ANDYSMANCLUB
WHAT IS ANDYSMANCLUB?
ANDYSMANCLUB is a free peer-to-peer group that provides a place for men to come together in a safe and open environment to talk about the issues or problems that they have faced or are currently facing.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHEN IS IT?
ANDYSMANCLUBs meet every Monday at 7pm (excluding Bank Holiday Mondays).
ADThe process is about bringing men together who have been in similar situations, to help each other on a peer to peer basis, sharing how they have dealt with various situations through lived experiences. No matter how big or small your problem feels, we are here to support each other. The 5 questions that are asked each week are designed not only to encourage men to talk, but to start to focus on the positives and on strategies to keep moving forward. There is no pressure to answer any of the questions and it is not uncommon for men to just listen for the first few sessions.
The clubs all run on the same format and adhere to the same guidelines. A key principle of ANDYSMANCLUB is anything that is said in the club, stays within the club.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The club is open to any man 18 or over, who is going through a storm, been through a storm or just wants to meet a good group of people with the aim of improving one another.
WHERE IS IT?
ANDYSMANCLUB has over 100 locations across the UK. Check our website below for a full list.
HOW DO I JOIN?
Just turn up on the night. No registration or referral is required, all we ask is that you arrive before 7pm. The full list of our locations available on our website.
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Welcome to the MEPS International Home of Foootball Stadium for tonight's FA Cup replay between Sheffield FC and Clitheroe as the winners will take on Pontefract Collieries at home. We anticipate this to be a thrilling match in our first home evening game of the season and hopefully the weather is on our side as we look to take our journey further in the FA Cup this season. So make sure to grab a pie, get yourselves ready and cheer on the Club!
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Club Officials
Chairman – Richard Tims
Directors – Jeremy Levine, Robert Hand, Jack Levine
President – Alan Methley
Club Secretary – Stuart James
Commercial Manager – Dylan Ralph
Programme Editor and Photographer –
Joseph Smart
Matchday Operations – Dave Billing
Head of Community – Graham
Abercrombie
Club Historian – Andrew Dixon
Men’s First Team – Proud Members of the Northern Premier League
Manager – Ryan Creswell
Assistant Manager – Jamie Yates
Coaches – Marc Newsham, Matthew
Roney
Goalkeeper Coach – Shaun Fairfax
Physiotherapist – Lewis Yates BSc (Hons)
Match Secretary – Stuart James
Women’s First Team – Members of the East Midlands Women’s Football League
Manager – Matthew Chatfield
Coaches – Natasha Buckland, Lewis
Yates
Goalkeeper Coach – Corey Hawksworth
Match Secretary – Stuart James
Men’s Development Team – Members of the North Midlands Development League
Manager – Marc Newsham
Coaches – Bradley Elam, Damian Magee, Stephen Brogan
Match Secretary – Ben Webster
Sheffield FC – Full Members of the Football Association and Founding Members of the Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA.
The following have significant interests in the shareholdings of the company: Richard Tims (7.91%), James Healey (6.13%) and Jeremy Levine (50.7%).
The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation is a charity set up in memory of Daniel Wilkinson who died in 2016 aged 24, while playing the game he loved, from an underlying heart condition called Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
Dan played football from an early age and joined Hull City AFC when he was 10, earning a professional contract aged 18. Loughborough University followed where he completed a degree in Accounting and Financial Management while playing non-league football. He was an athlete who enjoyed the gym and took his health and nutrition very seriously. He lived life to the full and had so much ahead of him.
Other than feeling light-headed on a few occasions in the month before he died, he had no symptoms! OUR MISSION
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN THE YOUNG (SCD)
SCD is the leading cause of death in young athletes during sport and the majority of deaths occur with NO SYMPTOMS or family history.
ARVC can be found in one in every 1,000 to 5,000 young adults - IF IT IS LOOKED FOR.
Warning signs may include light-headedness, fainting, palpitations, swollen legs, breathlessness.
Every week in the UK, 12 apparently fit and healthy young people (aged 35 and under) die from previously undiagnosed heart conditions.
