CARLTON TOWN

AGAIN FINISHED 19TH WHICH SHOULD HAVE MEANT RELEGATION, BUT THE MILLERS WERE GRANTED A REPRIEVE AFTER AFC MANSFIELD WERE RELEGATED INSTEAD FOR GROUND-GRADING ISSUES.

AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN CARLTON PARTED COMPANY WITH SCOTT AND BROOKBANKS RETURNED AS MANAGER, JOINTLY WITH HIS EXCOALVILLE SIDEKICK MARK HARVEY. THE NPL ABANDONED THE EAST-WEST SPLIT OF THE FIRST DIVISION AFTER JUST ONE SEASON DUE TO IMBALANCE IN THE TRAVELLING DISTANCES AND RETURNED EFFECTIVELY TO A NORTH-SOUTH SPLIT, ALBEIT WITH THE TWO DIVISIONAL NAMES BEING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

CARLTON HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN 2019-20 WITH FOUR STRAIGHT WINS. THEY SPENT A MONTH AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE IN THE AUTUMN AND WERE IN FIFTH PLACE IN THE TABLE WHEN THE SEASON WAS BROUGHT TO ITS ABRUPT END DUE TO COVID 19.

CARLTON ONLY MANAGED TO PLAY NINE LEAGUE GAMES OF THE TRUNCATED 2020-21 SEASON BEFORE IT TOO WAS BROUGHT TO AN EARLY END DUE TO THE VIRUS. THEY DID MANAGE A FIRST FA CUP WIN IN SIX YEARS, ALBEIT ON PENALTIES, AND THEIR BEST DISPLAY OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS IN DEFEAT AT HIGHER RANKED BANBURY UNITED IN THE SAME COMPETITION.

THE SUMMER OF 2021 SAW THE EXPANSION OF STEP 4 WHICH LED TO CARLTON BEING PLACED INTO THE NEWLY-FORMED NPL MIDLANDS DIVISION. 2021-22 WAS A FINE SEASON WITH THE MILLERS WINNING FIVE OF THE OPENING SIX GAMES TO

MOUNT A GENUINE PROMOTION CHALLENGE.

CARLTON SLIPPED OUT OF THE TOP FIVE AFTER SOME INCONSISTENT DISPLAYS IN THE WINTER MONTHS, BUT THE SIDE RALLIED TOWARDS THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN AND ONLY JUST MISSED OUT ON A PLAY-OFF SPOT WITH A SIXTH PLACED FINISH, THE BEST IN 10 YEARS.

THE MILLERS WON THROUGH TO THE FIRST ROUND PROPER OF THE FA TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PICKED UP THEIR FOURTH NOTTS SENIOR CUP TITLE WITH A 1-0 WIN AGAINST MANSFIELD TOWN U23. THE SEMI-FINAL WIN AGAINST NOTTINGHAM FOREST U23 WAS PLAYED IN FRONT OF A CLUBRECORD HOME CROWD OF 733.

OFF THE PITCH THE CLUB’S COMMERCIAL TEAM MADE GREAT STRIDES IN ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BRINGING START GUESTS TO THE CLUB ON MATCHDAYS AND A THRIVING SUPPORTERS CLUB SAW HOME GATES AND AWAY FOLLOWINGS INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS SPENT ON PITCH IMPROVEMENTS WHICH SAW ONLY ONE HOME GAME POSTPONED DURING THE SEASON AND THE CLUB ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO DEVELOP THE GROUND.

THE CLUB WAS MOVED DIVISIONS AGAIN IN THE SUMMER AND WILL PLAY 2022-23 IN THE FIRST DIVISION EAST OF THE NPL. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN MEAN SOME MAMMOTH AWAY TRIPS TO THE NORTHEAST, BUT THE CLUB WILL BE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF LAST SEASON AND MOUNT ANOTHER GENUINE PROMOTION CHALLENGE.

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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.