Ossett United v Dunston (14/01/2023)

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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, HAYDN FOX, OWEN GERRARD, JAMES GOTHARD, JON HUNT, GEORGE NORTHOVER, 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

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WELCOME TO INGFIELD, I HOPE EVERYONE FROM DUNSTON HAD A SAFE JOURNEY AND ENJOYS THEIR VISIT TO INGFIELD TODAY.

LAST TIME OUT WE PERFORMED ADMIRABLY AND TOOK A POINT HOME FROM SECOND PLACE STOCKTON TOWN THANKS TO A WELL TAKEN FINISH FROM ALEX PETERSON, HIS THIRD GOAL IN THREE GAMES, FROM AN EXCELLENT CHRIS DAWSON CROSS.

THAT, HOWEVER, WAS NOT THE MAIN TALKING POINT FROM THE GAME AS CAPTAIN DANNY SOUTH WAS SENT OFF WITH THE REASON GIVEN BEING THAT HE DENIED A GOALSCORING OPPORTUNITY (DOGSO). ANYONE WHO WAS THERE, OR SAW THE SUBSEQUENT FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT, WILL HAVE BEEN SURPRISED AT THE DECISION. IN LAW, FOR A PLAYER TO BE DISMISSED FOR DOGSO THE FOLLOWING MUST BE CONSIDERED I) DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OFFENCE AND THE GOAL, II) GENERAL DIRECTION OF PLAY, III) LIKELIHOOD OF KEEPING OR GAINING CONTROL OF THE BALL AND IV) LOCATION AND NUMBER OF DEFENDERS.

JAMES ROGERS , CHAIRMAN

CLEAR TO SEE THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE SOME 30 YARDS FROM GOAL WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE PLAYERS WAS AWAY FROM GOAL, TOWARDS

CORNER FLAG AND THERE WAS NO LIKELIHOOD OF THE ATTACKING PLAYER GAINING CONTROL OF THE BALL AS WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK PLACE THE BALL WAS BOUNCING PAST EDD HALL AND OUT OF PLAY FOR A GOALKICK. THEREFORE, FAIR TO SAY WE WERE A LITTLE ASTOUNDED AT THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE REFEREE AFTER CONSULTING HIS ASSISTANT.

WHILST WE WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DECISION, THE TEAMS WERE NOW EVENED OUT FOLLOWING THE DISMISSAL OF A STOCKTON TOWN PLAYER IN THE FIRST HALF FOLLOWING A NASTY CLASH WITH EDD HALL. SOON AFTER THE SENDING OFF STOCKTON GOT A GOAL AND OSSETT’S DEFENCE WAS UNDER THE COSH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WITH HEROICS FROM THE OUTSTANDING HARRY COATES SAVING THE DAY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THANKFULLY, WE NOW HAVE A TEAM WITH A NEVER-SAY-DIE ATTITUDE AND THEY FOUGHT BACK TO PUT STOCKTON UNDER SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE IN THE SECOND HALF AND GOT THE WELL DESERVED EQUALISER TO GET A POINT TO BE ONE OF ONLY FOUR SIDES TO LEAVE STOCKTON UNBEATEN THIS SEASON.

THAT SAID, AND IT'S EASY TO BLAME MATCH OFFICIALS WHEN A SIDE DOES NOT GET THE

RESULT THEY WANT, IT MUST BE REMEMBERED IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND WHILE IT IS HUMAN NATURE THAT ERRORS DO GET MADE IN REALITY THERE ARE FEW MISTAKES BY OFFICIALS THAT TRULY AFFECT THE RESULTS OF A GAME, AND IF MISTAKES WERE NOT MADE, THEY WOULD NO DOUBT BE PERFORMING MUCH HIGHER UP THE FOOTBALL PYRAMID WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE ALL AIMING TO ACHIEVE.

THANKFULLY THERE IS A MECHANISM TO APPEAL AND AS I WRITE THIS PIECE (WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) WE AWAIT THE APPEAL PANEL’S CONSIDERATION OF THIS ON THURSDAY. IT’S VERY RARE THAT YOU WIN AN APPEAL, BUT THIS

IS IN MY VIEW A REAL TEST OF THE APPEAL PROCESS CONSIDERING THE VERY CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED. WATCH THIS SPACE ……

P.S. WE NOW APPEAL SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATES PURPOSE IN AND, IMPORTANTLY IS NOW AVAILABLE GAME.

JAMES ROGERS , CHAIRMAN

DANNY SOUTH HEADS HOME THE EQUALISER AGAINST PONTE COLLS

GRANT BLACK

WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GAME

TODAY, BACK AT HOME WITH ANOTHER TOUGH MATCH AGAINST A TEAM, WHO FROM A LOT OF MANAGERS, SAY ARE POTENTIALLY THE BEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE AND THAT IS THE FEEDBACK I HAVE HAD FROM WITHIN THE CLUB TOO. THE CLUB DREW 3-3 AWAY TO DUNSTON AT THE START OF THE SEASON AND THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS THE BEST AGAINST US THIS SEASON.

THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD GAME IN A ROW AGAINST A TOP SIX SIDE AND I AM HOPING TO KEEP THAT UNBEATEN RUN AGAINST SUCH OPPOSITION GOING.

WE ARE BUILDING A TEAM WHICH IS VERY HARD TO BEAT AS SHOWN IN OUR RESULTS.

THE GAME SATURDAY AWAY AT STOCKTON AND THE PREVIOUS MONDAY AGAINST PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES WAS AGAINST TWO STRONG TEAMS WHERE IN LARGE PARTS WE PUT IN GOOD PERFORMANCES, AND WE WILL BE CONFIDENT GOING INTO THIS GAME WITH DUNSTON.

WE WERE ASKED BY THE BOARD TO COME IN AND BUILD A TEAM THAT REPRESENTS THE CLUB WITH A WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE TO PLAY FOR THE SHIRT AND REPRESENT THE TOWN. I FEEL WE NOW HAVE THIS IN PLACE AND IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS ADMIRABLE. IT TOOK US A SEASON TO

STABILISE BELPER TOWN AND ANOTHER YEAR TO GET PROMOTED; A FULL REBUILD IN MENTALITY AND ETHOS TAKES TIME. WE HAVE LOST TWO LEAGUE GAMES, YET I FEEL

TADCASTER ALBION AWAY WAS THE ONLY GAME WE'VE BEEN POOR FOR 90 MINUTES, YET EVEN THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WIN.

