Tow Law Town AFC V Ryton & Crawcrook Albion | 2021/2022 Season

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TOW LAW TOWN AFC V RYTON & CRAWCROOK ALBION Saturday 25th September 2021 • 3.00pm KO Ebac Northern League Division 2 Tow Law Town AFC “The Lawyers”

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The Lawyer’s Brief Good afternoon & welcome to Ironworks Road for today’s EBAC Northern League fixture with Ryton & Crawcrook Albion.

So far the season has been one of ups and downs for The Lawyers but we are hopeful that things are on the up after a positive couple of results.

Off the field the clubhouse continues to thrive. Enjoy the game & support The Club.

Try a drink in the Clubhouse & some food at the canteen.

Thank you Steve Moralee, Club Secretary

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T.A.T. (Technical Area Talk) We welcome high flying Ryton to the Ironworks Ground for what will be a really tough game. The season has been filled with a lot of ups and downs but we are confident that the last two games has shown more consistency in our game.

We are again hit with a number of injuries which seems to be normal so again we have to adjust.

A relentless start of the season with two games a week is hard to maintain so we look forward to the mid weeks calming down so we can get into a routine of Train/Play.

Just some news on Jeb Atkinson’s long term injury, he has a small operation at the end of October and should be back training in January. We all wish him a speedy recovery. .

Michael Vasey & Warren Pearson

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Lawyers Club History The “Lawyers” were founded in 1890 and became founder members of the Auckland and District League in 1892.

The following year they won the Durham Amateur Cup. They first joined the Northern League in 1894, winning the Durham Challenge Cup two years later. After leaving the Northern League the Lawyers played in the South Durham Alliance (1900 to 1905) and Crook and District League (1912 to 1914). After the war the club played in the Auckland and District League until being readmitted to the Northern League in 1920 where it has played ever since.

Until 1994/95 season the club had not won the championship apart from two successive seasons 1923/24 and 1924/25. In between the League Cup was won in 1973/74 when Ashington were beaten 2-1 in the final at Crook. The 1994/95 League Championship win is a certainly an outstanding memory for the club especially as it was won by 14 clear points.

Another outstanding memory was the tremendous F.A. Cup run of 1967/68. Having reached the first round Tow Law beat Mansfield 5-1 and in the second round drew 1-1 with Shrewsbury at Ironworks Road. The Lawyers went into the hat for the Third Round and drew a home tie with Arsenal. Sadly, it was not to be after they went down 6-2 at Shrewsbury in the replay. Frank McGee reported after the replay “Arsenal were saved from a fate worse than death - a trip to Tow Law in January”.

the ground is down to the regular work which has been done since 1921 by many hardworking bands of voluntary labour. A major scare occurred early in the 2004/05 season, the playing surface was struck by subsidence, rendering it unplayable. The Club was forced to ground share at Esh Winning for the remainder of the season, whist repairs were carried out by the Coal Board.

Continuity at the club was provided by the longest serving trio of officials in the League, Chairman Harry Hodgson, Treasurer Harry Dixon and Club Secretary Bernard Fairbairn who followed his father and grandfather into the job.)

They had over 100 years’ service between them.

Harry Hodgson stood down as Chairman at the end of the 95/96 season. At the end of 1997 Harry Dixon also stood down but stayed on as the Club President until his death in 2002. Harry Hodgson took over as President. Bernard Faribairn stepped down as Secretary in 2007 after being in the post since 1961 – over 40 years. “A prisoner would get less for murder.

Peter Quigley and Tony Heslop took the Club on its first visit to Wembley was made on 9th May 1998 after a tremendous F.A. Vase run. It was a splendid adventure which sadly ended with a 1-0 defeat by Tiverton.

During 2004, Harry Hodgson again showed his devotion to the Club, returning as Chairman for 1 last year. Following the 2004/05 season he was replaced by Sandra Gordon, the first female Chair at the Club and only the third in the long history of the League.

The Lawyers first ground was in Church Lane, but the present Ironworks Road ground was built by volunteers during the miners’ strike of 1892/93.

