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

ALAN SMITH Treasurer

CHRIS PARKES Club Secretary

ANN KIRK

Football Secretary

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Committee

NEIL OWEN, JOANNE OWEN, GARY JOHNSON, SIMON MERCER, ALAN SMITH, BEN DRURY, CHRIS WATT

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Manager

LEE ASHFORTH Assistant Manager

SIMON WOOD Director of Football

STEVE GRIME Physio

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Welcome to Station View for today’s FA Cup encounter against Jason Ainsley and his team from Spennymoor.

This will be the second time this season that we will meet Spennymoor after our fantastic 1-1 draw at their ground in the second game of the season. Since then Spennymoor have had some good results and in their last game won 5-1 away v Ossett Town so todays game will be extremely difficult against one of the leagues favourites.

shock to a few people, and although it was a difficult decision, and probably what we would class as my first major decision, I felt like I had to make the decision for the benefit of the squad going forward. Jason Mycoe has also picked up a slight injury although admittingly Jason is struggling with travel issues at the moment and so will be missing for two weeks. With two players leaving I felt the need to add a player to the squad and we have brought in Nat Pell who has dual registered with Harrogate Town, Simon Weaver has been hugely supportive since I took the role and his help securing Nat who was wanted by other Evostick clubs has been superb.

In the same period we have had two poor results against Brighouse Town and Scarborough FC. The Brighouse game was a game that we went into on the back of two great points and we suddenly the expectation levels were raised and although I thought the 3-1 deficit flattered them slightly, over the 90 minutes they deserved the win. The Scarborough game was a disaster for us, we made some bad errors and the game had been won after 20 minutes, however, on hindsight, Scarborough were superb and had some excellent players seven of which were playing Conference North football 12 months ago.

Todays game is an FA Cup encounter and our club is steeped with history in the competition having had two fantastic runs in recent years. To progress this year we have a massive test in Spennymoor who are without a doubt one of the best teams in our league. The winners of today have a great tie at home against Blyth Spartans another team with an excellent history in this competition.

The competition can not only generate some much needed finances but an interest in the area, so a win today would be fantastic. I am sure Jason will be telling his players the same and the tie against Blyth would be equally as mouth watering for Spennymoor.

We knew this season was a rebuilding process and we would take time to acclimatise to the league, but that doesn’t stop defeats hurting and I know that the players were hurting after these two defeats as much as we were as a management team. Its important though that we don’t get down hearted and we continue to strive to improve and learn on every single performance. I believe that each game, I take something away and that might be about our preparation, selection, tactics or the players themselves. As a group we need to stick together and back each other to the hilt to ensure that we can be a success.

I always remember the FA Cup matches when I played, and my players today will always remember that they played in the biggest club competition in the world, they should enjoy the occasion as they don’t come around too often.

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Enjoy the game and thanks for your continued support,

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Harrogate Railway were handed their first defeat of the season on Saturday 22nd August as Ernest Boafo’s hat-trick secured a 3-1 win for Brighouse Town.

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A minute before the half-time whistle the tides turned as Brighouse were awarded a soft penalty when Daniel Facey went down under the challenge of Jason Mycoe.

Lee Ashforth made three changes from a mid-week draw at Spennymoor Town with Mike Morris deputising for the injured Simon Parkes, while Cameron Lyn and Vincent Dhesi returned to the line-up.

Boafo stepped up confidently and blasted his spot-kick down the middle to give Paul Quinn’s men a 2-1 lead at the break.

Ryan Sharrocks opened the scoring after nine minutes when Vincent Dhesi poked towards Roy Fogarty who showed strength and composure to hold off the surrounding defenders and offload for Sharrocks to tuck the ball into the bottom left corner.

Brighouse found a third in the 75th minute when Boafo grabbed his hat-trick and put the contest to bed.

The forward will not have believed his luck as Goodwin’s dropped cross landed at the feet of Boafo to fire into an empty net.

Mid-way through the half Brighouse started to show signs of an equaliser and found one when Boafo dropped a shoulder to beat his marker in the Railway box and smashed into

Railway tried to reduce the deficit, however, a series of free kicks and corners came to nothing and the visitors had to accept a first defeat.

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The Harrogate Railway Team Lee Ashforth has a wealth of Non-league experience in and around these levels of football and played at Station View for three seasons before moving on. A popular choice he arrived at Liversedge with Billy in 2010/11 and in 2011/12 stepped up to become Billy’s right hand man. His playing experience alongside his calm approach made him the ideal candidate for his role. Summer 2015 sees Lee take on his biggest challenge yet as he succeeds Billy Miller as manager of Harrogate Railway, leading Railway for the 2015/16 season.

Simon Wood is an experienced player who can play across the back four and is now involved on the management of the reserves. He has played 500+ games at Evostick level and although starting the season injured will be hopeful of a successful season.

Simon Wood

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Steve Grime joins Lee’s management team as Head of Development. A full time UEFA B level coach working at IAFE, Steve has previous coaching experience at Man City and Leeds. Steve will incorporate first team responsibilities alongside his IAFE work and will create links between all age groups and the first team.