In Italy, where screening is mandatory for all young people engaged in organised sport, they have reduced the incidence of young sudden cardiac death by 89%.
Words from the Gaffer
We’ve got a big game ahead of us tonight against Clitheroe, and the lads are fully aware of what’s at stake. Despite a few injuries in the side, the spirit in training has been really positive. Everyone’s putting in the hard yards, and the energy around the camp is fantastic. The FA Cup is a special competition, and there’s a real hunger among the group to progress. We’re missing a couple of key players, but this squad has the depth and resilience to step up when needed. The boys are ready to relish the challenge that lies ahead.
Reflecting on Saturday’s game, it was nothing short of chaotic. We had our chances, especially towards the end, and it felt like we should have nicked it. Clitheroe gave us a tough time, and to their credit, they fought for every ball. It was one of those matches where a moment of magic or a lapse in concentration could’ve swung it either way. We’re disappointed we didn’t get the job done then, but that’s football. We’ve learned from it, and now we have another opportunity to set things right.
The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation has been set up to raise awareness of SCD and to provide funding towards heart screening, defibrillators and CPR/defibrillator training primarily for grass-roots sporting teams.
Tragedies can be prevented through cardiac screening. It is vital that young people are identified and treated.
Tonight’s game is going to be another tough challenge, no doubt about that. Clitheroe will be up for it just as much as we are, and they’ve shown they’re a side that can cause problems. We’ll need to be at our best, stay focused, and take our chances when they come. It’s about sticking to our game plan and ensuring we don’t get drawn into a scrappy affair like the last time. The lads know what’s expected of them, and I’m confident they’ll rise to the occasion.
Progressing in the FA Cup is a massive incentive for everyone at the club. It’s not just about tonight; it’s about what a cup run could mean for the entire season. We’ve got the quality, the desire, and the belief to get through this tie, and that’s what we’ll be aiming to do. We respect Clitheroe, but we’re focused on our own performance and what we can control. If we play to our potential, I’m hopeful we’ll be in the hat for the next round.
History of The World’s First
Early Football.
Versions of football evolved in many early civilisations, example of these can be found in ancient China, Greece and Rome. In England the original games were played between villages in fields and streets. This ‘Mob Football’ involved hundreds of players and was little more than prolonged and violent street battles.
In the 19th century a more refined version of the game grew in popularity within the public schools and universities, each playing to their own sets of rules.
During the 1850s the enthusiasm and influence of ex-public school and university students spread the popularity of the game around Sheffield. In the summer of 1857 William Prest and Nathaniel Creswick agreed that the game would be a splendid candidate for organised sport during the winter months. The pair wrote
to the Public Schools for information, regarding their varying rules, with the aim of drawing up a set of laws embodying the best points from each. On October 24th, 1857, the world’s first football club was born in a greenhouse. Among the first rules drawn up were laws asserting that “no hacking or tripping up is fair under any circumstances”, “no player may be held or pulled over” and “it is not lawful to take the ball off the ground [using hands]”. Upon the formation of the Football Association in 1863, Sheffield Club’s insistence on these laws helped lead the evolution of the game we recognise globally today. Heading, crossbars, corner kicks, free-kicks for fouls, throw-ins, a half-time change of ends and floodlit matches can all be traced to the innovators of Sheffield F.C.
