Ossett United v Worksop Town (26/11/2022)

Vs WORKSOP TOWN SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER | 15:00 PITCHING IN NPL EAST

MATCH SPONSOR PAUL FOWLER RAIL PROJECT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

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OSSETT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

INGFIELD, PROSPECT ROAD, OSSETT, WF5 9HL

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 MANAGER: GRANT BLACK ASSISTANT MANAGER: MICK NORBURY COACH: DAVID BROWN, RYAN PUGH MATCH ANALYST: VACANCY MEDICAL TEAM: EMILY CRISPIN MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING OFFICER: KATE HENNIGHAN HEAD OF MEDIA: CRAIG BIDDLESTONE MEDIA TEAM: CHRIS CASSIDY, OWEN GERRARD, JON HUNT, KEITH WOOD PROGRAMME DESIGN: NEIL SPOFFORTH CLUB HONOURS – OSSETT UNITED, OSSETT TOWN, OSSETT ALBION

OSSETT UNITED V WORKSOP TOWN MATCH SPONSOR: PAUL FOWLER RAIL PROJECT CONSULTANCY LIMITED CELEBRATING PAUL’S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH

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 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 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 ARE THAT FOLLOWING A MID-AFTERNOON PITCH INSPECTION THE LEAGUE ADVISED US THAT THEY HAD REQUESTED A SECOND INSPECTION TAKE PLACE, WHEN THIS DID NOT HAPPEN, THE LEAGUE HAD NO OPTION BUT TO POSTPONE THE GAME. WE WILL NOT BE COMMENTING FURTHER WHILE THE LEAGUE INVESTIGATES THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE.

GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO INGFIELD TODAY FOR THE VISIT OF WORKSOP TOWN, I HOPE EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH CLUBS ENJOYS THE GAME AS WE TAKE ON THE LEAGUE LEADERS WHO COME INTO THIS GAME ON THE BACK OF THIRTEEN CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE VICTORIES AND SIT AT THE TOP OF THE PITCHING IN NPL EAST.

THIS WILL BE A GREAT TEST AND A BENCHMARK OF WHERE THE REVAMPED SQUAD IS AS WE AIM TO CLIMB THE TABLE AND CHALLENGE AT THE BUSINESS END OF THE LEAGUE. WORKSOP TOWN ARE CLEARLY A SETTLED SIDE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS FOLLOWING THE INS AND OUTS WITHIN THE SQUAD OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. FOLLOWING THE IMPRESSIVE 4-0 AWAY VICTORY OVER GRANTHAM TOWN A WEEK AGO WE ARE CERTAINLY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

ON TUESDAY EVENING WE WERE DUE TO PLAY AT SHEFFIELD, A REARRANGED GAME HAVING BEEN POSTPONED A FORTNIGHT EARLIER. WE CANNOT GO INTO DETAILS, BUT THE FACTS OF THE DAY

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I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ASKING IF WE WILL GET THE POINTS BUT CAN SAY THE GAME WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT A LATER DATE, WHICH WILL BE SHARED ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS WHEN IT IS CONFIRMED.

LAST WEEKEND SAW CRAIG NELTHORPE RETURN TO THE FIRST TEAM, AND WITH A MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE TOO, AFTER HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE GAME TO CONCENTRATE ON SOME PERSONAL ISSUES THAT HE HAD. THE POST-MATCH INTERVIEW HE GAVE WAS VERY HONEST AS HE SPOKE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH WHICH IS SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AT THE CLUB. CRAIG REACHED OUT FOR HELP AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT

STEP TO TAKE. IF YOU YOURSELF FEEL LIKE YOU ARE STRUGGLING, PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO US. KATE HENNIGHAN IS THE CLUBS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OFFICER AND IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOU AND HELP PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE RELEVANT HELP AND SUPPORT THAT IS AVAILABLE.

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THE DUGOUT GRANT BLACK REFLECTING ON LAST SATURDAY’S VICTORY AT GRANTHAM TOWN, IT WAS A GREAT PERFORMANCE WHERE WE SAW THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN TRAINING COMING TOGETHER WHICH IS GREAT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME TOGETHER, YOU COULD SEE THE RELATIONSHIPS IN AREAS WORKING WELL.

WE

WERE THEN BUZZING FOR TUESDAY’S GAME AT SHEFFIELD TO TAKE SATURDAY’S

PERFORMANCE INTO THE NEXT GAME, BUT THE LEAST SAID ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT AFTERNOON THE BETTER FOR THE MOMENT.

I KNOW

THE LEAGUE ARE REVIEWING WHAT

ACTUALLY OCCURRED, AND IF WHAT

I

UNDERSTAND HAPPENED IS PROVEN TO BE

I

TRUE THEN PUNISHMENT

SHEFFIELD

DO HOPE THAT A SEVERE IS

HANDED

DOWN

TO

TO ENSURE THERE IS A FAR

MORE ROBUST PROCESS IN PLACE FOR POSTPONING GAMES AND A CLEAR PENALTY IF THE RULES ARE NOT ADHERED TO.

BUT,

AS THEY SAY, INNOCENT UNTIL

PROVEN GUILTY SO OVER TO THE LEAGUE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED AND I WILL AWAIT THEIR OUTCOME WITH

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INTEREST.

BACK TO TODAY AND WORKSOP TOWN IT'S FAIR

LOOKING AT TO SAY THEY

ARE A DIFFERENT ANIMAL TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE LEAGUE AND THE PLAYERS THEY HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL IS SCARY REALLY.

WE

KNOW TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THEM WE WILL HAVE TO BE AT OUR MAXIMUM AND MORE.

THEY

HAVE WON

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IN A ROW IN

THE LEAGUE AND WE’RE FIVE UNBEATEN.

WE

ARE ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR

JOURNEYS AS CLUBS AND TEAMS, BUT BOTH WILL BE CONFIDENT AT KICK-OFF.

