Ossett United v Shildon (11/02/2023)

Vs SHILDON SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY | 15:00 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

OSSETT UNITED V SHILDON

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION RUNNERS UP: 2001/02 PLAY-OFF RUNNERS UP: 2016/17 NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST PREMIER DIVISION WINNERS: 1998/99, 2003/04 RUNNERS UP: 1998/99, 2000/01 NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST FIRST DIVISION WINNERS: 1986/87 NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST SECOND DIVISION WINNERS: 1988/89 CLUB RECORDS FA CUP FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND: 1965/66, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2012/13, 2017/18 (R) SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND: 2019/20 FA TROPHY SECOND ROUND: 1999/00 FIRST ROUND: 2001/02, 2004/05, 2012/13 THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND: 2022/23 OSSETT UNITED IS A TRADING NAME OF OSSETT UNITED LIMITED, A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES. IT IS A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES. IT IS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE, COMPANY NUMBER 11162425. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTROL. J. ROGERS (31.525%) AND D. ROGERS (25.5%)

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OSSETT UNITED STATEMENT AT OSSETT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB WE PRIDE OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY CLUB, WELCOMING FOR ALL OUR FANS, VISITING SUPPORTERS AND NEUTRALS ALIKE, AND ARE EQUALLY PROUD OF THE LEVELS OF SUPPORT WE RECEIVE, REGULARLY ACHIEVING ONE OF THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCES NATIONALLY AT OUR LEVEL. WE VERY MUCH WELCOME THE GROWING BAND OF YOUNGER SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE BEEN ATTENDING HOME GAMES MORE RECENTLY, FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE THAT

GENERATING A IS REGULARLY

COMMENTED ON BY THE PLAYERS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM.

HOWEVER, IN RECENT GAMES THERE HAVE SADLY BEEN SOME UNPLEASANT EVENTS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE ENJOYMENT OF OTHER SUPPORTERS AND AFFECTING THE PLAYING OF THE GAME WITH TUESDAY’S GAME BEING BRIEFLY STOPPED BY THE REFEREE DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF SEVERAL OF OUR YOUNGER FANS.

WHILST

MOST RECENT GAME, THEY ARE NOT BANNED.

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

BUT SUPPORTERS MUST ABIDE BY THE RULES SET DOWN

BY THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AND OSSETT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB AND ALWAYS FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF OUR STEWARDS AND CLUB OFFICIALS. THEREFORE, UNLESS THERE IS A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN BEHAVIOUR STARTING FROM THIS SATURDAY, THEN THE CLUB WILL HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE FROM POLICE AND THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION WHICH WOULD SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER 16S NOT BEING ALLOWED ENTRY TO THE GROUND UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT – A POLICY A NUMBER

OF

OTHER

CLUBS

HAVE

ALREADY

IT MAY SEEM LIKE HARMLESS BOISTEROUS FUN TO SOME, WHEN THE REFEREE HAS TO STOP THE GAME DUE

IMPLEMENTED.

RISK

OF THE GROUND HAVE BEEN MADE UNAVAILABLE TO

TO ISSUES WITH CROWD CONTROL, THERE IS A SERIOUS THAT

THIS

COULD

CREATE

SERIOUS

REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE CLUB WITH ACTION BEING TAKEN BY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION WHICH COULD RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL FINE FOR THE CLUB OR POINTS DEDUCTION.

WHILST STEWARDS AND CLUB OFFICIALS WERE QUICK TO REACT TO THE ISSUES, THE LARGE GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS ARE CHALLENGING TO ENGAGE WITH AND WHEN KEY INDIVIDUALS WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THE GROUND AND REFUSED, THE POLICE HAD TO BE CALLED WHICH THEN RESULTED IN A LARGE GROUP BEING EJECTED FROM THE GROUND – WE DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS, BUT WHEN BEHAVIOUR CROSSES THE LINE THEN IT IS OUR DUTY TO ACT FOR THE BROADER ENJOYMENT

AND SAFETY OF ALL SUPPORTERS AT THE GAME AND TO

IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS CURRENT SEASON, CERTAIN AREAS UNACCOMPANIED U16S, SUCH AS THE MAIN STAND WHICH IS NOW OUR FAMILY STAND.

WE BELIEVE THE MAJORITY WHO ATTEND OUR GAMES DO SO TO WATCH THE FOOTBALL AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. WE ALSO BELIEVE THE MAJORITY ARE NOT THERE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THEREFORE WE ASK IF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR DOES OCCUR, PLEASE MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. BY DISTANCING YOURSELF IT MAKES IT EASIER TO IDENTIFY THE TROUBLEMAKERS. CHOOSING TO REMAIN IN THE GROUP SIMPLY PUTS YOU AT RISK OF BEING EJECTED FROM THE GROUND.

THE CLUB IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE WHO IN TURN ARE LINKING UP WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.

THE RIGHT WAY AND THEREFORE AVOIDING POSSIBLE

REST ASSURED THOSE IDENTIFIED AS BREAKING CLUB AND FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION RULES WILL BE

ACTION BY THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. WHILST THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WERE EJECTED FROM OUR

GAMES.

ENSURE THE CLUB IS SEEN TO BE MANAGING ISSUES IN

PERMANENTLY

BANNED

FROM

ATTENDING FUTURE

WELCOME TO INGFIELD JAMES ROGERS, CHAIRMAN

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THE DUGOUT GRANT BLACK WELCOME TO TODAY’S GAME WITH SHILDON, HOT ON THE HEELS OF ANOTHER EXCELLENT WIN HERE ON TUESDAY EVENING WHICH MADE IT THREE ON THE SPIN AND MAKES OUR POINTS TOTAL LOOK MUCH HEALTHIER.

EVER

SINCE

I WAS

APPOINTED, ALONG WITH MY MANAGEMENT TEAM WE HAVE CONFIDENTLY SAID WE WOULD PROPEL THE SIDE UP THE TABLE AND THAT IS STARTING TO BE SEEN AS THE NEW SIGNINGS HAVE SETTLED IN.

THE

MINIMUM

WE

EXPECT

IS

100%

COMMITMENT AND I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING FOR NINETY MINUTES, WITH THE POSITIVE RESULTS COMES CONFIDENCE AND I HAVE NO DOUBT ANY SIDE IN THE LEAGUE WILL RELISH PLAYING US.

WE HAVE STRENGTH IN DEPTH ALL OVER THE PITCH AND ANYONE WHO FAILS TO MAKE THE STARTING LINE UP IN ANY GIVEN GAME

CAN

CONSIDER

THEMSELVES

UNLUCKY AND I KNOW WHEN CALLED UPON

THEY WILL COME ONTO THE FIELD DURING

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LEAVE THAT WITH THE CLUB TO DEAL WITH,

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN THE SUPPORTERS

ARE

SINGING

AND

SUPPORTING THE LADS IT GENUINELY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, HOWEVER IT CLEARLY HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND IN RECENT GAMES AND THAT HAS TO STOP.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF YOU IN THE STANDS BUT PLEASE AVOID CAUSING NEEDLESS TROUBLE, RESPECT THE CLUB, YOUR FELLOW SUPPORTERS AND ENJOY THE RIDE WE ARE ON AS WE LOOK TO TURN THREE WINS INTO FOUR TODAY.

ENJOY THE GAME.

THE GAME AND MAKE A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT.

