Abbey Hulton United FC Abbey Hulton United FC vs
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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 2021/22 Admission Prices: £5 adults, £3 concesssions, 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.
GAFFERS REVIEW “Good performance from us last weekend vs Alsager Town in very windy conditions. Fully in control of the game from start to finish, should have scored a few more goals to be honest, but the three points was the most important thing, and now into another huge game and another local derby with Eccleshall" Anybody reading this, get down and support us next week, you can be the ‘12th man for us this afternoon and we welcome all of your support .
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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.
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Weekly League Milestones Update Tue 1st February 2022 | Statistics | By Kevin Lawton
Let us start with a remarkable stat this week. On Monday 7th September 2015, Maine Road drew 0-0 at home to Congleton Town. On Saturday they drew 0-0 at home to Brocton - a run of, we believe, 266 games, in all competitions, between goal-less stalemates. Amazingly, the 0-0 before that 2015 result was also at home to Congleton on 4th October 2014.
Overall Stats Winsford United's first goal in the win at Longridge was their 1,650th. Cleator Moor Celtic played their 100th league game with the win at Daisy Hill and Steeton's defeat at Holker was their 50th. Atherton LR conceded their 2,700th goal in the loss at Bury.
Home Stats Garstang played their 50th home game with the 2-2 draw against Pilkington, which also saw them concede their 100th home goal, while Stockport's first goal in the win against Sandbach was their 250th home goal.
Away Stats Lower Breck's draw at Charnock Richard was their 50th away game as was Wythenshawe Amateurs' 6-0 win at Stafford Town.
Goal Scoring Heroes It’s been a good week for hat-tricks. Let’s start with one for Wythenshawe Town as they beat Runcorn Town 7-0, Darius Palma notching a triple. In the First Division North, Harry Brazel got all three of Bury’s goals in their win at home to Atherton LR and Jacob Gregory got half of AFC Blackpool’s six in their victory over St Helens. In the First Division South Jaden Hunter got three for Rocester as they beat St Martins and there were two for Wythenshawe Amateurs in their 6-0 defeat of Stafford, Edward Brown got his third of the season and remarkably, Saul Henderson got his fifth.
Eccleshall FC There has been football in the town of Eccleshall for over 100 years but very little archive material is available from those early years. However, we do know that Eccleshall Football Club was reformed in 1971 with the team being made up of locals and staff from the Eccleshall Secondary School which also provided training and playing facilities. At that time, the club was called Eccleshall Old Boys Football Club. In 1974, the team won their first trophies; the Mid-Staffs 3rd Division Cup and were also runners-up in that division, gaining promotion to Division 2. Old Boys was dropped from the club’s name and in 1979 the first team joined the Staffordshire County League (North) and a third team was formed. In 1981, with the help of grants, fund raising and a loan, a four-acre field was purchased at Pershall. Then manager, Ted Dickinson, was the driving force behind the fund raising. In the same year, the first team moved into the Premier Division of the Staffordshire County League (North). Work began converting the field into a football ground. In 1982, a building was purchased from British Telecom and, with a lot of hard work over the next couple of years on the building, car park and pitch, Pershall Park, as it was christened, was ready. In the 1983-84 season, the first team won the Staffordshire County League Premier Division Championship, the Premier Division Cup and the May Bank Cup. During the 1989-90 season, the first team won the Staffordshire Senior League title and the 1990-91 season saw the club entering the FA Vase for the first time. In 1991-92, the club reached the FA Vase 2nd round having gone through all the preliminary stages but lost at home to Wisbech Town 2-0 in front of a then record crowd of 368. The first team fared well in the league in the mid to late 90’s, finishing 3rd (97-98), 6th (98-99), 2nd (99-00) and 3rd (00-01). Eccleshall reserves won the Staffordshire County League (North) in 1999-2000 moving to the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One (North) for the start of the following season. In the 2001-2002 season, the first team won the Springbank Vending Midland League Championship.