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Roy Fogarty

Charlie Clamp Ex Leeds United youngster who stopped playing when we was released, Charlie was an exciting prospect and is now returning to the game and is an assured Midfielder who rarely loses possession.

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Vincent Dhesi

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Roy Fogarty Ex Bradford City centre forward who has scored goals at all levels that he has played. He is now back enjoying his football and will be looking to have a good season in his first year with the club.

Tom Goodwin Young stopper Tom is now entering the second year of a contract with the club and is proving to be an outstanding prospect. Tom is a the BFG of the club and last season won points by himself with some outstanding performances. Sponsored by David Shepherd and Ian Docherty

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Harry Brown IAFE youngster Brown has impressed through pre-season, his attitude is superb and although he has a slight build, he is strong on the ball, Brown is definitely a player for the future.

Vince Dhesi Centre Forward who came to the club late in the season, he is a clever thinking player and is now finding his feet at Evostick level. He has the potential to be an influential player of the squad.

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James Beeston Beeston has signed from Glasshoughton over the summer and is an attacking right back. Looking to make the step up from the counties James has improved his fitness and is looking to cement his place in the team Steve Bromley Another player who has spent large amounts of time on the fringes of the first team, Steve will be looking to start more games this season and scoring goals has never been a problem for him. Sponsored by Chris & Sandy Adams.

Charlie Clamp

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Alex Farrell graduated from Manchest Metropolitan University with a B.Sc. Honours Degree in Physiotherapy. He has played for Harrogate Railway AFC at junior level.

Alex joins Railway as the first team physio. Sponsored by Neil & Joanne Owen and Chris Adams.

Daniel Barrett Daniel is a former Tadcaster Albion centre forward who has joined Railway and is looking to step up a level, Daniel is a quick centre forward who scores goals.

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Tom Goodwin

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Laurence Hunter Entering his third season with the club, Loz is now a senior player of the squad. He delivers a very good set piece and is clever in his all round play. After playing for clubs in and around the Evostick, he has now settled down and was influential last season. Sponsored by Terry Sharrocks.

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The Harrogate Railway Team Fatlum Ibrihimi Kosovan centre midfield player who over the past two seasons has cemented his place in the first team squad, exciting prospect who has the potential to go far in the game. His work rate is superb and he chips in with the odd goal.

Greg Kidd Ex Oldham Athletic youngster who now moves into his fourth season at Railway. Greg can play anywhere on the left and has been used in midfield.

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Alex Low came to Station View three seasons ago but when he failed to get into the first team he went to North East Counties football to gain experience, Alex has now returned and is looking to cement his place in the team.

Jesiah Donaldson One to watch for the future, Jesiah is a 21 year old forward who has bags of skill and pace to match. Jesiah previously played for Yorkshire Amateur and has impressed since joining Railway.

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Jack Mccarthey Jack received the player of the year award at Garforth Town last season and has now made the step up to the Evostick, after interest from Salford, Northwich and Matlock, Jack has opted for Station View and the youngster will have a bright future if his development continues.

Mike Morris After suffering a broken leg against Farsley on New Years Day, Mike is now on the road to recovery and is hopeful to be back playing full time soon. Although he is based in London in the Army, Mike will be available for the majority of the season.

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Jordan Outerbridge Ex York City full back has signed in the summer as a left back/ Left midfield, Jordan came through a trail day and has now made it in the first team squad as well as playing for the IAFE section.

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Ryan Sharrocks IAFE product Sharrocks has great pace and can play wide or as a forward, Ryan played last season for the Reserves and although never breaking into the first team he is hopeful that he can now play regular first team football. Sponsored by Terry Sharrocks.

Ollie Smith Ex York City and Tadcaster centre forward who has signed for Railway late in pre-season. A tall centre forward who is strong with the ball. Ollie is now looking to make the step into the first team.

Jack Stockdill

Mike Morris

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Jason Mycoe Now entering his second season with the club, Jason played a huge part of the squad last season, he can play anywhere in defence or midfield and is a vastly important member of the squad

Simon Parkes Simon is finally on the road to recovery after an 18 month lay off after injuring his Knee in an FA Cup tie at South Shields, Simon is a versatile player and is well liked around the changing room Simon Parkes

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Terry Sharrocks

Jack Stockdill Signed from Guiseley during the summer, Jack is a midfielder with an eye for goal. His work rate and tackling is strong and he is one of the vocal members of the squad.

Daniel Thirkell Daniel enters his eleventh season with the club and is now Club Captain. He can play in numerous positions and is well respected throughout the changing room. Daniel has a heart on your sleeve attitude that others like to follow. Sponsored by the Greenwood Family.

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Harrogate Railway’s History Harrogate Railway was formed in 1935 by workers at the Starbeck LNER depot and joined the local Harrogate League with some success, winning the British Railways National Cup in 1946. They borrowed £1,500 from the LNER and more than 300 workers contributed one old penny per week to repay the loan. This money secured ownership of the current Station View site.

Railway finished in the top three in 2006 and achieved Uni-Bond Northern Premier League status, the vital victory at Sheffield probably the best display of the season. History had been made and the club was set to play at the highest level of the pyramid in its history.

