Ossett United v Cleethorpes Town (27/08/2022)

OSSETT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

INGFIELD, PROSPECT ROAD, OSSETT, WF5 9HL

WELCOME TO INGFIELD

CLUB PRESIDENT: NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH CHAIRMAN: JAMES ROGERS VICE-CHAIRMAN: PHIL SMITH SECRETARY: NEIL SPOFFORTH TREASURER: PAUL BILLING BOARD MEMBERS: LEE BROADBENT, STUART GARSIDE, JOE HANKS, STEVE HANKS TEAM MANAGEMENT: JAS COLLIVER, MARK WARD TEAM COACH: GARY MIDDLETON MATCH ANALYST: JACK SLOAN MEDICAL TEAM: EMILY CRISPIN MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING OFFICER: KATE HENNIGHAN HEAD OF MEDIA: CRAIG BIDDLESTONE MEDIA TEAM: CHRIS BOYD, LUCY BURNS, CHRIS CASSIDY, OWEN GERRARD, JON HUNT, ADAM LUNAT, KEITH WOOD PROGRAMME DESIGN: CHRIS BOYD, NEIL SPOFFORTH Club Honours – Ossett United, Ossett Town, Ossett Albion

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WELCOME TO INGFIELD JAMES ROGERS, CHAIRMAN TUESDAY

3-3 DRAW, ULTIMATELY WILL PROVE TO BE A GOOD POINT, INITIALLY EVENING

AT

DUNSTON,

A

OF COURSE EVERYONE WAS DISAPPOINTED TO NOT TAKE THE WIN FROM A 3-1 POSITION BUT ULTIMATELY ANY POINTS WON ON THE ROAD TO THE SIDES IN THE NORTH EAST WILL PROVE TO BE VALUABLE AS I BELIEVE THE TOP FIVE PLACES, WHICH WE ARE CHASING OURSELVES, WILL

CONTAIN A NUMBER OF SIDES FROM THE NORTH EAST –

AND ALSO TODAY’S OPPONENTS, CLEETHORPES TOWN, WILL BE ANOTHER SIDE WITH EYES ON A PLAY-OFF PLACE

WELCOME TO INGFIELD, I HOPE THE TRAVELLING OFFICIALS, PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS OF CLEETHORPES TOWN HAVE HAD A SAFE AND PLEASANT JOURNEY. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THE TWO GAMES WITH CLEETHORPES TOWN LAST SEASON WERE WATERSHED MOMENTS FOR US ALL AT OSSETT UNITED. HERE, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THE OWLS INFLICTED OUR FIRST DEFEAT OF THE SEASON AFTER SUCH A POSITIVE START THAT TRIGGERED A RUN OF ONLY TWO LEAGUE VICTORIES BEFORE THE END OF THE RETURN FIXTURE IN FOR

JAS

AND

JANUARY

WARDY

2021. THEN

THE

WAS A REAL EYE OPENER

WHO HAD TAKEN UP THE

MANAGERIAL REIGNS HERE JUST A FEW WEEKS EARLIER. AFTER SOME POSITIVE RESULTS PREVIOUSLY THIS FIXTURE SHOWED THE NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM WHERE CHANGES

WERE

REQUIRED

AND

SO

BEGAN

THE

AT LEAST SO ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE A CHALLENGE THAT THE LADS WILL BE WELL PREPARED FOR.

WITH

THE SQUAD DEPTH AS IT IS, AS SOME PLAYERS HAVE YET TO GET THE MINUTES ON THE PITCH THEY WILL HAVE HOPED FOR, THAT SAID THE STRENGTH AND TOGETHERNESS IN THE CHANGING ROOM IS CLEAR TO SEE AS THE PLAYERS ARE ALL BEHIND EACH OTHER.

LUKE ALDRICH

FOR ONE HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR STARTING PLACE AND ACHIEVED THAT ON TUESDAY, HIS ATTITUDE HAS BEEN FIRST CLASS, EXCELLENT IN

TRAINING AND TOOK HIS CHANCE WITH TWO GOALS. JAS

WARDY CERTAINLY HAVE HEADACHES OVER TEAM SELECTION, BUT GOOD ONES WHICH IS VERY POSITIVE TO SEE. AND

FIXTURE DATE CHANGE

BEFORE A BALL WAS KICKED THIS SEASON MYSELF AND

BRIDLINGTON TOWN HAS BEEN MOVED TO NEXT SATURDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER FROM THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, THE SUPPORTERS CLUB WILL

OTHERS COMMENTED THAT THE STRENGTH OF THIS

NOW BE PUTTING ON A BUS FOR FANS WANTING TO

SQUAD WAS UP THERE WITH ANYTHING WE HAVE HAD

TRAVEL.

REMODELLING OF THE SQUAD TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

OUR

AWAY TRIP TO

HERE FOR SOME TIME AND TWO VICTORIES IN THE OPENING GAMES BACKED THIS UP.

WHILE

THIS WAS

THEN FOLLOWED BY TWO DEFEATS I SEE NO REASON TO BE OVERLY CRITICAL AS A MUCH CHANGED SQUAD BLENDS TOGETHER.

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THE DUGOUT JAS COLLIVER & MARK WARD GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO MY MATE DAVE SMITH, HIS PLAYERS, OFFICIALS AND SUPPORTERS OF CLEETHORPES TOWN. CLEETHORPES JUST MISSED OUT ON PROMOTION LAST SEASON AND IN MY OPINIONS MADE SOME EXCELLENT SIGNINGS (TWO OF THE LADS

WE WANTED!) WHICH HAVE STRENGTHENED THEM FROM LAST SEASON.

REFLECTING ON LAST WEEK EVERYONE KNOWS LAST SATURDAYS FIRST HALF PERFORMANCE AND EXIT FROM THE FA CUP JUST WASN’T ACCEPTABLE, WE SPOKE AFTER THE GAME ABOUT OUR PERSONAL STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS TO THE LADS AND THEY TOOK ON BOARD WHAT WAS SAID, THEN APPROACHED GAME IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MANNER.

TUESDAYS

SATURDAYS SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE WASN’T TOO BAD, WE ALL NEED TO RELAX MORE IN POSSESSION AND BE BRAVER ON THE BALL, THIS WAS CERTAINLY THE MESSAGE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. WE BELIEVE WHEN WE GET THE BALL DOWN, TRUST EACH OTHER WE LOOK DANGEROUS WITH THE PACE AND FLAIR WE HAVE IN OUR SQUAD.

THE GOALS WE IT’S SOMETHING

ARE CONCEDING ARE SLOPPY

AND

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT

SATURDAY BOTH FELL KINDLY TO THEM FROM DEFLECTIONS. TUESDAY NIGHT WE DECIDED TO TRAVEL TO DUNSTON WITH FEWER PLAYERS, ALMOST PLANNING THE SUBSTITUTIONS AND MANAGING THE SQUAD, AS WE HOWEVER THE GOALS AGAINST LAST

KNOW HOW MUCH THE SIX HOUR ROUND TRIP ON A

TUESDAY

NIGHT THEN QUICK GAMES IN SUCCESSION OVER THE BANK HOLIDAY CAN AFFECT THE LADS, THE WHOLE SQUAD WAS TOGETHER AND HAD AN IMPACT ON THE GAME.

PEOPLE

MAY SAY IT’S TWO POINTS DROPPED WE FELT

ON REFLECTION IT WAS A GOOD POINT AWAY FROM HOME AGAINST A VERY GOOD TEAM, THEY PLAYED FORWARD QUICK WITH A PURPOSE AND THEIR

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THE DUGOUT MOVEMENT WAS OUTSTANDING WE THOUGHT.

THEY

DEPTH.

WILL CERTAINLY HURT TEAMS WITH THEIR ATTACKING

THANKS

STYLE OF PLAY.

TO THE

TRAVELLED ON

WE

BOARD

TUESDAY

AND SUPPORTERS WHO

NIGHT, IT’S LOVELY TO HEAR

WERE DELIGHTED WITH THE ATTITUDE, COMMITMENT AND MENTALITY OF THE BUNCH ON

THE SUPPORT WE HAVE AND THOSE WHO STAYED BEHIND TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE LADS

TUESDAY

WHO LITERALLY GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD!

NIGHT IN A GAME WE FELT WE WOULD HAVE

LOST LAST SEASON.

WE ARE STILL FINDING OUR WAY AS

PERFORMANCES LIKE

A NEW SQUAD, ALL TEAMS ARE SWAPPING AND

WILL BE JUST FINE.

CHANGING TO FIND THAT WINNING FORMULA AND WE ARE NO DIFFERENT, IT’S A CASE OF TRYING TO UTILISE

THANKS

THE WHOLE SQUAD TOO AS WE NEED THAT STRENGTH IN

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MORE

TUESDAY NIGHT AND I’M SURE WE

FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENJOY THE GAME.

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH CHARACTER IN COMING AWAY WITH A POINT IN A PULSATING AND GENUINELY ENTERTAINING 90 MINUTES.

ON

A SURFACE CONDUCIVE TO GOOD FOOTBALL

NEITHER SIDE DISAPPOINTED AND I’M FAIRLY CONFIDENT IN SUGGESTING THAT NOT MANY TEAMS IN OUR LEAGUE WILL COME AWAY FROM POINT.

DUNSTON

WITH MORE THAN A

BEFORE THAT GAME AT STOCKSBRIDGE WE ENTERTAIN CLEETHORPES TOWN HERE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE A COUPLE OF TESTING AWAY FIXTURES AT PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES ON AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY AND BRIDLINGTON TOWN ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD (A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE) SO WE’VE GOT A BIT TO DO TO GET OUR SEASON BACK ON TRACK. AT THE TIME OF WRITING ALL THREE OF OUR NEXT OPPONENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE TOP FIVE IN THE TABLE. SAID

IT’S A VERY LONG TIME SINCE I WENT AWAY FROM AN OSSETT UNITED GAME AS DISAPPOINTED AND DEFLATED AS I WAS LAST SATURDAY. IT WASN’T JUST THE LOSS OF A FOOTBALL MATCH AND THE MANNER OF THAT DEFEAT BUT ALSO THE LOSS OF A DECENT CHUNK OF MUCHNEEDED REVENUE INTO THE CLUB. THE FINAL OUTCOME RESULTED IN YET ANOTHER FAILURE TO MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND OUR EARLY EXITS FROM THE FA CUP ARE STARTING TO BECOME A REAL ‘MONKEY ON OUR BACKS’. AWAY FROM

FA TROPHY IS NEXT UP ON THE CUP AGENDA WITH AN AWAY TIE AT STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. OUR RECORD IN LEAGUE BUSINESS THE

THIS COMPETITION IS NOT GREAT EITHER SO A WIN IN THAT ONE WOULD BE A REAL FILLIP FOR ALL CONCERNED AND AGAIN THE PRIZE MONEY WILL DEFINITELY COME IN HANDY.

AT DUNSTON ON TUESDAY NIGHT WE CERTAINLY MADE SOME AMENDS AND SHOWED THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR

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I’M

THAT

SURE WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL WITHIN OUR

RANKS CAPABLE OF TURNING THINGS AROUND AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN BY GETTING A GOOD RESULT AGAINST CLEETHORPES THIS AFTERNOON.

