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LEE’S VIEW Lee talks about on and off the pitch

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ON THE RECORD

Railway's record in the cups

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CONSETT

More about our visitors today

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The 2016/7 Emirates FA Cup - 3:00pm Saturday 3RD September 2016

LEE’S VIEW

Welcome back to Station View A warm welcome to the Consett team, management and supporters for todays mouthwatering FA Cup 1st Round qualifying match.

We have started the season very well but have then had a bad week, losing against Staveley and then heavily against the league favourites Handsworth.

Its funny how a week can change the way you feel and the way some people perceive the team and whether we are a good team or not.

Its important that at times like this we pull together as a squad and as a team on and off the pitch and not break ranks.

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We have built a platform and had a great start with some good attacking football, a hard working team and this should not be overlooked due to a hugely disappointing week.

Todays game is an important one for the club, we need a reaction from our last match and obviously the financial side of a win is huge for a club like ours.

Todays game will be just as difficult as Handsworth so we need to ensure that we do not let ourselves and the club down.

I am sure that we wont and that we will have a very good cup tie.

Often managers look for excuses in defeat, I have never been one for doing that, I

stand up and tell you that the other team were better, the budget better etc etc, this then means that certain things go under the radar, injuries to certain players, new players being integrated, referee decisions, players being ill.

Of course, we will continue to improve the squad but its important as a club structure that we only bring players in that can be part of our philosophy and the way we do things.

The squad I have now certainly do that and will continue to.

What goes on off the pitch is generally more important than what happens on the pitch.

‘One in all in’ has been said several times by last years chairman Nigel Corner, that hasn’t changed.

The life of a non league manager takes up more time than you can possibly imagine, but we love what we do and we strive to be better win, lose or draw.

My team, our team, will fight for this club, through any game and I promise you that they give it all and leave no stone unturned, be proud of them as I am.

I am proud of my squad, its my squad. I have built the team, and only a couple of players now remain from the previous manager’s reign.

Enjoy the game, I certainly will.

rth

Lee Ashfo

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egular readers of our match programme, will have noticed that we haven't included match results and a league table as yet.

This has been deliberate. Not because we don't care, but because the editor is a little 'old-school' and thinks that the league table is irrelevant until at least ten games in.

Many would disagree with this approach.

As we complete August, the first series of fixtures and go into September; the next edition will contain our results/fixtures and the Toolstation NCEL Premier League table.

It will be updated in each subsequent match day programme and hopefully show Railway's challenge for promotion develop.

As we get ready to include the club statistics, we thought it would be interesting to provide a history of how the club has performed in previous seasons, including a number of the cup competitions and of course, the FA Cup. Harrogate Railway were formed in 1935 and You can find more about our history by reading our monthly club magazine. Please visit

issuu.com/therailfc to get a comprehensive history of our club, read articles from the people in and around Harrogate Railway and the wider non-league community.

So here's a brief summary of the the club's histoy from the fifties; 1955-56 1957-58 1959 1963-64

1965 1970 1973 1980-81 1982-83 1983-84 ons 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87

1993 1998-99

2006-07 2009-10

Joined Yorkshire League Division Two Promoted to Division One Relegated to Division Two Missed runner-up spot on goal average Promoted to Division One Relegated to Division Two Relegated to newly reformed Division Three Left Yorkshire League Rejoined Yorkshire League Founder members of Northern Counties East League Northern Counties East League Division Two North ChampiJoined Division One North on re-organisation One point deducted for breach of rule Missed runner-up spot on goal difference Promoted to Premier Division Relegated to Division One Northern Counties East League Division One Champions Promoted to Premier Division Joined Northern Premier League Division One Three points deducted

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ON THE RECORD

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SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

YORKS-2 30 YORKS-2 32 YORKS-2 26 YORKS-1 34 YORKS-2 28 YORKS-2 36 YORKS-2 26 YORKS-2 28 YORKS-2 28 YORKS-1 30 YORKS-2 28 YORKS-2 32 YORKS-2 32 YORKS-2 32 YORKS-2 34 YORKS-3 28 YORKS-3 26 YORKS-3 30 YORKS-3 30 YORKS-3 28 NCE-2N 26 NCE-2N 26 NCE-1N 32 NCE-1 30 NCE-1 34 NCE-P 32 NCE-P 32 NCE-P 34 NCE-P 30 NCE-P 36 NCE-P 38 NCE-1 28 NCE-1 30 NCE-1 30 NCE-1 28 NCE-1 28 NCE-1 24 NCE-P 38 NCE-P 38 NCE-P 38 NCE-P 38 NCE-P 38 NCE-P 38 NCE-P 38 NPL-1 46 NPL-1N 42 NPL-1N 40 NPL-1N 42 NPL-1N 44 NPL-1N 42 NPL-1N 42 NPL-1N 42 NPL-1N 42 NPL-1N 42

