Cammell Laird 1907 vs Ellesmere Rangers - Tues 03/08/21 - Matchday programme #2 2021/22

Online matchday programme 2021/22

Issue 02

Lairds vs Ellesmere Rangers Tuesday 3 August 2021 • 7:45pm North West Counties Football League First Division South Prabhu Ventures Ltd Arena

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Good evening, and it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all back to the Prabhu Ventures Ltd Arena for tonight’s game against Ellesmere Rangers.

A particularly warm welcome to the players, backroom staff, officials and supporters from our visitors, who I hope enjoy their stay with us here on the Wirral.

It’s only been three days since we were last here, and what a fantastic start to the season we made with our 4-1 win against Cheadle Heath Nomads.

I couldn’t make the game sadly, but from the various people I’ve spoke to it sounds as if it was a proper Lairds performance, as we passed the ball well and with attacking intent to pave the way for a fantastic three points against a good team. The quality of the goals sounded another bonus, particularly Max Herbert’s fourth, and the blend of players we’ve retained from last season and new additions brought in by Stuart Keir seemed to work a treat.

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Of course it’s meaningless at this stage, but it was still a very welcome sight indeed to top the table after the first round of fixtures was completed!

I was really pleased for the lads, who perhaps on paper didn’t get the results they would have liked in pre-season, but we’ve shown how little that counts for once the ball gets rolling for the start of the league season.

And it is also true that five of our seven matches in pre-season were against higher-ranked opposition, so those tests clearly served us well, and from the games I witnessed—City of Liverpool and Marine at

Vice-chairman: Tommy Potter

home—I was impressed with the shape of the team from a defensive

Junior section chairman: Andy Grant

point of view, as well as their bravery on the ball from an attacking

Director of Football: Stuart Humphreys

perspective. A narrow 1-0 defeat and a 1-1 draw in those matches

Assistant Director of Football: James Standing Secretary: Anthony ‘Toddy’ Wood Treasurer: Shaun Holmes Commercial manager: Will Dixon Other committee members: Geoff Quick, Tony Thelwell, Chris Wood Media officer: Patrick Burke

represented a very respectable return against two strong teams from two divisions higher than ourselves.

Tonight, we’re up against Ellesmere Rangers, who also got off to a winning start to their season at the weekend with a 4-3 away victory at newcomers Stafford Town. I’m sure they’ll be just as determined as we are to continue their positive start, and it’s going to make for a great game.

It was fantastic to see a very healthy attendance that hit the three-figure

Manager: Stuart Keir

mark at the weekend. Your support is invaluable to the club on and off

Assistant manager: Andy Jones

the pitch, and it would be great to maintain and hopefully keep growing

Coaches: Josh Hine, James Standing

our home support as the season progresses. I’m sure results and performances like we saw on Saturday will do us no harm at all in that

Goalkeeper coach: Judd Lewis

regard.

Physio: Gina Williams

I am aiming to improve and perhaps expand the programme over the

Website: https://www.cammelllairdfc1907.com/

coming weeks, but I hope you enjoy tonight’s issue and enjoy the game!

Twitter: @cammelllairdfc Facebook: Cammell Laird 1907 FC Email: toddywood@hotmail.com

Front cover photo: Tony Coombes

All the best, Patrick Burke

Editorial

Match report Lairds get off to a flier with 4-1 victory over Nomads

-1 result.

By Tommy Potter

Lairds began the second period in dominant fashion and it wasn't long before they were awarded a penalty following a needless handball offence, which saw captain Colm Lynch dispatch the spot kick with consummate ease in the 53rd minute to regain the lead.

Lairds were now growing in confidence and producing some very good football, so it was no surprise when they increased their lead due to Jack Lloyd firing home a superb free kick from 25 yards in the 67th minute that gave the goalkeeper no chance. The introduction of Max Herbert added another dimension to the team and following some controlled play he created space to rifle home a brilliant 30 yard screamer that flew into the top corner of the net to increase the score to 4-1.

Every player added to the team effort, with the back four showing plenty of defiance, but also creativity with full-backs Jake Hulley and Jack Lloyd providing some excellent support runs from deep to aid their hard-working midfield of Sam Mullally, Colm Lynch and Ryan Smith.