IF

THAT’S NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON THEN LAST

SEASON’S

PERFORMANCES

AGAINST

TODAY’S

OPPONENTS CERTAINLY IS. IN OUR FIRST SEASON AS OSSETT UNITED WE MANAGED TO TAKE 4 POINTS FROM

CLEETHORPES – WINNING 4 – 0 HERE AT INFIELD AND DRAWING 1 – 1 AT THEIR PLACE. LAST SEASON THEY DID THE ‘DOUBLE’ OVER US WITH A 3 – 1 VICTORY AT OSSETT BEFORE INFLICTING UPON US OUR HEAVIEST DEFEAT EVER WITH, FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, A VERY FORGETTABLE SCORELINE OF 7 – 1. THEY’LL SURELY ARRIVE HERE TODAY VERY CONFIDENT OF TURNING US OVER AGAIN AND WE’LL HAVE TO BE AT OUR BEST TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF THE GAME.

I DON’T NORMALLY ‘PLUG’ EVENTS AWAY FROM OSSETT UNITED BUT I RECENTLY PICKED UP AN ITEM ON BBC WWW.OSSETTUTD.COM

THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS LOCAL NEWS PROGRAMME LOOK NORTH WHICH CAUGHT

MY ATTENTION AND I THOUGHT WORTHY OF MENTION TO OUR READERS.

LEEDS RHINOS FORMER RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER KEVIN SINFIELD IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS 7 MARATHONS IN 7 DAYS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HIS STRICKEN EX-TEAM MATE ROB BURROW. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH SUCH CHALLENGES AND FEATS OF ENDURANCE SO I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE RECENT ACHIEVEMENT OF A LOCAL OSSETT LAD CALLED JOSH ELLIS. JOSH ATTENDED

OSSETT SCHOOL UNITED GAMES

OSSETT

AND IS NO STRANGER TO HERE AT

INGFIELD. JOSH

IS A

VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL ANIMAL SANCTUARY AND, IN AN

EFFORT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT, HE DREAMT UP THE CRAZY IDEA OF RUNNING 31 MARATHONS IN 31

WANTS TO HELP DONATION

JOSH

REALISE HIS GOAL WITH A

– HOWEVER LARGE OR SMALL - YOU CAN DO

SO BY VISITING WWW.JUSTGIVING.COM/CROWDFUNDING/MILLINGTONS MARATHONMADNESS.

FINALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE DIRECTORS, CLUB OFFICIALS, MANAGEMENT, PLAYERS AND NOT LEAST THE SUPPORTERS OF CLEETHORPES TOWN WHO HAVE MADE THE TRIP OVER HERE TODAY. WE HOPE THEY ENJOY THE GAME AND HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY BACK TO THE EAST COAST AFTERWARDS.

© Jake Ratcliffe

CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND THAT AFTER COMPLETING HIS

LOW LAITHES GOLF CLUB. HIS AIM IS TO RAISE £31,000 FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SANCTUARY. HE SUCCESSFULLY DAY JOB AS A GREENKEEPER AT

COMPLETED

HIS

CHALLENGE

WHICH

IS

A

QUITE

PHENOMENAL AND NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF BUT REACHING HIS TARGET FIGURE OF

£31,000

IS PROVING EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. IF ANYBODY

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CLUB PROFILES TEAM MANAGEMENT

JAS COLLIVER - MANAGER JAS WAS APPOINTED AS MANAGER ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2021. HIS MOST RECENT ROLE WAS AT GRANTHAM TOWN WORKING ALONGSIDE CARLTON PALMER, HE ALSO HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE AT STAVELEY MINERS WELFARE, SHEFFIELD AND HANDSWORTH.

MARK WARD - MANAGER ‘WARDY’ WAS APPOINTED ALONGSIDE COLLIVER. THE FORMER ENGLAND YOUTH

INTERNATIONAL LED BUXTON ON A 20-GAME UNBEATEN RUN AT THE START OF THE 2021/22 SEASON AND PRIOR TO THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED AT AFC MANSFIELD AND HEDNESFORD TOWN, AMONGST OTHERS.

GARY MIDDLETON - COACH MAKING OVER 1000 APPEARANCES AS A DEFENDER IN HIS PLAYING DAYS, ‘MIDI’ PLAYED ALONGSIDE COLLIVER AT STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS AND WAS HIS ASSISTANT AT SHEFFIELD FC. ‘MIDI’ HAS EXTENSIVE COACHING EXPERIENCE AND IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM.

EMILY CRISPIN – SPORTS & EXERCISE THERAPIST EMILY GRADUATED FROM LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY WITH A BSC HONOURS IN SPORT AND EXERCISE THERAPY. SHE IS ALSO QUALIFIED IN FIRST AID AT WORK AND TRAUMA MANAGEMENT WITHIN SPORT.

JACK SLOAN – DATA ANALYST JACK HAS ASSISTED THE COACHING TEAM AS THE CLUB’S DATA ANALYST SINCE THEIR APPOINTMENT IN DECEMBER 2021. THE ROLE IS PROVIDING JACK WITH VALUABLE EXPERIENCE, AS HE BEGINS STUDYING SCIENCE OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE AT LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR.

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PLAYER PROFILES EDD HALL - SPONSORED BY: FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS EDD JOINED THE CLUB IN JANUARY 2022 AND IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE BEST GOALKEEPERS AT STEP FOUR AND WAS VOTED AS THE SECOND-BEST GOALKEEPER IN THE NPL EAST FOR THE 21/22 SEASON. EDD HAS NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH EXPERIENCE HAVING PLAYED FOR BRADFORD PARK AVENUE AND FARSLEY CELTIC.

JAKE TEALE – SPONSORED BY ADAMSON FAMILY JAKE IS A YOUNG GOALKEEPER, FORMERLY OF YORK CITY, WHO HAS IMPRESSED JAS AND WARDY SINCE THEIR APPOINT. JAKE IS A KEY MEMBER OF THE SQUAD AND HAS NOT LET THE SIDE DOWN WHEN CALLED UPON.

PRINCE ATTAKORAH ATTAKORAH WAS PART OF THE ACADEMY AT ROTHERHAM UNITED AND CHESTERFIELD AND HAS ALSO PLAYED FOR HARROGATE TOWN’S U 23S. PRINCE IMPRESSED LAST SEASON WHEN CALLED UPON. PRINCE IS CURRENTLY DUEL REGISTERED WITH NCEL SIDE THACKLEY.

BRAD BEATSON – SPONSORED BY: LIAM MOORE-MCCLUSKEY BEATSON IS A CENTRAL DEFENDER WHO JOINED THE CLUB FROM FRICKLEY ATHLETIC DURING THE 21/22 SEASON, MAKING 16 APPEARANCES. THE FORMER SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY TRAINEE WAS ONE OF JAS’ FIRST SIGNINGS AND A PLAYER HE HAD TARGETED PREVIOUSLY.

JACK COWGILL – SPONSORED BY: JAMES & DAWN ROGERS FORMERLY OF BARNSLEY, COWGILL MADE HIS EFL DEBUT IN 2014 AGAINST WALSALL. HE ENJOYED LOAN SPELLS AT BRAINTREE AND FYLDE BEFORE SIGNING FOR BOSTON UNITED. COWGILL SIGNED FOR NOSTELL MW WHERE HE RE-DISCOVERED HIS LOVE FOR THE GAME BEFORE SIGNING FOR OSSETT UNITED IN THE SUMMER OF 2019. JACK IS OUR CLUB CAPTAIN .

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PLAYER PROFILES TOM CROPPER – SPONSORED BY: ROY TAYLOR & RICHARD FARRELL TOM WAS A LONG-TERM TARGET OF JAS & WARDY’S BEFORE JOINING THE CLUB IN JULY 2022. THE FORMER AFC MANSFIELD SKIPPER IS AN ATHLETIC, NO-NONSENSE DEFENDER WHO IS KNOWN TO ALSO CHIP IN WITH GOALS AT TIMES.

HARRY GAGEN – SPONSORED BY: LJB JOINERY AFTER A LOAN SPELL AT INGFIELD IN 2020, GAGEN SIGNED PERMANENTLY FOR THE CLUB UPON HIS RELEASE FROM BARNSLEY FC. ‘GADGE’ ESTABLISHED HIMSELF IN THE FIRST TEAM LAST SEASON, WINNING THE PLAYER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

ROSS HARDAKER - SPONSORED BY: PAUL COOPER ROSS HARDAKER IS VERY POPULAR WITH PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS ALIKE. HE HAS PLAYED FOR BOTH ALBION AND TOWN AND MADE HIS DEBUT AS A 15-YEAR-OLD, FOLLOWING A SPELL PLAYING IN GERMANY. DESPITE TALK OF A STATUTE BEING BUILT IN OSSETT FOR THE CULTURED FULL BACK, THE RUMOURS SO FAR ARE UNFOUNDED.

CONNOR HODGSON – SPONSORED BY: JAYNE OGLEY & RED BRICK FM CONNOR IS A SUMMER SIGNING FROM BARNSLEY, A CLUB HE JOINED AT THE AGE OF EIGHT. HE IS EQUALLY ADEPT IN A NUMBER OF POSITIONS AND MADE APPEARANCES IN THE BARNSLEY U23 SIDE TO AIDE HIS DEVELOPMENT. HODGSON WAS TARGETED BY SEVERAL CLUBS BEFORE AGREEING TO JOIN OSSETT UNITED.

GLYN COTTON GLYN ADDS EXPERIENCE TO THE OSSETT UNITED SQUAD, FORMERLY OF COALVILLE, BELPER, STOCKSBRIDGE, SHEFFIELD AND FRICKLEY HE IS A LEADER ON AND OFF THE FIELD AND HAS THE WINNINGTHE MENTALITY WANTED IN THE SQUAD

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PLAYER PROFILES TOM DEIGHTON TOM MADE THE STEP UP INTO THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD LAST SEASON FROM THE U18S, WHERE HE WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT REACHED THE FA YOUTH CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME. TOM IS AN ATTACKING MIDFIELDER WHO IS GOOD ON THE BALL AND HAS AN EYE FOR GOAL. TOM IS CURRENTLY DUEL REGISTERED WITH NCEL SIDE PARKGATE

MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH – SPONSORED BY: SCOTTISH SUPPORTERS CLUB FORMERLY OF BOSTON UNITED, GRANTHAM AND MATLOCK, HOLLINGSWORTH HAS ALSO PLAYED FOR PICKERING TOWN AND FRICKLEY ATHLETIC . IN 2012/13, WAS VOTED “APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR” AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST. HE IS A NATURAL LEADER AND WILL BRING EXPERIENCE, QUALITY AND WORK ETHIC TO OUR MIDFIELD.

OLI METCALFE – SPONSORED BY: SPOFF & KATE OLI SPENT THE SECOND HALF OF THE 21/22 SEASON ON LOAN FROM GUISELEY BEFORE MAKING THE MOVE PERMANENT THIS SUMMER. THE CENTRAL MIDFIELDER HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AS HE LOOKS TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF IN THE SIDE. METCALFE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A KEY PLAYER AT INGFIELD.

CRAIG NELTHORPE – SPONSORED BY: JOHN BOWKER A KEY PLAYER IN JAS & WARDY’S SQUAD, NELTHORPE IS AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER WITH FOOTBALL LEAGUE EXPERIENCE AT DONCASTER ROVERS AND DARLINGTON. CRAIG HAS ALSO PLAYED FOR SEVERAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SIDES AND WILL ADD STEEL TO THE SIDE AND DANGEROUS SET PIECES TO THE TEAM.

