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Good afternoon and big welcome back to the Forest Town Arena for our inaugural fixture in the Northern Premier League, against our previous Northern Counties East rivals Pickering Town. There have been a few changes in personal this season with a few players leaving and new ones joining us. I would like to wish all the players who have left us a successful future with there new clubs and a big warm AFC Mansfield welcome to the new players joining us. We also have a new match reporter joining us as Aaron Curry our previous reporter has been offered a position at Mansfield Town, so it is welcome to Oliver Mooney, who I am sure will do an excellent job.

kit for the new season. We have changed the away strip to an all yellow kit which I am sure you will all like. Any one wishing to purchase the new shirts please see one of the club officials on match days or alternatively e-mail us at afcmansfield@virginmedia.com. Can I thank all our sponsors both new and old for helping to support the club for the new season. We still have plenty of sponsorship opportunities left, especially match day sponsors. Again speak to a club official on match days or e-mail us on afcmansfield@virginmedia.com. On a sad note I would like to pass on our condolences to the family and friends of Simon Crofts the club steward here at the Arena who tragically passed away recently. A one minutes silence will be observed before today's kick off as a mark of respect.

We started our season last Saturday with a match against Leicestershire side Kirby Muxloe in the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup and ran out That's enough said from me. comfortable winners 6-0, which has set up a fixture in the next round against local rivals Rainworth MW here Enjoy the Game. at the Arena on Saturday the 25th August. You will also see that we have a new home and away

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Rudyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thoughts A very warm welcome to all who have come to the Forest Town Arena for our first home game of 2018/19 and our first league game of the season. I would also like to take the opportunity to welcome back Paul Marshall and his Pickering side after coming up to the Evo-Stik League with us. We both enjoyed a thoroughly successful season, and fought in two fantastic contests against each other. I expect our game today to prove just as competitive. I was thoroughly delighted with the way we started our season last weekend, with our 6-0 win at Kirby Muxloe in the FA Cup. It was very pleasing to see our hard work from preseason pay off, and to think that this was not the best we can do gives us plenty of confidence for this season. Kirby are a league below us and the difference in class showed, but today we face a much tougher side in Pickering and we will have to be at our best to beat them. With all the transfers that happened over the summer, it is hard to know what to expect from our opposition today, we remain confident that we can take the three points. On Tuesday night we travel to Spalding United for our first away league game which we can expect to be a tough fixture, before we host Rainworth Miners Welfare in an FA Cup local derby next Saturday. After our perfect start in the FA Cup, we know this is a winnable game but will be careful not to underestimate Rainworth. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick up where we left off last weekend and continue our fantastic start. Enjoy the game and have a safe journey home.

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SATURDAY 11 AUGUST 2016—FA CUP EP ROUND—Att: 83 Referee: Mr Reece Davies Assistants: Mr Steven Davies & Mr Jack Harrison

Bulls rampant in comfortable FA Cup opener By Oliver Mooney AFC Mansfield boss Rudy Funk was delighted with his side’s first competitive outing of the season, as the Bulls cruised to a comfortable 6-0 win at Kirby Muxloe in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round. The Bulls gaffer gave credit to a performance he hoped for after what he described as the “perfect” pre-season. “The lads did exactly what they’ve done in preseason,” Funk said after the game at Ratby Lane. “The key factor was today we worked hard, and you’ve seen that probably from minute one. “When you come to teams like Kirby, you never know what to expect, and to be fair in the first 25 minutes they put themselves about, but when you go two or three-nil down it becomes difficult.”

