T PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

Neville Wigglesworth

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 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 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. 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.

HIS AFTERNOON’S VISITORS SHILDON ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A RELEGATION SCRAP BUT THEY CAN’T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY AS 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 NEED NO FURTHER INCENTIVE THAN THAT TO DO WELL HERE AT INGFIELD IN THE RETURN GAME. WHEN YOU SUPPORT A CLUB MATCH DAYS ARE ALWAYS TENSE AFFAIRS BUT SPARE A THOUGHT FOR OUR CAFETERIA MANAGERESS CATH BOWKER WHO WAS UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE HERSELF ON TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN NOT ONLY 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