Ossett United v Hebburn Town (15/10/2022)

Vs HEBBURN TOWN SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER | 15:00 PITCHING IN NPL EAST

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 MANAGER: JAS COLLIVER TEAM COACH: GARY MIDDLETON, ROSS KILLOCK MATCH ANALYST: JACK SLOAN MEDICAL TEAM: EMILY CRISPIN MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING OFFICER: KATE HENNIGHAN HEAD OF MEDIA: CRAIG BIDDLESTONE MEDIA TEAM: CHRIS CASSIDY, OWEN GERRARD, JON HUNT, ADAM LUNAT, KEITH WOOD PROGRAMME DESIGN: CHRIS BOYD, NEIL SPOFFORTH Club Honours – Ossett United, Ossett Town, Ossett Albion

Ingfield Stadium

West Riding County Senior Cup Winners: 1949/50 West Riding County Cup Winners: 1958/59, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1981/82, 1998/99, 2018/19 Runners Up: 2000/01 Northern Premier League First Division Runners Up: 2001/02 Play-off Runners Up: 2016/17 Northern Counties East Premier Division Winners: 1998/99, 2003/04 Runners Up: 1998/99, 2000/01

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Northern Counties East First Division Winners: 1986/87 Northern Counties East Second Division Winners: 1988/89 Club Records FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round: 1965/66, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2012/13, 2017/18 (R) Second Qualifying Round: 2019/20 FA Trophy Second Round: 1999/00 First Round: 2001/02, 2004/05, 2012/13 THird Qualifying Round: 2022/23*

Main Club Sponsor

OSSETT UNITED IS A TRADING NAME OF OSSETT UNITED LIMITED, A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES. IT IS A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES. IT IS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE, COMPANY NUMBER 11162425. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTROL. J. ROGERS (31.525%) AND D. ROGERS (25.5%)

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WELCOME TO INGFIELD JAMES ROGERS, CHAIRMAN AS

ALWAYS

TICKET

SALES

HAVE

BEEN

EXCELLENT AND IF YOU HAVEN’T GOT YOURS YET THEN ACT FAST, AS AT THE TIME OF WRITING WE ARE DOWN TO THE TICKETS AVAILABLE.

10%

OF

NICK SMITH HAS ONCE AGAIN ORGANISED A SPECTACULAR EVENT AND ONCE AGAIN THE

TODAY WE INGFIELD

WELCOME

HEBBURN TOWN

TO

WHO, HAVING FINISHED A RESPECTABLE 13TH IN THEIR FIRST SEASON IN THE NPL HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THIS YEAR AND SIT SECOND IN THE

TABLE GOING INTO THIS GAME AND LIKE OURSELVES REACHED THE 3RD QUALIFYING

ROUND OF THE FA TROPHY BEFORE BOWING OUT TO WARRINGTON TOWN.

THE AWAY GAME AT HEBBURN LAST SEASON WAS ONE THAT I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE, BUT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GLOWING REPORT ON THE CLUB AND THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE TO THEIR FACILITIES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR VISIT NEXT FEBRUARY.

WE

ARE RIGHTLY VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE

HAVE HERE AT INGFIELD, AND I HOPE ALL FROM HEBBURN TOWN ENJOY THEIR VISIT.

FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE FOR OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY BONFIRE EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER,

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FIREWORK DISPLAY WILL BE THE ENVY OF MANY OTHER EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE!

THERE

WILL BE THE USUAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE WITH CAN BARS, CAFÉ AND A BARBECUE TO KEEP YOU HYDRATED AND FULL OF STRENGTH!

TUESDAY

SEE’S THE START OF THE FINAL

CUP COMPETITION OF THE SEASON AS WE TRAVEL TO NCEL SIDE KNARESBOROUGH

TOWN IN THE WEST RIDING COUNTY CUP, A COMPETITION THAT WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD

BE REACHING THE LATTER STAGES OF EACH SEASON. COUNTY FA HAVE RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SURVEY WITH CLUBS AND IT HAS BEEN AGREED GOING FORWARD THE FINAL WILL BE PLAYED AT THE GROUND OF ONE OF THE TWO FINALISTS AS WAS THE CASE HERE V GUISELEY A FEW YEARS AGO.

ENJOY THE GAME

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THE DUGOUT JAS COLLIVER KEEPING HOLD OF THE STRONG SQUAD FROM LAST SEASON.

EVERYONE

CAN SEE WE ARE SHORT ON

NUMBERS

WITH

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PLAYERS

BEING

UNAVAILABLE IN THE LAST TWO GAMES AND THAT’S

NELLY

WITHOUT AND

MOVED ON.

IT ’S GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO HIGH FLYING HEBBURN, WE WISH YOU A SAFE ONWARD JOURNEY. IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK AT HOME AFTER TWO LONG JOURNEYS ON THE ROAD, TWO DISAPPOINTING RESULTS ALTHOUGH WE WERE BEAT IN BOTH GAMES I COULD SEE POSITIVES IN THE FA TROPHY BUT UNFORTUNATELY I COULDN’T V ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

AFTER

SHILDON

A RUN OF POSITIVE RESULTS AND

PERFORMANCES WE HAVE STUTTERED IN THE

LAST

TWO

AND

TODAY

IS

AN

OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THAT RIGHT AGAINST ONE OF THE FAVOURED TEAMS IN THE DIVISION.

HEBBURN HAVE SIGNED WELL THROUGHOUT DANNY MOORE’S TENURE, PLAYERS SIGNING FROM STEP 3 AS WELL AS 6

IFY

MENTIONING

ROSSI,

WHO HAVE RECENTLY

IMPORTANT WE HAVE A SQUAD WHICH

IS COMPETITIVE EVEN WHEN WE HAVE SET BACKS THE LADS NEED TO BELIEVE IN THEIR SELVES AND GRIND OUT A RESULT. TUESDAY NIGHT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD GRIND A RESULT OUT EVEN

WHEN WE HAVEN’T PLAYED WELL, THE LADS WERE GUTTED SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE A REACTION TODAY.

TODAY WE CAN WELCOME BACK HARRY GAGEN AND LUKE ALDRICH AFTER INJURY AND I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY WE HAVE EXTENDED THE LOAN OF LUKE HOGG BY ANOTHER MONTH. HE HAS BEEN EVER PRESENT SINCE HE SIGNED AND HAS GOT STRONGER WITH EACH GAME PLAYED.

TAKE CARE AND ENJOY THE GAME.

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH THE JOURNEY BACK TO OSSETT WAS SUBDUED TO SAY THE LEAST WITH THE OVERRIDING FEELING BEING THAT WE COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE THAT BAD AGAIN AND THAT THINGS CAN ONLY IMPROVE FROM

IT WAS A LENGTHY MIDWEEK TRIP UP TO THE NORTH EAST LAST TUESDAY EVENING BUT THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR IN WHICH I WAS TRAVELLING WERE FULL OF OPTIMISM AS WE MADE OUR WAY UP THE A1 AND NOT LEAST AS OUR OPPONENTS, SHILDON, HAD PREVIOUSLY SUFFERED SEVEN DEFEATS ON THE SPIN AND HAD FAILED TO SCORE A SINGLE GOAL IN THEIR PREVIOUS FIVE OUTINGS.

A WIN WOULD PUT US ON THE FRINGE OF THE PLAY-OFF PLACES AND, WITH THEIR RECENT TRACK RECORD, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? NINETY MINUTES LATER WE WERE LEFT WONDERING WHAT WE HAD JUST WITNESSED. I DON’T THINK ANYONE COULD BELIEVE WHAT THEY HAD JUST SEEN.