WE HAVE ADDED TO THE SQUAD AGAIN WITH PADDY MILLER WHO BRINGS GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A WINNING MENTALITY TO A FAIRLY YOUNG GROUP. IT IS GREAT TO GET HIM IN.

ALSO JOINING US IS FABIEN BAILEY WHO MADE HIS DEBUT AT STOCKTON, HE IS LIKE THE JAMES MILNER OF NON-LEAGUE. HE IS A PLAYER WHO CAN AND WILL PLAY ANYWHERE TO BENEFIT THE TEAM A 7 OUT OF 10 EVERY WEEK AND THESE PLAYERS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD. I BELIEVE THEY ARE TWO GREAT ADDITIONS.

NOW TO BUILD ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE REST OF THIS SEASON.

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T PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH

PLENTY OF POINTS TO PLAY FOR.

THIS AFTERNOON WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO INGFIELD TO THE DIRECTORS, OFFICIALS, MANAGEMENT, PLAYERS AND, NOT LEAST, THE SUPPORTERS OF DUNSTON FC WHO HAVE MADE THE TRIP DOWN FROM THE NORTH EAST FOR THIS NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE DIVISION ONE EAST CLASH. OUR TWO CLUBS HAVE MET ON SEVEN PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WITH DUNSTON GENERALLY HAVING THE UPPER HAND WITH FOUR WINS TO OUR SINGLE SUCCESS WITH TWO GAMES ENDING UP ALL SQUARE. EARLIER THIS SEASON, IN MIDWEEK AT DUNSTON, THOSE PRESENT WITNESSED A THRILLING 3 – 3 DRAW. ONLY ONCE HAS THERE BEEN AN OUTCOME WITH MORE THAN A GOAL IN IT SO, IF THINGS THIS AFTERNOON GO AS THEY USUALLY DO, WE COULD BE IN FOR ANOTHER TIGHT ENCOUNTER.

DUNSTON ARRIVE HERE LYING JUST OUTSIDE THE PLAY-OFF PLACES WITH 30 POINTS FROM THEIR 20 GAMES PLAYED. ALTHOUGH CURRENTLY OCCUPYING 15TH POSITION WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP HOPE OF REACHING THE PLAY-OFFS OURSELVES AND ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN START CONVERTING DRAWS INTO WINS. ONLY ONE TEAM (GRANTHAM TOWN) HAVE DRAWN MORE GAMES THAN WE HAVE SO FAR IN THIS CAMPAIGN. THERE ARE STILL 18 GAMES REMAINING SO THERE ARE

AST SATURDAY WE TRAVELLED UP TO TOCKTON TOWN AND, CONSIDERING THEIR LOFTY LEAGUE POSITION, A 1 – 1 DRAW WAS A CREDITABLE PERFORMANCE AND WE SHOWED A LOT OF CHARACTER IN COMING FROM BEHIND TO GRAB A SHARE OF THE SPOILS AGAINST PROMOTION HOPEFULS. ALEX PETERSON’S WELL STRUCK 82ND MINUTE EQUALISER STOLE THE HEADLINES BUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF HARRY COATES AT THE HEART OF OUR DEFENCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING THAT VALUABLE POINT. I DON’T NORMALLY COMMENT ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES IN THESE NOTES BUT IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME ON THIS OCCASION NOT TO SINGLE OUT HARRY FOR SPECIAL MENTION AS HE, IN MY OPINION, TURNED IN ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST OUTSTANDINGLY COMPLETE AND AUTHORITATIVE DISPLAYS BY A DEFENDER IN OSSETT UNITED’S COLOURS. HE CERTAINLY GAVE THE ADJUDICATORS IN PICKING THE ‘MAN OF THE MATCH’ AWARD WITH POSSIBLY THEIR EASIEST TASK OF THE SEASON.

OUR GOAL WAS SKILFULLY SWEPT INTO THE STOCKTON NET BY EX-OSSETT TOWN STRIKER ALEX PETERSON – HIS THIRD IN AS MANY GAMES – BUT THE ASSIST IS CREDITED TO NEW SIGNING CHRIS DAWSON. CHRIS JOINED OSSETT UNITED RECENTLY FROM BUXTON BUT HE DOES HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE TOWN AS HE IS THE SON OF THE LONG-SERVING OSSETT ALBION PLAYER LINDSAY DAWSON WHO SERVED ALBION FOR

THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

MANY SEASONS DURING A VERY SUCCESSFUL PERIOD IN THE CLUB’S HISTORY.

THE OTHER ENCOURAGING FACTOR OF NOTE WAS OUR NEW YEAR’S DAY ATTENDANCE FOR OUR ‘DERBY’ MATCH AGAINST PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES. THE OFFICIAL NUMBER IN THE GROUND FOR THAT ENCOUNTER WAS 814 WHICH SET A NEW RECORD FOR A SATURDAY AFTERNOON ATTENDANCE. THE EXTRA ‘FOOTFALL’ THROUGH THE TURNSTILES BRINGS WITH IT OTHER ADVANTAGES NOT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA REVENUE IT BRINGS INTO THE CLUB. WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE WISH TO TACKLE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE SOME OF WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO ENHANCING THE MATCH DAY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OUR SUPPORTERS AND VISITORS TO THE GROUND GENERALLY. MAJOR PROJECTS BY NATURE NECESSITATE A DEGREE OF GRANT FUNDING AND THAT IS NOT A PROCESS

WHICH CAN BE RUSHED OR SHORT CIRCUITED. IRONS ARE IN THE FIRE IN THAT RESPECT SO AT THE MOMENT IT’S A CASE OF PATIENCE AND CROSSED FINGERS.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT OSSETT UNITED HAVE ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER CHARITY ORGANISATION IN THE CHILDREN’S HEART SURGERY FUND. A COLLECTION BANK IS NOW ON SITE AT THE GROUND FOR DONATIONS OF CLOTHING AND WE ARE HOPEFUL WE, AS A CLUB, CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO ANOTHER VERY WORTHY CAUSE. CLOTHING, SHEETS, PAIRED SHOES, TOWELS, BLANKETS, CURTAINS, BELTS AND BAGS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO DEPOSIT BUT NOT SOILED RAGS, CARPETS, PILLOWS, DUVETS, GLASS AND METAL ITEMS NOR GENERAL RUBBISH. HOPEFULLY OUR SUPPORTERS WILL JOIN IN HELPING THE CHARITY BY BRINGING THEIR DONATIONS ALONG WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

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.