Eccleshall FC In 2002-2003 Eccleshall’s first team joined the North West Counties Football League after securing both the Springbank Vending Midland League title and Staffordshire FA Vase. In probably the most successful season in the club’s history, our second team were also Staffordshire County League champions and our Under 18s won the Sentinel Cup. For good measure, our Under 16s won the Staffordshire FA County Cup, the Mid-Staffordshire League Cup and the Sentinel Shield. Regarding the Sentinel competitions, the last time a club had won both trophies in the same season had been some twenty five years previously – a great achievement. The 2012-13 season marked the completion of 10 years in the North West Counties League and saw the club achieve its highest ever placing of sixth in Division 1. In 2017-18, our Under 17s had a very successful season, winning the Potteries Junior Youth League Cup, Staffordshire FA Youth Cup and finishing runners up in the league. Over the years since 1981-82, significant work has been undertaken to develop both the ground and the facilities to the required standard of the National League Pyramid which the club now enjoys. This includes enclosing the ground, the installation of floodlights, building a covered seated stand and pitch levelling. In 2019, a new toilet block was installed and previously the clubhouse was refurbished and upgraded with the addition of a treatment room and a security system. Prior to the 2018/19 season, a new kitchen and refreshments bar was added. For the 2021-22 season the team dugouts have been replaced and more spectator improvements made. Further developments to the ground are planned for the future. All of this has been achieved by a strong committee management team behind the scenes, a number of which have given many years of service to Eccleshall FC together with the addition of new members who are helping to take the club forward. The club has now added a number of junior teams as we look to develop a junior section. Our second pitch has been upgraded and improved to accommodate this. 2021 sees Eccleshall Football Club celebrate its 50th anniversary and, as can be seen from the above, much has been achieved over that time. We look forward to seeing what the future brings. We consider ourselves a friendly club and look forward to welcoming you to Pershall Park in the future and hope you will enjoy the facilities and the football.
Rocester Brocton Stockport Town Sandbach United Ellesmere Rangers Cammell Laird 1907 Barnton Stafford Town Cheadle Heath Nomads St Martins Stafford Town
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L 1-2 W 3-2 L 0-2 L 1-2 L 0-3 L 1-2 L 1-5 L 0-1 D 2-2 W 3-1 Postp
Sat 18/09/21 Tue 28/09/21 Wed 02/10/21 Fri 09/10/21 Sat 16/10/21 Sat 23/10/21 Sat 30/10/21 Fri 06/11/21 Sat 13/11/21 Tue 16/11/21
New Mills Wythenshawe Amateurs Abbey Hey FC Isle of Man Maine Road Abbey Hulton United Alsager Town West Didsbury & Chorlton Cheadle Town Port Vale
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L 0-3 W 6-4 L 2-3 L 0-4 L 0-4 L 0-1 W 1-0 L 0-5 W 3-2 WON
H A H A A H A H A H
L 2-3 L 0-4 D 1-1 L 1-4 W 3-2 W 2-0 D 1-1 W 6-0 L 0-1 L 0-3
The Buildbase FA Trophy 1Q
Staffs Senior Cup 2 (1-1 after 90 mins, Eccleshall won 1-0 on pens)
Sat 20/11/21 Sat 27/11/21 Mon 04/12/21 Fri 11/12/21 Sat 18/12/21 Mon 08/01/22 Sat 15/01/22 Sat 22/01/22 Sat 29/01/22 Sun 01/02/22
Ellesmere Rangers Maine Road Rocester Brocton Cheadle Heath Nomads Alsager Town Stafford Town St Martins Abbey Hey Stoke City Staffs Senior Cup QF
Mon 05/02/22 Sun 13/02/22 Tue 15/02/22 Sat 19/02/22 Sat 26/02/22 Tue 05/03/22 Sat 12/03/22 Tue 15/03/22
Abbey Hulton United FC Isle of Man West Didsbury & Chorlton Wythenshawe Amateurs Barnton Stockport Town Cheadle Town Stafford Town
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Macron Cup 1
Sat 19/03/22 Sat 26/03/22 Fri 02/04/22
New Mills Cammell Laird 1907 Sandbach United
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Eccleshall FC | 2021/22 Fixtures and Results
Date Sat 31/07/21 Mon 03/08/21 Thu 07/08/21 Sat 14/08/21 Tue 17/08/21 Sat 21/08/21 Fri 27/08/21 Mon 30/08/21 Fri 04/09/21 Fri 07/09/21 Tue 11/09/21
Eccleshall FC | Player Apperances & Goals Players Name
Goals
3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 3 2 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 2 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 2 0 0
2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad
6 0 27 1 3 6 1 0 24 1 1 1 3 5 21 4 11 16 19 0 8 0 3 2 0 6 0 1 2 2 3 16 21 1 7 5 0 9 3 4 6 1 2 5 5 5 0 1 11 16 0 0 14 10 0
