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

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

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 V WORKSOP TOWN

MATCH SPONSOR:

PAUL FOWLER RAIL PROJECT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

CELEBRATING PAUL’S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH

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

JAMES ROGERS , CHAIRMAN

THAT FOLLOWING A MID-AFTERNOON PITCH INSPECTION THE LEAGUE ADVISED US THAT THEY 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.

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.

ENJOY THE GAME

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 TRUE THEN I DO HOPE THAT A SEVERE PUNISHMENT IS HANDED DOWN TO SHEFFIELD 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

INTEREST .

BACK TO TODAY AND LOOKING AT WORKSOP TOWN IT 'S FAIR 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 13 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 .

THE DUGOUT

T PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH

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 US FEEL VERY WELCOME WHEN WE LAST VISITED THEM IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SPEAKING TO VARIOUS CLUBS THROUGHOUT OUR LEAGUE WORKSOP APPEAR TO BE WELL UP THERE IN MANY PEOPLE’S MINDS AS 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 INFLICTED A 4-0 DEFEAT ON GRANTHAM TOWN ON THEIR OWN PATCH (A VERY NICE PATCH AT THAT APART FROM THE RUNNING TRACK AROUND THE PITCH!) WHICH WAS THEIR HEAVIEST

DEFEAT OF THE SEASON SO FAR AND OUR BIGGEST WINNING MARGIN SINCE THE NEW YEAR’S DAY DEFEAT BRIGHOUSE TOWN IN SEASON 2019/2020. SADLY DIDN’T ERASE FROM THE MEMORY THE LOSS IN THE EST RIDING COUNTY CUP AT LOWER DIVISION GOLCAR NITED THE PREVIOUS TUESDAY BUT IT DID SOFTEN THE BLOW SOMEWHAT. THE FOOTBALL WE PLAYED AT RANTHAM WAS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THAT WHICH HAS BEEN ALL TOO PREVALENT IN THE EARLY PART OF THE CAMPAIGN AND, WITH THE BALL MORE ON THE GROUND THAN IN THE AIR, WE LOOKED A FAR BETTER 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 THINK ABOUT HELPING THESE WORTHY CAUSES WHEN POSSIBLE WITH A DONATION IN THE COLLECTING BOXES ON THE BARS AROUND THE CLUB. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE COLLECTIONS FOR THE LOCAL

THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

FOODBANK WHICH 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 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 FOOD DONATIONS.

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.

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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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

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

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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

RAIG NELTHORPE

DANNY BURNS

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

SPONSORED BY: THE HANKS FAMILY

PLAYER PROFILES

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

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

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

OLI METCALFE

DERRY ROBSON

NATHAN CURTIS

PLAYER PROFILES

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.

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 .

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WORKSOP TOWN

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 AREA PRESENTLY OCCUPIED BY THE HOLY FAMILY RC SCHOOL AND THE OUTWOOD PORTLAND SCHOOL. PLAYING 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. FOOTBALL MATCHES WERE PLAYED ON THE EASTERN SIDE, THE 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

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 THE NEW SITE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMMITTEE AND 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, WITH A RESULT THAT THE 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

FOOTBALL ATTRACTED THE FANS AND SUCCESS IN THE LATTER WAS FREQUENT BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE GREAT WAR. THE 1908 SEASON IN THE MIDLAND 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 THE CLUB CELEBRATED ITS 50TH BIRTHDAY MAKING THE YEAR OF FOUNDATION 1861. WORKSOP'S 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 TO INTERNATIONAL CLASS AND ALWAYS WORE A BROWN

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 SUPPORTERS HAD EXPECTED THE REPLAY TO TAKE PLACE AT CENTRAL AVENUE AND THEY SHOWED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT BY STAYING AWAY FROM MATCHES 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 AS A NON-LEAGUE PROFESSIONAL CLUB.

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

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.

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 WORK WERE NECESSARY BEFORE THE GRANDSTAND AND CLUBHOUSE COULD BE ERECTED AND THE NEW PITCH LAID. THE 1990S ON THE PLAYING FRONT WERE DOMINATED BY ONE KENNY CLARK, TOP SCORER OF NO 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 QUARTERFINAL PLACE IN THE FA TROPHY CUP COMPETITION AGAINST FOREST GREEN 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 APPOINTED NEW MANAGER, STEVE LUDLAM, WITH WHOM THEY PUT THEIR TRUST TO GAIN PROMOTION TO THE NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE NORTH

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

AFTER GAINING ENTRY TO THE CONFERENCE NORTH LEAGUE BY VIRTUE OF A SEVENTH PLACE FINISH, FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OFF THE FIELD FORCED THE CLUB INTO A CREDITORS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT. BUT DESPITE A 10 POINT DEDUCTION THE CLUB JUST MANAGED TO STAVE OFF RELEGATION DOWN TO THE 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 MANAGED TO ACHIEVE A COMPLETE TURNAROUND ON THE FIELD WHICH CULMINATED IN AN EXCELLENT NINTH

THE TIGERS

PLACE FINISH IN THE LEAGUE.

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 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 IMPROVED AFTER THE NEW YEAR, MAINTAINING THE CLUB’S PREMIER LEAGUE STATUS.

