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CONTENTS

CLUB OFFICIALS Chairman

NIGEL CORNER Treasurer

CHRIS PARKES

The Editor’s Wider View 5 Harrogate Railway Clubhouse 15 2014/15 League Table 18 2014/15 Results 19 Prescot Cables Match Report 20 New Mills’ History 26 Team Sheet 45

Club Secretary

ANN KIRK

Football Secretary

DAVID SHEPHERD Committee

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

MARK P DOHERTY HAL BOXHALL-DOCKREE Clubhouse Manager

TERI BUSSEY GARY JOHNSON

FIRST TEAM Manager

LEE ASHFORTH Assistant Manager

SIMON WOOD MARTIN POWELL Director of Football

STEVE GRIME Physio

ALEX FARRELL

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The Editor’s Wider View

Who’s Watching Who?

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Wider View, Harrogate Railway’s online version of our match-day programme.

The subject of using video technology in football is one that has attracted much debate in recent years, and in my opinion, should be embraced.

Supporters from teams all over the country and beyond often feel they are being unfairly treated by officials; I have certainly seen some actions towards referees this season that would suggest so.

It is strange, however, that most people involved with football are in unanimous agreement that the man in the middle has an extremely difficult job and needs more help.

Introducing technology would likely have financial attachments that may not make it suitable for this level of football, but surely given the success of goal line technology it has to be given a fair shot.

A ‘fourth official’ type figure who sits in a room somewhere in the stadium and watches the match on a five second delay and access to replays is one possibility that could work.

The extra official would be in constant contact with the referee and could inform them within seconds of an incident happening whether play needs to be brought back.

For example, a goal kick is given by the referee that is hotly disputed by players of the opposite team as they felt it should have been a corner.

In the time it takes for the referee to wave away protests and the goalkeeper to take the kick, the extra official could have come to a definite decision and informed the referee.

With the official having access to replays and making the decision, players have no valid argument with the referee, much like goal line technology, and would have to accept the decision.

This is one example of how technology could work, but it could also be used for penalty claims, offside goals and more.

During today’s game there is sure to be a contentious decision, when this occurs think about the time it takes for play to resume, I am certain in that time the correct decision can be made!

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2016

August

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1-1 1-1 3-1 0-6 0-0

D D L L D

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2-0 4-1 2-0 6-0 3-2 2-1 2-4

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Burscough Ossett Albion Glossop North End

A H H A A A H

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L W L L D D L

Mossley Glasshoughton Welfare Warrington Town Northwich Victoria Scarborough Athletic Brighouse Town Clitheroe

A H A H A H A

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A H H A H

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Postponed Postponed 1-3 L Postponed Postponed

Kendal Town Trafford Ossett Albion Farsley Celtic Clitheroe

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5-0 L 1-0 L Postponed 3-1 L 0-0 D Postponed

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Tue 2 Sat 6 Sat 13 Mon 15 Sat 20 Tue 23 Sat 27 Mon 29

5-0 L Postponed 5-1 L 0-4 L 1-2 L 0-3 W 1-1 D 0-7 L

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Sat 5 Mon 7 Sat 12 Sat 19 Mon 21 Sat 26 Mon 28

4-2 2-2 1-3 1-3 1-2 5-3 1-1

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Tue 1 Sat 5 Mon 7 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26 Mon 28

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Sat 3 Mon 5 Sat 10 Sat 17 Tue 20 Sat 24 Sat 31

