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ABOUT TOWN:
Ground: The Viridor Community Stadium Address: Sandy Lane, Weston Point, Runcorn WA7 4ET Telephone: 07808 737773 Web: www.runcorntownfc.co.uk Twitter: @RuncornTown Facebook: /RuncornTown Legal Form: Unincorporated (Members Club)
THE HONOURS:
North West Counties League Premier Division Runners Up 2012 Division One Runners Up 2011 West Cheshire League Division Two Winners 2007 Cheshire Amateur Cup Runners Up 1995 Pyke Cup Runners Up 2008 West Cheshire Bowl Winners 1992, 1994 Runners Up 1993, 1995, 2005 Bill Weight Memorial Trophy Winners 1996, 2006, 2008 Runners Up 1992 Runcorn Senior Cup Winners 1993, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008 Runners Up 1983, 1984, 1988, 1996
THE STAFF:
Chairman: Lindsay Berry Secretary: Martin Fallon Treasurer: Mike Riley Welfare Officer: Martin Fallon Committee: Alan Bennett, Lindsay Berry, Martin Fallon, Geoff Goodall, Kevin Holland, Ste Kinsella, Gary Littlemore, Roy Roberts, James Holland, Eddie Smith, Tony Richards Photography: Vacant
THE MANAGERS:
1st Team Manager: Paul McManus Assistant: Daniel Jarrett Physio: Gerraint Warr U16's Manager: John Barton U14's Manager: Dave Crane U13's Manager: Adam Telford The views in this programme are not necessarily those of Runcorn Town Football Club or the publisher of this matchday programme. Printer: Match Day Creative: Contact: 07976 131145
WELCOME WELCOME From the Secretary's Pen...
Issue 21: Barnoldswick Town
Welcome to the Viridor Community Stadium for this afternoon's North West Counties Football League Premier Division tie against Barnoldwick Town. It is always tough games against "Barlick". We have a good record against them but they are always capable of springing a big scoreline on us like when they beat us 5-1 and 7-2 at their place the other year. This season they are not having the greatest of seasons but they are going through a transition with a new manager in Endrit Shehu, a host of new players coming in and several established names like Ryan Livesey and Zack Dale leaving. Still they are capable of picking up decent wins like against Rylands the other week, and they gave us a great game up at their place in November. Wednesday night saw us beat Avro 4-1 and I thought that it was one of our best performances of the season. All of the lads worked hard and it is crazy to think it was our first home league win since August. Lets hope that we can kick off from it. Our two outstanding fixtures have been sorted now. We will host EFL League One side Tranmere Rovers at the Viridor Community Stadium on Wednesday 19th February in the Quarter Final of the Liverpool Senior Cup. That tie wll be played to finish on the night. Kick off against Tranmere is 7.45pm. Three days later, we wll head down the M6 on Saturday 22nd February to face Hanley Town - a game that has been postponed three times now due to the weather from its original date in September. Kick off at Hanley is 3.00pm. Martin Fallon Secretary / Editor
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MACCA SAYS Manager Paul McManus gives his thoughts A warm welcome to everybody connected to Avro and welcome to the Viridor Community Stadium for tonight's North West Counties League Premier Division game. Hopefully we can both make it an entertaining Saturday afternoon for the fans of both sides. Our current form has picked up now to where I feel we should of been from the start of the season, and the results are following which is good to see. Wednesday night was probably our strongest performance of the season so far and it was definitely the result of the season as Avro are a very good and hard working side. I said to the lads beforehand in the dressing room that if we matched them for workrate and we ran as hard as they would then our quality in transition would get us the positive result we needed to gain our 3rd consecutive win. It was really pleasing that they did that and it was very good also to see Cairnsy back amongst the goals too. Hopefully he can get on the goal trail regularly now until the end of the season along with Forbesy who’s been getting good numbers for us over the last month or so. It was strange that Wednesday's win was our first in the league at home
since August and a lot has been made of that. The more that run went on the harder it seemed to get at home, and it has been a bit of a relief to play away as much as we have recently. Now that we have ended that run, we can push on and hopefully make our home a fortress. Barnoldswick are not having the best of seasons so far but games against them have always been difficult to play in over the years and today will be no exception. I expect them to come at us early on and we will be ready for that. Hopefully we can keep our winning run going to top off what has been a very good January so far. See you in the bar after the game.
Macca
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BARNOLDSWICK TOWN Who they are and who to look out for today Formed: 1972 Twitter: @barlicktownfc Nickname Barlick 2019/20 2019/20 2019/20 2019/20
Games: 31 Wins: 11 Scored: 53 Conceded: 69
Last Six Resuts (Most Recent First):
L
W
L
L
L
W
0-2 1-0 0-1 4-8 1-3 4-2
The Gaffer: Endrit Shehu
The Player Ric Seear
Endrit was appointed as manager of Barnoldswick in October 2019, replacing Matt Barnes in the post.
Blackpool native Ric Seear is the leading goalscorer for Barnoldswick Town this season with 15 goals in 22 games played.
He was already working at the club as part of Barnes' backroom staff with Barlick having no hesitation in giving him the job permanently. At just 29, the same as Paul McManus, he is a young manager in the NWCFL. He played until he was 22 but then went to University to study Sports Coaching. He has coached Preston North End U13's for the last seven years, and also been coaching at Liverpool Academy for the last four years.
He started his career in the West Lancs league with Norcross, Lytham Town and Blackpool Wren Rovers before moving to NWCFL sides AFC Blackpool and Squires Gate. 18 goals in 21 games saw Colne snap him up in Dec 2016 before he moved to Kendal Town for the 2017/18 season. He returned to Gate the season after and joined Barlick earlier this summer.