JOE PARKIN JOE PLAYED FOR SHEFF UNITED AS A YOUNGSTER BEFORE MOVING TO HANDSWORTH. JAS COLLIVER SIGNED HIM FOR GRANTHAM TOWN LAST SUMMER BEFORE A MOVE TO GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY. A CENTRAL MIDFIELDER, JOE IS COMFORTABLE DROPPING INTO DEFENCE IF REQUIRED.

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PLAYER PROFILES GOALKEEPERS

DANNY WARD SIGNED IN THE SUMMER OF 2022 AFTER IMPRESSING THE MANAGEMENT WHILST ON TRIAL, DANNY IS A FIT, STRONG, BOX TO BOX MIDFIELDER WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN THE NCEL AND WANTS TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP THE THE NPL AND PROVE HIMSELF. DANNY IS CURRENTLY DUEL REGISTERED WITH HORBURY TOWN.

DAN WASSELL – SPONSORED BY: OSSETT TOWN JUNIORS DAN IS YOUNG MIDFIELDER WHO PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR OSSETT TOWN JUNIORS FROM THE AGE OF FIVE, BEFORE JOINING SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AS A 15-YEAR-OLD. THE ATTACKING MIDFIELDER PLAYED FOR WEDNESDAY’S U 18S AND U 23S AND WILL BRING DANGER AND EXCITEMENT TO ATTACKS. CURRNENTLEY DIEL REGISTERED AT ARMTHORPE WELFARE

LUKE ALDRICH – SPONSORED BY: THE HANKS FAMILY LUKE IS A SUMMER SIGNING FROM ECCLESHILL UNITED WHERE HE SCORED 25 TIMES LAST SEASON AS THE CLUB NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON PROMOTION TO THE NPL. ALONG WITH HIS EYE FOR GOAL, HE IS A SELFLESS PLAYER AND LOOKS TO CREATE SPACE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS TEAMMATES.

JUNAYD CASSIUS-GILL 21 YEAR OLD JUNAYD SPENT IS YOUTH AT HUDDERSFIELD TOWN AND BRADFORD CITY WITH NPL EXPERIENCE AT TADCASTER ALBION AND YORKSHIRE AMATEUR. HE CAN PLAY IN ANY OF THE ATTACKING POSITIONS AND WILL CERTAINLY EXCITE THE FANS WITH HIS ABILITY ON THE BALL

OLLIE FEARON – SPONSORED BY: KEITH & KATH WOOD MUCH SOUGHT AFTER, JAS AND WARDY ARE DELIGHTED TO ADD FEARON TO THE SQUAD THIS SEASON. OLLIE AVERAGED A GOAL EVERY TWO GAMES LAST SEASON AND IS A HARDWORKING FORWARD WHO WILL MAKE THE SIDE STRONGER ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

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PLAYER PROFILES IFY OFOEGBU – SPONSORED BY: PAUL COOPER IFY MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT UPON SIGNING FROM GRANTHAM TOWN LAST SEASON, SCORING THE CLUBS GOAL OF THE SEASON ON HIS DEBUT, IN THE NEW YEAR’S DAY VICTORY OVER BRIGHOUSE TOWN. IFY IS A FAN FAVOURITE AND CEMENTED HIS POPULARITY FURTHER WITH A 96TH MINUTE WINNER VS SHEFFIELD FC LATE IN THE SEASON.

JOE STACEY VERSATILE LEFT SIDED PLAYER, STACEY HAD A FOUR YEAR SPELL IN VIRGINIA, US WHERE HE WAS PART OF A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP AT BLUEFIELD COLLEGE. ON RETURNING TO ENGLAND HE HAS PLAYED FOR ALFRETON TOWN AND FRICKLEY ATHLETIC

JACK WILSON – SPONSORED BY: BSP HYDRAULICS SIGNED ON LOAN FROM BRADFORD CITY, JACK IMPRESSED FOR THE BANTAMS IN A PRESEASON FRIENDLY AGAINST OSSETT UNITED, THE FORWARD HAS GREAT ABILITY AND WILL HOPE TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHARLIE WOOD AND BREAK INTO THE BRADFORD CITY FIRST TEAM SQUAD AFTER A LOAN SPELL AT INGFIELD.

BASILE ZOTTOS – SPONSORED BY: MOZ & MARV EXCITING FORWARD SIGNED THIS SUMMER AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY, WHERE DESPITE BEING 19 YEARS OLD WAS A REGULAR IN THEIR U23 SIDE. ZOTTOS HAS A DESIRE TO RETURN TO THE PROFESSIONAL GAME AND HAD OPTIONS TO SIGN FOR A NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUB BUT FELT THIS WAS THE BEST MOVE FOR HIM

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CLEETHORPES TOWN TOM JACKSON (GOALKEEPER) KNOWN BY EVERYONE AROUND THE OWLS AS ‘TJ’, THE COMMANDING KEEPER WON THE SUPPORTERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN MAY 2022. NO SURPRISE EITHER AFTER SOME MEMORABLE SAVES. THE AGILE CAT PROVIDES A FORMIDABLE LAST LINE OF DEFENCE. JOSH SMALLER (DEFENDER) HAPPIEST AT CENTREHALF, JOSH CAN ALSO PLAY ON EITHER FLANK. A HANDFUL IN BOTH PENALTY BOXES, JOSH POPPED UP TO CLAIM AN IMPORTANT EQUALISER AT HEDNESFORD TOWN TO KEEP HIS SIDE IN THE FA CUP. JON OGLESBY (WINGER) JON IS A RAPID WINGER WHO CAN TERRORISE OPPOSING FULL-BACKS. HIS ABILITY TO BEAT A MAN AND CROSS INTO THE DANGER ZONE HAS RESULTED IN MANY GOALS. NOT JUST A PROVIDER,

JONBOY HAS ALSO NETTED SOME VERY MEMORABLE STRIKES. JOSH VENNEY (MIDFIELDER) JOSH IS FAST DEVELOPING INRO AN INFLUENTIAL PLAYER, WHO CAN OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN A VARIETY OF POSITIONS. HIS PERFORMANCES DURING 2021/22 WERE FULL OF PROMISE AND JOSH IS CERTAINLY A FANS' FAVOURITE. JORDON

COOKE

(DEFENDER) JORDON WAS OUTSTANDING DURING THE 2021/22 CAMPAIGN. PREVIOUSLY WITH STAMFORD, HE IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NPL. A COMMANDING FIGURE, THE VERSATILE CENTRAL DEFENDER CAN ALSO OPERATE AT FULL-BACK.

JAMES WILLIAMSON (DEFENDER) THE OWLS WERE QUICK TO SWOOP ON GRANTHAM TOWN IN MAY TO SIGN THE UNCOMPROMISING DEFENDER. JAMES, WHO IS USED TO OPERATING A HIGHER LEVEL, HAS CAUGHT THE EYE OF OBSERVERS SO FAR, WITH HIS NO NONSENSE STYLE OF PLAY AND DISTRIBUTION. JACK MOORE-BILLAM (MIDFIELDER) JACK IS ON A SHORT-TERM LOAN FROM SCUNTHORPE UNITED. ALREADY WITH A NOTABLE REPUTATION AT THE IRON, THE YOUNG PLAYER WILL BE KEEN TO TEST

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HIMSELF IN THE NPL.

ALEX FLETT (MIDFIELDER) (CAPTAIN) ALEX IS RIGHTLY CONSIDERED A CLUB LEGEND AND HAS BEEN A VIRTUAL EVER-PRESENT DURING OUR RISE THROUGH THE PYRAMID. WITH HIS TRADEMARK TACKLING, FLETTY, WHO COMMANDS RESPECT FROM TEAMMATES AND OPPONENTS ALIKE, IS CERTAIN TO BE SEEN LEADING WITH 100% COMMITMENT.

DECLAN HOWE (STRIKER) FOLLOWING HIS TRANSFER FROM STAVELEY MINERS WELFARE, DEC HAS STARTED IN THE BLUE & BLACK WITH A BANG, SCORING SEVEN TIMES IN JULY. PROLIFIC LAST YEAR IN THE NCEL, THE STRIKER IS SURE BE A THORN-IN-THE-SIDE OF OPPOSING DEFENDERS. JACK MCMENEMY (STRIKER) AS HIS NICKNAME SUGGESTS, ‘THE BULL’ IS AN IMPOSING PHYSICAL PRESENCE, WHO HAS SCORED PLENTY OF GOALS, SINCE HIS ARRIVAL FROM LINCOLN UNITED. WITH COMPETITION FIERCE, JACK WILL BE DETERMINED TO BECOME AN EVER-PRESENT IN THE OWLS’ FRONT-LINE. CURTIS BATESON (WINGER) NOW INTO A THIRD SPELL WITH THE OWLS, CURTIS OOZES CLASS. DAZZLINGLY QUICK, THE WINGER CAN SKIP BEYOND OPPONENTS AT WILL, AND ALSO POSSESSES THE ABILITY TO DELIVER GREAT CROSSES. RIO MOLYNEAUX (MIDFIELDER) ANOTHER SUMMER ACQUISITION, RIO HAS AN ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC TURN OF FOOT, WHICH CAN SCARE FULL-BACKS. STILL ADAPTING HIS FULL-RANGE OF WING WIZARDRY, HIS PROGRESS WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH INTEREST BY THE

OWLS’ FAITHFUL. TIM LOWE (DEFENDER) TIM TREMENDOUSLY TO THE TEAM'S

HAS

CONTRIBUTED

SUCCESS IN RECENT

YEARS AND REMAINS AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE. A FINE READER OF THE GAME, TIM IS VERY MOBILE AND CAN PROVIDE

SUPERB

OPPORTUNITY ARISES.

OVERLAPPING

WHEN

THE

THE OWLS HENRY PARR (MIDFIELDER) ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON THIS FACE, HENRY HAS BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. HE GAINED A PLACE IN THE SIXTEEN-MAN SQUAD AT DUNSTON IN APRIL. LEON DAWSON (DEFENDER) LEON WILL BE HOPING TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF IN THE STARTING XI AFTER MAKING EIGHT APPEARANCES SO FAR. THE LEFT-BACK HAS ALL THE

CREDENTIALS

AND

EXPERIENCE

TO

FEATURE

FAVOURABLY IN THE MANAGEMENT’S PLANNING.

WILL ANNAN (MIDFIELDER) THE

MANAGEMENT WERE

WILL FOLLOWING HIS DEPARTURE FROM BRIDLINGTON TOWN. AN ATHLETIC PLAYER, WHO HAS AN EYE FOR GOAL, THE QUICK TO SECURE THE SIGNATURE OF

ATTACKING MIDFIELDER WILL BE CONTRIBUTE TO A PROMOTION PUSH.

LOOKING

TO

DECADE. A PROVEN GOAL-SCORER, THE STRIKER WILL BE

LOOKING TO CONTINUE HIS GOLDEN TOUCH AND REAFFIRM HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE MARKSMAN.

NPL’S

LEADING

HARRISON MCCABE (STRIKER) NOT YET 18, HARRISON IS A TREMENDOUS PROSPECT, WHO WILL BE HOPING TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO THE MATCH-DAY SIXTEEN DURING 2022/23.

