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COLLIERIES

THE COLLS

WELCOME TO THE HUNTERS STADIUM

Pontefract Collieries FC would like to extend a very warm welcome to the fans, players and officials of our visitors for this fixture and to all of our Ponte Colls supporters and committee.

We also welcome our match officials and any neutrals who have chosen to come along to watch our game today.

We hope you enjoy your visit to our stadium and would like for you to make use of our facilities that we are proud to offer

in particular, our clubhouse situated under the main stand with cold beer on tap and excellent tea bar with a selection of hot and cold food.

Whatever the outcome of today’s game, we do hope that you will be able to join us for a drink in the clubhouse after the match before wishing you a safe journey home.

We would also like to thank our sponsors and partners for the 2022/23 season.

NOTE: ONLY FOOD AND DRINK BOUGHT ON THE PREMISES CAN BE CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES

Club Owner & Chair - Trevor Waddington

Vice Chair - Tom Wiles

Director - David Beach

Head of Operations - Mark Harling

Club Secretary - Tina Goodworth

Head of Social Media - Charlie Fletcher

Commercial Assistant - David Flint

Committee Members - Phil Goodworth

David Gray

Gareth Athorn

First Team Manager - Craig Rouse

Player/Assistant Manager - Jimmy Williams

Player/Head Coach - Gavin Rothery

Player/First Team Coach - James Baxendale

Goalkeeper Coach - Lee Kelsey

Sports Therapist - Megan Parsley

COLLS CONTACTS & OFFICIALS

Registered Office; Pontefract Collieries Football Club CIC 4 Holywell Avenue Castleford England, WF10 3FD Company No. 08103129

Director: Trevor Waddington contact@pontefractcollieries.com www.pontefractcollieries.com

The Colls Club History

Pontefract is known to have had a football club as far back as the 1890s when a side, presumably composed mainly of soldiers, competed in the West Yorkshire League as Pontefract Garrison.

Much of the history of the game in the town is still in need of further research, but it is known that a Pontefract Borough club reached the dizzy heights of the Yorkshire League in the late 1920s. They failed to finish the 1929–30 season, though. But by 1935, a club called Tanshelf Gems managed to acquire a ground on Ackworth Road, moved there, and became Pontefract United.

United ruled the roost in local football before the war, but when hostilities ended in Europe, they were rekindled in the town with the appearance of a Pontefract Collieries side, who by the late 1950s had gained slight bragging rights over their town rivals, both playing in the West Yorkshire League.

But in 1960 the old Collieries club became extinct, only for the name to return a couple of years later when United merged with a local youth side and adopted the name for themselves.

The new club quickly gained in stature and found considerable success in the West Yorkshire League, before joining the Yorkshire League in 1979. Progress on the field continued, culminating in a Yorkshire League Division Three Championship win in 1982.

This was the last season of the old Yorkshire and Midland Leagues, which then combined to form the Northern Counties East League.

The Colls were founder members of the new league. Successive promotions were gained in the first two seasons; the Runners-Up spot in Division Two (North) being followed rapidly by the Division One (North) Championship.

This was the last season of the old Yorkshire and Midland Leagues, which then combined to form the Northern Counties East League.

The Colls were founder members of the new league. Successive promotions were gained in the first two seasons; the Runners-Up spot in Division Two (North) being followed rapidly by the Division One (North) Championship.

This meteoric rise saw the Colls into the top flight of the NCEL, a position they held for a decade. Progress on the field was matched by ground improvements, as floodlights, a new clubhouse, stands, seats, and other major changes took place.

Much of the work was done during the miners’ strike, cementing further, literally, the club’s relationship with the mining industry and local community.

The floodlight opening in 1987 saw the Collieries take on Hull City in a friendly, watched by the record 1,000 crowd for the Skinner Lane ground. More honours came the club’s way as the NCEL Floodlit Cup was won twice, and two West Riding County Cup Finals were reached. Another near miss was the appearance in the NCEL Presidents Cup Final in 1994.