IT

IS A GAME WE CAN GO INTO FREE OF PRESSURE BECAUSE THAT IS ALL ON THEM WITH WHAT THEY HAVE FINANCIALLY ETC BUT AS I SAY LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE DAY. WE WELCOME THEM AND THEIR STAFF TO WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE AN ENTERTAINING GAME. WWW.OSSETTUTD.COM

THE DUGOUT

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH DEFEAT OF THE SEASON SO FAR AND OUR BIGGEST

NEW YEAR’S DAY DEFEAT SEASON 2019/2020. SADLY

WINNING MARGIN SINCE THE

BRIGHOUSE TOWN IN IT DIDN’T ERASE FROM THE MEMORY THE LOSS IN THE WEST RIDING COUNTY CUP AT LOWER DIVISION GOLCAR UNITED THE PREVIOUS TUESDAY BUT IT DID SOFTEN THE BLOW SOMEWHAT. THE FOOTBALL WE PLAYED AT GRANTHAM WAS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THAT WHICH OF

THIS AFTERNOON WE WELCOME WORKSOP TOWN TO INGFIELD FOR WHAT IS GUARANTEED TO BE ONE OF OUR MOST CHALLENGING CONTESTS OF THE SEASON SO FAR. WE WELCOME THE OFFICIALS OF WORKSOP WHO MADE

HAS BEEN ALL TOO PREVALENT IN THE EARLY PART OF

US FEEL VERY WELCOME WHEN WE LAST VISITED THEM IN

THE CAMPAIGN AND, WITH THE BALL MORE ON THE

SEPTEMBER

GROUND THAN IN THE AIR, WE LOOKED A FAR BETTER

SPEAKING TO VARIOUS THROUGHOUT OUR LEAGUE WORKSOP APPEAR WELL UP THERE IN MANY PEOPLE’S MINDS AS

CLUBS TO BE

OF LAST YEAR.

FAVOURITES FOR PROMOTION COME THE END OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN AND MANY HAVE ALREADY BACKED THEM TO LIFT THE TITLE AS WELL.

WITH TWO GAMES IN HAND OF CURRENT LEAGUE LEADERS STOCKTON TOWN THEY COULD HIT TOP SPOT ANY TIME SOON BUT HOPEFULLY NOT AT OUR EXPENSE THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY

ARE FORMIDABLE AT HOME WITH EIGHT WINS

FROM EIGHT BUT THEIR AWAY FORM IS SLIGHTLY LESS SPECTACULAR HAVING PREVIOUSLY WON FOUR, DRAWN ONE AND LOST ONE.

HAVING SAID THAT I’M SURE WE’LL

HAVE TO BE AT OUR VERY BEST TO COME OUT ON TOP TODAY.

SINCE THE TWO CLUBS CAME TOGETHER IN DIVISION ONE EAST WE HAVE MET TWICE WITH OSSETT HAVING DRAWN 1-1 AWAY FROM HOME AND EMERGING WINNERS 1-0 HERE AT INGFIELD LAST SEASON. LAST SATURDAY WE GRANTHAM TOWN ON

INFLICTED A

4-0

SIDE FOR IT.

LAST MONDAY SAW A CONTINGENT FROM OSSETT UNITED ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF FA CUP LEGEND RONNIE RADFORD. RONNIE, A FORMER OSSETT ALBION MANAGER, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79 BUT, COURTESY OF HIS ICONIC GOAL IN THE FA CUP TIE FOR HEREFORD UNITED AGAINST NEWCASTLE UNITED IN 1972, HE WILL REMAIN IN FOOTBALL FOLKLORE FOREVER AND WHAT A LEGACY THAT IS! DESPITE THESE DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES, HERE AT OSSETT UNITED WE CONTINUE TO REGULARLY SUPPORT A NUMBER OF CHARITY ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING THE

NPL’S CHARITY PARTNER CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG, THE YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE, THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, CHILDREN WITH CANCER, KIT AID AND THE LOCAL SOUTH OSSETT CHURCH FOODBANK AMONGST OTHERS. WE WOULD ASK SUPPORTERS TO

DEFEAT ON

THINK ABOUT HELPING THESE WORTHY CAUSES WHEN

THEIR OWN PATCH (A VERY NICE

POSSIBLE WITH A DONATION IN THE COLLECTING BOXES

PATCH AT THAT APART FROM THE RUNNING TRACK

ON THE BARS AROUND THE CLUB.

AROUND THE PITCH!) WHICH WAS THEIR HEAVIEST

EVERY YEAR WE HAVE COLLECTIONS FOR THE LOCAL

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS I AM RELIABLY TOLD IS BUSIER THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE ITS INCEPTION. WITH THIS PARTICULAR CHARITY ORGANISATION IN MIND OSSETT UNITED HAVE AGREED TO ORGANISE COLLECTIONS AT OUR TWO HOME MATCHES ON DECEMBER 10TH AND DECEMBER 17TH. WE DO HOPE THAT ALL SECTIONS OF THE CLUB FROM THE DIRECTORS TO VOLUNTEERS TO FOODBANK WHICH

PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS ALIKE WILL SUPPORT THIS MOST WORTHY OF LOCAL CHARITIES BY DONATING GENEROUSLY ON THOSE COLLECTION DATES.

ANY

DONATIONS YOU CAN MAKE, LARGE OR SMALL, WILL BE MOST GRATEFULLY RECEIVED AND WILL BE MOST SINCERELY WELCOMED BY THE CHARITY’S VOLUNTEER FORCE.

THANKS IN ADVANCE IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY. WE RELY MAINLY ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORT AT MATCHES AND IT WOULD BE NICE IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES IF WE CAN GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY WAY OF

FINALLY BACK TO LAST SATURDAY’S GAME AT GRANTHAM. THE SUPPORT FOR THE TEAM BY OUR FANS WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT AND I’M SURE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE PLAYERS AND MANAGEMENT ALIKE. IT AMUSED ME WHERE I WAS PLACED IN THE GROUND WHEN THE CHANT FROM OUR SUPPORTERS AT 4 GOALS TO NIL RANG OUT LOUD AND CLEAR, “YOU’RE S - - T AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE” ONLY TO ELICIT AN UNEXPECTED RESPONSE FROM THE GRANTHAM FAITHFUL OF, “WE’RE S - - T AND WE KNOW WE ARE”.

LET’S GET BEHIND OUR LADS IN SIMILAR FASHION THIS AFTERNOON. IT’LL DEFINITELY HELP THE CAUSE. THE NEXT OSSETT UNITED FOODBANK COLLECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 10TH AND DECEMBER 17TH. ALL DONATIONS WILL BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED.

FOOD DONATIONS.

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ON THE BENCH GRANT BLACK – MANAGER

GRANT BLACK HAD A SUCCESSFUL PLAYING CAREER BEFORE STARTING HIS MANAGERIAL CAREER HERE AT INGFIELD WITH OSSETT TOWN IN 2016 TAKING THEM TO THE BRINK OF PROMOTION BEFORE MOVING TO BELPER TOWN WHERE HE ENJOYED FOUR SUCCESSFUL SEASONS CULMINATING IN PROMOTION TO THE NPL PREMIER DIVISION. BLACKIE RETURNED IN INGFIELD WITH OSSETT UNITED IN OCTOBER 2022.

