Ossett United v Bridlington Town (07/02/2023)

Vs BRIDLINGTON TOWN

TUESDAY 7 FEBRUARY | 19:45

PITCHING IN NPL EAST

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

AT OSSETT UNITED WE WANT ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS TO BE AS PASSIONATE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN IN SUPPORT OF OUR CLUB – YOU ARE OUR TWELFTH MAN AND THE PLAYERS WILL ALWAYS BE AT THEIR BEST WHEN YOU GET FULLY BEHIND THE TEAM AND SHOW YOUR FULL SUPPORT AND PASSION.

IN SUPPORTING OSSETT UNITED WE ASK ALL FANS:

- BE AS LOUD AS YOU CAN ALWAYS ENCOURAGING THE TEAM.

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REMEMBER WE ARE A FAMILY CLUB AND THERE ARE LOTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE GROUND SO PLEASE WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE.

- RECOGNISE THAT THE MAIN STAND IS OUR FAMILY STAND AND SWEARING IN THIS STAND IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

- NOTE THERE IS NO STANDING ALLOWED ON THE TERRACING IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STAND AND BEHIND THAT GOAL AREA.

- NEVER USE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AGAINST ANYONE IN THE GROUND WHETHER THAT BE OTHER FANS, PLAYERS OR CLUB OFFICIALS.

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PLEASE DO NOT SING CHANTS OR SONGS THAT ARE DIRECTED AT INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS THAT COULD BE HIGHLY OFFENSIVE (E.G. DO NOT USE TERMS SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER OR PAEDOPHILE OR MAKE FUN OF PLAYERS WHEN THEY ARE INJURED).

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PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANY GLASS BOTTLES INTO THE GROUND AND ONLY PLASTIC GLASSES/BOTTLES CAN BE CONSUMED OUTSIDE OF THE CLUBHOUSE.

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IF STEWARDS OR CLUB OFFICIALS ASK YOU TO STOP DOING SOMETHING PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM AND RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THEIR REQUESTS.

- PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE IN THE GROUND SUPPORTERS WILL GENERALLY NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE GROUND AND RETURN UNTIL THE MAIN GATES ARE OPEN WHICH WILL GENERALLY BE MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF.

- NEVER THROW ANYTHING ONTO THE PITCH AND FLARES OR OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

- PLEASE NOTE THAT ANYONE NOT ADHERING TO THE ABOVE MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE GROUND AT ANY TIME. FAILURE TO LEAVE THE GROUND WHEN ASKED WILL RESULT IN THE POLICE BEING ASKED TO ATTEND.

WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT OF OSSETT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB – BE LOUD, BE PROUD AND HELP MAKE US THE BEST SUPPORTED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE – YOUR SUPPORT REALLY IS APPRECIATED AND YOU ARE A BIG PART OF OUR AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR READING #STRONGERTOGETHER

GRANT BLACK

THE GAMES ARE COMING THICK AND FAST NOW , I’D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE FROM BRIDLINGTON TOWN THIS EVENING .

ON SATURDAY WE RECORDED AN EXCELLENT VICTORY AWAY AT GRIMSBY

BOROUGH , THEIR FIRST DEFEAT IN TWELVE GAMES , WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS LEAGUE .

THE LADS WORKED THEIR SOCKS OFF AND REALLY BATTLED FOR EACH OTHER , SOMETHING THEY HAVE DONE SINCE WE CAME IN BUT THIS TIME THEY GOT THEIR REWARD AFTER DRAWING MANY GAMES LIKE THIS IN RECENT TIMES . SO TO GET THE POINTS ON THE ROAD ON THE BACK OF THE WIN HERE LAST TIME OUT IS A REAL CONFIDENCE BOOST AND BUILD THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM THAT IS SO IMPORTANT .

DESPITE T HE GOOD PERFORMANCE I BELIEVE WE CAN BE BETTER ON THE BALL AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES , SOMETHING I WILL BE LOOKING AT BEING IMPROVED TODAY.

SATURDAY SAW A DEB UT FOR PAUL

COOPER , A YOUNG GOALKEEPER SIGNED FROM BARNSLEY U 21’S THE DAY BEFORE . I FELT HE FITTED IN VERY WELL AND MADE A

COUPLE OF EXCELLENT SAVES . THE ONE OCCASION THE BALL DID ELUDE HIM THERE WAS AN EXCELLENT GOAL LINE CLEARANCE FROM HARRY COATES WHICH CERTAINLY DESERVES A MENTION !

ALSO JOINING THE CLUB IS BRANDON WEBSTER , A LEFT SIDED PLAYER WITH A GREAT LEFT FOOT . HE WILL ADD MORE COMPETITION FOR PLACES . HE HAS PLAYED FOR LOUGHBOROUGH DYNAMOS THIS SEASON SO HAS GOOD EXPERIENCE AT STEP FOUR .

ENJOY THE GAME AND HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME .

T PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH

SERVED UP A THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING AFFAIR IN WHAT, IN MY MIND, WAS A PROPER NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL MATCH WITH BOTH SIDES GOING HAMMER AND TONG AT ONE ANOTHER FROM START TO FINISH.