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Lynton Karkach opened the scoring for the Bulls with 20 minutes on the clock, curling beyond the reach of Kirby ‘keeper Brandon Holgate before Brad Wells met Cameron Dear’s looping cross at the far post with a simple header to double the advantage just two minutes later. The game was realistically done and dusted before the half-time whistle when skipper Jimmy Ghaichem’s strike was parried into the path of Nick Guest, who only needed to tap home into a half-empty net. A red card for Aaron Love for a stamp on Jonny Pugh on the hour mark condemned Kirby to a long and painful second half, and Karkach completed a well-earned brace in the moments which followed with a brilliant turn-and-run into the box before firing into the bottom corner from a tight angle. Cameron Dear was able to notch AFC’s fifth later on, rewarding his impressive attacking performance by hammering home on the end of an inch-perfect pass from Wells.

you don’t let the other team back in the game.” With plenty of solid individual performances, including that of brace-scoring Lynton Karkach who completed a rare full 90 minutes, the gaffer expressed his confidence in whatever side he fields: “Whoever puts that shirt on is going to produce, and today Lynnie (Karkach) has had the shirt on and produced. “If he’ll be playing next week, who knows.” With attention now turning to next Saturday’s Dear was also the architect of the Bulls’ sixth and league opener against Pickering Town, Mark final goal of the afternoon on 85 minutes, with his Ward insisted that the approach would be no off-target attempt ricocheting into the hosts’ net off different. the leg of Kirby skipper Jamie Cooper. “We’ve tried to instil the mentality in training all pre -season. In everything we do, we try to make the Karkach could have earned the match ball two mentality be the same so that we don’t switch off minutes later, but he let a hat-trick chance go begging when he blazed the ball over the bar from and do things wrong,” he said. KIRBY MUXLOE: Holgate, Nyarko, Marriott, Cooper ©, ten yards out. The gaffer and his assistant were clearly pleased Brown, A. Love, Pardy, T. Love, Williams, Barber, Morrall. with the relentless push for goals, even when the Substitutes: Murch, Neal, Clarke, Shelbourne, Dublin, Bulls had a substantial margin to rest on. Poulton, Merriman. “Just because the game is 3-0, it’s not over; AFC MANSFIELD: Crosby, Marsden (McDonald 72), you’ve got to push and put the other team to the Pugh (Dudley 61), Ghaichem ©, Steers, Annable, B. sword,” said assistant manager Mark Ward. Wells, Lindley (Wall 77), Guest, Karkach, Dear. “As soon as the other team gets a goal back, Substitutes not used: Bilson, Burton, Ward. they’re at you, so it’s important to keep pressing MoM: Bradley Wells and keep pushing, keep doing the right things so

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THE NEW SEASON THERE was a certain relief walking out of NLP Towers at 9:30pm last Saturday night. Another summer had been negotiated, August is here and competitive football is finally back. The off-season is a busy one for us as we aim to keep producing engaging articles people will enjoy reading and, I hope, we have once again managed to do that. While there might not be a full programme of matches for a few weeks, there’s always something going on in Non-League football once the regular season finishes at the end of April. The play-offs get into full swing immediately, then there’s all the finals to cover, restructuring, league constitutions, league constitutions part two, transfers, fixtures, FA Cup, Trophy and Vase draws and, eventually, pre-season matches. But there’s nothing quite like that first Saturday of the new campaign. Where everyone turns up, level on points, full of hope and ambition, with fans wondering, ‘Could this be our year?’

and the well-told tale of Jamie Vardy. Who knows where the players kicking off over the coming weeks will end up in a few years’ time. That’s one of the exciting parts of this time of year. It’s all ahead of us now. The surprises, the shocks, the Cup runs – over the coming nine months stories and memories will unfold for everyone. We’ll enjoy covering every kick. Good luck! SIN BINS Could we see the use of Sin Bins throughout the Non-League Pyramid in the future? Last season the FA trialled the punishment across 31 leagues at various levels and this year that will be expanded with the plan for every Step 7 and below league to use them from 2019-20. The FA chose to use sin bins solely for dissent. Did you know that one in four yellow cards is given for that offence? And last season’s Pilot showed a significant reduction of 38 per cent. It seems to be tackling the problem.