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# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance
Samir Azam * Tyler Barnes * Jordan Benton Conrad Betton (GK) * Ryan Brown (GK) Bradley Carr Benjamin Chesters Ashley Colclough Harvey Collins Callum Collinson Jordan Darlington Conor Docherty * Andrew Dodd * Lewis Doughty Louis Downs Taylor Draper Jack Dundas * Lewis Dunn Callum Feeney Scott Finon Jack Flanaghan Christopher Gilpin * Kyle Goodwin * Lucas Green-Birch Mark Groom Jordan Hall Joshua Hall Oliver Hickman Ashley Hodkinson Calum Huxley Kyle Johnson Jake Langdridge Luke Lewis James Lindop Jay Lovatt * Samuel Marsh Kobe McWilliams Eric Merner (GK) * Joel Mills * Peter Murphy * Zak Noble (GK) * Callum Parker * James Redford Thomas Riley Liam Robinson Ryan Rowe Lewis Rowley Louis Sherwin * Daniel Taylor Liam Tomlin Thomas Wakefield * Andrew Walklate (GK) George Woodroffe Aaron Woolrich (GK) Owen Yewdall *
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2021/22 Fixtures Sat 31/07/21 Mon 03/08/21 Thu 07/08/21 Sat 14/08/21 Tue 17/08/21 Sat 21/08/21 Sat 28/08/21 Mon 30/08/21 Fri 04/09/21 Fri 07/09/21 Tue 11/09/21 Sat 18/09/21 Sat 25/09/21 Wed 02/10/21 Fri 09/10/21 Sat 16/10/21 Sat 23/10/21 Sat 30/10/21 Fri 06/11/21 Mon 10/11/21 Sat 13/11/21 Sat 20/11/21 Sat 27/11/21 Mon 04/12/21 Fri 11/12/21 Sat 18/12/21 Mon 27/12/21 Mon 08/01/22 Thu 12/01/22 Sat 15/01/22 Sat 22/01/22 Sat 29/01/22 Mon 05/02/22 Fri 12/02/22 Sat 19/02/22 Mon 21/02/22 Sat 26/02/22 Tue 05/03/22 Wed 08/03/22 Sat 12/03/22 Tue 15/03/22 Sat 19/03/22 Sat 26/03/22 Fri 02/04/22
St Martins Rocester Barnton New Mills Brocton Abbey Hey Cammell Laird 1907 Sandbach United Maine Road Stafford Town Atherstone Town Cheadle Heath Nomads Stockport Town Cheadle Town West Didsbury & Chorlton FC Isle of Man Eccleshall Ellesmere Rangers Alsager Town Stoke City Wythenshawe Amateurs Brocton Cheadle Town Stockport Town Barnton St Martins New Mills Maine Road Barnton Cammell Laird 1907 West Didsbury & Chorlton Alsager Town Eccleshall Stafford Town Cheadle Heath Nomads Maine Road Ellesmere Rangers Rocester Rocester Wythenshawe Amateurs Alsager Town Abbey Hey Sandbach United FC Isle of Man
A H H A A H A H H A A H A H H H A A A H A H A H A H H A A H A H H H A A H A H H H A A A
D 2-2 W 2-1 W 3-1 L 2-3 L 0-1 L 1-3 W 2-0 L 0-5 W 3-2 L 0-2 L 1-2 W 3-1 L 2-3 W 3-2 L 1-3 L 3-8 W 1-0 L 2-4 L 0-1 L 1-4 L 1-2 W 4-1 D 3-3 L 1-2 Postp W 6-0 L 0-1 Postp L 2-5 L 0-1 L 1-4 W 4-1
# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance
* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad
Players Name Thomas Ashton Tyler Barnes Owen Basford Joshua Beaumont Matthew Berkeley Luke Birkinshaw (GK) Josh Bowden Joshua Bristow Fitzroy Butler Joshua Buxton Adam Catalano Daniel Cope Jack Cotterill Lee Cropper Kevyn Davies Lewis Doughty * Jack Dundas Angelo Errico Mason Franklin Christopher Gilpin * Nathan Grice Matthew Harrison * Oliver Hickman * Zak Hill Thomas Hinton Ethan Holdcroft Mbemba Juwara Patrik Kacer (GK) Dominic Kurasik (GK) Adam Lawrence (GK) Kieran Lazenby Russell Leadbetter Joe Lewis Sam Lewis
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3 15 2 1 0 1 9 21 10 0 14 11 0 26 17 0 4 2 0 0 17 3 2 19 2 0 1 0 13 11 0 0 8 1
0 6 2 0 2 0 4 2 10 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 9 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2021/22 Player Apperances
Players Name Jay Lovatt Mathew Majer Anthony Malbon * Nasser Mansour Ben Matthews Liam McHugh (GK) Nathan Mellor Joseph Miles Cole Mohindra Brandon Newell Ashley Newton Kristian Parsons Ryan Pickup Jack Pointon (GK) Jack Pritchard Callum Pugh Louis Seymour George Shaw Billy Silvester William Tams Keeylin Thomas Jamie Turner Thomas Urwin Louis Vincent Declan Wildman Morgan Woolliscroft (GK) Sam Wytcherley
Starts
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2 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 17 0 0 14 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 19 12 7 1 4 1 19
0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 1
* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad # Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance
2021/22 Player Apperances
SATURDAY'S FIXTURES Brocton v FC Isle of Man Abbey Hulton United v Eccleshall Barnton v Stafford Town Cammell Laird 1907 v Maine Road Cheadle Town v Alsager Town New Mills v Rocester Sandbach United v Ellesmere Rangers West Didsbury & Chorlton v Cheadle Heath Nomads Wythenshawe Amateurs v Stockport Town
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