Tuesday 28th March
Kickoff 7:45 pm
ISSUE 22 - 2022/23 SEASON
vs
ABBEY HULTON UNITED VS ECCLESHALL ONLINE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
1971
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 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.
LEESAVAGE
NAME : Lee Savage (Savo)
WEIGHT : 18.3 currently but allow for some upward movement during the summer months.
HEIGHT : 6.0
LAST CLUB PLAYED FOR : Baddeley Green S.C.S.L
CLUB YOU SUPPORT : A.H.U.F.C
ALL-TIME FAVOURITE PLAYE : Messi
CURRENT FAVOURITE PLAYER : Foden
FAVOURITE MUSIC : 90’s and of course a bit of Motown
YOURTEAM MATES
LEAST INTELLIGENT : Must be me for being Chairman of our crazy lot.
WRST DRESSED : John no matter what we buy him abbey clothes wise he always wears his old scruffs.
QUICKEST : Bazza when he does a back door boogie at the end of the night.
BEST TEKKERS : Bucko have you seen him on the dance floor
LAST ONE GET A ROUND IN : Mellor but to be fair that’s only because the bar staff can’t see him waiting over the top of the bar.
WHO IS PUNCHING : Definitely Stacey that’s obvious
CHAIRMAN SPOTLIGHT
CHAIRMANS REVIEW
This season saw us starting without three of our regular first names on the team sheet lads Cropper and Gricey both with a wealth of experience at this level decided to retire and step down from the squad and we also lost from the other end of the scale Brandon Newell a massive young talent who moved onwards and upwards to Macclesfield Town
So Russ, Amo, and Dan certainly had their work cut out to replace at least these 3 key players from the squad
Then during this long hard season, we’ve seen Rhodesy another legend of a player having to hang his boots up through persistent injuries and then the latest casualty is our club's current captain and fantastic young talent Robbo, who has been having the season of his life winning M.O.M. numerous times. player of the month and scoring for fun whilst leading this great squad of players every week. (Fingers crossed the scan of Friday shows it’s nothing too serious mate) This injury to Robbo has seen old man Cropper come back out of retirement for us and he’s been in great form scoring goals like he’s never been away.
All the above being said I honestly think Russ and his management team have put together the best squad and more importantly young squad of players that we have ever had at the club. The talent and potential of these lads are there for us all to see every week, the banter and team spirit is second to none and this shows massively on the pitch as there never give up attitude and work hard for each other to win every ball see us very respectfully sitting smack bang mid table with 43 points and 6 league games left to play it was great to see us go mathematically safe after drawing away against Stockpot Georgians last weekend It’s been such a close season so far and when you think back at the crazy points we’ve thrown away against Rocester and Foley to name a couple we could easily have been knocking on the door of the top 5 to be in the playoffs this season
We’ve got a great trip out to our friends over at Bacup Borough on Saturday 1st April in the league cup Semi-final (Edward Case Cup) they are currently sitting mid table in the North division so it should be a great game that will hopefully see us getting the result and give Russ, Amo, and Dan their first chance to win some silverware for the club since we joined the NWCFL back in 2017/2018 season.
Off the pitch, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing ground staff who are led by our very own club legend John Wightman but collectively the 3 of them John, Mark, and Martin work tirelessly to ensure the pitch and all the ground as a whole stays in fantastic condition, so a huge thank you lads.
Of course, it goes without saying without our dedicated committee that give up hours and hours of their free time to ensure everything is done behind the scenes allowing the lads to play every week
And of course, a massive thank you to all of our club sponsors and fantastic supporters your loyalty and support is very much appreciated by myself and everyone else at our club
LSavage
Lee Savage Chairman
WELCOMETODAYTO eccleshall
TherehasbeenfootballinthetownofEccleshallforover100years butverylittlearchivematerialisavailablefromthoseearlyyears. However,wedoknowthatEccleshallFootballClubwasreformedin 1971withtheteambeingmadeupoflocalsandstafffromthe EccleshallSecondarySchoolwhichalsoprovidedtrainingand playingfacilities.AtthattimetheclubwascalledEccleshallOld BoysFootballClub.
In1974,theteamwontheirfirsttrophies;theMid-Staffs3rdDivisionCupandwerealso runners-upinthatdivision,gainingpromotiontoDivision2
OldBoyswasdroppedfromtheclub’snameandin1979thefirstteamjoinedthe StaffordshireCountyLeague(North)andathirdteamwasformed.
