer vacancies, or support to attend (including some to give occasional help, others travel expenses reimbursement where you can commit to help for a set if you’re disabled), please email number of hours each week. Whatever equalitiesandinvolvement@sheffield.gov. you can, or can’t, do, there’s lots of differuk by Friday 20 October. ent roles so we’d love to talk to you about how you might get involved. For more information or to get involved AND POWER CHAIRS contact us on: Telephone: 0114 2502850 Email: sheffield50plus@ageuksheffield. org.uk Don’t forget to visit the Sheffield 50+ website www.sheffield50plus.org.uk

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MERCURYLIVE THE SHERLOCKS FLY THE FLAG FOR SOUTH YORKSHIRE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL by John Webster

The Sherlocks had more than one reason to celebrate at Bramham Park at this year’s annual music festival. Not only did they play to a packed out NME tent, but their debut album ‘Live for the Moment’ went in at number six in the charts. Before their set the indie rockers seemed confident and excited about what was to come. Lead singer Kiaran Crook said: “Festivals bring people together and at Leeds everyone seems to proper commit themselves. They don’t just come to watch the set, they come to get involved.” He added: “It’s been an eventful few years for us but we haven’t taken our eyes off the ball. We don’t have many days off so if we’re not gigging we’re always meeting up and trying to think of ways to better ourselves.” “We’re proud to be from Yorkshire and representing the Yorkshire scene. There are some top bands from the area and I don’t think it gets enough recognition.” The four lads from Bolton-uponDearne took to the NME stage shortly afterwards and showed a rapturous crowd what they were all about. ‘Live for the Moment’ already sounds like a festival classic and the sing-a-long to ‘Chasing Shadows’ was one of the highlights of the weekend. It might be early days for this young band, but they are definitely heading in the right direction. Stockport five-piece Blossoms have enjoyed a staggering rise over the last few years and were third from the top of the Main Stage roster. A

fine example to upcoming bands of what hard work can achieve. Hits like ‘Charlamagne’ and ‘Blown Rose’ had Bramham Park bouncing as the sun began to set on Friday evening. Liam Gallagher then strolled onto the Main Stage and delivered Oasis classic, ‘Rock n Roll Star’ to an almighty response from the ecstatic crowd. Further hits like ‘Wonderwall’ were to follow as were new songs from LGs new album, ‘As You Were’. The Manchester legend still has plenty of swagger and has lost none of his charismatic stage presence. Headlining the first day, with dazzling visuals and crazier outfits than ever, were Muse. The Devonshire trio opened with latest single, ‘Dig Down’, and the crowd were sent into raptures with ‘Plug in Baby’ as the greatest hits sounded out during the euphoric set. Opening the Main Stage on Saturday were London based rockers Judas. Never has a band looked so happy to be on such a historic platform, and they blew away any hangovers and cobwebs with an excellent performance. Frontman John Clancy said afterwards: “It was an absolute honour to open the Main Stage. We’ve been preparing for it for so long but when it’s actually happening it’s a feeling like no other. To see hundreds of people out there, many of who had Judas t-shirts on, singing the words was so humbling.” The Amazons made the trip up from Reading and were all guns blazing in the Festival Republic tent. The four-piece opened with ‘Stay with me’ and never took their foot off the gas throughout the high-energy set.

It wasn’t just a weekend of rock n roll though, there was something for everyone. Grime artists, world class DJs, and comedians added to the genre-diverse line-up and the beautiful weather made the music sound even better. Fatboy Slim treated a chaotic Dance tent to a sublime gig as Saturday night came to an end while Main Stage headliners Kasabian rocked their way through a seemingly endless catalogue of hits including ‘Underdog’ and ‘Fire’. They might have had an early slot on Sunday morning but Hampshire trio Blaenavon did not hold back. The NME tent was blown away by songs from their ‘That’s Your Lot’ album. It was an enthralling show that finished with frontman Ben Gregory crowd surfing among the revellers. Manchester neo-punks Cabbage are one of the most exciting bands around at the moment and they did not disappoint. They took the NME stage by storm, blasting out favourites like ‘Terrorist Synthesizer’ and ‘Fickle’ as mosh pits erupted among another bumper gathering. The highlight of the weekend came at the end as one of the biggest artists on the planet, Eminem, exploded onto the Main Stage. Accompanied by backing singers, a full band, and his on-stage hype man Mr Porter, the rap icon stormed his way through classics like ‘Business’ and ‘Sing for the Moment’. After a chilling version of ‘The Monster’, the crowd went absolutely berserk as ‘Lose Yourself’ brought the festival to a close under a shower of fireworks. “We’ll remember this gig for the rest of our lives” said Eminem, and it’s fair to say that the 90,000 people in attendance won’t forget it either.