November

Sat 7 Mon 9 Sat 14 Sat 21 Sat 28

December

Sat 5 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26 Mon 28

January

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February

March

April

May

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HD

HL

AW

AD

AL

W

D

L

F

A

Diff

Pts

Adj

17

2

1

13

2

3

30

4

4

108

32

76

94

0

Spennymoor Town

38

12

5

2

13

5

1

25

10

3

107

28

79

85

0

Northwich Victoria

37

13

2

3

12

3

4

25

5

7

92

39

53

71

-9

Glossop North End

36

14

3

2

7

5

5

21

8

7

70

34

36

71

0

Burscough

37

11

2

6

10

2

6

21

4

12

67

44

23

67

0

Clitheroe

38

11

1

7

10

2

7

21

3

14

84

76

8

66

0

Trafford

38

11

4

5

7

3

8

18

7

13

71

46

25

61

0

Ossett Albion

38

9

2

7

10

1

9

19

3

16

53

57

-4

60

0

Lancaster City

38

10

5

4

5

9

5

15

14

9

67

55

12

59

0

Witton Albion

39

9

3

7

8

3

9

17

6

16

78

66

12

57

0

Mossley

37

11

2

5

6

3

10

17

5

15

72

64

8

56

0

Farsley Celtic

38

10

2

7

5

6

8

15

8

15

71

46

25

53

0

Bamber Bridge

36

7

7

4

7

4

7

14

11

11

64

48

16

53

0

Brighouse Town

37

9

3

6

5

5

9

14

8

15

64

64

0

50

0

Kendal Town

37

6

5

8

5

5

8

11

10

16

53

72

-19

43

0

Prescot Cables

38

7

3

9

5

3

11

12

6

20

62

89

-27

42

0

Scarborough Athletic

38

6

3

11

4

4

10

10

7

21

39

58

-19

37

0

Radcliffe Borough

37

5

5

7

5

1

14

10

6

21

48

65

-17

36

0

Droylsden

37

6

3

9

4

3

12

10

6

21

61

122

-61

36

0

Ossett Town

36

3

7

9

4

0

13

7

7

22

39

88

-49

28

0

Harrogate Railway Athletic

38

3

4

11

2

4

14

5

8

25

46

104

-58

23

0

New Mills

36

0

1

17

0

1

17

0

2

34

21

140

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2

0

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2014/15 First Division North League Table

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Goals

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W

D

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W

D

L

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D

L

F

A

Diff

Pts

Adj

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Salford City

42

17

2

2

13

3

5

30

5

7

92

42

50

95

0

2.

Darlington 1883

42

16

3

2

12

4

5

28

7

7

99

37

62

91

0

3.

Bamber Bridge

42

14

3

4

11

5

5

25

8

9

88

58

30

83

0

4.

Northwich Victoria

42

12

5

4

13

2

6

25

7

10

75

39

36

82

0

5.

Spennymoor Town

42

13

5

3

9

6

6

22

11

9

76

45

31

77

0

6.

Scarborough Athletic

42

14

1

6

9

5

7

23

6

13

80

61

19

75

0

7.

Mossley

42

12

2

7

11

4

6

23

6

13

79

63

16

75

0

8.

Harrogate Railway Athletic

42

11

5

5

8

5

8

19

10

13

85

75

10

67

0

9.

Warrington Town

42

10

5

6

9

3

9

19

8

15

65

55

10

65

0

10.

Droylsden

42

13

2

6

7

1

13

20

3

19

98

84

14

63

0

11.

Lancaster City

42

10

3

8

8

5

8

18

8

16

65

53

12

62

0

12.

Farsley AFC

42

12

5

4

6

2

13

18

7

17

73

64

9

61

0

13.

Clitheroe

42

8

7

6

6

3

12

14

10

18

73

81

-8

52

0

14.

Brighouse Town

42

9

3

9

5

6

10

14

9

19

64

81

-17

51

0

15.

Burscough

42

6

5

10

6

7

8

12

12

18

62

73

-11

48

0

16.

Kendal Town

42

8

5

8

4

5

12

12

10

20

81

92

-11

46

0

17.

Ossett Albion

42

8

3

10

5

4

12

13

7

22

49

72

-23

43

-3

18.

Ossett Town

42

9

2

10

3

4

14

12

6

24

48

83

-35

42

0

19.