FOLLOWING OUR HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY AT GRIMSBY BOROUGH LAST SATURDAY WE RETURN TO INGFIELD THIS EVENING WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THREE LEAGUE GAMES ON THE BOUNCE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON WHICH IS A DECENT INCENTIVE TO START WITH. SO FAR THIS CAMPAIGN WE HAVE ONLY WON TWO CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE GAMES ONCE BEFORE AND THAT WAS BACK IN LATE SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER AGAINST STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS (1 – 0) AND GRIMSBY BOROUGH (3 – 1) RESPECTIVELY. OUR WIN AT GRIMSBY BOROUGH IN OUR MOST RECENT OUTING WAS A HIGHLY RESILIENT PERFORMANCE AGAINST A MUCH IMPROVED OUTFIT TO THE ONE WE ENTERTAINED HERE BACK IN OCTOBER. IN FACT I WAS INFORMED ON THE DAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED THAT THEY, AFTER A VERY SHAKY START TO LIFE IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE, HAVE RECENTLY PUT TOGETHER AN UNBEATEN RUN OF TWELVE MATCHES! IN FRONT AS EARLY AS THE 7TH MINUTE COURTESY OF CRAIG NELTHORPE’S PENALTY WE SHOWED RESILIENCE IN ABUNDANCE TO COME AWAY WITH ALL THREE POINTS. THAT THAT PENALTY TURNED OUT TO BE THE ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME WAS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF ALL AS BOTH TEAMS

THE END THE PLAYERS’ OBVIOUS DELIGHT AT THEIR OWN COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE OVER THE NINETY MINUTES SPOKE VOLUMES FOR THE TEAM SPIRIT NOW EXISTENT WITHIN THE GROUP AND THE TRAVELLING OSSETT SUPPORT WAS NOT SHY IN SHARING THEIR APPRECIATION COME THE FINAL WHISTLE. ONCE AGAIN OUR SUPPORT WAS EXCELLENT DESPITE THERE BEING NO COACH TO THE GAME AND ALTHOUGH GRIMSBY’S AVERAGE ‘GATE’ IS ONLY 156 THERE WERE NEARLY 200 FOR OUR VISIT.

TONIGHT WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO BRIDLINGTON TOWN WHO, AFTER REALLY IMPRESSING EARLIER IN THE SEASON, ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT PATCH HAVING WON JUST ONE OF THEIR LAST TEN MATCHES AND THAT AGAINST STRUGGLING

TADCASTER ALBION. HAVING SAID THAT RECENTLY BEING IN FRONT AWAY AT HIGH FLYING WORKSOP TOWN UNTIL DEEP INTO INJURY TIME WAS NO MEAN FEAT AND SHOWS THEIR BATTLING QUALITIES ALL TOO WELL.

A SPECIAL WELCOME TO THE BRIDLINGTON

TOWN CHAIRMAN PETER SMURTHWAITE WHOM I HAVE KNOWN FOR VERY MANY YEARS AND WHO ALWAYS EXTENDS EXCELLENT HOSPITALITY WHENEVER WE VISIT THE SEASIDE. WE ALSO

THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

WELCOME HIS FELLOW DIRECTORS, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, PLAYERS AND NOT LEAST THE SUPPORTERS OF BRIDLINGTON WHO HAVE MADE THE TRIP OVER HERE TONIGHT.

LOOKING TOWARDS NEXT SEASON, AND SPECIFICALLY FROM A FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEW, WE MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THE SITUATION AT NEAR NEIGHBOURS LIVERSEDGE WHO ARE CURRENTLY ADRIFT AT THE WRONG END OF THE PREMIER DIVISION TABLE. HAVING BEEN A LIVERSEDGE PLAYER MYSELF I DON’T WISH THE CLUB ANY HARM AT ALL BUT, SHOULD THEY EVENTUALLY BE RELEGATED, WE COULD EXPECT A ‘BUMPER’ ATTENDANCE WHEN WE MEET HERE AT INGFIELD IN SEASON 2023/2024 REMEMBERING THAT WE ATTRACTED OVER 1,000 SPECTATORS FOR THE LEAGUE GAME HERE LAST TERM. ALSO EMLEY ARE NOT ENTIRELY OUT OF THE RACE FOR

PROMOTION FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTIES

EAST LEAGUE AND IF THEY COULD MAKE IT TO THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE AS WELL THAT WOULD PRODUCE ANOTHER BIG CROWD. ADD TO THAT THE FACT THAT THERE’S A LOT LESS TRAVELLING EXPENSE TO LIVERSEDGE AND EMLEY RATHER THAN GOING TO HEBBURN OR STOCKTON SO WE’D BE QUIDS IN ALL ROUND!

ONCE AGAIN A REMINDER THAT IT WOULD BE NICE IF SUPPORTERS COULD THINK ABOUT PATRONISING OUR CHARITY PARTNERS FROM TIME TO TIME. COLLECTING BOXES ARE SITUATED ON THE BARS FOR THE YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE AND CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG AND THE THERE IS A NEWLY SITED CLOTHING BANK FOR CHILDREN’S HEART SURGERY JUST BELOW THE CAN BAR. LOOSE CHANGE OR WHATEVER – EVERY LITTLE DONATION HELPS.

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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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

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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

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

ARRY GAGEN

CRAIG 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

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 .

SPONSORED BY: PAUL COOPER

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 .

