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We have had a pleasing start to the competitive season with a hard fought 2-1 victory at AFC Wulfrunians last Saturday with a terrific free-kick from Ethan Vale and a thumping header from Jake Lovatt. The victory sets us up with a home tie In the Preliminary Round next Saturday against Bedworth United who play in the Midland Division of our League. Bed worth are no strangers to us as we have played them several times in the League so we expect an entertaining game of football. If there is a replay it will take place at Bedworth on the Tuesday In the Isuzu FA Trophy Castle have been drawn at home to Spalding United who will be making the long trip from Lincolnshire with the winners away to Kempston Rivers (who we beat in last season's FA Trophy) or Dereham Town. The Youth Team have a bye in the FA Youth Cup before they should have played Bilston Town down here at the Red Industries Stadium but we have received a bye as Bilston have withdrawn from the competition. Another mouth watering draw from the FA sees our ladies team drawn at home to local rivals Port Vale in the Women's FA Cup. The game is due to take place down here at the Red Industries Stadium on Sunday 11th September.
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our opening NPL game down here at the Red Industries Stadium when we welWitton Witton Albion to our ground having made the short trip down the M6. Witton have joined the West Division this season having been relegated from the Premier Division at the end of last season but that is in the past and we know we will have to be at our best to pick up the points as Witton will have something to prove.
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Our new Reserve side made a great start to their season in the Staffs County Senior League Division 1 with a 8-1 victory at home to Eastwood Hanley Res.
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Today we welcome Witton Albion to the Red Industries Stadium in our first home game of the season. As always with a season opener there are expectations and unknowns for both teams but one thing we do know, it will be a tough game against a club that has had a great experience at step 3 the last few years and taking into consideration the blistering heat as well. We have had a win under the belt already this season after beating AFC Wulfrunians last Saturday away from home in the FA Cup. We have added some quality players to our squad with some on show today for the fans to get a glimpse at. We are looking for 3 points on opening day to get off to a flyer and hope to get a good performance to go with it. Enjoy the game, the sun from thefrom the Dugout
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It is with great sadness that we open these programme notes following the loss this week of our friend, fan, and previous Director of the club Alan Salt. Those people that knew Alan will reflect on his enjoyment at watching Town, often home and away, and his great company in the clubhouse afterwards. He shall be missed by many. Our deepest sympathies go to his family and friends at this sad time. We have lost too many good people this year. We continue to remember those that have made a significant contribution to the club off the field as well, opening the new Colin Spencer boardroom at our last home friendly match. His daughter Lynne and her family performed the official opening. Our thanks go to Geoff Ecclestone for arranging this excellent refurbishment of the boardroom.
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Opening of the Colin Spencer Boardroom before the Chasetown game this pre season
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In the 1880s the district of Witton, centrally situated in the mid Cheshire salt town of Northwich, had several different teams using the name 'Witton' as a prefix. The name Witton Albion itself can be traced back to a match played on October 26th 1887. No record of any matches has been found for 1889 and as such 1890 can be regarded as the year when the current club was actually formed. Albion’s first ground was adjacent to the Parish Church Vicarage. In 1897 they moved to Magdala Place near the Station Bridge. 1910 saw them move, paying the princely sum of £15 per annum, to a new ground adjacent to the Victoria Saw Mills just off Witton Street. July 1920 saw the club buy the ground outright for £750. Renamed appropriately the Central Ground, this was to be their home until 1989, when a Sainsbury’s Supermarket was developed on the site. The club then bought a 14 acre site off Chapel Street, Wincham and so their current Wincham Park stadium was constructed. To secure the club’s future, much of the surrounding land was later sold off.
