MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR Tuesday 20th December 2022 Kickoff 7:45 pm ISSUE 13 2022/23 SEASON
ABBEY HULTON UNITED VS ALSAGER TOWN
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Club Information Legal Entity: Unincorporated Ground: Drayton Beaumont Park Address: Birches Head Road, Birches Head, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire Postcode: ST2 8DD Telephone: 01782 570302 2022/23 Admission Prices: £5 adults, £3 concessions, under 16s free Secretary: John Wightman Chairman: Lee Savage Manager: Russell Leadbetter Programme Editor: Simon Laidler Committee / Directors: Lee Savage, John Wightman, John Agar, Mary Wightman, Liam Franklin, Sharon Franklin, Chris Basford, Steven Buxton, Lee Wightman, Simon Laidler, Daren Foulkes, David Baskeyfield, Wayne Mellor, David Bates, Darren Martin County Affiliation: Staffordshire FA Year Formed: 1947 Record Attendance: 605 vs Stoke City FC November 2021 Previous Leagues: Staffordshire County Senior League Honours: Burslem and Tunstall Division 2 - Runners Up 1973/1974. Burslem and Tunstall Division 1 League Winners 1978/79 Burslem and Tunstall League Cup Winners 1978/1979 Fenton and District Division 1 Runners Up 1981/1982 Fenton and District Division 1 - League Winners, Cup Winners and Charity Cup Winners 1982/1983 Challenge Cup - Runners Up 1986/1987 Staffs County League Division 1 - League Winners, Cup Winners and Fair Play Award 1997/1998 Staffs County Senior League Premier Division - League winners and Leek Cup Winners 2016/2017.
CLUB HISTORY Abbey Hulton United Football Club was formed 73 years ago in 1947, making it one of the oldest formed clubs still playing Saturday football in North Staffordshire. During its very early days the club played on Council land in the Abbey Hulton area. It continued to use this facility for the first 15 years, despite the fact that the changing facilities were more than a mile away from the actual pitch. In 1962 it was decided that the team should move to the Parks facility at Bucknall Park which was complete with its own changing rooms and showers adjacent to the pitch. What a luxury. The team continued to use Bucknall Park for another 23 years, until 1985. During the period from 1947 to 1985 the team played in many local junior leagues such as: • The Longton League • Fenton and District League • Burslem and Tunstall League • Newcastle and District League They graced all the above leagues with great distinction. Over the years the club became more financially stable and grew in ambition. Finally in 1985 they acquired a piece of land at Birches Head Road on which it was able to obtain a 99 year lease. This is the clubs current address. Immediately, a clubhouse was built containing a bar and changing rooms for both teams and officials. At the same time an outside 5 a-side football facility was built, complete with floodlights. Having moved to this new facility the club opted to join the North Staffs Alliance League. It completed in this leauge before seeking election to one of the top leagues in the area, The Staffs County League (North), in 1987. The team played in this league and finally had a momentous season in 1997-1998 by winning the league, the cup and also the fair play award all in one season. Having achieved this feat the club applied to join what is the top junior league in North Staffordshire, the Staffordshire County Senior League. In 2017 Abbey Hulton United won the Staffordshire County Senior Premier League Championship and were promoted to the North West County Football League.