12 13 15 6 10 14 11 12 18 6 12 14 12 15 10 13 8 11 10 6 2 19 17 6 19 9 10 17 12 5 3 10 16 12 15 10 15 11 11 17 15 12 24 22 21 13 13 15 13 8 11 14 19 6

5 4 6 7 2 7 3 6 3 5 2 3 9 4 7 5 5 11 5 6 3 6 7 6 7 9 11 9 9 8 9 5 4 5 7 4 6 6 9 10 7 13 4 7 5 12 3 7 7 7 8 6 10 8

13 15 5 21 16 15 12 10 7 19 14 15 11 13 17 10 13 8 15 16 21 1 8 18 8 14 11 8 9 23 26 13 10 13 6 14 3 21 18 11 16 13 10 9 20 17 24 20 24 27 23 22 13 28

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78 82 71 48 68 82 63 62 69 44 64 54 44 54 81 42 29 36 30 24 19 72 65 47 65 40 41 59 49 31 49 47 64 48 54 58 58 54 59 83 87 63 92 92 72 51 58 58 82 54 47 52 85 52

87 75 41 84 91 81 74 45 39 70 51 58 62 64 55 40 40 30 38 53 62 23 41 70 44 56 43 50 40 60 115 56 52 52 32 52 29 95 65 61 71 64 54 49 78 58 82 79 103 115 89 66 75 115

29 30 36 19 22 35 25 30 39 17 26 31 33 34 27 31 21 33 25 18 7 44 58 23 * 64 36 41 60 45 23 18 35 52 41 52 34 51 39 42 61 52 49 76 73 68 51 42 49 * 46 31 41 48 67 26

8/16 11/17 3/14 17/18 11/15 9/19 8/14 8/15 3/15 14/16 9/15 9/17 9/17 8/17 14/18 5/15 11/14 9/16 10/16 13/15 14/14 1/14 4/17 14/16 4/18 12/17 8/17 5/18 7/16 18/19 20/20 9/15 7/16 8/16 3/15 11/15 1/13 16/20 13/20 5/20 10/20 12/20 3/20 3/20 12/24 12/18 18/21 17/22 20/23 21/22 18/22 13/22 8/22 21/22

2007-08 PRE ESH WINNING A 4-1 1Q CHESTER-LE-STREET A 1-1 1Qr CHESTER-LE-STREET H 3-0 2Q LEIGH R M I H 4-1 3Q MATLOCK TOWN H 4-3 4Q HARROGATE TOWN H 2-1 1 DROYLSDEN H 2-0 2 MANSFIELD TOWN H 2-3 2008-09 PRE DUNSTON FEDERATION A 0-1 2009-10 PRE CONSETT A 0-0 PREr CONSETT H 1-1 Railway won 4-3 on penalties 1Q NORTH FERRIBY UNITED A 0-2 2010-11 PRE THACKLEY A 0-5 2011-12 PRE SILSDEN A 1-1 PREr SILSDEN H 2-0 1Q BRADFORD PARK AVE. A 0-8 2012-13 PRE SOUTH SHIELDS H 1-1 PREr SOUTH SHIELDS A 0-1 2013-14 PRE WEST AUCKLAND H 2-2 PREr WEST AUCKLAND A 2-4 2014-15 PRE GARFORTH TOWN A 2-1 1Q CLITHEROE H 3-1 2Q COLWYN BAY A 2-3 2015-16 PRE SPENNYMOOR TOWN H 0-0 PREr SPENNYMOOR TOWN A 0-2

