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Harrogate Railway AFC Station View, Harrogate HG2 7JA CLUB OFFICIALS Chairman

ROB NORTHFIELD Treasurer

CHRIS PARKES Club Secretary

ANN KIRK

Football Secretary

DAVID SHEPHERD Commercial Manager

ALAN SMITH Committee

GARY JOHNSON, SIMON MERCER, ALAN SMITH, BEN DRURY, CHRIS WATT Media/Press Officer

MARK P DOHERTY Clubhouse Manager

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Railway dream of May 2017...

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Lee’s View: Albion Sports and the season ahead.

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Albion Sports Find out about our opponents today.

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Pre-season Review Railway’s friendly games in July.

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Half Time Quiz: How is your sports knowledge?

Emirates FA Cup Tie - 3pm Saturday 6TH August 2016

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LEE’S VIEW

pre season and seven highly competitive matches against teams above us or teams that I believe will compete in the higher reaches of their respective divisions.

Results do not matter but it was nice to end pre season with a win last Sunday against Norton.

The squad is now at 19 players and I expect one or two more to drop off in the next few weeks as we settle the team and the squad down, this means that all 19 players are now fighting for their shirts and competition is strong throughout the team.

Welcome back to Station View, A warm welcome to our visitors Albion Sports for todays Extra Preliminary round of the FA Cup. Over the years I have played against Albion Sports on numerous occasions, they were formally one of the best if not the best Sunday teams in the Bradford area.

We have kept a fair few from last season and added four or five players that we believe will not only complement the squad but also improve us as a whole.

I am sure that the players will all get mentions across the next few weeks however I would like to welcome in particular Danny Stimpson to the club.

They then changed to Saturdays and the North East Counties and I have kept a close eye on their progress and the step to the level that we now also play.

Danny has been a superb player over the last few years and played at some high levels of football. He is a leader and thats why I have made him captain for the season.

They have a superb backroom staff and I have known Pav Singh for many years and have worked closely with him with my role for the FA and more recently with Asad Qureshi.

He has been superb through pre season not just on the pitch but off the pitch too.

He will be instrumental in what I believe is going to be a successful and memorable season.

They are superb coaches and I am sure the support they give the manager is excellent.

We have spent the last few weeks finalising our squad after a very tough

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Off the pitch we have said goodbye as the Chairman to Nigel Corner and I person-

ally would like to take this opportunity to thank him for all his support over the last 12 months.

In his place the club now has Rob Northfield and having worked with Rob for the last 6 months or so I am excited to work with someone who has offered so much to me in such a short space of time, he is helping me become a better manager on a daily basis and I hope that Harrogate Railway sees this over the forthcoming season.

We have lost Hal, who did the match reports and numerous interviews to Harrogate Town and he goes with our best wishes, however we have kept Mark who as media officer is second to no-one across any level of football that I have been involved.

We have also managed to keep Shep as football club secretary, I have said it before and I will say it again, Shep is instrumental in everything about this club, he is unbelievable and its great that he has remained in post, Enjoy the game, in fact enjoy the season, I will.

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INTRODUCING ALBION SPORTS Albion Sports Football Club was founded in 1974 and initially played in the Bradford Amateur Sunday League.

After a brief spell in the lower divisions, gaining promotions on a regular basis and winning the Amateur District and Senior cups along the way, Albion Sports in 1995/96 won the Premier league title for the first time, this was to prove the catalyst for what was to come.

Albion Sports won a further five league titles, two County Cups, three District Cups and seven Senior Cups.

Other highlights included reaching the final of the National F.A Umbro Sunday Cup on two occasions.

The first in 2000 at the City Ground (Nottingham Forest) Albion Sports were beaten 1 -0 by Prestige Brighams (Hull).

The second in 2005 at Anfield (Liverpool F.C), this time beaten 3 -2 by Gossoms End (London).

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Albion Sports resigned from Sunday football in 2007 in order to progress up through the Football Association pyramid.

In 2007/08 Albion Sports joined the Telegraph and Argus league and won promotion in the first season as well as winning the League Cup. Albion Sports F.C were elected to the WRCAFC in 2008, gained promotion in the first season and also won the District Cup. In 2009/10 Albion Sports finished runners-up in the Premiership and won the Divisional Cup. In 2010/11 they again finished runners-up and were then successfully elected to join the NCEL 2011/12 season.

Albion Sports missed out on promotion by a solitary point in their debut season but quickly rectified this the following season (2012/13) by gaining promotion to the Premier division as Champions.

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But first, we’ve got to concentrate on the FA Cup preliminary round against Albion Sports. This should be a good tie and one we’re looking forward to.

But before we kick a ball in a competitive match, Railway have had a busy pre-season.

It started with a home game on the 5th July against high-flying Darlington. A good performance saw the Railwaymen only lose by two goals.

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Station View hosted the John Smiths’ Trophy this year and Railway came up against a dominant Harrogate Town - having played 60 minutes, it was close. But a mass of substitutions saw Town eventually run out 8-0 winners.

A game against Silsden at Station View was arranged at short notice and both sides fought out a 1-1 draw - although Railway should have won. Lee Ashforth’s aim was to refine the numbers of players in his squad and get closer to match fitness.

Finally, we welcomed Norton and Stockton Ancients FC, in what could be the first of two games this season - depending on results. Railway deservedly won 2-1 with goals from Ovington and Barrett.

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