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ABOUT OUR VISITORS A look at the history of Barnoldswick Town Barnoldswick were formed in 1972 under the name of Barnoldswick United (1972). A strange name which came about due to the club being set up by canny Yorkshiremen as there had been a previous club named Barnoldswick United and the new club would have been liable for the outstanding debts from the old club had they been called Town. The home pitch started out as a grazing meadow for cattle, and after a lot of hard work it is now the pitch we play on. The club had two teams playing in the Craven & District Football League, but in the early 1990’s they joined the East Lancashire Football League again with two teams. By the late 1990’s they had three teams, with the 1st & 2nd team teams joining the West Lancashire Football League and the 3rds retaining our place in The East Lancashire League. Success in the West Lancashire League for the first team was instant with the club finishing as runners up in Division Two in 1997/98, thus achieving promotion to Division One. The following season saw the club win its first, and so far only, league title by winning the West Lancashire League Division One by five points from Norcross & Warbreck. This brought a second successive promotion as the club took its place in the Premier Division of the West Lancashire League. They established themselves as a
solid club in the top flight, finishing sixth twice, before the biggest change in the club came ahead of the 2003/2004. Barnoldswick United (1972), Barnoldswick Park Rovers and Salterforth Juniors merged and the club's name was changed to Barnoldswick Town. The next few seasons saw the club comfortably mid-table in the West Lancashire League, success limited to a 2001/02 Richardson Cup defeat to Charnock Richard. It had always been in the club’s constitution to get the ground up to the minimum standards of The North West Counties Football League, and the 2009/2010 season saw us accepted. This came about courtesey of a sixth place finish in the West Lancashire League. The 2009/2010 saw saw them finish as runners up in Division One of the NWCFL as well as reaching the Final of the prestigious West Riding County Cup where they lost to Guiseley who won promotion to the Conference North. With an unexpected promotion, they went into the following season just looking to avoid relegation and astounded themselves by finishing a creditable 7th in the league, suspensions and injuries robbing them of a top three spot. The following season, 2011/12, they did even better, finishing in fourth place in the Premier Division. It was a record breaking season for the club,
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with 83 points and 26 wins the most they had ever recorded in a season. The club finished 9th the next season before former striker Stuart Aidrie returned as manager. He couldn't address the slide as Barlick finished in 16th and then 19th. The 2015/16 season was better, finishing 9th, but in January 2017, Aidrie moved to become Chairman with Daniel Craig appointed. He could only steer them to an 11th place finished but he did lead them to the Macron Cup Final, losing 3-2 on penalties to City of Liverpool. Another 9th place finish followed before Matt Barnes took over in summer of 2018. He took them to an 11th place finish last season, but surprisingly left in October 2019, with Preston North
End coach Endrit Shehu taking over. Alongside their main pitch they have a floodlit training pitch. The club house can hold up to 100 people and be hired out for functions. Their main sponsor is Silentnight Beds, one of the town’s big employers, and the ground is The Silentnight Stadium. In Summer of 2014 they achieved Charter Standard, and part of their goal for the last couple of years has been forging a stronger link with Barnoldswick Town Juniors. They have younger junior teams taking part in pre match entertainment and player mascot days, with a fantastic junior setup with over 20 teams which will only make the club stronger. The club also has a Development Squad in the East Lancs League which should bring through players to the First Team.
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A LOOK AT... We look at Barnoldswick Town's season to date Match Summary Biggest Home Win
4-2
07/12/19 v Burscough (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Win
5-0
12/10/19 v Abbey Hey (The Buildbase FA Vase)
Biggest Home Defeat
4-8
21/12/19 v 1874 Northwich (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Defeat
1-6
10/08/19 v Longridge Town (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Highest Drawn Game
3-3
03/08/19 v Congleton Town (H) (Premier Division)
At A Glance Played
Home
Away
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Overall
18
31
Won
6
46.15%
5
27.78%
11
35.48%
Drawn
3
23.08%
1
5.56%
4
12.90%
Lost
4
30.77%
12
66.67%
16
51.61%
Scored
28
2.15
25
1.39
53
1.71
Conceded
28
2.15
41
2.28
69
2.23
14.71%
18
15.00%
Number Of Games Since Last Win
1 game
Last Defeat
0 games
Goalless Draw
48 games
Score Draw
7 games
Scored A Goal
1 game
Fail To Score
0 games
Clean Sheet
1 game
When They Score
Home
Away
8
15.38%
16-30
9
17.31%
6
8.82%
15
12.50%
31-45
7
13.46%
12
17.65%
19
15.83%
46-60
7
13.46%
8
11.76%
15
12.50%
61-75
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21.15%
15
22.06%
26
21.67%
76-90
10
19.23%
17
25.00%
27
22.50%
Scored / Conceded So Far
10
Overall
0-15
Scored
Conceded
None
6
19.35%
5
16.13%
One
9
29.03%
5
16.13%
Two
9
29.03%
8
25.81%
Three
3
9.68%
10
32.26%
Four
3
9.68%
1
3.23%
Five or more
1
3.23%
2
6.45%
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FOOTBALL LEGENDS Clayton, Douglas and Blacklaw For the 2019/20 season, Alan Bennett has been looking back at famous footballers from the past, For today's game, he is changing the format slightly to comment on three former players from the Blackburn and Barnoldswick area as he feels that many travelling fans of the not so young age group will recall these three with pleasure and a certain amount of pride, and will have more affilation to the Red Rose then the White. RONNIE CLAYTON A legend from this area of Lancashire, a great one club man who was respected and admired by all who knew of him Where do you start with Ronnie? He’s not only a Blackburn legend, known throughout the world and respected by everyone, he’s also played with Bobby Moore, Bryan Douglas and Tom Finney. Played against Stan Mathews, Jimmy Greaves and Pele. Ronnie joined the Rovers at the age of 14 and less than two years later was making his debut for the first team. At the time he was an amateur and as such was not paid the £1 and became a powerhouse right half but by the time he was 20, he was captain not only of the Rovers, but also of the England under-21 side, a position which he held for three years. Not surprisingly for one of Blackburn Rovers’ greatest ever
players, he went on to not only play for the full England side 35 times, but also to captain them on five occasions, the last time being in season 1963-64. The great man spent 21 years at Ewood, with a remarkable 665 appearances and 15 goals, before being persuaded to take up the post of player/manager at Morecambe. This proved to be a dodgy decision, for as well as running the family newsagents, he had to commute to Morecambe, sign new players, find them living accommodation, take training etc. etc. and after about nine months he quit the post. Derrick Keighley, the Harwood chairman, then asked Ronnie to sign
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for the Great Harwood, along with many other ex-Rovers stars, and so began his Great Harwood career. It lasted just one season but it must have been a great thrill for the locals to have seen him in action.
memoirs, was a game at Deepdale in mid-winter against Preston, his home town team. The ground was frozen solid with huge icy divots sticking up six inches like half buried broken bottles.
Some of the many highlights Ronnie’s career are as follows:
He was given the unenviable task of marking Pele in Rio in front of 187,000 fans. He played against Brazil at Wembley when the South Americans were hammered 4-1. He played for England along side greats such as Finney and Mathews, and played for many years with his lifelong best friend Bryan Douglas, who he counts as the best Rovers player he’s played with.
Tom Finney was weaving his magic as usual, when Ronnie decided to put a stop to his trickery. Flying into the tackle like Roy Keane with a headache, he whacked the North End wing wizard who flew up into the air before sliding 10 yards along the treacherous turf. Tom eventually got to his feet, blood pouring from his legs and face, his white shirt now resembling a Liverpool top, and limped over to a sheepish Ronnie, who prepared himself for a good thumping.
One incident which Ronnie recalls in his
“Fizzin’ ‘eck!” said Tom, and then
of
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walked away!! The great Sir Tom Finney is Ronnie’s favourite former player.
to be renamed The Ronnie Clayton End at Ewood Park.