F.A. CUP

1954-55 2Q GOOLE TOWN A 2-4 1955-56 2Q GOOLE TOWN A 0-6 1956-57 1Q OSSETT TOWN H 3-2 2Q GOOLE TOWN A 0-4 1990-91 PRE PENRITH A 5-0 1Q MURTON H 2-0 2Q SOUTH BANK H 1-0 3Q EASINGTON COLLIERY H 2-0 4Q CHORLEY A 1-3 1991-92 1Q DENABY UNITED A 0-1 1992-93 PRE ILKESTON TOWN A 0-7 1993-94 1Q HARROGATE TOWN H 1-2 1994-95 1Q BISHOP AUCKLAND A 0-2 1995-96 PRE R T M NEWCASTLE A 2-1 1Q BISHOP AUCKLAND A 1-2 1996-97 PRE STOCKTON H 5-2 1Q ASHTON UNITED A 0-3 1997-98 PRE SOUTH SHIELDS H 2-3 1998-99 1Q GRETNA A 0-0 1Qr GRETNA H 2-1 2Q PRESCOT CABLES H 1-1 2Qr PRESCOT CABLES A 0-2 1999-00 PRE WILLINGTON H 1-0 1Q BRIGG TOWN A 0-4 2000-01 PRE CASTLETON GABRIELS A 3-2 1Q BEDLINGTON TERRIERS H 1-5 2001-02 PRE BRIDLINGTON TOWN H 2-0 1Q WINSFORD UNITED H 1-1 1Qr WINSFORD UNITED A 4-1 2Q LIVERSEDGE A 3-3 2Qr LIVERSEDGE H 2-1 3Q BLYTH SPARTANS A 2-1 4Q MORECAMBE H 2-3 2002-03 PRE WHITLEY BAY A 2-2 PREr WHITLEY BAY H 5-4 1Q ESH WINNING A 2-1 2Q CHESTER-LE-STREET A 5-5 2Qr CHESTER-LE-STREET H 7-2 3Q WORKINGTON H 4-0 4Q MARINE H 4-2 1 SLOUGH TOWN A 2-1 2 BRISTOL CITY H 1-3 2003-04 PRE HATFIELD MAIN H W/O 1Q ROSSENDALE UNITED A 1-2 2004-05 PRE ESH WINNING H 1-1 PREr ESH WINNING A 3-7 2005-06 PRE CLITHEROE H 1-2 2006-07 PRE SHILDON A 3-0 1Q MARSKE UNITED H 2-4

F.A. TROPHY

2006-07 1Q KIDSGROVE ATHLETIC A 1-2 2007-08 1Q RADCLIFFE BOROUGH H 2-4 2008-09 PRE F C HALIFAX TOWN H 2-1 1Q LEIGH GENESIS H 0-1 2009-10 PRE WOODLEY SPORTS A 2-2 PREr WOODLEY SPORTS H 2-1 1Q SHEPSHED DYNAMO A 1-2 2010-11 PRE BELPER TOWN A 1-0 1Q OSSETT ALBION H 2-1 2Q ROMULUS A 2-1 3Q NANTWICH TOWN H 3-4 2011-12 1Q RADCLIFFE BOROUGH A 1-2 2012-13 PRE BAMBER BRIDGE H 2-1 1Q TRAFFORD H 2-4 2013-14 PRE WAKEFIELD A 1-2 2014-15 PRE SPENNYMOOR TOWN H 2-3 2015-16 PRE MOSSLEY A 0-1

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F.A. VASE 1984-85 EP PRE 1 1r 2 2r 1985-86 PRE PREr 1986-87 PRE 1 1987-88 EP PRE 1988-89 EP PRE 1 2 3 4 4r 1989-90 1 2 1990-91 2 3 1991-92 2 1992-93 1 2 1993-94 PRE 1 1994-95 PRE 1995-96 1Q 1Qr 1996-97 1Q 2Q 1997-98 2Q 1998-99 2Q 2Qr 1 1999-00 2Q 2000-01 1Q 2001-02 2Q 1 2 2002-03 2Q 1 2 3 2003-04 2Q 2004-05 2Q 2005-06 1 2

