SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30 | KICK-OFF 3PM
MANAGER’S NOTES
It’s back to the important job of winning league matches after our eventful North Riding Senior Cup tie with Redcar Athletic.
This is our last match at the Calvert Stadium for three weeks and today’s opponents Seaham Red Star need points just as much as we do, so we can expect a very tough battle.
Back in August we came away from Seaham with a 2-1 victory with what was effectively a new team. Since then, we’ve gelled as a squad and made real progress.
We have much more competition for places, particularly with our recent new signings, and I’m delighted with the way our new boys have settled in.
Eight of our last nine goals have been scored by players who are recent arrivals, so they are really underlining their value to our squad Luke McCormack, Mark Sims, Scott Ryan, Jordan Blinco and Joe Lamb have all found the net.
Nathan Stephenson, who rejoined us only two months ago, has scored three of those goals – and he will have a long way to go to beat Tuesday’s Beckham-esque 30-yard lob shot over the Redcar ‘keeper’s head for our opening goal on Tuesday
So we’ve got lots of reasons to feel positive Now we need to make the most of a demanding pre-Christmas run that sees us visiting Shildon, Marske United, Crook Town and North Shields.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We need to turn potential into points, starting with today’s visit of Seaham.
JASON NEWALL
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CLUB INFORMATION
CLUB OFFICIALS
Honorary President - Les Hood
Chairman - Jason Bleanch
Vice-Chairman - Dave Watson
Secretary - Lesley Clark
Media Manager- Graham Bell
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Jason Bleanch, Lesley Clark, Mark
Walker, Dave Watson, Richard
Pull, Peter Durrans, Dan Loveday, Graham Bell
COMMERCIAL MANAGER
Peter Durranspeter.durrans2@btinternet.com
VOLUNTEERS
Ground staff - Les Hood, Dave Waters
Kit Manager - Mike Bickerton
Programme Editor & Match
Reporter - Graham Bell
Photographers - Dan Loveday, Erin Loveday, Graham Bell (Click-Click
Words and Pictures)
FIRST TEAM
Manager - Jason Newall
Player-Coach - Jamie Harwood
Coach - Alan Woodbridge
Coach - Joe Chidanyika
Sports Therapist - Tom Andrews
RESERVES
Manager - Alan Pattinson
Assistant Manager - David Cooke
LADIES
Manager - David Crilly
Assistant Manager - Jonathan Smedley
CLUB HONOURS
Northern Football League Division Two - 1996-97
Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup - 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19
Northern League Cup - 1993-94
NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
TOP HOME ATTENDANCES
GETTING TO KNOW . . . CALLUM DOBSON
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ng annia (Stoke City).
Best player played with: Gary Liddle
Best player played against: Kevin Phillips.
Best footballing memory: Winning the the nationals for the district
Biggest laugh in the dressing room: Jamie Harwood when he has to put the GPS tracker on simply because of his pure hatred of them!
Best dresser: Joe Dixon.
Worst dresser: Taff.
Who takes longest in the shower?: Ali Banks.
Who is your favourite fan: I’d say my dad - he has followed me up and down the country
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RED STAR PLAYER PROFILES
Matthew Cassap – Goalkeeper signed on loan from Gateshead. Agile and a great shot- stopper.
Ryan O’Connor - Summer signing from Chester-le-Street United. Can play in midfield or at wing-back.
John Bowes - Acquired from Horden CW. Very experienced defender who can operate in all defensive positions
Luke Duffy - Signed from Alnwick Town. Energetic midfielder, great passer of the ball and has a great engine.
Marc Moon - Back for a second spell at the club. Strong-tackling, no-nonsense centre- back.
Joshua Crews – Defender signed from Penrith last season. Great leader from the back
Joe Hailes - Formerly with Chester-le-Street and Dunston. Wide player or central midfielder.
Dan Jones - Recent signing from Bedlington Terriers. Former Sunderland U-23 midfielder.
George Rounsfell - Signed following a loan spell from Ashington. Midfielder who is a strong tackler
Mason Burton - Signed from Washington FC where he was player of the season last term. Strong centre-back with pace.
Cameron McHargh - Dual registration with Hebburn Town. Quick and strong central defender who reads the game well.
Thomas Lawson – Midfielder previously with Red Star U-18s for whom he scored lots of goals from midfield
James Robinson – Signed from Hebburn Juniors. Skilful midfielder with bags of energy
Mark Robinson - Now in his second spell at the Star, having joined in the summer from Whitley Bay. A proven goalscorer.
Harvey Fletcher - Released by Fleetwood Town in the summer. Local lad who has great skills and runs the centre of the park.