The first season in the Uni-Bond League proved to confound the bookies who predicted a basement finish. A good start was built upon and the campaign ended in a mid-table finish.

The 1950s saw the club progress through the West Yorkshire League to the Yorkshire League and they made the second round proper of the FA Amateur Cup in 1953, going out 3-2 at Harwich & Parkstone.

Sadly, the loco sheds closed in 1959, subsequently affecting finances as many of the workers, and players, had to leave the area. Nevertheless, under the auspices of “Chick” Farr the club soldiered on through the sixties and they almost repeated their Amateur Cup exploits of the fifties when they made the first round proper in 1961 only to lose 4-2 at Whitley Bay.

Unfortunately Martin had to relinquish managerial duties for business reasons but Vince Brockie and new assistant Dave Morgan carried on the good work. The following season’s league form proved to be rather erratic but Railway finished well clear of the relegation zone in the end.

Incredibly, another mighty FA Cup run dominated and the little club from Yorkshire reached the second round proper for a second time. A battling home victory over then unbeaten rivals Harrogate Town was the undoubted highlight of the qualifying rounds before Blue Square side Droylsden were sent packing 2-0 in the first round.

Mansfield Town came to Station View on a soggy Sunday and BBC Match Of The Day screened the game live this time, complete with Ray Stubbs. Mark Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. Mansfield won 3-2 but not before two second-half goals from Danny Davidson gave them late scares. Assistant manager Dave Morgan was promoted to manager for the following season but found life difficult, gleaning only 2 points from the first 36. He resigned and in his place came Phil Sharpe and Richard Chattoe. Between them they staved off fears of relegation and looked for consolidation in the future.

In 1964 they won promotion to the first division of the Yorkshire League, then just three steps from the Football League itself, and made the Yorkshire League Cup Final, losing to Farsley Celtic after a replay. The late sixties and the seventies became a real struggle and Railway had to pull out of the Yorkshire League and return to the Harrogate League in 1973. This gave the club time to re-group and they were back in the Yorkshire League in 1980 becoming founder-members of the new NCEL League in 1982.

Freddie Cliff steered the club to promotion from the second division (north) and won the League Cup with a 5-0 victory over Woolley Miners Welfare in the final. Meanwhile a new junior structure was formed, thanks to the work of John and Mary Lindsay and now Railway can boast one of the best junior set- ups in the region. In the 1990-91 season Railway made their first major impression in the FA Cup, Denis Metcalf steering his team to the fourth qualifying round.

Future manager Martin Haresign actually played in the 3-1 defeat at Chorley.

However, the start of the season was not one of the best and Christmas saw Railway again languishing at the bottom end of the table but an influx of good, battling players pulled the club away from the drop-zone. Richard Chattoe left mid-season and Nigel Danby came in as Phil’s assistant.

Phil resigned at the end of the season and Nigel was appointed as manager, bringing in Mick Norbury as his right hand man. Nigel and Mick’s reign lasted just short of two seasons as they flirted with relegation in both years. In came a management team of Alan Parkes, Dennis Metcalfe, Bob Moffat & Steve Donoghue to replace them.

Despite valiant efforts in the last six League games Rail found themselves in the bottom two when the season finished. Thankfully Rail were reprieved due to Durham City taking voluntary relegation and Woodley Sports being relegated due to a Ground Regulation ruling.

Floodlights were installed in 1991 and a strong Sheffield United side, including Vinnie Jones, provided the star opposition at the official opening. Management changes and more financial hardship hindered progress as the nineties wore on. However, Dave Fell joined as boss in 1998 and won the NCEL first division but he departed at the end of the same season. Paul Marshall took the job on and, although it was a struggle, he kept Railway in the premier division. The club’s faith in him culminated in two amazing back-to-back FA Cup runs.

The fourth qualifying round was reached for a second time in 2001, the run ending with a 3-2 defeat at home to Morecambe, the winner coming deep into injury time.

The 2012-13 season started with the new management team of ex-Liversedge manager – Billy Miller and his assistant ex-Railway favourite Lee Ashforth in charge. Although most of the players were from a league below us it was a struggle to start with but things came good with a brand of football that hadn’t been seen at Station View for some time and by the end of that season Rail had finished in 18th position with a total of 41 points – well clear of the relegation zone.

In addition Harrogate Railway finished with the best discipline record not only in the Northern part of the League but in all three Evo-Stik leagues.

A year later Railway went two better and, after a bewildering qualifying competition, the many who travelled to Berkshire witnessed a 2-1 win at Slough Town in the first round proper. The lowest-ranking club ever to reach the second round were drawn at home to Bristol City, top of the second division, the highest-ranking club in the competition at that stage. Railway opted to play the game at home and temporary stands adorned Station View. Sky TV beamed the game around the globe and the club was the focus of the football world for a couple of hours in December 2002.

2013-14 Billy & Ash consolidated our position within the League forging a strong relationship with Simon Weaver and Harrogate Town, dual registering players to boost the player pool at Railway. As a result, Railway finished 13th on 48 points for the season. 2014-15 season saw Railway finish with a record points tally and eigth - a record high. Nathan Cartman wont the golden boot for being the league’s top scorer.

