Abbey Hulton United vs Rocester FC

Abbey Hulton United FC Abbey Hulton United FC vs

Rocester FC Tuesday 5th April 2022 7:45 pm Kickoff The First Division Cup | Round 2

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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.

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ROCESTER FC Rocester F.C.’s lengthy history dates back to 1876 when a number of friendly matches were played against teams from the surrounding area.

As founder members of the Dove Valley League, Rocester played their first competitive football in the 1892-93 season, but it wasn’t until 1911 when the Ashbourne News Cup provided the club with its first ever trophy. Several more honours followed during the 1920s and 1930s in local competitions before the club disbanded in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War II. Reformed in 1946, Rocester were soon among the honours again, and a move into the Stafford Amateur League in 1953 brought unprecedented success when no less than eight trophies were won in just three seasons.

The club stepped up into the Staffordshire County League (North) in 1957, and remained in membership with varying degrees of success until the formation of the Staffordshire Senior league in 1984. The appointment of retired Black Country businessman Don Hill as Chairman led to a rapid rise, and under the guidance of former player Alan Beaman the club won its first senior honours when both the Senior League title and the Staffordshire F.A. Vase were annexed in 1986. Further success followed in 1987 when the Senior League title was retained, and only a penalty shoot-out defeat in the Staffordshire F.A. Vase Final prevented a repeat of the ‘double’ achieved a year earlier.

1986-87 proved to be a memorable season in the F.A. Vase, which Rocester had entered for the first time. Starting in the Extra Preliminary, they reached the last 16, knocking out the holders and hot favourites Halesowen Town along the way before a club record attendance of 1,026 at Leek Town’s Harrison park ground. During the summer of 1987 Rocester moved from their old home, in truth no more than a field with wooden changing rooms, to the present ground, named at the time as Riversfield. The new ground was built on the site of an ancient Roman fort, which led to the adoption of their nickname ‘The Romans’.

At the same time the club joined Division One of the West Midlands (Regional) League where they remained unbeaten in their first 22 games before going on to claim the championship with some ease. The Romans also won the League Cup and the Staffordshire F.A. Vase to complete a magnificent treble.

Rocester took their place in the Premier Division and following an initial mid-table finish they made a challenge for the title in 1989-90 only to be edged into 2nd place by Hinckley Town on goal-difference.

In 1994 Rocester became founder members of the Midland Football Alliance, and in 1998 claimed second place behind Bloxwich Town. However the following season promotion to the Southern League was achieved as MFA Champions. The ground, now renamed ‘Hillsfield’ in memory of Don Hill who died in 1996, had already met the required grade.

The Romans reached the Staffs Senior Cup final for the first time in 2001, but struggled in the Southern League until being relegated back into the Midland Alliance in 2003 after four seasons away. However that disappointment was quickly forgotten when the Midland Alliance title was won at the first attempt, this time with promotion into the Northern Premier League. The move north signalled a big downturn in fortunes and the Romans went through a complete season without a league victory in 2004-05.

Once again relegated back into the Midland Alliance, the downward trend proved difficult to reverse and although performances improved, it wasn't until January 2006 that the team finally recorded its first league win, a 3-1 success at Quorn, to end a run of 67 league games without a win. After finishing bottom, a second successive relegation was only avoided due to league restructuring.

After two disastrous years the club began to move forward again and a respectable 12th place finish was attained in 2006-07 along with a run to the 3rd Qualifying Round of the F.A. Cup where the Romans lost narrowly at Kettering Town in front of over 1000 spectators.

The Romans continued to improve during 2007-08, and the season ended on a high when Kidsgrove Athletic were beaten 3-0 in the Staffs Senior Cup Final at Vale Park – the first and so far the only time Rocester have won the prestigious trophy.

Former player Dave Langston proved the most successful of several managers over the next seven years, but his departure in 2013 decimated the squad and a complete rebuild was required. Following a poor start the team failed to recover sufficiently, and after finishing in the bottom three the Romans were spared relegation only after Gornal Athletic were deducted points and Highgate United failed to attain the necessary ground-grading meaning the club could begin the 2014-15 campaign in the Premier Division of the newlyformed Midland Football League.

Mark Wilson’s appointment as Manager in September 2014 saw fortunes improve dramatically, and in his first season in charge his team finished 12th and reached the final of the League Cup. Wilson resigned in January 2015, but under his successor Danny Martin the club were relegated into the MFL Division 1 in 2017. Andy O’Connor returned to steady the ship before former player Paul Wright took charge in September 2019.

Following F.A. restructuring in the summer of 2021, the Romans were laterally moved into the North West Counties League Division One South, and begin a new chapter in their long history.