The worst moment of his career was when he left the Rovers after 21 years as a player, although he was soon to return, looking after hospitality guests and taking tours around Ewood.
BRYAN DOUGLAS
His greatest moment was being made captain of England. His two favourite grounds were Upton Park, where he was never on the losing side, and Wembley. Clayton died in October 2010. The following August, as a sign of respect to Clayton, it was announced at halftime during the first game of the season, that The Blackburn End was
Bryan was another one-club legend who played for Blackburn Rovers from 1954 to 1969, totalling 503 appearances in all competitions and 115 goals. He also earned 36 caps and scored 11 goals for England. He appeared in two World Cups, in 1958 and 1962, appearing in all of England's matches in the two tournaments. In November 2012, the Darwen End stand of Ewood Park was renamed The Bryan Douglas Darwen End in honour of Douglas. He said of the tribute: "The
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first person to congratulate me was Ronnie's Claytons wife Val. He is at one end of the ground and I'm at the other end and long may that continue. We were great friends. They have put me at the right end as well. I was born just 400 yards away from the Darwen End. It is a really proud moment."
ADAM BLACKLAW
In February 2019 he was one of the first seven players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.
He made his first-team debut on 22 December 1956 and spent over ten seasons with the Clarets, winning the league in 1959/60 and getting an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1961/62, losing 3-1 to Spurs at Wembley.
He finished playing after 19 years at Ewood Park and became Northern area sales representative for a paper manufacturing company, until the firm was taken over in 1992. Bryan then accepted the opportunity of voluntary redundancy.
Adam was a Scottish player who joined the Burnley ground staff as a schoolboy apprentice in 1954, directly from Frederick Street School in Aberdeen, earning a professional contract in October of that year.
Blacklaw left in 1967 and joined Blackburn, where he made another 96 first team appearances. Then to Blackpool, where his League career ended in 1970.
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FOOTBALL LEGENDS (cont) Bill Shankly of Huddersfield Town in November 1955 looking after the reserves at first before becoming 1st team "gaffer" after a year. Again it was the same old story of the boards ambition not meeting his and being a selling club and when Tom Williams the then Liverpool Chairman came along Bill didn't need a 2nd invitation to go with a record at Town of 49 wins out of 129 games. Shanks took over Liverpool on the 14th December 1959 when the club was in Division Two and not looking in good shape. In his words the training ground at Melwood was a shambles and the changing room was an old cricket pavilion that looked like a disused bomb site he said. He changed it for the players to change and bath at Anfield rather than there. He had a great relationship with his assistants Paisley, Fagin and Rueben Bennett which became famous for the tea break meeting in the "boot room". Looking at the aging team he decided on new blood with fight and amongst his 1st signing was big Ron Years at #5 and Ian St John at #9.and bring from the juniors the likes of Tommy Lawrence (GK) and signing Gordon Milne from Preston. Amongst the other younger ones, Melia Moran, Alan A'Court, Gerry Byrne and Roger Hunt were given a chance which they all took gleefully. It took two seasons to get out of Division
Two finally getting promoted in 1962. Realising he needed more he signed, Chris Lawler, Ian Callghan, Tommy Smith, Willie Stevenson and the winger Peter Thomson. His ambition was to win, win and win again and finally he got to win the FA Cup 2-1 thanks to an Ian St John winner in 1965 and reached the semi Final of the European Cup in the same season after winning the League in 1964. He won the League again in 1966 and lost in the final of the European Cup at Hampden Park to Borussia Dortmund just as Everton beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in the FA Cup Final days earlier which really peeved him. In 1970 out went the old guard and having changed the kit to ALL RED he rebuilt a brand new squad. In 1972– 73, Liverpool won the club's eighth league title and their third under Shankly. A massive bonus for the club was winning the UEFA Cup, the club's first European success. The following season they had to rely on a late equaliser against Doncaster in the FA Cup, but went onto the Final where Liverpool defeated Newcastle 3-0. That was Shankly's last game in charge of the club. Shankly led Liverpool into 753 games, winning 393, drawing 185 and losing 175. He guided Liverpool to 11 trophies including three league titles.
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FOOTBALL LEGENDS (cont) Clayton, Douglas and Blacklaw
Leaving Blackpool, he played in the Northern Premier League for Great Harwood together Douglas and Clayton, plus Roy Vernon of Wales. After retiring from football he ran a newsagents in Burnley for seven years, before becoming landlord of the Cross Keys pub in Barnoldswick which is still well frequented by Burnley fans when the team is on TV whilst playing away. An amusing little story caught my eye which I will share with you which may not be that well known outside of the town itself. After a game in goal for Scotland in Naples against Italy, he went back to Naples in another match in February 1967. By then, Blacklaw was second-
choice keeper, and watched his successor, Harry Thomson, "pulling off save after save" to keep the score to 0-0. There was much bad feeling in the opposition, whom Burnley had recently knocked out of the Fairs Cup and, at the end, when Harry Potts went to shake hands with Alberto Orlando, the Napoli manager tried to punch him, then spat in his face. Blacklaw raced in to protect him, only to be attacked by Napoli players and stadium staff. As a hefty boxer, he held his own. Though knocked over, he threw one opponent over his shoulder "and down a flight of steps", only to be confronted by a policeman holding a gun. At which point, even Blacklaw took refuge in the Burnley dressing room!