The next Lairds fixtures are at home on Tuesday 3 August against Ellesmere Rangers and then away to new boys Brocton FC on Saturday 7 August.

The opening fixture of the North West Counties First Division South saw Cammell Lairds XI: Shakeshaft, Hulley, Lloyd, Jewell, N. Lynch, Smith, Rubin, Mullally, Laird 1907 FC entertain Cheadle Heath Nomads, and within three minutes Lairds Summers, C. Lynch ©, Merrifield; subs used: Herbert; subs not used: Diaz-Rainey, had opened their account as a flowing move resulted in Rio Merrifield crossing for Ben Summers to notch goal number one of the season.

The game then ebbed and flowed with chances being created by both teams, but Nomads got back on level terms when Max Lewens netted in the 34th minute after a spell of pressure.

Neither team could improve on the score line and the half-time interval brought a 1

McGregor, Bolton, Ebbrell.

Goals: Lairds: Ben Summers (2’), Colm Lynch (53p), Jack Lloyd (67’), Max Herbert (87’); Cheadle Heath Nomads: Max Lewens (34’) Photo: Mark Torbitt, Cheadle Heath Nomads FC (Twitter: @torbs62)

Date

Opponent

V Competition

Result

Sat 03 July

Conwy Borough

H Pre-season friendly

L 1-2

Tues 06 July

City of Liverpool

H Pre-season friendly

L 0-1

Sat 10 July

AFC Liverpool

A Pre-season friendly

L 7-0

Tues 13 July

Tranmere Rovers XI

H Pre-season friendly

L 1-7

Sat 17 July

FC St Helens

A Pre-season friendly

L 1-0

Tues 20 July

Vauxhall Motors

H Pre-season friendly

L 1-4

Sat 24 July

Marine

H Pre-season friendly

D 1-1

Sat 31 July

Cheadle Heath Nomads

H NWCFL First Division South

W 4-1

Att

Pos

Line-up

101

1st

Shakesha

Diaz-Rain Tues 03 Aug

Ellesmere Rangers

H NWCFL First Division South

Sat 07 Aug

Brocton

A NWCFL First Division South

Sat 14 Aug

Stafford Town

A NWCFL First Division South

Tues 17 Aug

St Martins

H NWCFL First Division South

Sat 21 Aug

Eccleshall

A NWCFL First Division South

Sat 28 Aug

Abbey Hulton United

H NWCFL First Division South

Mon 30 Aug (3pm)

Wythenshawe Amateurs

A NWCFL First Division South

Sat 11 Sept

Brigg Town

A Buildbase FA Vase First Qualifying Round

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Ellesmere Rangers History Ellesmere is a historic market town nestling in the north west corner of Shropshire on the Welsh border. Its large number of

Ellesmere also has a women’s team who play in the Shropshire Women’s 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.

lakes or meres gives it its name of Shropshire’s “Lake District” 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 and makes it a popular place for tourists. The club badge of a swan represents an affinity with the large number of these

who put in a huge amount of work to push the club on to further

birds that populate the local waterways.

success.

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.

Year formed: 1969 Nickname: The Meresiders Ground: Beech Grove Stadium Record attendance: 355 (FA Cup vs Bromsgrove) Highest finish: 13th (Midland League Premier Division 2010/11)

The club moved its headquarters to the Market Hotel in 1974 and the its

Chairman: Neil Williams

name was changed to Ellesmere Rangers. They remained in the Oswestry

Secretary: John Edge

& District League until the following season when they gained promotion

First team managers: Connor Courtney and Matt Burton

into the Shrewsbury and West Shropshire League.

The Rangers’ first major honour came in 1981 when, managed by 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.

2004/05 saw them into the West Midland League Division Two, where back-to-back promotions were achieved, and 2005/06 saw the Rangers competing in the West Midland First Division.

In the 2008/09 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.