WORSBROUGH BRIDGE IMMINGHAM TOWN SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD BRANDON UNITED BRANDON UNITED FARSLEY CELTIC FARSLEY CELTIC NORTON & STOCKTON MURTON EPPLETON COLLIERY WILLINGTON MARCHON SOCIAL PETERLEE NEWTOWN HARROGATE TOWN ROSSINGTON MAIN BORROWASH VICTORIA NORTH FERRIBY UNITED NORTH FERRIBY UNITED ECCLESHILL UNITED PETERLEE NEWTOWN CHESTER-LE-STREET BILLINGHAM TOWN PENRITH ARMTHORPE WELFARE DUNSTON FEDERATION WEST ALLOT. CELTIC PICKERING TOWN PICKERING TOWN SHOTTON COMRADES SHOTTON COMRADES HORDEN COLLIERY MORPETH TOWN ASHINGTON ATHERTON COLLIERIES ATHERTON COLLIERIES BRANDON UNITED MARSKE UNITED HATFIELD MAIN BRODSWORTH MW HALL ROAD RANGERS WEST AUCKLAND TOWN SKELMERSDALE UNITED ATHERTON COLLIERIES CAMMELL LAIRD NEWCASTLE TOWN JARROW ROOFING BCA SILSDEN DARWEN CAMMELL LAIRD

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A 3-1 A 3-1 A 2-2 H 5-0 A 4-4 H 0-2 A 2-2 H 1-2 A 2-1 A 0-2 H 3-0 H 0-1 H 2-0 A 3-1 H 3-2 H 5-1 H 6-3 A 2-2 H 1-3 H 2-0 H 1-3 H 2-1 A 1-3 H 0-1 H 2-1 H 0-6 H 3-0 H 1-4 A 0-4 H 0-0 A 1-2 A 3-0 H 1-3 H 0-5 A 4-4 H 2-1 A 1-5 H 1-6 A 0-1 H 3-1 A 5-2 H 1-3 H 2-0 A 6-4 A 4-3 A 1-3 H 1-4 A 1-3 A 4-2 H 0-1

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WHO ARE CONSETT AFC?

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riday 22 November 2013 is a date which will be etched in Consett supporters’ minds for a long time.

It was the night when, after more than a decade of delays and false dawns, they opened their new Belle View Stadium.

Built at a cost of £3m by Durham County Council after the club agreed to leave its home of 63 years, the crumbling, old Belle Vue Park, the occasion was beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

Newcastle United, who had provided the opposition for the Steelmen’s last game at the old ground, agreed to open the new one, and a Peter Beardsley-led side performed the honours on a freezing-cold night, in front of a bumper crowd of 2,954.

Consett-born FIFA official Mark Clattenburg, who offered his services to his hometown club for free, had to delay kick-off by 25 minutes so everyone could get in.

The Magpies proved party-poopers by winning 2-1, though Consett striker Luke Sullivan, a local lad, had the honour of scoring the club’s first goal at their new home.

A week later, 458 fans watched Consett beat Spennymoor Town 2-1 in the first Northern League game at the new grounde, with goals from Michael Mackay and Sullivan – the latter a wonder-strike which was captured for posterity by Sky Tyne & Wear’s cameras.

The stadium, which has a state-of-the-

art 3G pitch, also became home to more than 30 junior and ladies’ sides from U7s to U18s, and a football academy, making Consett AFC a truly community club.

The club was founded way back in 1899 as Consett Celtic, and they played local matches until joining the Northern Alliance in 1919. Seven years later they switched to the North Eastern League (NEL), winning promotion from the 2nd Division at the first attempt.

From 1935-37 Consett dropped back into the Northern Alliance before returning to the semi-professional NEL, where they pitted their wits against the reserve teams of Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Hartlepools, Carlisle and Gateshead, and clubs such as Ashington, Blyth Spartans, North Shields, South Shields and Spennymoor United.

Their original ground, the Vicarage Field, was on land provided by Consett Iron Company, but the club had to vacate it in 1948 when the rapidly-growing steelworks needed the land for expansion.

For a couple of years they played at Eden Colliery Welfare’s ground at Leadgate, until a suitable permanent home could be found. The new ground, Belle Vue Park, was largely constructed by volunteers from the steelworks, who moved tremendous amounts of cinders from local mine workings to form banking around the pitch.

Two small stands were built, one on either side of the pitch, from concrete, brick and timber. The fee of £1,150 which 1st Division Charlton Athletic handed over for Tommy Lumley (an NEL record) paid for one of them. The opening game v Sunderland Reserves in August 1950 attracted the ground’s record gate of 7,000.

the next season, unbeaten at home in all competitions.