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THE SHOW MUST GO ON – CLUBLAND GIANTS STEP IN TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF BOBBY KNUTT The last act to ever perform with Bobby Knutt is set to headline a night in his memory later this month. The South Yorkshire comedy heavyweight was all set to go back to his 1970s clubland roots and perform at the launch night of Neil Anderson’s ‘Dirty

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7 DAY SOAPWATCH MORNINGSIDE Coronation Street Mon: A grieving Summer seeks to numb the pain. Chesney pushes himself beyond his limit. Phelan outlines his plan for Andy’s replacement. Simon’s confession creates conﬂict between Peter and Billy. Sinead blames herself for Chesney’s situation. Liz looks after number one. Wed: Chesney impresses Sinead with his response to a crisis. Billy’s loss of control threatens his future. Jude’s announcement leaves Mary heartbroken. Anna causes a rift between Phelan and Seb. Fri: Phelan fails to spot jeopardy lying in wait. Billy struggles with his guilt. Mary and the Appletons await news of George. Faye grows suspicious of Seb and Anna. Gina embarrasses Sally at her soiree. Emmerdale Mon: Vanessa is exposed. Leyla lashes out. Rebecca feels undermined. Tues: Jai plays peacemaker. Vanessa feels embarrassed. Robert is on edge. Wed: Jai is devastated. Chrissie and Rebecca are at odds. Daz is eager to impress. Thurs: Daz plays the hero. Jai is in denial. Lawrence is left reeling. Dan loses his temper. Fri: Cain and Moira clash. Daz feels hopeful. Lachlan is left seething. Eastenders Mon: Martin is thrown into turmoil as he fears the worse. Max gives Jane a threat she can’t ignore. Tues: Ian reveals some life-changing news to his family. The pressure continues for Max. Michelle does her best to support Martin. Thurs: The Fowlers pull together. Jane attempts to stand her ground with Max. Fri: The Carters receive some bad news. Sharon fears for Michelle as Tom persists in contacting her. Home & Away Mon: The mystery of the boat deepens. Ash makes a fool of himself. Tues: Mason and Beth go out on a date. Ash tries to patch things up with Tori. Wed: Justin and Tori rush to help Beth. Ben has a furious argument with Ziggy. Thurs: Hunter organises a launch party at Salt for Olivia’s website. A devastated Ziggy tells her parents that she wants nothing more to do with them. Fri: Scarlett works on Brody’s case. Raffy has a heart-to-heart with Roo about her future. Neighbours Mon: A heartbroken Toadie believes that Sonya has stood him up. Gary exacts his revenge. Tues: Terese is annoyed by Gary’s behaviour. Elly tries to patch things up between Paige and Mark. Wed: Things look bleak for the wellness centre. Louise has had enough of Hamish raiding her bank account. Thurs: Louise is rushed into hospital in a deep coma. Tyler tells Piper that he is leaving with Hamish. Fri: Terese saves Courtney from embarrassment in front of the judges. Sonya returns home and tells Toadie what he has been longing to hear.

