Eccleshall FC vs Stafford Town FC

Eccleshall Football Club - Season 2022/23

Pershall Park, Chester Road, Eccleshall, Staffordshire ST21 6NE

Telephone 01785 851351 (match days only)

Legal Entity: Company limited by shares - Eccleshall Football Club Limited (c/n 13365015). Subsidiary of Eccleshall FC Sports Foundation Limited (c/n 13359263) - company limited by guarantee.

Club Officials:

Chairman: Neil Washington

Vice Chairman: Antony Johnson

Secretary: Jim Tunney

Treasurer: David Heelis

Programme Editor: Shaun Rogers

Clubhouse Management: Bill Grinham

Club Welfare Officer: Jim Tunney

Commercial Manager: Media Officer: Shaun Rogers

Directors

Neil Washington, Antony Johnson, Paul Cox, David Heelis, Bill Grinham, Richard Marsh, Jim Tunney.

Committee

John Martin, Colin Leese, Sid Kelly, Ernie Jackson, Diane Washington, Harvey Collins, Liz Leese, Andy Gough, Ben Gamble, Julie Clews, Barry Blenheim, Laura Sharratt, Tony Woolrich

Fundraising Sub-Committee

Neil Washington, Antony Johnson, John Martin, Jim Tunney, Colin Leese

First Team Management:

Liam Kelly, Nathan Wilkes, Russell Rowley, Harry Pickering, Laura Machin

Junior Section

Chairman: Andy Gough

Secretary: Gareth Davies

U10s Kieron Healey

U13s Dave Hislop, Gaz Davis

U14s John Edensor, Nick Mobley

U16s Paul Heler, Mark Croxton, Henry Taylor

Members of the North West Counties League, Midland Junior Premier League, North Staffs Junior Youth League, Mid Staffs Junior League.

Affiliated to Staffordshire FA

Eccleshall FC is an England Accredited Club

THE DUGOUT VIEW THE DUGOUT VIEW

Good evening and welcome to tonight’s league fixture at home to Stafford Town FC.

Another local derby for us and we know this will be another tough test. In the 3/4 meetings against Stafford Town since I’ve been in the Eccleshall dugout, each game has been a tight affair with every game finishing in a draw. We will be hoping to go one better tonight and take another 3 points. Don’t let the league table fool you, Stafford are a hardworking side, so we will need to be right at it tonight.

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STAFFORD TOWN FC

Gordon Evans formed what was then Stafford F.C. in 1976. The Club played at Burton Manor Sports & Social Club in the old Staffs County League South. The Club moved into the Midland Combination Div. 2 in the 1977/78 season, and won the league the following year, being denied promotion to Div.1 because they were a nursery side for Stafford Rangers.

The Club moved to the Staffs County League North in 1981/82 and changed its name to Stafford Town. They won the Bourne Sports Trophy and Staffs Vase in 1984, and shortly afterwards they went into the Staffs Senior League. After losing the Staffs Vase Final in 1988 the team moved from Burton Manor to Stafford Cricket Club in 1990. Then, in the early 90’s Stafford Town merged with the highly successful Sunday League team MSHD who had just won the Midland Sunday Cup.

In 1991/92 they just missed out on the Staffs Senior League, despite losing only 2 games all season. After finishing 3rd in the same league the following season, they were accepted into the West Midland League playing at Rowley Park Stadium. In their 1st season they secured the Championship and in order to gain promotion, they had to move to Marston Road, the home of Stafford Rangers. During the 90’s Allan Somerville took over the reins. The 1999/2000 season was without doubt Town’s most successful. The Club won West Midland League Premier Division and were promoted to the Midland Football Alliance; they were also runners-up in the Staffs FA Vase and the League Cup. Town’s first season in the MFA saw them have a superb FA Cup run beating both Paget Rangers from the Southern League Div.1 and Moor Green from the Southern League Premier Division.