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MATCH REPORT Last time at the Viridor Community Stadium
RUNCORN TOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Adam Reid Liam Turner Warren Bellew Simon Thelwell Marcus James Joe Holt Danny Byrnes Shaun Weaver Dave Forbes Kieran Holsgrove Tom Rowlands
4 1 MATCH OFFICIALS Mark Reeves Alexander Phillips Matthew Archibald
4 44 78 86
GOALS Marcus James Dave Forbes Craig Cairns Craig Cairns
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Jordan Latham Max White Daniel Hewitt Kyle Jacobs Adam Mather Alex Frost Joe Rathbone Jack Morrow Louis Potts Matthew Boland Kane Wallwork
SUBS USED 14 Jack Poxon 17 Harry Odell 18 Samuel Amankwaa
SUBS USED 12 Mark Haslam 14 Liam Ward 16 Craig Cairns SUBS UNUSED 15 Aidan Roxburgh 17 Paul McManus
AVRO
ATTENDANCE 137
SUBS UNUSED 12 Jake Wood 16 James Hampson GOALS 66 Louis Potts
COMPETITION NWCFL Premier Division
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Runcorn Town finally claimed a league win at the Viridor Community Stadium, with newly promoted Avro beaten 4-1 on what was their first ever visit. Our last home win in the league was back in August 2019, and this was something many were wondering when the next win at home was going to come from. Last night, a whopping 154 days later, Runcorn Town rose above the foggy clouds and put in a strong performance to claim a deserved win. Player/Manager Paul McManus made two changes to the starting line-up, bringing in Warren Bellew and Tom Rowlands for Mark Haslam and Aidan Roxburgh respectively. The game began with Runcorn Town attacking the Halton Fabrications End and it was Runcorn Town who went on the attack in the opening minutes. And it wasn't long before the opening goal arrived which was from a corner on the right. This was crossed into the area by Kieran Holsgrove, the ball was headed towards the goal and MARCUS JAMES tapped the ball into the middle of the goal in just the fourth minute. Runcorn had chances to increase the lead but the visitors were never out of it, with one effort in particular from Kane Wallwork from fully 35 yards reboundng off the crossbar and over. The lead was doubled in the 43rd
minute as DAVID FORBES turned Shaun Weaver’s cross from the left into the bottom right hand corner. In the 66th minute, Mr Elliott awarded a penalty to the visitors for a foul in the box. LOUIS POTTS stepped up and struck the ball towards the left of the goal, sending Adam Reid the wrong way. Runcorn Town made it 3-1 during the 78th minute, with substitute CRAIG CAIRNS cutting inside from the left and slotted the ball past Jordan Latham and into the bottom right corner of the goal. The game was put to bed and the points were secured in the 86th minute as CRAIG CAIRNS cut in from the left towards goal, his first attempt was blocked by Jordan Latham, but Cairns was quick to react to the loose ball and scrambled the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal. Referee Mr Elliot brought the game to a close after three minutes of stoppage time on what was an excellent victory. Our last home win in the NWCFL Premier Division was back in August, and many were wondering when the next win at home was going to come from. A whopping 154 days later, and Runcorn Town rose above the foggy clouds and put in a strong performance to claim a deserved 4-1 win.
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COVER IN PROFILE Birmingham City v Tampa Bay Rowdies, Oct 1980 For the 2019/20 season, we will be having retro cover on the front of our matchday programme. This takes a random match from a game in the past and puts a Runcorn Town twist on it! This week we have a programme from Wednesday 1st October 1980, when Birmingham City entertained Tampa Bay Rowdies in a friendly, with perhaps the strangest cover we have had so far this season. Birmingham were founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875, and from 1877 played home games at Muntz Street. For the first thirteen years of their existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an adhoc basis, with the only competitive games being cup competitions organised at local and national level. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1881/82 season, and won their first trophy, the Walsall Cup, in 1882/83. It adopted professionalism in 1885, and three years later, as Small Heath F.C., became a limited company with a board of directors, the first football club in England to do so. Their first league was called The Combination which involved clubs not invited to join the Football League for its first season in 1888/89. Lack of proper organisation meant it was
wound up with fixtures still outstanding. The following season they became founder member of the Football Alliance, finishing 10th twice and 3rd. In 1893/94, the Football League expanded its membership by forming a Second Division. All but one of the 12 Football Alliance teams accepted invitations to join. Although they finished as champions, they failed to win promotion via the test match system, losing to Newton Heath. The following season promotion to the First Division was secured after a second-place finish and test match victory over Darwen. They were
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relegated in 1895/96, and in 1898/99, Walter Abbott set club records that still stand, 34 league goals in a season and 42 in all competitions. Over the following three seasons, they were promoted, relegated and promoted! In 1905 they changed name to Birmingham Football Club, and the following year moved into a new home at St Andrews. Birmingham were relegated again in 1907/08, and two years later had to apply for re-election after finishing bottom. They survived, and remained in the Second Division until after the First World War. In 1920/21 they won their second league championship to acheve promotion again. Much of this was down to the goals of 19-year-old Joe
Bradford who went on to score a club record 267 goals in 445 games. Birmingham stayed in the top flight until relegation in 1938/39, and in those 18 years, they only finished in the top ten on two occasions. In 1930/31 they reached the FA Cup Final, losing 2–1 to Second Division side and near neighbours West Bromwich Albion. During the Second World War, the club played in the wartime league, and adopted the name Birmingham City in 1943. You'd have thought people had more important things to worry about! After the war, they won their third Second Division title in 19, conceding only 24 goals in the 42-game season, but were relegated again in 1949/50.
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COVER IN PROFILE (cont) Birmingham City v Tampa Bay Rowdies, Oct 1980
They were back in the top flight five seasons later after winning their fourth league title in 1954/55. The following season they finished 6th, their highest ever League finish, and also reached the FA Cup Final for a second time. They were not drawn at home in any round, the first club so to do, and lost 3–1 to Manchester City. The game is best remembered for City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing the last 15 minutes of the game with a broken bone in his neck. They stayed in the top flight until 1964/65. Two years earlier, they had won their first major trophy after beating Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. They were promoted again in 1971/72
but struggled for the next eight years until their inevitable relegation in 1978/79. Remarkably they were promoted straight away but couldn't seem to do anything in the top flight. The three years from 1983/84 were a rollercoaster, with relegtaion, promotion and relegation, but it got worse in 1988/89 when they were relegation to Division Three for the first time. Their stay in the third tier lasted three season until they were promoted as runners up, but two years later then were relegated again. They returned straight away with their fifth league title, and in 2001/02, won promotion to the Premier League for the first time via the Play-Off's, this coming after losing in the previous three Play-Off's.
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COVER IN PROFILE (cont) Birmingham City v Tampa Bay Rowdies, Oct 1980
They lasted three seasons in the Premier League, and the four seasons from 2005/06 were remarkable. They were relegated, promoted, relegated and promoted. This made it six times in their history they had responded to relegation with an immediate promotion. In 2010/11 they were relegated from the Premier League, but reached the Quarter Final of the FA Cup as well as lifting the League Cup for the second time after beating favourites Arsenal 2–1 at Wembley. For the last eight seasons they have been in the Championship, with the closest they have come to promotion being a Semi Final Play-Off loss to Blackpool in 2011/12.
Today's featured match came about as the Tampa Bay Rowdies - who played in the North American Soccer League or NASL for short, conducted a tour in the autumn of 1980. They came over as a post-season tour, and played six games in England, Scotland and Ireland. The game against Birmingham was nothing to write home about. It ended in a goalless draw! Here are the results from their games: Luton Town (Sept 29, 1980) 1-0 Birmingham City (Oct 1, 1980) 0-0 Linfield (Oct 6, 1980) 1-3 St Mirren (Oct 8, 1980) 2-4 Hereford (Oct 11, 1980) 1-1 Nottm Forest (Oct 13, 1980) 1-7
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COVER IN PROFILE (cont) What has happened on January 25th?
The last season before the Second World War saw them finish 9th, and when football resumed in 1946/47, they challenged only occassionally.
The 1989/90 season though saw them finish 4th, losing in the newly formed Play-Off's, and the following year they were promoted as runners up.
In 1958, they were placed in Division Three after regionalisation was scrapped, but it did not help as that season saw them relegated to Division Four.