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The ground and facilities have been most welcome to local clubs Nantwich Town, Runcorn Linnets and Northwich Victoria, whilst awaiting moves into their own new grounds, indeed the latter are now in their second spell with us. This season also sees Football League Division Two Barrow use Wincham Park as their training base Leagues and Honours Witton Albion, after winning the Crewe FA Junior Cup, encountered their first league opponents in 1894 when part of the Cheshire Junior League. They then had a season in the Crewe & District Junior League, whilst having their Reserve Team replace them and actually win the 1896/97 campaign. From 1897 to 1901 the team then competed in the Cheshire League before spreading their wings as they joined The Combination where the opposition consisted of the likes of Bangor, Burslem Port Vale, Chester, Tranmere Rovers, Wellington (now Telford) and Wrexham. A move to the Manchester League was made for 1904/05 where they played Altrincham, Macclesfield, Hyde, Buxton and Northwich Victoria on a regular basis. As leagues became stronger and stronger Witton decided to join the Lancashire Combination in 1912 and the decision was rewarded the following season when they carried off the Second Division championship. Unfortunately, with the outbreak of World War One, Albion only had one season in the top flight, finishing a respectable 10th. Following the war Witton Albion became one of the founder members of the Cheshire County League. It was not though until after the Second World War that championship honours were achieved. The following ten years saw them arguably become one of the best non league sides in the country. They won the league three times with the league and cup ‘double’ attained in 1953/54. They were also League and Cup runners-up during this period as well as a long spell of consecutive appearances in the Proper Rounds of the FA Cup.
RECENT HISTORY
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Witton were denied founder membership of the Northern Premier League due to the entry qualification relating to the season two prior to the formation and so had to battle on before eventually gaining promotion, when finishing Cheshire County League runners up in 1978/79. They almost won the NPL at the first attempt but were pipped by Mossley by just one point. The second season after moving to Wincham Park saw them as runaway champions with a sixteen point margin over Stalybridge Celtic. Season 1991/92 therefore saw them compete with the cream of the non-league world in the Football Conference.
Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Dagenham & Redbridge, Macclesfield Town, Wycombe Wanderers and Yeovil Town, future Football League clubs, were amongst their opponents in the three year spell as members. The end of the 1993/94 season saw the club relegated, for the first time in their history. With the club’s much publicised financial problems the end of the 1996/97 season brought a further relegation to the NPL First Division. Finding eventual stability the club finished comfortably in the top half in the succeeding seasons. In 1999/2000 Witton were only denied promotion on goal difference when they finished level on points with both Accrington Stanley and Burscough, along the way only suffering four defeats!
A fifth place finish in 2003/04 ultimately, under the re-construction of the non-league pyramid, earned Albion a place back in the NPL Premier Division. 2007 saw the tightest ever finish in the NPL’s 39 year history with Albion missing automatic promotion by just one goal and then losing to AFC Telford in the Play-off Final in front of a Wincham Park crowd of 2,281. Albion suffered a similar fate the following season, with the title seemingly won, a tremendous run from Fleetwood dashed hopes of automatic promotion before Witton this time lost at the Play-off Semi-Final stage. After finishing runners-up for two consecutive seasons in the Premier Division, the failure to secure promotion saw a mass exodus of management and players. Nigel Deeley, previously the popular assistant, was the unanimous choice as the new Manager with the task of rebuilding the playing squad. After seven points from an opening nine the Manager's fortunes changed and after a run of nine consecutive defeats the Board decided to appoint former manager Gary Finley in his place. Finley and assistant Lee Coathup (a member of the Wembley FA Trophy squad in 1992) looked to have steered Albion away from relegation, however only three points from the final eight games saw Witton slump to third from bottom that relegated them to the NPL Division 1 South.
The 2009/10 season saw Witton travel more than 3,000 miles in a mixed league campaign. Ever present in the top half of the table Witton touched the summit and appeared to be putting together a side capable of returning, at the first time of asking, to the Premier Division. Lack of consistency, injuries and a high turnover of players ultimately lead to the club missing out on the play-offs by six points and finishing 7th in the league. Manager Gary Finley departed on the final day of the season.
In May 2010 Witton appointed the experienced Paul Ogden as Manager. With more than 40 years management experience his appointment was part of an overall restructure of the club's football activities by Chairman Mark Harris and the Board. Former fan's favourite Dave MacPherson returned to the club as Assistant Player/Manager, moving up later in the season when Paul Ogden relinquished his role, whilst Brian Pritchard stepped up to the position of Assistant Player/Manager following a record breaking previous season when he increased his number of games for the club to well over the 700 mark! At the end of the 2010/11 season and with Dave MacPherson’s departed, Brian Pritchard was appointed Manager with Mike Moseley his Assistant and Nigel Deeley added onto the coaching team. These full members saw their just rewards along with the rest of the “Witton Family” when their charges won both their Play-off Semi and Final 3-0 to earn their place back in the NPL Premier Division for season 2012/13. With virtually the same squad the following season saw the team achieve a marvellous fourth position only to be beaten at FC United of Manchester in the Play-off Semi-Final. 2013/14 however saw a very different scenario as the team skirted around the relegation positions for a good while until early March when a good set of results saw them eventually finish in 16th spot.