SPONSORED BY: PAUL COOPER

MICK NORBURY– ASSISTANT MANAGER NORBS IS NO STRANGER TO OSSETT HAVING PLAYED FOR BOTH TOWN AND ALBION AND ALSO HAVING A SPELL AS ASSISTANT TO GRANT BLACK AT OSSETT TOWN AS WELL AS WORKING WITH HIM AT BELPER TOWN.

SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE DAVID BROWN– PLAYER/COACH DAVID BROWN BOASTS A SUCCESSFUL PLAYING CAREER WITH A NUMBER OF CLUBS INCLUDING OSSETT ALBION AND TOWN AS WELL AS SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC AND HYDE AMONGST OTHERS. HAVING QUALIFIED AS A COACH HE HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF BLACK’S TEAM.

SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE RYAN PUGH– GOALKEEPER COACH PUGHY SPENT HIS PLAYING DAYS AT GOOLE, NEW MILLS, MATLOCK TOWN AS WELL AS A LOAN SPELL AT OSSETT ALBION BEFORE TURNING HIS HAND TO COACHING ALONGSIDE GRANT BLACK AT BOTH OSSETT TOWN AND BELPER TOWN.

SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE 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.

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PLAYER PROFILES EDD HALL 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.

SPONSORED BY: FOOTBALLBOOKREVIEWS.COM DANNY BURNS 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.

SPONSORED BY JAMES & DAWN ROGERS HARRY COATES HIGHLY RATED CENTRE HALF WHO TURNED DOWN A NUMBER OF CLUBS FROM THE NPL PREMIER DIVISION AND NPL EAST TO SIGN FOR THE CLUB FROM ASHTON UNITED WHERE HE WON A NUMBER OF AWARDS LAST SEASON. COATES FORMER CLUBS INCLUDE TADCASTER ALBION, SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC AND BRADFORD PARK AVENUE

SPONSORED BY: BSP HYDRAULICS HARRY GAGEN 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.

SPONSORED BY: LJB JOINERY CRAIG NELTHORPE A VASTLY EXPERIENCED PLAYER WITH FOOTBALL LEAGUE APPEARANCES FOR DONCASTER ROVERS AND DARLINGTON. NELLY HAS ALSO PLAYED FOR SEVERAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SIDES. A VERSATILE PLAYER WITH EXCELLENT SET PIECE DELIVERY HE IS AN ASSET FOR ANY SIDE.

SPONSORED BY: KEITH & KATH WOOD

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PLAYER PROFILES DANNY SOUTH GRANT BLACK’S FIRST SIGNING, AND CAPTAIN. DANNY SOUTH HAS PLAYED FOR BOTH OSSETT ALBION AND TOWN AND MOST RECENTLY AT BELPER TOWN WHERE HE ENJOYED PROMOTION TO THE NPL PREMIER DIVISION. THERE WON’T BE A STRIKER IN THE LEAGUE WHO WANTS TO COME UP AGAINST HIM.

SPONSORED BY THE ADAMSON FAMILY JAMES CADMAN CADMAN JOINS THE CLUB FROM SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC WHERE HE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THEIR PROMOTION TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH IN 21/22. CADDY HAS PLAYED FOR HARROGATE TOWN, STALEYBRIDGE CELTIC AND HYDE UNITED IN HIS CAREER AND WILL ADD ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE TO THE SQUAD.

SPONSORED BY: OSSETT TOWN JUNIORS CONNOR LEAK-BLUNT LEAK-BLUNT SPENT HIS YOUTH AT LEEDS UNITED WHERE HE SIGNED A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT BEFORE MOVING TO SHEFFIELD UNITED, HE THEN HAD A SPELL AT PORTADOWN IN IRELAND.

SPONSORED BY: JAYNE OGLEY & RED BRICK FM MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH 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.

SPONSORED BY: THE OUFC SCOTTISH SUPPORTERS CLUB JANNI LIPKA HIGHLY RATED MIDFIELDER WHO HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE

FOR HYDE UNITED FOR A

NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE HE EXPERIENCED PROMOTION TO THE NPL PREMIER DIVISION.

JANNI JOINED BELPER TOWN IN THE SUMMER BEFORE GRANT BLACK BROUGHT HIM TO INGFIELD IN OCTOBER 2022

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PLAYER PROFILES OLI METCALFE 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.

SPONSORED BY SPOFF & KATE DERRY ROBSON A TALENTED AND VERSATILE MIDFIELDER, DEZ HAS VAST NPL EXPERIENCE AND HAS A PROMOTION ON HIS CV AS RECENTLY AS LAST SEASON. ROBSON MOVED TO CLEETHORPES TOWN EARLIER THIS SEASON BEFORE GRANT BLACK TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING HIM TO INGFIELD

SPONSORED BY: LIAM MOORE-MCCLUSKEY JUNAYD CASSIUS-GILL JUNAYD SPENT HIS 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 FANS WITH HIS ABILITY ON THE BALL

SPONSORED BY: STEVE MAUD NATHAN CURTIS EXCITING FORWARD THINKING PLAYER WHO HAS LINKS TO BOTH OSSETT TOWN AND ALBION, SIGNED FROM TADCASTER ALBION AFTER A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL SPELL AT BELPER TOWN CURTIS WILL ADD SKILL, ENDEAVOUR AND GOALS TO THE OSSETT UNITED SIDE.

SPONSORED BY: ROY TAYLOR & RICHARD FARRELL BRAD GRAYSON 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.

SPONSORED BY JOHN BOWKER

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PLAYER PROFILES BEN MORRIS BEN SPENT HIS TEENAGE YEARS WITH DERBY COUNTY AND BARNSLEY BEFORE STEPPING INTO NON-LEAGUE WITH THE LIKES OF BARWELL TOWN, GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY, FRICKLEY ATHLETIC AND BELPER TOWN. THE WINGER IS EQUALLY COMFORTABLE DOWN THE MIDDLE AND ADDS OPTIONS TO THE SQUAD.

SPONSORED BY: PAUL COOPER ALEX PETERSON PETERSON HAS SIGNED FROM SHEFFIELD AFTER STARTING THE SEASON AT BELPER TOWN WHO HE HELPED TO PROMOTION IN 21/22. THE STRIKER IS A HANDFUL FOR OPPOSITION CENTRAL DEFENDERS AND WILL ADD STEEL TO THE FORWARD LINE.