The following three years saw them reach the Play-Off's, although they failed to win any, losing twice at Wembley in Finals.
The first seven years saw bottom half finishes before from nowhere, they won the league in 1966/67. They lasted three years before finishing rock bottom again and being relegated.
They were runners up in 1996/97, as well as reaching the League Cup semifinal, achieving another promotion to what is now the Championship. They fnished 8th, the highest finish in their history.
The following 19 years were awful, with no top ten finishes and finishing in the bottom four of the Football League eight times, including bottom once.
The next five years were dreadful, suffering two relegations in the next four seasons, and narrowly avoiding relegation to the Conference in the fifth.
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NOBBY NOBSON Part 7 of a season long series by @FungalpunkOMD
For the 2019/20 season, we are running a series in the Matchday Programme on Nobby Nobson: Footballing Zero! Well what a week, Nobby had scored the winning goal in a semi-final game that was built up into something more prestigious than it was by the everpuffing P.E. teacher Mr Liddell. The next day Nobby had felt the wrath of Knuckles O'Reilly who, having seen his younger brother beaten in goal by our young protégé, had dished out sweet unruly revenge using his ape-man intelligence and similarly primitive fists and size 7 feet. It was a horrible occurrence, one that saw Nobby's best mate Terry Thompson leap to his aide but only end up with two missing
front teeth and a broken nose to join Nobby's personal injury list. Thursday arrived, the day of the final, Nobby had placed his bruised and throbbing conkers in a cotton-wool lined sock that was tucked into his underpants and created a bulge many a 70's porn star would have been proud of. His eye had been attended to by his mum Hilda the night before with a leftover rasher of bacon, obviously lacking the healing properties of a fine rump steak. Nobby's dad tut-tutted and set about teaching his son the basics of the Marquis of Queensbury rules which ended with dad’s swinging fist knocking the family fishbowl flying and the fish, Eusebio, into the blazing open fire – like I say, what a week!
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After morning register with Ms Phipps and a detention given to Martha Walls for wearing an ‘I love Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich’ badge and chewing gum (tut, tut), the first lesson of the day was History, led by the sweating pedant that was Mr Fawkes. Today the lesson discussed the Great Fire of London, mentioned a place called Pudding Lane which duly led to Mr Fawkes digressing and talking about the dangers of playing with matches and the joys of Spotted Dick and Custard All the while, as the teacher verbally instructed and wandered, Nobby's stomach fluttered and his mind pondered. The cause of these cranial peregrinations, the ensuing Football Final that would see himself and his teammates go under the guise of the Wincheston Reds and pit their wits against fellow classmates who were gathered as the Cudley Tigers. Tactics were tossed around the muddled mind, positional play was considered and who to mark given due time. Should he play high up on the pitch or should he....'thwack' - the reverie was shattered, a ringing in the ears ensued, a board duster fell to the floor after leaving Nobby's crust, Mr Fawkes looked none to pleased - a D-merit was given and the lesson seen out under a heavy cloud. Eventually History was appropriately put in the past (albeit the 'immediate')
and Nobby and his team mates were striding out of the changing rooms onto the nearby pitch to indulge in the biggest moment of our young ball kicking erbert's life. Instead of 15 minutes each way like the semi's, Mr Liddell insisted each half was now 30 minutes, with 10 minutes for half-time and a tactical talk given by his tall and rangy assistant Mr Flank. To add to the occasion Mr Liddell had persuaded the headteacher to allow Mr Tome and Miss Tweed to let their classes out to support the game and assist in raising the general atmosphere. Mr Tome was quite ruffled by this and felt it diluted his authority, Miss Tweed squeaked with delight and put on an extra layer of make-up and made several cardboard signs for the kids to hold up - 'Roar Tigers Roar', 'Up The Reds', 'Mr Liddell for England' etc. one would think she had a crush on Mr Liddell (watch this space). As the two teams lined up and formally shook hands the onlookers were encouraged to holler their support. Shit's Magoo offered up a few lewd comments but after a clip around the ear sheepishly joined in with the more acceptable banter. The delicate Jane Howitt however had to be led away in a flood of tears after the noise had become too much and her National Health Hearing Aid had gone haywire. At 1pm on the dot the game got underway. What happens next we will find out next time!
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POSTPONEMENT SEASON Kev Holland looks at unusual postponements As we descend into the time of the year, that we all wake up in the morning of a matchday, with a feeling of excitement that there will be a match being played, only to open your curtains and see that there is rain of biblical proportions or there has been a blizzard and heavy snow, you then check your phone hoping that somehow the groundsman has somehow made the pitch playable but the weather has won and you then go on social media and see the tweet, Facebook post or text message to say that the match is off.
Car Park Obstruction
Here is a few examples of unusual postponements. Fromage Festival
Frome Town vs Chippenham Town’s game was postponed back in August 2015, this was because it was the same day as the Frome Cheese Show, the committee at Frome Town made the decision so that the fromage festival would not be clashed with a game of football, hope that Chippenham Town did not get cheesed off. I wonder whether they made the journey.
Oldham Athletic made the hourlong journey to Sheffield United’s Bramhall Lane ground in 1985, but they were shocked to find there was an unexploded 2,200-pound bomb, which was found in the Lancing Road area near Bramhall Lane, and had taken 38 hours for experts to defuse the bomb, which they did successfully and the match was replayed a few days later. There is something missing Devon Side Crediton United began the 2018/19 season as they travelled to Teignmouth in the South Penninsula League. However, when they arrived there was something missing. The hosts were expecting a delivery of goal posts, which had failed to arrive in time for the match.