Bristol City were made to fight for their 3-1 win, Steve Davey netting with 17minutes to go, but once again an injury-time goal sealed Railway’s fate. Despite winning the NCEL President’s Cup, Paul Marshall was not reinstated. Leeds duo Dave Harrison and John Francis were appointed but, after just one win in 11 games and early exits from the FA competitions they stepped down. Martin Haresign was brought in to steady the ship and retain NCEL status.

Lee Ashforth took the managerial reigns when Billy left during Summer 2015 and we look foward with excitement to the new season.

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Adjusting to Life as Player-Coach Harrogate Railway’s new look management team of Lee Ashforth and Simon Wood is still in its early stages, but the signs of a successful partnership are there for all to see.

With Ashforth making the step up to manager this summer, Wood is following a similar route, learning his trade as player-manager.

Railway’s assistant boss is still very much a part of the playing squad at Station View, although the defender now has extra responsibility to contend with.

He said: “Early doors it was a bit of a challenge, getting used to rushing around sorting warm ups, balls, bibs cones and so on.

“I think slowly I’ve got into it, I’m still finding my feet, but I think it has gone really well.

“My relationship with Ash is really good, we’re constantly on the phone

and texting and I think travelling together to and from games is helpful.

“He’ll go with what he feels is right, but it’s always good to voice your opinion and I’ve just got to offer up a different solution sometimes.

“Ash will have learnt a lot from Billy Miller, but he’s played with other managers as well so he’s brought a bit from everybody.

“He’s got a good rapport with the players and they respect him which I think is an important thing.”

Now part of the coaching staff looking to guide a young Railway squad through a difficult NPL North campaign, Wood outlined a piece of vital advice he would pass on to his players.

He said: “I’m a big believer of if you’re enjoying what you’re doing, you’ll get better results.

“Find somewhere you enjoy and JUST PLAY

“That’s why I’ve tried to make training as fun as possible and put smiles on faces.

we are comfortably mid-table, and then anything on top of that is a bonus.

“Me and Ash travel an hour to get here and you don’t want to then be stood around doing something that you’re not enjoying.

“There’s going to be a certain period when we’ve got to bed in and gel, but there are some good players in this squad and there’s no reason why we can’t be higher than that.

“You’re not getting paid massive amounts of money, you’re working all day and it’s a bit of a release in the evening.

“Find somewhere you enjoy and just play!”

Although considering enjoyment a key ingredient to success, Wood is under no illusions that he is part of a results business and has targets in mind for the coming season.

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WHO ARE SPENNYMOOR FOOTBALL CLUB? Spennymoor United had a lot of success over the years. Most notable was their success in the 19771978 season, where they reached the Semi-Final of the FA Trophy, where they lost to Leatherhead 2-0 away in the 1st leg and won 2-1 at home in the 2nd Leg, losing 3-2 on aggregate. That year, Spennymoor United also won the Northern League for the fifth time in the space of 10 years. The following year, Spennymoor only reached the 2nd Round of The FA Trophy.

During the 1990-1991 season, Spennymoor joined the Northern Counties East League Premier Division and in the 1992-1993 season were champions, only on goal difference.

The following season, they were runners up of the Northern Premier League Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division. However, in the turn of the new millennium, with financial troubles resulting in losing 35 out of their 44 fixtures, they were relegated for the first time in their history.

In the 2002-2003 season,

they were promoted back to the Premier Division as runners up after losing the title on goal difference.

The following season, the clubhouse was burnt down on Christmas Day 2003 from an arson attack and the club had lost their main source of income.

Things only went from bad to worse from then on.

In the 2004-2005 season, they were deducted 24 points after failing to fulfil the fixture list due to not being able to field a side. During that season, manager Graeme Clarke resigned after losing 5-1 to Gateshead on 25 March 2005 (Good Friday), followed soon by Secretary Thomas Metcalfe for supposed health reasons.

The club resigned from the league after 33 games that season and later folded, which caused controversy over the unfulfilled fixtures.

History Spennymoor United was reborn under the name of Spennymoor Town, after a merger with Evenwood, who were on the verge of folding in the same year.

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Out of the gloom, people were working hard and managed to get the club together for the start of 2005–06. Headed by Alan Murray the fans rallied round and formed an independent supporters group, initially with the aim of running the club themselves. Both groups submitted their bids with the local council, but after a meeting held at the Penny Gill pub in Spennymoor, it was agreed to stand down and let Alan Murray’s plan go ahead. The application proceeded with the name change to Spennymoor Town, the club were accepted into the Northern League Division Two. The Northern League (2005-2014) Division Two (2005-2007) On Saturday 13 August 2005, the first league game as Spennymoor Town was to be played at home against Darlington R.A, which was met with a major attraction from the town. The official attendance for that first game was 511 people, in which the newly formed Spennymoor Town were victorious with a 3-2 win.