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ALSAGER TOWN FC The merger of Alsager Institute and Alsager United formed ALSAGER AFC in 1965. The merger came about due to lack of pitches in the village. They acquired Wood Park in 1967 that was then seeded ready for the following season and it was first played on in 1968/69. Alsager AFC were playing in the Crewe League at this stage. In the early 70s the club decided they would like to try for the MidCheshire League which they were successful in doing by bringing the ground up to a higher standard. They remained in this league and in 1985/86 they were Runners Up. The club folded due to the lack of funds and support. They then re-formed with just a youth team playing in the Crewe Premier League for two seasons. In 1991/92 they managed to regain entry in to the Mid Cheshire League Division Two where they remained until 1998/99 when the committee decided to try for the Springbank Vending League, where most of the Potteries teams were based. Steve Booth built a strong squad which was able to challenge for the title in their first season, but unfortunately Alsager were pipped at the post by Norton FC. The team were doing well enough and the committee decided to apply for the North West Counties Football League and after a lot of hard work by the committee Alsager AFC successfully passed the criteria necessary to gain entry, and a second place finish in the Staffs County Senior League was enough to gain promotion. Bad form after Christmas 1999 and the decision by Steve Booth to leave the club saw a new management team step in to the fold. Greg Clowes and his assistant Dorian Garner were welcomed to the club. They were in charge for the remaining 10 games of the season and managed to finish in a creditable 12th position. Their first full season in charge saw them achieve 7th place in the league and along with Warrington Town they kept the most clean sheets. Floodlighting was erected in August 2001 and then the addition of a new stand by the end of the season saw Alsager in prime position to challenge for promotion. During the summer of 2001 it was decided to change the name of the club back to Alsager Town and to run a side in the Springbank Vending League under the name of Alsager AFC
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ALSAGER TOWN FC A runners up spot in the 2001/02 season was enough to see Alager Town FC promoted to the NWCFL Division 1. During the close season resurfacing of the pitch, decoration of the club house and changing rooms and a new toilet block and tea bar gave Alsager Town an air of aristocracy as they aimed for success in the NWCFL. They remained in N.W.C.F.L. until the end of the 2005/06 season when they finished in third place. Due to THE changes being made by the FA to the non-league pyramid system Alsager were invited to step up to the Northern Premier League Division One which they did, they finished their first season in a creditable 14th place. Further changes were to be made by. With further changes to the Northern Premier League, Alsager Town were placed in to the Unibond League Division One South. Another 14th place finish was the outcome but the club fell foul to the ground grading regulations and with required work not completed in the required time given by the League they were relegated back to the North West Counties League Premier Division. Due this set back the management walked out. Former chairman Peter Clegg stepped in to take control of the club . Former Witton Albion reserves coach Neil Gill was appointed as manager and for two seasons Neil Gill kept Alsager Town in the N.W.C.F.L Premier Division and then in early 2011 with finances tight the players expenses budget was cut and then later stopped completely. This was followed by the news that there were to be major changes at the club at the end of the season. Neil Gill, his assistant, the players and the committee walked away. Acting Chairman Mike Cross acted very quickly and the remaining committee members voted for change. Terry Greer the former Chairman of Biddulph Victoria was elected to become the new Chairman of Alsager Town F.C. Terry�s first job was to appoint a new management team.Damian Grocott and Andy O�Connor stepped into the position, they signed a new squad of players and began the job of securing Alsager Town�s place in the N.W.C.F.L. Premier Division. They worked hard to keep the status of the club securing it with three games in hand. For the 2011/12 season the club looked to move forward run by a new committee which was installed at the AGM in the May their aim being to improve the club in all aspects both on and off the pitch. The changing rooms and showers were upgraded, some of the club house had been re-decorated and the ground in general had been given a face lift when on the night of the Monday 11th July a catastrophic fire destroyed the office and part of the dressing rooms and club house. The whole building had to be demolished due its asbestos construction and the electricity was cut off due to the damage caused to the switch boxes etc. Following the disaster the committee worked very hard to get things in to place so that football could return to The Town ground. The committee of the N.W.C.F.L. helped where they could they switching fixtures for The Bullets and 99% of their games were played away from home until the November.