SPONSORED BY: JAYNE OGLEY & RED BRICK FM

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

LUKE HOGG

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

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

PITEU CROUZ

NATHAN CURTIS

PLAYER PROFILES

LI 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

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

SPONSORED BY: THE SCOTTISH SUPPORTERS CLUB

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

THE DISGRACE OF GIJON

‘WE WILL DEDICATE OUR SEVENTH GOAL TO OUR WIVES, AND THE EIGHTH TO OUR DOGS,’ ANNOUNCED THE WEST GERMANY SIDE AS THEY WENT INTO THE 1982 WORLD CUP. THEY HAD WON THE COMPETITION EIGHT YEARS PREVIOUSLY, ON HOME GROUND, AND ALTHOUGH HADN’T MADE THE SAME IMPACT IN ARGENTINA, WERE HOPEFUL OF ADDING A THIRD WORLD CUP TO THEIR TALLY BACK ON EUROPEAN SOIL. JUPP DERWALL’S SIDE CRUISE THROUGH QUALIFYING UNBEATEN, SCORING 33 GOALS, AND BOASTED SOME OF THE STARTS OF THE AGE, CHIEF AMONG THEM KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE. THE GROUP CONTAINED NOTHING TO FEAR: CHILE, WHO HAD CLAIMED THE FINAL SOUTH AMERICAN QUALIFICATION PLACE, AND A DECENT BUT LACKING AUSTRIA SIDE. FIRST UP, THOUGH, WERE FIRST-TIME QUALIFIERS AND PLUCKY UPSTARTS FROM AFRICA. ‘IF WE DON’T BEAT ALGERIA,’ QUIPPED DERWALL TO THE PRESS, ‘WE’LL TAKE THE NEXT TRAIN HOME. ’ ALGERIA, THOUGH, WERE NO UNTESTED MINNOWS. THE NORTH AFRICAN SIDE WERE WELL DRILLED AND PLAYED A QUICK PASSING GAME THAT WAS A MATCH FOR ANYBODY. EARLIER IN 1982 THEY HAD GONE TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS CUP BEFORE LOSING TO EVENTUAL WINNERS GHANA, BUT THEY HAD THEIR SIGHTS SET ON THE BIGGEST STAGE OF ALL. THEY WENT INTO THE WORLD CUP HOPING FOR A GOOD SHOWING, AND MAYBE TO PICK UP A WIN IN THEIR FINAL GAME AGAINST CHILE, WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE MEANINGLESS.

IT WAS UNEXPECTED, THEN, WHEN ALGERIA PROVED QUITE THE MATCH FOR THE GERMANS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THEIR OPENING GAME. QUITE APART FROM THEIR PRE-MATCH PREDICTIONS OF EIGHT GOAL VICTORIES, THEIR CRISP PASSING OF THE AFRICAN SIDE HAD THEM ON THE BACK FOOT, AND WEST GERMANY HAD TO HOLD ON UNTIL THE BREAK TO GO IN GOALLESS. DERWALL GOT INTO HIS SIDE AT HALF TIME AND DEMANDED IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT DIDN’T HELP. ON 54 MINUTES RABAH MADJER REACTED TO A HARALD SCHUMACHER SAVE AND FIRED HOME. ALGERIA’S FIRST WORLD CUP GOAL. THAT SPURRED WEST GERMANY INTO LIFE, AND THEY REACTED. ON 67 MINUTES RUMMENIGGE EQUALISED FROM CLOSE RANGE. BUT THE COMPLACENCY SET IN IMMEDIATELY, AND RIGHT FROM KICK OFF ALGERIA PASSED AROUND THE EUROPEAN SIDE TO RESTORE THEIR LEAD. THIS TIME THEY HELD ON, AND SECURED ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY.

WEST GERMANY KICKED IT UP A GEAR IN THE SECOND GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT, BEATING CHILE 4-1 TO GO LEVEL ON POINTS WITH ALGERIA,

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WHO LOST A TIGHTER THAN EXPECTED GAME (OR PERHAPS NOT, AFTER THE FIRST RESULT) AGAINST

AUSTRIA. THE TWO EUROPEAN SIDES FACED OFF IN THE FINAL GAME, WHILE ALGERIA NEEDED TO BEAT CHILE TO KEEP THEIR HOPES ALIVE.

THE AFRICANS DID JUST THAT, SURVIVING A SCARE IN THEIR FINAL GAME TO WIN 3-2, BUT HAVING TO WAIT 24 HOURS FOR WEST GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

TO PLAY. WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, FIFA CHANGED THIS ARRANGEMENT SO THAT THE FINAL GROUP GAMES ARE NOW PLAYED TOGETHER, BUT THAT DIDN’T HELP ALGERIA. SOMEBODY WORKED OUT THAT A 1-0 WEST GERMANY WIN WOULD SEE BOTH THEM AND AUSTRIA THROUGH, SO THAT’S WHAT THEY ENSURED WOULD HAPPEN.

THE GAME HAD THE ATMOSPHERE OF A DEADRUBBER, AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE AS TIME WENT ON. HORST HRUBESCH SCORED THE GOAL THAT THE WEST GERMANS NEEDED ON THE TENTH MINUTE, AND THEN BOTH SIDES JUST… STOPPED. NO MORE ATTACKING, NO MORE CHANCES, JUST SOME VERY POLITE PASSING TO SEE THE GAME OUT. THE SPECTACLE GOT MORE FARCICAL AS TIME WENT ON, UNTIL THE FINAL WHISTLE. ALGERIA WERE OUT.