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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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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 .

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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 .

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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

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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

PADDY MILLER IS A WELL KNOWN PLAYER HAVING TURNED OUT FOR THE LIKES OF HYDE UNITED , SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC AND TADCASTER ALBION BEFORE RETIRING FROM THE GAME IN 2019, ENCOURAGED TO RETURN TO THE GAME BY FORMER TEAM MATES NOW AT OSSETT UNITED PADDY WILL BE A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE SIDE .

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FABIAN BAILEY

BAILEY JOINS OSSETT UNITED FROM PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES WHERE HE HAS SPENT THE LAST FOUR SEASONS. COMFORTABLE IN DEFENCE OF MIDFIELD HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT ROTHERHAM UNITED AND HAS ALSO HAD SPELLS AT FRICKLEY ATHLETIC AND OSSETT TOWN .

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LUKE HOGG

COMBATIVE MIDFIELDER, HOGGY WON THE GARY WIDDOP SUPPORTERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 2021/22, HOGG HAD A BRIEF SPELL AT WHITBY TOWN BEFORE JOINING FIRST ON LOAN AND THEN MAKING THE MOVE PERMANENT IN DECEMBER 2022.

SPONSORED BY: R&R GROUNDWORKS

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

PADDY MILLER

PLAYER PROFILES

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

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

A SKILFUL AND DIRECT WINGER, PETE HAS PLAYED FOR MATLOCK TOWN , BELPER TOWN , FRICKLEY ATHLETIC AND A STINT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC WITH 1.FC SLOVACKO FOLLOWING A SPELL WITH LEEDS UNITED U 18S

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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 .

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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.

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PITEU CROUZ

NATHAN CURTIS

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 .

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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

LUKE JOINED THE CLUB FROM ECCELSHILL UNITED IN THE SUMMER WHERE HE FIRED THEM TO A PLAY -OFF PLACE AND ONE GAME AWAY FROM PROMOTION . HE CONTINUED THAT FORM AT THE START OF THE SEASON EARNING HIMSELF A MOVE TO THE NPL PREMIER DIVISION . LUKE MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN AT THE START OF 2023

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CHRIS DAWSON STARTED HIS CAREER AT LEEDS UNITED WHERE HE MADE FOUR FIRST TEAM APPEARANCES AS WELL AS TWO FOR WALES U 21’S. HE HAS ALSO PLAYED FOR SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC , GRANTHAM TOWN AND BUXTON FROM WHO HE JOINED US ON DUEL REGISTRATION TERMS.

SPONSORED BY: PAUL COOPER

JAMES CARVELL

CARVELL IS COMFORTABLE OUT WIDE OR UP FRONT WITH PACE AND SKILL THAT WILL FRIGHTEN MANY A DEFENDER. CARVS PLAYED FOR DERBY COUNTY , AND BARNSLEY IN HIS YOUTH , AS WELL AS ILKESTON AND BARWELL IN NON -LEAGUE BEFORE SIGNING ON AT INGFIELD IN DECEMBER 2022

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ALEX PETERSON

LUKE ALDRICH

CHRIS DAWSON

FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS

HER GAME TOO: A MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE BY MATT RILEY

WHEN ENGLAND’S LIONESSES BROUGHT HOME THE NATION’S FIRST MAJOR TROPHY IN ALMOST SIXTY YEARS, THEY GALVANISED A NATION. FANS NEW AND OLD, MALE AND FEMALE, GOT BEHIND THE TEAM AND WOMEN’S FOOTBALL REACHED NEW HEIGHTS. IT WAS A DEMONSTRATION OF ALL THAT IS BRILLIANT IN SPORT AND A CELEBRATION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AT ITS FINEST. FOR MANY WOMEN, HOWEVER, FOOTBALL HASN’T BEEN, AND ISN’T ALWAYS, A SAFE, WELCOMING AND EQUAL SPACE. INCIDENTS OF SEXISM AND MISOGYNY HAVE BEEN ALL TOO OFTEN THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IN FOOTBALL, WHETHER AS PLAYERS, EMPLOYEES OR FANS. AND IT WAS SUCH UNDESIRABLE EXPERIENCES THAT LED TO TWO WOMEN MAKING A STAND.

ON 15 MAY 2021, CAZ MAY AND LUCY FORD, BOTH HAVING SUFFERED NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES AS WOMEN AT MEN’S FOOTBALL MATCHES, ESTABLISHED HER GAME TOO (HGT) – A CAMPAIGN TO ‘ERADICATE SEXISM IN THE FOOTBALL INDUSTRY’ ALLOWING ‘WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES TO FEEL CONFIDENT AND SAFE’ WITHIN FOOTBALL, WHICH LAUNCHED WITH A HARDHITTING AND IMPACTFUL VIDEO, WHICH I URGE ANYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. HAVING GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND WITH INCREASING INTEREST AND VISIBILITY FOR WOMEN IN THE GAME, MATT RILEY’S HER GAME TOO REFLECTS ON AND TAKES UP CAZ AND LUCY’S RALLYING CRY.