In 1994-95 they made up for three final defeats (in 1979, 1981 and 1992) by winning the Northern League Cup, beating Whitby Town 2-0 in the Final at Crook, with goals from Paul Staff and Carl Rowell.

That was a notable achievement, but even better was a run to the 1st Round of the FA Cup in 1996-97. Again they were drawn away, to Mansfield Town, and the town became a focus of media attention for a few weeks. More than 1,000 people followed the team who, although they lost 4-0, gave their all.

Consett stayed in the NEL until its demise in 1958 after the reserve teams left. Their sole league title was in the wartime season of 1939-40, though they lifted the League Cup in 1951 and 1954. They spent two seasons in the Midland League, playing the likes of Skegness, Worksop and Peterborough, but the travelling became too much. The spell did include the club’s first-ever appearance in the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup, but they were beaten 5-0 at Doncaster Rovers in 1958-59.

There was more silverware in 1997-98, when Carr’s side won the Sunderland Shipowners’ Cup – normally only for Wearside League teams, but open to past winners for its centenary year – by beating Jarrow Roofing 3-0.

Consett’s top-flight status lasted 14 seasons until 2002-03, when they were relegated again, and that signalled the end of Carr’s 15-year reign as manager.

The Ironworkers, as they were known at the time, then became founder members of the Northern Counties League in 1960, winning the championship in 1962 with former Newcastle United goalkeeper Jack Fairbrother as manager.

However, under new boss Ray Lish, they repeated their previous feat by returning at the first attempt, only to suffer a third relegation in a disastrous 2004-05 season, during which they had four different managers.

They returned to the reformed North Eastern League in 1962, reverted to amateur status the following year, and 12 months later they were on the move again, to the Wearside League, when the new NEL folded.

Playing in a competition mainly comprising colliery welfare and works sides, the title eluded them, though they did a cup double in 1968, winning the Sunderland Shipowners’ Cup and Monkwearmouth Charity Cup, and were league runners-up in 1969 and 1970.

The next man to take the hotseat was Kenny Lindoe, who had won the Northern League title on a shoestring at Brandon two years earlier, and under his guidance the Steelmen made it a hat-trick of promotions at the first time of asking. They broke numerous club records along the way, starting 2005-06 with 19 consecutive wins, amassing 102 points, a +103 goal difference, and recording their biggest Northern League win, 12-1 v Guisborough Town.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Consett were finally elected to the Northern League in 1970, and until recently their best season was 1976-77, when they finished level at the top with Spennymoor United, but lost a championship play-off 3-0 at Willington goal difference not counting at the time.

Their first season back in the top flight saw them finish a creditable 4th in the 1st Division, but the high-spot of the campaign was winning the Durham Challenge Cup for the sixth time. They beat Chester-le-Street Town 3-2 at Nissan, with goals from David Pounder (2) and Kraig Wilkinson. The previous wins were in 1948, 1950, 1959, 1961 and 1969.

They were in the 1st Division until 1987-88, when they were relegated, but under new manager Colin Carr, made a swift return, winning the 2nd Division Championship

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Season 2007-08 rivalled 1976-77 as the club’s best-ever. They were among the front-runners for the title until the turn of the year.

But their longest-ever run in the FA Vase, where they controversially exited in the 5th Round at Merstham, 5-4 after extra time, cost them dear. The league games they had to catch up with proved too much for a relatively small squad, and they had to settle for the runners-up spot behind Durham City.

title in most of the previous 10 seasons.

The next three seasons, overshadowed by first planning wrangles, then the move from the old ground, and, in 2013-14, playing the first 18 league games away from home while the new stadium was being built, halted that momentum somewhat. But Frank Bell, who took over as Chairmanin 2013, has put in place a plan of gradual improvement, on and off the field, with the aim of making Consett AFC a force to be reckoned with over the next few years.

In 2008-09 they went even closer, coming within minutes of a first league title. A point from their last game at Whitley Bay would have made them champions, and they led 2-0 at half-time. But a second-half fightback saw the FA Vase finalists (and eventual winners) break Consett hearts with a late winner.

There was a setback in January 2015, when, after more than 500 games and nearly 10 years in charge, long-serving Kenny Lindoe stood down as manager. He’s still very much involved with the club, scouting and identifying and recruiting young players.

Three days later Newcastle Benfield travelled to Penrith needing a win to snatch the championship from Consett’s grasp, and got it with seven minutes to go, leaving the Steelmen as runners-up for the second year in a row.