Twitter followers: 3,082 (@EllesRangers_FC) 2020/21: 16th/20 (NWCFL First Division South—curtailed after four games) 2019/20: 18th/20 (NWCFL First Division South—curtailed after 28 games) 2018/19: 19th/20 (NWCFL First Division South) 2017/18: 6th/20 (West Midlands Regional League Premier Division) 2016/17: 7th/20 (West Midlands Regional League Premier Division) Pre-season results: Sat 24/07/2021: Ellesmere Rangers 0-1 Newtown Tues 20/07/2021: Ellesmere Rangers 2-1 Wellington Amateurs Tues 13/07/2021: Ellesmere Rangers 2-3 Whitchurch Alport Sat 10/07/2021: Ellesmere Rangers 6-0 Shrewsbury Town

The 2009/10 year saw the club get promotion to the Midland Alliance. An

Mon 05/07/2021: Ellesmere Rangers 4-3 Allscott

incredible season was capped off during a memorable night at the Prostar

Fri 25/06/2021: Ellesmere Rangers 1-1 TNS Youth

Arena, the home of Shrewsbury Town, when the Rangers beat Market Drayton Town (two leagues higher) to win the Shropshire Challenge Cup.

Last league game: Sat 31/07/2021: Stafford Town 3-4 Ellesmere Rangers Goals: Joshua Wilson (13), Ryan Taylor (45), Sheikh Barrow (90)/David Howarth

The 2010/11 season was very much one of consolidation, finishing a very

(25, 80p), Karl Bailey (40), Blake Robinson (85)

creditable 13th position in their first year at this level and also reaching

Last four vs Lairds (Lairds goalscorers in bold):

the final of the Walsall Senior Cup at Walsall’s Banks’ Stadium.

For the 2013/14 season Rangers were now back in the West Midland Regional League Premier Division and finished the season in 11th place.

During the 2015/16 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 2018/19 season again sees major changes at the club as after 14 years, (11 in the West Midland League and three in the Midland Alliance League) they were moved into the North West Counties First Division South.

The 2020/21 season saw Matt Burton return to the club as joint manager with Connor Courtney.

Sat 01/02/2020: Ellesmere Rangers 2-2 Cammell Laird 1907 Goals: Karl Bailey (45+3), Tawanda Melusi (70)/Ben Greenop (10), Josh Donnelly (45) Sat 12/10/2019: Cammell Laird 1907 2-2 Ellesmere Rangers Goals: Mike Furlong (21), Kyle Sambor (66)/Tawanda Melusi (15p, 41) Sat 05/01/2019: Cammell Laird 1907 1-1 Ellesmere Rangers Goals: Ben Dufton-Kelly (45+1)/Seth Ellis (90+8) Tues 30/10/2018: Ellesmere Rangers 1-4 Cammell Laird 1907 Goals: Aaron Davies (20)/Colm Lynch (28p, 50, 77p), Paul Byrne (63)