Managers Paul Cooper, John Brown, and Ged Elliott had been the main inspirations behind the footballing rise of the club during this sustained period of progress. But when the last of this line, Ged Elliott, left the club during 1994–95, a sudden decline could not be halted and the first relegation for many a year came about.

The appointment of new boss, Jim Kenyon, soon halted the slide, however, and the Colls bounced straight back, taking the Runners-Up spot, and winning the Wilkinson Sword Trophy along the way.

The following season saw Pontefract in yet another cup final, when they lost out by 3 –1 to Hucknall Town at Millmoor in the NCEL League Cup Final.

Success could not be sustained, though, and by 1998–99, a disastrous start saw the first 11 games lost, and only 7 points gained by Christmas. New manager, Peter Daniel, came in, and almost turned the fortunes around in an amazing rear-guard battle. The club still lost its Premier Division status, finishing second bottom, but only on goal difference.

Steve Kittrick then took up the challenge with a more locally based squad, and an emphasis on youth development. 199900 saw the Under-16’s win the West Riding Junior Cup, and the Under-19’s reach the Northern Youth Alliance League Cup Final. The senior squad also reached the Wilkinson Sword Trophy Final, which was narrowly lost on a 4–2 aggregate to Goole.

But successes at youth level were ultimately unable to be repeated by the senior squad, and Steve Kittrick left, after a disappointing finish to the 2000–01 campaign. The successful youth coach, Gary Batley, took over for the 2001–02 campaign, but a very young and unsettled side saw a disastrous season end with the Colls rock bot-tom of the NCEL First Division.

The Colls Club History

2002–03 saw Peter Daniel return, and improve-ments on the field were obvious from the very start. Ironically, despite bringing in a few key players to strengthen the squad, much of the side were graduates from the club’s youth policy, which seemingly had not matured quite quickly enough for previous managers.

The season saw the club reach its best ever stage in national competitions, reaching the Second Round Proper of the FA Vase, and with another Cup Final appearance in the Wilkinson Sword Trophy, this time losing out to Mickleover Sports, 3–1 on aggregate. A strong run in the second half of the league season saw the Colls finish in fourth place in Division One.

But optimism for the 2003–04 campaign soon evaporated, and after a poor start, Pete Daniel resigned. Reserve team manager Roly Lanes took over the reins, and the club were pulled off bottom spot, but still needed to apply for re-election. Battles off the field have dominated recent times, with fires destroying seats and parts of the stand, the tea bar, and the closure of the adjacent Prince of Wales Colliery and loss of the electricity supply. On the field, Collieries continued to struggle, and only avoided relegation on more than one occasion as a consequence of Pyramid restructuring.

Progress in national competitions was virtually nil. Things reached rock bottom in 2007–08 when, despite winning the first league game, Ponte then failed to win another for the rest of the season, and finished with just 9 points, a staggering 15 adrift of the club above them. Once again, relegation was avoided as the club were saved by the constant restructuring of the Pyramid league system.

Turmoil and bad feeling dominated the summer break, seeing the departure of the management team and most of the Committee as well. But this provided an excellent opportunity for the club to rebuild, and to put in place a plan for the future where none had previously existed.

2008-9 saw a new and enthusiastic, Committee appoint new manager, Simon Houghton, from local Central Midlands League side Kinsley Boys, and after just 4 league games the new team gained the 9 points it won the previous season. For the first part of the season, the club kept pace with eventual champions Scarborough Athletic at the top of the table, but unfortunately, a disastrous spell into the new-year saw the club embark on a run of 1 win in 9, which saw the club finish in ninth place.

2009–10 saw continual improvement from Houghton’s players. The side was strengthened and despite a slow start, the side eventually finished the sea-son in fifth place, taking four points off promoted Brighouse Town during the campaign. Despite the team topping the league during the Christmas and New Year period in the 2010–11 Season, the team’s results fell away badly in the early months of 2011.

As a result, Simon Houghton left the club, with former Leeds United captain Brendon Ormsby being brought in as manager. During his first dozen games in charge of the club, Ormsby used the remainder of last season to assess the players at his disposal and start to implement changes to the playing style of the team. With several target signings brought in during the closed season to enhance his squad, Ormsby prepared his team for an assault on the NCEL First Division.

