Chairman - David Dent
Secretary - Martyn Tweddle
Treasurer - Diane Dent
Directors - Alan Boddy
Brian Burn
Carolyn Mulley
Paul Mulley
Norman Smith
Tony Bennett
Academy Director - Darren Tait President - John Atkinson
The Club is under the significant control and ownership of our Chairman, David Dent, and our Treasurer, Diane Dent.
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Welcome to all the players, management and committee of Penistone Church for today's FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round game here at Dean Street.
We’re all excited for another opportunity to progress in the FA Cup but we know it won’t be an easy game.
Penistone have started this season really well and have already beaten Brighouse from our league in the previous round.
We know what to expect from them and we know we need to be at our best if we’re going to get a result. I think our performance levels are improving week by week so I hope that continues as I know this group has quality and with a good performance we know we can progress into the next round.
Enjoy The Game
Jamie
1.As of December 2018, name the four football managers to manage in the Premier League at the age of over 70?
2. Which two clubs play in the M23 derby?
3. In the 2018/19 Premier League, starting with the lowest, which three clubs had the smallest stadium capacities?
4. Which British team defeated Barcelona both home and away in a 1966/67 European Cup competition and also reached the semi-final of the 1984 European Cup?
5. Who once said: "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."?
6. If it was Naranjito in 1982, and Juanito in 1970, what was it in 1966?
7. Billy Wright, the first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, spent his whole career at which football club?
8. Three teams have sat at the top of the Premier League only to be relegated in the same season; can you name them?
9. Name the top Premier League goalscorer to never have been capped for his country? (Hint: he now has a son named Tyrese playing for Stoke City)
10. Four Manchester United players have won the European Footballer of the Year award; can you name them ?.
Answers
2. Brighton and Crystal Palace
1.Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson, Roy Hodgson and Neil Warnock
3. Bournemouth (Vitalty Stadium -11,464), Burnley (Turf Moor21,401) and Watford (Vicarage Road - 23,700) 4. Dundee United
5. Gary Lineker
6. World Cup Willie (World Cup host mascots) 7. Wolverhampton Wanderers
8. Charlton (1998/99), Bolton (2011/12), and Hull City (2016/17)
9. Kevin Campbell
10. Denis Law (1964), Bobby Charlton (1966), George Best (1968), and Cristiano Ronaldo (2008.
FORMED in 1890 as Shildon Town, the Railwaymen joined the Auckland and District League two years later and in 1894 merged with the Rangers and Heroes to become Shildon United. In 1900, the club played in the new Northern League Division Two but folded that season due to financial problems – as did the Second Division.
A re-formed club joined the Northern League in 1903 to replace Stockton St John’s. In 1907, Shildon joined the semi-professional ranks of the North Eastern League, finishing second in season 1932/33.
Before WWII the club won four successive Northern League Division One titles; a record that stood until overhauled by Blyth in 1984. In 1937 the team was unbeaten on their march to the title with Jack Downing firing in a record 61 league and cup goals.
A replay win at York City in 1927/28 saw the club reach the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time. In the first round they have also played Brentford, Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United and Oldham Athletic three times.The last time the club reached the first round was in 2003/04, losing out 7-2 against Notts County.The club also reached the second round, in 1936/37 against Dartford.
The Dean Street turnstiles and distinctive grandstand were erected in 1923.A £45,000 grant saw new dressing rooms and a social club built beneath the stand 60 years later.
Shildon won the Second Division championship in 2001/02, scoring 135 goals and finished runners-up in two cup competitions.The following season they won the Northern League Challenge Cup with a 3-2 golden goal victory over Billingham Synthonia at Feethams.
Tragedy struck the club in February 2004 when 26-year-old player, Lee Hainsworth was killed in a road accident on his way to training. He had been with the club for six years.The Brown Street stand was renamed in his memory.