The hope is sin bins will change behaviour because it will have an immediate impact. Backchat will see a player spend 10 minutes on the sidelines (eight New players have been signed, stands have had a minutes for games of 80 minutes or less) and will lick of paint and there’s grass in all the goalmouths – harm the team straightaway, rather than receive a although this year much of it will be parched! I booking and carry on. imagine there will be some expensive water bills dropping on the doormats of clubs in the near future The FA’s Head of Judicial Services, Mark Ives, answered questions on the system as part of our as groundsmen battle against the heat. monthly NLP column with the governing body. Of course, we’ve had the World Cup to tick us over He explained how the FA are governed by the too and with England going deep into the competition, the excitement and feel-good factor has International Football Association Board (IFAB) when it comes to laws of the game. At the moment, been palpable. Non-League football can really they are only allowed to introduce it at the grassbenefit from the national side having a good roots level. competition too. And there was plenty to be proud of for this level of the game with Jordan Pickford’s loan spells at Darlington and Alfreton taking up many column inches, along with Nick Pope’s Bury Town beginning

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Goalkeeper Charlie Andrew - Charlie Andrew is the Hull U23 goalkeeper. Charlie is 18 years of age and has bags of potential. He was an instrumental part of promotion to the EVO-STIK League with some vital saves. He is an excellent shot stopper and commands his box excellently. Charlie has re-joined the Pikes for 2018-19 season on a season long loan. Defenders Jamie Barkaway – Jamie is tall and commanding central defender. Jamie played for Dringhouses in the York Premier Division last season and impressed at Pickering during pre-season. He will be a good asset to the Pikes squad adding extra depth in the back line and he will prove a danger from corners because of his height and his ability to win headers. Frank Belt - Frank is a vastly experienced footballer in the non-league game having spells at many local clubs to the Pikes coming from Hull City's Academy. Frank has also been with Pickering before moving to New Zealand to play for Waitakere City. Frank's favoured position is right back as he is a good solid defender, but he also likes to push forward so he can also play out wide. George Bissett - George plays a big part in Pickering's defence. He is versatile and can play at either right back or centre back. ‘Biss’ is a good header of the ball and excels when players are running at him. He is also very dangerous from corners in the attacking half because of the number of headers he wins. George signed from Tadcaster Albion in July 2015 and has been an ever-present member of the defence during last season. Eddie Cass – Eddie is a well accomplished centre back who is good in the air and is a tough, strong tackler. He is very organised at the back and shows good leadership qualities, that will only improve the back line. Eddie signed for Darlington at the start of the season but has failed to get any minutes under his belt after his return from America. Previously, ‘Cass’ has played for both Pickering Town and Bridlington Town before his move out to America, to play for Rocky Mountain College. Joe Danby - Joe is a versatile player who is mostly favoured at left back, although he is a very good player

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going forward. He is also very good at defending and has a very good passing ability, especially with his left foot. Joe also takes free kick from short range and has the ability to get the ball up and over the wall from close distance. He scored 14 goals last season which were vital as he scored 2 goals late in the season, which the Pikes would have not been promoted without. Joe Dunnett – Joe is a versatile member of the squad who can play at left back or in the centre of midfield. He was part of the i2i Academy and is now a squad player with Pikes, when he is back from University. Joe has a good passing range and is a tough tackler. Niall Tilsley - Niall is currently the club captain who is a great leader at the back. Niall looks relatively smallish height-wise for a centre back but his ability to won headers is amazing, aided by his ability to jump higher than his opponents. Niall is also very strong at defending in one-on-one situations and has a very good all-round ability at the back. Niall joined Pickering from York City's Academy. Matty Turnbull - Matty is a tall and strong defender who is excellent in the air and scores a lot of goals from set piece situations because of his height and the power he can generate. Matty was a key part of the defence last season and took over the captain’s armband towards the end of the season. He is excellent in the air and is always a threat from corners. Midfielders Eddy Birch - Eddy is a great asset to the side and is very good at controlling the game. He can play in the attacking role pressing the defence and making things happen going forward or can play deeper and control the play in front of him, with his great passing ability. Eddy is a strong, tall player who also has good speed and a good shooting ability from close range. Eddy joined the Pikes from Scarborough Athletic but has also had spells at Bridlington Town and Ossett Albion. Continued over the page …...