SPONSORED BY: MOZ & MARV

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WORKSOP TOWN HISTORY THE CLUB WAS FORMED WELL OVER 150 YEARS AGO IN 1861, NOTED IN OLD MINUTE BOOKS, BUT THE FIRST PUBLIC RECORDED ITEMS REFERRING TO ITS EXISTENCE WERE DATED 1873 AT A TIME WHEN HOME FIXTURES WERE PLAYED ON A PITCH AT NETHERTON ROAD – THE

HOLY FAMILY RC PORTLAND SCHOOL.

AREA PRESENTLY OCCUPIED BY THE

SCHOOL PLAYING

AND THE

OUTWOOD

IN GREEN AND WHITE STRIPED SHIRTS THE

TEAM WAS A MIXTURE OF PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR PLAYERS, ADMINISTERED BY A FIFTEEN STRONG COMMITTEE.

IN 1886 WILLIAM ALLEN OF THE WORKSOP AND RETFORD BREWERY COMPANY WAS THE PRESIDENT AND IT WAS HIS INFLUENCE WHICH GUIDED THE CLUB, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE GREAT WAR PERIOD. GAMES WERE PLAYED AGAINST TEAMS FROM THE SHEFFIELD AREA, AND WITH THE FORMATION OF THE SHEFFIELD ASSOCIATION LEAGUE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT A NEW GROUND OF A MORE CENTRAL SITUATION WAS A PRIORITY.

THIS WAS RESOLVED IN 1891 WHEN THE LORD OF THE MANOR, BY THIS TIME THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, DECIDED TO SELL THE WORKSOP MANOR ESTATE TO MR JOHN ROBINSON WHO LATER BECAME SIR JOHN OF DAYBROOK AND HOME BREWERY FAME. WILLIAM ALLEN AND HIS COMMITTEE INTERVENED AND OBTAINED THE LEASE ON LAND IN THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN WHICH WAS BOUNDED BY HARDY STREET, ALLEN STREET, KING

STREET AND THE RIVER RYTON. KNOWN AS BRIDGE MEADOW,

THE GROUND WAS

ENCLOSED BY A WOODEN FENCE WITH THE RIVER RYTON AS ITS NORTHERN BOUNDARY.

WERE PLAYED ON THE EASTERN

FOOTBALL SIDE, THE

MATCHES WESTERN

PORTION WAS RESERVED FOR CRICKET AND THERE WAS ALSO A QUARTER MILE CYCLE TRACK, WHICH LED TO

WHIT MONDAY BECOMING WORKSOP'S ANNUAL SPORT

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DAY.

IN GRANTING A LEASE TO WORKSOP FC THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ALSO GAVE THE CLUB £50 TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING THE GROUND. AS A RESULT, THE PAVILIONS WHICH HAD BEEN ON NETHERTON ROAD WERE TRANSFERRED

ONTO

SATISFACTION

OF

THE THE

NEW

SITE

COMMITTEE

TO AND

THE THEY

CONSIDERED THE ONLY GROUND TO BETTER IT IN

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WAS TRENT BRIDGE ITSELF. WORKSOP'S PLAYING STRIP WAS NOW BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES, WHILE THE QUEENS HEAD AND THE OLD CATTLE MARKET HOTEL WERE USED FOR CHANGING. THE PROXIMITY OF THE RIVER RYTON PROMPTED FEARS OF FLOODING, BUT THIS NEVER HAPPENED UNTIL 1931,

BY WHICH TIME THE LAND BETWEEN THE RIVER RYTON AND THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL HAD BEEN ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM JOSIAH MOORE OF THE DRAGONS BREWERY, BRIDGE STREET WITH THE HELP OF A SIZEABLE MORTGAGE. HOWEVER, THE INK HAD HARDLY DRIED ON THE CONVEYANCE WHEN MR MOORE DIED AT CARLTONIN-LINDRICK ON 28TH FEBRUARY 1891, LEAVING HIS WIDOW AND TEENAGE SON TO COPE WITH THE MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS.

WORKSOP FC'S PRESIDENT HAD BUILT HIS HOUSE AT CRESWELL HOLME AND HIS BREWERY WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE BANKS OF THE CANAL, SO UPON HEARING THAT THE BRIDGE MEADOW LEASE WAS ENDING HE AGREED TO PURCHASE THE FREEHOLD RIGHTS OF THE MOORE’S LAND, EXCHANGING THE LEASE ON THE NEIGHBOURING ALLEN STREET SITE AND GUARANTEEING TO BUILD A WOODEN BRIDGE THAT WOULD GIVE ACCESS TO

CENTRAL AVENUE. THE MOORE FAMILY

CONTINUED TO LEASE THE OLD

GROUND FOR GRAZING UNTIL THE HOUSING DEVELOPERS GOT TO WORK BY BUILDING THE PRESENT PATTERN OF STREETS. MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ON

THE TIGERS CENTRAL AVENUE

WERE TAKEN OVER BY

MR ALLEN,

WORKSOP FC FINALLY HAD A PERMANENT HOME, ALBEIT AS A TENANT, AS THE OWNER WAS NOW PRESIDENT OF WORKSOP CRICKET AND SPORTS CLUB. THE SAME ALLOCATION OF USE WAS IN OPERATION AND THE FIRST JOB FOR WORKSOP FC'S COMMITTEE WAS THE BUILDING OF DRESSING ROOMS, WHICH THEY DID IN THE NORTH-EAST CORNER WHERE THE TIGERS CLUB, LATER CALLED THE RIVERSIDE PUB, STOOD UNTIL 2007. THE CHANGING FACILITIES WERE BASIC AND INCLUDED A VERY LARGE COMMUNAL BATH. SHEFFIELD ASSOCIATION AND MIDLAND LEAGUE WITH A RESULT THAT THE

JERSEY.

THE 1921 SEASON IS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND DISASTER, BECAUSE WORKSOP BECAME ONE OF THE FAMOUS FA CUP MINNOWS BY HOLDING TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TO A 0-0 DRAW AT THE DIVISION ONE SIDE'S WHITE HART LANE GROUND. THE DIRECTORS HELD A HASTY MEETING, AND VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE REMAINING UNPAID MORTGAGE AND OTHER HEFTY DEBTS THEY AGREED TO REPLY THE MATCH AT WHITE HART LANE AND WORKSOP LOST 9-0. IT WAS A DECISION WHICH KNOCKED THE STUFFING OUT OF

WORKSOP

SUPPORTERS

FOR

DECADES.