Bill Aisbitt, a lifelong stalwart at the club, died in June 2003 and the boardroom was named in his honour after over 50 years loyal service.
At the end of the 2004 season, the Railwaymen came under serious threat through financial difficulties when the former chairman severed all ties with the club.At the end of the season all the players and the manager left the club, leaving it crippled.
But during the close season, the club appointed a new chairman, Brian Burn who ensured its survival.The club survived a relegation scare and since then has gone from strength to strength.
In 2012-13, the club reached two cup semi-finals.A depleted side lost in the Durham Challenge Cup to Spennymoor Town.The match brought an end to the playing career of midfielder Chris Hughes after he suffered a knee injury. And there was more heartbreak as the side narrowly missed a dream day out at Wembley after losing their two-legged FA Vase semi-final to a late extra-time goal in the second leg at home.
In season 2013-14, the management team further strengthened the playing squad, bring in several experienced players in a determination to bring silverware back to Dean Street for the first time.The investment paid off with the club narrowly missing out on the league title, remaining competitive until the final weeks of the season.
But the club were able to avenge the semi-final defeat of the previous season when they faced Spennymoor Town in the final of the Durham Challenge Cup. On an historic Good Friday, Shildon striker, Billy Greulich-Smith added a new chapter to the club’s history books with two late goals – the winner in added time at the end of the 90 minutes – to overcome their local rivals by two goals to one.After missing out on the Northern League Championship in the 201415 season by one point, the team re-grouped and won the Northern League Cup and became Champions of the Northern League the following season.
Following the sudden departure of the Management Team, Chairman David Dent appointed Daniel Moore in January 2017 and Moore guided us to 3rd position in the League and a Durham Challenge Cup Semi-Final.
The first piece of silverware came at the start of the 2018/19 season with a 41 Penalty victory against Dunston UTS. During this season Daniel Moore guided us to another top 6 finish and the season finished as it started with silverware coming back to Dean Street after the Club defeated South Shields 1-0 in the final of the Durham Challenge Cup held at the Stadium of Light.
For the 2021/22 season, and after 2,896 games in the Northern League, the Club has been promoted to Step 4 of the Football Pyramid (Northern Premier League – East), the highest level the Club has ever played at.I
n our inaugural season in the Northern Premier League East we finished the season in a creditable 5th Position. In the play off game we were narrowly beaten by Marske United. Further improvements have been going on through the summer with the community garden now finished and open as well as a new changing block to bring us up to league standard.
Jamie Tunstall and Deano Browne were also installed as the new management team.
PENISTONE POP IN FOR THE DAY
A warm County Durham welcome to our visitors from South Yorkshire who arrive at the J. Denham Metals at Dean Street Stadium, third in the Northern Counties East Premier Division and with two notable scalps so far in the developing FA Cup Competition. Away wins at Lower Breck, a stones throw from Liverpool FC’s Anfield ground, and at our fellow NPL 1 (East) club, Brighouse Town indicates that they will provide tough opposition as we attempt to progress to the Second Qualifying Round.
The town of Penistone is halfway between Barnsley and Sheffield, on the railway line that connects the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield with the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield. I travelled the line once and very pleasant it is, with the Emley Moor tv mast appearing whenever you look out of the window.
It’s a name that has caused jocularity amongst those with a less sophisticated sense of humour than say Chubby Brown. Like Scunthorpe, the Orkney village of Twatt and the Ulster settlement of Strangalwilly, it is a gift for any comedian or writer looking for a cheap laugh. No need for me to miss out then.
It’s pronounced PEN-ISS-TON - as we all probably knew- and with its population of 22,000 is twice the size of Shildon. As a result of that it has the kind of facilities that we can only dream about. There is a branch of the Yorkshire Building Society in the town where people can withdraw and deposit money although if you want any other bank you have to travel to Barnsley or Huddersfield or over the valley into “Last of the Summer Wine Country” to Holmfirth. And you can grab a cuppa in Sid’s Café while your there or visit The Nora Batty Tearooms should you be so inclined. Whether you can ride down a hill in a bath tub is for you to discover.
