Abbey Hulton United FC vs Brocton FC

Tuesday 28th February 2023 Kickoff 7:45 pm ISSUE 20 - 2022/23 SEASON

ABBEY HULTON UNITED VS BROCTON ONLINE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Club Information Legal Entity: Unincorporated Ground: Drayton Beaumont Park Address: Birches Head Road, Birches Head, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire Postcode: ST2 8DD Telephone: 01782 570302 2022/23 Admission Prices: £5 adults, £3 concessions, under 16s free Secretary: John Wightman Chairman: Lee Savage Manager: Russell Leadbetter Programme Editor: Simon Laidler Committee / Directors: Lee Savage, John Wightman, John Agar, Mary Wightman, Liam Franklin, Sharon Franklin, Chris Basford, Steven Buxton, Lee Wightman, Simon Laidler, Daren Foulkes, David Baskeyfield, Wayne Mellor, David Bates, Darren Martin County Affiliation: Staffordshire FA Year Formed: 1947 Record Attendance: 605 vs Stoke City FC November 2021 Previous Leagues: Staffordshire County Senior League Honours: Burslem and Tunstall Division 2 - Runners Up 1973/1974.

Burslem and Tunstall Division 1 League Winners 1978/79 Burslem and Tunstall League Cup Winners 1978/1979 Fenton and District Division 1 Runners Up 1981/1982 Fenton and District Division 1 - League Winners, Cup Winners and Charity Cup Winners 1982/1983 Challenge Cup - Runners Up 1986/1987 Staffs County League Division 1 - League Winners, Cup Winners and Fair Play Award 1997/1998 Staffs County Senior League Premier Division - League winners and Leek Cup Winners 2016/2017.

CLUB HISTORY Abbey Hulton United Football Club was formed 73 years ago in 1947, making it one of the oldest formed clubs still playing Saturday football in North Staffordshire.

During its very early days the club played on Council land in the Abbey Hulton area.

It continued to use this facility for the first 15 years, despite the fact that the changing facilities were more than a mile away from the actual pitch.

In 1962 it was decided that the team should move to the Parks facility at Bucknall Park which was complete with its own changing rooms and showers adjacent to the pitch. What a luxury.

The team continued to use Bucknall Park for another 23 years, until 1985.

During the period from 1947 to 1985 the team played in many local junior leagues such as: • The Longton League • Fenton and District League • Burslem and Tunstall League • Newcastle and District League They graced all the above leagues with great distinction.

Over the years the club became more financially stable and grew in ambition. Finally in 1985 they acquired a piece of land at Birches Head Road on which it was able to obtain a 99 year lease. This is the clubs current address. Immediately, a clubhouse was built containing a bar and changing rooms for both teams and officials. At the same time an outside 5 a-side football facility was built, complete with floodlights.

Having moved to this new facility the club opted to join the North Staffs Alliance League. It completed in this leauge before seeking election to one of the top leagues in the area, The Staffs County League (North), in 1987. The team played in this league and finally had a momentous season in 1997-1998 by winning the league, the cup and also the fair play award all in one season. Having achieved this feat the club applied to join what is the top junior league in North Staffordshire, the Staffordshire County Senior League. In 2017 Abbey Hulton United won the Staffordshire County Senior Premier League Championship and were promoted to the North West County Football League.

2023 League GroundHop We are delighted to announce that on the weekend of the 4th March, our game vs Cheadle Heath Nomads has been selected to be part of the NWCFL GroundHop Weekend.

In conjunction with GroundhopUK, the league have staggered seven of the weekends scheduled league games over three days, over the weekend of Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th March inclusive, to encourage the groundhopping community to come and experience a great festival of North West Counties Football This will be the fifth time that the league have done the Groundhop, and after doing clubs in the East Lancashire and Yorkshire areas last year, they are now heading to some of our most southerly based clubs.

The fixtures for the weekend are: Friday 3rd March Ellesmere Rangers v Alsager Town (7.45pm Kick Off) Saturday 4th March Rocester v Sandbach United (11.00am Kick Off) Foley Meir v Maine Road (2.00pm Kick Off)

Abbey Hulton United v Cheadle Heath Nomads (4.45pm Kick Off) Eccleshall v Barnton (7.45pm Kick Off) Sunday 5th March Brocton v Stockport Georgians (11.45am Kick Off) Stafford Town v Abbey Hey (2.30pm Kick Off)

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brocton fc Brocton was formed in 1937 when Arthur Mayer, landlord of the Chetwynd Arms pub in Brocton Village donated the original match ball and provided the field beside his pub as the pitch.

Until 1979, the Club fielded 1st and 2nd teams in the Rugeley and District League, Cannock Chase League and Lichfield League. The Club won a plethora of trophies.

Between 1979 and 1991, the 1st team competed in the Staffordshire County League (South) before gaining a much prized place in the Staffordshire Senior League (at one point called the Midlands League). This necessitated a move to Rowley Park Stadium in Stafford for the 1st team whist the 2nd team played on ‘the Chet’ until 2013/4.

In 2003 an application to the Midlands Football Combination was successful, the Club having moved to the excellent facilities at Cannock Stadium the season before. After a year, however, Cannock Stadium was no longer available (it was shortly to be demolished and sold for housing) so a further move was made to the Newlands Lane ground of Heath Hayes for a 4 year period by which time Brocton had secured a 30 year lease on a former sports field belonging to Staffordshire Police at Silkmore Lane, Stafford and had developed it to a standard for the Midland Combination in just 18 months.