Ironically it was rebuilt during another miners strike in 1921. Today the much-improved state of

Famous ex-players include Billy Hall who played for Blackpool and Manchester City, Chris Waddle who transferred to Newcastle in 1980 & Steve Howard of Leicester City.

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Tow Law Town 3-1 Birtley Town Saturday 18th September 2021 Ebac Northern League Division 2 Lawyers in a Goal Rush.

After an encouraging display yet disappointing result in the FA Vase last week, the Lawyers bounced back with a solid home win against Birtley Town. The game quickly sprang into action and after only 1 minute Birtley broke clear crossed and scored. The Ironworks were in total shock, don’t think any Tow Law player had even had a touch. Thankfully we didn’t have to wait to long for a response. With 4 mins on the clock 18 yr old Drew Lake picked up a through pass, controlled it and fired the Lawyers level. (Great finish young man).

Tails were up and with the Lawyers camped in the Birtley half they got there 2nd goal on 6 minutes. Great play out on the right by Moffat who found his strike partner Teasdale in a congested penalty area, his first time strike flew past the keeper putting Tow Law 2-1 up. The excitement didn’t end there, on 22 minutes Lake was bundled down in the area penalty to the Lawyers! Up stepped Mr Reliable Baz Smith but the Birtley keeper made a great save to keep the score 2-1. With the Lawyers in control and creating chances at will,they won there 2nd penalty of the day on 38 minutes.

Ironically it was Baz Smith who was upended to win the spot kick. This time Lewis Teasdale took charge and drilled the spot kick past the out stretched keeper to put the lawyers in total control.

Second half was game management for the Lawyers. They got it spot on this time unlike a week ago at Willington. The Lawyers had chances to increase there lead second half but had to settle for just the 3 goals scored in that mad opening 30 minutes to the game.

You can see the Lawyers are just starting to build a bit on momentum to there season, with the next game Boldon away in midweek it can only help.

Man of The Match I’m going for JJ (John Jury) who had a hand in everything today, solid performance.

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Lawyers Pen Pics Michael Vasey (Manager): Michael has a wealth of ENL experience, having played for Tow Law, Crook, Newcastle Blue Star, Durham City & Blyth Spartans. He’s previously managed the Club & returned for the 2019/20 season.

Warren Pearson (Coach): Warren played for Tow Law in the 90’s & in the FA Vase Final at Wembley. Most recently the coaching staff at Queen of the South, his experience will be pivotal to the Lawyers success.

Mark Spedding (GK Coach): Mark was most recently with Durham City. Joins the Lawyers as Goalkeeper Coach to assist with player development.

Rachel Davison (Physio): Rachel has joined Tow Law as physio, having spent 2 seasons with Consett. Previously with Sunderland RCA & Prudhoe, she is a member of the Lowther football family. .

Lewis Graham (Goalkeeper): Lewis joined the club for 2019-20 season. He has proved that he is one of the top goalkeepers in the League & can constantly be heard shouting advice and instructions to those in front of him. (Sponsored by ARMOURPOST SECURITY DOORS & SHUTTERS, OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENCE) Tom Orton (Goalkeeper): Tom is an experienced Northern League goalkeeper, returning to Tow Law for his 3rd stint as competition/cover for Lewis Graham.

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Liam Goldsborough (Defender): Liam is a young full back with experience in the EBAC Northernn League. He joins us having been with Bishop Auckland last season. Previously with Fleetwood FC in the Football League, under Joey Barton.

Ryan McKinnon (Defender): The big centre-back signed on loan from Consett in January 2020. He spent eight years at Newcastle United Academy. He’s a Durham Challenge Cup winner in 2018, who has played 150 plus games for Consett.

Lewis Milner (Defender): Lewis is another player joining The Lawyers from Willington.

A strong central defender, we have tried on numerous occasions to land him & finally succeeded in 2019.

Scott Oldfield (Defender): Scott is a pacey left sided defender/wing back. He returns to the Club for a 2nd spell, having spent 2018/19 with Willington.

Mark Pattison (Defender): Mark is in his 2nd spell with the Club, having spent 2 seasons with Birtley Town. He is an accomplished left back, adding Northern League experience to the squad.