In1981,withthehelpofgrants,fundraisingandaloan,afour-acrefieldwaspurchasedat Pershall.ManagerTedDickinsonwasthedrivingforcebehindthefundraising.Inthesame year,thefirstteammovedintothePremierDivisionoftheStaffordshireCountyLeague (North).Workbeganconvertingthefieldintoafootballground.In1982,abuildingwas purchasedfromBritishTelecomand,withalotofhardworkoverthenextcoupleofyears onthebuilding,carparkandpitch,PershallPark,asitwaschristened,wasready.
Inthe1983-84season,thefirstteamwontheStaffordshireCountyLeaguePremierDivision Championship,thePremierDivisionCupandtheMayBankCup.Duringthe1989-90 season,thefirstteamwontheStaffordshireSeniorLeaguetitleandthe1990-91seasonsaw theclubenteringtheFAVaseforthefirsttime
In1991-92,theclubreachedtheFAVase2ndroundhavinggonethroughallthepreliminary stagesbutlostathometoWisbechTown2-0infrontofathenrecordcrowdof368.
Thefirstteamfaredwellintheleagueinthemidtolate90’s,finishing3rd(97-98),6th(9899),2nd(99-00)and3rd(00-01).EccleshallreserveswontheStaffordshireCountyLeague (North)in1999-2000movingtotheWestMidlands(Regional)LeagueDivisionOne(North) forthestartofthefollowingseason.Inthe2001-2002season,thefirstteamwonthe SpringbankVendingMidlandLeagueChampionship.
In 2002-2003 Eccleshall’s first team joined the North West Counties Football League after securing both the Springbank Vending Midland League title and Staffordshire FA Vase. In probably the most successful season in the club’s history, our second team were also Staffordshire County League champions and our Under 18s won the Sentinel Cup. For good measure, our Under 16s won the Staffordshire FA County Cup, the Mid-Staffordshire League Cup and the Sentinel Shield. Regarding the Sentinel competitions, the last time a club had won both trophies in the same season had been some twenty five years previously – a great achievement.
The 2012-13 season marked the completion of 10 years in the North West Counties League and saw the club achieve its highest ever placing of sixth in Division 1.
In the 2017- 18 season our Under17s had a very successful season, winning the Potteries Junior Youth League Cup, Staffordshire FA Youth Cup and finishing runners up in the league.
Over the years since 1981-82, significant work has been undertaken to develop both the ground and the facilities to the standard which the club now enjoys. This includes enclosing the ground, the installation of floodlights, building a covered seated stand and pitch levelling. In 2017/18, the clubhouse was refurbished and upgraded with the addition of a treatment room and a security system. Prior to the 2018/19 season, a new kitchen and refreshments bar was added. In 2019, a new toilet block was installed and, prior to the 2021/22 season, the team dugouts were replaced and more spectator improvements made. In readiness for the 2022/23 season and thanks to grant funding, all the existing 78 seats have been replaced with new ones in blue which compliment the club colours. Further developments are planned for the future. All of this has been achieved by a strong committee management team behind the scenes, a number of which have given many years of service to Eccleshall FC together with the addition of new members who are helping to take the club forward.
The club has now added a number of junior teams as we look to develop a junior section. Our second pitch has been upgraded and improved to accommodate this. Again, thanks to grant funding, land behind the ground has been developed to allow for a further junior pitch to be added to our facilities.
2021 saw Eccleshall Football Club celebrate its 50th anniversary and, as can be seen from the above, much has been achieved over that time. We look forward to seeing what the future brings.
We consider Eccleshall FC to be a friendly club and we look forward to welcoming you to Pershall Park in the future and hope you will enjoy the facilities and the football.