Early Years
Initially early matches, such as Married men v Unmarried, were played between club members. Records also show games against local army sides. Following victory over the 58th
Army Regiment in 1860 a local report stated that, “most of the officers were adepts at the game, having, in their younger days, played in the public school matches, and the victory of the civilians was quite unexpected.” Following the birth of Hallam F.C., the world’s first inter-club game took place on Boxing Day in 1860. The match “was conducted with good temper and in a friendly spirit”, concluding in a 2-0 win for Sheffield. For several years all matches were played locally, against a rising number of new sides, before the first ‘out of town’ match was played in Nottinghamshire in 1865. In 1866 Sheffield became the first non- London side to play under FA Laws when they met London at Battersea Park. The FA Cup was founded in 1871 and in its third season Sheffield became the first northern side to take part and the first nonLondon side to win a tie. They succeeded in reaching the quarter finals in this and two further seasons also, 1876 and 1878, the club’s support helping the FA Cup nearly treble in size
and become a nationwide competition. 1872 saw the first international game, between England and Scotland in Glasgow, with Sheffield’s Charles Clegg playing for the England side. Clegg would later go on to be Chairman, and President, of the FA and receive a knighthood for his services to the game. From the 1880s onwards the rise of professionalism and Sheffield Club’s firm insistence on retaining their amateur status saw them overtaken and overshadowed by other sides in the area. During these years the very survival of the club owed much to the leadership of former players Harry Chambers and Harry Broughton Willey. It wasn’t all doom and gloom though! In fact Sheffield enjoyed possibly their greatest hour in 1904 when they won the Amateur Cup, beating Ealing 3-1 at Valley Parade, Bradford.
YORKSHIRE LEAGUE
1949 brought admission to the Yorkshire League and a resurgence, which saw the side promoted to Division 1 in their third season and reach the League Cup final in 1953. In 1957 they celebrated their Centenary year and reached their first Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Cup final in 1962. After a period of yo-yoing between divisions the 1977 side were crowned Division
2 Champions and reached that season’s FA Vase final at Wembley. They established themselves as a top division side in the Yorkshire League, lifting the League Cup in 1978, before joining the newly founded Northern Counties East League in 1982.
NORTHERN COUNTIES LEAGUE
The Division 1 title was won in both 1989 and 1991 and a first Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Cup win came in 1994. In 2001 the club acquired a permanent ground, for the first time, when moving to its current home. After the turn of the century the side began to consistently challenge for promotion, also winning the League Cup and Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Cup twice apiece. The 2006/07 season ended with a 2nd place finish and promotion to the Northern Premier League.
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
Club made an instant impact in reaching the 2008 play-off final, narrowly losing only on penalties. That first season also saw games against Inter Milan and Ajax at Bramall Lane, as part of the 150th birthday celebrations. The side have reached the NPL play-offs a further 3 times in addition to lifting the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Cup in 2008 and 2010.
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PLAYERSTOWATCH
Hakan Burton
Highly regarded and vastly experienced goalkeeper. Previously kept goal for Colne for several seasons after starting his career at Liverpool and Shrewsbury. Won the NPL Premier league with Curzon Ashton and had two seasons with them in the Conference North.
Louis Potts
Bustling centre forward who spent his formative career on Preston’s books. Since leaving, he has played for Ashton United, Mossley and Avro, and is looking to add to his burgeoning reputation.
Lee Pugh:
31 year old left back/midfielder, returns for his second spell at the club.
Already with 100+ Blues’ appearances under his belt, the pugnacious competitor will be keen to help with Clitheroe’s play off push.
CLITHEROE FC
Clitheroe FC History
Clitheroe FC begins its 21st season at Level 4 in the Northern Premier League Division 1 (West), marking its 100th year at Shawbridge. After missing out on playoff success last season, the club has appointed Jimmy Bell, known for his success with Accrington Stanley, to lead them forward.
The club’s early history is somewhat unclear, with various teams representing Clitheroe since 1877, including the first Clitheroe FC, which played until it dissolved and reformed in 1890, winning the Lancashire Cup in 1892. Several teams carried the town’s football tradition until the current Clitheroe FC settled at Shawbridge in 1925.
In 1899, Market Place Rovers emerged, later becoming Clitheroe Central before going bust in 1910 due to financial troubles. A team called Clitheroe Amateurs, formed in 1909, eventually sought permission from the FA to use the name Clitheroe FC in 1921. By 1925, the club had joined the Lancashire Combination and expanded Shawbridge to accommodate a growing fanbase.
Clitheroe’s fortunes improved significantly in the 1980s under Eric Whalley, who led the club to multiple championships and a
Lancashire Cup win, establishing it as one of the best non-league sides in Northern England. However, setbacks followed when the club missed the opportunity to join the newly formed Northern Premier Division 1 due to a lack of floodlights.