It even has a cinema, which is an absolute gem. It is now known as The Paramount after the large Paramount Wurlitzer Cinema Organ that resides there. It’s a Community Cinema, owned by Barnsley District Council and run by Penistone Town Council and a group of cineaste volunteers. As well as films, it promotes music from Gilbert and Sullivan to a Genesis tribute band, talks with local movers and shakers – Dan Jarvis, the Labour MP for Barnsley Central and the Mayor of South Yorkshire is up next – and a regular comedy club. What’s not to like about that. All in a splendid early 20th Century building in the centre of town and not a multiplex in sight. Mine’s a Mivvi at the interval.
And what of Penistone Church FC they of the league which contains Garforth and Goole, Handsworth and Hemsworth, Barton and Bottesford? They are sitting very comfortably in 3rd place with 9 points from 4 games, their sole loss coming in the season ’ s opener when Handsworth left their well appointed and extremely pleasant Memorial Ground with a 2-0 win. Since then, they have triumphed over Silsden, Golcar United and Hemsworth Miners Welfare and by the time you read this, they may well have brought home the bacon from Frickley Athletic.
Late news; they lost 4-2 and slip to fifth in the table.
The club was formed in 1906 when two clubs, Penistone Choirboys and Penistone Juniors amalgamated to become Penistone Church. For many years they played in the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League before the inevitable promotion to the NCEL First Division came in 2014. They repeated the feat in 2017 and have been members of the Premier Division since then, consistently appearing in the upper echelons of the league table. The NPL awaits them…
Having made the First Qualifying Round, Church will be keen to add to the £2269 prize money they have made by getting this far. A win today will double their money and for both clubs there will be a significant financial boost. The Promise Land arrives at the First Round Proper stage where a win in that over say, Sheffield Wednesday or Derby County brings a decent return from the gate and the princely sum of £41,000. There will be many a League One and Two club wanting that to pay the wages for a week. A triumph in Round 3 takes it to £103,000 which is chickenfeed for State Investment Funds and American multibillionaires but a huge amount for any non-league club who makes it that far. Ask Marine.
On a personal level, I was faced with a dilemma for today. Sunderland do not play until Monday night at Middlesbrough (an emotional return for Tony Mowbray) so I fully expected to be slouched in my regular seat in the stand. However, my other game of choice, Rugby League, reaches its seasons league finale and all games bar one kick off at 3.00 on a Saturday afternoon. The only game with anything riding on it is the one at Headingley between Leeds Rhinos and Castleford Tigers. I have a season card at Leeds so I will be stood on the St Michales Lane Terrace, resplendent in my Blue and Amber shirt, hopefully cheering the Loiners on to a play-off place, while the Castleford hordes will be descending on LS6 hoping for the same in a winner takes all game.
Over the last few years, I have thoroughly enjoyed my rugby league having started at Headingley in 1957 when it was still a winter game played by miners, lorry drivers, teachers and farmers. Now, at Super League level, it is a full-time game played superb athletes and I defy any sports watcher not to be thrilled by Wigan’s Bevan French as he bears down on the try line or wince as the Leeds prop Mikael Oledzki crashes int a wall of three huge defenders. The Eddie Waring image is well out of date, although I would prefer him to the awful commentary teams on Sky. Give it a go live. You might just like it.
Here's hoping for a double come 5.00 this afternoon.
Up the Railwaymen and Come on You Rhino’s.
I USED to have a teacher at school called Mrs Parker. She was hardly your archetypal role model - in fact she'd be amazed to think that I suggested sobut she understood me and was ultimately the reason I ended up in my dream job. It was the kind of mutual respect that has followed me around my working life – particularly with female influencers. I've worked under two female editors and countless superiors and took a little bit from each one on my career path.