Ryan Cooper - Ryan is a big part of the squad at Pickering and works hard for the team, making sure he gives his all every game. ‘Coops’ loves a tackle and is very good at getting forward and scoring goals. He works hard for the team and puts everything in to each game. Ged Dalton - Ged is a very tricky winger who is very good with the ball at his feet. He is good at getting opposition defender wrong footed with his ability to move his feet very quick. Ged also has a good finish, usually scoring when he has cut inside and then curls the ball into the bottom corner. Ged is also very experienced in the non-league game, starting his career at Carlisle United and Blyth Spartans as well as many local clubs. Ged also scored a winner for Blyth against Bournemouth taking them through to the next round of the FA Cup at 18 years of age. Brad Freer - Brad signed for the Pikes from Selby Town after being released by York City in the summer. The winger has good distribution skills and can use his pace against the full back. The local lad, based in Malton, will be a good asset to the squad who can create plenty of chances. Lewis Taylor - Lewis is currently Pickering's longest serving player and has been with the Pikes since a young age progressing into the first team from the Under 19s team. Lewis is good at controlling the game with his great passing ability and has a good long-range strike on him. Lewis works hard for the team and is a big part of the squad. Lewis is experienced in the non-league game for his age. Nick Thompson - Nick is a great player who works hard for the team. He has a great ability to pass the ball in the final third and pressing the opposition defence into making mistakes. ‘Thomo’ is a great asset to the squad, who works well with teammates in the middle of the park to create chances. Nick is a very experienced footballer, who has had spells at York City and Tadcaster Albion. After an injury hit season last year, he will be a great player to have on the pitch. Forwards Ryan Blott - Ryan is a prolific goal scorer within the NCEL and he will hope to replicate that in the EVOSTIK. His best asset is holding the ball up and reading the game in front of the opposition defence. He creates a lot of chances but also manages to score a lot. He was the key to promotion to the EVO-STIK scoring 45 league goals last season. This campaign,

he will be a pivotal part of Pickering’s attack with Billy Logan. Billy Logan – Logan is a strong striker who has a powerful strike, was a great asset t the team when he returned to the Pikes from Scarborough Athletic, scoring 19 goals in 18 games. He works hard for the team and can create plenty of chances from nowhere. Jack Reynolds – Jack is a quick winger who has tricky feet and has a good ability to beat a man. He can also play as a striker. Jack has had previous spells at Tadcaster Albion and has also played a part in the i2i USA squad. Jack is the second American to join the Pikes, after Kioki Hutchings. Coaching Staff Paul Marshall (Manager) - Paul Marshall is a very experienced manager in non-league football, currently Paul is in his 21st season. Paul has been manager of Tadcaster Albion and Harrogate Railway in previous seasons. Paul managed to guide Tadcaster to second place in the NCEL Premier Division and then managed to gain promotion with Pickering last season. He has a great knowledge of the game. Denny Ingram (Assistant Manager) - A playermanager that is vastly experienced within the professional and semi-professional game. Denny has played for Hartlepool as a defender and his experience and knowledge of the game is clearly visible on the pitch and when in the dugout. Denny is a great player, even though the playing side of his game is slowly decreasing and is taken a bigger role in the dugout in recent years, Millie Bell (Physio) - Millie is an experienced physio with previous experience with Malton & Norton rugby club in addition to working in private practices in both Tadcaster and Kirkbymoorside. Based in Pickering, Millie is looking forward to getting involved at the club with her new role in the 2018-19 season.