Jeb Atkinson (Midfield): Jeb is a left sided midfield player, joined the Club at the start of 2019/20 season. Previously with Jarrow FC. He’s become an integral part of the squad.

Archie Gardiner (Midfield): Archie is a tough tackling midfielder, we tried to sign him pre-season. He eventually joined Tow Law from Carlisle City. He loves the Club banter.

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Adam Knowles (Midfield): Adam began his ENL career with Esh Winning & Chester-le-Street, before joining Tow Law. He had a short spell at Consett, returning in October 2017. He has played over 100 games for the Club. He over-sees changing room music & players’ fines. (Sponsored

by MK PRINT SOLUTIONS) Drew Lake (Midfield): Drew is an exiting young prospect, joining us from Consett, who have high expectations that he will further his career with The Lawyers,.

Joel Pearson (Midfield): Joel is a midfield player, who can also be an attacking wing back. He joins Tow Law after 7 years at Queen of the South.

Chris Renshaw (Midfield): Renny is one player you wouldn’t want to cross. A fully committed tackler, who leads by example.

Experience Northern League player, who lifts the crowd & the players around him.

Darren Richardson (Midfield): Daz is a tough tackling midfield player that has been on the Management team radar for a while.

He’s previously been with West Auckland & most recently with Bishop Auckland for almost 3 seasons.

Barrie Smith (Midfield): Barrie brings a great deal of experience with him from his time at South Shields, where he made 323 appearances & won six trophies during his time at the club. He is a great addition to the Lawyers’ squad. Barrie can play central or out wide & also full back. (Sponsored by STEVE SHARPE in memory of THE GREAT JIMMY GREAVES)

Aaron Hardy (Forward): Aaron joins us for the 2021/22 season from Hayden Bridge FC in the Northern Alliance, where he was a prolific, young goal scorer.

Thomas McAloon (Forward): Thomas joined Tow Law from Consett. He is a Northern Ireland U17 international. He can play midfield or up front. Previous Clubs include Bishop Auckland, Sunderland RCA & Newton Aycliffe.

Matty Moffat (Forward): Matty is an experienced centre forward, who scores goals for fun. He’s played 1st Division football for West Auckland, Bishop Auckland & Consett. He was with Willington for most of the 2018/19 season before joining the Lawyers.

Lewis Teasdale (Forward): Lewis has returned to The Lawyers to provide goals for the team. A proven centre forward with an eye for goal. He started the season with Newcastle Blue Star.

Aaron Willoughby (Forward): Aaron is a local lad, who played against us for Hartlepool United in the 19/20 Durham Challenge Cup. A forward with an eye for goal, he has lots of ability.

Jay White (Midfield): An experienced Northern League player, who links the midfield & forward line very effectively.

Previously with Willington.

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Ryton History Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Football Club (“RACA FC”) are a non-league football club based in Crawcrook (near Ryton) in Gateshead in the North East of England, currently playing in the Northern Football League Second Division - level 10 in the English football pyramid.

Shortly after the start of the 1970-71 football season John Oliver, the club’s first secretary, and Les Robson were approached to see if a club could be formed quickly to take over the fixtures of Prudhoe and West Wylam Co-op who had just resigned from the Northern Combination League. After securing a loan from Ryton Social Club of 12 pounds 10 shillings Oliver and Robson approached local councilor Leo Murray and got permission to play football at Stargate.

Ryton FC played their first Northern Combination League game, a 3-3 draw, against works team Parsons Athletic on Saturday 17th October 1970.

The mid-1980’s saw the club transfer to Clara Vale for home games and during this period Ryton won the Prudhoe Hospital Cup twice, the Northern Combination League Cup as well as the Durham County FA Trophy.

Following the amalgamation, in 1988, of the Northern Alliance, the Northern Combination and the Northern Amateur League into three divisions, Ryton were allocated a position in the First Division of the newly structured Northern Football Alliance.

Ryton won the Division One title in 1997, thus securing promotion to the Premier Division where the club remained until gaining promotion to the Northern Football League at the end of the 2004–05 season.