His replacement was Colin Myers, who cut his coaching teeth under Kenny at Brandon before going on to be manager at Bishop Auckland, where he won the Durham Challenge Cup, and assistant manager at Blyth Spartans, who he helped to the 3rd Round of the FA Cup.

2009-10 was ruined by injuries to an extent no one connected with the club could remember, with up to 12 players out at a time, and 41 different players used during the campaign. Away form was excellent, with 14 wins on the road matched only by champions Spennymoor. But home form was erratic to say the least, and the Steelmen had to settle for a 10th-place finish.

After a good end to 2014-15, and a 9th-place finish, 2015-16 started promisingly, with FA Cup wins over Colne and Scarborough, and a narrow defeat by National League side Bradford Park Avenue. But form slowly deteriorated, leading to early exits from all the other cups, and after a defeat at West Auckland on 5 March 2016 – the 9th in 13 games – Myers resigned.

In 2010-11, Lindoe embarked on a major rebuilding programme, with only six players remaining from the previous season, and he was rewarded with an unexpected rise to the top of the table on the back of excellent home form, where his team went 13 games unbeaten before losing to Spennymoor at the end of February.

Player-coach Mark Eccles, a Consett lad with more than 100 games for the club to his name, agreed to take over as interim manager until the end of the season. He got the team back on track again, playing attractive attacking football, and 10 wins, 3 draws and just 3 defeats in his 16 games in charge saw him appointed on a permanent basis at the end of the season - one of the youngest managers in the Northern League, at just 35.

They lost momentum after the manager suffered a near-fatal St Patrick’s Day heart attack, but, under caretaker boss David Hagan and assistant David Robson, they rallied to finish runners-up for the third time in four seasons. Their tally of 93 points (and 103 goals) was their best-ever 1st Division haul, and would have been enough to win the

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Well at least I can say from my last notes I was right when I said what a difference a week makes.

Off the field we continue to go from strength to strength, and working hard to build a club that is respected by all our visitors and community.

We must understand that although it is the first team that are in the papers every week and get most if not all of the attention, they only exist due to the effort that goes often unnoticed.

Appreciation is the name of the game and I really urge everyone to work hard showing that appreciation to others.

For instance we now recognise a Railway person of the month, who this month is Ann Kirk.

Most agreeing a very well deserved award for a Railway person through and through.

Congratulations Ann. On Monday we will vote for the Railway of the person for the second month.

On the field we have shown inconsistency.

Three wonderful performances followed by a 7-0 defeat after a 2-0 defeat.

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mances in the team week in week out.

We have no excuses this season, budget, facilities, personnel, and therefore rest assured we will get there.

It appears inconceivable that we cannot match at least some of the top 6 teams in this league.

On to todays game. Put aside everything else there is no doubt this season we have shown a cup winning mentality.

Therefore it is vital that at least we show equally that same spirit we have shown in our 3 previous cup games.

How do you achieve that ? Well it isn’t easy or else everyone would be doing it.

Last Thursday we went through with the squad some of the psychology of the game in order their awareness was raised to a level that is higher than our opponents today.

Does that guarantee a positive result ? Of course not, however what I have told people all my life is “it doesn’t do any harm, and it just might do some good” Success isn’t a deserved right. It has to be earned, and therefore we are on the road to success with hard work being the key to the door.

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On Sunday 25 July 2010 Sedge played a special match to mark the club's centenary against a Legends XI including Peter Beagrie and former Huddersfield Town player Simon Trevitt. The Legends won 2–1 with both their goals being scored by Chris Freestone. It was Sean Regan and his assistant Billy Miller's last game in charge before Regan left to join Scunthorpe United to work with their junior sides.

The draw saw them in the televised draw for the first round proper of the Cup, the stage where the Football League clubs join. Coalville won the replay 2–0 to face Wycombe Wanderers . That season saw Sedge finish the highest they have ever finished in the NCEL, finishing second behind high paying Buxton. Promotion wasn't to be as the ground was not up to the required standard at that time Forward Paul Walker rejoined Sedge at the start of the 2009–10 season to play as a striker and by the start of December had scored 26 goals including 22 in the league, including 5 goals in the 9–2 home victory over basement club Brodsworth Welfare on 14 November.

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