I AM AWARE ON TUESDAY THERE WAS SOME ISSUES IN THE CROWD AND WHILE I WILL 6

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS NEVILLE WIGGLESWORTH THIS AFTERNOON’S VISITORS SHILDON ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A RELEGATION SCRAP BUT THEY CAN’T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY AS

ON TUESDAY NIGHT AGAINST BRIDLINGTON TOWN GRANT BLACK AND HIS MEN MADE IT THREE WINS OUT OF THREE – THE FIRST TIME THIS CLUB HAS ACHIEVED THAT DISTINCTION SINCE 2021 WHEN, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7TH AND SEPTEMBER 18TH, WE REGISTERED CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES AGAINST STOCKTON TOWN (2 – 1), FRICKLEY ATHLETIC (1 – 0) AND YORKSHIRE AMATEUR (1 – 0). OUR LONGEST WINNING LEAGUE RUN TO DATE WAS BACK IN OUR INAUGURAL SEASON WHEN, BETWEEN MARCH 16TH 2019 AND APRIL 13TH 2019, WE RACKED UP A SEQUENCE OF FIVE WINS

WAS PROVEN BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN, AT THAT TIME WITHOUT A SINGLE WIN TO THEIR NAME, THEY PRODUCED A REALLY BATTLING PERFORMANCE AGAINST US TO GRAB ALL THREE POINTS COURTESY OF THE ONLY GOAL OF A DRAB GAME. NOT WISHING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM SHILDON WHO THOROUGHLY DESERVED THEIR WIN BUT OUR PERFORMANCE ON THAT NIGHT WAS THE MOST ABJECT DISPLAY I HAVE SEEN FROM AN OSSETT UNITED TEAM AND A VICTORY TODAY WILL AT LEAST GO SOME WAY TO DISPELLING THE MEMORIES OF THAT NIGHT UP IN SHILDON AND THE MISERABLE JOURNEY HOME. FOR SHILDON A WIN COULD SEE THEM CLIMB OUT OF THE RELEGATION ZONE AND THEY WILL

ON THE BOUNCE. PRIOR TO TODAY, AND SINCE GRANT BLACK TOOK OVER AT THE HELM, OUR PLAYING RECORD IN THE LEAGUE IS PLAYED 14, WON 5, DRAWN 6 AND LOST 3. THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE HAD

NEED NO FURTHER INCENTIVE THAN THAT TO DO WELL HERE AT INGFIELD IN THE RETURN GAME.

WE NOT CONCEDED GOALS DEEP INTO INJURY TIME AGAINST WORKSOP TOWN AND NORTH SHIELDS. HOPEFULLY, THOUGH, WE CAN EXTEND OUR WINNING RUN THIS AFTERNOON TO FOUR MATCHES AND CLIMB FURTHER UP THE LEAGUE.

BOWKER WHO WAS UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE HERSELF ON TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN NOT ONLY

STRANGELY ON TUESDAY EVENING, EVEN THOUGH WE PICKED UP ALL THREE POINTS, WE STILL DROPPED A PLACE IN THE TABLE SUCH WERE OTHER RESULTS ON THE NIGHT.

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WHEN YOU SUPPORT A CLUB MATCH DAYS ARE ALWAYS TENSE AFFAIRS BUT SPARE A THOUGHT FOR OUR CAFETERIA MANAGERESS CATH

DID SHE HAVE THE FOOD AND DRINKS TO ORGANISE FOR SPECTATORS AND PLAYERS BUT TO ADD TO THAT SHE ALSO HAD THE UNENVIABLE PROBLEM OF UNDERGOING A BI-ANNUAL INSPECTION FROM THE WAKEFIELD MDC FOOD AND HYGIENE PEOPLE. DAYS OF CLEANING THE FACILITIES AND MAKING SURE ALL THE ARDUOUS

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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS PAPERWORK WAS FULLY UP TO DATE PAID OFF IN THE END AS WE WERE AWARDED A RATING OF 4 STARS OUT OF A POSSIBLE 5. SPECTATORS

APPRECIATED. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE CAN’T SIMPLY SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING BY PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS OK. WE NEED TO

USING THE CAFETERIA CAN BE ASSURED THAT EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE GOES INTO THE PREPARATION AND SERVING OF THE FOOD. CATH ONLY FAILED TO GET THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING OF 5 STARS DUE TO A TECHNICALITY

REACH A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REMISS IGNORE THINGS AND HOPE THEY GO AWAY. WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND OUR GAMES AND ARE BEING PUT OFF BY WHAT THEY ARE

WHICH WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT RATHER THAN ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROVISION OF THE FOOD. THANKS AGAIN TO CATH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING THE TEA BAR SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PART

HEARING FROM THE TERRACES, AS A PROFESSED COMMUNITY CLUB WE HAVE TO BE INCLUSIVE AND CONSIDERATE OF ALL. WE WANT TO ATTRACT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND OUR GAMES AND BE COMFORTABLE IN DOING SO BUT

OF OUR ORGANISATION.

GENERAL BEHAVIOUR HAS TO BE WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS. THIS ISN’T A PROBLEM PECULIAR TO OSSETT UNITED AS OUR TRIP TO GRIMSBY BOROUGH RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED AND OTHER CLUBS SO I AM TOLD ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR

I HAVE TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THE RESPONSE AND NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS PUT FORWARD BY OUR REGULARS IN ADDRESSING THE BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS WE ARE ENCOUNTERING WITH A CERTAIN SECTION OF OUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE ISSUES WE ARE CURRENTLY ENCOUNTERING ON MATCH DAYS AND THE INPUT FROM EVERYBODY WHO TROUBLED TO RESPOND TO THE CLUB’S STATEMENT WAS SURELY MUCH

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OCCURRENCES.

WE GENUINELY WANT THE SUPPORT BUT THERE HAS TO BE BOUNDARIES AND NOT LEAST A RESPECT FOR OUR VOLUNTEER STEWARDS WHO ARE NOT OUT TO QUASH ENJOYMENT BUT NEITHER ARE THEY THERE TO EXPERIENCE THREATS OR ABUSE.

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ON THE BENCH GRANT BLACK – MANAGER

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

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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.

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

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

SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE EMILY CRISPIN – SPORTS & EXERCISE THERAPIST EMILY GRADUATED FROM LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY WITH A BSC HONOURS IN SPORT AND EXERCISE THERAPY. SHE IS ALSO QUALIFIED IN FIRST AID AT WORK AND TRAUMA MANAGEMENT WITHIN SPORT.

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PLAYER PROFILES EDD HALL EDD JOINED THE CLUB IN JANUARY 2022 AND IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE BEST GOALKEEPERS AT STEP FOUR AND WAS VOTED AS THE SECOND-BEST GOALKEEPER IN THE NPL EAST FOR THE 21/22 SEASON. EDD HAS NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH EXPERIENCE HAVING PLAYED FOR BRADFORD PARK AVENUE AND FARSLEY CELTIC.

SPONSORED BY: FOOTBALLBOOKREVIEWS.COM DANNY BURNS CENTRAL DEFENDER SIGNED FROM WORKSOP TOWN. A TALL COMMANDING PLAYER WHO STARTED HIS CAREER AT CAMBRIDGE UNITED BEFORE SPELLS AT BUXTON, BLYTH SPARTANS, NUNEATON BOROUGH AND STAFFORD RANGERS AS WELL AS A SPELL AT FRICKLEY ATHLETIC ALONGSIDE BRAD BEATSON.