The football club is recognised as having achieved chartered status and offers the chance for a child to be coached in football skills from the age of 6 years of age, through all age groups, up to senior level.

The 2005-06 season marked Ryton’s first campaign in the Northern Football League finishing a respectable 11th place in Division Two, followed by a 12th place finish in 2006-07 then a commendable 3rd place in 2007-08 which gained Ryton promotion to Division 1 for the 2008-09 season where the club finished a very creditable 10th place.

That was where the upward progress ended as the following season Ryton finished 17th, then came the infamous 2010-11 season which saw the club finish rock bottom with just 8 points, receiving a whole host of league and cup drubbings on the way including the 10-0 and 7-0 losses to Shildon in the league and losing 8-0 at home to South Shields in the FA Vase.

Coupled with the fact that Kingsley Park was based in Crawcrook, and wishing to involve the local community further, the club sought, and was subsequently granted permission by the Durham County FA, to change the name to Ryton and Crawcrook Albion Football Club at the commencement of the 2011-12 campaign in which RACA finished 18th in the first season 22

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back in the second division.

The 2012-13 season saw a slight improvement in fortunes with a 14th placed finish. Then a new, very young outfit in 2013-14 under the guidance of manager John Wilson and his team, also then new to the club, faced a tough campaign with survival the target which was famously secured on the last day of the season. With the squad older and wiser and stability achieved, there was an upward progression with a mid-table finish in 2014-15.

The 2015-16 campaign started under the stewardship of Wilson’s former assistant Paul Dobie with Sunderland academy coach Jordan Moore as coach for RACA. However, despite a decent start Dobie resigned in October and was swiftly replaced by former Ryton player Craig Robson with Carl Piecha, another ex player as his assistant, with Moore remaining as coach.

The campaign ultimately proved slightly disappointing with RACA losing every cup game and finishing only 16th in the table.

The 2016-17 season proved to be even worse and Robson stood down, Moore moving up to manager before Peter Bryson took over in January 2017 with Moore reverting back to a coaching role. However, “Brysa” resigned just two months into the job and so Albion quickly acquired the services of Monkseaton boss Anthony Fawcett who steered the club away from relegation. Moore moved to Whickham so Fawcett and new assistant Simon Moody transformed the squad in 2017-18 with a host of players from Monkseaton signing on.

A steady season followed culminating in an appearance in the EA Cup final, Fawcett’s men losing 2-0 to Chester-Le-Street Town in Consett. The 2018-19 season saw more improvement with the club just missing out on a top-half finish.

A strong first half to 2019-20 saw RACA amongst the top four promotion-chasers and in the EA Cup semi-final but the campaign was halted in March 2020 due to a global health pandemic, the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19). A month later, the season was officially ended and all results controversially “expunged” by the FA. And Fawcett’s 3-year reign ended as he decided to take up the vacant post at Whitley Bay during the close season so Mark Bullock, already part of the coaching staff, stepped up to replace him to begin a new era.

Thanks to a Football Foundation grant and years of fundraising by the club’s committee members and volunteers, the clubs third-generation (3G) all-weather pitch was completely rebuilt over the summer. Not only used by club members, the facility is also open to the local community where it is often used by nearby schools and youth organisations.

After a difficult start to a delayed 2020-21 campaign - disrupted by further Covid-19 restrictions - the club parted company with Bullock after 15 games in charge.

In January 2021, former club captain and defender Daniel Iredale was appointed manager after a hugely successful 3-year stint as Cullercoats head coach. He brought with him assistant manager Michael Laws, first team coach James Barker, goalkeeper coach Lewis Carr and strength & conditioning coach Tiago Dores.

But the season itself, initially suspended in November 2020 to control the ongoing health emergency, was curtailed by the FA in February 2021 for the second successive year.