IT’S CALLED THE SCANDAL OF GIJON IN ALGERIA. FOR THE FINAL THIRTY MINUTES, ONE COMMENTATOR TOLD HIS VIEWERS TO TURN THEIR TELEVISIONS OFF AND REFUSED TO SPEAK UNTIL THE FINAL WHISTLE. ALGERIA CRIED FOUL, AND FIFA DID NOTHING. GERMANY FANS BOMBARDED THE TEAM HOTEL WITH WATER BOMBS OUT OF SHAME. BUT

AUSTRIA’S REPRESENTATIVE HANS TSCHAK WASN’T JUST UNAPOLOGETIC, HE WAS DOWNRIGHT OUTRAGEOUS. ‘IF 10,000 ‘SON’S OF THE DESERT’ … WANT TO TRIGGER A SCANDAL BECAUSE OF THIS IS JUST SHOWS THEY HAVE TOO FEW SCHOOLS’ HE SAID. ‘ SOME SHEIKH COMES OUT OF AN OASIS, IS ALLOWED TO GET A SNIFF OF WORLD CUP AIR AFTER 300 YEARS, AND THINKS HE’S ENTITLED TO OPEN HIS GOB. ’ IT WAS AN EMBARRASSING END TO THE GROUP FOR ALL INVOLVED.

ALGERIA’S APPEAL WAS REJECTED, WITHOUT MUCH EXPLANATION, BUT AFTER THE SCANDAL AT THE 1978 WORLD CUP, WHERE ARGENTINA HAD WON 60 IN THEIR FINAL GROUP GAME BECAUSE THEIR RIVALS HAD PLAYED EARLIER, THEY DID TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE FORMAT SLIGHTLY. FOR FORTY YEARS SINCE THAT TOURNAMENT, FINAL GROUP GAMES ARE PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME TO TRY TO LIMIT THE ADVANTAGE. WEST GERMANY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL, BUT ALGERIA WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ROBBED BY THE DISGRACE OF GIJON.

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BRIDLINGTON TOWN

2008-09 SEASON CHAIRMAN PETER

SMURTHWAITE APPOINTS TIM HOTTE AND GARY

ALLANSON AS JOINT MANAGERS, AND THE CLUB FINISHES A RESPECTABLE FOURTH POSITION IN THE LEAGUE AND LOST TO NORTHERN PREMIER (UNIBOND) LEAGUE PREMIER SIDE NORTH FERRIBY IN THE EAST RIDING SENIOR CUP FINAL AT THE KC STADIUM AND WITHIN DAYS THE MANAGEMENT TEAM HAD RESIGNED FROM THE CLUB DUE TO PERSONNEL REASONS. BUT WITHIN DAYS AND TO THE DELIGHT OF THE TOWN SUPPORTERS GARY ALLANSON HAD A CHANGE OF HEART AND WAS BACK IN THE HOT SEAT APPOINTING CLUB CAPTAIN PHIL HARRISON AS HIS ASSISTANT AND THE PAIR PROVED TO BE AN INSTANT SUCCESS AS THE CLUB WENT ON TO WIN THE LEAGUE BY 11 POINTS AND SCORING 123 LEAGUE GOALS ALONG THE WAY.

2010-11 ANOTHER GOOD SEASON AND TOWN WERE IN THE RACE TO RETAIN THEIR TITLE BUT JUST FELL SHORT LOSING OUT TO FARSLEY WITH PARKGATE BEING RUNNERS-UP. TOWN FANS WERE LEFT SHOCKED WHEN MANAGER GARY ALLANSON HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE THE CLUB AT THE END OF THE SEASON AND WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING SELECT HIS SUCCESSOR AND THAT WAS TO BE MITCH COOK THE FORMER SCARBOROUGH TOWN AND PICKERING TOWN MANAGER WHO WOULD TAKE CHARGE FOR THE 2011-12 SEASON.

2011-12 IN COOK’S FIRST SEASON TOWN FINISHED RUNNERS-UP TO RETFORD MISSING

OUT ON THE TITLE BY ONE POINT BUT WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE EAST RIDING CUP BEATING HALL ROAD RESERVES 9-2 IN THE CUP FINAL AT THE KC STADIUM IN HULL.

2012-13 AND TOWN HAD ANOTHER GOOD SEASON UNDER MITCH COOK FINISHING IN THIRD PLACE WITH A MASSIVE 95 POINTS AND SCORING 137 LEAGUE GOALS ALONG THE WAY, THIS WAS TO BE COOK’S LAST SEASON IN CHARGE AS HE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD HAVE TO STAND DOWN DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS.

2013-14 SEASIDERS FANS WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE FORMER MANAGER GARY ALLANSON RETURN DESPITE A BIG REBUILDING PROGRAMME DUE TO PLAYERS LEAVING IT WASN'T A GREAT SEASON WITH THE CLUB FINISHING 12TH IN THE NCEL AND LOSING 5-2 TO NORTH FERRIBY IN THE SENIOR CUP FINAL.

2014-15 ANOTHER SEASON UNDER GARY ALLANSON WOULD SEE AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE PREVIOUS SEASON WITH AN EIGHTH PLACE FINISH IN THE LEAGUE BUT SOME SILVERWARE IN THE EAST RIDING SENIOR CUP AFTER A 4-2 WIN AGAINST HULL UNITED WHERE CRAIG HOGG SCORED A HAT-TRICK.

2015-16 THE EVER IMPROVING SEASIDERS MANAGED A FIFTH PLACE FINISH IN THE NCEL AND ALSO GOT TO THE LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL LOSING 1-0 TO EVENTUAL WINNERS CLEETHORPES TOWN BUT THE CLUB WENT ON TO RETAIN THE EAST RIDING SENIOR CUP AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE 1-0 WIN OVER NORTH FERRIBY

THE SEASIDERS

UNITED.

2016-17 THE SEASIDERS DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST OF STARTS TO THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN BUT DID HAVE THEIR BEST RUN IN THE NATIONAL CUP COMPETITIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS

REACHING THE FA CUP SECOND QUALIFIER AND TAKING HARROGATE TOWN TO A REPLAY. IT WAS A GOAL FROM FORMER SEASIDER CHIB CHILAKA SCORED A 89TH MINUTE THAT WON THE REPLAY 3-2 FOR HARROGATE. THE CLUB ALSO WENT ON TO THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FA VASE.