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

SPONSORED BY: BSP HYDRAULICS HARRY GAGEN AFTER A LOAN SPELL AT INGFIELD IN 2020, GAGEN SIGNED PERMANENTLY FOR THE CLUB UPON HIS RELEASE FROM BARNSLEY FC. ‘GADGE’ ESTABLISHED HIMSELF IN THE FIRST TEAM LAST SEASON, WINNING THE PLAYER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

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

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

SPONSORED BY THE ADAMSON FAMILY PADDY MILLER 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 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

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

SPONSORED BY: ROY TAYLOR & RICHARD FARRELL BRAD GRAYSON SIGNED FROM GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY, BRAD WILL BRING EXPERIENCE AND COMPETITION TO A TALENTED OSSETT UNITED FORWARD LINE. AS WELL AS A SUCCESSFUL NON-LEAGUE CAREER IN ENGLAND BRAD HAS ALSO PLAYED IN SWEDEN, THE PHILIPPINES AND AUSTRALIA.

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PLAYER PROFILES OLI METCALFE OLI SPENT THE SECOND HALF OF THE 21/22 SEASON ON LOAN FROM GUISELEY BEFORE MAKING THE MOVE PERMANENT THIS SUMMER. THE CENTRAL MIDFIELDER HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AS HE LOOKS TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF IN THE SIDE. METCALFE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A KEY PLAYER AT INGFIELD.

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

SPONSORED BY: MOZ & MARV LUKE ALDRICH 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 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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FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS JORDAN HENDERSON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY MORE IMPORTANTLY BETWEEN THE COACHING STAFF AND THE PLAYERS.’ WHILST THE TRIPTYCH REMAINS – PLAYERS, STAFF, COMMUNITY – THE EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY HAS GROWN IN RECENT YEARS, NOT LEAST AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC. AND HENDERSON’S VOICE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF BRIDGING A LINK NOT ONLY WITH LIVERPOOL

WHAT MAKES A GREAT FOOTBALL CAPTAIN? IS IT THE BEST PLAYER IN THE TEAM OR THE MOST CONSISTENT? THE LOUDEST VOICE OR THE BEST COMMUNICATOR? SOMEONE WHO PLAYS WITH THEIR HEART OR THEIR HEAD? THE PERSON WHO LEADS BY EXAMPLE ON THE PITCH OR OFF IT? IN TRUTH, IDEALLY IT IS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND MORE BESIDES. NAMES LIKE TONY ADAMS, ROY KEANE, WES MORGAN, VINCENT KOMPANY AND STEVEN GERRARD OFTEN FEATURE IN DISCUSSIONS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE’S GREATEST CAPTAINS. THESE ARE PLAYERS WHO NOT ONLY WON TROPHIES FOR THEIR CLUBS BUT ALSO LED THEIR TEAMS PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY – THEY BECAME, IN A WAY, EXTENSIONS OF THE BADGE. TONY ADAMS WAS ARSENAL, ROY KEANE WAS MANCHESTER UNITED, WES MORGAN WAS LEICESTER CITY. THEY WERE THE FIGUREHEADS FOR THEIR CLUBS, UNDOUBTED LEADERS ON THE PITCH WITH PERSONAS THAT MATCHED. EACH HAD HIS OWN STYLE, HIS OWN CHALLENGES TO FACE AND EACH LEFT AN ENVIABLE FOOTBALLING LEGACY. THESE ARE BIG BOOTS TO FILL, BUT ARGUABLY JORDAN HENDERSON HAS NOT ONLY FILLED THESE BOOTS BUT MADE THEM EVEN BIGGER.

NHL HALL OF FAMER JOE SAKIC SAID, ‘A… TEAM NEEDS A VOICE, NOT ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT

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FANS, OR EVEN FOOTBALL FANS, BUT WITH WIDER SOCIETY, THROUGH HIS WORK ON THE #PLAYERSTOGETHER NHS INITIATIVE AND FUND. IF THERE IS ONE TAKEAWAY FROM HENDERSON’S RECENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY, IT IS THAT HE IS QUICK TO PASS THE PLAUDITS AROUND; LIKE ANY GREAT LEADER, HE HONOURS THE WORK OF OTHERS AND DOWNPLAYS HIS OWN ROLE. YET HENDERSON WAS AT THE HEART OF FOOTBALL’S RALLYING FOR THE NHS AND, COUPLED WITH THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS UNDER HIS CAPTAINCY AT LIVERPOOL, WHICH HAS INCLUDED THE FULL GAMUT OF TOP-TIER TROPHIES ON OFFER – PREMIER LEAGUE, FA CUP, LEAGUE CUP, COMMUNITY SHIELD, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, EUROPEAN SUPER CUP AND CLUB WORLD CUP – THE FORMER WON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE DECADES FOR THE REDS, THE LATTER WON FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER – HIS IS A LEGACY THAT CARRIES EXCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE NOT ONLY ON THE PITCH BUT BEYOND FOOTBALL, NOT ONLY IN LIVERPOOL BUT NATIONWIDE.

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MANY WAYS, HENDERSON’S IMPRESSIVE LEADERSHIP HAS MADE HIM NOT ONLY A FIGUREHEAD FOR HIS CLUB BUT A FIGUREHEAD FOR THE FOOTBALL COMMUNITY AND HE’S A WARM, LIKEABLE AND MODEST ONE AT THAT, AS EVIDENCED THROUGHOUT THE COMPELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS PUBLISHER MICHAEL JOSEPH. OCTOBER 2022: 336 PAGES INDEED, HAD HENDERSON HAD HIS WAY, THIS BOOK, RATHER THAN BEARING HIS NAME, WOULD HAVE BEEN TITLED WITH OR WITHOUT ME. NO, IT’S NOT A HOMAGE TO U2’S ‘WITH OR WITHOUT YOU’ BUT RATHER AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HENDERSON’S BELIEF THAT LIVERPOOL’S SUCCESS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH, OR MORE IMPORTANTLY WITHOUT, HIM. THIS MAY COME ACROSS AS FALSE MODESTY FROM SOME AND I’M NOT SURE THERE WOULD BE MANY OTHER PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS WHO WOULD BE SO QUICK TO WRITE OFF THEIR INFLUENCE, BUT FROM HENDERSON IT’S A GENUINE MARKER OF THE MAN – HIS LACK OF PRETENSION, HIS SENSE OF HUMILITY AND HIS RESPECT FOR HIS PEERS. I SUSPECT, THOUGH, THAT WHILE HENDERSON BELIEVES THE SUCCESS COULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIM, HIS TEAMMATES, FANS AND MANAGER WOULD VEHEMENTLY ARGUE THE TOSS. AFTER ALL, HENDERSON HAS BEEN AT THE BEATING HEART OF LIVERPOOL’S MIDFIELD (AND EVEN, WHEN CALLED UP ON, THEIR DEFENCE) FOR OVER A DECADE. THAT’S AN IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH FEAT AT ANY TEAM BUT TO HOLD DOWN THAT PLACE IN A SIDE THAT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY CHALLENGING FOR DOMESTIC AND EUROPEAN HONOURS SPEAKS OF JUST HOW INTEGRAL AND VALUED HE IS.

IT IS EASY TO FORGET TOO THAT HENDERSON AND HIS CAREER WAS IN ITS RELATIVE INFANCY WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ANFIELD FROM SUNDERLAND IN 2011 AND THE TASK OF MAKING HIS MARK AND FORCING HIS WAY INTO A REDS SIDE LOOKING TO RECREATE LIVERPOOL’S GLORY DAYS WOULD HAVE DAUNTED

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MANY. HENDERSON NOT ONLY BATTLED IT OUT, BUT HE TURNED AROUND PERCEPTIONS AND THEN STEPPED UP TO FILL PERHAPS THE BIGGEST VOID IN RECENT LIVERPOOL HISTORY WHEN THE ICONIC STEVEN GERRARD LEFT. HENDERSON’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS TESTAMENT TO HIS DETERMINATION, HIS ENDEAVOUR AND HIS RESPONSIBILITY. THERE’S ALSO AN INCREDIBLE MATURITY, A WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT HIS FLAWS AND CRUCIALLY WORK AT THEM AND TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEAM AND TO PLAY HIS PART.