Unfortunately, success wasn’t forthcoming for the Colls, and a bad spell during the middle of the 2012-2013 season led to Ormsby leaving the club by mutual consent. Player-managers Nick Handley and Duncan Bray stepped into the breach for the club, and with one defeat in the last ten league games, they ended the season with the club in-form,

The 2013-2014 season was one of consolidation as Bray and Handley brought in new players and stamped their style of play on the squad. Ending in a ninth place league finish.

The plan was delivered and 2014/15 turned out to be a successful season for the Colls as they finished as runners up in the NCEL Division 1 and achieved promotion to the NCEL Premier League after an absence of fifteen seasons. Along the way they achieved the season’s records for highest away win, best aggregate score, most goals scored (joint with Louth Town), second best defence and most clean sheets.

Ponte now in the NCEL Premier (in 2015/16) new players arrived to strengthen the promotion winning squad. However struggles saw a new management team announced with manager Craig Parry assisted by Craig Rouse and Nigel Danby. They fought to the bitter end and unfortunately ended up in the third from bottom spot and back into division one.

The 2016/17 season saw many changes in players and staff behind the scenes and on the field, with emphasis on the clubs infrastructure being paramount. The team had a great pre-season and that gave the side the building blocks for the year they had.

The Colls Club History

After a great start with 9 wins out of the first 9 games (including friendlies) the Colls had started will in both league and the FA Cup. The latter saw us reach our joint furthest in the competition after wins against Runcorn Town and Bootle who both went on to have good league campaigns in their own right.

We ended up getting knocked out by Tadcaster Albion after a thrilling cup tie going 2-0 down then 3-1 down and after pulling a goal back to make it 3-2 were then harshly not given a late penalty!

The league saw us put in some brilliant runs of form which saw us leap from 6th to the top of the league. Fate was in our own hands on the final day requiring a win on the final day away at Worsbrough Bridge to gain promotion, which we did 2-1 to return back to the NCEL Premier Division.

2017/18 saw what can only be described as a spectacular season. The mighty Ponte Colls surprised everyone (probably most at the club too). We started the season brilliantly winning 12 out of our first 13 games scoring 50 goals in the process. By the end of 2017 Ponte had only lost 3 times in league football and were still going strong in the FA Vase. Due to these cup runs we sat third in the league and 18 points behind league leader AFC Mansfield but many games in hand.

But by the time we travelled to Mansfield for the “Title Decider” we were right on their tails, The game was billed to be a close battle yet Ponte took the wheels off the Mansfield title charge and hammered them 3-0 in their back yard!

A win in Ponte’s next game would guarantee our historic first promotion to the Evo Stik. Away at Maltby Main saw Ponte do exactly what was needed a 2-0 win and mass celebrations. The Colls followed this up with a midweek win again away, this time at Handsworth Parramore and a 3-1 win and Pickering losing the following night, meant Ponte were CHAMPIONS of the NCEL Premier Division.

After 2 consecutive promotions the Colls had an extremely successful first ever season at Step Four in 2018-19 in the NPL Division One East finishing as runners- up to Morpeth Town. The Colls narrowly lost out on promotion to the NPL Premier Division at the first time of asking after losing to Brighouse Town in the Play-offs.

The 19-20 and 20-21 seasons were curtailed early due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021/22 season saw Craig Rouse return to the club as First Team Manager, along with a number of former players. We struggled to get started in the league,

but history was made in the FA Cup as Ponte reached the fourth qualifying round. FC Halifax Town needed a return leg to beat The Colls, following a draw at home in front of a club record attendance,

With only league games remaining follow exits from other cup competitions, it was time to pick up poor league form. Colls sat second bottom in early November but a string of big wins saw a jump to mid table. A strong bond between players and fans built from the start of 2022 and some big wins followed.

Many positives for the new season in 2022/23 see many players retained, plus the addition of a couple of former faces. On and off the field the club seems to be in a much stronger positions, so here's to more happy days down Beechnut Lane!