On the 2014 August Bank Holiday, Manager Brian Pritchard made the shock announcement that he was leaving the club after a total of 19 years with Witton. A massive decision for him but with his work commitments, together with his personal life to consider, then the club very reluctantly accepted his resignation. Anthony Sheehan stepped up from his role of Player/Coach to manage the club and initially results went his way, but a disastrous run of defeats saw him leave. Tony Sullivan was brought in from Cammell Laird at the beginning of October charged with ensuring Premier Division status was maintained. It took over four months to finally establish a run of good results and by the end of March the team were finally out of the drop zone. April though brought just a single point from six matches the final one being at Stamford when 2-0 up at half-time against fellow relegation candidate an awful second period consigned the team to the First Division. Tony Sullivan duly stepped away, but the club was able to take advantage of NPL First Division South Norton United’s sad demise to recruit their manager Scott Dundas along with almost his total backroom staff and a sizable contingent of players. However just two months into the campaign and following a poor set of results Dundas and his staff were relieved of their duties leaving Paul Ogden to step in once more along with stalwart Terry Murphy, who sadly has now passed away, to take temporary charge of team affairs prior to the appointment of former player Carl Macauley who along with his assistant Gary Martindale were the management team at Conference North Vauxhall Motors until the club’s resignation. They thankfully succeeded in steadying the ship and despite the club, once again being forced to change regional divisions set about recruiting their own team, both on and off the field. Their dedication certainly paid off in ‘16/17 when, in practically any other scenario picking up nigh on 100 points and scoring 100 goals along the way would secure automatic promotion, the team won their Play-off games against AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Spalding United to regain their place back in the NPL’s top flight. The first season back exceeded expectations as it was only in the final month that Albion missed out on a Play off position whilst in 2018/19, playing catch up, the team finished in the top ten. 2020/21 saw them well placed, with games in hand, before the season was curtailed but last season with so many players being unavailable through injuries and Covid issues the team struggled to get any sort of run together and ultimately finishing second bottom were relegated. The management were subsequently relieved of their duties, the whole playing squad, many of whom had been with the club four years or so, sought pastures new and Jon Macken was duly appointed to firstly busy himself constructing a whole new team as the club look to attempt to bounce back.
OLI HITCHCOX – Central Defender Chester-born 28/10/2003 was on the books of Wrexham for two seasons. He broke into the Youth / Reserve side last season playing 29 games in total netting three times. Joined in August 2022.
ELLIOT ROKKA – Forward born in Stockport 16/3/96 who’s joined us after playing the previous two seasons at Atherton Collieries (24 starts in 44 matches scoring 6 times). He began his football career in the academy at Manchester United, spent a season at Riomaior in Portugal before moving to Macclesfield Town in 2014 and progressing to feature in the Silkmen’s first team. Then signed by Radcliffe Borough where he was their Young Player of the Year in 2016-17 having scored 16 goals. His performances earned him a move to Tranmere Rovers, going on loan to Colwyn Bay in December 2017 and Hyde United (9 matches, 2 goals). Played in Tranmere’s final match of the season but was released and re-signed for Radcliffe in August 2018 making 43 appearances and scoring 4 times in his 23 starts prior to moving to Atherton Collieries in March 2020. Signed a four-week loan deal at the end of November 2021 with phoenix club Macclesfield FC and further loan with Colne (6 matches, 1 goal) in February 2022.