THERE IS MUCH TO ENJOY IN THE BOOK ABOUT LIFE AT LIVERPOOL, THE EARLY DAYS OF KLOPP’S REIGN, STRUGGLES WITH INJURY, MEMORABLE NIGHTS (FOR DIFFERENT REASONS) IN KYIV AND MADRID AND THAT COMPELLING FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE IN THIRTY YEARS, BUT WHAT DEFINES HENDERSON ARE HIS VALUES AND HIS ETHOS. HE SPEAKS ELOQUENTLY AND HONESTLY ON EVERYTHING FROM THE PRESSURES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CHALLENGES OF CRITICISM TO RACISM, THE FAILED SUPER LEAGUE AND THE PRIVILEGES OF BEING A FOOTBALLER. HIS WORDS CARRY WEIGHT, AS DO HIS ACTIONS, AND ON AND OFF THE PITCH HE EPITOMISES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CAPTAIN, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A ROLE MODEL. WITH HIM, LIVERPOOL HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE OF THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL PERIODS IN HISTORY – A COINCIDENCE, I THINK NOT. WITHOUT HIM, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.

WITH OR WITHOUT HIM? I SUSPECT LIVERPOOL FANS WOULD SAY WITH HIM, 100%.

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FOOTBALL BOOK REVIEWS SHILDON HISTORY FORMED IN 1890 AS SHILDON TOWN, THE RAILWAYMEN JOINED THE AUCKLAND AND DISTRICT LEAGUE TWO YEARS LATER AND IN 1894 MERGED WITH THE RANGERS AND HEROES TO BECOME SHILDON UNITED. IN 1900, THE CLUB PLAYED IN THE NEW NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION TWO BUT FOLDED THAT SEASON DUE TO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS – AS DID THE SECOND DIVISION.

A RE-FORMED CLUB JOINED THE NORTHERN LEAGUE IN 1903 TO REPLACE STOCKTON ST JOHN’S. IN 1907, SHILDON JOINED THE SEMIPROFESSIONAL RANKS OF THE NORTH EASTERN LEAGUE, FINISHING SECOND IN SEASON 1932/33.

BEFORE WWII THE CLUB WON FOUR SUCCESSIVE NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TITLES; A RECORD THAT STOOD UNTIL OVERHAULED BY BLYTH IN 1984. IN 1937 THE TEAM WAS UNBEATEN ON THEIR MARCH TO THE TITLE WITH JACK DOWNING FIRING IN A RECORD 61 LEAGUE AND CUP GOALS. A REPLAY WIN AT YORK CITY IN 1927/28 SAW THE CLUB REACH THE FIRST ROUND PROPER OF THE FA CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THE FIRST ROUND, THEY HAVE ALSO PLAYED BRENTFORD, DONCASTER ROVERS, LINCOLN CITY, SCUNTHORPE UNITED, AND OLDHAM ATHLETIC THREE TIMES. THE LAST TIME THE CLUB REACHED THIS STAGE WAS IN 2003/04, LOSING OUT 7-2 AGAINST NOTTS COUNTY. THE CLUB ALSO REACHED THE SECOND ROUND, IN 1936/37 AGAINST DARTFORD. THE DEAN STREET TURNSTILES AND DISTINCTIVE GRANDSTAND WERE ERECTED IN 1923. A £45,000 GRANT SAW NEW DRESSING ROOMS AND A SOCIAL CLUB BUILT BENEATH THE STAND 60 YEARS LATER.

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WON THE SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2001/02, SCORING 135 GOALS, AND FINISHED RUNNERS-UP IN TWO CUP COMPETITIONS. THE FOLLOWING SEASON THEY WON THE NORTHERN LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP WITH A 32 GOLDEN GOAL VICTORY OVER BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA AT FEETHAMS.

TRAGEDY STRUCK THE CLUB IN FEBRUARY 2004 WHEN 26-YEAR-OLD PLAYER, LEE HAINSWORTH WAS KILLED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT ON HIS WAY TO TRAINING. HE HAD BEEN WITH THE CLUB FOR SIX YEARS. THE BROWN STREET STAND WAS RENAMED IN HIS MEMORY.

BILL AISBITT, A LIFELONG STALWART AT THE CLUB, DIED IN JUNE 2003 AND THE BOARDROOM WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOUR AFTER OVER 50 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE. AT THE END OF THE 2004 SEASON, THE RAILWAYMEN CAME UNDER SERIOUS THREAT THROUGH FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES WHEN THE FORMER CHAIRMAN SEVERED ALL TIES WITH THE CLUB. AT THE END OF THE SEASON, ALL THE PLAYERS AND THE MANAGER LEFT THE CLUB, LEAVING IT CRIPPLED.

BUT DURING THE CLOSE SEASON, THE CLUB APPOINTED A NEW CHAIRMAN, BRIAN BURN WHO ENSURED ITS SURVIVAL. THE CLUB SURVIVED A RELEGATION SCARE AND SINCE THEN HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.

IN 2012/13, THE CLUB REACHED TWO CUP SEMIFINALS. A DEPLETED SIDE LOST IN THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP TO SPENNYMOOR TOWN. THE MATCH BROUGHT AN END TO THE PLAYING CAREER

THE RAILWAYMEN OF MIDFIELDER CHRIS HUGHES AFTER HE SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY. AND THERE WAS MORE HEARTBREAK

AS THE SIDE NARROWLY MISSED A DREAM DAY OUT AT WEMBLEY AFTER LOSING THEIR TWO-LEGGED FA VASE SEMI-FINAL TO A LATE EXTRA-TIME GOAL IN THE SECOND-LEG AT HOME.

IN SEASON 2013/14, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM FURTHER STRENGTHENED THE PLAYING SQUAD, BRINGING IN SEVERAL EXPERIENCED PLAYERS IN A DETERMINED MOVE TO BRING SILVERWARE BACK TO DEAN STREET FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE INVESTMENT PAID OFF WITH THE CLUB NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON THE LEAGUE TITLE, REMAINING COMPETITIVE UNTIL THE FINAL WEEKS OF THE SEASON.

BUT THE CLUB WAS ABLE TO AVENGE THE SEMIFINAL DEFEAT OF THE PREVIOUS SEASON WHEN THEY FACED SPENNYMOOR TOWN IN THE FINAL OF THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP. ON A HISTORIC GOOD FRIDAY, SHILDON STRIKER, BILLY GREULICHSMITH ADDED A NEW CHAPTER TO THE CLUB’S HISTORY BOOKS WITH TWO LATE GOALS – THE WINNER IN ADDED TIME AT THE END OF THE 90 MINUTES – TO OVERCOME THEIR LOCAL RIVALS BY TWO GOALS TO ONE. AFTER MISSING OUT ON THE NORTHERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 2014/15 SEASON BY ONE POINT, THE TEAM REGROUPED AND WON THE NORTHERN LEAGUE CUP AND BECAME CHAMPIONS OF THE NORTHERN LEAGUE THE FOLLOWING SEASON. FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, CHAIRMAN DAVID DENT APPOINTED DANIEL MOORE IN JANUARY 2017 AND MOORE GUIDED US TO THIRD POSITION IN THE LEAGUE AND A DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP SEMIFINAL.