Eccleshall FC
Club Honours
1973-74 Mid Staffs Div.3 Cup Winners
1973-74 Mid Staffs Div.3 Runners-up
1975-76 Mid Staffs Div.2 Cup Winners
1980-81 Staffs County (N) League Div.2
Champions
1981-82 Staffs County League (N)
Premier Division Champions
1981-82 May Bank Cup Finalists
1982-82 May Bank Cup Winners
1982-83 Mid Staffs Div.2 Cup Winners
1983-84 Staffs County League (N)
Premier Division Champions
1983-84 May Bank Cup Winners
1983-84 Staffs FA Vase Finalists
1984-85 Staffs FA Vase Finalists
1986-87 May Bank Cup Finalists
1987-88 Mid Staffs Borough Cup Finalists
1989-90 Staffs Senior League Champions
1999-00 Springbank Vending Midland
League Runners-up
1999-00 Staffs County League Champions
2001-02 Springbank Vending Midland
League Champions
2002-03 Springbank Vending Midland
League Champions
2002-03 Staffs FA Vase Winners
2002-03 Staffs County League Champions
2002-03 Sentinel Cup Winners (under 18s)
2002-03 Sentinel Shield Winners (u/16’s)
2002-03 Leek Cup Finalists
2005-06 Staffs FA Vase Finalists
2017-18 Staffs FA Youth Cup Winners (Under 18s)
2017-18 Potteries Junior Youth Cup Winners (under 18s)
Reformed 1971
Nickname The Eagles Ground
Pershall Park
Chester Road
Eccleshall ST21 6NE
Telephone 01785 851351
(Matchdays Only)
Record Attendances: League - 2,011 vs FC United 5.11.05
Cup - 475 vs Stoke City - Staffs FA
Senior Cup 16/10/2019
Previous Leagues
Mid Staffs League
Staffs County League (N)
North Staffs Alliance
Midland League
(formerly known as Staffs Senior league, Refuge Assurance Springbank Vending)
Proud members of
1971
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1971 Player Name Appearances Goals Cards Mom Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow Alexander Atton (GK) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Benton 29 6 3 0 0 1 1 Aidan Blaise 27 3 2 0 0 4 3 Christopher Boast 18 0 10 0 1 4 3 Travis Capey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ashley Colclough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Cole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Darlington 22 3 1 0 0 1 0 Carl Dickinson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Louis Downs 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 Lewis Dunn 37 1 0 0 0 3 0 Callum Feeney 31 3 0 0 0 4 4 Oscar Fitton (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Flattley 39 1 3 0 1 6 2 Mitchell Glover 28 11 8 0 0 3 1 Lucas Green-Birch 19 11 3 0 0 4 0 Joseph Griffiths 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Groom 19 5 1 0 1 0 3 Oliver Hickman 14 9 2 0 1 0 0 William Holt 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 Joel Jones 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 Luke Lewis 19 8 3 0 2 3 1 Anthony Malbon 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 Ryan Malbon 20 9 8 0 0 3 2 Ryan Pickup 20 2 3 0 0 3 2 Max Raine 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 Ethan Stanton 19 1 1 0 0 4 2 James Sutton 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Daniel Taylor 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 Joshua Waite 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Tom Winkle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Woodroffe 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Woolrich (GK) 34 1 0 0 0 0 4
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Player Name Appearances Goals Cards Mom Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow Daniel Allen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Berkeley 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Bowden 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua Bristow 31 2 0 0 0 5 1 Fitzroy Butler 11 10 2 0 0 4 1 Daniel Cope 13 7 3 0 0 1 0 Lee Cropper 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 Kevyn Davies 19 3 3 0 1 3 0 Aiden Dwyer 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jack Flanaghan 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 Max Gardner 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Graves 30 2 7 0 0 1 3 Callum Griffiths 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 Jack Gumbley 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 Samuel Hall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zak Hill 28 5 0 0 1 5 3 Joel Igwenwanne 6 