THE GAME ITSELF WAS A POOR ADVERT INDEED FOR NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL GENERALLY AND THE FEW DIE-HARDS IN

HEREON.

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST ATTRIBUTE THE PERFORMANCE TO ‘A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE’, THESE THINGS HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME, AND GET BACK TO PLAYING THE WAY WE CAN WHEN WE ARE ON SONG.

HAVING GONE OUT OF THE FA TROPHY AWAY AT RUNCORN LINNETS LAST SATURDAY WE MUST PLAY BETTER AND LIFT OUR PERFORMANCES IF OUR SEASON ISN’T TO BE ALL BUT OVER BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I’M CONVINCED WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL TALENT WITHIN OUR RANKS TO COME BACK FROM THIS BUT I GENUINELY THINK IT’LL BE SOME WHILE BEFORE WE FORGET THIS ONE. THE BEST WAY TO GET THIS OUT OF OUR SYSTEM, HOWEVER, IS TO PERFORM WELL THIS AFTERNOON AGAINST ANOTHER NORTH EAST CLUB WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY FLYING AT THE MOMENT.

HEBBURN TOWN ARRIVE HERE AT

I THINK IT’S THE FIRST TIME I’VE

INGFIELD THIS AFTERNOON LYING SECOND BEHIND STOCKTON TOWN WITH 21 POINTS FROM THEIR 10 LEAGUE GAMES TO DATE. A REPEAT OF LAST SEASON’S 2 – 1 VICTORY HERE, COURTESY OF A BRACE FROM NASH CONNOLLY, WOULD BE A

ATTENDED A FOOTBALL MATCH AND WITNESSED THE

TREMENDOUS OUTCOME AND ONE THAT WOULD

I SUPPORT ACTUALLY COLLECT MORE YELLOW CARDS THAN THEY MANAGED SHOTS AT GOAL!

OBVIOUSLY GO AN AWFUL LONG WAY TO REVIVING

ATTENDANCE AT THE END WERE LEFT WONDERING HOW OUR TEAM COULD HAVE PLAYED SO POORLY AGAINST A SIDE THAT WERE MEDIOCRE AT BEST BUT, IT HAS TO BE CONCEDED, WERE BETTER THAN US ON THE NIGHT. TEAM

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FLAGGING SPIRITS AND GIVING OUR SEASON A

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS WELCOME SHOT IN THE ARM. WE HAVE, OF COURSE,

THE NORTH EAST REGION.

KNOWN FOR DONKEY’S YEARS HOW STRONG THE

OFF THE FIELD GROUND IMPROVEMENTS ARE

NORTHERN LEAGUE TEAMS ARE AND NOW, HAVING NO FEWER THAN SIX CLUBS IN OUR DIVISION SINCE THE LAST RE-ORGANISATION OF THE

NATIONAL

LEAGUE SYSTEM, WE COME UP AGAINST THEM ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS MAKING THE COMPETITION IN

DIVISION ONE EAST ALL THE MORE CHALLENGING. OF THOSE SIX CLUBS CURRENTLY THREE OF THEM OCCUPY THE TOP THREE PLACES IN THE TABLE

(STOCKTON TOWN, HEBBURN TOWN AND CONSETT). DUNSTON ARE SIXTH AND NORTH SHIELDS ARE ELEVENTH WITH ONLY SHILDON IN THE BOTTOM FOUR ALL OF WHICH CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES MY ASSERTION ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF CLUBS IN

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PROCEEDING AT A PACE WITH OUR EMPHASIS CURRENTLY ON TIDYING UP THE FAR SIDE OF THE GROUND BEHIND THE DUGOUTS.

THERE’S STILL

PLENTY TO BE DONE BUT HOPEFULLY WHEN ALL THE PROJECTS ARE FULLY COMPLETED SUPPORTERS WILL NOTICE A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO INGFIELD TO THE DIRECTORS, OFFICIALS, MANAGEMENT, PLAYERS AND NOT LEAST THE SUPPORTERS OF HEBBURN TOWN. WE HOPE THEY ENJOY THEIR VISIT TO OSSETT UNITED AND TAKE AWAY WITH THEM A POSITIVE IMPRESSION OF OUR

CLUB.

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ON THE BENCH 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.

ROSS KILLOCK – COACH ROSS KILLOCK RETURNED TO INGFIELD AS FIRST TEAM COACH AFTER RETIRING AS A PLAYER DUE TO INJURY. KILLOCK WAS A POPULAR PLAYER HERE AND PLAYED FOR THE LIKES OF LEEDS UNITED, CHESTER, HALIFAX TOWN AND SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC . THIS IS KILLOCK’S FIRST COACHING ROLE, HE DID OVERSEE ONE GAME AS CARETAKER MANAGER LAST SEASON

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 THE MANAGEMENT SINCE THEIR APPOINT. JAKE IS A KEY MEMBER OF THE SQUAD AND HAS NOT LET THE SIDE DOWN WHEN CALLED UPON.

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.

DANNY BURNS – SPONSORED BY JAMES & DAWN ROGERS CENTRAL DEFENDER SIGNED FROM WORKSOP TOWN. A TALL COMMANDING PLAYER WHO STARTED HIS CAREER AT CAMBRIDGE UNITED BEFORE SPELLS AT BUXTON, BLYTH SPARTANS, NUNEATON BOROUGH AND STAFFORD RANGERS AS WELL AS A SPELL AT FRICKLEY ATHLETIC ALONGSIDE BRAD BEATSON.

TOM CROPPER – SPONSORED BY: ROY TAYLOR & RICHARD FARRELL TOM WAS A LONG-TERM TARGET 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.

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PLAYER PROFILES 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.

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.

LUKE HOGG OSSETT UNITED’S BOARD AND GARY WIDDOP SUPPORTER OF THE YEAR FOR 2021/22, HE SIGNED FOR WHITBY TOWN IN THE SUMMER. JAS COLLIVER WAS DELIGHTED WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE COMBATIVE MIDFIELDER BACK TO INGFIELD AROSE, HOGGY SIGNING AN INITIAL ONE MONTH LOAN DEAL IN SEPTEMBER 2022.

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.

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PLAYER PROFILES 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.

GEORGE THEWLIS – SPONSORED BY PAUL COOPER YOUNG MIDFIELDER WHO HAS SPENT HIS YOUTH CAREER AT LEEDS UNITED AND BRADFORD CITY. HAVING TRAINED WITH OSSETT UNITED HE DID ENOUGH TO EARN HIMSELF A DEAL AT THE CLUB.

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.

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PLAYER PROFILES 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 IN THE SUMMER, COLLIVER WAS 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.

BRAD GRAYSON – SPONSORED BY JOHN BOWKER SIGNED FROM GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY, BRAD WILL BRING EXPERIENCE AND COMPETITION TO A TALENTED OSSETT UNITED FORWARD LINE. AS WELL AS A SUCCESSFUL NON-LEAGUE CAREER IN ENGLAND BRAD HAS ALSO PLAYED IN SWEDEN, THE PHILIPPINES AND AUSTRALIA.

JOE STACEY – SPONSORED BY: STEVE MAUD 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.

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HEBBURN TOWN PLAYER PROFILES GOALKEEPER

MAKING HIS SENIOR DEBUT IN AUGUST 2017.

SHAUN NEWBROOK HAILING FROM SOUTH TYNESIDE, NEWBROOK BECAME DANIEL MOORE'S FIRST SIGNING AS HEBBURN TOWN MANAGER IN MAY 2022.

THE EXPERIENCED SHOT-STOPPED SPENT A NUMBER OF YEARS AT SEAHAM REDSTAR BEFORE ENJOYING THE 2017/18 CAMPAIGN WITH JARROW ROOFING.