Last week, Tony Incenzo dedicated his Non-League Paper column to Rosi Webb, In charge of Eastern Counties League Division One South side Stanway Pegasus, she is the first permanent female manager of any team playing in the National League System from Steps 1 to 6. And a jolly good job she's doing too, having recently overseen the club's promotion from the Essex & Suffolk Border League.
Rosi's twitter bio reads “Making my way in the Male game ” - and she's built up quite an impeccable CV. She has been coaching for 15 years and has held the UEFA B licence for the last six. She's certainly put in the hard yards but her success is also built on that kind of mutual respect that she has from the players and officials at Pegasus.
“I knew it would be a big challenge but it was a prospect I simply couldn't down,” she said when asked about her arrival at the club three years ago.
“With Ian [Booth, club owner] as my assistant, we make a good partnership and compliment each other on the management side.
“My experience within the men ' s game has been nothing but positive. Right through being given this opportunity by the club to the respect I receive from the players and every team we play against.
“But I feel that respect works both ways and there are numerous great people that help make this club what it is. We have created a family environment and everybody is equally important, from the Under 6s all the way to the first team. I am a small part of this.”
Humble indeed, but Rosi's pioneering role in changing the face of women ' s involvement in football can not be understated.
With the media spotlight still very much on Sarina Weigman and her England's Euro 2022 heroines, here is someone who continues to break down barriers in the men ' s game too.
But Rosi won't be a lone trailblazer for long, I'm sure. Mary Phillip – England's first female black captain – is making a name for herself in charge of Kent County League side Peckham Town, at Step 7 and is destined for bigger things, while the number of women ' s coaches gaining their badges is increasing all the time.
Chelsea FC head coach Emma Hayes has won everything there is to win in the women ' s game and has previously been linked to a number of top jobs in the Football League. Surely it's only a matter of time before she, or perhaps the extremely highly rated Weigman, land a pioneering role in British football.
As the saying goes 'respect has to be earned' and it's clear to me that a women ' s role in football –whether it be as a player, coach or in the media – has made huge steps in doing just that.V
Many Thanks to all our volunteers for all their invaluable help during the season.
General Manager - Michael Wilson
Gatemen - Peter Quinn
Andy Hilling
Maintenance - Daniel Tatham
Kieran Dent
Pitch Maintenance - Tom Finley
Event Co-Ordinator - Carolyn Mulley
Matchday Operative - David Race
Interviews - Wilf Tray / Chris Pearce
Programme Article - Peter Sixsmith
Kitchen/Bar Manager - Sue Charlton
Cleaning - Ellie Barron-Hay
50/50 Ticket Sales - Liam Stockley
Boardroom Hospitality - Sid Dent
PA Announcer - Dennis Duncan
Photography - Tom Clegg & Amanda Scaife
In the early 1900’s football in Penistone was being played by Penistone Juniors Football Club.
In 1906 the Juniors amalgamated with players from Penistone Church Choirboys and a new team was formed under the name of Penistone Church F.C. The newly formed club played their games on the local park In 1908 we were the first winners of the Sheffield League Cup and, on their return from the cup final, the players were met at the train station by over 2000 people who carried them shoulder high to the then headquarters, The Spread Eagle public house. We won this cup again in 1938.
It was in 1949 that the Hinchliffe farming family donated the present day land to the Penistone community in memory of the dead from the two World Wars. Mr Hinchliffe did stipulate that the ground must be called the Memorial Ground and that it could only be used for the community of Penistone to play sport.