MIKE KORAL – Defensive wing-back born in Manchester on 6/10/92 Mike initially joined us as a striker for the 2014/15 season, when he made a twostep jump up from playing North West Counties football. Mike was part of the Crewe Alexandra Academy set-up and in February 2012 went on loan to Congleton Town where he scored 7 goals in his 8 appearances. He signed permanently for them the following season and in his two seasons made a further 83 appearances scoring 29 times. Unfortunately a broken toe curtailed his start to his Albion career and after making just 6 starts in his 15 appearances (2 goals) he left to join Runcorn Town in January 2015. The 16/17 campaign saw him back at Congleton Town (42 appearances, 6 goals). The next season Winsford United gained his services and by the time he left in mid-September 2018 he’d made 44 appearances, 11 goals. 1874 Northwich was his next club for whom he made 64 appearances, 9 goals before joining Nantwich Town (11 appearances) in mid-September 2020. Mike then returned to 1874 Northwich for last season and made 40 appearances, 4 goals.
JORDAN DARLINGTON – Full Back born in Newcastle-under-Lyme 11/1/2000 who has signed for us on joint registration with Eccleshall whom he joined in January 2022. Spent the 18/19 season at Rocester making 26 appearances (18 starts) before joining Hanley Town whom he appeared for up until September 2021.
CAMERON FOGERTY – Midfielder, Manchester born on 27/8/03 who progressed through the Academy at Hyde United and got to play in 34 matches for the Tigers last season with only 3 of his appearances coming on as a substitute.
OLLIE MARTIN – Goalkeeper born 4/10/95 in Stockport who finished last season making 12 appearances, 3 clean sheets with City of Liverpool. A graduate of the Manchester City academy, as well as completing a two year scholarship with Fleetwood Town, captaining the Youth team in his second year. As a first year scholar he was heavily involved with the first team, before subsequently making his first team squad debut making the bench in early 2013. He then joined Stalybridge Celtic for the 14/15 campaign. After a brief spell in Sweden with Ange IF Ollie then had a couple of spells at New Mills sandwiched between being 39 matches for Mossley in 17/18. Joining Radcliffe he kept 30 clean sheets in his 90 appearances up until leaving them in midMarch 2020. He was then on the books of FC United of Manchester but appeared for both Ramsbottom United and Ashton United prior to his move to City of Liverpool in January 2022.
JACK TINNING – Left sided wing back born in Tameside 14/6/98 who has joined us from Warrington Rylands for whom he made 27 appearances last season having joined them in October 2020 and was in their FA Vase winning team as well as both their NWCL and subsequent NPL 1st Division promotion squads. Earlier in his career Jack was on a schoolboy contract at Oldham Athletic, at FC United of Manchester and from 2015 with Barnoldswick Town, Abbey Hey and Padiham prior to signing for 1874 Northwich in January 2019 for whom he made 24 appearances, 18 starts, netting twice in his 15 months stay.
WILL IGOE – Striker born in Sandbach 11/9/2003 who has been on Stockport County’s books. Played the past couple of seasons in local Sunday League football for Winsford Over but was also registered with North West Counties League side Barnton.
KINGSLEY WILLIAMS – Midfielder born 10/8/92 in Bolton who has followed Jon Macken from Colne where he made 17 appearances at the start of 2022. His career began playing in Sheffield United’s youth set up before appearing for Northwich Victoria in 2010/11, Bacup Borough and Alfreton Town. In January 2013 he moved out to Australia playing for Sydney Olympic before joining Cultural Deportiva Leonesa in the Spanish Segunda División in September 2014. In January 2015, a move to AC Monza fell through and he made his way back to England training with Crawley Town prior to signing for Ilkeston FC in July 2015. Following trials with Hartlepool United and Kidderminster Harriers he signed for Trafford making 60 appearances in his 16 month spell there. December 2017 saw him at Radcliffe where he remained, having captained the team, until January 2020. The remainder of 2020 saw him play in 20 matches for Widnes scoring 3 goals. Before joining Colne, last season saw him also have brief spells at Prestwich Heys, Ashton United, Radcliffe and Widnes.
IVANILSON LOFORTE TIQUE DA SILVA – is a 19year-old forward born 27/11/2002 who is currently on loan from Oldham Athletic Having previously been on the book at Bury, he joined Oldham Athletic on a twoyear contract in the summer of 2019. He made his senior debut on 5 September 2020 as a substitute in a 3–0 EFL Cup victory at home to Carlisle United. He joined Curzon Ashton on a month-long loan on 12 December 2020. He made 2 league appearances for Curzon Ashton. In May 2021. He signed new professional contract with the Latics until the end of this calendar year.