Opposition

H/A

Score

Barnton

A

L 1-4

Eccleshall

H

W 2-1

Abbey Hulton United

A

L 1-2

St Martins

H

W 4-0

Cheadle Town

H

L 1-2

New Mills

A

Postp

Maine Road

A

L 1-3

Ellesmere Rangers

H

D 2-2

Stafford Town

H

L 1-3

Abbey Hey

H

Postp

Stockport Town

H

L 0-6

West Didsbury & Chorlton

A

Postp

Cheadle Heath Nomads

A

L 2-4

Cheadle Heath Nomads

H

Postp

Brocton

A

D 1-1

Sandbach United

H

W 2-1

Abbey Hey

H

Postp

Alsager Town

H

L 0-2

Cheadle Heath Nomads

H

W 2-0

AFC Bridgnorth

A

L 1-2

Abbey Hulton United

H

L 2-4

West Didsbury & Chorlton

A

L 1-5

Barnton

H

L 0-1

Maine Road

H

L 1-4

Cammell Laird 1907

A

L 1-2

Abbey Hey

H

L 1-2

St Martins

A

W 4-0

Wythenshawe Amateurs

H

L 0-4

Congleton Town

A

L 0-5

West Didsbury & Chorlton

H

L 0-2

New Mills

H

Postp

Stockport Town

A

D 2-2

Sporting Khalsa

A

L 1-4

New Mills

A

L 0-5

Brocton

H

W 1-0 L 1-3

(The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q)

(Walsall Senior Cup 1)

(The Macron Cup 1)

Abbey Hey

A

L 1-2

Wythenshawe Amateurs

A

Ellesmere Rangers

A

W 3-2

FC Isle of Man

A

L 1-2

Abbey Hulton United

A

Cheadle Town

A

L 0-3

Sandbach United

A

L 3-4

Cammell Laird 1907

H

Postp

New Mills

H

L 1-4

Eccleshall

A

D 1-1

Kidsgrove Athletic

N

Postp

FC Isle of Man

H

D 2-2

Stafford Town

A

L 0-4

Alsager Town

A

W 1-0

Ellesmere Rangers

H

Postp

Cammell Laird 1907

H

L 1-5

Cheadle Heath Nomads

H

Postp

Kidsgrove Athletic

A

L 0-5

(The First Division Cup 2)

(Staffordshire Senior Cup 2)

(Staffordshire Senior Cup 2)

2021/22 Fixtures and Results

0

Ishaq Ibrar

10

1

1

Carl Allen

14

0

0

Challis Johnson *

2

1

2

Michael Allen (GK)

1

0

0

Garrett Kelly

8

0

0

David Bailey

9

0

0

Reuben Lal *

5

0

0

Tyler Barnes

7

2

2

Alex Langridge (GK)

0

0

0

Dario Barros

1

1

0

Charles Leybourn

4

0

0

Charlie Batho *

0

0

0

Ethan Lowe *

1

0

0

Harry Bickerton

7

0

0

Mawgan Blight (GK)

7

0

0

Jack LucasHigginbotham

2

0

0

Dale Boot

1

5

2

Oliver Marsh

8

2

0

Ross Bould

1

0

0

George Mealey *

2

0

0

Amarie Brown

0

0

0

Seedorf Mendes

8

0

1

Hayden Brown *

0

0

0

0

2

0

Darren Bullock

6

0

0

Charlie MilczarekGrocott

Alexander Cimino

17

3

8

Kenrick Miller *

0

1

0

Tommie Cooke *

6

0

0

Kaileb Mincher

0

2

0

Sean Crean *

1

0

0

Liam Morris *

0

3

0

Derry Creighton *

6

0

0

Ben Moses (GK)

0

0

0

Lewis Dawson

9

5

1

Jaydn Mundle (GK)

2

0

0

Jordan Dodd *

7

1

1

Reward Mwakona

7

0

0

Michael Dunn *

0

0

0

Henry Nash

7

0

0

Joel Dyche

6

0

2

David Ndene

8

9

2

Brad Ede

5

1

0

Julius Ndene

22

1

4

Jacob Evans

9

0

0

Brandon Newell *

6

0

1

Thomas Evans

1

1

0

Matthew Nutt

25

8

0

Aaron Eyre *

0

0

0

Joshua Oultram *

1

3

0

Kevin Fernandes

5

0

0

David Pereira

7

2

1

Taylor Fletcher *

0

0

0

Rory Regan

13

2

1

Elisio Francisco

7

7

0

Ali Salim

1

1

0

Ruben GardnerMcIntosh

Elijah Sawyers *

2

0

0

1

0

0

Alexander Scott *

14

1

1

Mitchell Glover

5

0

0

Christopher Smith *

1

0

0

Jordan Godfrey

15

1

0

Luke Smith *

0

0

0

Oliver Griffiths

18

14

1

Ethan Stanton *

10

0

0

Lennon Grimley

2

0

0

Jack Stevens

12

15

0

Jack Grimshaw *

5

0

0

Xavier Watts *

3

2

0

James Handley *

0

1

0

Max Williams

8

2

0

Remmiko Harper

3

0

0

Charlie Wood (GK)