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with the laws found in most European countries. The RAC research suggests 59% of respondents are behind the idea of stricter laws, with 21% of those happy to see it go even lower, to 20mg per 100ml. It appears fear of dangerous drunk-drivers is a chief concern for motorists, with almost a quarter of those surveyed for the RAC Report citing this as their main worry on the roads. Despite law-tightening north of the border, a weeklong Police Scotland crackdown earlier this year uncovered that too many drivers are still “making the wrong decisions”, with over 100 caught in the weeklong campaign. In both 2012 and 2016, a total of 143 people lost their lives in drink-driving related incidents, with very similar numbers recorded in the years in between. RAC road safety spokesman Pete Williams says it’s time the Government moved with the times and fell in line with the “large sway” of other countries enforcing the lower limit. “The beneﬁts of the lower limit in Scotland picture will be clearer when the 2016 reported road casualty data is published later this month, but should a drop in drink-related accidents at the wheel be seen then, this should be evidence enough to trigger a change in the law,” he added. “And, even if it doesn’t, can we really afford not to follow the majority who operate a 50mg limit if there is even the slightest chance that it will lead to fewer lives being lost or ruined?”

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AND

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It’s the ‘official’ start of the pike season this week, and in truth, I’ve been itching to put out a deadbait since March! I really enjoy my winter pike fishing, on banks shrouded with autumnal mists, or adorned with crispy frosts, and as a real bonus, there are far less anglers on the bank! With that in mind, I returned to a club water I’ve not been to for some months, intent on putting out an early pike rod, and also a leger rod, because I wanted to see what else was in there! I’ve only ever fished this venue for pike, so had little idea what else actually resided within… For my pike fishing, this year, I’ll be using a set of Sonik SK3 xtr 3lb test curve rods, twinned with the Tournos 10000 reel, in the hope that any hooked pike will be beaten in just a few minutes. I’m not a believer in letting pike struggle unnecessarily, I’d rather defeat them quickly, unhook them safely, then let them rest properly until recovered before release, and these rods have enough grunt to allow me to do that. Piecing the rod together, I then tied on a simple trace, added a lead on a wide run ring, a buffer bead to protect the swivel and knot, and nicked on a dead Baitbox roach, before gently swinging it out into three feet of water. When it settled on the lake bed, it was just a case of slowly tightening the line, popping it into the indicator head, releasing the bail arm, and switching the alarm on… and waiting! My quivertip rod was tooled up with a 1oz tip, a cage feeder was slipped up the line, and a size 16 hook to nylon attached; simplicity at its best. Loaded with groundbait, (you really should try the Spotted Fin stuff by the way) and a few tiny pellets, I put a trio of casters on the hook, and lobbed it out into open water. Over the top, a couple of small balls of groundbait to kick start things, and a pouch of gentiles, then I settled in to see what happened. The weather was glorious, not the bitterly cold autumnal morning I’d hoped for, and as I peeled the layers off down to a tee -shirt, I noted the tip start to tremble, then whizz around before springing back to its original position! Such a superfast bite indicated that small roach were perhaps the culprits, so prior to the next cast, I added a couple of plump, white maggots hoping to start building a net of shimmery silver fellows. Again, an extremely fast, unhittable bite resulted, and again, I missed it. Me 0, roach 2… This continued for about thirty minutes, I changed the hook, changed the distance between the bait and the feeder, but still couldn’t hit them, and then finally, I connected with one, and was disappointed to retrieve a roach of less than an ounce; no wonder I was having problems! After it became apparent that tiny roach and rudd were hitting the baits, I scaled back up to a size 14 hook, loaded it with casters, and buried it in a small method feeder, in the hope that bigger fish would see the commotion, and bully the tiddlers out. That worked almost instantly, and the resulting take saw me get snapped within seconds as a big carp smashed the hook link. Stepping things up, I retied the rig with a 5lb hook link, and put it back out,