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ALSAGER TOWN FC A rebuilding programme immediately got underway and things went well, both on and off the pitch. Massive help from BAE Systems and their contractors followed and they had helped to rebuild the changing rooms so that football could return. A new manager in former coach John Brown was installed as manager At the end of the season John Brown, resigned as did the manager of the reserves. Chairman Terry Greer soon had replacements with former Tottenham Hotspur player Andy Turner taking over the reigns of the first team and Andy Ratcliffe Congleton Towns former Reserves Manager taking over the Bullets reserves who had just been promoted by invitation to the Staffs County Senior League Premier Division. Terrys gang (The workers) set about completing work around the new changing room complex, planning permission was sort to build a new club house and virtually 12 months to the day that permission was granted. In October 2012 the club received the news that they had been granted a massive �85,860 from the Football Foundation. Work was commenced on building a new car park and clubhouse. The modular building was delivered just 9 days before Christmas 2012, the contractors and Alsagers committee worked, tirelessly to get the club open for the Boxing Day game of 2012. The season went quite well for the new management, the team finishing in 15th place with 50 points. Their first season with the club gave them the necessary experience of the league which they got and everyone at the club was looking to the new season. There were many new signings with some of last years squad having decided to stay. Things didn't go well for the first X1 and they spent most of their time in the lower reaches of the league and then unexpectedly Andy Turner resigned in the new year. Phil Parkinson stepped into the breach bringing in his own team. They managed to evade relegation by winning the last three games of the season. Just before the pre-season training Phil tendered his resignation after getting a promotion at work. He was succeeded by the his two assistants Craig Dove and Danny Griggs. They were given the task to continue with the improvements started by Phil Parkinson.
Today's Opponents LEAGUE SEASON SO FAR P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
18
5
2
11
20
32
-12
17
LEAGUE POSITION
CLEAN SHEETS
16th
2
TOP SCORER 3 SAM MADELEY
DISTANCE FROM DRAYTON BEAUMONT PARK : 9.4 MILES
Appearances
Goals
Cards
Mom
Sub
Start
Sub
Red
Yellow
Adedayo Adekoya *
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
William Aldred
11
1
0
0
0
3
1
Richard Barnes
5
1
0
0
0
0
1
Spencer Bell
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Martin Blain (GK)
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Thomas Brookes
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Max Buckley-Benbow
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Kyle Campbell *
15
1
5
0
0
0
3
Joseph Collinge (GK)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Liam Collins
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Callum Collinson
10
6
3
0
0
3
0
Braima Coma *
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Elliott Cooper (GK) *
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Alfie Cunningham
10
3
2
0
1
4
1
Adam Dimba
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Tawab Djankpata *
5
1
2
0
0
3
1
Ryan Michael Forde
7
0
0
0
0
1
1
Joshua Gannon
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Max Giani
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
Ben Glendon *
8
0
1
0
0
1
3
Sam Glendon
8
2
0
0
0
1
1
Jordan Green
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Matthew Harrison
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
Thomas Hassall
4
2
1
0
0
1
0
Oliver Hawkins (GK) *
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tobias Hayes-Docherty
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
Matthew Herd
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Christopher Hunt
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Amaar Hussain
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Johmari Hyatt *
3
7
2
0
1
0
0
Sakib Islam *
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
Lukas Jacobsen-Murphy
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
Adam Jones
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
Jonathan Jones
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
Joshua Jordan
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adrian Kandeke
7
1
0
0
0
4
0
Caelan Kilheeney
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Aidan King
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jonathan Krakue *
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
PLAYER STATS
Start
2022/23
Player Name
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sam Latham
20
1
0
0
0
2
1
Charles Leech
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Harry Lutakome
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
Sam Madeley
5
0
3
0
0
1
1
Adam Maywand *
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Ewan McGready
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jan McPherson
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Ryan Mitchell
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adam Morley-Winston (GK)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Harry Murray