ALL

THE

FOOTBALL ATTRACTED THE FANS AND SUCCESS IN THE

SUPPORTERS HAD EXPECTED THE REPLAY TO TAKE

LATTER WAS FREQUENT BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE GREAT WAR. THE 1908 SEASON IN THE MIDLAND

PLACE AT CENTRAL AVENUE AND THEY SHOWED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT BY STAYING AWAY FROM MATCHES

LEAGUE SAW THE CLUB, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE DONOVANS, AFTER THE DUKE OF PORTLAND’S RACEHORSE, DRAWN AWAY AGAINST CHELSEA IN THE FA CUP SIXTH ROUND. WORKSOP LOST, BUT THE GATES WERE CLOSED WITH 70,184 FANS INSIDE THE GROUND – THE LARGEST CROWD EVER TO WATCH WORKSOP FC. IN 1911

50TH BIRTHDAY 1861. WORKSOP'S

THE CLUB CELEBRATED ITS

MAKING THE YEAR OF FOUNDATION

1921-22

SEASON WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SINCE THE WAR AND THE TEAM INCLUDED HODTHORPE BORN GOALKEEPER, JACK

BROWN, WHO BECAME THE CLUB’S FIRST ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL. SIGNED FROM WORKSOP WESLEY IN 1919, BROWN SERVED WORKSOP BRILLIANTLY UNTIL HIS TRANSFER TO SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY IN 1923, AFTER WHICH HE PLAYED FOR THE ENGLISH LEAGUE AGAINST THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE AT LEICESTER IN MARCH 1927. AT WEMBLEY ON 2ND APRIL 1927 BROWN KEPT GOAL FOR THE FULL ENGLAND SIDE IN A VICTORY AGAINST SCOTLAND AND A REPORTER IN ATHLETIC NEWS SAID; "BROWN KEPT A SPLENDID GOAL AND IN MY OPINION IS IN SAM HARDY'S CLASS". IN A BRIEF EIGHT YEAR CAREER HE HAD PROGRESSED

FROM

JUNIOR

FOOTBALL

INTERNATIONAL CLASS AND ALWAYS WORE A BROWN

TO

WITH A RESULT THAT THE CLUBS DEBTS MOUNTED.

A STAND HAD BEEN BUILT ON THE NETHERHOLME SIDE OF THE GROUND, BUT THE ROOF BLEW OFF SEVERAL TIMES IN STORMS, WHILE THE CHANGING ROOMS BECAME UNUSABLE AND THE TEAMS PREPARED FOR MATCHES AT SEVERAL TOWN CENTRE INNS, INCLUDING

THE KING EDWARD VII, KINGS HEAD AND MARQUIS OF GRANBY. BEFORE AND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR WORKSOP WAS RUN BY A COMMITTEE OF THE CRICKET CLUB, CHAIRED BY GEORGE RAYNES, BUT WITHOUT THE HELP OF A MOST ACTIVE SUPPORTERS CLUB COULD NEVER

HAVE

CONTINUED

PROFESSIONAL CLUB.

AS

A

NON-LEAGUE

IN THE MID-1960S WORKSOP WON THE MIDLAND LEAGUE AND BECAME FOUNDER MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE. SADLY AFTER ONE SEASON WORKSOP WERE RELEGATED BACK TO THE MIDLAND LEAGUE. THE ARRIVAL OF FRED HORNE AS CHAIRMAN IN THE LATE 1970S GAVE A NEWLY REFORMED FOOTBALL CLUB SOME STABILITY AGAIN, CULMINATING IN RE-ENTRY INTO THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEVENTIES CAME WHEN WORKSOP REACHED THE FA CUP FIRST ROUND AND WERE DRAWN AWAY TO BARNSLEY ON

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WORKSOP TOWN SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER 1978. ALTHOUGH THE TIGERS LOST BY A 5-1 MARGIN WITH THE GOAL BEING SCORED BY KEVIN WOODS, OTHER FAMOUS NAMES IN THAT GAME INCLUDED ALAN CLARKE (PLAYER MANAGER), PETER SPRINGETT (GOALKEEPER), GRAHAM PUGH, JOHN SAUNDERS (LATER TO BECOME WORKSOP'S CENTRE HALF) AND MICK MCCARTHY.

LEAGUE. THE TIGERS

THE CLUB MOVED TO ITS NEXT HOME OF SANDY LANE IN 1992 WHICH WAS A FORMER SAND QUARRY, LANDFILL SITE, AND COUNCIL RECREATION GROUND. BECAUSE OF THE SITE’S HISTORY NEARLY TWO YEARS OF GROUND

AFTER GAINING ENTRY TO THE CONFERENCE NORTH LEAGUE BY VIRTUE OF A SEVENTH PLACE FINISH,

WORK WERE NECESSARY BEFORE THE GRANDSTAND AND

DESPITE A

CLUBHOUSE COULD BE ERECTED AND THE NEW PITCH

MANAGED TO STAVE OFF RELEGATION DOWN TO THE

LAID. THE 1990S ON THE PLAYING FRONT WERE DOMINATED BY ONE KENNY CLARK, TOP SCORER OF NO

UNIBOND PREMIER LEAGUE. MANAGER STEVE LUDLAM LEFT THE CLUB, AND THE FORMER BARNSLEY AND CELTIC FAVOURITE RONNIE GLAVIN WAS INSTALLED IN MAY 2004 ALONG WITH HIS ASSISTANT PETER PRICE. THE CLUB REACHED THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE FA TROPHY IN 2005/06, AFTER VICTORIES OVER CONFERENCE OPPOSITION IN BURTON ALBION AND ACCRINGTON STANLEY ALONG THE WAY. IN SEPTEMBER 2006 RONNIE GLAVIN LEFT THE CLUB AND CARETAKER BOSS IAN BOWLING WAS INSTALLED AS TEMPORARY MANAGER, WINNING THE MANAGER OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR OCTOBER 2006. EX-CHAIRMAN KEITH ILETT WAS GIVEN THE POSITION OF LIFE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB AFTER MANY YEARS INVOLVEMENT. JOHN HEPWORTH BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE CLUB. UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER SUCH A PROMISING START TO IAN BOWLING'S TENURE, RESULTS FADED, AND WORKSOP WERE RELEGATED TO THE PREMIER DIVISION OF THE UNIBOND LEAGUE AT THE END OF 2006/07.