PAUL WALKER (DEFENDER) PAUL IS AN ACCOMPLISHED DEFENDER. THE VERSATILE PLAYER IS QUICK AND ALSO A DANGER IN THE OPPOSING BOX. NOW INTO HIS FIFTH SEASON WITH THE OWLS, WALKS WILL BE LOOKING TO FURTHER ENHANCE HIS ESTABLISHED REPUTATION IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE.

ALFIE BOSWELL (STRIKER) ALFIE HAS EARNED A WELL-

DAVE SMITH (MANAGER) A CALM PRESENCE IN TECHNICAL AREA, DAVE IS NOW APPROACHING

DESERVED

FOURTH

ELEVATION

TO

THE

SENIOR

SQUAD

FOLLOWING SOME IMPRESSIVE DISPLAYS IN THE JUNIOR RANKS. THE YOUNGSTER WILL BE HOPEFUL OF GAINING SOME MORE MINUTES IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER

LEAGUE. OLLIE BRACKENBURY (GOALKEEPER) HAVING JUST TURNED 18, OLLIE HAS POTENTIALLY A FINE FUTURE INTO THE GAME. WITH ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED GLOVEWORK, ‘BRACKS’ WILL BE LOOKING TO FURTHER LEARN HIS TRADE. ALFIE DAVY (MIDFIELDER) ALFIE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE CLUB’S YOUNGSTERS TO EARN PROMOTION TO THE SENIOR SET-UP. ALREADY WITH MINUTES UNDER HIS BELT IN PRE-SEASON, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD FOR A BREAK-OUT CAMPAIGN. SAM TOPLISS (DEFENDER) SAM HAS BECOME AN AUTOMATIC CHOICE FOR THE OWLS. OPERATING AT EITHER FULLBACK POSITION OR IN MIDFIELD, TOPPO LOOKS COMFORTABLE ON THE BALL AND IS ALSO A TOUGH TACKLER.

BRODY ROBERTSON (STRIKER) BRODY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE OWLS’ PROMOTIONS IN THE LAST

ANNIVERSARY

OF

HIS

THE THE

APPOINTMENT.

HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS REIGN INCLUDE BACK-TO-BACK LINCOLNSHIRE SENIOR CUP WINS AND A THIRD PLACE FINISH TO EARN A PLAY-OFF BERTH LAST TIME OUT. PREVIOUS MEETINGS 15 JANUARY 2022 CLEETHORPES TOWN

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HARDAKER

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VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX CRAIG BIDDLESTONE I WAS DOING, AND PICKED UP A FEW BITS AND ALONG THE WAY, HOWEVER, THIS WAS ONE AREA

KNOW WHAT

PIECES THAT I WANTED TO TRY AND GET A DEDICATED PERSON IN TO DO.

OUR MEDIA TEAM CONTINUES TO GROW FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, THE RECENT NEW MEMBERS - LUCY BURNS, GEORGE PHILLIPS AND OWEN GERRARD CONTINUE TO IMPRESS, AND WHILE THERE ARE STILL SOME CRACKS TO COVER UP (AND I INCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT) WE CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST SETS OF VOLUNTEER GROUPS IN THE PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE.

WHEN LUCY FIRST CONTACTED THE CLUB A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEN CAME DOWN FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED STRAIGHT AWAY WITH HER IDEAS, HER KNOWLEDGE AND HER ENTHUSIASM - 3 VERY IMPORTANT AREAS, AND IN THE SHORT SPACE OF TIME SHE HAS BEEN WITH US SHE HAS BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, REGULARLY POSTING ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, AND NOW INSTAGRAM, CONTINUING TO COME UP WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS, ASKING ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND GENERALLY PUTTING OSSETT UNITED OUT THERE A LOT MORE THAN BOTH NEIL AND MYSELF PROBABLY COULD DO, IT HAS BEEN STRANGE THOUGH BECAUSE AFTER A BUSY PRE-SEASON WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE I SPENT THE ENTIRETY OF MY NONWORKING DAY DOING SOMETHING FOR THE CLUB ON SOCIALS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS HARDLY ANYTHING TO DO, NOT THAT

I’M

COMPLAINING MIND YOU .

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE THOUGH, HISTORICALLY NEIL SPOFFORTH HAS LOOKED AFTER FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, LAST SEASON CHRIS BOYD LOOKED AFTER INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK - WELL I’M NOW SHOWING MY AGE BECAUSE I DIDN’T, AND REALLY STILL DON’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT IS ABOUT REALLY, THOUGH I DO SEEM TO REMEMBER PHIL SMITH ONCE RE-CREATING CHRIS KAMARA’S FAMOUS “WAS THERE JEFF, I THOUGHT HE WAS BEING SUBSTITUTED?” MOMENT - WHERE HE PLAYED BOTH JEFF STELLING AND CHRIS KAMARA!

WITH GRAPHICS (ANOTHER AREA

WHEN I

DEWSBURY RANGERS

BECAME

HEAD

OF

MEDIA,

ONE OF THE ROLES

I

TOOK ON WAS THAT OF DOING MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I’LL BE HONEST THOUGH,

FACEBOOK

OR

I

TWITTER,

DON’T POST A LOT ON EITHER IN FACT

I

SEE THE FIRST AS

STALKING PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND THE LATTER AS STALKING CELEBS (DISCLAIMER

- I DON’T MEAN LITERALLY ‘STALKING’),

BUT I HAD ENOUGH OF THE BASICS ON BOTH PLATFORMS TO

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OWEN

HAS

COME TO US TO SUPPORT THE RADIO COMMENTARY, HELP

I’VE

BEEN DOING IT

2

I’M

STILL LEARNING, BUT

MONTHS NOW AND

THERE’), AND TO LOOK AFTER

I’M ‘GETTING

TIKTOK. I’VE REGISTERED MY

OWN ACCOUNT ON THAT PLATFORM BUT LEFT THE CLUB SIDE REALLY IN

OWEN

OWEN’S

HANDS.

AGAIN,

AS WITH

LUCY,

WHEN HE FIRST CONTACTED US AND MET WITH US

WAS FULL OF ENTHUSIASM AND GREAT IDEAS AND AGAIN LIKE

LUCY HAS BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON’T KNOW HIM HE ALSO PLAYS FOR OUR BTEC TEAM AND WAS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE RECENT CHARITY GAME AT INGFIELD BETWEEN OUR U 18’S, BUT

I’M

BTEC TEAM AND REALLY LOOKING

FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HE CAN PRODUCE CONTENT WISE OVER THE COMING SEASON.

GEORGE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A SUPPORTER, ONE OF THE TWINS THAT YOU MAY SEE AT GAMES IN HIS LEEDS UNITED SHIRT AND WEARING SHORTS WHEN IT’S -5 OUTSIDE, HE

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VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX CRAIG BIDDLESTONE ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE A GO AT BEING A COCOMMENTATOR ON OSSETT UNITED RADIO, AND AS I’VE SAID PREVIOUSLY EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NO MEDIA EXPERIENCE

HE IS A PASSIONATE SUPPORTER OF BOTH THE CLUB AND FOOTBALL IN GENERAL.

RADIO

COMMENTARY ISN’T EASY,

BELIEVE YOU ME, AND CAN BE MADE MORE DIFFICULT WHEN

EITHER YOUR TEAM ARE GETTING OUTCLASSED AND HAMMERED AS YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO TRY AND STAY

EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T SEE MUCH OF HIM OUR FRIEND

CHRIS BOYD

REMAINS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES IN-

BETWEEN DOING FREELANCE MEDIA WORK AND TRYING TO FIND A PERMANENT JOB IN MEDIA, HE’S CURRENTLY HELPING TO

PRODUCE

THIS

EXCELLENT

DIGITAL

PROGRAMME

AMONGST OTHER THINGS, DON’T BE A STRANGER THOUGH

CHRIS, YOU’RE PART OF THE OSSETT UNITED FAMILY NOW! MASSIVE THANKS TO CHRIS AND TO THE WHOLE TEAM TOO.

POSITIVE, OR IN THE CASE OF

TUESDAY NIGHT AT DUNSTON WHERE CHRIS CASSIDY AND OUR OLD FRIEND GARY WIGGLESWORTH WERE RECEIVING ABUSE FROM DUNSTON SUPPORTERS FOR DOING THEIR JOB, SO TO COME IN AND DO THE JOB THE WAY GEORGE HAS IS BRILLIANT, AND ONCE HE, OWEN, CHRIS AND MYSELF HAVE GELLED AND THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

FINALLY FROM ME, I’LL BE MISSING THE LOCAL DERBY AT PONTEFRACT ON BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY AND THE REARRANGED TRIP TO BRID NEXT SATURDAY AS I’LL BE BY THE POOL IN TENERIFE, AS FAR AS THINGS GO AT THE MOMENT I COULDN’T SAY WHETHER OR NOT WE’LL BE PROVIDING RADIO COMMENTARY, KEEP YOURS EYES ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THAT, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A PERMANENT

AS WE ARE TALKING THE MEDIA TEAM I JUST WANT TO GIVE MENTIONS TO THE REST OF THE TEAM TOO. CHRIS CASSIDY

VIDEOGRAPHER WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO GET THE GOALS

HAS IMPROVED NO END OVER THE LAST YEAR IN HIS LEAD COMMENTATOR

ROLE,

HE’S

SLOWED

DOWN,

BECOME

OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS SOON AS WE CAN - IT WON’T BE A FANTASTIC HIGHLIGHTS PACKAGE, JUST THE GOALS, BUT IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN

CLEARER AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GO ON AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY, WE ARE ALSO

CAMERAWORK AND EDITING PLEASE ASK THEM TO GET IN

NOW LOOKING AT BRINGING BACK THE PODCAST FOR THE COMING SEASON, SOMETHING CHRIS WILL LEAD ON, AND

ENJOY

OWEN TESTED LAST WEEK BEFORE THE WHITCHURCH GAME, AND I KNOW MARK WARD ANOTHER AREA THAT HE AND

TOUCH AT MEDIA@OSSETTUTD.COM. WEEKS.

THE GAME FOLKS AND SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF

IS KEEN TO SEE MORE OF IS THE PITCH SIDE MATCH PREVIEW WHERE CHRIS AND OTHERS GO LIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE KICK-OFF AND TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING GAME -

KELLY CATES PRE-MATCH TALKING TO CARRAGHER AND NEVILLE, IT’S ALL VERY POSITIVE AND EXCITING. THINK

I’D

‘BRAVE ALL HUNT AND KEITH THE CLUB, AND AN

ALSO LIKE TO GIVE MENTIONS TO OUR

WEATHERS’ PHOTOGRAPHERS,

JON

WOOD. PRETTY MUCH MAINSTAYS OF AREA THAT I DON’T NEED TO GET INVOLVED

IN BECAUSE

THEY KNOW A DAMN SIGHT MORE ABOUT TAKING PHOTO’S THAN ME, THEY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE QUALITY ACTION SHOTS WEEK IN WEEK OUT, AND

I OFTEN DON’T FEEL THEY GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE SO THANK-YOU GUYS, AND

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FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS Troy Deeney: Redemption: My Story FOR

ME, A GREAT AUTOBIOGRAPHY GIVES A READER A

REALLY

AUTHENTIC,

HONEST

INSIGHT

INTO

THE

INDIVIDUAL AND HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND THAT PERSON MORE. WHEN THE SUBJECT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS PARTICULARLY COMPLEX

THE AND

NUANCED AND SOMEONE YOU HAVEN’T NECESSARILY

BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OR RELATE TO BEFORE, YET

YOU

COME

AWAY

FROM

THE

BOOK

WITH

RECOGNITION AND PERSPECTIVE, THAT’S ALL THE MORE TELLING OF A SUCCESSFUL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND IN THAT RESPECT

DEENEY

TROY DEENEY’S REDEMPTION

EXCELS.

IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT IS PERHAPS

LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD, DIVISIVE AND DISMISSED FOR

THOSE WITHOUT A WATFORD AFFILIATION AND, CERTAINLY, I WOULD BE GUILTY OF BEING DRAWN INTO THIS NARRATIVE, SO

I WAS REALLY INTRIGUED TO READ

THIS BOOK AND CAME AWAY FROM IT WITH GENUINE RENEWED UNDERSTANDING FOR DEENEY.

ACROSS

HIS CAREER, THE BIRMINGHAM-BORN STRIKER HAS DEVELOPED, OR PERHAPS RATHER BEEN TAGGED

WITH, A PERSONA AS SOMETHING OF A ROGUE, A BIT OF A PEST ON THE PITCH AND POTENTIALLY DISRUPTIVE OFF IT, BUT AS WITH ANY ANTIHERO STORY, THERE IS A

BACKDROP TO IT ALL, AND DEENEY’S IS MORE TELLING THAN MOST IN HELPING READERS UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED HIM, NOT LEAST A TOUGH UPBRINGING AFTER HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER ABANDONED HIM AND HIS MOTHER AND A

EARLY YEARS WERE BOTH TROUBLING AND SEMINAL IN SHAPING, AND CONTINUING TO SHAPE, HIM.

STEPFATHER NOT WITHOUT SERIOUS FLAWS ENTERED HIS LIFE. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEENEY’S YOUNGER

INDEED,

YEARS ARE TRULY EYE-OPENING AND, I THINK, DO A LOT TO UNRAVEL

ALMOST

HIS

DEENEY’S CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY, BRAVADO, HIS RESILIENCE AND HIS TENACITY. HE

OVER TO HIS LIFE PRE-FOOTBALL AND EVEN WHEN FOOTBALL BECOMES A GREATER PART OF HIS STORY, IT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS HAPPENED.

SPEAKS WITHOUT CENSOR ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND ADVERSITY OF HIS UPBRINGING BUT CONVERSELY ALSO WITH LOVE AND APPRECIATION AND IT’S CLEAR THAT HIS

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A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE BOOK IS GIVEN

FEELS

SECONDARY

IN

MANY

WAYS

TO

FOOTBALL

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES CAN SOMETIMES GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE MINUTIAE OF TRAINING, MATCHES, DRESSINGROOM TALES, BUT HAVING COME FROM WHERE HE’S

FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS COME FROM, HAVING BEEN THROUGH WHAT HE’S BEEN THROUGH,

DEENEY’S

STORY IS AS MUCH AS, IF NOT

HAS CHANNELLED THEM, MADE THE MOST OF HIS ATTRIBUTES AND COMPENSATED THROUGH HARD WORK

MORE SO, ABOUT THE JOURNEY, RATHER THAN THE

AND DETERMINATION.

MUCH BIGGER AND MORE SIGNIFICANT NARRATIVE. IN

DEDICATION. IT IS EASY TO SEE THAT

DESTINATION. THAT’S NOT TO SAY, FOOTBALL IS NOT CENTRAL TO HIS LIFE, HIS PASSION, BUT IT IS PART OF A

HE

REFUSED TO BE DEFINED BY

DISADVANTAGE, HE REFUSED TO TAKE THE EASY ROUTE, AND THAT TAKES INCREDIBLE CONVICTION AND

RISE TO THE

DEENEY’S STORY COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT ONE, IF NOT FOR

FOOTBALLING HEIGHTS ALL THE MORE MIRACULOUS AND

FOOTBALL AND IF NOT FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE

IMPRESSIVE.

GAME, AND WHETHER YOU LOVE HIM OR LOATHE HIM, READING HIS STORY, KNOWING HIS JOURNEY, YOU CAN’T

MANY WAYS, THIS ONLY MAKES

HE

DEENEY’S

IS THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT HE WASN’T

NECESSARILY THE FASTEST, MOST SKILFUL, MOST TALENTED OF FOOTBALLERS, BUT WHAT HE LACKED IN THESE

AREAS,

HE

MADE

DETERMINATION AND DRIVE. SUCCESS STORY FOR THE

UP

HIS

THERE

TOO,

UNDERAPPRECIATED, BUT

IN

THERE IS OBVIOUSLY

THOUGH

DEENEY’S

THAT’S TAKEN.

GRAFT,

IS VERY MUCH A HARD-WORKING, THE

UNDERDOG, THE STRONG-WILLED. TALENT

FOR

TAKE AWAY HOW FAR HE’S COME AND HOW MUCH WORK

(PUBLISHER: CASSELL. HARDCOVER: 304 PAGES)

SEPTEMBER

2021.

PERHAPS

IS ABOVE ALL A

JOURNEY THAT UNDERPINS THE ARGUMENT THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF, THAT GOOD THINGS DON’T COME EASY, THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK.

THIS

COMMITMENT TO HARD WORK, TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ODDS, TO BATTLE HIS WAY TO THE TOP ARE ATTRIBUTES

THAT HAVE COME TO DEFINE DEENEY THE FOOTBALLER AS A TENACIOUS, TOUGH, TIRELESS COMPETITOR.

QUALITIES

THAT HAVE PERHAPS OFTEN BEEN USED

AGAINST HIM, ESPECIALLY BY OPPOSITION FANS, YET

QUALITIES NONETHELESS THAT SHOULD BE VALUED, AND QUALITIES THAT CLEARLY STEM FROM A TOUGH START.

DEENEY

MAY BE A MENACE ON THE PITCH, HE MAY

ANTAGONISE AND RILE UP DEFENDERS AND FANS ALIKE, BUT BEING ON THE PITCH, WORKING HARD TO GET

THERE, TO PROVE HIMSELF, TO IMPROVE HIMSELF, TO RISE UP FROM THE CHALLENGES OF HIS BIRTHPLACE, OF HIS UPBRINGING, IS A SUCCESS STORY THAT SHOULDN’T BE UNDERESTIMATED.

HE

HAS HIS FLAWS, DON’T WE

ALL, BUT WHAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE IS THAT HE HASN’T ALLOWED THEM TO HOLD HIM BACK. IF ANYTHING, HE

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From day one we had a policy to constantly review how we worked.

Because of this dedication to self-improvement and our refreshing, personal approach to recruitment we saw a client and candidate loyalty that we’ve never experienced before and quickly outgrew our small office.

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OSSETT UNITED MEDIA PARTNER

CLUB HISTORY THE FORMATION OSSETT UNITED WAS CREATED ON THE 1ST JUNE 2018 FOLLOWING THE MERGER OF OSSETT TOWN AFC (EST. 1936) AND OSSETT ALBION AFC (EST. 1944). BOTH OSSETT TOWN AND OSSETT ALBION HAD MANAGED TO GAIN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE STATUS AND MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF FOOTBALL FOR A REMARKABLE PERIOD OF TIME.

EARLY HISTORY THE

TWO CLUBS MERGED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A NEW BOARD BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM THE TWO

PREVIOUS CLUBS.

THE FOUNDING DIRECTORS WERE JOHN CHIDLAW (OA), JAMES ROGERS (OT), EMMA CHIDLAW (OA), DAWN ROGERS (OT), LEE SUMMERSCALES (OA) AND LEE BROADBENT (OT) FORMING THE NEW BOARD WITH SUPPORT FROM PHIL SMITH AS CEO. JOHN CHIDLAW TOOK ON THE ROLE OF CHAIRMAN FOR THE FIRST SEASON. THE CLUB MADE ITS NEW HOME INGFIELD, THE PREVIOUS HOME OF OSSETT TOWN, AND USED DIMPLE WELLS, THE PREVIOUS HOME OF OSSETT ALBION, AS ITS LADIES AND ACADEMY TEAM BASE. ON

THE PITCH, THE FIRST YEAR

(2018/19)

WAS A REMARKABLE SUCCESS WITH ATTENDANCES SIGNIFICANTLY

INCREASED FROM WHAT EITHER CLUB HAD EXPERIENCED PREVIOUSLY, COUPLED WITH SUCCESS ON THE PITCH REACHING THE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL AND WINNING THE COUNTY CUP, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MANAGER ANDY WELSH. OFF THE PITCH THINGS WERE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL WITH A NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS AND BOARD CHANGES AND SOME CHALLENGING FINANCIAL ISSUES TO DEAL WITH FOLLOWING THE MERGER.

BY THE END OF THE

2018/19 SEASON, PHIL SMITH HAD TAKEN ON THE MANTLE OF CLUB CHAIRMAN FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF BOARD CHANGES.

WAYNE BENN TOOK UP THE MANAGERIAL REIGNS IN LATE 2019 FOLLOWING A POOR START TO THE 2019/20 SEASON, HOWEVER, THAT SEASON WAS ENDED ABRUPTLY IN MARCH 2020 WITH THE ONSET OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC KNOWN AS COVID 19. THE SEASON WAS NULL AND VOIDED. OFF THE PITCH THERE WERE MORE TROUBLES FOR OSSETT UNITED IN NOVEMBER 2019 AS

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A SIGNIFICANT AND UNPRECEDENTED COURT CASE, DATING BACK TO A TACKLE IN

2015 WHEN OSSETT TOWN WERE

RADCLIFFE BOROUGH, WAS LOST WITH UNITED FACING LEGAL AND DAMAGES COSTS AMOUNTING £135,000. FORTUNATELY, THE CLUB RECEIVED A GENEROUS LOAN FROM TWO OF ITS CLOSEST SUPPORTERS AVOID THE CLUB GOING INTO LIQUIDATION (AT WORST) OR SELLING THE INGFIELD GROUND (AT BEST).

PLAYING

TO TO

THE START OF THE 2020/21 SEASON STARTED LATE DUE TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC AND VIRTUALLY FINISHED AS SOON AS IT HAD STARTED WITH ONLY EIGHT LEAGUE GAMES HAVING BEEN PLAYED BY UNITED. THIS TIME THE SEASON WAS CURTAILED RATHER THAN NULL AND VOIDED AND MEANT A SECOND SEASON HAD GONE UNFINISHED. OFF THE PITCH ROGERS AND SMITH SWAPPED ROLES DUE TO SMITH'S WORK COMMITMENTS AND ROGERS TOOK ON THE ROLE AS CHAIRMAN, A ROLE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY HELD AT OSSETT TOWN. 2020 ALSO SAW

THE CLUB DECLARE DIMPLE WELLS AS SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SURRENDER THE LEASE MAKING INGFIELD THE SINGLE HOME OF THE UNITED CLUB.