In their first season, the club got off to a good start under then manager Ken Houlahan. In January 2006, Houlahan left his post as manager to become Director of Football and Justin Perry was appointed Player-Manager, finishing the season in a respectable 8th position. But things behind the scenes were not good, a rift between the club and the fans grew, as did the rift between the committee and the chairman. Business man Alan Murray was replaced as Chairman in his absence during a board meeting. During the summer of 2006 the situation came to a head and resulted in the entire committee resigning their posts, taking all but four players with them. The club was taken over by Chairman Alan Murray, with Alan Courtney returning as Vice Chairman. The club also tried to change its name back to Spennymoor United before the 2006–07 season. However, the FA rejected the proposal.

In June 2006, a management team of Jamie Pollock and Moors favourite Jason Ainsley was put in place.

Together they put together a strong squad of players.

After a slow start, consisting of 6 away games out of the first seven, and a high number of draws, the squad went from strength to strength. They went unbeaten in the league from November, until 7 April 2007, where they travelled to Penrith. Backed by a travelling support of over 150 fans, if they won and Seaham lost, they would be champions. At half time, the news came through that Seaham were losing 3–1. Spennymoor’s place was booked as champions when Tom Jones netted an 87th minute winner.

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During the summer of 2007, then Manager Jamie Pollock left the club and moors favourite Jason Ainsley was swiftly given the position of first team manager.

Yet another crisis hit the club during this summer when the council evicted the club from its home of 103 years.

However, after a lot of good work by individuals of the football club, in particular the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary Jonathan Le Poidevin, a new 25 year lease was agreed on 25 September 2007, securing the future of the club.

Division One (2007-2014) Spennymoor’s first season back in the 1st Division of the Northern League resulted in them finishing in a mid table position. They also had a few memorable cup games, defeating higher league opposition in Garforth Town and Brigg Town. They narrowly missed out on a Durham Challenge Cup final appearance against Sunderland, losing the semi-final to a 120th minute winner 1–0 at Gateshead. In the 2008-09 season, the club chairman resigned but Spennymoor battled against the odds and finished 4th in the league on goal difference below Newcastle Benfield, Consett and Whitley Bay. Also notable

in this season, Spennymoor reached the 5th Round of the FA Vase, losing 2-0 away to Bideford A.F.C. The 2009–10 season was a huge success, with the arrival of former Aston Villa player Bradley Groves as Club Chairman with former England, Newcastle and West Ham United Striker Paul Kitson as President. This lead to Spennymoor being crowned Northern Football League Division One Champions with 100 points, at the time being only the third team to ever do so and a feat that was surpassed the season after by winning the league with 103 points. Despite winning the league in three consecutive seasons (2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12), the club did not apply for promotion as they wanted to be financially stable before they took the next step up. Although an application for promotion was subsequently made after their runners-up position in 2012-13 to Darlington 1883 (again breaking the 100 point mark), the club was not deemed by the FA worthy enough of an offer of promotion. At the beginning of the season, then Assistant Manager Brian Atkinson joined Martin Gray at Darlington 1883 and Gavin Fell took the position of Assistant Manager. Also in this season, Spennymoor reached the final of the FA Vase for the first time and beat Tunbridge Wells F.C. 2-1 in front of 16,000 people, In the 2013-2014 season, Spennymoor Town started off retaining the JR Cleator Cup, Spennymoor also made their 3rd consecutive appearance in the Durham Challenge Cup final and ultimately lost 2-1 against a strong Shildon side. Spennymoor won the league for the 4th time in 5 years.

The NPL Division One North (2014 – present) The club had applied for promotion into the pyramid during the 2013-2014 season and played their first competitive game outside of the Northern League away to Padiham F.C. on 16 August 2014, winning 2-0.

Spennymoor also had a good run in the FA Cup, reaching the 4th Qualifying Round, beating Tadcaster Albion A.F.C., Bishop Auckland F.C., Dunston UTS F.C. and Ashton United F.C. and finally losing in a replay against AFC Telford United.

Spennymoor recorded their 250th win as Spennymoor Town at home versus Kendal Town on 16 December 2014. On 23 December 2014, then Assistant Manager Gavin Fell left his post after 2 and a half years with the club and was replaced by ex Gateshead and West Auckland manager Anthony Smith. Spennymoor finished their first season in the NPL Division One North in 5th place on 77 points and but lost 3-2 against Darlington 1883 in the play off Semi-Final.

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Harrogate Railway 0-6 Scarborough Harrogate Railway suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Scarborough Athletic last Monday night in a one-sided contest at Station View.

Lee Ashforth made two changes from Saturday’s eventful trip to Brighouse with Jordan Outerbridge replacing the injured Lawrance Hunter at left-back and Charlie Clamp replacing Mike Morris.

The first opportunity very nearly fell to Railway, who have made a habit of scoring early this season, however, Chandler Hallwood reacted quickly in the Scarborough goal to deny Vincent Dhesi a shooting opportunity.

Bryan Hughes and Paul Foot’s men got their first goal of the night after just eight minutes when a hanging cross from left of the penalty area was nodded in at the back post by Corner.

It took just four minutes for ‘Boro to add a second, when Gary Bradshaw capitalised on a loose ball in the Railway defence and poked past the onrushing Goodwin.