HE WOULD WIN THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 2017/18, AS THE HORNETS FINISHED RUNNERS-UP IN NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION TWO. DONAGHY HAS SINCE BEEN EVER-PRESENT FOR HIS LOCAL SIDE, ACCUMULATING 100 STARTS IN SEPTEMBER 2020 AND EARNING A TRIAL AT WOLVES.

MOORE

NEWBROOK AT SHILDON IN 2018, WHERE HE WON THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP AND PROMOTION TO THE PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE IN OVER 150 APPEARANCES.

DAN GROVES (CAPTAIN) HAILING FROM DARLINGTON, SCOTT OLIVER BROUGHT GROVES TO THE CLUB IN JUNE 2018, AND HE WAS LATER NAMED CLUB CAPTAIN IN 2021.

DEFENDERS DANNY CARSON THE CENTRAL DEFENDER AGREED TERMS AT THE GREEN ENERGY SPORTS GROUND FROM MORPETH TOWN IN MAY 2019.

CARSON SPENT TIME WITH DARLINGTON AND BOLDON CA, PRIOR TO A NUMBER OF SEASONS

THE RIGHT-BACK IS A PRODUCT OF THE QUAKERS AND WOULD MAKE 16 APPEARANCES IN LEAGUE TWO BEFORE DARLO WERE RELEGATED. AFTER OVER 50 APPEARANCES FOR BLYTH SPARTANS, HE MADE THE SWITCH TO SPENNYMOOR TOWN IN 2012.

THE MOORS WON THE 2013 FA VASE, DESPITE GROVES NOT PLAYING IN THE FINAL DUE TO ILLNESS, BEFORE CLINCHING THE NORTHERN LEAGUE TITLE ONE YEAR LATER. GROVES JOINED SHILDON IN 2015 AND WON THE NORTHERN LEAGUE FOR A SECOND TIME DURING HIS DEBUT SEASON. OLIVER WALTERS THE YOUNG LEFT-BACK JOINED THE HORNETS IN NOVEMBER 2021, SIGNING A CONTRACT TWO MONTHS LATER. WALTERS IS A PRODUCT OF NEWCASTLE UNITED, HAVING BEEN WITH THE MAGPIES FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT, BUT WAS RELEASED LAST SUMMER. MIDFIELDERS DYLAN ARCHER THE EX-SUNDERLAND TEENAGER STEPPED UP FROM HEBBURN TOWN'S U16 SIDE LAST SUMMER, MAKING HIS DEBUT OFF THE BENCH AGAINST STOCKTON TOWN. ARCHER'S FIRST START CAME IN THE EMIRATES FA CUP,

SIGNED

JARROW ROOFING. AFTER A YEAR WITH SOUTH SHIELDS, HE PUT PEN TO PAPER AT CRAIK PARK IN 2017. CARSON MADE 62 APPEARANCES FOR MORPETH, WINNING THE PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE EAST DIVISION AND NORTHUMBERLAND SENIOR CUP IN 2018/19.

TOM DEVITT DEVITT AGREED A ONE-YEAR DEAL ON SOUTH TYNESIDE IN JULY 2021 AFTER IMPRESSING ON TRIAL. THE CENTRE-BACK PLIED HIS TRADE FOR LIONSBRIDGE IN USA, BEFORE LINKING UP WITH GATESHEAD IN TIME FOR THE 2018/19 CAMPAIGN. AFTER 20 NATIONAL LEAGUE APPEARANCES, HE JOINED BLYTH SPARTANS FOR A SINGLE SEASON, PRIOR TO A YEAR BATTLING UPPER MID-TABLE IN THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO WITH STRANRAER. JACK DONAGHY THE 24-YEAR-OLD CENTRE-BACK IS A PRODUCT OF HEBBURN TOWN'S YOUTH SYSTEM, AT

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THE HORNETS AS HE GAINED THE MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD IN A 1-0

DEPARTED DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS.

UPSET AT

HE

ASHTON UNITED. AFTER 29

APPEARANCES,

THE MIDFIELDER WAS NAMED AS THE CLUB'S

2021/22

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR. WILL MCCAMLEY THE YOUNG WINGER CAME THROUGH SOUTH SHIELDS ACADEMY, SEALING A MOVE TO HUDDERSFIELD TOWN IN MAY 2019.

HE WAS LOANED TO HYDE UNITED AND SOUTH SHIELDS, MAKING SEVEN FIRST-TEAM APPEARANCES FOR THE LATTER IN 2020/21 WHICH INCLUDED AN EMIRATES FA CUP TIE AT CHELTENHAM TOWN. MCCAMLEY

IMPRESSED ON TRIAL AT

SHILDON

THE

FOLLOWING SEASON, EARNING A DEAL AND PLAYING

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TIMES BEFORE DANIEL MOORE BROUGHT HIM TO HEBBURN TOWN IN JUNE 2022.

MICHAEL MCKEOWN THE CENTRE-MIDFIELDER SIGNED ON SOUTH TYNESIDE FROM MORPETH TOWN IN DECEMBER 2019 AND IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM AN ACL INJURY PICKED UP IN JUNE 2021.

MCKEOWN PLAYED ALONGSIDE ENGLAND MIDFIELDER JORDAN HENDERSON AS A YOUNGSTER AT SUNDERLAND, BEFORE MOVING NORTH SHIELDS. INTERTWINED WITH A STINT AT SEAHAM REDSTAR, THE MIDFIELDER HELPED THE ROBINS ACHIEVE PROMOTION TO NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE IN 2014 BEFORE LIFTING THE FA VASE ONE YEAR LATER. HAVING DEPARTED IN 2017, MCKEOWN SPENT TIME WITH WEST AUCKLAND TOWN, AS WELL AS MAKING 10 APPEARANCES AT THE START OF 2019/20 FOR MORPETH. LIAM MURRAY AFTER IMPRESSING FOR THE U23S, THE YOUNG PLAYMAKER MADE HIS FIRST-TEAM DEBUT IN THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP AGAINST STOCKTON TOWN IN DECEMBER 2021. A PRODUCT OF HEBBURN TOWN JUNIORS AND NEWCASTLE UNITED ACADEMY, MURRAY STARTED THE 2021/22 CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION TWO WITH JARROW BUT TO

PLAYED FIVE TIMES FOR

THE HORNETS

TOWARDS

THE BACK END OF LAST SEASON AND SCORED AN INCREDIBLE STRIKE AWAY TO LINCOLN UNITED.

WAYNE PHILLIPS A TWO-TIME FA VASE WINNER, PHILLIPS PUT PEN TO PAPER AT HEBBURN IN MAY 2022.

THE LEFT WINGER DONNED THE SHIRT FOR BLYTH SPARTANS AND WHITLEY BAY, BEFORE JOINING GATESHEAD AND SCORING THE WINNER IN THE 2009 NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH PLAY-OFF FINAL. THE FORMER HARROGATE TOWN AND JARROW ROOFING MAN JOINED SPENNYMOOR AND LIFTED THE FA VASE IN 2013, WHILE ALSO SECURING PROMOTION FROM THE NORTHERN LEAGUE. PHILLIPS ENJOYED TWO SEASONS AT SOUTH SHIELDS - LIFTING FIVE TROPHIES AND EARNING MAN OF THE MATCH IN THE 2017 FA VASE FINAL. HE THEN APPEARED 163 TIMES FOR MORPETH TOWN, HELPING THE HIGHWAYMEN TO THE PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE EAST DIVISION TITLE AND NORTHUMBERLAND SENIOR CUP. SEAN REID THE 29-YEAR-OLD PLAYED IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE FOR RYTON AND WEST ALLOTMENT CELTIC BEFORE SEALING A MOVE TO BLYTH SPARTANS IN 2015.