30

0

0

Cavan Holford

23

0

9

Jayden Hunter

21

1

9

Ky-mani Hunter

1

3

1

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

2

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

5

Player Apperances & Goals

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2021/22 Fixtures Opposition

H/A

Score

Stockport Town

H

L 1-2

St Martins

A

D 2-2

Barnton

A

Postp

Rocester

H

W 2-1

St Martins

H

W 6-0

Barnton

H

W 3-1

New Mills

H

L 0-1

New Mills

A

L 2-3

Maine Road

A

Postp

Brocton

A

L 0-1

Barnton

A

L 2-5

Abbey Hey

H

L 1-3

Cammell Laird 1907

H

L 0-1

Cammell Laird 1907

A

W 2-0

West Didsbury & Chorlton

A

L 1-4

Sandbach United

H

L 0-5

Alsager Town

H

W 4-1

Maine Road

H

W 3-2

Eccleshall

H

L 1-3

Stafford Town

A

L 0-2

Stafford Town

H

Postp

Atherstone Town

A

L 1-2

Cheadle Heath Nomads

A

Postp

Maine Road

A

Postp

(The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q) Cheadle Heath Nomads

H

W 3-1

Ellesmere Rangers

H

W 1-0

Stockport Town

A

L 2-3

Stafford Town

H

D 0-0

Cheadle Town

H

W 3-2

Rocester

A

W 4-2

West Didsbury & Chorlton

H

L 1-3

Wythenshawe Amateurs

H

L 0-1

FC Isle of Man

H

L 3-8

Alsager Town

H

L 1-3

Eccleshall

A

W 1-0

(The Macron Cup 1)

Ellesmere Rangers

A

L 2-4

Abbey Hey

A

L 1-2

Alsager Town

A

L 0-1

Cheadle Heath Nomads

A

W 4-0

Stoke City

H

L 1-4

Sandbach United

A

L 0-6

Maine Road

A

L 0-4 L 1-2

(Staffordshire Senior Cup 1) Wythenshawe Amateurs

A

L 1-2

FC Isle of Man

A

Brocton

H

W 4-1

Rocester

H

Cheadle Town

A

D 3-3

(The First Division Cup 2)

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

Players Name

Starts

Sub

Goals

Players Name

Starts

Sub

Goals

Thomas Ashton

3

0

0

Dominic Kurasik (GK)

23

0

0

Tyler Barnes *

15

6

4

Adam Lawrence (GK)

12

1

0

Owen Basford

2

2

0

Kieran Lazenby

1

1

1

Joshua Beaumont

1

0

0

Matthew Berkeley

5

4

1

Russell Leadbetter

0

0

0

Luke Birkinshaw (GK)

1

0

0

Joe Lewis

15

4

0

Josh Bowden

9

4

1

Sam Lewis

1

1

0

Joshua Bristow

28

3

3

Jay Lovatt

6

0

1

Fitzroy Butler

11

13

4

Mathew Majer

0

0

0

Joshua Buxton

0

0

0

Anthony Malbon *

4

0

1

Adam Catalano

14

4

0

Nasser Mansour

0

0

0

Daniel Cope

20

2

15

Ben Matthews

0

1

0

Jack Cotterill

0

0

0

Liam McHugh (GK)

0

0

0

Lee Cropper

35

3

15

Nathan Mellor

6

6

0

Kevyn Davies

22

1

2

Joseph Miles

0

0

0

Lewis Doughty *

0

1

0

Jack Dundas

7

5

0

Cole Mohindra

0

1

0

Angelo Errico

13

0

1

Brandon Newell

29

1

0

Mason Franklin

0

0

0

Ashley Newton

0

0

0

Christopher Gilpin *

0

0

0

Kristian Parsons

2

1

0

Nathan Grice

22

4

0

Ryan Pickup

21

2

0

Matthew Harrison

8

1

0

Jack Pointon (GK)

3

1

0

Oliver Hickman *

2

0

0

Jack Pritchard

5

0

0

Zak Hill

25

1

3

Callum Pugh

0

0

0

Thomas Hinton

2

4

0

Louis Seymour

0

1

0

Ethan Holdcroft

0

1

0

George Shaw

1

5

0

Mbemba Juwara

1

4

0

Billy Silvester

3

5

0

Patrik Kacer (GK)

0

0

0

William Tams

4

8

1

Keeylin Thomas

21

1

3

Jamie Turner

16

0

7

Thomas Urwin

7

0

0

Louis Vincent

1

0

0

Declan Wildman

4

1

0

Kieron Williams

0

0

0

Morgan Woolliscroft (GK)

2

0

0

Sam Wytcherley

29

3

2

2021/22 Player Apperances

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