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Steve was the 1st Chairman of AFC Mansfield and was instrumental in setting the club up.

A legendary goal-scorer for The Bulls with a total of 160 in 4 seasons. Golden Boot winner in all 4 seasons at the club.

During his tenure the club picked up 4 trophies in 2 seasons and a promotion.

Scored a massive 65 goals in his 1st season and will be the leading all time goal-scorer for years to come.

Steve left the club around March 2015 and is quite rightly the first inductee to the AFC Hall of Fame.

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Instrumental in getting the club promotion in 2015/16 and to the last 16 of the FA Vase. 92 appearances, 26 goals and too many to count assists.

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Chris Captained the side to two promotions and played 168 times for The Bulls. A leader on and off the pitch, Chris was an uncompromising defender who was strong in the tackle and superb in the air.

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Very popular figure at the club and a true gentleman. Micky was the clubs 1st Manager and won 4 trophies in 2 seasons, secured Runners up 4 times and gained promotion to the NCEL. He left in 2014-15 but a few months later came back as Rudyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assistant Manager. Helped the club get to NCEL Premier Division but left at the end of 2016-17 season. Well liked by all and always welcome back. Phil holds the record for appearances at 234. Phil has played in every season for The Bulls and was instrumental in achieving 3 promotions in that time. A hard working and talented midfielder who wears his heart on his sleeve.

Chris left the club at the end of 2016-17 season to join Shirebrook Town and was immediately installed as Captain.

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ickering Town Football Club were first established in 1888, for many years the club competed in the local football leagues. One of the local leagues they competed in was the York Football League which they joined Division Two, in 1953–54. They were promoted to the league's top division after only one season. In the early 1950s, the York League was heavily contested between York Railway Institute, Market Weighton and Pickering Town. Indeed, these were the teams in the top three when Pickering Town first won the York League in 1955–56.

time they reached the 1st Qualifying Round, they were forced to play away from home. In 1999 Pickering were relegated to the NCEL First Division. This was to last only two seasons and promotion back to the Premier Division came in 2001. Jimmy Reid transformation The club underwent a great transformation with manager Jimmy Reid and his assistant Steve Brown in charge. Reid was a former player with St Johnstone and York City and Brown a former "Pikes" player and coach at the Leeds United Academy. At the end of 2001–02 season Jimmy Reid left the club and Steve Brown took control.

The club dropped in form for the rest of the decade in comparison (although they did always finish in the top eight). During the 1959 At the start of the 2002–03 season five first –60 season, they finished as league runnersteam regulars were lost for a variety of up to Dringhouses. reasons which left the club struggling for Yorkshire and Northern Counties Leagues much of the season. The hard work and dedication of Brown, his management Pickering eventually joining the Yorkshire team and the players was rewarded Football League Division Three in 1972. They towards the end of the season as it all started well in the league, and during their started to come together and with only four second season were promoted to Division defeats in the last 15 league games the Two as champions. Pickering Town finished club finished the season in 13th position. as runners-up to Bridlington Town in the 1974 –75 season and thus were promoted to the 2003–04 season was an exciting one for the club as they were in the top half of the top division of the Yorkshire League. league table all season and for much of it, They dropped in form a couple of seasons with games in hand, looked possible later, getting relegated in two successive championship contenders. However, with seasons. For the rest of the decade Pickering a glut of fixtures, and possibly with the lingered around the mid parts of the Yorkshire knowledge that promotion to the reLeague Division Three. In 1982 they became structured Northern Premier League was founding members of the Northern Counties not an option due to ground grading, at the East Football League and were in the NCEL season’s end the club were not able to Premier Division from 1992. It was around this capitalise and finished in a creditable 5th time that the club first entered the FA position. Challenge Cup, they knocked out Penrith before losing to North Yorkshire rivals, Early into the season 2004 –05 owing to ever Northallerton Town in the next round. increasing business A few seasons later in 1996–97, they knocked commitments Steve Brown out Pontefract Collieries 2–1 in the stepped down as Manager competition but lost to Bishop Auckland in the to be replaced by exnext round. In terms of the draw, the club has Ipswich Town and had very bad luck in the competition, as every Newcastle United striker www.afcmansfield.net