34 Adam REID
Mark HASLAM
ELLA SIENNA
Danny JARRETT
Paul McMANUS RTFC CAREER Played 151 Goals 24 2019/20 SEASON Played 23 Goals 4 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 72 Goals 1 2019/20 SEASON Played 0 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 96 Clean Sheets 28 2019/20 SEASON Played 32 Clean Sheets 11 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 12 Clean Sheets 0 2019/20 SEASON Played 12 Clean Sheets 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
AVAILABLE
ROGER CAWTE
AVAILABLE
Liam TURNER
Declan McGIVERN
Marcus JAMES
Simon THELWELL
RTFC CAREER Played 96 Goals 2 2019/20 SEASON Played 25 Goals 1 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 14 Goals 3 2019/20 SEASON Played 2 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 154 Goals 9 2019/20 SEASON Played 33 Goals 4 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 148 Goals 29 2019/20 SEASON Played 26 Goals 1 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
Carl RODGERS
Ste WAINWRIGHT
RTFC CAREER Played 68 Goals 3 2019/20 SEASON Played 2 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 45 Goals 1 2019/20 SEASON Played 21 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
GARY BEBBINGTON
RTFC CAREER Played 9 Goals 0 2019/20 SEASON Played 9 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
AVAILABLE
ROGER CAWTE
Owen DURSLEY
AVAILABLE
LNB MOBILE DISCOS
Liam WARD
AVAILABLE
ANDREW BROWN
RTFC CAREER Played 19 Goals 0 2019/20 SEASON Played 19 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
AVAILABLE
35 Rio GILL
Shaun WEAVER
AVAILABLE
Aidan ROXBURGH
Deklan HILL RTFC CAREER Played 5 Goals 2 2019/20 SEASON Played 5 Goals 2 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 18 Goals 1 2019/20 SEASON Played 38 Goals 1 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 9 Goals 1 2019/20 SEASON Played 9 Goals 1 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 74 Goals 9 2019/20 SEASON Played 31 Goals 2 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE
ACTIVATE FITNESS
Danny BYRNES
Warren BELLEW
Kevin EXELL
Joe HOLT
RTFC CAREER Played 26 Goals 3 2019/20 SEASON Played 3 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 159 Goals 52 2019/20 SEASON Played 3 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 128 Goals 22 2019/20 SEASON Played 20 Goals 2 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 119 Goals 23 2019/20 SEASON Played 34 Goals 8 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
Tom ROWLANDS
Kieran HOLSGROVE
Dave FORBES
Craig CAIRNS
RTFC CAREER Played 58 Goals 23 2019/20 SEASON Played 33 Goals 12 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
RTFC CAREER Played 107 Goals 112 2019/20 SEASON Played 24 Goals 16 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
AVAILABLE
RTFC CAREER Played 18 Goals 3 2019/20 SEASON Played 3 Goals 0 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE
RTFC CAREER Played 15 Goals 2 2019/20 SEASON Played 15 Goals 2 SUPPORTER SPONSOR
ELLA SIENNA
BOILERFIT
AVAILABLE
LNB MOBILE DISCOS
ELLA SIENNA
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LEAGUE STATS 2019/20 NWCFL Premier Division - Attack League Table Ps
Teamname
Games
Goals
G.P.G.
22
63
2.8636
Bootle
22
58
2.6364
Longridge Town
20
51
2.5500
4
Charnock Richard
26
61
2.3462
5
Ashton Athletic
25
56
2.2400
1
1874 Northwich
2 3
6
Rylands
22
46
2.0909
7
Northwich Victoria
22
44
2.0000
8
Irlam
21
42
2.0000
9
Winsford United
23
45
1.9565 1.7500
10
Congleton Town
24
42
11
Avro
26
45
1.7308
12
Squires Gate
25
43
1.7200 1.6364
13
Barnoldswick Town
22
36
14
Whitchurch Alport
23
37
1.6087
15
Runcorn Town
23
37
1.6087
16
Skelmersdale United
23
37
1.6087
17
Hanley Town
22
31
1.4091
18
Padiham
23
24
1.0435
19
Burscough
23
19
0.8261
20
Litherland REMYCA
23
17
0.7391
Games
Conc
C.P.G.
22
19
0.8636
NWCFL Premier Division - Defence League Table Ps 1
Teamname 1874 Northwich
2
Rylands
22
28
1.2727
3
Ashton Athletic
25
34
1.3600 1.3636
4
Bootle
22
30
5
Northwich Victoria
22
31
1.4091
6
Whitchurch Alport
23
34
1.4783
7
Runcorn Town
23
34
1.4783
8
Irlam
21
32
1.5238
9 10
Charnock Richard
26
42
1.6154
Longridge Town
20
33
1.6500
11
Skelmersdale United
23
44
1.9130
12
Avro
26
51
1.9615
13
Congleton Town
24
48
2.0000
14
Padiham
23
47
2.0435
15
Winsford United
23
48
2.0870
16
Barnoldswick Town
22
50
2.2727
17
Hanley Town
22
50
2.2727
18
Squires Gate
25
59
2.3600
19
Burscough
23
58
2.5217
20
Litherland REMYCA
23
62
2.6957
37
as at Saturday 25th January 2020 NWCFL Premier Division - League Table Ps
Teamname
1
1874 Northwich
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pt
22
18
2
2
63
19
44
56 50
2
Bootle
22
16
2
4
58
30
28
3
Charnock Richard *
26
16
2
8
61
42
19
47
4
Ashton Athletic
25
14
4
7
56
34
22
46
5
Longridge Town
20
15
0
5
51
33
18
45
6
Rylands
22
13
2
7
46
28
18
41
7
Runcorn Town
23
10
6
7
37
34
3
36
8
Irlam
21
10
4
7
42
32
10
34
9
Whitchurch Alport
23
9
6
8
37
34
3
33
10
Northwich Victoria
22
9
5
8
44
31
13
32
11
Avro
26
10
2
14
45
51
-6
32
12
Squires Gate
25
9
4
12
43
59
-16
31
13
Winsford United
23
9
1
13
45
48
-3
28
14
Congleton Town
24
6
6
12
42
48
-6
24
15
Barnoldswick Town
22
7
3
12
36
50
-14
24
16
Skelmersdale United
23
6
5
12
37
44
-7
23
17
Hanley Town
22
5
5
12
31
50
-19
20
18
Padiham
23
5
4
14
24
47
-23
19
19
Burscough
23
4
3
16
19
58
-39
15
20
Litherland REMYCA
23
3
6
14
17
62
-45
15
NWCFL Premier Division - Match Sequences (League Only) Biggest Home Wins (8 Goals)
26/08/19 - Northwich Victoria 8 Litherland REMYCA 0
Biggest Away Wins (9 Goals)