In 2013/14 Brocton, under Manager John Berks, were the last winners of the Midland Combination League before this competition merged into the Midland Alliance to form the Midlands League. Brocton achieved the highest league status in their history – membership of the Midland League Premier Division (Step 5).

After 3 years in that division, Brocton were relegated to Division 1 (Step 6) where they remain after achieving a promotion place in the 2019/2020 season truncated by the Coronavirus pandemic after 80% of the season had been completed. The FA decided , however, to declare the season null and void and expunge the record of the season.

In May 2021, following league restructuring, Brocton were placed into the North West Counties Football League Division One South.

A full history of the Club for its past 76 years can be found in the book ‘Brocton Football Club 75 years and beyond’

Today's Opponents LEAGUE SEASON SO FAR P

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28

21

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5

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41

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65

LEAGUE POSITION

CLEAN SHEETS

3 rd

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TOP SCORER 22 REGAN SMITH

DISTANCE FROM Abbey Hulton United : 21.5 MILES

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PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Y E L E K R E B T T MA Weight : 13 Stone 7lbs Height : 5ft 11inch Last club played for : Stafford Rangers Team you Support : Man Utd Favourite all time player : Ronaldo (R9) Favourite current player : Mbappe Favourite manager now : Ten Hag Favourite music : Old School Garage

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ABBEY HULTON UNITED 22/23 PLAYER STATS

JULY 30.07

CHEADLE TOWN (H)

AUGUST 02.08 06.08 13.08 16.08 20.08 27.08 29.08

ECCLESHALL (A) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (H) ECC 1S ELLESMERE RANGERS (A) WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS (A) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (H) KHALSA FF (H) FA VASE 1Q STAFFORD TOWN (H)

september 03.09 06.09 13.09 17.09 24.09 27.09

ALSAGER TOWN (A) NEW MILLS (H) BROCTON (A) ABBEY HAY (H) TIVIDALE (A) FA VASE 2Q WOLVERHAMPTON CASUALS (A) SSC1

october 01.10 08.10 15.10 22.10 29.10

MAINE ROAD (A) FOLEY MEIR (A) ECC 2S ALSAGER TOWN (A) MCUP 1 STOCKPORT TOWN (A) BARNTON (H)

november 05.11 12.11 19.11 22.11 26.11

ASHVILLE(A) CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (A) ECCLESHALL (H) MCUP R2 ASHVILLE (H) WYTHENSHAWE AM (H) ECC 3S

december 03.12 06.12 17.12 20.12 26.12

NEW MILLS (A) MAINE ROAD (H) BARNTON (A) ALSAGER TOWN (H) ROCESTER (A)

january 21.01 24.01 28.01 31.01

SOUTH LIVERPOOL (A) MCUP3 SANDBACH UNITED (H) FOLEY MEIR (A) ABBEY HEY (A)

febraury 04.02 11.02 18.02 21.02

ELLESMERE RANGERS (H) WYTHENSAHWE AM (H) SANDBACH UNITED (A) STOCKPORT TOWN (H)

march 04.03 11.03 18.03 25.03

CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (H) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (A) ECCLESHALL (H) CAMMELL LAIRD 1907 (A)

april 01.04 10.04 15.04

CHEADLE TOWN (A) ROCESTER (H) STAFFORD TOWN (A)

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Tonight's fixtures Abbey Hulton United v Brocton Cammell Laird 1907 v Sandbach United Ellesmere Rangers v Stockport Georgians Foley Meir v Stockport Town New Mills v Alsager Town

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UPCOMING FIXTURES

Leek CSOB (A) 01/03 KICKOFF 7:30PM Leek CSOB (H) 11/03 KICKOFF 2:30PM

DOMINIC KURASIK (GK) MORGAN WOOLLISCROFT (GK) OLIVER SCOTT (GK) MATTHEW BERKELEY JOSH BOWDEN JOSHUA BRISTOW FITZROY BUTLER DANIEL COPE LEE CROPPER KEVYN DAVIES AIDEN DWYER JACK FLANAGHAN MAX GARDNER ERIC GRAVES JACK GUMBLEY SAMUEL HALL ZAK HILL JOEL IGWENWANNE JONATHAN KAPEND KIERAN LAZENBY JOE LEWIS REAGAN LYMER DURELL MANHERTZ JOSHUA MARTIN OLIVER MCKAY LIAM ROBINSON THEO STAIR WILLIAM TAMS KEEYLIN THOMAS MATTHEW WARD JACK WELDON JAMIE WELDON JHARRELL WILLIAMS SAM WYTCHERLEY

TONY ALLSOPP (GK) CALLUM HAYWARD (GK) HARLEY BARLOW CHRISTIAN BLANCHETTE JACK BOSTOCK THOMAS CROFT ALEX CURTIS KENNY DEVOIR WILL FINLAY BEN HADDAWAY CONNOR HADDAWAY LUKE HADDAWAY ETHAN HARRIS CAMERON JACKSON JONTY KEARNS CHARLIE KING JACK LANGSTON MARMPELIANO NOVAKU CAMERON OSBORNE MORGAN PAYNE BRAD ROLSTON LEWIS ROWLEY SAMUEL SCOTT HENRY SMITH REGAN SMITH JAKE THOMAS JAKE TRIGGS THOMAS VAUGHAN ADAM WELDON WILLIAM WHIELDON

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