PETER RINKCAVAGE RETURNED TO WORKSOP IN JUNE 2007 (WHERE HE HAS BEEN PLAYER, COACH AND ASSISTANT MANAGER IN THE PAST) TO TAKE THE CLUB FORWARD ON THE PLAYING SIDE. TOGETHER WITH HIS ASSISTANT MANAGER JASON MAYBURY, PETER

LESS THAN SIX SEASONS, AND LATTERLY THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM,

PAUL MITCHELL AND DANNY HAGUE, WHO IN 1997/8 REGAINED FOR THE CLUB THE PREMIER DIVISION PLACE LOST 10 YEARS EARLIER. THE

VERY FIRST SEASON BACK IN THE TOP FLIGHT

BROUGHT A BEST EVER RUNNERS-UP PLACE, WHILE THE FIRST SEASON OF THE NEW CENTURY SAW A FINAL PLACE IN THE FA AGAINST FOREST GREEN

QUARTER-

TROPHY CUP COMPETITION ROVERS WHICH THE TIGERS LOST BY A 2-1 MARGIN, THE GOAL-SCORER BEING GARY TOWNSEND. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE 2002/03 SEASON WAS WORKSOP'S 2-1 AWAY VICTORY AGAINST CHESTER CITY IN THE FA TROPHY COMPETITION WHO AT THE TIME WERE LYING IN SECOND PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE LEAGUE. WORKSOP'S SCORERS ON THAT DAY WERE GARY TOWNSEND AND GAVIN SMITH WITH A LATE WINNER. IN MID-APRIL 2003 PAUL MITCHELL AND HIS ASSISTANT PETER RINKCAVAGE WERE DISMISSED AFTER A SUCCESSFUL SIX AND A HALF YEAR SPELL AND THE

BOARD WITH

APPOINTED NEW WHOM

THEY

MANAGER, STEVE LUDLAM,

PUT

THEIR

TRUST

TO

GAIN

PROMOTION TO THE NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE NORTH

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2002/03 SEASON AFTER WINNING THE SHEFFIELD SENIOR CUP BY A 2-1 MARGIN AGAINST DONCASTER ROVERS AT HILLSBOROUGH. THE SCORERS WERE MARK BARNARD AND RYAN LUDLAM, SON OF MANAGER STEVE, WHO COMPLETED THE

SCORED A WINNING PENALTY JUST TWO MINUTES FROM TIME TO SECURE THE SILVERWARE.

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OFF THE FIELD FORCED THE CLUB INTO A

CREDITORS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT. BUT 10 POINT DEDUCTION THE CLUB JUST

MANAGED TO ACHIEVE A COMPLETE TURNAROUND ON THE FIELD WHICH CULMINATED IN AN EXCELLENT NINTH

THE TIGERS PLACE FINISH IN THE LEAGUE.

BOARD HAD FROM THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE. WAS LEAVING AND THAT THE

AT THE END OF THE 2007/08 SEASON, WORKSOP TOWN WAS LOCKED OUT OF ITS SANDY LANE GROUND

BY THE LEASEHOLDER, WHO LATER WAS TO SELL THE GROUND TO PARRAMORE FC FROM SHEFFIELD. 2008/09 WAS SPENT AT HUCKNALL TOWN FC AND

RESIGNED

COMING AND GOING BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.

2014/15, THEN, FOUND THE CLUB MAKING ITS BOW AT STEP 5 IN THE PREMIER DIVISION OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE WHERE SECOND PLACE IN THE TABLE WAS ATTAINED. NOT ENOUGH FOR PROMOTION, AND 2015/6 SAW A 4TH PLACE FINISH AFTER A MIDSEASON EXODUS OF SENIOR PLAYERS. AFTER A COUPLE OF INDIFFERENT SEASONS, WORKSOP WON BOTH THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE AND THE LEAGUE CUP IN 2018/19, AFTER NO LESS THAN 22 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES, TO GAIN PROMOTION BACK TO THE LOWER REGIONALISED TIER OF THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE. AT THE END OF THE 2019/20 SEASON PETER WHITEHEAD TOOK OVER AS CHAIRMAN AND STARTED A

DECIDED THAT HE HAD

PROGRAMME OF GROUND IMPROVEMENTS THE FIRST

AFTER A DIFFICULT FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON WHILST THE CLUB WERE REELING FROM LOSING THE GROUND, MANAGER PETER RINKCAVAGE TURNED THE FORTUNES OF THE CLUB AROUND AND RESULTS WERE MUCH

NEW YEAR, CLUB’S PREMIER LEAGUE STATUS.

MAINTAINING THE

THE

PLAY THEIR HOME

IMPROVED AFTER THE

NEXT SEASON SAW THE

TIGERS

GAMES AT ILKESTON TOWN WHICH STARTED WITH PROMISE AND ENDED ALMOST IN DISASTER, PLAYERS

JOHN HEPWORTH [CHAIRMAN]

FIFA

STAGE INCLUDED INSTALLING A

TO JASON CLARK. 2010/11 SAW JASON AT THE HELM AND UNDER HIS GUIDANCE WE HAD A GOOD SEASON,

SURFACE AND THE BUILDING OF A NEW CHANGING ROOM AND RECEPTION COMPLEX.

PLAYING AT

THE

MCINTOSH

RETFORD UNITED. HE

APPOINTED

MARTIN

AS FIRST TEAM MANAGER PART WAY

THROUGH THE SEASON AND ONLY JUST FAILED TO GET A PLAY-OFF PLACE.

2011/12 THE TIGERS

WERE BACK IN TOWN AFTER

THREE YEARS ON THE ROAD, BACK AT

SANDY LANE, SHARING WITH THE NEW OWNERS PARRAMORE SPORTS AND HOPING TO DO WELL. A SHEFFIELD SENIOR CUP VICTORY OVER FRICKLEY AT HILLSBOROUGH AUGURED WELL FOR THE FUTURE. A NEW MANAGER IN SIMON CLARK JOINED THE FOLLOWING SEASON LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON RECENT PERFORMANCES, BUT AFTER LOOKING GOOD FOR A PLAY-OFF PLACE THE TEAM FADED AWAY TO FINISH 9TH AND HE DEPARTED. MARK SHAW FOLLOWED AND PERFORMED MIRACLES ON A REDUCED BUDGET GETTING THE TEAM INTO THE PROMOTION PLAY OFF PLACES BY FINISHING FOURTH.

FYLDE

A

DEFEAT AT

AFC

SAW THE HOPES FADE BUT JUST A SHORT TIME

LATER NEWS BROKE THAT CLUB BACKER JASON CLARK

START OF THE

2020/21

QUALITY

3G

DONE ALL HE COULD DO AND HANDED THE CLUB OVER

SEASON SAW THE

PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES MANAGEMENT DUO CRAIG PARRY AND CRAIG ROUSE ALONG WITH AN INFLUX OF NEW PLAYERS. WITH ONLY ONE DEFEAT IN THEIR OPENING SEVEN LEAGUE THE TIGERS FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE FRINGE OF THE PLAY-OFF POSITIONS, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THE SEASON WAS CURTAILED, AND ALL RESULTS EXPUNGED. BEFORE THE START OF THE 2021/22 SEASON CRAIG ROUSE RETURNED TO HIS FORMER CLUB AND THE LEAGUES CONSTITUTION CHANGED WITH ANOTHER STEP 4 DIVISION ADDED. DESPITE A SPATE OF PLAYER APPOINTMENT

OF

THE

FORMER

MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON THE TEAM DID THREATEN TO BREAK INTO THE PLAY-OFF PLACES.