IT WAS AFTER A 3-1 AWAY WIN AT HARROGATE

RAILWAY THAT THE CLUB WAS SHOCKED BY NEWS THAT GARY ALLANSON ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE LEAVING DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS, CHAIRMAN PETER SMURTHWAITE ACTED SWIFTLY AND APPOINTED FORMER PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER AND BRITISH BOXING CHAMPION

CURTIS WOODHOUSE ALONG WITH FORMER

HULL CITY LEGEND IAN ASHBEE AS HIS ASSISTANT. THE SEASIDERS WENT ON AN AMAZING 14 MATCH WINNING RUN THAT SAW THE CLUB CLOSE IN ON THE TITLE RACE BUT WE JUST FELL SHORT IN THE END WITH A THIRD PLACE FINISH BUT THE CLUB HAD SUCCESS IN THE EAST RIDING SENIOR CUP FINAL BEATING

HULL CITY 4-2 IN THE FINAL THE CLUB ALSO MADE IT TO THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL LOSING 4-1 TO PENISTONE CHURCH FC AT BRAMALL LANE.

2017-18 IT WASN'T THE BEST OF SEASONS TO WHAT WE WOULD USUALLY EXPECT AT BRIDLINGTON TOWN, DUE TO WORK

COMMITMENTS INSPIRATIONAL ASSISTANT MANAGER IAN ASHBEE LEFT THE CLUB AND WAS

REPLACED BY FORMER SEASIDERS PLAYER MALLY PARKER. WE ALSO SUFFERED INJURIES TO KEY PLAYERS LIKE NICKY MCNAMARA ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE SEASON THAT RULED HIM OUT FOR THE SEASON ALSO JAMIE FORRESTER AND BRETT AGNEW. THE CLUB ALSO LOST KEY PLAYERS TO NORTH FERRIBY UNITED. SO, CURTIS HAD TO REBUILD HIS SQUAD HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEASON WAS THE SUCCESS OF LOCAL LAD JAKE DAY WHO SCORED 48 GOALS AND FINISHED THE TOP SCORER IN THE NCEL PREMIER DIVISION. WE FINISHED A DISAPPOINTING NINTH IN THE LEAGUE, WE ALSO LOST IN THE LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL TO AFC MANSFIELD, AND WE REACHED THE EAST RIDING SENIOR CUP FINAL WHERE WE LOST 2-1 TO HULL CITY AT THE EAST RIDING FA HEADQUARTERS.

2018-19 A NUMBER OF REGULAR PLAYERS LEFT THE CLUB AS CURTIS WOODHOUSE WAS BUILDING A NEW TEAM THAT HE BELIEVED WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE FOR PROMOTION AND WITH WINS IN THE LEAGUE AND THE FA CUP IT WAS LOOKING QUITE PROMISING. ON SUNDAY 09 SEPTEMBER CURTIS WOODHOUSE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE STEPPING DOWN AS MANAGER WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND BRETT AGNEW AND ANTHONY BOWSLEY WOULD STEP IN AS CARETAKER MANAGERS. AFTER JUST THREE GAMES IN A CARETAKER ROLL BRETT AND ANTHONY WERE GIVEN THE ROLE AS THE FULL TIME MANAGEMENT TEAM AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A

BRIDLINGTON TOWN

SUCCESSFUL ONE FINISHING THIRD IN THE NCEL AND ALSO WINNING THE EAST RIDING SENIOR CUP BEATING HULL CITY U23S IN THE FINAL.

2019-20 A SEASON WHERE THREE PROMOTION

PLACES WERE AVAILABLE THE GAFFER BRETT

AGNEW AND ASSISTANT ANTHONY BOWSLEY PUT A GOOD SIDE TOGETHER AND WERE WELL IN THE RACE FOR PROMOTION WHEN THE SEASON WAS ENDED DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

MEANING NO TEAMS WERE PROMOTED.

2020-21 ANOTHER DISRUPTED SEASON DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC SAW THE SEASON ENDED AFTER JUST NINE GAMES THE SEASIDERS FINISHED WITH SEVEN WINS AND TWO DEFEATS.

DUE TO A NEW LEAGUE FORMATION IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE BRIDLINGTON WERE OFFERED PROMOTION TO THE NEW EAST DIVISION WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THE CLUB.

2021-22 A NEW SEASON IN A NEW LEAGUE AND HOPEFULLY NO MORE DISRUPTIONS, THE GAFFER BRETT AGNEW FELT HE HAD HIS STRONGEST SQUAD IN HIS TIME AT THE CLUB. MOVING INTO

THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE EAST DIVISION WAS A TOUGH STEP UP SEEING THE SEASIDERS LOSE THEIR FIRST SIX LEAGUE GAMES BUT PICKED UP A FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AGAINST SHILDON FC. WITH JUST A FEW MONTHS OF THE SEASON TO GO MANAGER BRETT AGNEW ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE LEAVING THE CLUB AT THE END OF THE SEASON. BRIDLINGTON WAS IN A RELEGATION BATTLE THAT WENT DOWN TO THE LAST MATCH OF THE SEASON. LEWIS DENNISON’S 90TH MINUTE PENALTY AGAINST DUNSTON FC WAS THE CRUCIAL GOAL THAT GAVE TOWN THE TREE POINTS NEEDED TO STAY IN THE NPL EAST DIVISION FOR ANOTHER SEASON.