Our Visitors Brighouse Town

The club was originally formed in 1963, as a representative side of the Blakeborough Valve Company of Brighouse and their home games were played on the Woodhouse Recreation Ground, with the side competing in the Huddersfield Works League The club gained various league honours over the years, the most successful coming in the 1968/69 season, when they won both the League Cup as well as the Halifax District Cup

Following this success, the club took the huge step of obtaining its own ground at Hove Edge Whilst at Green Lane, where they played for more than a decade, they achieved two more league titles before taking another major step, in applying for and achieving West Riding County Amateur League status in 1975

The club thrived there, until their Green Lane ground was developed for housing, upon which they moved to their present ground, just round the corner, on St Giles Road There followed a period of stagnation, competing mainly in the lower divisions of the WRCAL until 1988 when the demise of the Blakeborough Company resulted in a new outlook, as well as a new name. This change proved to be the catalyst for the most successful period in the clubs history so far

The newly named Brighouse Town AFC won promotion to the WRCA Premier Division in their first season, as well as winning the WRCAL Division One Cup In 1991 the Premier Division Championship was won for the first time and in 1992 soon followed the West Riding County Challenge Cup In 1994 Town won the Premier Division League Cup and were runners up in the County Challenge Cup, and they were Premier Division Champions again in 1995

Season 1995/96 was perhaps the most successful season in the clubs history so far Brighouse Town once again won the WRCAL Premiership title and also completed the double by winning the WRCA League Cup They also won the Bob Wedgeworth Memorial Trophy

Season 2008/09, saw the club make the significant step into Semi-Professional football by entering and being accepted into the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) Division One After only two seasons in NCEL Division One, the Club won promotion to the NCEL Premier Division under the guidance of Mark Brier and Daz Attwood 2011/12 Season saw the appointment of Paul Quinn as Manager and after fourth and second place finishes in his first two seasons, the NCEL Premier Title was achieved with a record points total in 2013/14 – the Clubs 50th anniversary season

Promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One North brought the highest level of football in the history of the Club only six years after leaving the West Riding County Amateur League, and a new and exciting challenge lay ahead A very respectable 15th place finish was achieved in the Club’s inaugural season, and with valuable experience gained, solid foundations have been laid for playing football at this level

Another 15th place finish but with a far higher points tally for Paul Quinn’s side in season 2015/16 brought optimism

the Club is still heading in the right direction and coming to terms with the demands of the NPL The Club’s development side also won the Lancashire League East Division for the first time

In what ultimately became his final season, Paul Quinn cemented his legacy at the Club with a ninth place 2016/17 finish, the highest position achieved in the Clubs history and a fitting reflection of the tremendous job Quinn, and his Assistant Mark Booth had done for Brighouse Town

2017/18 Season brought a new era with Manager Vill Powell and Assistant Nat Brown taking over the reins and starting to rebuild the squad after a player exodus following Paul Quinn’s departure Powell’s appointment just before the start of the season meant that squad rebuilding had to be done as the season went along, never an easy job in such a competitive League Despite spending time in the lower part of the table during the second-half of the season, Town hit top form in the run-in to finish the season in a very respectable 17th position

Powell used his first proper pre-season at Brighouse Town to strengthen his Managerial team; confirming Leon Wainman and Stacy Reed as his Assistants and had the majority of his playing squad already in place for the first training session of the new 2018/19 season

This resulted in a fantastic season, firstly qualifying for the end of season Play-offs, and then going on to win the Playoff Final with an emphatic 3-0 victory against Pontefract Collieries The promotion place to the Premier Division that this would usually have brought, was denied to Town due to having an insufficient points-to-games ratio during the season, which was the criteria to decide who got promotion, due to a lack of promotion places available for all the Playoff winners!! Despite this disappointment, the season had brought the highest ever League position in the Club’s history

Season 2019/20 saw Town’s late push for a Play-Off place brough to an abrupt end due to the Covid 19 outbreak and ultimately the season being declared null and void Manager Vill Powell added experienced Coach and exprofessional John Francis to his coaching team and the squad of players for the 2020/21 season It came to an even more abrupt finish than the previous season with the majority of teams not getting into double figurers for games played before Covid 19 forced the season to be curtailed.