HE BECAME A STALWART AT CROFT PARK, WINNING THE NORTHUMBERLAND SENIOR CUP AND PROMOTION TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH. THE ATTACKING MIDFIELDER BRIEFLY JOINED MORPETH TOWN IN THE SUMMER OF 2019 BUT SWITCHED TO DARLINGTON A FEW MONTHS LATER. REID PLAYED 30 TIMES FOR THE QUAKERS AND RETURNED TO BLYTH LAST SEASON TO SURPASS 200 APPEARANCES. ROBBIE SPENCE FROM DONCASTER, SPENCE JOINED HEBBURN TOWN IN THE SUMMER OF 2018.

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THE HORNETS THE CENTRAL MIDFIELDER, ONCE OF SCUNTHORPE UNITED'S ACADEMY, SPENT A FEW SEASONS WITH TEAM NORTHUMBRIA IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE BEFORE MAKING THE MOVE TO THE HORNETS. HE MADE THE MOST APPEARANCES FOR HEBBURN LAST SEASON AND WAS NAMED AS THE 2021/22 PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

HE FIRED SPENNYMOOR TO THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE IN 2014 WITH 37 GOALS IN A SINGLE SEASON, BEFORE JOINING MORPETH TOWN IN 2016 AND SCORING 77 TIMES IN 217 APPEARANCES. OLLY MARTIN MARTIN WROTE HIS NAME INTO HEBBURN HISTORY AFTER COMING OFF THE BENCH TO SCORE THE WINNER AT WEMBLEY IN

JOE WALTON THE VERSATILE RIGHT WINGER BECAME DANIEL MOORE'S SECOND SIGNING AT HEBBURN, HAVING PLAYED TOGETHER DURING SPENNYMOOR TOWN'S FA VASE AND NORTHERN LEAGUE SUCCESS. WALTON, FORMERLY OF SUNDERLAND RCA, LEFT THE MOORS IN 2014 AND JOINED WASHINGTON FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE MORPETH TOWN CAME CALLING. HE SPENT A NUMBER OF SEASONS WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN, INCLUDING A SCINTILLATING 2019/20

THE

CAMPAIGN WHICH ENDED IN FOUR END OF SEASON AWARDS.

ATTACKERS LIAM HENDERSON HAVING PLAYED TOGETHER AT SPENNYMOOR TOWN, DANIEL MOORE SIGNED HENDERSON IN LATE MAY 2022.

THE FORWARD CAME THROUGH WATFORD'S RANKS AND PLAYED 18 TIMES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHILST ENJOYING LOANS AT THE LIKES OF HARTLEPOOL AND ROTHERHAM UNITED. HENDERSON MOVED TO YORK CITY IN 2011, AND LATER HELPED HOMETOWN GATESHEAD BEAT THE DROP FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN 2012/13 WITH A GOAL ON THE FINAL DAY.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS 28/08/2021 OSSETT UNITED 2-1 HEBBURN TOWN

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2020 FA VASE FINAL. THE QUICK ATTACKER, FORMERLY OF NEWCASTLE UNITED AND SUNDERLAND'S YOUTH SET-UPS, SPENT TIME WITH GATESHEAD U18S, JARROW ROOFING AND SOUTH SHIELDS RESERVES. MARTIN ENJOYED A PROLIFIC SEASON AT WHITLEY BAY, NOTCHING 12 GOALS, BEFORE MOVING TO THE HORNETS IN JUNE 2019.

AMAR PUREWAL THE TALL STRIKER JOINED THE HORNETS IN JUNE 2020 FROM NORTHERN LEAGUE RIVALS, WEST AUCKLAND TOWN. PUREWAL, AN INTERNATIONAL WITH PANJAB, CAME THROUGH THE RANKS OF NEWCASTLE UNITED BEFORE STINTS WITH NEWCASTLE BENFIELD AND BISHOP AUCKLAND. HE WAS DURHAM CITY'S TOP SCORER IN THE EIGHTH TIER IN 2010/11, PRIOR TO JOINING DARLINGTON IN 2012 AND AGAIN FINISHING TOP OF THE CHARTS. PUREWAL ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 61 GOALS IN 115 APPEARANCES FOR THE QUAKERS BUT MOVED TO SHILDON FOR A STINT IN 2016. THE FORWARD, WHO NOTCHED HEBBURN'S FIRST AT WEMBLEY IN MAY 2021, MADE HEADLINES AFTER FACING OFF AGAINST HIS TWIN BROTHER ARJUN IN THE CONSETT BACKLINE.

16/04/2022 HEBBURN TOWN 2-1 OSSETT UNITED

MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH SPONSORED BY: THE 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 BRINGING EXPERIENCE, QUALITY AND WORK ETHIC TO OUR MIDFIELD.

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A-J A

IS FOR ALIEN: DO YOU BELIEVE?

YES!

B

IS FOR BALLER, WHO IS THE BEST YOU’VE PLAYED WITH?

PATRICK BAMFORD

C

IS FOR CRUSH: WHO WAS YOUR FIRST?

KYLIE MINOGUE

D

IS FOR DESTINANTION, WHERE WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY?

THAILAND

E

IS FOR EAT: WHAT IS

F

IS FOR FIVE, YOUR ALL TIME DREAM 5-A-SIDE TEAM IS..?

G

IS FOR GUEST: WHICH THREE

H

IS FOR HERO. WHAT

I J

YOUR PRE MATCH MEAL?

PEOPLE ARE COMING TO DINNER?

SUPERPOWER DO YOU WANT? IS FOR ISLAND: WHICH TEAMMATE WOULD YOU WANT ON A DESERT ISLAND?

IS FOR JOKE. TELL US ONE…

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SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST

BUFFON, RAMOS, ROONEY, GERRARD AND RONALDO DIEGO MARADONA, ELON MUSK & MIKE MYERS

TIME TRAVEL ANYONE OTHER THAN JOE STACEY, AN INEVITABLE HEADACHE!

HOW DO YOU DROWN A HIPSTER? THROW HIM IN THE MAINSTREAM

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K-R K

IS FOR KARAOKE. WHAT’S YOUR TUNE?

DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT - TOPLOADER

L

IS FOR LATE. WHO TAKES THE

JOE STACEY! HE OILS HIMSELF UP BEFORE KICK-OFF!

LONGEST IN THE DRESSING ROOM

MI

S FOR MUSIC. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE ARTIST?

BONOBO

N

IS FOR NICKNAME. WHAT DO YOU GET CALLED?

HOLLI

O

IS FOR OPPONENT. WHO IS THE JACOB MURPHY BEST PLAYER YOU HAVE FACED?

P

IS FOR PROFESSION. WHAT DO YOU DO AWAY FROM THE GAME?

PRIVATE MSK PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Q

IS FOR QUIZ. WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALIST SUBJECT?

PICTURE ROUND!

R

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IS FOR REWIND. WHAT FILM DO YOU WATCH OVER AND OVER?

TITANIC

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S-Z S

IS FOR SPORT.. WHAT’S

T

IS FOR TROUBLE. HOW

U

IS FOR UNBELIEVABLE.

I QUITE FANCY MYSELF AS A CHEF

V

IS FOR VROOM. WHAT DREAM CAR?

FERRARI F40

W

IS FOR WHO. WHO DO YOU SUPPORT?

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

X

IS FOR X-RAY. ANY BONES?

JUST MY ELBOW, MANY YEARS AGO

Y

IS FOR YOU. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS?

DYNAMIC. DEPENDABLE. DETERMINED

Z

IS FOR ZOO. IF YOU COULD BE AN ANIMAL WHAT WOULD IT BE?