THE ISSUE OF A MAN WRITING THIS BOOK MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT ASKEW TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT, AS RILEY EXPLAINS, HE IS SIMPLY A FOOTBALL FAN, AND IN A WORLD WITHOUT SEXISM AND MISOGYNY THAT IS WHAT WE ALL ARE: NOT MALE OR FEMALE FANS, JUST

FOOTBALL FANS. IT IS ENCOURAGING TOO FOR HGT TO HAVE SUCH A PROUD AND VOCAL MALE ALLY. HAVING SAID THIS, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN EMPOWERING TO HAVE A FEMALE AUTHOR BEHIND THE BOOK? OF COURSE, BUT, ULTIMATELY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE VIA SUPPORTIVE AND COOPERATIVE MEANS AND RILEY IS CLEARLY A COMMITTED AND QUALIFIED ALLY. WHAT’S MORE HIS BOOK GIVES BOTH VOICE TO OTHER KEY ALLIES AND, CRUCIALLY, TO THE WOMEN THEMSELVES WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY INSULT AND ABUSE. INDEED, HGT CARRIED OUT A SURVEY OF FEMALE FANS IN 2021 TO GET A SENSE OF THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND ALL 371 RESPONSES ARE INCLUDED AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK. IF A READER CHOOSES TO READ NOTHING ELSE, THIS ALONE GIVES A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE PROBLEM THAT INSTIGATED THE NEED FOR HGT.

THE BOOK ITSELF OFFERS A WHISTLE-STOP TOUR OF SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES, THEMES, EXPERIENCES AND DEVELOPMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO SEXISM AND MISOGYNY IN THE GAME AND WHILE IT IS CLEAR THERE IS MUCH STILL TO BE DONE, THERE ARE EXAMPLES, NOT LEAST IN THE WORK OF HGT, THAT OFFER HOPE. WHILST THE GROWTH OF HGT MAY SEEM TO REFLECT THE CONTINUING CHALLENGES IN FOOTBALL, CONVERSELY IT IS A SYMBOL OF TRANSFORMATION AND PROGRESS, OF A GROUNDSWELL OF CHANGE, A CHORUS OF KNOWING VOICES. THE MESSAGE THAT COMES ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR IS THAT THERE IS NO REASON WHY WOMEN SHOULDN’T BE INVOLVED IN FOOTBALL IN WHATEVER GUISE THEY WISH, THEY HAVE EQUAL RIGHT TO BE SUPPORTERS, PLAYERS, MANAGERS, OFFICIALS AND THE LIKE IN A SAFE, WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE GAME, NOW THEY JUST NEED TO HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

DUNSTON

THE CLUB FIRST SAW LIGHT OF DAY IN 1975 AS A HUMBLE WORKS OUTFIT. LONG-SERVING CLUB STALWART, JOHN THOMPSON, ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS FELLOW WORKMATES AT HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE GATESHEAD, DECIDED TO FORM A FOOTBALL TEAM AND JOINED THE NEWCASTLE CITY AMATEUR LEAGUE PLAYING AT THE CIVIL SERVICE SPORTS GROUND, LONGBENTON, NEWCASTLE.

EARLY SUCCESS INSPIRED JOHN TO DEVELOP THE CLUB AND IT MOVED TO A NEW BASE, THE BAY HORSE PUBLIC HOUSE IN WHICKHAM. THE CLUB NAME WAS CHANGED TO WHICKHAM SPORTS FC. PLAYING ON A PUBLIC PARKS PITCH IN DUNSTON, THE CLUB ENTERED THE NORTHERN AMATEUR LEAGUE. NUMEROUS SUCCESSES WERE ACHIEVED AT THIS LEVEL INCLUDING LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND LEAGUE CUP WINS.

IN 1980 THE CLUB JOINED THE NORTHERN COMBINATION LEAGUE. FURTHER LEAGUE AND CUP TRIUMPHS FOLLOWED AND A MOVE TO A BASE NEARER THE HOME GROUND SEEMED LOGICAL. THE CLUB MOVED TO A NEW BASE AT THE DUNSTON MECHANICS SOCIAL CLUB AND BECAME KNOWN AS DUNSTON MECHANICS F.C. AS THE CLUB PROGRESSED, LAND IN THE LOCALITY WAS LEASED FROM GATESHEAD MBC AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BEGAN TO DEVELOP THE PRESENT GROUND.

AT THIS STAGE AN APPROACH WAS MADE TO THE FEDERATION BREWERY FOR SPONSORSHIP TO ASSIST IN THE PROGRESS OF THE CLUB. WHEN THEY KINDLY AGREED TO BECOME THE CLUB’S MAIN SPONSORS, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO DUNSTON FEDERATION BREWERY F.C. AFTER FINISHING AS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND LEAGUE CUP WINNERS IN 1987, THE CLUB LEFT THE NORTHERN COMBINATION LEAGUE AND JOINED THE WEARSIDE LEAGUE. FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF FOUR SEASONS IN THE WEARSIDE LEAGUE – BEING LEAGUE CHAMPIONS TWICE AND LEAGUE CUP WINNERS ONCE – THE CLUB FELT A NEED TO SEEK NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND AN APPLICATION WAS MADE TO JOIN THE PRESTIGIOUS NORTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE. DURING THEIR TIME IN THE WEARSIDE LEAGUE, THE CLUB HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO FEDERATION PARK WITH PROGRESS TO A HIGHER STATUS OF FOOTBALL IN MIND, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO JOIN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE CLUB HAD NOW REALISED ONE OF ITS MAIN AMBITIONS AND SO ENTERED THE NATIONAL PYRAMID OF NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL. IN ITS SECOND SEASON IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE, THE CLUB WON THE SECOND DIVISION TITLE AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE FIRST DIVISION. THAT SEASON ALSO SAW THE CLUB REACH THE LAST EIGHT OF THE NATIONAL FA VASE COMPETITION.

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THE CLUB WAS NOW AN ESTABLISHED NORTHERN LEAGUE CLUB HAVING WON THE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP THREE YEARS IN SUCCESSION FROM 1998 TO 2000. DUNSTON ALSO WON THE J. R. CLEATOR CUP IN 1999/2000 AND 2000/01. SEASON

2003/04 WAS ONE TO REMEMBER WHEN THE CLUB WON THE NORTHERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ALSO LIFTED THE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP. THEY ALSO REACHED THE FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND OF THE F.A. CUP – THE FURTHEST THEY HAVE EVER REACHED IN THAT COMPETITION.

AFTER SUCH A MAGNIFICENT SEASON IN 2003/04, THE CLUB WENT ONE BETTER THE FOLLOWING SEASON WHEN THEY REPEATED THE NORTHERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND CHALLENGE CUP DOUBLE AND ALSO LIFTED THE J. R. CLEATOR CUP ONCE MORE.

