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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: 257 v Port Vale (17th September 2018) 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.
The View of the Manager WITH
Russell Leadbetter Russ Leadbetter gives his views on last time out v Cheadle Town FC
It was a good performance from the lads. Cheadle Town are always a tough team to play against, but I thought for the majority of the game we were in control. All three of our goals were good quality goals and the two we conceded were disappointing if I’m honest, our own mistakes, which seems to be the way we concede most of our goals! Cant take anything away
from the lads, they kept going and got the win over the line in the end. Another very tough game against top of the league today, but hopefully we can take last weeks form into the game with us and pick up where we left off last week.
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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Welcome to West Didsbury & Chorlton West Didsbury and Chorlton AFC was founded as Christ Church A.F.C. in 1908, over 100 years ago, by Mr. R F Hartley, a Sunday School Superintendent at the church on Princess Parkway, West Didsbury. West played friendlies at first and then in the Manchester Alliance League until the First World War. After the War the club joined the Lancashire and Cheshire League for the 1920/21 season and had to change its name to West Didsbury AFC, as that League did not permit a name suggesting association with any other body. The club was placed in Divisions 1 and A, and stayed in the top flight for 25 seasons. The first honours were double runners up in Div 1 and Rhodes Cup in 1922/23, and the club remained in the L+C League until 2006, winning many honours and providing 4 League Presidents along the way. The home ground from before 1914 until the mid 1980’s was Christie Playing Fields, and then the owners, Manchester and Salford Playing Fields Society, gave the club notice to quit having decided to sell off the land for commercial development – now ironically called ‘Christie Fields’ office park. After several years’ nomadic existence the club acquired the redundant and overgrown Recreation Ground at Brookburn Road in Chorlton in 1996, and made plans to restore the ground and develop a vision for a community club. This was down to the hard work of a core of players and Committee who refused to let the club fold. New changing rooms and clubhouse facilities were completed aided by a Lottery grant, new sponsors and members’ fundraising, but without a penny from the Playing Fields Society sale proceeds and in time to start the 1997-98 season at this new home. A further name change followed in 2003 to reflect the new location in Chorlton and the club was then elected to the Manchester League in 2006. In 2007/8 West won its first Manchester League silverware lifting the Murray Shield in the last game of the club’s centenary year. That team was the nucleus of the previously successful junior team and the following season 2008/09 West just missed promotion to the Premier Division and again reached the Murray Shield Final. With a new management team led by Andy Nelson, 2009/10 was very successful and honours spread throughout the club. The 1st team won the Murray Shield (the third consecutive year in the final) and was league runners-up. The reserves won the Bridgewater League Cup and the U17 Youth team won their League..
Welcome to West Didsbury & Chorlton In 2010/2011 the 1st team won the Manchester League First Division title in style with a fantastic 65 points out of 72 possible. This ranks as one of the highest points totals per game in Manchester League history dating back over a century. The clubs reserve team and youth teams also had terrific seasons, also resulting in promotion and for the second year reaching the Bridgewater Cup Final. The Youth team reached yet another final where they were just pipped to the trophy by New Mills and the Veterans were runners up in the Premier Division of the Cheshire Veterans League. Plans were made to lease adjacent land long term for junior football to deliver the club Vision to be a FA Charter Standard Club, playing at the highest possible level it can whilst remaining financially viable. Floodlights were erected in July 2011 to meet FA requirements and West competed in the FA Vase for the first time in 2011-12 as a Step 7 club. Election to the Step 6 and the NWCFL followed in June 2012 and the club had an incredible first season finishing in 3rd position to secure promotion to Step 5, guaranteeing a first ever FA Cup place and winning the Div1 Trophy. 2013-14 saw a strong recovery from a series of early season setbacks and defeats in August to consolidate with a very creditable 12th place league finish in the Premier Division. Two new stands were then installed to improve spectator facilities and the new grass pitches were laid out on adjoining land as part of the long term development plan. Further historic milestones in 2013-14 were the 2-0 home victory over Abbey Hey in the club’s first ever appearance in the FA Cup quickly followed by a 2-1 first FA Vase victory away at NCEL Rossington Main near Doncaster in mid September. The following season saw the club experience something of an erratic start in the League, as well as losing to Brighouse Town from the Evo Stik League [North] in the FA Cup at the end of August having been given a walk over by the FA in the previous round against NWCFL new club, Cammell Laird 1907. Rossington were FA Vase opponents for the second successive year and again defeated 2-1, this time at home, before West lost 1-2 to eventual finalists Glossop North End. Some good mid season results garnered enough points to finish 16th in the table, well clear of trouble, with a final home game 2-0 victory over Runcorn Linnets signing off manager Andy Nelson’s six meteoric season’s in style.