AN EAGLE

YOUR FAVOURITE OUTSIDE FOOTBALL MANY

RED CARDS HAVE YOU HAD?

WHAT’S YOUR HIDDEN TALENT

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IS YOUR

BROKEN

SURPRISINGLY ONLY A FEW CONSIDERING HOW MANY YELLOWS I PICK UP!

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FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS THE O’LEARY YEARS: FOOTBALL’S GREATEST BOOM AND BUST BY ROCCO DEAN AS GEORGE GRAHAM’S TENURE COMES TO AN END, WE HEAR OF THE ACADEMY GRADUATES WHO SHOULD BE READY FOR SLOWING BLEEDING INTO THE FIRST TEAM. THE FUTURE AS CREATED AND PREPARED BY THE LEGENDARY HOWARD WILKINSON. ONE OF GRAHAM’S PROTEGEES, DAVID O’LEARY STEPS FORWARD TO TAKE TEMPORARY CHARGE OF THE FIRST TEAM. DEVASTATED

BY HIS LEAVING GEORGE GRAHAM SUCCESSOR NEEDED TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE TERRACES. DEAN TOOK TO HIM, LIKE THE ELLAND ROAD FAITHFUL, READILY AND HEARTILY. HE WAS INSTANTLY BRINGING EXCITEMENT

MARKET

ONTO THE PITCH WHICH WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE

THERE WERE GAMES

TERRACING.

AS

A YOUNG MAN,

DEAN

GREW WITH HIS

TEAM AND THE PROGRESS OF THE CLUB IS EXCITINGLY TOLD AS O’LEARY WENT FROM NOT WANTING THE JOB,

ELLAND ROAD EPIPHANY WHERE SANG HIS NAME, TO MAKING THE JOB, HIS OWN. THROUGH AN

FOR

THEY

THOSE OF US FROM AFAR,

O’LEARY BECAME, NOT ANOTHER TRACKSUIT MANAGER, BUT THE MANAGER WHO HAD A COAT THAT LOOKED LIKE A DUVET! WE THOUGHT LEEDS MUST HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY BITTERLY COLD… THE WARMTH FROM TERRACE TO DUGOUT WAS TO KEEP THINGS TICKING ALONG AS EUROPE WAS NOW A THING, AND THE FAITHFUL WANTED IT TO BE A BIG THING. THE UEFA CUP, THE CHAMPION’S LEAGUE AND PROGRESS IN EACH WAS EMERGING AS AN EXPECTATION. SUCH EXPECTATIONS NEEDED MORE THAN ACADEMY GRADUATES. IT NEEDED FUNDED AND LEEDS BEGAN TO SPEND. PERHAPS HERE THE PARALLELS WITH GLASGOW RANGERS BEGAN TO EMERGE FOR ME. AS I READ, I COULD HEAR THE FAITH PUT IN PEOPLE WHO “KNEW” BUSINESS. THEY HAD SPENDING, THE LIKES OF WHICH FANS COULD NOT CONTEMPLATE BUT WERE CONTENT THAT THEY WERE COMPETING WITH OTHER BIGGER CLUBS IN A TRANSFER

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THAT

ORDINARY,

WAS

BECOMING

A

BASKET

CASE.

RUN OF THE MILL, DECENT PROFESSIONALS

WERE COMMANDING FINANCE EVEN THEIR MOBILE NUMBERS WERE DWARFED BY. IT BROUGHT LIMITED SUCCESS AND A GLOOMY HORIZON.

TELLING

THE STORY,

SEASON FROM

DEAN’S STRUCTURE TAKES EACH 1998/99 TO 2001/02 AND DESCRIBES

THEM IN SOME DETAIL WITH SIGNIFICANT MATCHES AS SUBHEADINGS. AT TIMES I FOUND THAT SOME OF THE SUMMARIES OF GAMES IN BETWEEN EACH OF THESE SIGNIFICANT FIXTURES A LITTLE LESS THAN SATISFYING AS

–

I

WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

THE EQUALLING OF

WINS IN A ROW

DON REVIE’S 7

FOR EXAMPLE. BUT THEN THE DETAIL AS A FAN, WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL FOCUS OF DEAN’S NARRATIVE, DRAWS YOU BACK.

THIS

IS NOT A HISTORY LESSON, BUT THE

REFLECTION OF A FAN OF FOLLOWING THEIR CLUB, TELLING THEIR STORY, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CLUB’S

HISTORY. AS SUCH IT IS FASCINATING, AND I COULD FIND PARALLELS WITH MY OWN – FAR MORE MODEST – EXPERIENCES.

AS A FAN’S BOOK, IT IS THEREFORE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. IT ADDS COLOUR TO THE SPECTACLE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS A VERY STRONG HANDLE ON THE

EXPERIENCES OF FOOTBALL AS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS A SUPPORTER WHO WILL LIVE ON BEYOND THE COVERS.

AND SO THE REMINISCENCES FLOW, FROM MATCH OF THE DAY IN THE 90’S, TRYING TO GET TO THE BASEBALL GROUND BEFORE KICK-OFF, THE LACK OF INSTANT NEWS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF O’LEARY’S REIGN, THE NAMES OF PLAYERS THAT CAME, THEY SAW, AND CONQUERED ELLAND ROAD – KEWELL, VIDUKA, MATTEO, HASSELBAINK, FERDINAND, BOWYER, HOPKIN AND MANY, MANY MORE, THE EMERGENCE OF SKY, CHAIRMAN PETER RIDSDALE’S AMBITIONS WHICH DEAN SUGGESTS “HAD NO CEILING”, A UEFA CUP RUN, CHASING A CHAMPION’S LEAGUE SPOT, A CHAMPION’S

FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS LEAGUE

SEMI-FINAL,

INTER

MISTIMED

TOTO

APPLICATION, HOW THE CHEEKINESS OF A FATHER CAN

GET YOU AN AWAY TICKET OR TWO, EVEN FROM THE BOSS, BEATING BESIKTAS 6-0, THE INFLUENCE OF THE GEEZER’S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL, O’LEARY’S NOSE JOB AND THE EVENTUAL DISILLUSIONMENT WITH THE TEAM

O’LEARY CRASHED AND THE TEAM BURNED IN SEASON 2001/02. HE THEN PROCEEDS A MUCH SMALLER AS

CHAPTER TO END THE TALE OF THE CLUB AS THE CRASH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE ABYSS.

DEAN

DOES NOT MISS THE NEGATIVES.

THE DEATH OF FANS IN

TURKEY*

THE

EFFECTS OF

SHOULD NEVER BE

DEAN’S STRUCTURE ALSO TENDS TO DWELL ON THE SETUP, SO THE DEMISE HAS LESS ATTENTION AND FOCUS. FOR AN OBSERVER THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE BUT FOR THE FAN THAT IS THE TRAGEDY. THE DROPPING INTEREST, AND THE SPARSITY OF DETAIL MIRRORS THE DISILLUSIONMENT FELT BY DEAN TOWARDS THE END. IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE AND, AGAIN, AS A TESTIMONY OF A WITNESS TO THE EMOTIONAL EFFECT OF THE EXPERIENCE THIS IS A VERY GOOD ONE. AS A HISTORY OF THE CLUB, IT STILL ADDS SIGNIFICANTLY. THE INSIGHT OF A FAN IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE SO, OVER A GIVEN TIME, TO THAT OF ANY PLAYER.

FORGOTTEN. THE WAY THAT SOME FOOTBALL CLUBS HAD

HAS GIVEN

THE DEATHS OF THESE FANS IS A STAIN AGAINST WHICH

ENDED UP WITH A TEAM TOP OF THE

FANS WHO TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EVENT, GOADING LEEDS FANS BY CHANTING AT THEM IN GLEE AT WE SHOULD ALL PROTEST.

