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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.
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.
Weekly League Milestones Update Wed 23rd February 2022 | Statistics | By Kevin Lawton
League statistician Kevin Lawton has had a look around the NWCFL and the latest league milestones achieved by several of our member clubs and players in the week leading up to 21/2/2022. Overall Stats Stockport Town's win at home to Cammell Laird was their 100th. Avro's first goal in their 2-2 draw with AFC Liverpool was their 250th. FC Isle of Man hit their 100th goal in the win at Stafford (and still in their first season). Lower Breck’s added time equaliser against Congleton was their 300th goal and St Martins conceded their 350th goal in the home defeat to Maine Road. Home Stats St Helens scored their 1,400th home goal in the victory against Steeton Coincidence Fact Last Tuesday night. Winsford Utd beat Barnton 2-0 to win the Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup, this was the 100th year since the first final, which Winsford also won - sadly, no record of who they played in that first final exists. Thanks to Steve McKenna for the info. Goal Scoring Heroes With the weather affected programme this week, there were no hat-trick heroes, though there were braces from Neil Danns (Macclesfield), Daniel Mitchley (Skelmersdale), Elliott Hughes (St Helens), Sean Doyle & Luke Murray (both FC IoM), Ben Mooney (Maine Road) and in mid-week, Jack Morrow (Avro). Appearance Stats
Premier Division..... Just one player, Ben Barnes (Skelmersdale) has started ever single game for his club, closely followed by Josh Nicholson (Ashton Athletic) who has started all but one, and was a used sub in the one he didn’t start.
Weekly League Milestones Update Wed 23rd February 2022 | Statistics | By Kevin Lawton
In League games only, apart from Ben, Moses Yoak (Longridge) and Laurent Mendy (Macclesfield) have both started every league game. Six additional players have appeared in every league game: Michael Howard (Skelmersdale), Steven Hewitt (Wythenshawe Town), Jack Coop (Prestwich Heys), Arron Johns (Congleton), Josh Nicholson (Ashton Athletic) and Dylan Chalice (Winsford).
Division One North..... Unbelievably, there are SIX players to have started every single game for their clubs: Matthew Williams (Bury AFC), Mohammed Farhan Subhani (Steeton), Jordan Scofield (Chadderton), Joseph Fallon (Bacup Borough) and two Holker players – Jamie Hodgson and Kevin Watkin. Six other players have featured in every game, with the odd substitute appearance: Robbie Graham (Campion), Ryan McLean (AFC Blackpool), George Chadwick (Atherton LR), Mark Ashworth (Chadderton), Callum Hewitt (Bacup Borough) and Danny Squires (Garstang). In addition, to the six who started every game, three other players have started every league game: Robbie Graham, (Campion), George Chadwick (Atherton LR), Mark Ashworth (Chadderton). Four more to have appeared in every league game are Daniel Keane (Campion), Phil Marsh (Pilkington) Daniel Squires (Garstang) and Dan Stocker (Golcar).
Division One South.... Only one player has started every game for his club, Andrew Jones (West Didsbury and Chorlton). Two more players have appeared in every game: Dylan Fitzgerald (Abbey Hey) and Kyle Foley (Cheadle Heath Nomads). In addition to the above, Ben Elliott (West Didsbury and Chorlton) has started every league game and Ben Hadaway (Brocton) has appeared in every league game.
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Groundhop 2022 is back this March Tue 8th February 2022 | Announcements | By Alex Thrower
The NWCFL is delighted to once again be partnering with Groundhop UK to bring fans the opportunity to attend seven matches over the course of one weekend. This year, that means fans can spend the weekend of the 4th to the 6th March visiting seven different grounds and taking in some really key fixtures in the battle for promotion and to avoid relegation. Of course, its possible to get in your motor and follow the games around, we have found a large number of people do this each time we schedule a hop, however our friends at Groundhop UK are operating a tour of all of the grounds, accomodation and guaranteed match entry with a programme. All of the available information on how to register, including for the full weekend package of accomodation, travel, match tickets and programmes, can be found here. The Games Our previous Groundhops have always been immensely enjoyable, but this year we've got a particularly good feeling about some of the fixtures selected for our 2022 edition. They are as follows: Golcar United v Campion (1st North) | Friday, 4th March | 19:45 Bacup Borough v St Helens Town (1st North) | Saturday 5th March | 11:00 Padiham v Ashton Athletic (Premier) | Saturday 5th March | 14:00 Nelson v Chadderton (1st North) | Saturday 5th March | 16:45 Barnoldswick Town v Avro (Premier) | Saturday 5th March | 19:30 Steeton v Ashton Town (1st North) | Sunday 6th March | 11:30 Ilkley Town v Garstang (1st North) | Sunday 6th March | 14:30
This promises to be a very exciting weekend of footballing action, so plan ahead. If you are not on the parish or perhaps you are and just dont fancy the drivng, our friends at Groundhop UK have you covered too.