THE FIRST PIECE OF SILVERWARE CAME AT THE START OF THE 2018/19 SEASON WITH A 4-1 PENALTY VICTORY AGAINST DUNSTON UTS. DURING THIS SEASON, DANIEL MOORE GUIDED US TO ANOTHER TOP SIX FINISH AND THE SEASON FINISHED AS IT STARTED WITH SILVERWARE COMING BACK TO DEAN STREET AFTER THE CLUB DEFEATED SOUTH SHIELDS 1-0 IN THE FINAL OF THE DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP HELD AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT.

FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON, AND AFTER 2,896 GAMES IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE, THE CLUB HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO STEP 4 OF THE FOOTBALL PYRAMID (NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE – EAST), THE HIGHEST LEVEL THE CLUB HAS EVER PLAYED AT. IN OUR INAUGURAL SEASON IN THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE EAST WE FINISHED THE SEASON IN A CREDITABLE FIFTH POSITION. IN THE PLAY-OFF GAME WE WERE NARROWLY BEATEN BY MARSKE UNITED. FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN GOING ON THROUGH THE SUMMER WITH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN NOW FINISHED AND OPEN AS WELL AS A NEW CHANGING BLOCK TO BRING US UP TO LEAGUE STANDARD.

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2022/2023 DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORERS

MO M

ATT

FA CUP EP NPL EAST NPL EAST FA CUP P NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

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

ZOTTOS, STACEY FEARON, OFOEGBU

CROPPER STACEY

ZOTTOS ALDRICH (2), BEATSON ALDRICH ALDRICH

HOLLINGSWORTH ALDRICH GAGEN

275 212 407 342 235 402 527

(A) BRIDLINGTON TOWN (A) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST (A) SHEFFIELD (H) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST

NPL EAST FAT 1Q FAT 2Q NPL EAST

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

NELTHORPE, STACEY ALDRICH (2) FEARON ALDRICH

BEATSON ALDRICH BURNS ZOTTOS

281 115 351 267

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

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

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

THEWLIS, STACEY, GRAYSON METCALFE BURNS, ALDRICH (2), WILSON HOGG (2) ALDRICH

THEWLIS STACEY BEATSON HOGG STACEY HOGG SOUTH

343 616 264 361 125 345 413

NPL EAST NPL EAST WR COUNTY CUP NPL EAST NPL EAST

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

PETERSON GRAYSON GRAYSON BURNS, SOUTH, LIPKA, CURTIS GRAYSON

HOGG BURNS MATCALFE NELTHORPE COATES

359 379 198 267 532

NPL EAST NPL EAST

0-0 1-2

PETERSON

CURTIS PETERSON

263 424

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

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

PETERSON, SOUTH PETERSON WALSHAW (2), PETERSON, METCALFE

COATES COATES SOUTH PETERSON

814 616 485 555

NPL EAST NPL EAST

0-1 2-1

NELTHORPE(P) WALSHAW (2)

PETERSON NELTHORPE

191 343

AUGUST 06/08/22 13/08/22 16/08/22 20/08/22 23/08/22 27/08/22 29/08/22

(H) NEW MILLS (A) CARLTON TOWN (H) STOCKTON TOWN (H) WHITCHURCH ALPORT (A) DUNSTON (H) CLEETHORPES TOWN (A) PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES

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

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

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

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

DECEMBER 02/12/22 26/12/22

(A) TADCASTER ALBION (A) BRIGHOUSE TOWN

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

(H) PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES (A) STOCKTON TOWN (H) DUNSTON (H) TADCASTER ALBION

FEBRUARY 04/02/23 07/02/23

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(A) GRIMSBY BOROUGH (H) BRIDLINGTON TOWN

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RESULT

SCORERS

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FEBRUARY 11/02/23 18/02/23 25/02/23

(H) SHILDON (A) HEBBURN TOWN (H) SHEFFIELD

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

(H) LONG EATON UNITED (A) STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS (H) CARLTON TOWN (A) SHEFFIELD (A) CONSETT (H) NORTH SHIELDS

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

(A) LINCOLN UNITED (A) CLEETHORPES TOWN (H) BRIGHOUSE TOWN (A) WORKSOP TOWN (H) GRANTHAM TOWN

NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST NPL EAST

NEW DATE

MARCH 04/03/23 07/03/23 11/03/23 14/03/23 18/03/23 25/03/23

NEW DATE NEW DATE NEW DATE

APRIL 01/04/23 08/04/23 10/04/23 15/04/23 22/04/23

PLAYER STATS

NAME BAILEY, FABIAN BROWN, DAVID BURNS, DANNY CADMAN, JAMES CARVELL, JAMES CASSIUS-GILL, JUNAYD COATES, HARRY COOPER, PAUL CURTIS, NATHAN DAWSON, CHRIS GAGEN, HARRY GRAYSON, BRAD HALL, EDD HOGG, LUKE LIPKA, JANNI METCALFE, OLI MILLER, PADDY NELTHORPE, CRAIG PETERSON, ALEX ROBSON, DERRY SOUTH, DANNY WALSHAW, JAMES WEBSTER, BRANDON

FORMER PLAYERS APPS

2022/23 GLS

4(1) (3) 17(1) 2(4) 3(1) 3(1) 8 2 10(5) 4(1) 19(4) 15(2) 28 15(1) 11(1) 15(12) 2(1) 13(1) 11(2) 9(2) 15 3 (1)

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APPS

CAREER GLS

5 3 18 6 4 4 8 2 15 5 60 17 40 54 12 37 3 18 13 11 15 40 1

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 5 0 2 16 0

NAME ALDRICH, LUKE BEATSON, BRAD COWGILL, JACK CROPPER, TOM FEARON, OLLIE HALL, LIAM HARDAKER, ROSS HODGSON, CONNOR HOLLINGSWORTH, MICHAEL JOHNSEN, EIVIND MORRIS, BEN OFOEGBU, IFY PARKIN, JOE PHILLIPSON, ALEX STACEY, JOE THEWLIS, GEORGE WALDRAM, JOSH WILSON, JACK ZOTTOS, BASILE

APPS

2022/23 GLS

12(7) 10 21 1 3 0 6 0 13(2) 2 1 0 5(2) 0 4 0 21(1) 0 0(5) 0 (2) 0 4 1 4(2) 0 1(2) 0 15(1) 3 8 1 0(1) 0 3(11) 1 9(4) 2

APPS

CAREER GLS

19 37 27 6 15 1 81 4 22 5 2 22 6 3 16 8 8 14 13

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

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BRAD JOE GHRAYSON ANKS JOE HANKS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN FOOTBALL IN OSSETT SINCE THE DAY HE WAS BORN AS THE GRANDSON OF

STEVE HANKS, WHO AT THE TIME WAS SECRETARY AT OSSETT ALBION. SINCE THE MERGER JOE HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE HERE AT OSSETT UNITED IN A NUMBER OF POSITIONS, MOST RECENTLY HEADING UP THE CLUB SHOP.

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A-J A

IS FOR ARTIST: WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER?

MAC MILLER AT THE MINUTE. TAYLOR SWIFT IS MY GUILTY

B

IS FOR BRIEF, WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AT THE CLUB?

DIRECTOR AND RUN THE CLUB SHOP

C

IS FOR CRUSH: WHO WAS YOUR FIRST?

NATALIE PORTMAN FROM STAR WARS WAS

D

IS FOR DESTINANTION, WHERE WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY?

MIAMI, I GOT THERE JUST BEFORE

E

IS FOR EAT: WHAT IS

F

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

G

IS FOR GUEST: WHICH THREE

JEREMY CLARKSON, BRIAN BLESSED AND ANDY MATHERY

H

IS FOR HERO. WHAT

THE POWERS THE PILL GAVE BRADLEY COOPER IN LIMITLESS

YOUR PRE MATCH MEAL?