Another four minutes passed and the Seasiders found the back of the net again as Corner excellently flicked Nathan Peat’s long free kick over Goodwin and over the line.

The hosts looked shell-shocked at this point, and conceded a fourth goal that coincided with Corner completing his hattrick, as the prolific striker capitalised on Goodwin’s misjudgement of a low cross and tapped into an empty net.

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Ashforth’s side did manage to test Hallwood before the interval, with the hard-working Ryan Sharrocks cutting in on his right and saeing his strike well saved at the near post.

Scarborough got a fifth after 63 minutes when Fox’s free-kick dropped kindly to substitute Peterson eight yards out for the striker to coolly slot home.

Another substitute striker, Blott, then rounded off the scoring for Scarborough, sprinting in behind the Railway defence and chipping Goodwin on a miserable evening for Railway.

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SPENNYMOOR - PLAYER PROFILES

Jason Ainsley (First Team Manager) Long Serving Manager now in his 10th season in charge at The Brewery Field. Jason is Mr Spennymoor as his association with the club spreads well over 20 years as a former player, skipper and Assistant Manager. The gaffer has won 12 trophies since 2006 and led the team to the play offs last season.

Played for Hartlepool United, Barrow, Gateshead, Blyth Spartans in his playing career and had spells in Singapore and Australia.

Anthony Smith (Assistant Manager) Spent eight months as manager of full time Gateshead in 2013 playing a key role in keeping them in the Conference. Joined The Moors from West Auckland Town where he took them from 10th to top of the league at Christmas in 2014. A former Professional with Sunderland and Northampton Town.

Barry Farr (Goalkeeper Coach) Barry returned to the club in March 2015 following a short spell with West Auckland Town. The former Northern League goalkeeper and Durham City coach became very popular in his previous five seasons at the club ensuring the Moors keepers were prepared in the best possible way for every game.

Daniel Lowson (Goalkeeper) 27 year old stopper with Conference experience with Alfreton Town. Dan joined after a season with West Auckland Town where he won player of the year and was previously with Celtic Nation, Blyth Spartans, Ilkeston Town and Newcastle Blue Star.

Kallum Griffiths (Defender) This will be Kallum’s 7th season at the club where he has made the right back position his own with a string of consistent performances, and is renowned for scoring spectacular goals. Started his career with Sunderland then moved to Bradford City before joining Moors in the summer of 2009 and has now surpassed 200 appearances for the club.

Christopher Mason (Defender) Club Captain in his 7th season and has now completed over 250 appearances for the club. Former England Schoolboy Mason leads by example and rated by many as the best defender in the Northern League. Has also played for Darlington, Gateshead, Harrogate Town and Swedish club Ostavalls IF.

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Stephen Capper (Defender) Another player starting his 7th season at the club, Stephen is easily the clubs most decorated player after captaining the Republic of Ireland at the Olympics and the World Youth Championships where he competed against Christiano Ronaldo and Fernando Torres. Dublin born Capper spent five years at Sunderland before dropping into non-league with Scarborough and Durham City where he won two league championships and has since won numerous accolades at The Brewery Field.

Joseph Tait (Defender) Second season at the club after joining from Conference club Gateshead. Joe is a vocal, no nonsense defender with excellent distribution after progressing through Leeds United and Middlesbrough Academy before moving to Hartlepool United as a professional. Also played in the MLS for Philadelphia Union and had a spell with Darlington 1883.

Paul Johnson (Defender) Second season with the club after joining from ambitious Celtic Nation. A reliable ball playing defender who is dominant in the air and played in the Football League for Hartlepool United and Darlington, also spent time on loan at Workington in the Conference North.

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SPENNYMOOR - PLAYER PROFILES

Jordan Robinson (Defender) Joined in the summer after spending two seasons with Darlington 1883. Jordan, 24, came through the successful Middlesbrough Academy system before joining Wigan Athletic in 2011 under Roberto Martinez and made his debut against Hull City.

Michael Hoganson (Defender) 21 year old left sided defender or midfielder who started his career with Newcastle United and featured for Peter beardsley’s U21 side, before he was signed by Nigel Clough at Derby County and made six appearances in the Championship for the Rams. He played for Alfreton Town in the Conference last season on loan.

Shane Henry (Midfielder) Shane arrived at the Brewery Field in the summer of 2014 from Whitby Town where he had been playing for the last three seasons.

After missing the start of last season through injury, he was ever present and produced a number of man of the match displays, and this was rewarded by winning the managers player of the year in his debut season at the club.

Lewis Dodds (Midfielder) Now in his 7th season at the club, Lewis has completed over 250 appearances since joining from Durham City in 2009. A local lad who started his career with Sunderland and represented England at Schoolboy level. A big favourite at the club with his will to win and never say die attitude. An essential cog and key component in the Moors midfield. Lewis is also a vital part of the clubs academy set-up.

Andrew Stephenson (Midfielder) This will be Andrew’s 4th season at the club and the schemer has been instrumental scoring almost

40 goals including the goal against Guernsey that took Moors to Wembley in 2013, then providing the assist for the winner in the Final.