18/09/19 - Litherland REMYCA 0 1874 Northwich 9
Most Goals In A Game (12 Goals)
21/12/19 - Barnoldswick Town 4 1874 Northwich 8
NWCFL Premier Division - Goal Analysis Total Games
Total Goals
Home Goals
Away Goals
1st Half Goals
2nd Half Goals
230
834
436
398
364
470
NWCFL Premier Division - Attendances Biggest Attendance
424 at 18/01/20 - Whitchurch Alport v Longridge Town
Lowest Attendance
31 at 07/12/19 - Squires Gate v Congleton Town
NWCFL Premier Division - Attendance Analysis Total Games
Total Attendance
Average Attendance
230
33,174
144
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CLUB STATS 2019/20 Match Summary Biggest Home Win
5-0
20/10/19 v Atherton LR (The Macron Cup)
Biggest Away Win
4-1
07/12/19 v West Didsbury & Chorlton (The Macron Cup)
Biggest Home Defeat
0-7
23/10/19 v Chester FC (Cheshire Senior Cup)
Biggest Away Defeat
0-4
07/01/20 v Bootle (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Game
3-3
30/10/19 v Padiham (H) (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline
7
23/10/19 v Chester FC (Cheshire Senior Cup)
At A Glance Played
Home
Away
19
Overall
15
34
Won
8
42.11%
9
60.00%
17
50.00%
Drawn
4
21.05%
3
Lost
7
36.84%
3
20.00%
7
20.59%
20.00%
10
29.41%
Scored
34
1.79
26
1.73
60
1.76
Conceded
30
1.58
20
1.33
50
1.47
Attendance Summary Highest Attendance
287
26/08/19 v 1874 Northwich (Premier Division)
Lowest Attendance
93
02/10/19 v Litherland REMYCA (Premier Division)
Average Attendance
19 games
150 average
Number Of Games Since Last Win
0 games
Last Defeat
3 games
Goalless Draw
18 games
Score Draw
6 games
Scored A Goal
0 games
Fail To Score
3 games
Clean Sheet
2 games
Scored / Conceded So Far
Home
Away
None
6
17.65%
11
32.35%
One
8
23.53%
11
32.35%
Two
13
38.24%
4
11.76%
Three
3
8.82%
4
11.76%
Four
3
8.82%
3
8.82%
Five or more
1
2.94%
1
2.94%
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as at Saturday 25th January 2020 At A Glance
Home
Away
Overall
0-15
8
13.33%
3
6.00%
11
16-30
0
0.00%
6
12.00%
6
5.45%
31-45
14
23.33%
10
20.00%
24
21.82%
46-60
11
18.33%
5
10.00%
16
14.55%
61-75
11
18.33%
11
22.00%
22
20.00%
76-90
16
26.67%
15
30.00%
31
28.18%
Most Appearances
Total
Start
Sub
Joe Holt
34
34
0
Marcus James
33
33
0
Dave Forbes
33
31
2
Adam Reid
32
32
0
Shaun Weaver
31
30
1
Simon Thelwell
26
24
2
Liam Turner
25
21
4
Craig Cairns
24
22
2
Paul McManus
23
19
4
Ste Wainwright
21
19
2
Most Goals
Total
Start
Sub
Craig Cairns
16
16
0
Dave Forbes
12
12
0
Joe Holt
8
8
0
Paul McManus / Marcus James
4
4
0
Kai Wallis / Keiran Holsgrove
2
2
0
Shaun Weaver / Kev Exell
2
2
0
Deklan Hill
2
0
2
Aidan Roxburgh / Liam Ward
1
1
0
Simon Thelwell / Liam Turner
1
0
1
Rio Gill
1
1
0
Most Man of the Match
Total
Shaun Weaver
9
Simon Thelwell
4
Joe Holt
3
Marcus James
2
Craig Cairns
2
Liam Turner / Paul McManus
1
Adam Reid
1
10.00%
RUNCORN LINEUPS DATE
OPPONENT
RES
1
2
3
4
5
Sat 03 Aug Squires Gate Tue 06 Aug Ashton Athletic Sat 10 Aug Rylands (FAC) Sat 17 Aug Bootle Wed 21 Aug Northwich Victoria Sat 24 Aug Radcliffe (FAC) Mon 26 Aug 1874 Northwich Wed 04 Sep Radcliffe (FAC) Sat 07 Sep Newcastle Benfield (FAC) Sat 14 Sep West Didsbury (FAV) Wed 18 Sep Charnock Richard
2-1 1-4 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-3 2-1 2-1 0-1 1-3
A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid
L.Turner L.Turner L.Turner S.Wainwright S.Wainwright A.Roxburgh A.Roxburgh A.Roxburgh A.Roxburgh A.Roxburgh L.Turner
O.Dursley S.Wainwright J.Sheppard J.Sheppard L.Turner O.Dursley O.Dursley O.Dursley S.Wainwright S.Wainwright O.Dursley
S.Thelwell S.Thelwell S.Thelwell S.Thelwell J.Sheppard S.Thelwell S.Thelwell S.Thelwell S.Thelwell L.Turner S.Thelwell
M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James J.Sheppard M.James M.James M.James
M.Burgess L.Turner
O.Dursley
S.Thelwell
M.James
M.Burgess A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid
L.Turner L.Turner A.Roxburgh A.Roxburgh L.Turner
O.Dursley S.Wainwright S.Wainwright S.Wainwright S.Wainwright
S.Thelwell M.James M.James S.Thelwell M.JAMES
M.James J.Sheppard S.Thelwell M.James S.Thelwell
A.Reid
A.Roxburgh
O.Dursley
P.McManus
M.JAMES
A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid A.Reid
L.Turner L.TURNER L.Turner S.Wainwright S.Wainwright S.Wainwright S.Wainwright L.Turner L.Turner L.Turner L.Turner S.Wainwright S.Wainwright S.Wainwright L.Turner L.Turner
S.Wainwright S.Wainwright O.Dursley M.Haslam M.Haslam M.Haslam M.Haslam O.Dursley M.Haslam M.Haslam M.Haslam O.Dursley O.Dursley O.Dursley M.Haslam O.Dursley
M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James C.Rodgers D.McGivern D.McGivern D.McGivern D.McGivern D.McGivern D.McGivern S.Thelwell S.Thelwell
S.Thelwell M.Burke M.Burke M.Burke M.Burke M.Burke M.Burke M.JAMES M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James M.James
Sat 21 Sep
Farsley Celtic (FAC)
1-3
Wed 02 Oct Sat 05 Oct Wed 09 Oct Sat 12 Oct Tue 15 Oct
Litherland REMYCA Congleton Town Litherland REMYCA (LSC) Skelmersdale United Burscough
1-1 2-4 4-1 0-0 1-0
Sat 19 Oct
Atherton LR (MC)
5-0
Wed 23 Oct Wed 30 Oct Sat 02 Nov Sat 9 Nov Sat 16 Nov Sat 23 Nov Sat 30 Nov Sat 07 Dec Sat 21 Dec Thu 26 Dec Sat 28 Dec Sat 04 Jan Tue 07 Jan Sat 11 Jan Sat 18 Jan Wed 22 Jan Sat 25 Jan Sat 01 Feb Wed 05 Feb Sat 08 Feb Wed 12 Feb Sat 15 Feb Wed 19 Feb Sat 22 Feb Sat 29 Feb Sat 07 Mar Sat 14 Mar Sat 21 Mar Sat 04 Apr Sat 11 Apr Mon 13 Apr Sat 18 Apr Sat 25 Apr