IN 2009, HAVING BEEN WITHOUT A MAIN SPONSOR FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE SEASONS, MR. SHAUN SADLER OF UTS ENGINEERING KINDLY AGREED TO PROVIDE A GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE AND IT WAS AGREED THAT THE CLUB BE KNOWN AS DUNSTON UTS FOOTBALL CLUB. THE NAME OF THE GROUND WAS CHANGED FROM FEDERATION PARK TO THE UTS STADIUM.

THE CLUB ENJOYED A MOMENTOUS SEASON IN 2011/12 WHEN, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT DUO OF BILLY IRWIN AND TONY HARRISON, THEY FINISHED THIRD IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE AND ACHIEVED THE GREATEST SUCCESS IN THEIR HISTORY. AFTER A

MEMORABLE RUN IN THE FA VASE, THE SIDE REACHED THE FINAL AT WEMBLEY STADIUM AND WENT ON TO LIFT THE TROPHY WITH A SUPERB 2-0 VICTORY OVER WEST AUCKLAND TOWN.

AFTER A FEW BARREN YEARS, THE CLUB SPRANG BACK TO LIFE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE 2017/18 SEASON WHEN FINISHING AS RUNNERS-UP IN THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP FINAL AND GOING ONE BETTER WITH VICTORY IN THE BROOKS MILESON MEMORIAL LEAGUE CUP FINAL. BUILDING ON THE NEWFOUND MOMENTUM, DUNSTON CONTINUED IN THE SAME VEIN IN THE FOLLOWING SEASON WITH A GREAT RUN IN THE FA CUP, GOING OUT IN THE FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND TO NATIONAL LEAGUE NEIGHBOURS GATESHEAD IN FRONT OF A RECORD CROWD OF 2,525 AT THE UTS STADIUM. THE CLUB FINISHED THE 2018/19 SEASON AS CONVINCING CHAMPIONS OF THE NORTHERN LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION, SEVENTEEN POINTS AHEAD OF THEIR NEAREST RIVALS.

PROMOTION ENSUED TO THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE NORTH/WEST DIVISION BUT FA REGULATIONS DICTATED THAT THE “CLUB PLAYING NAME” MUST NOT INCLUDE ANY REFERENCE TO A SPONSOR SO THE “UTS” WAS RELUCTANTLY DROPPED FROM THE CLUB TITLE BEFORE THE NEW SEASON COMMENCED. SHAUN SADLER SHOWED REMARKABLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION AND AGREED TO CONTINUE HIS WONDERFUL SPONSORSHIP OF THE CLUB. WITH THE AID

DUNSTON

OF A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE FSIF, IMPROVEMENTS WERE COMPLETED TO BRING THE GROUND UP TO NPL STANDARDS.

THE STEP UP PROVED A BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPECTED AGAINST TOUGHER OPPONENTS IN THE NPL NORTH/WEST DIVISION. SOME PROMISING EARLY RESULTS WERE TEMPERED BY SOME SET-BACKS AND IT WASN’T UNTIL THE TURN OF THE YEAR THAT THE TEAM ACHIEVED ANY GREAT CONSISTENCY. THE EARLY CANCELLATION OF LEAGUE PROCEEDINGS DUE TO COVID-19 IN MARCH 2020 SAW THE CLUB FINISH IN MID-TABLE. AFTER YET ANOTHER EARLY CURTAILMENT IN 2020/21, DUNSTON ADDED TO THE PLAYING SQUAD IN TIME FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEWLY FORMED NPL EAST DIVISION FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON. SOME VERY GOOD RESULTS

WERE ACHIEVED BUT A COUPLE OF DISAPPOINTING RUNS RESULTED IN A FINAL SIXTH-PLACE FINISH, JUST MISSING OUT ON THE END-OF-SEASON PLAY-OFFS.

OVER THE YEARS THE CLUB HAS ALWAYS RECOGNISED THAT SUCCESS ON THE FIELD MUST BE COUPLED WITH HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. THE EFFORTS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND GROUND STAFF AT THE UTS STADIUM HAVE ENSURED THAT THE GROUND IS A CREDIT TO THE CLUB. MANY OF THE BACK ROOM STAFF AT THE CLUB HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1975. IT’S A TRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK THAT THE CLUB HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND RESPECTED ON THE NORTH EAST NONLEAGUE SCENE.

OSSETT UTD V DUNSTON

BRAD GRAYSON 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.

A

IS FOR ARTIST: WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER? ADELE B

JAMES COPPINGER

IS FOR CRUSH: WHO WAS YOUR FIRST?

IS FOR DESTINANTION, WHERE WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY?

IS FOR EAT: WHAT IS YOUR PRE MATCH MEAL ?

IS FOR BALLER, WHO IS THE BEST YOU’VE PLAYED WITH? C D E F

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

IS FOR GUEST: WHICH THREE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO DINNER? H

IS FOR HERO. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WANT? I

I’M KEEPING THAT TO MYSELF!

ALGARVE, PORTUGAL

CHICKEN STROGANOFF ON THE FRIDAY, THEN SATURDAY IT’S GREEN TEA, ORANGE JUICE, EGGS, BEANS AND TOAST

TO NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL AGAIN

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

IS FOR JOKE. TELL US ONE…

DERRY ROBSON. HE’S BEEN THERE FOR ME THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS AND IS A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER. J

WHAT DO YOU CALL A WOMAN WITH ONE LEG..? ILEEEEEEEN…

IS FOR KARAOKE. WHAT’S YOUR TUNE? SWEET CAROLINE L

IS FOR LATE. WHO TAKES THE LONGEST IN THE DRESSING ROOM

IS FOR MATCH. THE BEST OF YOUR CAREER?

IS FOR NICKNAME. WHAT DO YOU GET CALLED?

MAKING MY DEBUT FOR DONCASTER ROVERS

KEEPMOAT AND SCORING AGAINST NORTHAMPTON

LEAGUE ONE, PLAYING AGAINST DANNY CROW

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

BRAD GRAYSON, HE TAKES AGES BRUSHING HIS JOKER TEETH! M N O P

NANI OR WAYNE ROONEY, BUT THE TOUGHEST I’VE BEEN UP AGAINST WHO MARKED ME IS MICAH RICHARDS.