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The move into October means only one thing in the County Senior League – the start of the League Cup. There were 13 first round ties on Saturday, plus a handful of league fixtures. Premier Division Although eyes were mainly on the League Cup, we did have an early season top of the table clash in the Premier Division on Saturday, with second placed Grimethorpe Sports hosting league leaders AFC Penistone Church Reserves at Sheerien Park. The game ended 1-1, so standings remain as they were, with Penistone holding a point advantage. Stocksbridge Park Steels Reserves moved into third place in the table, following their 4-0 win over Houghton Main at Middlecliffe Lane. The win makes it three straight victories for Stocksbridge. Division One AFC Dronfield beat Silkstone United 6-1 at Gosforth Playing Fields to move into third place in the table. It is three wins out of four games for Dronfield. Stocksbridge Park Steels Development claimed their first win of the season, with a 2-1 away win against Hepworth United. The game was a reply of last season’s Division Two Play-off final, which was also won by Stocksbridge. Division Two James Tucker scored four times, including a hattrick in the first 20 minutes to inspire Sheffield Bankers Reserves to an impressive 6-1 away win over South Kirkby Colliery Reserves. The three points take the Bankers joint top, only in second on goal difference. Goals from substitutes Andre Redhead and Ryan Witney were not enough to give Caribbean Sports Reserves all three points on Saturday, as they were held to a 3-3 draw at home by Swinton Athletic Reserves. League Cup 1st Round The ever reliable goal-scoring partnership of Justin Greenwood and Mark Clare was on show for Swinton Athletic. Both scored hat-tricks as Swinton beat last years’ finalists Brinsworth Whitehill of Division One 10-0 at Mexborough Athletic Ground. Thurcroft Miners Institute may sit at the foot of the Division Two table, but in typical cup fashion they provided the shock of the round, as they beat Millmoor Juniors of the Premier Division 4-2 at the Thurcroft Hub. Jubilee Sports followed up last weeks’ six goals, with seven this week, as they beat South Kirkby Colliery 7-0 at Chaucer School. The 2015/16 winners were once helped again by goals from Kane Doughty (2) and Jordan Livett (3). Ainsley Finney scored six times for Denaby United, as they beat North Gawber Colliery Reserves at Woolley Miners Welfare. Ashley Cantrill, Sam Hutton, and substitutes Matthew Ager, Chris Haines and Aidan Oakley were also on target for Denaby. Goals from Joe Denby, Michael Vella, Joseph Moorhouse, Andy Varns (2) and Jake Varns, plus an own goal gave High Green Villa a 7-3 home win over New Bohemians. Both Jack Hollis-Smith and Billy Hilbert were on target for Handsworth Parramore Reserves, as they beat Caribbean Sports 2-0 at Oliver’s Mount. Ecclesfield Red Rose 1915 of Division One narrowly avoided an upset against Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Development, with a 2-1 away win. Ryan Keeney and Lewis Twibell were both on target for Ecclesfield. Despite being down to ten men, goals from Ashley Brook and Jamie Austin gave Maltby Main Reserves a 2-1 win over AFC Dronfield Reserves at Muglet Lane. Wickersley of Division One were 4-1 winners at Wickersley School against Division Two leaders Boynton Sports. Three time League Cup winners Frecheville booked their place in the second road with a 2-0 away win over Denaby Main. Wombwell Main also have three League cups on their honours list, and they also advanced, as they beat Working Wonders 4-1 away from home. The all Premier Division tie between Oughtibridge WMFC and North Gawber Colliery at Oughtibridge War Memorial Ground ended 4-2 in the home sides favour. Burngreave FC booked their place in the second round draw, after a 4-0 away win over Wombwell Main Development. Burngreave have won all three of their away games in all competitions without conceding a goal, despite being winless at home.