Chester FC (CSC) Padiham Avro Northwich Vics (MC) Padiham Barnoldswick Town Irlam West Didsbury (MC) Congleton Town Rylands Ashton Athletic Whitchurch Alport Bootle Winsford United Irlam Avro Barnoldswick Town 1874 Northwich Longridge Town Winsford United Hanley Town Ashton Athletic (MC) Tranmere Rovers (LSC) Hanley Town Charnock Richard Squires Gate Burscough Longridge Town Whitchurch Alport Litherland REMYCA Rylands Skelmersdale United Northwich Victoria
0-7 3-3 2-2 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-2 4-1 2-2 1-1 0-1 3-0 0-4 1-0 2-1 4-1
A full breakdown of the 2019/20 season 6
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P.McManus J.HOLT P.McManus J.HOLT P.McManus J.Holt P.McMANUSJ.Holt P.McMANUSJ.Holt P.McManus J.Holt P.McMANUS J.HOLT J.HOLT K.WALLIS J.Sheppard J.Holt J.Holt K.Wallis P.McManus J.HOLT K.Wallis
J.Holt
G.Webster J.HOLT G.Webster J.Holt P.McMANUS J.HOLT2 P.McManus J.Holt M.Haslam J.Holt
8
9
S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver K.Wallis K.Wallis S.Weaver S.WEAVER S.Weaver S.Weaver
D.Forbes A.Roxburgh D.FORBES2 D.Forbes D.Forbes D.Forbes D.Forbes D.Forbes D.Forbes D.Forbes D.Forbes
10
C.CAIRNS C.Cairns C.Cairns C.CAIRNS C.CAIRNS C.Cairns C.Cairns C.Cairns C.CAIRNS C.Cairns C.Cairns
11
Substitutes Used
K.Exell K.Exell O.Dursley O.Dursley O.Dursley K.Exell K.Exell K.Exell K.Wallis R.McQuade A.Roxburgh
C.Rodgers, K.Wallis, R.McQuade J.Sheppard, K.Wallis, R.McQuade K.Exell, S.Wainwright, K.Wallis K.Exell, R.McQuade, K.Wallis K.Exell, R.McQuade, K.Wallis R.McQuade S.Weaver, R.McQuade P.McManus, R.McQuade P.McManus, R.McQUADE O.Dursley, P.McManus, L.Ward K.Wallis, G.Webster, R.McQuade
K.Wallis
D.Forbes
C.Cairms
A.ROXBURGHG.Webster, R.McQuade, M.France
S.Weaver S.Weaver L.Turner L.Turner P.McManus
D.Forbes S.Thelwell D.Forbes D.Forbes S.Weaver
C.Cairns C.CAIRNS2 C.CAIRNS C.Cairns D.Forbes
A.Roxburgh D.Forbes K.Wallis G.Webster K.Wallis
K.Wallis, R.McQuade A.Roxburgh, K.Wallis L.Ward, R.McQuade, L.Garbe M.Haslam, R.McQuade A.Roxburgh, R.McQuade, L.Ward
J.Holt
K.WALLIS
S.Weaver
D.FORBES2 C.CAIRNS
R.McQuade
L.Turner, S.Wainwright, L.Ward
P.McManus K.Wallis P.McManus P.McManus J.Holt J.Holt J.Holt P.McManus J.Holt J.Holt J.Holt P.McManus P.McManus P.McManus D.Byrnes J.Holt
J.Holt J.Holt J.Holt J.Holt K.Holsgrove K.Holsgrove K.Holsgrove J.Holt K.Holsgrove K.Holsgrove D.Hill J.Holt J.Holt J.Holt J.Holt D.Byrnes
S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.WEAVER S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver S.Weaver
D.Forbes C.Cairns D.Forbes C.CAIRNS2 D.Forbes C.CAIRNS2 S.Wainwright C.CAIRNS S.Thelwell C.CAIRNS S.THELWELLD.FORBES S.Thelwell D.FORBES D.FORBES R.GILL S.Thelwell D.FORBES S.Thelwell D.Forbes K.Holsgrove D.Forbes D.FORBES2 K.Holsgrove D.Forbes K.Holsgrove D.FORBES K.Holsgrove D.Forbes K.HOLS 2 D.FORBES K.Holsfgrove
K.Wallis K.Exell K.Exell K.Exell K.EXELL K.Exell K.Exell K.Holsgrove K.EXELL K.Exell K.Exell K.Exell K.Exell A.Roxburgh A.Roxburgh T.Rowlands
L.Ward, O.Dursley, R.McQuade K.Holsgrove, M.Haslam, R.Gill S.Thelwell, K.Holsgrove, S.Waiwright D.Forbes, K.Holsgrove, R.Gill D.Forbes, R.Gill L.Turner, F.Antoine, R.Gill L.Turner, F.Antoine S.Thelwell, S.Thellwell, R.McQuade, L.WARD S.Wainwright, R.Gill, D.Hill D.HILL, R.Gill S.Thelwell, R.Gill, O.Dursley D.HILL, L.Ward, A.Roxburgh D.Hill, L.Ward, R.Gill L.Turner, W.Bellew, D.Byrnes C.Cairns, W.Bellew, T.Rowlands C.CAIRNS2, L.Ward, M.Haslam
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UP NEXT Runcorn Town travel to the league leaders 1874
Runcorn Town's next match is next Saturday when we make the short trip to face the current NWCFL Premier Division leaders 1874 Northwich, kick off 3.00pm. The current Macron Cup holders are having a fantastic season so far, sitting top of the Premier Division table with 18 wins from their 22 games so far, with just ten points dropped all season. At home, 1874 lost to Irlam on 20th August, and since then they have played 13 times in all competitions, losing just once and that coming to Northern Premier League Premier Division side Whitby Town. Of the other 12 games they have played at home, they have won 11 of them, scoring 30 goals and conceding just three. They have also kept nine clean sheets in that time.
1874 will be going for a league double having beaten us 3-2 here at the Viridor in August, our first home defeat. We came from 2-0 down to level before Scott McGowan scored a late penalty to give 1874 the three points. And it's McGowan who we have to watch out for again, the striker finding the net 24 times so far this season in 30 games played. He had also scored six goals against us in the past. 1874's success though this season is not relying on McGowan, and Jake Parker has stepped up this season, scoring 20 goals in 29 games. The head to head makes depressing reading for Runcorn Town, with 11 previous meetings yielding nine wins for 1874 and just two for us. We have lost all five visits to 1874, although that was not at their current Townfield ground that they share at Barnton.
MATCH OFFICIALS
RUNCORN TOWN
REFEREE Zharir Mustafa
MANAGEMENT Endrit Shehu
MANAGEMENT Paul McManus From: Warren Bellew Danny Byrnes Craig Cairns Owen Dursley Kev Exell Dave Forbes Rio Gill Mark Haslam Deklan Hill Joe Holt Kieran Holsgrove Marcus James Danny Jarrett Declan McGovern Adam Reid Carl Rodgers Tom Rowlands Aidan Roxburgh Simon Thelwell Liam Turner Ste Wainwright Liam Ward Shaun Weaver
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ASSISTANTS James Naisbett Daniel Tyas
NEXT AT THE VIRIDOR
LONGRIDGE TOWN NWCFL Premier Division Wed 5th Feb 2020 7.45pm Kick Off
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