HOWEVER POOR FORM IN THE LAST WEEKS OF THE SEASON, THE CLUB COULD ONLY FINISH THE CAMPAIGN IN A MID-TABLE POSITION.

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BRAD GRAYSON SPONSORED BY JOHN BOWKER

SIGNED FROM GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY, BRAD BRINGS 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.

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I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A SUBJECT CLOSE TO MY HEART, MENTAL HEALTH, AND MORE SO, MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT TOOK THE TIME TO WATCH CRAIG NELTHORPE’S BRAVE POST MATCH INTERVIEW AFTER GRANTHAM TOWN LAST WEEK WHAT YOU SAW THERE WAS A MAN THAT NEEDED HELP, GOT THE HELP, AND IS NOW WILLING TO SHARE THE FACT THAT THE HELP HE’S RECEIVING IS HELPING HIM BE AWARE OF, AND FIGHT HIS DEMONS, AND THAT IS A ROAD THAT I HAVE BEEN DOWN MANY TIMES BEFORE.

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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.

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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.

AT

AUGUST MARK WARD LEFT THE CLUB, CITING ONE VOICE WOULD BE BETTER THAN TWO IN THE MANAGERIAL POSITION. JAS COLLIVER LEFT THE CLUB IN OCTOBER AND WAS REPLACED BY GRANT BLACK ON AN 18 MONTH CONTRACT. THE END OF

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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) SHEFFIELD (H) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST

NPL EAST FAT 1Q FAT 2Q NPL EAST

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

NELTHORPE, STACEY ALDRICH (2) FEARON ALDRICH

BEATSON ALDRICH BURNS ZOTTOS

281 115 351 267

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

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

3-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 4-2 2-0 1-1

THEWLIS, STACEY, GRAYSON METCALFE

THEWLIS STACEY BEATSON HOGG STACEY HOGG SOUTH

343 616 264 361 125 345 413

NPL EAST NPL EAST WR COUNTY CUP NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

1-1 1-1 1-3 4-0 P-P

PETERSON GRAYSON GRAYSON BURNS, SOUTH, LIPKA, CURTIS NEW DATE TBC

HOGG BURNS MATCALFE NELTHORPE

359 379 198 267

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

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

BURNS, ALDRICH (2), WILSON HOGG (2) ALDRICH

NOVEMBER 05/11/22 12/11/22 15/11/22 19/11/22 22/11/22 26/11/22

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

DECEMBER 02/12/22 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

NEW DATE, NOW FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER

JANUARY 2023 02/01/23 07/01/23 14/01/23 21/01/23 27/01/23

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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

NEW DATE, NOW FRIDAY 27 JANUARY

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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 BURNS, DANNY CADMAN, JAMES CASSIUS-GILL, JUNAYD CURTIS, NATHAN FEARON, OLLIE GAGEN, HARRY GRAYSON, BRAD HALL, EDD HALL, LIAM HOLLINGSWORTH, MICHAEL LIPKA, JANNI METCALFE, OLI MORRIS, BEN NELTHORPE, CRAIG PETERSON, ALEX ROBSON, DERRY SOUTH, DANNY

FORMER PLAYERS 2022/23 APPS GLS 14 2(1) 3(1) 4(2) 13(2) 15(1) 12(1) 21 1 20(1) 4(1) 8(10) (1) 6(1) 3(1) 3(2) 6

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

CAREER APPS GLS 14 3 4 6 15 53 13 33 1 21 5 28 1 11 4 5 6

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

NAME ALDRICH, LUKE BEATSON, BRAD COWGILL, JACK CROPPER, TOM HARDAKER, ROSS HODGSON, CONNOR HOGG, LUKE JOHNSEN, EIVIND OFOEGBU, IFY PARKIN, JOE PHILLIPSON, ALEX STACEY, JOE THEWLIS, GEORGE WALDRAM, JOSH WILSON, JACK ZOTTOS, BASILE

2022/23 APPS GLS 11(5) 10 21 1 3 0 6 0 5(2) 0 4 0 10 2 0(5) 0 4 1 4(2) 0 1(2) 0 15(1) 3 8 1 0(1) 0 3(11) 1 9(4) 2

CAREER APPS GLS 16 37 27 6 81 4 48 5 22 6 3 16 8 8 14 13

10 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 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

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

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P 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 15 16 15 17 16 16 16 16 16 14 17 18

W 13 13 9 8 7 8 7 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 0

D 1 1 2 4 6 3 4 6 5 5 5 2 6 3 2 5 4 6 4 6

L 1 2 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 6 5 9 6 8 9 7 8 5 10 12

F 50 39 26 26 36 25 32 17 22 19 20 21 24 22 26 24 22 14 18 15

A 9 15 20 26 23 18 24 30 19 22 24 31 24 30 29 27 33 19 33 42

+/41 24 6 0 13 7 8 -13 3 -3 -4 -10 0 -8 -3 -3 -11 -5 -15 -27

PTS 40 40 29 28 27 27 25 21 20 20 20 20 18 18 17 17 16 15 13 6

SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER BRIDLINGTON TOWN V GRANTHAM TOWN CARLTON TOWN V LINCOLN UNITED CONSETT AFC V BRIGHOUSE TOWN GRIMSBY BOROUGH V STOCKTON TOWN HEBBURN TOWN V STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST LONG EATON UTD V PONTEFRACT COLLS NORTH SHIELDS V CLEETHORPES TOWN OSSETT UNITED V WORKSOP TOWN SHEFFIELD V SHILDON TADCASTER ALBION V DUNSTON TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER GRANTHAM TOWN V WORKSOP TOWN FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER TADCASTER ALBION V OSSETT UTD

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WORKSOP TOWN PLAYER PROFILES SEBASTIAN MALKOWSKI – GOALKEEPER THE FORMER POLISH INTERNATIONAL JOINED THE CLUB IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 HAVING PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR FRICKLEY ATHLETIC AND PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES AMONGST OTHERS. DEEGAN ATHERTON - DEFENDER DEEGAN JOINED THE TIGERS IN 2018 FROM ROTHERHAM UNITED. THE DEPENDABLE DEFENDER IS COMFORTABLE AT FULL BACK AND CENTRE BACK.