I’M A TELECOMS ENGINEER BUT CURRENTLY NOT WORKING AND LOOKING FOR NEW CAREER OPTIONS , SO IF ANYONE NEEDS A WORKER , GET IN TOUCH !

IS FOR QUIZ. WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALIST SUBJECT?

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

IS FOR REWIND. WHAT FILM DO YOU WATCH OVER AND

YOU WOULDN ’T WANT ME ON YOUR QUIZ TEAM !! R

ANY OF THE BAD BOY OR RUSH HOUR FILMS

S

IS FOR SPORT. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE OUTSIDE FOOTBALL BOXING T

IS FOR TROUBLE. HOW MANY RED CARDS HAVE YOU HAD?

IS FOR UPSET. HOW FAR HAVE YOU GOT IN THE FA CUP?

IS FOR VROOM. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR?

I PLAYED FOR DONCASTER AWAY TO STOKE IN THE FA CUP, I CAN ’T REMEMBER WHAT ROUND THOUGH

MERCEDES G WAGON IN BLACK

IS FOR WHO. WHO DO YOU SUPPORT? MANCHESTER UNITED

TOO MANY… BUT I AM A WINNER AND DO ANYTHING TO WIN, SOMETIMES THAT IS OVER THE TOP BUT I GIVE MY ALL ON THE PITCH. I AM TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT SIDE OF MY GAME AND TRYING MY BEST TO MAKE THE GAFFER, NORBS, MY TEAMMATES AND SUPPORTERS HAPPY AND PROUD OF ME U V W X

IS FOR X-FACTOR. WHAT’S YOUR HIDDEN TALENT? Y

I’M DECENT IN THE KITCHEN

IS FOR YOU. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS OR PHRASES?

AGGRESSIVE/WINNER � HARDWORKING ��

SET PIECE TECHNICIAN � Z A LION OR A TIGER

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PROMOTION , BUT TO PARAPHRASE THE GREAT BRIAN CLOUGH - “ROME WASN ’T BUILT IN A DAY ” (THOUGH HE DID ADD “BUT I WASN ’T ON THAT PARTICULAR JOB ”!)

I WASN ’T AT STOCKTON TOWN LAST SATURDAY , DUE TO PRIOR WORK COMMITMENTS , BUT BY FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA , AND WHATS APP IT WAS EVIDENT TO SEE WHAT SORT OF PERFORMANCE THE TEAM WAS PUTTING IN .

IT ’S BEEN THE SAME SORT OF SPIRITED PERFORMANCE THAT YOU WOULD COME TO EXPECT FROM A GRANT BLACK SIDE , ONE THAT TAKES ME BACK TO THE OSSETT TOWN DAYS AND THAT HEADY 2016/17 TEAM THAT WERE SO UNLUCKY NOT TO GET PROMOTION THAT SEASON .

WHEN GRANT WAS ANNOUNCED AS JAS COLLIVER ’S REPLACEMENT , I KNEW INSTANTLY THAT THE PLAYERS WOULD FOLLOW , PLAYERS OF HIGH QUALITY THAT HAD THE SKILL, THE DETERMINATION , AND THE COMMITMENT NEEDED TO GAIN

THE PERFORMANCE AT STOCKTON WAS ONE OF GRIT AND DESIRE , WATCHING THE GAME BACK ON VEO SHOWED THAT WE ACTUALLY CREATED NUMEROUS CHANCES , ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF , AND BUT FOR SOME DUBIOUS REFEREEING DECISIONS , THE GAME SHOULD , AND PROBABLY COULD HAVE GONE OUR WAY .

TO ONLOOKERS LOOKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE YOU COULD SAY IT ’S NOT NECESSARILY WORKING FOR GRANT BLACK AT OSSETT UNITED , JUST 2 WINS IN 10 IN HIS TENURE , BUT YOU COULDN ’T BE ANY FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH IF YOU TRIED . I’VE ALWAYS SAID I’M A GLASS HALF FULL SORT OF PERSON , IT ’S ACTUALLY 2 DEFEATS IN 10, AND IF IT WASN ’T FOR SOME DUBIOUS RED CARDS HERE AND THERE THAT COULD EASILY BE 4 OR 5 WINS IN 10, BUT IT ’S ALSO ABOUT CONSISTENCY , AS UNDER GRANT BLACK WE HAVE BECOME A TEAM THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO BEAT , AND ONCE HIS JIGSAW IS COMPLETE YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS COME , MARK MY WORDS .

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ANOTHER THING THAT IS EVIDENT FOR ALL TO SEE IS THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS COMING THROUGH THE GATES AGAIN , TOPPED OFF BY THE MASSIVE 814 THAT SHOWED UP FOR OUR LOCAL DERBY AGAINST PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES 12 DAYS AGO . I THINK IT ’S FAIR TO SAY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT IN TO THIS MERGER , AND FOR ME THERE IS A MASSIVE SENSE OF PRIDE IN THAT EVEN DESPITE THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS AND THE LEAGUE POSITION (WHICH LIKE I SAID DOESN ’T WORRY ME ), FIVE YEARS AFTER WE BECAME OSSETT UNITED WE ARE STILL BREAKING RECORDSAND IN THIS CASE THAT ATTENDANCE WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD AT INGFIELD FOR A 3PM GAME , SURPASSING THE 739

RECORDED A YEAR PRIOR AGAINST BRIGHOUSE TOWN .

BACK TO TODAY , AND ANOTHER TOUGH GAME AGAINST NORTH EAST OPPOSITION AS WE ENTERTAIN DUNSTON HERE AT THE WORLD FAMOUS INGFIELD , I’VE HAD A MANICALLY BUSY WEEK TAKING IN A TRIP DOWN TO THE OTHER “WORLD FAMOUS ” VENUE EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND GETTING SOMEWHAT OVER EXUBERANT IN MY MIDWEEK BIRTHDAY TRIP TO NOTTINGHAM , SO MUCH SO THAT I FORGOT TO SORT OUT A HALF -TIME PLAYLIST . AS A RESULT I’LL PLAY SOME OF MY OWN FAVOURITE SONGS AT HALF -TIME TODAY , BUT WOULD JUST LIKE TO END ON THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND BIRTHDAY WISHES .