Jack Thynne - Local lad who came through from the Wearside League. Talented defender with bags of pace
Luke McCabe - Transferred in from Sunderland West End. Competitive centre-back who is strong in the air and in the tackle.
Thomas Archibald – Versatile defender who has rejoined the club for a second spell.
Lewis Rutherford - Recently transferred from Bedlington Terriers. An exciting winger who is a good crosser of the ball
Ryan Gooch - Striker signed from neighbours Sunderland RCA. Former Sunderland Academy forward who can play in any of the front-line positions.
Arran Wearmouth - Very experienced striker signed from West Auckland who has scored goals wherever he has played.
Michael Annang-Colquhoun – Striker signed from Newcastle Benfield Very quick and good in the air.
Michael Connolly - Signed on his release from Hartlepool, a midfielder or striker who has good distribution.
Matthew Weirs - Very experienced Northern League player who previously played for Easington Colliery. Solid midfielder.
Mark Collingwood - Returned to the Star following 18 months with Jarrow Roofing Won promotion to the Northern League First Division in first spell MANAGER
SEAham RED STAR HISTORY
Seaham Red Star are named after the pub in which they were formed. A Sunday morning side in 1973, they are now firmly established in the Northern League.
The Star started in the Northern Alliance and Wearside League before their election to the Northern League in 1983. Promotion to the First Division was achieved in 1988.
There have been several highs and lows since. The Star finished runners-up in 1999-2000 but two years later they suffered their first relegation in 30 years.
Promotion back to the First Division was achieved in 2006-07 but they were back in the second tier shortly afterwards and faced a grim battle for survival between 2010-12
The Star won the Second Division championship to return to the First Division in 2014-15.
Players who have gone on to join Football League/EFL clubs include Nigel Gleghorn (Ipswich and Manchester City), Bobby Davison (Halifax, Derby and Leeds), Stephen Harper (Newcastle United) and Jordan Hugill (Preston, West Ham and Norwich.
Tommy Henderson remains the club’s leading goalscorer, netting 211 goals in 276 appearances including a record-breaking 62 in 1978-9, while his brother Trevor Henderson currently holds the club’s appearances record with 300 games.
Honours: Phillips Floodlighting Competition winners 1978-79; Durham Challenge Cup winners 1979-80; Wearside League champions 1981-82; Wearside League Cup winners 1981-82; Northern League Second Division runners-up 1987-88; Northern League Cup winners 1992-93; Northern League First Division runners-up 1999-2000, Northern League 2nd Div runners-up 2006-07; Northern League Second Division champions 2014-15.
PLAYER PROFILES SPONSORED BY
Josh Allen - centre-half signed from Richmond Town.
Alistair Banks - Winger previously with Harrogate RA.
rdan Blinco - Former Sunderland U-21 forward.
an Chidanyika - Former Darlington midfielder.
mes Coatsworth - Attacking midfielder who urns to Northallerton after spells at Huddersfield, rlington and Richmond
wis Cocks - Centre-back or left-back signed from hmond Town.
arry Croft - Centre-half or centre-forward eviously with Harrogate RA.
m Darville - Club captain and midfielder who rted in Northallerton’s youth team and has played Leeds, Tranmere, York and Richmond.
llum Dobson - Goalkeeper signed from Hebburn.
e Dixon - Striker who has played for Redcar, dcaster and Airedrieonians.
niel Dryden - A teenage striker who joins on a dual istration with Stockton Town
ry Galbraith - Defender who has played for lington and was part of Dunston’s 2012 FA Vasening side
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Jamie Harwood - Player-coach Centre-back who has played for Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Gateshead, Worksop and Crook.
mas Kavanagh - Former Richmond defender.
McCormack - Striker who joins us from derland RCA
rge McCowie - Young striker who joins us from mond Town.
Lamb - A young midfielder who joins from hmond Town.
i Nicholas - Striker who joins from Richmond and played for Crook
s O’Brien - Young midfielder played for Mid-west gans while on a scholarship in the USA.
Raper - Young midfielder rejoins us from Crook.
Ryan - Striker who returns for a third spell at thallerton after playing for Sunderland RCA.
ark Sims - Striker signed from Richmond.
han Stephenson - Attacking midfielder and former wn captain has rejoined from Whickham.
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GOALS GALORE IN SENIOR CUP TIE
NORTHALLERTON TOWN 3 REDCAR ATHLETIC 6
Northallerton exited the North Riding Senior Cup in a crash, bang, wallop of a contest that finished in a schoolyard scoreline.
Fans of both sides were kept entertained by the deluge of goals and the chance to see unfamiliar players show their skills.
Town manager Jason Newall handed a first start to 17-year-old Dan Dryden up front and re-introduced Lewis Cocks into the back line following a 10-day break from action prompted by last weekend’s freeze-out.