PEOPLE ARE COMING TO DINNER?

SUPERPOWER DO YOU WANT?

PLEASURE

ALWAYS A FAVOURITE

LOCKDOWN

PROBABLY SOMETHING FROM GREGGS VAN DER SAR, RIO FERDINAND, RONALDO, LAMPARD, ROONEY

I

IS FOR ISLAND: WHO WOULD YOU WANT ON A DESERT ISLAND?

I’D TAKE SPOFF BUT HE’D BE USELESS IN A CRISIS WITHOUT KATE…

J

IS FOR JOKE. TELL US ONE…

SPOFF’S HAIR…

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K-R K

IS FOR KARAOKE. WHAT’S YOUR TUNE?

L

IS FOR LATE. WHO IS NEVER

PHIL SMITH, ALWAYS FIVE MINUTES AWAY…

M

IS FOR MATCH. THE

COUNTY CUP FINAL WAS A GOOD ONE. GRANT’S FIRST IN CHARGE A RECENT HIGHLIGHT. HINKLEY WITH OSSETT ALBION IN THE FA CUP WAS A GREAT ONE

ON TIME?

BEST OF YOUR CAREER?

LOVE STORY, TAYLOR SWIFT

N

IS FOR NICKNAME. WHAT DO YOU GET CALLED?

BIG LAD NORMALLY

O

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

I DON’T DRINK SO HAS TO BE A PEPSI

P

IS FOR PROFESSION. WHAT DO I’M AN ACCOUNTANT AUDITING ACCOUNTS OF YOU DO AWAY FROM THE GAME? COUNCILS, POLICE AND NHS

Q

IS FOR QUIZ. WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALIST SUBJECT?

MAYBE HARRY POTTER, BUT BACK MY OSSETT UNITED

IS FOR REWIND. WHAT FILM

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, UNLESS I WANT A LAUGH THEN IT IS STEP BROTHERS.

R

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DO YOU WATCH OVER AND OVER?

HISTORY AGAINST ANYONE

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S-Z CRICKET,

I

S

IS FOR SPORT. WHAT’S

T

IS FOR TV. FAVOURITE EVER

LOVE A CRIME DRAMA. LINE OF DUTY AND HAPPY VALLEY FOR ME

U

IS FOR UPSET. HOW FAR

4TH QUALIFYING ROUND. OSSETT ALBION. WAS AN

HAVE YOU GOT IN THE FA CUP?

AMAZING RUN FOR THE TEAM WE HAD

V

IS FOR VROOM. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR?

ALWAYS LOVED THE BMW X6

W

IS FOR WHO. WHO DO YOU SUPPORT?

OSSETT AND OSSETT ONLY. SOFT SPOT FOR LEEDS AS

X

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

I’M AMAZING WITH EXCEL. IN FACT I EXCEL AT IT…

Y

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

HARD PAPER ROUND

Z

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

YOUR FAVOURITE OUTSIDE FOOTBALL

PROGRAMME?

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THE FOOTBALL FOR

ONLY

THING

MISS

MY MATES FOLLOW THEM

GORILLA – SUCH AN INTRIGUING SPECIES

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VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX A KEITH WOOD SPECIAL HE HAD NO AFFILIATION TO OSSETT TOWN OR OSSETT ALBION, IN-FACT HIS FIRST EVER GAME WAS OSSETT UNITED’S FIRST EVER GAME, A 1-0 LOSS AT CAMPION IN A PRE-

FRIENDLY ON 6TH JULY 2018. RETIRED, TIME ON HIS HANDS AND AT THE SUGGESTION OF HIS WIFE, HE CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN AT THE WORLD FAMOUS INGFIELD, AS THE BUZZ SEASON

NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL IS NOTHING WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS, SO TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR MOST DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, NOT JUST ON THE MEDIA TEAM BUT IN THE CLUB IN GENERAL.

KEITH WOOD IS ONE OF OUR CAMERAMEN, AND WHETHER IT BE RAIN OR SHINE, HAIL OR HEAT, HE CAN BE SEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE PITCH - WITH THE ODD EXCEPTION, 2 GAMES LAST SEASON SPRING TO MIND WHEN HE WAS SENT OFF BY THE REFEREE FOR FIRST OF ALL HAVING THE WRONG FOOTWEAR, AND THEN FOR HIS HI-VIS JACKET CLASHING WITH ONE OF THE KITS, HE STILL DIDN’T PAY A FINE THOUGH!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T KNOW KEITH,

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AROUND TOWN FOLLOWING THE MERGER WAS HIGH INDEED, AND HAVING LIKED WHAT HE SAW, NOT JUST ON THE PITCH BUT OFF IT TOO, HE BECAME HOOKED, AND BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE OSSETT UNITED FAMILY AND A GOOD FRIEND TO MANY.

AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, ‘THE CONDUCTOR’ AS HE WAS CHRISTENED IN THE FIRST SEASON BY FELLOW SUPPORTERS CLUB MEMBERS (THINK A CONDUCTORS HAT), STARTED BRINGING HIS CAMERA TO GAMES AND SHARING HIS PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WITHIN NO TIME HE BECAME ONE OF THE CLUB PHOTOGRAPHERS.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY’S GAME AGAINST SHILDON AFC AND THIS MARKS HIS 200TH GAME WATCHING OSSETT UNITED, WHICH IN THE 5 SEASONS SINCE OUR FORMATION IS NO MEAN FEAT, BELIEVE YOU ME. THIS IS OUR 203RD GAME, WHICH MEANS HE HAS MISSED JUST 3 IN THAT TIME, THOSE

VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX CRAIG BIDDLESTONE 3 GAMES WERE IN 2019 AND 2020 AGAINST BRIGHOUSE TOWN AND TRAFFORD FC WHEN HE WAS BED BOUND DUE TO FLU, AND WORKINGTON ON A TUESDAY NIGHT WHERE, LET’S BE HONEST, NOBODY WENT TO. LAST SEASON KEITH COMPLETED A FULL SEASON AND IS ON COURSE TO MATCH THAT THIS SEASON. CONGRATULATIONS KEITH, AND I’M SURE EVERYONE AT OSSETT UNITED WILL JOIN ME IN THANKING YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND FOR A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT

BY CRAIG BIDDLESTONE

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

From day one we had a policy to constantly review how we worked.

Because of this dedication to self-improvement and our refreshing, personal approach to recruitment we saw a client and candidate loyalty that we’ve never experienced before and quickly outgrew our small office.

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.

OSSETT UNITED MEDIA PARTNER

CLUB HISTORY THE FORMATION OSSETT UNITED WAS CREATED ON THE 1ST JUNE 2018 FOLLOWING THE MERGER OF OSSETT TOWN AFC (EST. 1936) AND OSSETT ALBION AFC (EST. 1944). BOTH OSSETT TOWN AND OSSETT ALBION HAD MANAGED TO GAIN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE STATUS AND MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF FOOTBALL FOR A REMARKABLE PERIOD OF TIME.