They then drew Harrow Borough in the 3rd qualifying round, and despite drawing away at Harrow Borough, they lost 3-1 in the replay at Marston Road. Following a disastrous season in 2003/04, Gordon Evans returned to the Club as chairman. At the end of that season the Club decided to leave Marston Road, move back to Rowley Park, and drop down into the West Midland League Div.1 to regroup. Steve Dockerty and Calvin Bailey were then appointed and stayed with the Club until the end of 2011/12 Season.2005/06 saw the formation of Stafford Town Ladies. In 2006 the Club became a Charter Standard Community Club. The Club now provides football for everyone in the community and has teams for men, women, boys girls and adults and children with special need,

It has over 30 teams in total. For the 2009/10 season the team started at Rowley Park Stadium, playing in Division 1 of the West Midland League, but moved to its own ground Evans Park behind the Cricket Club on Riverway, playing the 1st match on 6th March 2010, gaining promotion to the Premier Division and losing in the final of the Hunt Cup. The 2012/13 season saw the team transfer to the Midland Football Combination and the arrival of the new management team headed by Adam Cunningham and the return to the Club of Calvin Bailey as General Manager. In 2013 the Club were presented with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. In 2013/14 the team finished 8th and won the Les James Challenge Cup at Walsall’s Banks’ Stadium. In 2016 Adam Cunningham left after a disappointing 18th place finish and Dave Downing was appointed as First Team Manager. Dave Downing resigned in January 2018 and Jake Robinson took over the team with Calvin Bailey.

At the end of a difficult season we found ourselves relegated back to the Staffordshire County Senior League by the FA Leagues Committee. Gordon Evans received the British Empire Medal for services to football in Stafford in the New Years Honours list. At the end of the 2018-2019 season Gordon decided to step down from the Chairman's role and concentrate on family life and handed over the role to Paul Beedell.

Promotion back to the Midland League was achieved in 2019 as well as winning the League Cup. At the end of the curtailed 2019/20 season Dom Heath and Steve Barrow returned to the Club as joint Managers as we look forward to the 2020/21 Season. Following another curtailed season we were laterally moved into the North West Counties Football League Division One South following the Football Association’s restructuring for 2021/22.

After a mid-table finish in the first season we are now looking to ‘push on’ and continue the progress made into the new season.

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Vandis Akukwe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Declan Arber 13 3 3 0 0 0 2

Reece Bailey 2 7 0 0 1 0 0

Tyriq Bailey-Nicholls 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

William Bates 4 8 1 0 0 0 0

Harry Bowers 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ryan Bradshaw 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Nathan Brayford 6 1 2 0 0 0 0

Jake Cartwright 17 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jayden Crossley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Harvey Dangerfield 3 0 0 0 1 0 0

Karen Danilian 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 Ben Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Draper 10 2 0 0 0 1 0

Matthew Dudley 15 2 0 0 0 0 2 Thomas Duffy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Max Gibbs-Boddie (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Grimshaw 3 0 1 0 0 0 0

Owen Harrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dominic Heath 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Johmari Hyatt 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sam Jessup 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Taylor-Jay Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Daniel Kelly 11 1 0 0 0 1 1

Joshua Kilford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Sean Kinsella 8 1 0 0 0 2 2

Anthony Malbon * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Reece Mason 2 0 1 0 0 0 1

Daniel Mensah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kieron Miller 3 0 1 0 0 2 0

Zak Noble (GK) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joshua Oultram * 7 0 4 0 0 1 0

Remay Porter 1 9 1 1 0 2 0

Benjamin Powell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Redford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Liam Riley-Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan Scott 16 0 6 0 0 4 5 Jonah Scutt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Henry Smith * 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Liam Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lucas Smith 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Stafford 1 5 0 0 0 0 0

Charlie Swingwood 14 0 2 0 1 2 3 Ryan Taylor 18 0 4 0 0 2 0

Mitchell Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Daniel Turton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Euan Wade 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cydon Walker 2 2 0 0 0 1 0

Ravel Wallace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Callum James White 22 1 0 0 0 3 1

Joseph Williams (GK) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rhys Williams (GK) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Josh Wilson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joshua Wilson 6 1 1 0 1 0 0

Olly Wilson-Hiscox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Wood 8 6 1 0 0 3 0

Huewlan Wright 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 Kyle Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-2 REPORTMATCH

Eccleshall travelled to the McIntosh Arena for the local derby against league newcomers Foley Meir who had a number of ex-Eagles in their line-up. Manager Liam Kelly included new signing Chris Boast up front in his search for more goals. Eagles keeper Aaron Woolrich was forced into an early one-handed save to prevent Foley taking the lead through Tom Wakefield. In reply, Foley keeper Callum Shuttlewood had to palm away a Jordan Flattley free kick as Boast attacked the ball. Then Jordan Darlington set up Flattley and his shot was just over the bar. Eccleshall were beginning to stamp their authority on the game and a Flattley free kick was punched clear by Shuttlewood as Anthony Malbon advanced. Another Wakefield effort was blocked by Aidan Blaise. Eagles continued to move forward and, on 34 minutes, they took the lead when a cross from the left found Boast and his looping header found the top corner of the net, giving Shuttlewood no chance. The visitors were worth their lead and four minutes later added to it when a Flattley free kick found Boast in the box and his header again beat Shuttlewood to nestle in the top corner. It was turning into a stunning debut for Boast and he was adding a new attacking dimension to the Eagles front line. With the interval approaching, a quick Foley attack spearheaded by Mark Grice led to the visitors’ defence having to scramble the ball clear. Foley’s manager, Sam Golden, was yellow carded by referee Hodgson as the teams left the pitch.