Thankfully there were no Covid issues in the 2021/22 season and it was played to its’ conclusion and saw Town make an excellent late push for the Play-offs before narrowly missing out to ultimately finish with a very creditable seventh place finish Town did manage to make a bit more history for the Club by making a first ever appearance in the Final of the West Riding Senior County Cup but were unable to make their first appearance a winning one

Pen Pics Brighouse Town

Elliot Harrison

Born 15/10/1996, Huddersfield

Centre Mid/Attacking Midfield

Previous Clubs: FC Halifax Town, Mossley, Trafford, Ossett United

Sam Reed

Born 27/03/2003, Sheffield

Left Back

Previous Clubs: Stocksbridge

Matthew Nebard

Born 9/10/1993, Leeds

Centre Back

Previous Clubs: Albion Sports, Pontefract Collieries

Thomas Haigh

Born 28/5/1996, Huddersfield, Midfield

Previous Clubs: Meltham, Bradford City, Leeds United

Brett Souter

Born 21/10/1993, Rotherham

Goalkeeper

Previous Clubs: Shaw Lane Aquaforce, Ossett Albion, Sheffield FC, Ossett United, Hemsworth Miners Welfare FC

Mohammed Tijani Ibrahim

Born 23/11/1996 Sheffield

Forward

Previous Clubs: Sheffield FC, Staveley

Harrison Beeden

Born 31/05/2002, Sheffield

Defender

Previous Clubs: Rotherham United, Chesterfield

Javelle Clarke

Born 13/04/2002, Sheffield

Winger

Previous Clubs: Sheffield United

Laurence Sorhaindo

Born 06 06 1997, Bradford

Striker

Previous Clubs: Campion AFC, Silsden AFC

Harry Wilkinson

Born 06/06/02, Dewsbury

Centre Back

Previous Clubs: Guiseley

Zephaniah Thomas

Born 14/11/89, Bradford

Striker

Previous Clubs: Boston Utd, Cowdenbeath, Royal Racing

Montgnee, Thunder Bay Chill

Jack Boyle

Born 14/11/1997, Leeds

Forward

Previous Clubs: Huddersfield, Clyde, Thackley

Mohammad Qasim

09/07/1997, Bradford

Forward

Previous Clubs: Campion, Silsden, Albion Sports

Alex King

06/09/2000, Huddersfield

Winger

Previous Clubs: Halifax Town

Bobby Pointon

04/01/2004, Bradford

Right wing

Previous and current club: Bradford City

Jamie Hassall

03/09/02, Harrogate

Goalkeeper

Previous Clubs: Harrogate railway, Knaresborough Town

Callum Charlton

13/11/96, Halifax

Left back/wing back

Previous Clubs: Emley, Yorkshire Amateurs, Huddersfield Town

Aiden Lee Walker

18/12/1999, Halifax

Centre Back

Previous Clubs: Mansfield Town

Sam Drake

02/04/1998, Huddersfield

Centre Mid

Previous Clubs: Farsley Celtic

Myron Gibbons

15/11/2000, Doncaster

Striker/Winger

Previous Clubs: Doncaster Rovers, Staveley MWFC, Rossington Main

James Tetley

29/08/2004, Wakefield

RB or CM

Previous Clubs: Hunslet, Robin Hood, Woodkirk, Mansfield Town Education

Charlie English 23/09/2004, Halifax

Goalkeeper

Previous Clubs: Leeds United

Jack Normanton

07/04/1997, Halifax

Forward

Previous clubs: Silsden, Thackley, Ossett United, Park FC

Pen Pics Brighouse Town

Corey Gregory

22/02/1983, Sheffield

Centre midfield

Previous Clubs: Sheffield Utd, Belper Town, Hucknall Town, Leicester City, Stalybridge Celtic, Matlock Town, Stocksbridge PS, Shaw Lane, Ossett Town, Ossett Utd, Belper Town