JOSH WILDE - DEFENDER JOSH JOINED THE CLUB IN THIS SUMMER FROM ALFRETON TOWN FC. JOSH STARTED HIS CAREER AT SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVING ONTO BUXTON FC, NORTH FERRIBY UNITED WHERE HE WAS AN FA TROPHY WINNER, AND HALIFAX TOWN. HAMZA BENCHERIF - DEFENDER THE FRENCH BORN DEFENDER JOINS US FROM GUISELEY AFC, WHERE HE WAS CLUB CAPTAIN. HIS PREVIOUS CLUBS INCLUDE GUINGAMP, NOTTS COUNTY, LINCOLN CITY AND MACCLESFIELD TOWN. JACK BROADHEAD DEFENDER/MIDFIELD JACK JOINED THE CLUB FROM PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES IN THE SUMMER OF 2020. JACK HAS A STRONG AERIAL PRESENCE IN BOTH PENALTY AREAS

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WHERE HE SCORED A HAT TRICK OF HEADERS IN A GAME AGAINST PICKERING TOWN LAST JANUARY.

NATHAN VALENTINE MIDFIELD NATHAN JOINED THE CLUB FROM OSSETT UNITED FC JUST BEFORE THE TRANSFER DEADLINE IN MARCH 2022. THE BOX-TO-BOX MIDFIELDER LISTS SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC AMONGST HIS FORMER CLUBS. AARON SENNETT-NEILSON MIDFIELD THE TRICKY WINGER JOINED THE CLUB IN THE 2019/20 SEASON WHERE HE INITIALLY PLAYED FOR THE CLUBS UNDER 21 TEAM. HE HAS SINCE MOVED UP TO THE CLUBS FIRST TEAM, WHERE HE MADE NEARLY 50 APPEARANCES. LUKE HALL - MIDFIELD LUKE JOINED THE CLUB FROM SHEFFIELD FC IN FEBRUARY 2022 IN A DEAL THAT SAW JAMES BAXENDALE MOVE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE FORMER ENGLAND SCHOOLBOY INTERNATIONAL CAME THROUGH THE SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY ACADEMY VAUGHAN REDFORD - FORWARD THE ENIGMATIC FORWARD RE-JOINED THE CLUB FROM PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES FC WHERE HE SPENT THE EARLY PART OF LAST SEASON. HE WENT ON TO SCORE 12 GOALS IN 37 APPEARANCES.

THE TIGERS ALEKSANDRS STARCENKO MIDFIELD THE LATVIAN MIDFIELDER JOINED THE CLUB IN OCTOBER 2020, BUT DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IT WAS NOT UNTIL LAST SEASON THAT WE SAW THE YOUNG ATTACKING MIDFIELDER'S FULL POTENTIAL.

PAUL GREEN - MIDFIELD THE VASTLY EXPERIENCED FORMER REPUBLIC OF IRELAND INTERNATIONAL JOINS US FROM BOSTON UNITED FC WHERE HE WAS A REGULAR IN THE TEAM THAT JUST FAILED TO GAIN PROMOTION TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

SAMUEL WEDGBURY - MIDFIELD THE VASTLY EXPERIENCED MIDFIELDER JOINS US FROM STALYBRIDGE CELTIC FC WHERE HE WAS CLUB CAPTAIN. THE FORMER SHEFFIELD UNITED JUNIOR LISTS MACCLESFIELD TOWN FC, FOREST GREEN ROVERS AND WREXHAM AMONGST HIS FORMER CLUBS.

TERRY HAWKRIDGE - MIDFIELD THE NOTTINGHAM BORN WINGER JOINS US AFTER HAVING SPENT THE 2021/22 SEASON WITH BOSTON UNITED AND MATLOCK TOWN. IN THE LAST GAME OF THE 2016/17 SEASON TERRY SCORED BOTH THE GOALS THAT ENSURED LINCOLN CITY'S RETURN TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

LIAM HARDY - FORWARD LIAM JOINED THE CLUB FROM HYDE UNITED FC IN OCTOBER 2021 AND IT TOOK LITTLE TIME FOR THE DONCASTER BORN GOAL SCORER TO BECOME A FIRM FANS FAVOURITE. JAMES HANSON - FORWARD THE BRADFORD BORN FORWARD BEGAN HIS NONLEAGUE CAREER WITH ECCLESHILL UNITED FC AND GUISELEY AFC BEFORE MAKING OVER 300 APPEARANCES FOR BRADFORD CITY FC. HE THEN MOVED ONTO SHEFFIELD UNITED AND OTHERS BEFORE RETURNING TO NONLEAGUE FOOTBALL. LIAM HUGHES - FORWARD THE FORMER MATLOCK TOWN FC CAPTAIN WAS A LONG TIME TRANSFER TARGET FOR TIGERS MANAGER CRAIG PARRY. THE VASTLY EXPERIENCED FORWARD WILL BE A MAJOR PRESENCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE PITCH.

BEN TOMLINSON - FORWARD THE LOCALLY BORN FORWARD HAS RECENTLY TAKEN UP THE ROLL OF PLAYER/COACH. BEN HAS SCORED OVER 50 GOALS IN TWO SPELLS WITH THE CLUB. AFTER MOVING FROM THE

UNDER 19 TEAM TO THE FIRST TEAM BEN SIGNED A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WITH MACCLESFIELD TOWN FC

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: “ORANGE FREE STATE FOOTBALL TEAM”

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EDD HALL DANNY BURNS HARRY COATES HARRY GAGEN CRAIG NELTHORPE DANNY SOUTH (CPT) JAMES CADMAN CONNOR LEAK-BLUNT MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH JANNI LIPKA OLI METCALFE DERRY ROBSON DAVID BROWN JUNAYD CASSIUS-GILL NATHAN CURTIS BRAD GRAYSON BEN MORRIS ALEX PETERSON

SEB MALKOWSKI REGAN HUTCHINSON JOSH WILDE SAM WEDGBURY HAMZA BENCHERIF JACK BROADHEAD TERRY HAWKRIDGE VAUGHAN REDFORD LIAM HARDY LIAM HUGHES JAY ROLLINS JAMES HANSON LUKE HALL DEEGAN ATHERTON ALEKSANDRS STARCENKO TAVONGA KULEYA

MATCH OFFICIALS AR1 DWAYNE CHAPPELL

REFEREE MATT TYERS

AR2 MICK CORBALLY