The club regained its momentum in the mid1990s, highlighted by a run to the FA Vase Final in 1996. Though they lost in the final, this period brought national recognition, and the club continued to perform well in subsequent seasons, winning the league title in 2003-04.
In recent years, Clitheroe has seen a series of managerial changes, with varying results. The club reached the playoffs in 2022-23 under David Dempsey but started the following season poorly, leading to his replacement by Jimmy Bell. Now, with Bell at the helm, there is renewed optimism as Clitheroe FC embarks on another challenging season.
MATCH REPORT
CLITHEROE VS SHEFFIELD FC
A late equaliser from Clitheroe ensured it goes to a replay at The Home of Football on Tuesday, as Sheffield were pegged back by their Lancashire hosts, to draw an entertaining FA Cup tie 2-2. The home side took an early lead on eight minutes, moments after Danny Wilkins rattled the bar, a long Lee Pugh throw was bundled over the line by Louis Potts.
Just four minutes later Clitheroe found themselves down to ten men, a long ball found Luke Aldrich haring down on goal only to be wiped out by Domaine Rouse, leaving referee James Gallagher with no doubt but to brandish a red card.
Club were awarded a penalty on 34 minutes, Javaun Splatt fouling Jamie Yates in the box, however they were denied when Luke Mangham’s spotkick was saved by Solomon Honor.
Frustrations continued for the visitors just minutes later, as Bradley Beatson found his way into Mr Gallagher’s book for a second time, levelling matters up numerically to ten-a-side.
Five minutes into first half stoppage time came a moment to savour, as Club equalised with a world-class half-volley from Luke Aldrich, his fourth in four games to make it 1-1. Clitheroe had the ball in the net just before the hour, Pugh hitting one from
30 yards which was well saved by Myles Wright, however Potts’ headed rebound was ruled out for offside. Sheffield took the lead four minutes later, a free-kick on the edge of the area from Stephen Brogan, with the shot feathered around the wall and into the top corner to make it 2-1 to Club.
The game was levelled on 83 minutes, a scrappy free for all found the ball at the feet of Jacob Hanson, who managed to stab the ball home to the relief of the Clitheroe faithful and sending the game to a rematch in Dronfield.
Club of Pioneers
The Club of Pioneers is a worldwide network of the oldest continuing football clubs from each country in the world, originally founded by Sheffield FC, the world’s first football club in 2013.
The Club of Pioneers aims to discover and connect the world’s oldest existing football clubs, to build a global network of like-minded football clubs to promote the importance of football history and the grass roots & amateur game.
We award the honorary membership within the Club of Pioneers to those football clubs, who... Still play football in amateur or professional football competition today.
Have constantly existed as a sports organisation since their date of foundation. (exceptions for periods of inactivity due to external reasons, for example war.)
Are by definition the oldest existing football club of their country, referring to the foundation date of a football team as part of a multi-sport club or as a proper football club, playing to association football rules.
Live and support the values of the game and amateur football: Integrity, Respect, Community.
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REECE FIELDING
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MIDFIELDERS
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CONNOR CUTTS
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Matchday Squads
MYLES WRIGHT (GK)
LUKE ALDRICH
BRADLEY BEATSON
STEPHEN BROGAN
RORY COLEMAN
TED CRIBLEY
CONNOR CUTTS
JACK DOLMAN
REECE FIELDING (C)
AJ GREAVES
SAM GREENHOUSE
JACK HARDACRE
LUKE MANGHAM
HARRY MITCHELL
NATHAN MODEST
RILEY NOBLE
MATTHEW RONEY
JOROME SLEW
ALFIE SMITH
JACK WATSON
JAMIE YATES
MATCHDAY OFFICIALS
Referee: Lewis Pursglove
Assistants: Glyn Owen and Liam Marsh
HAKAN BURTON (GK)
JACOB HANSON
LEE PUGH
CAMERON LANCASTER
MATTHEW CLARKE
HARRY BROCKBANK
SAMUEL OLAWUMI
RICHIE BAKER
ROSS DENT
DANNY WILKINS
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