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ELLESMERE RANGERS FC
Ellesmere is a historic market town nestling in the North West corner of Shropshire on the Welsh border. Its large number of lakes or meres gives it its name of Shropshire’s “Lake District” and makes it a popular place for tourists. The club badge of a swan represents an affinity with the large number of these birds that populate the local waterways. The club in its present form was founded in 1969, although there have been football teams in the town since the early 1900s. These early teams played their games on the Wharf Meadow, which at that time was within the grounds of the local dairy (where Tesco is now). The Railway pub in the town was the venue for the first meeting of the soon to be Railway Rangers playing in the Oswestry and District League in their first season. The club moved its headquarters to the Market Hotel in 1974 and the club name was changed to Ellesmere Rangers. They remained in the Oswestry & District League until the following season when they gained promotion into the Shrewsbury and West Shropshire League. The Rangers’ first major honour was in 1981 when, managed by our present club secretary John Edge, the club lifted the Shropshire Junior cup at Shrewsbury Town’s Gay Meadow Stadium beating Weston United 2-1. Further moves upwards were achieved, and by 1988/89 Rangers were in the Shropshire County League. 2004/5 saw them in the West Midland League Division 2 where back to back promotions were achieved, and 2005/6 saw the Rangers competing in the West Midland first division. In the 2008/9 season a strong challenge for promotion was mounted. This was narrowly missed by a couple of points and 4th place was achieved, putting the team in a strong position for the following season. The 2009/10 year saw the club get promotion to the Midland Alliance. An incredible season was capped off during a memorable night at the Prostar Arena, the home of Shrewsbury Town, when the Rangers beat Market Drayton Town (two leagues higher) to win the Shropshire Challenge Cup.
ELLESMERE RANGERS FC
The 2010/11 season was very much one of consolidation, finishing a very creditable 13th position in our first year at this level and also reaching the final of the Walsall Senior Cup at Walsall’s Banks Stadium. For the 2013/2014 season Rangers were now back in the West Midland Regional League Premier Division and finished the season in 11th place. During the 2015/2016 season the club saw some major changes to the Beech Grove facility, the old clubhouse was demolished and replaced with a new one and the changing rooms were extended and refurbished. The 2018/2019 season again sees major changes at the club, after 14 years, (11 in the West Midland League and 3 in the Midland Alliance League) we were moved into the North West Counties First Division South. The 2020/2021 season sees Matt Burton return to the club as joint manager with Connor Courtney. We also have a womens team who play in the Shropshire Womens Midweek League and Ellesmere Rangers Sunday. who play in the Premier Division of the Shrewsbury and District Football League. The club also has a thriving junior section. The club is proud to be a close knit family unit and the progress on the pitch can only be achieved because of the efforts of the backroom people who put in a huge amount of work to push the club on to further success.
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Stafford Town Cammell Laird 1907 Sandbach United Barnton Eccleshall Brocton Stockport Town St Martins New Mills Wythenshawe Amateurs Maine Road Wolverhampton Casuals (The Buildbase FA Vase 2Q) Haughmond (TJ Vickers Premier Cup 1) FC Isle of Man Cheadle Heath Nomads West Didsbury & Chorlton Alsager Town Abbey Hulton United Cheadle Town Rocester Abbey Hey Eccleshall Barnton Wythenshawe Amateurs Alsager Town Wythenshawe Amateurs West Didsbury & Chorlton St Martins Rocester FC Isle of Man Brocton Cheadle Town Sandbach United Rocester Stockport Town New Mills St Martins (The First Division Cup 1) Abbey Hulton United Maine Road Stafford Town St Martins (The Macron Cup 1) Cheadle Heath Nomads Abbey Hey Cammell Laird 1907
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ELLESMERE RANGERS FC | 2021/22 Fixtures and Results
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Ellesmere Rangers FC | Player Apperances & Goals Players Name
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1 1 0 17 6 21 5 6 5 4 0 1 23 1 11 17 6 14 6 1 1 0 0 4 15 24 12 1 8 2 0 1 0 1 1 28 28 1 20 17 23 14 16 0
9 2 0 5 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 7 5 4 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 5 0 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 9 0
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Marco Adaggio Degol Antonio Kane Auld Karl Bailey Jack Boswell (GK) Connor Courtney Ben Davies Jordan Davies Josh Dunne Arron Eccleston (GK) Callum Griffiths Oliver Hawkins (GK) Ryan Hickman Mark Holdridge * Steven Hole David Howarth Harvey Howell David Howells Regan Jones * Sean Jones Kyle Jordon Ryan King * Ryan Knott * Callum Leigh Harvey Lewis * Owen Lloyd Joseph Loughnane Samuel Marsh Ryan Morgan Joe Parry Nicholas Porter Aaron Powell Brendon Price Kevin Renshaw Ben Richards (GK) Blake Robinson Carl Rogers Jack Sheward (GK) Ashley Spittlehouse (GK) Jack Sweeney * Brandon Tanomjit George Taylor Niall Thomas Callum Wright
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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
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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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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
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2021/22 Player Apperances
SATURDAY'S FIXTURES Abbey Hey v Stafford Town Abbey Hulton United v Ellesmere Rangers Brocton v New Mills Cammell Laird 1907 v Alsager Town Eccleshall v Barnton Maine Road v Stockport Town Sandbach United v Cheadle Heath Nomads Wythenshawe Amateurs v St Martins FC Isle of Man v West Didsbury & Chorlton
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