HT: Foley Meir 0 Eccleshall 2

Callum Feeney, from distance, had an early effort which landed on top of the net. Then another Flattley free kick was headed clear as Boast moved in. Liam Kelly brought on Max Raine for Ant Malbon as Eagles pressed forward again but then Foley had a great chance to pull one back when a Miles Johnson free kick found Grice who swivelled and fired in a shot which was deflected for a corner. A Wakefield free kick was well over the bar, but the Eagles defence was looking untroubled in dealing with any attacking moves by the home side. Mitchell Glover came on for Boast before Feeney hit a 25-yard piledriver which was just wide of the post. Foley had another chance when Wakefield headed wide from a Jack Gumbley free kick. Lucas Green-Birch came on for Ethan Stanton who had had a superb match before Glover spotted Shuttlewood off his line and his shot was wide of the post. Jack Flanaghan came on for Ryanjay Malbon before Eagles had the ball in the net again. Shuttlewood parried a shot from Green-Birch, but Raine was flagged offside as he netted. Foley manager Golden then made one comment too many for referee Hodgson’s liking before being given his second yellow card and his marching orders from the dugout. There was still time for Foley to be reduced to ten men as Matthew Hope was sin binned.

FT: Foley Meir 0 Eccleshall 2

Manager Kelly will be pleased at putting an end to the recent ‘blip’ in results by picking up three points and a decent performance. He will now look ahead to Tuesday night’s local derby against Stafford Town at Pershall Park before the re-staged Edward Case Cup third round tie against Abbey Hey, also at Pershall Park, on Saturday.

Eagles: Woolrich, Darlington, Dunn, Feeney, Blaise, Stanton (Green-Birch), R Malbon (Flanaghan), Flattley, A Malbon (Raine), Pickup, Boast (Glover).

Unused sub: Groom

Referee: Mr Jonathon Hodgson Attendance: 79

JUNIOR EAGLES

Juniors Chairman, Andy Gough,

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Junior results from this weekend,

U16s won 0-2 yesterday away at Worcester.

U14s won 0-1 today away at Blythe Bridge.

Other junior news,

One of Paul’s assistants Mark Coxon has taken the difficult decision to leave the club for personal reasons. I’ve wished him all the best for the future & thanked him on behalf of the club for his time & dedication he’s put into the club & team.

Aaron Woolrich Aiden Blaise Callum Feeney

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Anye Fowajuh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell Glover 18 3 3 0 0 1 0

Lucas Green-Birch 11 7 2 0 0 4 0

AARON WOOLRICH (GK)

ALEXANDER ATTON (GK)

CALLUM FEENEY

LEWIS DUNN

MAX RAINE

RYAN CAMPBELL GORDON

ETHAN STANTON

MITCHELL GLOVER

AIDEN BLAISE

LUKE LEWIS

OLI HICKMAN

DANIEL TAYLOR

JORDAN DARLINGTON

JORDAN BENTON

LUCAS GREEN-BIRCH

GEORGE WOODROFFE

LOUIS DOWNS MARK GROOM

ASHLEY COLCLOUGH

JACK FLANAGHAN

JORDAN FLATTLEY

RYAN PICKUP

RYAN MALBON

ANT MALBON

KIERAN KNOTT

JORDAN COLE CHRIS BOAST

JOSEPH WILLIAMS (GK)

RHYS WILLIAMS (GK)

ZAK NOBLE (GK)

MAX GIBBS-BODDIE (GK)

RYAN TAYLOR

REECE MASON

DANIEL KELLY

MATTHEW DUDLEY

LIAM SMITH

HARVEY DANGERFIELD

NATHAN SCOTT

CALLUM JAMES WHITE

KIERON MILLER

NATHAN BRAYFORD

JACK GRIMSHAW

KAREN DANILIAN

WILLIAM BATES

JAKE CARTWRIGHT

JOHMARI HYATT JONAH SCUTT

DECLAN ARVBER SEAN KINSELLA

JAKUB ABRANTANSKI

JAMES OWEN

CARL ARROWSMITH