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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

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.

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JAMES ANDERSON (GOALKEEPER)

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ANDERSON JOINS ON A YEAR-LONG LOAN FROM NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE DIVISION OUTFIT MORPETH TOWN. THE PROMISING YOUNG

‘KEEPER SHONE DURING HIS TIME ON LOAN AT WHICKHAM FC AND LOOKS TO BOLSTER DUNSTON’S PROMOTION CREDENTIALS. ANDERSON HAS TWO EXCELLENT APPEARANCES UNDER HIS BELT AT MORPETH TOWN, ONE OF WHICH INCLUDED A PENALTY SAVE IN AN FA TROPHY GAME AGAINST WARRINGTON TOWN.

DAN STAPLES (GOALKEEPER) - DAN SIGNED FOR DUNSTON IN JULY 2022 AFTER IMPRESSING DURING PRE-SEASON. THE EXPERIENCED GOALKEEPER HAS HAD SPELLS WITH NEWCASTLE UNITED, SUNDERLAND, WREXHAM AND BEDLINGTON TERRIERS. MOST RECENTLY, DAN WAS AT CONSETT AND MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN HIS FIRST APPEARANCES IN CUP-COMPETITION AGAINST NORTH SHIELDS IN THE 2021/22 SEASON. HE SAVED A PENALTY INSIDE THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES TO ENSURE HIS SIDE THE VICTORY.

CRAIG BAXTER (DEFENDER) - BAXTER IS A DEFENSIVELY STRONG AND COMPOSED RIGHT BACK WHO BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THE DUNSTON BACK LINE AFTER PLAYING HIGHER UP IN THE NLS. CRAIG HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, A KEY PLAYER FOR A SUCCESSFUL SOUTH SHIELDS SIDE OVER A FIVE-SEASON SPELL AND MAKING 188

PLAYER PROFILES

APPEARANCES. HE PREVIOUSLY PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE GATESHEAD SIDE WHICH REACHED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL AT WEMBLEY STADIUM IN THE 2013/14 SEASON. FORMER CLUBS INCLUDE NEWCASTLE UNITED.

JON SHAW (DEFENDER) - SIGNED FOR DUNSTON FC THIS SUMMER FROM NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE SOUTH SHIELDS. JON HAS A FORMIDABLE RECORD AT NON-LEAGUE LEVEL WITHIN THE NORTH EAST, SCORING 52 GOALS FOR GATESHEAD OVER TWO SPELLS WITH THE CLUB. THE EX-FORWARD, WHO HAS NOW MOVED BACK INTO A CENTRAL DEFENSIVE POSITION, ADDS AN ABUNDANCE OF EXPERIENCE TO THE DUNSTON SIDE.

JUDE SWAILES (DEFENDER) - HAVING BEEN WITH NEWCASTLE UNITED SINCE HE WAS A YOUNGSTER, JUDE EMERGED THROUGH THE PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB’S ACADEMY SYSTEM, BEFORE MOVING UP INTO THE RANKS OF THEIR UNDER 23S SQUAD. JUDE IS A STRONG COMPETITOR IN THE DUNSTON BACK LINE, AND CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A NO-NONSENSE CENTRE HALF, WILLING TO PUT HIS BODY ON THE LINE FOR THE CLUB.

TERRY GALBRAITH (DEFENDER) - TERRY REJOINED DUNSTON BEFORE THE START OF THE 2020/21 SEASON AFTER A SUPERB CAREER AT DARLINGTON FC IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

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NORTH. HE WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THE DUNSTON UTS TEAM THAT LIFTED THE FA VASE AT WEMBLEY IN 2012 BEFORE JOINING DARLINGTON TO FURTHER HIS PLAYING CAREER.

‘TEZ’ WAS AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS AT THE EXLEAGUE TEAM AND PLAYED OVER 250 GAMES FOR THEM, SCORING AROUND SIXTY GOALS IN THE PROCESS AND GOING ON TO BECOMING THEIR CAPTAIN.

CRAIG SCOTT (DEFENDER) - THE TALL CENTRAL DEFENDER TRANSFERRED TO THE CLUB FROM NEWCASTLE BENFIELD IN OCTOBER 2018 TO BOLSTER THE BACKLINE. CRAIG IS A VERY EXPERIENCED PLAYER AT NON-LEAGUE LEVEL HAVING PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED TWO STINTS WITH ASHINGTON AFC AND A SPELL AT SLOUGH TOWN WHILE WORKING IN THE LONDON AREA.

JAKE TURNBULL (MIDFIELDER) - JAKE TURNBULL SIGNED FOR DUNSTON FC ON NEW YEAR’S EVE 2021 FROM NORTHERN LEAGUE SIDE NEWCASTLE BENFIELD. THE PACY WINGER HAS HAD PREVIOUS SPELLS WITH ASHINGTON AFC AND HEATON STANNINGTON. JAKE HAS SETTLED WELL SINCE HIS ARRIVAL AND HAS PROVED A TRICKY PLAYER FOR OPPOSITION DEFENCES TO DEAL WITH.

MICHAEL PEARSON (MIDFIELDER/DEFENDER) - HAVING PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR HARTLEPOOL UNITED, BLYTH SPARTANS AND SOUTH SHIELDS, THE CURRENT CLUB VICE-CAPTAIN JOINED DUNSTON FC PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 2015/16 SEASON FROM

CONSETT AFC, A SEASON IN WHICH HE WOULD RECEIVE THE PLAYER OF THE SEASON AWARD. AN INDUSTRIOUS AND COMBATIVE PLAYER, HE POSSESSES A VERSATILITY WHICH ALLOWS HIM TO COMFORTABLY PLAY IN NUMEROUS POSITIONS, HE HAS SINCE GONE ON TO PLAY MORE THAN 100 GAMES FOR DUNSTON, CAPTAINING THE SIDE ON MANY OCCASIONS. JAKE JENSEN (MIDFIELDER) - JAKE WAS ONE OF THE MULTIPLE SIGNINGS FOR DUNSTON IN THE SUMMER OF 2022. HE WAS ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES FOR FOUR YEARS FROM SUMMER 2018 AND THAT WAS WHERE HE MOST RECENTLY PLAYED. JAKE IS A TECHNICALLY GIFTED MIDFIELDER THAT BRINGS ENERGY AND TENACITY TO THE TEAM ALONG WITH AN ACCURATE RANGE OF PASSING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.