Radcliffe Borough

42

6

7

8

2

4

15

8

11

23

49

91

-42

35

0

20.

Prescot Cables

42

5

9

7

2

3

16

7

12

23

47

86

-39

33

0

21.

New Mills

42

3

3

15

3

4

14

6

7

29

56

107

-51

25

0

22.

Padiham

42

4

3

14

2

3

16

6

6

30

50

112

-62

24

0

2014/15 Results Date

Opponents

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Competition

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Scarborough

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3-2

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16-Aug 23-Aug 30-Aug 30-Aug 06-Sep 08-Sep 13-Sep 20-Sep 22-Sep 27-Sep 01-Oct 04-Oct 07-Oct 11-Oct

14-Oct 18-Oct 25-Oct 28-Oct

01-Nov 03-Nov 08-Nov 15-Nov 22-Nov 24-Nov 29-Nov 01-Dec 06-Dec 13-Dec 20-Dec 26-Dec 28-Dec 01-Jan 03-Jan 10-Jan 24-Jan 19-Jan

07-Feb 10-Feb 14-Feb 23-Feb 28-Feb

07-Mar 14-Mar 21-Mar 04-Apr 06-Apr 11-Apr

14-Apr 18-Apr 25-Apr

Mossley

Droylsden

Farsley AFC

Garforth Town Burscough Clitheroe Clitheroe

Prescot Cables Brighouse

Colwyn Bay

Darlington 1883

Warrington Town Ossett Albion Kendal Town

Bamber Bridge

Spennymoor Town Droylsden Clitheroe

Brighouse

Scarborough

Radcliffe Boro Salford City

Ossett Town Goole

Northwich Victoria Frickley Athletic Lancaster City New Mills Brighouse

Spennymoor Town Salford City

Farsley AFC

Ossett Albion

Warrington Town Bamber Bridge

Spennymoor Town Padiham

Ramsbotom Utd Darlington 1883 Prescot Cables New Mills

Ossett Town Padiham

Kendal Town Burscough

Spennymoor Town Radcliffe Boro Mossley

Northwich Victoria Lancaster City

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Prescot Cables Match Report

Survival Boost as Railway get vital three points and beat in-form Prescot Cables Nathan Curtis and Charlie Clamp struck within the space of four second half minutes to complete a come from behind win against Prescot Cables on Monday night.

The win moves Railway five points from safety, but it was not straight forward as Rob Doran notched his 24th goal of the season after just three minutes.

A second half switch to a back three allowed Curtis to level on 65 minutes and Clamp to finish off a deadly Rail attack four minutes later after Amar Purewal’s pull back.

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Prescot piled men forward, but

were repeatedly denied by Chandler Hallwood, Simon Parkes, Harry Coates and co who carried Railway over the line for what could be a crucial win.

Lee Ashforth made three changes from Saturday’s trip to Ossett Town; replacing Luca Mellor, Will Peers and Matty Lovegreen with Parkes, Clamp and Stephen Bromley.

Doran scored four the last time the two sides met, and wasted no time finding the net against Railway for a fifth time this season, latching on to Lloyd Dean’s through ball and placing into the bottom right corner.

The creator of the opener then had to be replaced when, after a slick passing move, Dean went to ground in the Railway area and looked to dislocate his shoulder, with an ambulance later arriving at the ground.

Railway first made inroads towards the Tigers goal after 29 minutes when Curtis cut back from the left by-line and powered towards goal, only for a visiting defender to get his body in the way and block.

Doran was hungry to add to his 24-goal campaign and bent a free kick over the bar before racing through the Rail offside trap and Continued on page 23

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Harrogate Railway 2-1 Prescot Cables uncharacteristically firing over with just Hallwood to beat.

Railway twice thought they had levelled in the dying stages of the half when Chris Ovington smashed past Marcus Burgess on two occasions only to be flagged offside both times.