Vill Powell - Manager

Biography:

Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Vill was a professional at Sheffield Wednesday for three years He then moved on to play in Finland’s Veikkausliiga (Finnish Premier league) for HJK Helsinki

After two years in Finland he moved to Northern Ireland to play for Derry City for a year before returning to England where he played non-league scoring 73 goals in one season at Retford United before moving to Grays Athletic in the Conference South where he won the FA Trophy and League ‘double’

After several years playing for Havant & Waterlooville and Weymouth, he then returned to Sheffield and over a seven year period played for Sheffield FC, Stocksbridge Park Steels, and Goole FC in the Evo-Stik South League Division 1 At Stocksbridge where he played for two seasons, he won the league Play-off Final and got promoted to the Evo-Stik Premier playing alongside England striker Jamie Vardy During his playing career Vill completed several coaching qualifications which include UEFA A Licence and FA Full Youth Award

His first coaching role was at Sheffield FC, and then got a coaching role at Rotherham United Academy before joining the first team coaching staff at Harrogate Town in the Conference North before moving to his first managerial role at Brighouse Town

Stacy Reed - Assistant Manager.

Vast coaching experience from Youth football including Sheffield Wednesday Young Owls and Stocksbridge U18s

John Francis - Assistant Manager.

Vast experience in the pro-game with the likes of Sheffield United and Burnley

Emily Harnden – Physio.

Graduated from Leeds Beckett University after studying Sports and Exercise Therapy Experience with Frickley Athletic as part of the physiotherapy team as well as volunteering in the Sports Massage Clinic at Leeds Beckett University

Squad Pen Pics The Colls

Lloyd started his senior career at Chesterfield in the football league. He’s since gained experience in National League and NPL. A great shot stopper and has made a big impact since joining The Colls.

Kyle joins the club midway through the campaign following a bright start in the Northern Premier League with Guiseley, previously of Farsley Celtic and Matlock Town. He has plenty of experience for a young keeper.

Club Captain - Jack joined The Colls academy following leaving Bolton Wanderers He quickly joined the first team and made a big impression. One of the clubs youngest captains, he is a massive part of how we play

A stalwart for us, Spencer is a real Rolls Royce of a footballer and a leader amongst the dressing room Vice Captain - he is and has been a key component for The Colls over the years.

A product of the Chesterfield FC academy, following his arrival he has made a number of appearances and has more than handled himself at this level. He will go on to have a big future at the heart of defence

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Another experienced head at the back, Ben joined the club in December 2021. The left sided defender featured heavily in the sides up turn in league form last season

A Ponte unsung hero, now player assistant coach - Jimmy is a combative player that can play anywhere in either defence or midfield, a real presence in the side.

Our young player of the year last season, Jack has matured into a strong defender that can play either centre or left back As well as reading the game well, it is his ability to bring the ball out which often catches the eye

‘Browny’ is another player that can feature in the heart of defence or midfield, he’s always fire in the tackle but is also great with the ball at his feet Made a real difference upon returning from a loan last year

One of our new recruits this season, Harry can feature anywhere across the back line He joins the club following spells at Ashton United, Scarborough Athletic and York City

Vanny joined Ponte last summer and made a real impression, a real cog in The Colls engine room controlling the midfield Ran a one man goal of the season competition last year with two fine strikes

Combative Deep-lying midfielder, Cody returns for his second spell after enjoying success at the club Returns following spells at Worksop Town and Tadcaster Albion

Kyle Trenerry - GK

Jack Greenhough - DF

Spencer Clarke - DF

Jack Shepherd - DF

Callum Brook - DF

Ben Turner

DF

Harry Spratt - DF

Jimmy Williams - DF/MF

Scott Brown - DF/MF

Cody Cromack - MF

Jack Vann - MF

Lloyd Allinson - GK

Squad Pen Pics The Colls

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A former Bradford City youth product made his first appearance in the NPL this season for Ossett United before joining Markse.