URSENE MOUANDA (MIDFIELDER) - URSENE JOINED DUNSTON FC FROM SOUTH SHIELDS IN EARLY JANUARY 2020 AND MARKED HIS DEBUT WITH A MAN-OF-THE-MATCH PERFORMANCE IN A 1-0 WIN AWAY TO COLNE FC. KNOWN AS AN ATHLETIC AND COMPETITIVE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER, HE WAS PREVIOUSLY WITH GLASGOW RANGERS BEFORE SIGNING PROFESSIONAL TERMS WITH KILMARNOCK.

PHIL TURNBULL (MIDFIELDER) - CENTRAL MIDFIELDER PHIL TURNBULL CAN PLAY WITH EITHER FOOT OR IS A FIERCELY COMPETITIVE PLAYER WHO JOINED THE CLUB ALONG WITH CRAIG BAXTER IN 2021. HAVING STARTED OUT AT HARTLEPOOL UNITED BEFORE JOINING YORK

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CITY, PHIL ENJOYED LOAN SPELLS AT BLYTH SPARTANS AND GATESHEAD. A PERMANENT MOVE TO GATESHEAD IN 2008 SAW HIM PLAY OVER 300 GAMES FOR THE TYNESIDERS AND HE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON WHICH SAW GATESHEAD REACH WEMBLEY.

JACK ELLIOT (FORWARD) - JACK IS A VERY TALENTED PLAYER WHO RETURNED TO DUNSTON IN SEPTEMBER 2019 FOLLOWING A BRIEF SPELL WITH HEBBURN TOWN. HE PROGRESSED THROUGH NEWCASTLE UNITED’S ACADEMY AND HAS HAD SPELLS AT CONSETT AFC AND WHICKHAM. JACK ADDS PACE TO THE DUNSTON SIDE AND CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR FULL BACKS OF OPPOSING TEAMS. SINCE HIS RETURN, JACK HAS BEEN AN EVER-PRESENT FIGURE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND CONTINUES TO GIVE HIS ALL IN A DUNSTON SHIRT

LIAM THEAR (FORWARD) – ‘SCRAPPY’ IS IN HIS EIGHTH SEASON AT THE CLUB AFTER COMPLETING A SUCCESSFUL STINT AT THE GATESHEAD ACADEMY WHERE HE WAS VERY HIGHLY RATED. A VERY STRONG AND TRICKY PLAYER WHO HAS FINALLY FULLY RECOVERED FROM A SERIOUS INJURY SUFFERED IN THE MOMENTOUS FA CUP TIE AGAINST GATESHEAD IN OCTOBER 2018. A GREAT CHARACTER TO HAVE IN THE PLAYING SQUAD.

RICHARD COULSON (MIDFIELD/FORWARD)RICHIE ARRIVED IN EARLY DECEMBER 2021 FROM NORTHERN LEAGUE SIDE WHITLEY BAY. HE HAS AN EYE FOR GOAL AND PICKED UP SIX GOALS AT

THE BACK END OF THE 2021/22 SEASON. ABLE TO PLAY ANYWHERE ACROSS THE FRONT LINE, RICHIE HAS ADDED VERSATILITY TO THE DUNSTON SIDE, AND WILL BE LOOKING TO KICK ON IN THE 2022/23 SEASON.

SADO DJALO (FORWARD) - SADÓ ARRIVED EARLY IN THE 2021/22 SEASON FROM NORTHERN LEAGUE SIDE BEDLINGTON TERRIERS, WHERE HE HAD MADE A SERIOUS IMPRESSION. HIS CREDENTIALS WERE THERE FOR ALL TO SEE, WITH THE FRONTMAN SCORING 11 GOALS FOR DUNSTON IN A SHORT PERIOD FOR THE CLUB. SADÓ WAS QUICKLY SNAPPED UP BY NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH OUTFIT BLYTH SPARTANS, HOWEVER UNDER NEW BOSS TERRY MITCHELL HIS GAME-TIME WAS LIMITED. A SHORT LOAN BACK TO THE UTS STADIUM HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A MORE PERMANENT DEAL, WHICH SEES SADÓ RETURN LOOKING TO IGNITE OLD FORM.

MICHAEL FOWLER (FORWARD) - MICHAEL

FOWLER ARRIVED AT THE UTS STADIUM HAVING COMPLETED A SCHOLARSHIP IN THE USA WITH COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS. HE STARTED HIS CAREER WITH SUNDERLAND AFC BEFORE THEN MOVING ON TO BURNLEY, WHERE HE WAS A PROLIFIC SCORER AT YOUTH LEVEL. HE THEN JOINED FLEETWOOD TOWN AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD. HE HAS HAD LOAN SPELLS WITH FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER, GUISELEY AND BAMBER BRIDGE, BEFORE MOVING TO THE DUNSTON IN DECEMBER 2021. MICHAEL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FROM THE OFF AND SCOOPED THE CLUB’S LEADING-SCORER AWARD.

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GLEN HART

GLEN STARTED HIS REFEREEING CAREER BACK IN 2002 INITIALLY REFEREEING SUNDAY MORNING FOOTBALL, PROGRESSING TO A SUPPLY LEAGUE REFEREE IN 2005 AND THEN PROMOTED TO A CONTRIBUTORY LEAGUE REFEREE IN 2007.

IN 2008 GLEN WAS PROMOTED TO THE ASSISTANT REFEREES LIST WHERE HE HAS OFFICIATED OVER 120 GAMES , WITH THE HIGHLIGHT BEING OFFICIATING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL AT WEMBLEY STADIUM IN 2012.

EDD HALL

TOM PRIESTLEY

REFEREE GLEN HART AR2

JAMES ANDERSON