For many years the teams played in the old Penistone league, winning both the league and cup ( the cup is in the trophy cabinet to this day, the league shield has gone missing ). They then joined the Hatchard league which they won and also the County Senior league. When these leagues amalgamated in 1982, Penistone Church were founder members with both their teams being accepted into the league and where our reserves play to this day. Our first team played in this league until 2014/15 season when they were promoted to the Northern Counties East League. In our first season we finished a respectable 9th and in our second season 5th enabling us into the play-off semi final which we narrowly lost to AFC Emley. Our third season in the NCEL (2016/17) was our most successful ever, as we won promotion to the Premier Division by beating AFC Emley in the Play-off Semi Final and Grimsby Borough in the final. We finished the season off by winning the Northern Counties East League Cup against Bridlington Town in the final at Bramall Lane. Our first season at NCEL Premier Division level has been another successful one including finishing 7th in the league and reaching the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup final for the first time in our history where we were narrowly beaten by Shaw Lane. We also had our best ever run in the FA Cup reaching the first qualifying round where we were knocked out by Harrogate Town. In our second season in the Premier Division (2018/19) yet again we had another successful season being top of the league for a time before a strong finish from Worksop Town saw them crowned champions and us finishing 2nd Our highest ever position in our history For most of the 2019/20
season we were in the top 3 promotion positions only for the season to be cut short by the unfortunate pandemic. We exited the FA Cup after a replay in the extra preliminary round and despite getting a bye into the first round of the FA Vase we fell at that stage. Sadly the 2020/21 season was also badly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. We again exited the FA Cup in the extra preliminary round narrowly losing 3-2 at Skelmersdale. In the FA Vase we beat Prestwich Heys on penalties after drawing the 1st qualifying round game and went on to beat Wythenshawe Amateurs in the 2nd qualifying round. In the first round proper we beat AFC Liverpool and after drawing our second round game at Longridge Town lost on penalties. With the league again being abandoned the final standings were decided on a
points per game average over the past two curtailed seasons. We were not high enough to gain promotion.
In September 2021 long term manager Ian Richards left the club to take up a new position elsewhere and after a reshuffle former first team goalkeeper and reserve team manager Stephen Lenthall took over with help from another former first team player John Whitehead as assistant.This brought about a transformation of the team's fortunes, after a poor start under Richards, and they rose from 18th in the table to at one point being in the promotion race before eventually finishing 6th.
Over the last 110 years many sports have been played at the Memorial Ground including Tennis, Archery, Ladies Hockey, Cricket and Football.
In 1998 further land was obtained from Barnsley Council to enable the Club to build an all weather floodlit sport playing area, provide car parking and a further playing area to accommodate a mini junior playing area.
In 2010 Penistone Footpath Runners & Athletic Club joined the Club made it their headquarters.
The Club is very proud of the achievements made over its long history and, as of today, has 6 adult teams and 10 junior sides from under 7 years old to under 18’s. Ladies football started at the Club in 2017 and we now have many girls & ladies teams playing under the name of Penistone Church Football Club in official leagues. In 2021/22 a development team and an U21s team were both formed to compete in their respective leagues to further progression of youngsters into the senior teams.
Many Thanks to Prince Bishops Hospital Radio and Dennis Duncan for the Pre-Match & Half Time Announcements
Alex Curran
Matty Bateman
Billy Greulich-Smith
Aidan Heywood
Ben Trotter
Jack Vaulks
Kurt Matthews
Chay Liddle
Dean Thexton
Joe Posthill
Michael Sweet
Alex White
David Atkinson
Jon Weirs
Wilson Kneeshaw
Max Booth
Vinnie Steels
Toby Pascoe
James Boucher
Referee
Daniel Ranson
Assistants
Jack Arrowsmith
Anthony Ficetola
Chris Snaith
Harry Ambler
Ryan Johnson
Tom Charlesworth
Cameron Simpson
Tom Brennan
Brett Lovell
James Young
Wayne Hughes
Danny Howes
Ash Ellis
Jordan Coduri
Callum Lee
Eddie Newsome
Kieran Ryan
Brad Kemp
Nathan Keightley
Elliott Firth
Reece High
Alfie Broughton
Max Jenkins
Jack Roberts
Leon Hurles-Brook
Charlie Shepera