Three minutes into first half stoppage time Railway created their best chance when Dan Thirkell slid a pass to Purewal who tried to lift over the advancing ‘keeper but placed his finish the wrong side of the post.

The second half started quieter than the first half finished, with Bromley and Coates both getting in the way of Andy Scarisbrick’s shots.

With Ashforth knowing something had to be done to haul Railway back into the game, the gaffer introduced Beesley and switched to a back three just after the hour mark.

The move paid immediate dividends as Bromley bent a pass in

behind the Prescot defence that Curtis raced on to and remained composed to level the scores.

Before Cables had chance to react, Railway claimed another as Coates spread the play left towards Purewal who accelerated past his marker and sent a low cross in to the path of Clamp to bury into an empty net.

Prescot piled men forward, but it was Railway who continued to create the best chances as Curtis’ pace on the break allowed the striker to cut inside and flash a right footed shot in front of goal.

Second half substitute Will Peers then came a fraction away from sealing the win deep into stoppage time as he crashed an edge of the box volley off the inside of the post after Beesley’s shot had been bravely blocked.

The referee’s whistle soon sounded and Railway picked up their fifth league win of the season to reduce the deficit to five points with four games remaining.

Harrogate Railway: Hallwood, Parkes, Hunter, Low, Coates, Thirkell, Ovington (Beesley 64), Clamp, Purewal, Curtis, Bromley (Peers 77) Subs not used: Lovegreen, Barrett, Mellor Goals: Curtis 65, Clamp 69 Prescot Cables: Burgess, Harper (Grundy 80), Johnstone, Herbert, McCulloch, Evans, Bannister, Nicholson, Doran (Granger 45), Dean (Scarisbrick 20), Edgar Subs not used: Nicholson, Duke Goals: Doran 3 Referee: L Watson

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Man of the match Simon Parkes

New Mills’ History

New Mills AFC, based in the High Peak of Derbyshire, have continually been at the forefront of organised football in the area.

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Clubhouse.

The game of football has been played in the town of New Mills since 1886 when the Club, origThe Club’s home ground, regarded inally known as New Mills St as one of the most picturesque in George’s, first played in friendlies non-league football, is situated op- before joining organisations such posite the impressive St George’s as The North Cheshire League Church and has a splendid backand ultimately The Manchester drop of Kinder Scout, which is the League. highest point in the Peak District National Park.

After playing at several grounds, the Club moved to their present The Club’s facilities are quite con- home of Church Lane in 1922 and siderable. Covering well over three this coincided with a hugely sucacres of land, the Club has a flood- cessful period in the Club’s history lit playing arena, an all-weather as they recorded two Manchester pitch suitable for a number of League titles and four Derbyshire sports which is used by local Divisional Cup wins. schools and the local community in general as well as a thriving These successes lead to average

home crowds of around 2,000 and eventually saw no fewer than six players transferred directly to Football League Clubs.

More great days followed in the 1960’s under the leadership of Joe Martin but following a move to The Cheshire League in 1974, lean times eventually lead to New Mills ceasing playing.

Fortunately, local amateur side Birch Vale and Thornsett FC were looking for a new ground and within twelve months, they had adopted the name of New Mills and began to progress firstly via The Lancashire and Cheshire League and then The Manchester League.

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New Mills re-joined The North West Counties League in 2004 ( they were founding members in 1982 ) and enjoyed another successful period under the guidance of manager Tony Hancock and assistant Paul Kirkham.

After winning the Second Division Trophy in 2007, the following season saw the team break numerous Club records as they won the Division Two Championship by ten points.

2008/09 saw another trophy triumph, The League Challenge Cup, but following an unprecedented twenty one game winning run, promotion to The Unibond League was only denied by a last day defeat at AFC Fylde which resulted in the team finishing runners up on goal difference.

The 2009/10 season again saw The Millers as bridesmaids for the second successive season as this time Newcastle Town grabbed the solitary promotion place to The Evo Stik League.