They enjoyed the best possible start with an outstanding goal from Nathan Stephenson after 16 minutes. Spotting Redcar’s Ben Taylor off his line, he let fly with a 30-yarder that looped over the ‘keeper’s head into the net – a strike to grace any level of football.
The lead lasted less than two minutes, however, as Redcar equalised through Jack Blackford. The First Division leaders, arguably the fittest and fastest team in the Ebac Northern League, wasted no time in seizing the initiative with former Boro striker Brad Fewster putting them in front after 33 minutes.
Town keeper Callum Dobson made a vital close-range stop from Fewster to prevent further damage before half-time, but it didn’t take long for the visitors to extend their lead after the break.
Although Dobson appeared to get a glove on it, Jake Stott saw his shot cross the line amid a goalmouth scramble after 47 minutes. The Town ‘keeper continued to perform heroics but there was no stopping Redcar – or Stott – who grabbed their fourth 10 minutes later.
Northallerton hardly had time to reset before Fewster added a fifth a minute later. But then came a spirited revival that owed much to the introduction of fresh bodies from the bench
Tafari Nicholas had been on the field for only four minutes when he pulled a goal back from close range. And after 67 minutes the gap narrowed again after good work by two substitute debutants, Eddie Thomas squaring neatly for Scott Ryan to poke the ball home
The basketball scoring rate continued when Stott sealed his hat-trick with a final slam dunk for Redcar in the 77th minute. Both sides continued to pour forward in search of further goals, Dobson making a good save from substitute Callum Guy and Stephenson forcing ‘keeper Taylor into a good fingertip save with another sharp effort.
But fans had to settle for just the nine . . .
Northallerton Town: Dobson, Stapley, Cocks, Darville, Harwood, Allen, Raper, Walker (Ryan 46’), Banks (Thomas 60’), Stephenson, Dryden (Nicholas 60’). Subs not used: Dixon, Sims.
Man of the Match: Liam Darville.
CHALLENGE - Ali Banks battles for possession
NORTHALLERTON TOWN MATCHDAY EXPERIENCE
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The NORTHALLERTON TOWN MATCHDAY EXPERIENCE is an opportunity for local junior teams to experience a taste of non-league action. Aimed primarily at junior club and school teams in gives an opportunity to experience a day in the life of an Ebac Northern League side.
The experience includes:
Meet and greet with the staff
A tour of the facilities including the changing rooms and the club's hospitality suite
A kick-around and mini-game on the first-team pitch
Food provided by the club
Walk out with the team prior to kick-off
Half-time penalty shootout
All participants will also get a T-shirt provided by our sponsors as a keepsake from the day.
For any further information or to arrange for your team to enjoy our experience, please contact us at info@northallertontownfc.com or by calling 07968 691808
LEAGUE APPEARANCES 2024-25
Adam Walker
Lewis Cocks
Liam Darville
Callum Dobson
Alistair Banks
Joe Dixon
James Coatsworth
Jamie Harwood
Terry Galbraith
Jack Stapley
Tafari Nicholas
Jordan Blinco
Josh Allen
Leo Myers
James O’Brien
Kieron Parnaby
Jack Raper
Nathan Stephenson
Harry Croft
George McCowie
James Costello
Sean Chidanyika
Reece Bickerton
Joe Lamb
Mark Sims
Thomas Kavanagh
Daniel Dryden
Danny Chapman
Bradley Moncur
Luke McCormack
LEAGUE SCORERS
WELCOME TO NEW SIGNINGS
Seventeen-year-old striker Dan Dryden (left) has signed on a dual registration with Stockton Town and made his full debut on Tuesday against Redcar Athletic. Mark Sims (right), who joins from Richmond Town, scored on his second debut in the away win over West Allotment.
Striker Luke McCormack (left), who joins from Sunderland RCA, scored on his debut against Whitley Bay and midfielder Joe Lamb (right), formerly of Richmond (right), made his full debut on the same day.
Eddie Thomas joins from Whickham, having previously scored 18 goals for Newton Aycliffe in their promotion-winning season. He subsequently signed for Marske United and enjoyed loan spells with Guisborough and Whitley Bay before joining Whickham.
He made his debut from the bench in Tuesday’s North Riding Senior Cup tie with Redcar Athletic.
Striker Scott Ryan, who has joined from Sunderland RCA, is no stranger to the Calvert Stadium as he has played for us twice before.
Scott scored on his third debut for Town when he came off the bench to score our third goal against Redcar Athletic on Tuesday - a goal set up by Eddie.
All six new boys will give manager Jason Newall extra options for the second half of the season.