EARLY HISTORY THE TWO CLUBS MERGED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A NEW BOARD BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM THE TWO PREVIOUS CLUBS. THE FOUNDING DIRECTORS WERE JOHN CHIDLAW (OA), JAMES ROGERS (OT), EMMA CHIDLAW (OA), DAWN ROGERS (OT), LEE SUMMERSCALES (OA) AND LEE BROADBENT (OT) FORMING THE NEW BOARD WITH SUPPORT FROM PHIL SMITH AS CEO. JOHN CHIDLAW TOOK ON THE ROLE OF CHAIRMAN FOR THE FIRST SEASON. THE CLUB MADE ITS NEW HOME INGFIELD, THE PREVIOUS HOME OF OSSETT TOWN, AND USED DIMPLE WELLS, THE PREVIOUS HOME OF OSSETT ALBION, AS ITS LADIES AND ACADEMY TEAM BASE. ON THE PITCH, THE FIRST YEAR (2018/19) WAS A REMARKABLE SUCCESS WITH ATTENDANCES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FROM WHAT EITHER CLUB HAD EXPERIENCED PREVIOUSLY, COUPLED WITH SUCCESS ON THE PITCH REACHING THE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL AND WINNING THE COUNTY CUP, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MANAGER ANDY WELSH. OFF THE PITCH THINGS WERE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL WITH A NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS AND BOARD CHANGES AND SOME CHALLENGING FINANCIAL ISSUES TO DEAL WITH FOLLOWING THE MERGER. BY THE END OF THE 2018/19 SEASON, PHIL SMITH HAD TAKEN ON THE MANTLE OF CLUB CHAIRMAN FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF BOARD CHANGES. WAYNE BENN TOOK UP THE MANAGERIAL REIGNS IN LATE 2019 FOLLOWING A POOR START TO THE 2019/20 SEASON, HOWEVER, THAT SEASON WAS ENDED ABRUPTLY IN MARCH 2020 WITH THE ONSET OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC KNOWN AS COVID 19. THE SEASON WAS NULL AND VOIDED. OFF THE PITCH THERE WERE MORE TROUBLES FOR OSSETT UNITED IN NOVEMBER 2019 AS

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A SIGNIFICANT AND UNPRECEDENTED COURT CASE, DATING BACK TO A TACKLE IN 2015 WHEN OSSETT TOWN WERE

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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REF WATCH JOE GOODWIN

I GOT INTO OFFICIATING FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR MY LOCAL TEAM WHO ASKED IF I WANTED TO GO ON A REFS

COURSE. FROM THERE I GOT THE BUG AND HAVEN’T STOPPED SINCE.

HIGHLIGHTS SINCE I HAVE BEEN REFFING ARE GETTING PICKED BY MY COUNTY TO GO TO THE IBERCUP AND ALSO GETTING PICKED TO OFFICIATE COUNTY AND DISTRICT CUP FINALS THEY ARE ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO GET APPOINTED TO.

AS WELL AS REFFING I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD BOY WHO KEEPS ME VERY BUSY WITH ALSO ANOTHER CHILD ON THE WAY SOON.

MY OTHER HOBBIES WHEN I GET TIME INCLUDE GOING TO GYM, PLAYING 5 A SIDE, GOLF AND LIKE TO GO WATCH THE HORSE RACING.

I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THE GAME TODAY!.

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1 WORKSOP TOWN 2 STOCKTON TOWN 3 HEBBURN TOWN 4 STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS 5 DUNSTON 6 CLEETHORPES TOWN 7 PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES 8 GRIMSBY BOROUGH 9 CONSETT AFC 10 LONG EATON UNITED 11 BRIGHOUSE TOWN 12 OSSETT UNITED 13 SHEFFIELD 14 LINCOLN UNITED 15 BRIDLINGTON TOWN 16 NORTH SHIELDS 17 SHILDON 18 CARLTON TOWN 19 GRANTHAM TOWN 20 TADCASTER ALBION

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W 21 15 15 14 11 11 9 10 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 6 6 4 1

D 3 5 4 4 6 6 8 5 7 7 5 8 7 9 9 9 5 4 9 8

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F 73 55 38 42 43 34 49 35 37 40 46 34 32 39 27 25 24 28 23 20

A 15 29 31 27 35 30 41 38 36 42 42 30 39 50 47 33 40 48 34 57

+/- PTS FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 58 66 PONTEFRACT COLLS V BRIGHOUSE TOWN 26 50 7 49 SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 15 46 CARLTON TOWN V BRIDLINGTON TOWN 8 39 CLEETHORPES TOWN V STOCKTON TOWN 4 39 CONSETT V WORKSOP TOWN 8 35 GRANTHAM TOWN V NORTH SHIELDS -3 35 HEBBURN TOWN V GRIMSBY BOROUGH 1 34 LINCOLN UTD V STOCKSBRIDGE PARK ST -2 34 LONG EATON UNITED V TADCASTER ALBION OSSETT UNITED V SHILDON 4 32 SHEFFIELD V DUNSTON 4 32 -7 28 -11 27 -20 27 -8 24 -16 23 -20 22 -11 21 -37 11

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SHILDON PLAYER PROFILES ALEX CURRAN: GOALKEEPER – EXPERIENCED GOALKEEPER SIGNED FROM BLYTH SPARTANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2022-23 SEASON AND HAS EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE SINCE THE AGE OF TWENTY. FORMER CLUBS INCLUDE RYTON, WHICKHAM, TOW LAW AND MOST RECENTLY BLYTH SPARTANS. HE WAS SELECTED IN THE VANARAMA TEAM OF THE WEEK ON HIS NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH DEBUT WITH A CLEAN SHEET AT HOME TO BRACKLEY TOWN..

EVER SINCE. CAN PLAY ANYWHERE ACROSS THE BACK

BILLY GREULICH-SMITH: STRIKER - BILLY WAS BORN IN BARNET, NORTH LONDON AND BILLY MOVED TO SUNDERLAND WHEN HE WAS 10. PLAYING FOOTBALL FROM A YOUNG AGE HE ENJOYED A KICK ABOUT WITH HIS DAD UNTIL HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO JOIN A TEAM. BILLY IS A FAMILIAR FACE AT SHILDON AFC AND HAD PLAYED OVER 300 GAMES IN THE TIME HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CLUB. WHEN ASKED WHY HE HAS STAYED SO LONG AT THE CLUB HE PUT IT DOWN TO THE “GREAT PEOPLE” AND THE “BEST FANS”. FROM THE AGE OF 16 HE SIGNED FOR BRANDON, BEFORE MOVING TO LUTON AND RESIGNING AT THE AGE OF 17. THIS

WAS AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE AND SPEAKING TO

WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO YEAR STINT WITH

NEWTON AYCLIFFE. AS A SCHOOLBOY HE ALSO PLAYED AT LEEDS UNITED.

HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM CITY FOR HALF A SEASON BEFORE MOVING TO SHILDON. HE ALSO SPENT TIME AT WATFORD, MIDDLESBROUGH, AND SUNDERLAND WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP. BILLY HAS NOW BEEN WITH THE CLUB FOR OVER 10 YEARS. AIDAN HEYWOOD: DEFENDER - SIGNED FROM TEAM NORTHUMBRIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2018/19 SEASON AND HAS BEEN A REGULAR AT RIGHT BACK

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LINE OR MIDFIELD.

BEN TROTTER: MIDFIELD - BEN TROTTER, A SHILDON LAD THROUGH AND THROUGH! BORN IN SHILDON HE STARTED PLAYING THE GAME AGED 7 IN A LOCAL JUNIOR TEAM WHICH LED TO A SIGNING FOR

NEWTON AYCLIFFE FC BEFORE COMING BACK TO HIS ROOTS IN 2017. PLAYING FOR A HOMETOWN CLUB IS EVERY LADS DREAM, AND BEN IS NO DIFFERENT: “LOTS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORT THE CLUB, IT MANAGEMENT I CAN SEE THEIR AMBITION FOR THE FUTURE”

JACK VAULKS: DEFENDER - SIGNED FROM DARLINGTON FC IN 2019 JACK HAS HAD LOAN SPELLS AT WHITBY AND PICKERING TOWN. HE IS A CALM DEFENDER WHO GOES ABOUT HIS JOB WITH CONFIDENCE AND GIVES CONFIDENCE TO THE DEFENDERS AROUND HIM.