Alex Mathie, veteran of over 200 league games rivals Bridlington Town taking with him and 20 years as a professional. much of the playing squad. After much ground improvement work in recent years, including the erection of floodlights, a new 120-seater stand, covered standing accommodation and more recently an additional 100-seater stand behind the "scoreboard end" goal, the club possessed one of the best grounds in the league. Recent events In the 2005–06 season the club reached the quarter finals of the FA Vase the furthest in the club's history. The team eventually lost out to Nantwich Town.

Following Cook's resignation, the club invited applications and eventually offered the job to former York City player and coach Peter Vasey. They reached the Second Round Qualifying of the FA Cup 3 times (1999– 00, 2001–02 and 2003–04). On 30 April 2013, the club won the North Riding Senior Cup for the first time in their history following a 3–0 win over Marske United. The goals were scored by Liam Shepherd, Liam Salt and Joe Danby in the second half. The game was played at the headquarters of the North Riding County FA in Stokesley in front of 439 spectators.

After an encouraging start in the 2006–07 season, results took a turn for the worse over the winter period, and a run of one win in eleven games led to the resignation of Mathie as manager on 6 January 2007. Within a week, Paul Marshall era the board announced they had appointed exIn the summer of 2015, Paul Marshall left Pickering player and Mathie's assistant Mark the manager's job at Tadcaster Albion Wood as the new manager. and was swiftly appointed as manager of The 2007–08 season saw the club finish in third Pickering Town. Denny Ingram joined him as a in the NCEL Premier Division, their highest player and assistant manager. Pickering league position in over a decade. Off the pitch finished sixth in the first season under the club saw significant change and Pickering Marshall and second in 2017, behind applied for promotion to the Northern Premier champions Cleethorpes Town. They League. The club erected a removable fence reached the final of the North Riding for the cricket pitch side and improved the Senior Cup in 2017, losing 3–1 to Whitby existing exterior toilet facilities. Ground Town in the final at Middlesbrough's development continued with the club Riverside Stadium. resurfacing and floodlighting the car parking Paul Marshall managed the Pikes to facilities, adding new goals, corner flags and promotion to the Northern Premier dugouts and improving the drainage of the League East Division after a victory on pitch. the final day of the season against Hall Mark Wood stepped down as manager early in Road Rangers with the the 2010–11 season and he was replaced by promotion winning goal Scarborough FC legend Mitch Cook. Cook coming from, Casey oversaw a change in philosophy mainly Stewart. focussed on youth and passing football. This approach had mixed success, but the club eventually finished in a very respectable 7th. Cook resigned just before the end of the season to take up the vacant managerial role at

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AFC MANSFIELD Todays Officials

Referee Mr JACOB LEHANE (LEICESTER)

Assistants Mr KARL DONAGHEY (LEICESTER)

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Next Home Game FA Cup PR Saturday Aug 25 2018 Vs Rainworth MW KO 3.00pm

All Red TOM CROSBY LIAM MARSDEN MARK DUDLEY JONNY PUGH

PICKERING TOWN All Blue CHARLIE ANDREW (GK) FRANK BELT GEORGE BISSETT NIALL TILLSEY

JON D’LARYEA (C)

EDDIE CASS

JORDAN ANNABLE

MATTY TURNBULL (C)

JACK STEERS PAT LINDLEY JIMMY GHAICHEM

DENNY INGRAM JAMIE BARKAWAY NICK THOMPSON

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RYAN COOPER

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RUDY FUNK—MANAGER MARK WARD—ASSISTANT GRAEME RODGER—COACH JASON TRUSCOTT—PHYSIO

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