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“We have to make it hard for teams to come here. When you look at the best teams, their home form is always really good. “Most teams we have spoken to after the game have said they have not been pressed like that so far. We had a very hard pre-season and it’s for this very reason, so we could press teams Many football aficionados admit that the into mistakes and to make sure that when we “Hopefully at the end of the season, the points most successful teams often have a varihave the ball that with good fitness, you make ety of strategies and philosophies in their you pick up away will be important for us. the right kind of decisions. Before I came here, I’d have took a point to be armoury in order to bamboozle opposition “I think we showed our fitness in the second teams, revert to a Plan B if required, and honest. I didn’t set up to take a point. The fact half (against Oldham). They tired a little bit utilise their playing resources to the best of is we have won and played well in some difand we ran all over them after that. Once we their disposal. ficult conditions and defended really well.” got the second goal we looked like we would Well, regular fans at the AESSEAL New York Buoyed by a thousand plus travelling continscore every time we went forward.” Stadium this season, will not fail to recognise gent, Warne paid tribute to the Millers fans, Contrary to last season’s campaign, Vaulks an evolvement in the Millers playing style, who will return over the Pennines in good insists that Rotherham look a transformed which has seen the likes of Southend United, heart following a difficult spell on the road, in outfit in front of goal this term, by averaging Rotherham United boss Paul Warne hailed Walsall and most latterly, Oldham Athletic recent times. over three goals a game in their home clashes his side’s performance after the Millers leave South Yorkshire with the tails well and “We have brought a lot of fans here today and to date. completed their second away success of truly between their legs in the face of a home it sort of felt like an inbetween game,” Warne Ipswich loanee Kieffer Moore and skipper Lee the season after beating Rochdale 1-0 at onslaught. added. Frecklington have both bagged early season Spotland. “The fans were nice and loud and it helped the The Millers have adopted a high-pressing style hat-tricks while the likes of Jon Taylor and The decisive goal came in the second half on their home turf, which has seen opposition lads. Rich (O’Donnell) was excellent in goal Richie Towell have chipped in with goals after when defender Richard Wood headed in from a and the back lads did excellent. We are really teams hit for five in three out of the five home being given licence to bomb forward in supcorner to claim his first goal of the season, and proud of the lads. It wasn’t a game of lots of games so far. Several members of the press port of lone front-man Moore. The ex-Falkirk move the Millers up to fourth in the Sky Bet corps have compared the Millers’ strategy with and Tranmere midfielder insists that his side’s chances. Overall, there was some really good League One standings. that of the “Gegenpressing” school of thought, ability to score goals from all areas of the pitch performances and there are some tired lads in Speaking to the assembled media afterwards, there but they are really pleased with what they which was synonymous with Jurgen Klopp’s is testament to the added potency in the final Warne was quick to express his pride at the Borussia Dortmund and now his Liverpool have done.” third this season. nature of his side’s performance in rain-soaked side. “When we came out at the second half against conditions at Spotland. The fast tempo game centres on pressuring the Oldham, we went into a little circle and we “I am really pleased. Our away form hasn’t opposition after losing possession, in an enersaid if we keep a clean sheet, we will win the been ace this season but I think that our perforgetic and cohesive manner, to win back the ball game and we did because we know we will mances have been good,” Warne remarked. and effectively ‘counter’ the counter-attack. It score and nine times out of 10 we will get a “I said to the lads, at home, we play some is widely acknowledged that players have to be few goals,” Vaulks added. great football in parts and are good to watch extremely fit, committed, organised and most “Kieffer looks like scoring every time the ball and to come to places like this, in horrendous importantly work as a unit to prevent teams goes into the box so it’s great having a striker conditions, it’s going to be an uglier game and escaping the final third of the pitch. on form like that.” you’ve got to come and be ugly and pick up Some of the principles can be identified in the points. 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U18s EXTEND UNBEATEN RUN United’s U18s extended their unbeaten run to ﬁve games with a deserved home victory on Saturday. An Oliver Greaves strike followed by own goal was enough for the Blades to secure all three points against Forest at the SteelPhalt Academy, despite playing the last half hour with ten-men. The opening half an hour was a cagey affair with the only opportunities being a couple of speculative attempts from distance by the visitors. However, it would be United who broke

the deadlock in the 33rd minute, a long throw from Cantrill wasn’t dealt with and GREAVES was there to guide the ball home ﬁrst time on the half volley to put the Blades in front at the break. Shortly after the restart, the Blades doubled the advantage in fortuitous fashion, a routine back pass was misjudged by the Forest goalkeeper and the ball rolled under his foot and into the net. Just before the hour though, Portman was dismissed for a second bookable offence following a tackle that also injured team-mate

and half-time substitute Mason. As the clock ticked down, Warhurst was called into action on a couple of occasions to deny Forest. Firstly, from close range with a brilliant reﬂex save, then by pushing a free kick round the post to see the Blades home despite their numerical disadvantage. Blades: Warhurst, Portman, Cantrill, Cutts, Ferguson, Belehouan (Mason 45, Kelly 57), Hawkes, Broadbent, Greaves, Ompreon (McClellen 62), Potts.