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Upcoming Fixtures

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Date

Match

Time/Result

Ground

Competition

31/07/21

Tow Law Town v Redcar Town

2-2

Ironworks Road

Division 2

03/08/21

Chester-le-Street v Tow Law Town

1-1

Moor Park

Division 2

07/08/21

Billingham Synthonia v Tow Law Town

3-2

Norton (Teesside) Sports Complex

Division 2

10/08/21

Tow Law Town v Jarrow

3-1

Ironworks Road

Division 2

14/08/21

Tow Law Town v Heaton Stannington

1-0

Ironworks Road

Division 2

18/08/21

Sunderland West End v Tow Law Town

3-0

Ford Hub Sports Complex

Division 2

21/08/21

Brandon United v Tow Law Town

0-3

Welfare Ground

Division 2

24/08/21

Ryton & Crawcrook Albion v Tow Law Town

2-1

Kingsley Park

Division 2

28/08/21

Tow Law Town v Easington Colliery

2-2

Ironworks Road

Division 2

31/08/21

Carlisle City v Tow Law Town

1-0

Gillford Park Stadiu

Division 2

04/09/21

Newcastle University v Tow Law Town

1-0

Kimberley Park

Division 2

11/09/21

Willington v Tow Law Tow

3-2

Hall Lane

FA Vase First Round Qualifying

18/09/21

Tow Law Town v Birtley Town

3-1

Ironworks Road

Division 2

21/09/21

Boldon CA v Tow Law Town

1-1

Boldon Colliery Welfare Ground

Division 2

25/09/21

Tow Law Town v Ryton & Crawcrook Albion

3:00pm

Ironworks Road

Division 2

02/10/21

Washington v Tow Law Tow

3:00pm

Ford Hub Sports Complex

Division 2

05/10/21

Tow Law Town v Willington

7:30pm

Ironworks Road

Division 2

09/10/21

Tow Law Town v Blyth Town

3:00pm

Ironworks Road

Division 2

16/10/21

Bedlington Terriers v Tow Law Town

3:00pm

Doctor Pit Park

Division 2

23/10/21

Tow Law Town v Horden CW

3:00pm

Ironworks Road

Division 2

30/10/21

Esh Winning v Tow Law Town

3:00pm

The WindowsPlusRoofs Arena

Division 2

06/11/21

Tow Law Town v Chester-le-Street

3:00pm

Sam Smith’s Park

Division 2

13/11/21

Jarrow v Tow Law Town

3:00pm

Perth Green CA

Division 2

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Ryton Pen Pics Daniel Iredale (Manager): Former defender and club captain Daniel Iredale was appointed Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Manager in January 2021 after a hugely successful 3-year stint as head coach of Northern Football Alliance Premier Division side Cullercoats. Due to COVID-19, Dan has had to wait until the start of the 2021-22 season for his first competitive game in charge.

Michael Laws (Assistant Manager): Laws – an FA Vase winner with Spennymoor Town – has a professional football background with Northampton Town along with playing for sides such as Blyth Spartans, Gateshead and Whitley Bay. The experienced defender has signed on as a player-coach for the 2021-22 season.

Daniel Gladstone: Goalkeeper signed from Cullercoats in July 2021. The 25-year-old has previously played for Whitley Bay, Washington, Durham City and Blyth AFC, where he won the Division 2 title.

Sam Harrison: Talented young goalkeeper from nearby Wylam. The 18-year-old was playing for the RACA Under-18’s last term.

Adam Mooney: Talented young goalkeeper signed on a dual registration with Cramlington United from the Northern Football Alliance First Division.

Michael Laws: The assistant manager – an FA Vase winner with Spennymoor Town – has signed on as a player- coach.

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The 38-year-old defender has a professional football background with Northampton Town along with playing for sides such as Gateshead, Blyth Spartans and Whitley Bay. Michael Stephenson: Close season 2020 signing, the 25-year-old is a centre half who also features as a right-back, formerly with Newcastle Chemfica in the Northern Alliance Premier Division and Wallsend Boys.

Carl Paterson: Former RACA defender, 32.

Andrew Brown: Right-footed centre back signed from Bedlington Terriers.

The 29-year-old has previously played for Washington and Durham City.

David Below: Full back / centre half in his 2nd spell at RACA, a strong tackler who makes the occasional dazzling run deep into opposition territory who passed the 275-appearance milestone in November 2020 and this is his 11th campaign at Kingsley Park. Including youth and senior teams, the 31-year-old – who is from Crawcrook – has been involved with Ryton for 24 years!