2021/22 LAST SEASON SAW MANY CHANGES AT OSSETT UNITED BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. AFTER A STRONG START TO THE PITCHING IN NPL EAST SEASON A RUN OF ONLY ONE WIN IN THREE MONTHS SAW WAYNE BENN AND ANDY HAYWARD LEAVE THE CLUB IN DECEMBER. JAS COLLIVER AND MARK WARD WERE APPOINTED TO RE-IGNITE THE SEASON AND STRENGTHEN THE SQUAD WHICH THEY DID FROM DAY ONE. THE DUO SAW THE CLUB GO UNBEATEN AT HOME WITH 7 WINS AND DRAWS HOWEVER THE AWAY FORM CONTINUED TO BE IN CONSISTENT. OFF THE FIELD NEW DUGOUTS WERE INSTALLED, BEFORE THE ERECTION OF A NEW PITCH SIDE BARRIER FOLLOWED BY THE UPGRADING OF THE FLOODLIGHTS TO LED TO BRING THE FACILITIES TO A HIGH STANDARD. COLLIVER

AND

WARD

HAVE SPENT THE CLOSE SEASON WORKING HARD TO RETAIN PLAYERS FROM THE SQUAD AS

WELL AS BRINGING IN REINFORCEMENTS TO STRENGTHEN THE SQUAD FURTHER AS THE CLUB LOOKS TO IMPROVE UPON THE NINTH PLACED FINISHED IN 21/22

WE ARE OSSETT UNITED

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MATCH REPORT FA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND | 20/08/2022 | OSSETT UNITED 1 – 2 WHITCHURCH ALPORT THE FA CUP’S

WORLDWIDE REPUTATION HAS BEEN

BUILT ON SHOCK RESULTS, AND WHILE NOT INTENDING

HEADER.

ALPORT

FEARON

HAD OPPORTUNITIES BUT NOTHING

THERE WERE

CLEAR CUT UNTIL THE CLOCK PASSED 90 AND THE MOST

VERY FEW WHO EXPECTED THEM TO CONQUER IN THIS FIXTURE, AND FOR 90 MINUTES IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE

INCREDIBLE END TO THE GAME WITH EVERYONE EXPECTING A GOAL LESS DRAW AND MONDAY NIGHT

TO DISRESPECT

WHITCHURCH ALPORT

BUT FOR A GOAL LINE CLEARANCE FROM A

THEY WOULD UNTIL A CRAZY SIX MINUTES OF TIME ON.

ADDED

COLLIVER AND WARD MADE CHANGES TO THE STARTING XI WITH HARDAKER, CASSIUS-GILL AND ZOTTOS RETURNING TO THE STARTING XI IN THE PLACE OF HODGSON, METCALFE AND OFOEGBU AND WERE THEN FORCED TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE WHEN CAPTAIN

JACK COWGILL

SUFFERED A MUSCLE INJURY

WITH LESS THAN TEN MINUTES BEFORE KICK-OFF. JOE PARKIN WAS PROMOTED FROM THE NO17 SHIRT TO

THE

NO5.

VISITORS STARTED THE GAME WELL AS THE TWO

SIDES SOUNDED EACH OTHER OUT. KIERAN EVANS WITH THE FIRST SHOT OF THE GAME WHICH COMFORTABLY DEALT WITH BY EDD HALL.

OLIVER FEARON

WAS

CAN CONSIDER HIMSELF UNLUCKY TO

NOT OPEN THE SCORING AT THE MID-WAY POINT,

RAWLINS

WITH AN INSTINCTIVE SAVE TO KEEP THE

SCORES LEVEL.

BOTH SIDES WERE LOOKING TO ATTACK WITH A LOT OF PLAY TAKING PLACE IN THE MIDFIELD, MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH WINNING EVERYTHING AND DISTRIBUTING THE BALL WELL. KIERAN EVANS

AGAIN HAD AN EFFORT SAVED BY HALL WHILE AT THE OTHER END CASSIUS-GILL SAW A CURLING EFFORT EDGE JUST WIDE.

WITH

THE SCORE LEVEL AT HALF TIME THE VISITORS

WILL HAVE BEEN THE HAPPIER OF THE TWO SIDES.

THE SECOND HALF WAS ONE WITH FEW CHANCES, UNITED EDGING THE POSSESSION AND GOING CLOSE

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REPLAY.

ALPORT

ATTACKED DOWN THE RIGHT WHICH

OSSETT

FAILED TO CLEAR, A DEFENSIVE HEADER LOOPING TO THE VISITORS SUBSTITUTE URVANTEV WHO WITH TIME ON THE EDGE OF THE AREA WAS ABLE TO PICK HIS SPOT IN THE CORNER OF THE GOAL.

UNITED MADE A CHANGE REPLACING HARDAKER WITH ALDRICH. OSSETT THEN PRODUCED THE BEST PIECE OF FOOTBALL IN THE GAME AS A QUICK PASSING MOVE SAW ALDRICH RELEASED DOWN THE LEFT, AN EXCELLENT

ZOTTOS WHO HEADED HOME AND BROUGHT THE SCORES LEVEL. A REPLAY IN SHROPSHIRE WAS BACK ON. ONLY FOR ALPORT TO HAVE OTHER IDEAS AS THEY SCORED THE THIRD GOAL OF INJURY TIME! LEFT BACK JUNIOR BROWN LOST HIS MAN AND WAS ABLE TO STAB HOME A CROSS FROM CLOSE RANGE. DEEP CROSS FOUND

.

OSSETT UNITED: 1. EDD HALL, 2. HARRY GAGEN, 3.

ROSS HARDAKER (12. LUKE ALDRICH, 90’), 4. CRAIG NELTHORPE, 5. JOE PARKING, 6. BRAD BEATSON, 7.

BASILE ZOTTOS (GOAL, 90’), 8, MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH, 9. OLIVER FEARON, 10. JUNAYD CASSIUS-GILL (16, OLI METCALFE, 68’), 11. JOE STACEY (14. JACK WILSON, 75’) | 13. JAKE TEALE, 15.

IFY OFOEGBU, 17. CONNOR HODGSON, 18. GLYN COTTON. ATTENDANCE: 342 OUFC MOM: MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH

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2022/2023 DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORERS

MO M

ATT

ZOTTOS, STACEY FEARON, OFOEGBU

CROPPER STACEY

ZOTTOS ALDRICH (2), BEATSON

HOLLINGSWORTH ALDRICH

275 212 407 342 235

AUGUST 06/08/22 13/08/22 16/08/22 20/08/22 23/08/22 27/08/22 29/08/22

(H) NEW MILLS (A) CARLTON TOWN (H) STOCKTON TOWN (H) WHITCHURCH ALPORT (A) DUNSTON (H) CLEETHORPES TOWN (A) PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES

FA CUP EP NPL EAST NPL EAST FA CUP P NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

2-0 2-0 0-3 1-2 3-3

SEPTEMBER 03/09/22 10/09/22 13/09/22 17/09/22 24/09/22

(A) BRIDLINGTON TOWN (A) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST (H) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST (A) SHILDON

NPL EAST FAT 1Q NPL EAST NPL EAST FAT 2Q

(H) GRIMSBY BOROUGH (A) SHEFFIELD (H) HEBBURN TOWN (A) LONG EATON UNITED (H) CONSETT

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

PLEASE NOTE NEW FIXTURE DATE OF SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER 01/10/22 08/10/22 15/10/22 22/10/22 29/10/22

NOVEMBER 05/11/22 12/11/22 19/11/22 26/11/22

(A) NORTH SHIELDS (H) LINCOLN UNITED (A) GRANTHAM TOWN (H) WORKSOP TOWN

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

DECEMBER 03/12/22 10/12/22 17/12/22 26/12/22

(A) TADCASTER ALBION (H) SHILDON (H) CARLTON TOWN (A) BRIGHOUSE TOWN

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

JANUARY 2023 02/01/23 07/01/23 14/01/23 21/01/23 28/01/23

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(H) PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES (A) STOCKTON TOWN (H) DUNSTON (A) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST (H) TADCASTER ALBION

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

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OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORERS

MOM ATT

FEBRUARY 04/02/23 07/02/23 11/02/23 18/02/23 25/02/23

(A) GRIMSBY BOROUGH (H) BRIDLINGTON TOWN

NPL EAST NPL EAST

(A) HEBBURN TOWN (H) SHEFFIELD

NPL EAST NPL EAST

(H) LONG EATON UNITED

NPL EAST

(A) CONSETT (H) NORTH SHIELDS

NPL EAST NPL EAST

(A) LINCOLN UNITED (A) CLEETHORPES TOWN (H) BRIGHOUSE TOWN (A) WORKSOP TOWN (H) GRANTHAM TOWN

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

MARCH 04/03/23 11/03/23 18/03/23 25/03/23

APRIL 01/04/23 08/04/23 10/04/23 15/04/23 22/04/23

PLAYER STATS

NAME ALDRICH, LUKE ATTAKORAH, PRINCE BEATSON, BRAD CASSIUS-GILL, JUNAYD COWGILL, JACK CROPPER, TOM DEIGHTON, TOM FEARON, OLLIE GAGEN, HARRY HALL, EDD HARDAKER, ROSS HODGSON, CONNOR HOLLINGSWORTH, MICHAEL METCALFE, OLI NELTHORPE, CRAIG OFOEGBU, IFY PARKIN, JOE STACEY, JOE TEALE, JAKE WARD, DANNY WASSELL, DANNY WILSON, JACK ZOTTOS, BASILE

2022/23 APPS GLS 1(4) 0 5 2 3 4 0 5 2(1) 5 3 2 5 3(2) 3(1) 3 2(1) 5 0 0 0 0(3) 2(3)

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2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

CAREER APPS GLS 5 15 21 2 27 4 2 5 40 17 75 2 5 14 8 20 3 5 8 0 0 3 5

2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

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PITCHING IN NPL EAST 2022/2023 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

STOCKTON TOWN HEBBURN TOWN CLEETHORPES TOWN PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES BRIDLINGTON TOWN NORTH SHIELDS CONSETT AFC GRANTHAM TOWN DUNSTON STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS OSSETT UNITED CARLTON TOWN LONG EATON UNITED SHEFFIELD WORKSOP TOWN BRIGHOUSE TOWN LINCOLN UNITED TADCASTER ALBION SHILDON GRIMSBY BOROUGH

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P 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 3

W 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

D 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

TOTAL L F 0 7 1 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 3 1 4 0 4 1 7 0 4 1 5 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 5 2 1 3 1

A 2 4 3 2 4 2 4 2 6 3 6 3 2 1 4 4 4 9 5 7

+/- Pts 5 9 2 7 3 6 4 5 2 5 1 5 0 5 2 4 1 4 1 4 -1 4 -1 3 0 2 0 1 -1 1 -2 1 -2 1 -4 1 -4 0 -6 0

Saturday 27 August Consett v Carlton Town Grimsby Borough v Brighouse Town Hebburn Town v Sheffield Lincoln United v Pontefract Colls Long Eaton United v North Shields Ossett United v Cleethorpes Town Shildon v Bridlington Town Stocksbridge PS v Stockton Town Tadcaster Albion v Grantham Town Worksop Town v Dunston Monday 29 August Bridlington Town v Grimsby Borough Brighouse Town v Tadcaster Albion Carlton Town v Long Eaton United Cleethorpes Town v Lincoln United Dunston v Consett Grantham Town v Worksop Town North Shields v Hebburn Town Pontefract Colls v Ossett United Sheffield v Stocksbridge PS Stockton Town v Shildon

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MATCH REPORT NPL EAST | 23/08/2022 | DUNSTON 3 - 3 OSSETT UNITED OSSETT UNITED

MADE CHANGES TO THE SIDE FROM THE

FA CUP AT THE WEEKEND WITH CROPPER, IFY OFOEGBU AND FOR HIS FULL DEBUT, LUKE ALDRICH COMING INTO THE STARTING XI WITH ROSS HARDAKER, CRAIG NELTHORPE AND JUNAYD CASSIUS GILL UNAVAILABLE, BASILE ZOTTOS TOOK HIS PLACE ON THE BENCH AND JACK COWGILL WAS ONCE AGAIN UNAVAILABLE SO OLLIE FEARON TOOK THE CAPTAINS ARMBAND. DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE CONNOR HODGSON, TOM

COLLIVER AND WARD COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER START AND REACTION TO THE WEEKEND AS OUFC TOOK THE LEAD AS EARLY AS THE FOURTH MINUTES, EXCELLENT WORK DOWN THE RIGHT SAW A CROSS FIND ALDRICH WHO FOUND SPACE WITH SOME CLEVER MOVEMENT TO SIDE FOOT HOME.