GROUND TOURS RETURN FOR HOME DOUBLE HEADER

The ever-popular matchday ground tour will take before our next two home league ﬁxtures. Prior to the forthcoming games against Ipswich Town and Reading, supporters will be able to enjoy exclusive behind the scenes access at

United famous S2 home. Commencing promptly at 12.50pm in the Legends of the Lane museum, Club Engagement Ofﬁcer John Garrett will lead supporters down the players tunnel and out into Chris Wilder’s technical area.

A facts and ﬁgures session about the Blades and our historic stadium will then be held in the Directors Box. The tour will end where it began in the museum with fans having the opportunity to look through numerous medals, caps, shirts and other memorabilia won

by and presented to some of the great names who have donned the famous red and white stripes over the course of time. The Sky Bet League One trophy won in a recording breaking campaign remains on view and will do so on every tour throughout the season. The cost of this tour, which isn’t suitable for our younger supporters and isn’t a ‘meet the players’ event,

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For only the third time ever, United Ladies were granted use of Bramall Lane on Sunday for the SSE Women’s FA Cup preliminary round tie with Leeds United Ladies. Those many fans who supported the game not only set a new ladies attendance record of 546 but witnessed a real rollercoaster of game that went down to penalty kicks to settle the tie. Beyond the game itself it was proud day for United Girls and Ladies as the juniors provided many of their players as ﬂag wavers, mascots and ball girls in a great show of unity within the United family. United made two changes to their starting XI that dominated against Leicester City Ladies recalling Jodie Hartley to centre midﬁeld and Evie Robinson to a back three. In the squad were two former Leeds United players, Hartley and, on the bench, Molly Cawthorn. Leeds went into the game in eighth place in the parallel Premier League - North and included a former Blade

Jemma White in their midfield. This was the first competitive meeting between the two clubs, though Leeds had beaten United 7-0 previously in a pre-season friendly. The first half was fairly cagey and even. Tania Marsden warmed the Leeds ‘keepers hands early on and later Millie Kenyon hit one of her left-foot volleys onto the roof of the net. At the other end Leeds forward Carey Huegett hit the sidenetting and would provide a threat all match. United also had a scare when a short clearance was hit straight back goalwards only for United ‘keeper Houldsworth to recover and at a corner Leeds hit United’s crossbar. The latter minutes saw United press with their own series of corners and had their best chance when Marsden’s fierce shot was well saved by Laryn Coleman. The Bladettes stepped things up straight from the restart and the game really came to life. A short backpass put Marsden in with a sight of goal but her chip went just wide. Kim Brown

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had a shot across the face and Marsden again straight at the Leeds keeper as the pressure began to mount. The breakthrough came on 51 minutes when leftmidfielder Millie Kenyon broke into the box and drilled a fine low shot off the far post to put United ahead. United could have gone further ahead as Marsden got on the end of a Sophie Bell cross but couldn’t keep the ball down and then Brown was on the end of a deep cross but headed just wide. Leeds came back into game after this spell of United pressure and at one point the referee signaled for a penalty before realising his assistant had already flagged for offside. Leeds did, though, score when Huegett’s free-kick from wide was slightly deflected past Houldsworth inside her near post to equalise. Lifted by this, Leeds pressed on and a shot by Arianne Pharnham was deflected off a United boot to skim the bar. Another close call was a drilled cross by Huegett that United’s Nat Frog-

gatt got a foot to to deny a great goalscoring opportunity. Froggatt was outstanding all game in the heart of the defence and showed the form that earned her the United Player of the Month award for September. United came back into the ascendancy next and should have gone back ahead when a cross from the right set up Marsden with Kenyon alongside at the far post only for Marsden’s header to hit a post and the rebound bounce back onto her head again but somehow wide, the United forward ending up in the back of net but in disbelief the ball wasn’t there with her. However on 77 minutes Nat Shaw got on the end of a pass to finish neatly to put United 2-1 ahead, a goal she described afterwards as ‘a dream come true’ and her 11th of the season. It could have been more too as Shaw hit another one over and then a golden chance to finish the game with a one-on-one only for Coleman to make the save. With five minutes left and United beginning