Former captain of Durham City in the Evo-Stik League.

Anthony Peacock (Midfielder) Longest serving player now in his 8th season at The Brewery Field. Anthony started his career with Middlesbrough and won the F.A.Youth Cup before moving to Darlington in the Football League.

Has played a pivotal role in the clubs recent successes, and was last season named both players and supporters player of the year.

James Risbrough (Midfielder) Left sided winger James joined the club in the summer after a spell in Sweden. Formerly with Guisborough Town he spent time with Whitby Town and Harrogate Town in pre-season.

Reece Kenney (Midfielder) Signed on Contract in the close season after progressing up through the clubs reserve team where he was captain last season.

Reece never gives less than 100% and the teenager has a very bright future ahead of him. (Currently on loan at West Auckland Town) John McReady (Midfielder) Signed from Halifax Town in the summer of 2014. John started out at Darlington and after impressing for the Quakers he sealed a move to York City in the Football League. A tricky player who loves nothing better than running at the opposition.

Liam Henderson (Striker) Now in his 3rd season with the club following his release from Conference club Gateshead. Liam has scored 66 goals in the last two seasons, and spent seven years as a professional with Watford, Hartle-

pool United, Colchester United, Rotherham United, Forest Green Rovers, Aldershot Town, York City and hometown club Gateshead.

Gavin Cogdon (Striker) Gavin holds the mantle of being the clubs all-time leading scorer.

Joined from Durham City in 2009 and has scored over 100 goals including the opener at Wembley in the F.A.Vase. Turned many offers down to play higher and is unplayable on his day. A big favourite on and off the field.

Nathan Fisher (Striker) Yorkshire based Striker who joined the Moors in October 2014 from Darlington 1883. Nathan was previously at Gateshead in the Conference spending three seasons making 83 appearances scoring 12 goals. Has also played in the Scottish Premier League for Gretna after starting his career with Middlesbrough. The club are hoping he can recapture the sparkling form which secured his move to Gateshead after winning the Northern League Golden Boot for Chester Le Street Town.

Glen Taylor (Striker) Returned to the club on a two year contract from Ashington. A big, strong, and technically adept goalscorer who has been top scorer wherever he has played.

Based in Sunderland Glen has also played for Whitley Bay and Blyth Spartans.

Danny Frost (Striker) Signed on contract in the summer from Shaw Lane Aquaforce where he finished last season after joining from Bradford Park Avenue. A very quick and direct striker, Frost started his career with hometown Barnsley before playing for Winterton Rangers and Gainsborough Trinity.

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Points From the Past It’s FA Cup time once more. No, I won’t look back on past glories again today – let’s just say we know what can happen if we play to our full potential, and get the breaks. My dear old dad used to say “You never win cups with hard luck”. All the best, lads.

We are now in our tenth season in the Northern Premier League, now the EvoStik League. But how did it all begin?

We’ll take a look back to the pre-pyramid days of the sixties…

ps u c n i w r e “ Yo u ne v k” c u l d r a h h wit

The leading non-League professional clubs in the North of England and the Midlands had for many years advocated forming one top-class league, on the lines of the already existing Southern League, in order that the more successful northern clubs could put up a stronger case in their application to join the Football League.

At the time it was invariably clubs from the north who dropped out, to be replaced by the more affluent clubs from the south.

Most of the clubs in the top half of the country played in the Cheshire County League, Lancashire Combination or the Midland League. Apart from FA Cup ties, there were very few competitive games between the leagues so it was difficult to assess which league was the strongest.

The question of forming a Northern

professional league had been raised several times but response had not been very positive. That is until 1966 when, although there were still sceptics, the idea had gained much more support.

Following a meeting at Altrincham, attended by over 200 clubs, a steering committee was set up. This committee had representatives from the three afore-mentioned leagues plus the North Regional League, the Southern League, the West Midlands League and the Football Association itself. The chairman was none other than FA secretary Mr Dennis Follows.

The steering committee decided it was indeed feasible to form a professional league for clubs in the North and Midlands. Following this proposal, the Northern Premier League was formed in 1968.

Membership for the first season would be by invitation and the clubs which had been the most successful in their own leagues over the previous three seasons would be the first to be asked.

The clubs who accepted invitations and became founder members were Altrincham, Bangor City, Hyde United, Macclesfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Runcorn, Wigan Athletic, Chorley, Fleetwood Town, Morecambe, Netherfield, South Liverpool, Gainsborough Trinity, Goole Town, Scarborough, Worksop Town, Ashington, Gateshead, South Shields and Boston United.

Exciting times. We’ll talk more in our next issue.

Ken Welford

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RAILWAY The 2015/16 Season Preview

THE SEASON AHEAD

So pre seasons over, the real stuff begins now & how do we as Harrogate Railway Ladies feel on the start of a new adventure?

NEW LEAGUE

Refreshing is the word with new teams, more of them, new surroundings & a few big names to add to the mix such as Sheffield Wednesday & Doncaster Belles. Without doubt this will be a challenge but one we are relishing the challenge ahead.