THE

ARRESTS AND TRIALS OF

US A

SIGNIFICANT

DEAN

CONTRIBUTION

TO

UNDERSTANDING WHY MONEY IN FOOTBALL SHOULD BE CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMED. THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW WE

PREMIER LEAGUE

AT THE DAWN OF A NEW CENTURY AND THEN OUT IN A

PLAYERS OVER A FIGHT ON A NIGHT OUT IS

WILDERNESS SOME TWENTY YEARS LATER AWAITING AN

COVERED BUT THIS IS NOT A BOOK WITH INSIGHT IN THE DRESSING ROOM. THE EFFECT OF ONE PLAYER GIVING

SERVED,

LEEDS

EVIDENCE

AGAINST

ANOTHER

IS

EXPLAINED

AND

EXPRESSED FROM THE DISTANCE AFFORDED BY A FAN’S

LOVE OF HIS CLUB. IT IS NOT A FIST AND TELL ACCOUNT.

HOW

THAT ENDED UP BEING A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE CLUB FAILING TO MAKE IT TO THE ELITE IN EUROPE IS HOWEVER MORE THAN SOMEWHAT MENTIONED.

FINALLY,

THE NATURE OF

O’LEARY’S

OWN LITERARY

O’LEARY’S RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYONE SEEMED TO DIVE. THE BOOK HE HAD PUBLISHED, COVERING HIS LEEDS TIME, IS NOT A PRECURSOR TO SKY STYLE DOCUMENTARIES FOLLOWING GUARDIOLA, ARTETA, SUNDERLAND AND THE LIKE. IT WAS AN ODD THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY AS HE WAS STILL AT LEEDS. ITS ODDNESS IS HIGHLIGHTED AS THE MONEY SPENT ON PLAYERS BEGINS TO UNRAVEL. THE QUALITY OF THE SQUAD BEGINS TO SUFFER, AND THE WRITING BEGINS TO BE DRAFTED ONTO AN ELLAND ROAD WALL. ATTEMPTS IS SEEN AS A GREAT MISTAKE AS

ARGENTINIAN MESSIAH AND IT IS FASCINATING. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WHICH FOR ME, AS INDICATIONS OF THE THRUST

OF THE

REASONS AS TO WHY THIS TALE NEEDED TO BE TOLD.

FIRSTLY,

AS

DEAN

WRITES,

“…

WHAT

AN

EXTRAORDINARY JOB OUR BELOVED MANAGER HAD DONE… IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS IN MANAGEMENT, HE HAD OVERCOME THE CHAMPIONS OF

BELGIUM, ITALY

SERBIA, RUSSIA,

SPAIN AND GOT THE BETTER OF LEGENDARY MANAGERS ALBERTO ZACCHERONI, SVENGORAN ERIKSON AND FABIO CAPELLO.” AND HE DID. IN THE LEEDS AGM OF 2001, PETER RIDSDALE, AS REPORTED BY DEAN, TOLD FANS, “I CAN ASSURE EVERYONE – SHAREHOLDERS AND SUPPORTERS ALIKE – AND

THAT YOUR BOARD ARE MANAGING THE CLUB FOR SUSTAINED SUCCESS, AND THAT THE CLUB’S LONG TERM FINANCIAL POSITION IS HEALTHY.” IT WAS NOT.

THIS

IS A SUPPORTER’S TALE OF HOW THE

WILKINSON

MASTER PLAN IN DRAFT NEVER MADE IT, AND HOW FANS ENDURE MUCH BETTER.

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Juice Personnel are an independent recruitment agency based in Wakefield. We were founded in 2003 in Huddersfield with the knowledge that things could be done differently. This led us to adopt what we called our ‘refreshingly different’ approach. This radical new approach to recruitment was based around our core values of mutual understanding, honesty, integrity and quality.

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.

Skip forward a few years and we still hold fast to the same morals we started with: mutual understanding, honesty, integrity and quality. Because of our unwavering dedication to client and candidate satisfaction Juice Personnel are now seen as one of the leading independent recruiters in Wakefield.

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.

AT

AUGUST MARK WARD LEFT THE CLUB, CITING ONE VOICE WOULD BE BETTER THAN TWO IN THE MANAGERIAL POSITION. JAS COLLIVER ACTED QUICKLY TO BRING IN FORMER PLAYER ROSS KILLOCK AS FIRST TEAM COACH. THE END OF

WE ARE OSSETT UNITED

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2022/2023 DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORERS

MO M

ATT 275 212 407 342 235 402 527

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 1-2 1-3

ZOTTOS, STACEY FEARON, OFOEGBU

CROPPER STACEY

ZOTTOS ALDRICH (2), BEATSON ALDRICH ALDRICH

HOLLINGSWORTH ALDRICH GAGEN

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

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

2-2 P2-2 P-P P1-1 1-0

NELTHORPE, STACEY ALDRICH (2) SHILDON IN THE FA CUP FEARON ALDRICH

BEATSON 281 ALDRICH 115 NEW DATE 11/10/22 BURNS 351 ZOTTOS 267

(H) GRIMSBY BOROUGH (A) SHEFFIELD (A) RUNCORN LINNETS (A) SHILDON (H) HEBBURN TOWN (A) KNARESBOROUGH TOWN (A) LONG EATON UNITED (H) CONSETT

NPL EAST NPL EAST FAT 3Q NPL EAST NPL EAST WR COUNTY CUP NPL EAST NPL EAST

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

THEWLIS, STACEY, GRAYSON THEWLIS DUE TO FA TROPHY 3Q – NOW 09 NOVEMBER METCALFE STACEY BEATSON

SEPTEMBER 03/09/22 13/09/22 17/09/22 24/09/22 27/09/22

OCTOBER 01/10/22 08/10/22 08/10/22 11/10/22 15/10/22 18/10/22 22/10/22 29/10/22

343 616 264

NEW FIXTURE

NOVEMBER 05/11/22 09/11/22 12/11/22 19/11/22 26/11/22

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

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

NEW DATE FOR THIS FIXTURE

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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2022/2023 DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORERS

MO M

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 BURNS, DANNY CASSIUS-GILL, JUNAYD CROPPER, TOM DEIGHTON, TOM FEARON, OLLIE GAGEN, HARRY GRAYSON, BRAD HALL, EDD HODGSON, CONNOR HOGG, LUKE HOLLINGSWORTH, MICHAEL JOHNSEN, EIVIND METCALFE, OLI OFOEGBU, IFY PHILLIPSON, ALEX STACEY, JOE TEALE, JAKE THEWLIS, GEORGE WILSON, JACK

FORMER PLAYERS 2022/23 APPS GLS 7(4) 0 14 6 2(2) 6 0 12(2) 9(1) 5 14 4 5 14 0(2) 6(6) 4 0(2) 14 0 6 0(10)

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7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0

CAREER APPS GLS 11 15 30 6 4 6 2 14 47 5 26 4 43 14 2 21 22 2 14 8 6 10

7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 3 0 1 0

NAME COWGILL, JACK HARDAKER, ROSS NELTHORPE, CRAIG OFOEGBU, IFY PARKIN, JOE ZOTTOS, BASILE

2022/23 APPS GLS 3 5(2) 5(1) 4 4(2) 9(4)

0 0 1 1 0 2

CAREER APPS GLS 27 81 10 22 6 13

0 1 1 6 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 CONSETT AFC CLEETHORPES TOWN BRIGHOUSE TOWN DUNSTON BRIDLINGTON TOWN WORKSOP TOWN PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES SHEFFIELD NORTH SHIELDS OSSETT UNITED CARLTON TOWN GRANTHAM TOWN LONG EATON UNITED STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS SHILDON GRIMSBY BOROUGH TADCASTER ALBION LINCOLN UNITED