Another midfielder that comes alive in the final third, made a number of Football League appearance for Walsall before moving down the pyramid He’s back for his second stint at Ponte and will look to add goals and assists. Recently also joined the coaching staff as First Team Coach.

Midfield dynamo and now Head Coach, Gavin is a midfield dynamo and makes his impact when dancing passed defenders Missed parts of last season through injury but when for another key component to our side

Dec joins The Colls from Bottesford Town in the NCEL, but the forward has plenty of experience in the Northern Premier League scoring for the likes of Alfreton Town, Scarborough Athletic, Gainsborough Trinity and Mickleover Sports to name a few.

’Magic Mikey’ a defenders nightmare, this lad on his day can be one of the best players in the league. He’s footwork and speed often leave defenders on the floor. He’s enjoyed a bright preseason will look to add to his NPL tally of goals this season.

A Gibraltar International who has 17 caps and a goal for his country, Adam has a great pedigree and has scored goals for each club he’s been at A fast intelligent forward, he’ll be looking to chip in with plenty of goals and assists

Another striker that knows where the back of the net is. He rejoined the club last spring and will be looking to add to his tally from last campaign and his previous spell at Ponte

A proper old fashioned no 9, Gav joins Ponte after winning the league last year with Liversedge

Another man that’s goal record speaks for itself and he’ll no doubt cause many issues for opposing defences.

Now in his second season as manager at Ponte, previously a goalscoring player then assistant coach as Colls went through their most successful years Now looking to guide the club to more success

An experienced coach with a UEFA B License as a coach and Keeper Coach Lee is also our Head of Academy and Community and is lead coach for our Scholars during the week

Megan has stayed on for her second season with Ponte as Head Physiotherapis, she works closely with Craig Rouse and the lads to ensure they remain in the best condition

Adam Priestley - FW

Gavin Rothery - MF

Gavin Allott - FW

Joe Lumsden - FW

Craig Rouse - Manager

Lee Kelsey - GK Coach

Megan Parsley - Phsyio

Mikey Dunn - FW

Dec Bacon - FW

James Baxendale - MF

George Thewlis - MF

Box-to-box midfielder that joins in from Marske United.

Squad Squad The Colls

Up Next Up Next

February 18, 3pm KO

The Hunters Stadium

NPL North East Division

Grimsby Borough Grimsby Borough

February 22, 7:45pm KO

Bradley Football Development Centre

NPL North East Divison

North Shields North Shields

February 25, 3pm KO

Daren Persson Stadium

NPL North East Division

Dunn Lumsden Subs Bailey Lazenby Brook Brown (Baxendale 63') (Williams 74') (Dunn 83')

Allott Lumsden Subs Bailey (Porritt 75') Priestley (Porritt 75') Porritt (Williams 73') Rothery Brook x3

Allott Lumsden Subs Dunn (Lumsden 66') Rothery (Baxendale 74') Brook Bailey Williams

Allott Lumsden Subs Dunn (Brown 66') Priestley (Lumsden 87') Williams Baxendale (Rothery 66') Bailey Brook Shepherd

Priestley Subs Brook Bailey (Vann 45') Brown (Williams 71') Rothery (Baxendale 66') Lumsden

Priestley Subs Lumsden Baxendale Williams Brook Shepherd (Allott 74') (Brown 76') (Priestley 76')

x2 Allott Lumsden Subs Priestley (Allott 78') Rothery (Baxendale 45') Brook Bailey (Dunn 85') Brown

Lumsden

Dunn Subs Allott (Lumsden 57') Kelsey Williams Baxendale (Priestley 57') Brook (Brown 57') Turner

Lumsden Subs Priestley (Allott 86') Dunn (Bailey 45') Rothery (Williams 70') Brook Brown

Lumsden Subs Dunn (Priestley 72') Kelsey Brook (Brown 68') Porritt (Lumsden 90') Falk Adamson Bailey

Dunn Subs Greaves (Cromack 82') Rothery (Baxendale 76') Priestley (Lumsden 64') Brook Brown x2

Lumsden Subs Greaves (Lumsden 65') Baxendale Picton (Greenhough 86') Williams Priestley (Rose 66')