IT

HALL

COULD HAVE BEEN LEVEL STRAIGHT AWAY, YET THIS

CRAZY GAME CONTINUED TO GIVE GOALS AS BRAD BEATSON POWERED HOME A HEADER FOR HIS FIRST STRIKE FOR THE CLUB.

3-1

TO THE VISITORS.

PREVENTED A ON HIS LINE.

DUNSTON

ONCE

AGAIN

EDD HALL

GOAL WITH A TREMENDOUS SAVE

AS THE

HALF CAME TO A CLOSE, ALDRICH LOOKED FOR HIS HATTRICK WITH A LEFT FOOTED EFFORT FROM A TIGHT ANGLE THAT WAS SAVED, THEN

FEARON SAW A HEADER BLOCKED FROM A HODGSON CROSS. DUNSTON STARTED THE SECOND HALF WELL, PLAYING SOME EXCELLENT FOOTBALL NOT OFTEN SEEN AT STEP FOUR, THEY PULLED ONE BACK TEN MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF.

AND WHAT A GOAL. JACK HALL COLLECTED THE BALL

AND WITH SOME CLEVER SKILLS CREATED HIMSELF SOME

GOT BETTER AS THE LEAD WAS DOUBLED IN THE EIGHTH

MINUTES AS

GAGEN

WEAVED HIS WAY THROUGH THE

DEFENCE, THE BALL FELL TO

ALDRICH

WHO WITH AN

INSTINCTIVE BACK HEEL PUT THE BALL INTO THE NET OFF THE POST.

OSSETT UNITED WERE FLYING AND ALL OVER THE HOME SIDE, FEARON SAW AN EFFORT CLEARED OFF THE LINE IN THE 10TH MINUTE BEFORE JUST TWO MINUTES LATER SOME EXCELLENT GOALKEEPING FROM ANDERSON IN THE HOME GOAL PREVENTED JOE STACEY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME POOR DEFENDING.

SPACE AND FIRED AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE FROM IN TO THE TOP CORNER.

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YARDS

THREE GOALKEEPERS WOULD HAVE STRUGGLED TO KEEP THAT ONE OUT! DUNSTON PILLED ON THE PRESSURE BUT DESPITE THAT THE OSSETT DEFENCE WERE HOLDING FIRM, BRAD BEATSON AND TOM CROPPER AT CENTRE HALF WERE STOPPING EVERYTHING THROWN AT THEM AND THEY WERE PROTECTED WELL BY PARKIN AND HOLLINGSWORTH. BOTH OF THE

HOME SIDE’S WIDE MEN WERE CAUSING PROBLEMS BUT FOR THE MOST PART WELL.

GAGEN

AND

HODGSON

DEALT WITH THEM

AS

OSSETT

GAME,

THE THREE POINTS AND THE HOME SIDE MADE THEM PAY AS

THE HALF WORE ON THE FRENETIC PACE SETTLE TO A MERE HECTIC AS DUNSTON PLAYED THEIR WAY INTO THE

EDD HALL PRODUCED TWO EXCELLENT SAVES AND HARRY GAGEN CLEARED AN EFFORT OF THE LINE FOR THE HOME SIDE. DUNSTON

WE ABLE TO PULL A GOAL BACK ON

27 MINUTES

AS THEY WERE AWARDED A PENALTY, FROM THIS REPORTERS ANGLE IT LOOKED LIKE

CROPPER

TOOK THE BALL BUT AS

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE IS ALWAYS RIGHT A SPOT KICK WAS AWARDED.

MICHAEL FOWLER GIVING HALL NO CHANCE WITH A VERY WELL TAKEN KICK. THE HOME SIDE HAD WIND IN THEIR SAILS AND BUT FOR EDD

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BROKE FORWARD WHEN THEY COULD BUT COULDN’T CREATE THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD SEAL WITH

88

MINUTES ON THE CLOCK

AN ELLIOTT CROSS.

IT

MOUANDA

SWEPT HOME

WAS CERTAINLY A DESERVED EQUALISER FOR THE

PRESSURE THE HOME SITE EXERTED IN THE SECOND HALF,

OSSETT UNITED WHO HAD PERFORMED ADMIRABLY THROUGHOUT THE GAME. WHILST DISAPPOINTING AS THE FULL TIME WHISTLE WENT HAVING LED FOR SO LONG, COME THE END OF THE SEASON A POINT EARNED AT DUNSTON WILL BE A GOOD ONE. BUT HEART BREAKING NON THE LESS FOR

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CLEETHORPES TOWN THE 2022/23 SEASON MARKS THE OWLS’ SILVER JUBILEE AND CLEETHORPES TOWN HAS CERTAINLY COME A LONG WAY IN ITS RELATIVELY SHORT HISTORY.

2013/14 BEGAN WITH A CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT MARCUS NEWELL APPOINTED. THIS PROVED TO BE CATALYST FOR A GREAT PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY.

INITIALLY FORMED IN 1998 AS LINCOLNSHIRE SOCCER SCHOOL, IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF FORMER GRIMSBY TOWN PLAYER TOMMY WATSON. THE TEAM WAS AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS, WITH BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS ACROSS

A LONG UNBEATEN STREAK MEANT THE OWLS WERE TOP OF THE LEAGUE AT CHRISTMAS. HOWEVER, A SLOW START TO THE NEW YEAR LEFT A DIFFICULT TASK. NEVERTHELESS, WITH THE PRESSURE AT ITS HIGHEST, CLEE SURGED

EVERY AGE GROUP ENSURING THAT THE CLUB BEGAN TO

THROUGH THE PACK TO CLINCH THE TITLE WITH A GAME TO

GROW QUICKLY.

SPARE

LESS

LIFE

(IN 2003), A FLAGSHIP SENIOR TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED. IN THE OWLS’ FIRST SEASON IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE LEAGUE, A CREDITABLE FOURTH PLACE FINISH WAS SECURED. THAN TWO DECADES AGO

AFTER

BEING REBRANDED AS

CLEETHORPES TOWN,

THE

CLUB HAS DEVELOPED INTO AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ASSET. OVER 35 TEAMS, COMPETING AT EVERY LEVEL OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOTBALL, REPRESENT

OWLS THE AREA. THE

CLEE, MAKING

ONE OF THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF SPORT IN

THE

EXCELLENT ARRAY OF TEAMS AND HIGH-QUALITY COACHING SAW THE CLUB AWARDED THE FOOTBALL

ENGLAND

ACCREDITED STATUS, WHICH UNDERLINES THE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCT, ALONGSIDE ALL-IMPORTANT EXERCISE YOUNGSTERS.

THIS

&

ENJOYMENT FOR

DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION HAVE, OF COURSE,

BEEN SPEARHEADED BY THE FIRST TEAM.

WITH THE ARRIVAL

OF A NEW MANAGER, THE CLUB FINISHED THIRD IN

LINCOLNSHIRE LEAGUE IN 2011. SILVERWARE WAS SECURED AS WELL, BY DEFEATING HECKINGTON UNITED IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY CUP FINAL AT SINCIL BANK. NEW HEIGHTS WERE SCALED THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WITH CLEE SECURING A ‘DOUBLE’ BECOMING CHAMPIONS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE LEAGUE AND HOLDING ALOFT THE CHALLENGE CUP. THIS SUCCESS SAW THE CLUB ACCEPTED INTO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE (NCEL).

OUR FIRST SEASON IN THE NCEL SAW US FINISH FOURTH IN DIVISION ONE TABLE, WITH SOME IMPRESSIVE VICTORIES ALONG THE WAY, AND WAS GENERALLY A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION

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IN THE

NCEL PREMIER DIVISION

AND THE

SAW A SIGNIFICANT

RISE IN THE LEVEL OF OPPOSITION TEAMS. HOWEVER, AFTER

FA CUP (DEFEATING GRESLEY AND CARLTON TOWN), CLEE ADAPTED WELL TO THEIR ELEVATION – FINISHING FOURTH AND REACHING THE FINAL OF THE LEAGUE CUP. THE CAMPAIGN CONCLUDED WITH A TROPHY IN JULY 2015!

REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE IN THE TOOLSTATION CUP IN BRISTOL, WHERE THE TEAM ENCOUNTERED WILLAND ROVERS. A NINE-GOAL THRILLER ENSUED, WITH THE OWLS EDGING IT 5-4.

AFTER A SLOW START, SEASON 2015/16 THEN PROMPTED A TREMENDOUS VEIN OF FORM. THE OWLS FINISHED THIRD, REACHED THE LAST 16 OF THE FA VASE AND WON AN EXHILARATING LEAGUE CUP FINAL AT GARFORTH TOWN FC – DEFEATING RIVALS TADCASTER ALBION 3-2.

HOPES WERE HIGH AMONGST THE FAITHFUL IN AUGUST 2016, FEW THOUGH COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE SCALE OF SUCCESS THAT UNFOLDED! A FINE RUN IN

THE

NCEL PREMIER DIVISION CLEE’S WAKE. A BRAND OF

FIELD IN THE

WAS LEFT

TRAILING IN EXCITING, ATTACKING FOOTBALL WAS SERVED UP WEEK AFTER WEEK.

THE

ATHERSLEY RECREATION AND – 108 POINTS, +99 GOAL DIFFERENCE AND A STAGGERING 144 GOALS. AS WELL AS THIS, DEEPING RANGERS WERE BEATEN 1-0 IN THE FINAL OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE SENIOR TROPHY AT SINCIL BANK TO SNAFFLE ANOTHER TROPHY. PERHAPS THE REAL STORY OF 2016/17 (AND CERTAINLY THE ICING ON THE CAKE!) WAS A TRIP TO WEMBLEY! TRAILING 1-0 AT EMLEY IN THE OPENING TIE WITH LESS THAN 10 MINUTES REMAINING, THE ‘ARCH’ SEEMED A THE

TITLE WAS SECURED AT

OWLS

SMASHED RECORDS

THE OWLS REMOTE PROSPECT.