JOE DUCKWORTH – Forward born 8/6/2001 in Crewe who joined us for this season from Winsford United for whom he made 37 appearances netting 17 times in 21/22. He also played on, joint registration, in 13 of FC United of Manchester’s matches last term scoring 4 times as well as a substitute appearance for 1874 Northwich. Playing initially for the Barnton U21’s team Joe first linked up with Winsford in the 2018/19 season before signing for 1874 Northwich in October 2019 making a total of 6 substitute appearances before returning to Winsford for the 20/21 campaign.
PRINCE HAYWOOD – Central Midfielder who was born 2/4/92 in Ghana but is of Italian Nationality and joined us initially in the summer of 2016 after playing with Ramsbottom United (34 appearances) the previous season. Before then he had a couple of seasons with Stalybridge Celtic making 45 appearances and has also played at Colwyn Bay in the 2014/15 campaign. Before coming to Britain Prince played in Italy for A.S.D. Virtus Pavullese and his first English team was Tyldesley based Hindsford AFC. He made 91 appearances, scoring 7 times in his two seasons at Wincham Park. Prince joined Radcliffe for the 2018/19 season and clocked up 59 appearances before moving to Nantwich Town in February 2021 where he made 41 appearances, 3 goals for the Dabbers before re-joining Radcliffe at the end of 2021, making a further 4 appearances. He completed last season playing 16 matches under Jon Macken at Colne.
SAM BILLINGTON – Attacking Midfielder, Liverpool born on 21/9/2001 who having been on Liverpool FC’s books signed for Radcliffe in December 2018 making 15 appearances before being injured on 11/1/2020. Joined Bamber Bridge in January 2022.
DANNY ADIGUN – Defender German-born 02/05/1997. He was originally on the books of Everton and Manchester City as a junior. He moved to Bury and then joined Winsford United as a 16year-old. He then joined Witton’s Development Squad before making his first team debut in September 2016, making 10 appearances before leaving for Alsager Town. He returned before moving to Stalybridge Celtic last March. He returned for a third spell in the summer.
TAYLOR KENNERLEY – Midfielder born in Crewe 14/12/97 who has joined us after playing since February 2017 for 1874 Northwich for whom he made 178 appearances and scored 36 goals. Prior to then he came through the youth team ranks at Runcorn Linnets to make their 2015 & 2016 first-team squads.
JOSH PATERSON – Central Midfielder born Liverpool on 4th June 2002 Josh progressed through the Albion Youth and Under 21's teams to deserve his recruitment to the First Team squad. To help him gain full match experience Josh went on dual registration to North West Counties Alsager Town at the start of October 2021 and played in 12 matches (8 starts). On the bench several times he did get to make a couple of Albion first team appearances last season including a start against Winsford United.
LEE JACKSON – Defender Bolton born on 31/10/90 who has joined us for this season from Macclesfield FC for whom he made 11 appearances in last season’s championship team between October and April. Prior to then he made 96 appearances for 1874 Northwich whom he joined in August 2017 after spending three seasons at Congleton Town, making 92 appearances for the Bears. Lee had previously been on the books of Manchester United and Stockport County from whom he was loaned to Mossley making 5 appearances in March 2009. Woodley Sports, Ashton United (10 appearances in early 2011), Prescot Cables, Trafford FC in October 2012 and Knutsford have also been his ports of call.
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Well from the media side you will be missed its been good to have you in the stands with us mate but 110% we want you back on the pitch. Looking ahead then to the season what are your feelings on where we are at the moment and how we can do this coming season given the strength of the sides that have come into the league this year?
Well I would say sooner rather than later the management are wanting to be cautious as they don’t want me to rush back and have anything occur which sees me out again so I would say back on the pitch 3 weeks given all goes according to plan maybe sooner if I can persuade them.
Yeah, rehab has been good very tough, to begin with as my body has been getting used to moving again and gradually building up putting more strain on my groin. I’ve progressed a lot now and I’m happy with how it’s going. I have to give a huge thanks to Owen he’s new this year and has definitely been thrown in at the deep end with regards to dealing with my injury due to it being so rare anyone would have a hard time working out rehab and plans but Owen has been nothing but top class knowledgable and just a pleasure to work with during this rehab.