Factfile

NWCFL 2021/22 First Division South table

First Division South results

Premier Division table

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD Pts Sat 31/07/2021

1

Charnock Richard

12 Runcorn Town

2

Northwich Victoria

13 Vauxhall Motors

3

Avro

14 Ashton Athletic

4

AFC Liverpool

15 Burscough

5

Barnoldswick Town

16 Litherland REMYCA

6

Congleton Town

17 Longridge Town

7

Irlam

18 Squires Gate

8

Lower Breck

19 Padiham

9

Macclesfield

20 Winsford United

1

Wythenshawe Amateurs

2

2

0

0

5

3

2

6

2

West Didsbury & Chorlton

2

2

0

0

3

1

2

6

3

Cammell Laird 1907

1

1

0

0

4

1

3

3

4

Sandbach United

1

1

0

0

3

1

2

3

5

Ellesmere Rangers

1

1

0

0

4

3

1

3

6

New Mills

1

1

0

0

3

2

1

3

7

Rocester

1

1

0

0

2

1

1

3

8

Abbey Hey

1

0

1

0

2

2

0

1

9

Abbey Hulton United

1

0

1

0

2

2

0

1

Cheadle Town 2-3 New Mills

10 Wythenshawe Town 21 Prestwich Heys

10

St Martins

1

0

1

0

2

2

0

1

Maine Road 1-1 FC Isle of Man

11 Skelmersdale United

11

FC Isle of Man

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

Rocester 2-1 Eccleshall

Premier Division table

12

Maine Road

2

0

1

1

3

4

-1

1

Sandbach United 3-1 Barnton

13

Stockport Town

2

0

1

1

2

3

-1

1

1

Atherton LR

11 Holker Old Boys

Bury AFC

12 Steeton

Stafford Town

1

0

0

1

3

4

-1

0

St Martins 2-2 Abbey Hulton

2

14

United

3

AFC Darwen

13 Campion

15

Cheadle Town

1

0

0

1

2

3

-1

0

4

Garstang

14 Nelson

16

Alsager Town

1

0

0

1

1

2

-1

0

Stafford Town 3-4 Ellesmere

5

Pilkington

15 Ashton Town

17

Barnton

1

0

0

1

1

2

-1

0

Rangers

AFC Blackpool

16 Daisy Hill

Eccleshall

1

0

0

1

1

2

-1

0

Mon 02/08/2021

6

18

7

Chadderton

17 Ilkley Town

19

Brocton

1

0

0

1

1

3

-2

0

8

Bacup Borough

18 South Liverpool

20

Cheadle Heath Nomads

1

0

0

1

1

4

-3

0

9

Cleator Moor Celtic

19 St Helens Town

Abbey Hey 2-2 Stockport Town Alsager Town 1-2 West Didsbury & Chorlton Barnton 1-2 Wythenshawe Amateurs Cammell Laird 1907 4-1 Cheadle Heath Nomads

Maine Road 2-3 Wythenshawe Amateurs

Champions are automatically promoted; 2nd-5th enter play-off;

Stockport Town 0-1 West

19th and 20th liable to relegation

Didsbury & Chorlton

10 Golcar United

Lairds vs St Martins £5 adults

Tuesday 17 August 2021

£2 concessions

7:45pm kick-off

NWCFL First Division South

Prabhu Ventures Ltd Arena

Coming up

Stafford Town vs Lairds Saturday 14 August 2021 3pm kick-off Evans Park

£5 adults £3 concessions NWCFL First Division South

The squads Elsewhere tonight in the NWCFL First

CAMMELL LAIRD 1907

Division South

ELLESMERE RANGERS

ROYAL AND NAVY BLUE

Abbey Hulton United vs

YELLOW

MANAGER: STUART KEIR

Eccleshall vs Brocton

MANAGER: MATT BURTON AND

TEAM SELECTED FROM:

New Mills vs Cheadle

CONNOR COURTNEY

WILL EBBRELL (GK) CASEY SHAKESHAFT (GK) MOHAMED ABDI ISHMAEL BANKS ELLIS BOLTON CONNOR COURTNELL TOM DEWIS MATTHEW DIAZ-RAINEY JOSH DONNELLY JOSEPH DOWNEY KIERAN FAIR JORDAN FOSTER JOE FOSTER MAX HERBERT JAKE HULLEY CALLUM HULMSTON PAUL JEWELL JACK LLOYD COLM LYNCH © NICK LYNCH CAMERON MCGREGOR RIO MERRIFIELD SAM MULLALLY REGAN RUBIN RYAN SMITH DANIEL STEPHENS BEN SUMMERS JACK WOOD

Rocester

Heath Nomads Sandbach United vs St Martins Stafford Town vs Alsager Town Cheadle Town vs Abbey Hey (tomorrow)

Thank you for your support this evening Coming up at the Prabhu Ventures Ltd Arena Sat 17 Aug, 3pm: Lairds vs St Martins Sat 28 Aug, 3pm: Lairds vs Abbey Hulton United

TEAM SELECTED FROM: JACK BOSWELL (GK) ASHLEY SPITTLEHOUSE (GK) KARL BAILEY CONNOR COURTNEY BEN DAVIES RYAN HICKMAN DAVID HOWARTH DAVID HOWELLS REGAN JONES RYAN KING HARVEY LEWIS OWEN LLOYD BLAKE ROBINSON CARL ROGERS JACK SWEENEY BRANDON TANOMJIT NIAL THOMAS CALLUM WRIGHT