NORTHALLERTON TOWN CLUB HISTORY
Nobody knows the exact formation date of Northallerton Town Football Club, but The Elliott Bowl, a trophy donated by local MP, Sir George Elliott, was contested for the first time in 1895 carries the club’s name as its first winner.
Known variously as Northallerton, Northallerton Alliance and Northallerton Town, the club played for many years on the Bluestone Ground behind County Hall. Many honours were won during this period including The Harrogate and District League Championship,
The Club was forced to leave its Bluestone ground in 1974 when North Yorkshire County Council put a compulsory purchase order on the ground in order to extend the County Hall. The council re-housed the club on its present Ainderby Road ground where two pitches, a clubhouse, changing rooms and car park were officially opened on August 21 1976.
Northallerton continued to play in the Harrogate and District League until the end of the 1981-82 season when, with chairman Stan Kirkbride and manager Neil Milestone at the helm, they successfully applied to become founder members of the new Northern League Second Division.
Joining the Northern League was a big step for the club as something like £150,000 had to be raised to upgrade the Ainderby Road ground to Northern League standards. The Club’s first game in the Northern League was on August 28 1982 when they were defeated 4-1 at Ryhope. A week later, Town gained revenge with a 2-0 home victory when Ryhope became the first Northern League visitors to Ainderby Road.
Early years in the Northern League were difficult but Town did reach the final of the North Riding County Cup in the 1983-84 season, unfortunately losing 2-1 to York Railway Institute. The appointment of former Burnley, Leeds United and Middlesbrough star Ray Hankin as manager in March 1989 saw an upturn in the club’s fortunes. Hankin guided them to promotion to the First Division in 1989-90, having finished runners-up in the Second Division behind champions Murton. Season 1990-91 saw the club consolidate itself in Division One, but at the end of that season Hankin resigned and his number two, Geoff Cane, was appointed manager.
Under Cane, the Club enjoyed great success in both the FA Trophy and the FA Cup - reaching the last 16 in the F.A Trophy in 1992-93 before going out to Farnborough of the Vauxhall Conference - and in the same season they reached the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup before narrowly losing at Accrington Stanley.
In our last full season pre-Covid-19, 2018-19, however, the Club under Darren Trotter managed to win the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup for a record time and gained promotion for the first time in ten years back into the Ebac Northern League Division one After a history of financial struggle and disappointment in recent years, there is now real optimism around the Calvert Stadium under new manager Jason Newall.
FIXTURES
Saturday November 30
SEAHAM RED STAR (H) Kick-Off: 3pm
*Tuesday December 3
SHILDON (A) Kick-Off: 7.30pm
Saturday December 7
MARSKE UNITED (A) Kick-Off: 3pm
Wednesday December 11
CROOK TOWN (A) Kick-Off: 7.30pm
Saturday December 14
NORTH SHIELDS (A) Kick-Off: 3pm
Saturday December 21
NEWCASTLE BENFIELD (H) Kick-Off: 3pm
Thursday December 26
KENDAL TOWN (A) Kick-Off: 3pm
Saturday January 4
KENDAL TOWN (H) Kick-Off: 3pm
*Rearranged fixture
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NORTHALLERTON TOWN SEAHAM RED STAR
Josh Allen
Alistair Banks
Jordan Blinco
Sean Chidanyika
James Coatsworth
Lewis Cocks
Harry Croft
Liam Darville (C)
Joseph Dixon
Callum Dobson
Daniel Dryden
Terry Galbraith
Jamie Harwood (Plyr-Coach)
Stefan Hornsby
Thomas Kavanagh
Joe Lamb
Luke McCormack
George McCowie
Bradley Moncur
Tafari Nicholas
James O’Brien
Jack Raper
Scott Ryan
Mark Sims
Jack Stapley
Nathan Stephenson
Eddie Thomas
Adam Walker
Manager: Jason Newall
Coach: Joe Chidanyika
Coach: Alan Woodbridge
Sports Therapist : Tom Andrews
Michael Annang-Colquhoun
Thomas Archibald
John Bowes
Mason Burton
Matthew Cassap
Michael Connolly
Joshua Crews
Luke Duffy
Harvey Fletcher
Ryan Gooch
Joe Hailes
Dan Jones
Thomas Lawson
Luke McCabe
Cameron McHargh
Marc Moon
Ryan O’Connor
James Robinson
Mark Robinson
George Rounsfell
Lewis Rutherford
Jack Thynne
Arran Wearmouth
Matthew Weirs
Manager: Mark Collingwood
Coach: Andrew Barclay
Coach: Tony Robinson
Coach: Michael Johnson
Physio: Richard McCann
TODAY’S OFFICIALS
Referee: Anthony Duffy | Assistant Referees: Anita Sygmuta and Joshua McCarthy