2022-23 A NEW ERA FOR THE CLUB WITH FORMER PLAYER AND COACH MIKE THOMPSON WAS APPOINTED THE NEW MANAGER OF THE CLUB BRINGING WITH HIM EXPERIENCED COACH ADRIAN COSTELLO AS HIS ASSISTANT AND RON MILHAM AS GOALKEEPER COACH.

........ THE STORY CONTINUES

BRAD GRAYSON NEIL SPOFFORTH

NEIL SPOFFORTH IS A DIRECTOR HERE AT OSSETT UNITED AND THE CLUB SECRETARY. HE FIRST CAME TO INGFIELD IN 1999 AND FOLLOWED OSSETT TOWN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE, IN 2013, JOINING THE COMMITTEE AND BECOMING CLUB SECRETARY. AFTER A BRIEF TIME AWAY NEIL RETURNED TO OSSETT IN 2019 WORKING WITH FORMER SECRETARY STEVE HANKS BEFORE ASSUMING THE ROLE IN 2020.

A

IS FOR ARTIST: WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER?

SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER, CERYS MATTHEWS/CATATONIA B

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 BRIEF, WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AT THE CLUB? 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

A DIRECTOR SINCE 2019 AND CLUB

SECRETARY

PIE OR BURGER. PREFERABLY BOTH…

A TIMELORD

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

IS FOR JOKE. TELL US ONE…

OLI METCALFE, I HEAR HE WRITES ABOUT HIS CAREER WHICH WILL BE AN INTERESTING READ. J

WHY DO THE FRENCH HAVE ONE EGG FOR BREAKFAST? BECAUSE ONE EGG IS UN OEUF

IS FOR KARAOKE. WHAT’S YOUR TUNE?

I DON ’T EVEN SING IN THE CAR ! L

IS FOR LATE. WHO IS NEVER ON TIME?

IS FOR MATCH. THE BEST OF YOUR CAREER?

IS FOR NICKNAME. WHAT DO YOU GET CALLED?

IS FOR ONE FOR THE ROAD. WHAT IS YOUR TIPPLE?

HAS TO BE OSSETT TOWN’S 2-1 AWAY WIN AT PADIHAM WITH STEVEN JEFF AS CARETAKER MANAGER

SPOFF, OR LEGEND

WILD TURKEY IS A GREAT BOURBON

PHIL SMITH IS ALWAYS THE LAST AT THE BOARD MEETINGS…. M N O P

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

SIT IN AN OFFICE FINDING TIME TO DO SECRETARY STUFF!

IS FOR QUIZ. WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALIST SUBJECT?

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

BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY

COMING UP WITH A QUIZ TEAM NAME IS THE LIMIT OF MY TALENTS … R

IS FOR SPORT. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE OUTSIDE FOOTBALL CRICKET 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?

IS FOR WHO. WHO DO YOU SUPPORT?

I’VE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE REFEREES ROOM A COUPLE OF TIMES…

4TH QUALIFYING ROUND, OSSETT TOWN TOOK NATIONAL LEAGUE SOLIHULL MOORS TO A REPLAY IN 2017

OSSETT UNITED AND A SOFT SPOT FOR WOKING

THE FA REGISTRATION PROCESS

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

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

SHY, QUIET AND LAZY Z

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

DEFINITELY A SLOTH

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

From day one we had a policy to constantly review how we worked. Because of this dedication to self-improvement and our refreshing, personal approach to recruitment we saw a client and candidate loyalty that we’ve never experienced before and quickly outgrew our small office.

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

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CRAIG BIDDLESTONE

WELL AWAY FROM OSSETT UNITED IT’S BEEN A MANIC FEW WEEKS, MAINLY WORKING AND FOLLOWING FOREST HOME AND AWAYOBVIOUSLY WHEN WE AREN’T PLAYING.

THE 23 YEAR WAIT FOR A RETURN TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE WAS FOR MANY A FOREST FAN AN EXCITING TIME, TRIPS TO OLD PLACES LIKE OLD TRAFFORD AND ANFIELD, AND NEW GROUNDS SUCH AS THE EMIRATES, THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM AND THE ETIHAD. I’M OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE DONE MOST OF THE OLD GROUNDS, IN FACT WATCHING FOREST, OSSETT TOWN AND NOW

OSSETT UNITED I’VE BEEN TO OVER 160 GROUNDS IN MY 40 YEARS WATCHING FOOTBALL MATCHES.

WHY AM I GOING ON ABOUT FOREST AGAIN I HEAR YOU SAY, WELL, FOR ME THIS PIECE IS MORE ABOUT SUPPORTERS THAN TEAMS. YOU WILL NO DOUBT HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE PART OF THE PROGRAMME ABOUT STANDARDS

WE ASK ALL SUPPORTERS TO MEET, AND AS PART OF A COMMUNITY CLUB I ECHO ALL OF THOSE WORDS, BUT ALSO SUPPORTERS AS EVERYONE KNOWS ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF ANY FOOTBALL CLUB. IN RECENT MONTHS I’VE BEEN TO A DECREPIT OLD TRAFFORD WHICH HASN’T REALLY CHANGED MUCH SINCE I WAS A REGULAR AT FOREST GAMES THERE IN THE 80’S AND 90’S, AND I’VE BEEN TO A NEW GROUND IN THE EMIRATES, AND AT BOTH OF THOSE GAMES IT WAS CLEAR TO SEE THAT FOR SOME FANS THESE VENUES ARE NOTHING MORE THAN TOURIST GROUNDS. THE ATMOSPHERE AT BOTH FOR “BIG 6” TEAMS WAS VERY POOR INDEED, AND IN THE CASE OF ARSENAL YOU SEE JUST HOW MUCH OF A TOURIST GROUND IT IS WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WEARING ARSENAL SHIRTS AND HALF AND HALF SCARVES LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

