WELCOME TO INGFIELD

JAMES ROGERS , CHAIRMAN

POSITIVE AS WE LOOK TO FINISH THE SEASON STRONGLY TO PROVIDE A SOLID BASE AS WE SLOWLY START TO LOOK AHEAD NEXT SEASON .

WELCOME TO INGFIELD FOR A FRIDAY

NIGHT FIXTURE WITH TADCASTER ALBION .

THE WEATHER AGAIN WAS AT PLAY AS OUR GAMES AT STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS , SATURDAY, AND SHEFFIELD , TUESDAY, WERE FROZEN OFF. THE GAME AT STOCKSBRIDGE HAS NOW BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY 7 MARCH WHILST OUR FIFTH ATTEMPT TO PLAY AT SHEFFIELD WILL BE CONFIRMED IN DUE COURSE .

WITH GAMES BEEN CALLED OFF, AND WHILST THE LADS ARE ABLE TO GET IN SOME EXTRA TRAINING SESSIONS , THEY WILL TELL YOU THERE ’S NOTHING LIKE A GAME TO KEEP FULLY MATCH FIT , AND WITH ALL OF THIS ONE WEEK PLAYING ONE WEEK NOT PLAYING , IT CAN ULTIMATELY AFFECT CONSISTENCY IN GAMES .

HOPEFULLY THE WORST OF THE WEATHER IS BEHIND US NOW AND A RUN OF GAMES WILL SEE THE RESULTS BECOMING MORE

ESPITE THEIR LEAGUE POSITION THIS SEASON , TADCASTER ALBION SHOWED ALL BATTLING QUALITIES YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM AN NPL EAST SIDE WHEN WE PLAYED THEM LAST MONTH , AND SINCE THEN A CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT HAS SEEN OUR FORMER PLAYER , ANDY MONKHOUSE , TAKE THE HELM . HE IS A MAN WE KNOW WELL, AND WE CAN BE CERTAIN HE WILL HAVE HIS SIDE WELL DRILLED AND PREPARED TO PUT THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE TO GET A RESULT , JUST HAS HE DID HIMSELF AS A PLAYER .

AFTER THE GAME IN THE CLUBHOUSE , THE MONTHLY DRAW WILL TAKE PLACE . THE WINNING NUMBER WILL CLAIM £50, AND IF THAT PERSON IS IN THE CLUBHOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE DRAW THEY WILL ALSO CLAIM THE £50 BONUS , WHICH WILL BE ROLLED OVER IF THEY ARE NOT PRESENT . THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO NICK SMITH FOR RUNNING THIS DRAW , AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU FOR A DRINK AFTER THE GAME .

Grant Black

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE FOR THIS LOCAL DERBY WITH TADCASTER ALBION. WE’VE HAD A FRUSTRATING WEEK WITH TWO GAMES BEING LOST TO THE WEATHER AS WE WERE WANTING TO GET BACK OUT ONTO THE PITCH AND RIGHT SOME WRONGS AFTER THE LAST GAME WITH DUNSTON.

WITH THAT NOT BEING POSSIBLE WE TRAINED LAST SATURDAY AND THEN THE LADS SPENT SOME TIME TOGETHER AFTERWARDS, TEAM BUILDING IS AS IMPORTANT AS TRAINING IN SOME WAYS, SO IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LADS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE BONDS THAT THE BEST CHANGING ROOMS HAVE.

WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY AS WE HOST TADCASTER ALBION, AND I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE SIDE THAT WILL BE NAMED WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE THREE POINTS, BUT WHILST WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT THE SIDE STILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND PERFORM AS WE KNOW FROM OUR FIRST GAME WITH TADCASTER THERE SIMPLY ARE NO EASY GAMES IN THIS DIVISION AND EVERY POINT HAS TO BE FOUGHT FOR.

IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR ANY SUCCESSFUL SIDE TO HAVE A SETTLED SQUAD AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FORMING HERE AT INGFIELD, THAT

SAID WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY COMES TO STRENGTHEN THE GROUP IT IS ONE THAT I AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL CONSIDER, AND THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK WITH A NEW NAME SIGNING FOR THE SIDE WHO, AS I WRITE A DAY OUT FROM THE GAME, IS LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE GAME AND I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WILL ADD ANOTHER INGREDIENT AS WE STRIVE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.

I AM TOLD IN PREVIOUS SEASONS THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT ATTENDANCES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FIXTURES, AND WE HOPE THE SAME WILL BE TRUE AGAIN TODAY. THE SUPPORT SO FAR HAS BEEN EXCELLENT, AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE ATTENDANCES GOING UP, I AM SURE AS WE GET ON A RUN THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD. WE ARE STILL ONLY A FEW SHORT MONTHS INTO OUR TENURE HERE, THE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE IN PLACE, NOW IT IS FINE TUNING, AND A BIT OF LUCK WOULD BE NICE(!) AS WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE FORWARD.

ENJOY THE GAME.