KURT MATTHEWS: MIDFIELD - SIGNED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2019/20 SEASON. KURT WHO CAN PLAY ON EITHER WING OR AS A CENTRAL STRIKER HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT

CHAY LIDDLE: MIDFIELD - CHAY SIGNED FROM MARSKE UNITED IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, IS AN INTELLIGENT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER WHO READS THE GAME WELL. HE PLAYED A KEY PART IN THEIR TITLE-WINNING

CAMPAIGN

OF

2017-18. HIS

PREVIOUS CLUBS ALSO INCLUDE SPENNYMOOR

THE RAILWAYMEN TOWN AND GUISBOROUGH TOWN. WAS VOTED PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22 DEAN THEXTON: STRIKER – SIGNED FROM LOCAL RIVALS NEWTON AYCLIFFE AFTER SCORING 26 GOALS IN 2019. PREVIOUSLY AT WILLINGTON. FINISHED AS OUR TOP GOALSCORER IN THE 202122 SEASON JOE POSTHILL: MIDFIELD – SIGNED FROM THORNABY IN 2019, TWO SHORT SEASONS AT THE CLUB DUE TO COVID CURTAILING THE SEASONS GAVE SOME IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES IN THE 2021-22 SEASON IN THE NPL. IMPRESSES WITH HIS WORK RATE AND LIGHTNING PACE. MICHAEL SWEET: STRIKER - SIGNED FOR US PERMANENTLY, AFTER BEING RELEASED BY BLYTH SPARTANS, ON A 2 YEAR CONTRACT. MICHAEL LED THE SPARTANS ATTACK REGULARLY LAST TERM WITH 30 APPEARANCES TO HIS NAME WITH A GOAL RETURN OF FIVE. HE SIGNED FOR BLYTH SPARTANS IN THE SUMMER AFTER SCORING 128 GOALS IN FOUR SEASONS AT CONSETT AFC. MICHAEL IS A PROVEN GOALSCORER. ALEX WHITE: DEFENDER – SIGNED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2020-21 SEASON, BUT A KNEE INJURY SAW HIM ONLY COMPLETE 4 GAMES. HE PLAYED OVER 150 GAMES AT CENTRE HALF FOR WHITBY TOWN AND WAS PREVIOUSLY AT A HOST OF OTHER CLUBS INCLUDING, JARROW ROOFING, WASHINGTON, SPENNYMOOR, STRANRAER, HARTLEPOOL, GRETNA, ILKESTON AND WORKINGTON. VOTED BY THE SUPPORTERS CLUB AS THEIR PLAYER OF THE SEASON IN THE 2021-21 SEASON

DAVID ATKINSON: MIDFIELD – SIGNED FROM DARLINGTON. DAVID WHO GREW UP IN

SHILDON STARTED HIS CAREER AT MIDDLESBROUGH AND PLAYED IN A VARIETY OF DEFENSIVE AND

MIDFIELD POSITIONS. DURING HIS TIME MIDDLESBROUGH, HE HAD A LOAN SPELL AT CARLISLE, AND HELPED THEM AVOID RELEGATION IN 2015 EVENTUALLY MAKING HIS MOVE PERMANENT. HE PLAYED FOR THE CUMBRIANS IN THE FA CUP AGAINST EVERTON – AND PLAYED A SEASON THERE BEFORE MOVING TO BLYTH. IN HIS FIRST SPELL AT BLYTH, HE HELPED THEM WIN PROMOTION TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH IN SEASON 2016-17, BEFORE HE HAD A SPELL AT IBV VESTMANNAEYJAR IN ICELAND, HELPING THEM WIN THE ICELANDIC CUP AND EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFICATION BEFORE A SECOND MOVE TO BLYTH AND A RETURN TO ICELAND AND PLAYED IN THE EUROPA LEAGUE. A THIRD SPELL AT BLYTH IN 2019 HELPED THEM INTO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS, IN WHICH THEY WERE NARROWLY BEATEN BY ALTRINCHAM. AT THE END OF THE SEASON HE BECAME A FREE AGENT AT THE END OF THE SEASON AND SIGNED FOR QUAKERS. DIRECTORS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-

22 JON WEIRS: JON IS AN ATTACKING MIDFIELDER WHO LIKES LIKE TO BEAT PLAYERS AND PICK A PASS. HE IS A FORMER SCHOLAR AT HARTLEPOOL UNITED FOLLOWING WHICH HE GAINED FOUR YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE WITH SEAHAM RED STAR, WHITLEY BAY AND SUNDERLAND RYHOPE CW (2 SPELLS). HE WON THE 21/22 DURHAM CHALLENGE CUP WITH SUNDERLAND RYHOPE CW. WILSON KNEESHAW: WILSON BEGAN HIS CAREER IN MIDDLESBROUGH’S YOUTH SYSTEM BEFORE PLAYING FOR ACS POLI TIMIȘOARA IN LIGA I, (THE ROMANIAN TOP DIVISION). HE THEN APPEARED FOR

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SHILDON DARLINGTON 1883 AND BLYTH SPARTANS IN NONLEAGUE FOOTBALL AND FOR UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE TEAM SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC. HE JOINED NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH CLUB DARLINGTON IN FEBRUARY 2019 ON A SHORT-TERM DEAL AND MADE 11 APPEARANCES BEFORE A RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDON BROUGHT AN END TO HIS SEASON. DURING THE 2021–22 SEASON, KNEESHAW FEATURED FOR NORTHERN FOOTBALL ALLIANCE SIDE NEWCASTLE INDEPENDENT (SCORING 23 GOALS IN 24 GAMES) AS THEY WON THE DIVISION ONE LEAGUE TITLE. MAX BOOTH: DEFENDER - HE STARTED PLAYING IN TEESSIDE JUNIOR FOOTBALL ALLIANCE LEAGUE DIVISION 1 WITH RICHMOND TOWN, THEN MOVED ON TO THE DARLINGTON YOUTH TEAM. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY TEAM WHO GOT TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF TWO CUP

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COMPETITIONS.

MAX JOINED THE DARLINGTON ACADEMY WHICH HE ATTENDED FOR 2 YEARS, PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TEAM IN A NUMBER OF PRESEASON AND CUP GAMES. WHILST AT THE ACADEMY HE PLAYED FOR SHILDON AFC RESERVES AND DURING THE 2021-22 SEASON STEPPED UP TO THE SHILDON FIRST TEAM. VINNIE STEELS: MIDFIELD / FORWARD - VINNE STARTED HIS CAREER WITH DARLINGTON FC BEFORE MOVING TO YORK IN 2017-18. HE THEN PLAYED FOR BURNLEY U23S (2018-19) AND SUNDERLAND U23S (2020-21).

TOBY PASCOE: DEFENDER - TOBY WAS AWARDED THE YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST SEASON AT CROOK TOWN AFC IN HIS FIRST SEASON IN ADULT FOOTBALL.

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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 DAVID BROWN JAMES CARVELL PITEU CROUZ NATHAN CURTIS ALEX PETERSON JAMES WALSHAW

HARRISON BOND AIDAN HEYWOOD KURT MATTHEWS DAVID ATKINSON ALEX WHITE JACK VAULKS JOE POSTHILL JON WEIRS BILLY GREULICH-SMITH BEN REAY VINNIE STEELS CHAY LIDDLE BEN TROTTER MICHAEL SWEET ALEX HUTCHINSON MATTHEW BATEMAN ALFIE MARRIOTT

MATCH OFFICIALS AR1 OWN SHEMAKAY

REFEREE JOE GOODWIN

AR2 MATTHEW MADDISON