I’VE ALREADY SAID HOW POOR THE ATMOSPHERE WAS AT BOTH OF THOSE GAMES, AGAIN MENTIONING ARSENAL THEY ONLY STARTED SINGING AT 4-0 UP AND PRIOR TO THAT THERE WAS A LAD WITH A DRUM BEHIND THE GOAL, AND EVERY TIME HE BANGED HIS DRUM THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM CLAPPED THEIR HANDS ABOVE THEIR HEADS LIKE THEY WERE AT A QUEEN TRIBUTE CONCERT.

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CRAIG BIDDLESTONE

AT THE AGE OF 16 I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PLAY A SCHOOL GAME AT MEADOW LANE (NOTTS COUNTY), WHERE SOME OF THE SCHOOL CAME AND SANG ON THE TERRACES, IT WAS A MASSIVE BUZZ, AND FOR OUR PLAYERS I IMAGINE THEY GET THE SAME KIND OF BUZZ WHEN OUR FANS ARE SINGING AND CHANTING, AND I HONESTLY DON’T THINK THERE IS ANOTHER CLUB AT OUR LEVEL WITH THAT KIND OF VOCAL SUPPORT.

BUT, I’M NOT HERE TO TELL OUR FANS WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’T DO, THAT’S WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WHEN WE ONLY HAVE 525 FANS IN A GROUND THAT HOLDS 2000, SOME OF THE MORE OBSCENE CHANTS CAN BE HEARD FAR TOO CLEARLY, WHICH CAN AND DOES LEAD TO COMPLAINTS, WHEREAS A MINORITY SINGING THE SAME SONGS AT A 40,000 FULL TO CAPACITY STADIUM CAN GO UNDER THE BRIDGE SO TO SPEAK.

AS I SAID I’M NOT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’T DO, I JUST WANT THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO KEEP GOING, BUT MAYBE WITH A BIT OF THOUGHT FIRST?

FINALLY, I’D LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR OUR LACK OF RADIO COVERAGE AT SOME AWAY GAMES RECENTLY, AS YOU KNOW WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND SOMETIMES WORK CAN GET IN THE WAY, IT’S SOMETHING I’M KEEN TO ADDRESS AND WILL KEEP LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THIS, THAT SAID, WE HAVE RECENTLY PASSED THE 40,000 MARK FOR INDIVIDUAL LISTENS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, AND FROM MYSELF AND ALL OF THE MEDIA TEAM WE THANK YOU FOR STICKING BY US.

TONIGHT’S HALF-TIME PLAYLIST HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY MOZ, WHO ALONG WITH MARV SPONSORS ALEX PETERSON, ENJOY THE MUSIC AND ENJOY THE GAME.

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

F

MARCH

FORMER PLAYERS

PITCHING IN NPL EAST

BRIDLINGTON TOWN

JAMES HITCHCOCK (GOALKEEPER) JAMES HAS MADE OVER 350 APPEARANCES FOR THE SEASIDERS, JAMES HAS GREAT DISTRIBUTION AND EXCELLENT SHOT STOPPING COULD BE A REAL ASSET FOR THE SEASIDERS. PREVIOUS CLUBS INCLUDE SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC, HALL ROAD RANGERS AND GOOLE FC.

RASMUS KRIISA (GOALKEEPER) ‘RAS’ HAS SHOWN HE IS A VERY GOOD KEEPER IN THE PRESEASON FIXTURES, RAS MOVED TO THE UK FROM ESTONIA IN 2018 AND HAS PLAYED FOR

WOODFORD TOWN AND HARINGEY BOROUGH RESPECTIVELY.

BEN CROSHER (GOALKEEPER) BEN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH RON (GOALKEEPER COACH) AND BOTH RASMUS AND ‘HITCH’ AND HAS COME IN AND IMPRESSED FROM DAY ONE. BEN WILL PUSH

‘HITCH’ ALL THE WAY FOR THE NO:1 SHIRT THIS SEASON. PREVIOUS CLUB SCUNTHORPE UNITED.

JACK BULLESS (DEFENDER) NOW IN HIS FOURTH SEASON WITH THE CLUB JACK IS A STRONG DEFENDER WITH A GREAT LEFT FOOT WAS WITH HULL CITY ACADEMY FOR 10 YEARS.

MATTY PLUMBER (DEFENDER) CLUB CAPTAIN

MATTY RETURNED TO THE CLUB AFTER 10 YEARS

AWAY AT VARIOUS CLUBS. A FORMER HULL CITY

PROFESSIONAL, PLUMMER IS A VERSATILE

PLAYER PROFILES

DEFENDER WHO CAN PLAY IN THE CENTRE OR AS A RIGHT FULL BACK. HE IS AN UNCOMPROMISING DEFENDER WHO ALSO HAS A SCORING TOUCH. A GREAT ADDITION TO THE SQUAD.