Greaves Subs Rothery (Greaves 42') Picton Brook Bailey Allott Priestley (Williams 73') (Baxendale 76')

Priestley x2 Subs Allott Lumsden (Allott 62') Brook Bailey (Priestley 84') Nodder (Baxendale 68') Williams

Allott Subs Priestley (Baxendale 64') Bailey Cromack (Allott 84') Nodder Lumsden (Lumsden 88') Rothery

Priestley Subs Bailey Baxendale Cromack (Priestley 45') Nodder (Turner 90') (Lumsden 74') Dunn

Priestley Subs Bailey (Baxendale 68') Nodder (Cromack 70') Brown (Clarke 73') Rothery x3 Lumsden Allinson

Allott Subs Dunn Baxendale Bailey (Clarke 38') Brown Rothery (Turner 45')

Lumsden (Pirestley 53')

Lumsden Subs Baxendale (Brown 70') Williams Spratt (Rothery 57') Boyes Greaves (Vann 89') Dunn

Priestley Lumsden Nodder Subs Dunn(Baxendale 46') Brown Spratt Rothery (Nodder 68') Bailey (Williams 46')

Dunn Subs Bailey (Brown 78') Rothery Baxendale Turner (Priestley 85') Greaves (Dunn 71')

Priestley Subs Dunn (Priestley 80') Cromack (Turner 37') Baxendale Rothery (Allott 67') Clarke

Priestley Subs Cromack (Dunn 57') Baxendale(Clarke 65') (Priestley 76') Rothery Bailey Greaves

Baxendale Subs Greaves (Baxendale 61') Cromack Thewlis (Rothery 64') Turner (Brown 64') Brook

NPL North East Division 2022/23

Bridlington Town Brighouse Town Carlton Town Cleethorpes Town Consett Dunston UTS Grantham Town Grimsby Borough

Stocksbirdge Park Steels Stockton Town Tadcaster Albion Worksop Town

FORM TABLES

The Last Five The Last Five

Head to Head

Dec Bacon

New signing Dec Bacon joined The Colls earlier this week and will be looking to add more firepower to the forward line. He lists Alfreton Town, Scarborough Athletic, Mickleover Sports and Gainsborough Trinity as his former clubs.

We caught up with Dec to discuss the move, here’s what he had to say;

Welcome to The Colls Dec, tell us how pleased you are to make the move?

I‘m really happy with the move and how smooth it’s gone, looking forward to meeting with the lads and getting down to business.

For those fans that haven’t seen you play, tell us what type of player you are and what they can expect?

I’m a forward who likes to play on the shoulder and get in behind with pace, direct and look to score or provide goals.

As we enter the business end of the season, what are your goals both individually and as a squad?

After speaking to the gaffer the main goal for the squad is too get into and stay in those play offs, personally that’s a goal of mine too and hopefully can make that happen with goals and assists.

Finally, do you have a message to your new supporters?

Thank you for the positive response on socials regarding me signing at the Colls, looking forward to the rest of the season.

PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES

Kyle Trenerry (GK)

Lloyd Allinson (GK)

Jack Greenhough (C)

Jack Shepherd

Spencer Clarke (VC)

Callum Brook

Ben Turner

Harry Spratt

Jimmy Williams

Scott Brown

George Thewlis

Jack Vann

James Baxendale

Gavin Rothery

Mikey Dunn

Joe Lumsden

Gavin Allott

Adam Priestley

Dec Bacon

MATCH OFFICIALS

Ref: Matthew Langdon

BRIGHOUSE TOWN

Brett Souter (GK)

Mohammed Ibrahim

Sam Reed

Corey Gregory

Aiden Walker

Joshua Dacre

Mohammad Qasim

Joshua Grant

Reon Potts

Thomas Haigh

Jack Boyle

Nathaniel Crofts

Sam Drake

Javelle Clarke

Alex King

Cole Roberts

Charlie English (GK)

Laurence Sorhaindo

Zephaniah Thomas

Assistants: Alfie Finch-Critchley & Matthew Malton