THE NEXT SEASON SAW THE TIGERS PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT ILKESTON TOWN WHICH STARTED WITH PROMISE AND ENDED ALMOST IN DISASTER, PLAYERS COMING AND GOING BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. JOHN HEPWORTH [CHAIRMAN] DECIDED THAT HE HAD DONE ALL HE COULD DO AND HANDED THE CLUB OVER TO JASON CLARK. 2010/11 SAW JASON AT THE HELM AND UNDER HIS GUIDANCE WE HAD A GOOD SEASON, PLAYING AT RETFORD UNITED. HE APPOINTED MARTIN MCINTOSH 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. A DEFEAT AT AFC FYLDE SAW THE HOPES FADE BUT JUST A SHORT TIME LATER NEWS BROKE THAT CLUB BACKER JASON CLARK

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

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 PROGRAMME OF GROUND IMPROVEMENTS THE FIRST STAGE INCLUDED INSTALLING A FIFA QUALITY 3G SURFACE AND THE BUILDING OF A NEW CHANGING ROOM AND RECEPTION COMPLEX.

THE START OF THE 2020/21 SEASON SAW THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FORMER 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 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.

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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CRAIG BIDDLESTONE

LESS LIKELY TO TALK TO FAMILY OR FRIENDS ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA SURROUNDING THE ILLNESS. OFTEN, AN INDIVIDUAL WON’T ALWAYS BE AWARE THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE STRUGGLING, IF YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS THAT YOU ARE WORRIED OR CONCERNED ABOUT WOULD YOU KNOW HOW TO TALK TO THEM OR HOW TO HELP?

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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.

SUICIDE IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR MEN UNDER THE AGE OF 40, AND MEN AGED 40 TO 49 HAVE THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES IN THE UK, FEAR OF STIGMA AND A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OFTEN MEAN MEN STRUGGLE WITH THEIR FEELINGS ALONE, AND ARE UNABLE TO ASK FOR HELP BEFORE IT’S OFTEN TOO LATE.

MEN MAY ALSO BE MORE LIKELY TO USE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL COPING METHODS SUCH AS DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR GAMBLING AND ARE

* ASK TWICE: SOMETIMES WE SAY WE’RE FINE WHEN WE’RE NOT. TO REALLY FIND OUT, ASK TWICE. IT SHOWS YOU’RE WILLING TO BE THERE AND LISTEN – NOW OR WHEN YOUR FRIEND IS READY.

* READ BETWEEN THE LINES: WHILE SOME MEN MIGHT COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY THEY ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, 31% ARE MORE LIKELY TO SAY THEY ARE STRESSED AND 30% THAT THEY ARE NOT FEELING THEMSELVES. 35% OF MEN SAID IF THEY WANTED TO TALK TO A FRIEND ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH THEY WOULD ASK HOW THEIR FRIEND IS DOING AND HOPE THEY’D ASK THEM BACK

* IF HE’S INVITING YOU TO GO FOR A DRINK ONEON-ONE, HE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A PROPER CHAT: 63% OF MEN SAID THEY WOULD BE MOST COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OVER A DRINK. KEEP AN ANY EYE OUT FOR THE HINT. TRY JUST LISTENING AND CREATING SOME SPACE FOR YOUR FRIEND TO

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* KNOW WHEN TO END THE BANTER: WE ALL LIKE A BIT OF BANTER FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT IT’S ALSO EASY TO SPOT WHEN SOMEONE’S NOT IN THE MOOD OR THEY WANT TO BE SERIOUS. IF YOU NOTICE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT YOUR FRIEND, OR YOUR JOKES AREN’T GOING DOWN SO WELL, ASK HOW THEY ARE DOING –AND ASK TWICE! REMEMBER, ‘GROW UP’ AND ‘MAN UP’ ARE NEVER HELPFUL. 42% OF MEN SAY PHRASES LIKE THAT ARE CONVERSATION BLOCKERS.

* NO NEED TO MAKE IT AWKWARD, JUST LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE SUPPORTED: 39% OF MEN SAY THEY’VE HAD A DISAPPOINTING REACTION WHEN THEY’VE SHARED THINGS ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PAST. ALL YOUR FRIEND WANTS TO HEAR IS THAT YOU’RE THERE FOR THEM AND YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS THEM WILL NOT CHANGE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY AND GIVE ADVICE, JUST BE THE GOOD FRIEND YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN.

THIS OF COURSE IS JUST A SMALL SNIPPET OF ADVICE, ESPECIALLY AS MENTAL HEALTH IN GENERAL, NOT JUST MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE AN ABSOLUTE MINEFIELD. HERE AT OSSETT UNITED WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON HAVING WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE FIRST MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPION & WELLBEING OFFICER AT OUR LEVEL

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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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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

A SIGNIFICANT AND UNPRECEDENTED COURT CASE, DATING BACK TO A TACKLE IN 2015 WHEN OSSETT TOWN WERE PLAYING RADCLIFFE BOROUGH, WAS LOST WITH UNITED FACING LEGAL AND DAMAGES COSTS AMOUNTING TO £135,000. FORTUNATELY, THE CLUB RECEIVED A GENEROUS LOAN FROM TWO OF ITS CLOSEST SUPPORTERS TO AVOID THE CLUB GOING INTO LIQUIDATION (AT WORST) OR SELLING THE INGFIELD GROUND (AT BEST).

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 THE END OF 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.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY 2023

FEBRUARY

MARCH

PLAYER STATS

FORMER PLAYERS

PITCHING IN NPL EAST

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

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-NEILSONMIDFIELD 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.

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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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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

LIAM HARDY

LIAM HUGHES

JAY ROLLINS

JAMES HANSON

LUKE HALL

DEEGAN

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