THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

Neville Wigglesworth

whom we hold collections twice during the course of a season. The organiser of the foodbank (Peter Moore) is always grateful for the contributions from Ossett United Football Club not least as we usually manage to accrue two car loads of donations. We are grateful to all our fans for their continuing support for this charity but I would like to mention in particular Paul Cooper who goes way beyond the call of duty with the incredible number of food items he regularly brings in. Thanks to all our supporters who have donated in the past and hopefully you will continue to do the same in the future.

This afternoon we welcome 1874 Northwich FC for this FA Cup Preliminary Round tie. We are included in the Preliminary Round because of our performances (or rather lack of performances) in the

FA Cup in recent years. Hopefully we can rectify this situation this time around and not least on account of the fact that the financial rewards can be quite considerable. In addition a good FA Cup run significantly raises the profile of the Club nationally. Getting a season off to a winning start can also be important in respect of the confidence that tends to breed amongst the players.

This is the first time 1874 Northwich who, like ourselves play at Step 4 but in the NPL Division One East, have visited Ingfield to play Ossett United. We welcome their Directors, Officials, management team, players and not least their supporters for this afternoon’s match and we hope they take away with them a favourable impression of Ossett United.