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to think their hard work had been enough, Leeds sneaked a goal out of nothing when ‘keeper Houldsworth lost her grip on a cross and Liuli Dyson tapped in the equaliser. Sophie Bell’s shot into the ‘keepers arms was the last kick of normal time and we were to have extra time. United Manager Dan O’Hearne motivated his players to dig deep through the fatigue and indeed went ahead for the third time when Marsden bravely got her head on a cross to make it 3-2, though, sustaining a bang on the head in the process. Shaw almost made it four but her ‘goal’ was correctly ruled offside. Leeds were still fighting and Huegett deflected a cross just wide and at the end of the first period she scored the visiting side’s third equaliser in a scramble at a corner kick. For the last 15 minutes United replaced both their forwards and sent on Jen Pearson and Eve Marshall. There were few chances by either side and the game finished 3-3 after 120

minutes of entertaining football. For the first time in United’s history a cup tie was now at a penalty shootout situation. Jorden Spurr went first and scored which Huegett equalised. Both second kicks were missed, Brown’s saved and White for Leeds hit the crossbar. Sophie Bell put United 2-1 but Leeds next kick equalised yet again. 16-year old Eve Marshall bravely stepped up to take the fourth kick but her good shot was well saved and United held their collective breath as Dyson stepped up only for Houldsworth to tip her spot kick over to keep it 2-2. Jen Pearson then calmly made it 3-2 and Leeds missed their last kick to finally settle the game. United celebrated partially in relief after Leeds had doggedly pushed them all the way. Blades: Houldsworth, Froggatt, Neary, Robinson, Bell, Spurr, Hartley, Brown, Kenyon (Cawthorn), Marsden (Marshall), Shaw (Pearson).

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HE’S BEEN FANTASTIC - LEES INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP Owls vice captain Tom Lees has lavished praise on team mate Gary Hooper. With seven league goals to his tally, Hooper is currently the joint leading Championship goalscorer. The former Celtic man has an incredible haul of seven goals from seven games but Lees says Hooper brings much more than this to the table. “He is playing fantastically,” Lees explained. “It’s not just the goals, he always wants the ball and

you know he’ll look after it when he’s in possession. “Quite often when strikers are scoring all these goals, they won’t be contributing too much else but they’ll be winning the

games for you. “But with Hooper, he is contributing throughout the 90 minutes as well as chipping in with the goals so it’s fantastic. “Hopefully that can continue.”

It was heartache for Scotland on Sunday evening as their World Cup qualiﬁcation hopes were dashed in Slovenia. With Owls duo Barry Bannan and Steven Fletcher in the squad, the Scot’s run-in has seen unbelievable highs but in the end, it was frustration and despair for Gordon Strachan’s side. Victories over Lithuania and Malta left Scotland needing two wins from their last two group games to qualify for the play-offs. Owls midﬁelder

Bannan was named in the starting line-up last week as the Scot’s edged past Slovakia in dramatic fashion, with a last minute own goal keeping their World Cup hopes alive. Strachan made two changes to the line-up from victory over Slovakia with Chris Martin and James McArthur making the cut, as Bannan maintained his starting shirt. And the night began in the perfect way for Scotland as Leigh Griffiths notched the first goal of the game – and the first goal Slovenia had conceded at home throughout their qualifying campaign. A double from Roman Bezjak left Scotland’s hopes hanging by a thread, with the fixture a must-win game given the score in Slovenia’s clash with Malta. Owls striker Fletcher came on from the bench for the final ten minutes as a grandstand finish unfolded.

Robert Snodgrass bagged the equaliser, Bostjan Cesar was then sent off for the home side but it was not to be for the Scots, who finished third in Group F on goal difference. Elsewhere, Kosovo suffered defeat in their penultimate Group I qualification game, losing 2-0 at home to Ukraine. Owls striker Atdhe Nuhiu came on from the bench after 70 minutes and will be in the squad this evening as Kosovo face group leaders Iceland. In the reverse fixture back in March 2017, Nuhiu bagged his first international goal in his country’s 2-1 defeat to Iceland at Loro Borici in Shkodër George Hirst started for the England Under-19s in their 1-0 defeat away at Czech Republic on Friday. A second half goal from Lukáš Pfeifer handed the Czechs the win in Znojmo. The Under-19s face Slovakia today (5.00pm) in Senec.

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