Welcome to West Didsbury & Chorlton 2015-16 proved to be a record breaking season in a number of ways for West. After a slightly erratic start to the season under new manager Steve Settle, a series of good results from September onwards saw the club rise up the table eventually finishing in a record 5th place. The major highlight of the season had to be the record breaking 15-1 FA Vase win over Dinnington Town, this being the highest ever win both in the Vase as a competition and by any NWCFL club throughout history. Progression was also made off the field with new facilities at Hardy Farm opened by local MP Jeff Smith. Plans were also made to expand the clubhouse and spectator facilities at Brookburn Road. The season was to have a sad end with the death of club secretary Rob Turley, a man who had been involved with West Didsbury & Chorlton for over 40 years. But with a strong volunteer base and progress being made on and off the field, the club is in safe hands with a bright future ahead. 2016/17 saw the club finished in 6th place but finished with both a record points total and number of goals scored notching 106 league goals. The club also saw a record average attendance as almost 5,000 people attended matches at Brookburn Road with a club record 674 in attendance for the South Manchester Derby against Maine Road. In cup competitions West entered the Manchester Premier Cup defeating Radcliffe Borough and Glossop North End en-route to facing FC United of Manchester in the Semi Final’s which saw more than 200 West supporters travel to Broadhurst Park before West bowed out to the eventual winners.
West Didsbury & Chorlton 2021 /22 season so far
West Didsbury & Chorlton 2021 /22 Player stats Players Name
Ian Bailey (GK) Scott Bladen * Matthew Cook Samuel Corbishley James Cottee Rhain Davis Liam Delaney Marcus Dibble Benjamin Elliott Ezeikel Eme Oliver Ford Dontai Gabidon Lee Gavin Isaac Graham Aarron Grewal Stephen Hall Connor Hancock Sam Heathcote Alexander Jackson Andrew Jones (GK) Callum Jones Ashley Leather * Daniel Lewis Billy Matthews Elliot Messam Ethan Robertson Jack Ryan Joel Swift Joshua Tinker Thomas Westall
Starts
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Goals
0 0 14 0 1 12 6 13 14 3 3 8 7 1 10 0 11 15 0 17 11 0 0 13 1 0 8 2 10 7
0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 4 8 2 3
0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 10 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Abbey Hey v New Mills Abbey Hulton United v West Didsbury & Chorlton Cheadle Town v Cammell Laird 1907 Eccleshall v FC Isle of Man Ellesmere Rangers v Cheadle Heath Nomads Maine Road v St Martins Rocester v Wythenshawe Amateurs Stafford Town v Sandbach United Stockport Town v Alsager Town
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ABBEY HULTON UNITED FC ANNUAL BONFIRE AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY Gates open at 6pm Bonfire lit at 7pm Fireworks Start at 8pm
Bar and Café will be open. Sweets and refreshment stalls. Entry just £2 per adult, £1 U16s. Bring the whole family along for a safe and wonderful evening.
1ST TEAM PLAYER PROFILE
NATHAN GRICE
Date of birth: 07/07/1989 Weight : 13st Height: 6 Foot 3 Inches Last club played for: Hanley Town / Port Vale Club you Support: Port Vale Favourite player past : Vidic Favourite player now: Cristiano Ronaldo Favourite manager: Southgate Favourite music: Any
TEAM MATES
Least intelligent: Sammy Worst dressed: Tyler Fastest: Sammy Last one to get a round in: Bristow Who is Punching: Keeylin Thomas
2021/22 Fixtures
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Players Name
Starts
Thomas Ashton 3 Tyler Barnes 8 Owen Basford 2 Joshua Beaumont 0 Josh Bowden 1 Joshua Bristow 11 Fitzroy Butler 7 Joshua Buxton 0 Adam Catalano 11 Jack Cotterill 0 Lee Cropper 12 Kevyn Davies 10 Lewis Doughty 0 Mason Franklin 0 Christopher Gilpin * 0 Nathan Grice 9 Matthew Harrison * 3 Oliver Hickman 1 Zak Hill 4 Thomas Hinton 2 Ethan Holdcroft 0 Mbemba Juwara 1 Patrik Kacer (GK) 0 Adam Lawrence (GK) 11 Russell Leadbetter 0 Joe Lewis 3 Sam Lewis 1 * Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad
# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance
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0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021/22 Player Apperances
Players Name
Starts
0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 9 6 2 1 4 0 7 * Indicates player is no longer a member of the
squad
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
# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance
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0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
2021/22 Player Apperances
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Adam Lawrence Jack Pointon Adam Catalano Kevyn Davies Keeylin Thomas Matthew Harrison Nathan Grice Joshua Bristow Jamie Turner Ryan Pickup Fitzroy Butler Thomas Ashton Lee Cropper Sam Wytcherley Tyler Barnes Thomas Hilton Josh Bowden Mbemba Juwara Nathan Mellor Zak Hill Brandon Newell
Andrew Jones Matthew Cook Connor Hancock Callum Jones Marcus Dibble Sam Haethcote Aarron Gewal Joshua Tinker Benjamin Elliott Oliver Ford Dontai Gabidon Liam Delaney Lee Gavin Jack Ryan Thomas Westall Billy Matthews
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