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SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER BRIGHOUSE TOWN V GRANTHAM TOWN CARLTON TOWN V SHEFFIELD CLEETHORPES TOWN V PONTEFRACT COLLS CONSETT V BRIDLINGTON TOWN LINCOLN UNITED V LONG EATON UNITED NORTH SHIELDS V GRIMSBY BOROUGH OSSETT UNITED V HEBBURN TOWN STOCKTON TOWN V DUNSTON TADCASTER ALBION V SHILDON WORKSOP TOWN P-P STOCKSBRIDGE PS EMIRATES FA CUP 4TH QUALIFYING ALVECHURCH V WORKSOP TOWN

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HEBBURN TOWN HISTORY HEBBURN WAS VERY DIFFERENT BACK IN 1912. THE COLLIERIES THAT HAD CHANGED IT FROM A SMALL AGRICULTURAL HAMLET TO A COSMOPOLITAN BUT PRETTY GRIMY INDUSTRIAL TOWN WERE NEARING PEAK EMPLOYMENT OF 1,864 MEN. THE SHIPYARDS LAUNCHED BY ANDREW LESLIE WERE IN FULL VIGOUR. THE TOWN 11 YEARS EARLIER HAD WELCOMED A DIMINUTIVE FRENCHMAN CALLED ALPHONSE REYROLLE.

REYROLLE OPENED AN ENGINEERING WORKS, INITIALLY EMPLOYING JUST 50 MEN, IN THE FORMER DYE FACTORY NEXT TO ST ALOYSIUS'S CHURCH. AT ITS PEAK, REYROLLES WOULD EMPLOY 12,000 MEN FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS, RELIGIONS AND CULTURES, BECOMING FAMILIAR WORLDWIDE DUE TO EXPORTING TO 70 COUNTRIES. THE COMPANY ALSO STARTED A FOOTBALL TEAM, ENCOURAGED BY INDUSTRIALIST AND MINE OWNER SIR RALPH CARR-ELLISON, ANOTHER FAMOUS NAME IN HEBBURN HISTORY WHO PROVIDED THE SPORTS GROUND ON WHICH THE TEAM STILL PLAY ON. FOOTBALL HAS PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE LIFE OF THE TOWN - A CORNERSTONE OF ITS HISTORY. IT HELPED THE POPULATION FORGET THE HARSHNESS OF DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. WHEN THE LAST PIT CLOSED IN 1931, IT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF ALMOST 200 MEN AND BOYS.

OF COURSE, THERE'D BEEN PLENTY OF TEAMS BEFORE 1912, MOST NOTABLY HEBBURN ARGYLE KICKED OFF IN 1882 BY FATHER TONER, THE PRIEST OF ST ALOYSIUS'S. THE TOWN HAD SO MANY SCOTS, THEY BECAME KNOWN AS THE TYNESIDE HIGHLANDERS. PRE-WORLD WAR ONE, DERBIES WITH JARROW WOULD ATTRACT CROWDS OF 8,000.

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THE GEORDIE TOWN ALSO HAD SHINTY AND CURLING CLUBS, AND EVEN AN ANNUAL HIGHLAND GAMES, ORGANISED BY THE HEBBURN CELTIC SOCIETY. ALPHONSE REYROLLE HAD ACTIVELY ENCOURAGED HIS WORKERS TO TAKE PART IN SPORT, INCLUDING BAREFOOT FOOTBALL, AND FORMED THE EMPLOYEES' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. THE TEAM FORMED IN 1912, ELECTED TO THE SECOND DIVISION OF THE JARROW AND DISTRICT JUNIOR LEAGUE, WAS SUITABLY BOOTED HOWEVER. THEY PROGRESSED, FLOURISHED IN THE 1930S, HAD A WARTIME SEASON IN THE NORTH EASTERN LEAGUE, WON THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP IN 1943, AND RETURNED TO THE NORTHERN COMBINATION WHERE THEY STAYED UNTIL 1958. IN 1959/60, REYROLLES HAD ANOTHER SEASON IN THE TERMINALLY AILING NORTH EASTERN LEAGUE BUT FINISHED BOTTOM WITH JUST EIGHT POINTS. THE CLUB THEN HAD 28 SEASONS IN THE WEARSIDE LEAGUE, BEFORE WINNING THE LEAGUE IN 1966 AND MONKWEARMOUTH CUP IN 1968.

IN 1988, FOLLOWING THE DEMISE OF THE ICONIC ENGINEERING COMPANY A. REYROLLE, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO HEBBURN, AND AN APPLICATION WAS MADE TO JOIN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE THOUGH IT WAS BEFORE THE DAYS OF AUTOMATIC PROMOTION AND RELEGATION, AND THERE WASN'T A VACANCY. THE GROUND WAS IMPROVED, AND OTHER CLUBS CANVASSED. THE BREAK, HOWEVER, CAME WHEN NORTH SHIELDS CREATED A VACANCY BY DECIDING TO PLAY ELSEWHERE. THE TEAM PLAYED ITS FIRST NORTHERN LEAGUE GAME ON AUGUST 19 1989, WINNING 2-1 AT SHOTTON COMRADES. THEY

THE HORNETS WON PROMOTION AND THE

DURHAM CHALLENGE

CUP IN 1992 BUT WERE RELEGATED CONTINUOUSLY FOR FAILING TO MEET GROUND CRITERIA. HEBBURN WON THE CRAVEN CUP IN 2000.

IN 2011/12, HEBBURN REACHED THE FA CUP FOURTH ROUND QUALIFYING - FACING GATESHEAD AWAY, WHO WERE 125 LEAGUE PLACES ABOVE THE CLUB - AND SECURED PROMOTION TO NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE, HAVING FINISHED THIRD. THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGN, THE HORNETS MET THEIR TARGET OF AVOIDING RELEGATION, HOWEVER THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND SQUAD MOVED TO JARROW ROOFING IN THE SUMMER.

TWO EX-HEBBURN PLAYERS, SCOTT OLIVER AND DAVY BELL, STARTED FROM SCRATCH. UNFORTUNATELY, THE YOUTHFUL SQUAD WERE UNABLE TO BEAT THE DROP, BUT GLIMPSES OF PROMISE DEFINITELY APPEARED. AFTER FINANCIAL STRUGGLES THE YEAR BEFORE PROMOTION WITH AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF AROUND 50 AND HAVING TO LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE CLUB, IT LOOKED LIKE THE TIDES HAD CHANGED. SCOTT OLIVER'S SIDE FINISHED AS RUNNERS-UP IN THEIR RETURN TO DIVISION ONE, WITH MICHAEL RICHARDSON NOTCHING 25 GOALS.

THE CLUB ENJOYED A RUN IN THE BUILDBASE FA VASE, BEATING CITY OF LIVERPOOL FC 4-0 IN FRONT OF 1,302 PEOPLE. THE FIFTH ROUND WOULD SEE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD BROKEN AGAIN AS 1,310 PACKED THE GREEN ENERGY SPORTS GROUND, THOUGH THE DAY FINISHED IN FAVOUR OF WEST AUCKLAND TOWN. IN MAY 2019, MANAGER SCOTT OLIVER STEPPED DOWN. KEVIN BOLAM, WHO HAD BECOME THE CLUB'S RESERVE MANAGER A YEAR BEFOREHAND AND GUIDED THEM TO THE WEARSIDE LEAGUE TITLE, TOOK THE REINS.

