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A Keith Wood Special

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,

HE HAD NO AFFILIATION TO OSSETT TOWN OR SSETT ALBION, IN-FACT HIS FIRST EVER GAME WAS OSSETT UNITED’S FIRST EVER GAME, A 1-0 LOSS AT CAMPION IN A PRESEASON 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 ORLD FAMOUS INGFIELD, AS THE BUZZ 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