The Club also enjoyed success in The FA Vase and reached the last sixteen for the first time in its history before The Northern League’s

Norton and Stockton Ancients spoilt the Wembley dream.

Thankfully 2010/11 proved to be a case of third time lucky as New Mills finally achieved their goal of promotion to The Northern Premier League when they won The North West Counties Premier Division.

Winning the first seven games of the season, Ally Pickering’s side set the pace from start to finish before being presented with the Championship trophy after the game against local rivals Glossop North End on Easter Monday.

The team also reached the North West Counties League Challenge Cup Final but failed to achieve the double after losing narrowly to Winsford United.

It was a successful season off the field as well as the Club achieved the prestigious FA Charter Standard Adult Club status which was an excellent recognition for all the hard work that has been put in by everybody connected with the Club.

2011/12 represented a significant landmark as the Club celebrated

its 125th Anniversary. Amongst many events which took place, probably the biggest saw Manchester United play a friendly game at Church Lane and the publication of “ The Millers Tale “, a book chronicling the history of the Club.

That year also saw the first team’s debut season in The Evo Stik Northern Premier League and after being placed in Division One South, the eventual position of ninth represented a respectable finish.

2012/13 proved to be another roller-coaster ten months. It was all change as the first team were reallocated into The Northern Division and new manager Roy Soule lead his side into the play offs where they were eventually beaten in the semi-final by two extra time strikes from Trafford.

The reserves secured the Club’s ninth Derbyshire FA Divisional Cup North success following a thrilling 5-4 victory over Dove Holes at Silverlands, the home of Buxton FC, in April.

The Club’s Under 18 side, which further developed the working

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relationship with New Mills Juniors, also brought some silverware to Church Lane as they celebrated their inaugural season in The Stockport Metro Junior Football League by winning The Division Two title.

2013/14 was an all-together more trickier season with the Club having to overcome many hurdles, none more so than contending with the wettest High Peak winter in living memory which produced the inevitable March / April fixture backlog.

The first team, who endured a high turnover of playing staff, eventually ended in a mid-table position in Division One North whilst the reserves finished as runners up to Glossop North End in The North West Counties Football League.

The bright spark was once again provided by the Club’s youth team who lost only one game as they won The Stockport Metro Junior Football League Division One Championship by a fourteen point margin.

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The highlight of 2014/15 was undoubtedly provided again by

the Under 18’s who completed the perfect League season – eighteen wins from eighteen games.

A good number of these young players were duly incorporated into the Club’s new Development Squad who finished in a very creditable mid-table position in The Western Division of The Lancashire League.

Unfortunately the first team endured a campaign of almost constant struggle and were only reprieved from relegation back to The North West Counties Football League by The Football Association in May. Manager Roy Soule, who worked tirelessly during his tenure at Church Lane, tendered his resignation during the summer and was subsequently replaced by former Stalybridge Celtic assistant Andy Fearn.

For further information on New Mills AFC, please visit the Club’s official website, http://www. pitchero.com/clubs/newmillsafc/

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01 Chandler HALLWOOD 02 Simon Parkes 03 Lawrance HUNTER 04 Alex LOW 05 Harry COATES 06 Daniel THIRKELL 07 Chris OVINGTON 08 Charlie CLAMP 09 Amar PUREWAL 10 Nathan CURTIS 11 Stephen BROMLEY

01 Liam HIGGINBOTHAM 02 Jack BESWICK 03 Alex ELLIOTT 04 Nick ALEXANDER 05 Jordan COOPER 06 Ashley SMALLWOOD 07 Robert SWALLOW 08 Daniel VINCENT 09 Brandon WINDSOR 10 Ryan HOOPER 11 Dylan STRINGER-MOTH

12 Paul BEESLEY 14 Will PEERS 15 Matty LOVEGREEN 16 Dan BARRETT 17 Luca MELLOR

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