BOLAM AND ASSISTANT MICK MULHERN ENJOYED A STRONG DEBUT CAMPAIGN ON SOUTH TYNESIDE, CHALLENGING NEAR THE TOP OF THE TABLE BEFORE THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK MEANT THE SEASON WAS VOIDED. THEY ALSO REACHED THE BUILDBASE FA VASE FINAL, BEATING CORINTHIAN IN THE SEMIFINAL ON PENALTIES, BUT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MAY 3 2021 TO GRACE THE WEMBLEY TURF.

AGAIN, THE 2020/21 CAMPAIGN WAS FULL OF LIFE FOR HEBBURN TOWN PRIOR TO CURTAILMENT BUT HAVING APPLIED FOR PROMOTION AT THE END OF THE SEASON, THEY JOINED TIER EIGHT - THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY. KEVIN BOLAM'S OUTFIT ALSO REACHED THE BUILDBASE FA VASE QUARTER-FINAL FOR A SECOND TIME BUT LOST 1-0 TO EVENTUAL WINNERS WARRINGTON RYLANDS.

IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, THE 2020 BUILDBASE FA VASE FINAL WAS STILL UP FOR GRABS. CONSETT WERE THE OPPONENTS IN A TENSE AND HISTORIC BATTLE BEHIND-CLOSED-DOORS. THE HORNETS WENT BEHIND TWICE IN A FRANTIC, FOUR-GOAL FIRST HALF AT WEMBLEY. HOWEVER HEBBURNBORN OLLY MARTIN CAME OFF THE BENCH TO SCORE THE WINNER ON 83 MINUTES, ROUNDING OFF A SPECIAL SEASON IN THE NORTH EAST.

HEBBURN'S FIRST SEASON IN THE PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE CONCLUDED IN A 13TH-PLACED FINISH. THE SOUTH TYNESIDERS DID ENJOY AN EMIRATES FA CUP RUN AFTER UPSETTING ASHTON UNITED AND FACING YORK CITY AWAY, BUT KEVIN BOLAM WAS DISMISSED IN FEBRUARY 2022.

SHILDON BOSS DANIEL MOORE WAS APPOINTED AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN AFTER REACHING THE PLAY-OFFS WITH THE RAILWAYMEN.

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VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX CRAIG BIDDLESTONE EVERY 3-4 DAYS, AND ALL OF THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE SCHEDULE WAS COMPLETELY SPUN ON ITS HEAD BECAUSE OF COVID, WITH ONE SEASON ENDING IN JULY AND THE NEXT ONE STARTING JUST 6 WEEKS LATER.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME POSITIVES, RIGHT? WELL

IT STILL SEEMS STRANGE THINKING THERE IS A WORLD CUP ONLY A MONTH AWAY, IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, MID-SEASON. SINCE THE QATAR WORLD CUP WAS ANNOUNCED IT HAS BEEN SHROUDED IN CONTROVERSY, FIRSTLY THE ALLEGATIONS MADE TOWARDS FIFA AS TO HOW QATAR GOT TO HOST THE 2022 WORLD CUP, THEN THE “HOW WOULD IT BE PLAYED IN THE SUMMER IN 45 DEGREE HEAT - NOT SAFE FOR PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS ALIKE” SITUATION, AND SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE COMPETITION WOULD NOT BE HELD IN ITS NORMAL SUMMER SLOT THE CONTROVERSY HAS CONTINUED WITH REFERENCE TO POOR WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THE MANY STADIA REQUIRED TO HOST THE COMPETITION ANY MANY OTHER THINGS ALIKE.

FOR ME THERE HAS BEEN AND THERE CONTINUES TO BE. ONE THING THAT I DEFINITELY MISSED DURING COVID AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOCKDOWNS WAS FOOTBALL, BEING AT THE GAME, EXPERIENCING THE BUILD UP WITH YOUR MATES IN THE PUB, CELEBRATING OR COMMISERATING AFTER, AGAIN NORMALLY IN THE PUB. ALL OF THAT WENT OUT THE WINDOW, SO WHEN FANS WERE ALLOWED BACK IN TO GROUNDS THE KNOCK ON EFFECT ON NONLEAGUE FOOTBALL WAS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE AS ATTENDANCES ROSE, NOT JUST AT OSSETT UNITED BUT ALL OVER THE FOOTBALL PYRAMID. PEOPLE COULD GET OUT, SEE THEIR MATES WITHOUT THE RISK OF HAVING TO TRAVEL DUE TO ONGOING CONCERNS OVER COVID, AND WATCH SOME (OFTEN) QUALITY FOOTBALL.

CLOSER TO HOME THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE CONTINUES TO CHOP AND CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE TOURNAMENT, AN FA CUP FINAL IN JUNE, THE COMMUNITY SHIELD IN JULY, AND IN THE CASE OF THE BIGGER CLUBS TAKING PART IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS A FIXTURE SCHEDULE THAT IS SEEING CLUBS PLAYING A GAME

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VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX CRAIG BIDDLESTONE WITH THE WORLD CUP BEING HELD IN THE AUTUMN/WINTER IT MEANS THAT PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ARE PUT ON HOLD, AND WITH THE ENGLAND GROUP GAMES TAKING PLACE AT 1PM ON A MONDAY, 7PM ON A FRIDAY AND 7PM ON A TUESDAY IT’S AN IDEAL TIME FOR THOSE FOOTBALL FANS STARVED OF LIVE FOOTBALL TO GO AND WATCH THEIR LOCAL NON-LEAGUE TEAM ON A SATURDAY. ATTENDANCES THIS SEASON HAVE DIPPED ALL OVER NON-LEAGUE, I THINK THAT CAN HONESTLY BE PUT DOWN TO THE CURRENT COST OF LIVING CRISIS THAT THE WHOLE OF THE COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING, SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO THINK THAT WITHOUT THE BIG CLUBS PLAYING THEN FANS WILL GO AND WATCH THEIR LOCAL TEAM, IT’S CERTAINLY A DAMN SIGHT CHEAPER, I PERSONALLY

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CAN VOUCH FOR THAT!

TODAY WE’RE BACK AT HOME AGAINST HEBBURN TOWN, 2 GOALS FROM NASH CONNOLLY HELPED US SECURE A VICTORY AT INGFIELD LAST SEASON, THAT PARTICULAR DAY WAS THE FIRST COMPETITIVE OSSETT UNITED HOME GAME I HAD MISSED AS I WAS ON A FAMILY HOLIDAY IN KOS, BUT I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO OSSETT UNITED RADIO AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME CHRIS CASSIDY HAD DONE LIVE COMMENTARY ON ONE OF OUR GAMES ALONE, HE DID VERY WELL AND CONTINUES TO COME ON LEAPS AND BOUNDS, A REAL CREDIT TO THE CLUB, TO LEEDS TRINITY UNI AND TO HIMSELF.

TODAY’S HALF-TIME PLAYLIST IS CHOSEN BY STEVE HANKS, ENJOY HIS SONGS, AND ENJOY THE GAME.

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REF WATCH TOM MAHER

TOM MAHER CURRENTLY SERVES IN THE ARMED FORCES WITH THE ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS IN DISHFORTH AND BEGAN HIS REFEREEING JOURNEY WITH THE ARMY FA IN 2017 AND WENT ONTO REF IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE PREMIER DIVISION AND NORTH EAST COUNTIES LEAGUES. HE HAS ALSO TAKEN PART IN ARMY TRI SERVICE GAMES, IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT REFEREE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH AND HAS ALSO BEING FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE PART OF THE FA CUP 3RD ROUND QUALIFYING THIS SEASON. HIS FAVOURITE GROUND OF ALL TIME IS ELLAND ROAD!

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REFEREE THOMAS MAHER

AR2 GEORGE SMITH