HOWEVER, IN A TYPICAL NEVER-SAY-DIE PERFORMANCE, TWO STRIKES TURNED IT WOUND IN CLEE’S FAVOUR. BOOTLE, BILLINGHAM TOWN AND ATHERTON COLLIERIES WERE ALL BEATEN, AND A QUARTER-FINAL IN THE CAPITAL AWAITED. A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE AMONGST THE TRAVELLING OWLS ENSURED THE TEAM ROSE TO THE OCCASION, AN EMPHATIC 5-2 WIN OVER SOUTHALL FOLLOWED – THE DREAM WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE! A TWO-LEGGED SEMI-FINAL AGAINST BROMSGROVE SPORTING CAME OUT THE HAT. THE FIRST-LEG IN WORCESTERSHIRE WAS WATCHED BY OVER 3,300 SPECTATORS. CHEERED ON BY A PARTISAN SUPPORT, SPORTING OPENED THE SCORING AND THE OWLS HAD TO DIG DEEP IN THE SECOND PERIOD TO GRAB A PRICELESS EQUALISER.

THE

BRADLEY COMMUNITY STADIUM HAD JUST UNDER 1,200 PEOPLE PACKED INSIDE TO SEE CLEE GAIN A FIRST MINUTE LEAD. AS TIME WORE ON, AND WITH EXCITEMENT AT FEVER-PITCH, THE OWLS DEFENDED RESOLUTELY TO WIN 2-1 ON AGGREGATE. WILD SCENES OF CELEBRATION FOLLOWED, AS THE ENORMITY OF REACHING A NATIONAL FINAL SANK IN. THE SHOWPIECE AT WEMBLEY, WITH AROUND 5,000 OR SO TRAVELLING FROM NE LINCOLNSHIRE, RESULTED IN A 4-0 VERDICT FOR SOUTH SHIELDS. THAT IS THE BARE FACTS – HOWEVER, EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH THE OWLS STILL HAD A GREAT TIME! A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF HARD WORK HAD BORNE FRUIT. RETURN AT

THE HONEYMOON FROM WEMBLEY CONTINUED IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE (NPL). SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS SEEMED TO MAKE BACK-TO-BACK PROMOTIONS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. HOWEVER, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR MEANT A HEFTY POINTS DEDUCTION AND THIS, COUPLED WITH A DIP IN FORM, SAW THE OWLS FINISH AN HONOURABLE TENTH IN THE 2017/18 CAMPAIGN .

DESPITE A BEST EVER RUN IN THE FA CUP, THE OWLS LANGUISHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE IN OCTOBER 2018. THIS LED TO A CHANGE IN THE HOTSEAT, AND INCOMING DAVE SMITH OVERSAW AN UPSURGE IN FORTUNES. A CONSISTENT SET OF RESULTS ALMOST SECURED A PLAY-OFF, WHICH WAS FRUSTRATINGLY DENIED IN APRIL FOLLOWING ON FROM THE TWO CURTAILED CAMPAIGNS DUE TO COVID RESTRICTION, CLEE FINISHED THIRD IN THE EAST DIVISION LAST YEAR. ULTIMATE HEARTBREAK THOUGH, NARROWLY LOSING 2-1 TO STOCKTON TOWN IN THE PLAYOFF SEMI-FINALS. A NOTABLE JOURNEY IN THE FA CUP WAS ENDED BY NATIONAL NORTH OUTFIT CURZON ASHTON IN THE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND. NOW FULLY RESPECTED AS A REGULAR NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE OUTFIT, THE OWLS APPROACH THE FUTURE FULL OF CONFIDENCE AND GUNNING FOR MORE GLORY. AS WELL AS THIS AIM, THE CLUB WILL NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF ITS FOUNDATIONS. THE BOARD INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO PLOT A COURSE THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

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GUILLERMO STABILE ARGENTINIAN

FOOTBALL HAS A REPUTATION FOR

RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY THAT, AT LEAST ON THE WORLD STAGE, WAS FORGED IN THE

1966 WORLD CUP

AND

ANTONIO RATTIN’S REFUSAL TO LEAVE THE PITCH AFTER GETTING SENT OFF AGAINST ENGLAND. HELENIO HERRERA CERTAINLY HELPED THAT REPUTATION, INTRODUCING THE CATENACCIO THAT WROUGHT VICTORY IN THE MOST DEFENSIVE OF FASHIONS. AND YET, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GREAT ARGENTINIAN PLAYERS – MESSI, MARADONA, DI STEFANO – THEY DON’T FIT WITH THIS IMAGE. THEY ARE THE MAVERICK GENIUSES AROUND WHOM ENTIRE DYNASTIES HAVE BEEN BUILT.

THEY

OBEY NO RULES, THEY FOLLOW NO

SYSTEM, THEY JUST EMBODY WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE GAME. THEY COME FROM THE FORGOTTEN

ARGENTINIAN SCHOOL OF GUILLERMO STABILE. GUILLERMO STABILE WAS AN ATTACKING PLAYER, SOMETIMES A WINGER, SOMETIMES A STRIKER, WHO EARNED THE NICKNAME OF “THE INFILTRATOR” IN HIS DAYS AT HURACAN, WHERE HE SCORED 102 GOALS IN 119 APPEARANCES IN THE 1920S. DESPITE THIS, HE STRUGGLED TO GET INTO A NATIONAL SIDE THAT WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME. ARGENTINA HAS SECURED FOUR SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 1920S (THE

COPA AMERICA) AS WELL AS WINNING THE SILVER MEDAL AT THE 1928 OLYMPICS. SO DESPITE MAKING THE SQUAD FOR THE 1930 WORLD CUP, HE WASN’T EXPECTED TO MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPACT. AND THEN FATE INTERVENED. AFTER THE FIRST MATCH OF THE TOURNAMENT, STAR STRIKER ROBERTO CHERRO CITED NERVES, AND WITHDREW. STABILE WAS HANDED HIS OPPORTUNITY, AND HE DIDN’T DISAPPOINT. IN THE FORERUNNER TO THE

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SECOND GAME, AGAINST

MEXICO,

HE SCORED A HAT

6-3 WIN. HE GOT TWO MORE AGAINST CHILE AND THEN ANOTHER BRACE AGAINST THE USA IN THE SEMI-FINAL. ARGENTINA WENT INTO THE FINAL AGAINST URUGUAY IN HIGH SPIRITS, AND WHEN STABILE GAVE THEM THE LEAD BEFORE HALF TIME, A NATION BEGAN TO BELIEVE. IT WASN’T TO BE, WITH URUGUAY COMING BACK TO WIN THE FIRST EVER WORLD CUP (AND CEMENT A BRISTLING RIVALRY WITH THE LA ALBICELESTE THAT CONTINUES TODAY), BUT STABILE’S EIGHT GOALS WON HIM THE GOLDEN BOOT, AND A PLACE IN HISTORY. HE MOVED TO GENOA (THEN KNOWN AS GENOVA) AFTER THE COMPETITION, WHERE HIS IMPRESSIVE GOALSCORING CONTINUED, AND MUSSOLINI MADE APPROACHES TO INCLUDE HIM IN THE ITALY SIDE FOR THE 1934 WORLD CUP, BUT INJURIES BROUGHT THAT POSSIBILITY TO AN END, AND HE BROUGHT HIS CAREER TO END AT PARISIAN SIDE RED STAR AS A PLAYERMANAGER. HE MOVED BACK TO ARGENTINA AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, TAKING THE NATIONAL TEAM JOB IN 1939 AND ADDING THE TRICK IN A

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FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

STABILE IN THE BUILDING OF A NEW

SYSTEM LIMITED THE SUCCESS HE COULD ACHIEVE, BUT

HE WAS ABLE TO SHEPHERD HURACAN THEM THROUGH THE PERIOD AND OVERSAW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMBER OF GREAT PLAYERS, CHIEF AMONG THEM

ALFREDO DI STEFANO. WHEN HE LEFT FOR RACING CLUB, HURACAN IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE AND ONLY SURVIVED RELEGATION THROUGH A PLAYOFF. UNDER HIS TUTELAGE,

RACING WON THE PRIMERA DIVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, AND THEN TWICE MORE TO BECOME THE FIRST ARGENTINIAN SIDE TO WIN THREE IN A ROW. BUT IT WAS AS NATIONAL TEAM MANAGER THAT HIS WAS FORGING HIS LEGACY. ARGENTINA WON FOUR SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 1940S, INCLUDING THREE IN A ROW AS WELL; STILL THE ONLY SIDE TO HAVE ACHIEVED THE FEAT. IN 1947, DI STEFANO PLAYED HIS ONLY SIX GAMES FOR ARGENTINA, AND WON HIS ONLY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, SCORING SIX GOALS, BEFORE THE 1949 PLAYERS STRIKE SAW HIM AND THE CREAM OF ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL LEAVE FOR EUROPE, EXCLUDING THEMSELVES FROM THE NATIONAL SIDE.

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OVERSAW

A

REBUILD,

DESPITE

1953, WON THE SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN 1955 AND 1957, AS WELL AS FINISHING THIRD IN 1956. SIX WITHDRAWING BETWEEN

1949

AND

AND

CHAMPIONSHIPS OUT OF EIGHT CONTESTED IS SOME RECORD.

BUT ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL ALWAYS HAS A SENSE OF TRAGEDY. IN 1958 STABILE TOOK HIS SIDE – THE ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES – TO THE WORLD CUP IN SWEDEN. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS GREATEST MOMENT, THE SHOWCASE OF HIS DECADES OF SUCCESS AND DEVELOPMENT. INSTEAD, IT WAS A HORROR SHOW. THEY LOST 3-1 TO WEST GERMANY, AND THEN 6-1 TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AND WENT HOME HUMILIATED. THE GOT SOME REDEMPTION BY WINNING THE SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN IN 1959, BUT IT WASN’T ENOUGH. AND SO STABILE’S LEGACY WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE MORE RUTHLESS ARGENTINIAN GAME. BUT HE BELIEVED IN THE ROMANTICISM OF FOOTBALL, AND YOU CAN SEE ECHOES OF HIM EVERY TIME LIONEL MESSI STEPS ONTO A PITCH. ENJOY THE GAME. MARTYN GREEN, THE UNTOLD GAME

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EDD HALL JAKE TEALE PRINCE ATTAKORAH BRAD BEATSON JACK COWGILL (C) TOM CROPPER HARRY GAGEN ROSS HARDAKER CONNOR HODGSON GLYN COTTON TOM DEIGHTON MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH OLI METCALFE CRAIG NELTHORPE JOE PARKIN JOE STACEY DANNY WARD DANNY WASSELL LUKE ALDRICH JUNAYD CASSIUS-GILL OLLIE FEARON IFY OFOEGBU JACK WILSON BASILE ZOTTOS

TOM JACKSON JOSH SMALLER JON OGLESBY JOSH VENNEY JORDON COOKE JAMES WILLIAMSON JACK MOORE-BILLAM ALEX FLETT (C) DECLAN HOWE JACK MCMENEMY CURTIS BATESON RIO MOLYNEAUX TIM LOWE HENRY PARR LEON DAWSON TOM COLLINS WILL ANNAN ALFIE BOSWELL OLLIE BRACKENBURY ALFIE DAVY LEON DAWSON HARRISON MCCABE BRODY ROBERTSON SAM TOPLISS

MATCH OFFICIALS AR1 PHIL MORTON

REFEREE LUKE WATSON

AR2 MICHAEL CORBALLY