BENN LEWIS (FULL BACK) RIGHT BACK WITH COMPOSURE ON THE BALL WHO READS THE GAME WELL. A PLAYER WITH GOOD VISION AND PASSING ABILITY THAT IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET FORWARD. FORMER CLUBS INCLUDE HULL CITY,

HALL ROAD RANGERS AND NORTH FERRIBY UNITED

NOAH STOKES (CENTRE BACK) NOAH IS COMFORTABLE IN BOTH CENTRAL DEFENCE AND MIDFIELD AND HAS GREAT TECHNICAL ABILITY AND CAN DISTRIBUTE WITH BOTH FEET. PREVIOUS CLUBS INCLUDE MANSFIELD TOWN,

CURZON ASHTON AND PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES.

HARRY WEBSTER (DEFENDER) HARRY IS A STRONG PHYSICAL CENTRAL DEFENDER WHO IS ALSO COMFORTABLE AT LEFT BACK, HARRY HAS ALSO BEEN A PART OF THE SUCCESSFUL BISHOP

BURTON COLLEGE SQUAD THAT GOT TO THE NATIONAL FINALS LAST SEASON.

WILL SUTTON (LEFT-BACK) WILL OPERATES AT LEFT-BACK AND LOVES TO GET FORWARD. WAS PART OF THE WINTERTON RANGERS SIDE THAT NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON PROMOTION LAST

THE SEASIDERS

SEASON AND WAS ALSO THEIR COMMITTEE PLAYER OF THE SEASON. ALREADY A POPULAR SIGNING WITH THE SUPPORTERS

JACK YATES (MID/FOR) JACK RECENTLY RELOCATED TO THE AREA AND PLAYED DOWN SOUTH LAST SEASON FOR WOODFORD TOWN,

JACK CAN OPERATE ANYWHERE IN MIDFIELD OR A FRONT THREE AND HAS COME IN INSTANTLY WITH THE PASSION TO IMPRESS.

ANDY NORFOLK (MID/FOR) A POPULAR PLAYER WITH THE SEASIDERS FAITHFUL ANDY IS AN AGGRESSIVE FOOTBALLER WHO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PLAY A NUMBER OF POSITIONS ANDY CHIPS IN WITH A FAIR SHARE OF GOALS AND IS NOT SHORT OF SAYING WHAT HE THINKS USUALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY STITCH UPS IN THE CHANGING ROOM. PREVIOUS CLUBS ROTHERHAM UNITED.

JACK GRIFFIN (DEF/MID) JACK IS A GOOD COMMUNICATOR AND IS AN AGGRESSIVE MIDFIELDER WITH A GREAT PASSING RANGE, A GOOD LAD IN THE CHANGING ROOM AS WELL PREVIOUS CLUBS ARE GRIMSBY, MISSOURI

UNIVERSITY AND HALL ROAD RANGERS.

MATT BROADLEY (MIDFIELD) MATTY IS A PACEY

MIDFIELDER WITH A GOOD EYE FOR GOAL, HE JOINED THE CLUB FROM THACKLEY FC SCORING

A HAT-TRICK ON HIS DEBUT V WORKSOP TOWN,

MATTY WAS RECENTLY SELECTED TO REPRESENT

THE ENGLAND UNIVERSITIES TEAM.

WILL TAYLOR (DEF/MID) WILL JOINS THE CLUB FROM PICKERING TOWN, WILL CAN PLAY AT CENTRE MIDFIELD OR FULL BACK. PREVIOUS CLUBS INCLUDE NORTH FERRIBY, GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY AND HULL CITY.

LEWIS DENNISON (DEF/MID/FOR) DENNY IS A GREAT ATHLETE WITH GOOD DELIVERY IN WIDE AREAS CAN RUN ALL DAY LONG TERRIBLE BANTER PREVIOUS CLUBS NORTH FERRIBY, GOOLE, BRIGG, SCARBOROUGH AND GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY.

EDDIE ROGERSON (MIDFIELD) EDDIE IS A CREATIVE MIDFIELDER THAT BRINGS SO MUCH TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK. PREVIOUS CLUBS INCLUDE NORTH FERRIBY, BARTON TOWN.

JAKE MARTINDALE (STRIKER) A NATURAL NO:9 THAT OFFERS US SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE FINAL IN THE FINAL THIRD. JAKE HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE WITH BOTH NORTH FERRIBY, AND BRIGHOUSE TOWN ALSO PLAYED FOR WHITLEY BAY AND WASHINGTON FC WHILST AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY.

ALI AYDEMIR (STRIKER) ALI POSSESSES BLISTERING PACE AND LOVES TO RUN AT DEFENDERS, ALREADY POPULAR WITH THE TOWN FAITHFUL. PREVIOUS CLUBS INCLUDE EAST HULL, GOOLE FC AND GRANTHAM TOWN.

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PAUL COOPER

EDD HALL

FABIAN BAILEY

DANNY BURNS

HARRY COATES

HARRY GAGEN

PADDY MILLER

CRAIG NELTHORPE

DANNY SOUTH (CPT)

BRANDON WEBSTER

IDRIS ATTA

JAMES CADMAN

CHRIS DAWSON

LUKE HOGG

JANNI LIPKA

OLI METCALFE

TOM PRIESTLEY-STANDING

DERRY ROBSON

LUKE ALDRICH

DAVID BROWN

JAMES CARVELL

PITEU CROUZ

NATHAN CURTIS

ALEX PETERSON

JAMES WALSHAW

JAMES HITCHCOCK

RASMUS KRIISA

BEN CROSHER

MATTY

JACK BULLESS

BENN LEWIS

LEWIS

ANDY NORFOLK

WILL TAYLOR

EDDIE

MATT BROADLEY

NOAH STOKES

JACK GRIFFIN

JAKE MARTINDALE

ALI AYDEMIR

CAM CONNELLY

JORDAN

HARRY

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