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OLLIE TORJUSSEN MAX VAN DER LAAN ETHAN VALE NATHAN MORLEY CHRIS SMITH CALLUM PARKER JAKE LOVATT JAYDEN HUNTER RYAN BAXTER AVAILABLE ATO VAILABLE TO SPONSOR SPONSOR AVAILABLE ATO VAILABLE TO SPONSOR SPONSOR AVAILABLE ATO VAILABLE TO SPONSOR SPONSOR AVAILABLE ATO VAILABLE TO SPONSOR SPONSOR AVAILABLE ATO VAILABLE TO SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSORED BY Jase, Ange & Freya 2022/23 PLAYER SPONSORSHIPS To sponsor one of the players available please contact the club via sponsorship@newcastletownfc.co.uk
Where: Roe Lane Playing Fields, Newcastle, ST5 3PH When: Saturday 10am -12pm Who: Boys and Girls aged between 5 and 18, any & all abilities (Disabilities welcome) Cost: First session free and then £5 for each 2 hour session (pay on the day) NTFC SOCCERSCHOOL SOCCERSCHOOL EVERY SATURDAY MORNING VISIT US ONLINE
2 0 2 2 / 2 3 T E A M S T A T S Newcastle Town Football Club are proud to be sponsored by Barringtons Chartered Accountants Barringtons vision is to be recognised as the foremost provider of highest quality, proactive and responsive professional business advisory services. Their services, but not restricted to include: Audit & Bookkeeping, Company Secretarial, Corporate Finance, Management Accounts & Payroll, Tax & VAT www.barringtons.co.uk
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GOLDEN GOLDEN 8 8 2 WINNERS LAST WEEK BOTH GETTING £300 Interested in becoming an agent for the Golden8? Speak with Geoff in the bar today GRAB YOUR TICKETS FOR NEXT WEEK TODAY We are a small independent specialist day college situated in Stoke on Trent. Regent College was founded in 1999 and provides specialist education for young people from 16 – 25 years old. regentcollegestoke.co.uk
CLUBHOUSE The Clubhouse bar is open from 13:00 on Saturday Matchday's and 18:00 on midweek games Showing Live football on SKY Sports LIVEFOOTBALL BEFOREANDAFTERTHEMATCH Great selection of bottle conditioned ales wines, spirits, and gins A B C D E S P O T T H E B A L L Imagery Imagery P H O T O G R A P H Y P H O T O G R A P H Y Official Club Photographer of Newcastle Town FC Check out the website later this week for images from todays game
vs vs TUESDAY 16th august T2022 UESDAY 16th august T2022 UESDAY 16th august 2022 7:45 pm 7kickoff :45 pm 7kickoff :45 pm kickoff ADULTS : £9 CONCESSIONS : £5 Potteries Park Bucknall ST2 8AJ C O M E A N D J O I N U S
Joe SLINN James ASKEY Luke DENNIS Michael CONLON Joe HURST Connor RUSSO Oliver RITCHIE Tommy VAN DER LAAN Jack VAN DER LAAN Max VAN DER LAAN Josh DOWNIE Lewis HOLDHAM Will LLOYD Ollie TORJUSSEN Ethan VALE Callum LOVATT Nathan MORLEY Jayden HUNTER Chris SMITH Jake LOVATT Callum PARKER Ryan BAXTER Danny ADIGUN Sam BILLINGTON Jordan DARLINGTON Ivanilson Loforte Tique DA SILVA Joe DUCKWORTH Cameron FOGERTY Prince HAYWOOD Oli HAYWOOD Oli HITCHCOX Will IGOE Lee JACKSON Taylor KENNERLEY Mike KORAL Ollie MARTIN Josh PATTERSON Elliot ROKKA Jack TINNING Kingsley WILLIAMS Robin van der Laan Jon Macken Manager Manager Today's Match Officials Ref: Mark Bates Asst A: Matthew O'Shea| Asst B: Jamie Kilgannon www.newcastletownfc.co.uk