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Reuben Perry (GK) *
5
0
0
0
0
1
1
Scott Ravenscroft
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Simon Riley
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Harlan Rodgers-Morris
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
Joseph Salter
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Joao Soares
8
1
0
0
0
1
0
Logan Stintin *
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Aaron Stockton (GK)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kyle Stubbs
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
Jonathan Swale
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
Prince Taiwo
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
Troy Taylor (GK)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sean Tierney
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
Myles Wady
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
George Ward
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Robert Watson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brad West
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Dimeji Willan (GK)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Taylor Williams
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Harrison Woolley
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Basit Yusuff
6
0
2
0
0
0
1
PLAYER STATS
1
2022/23
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Player Name
Appearances
Goals
Cards
Mom
Sub
Start
Sub
Red
Yellow
Josh Bowden
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Joshua Bristow
16
1
0
0
0
2
0
Fitzroy Butler
9
9
2
0
0
3
0
Adam Catalano
15
3
0
0
0
5
0
Daniel Cope
12
4
3
0
0
1
0
Lee Cropper
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Kevyn Davies
13
2
2
0
1
3
0
Aiden Dwyer
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Max Gardner
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Eric Graves
19
0
3
0
0
1
2
Samuel Hall
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Zak Hill
13
3
0
0
1
2
0
Joel Igwenwanne
2
7
1
0
0
0
0
Jonathan Kapend
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
Dominic Kurasik (GK)
18
0
0
0
0
2
1
Kieran Lazenby
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Joe Lewis
15
0
0
0
0
5
0
Reagan Lymer
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Anthony Malbon *
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nasser Mansour
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Joshua Martin
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Ben Matthews
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Oliver McKay
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ryan Pickup *
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
James Redford *
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shaun Rhodes
13
0
1
0
0
0
2
Liam Robinson
25
0
12
0
0
2
8
Oliver Scott (GK)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
George Shaw *
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Samuel Smedley
14
4
8
0
0
2
2
Theo Stair
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
William Tams
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
Keeylin Thomas
13
2
0
0
1
5
0
Jamie Turner
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jacob Vernon
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Octavian Virlan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Matthew Ward
18
3
7
0
0
1
2
Jack Weldon
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
Jamie Weldon
17
2
0
0
0
2
0
Lewis Wilkinson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jharrell Williams
1
6
1
0
0
1
0
Morgan Woolliscroft (GK)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sam Wytcherley
21
0
1
0
0
0
1
ABBEY HULTON UNITED 22/23 PLAYER STATS
Start
JULY 30.07
CHEADLE TOWN (H)
AUGUST 02.08 06.08 13.08 16.08 20.08 27.08 29.08
ECCLESHALL (A) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (H) ECC 1S ELLESMERE RANGERS (A) WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS (A) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (H) KHALSA FF (H) FA VASE 1Q STAFFORD TOWN (H)
september 03.09 06.09 13.09 17.09 24.09 27.09
ALSAGER TOWN (A) NEW MILLS (H) BROCTON (A) ABBEY HAY (H) TIVIDALE (A) FA VASE 2Q WOLVERHAMPTON CASUALS (A) SSC1
october 01.10 08.10 15.10 22.10 29.10
MAINE ROAD (A) FOLEY MEIR (A) ECC 2S ALSAGER TOWN (A) MCUP 1 STOCKPORT TOWN (A) BARNTON (H)
november 05.11 12.11 19.11 22.11 26.11
ASHVILLE(A) CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (A) ECCLESHALL (H) MCUP R2 ASHVILLE (H) WYTHENSHAWE AM (H) ECC 3S
december 03.12 06.12 17.12 20.12 26.12
NEW MILLS (A) MAINE ROAD (H) BARNTON (A) ALSAGER TOWN (H) ROCESTER (A)
january 07.01 14.01 21.01 28.01
CAMMELL LAIRD 1907 (H) BROCTON (H) ABBEY HAY (A) FOLEY MEIR (A)
febraury 04.02 11.02 18.02 25.02
ELLESMERE RANGERS (H) CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (H) SANDBACH UNITED (A) STOCKPORT TOWN (H)
march 04.03 11.03 18.03 25.03
WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS (H) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (A) ECCLESHALL (H) CAMMELL LAIRD 1907 (A)
april 01.04 10.04 15.04
CHEADLE TOWN (A) ROCESTER (H) STAFFORD TOWN (A)
1971
Tonight's fixtures Abbey Hulton United v Alsager Town New Mills v Brocton Eccleshall v Wythenshawe Amateurs
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