PRE-SEASON

Always been a difficult time for Railway Ladies with numerous students, teachers, festival goers, day jobs getting in the way (including me) & downright sun seekers!! This pre-season has been a mixed bag to be fair with the inability to gel the squad to the degree I’d have liked. However on the plus side we have had some challenging games such as Brighouse Ladies & a newly reformed Silsden. Both fixtures enabled the pre-season fitness we craved, albeit the performances could have been better. One massive plus has been the recruitment as well as retaining key individuals.

THE SQUAD

We have grown in size & quality as I eluded to above. Last season did see a lack of competition in certain places but recruitment has really aided competition for places. I’m personally excited by some of these players, but that’s not to exclude the key individuals who are the spine & soul of the squad.

Without those individuals the team would not function (despite their challenging opinions ha)!

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Skipton Road Garage are just the most genuine supporters of this team its unreal! Forever wanting to help the girls progress & ever present. I just love the fact come rain or shine they are there cheering on the team & are now even trying to watch me physically explode when the girls don’t listen (not that I have anger management problems at all)!

THE CHALLENGE

Keeping 25 players is not easy & I wont lie that I will be upsetting players as the season progresses.

However the fact they now have competition for places, a higher standard & greater experience we must push them. That aside competing at this level will be tough, but not impossible. So overall the challenge I’m setting the girls is quite simple, enjoy it, give their all & play football. Those three things happen & who knows where we will go.

MY PREDICTION

Id love to sit on the fence here & not commit to anything. However my prediction is they will enjoy it, they will give their all & they will play football when possible (all of the challenges I’m setting them). If we are talking league predictions, we aim to stay up & consolidate. I do genuinely believe mid table is highly achievable for this group, so lets just wait & see!

All the best to every team within the Harrogate Railway family!

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Half Time Quiz

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2. Which five clubs has David Beckham played for as a professional?

3. True or false: Denis Law never played for any Scottish League clubs?

4. Which English club were the last winners of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup? 5. Mark Lawrenson had a brief spell as manager of which club?

6. Fabio Capello’s last game in charge of England was a 1-0 win over which country?

7. Which was the most northerly ground to stage matches in the 2012 Olympic football tournament?

8. Which Premier League player scored Australia’s first ever goal in the World Cup finals?

9. Which country won the first ever European Championship?

10. With which club did George Graham start his managerial career in the Football League?

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CLITHEROE Tuesday 1ST September - Away

Lee Ashforth takes his Railway side to Clitheroe on Tuesday 1st September in a fixture re-scheduled from the day before due to the hosts FA Cup commitments.

Clitheroe travel to Pickering Town on the Sunday, prior to Railway’s visit, and have enjoyed an outstanding start to the season. Tuesday’s hosts had taken maximum points from their opening two fixtures, thrashing Droylsden 5-1 at the Butchers Arms Ground and getting their home campaign off to a flying start with a 3-1 win over Prescot Cables. Clitheroe did, however, suffer a 3-0 defeat away to Mossley in their third outing of the season.

Last season’s corresponding fixture ended in a 2-1 loss for Railway, although two wins in five days back in September over our upcoming Lancashire opponents will give Lee Ashforth’s side confidence ahead of the clash.

Harrogate Railway’s sixth competitive fixture of the season sees Radcliffe Borough make the trip to Station View.

Radcliffe Borough have struggled so far this season, losing all four fixtures at the time of writing. Benny Phillips’ side got the season underway with a 2-0 reverse at home to Mossley and went down to the same score-line when they visited Warrington Town. Boro then narrowly lost out 1-0 at Spennymoor, before Tom Hulme scored Radcliffe’s first goal of the season in a 2-1 defeat to early pace setters Northwich Victoria.

Radcliffe Borough recorded a surprise 1-0 win when they last visited Station View back in April, as they successfully avoided relegation by finishing 19th. Radcliffe travelled to AFC Liverpool in the FA Cup preliminary round on Friday 28th August and host Kendal Town before visiting Station View. In an extremely competitive Evo-Stik NPL North, no game is a given and this will be no different.

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Spennymoor Town

Match

01 Tom GOODWIN 02 Simon PARKES 03 Lawrance HUNTER 04 Nathaniel PELLS 05 Dan THIRKELL 06 Alex LOW 07 Ryan SHARROCKS 08 Jack STOCKDILL 09 Stephen BROMLEY 10 Charlie CLAMP 11 Jordan OUTERBRIDGE

01 Daniel LOWSON 02 Kallum GRIFFITHS 03 Christopher MASON 04 Michael HOGANSON 05 Stephen CAPPER 06 Lee MOORE 07 Joseph TAIT 08 Paul JOHNSON 09 Jordan ROBINSON 10 Shane HENRY 11 Lewis DODDS

Referee Wayne Grunnill

12 Fatlum IBRIHIMI 14 Vincent DHESI 15 Greg KIDD 16 Harry BROWN 17 Mike MORRIS

12 Scott KERR 14 Anthony PEACOCK 15 Dominic CAPPER 16 James RISBROUGH 17 Gavin COGDON

Manager Lee ASHFORTH

Managers Jason AINSLEY

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