12 1 0 0 1 0 Jonathan Kapend 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dominic Kurasik (GK) 36 0 0 0 0 3 3 Kieran Lazenby 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russell Leadbetter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Lewis 18 2 0 0 0 5 0 Reagan Lymer 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 Durell Manhertz 3 3 1 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 Oliver McKay 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan Mellor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Newell 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Shaun Rhodes 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 Liam Robinson 36 0 18 0 0 4 11 Jake Sayer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oliver Scott (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theo Stair 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 William Tams 23 8 1 0 0 2 0 Keeylin Thomas 22 2 0 0 1 9 0 Ryan Trigg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Turner 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jacob Vernon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Octavian Virlan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Ward 35 3 12 0 0 2 6 Jack Weldon 10 12 0 0 0 2 0 Jamie Weldon 28 2 1 0 0 3 0 Lewis Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jharrell Williams 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 Morgan Woolliscroft (GK) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Wytcherley 34 3 1 0 0 5 1
ABBEYHULTONUNITED 22/23PLAYERSTATS
AUGUST
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
ALSAGER TOWN (A)
NEW MILLS (H)
BROCTON (A)
ABBEY HAY (H)
TIVIDALE (A) FA VASE 2Q
WOLVERHAMPTON CASUALS (A) SSC1
NEW MILLS (A)
MAINE ROAD (H)
BARNTON (A)
ALSAGER TOWN (H)
ROCESTER (A)
SOUTH LIVERPOOL (A) MCUP3
SANDBACH UNITED (H)
FOLEY MEIR (A)
ABBEY HEY (A)
october
MAINE ROAD (A)
FOLEY MEIR (A) ECC 2S
ALSAGER TOWN (A) MCUP 1
STOCKPORT TOWN (A)
BARNTON (H)
november
ASHVILLE(A)
CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (A)
ECCLESHALL (H) MCUP R2
ASHVILLE (H)
WYTHENSHAWE AM (H) ECC 3S
ELLESMERE RANGERS (H)
WYTHENSAHWE AM (H)
SANDBACH UNITED (A)
STOCKPORT TOWN (H)
CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (H)
STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (A)
ECCLESHALL (H)
BARNTON (A)
CAMMELL LAIRD 1907 (A)
BACUP BOROUGH (A) ECC SF
CHEADLE TOWN (A)
ROCESTER (H)
STAFFORD TOWN (A)
30.07 CHEADLE TOWN (H) 02.08 06.08 13.08 16.08 20.08 27.08 29.08 03.09 06.09 13.09 17.09 24.09 27.09 01.10 08.10 15.10 22.10 29.10 05.11 12.11 19.11 22.11 26.11 03.12 06.12 17.12 20.12 26.12 21.01 24.01 28.01 31.01 04.02 11.02 18.02 21.02 04.03 11.03 18.03 22.03 25.03 01.04 04.04 10.04 15.04
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Tonight's fixtures
Abbey Hulton United v Eccleshall
Foley Meir v Sandbach United Ashville v Rocester
Brocton v Wythenshawe Amateurs
New Mills v Ellesmere Rangers
31/03/23 19:45 Ball Haye Green First VS Abbey Hulton United Reserves 05/04/23 19:30 Ashbourne First VS Abbey Hulton United Reserves 08/04/23 14:30 Abbey Hulton United Reserves VS City of Stoke First Team 12/04/23 19:30 Alsager Town FC Reserves VS Abbey Hulton United Reserves 15/04/23 14:30 Eastwood Hanley (Seniors) First VS Abbey Hulton United Reserves 19/04/23 19:30 Abbey Hulton United Reserves VS Leek C S O B First 22/04/23 14:30 Silverdale Athletic First VS Abbey Hulton United Reserves
RESERVES UPDATE UPCOMING FIXTURES
DOMINIC KURASIK (GK)
MORGAN WOOLLISCROFT (GK)
OLIVER SCOTT (GK)
MATTHEW BERKELEY
JOSH BOWDEN
JOSHUA BRISTOW
FITZROY BUTLER
DANIEL COPE
LEE CROPPER
KEVYN DAVIES
AIDEN DWYER
JACK FLANAGHAN
MAX GARDNER
ERIC GRAVES
JACK GUMBLEY
SAMUEL HALL
ZAK HILL
JOEL IGWENWANNE
JONATHAN KAPEND
KIERAN LAZENBY
JOE LEWIS
REAGAN LYMER
JOSHUA MARTIN
OLIVER MCKAY
LIAM ROBINSON
THEO STAIR
WILLIAM TAMS
KEEYLIN THOMAS
MATTHEW WARD
JACK WELDON
JAMIE WELDON
JHARRELL WILLIAMS
SAM WYTCHERLEY
1971
AARON WOOLRICH (GK)
ALEXANDER ATTON (GK)
OSCAR FITTON (GK)
CALLUM FEENEY
LEWIS DUNN
MAX RAINE
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
JORDAN FLATTLEY
RYAN PICKUP
RYAN MALBON
ANT MALBON
CHRIS BOAST
JOEL JONES
JOSHUA WAITE
WILLIAM HOLT
TOM WINKLE
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