Oliver Symons: The 20-year-old right back was signed from Cullercoats. Olly has previously played county football and made his debut for Gateshead in 2019 in the Durham Challenge Cup. Callum Turnbull: Starting his 11th season at RACA as captain. Best in defence but can play up front. The 31 year old is a strong header of the ball and

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penalty taker. Going into the 2021-22 season, Cal has 288 appearances and 46 goals to his name.

Joshua Teixeira: Defender, 20, signed from Hebburn Town. More to follow.

Brian Dodsworth: Dodsy, an experienced midfielder, returns to Albion for a 3 rd spell. He played for Newcastle United from U6 to U16s and Rushden & Diamonds. The 33-year-old has also appeared for the likes of Esh Winning, Newcastle Benfield, Bedlington Terriers, Consett, Heaton Stannington, Team Northumbria and Cullercoats.

Scott Bamborough: Midfielder, 29, signed from Killingworth, where he was captain. More to follow.

Tyler Davis: Left-footed central midfielder signed from Monkseaton in 2018. The 24-year-old has racked up over a 100 appearances for Albion.

Lee Johnson: The right-footed midfielder signed from Heaton Stannington. Johnaz, 29, has previously represented Team Northumbria, Bedlington Terriers, Newton Aycliffe, Walker Central, Wallsend Boys Club and Killingworth.

Daniel Ord: Central midfielder signed for RACA in July 2019. The 21-year-old has played for Gateshead FC Reserves and Seaton Delaval Amateurs.

Paul King: Kingy returns to Albion for a 2nd spell. The midfielder, who won promotion from NL2 with Hebburn Town in 2012, had a full scholarship with Fairleigh Dickinson University, winning the North Eastern Conference Champions in 2008. The 32-year-old’s other previous clubs include Cullercoats, Bedlington

Terriers, Benfield, Jarrow Roofing, Whitley Bay, West Allotment Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Morpeth Town, Washington & Killingworth.

Dillon Blake: The central defensive midfielder signed from Cullercoats in the summer. The 25-year-old has also previously played for Whitley Bay. Hylton Hub: Strong forward signed from Cullercoats. The 26-year-old has also previously played for the Monkseaton Academy, Whitley Bay and Whitley Bay Reserves.

Rhys Mcleod: The 18-year-old from Greenside can play as a right winger, number 10 or further forward. A goal-scoring machine for the Newcastle United Foundation and New Hartley.

Joe Thompson: Tricky and pacey left-sided forward signed from Cullercoats. The 21-year-old has also played for Forrest Hall.

Louis Anderson: Albion signed striker Louis, 22, in the summer of 2020 from Blyth Spartans Reserves. He’s scored 3 goals in 11 RACA appearances going into the 2021-22 season.

Scott Jasper: Vice-captain and striker in his third spell at RACA after signing from Whitley Bay in October 2020. The 31-year-old has scored 46 goals in 85 appearances going into the 2021-22 season. He has also played for Bedlington Terriers, Blyth Town and North Shields Athletic.

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Tow Law Town AFC Squad 2021/22

Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Squad 2021/22

Lewis Graham Tom Orton Liam Goldsborough Ryan McKinnon Lewis Milner Scott Oldfield Mark Pattison Jeb Atkinson Archie Gardiner Adam Knowles Drew Lake Joel Pearson Chris Renshaw Darren Richardson Barrie Smith Jay White Aaron Hardy Thomas McAloon Lewis Teasdale Matty Moffat Aaron Willoughby Manager: Michael Vasey Coach: Warren Pearson GK Coach: Mark Spedding Physio: Rachel Davison

Daniel Gladstone Sam Harrison Adam Mooney Michael Laws Michael Stephenson Carl Paterson Andrew Brown David Below Oliver Symons Callum Turnbull Joshua Teixeira Brian Dodsworth Scott Bamborough Tyler Davis Lee Johnson Daniel Ord Paul King Dillon Blake Hylton Hub Rhys Mcleod Joe Thompson Louis Anderson Scott Jasper Manager: Daniel Iredale Assistant Manager: Michael Laws Tow Law Town AFC “The Lawyers”