1971
Eccleshall vs Maine Road FC
Eccleshall FC Matchday Programme 2022/23 NWCFL Division One South
WEDNESDAY 4TH JANUARY 2023 KICKOFF 7:45 PM Issue 16
Eccleshall Football Club - Season 2022/23 Pershall Park, Chester Road, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. ST21 6NE
Telephone 01785 851351 (match days only) 1971
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 Good evening and welcome to a tough fixture against Maine Road FC. I hope you all had a great Christmas and enjoyed your New Year celebrations. Maine Road has been something of a bogey team since I came back to Pershall Park. A side that pride themselves on being organised and hard-working, we know we will need to match that tonight in order to get a result. I thought our Boxing Day performance against Ellesmere (who went into the game in 3rd place) was exceptional. The first 20 minutes were a bit cagey as you expected after 3 weeks without a game. Despite going into half time 1-0 down, I knew we had enough about us to get a result. The first 30 minutes of the 2nd half saw us play some of the best football I’ve seen this season. A superb finish from Malbs got us back into the game and if it wasn’t for tired legs in the later stages of the game, I think we would have gone on to win it. We have a really busy fixture schedule coming up over the next couple of months, so I will be using the squad wisely to keep us fresh. Thank you for your continued support.
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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)
1971
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)
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The Club takes its name from Maine Road Social Club in Moss Side, Manchester, where it was formerly Headquartered and has become one of South Manchester’s most exciting Semi Professional Teams. Our philosophy has consistently promoted great youth development, attained a culture of outstanding club loyalty (with top 13 players making over 350 appearances ,of which the top 5 players have also gone on to run the first or reserve teams, and in our 67 year history we have had only 12 managers of which 8 have been ex-players) nurtured local talent (providing a platform for many players semi-professional careers or some professional careers such as Wayne Collins, Colin Little, James, Tarkowski) linked to success on the pitch. Highlights have been in the: North West Counties League (members since 1988, Division Two champions 1989–90 & Challenge Cup winners 2007–08); FA Vase reaching the Fourth round (1994–95) ; FA Cup reaching the Second qualifying round, (1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98 & 2001–02) ; and great success in Manchester Premier trophies (winning all five county Cups - the Manchester Premier Cup (3) in 1975–76, 1976–77, 1987–88 ( & been runners up (2) 1999-00 & 2003-04) , and Amateur Cup (5), Sunday Amateur Cup (1), Intermediate Cup (2), Challenge Cup (4) Originally a Sunday league side - The Club was formed in 1955 as by our past Chairman Frank Thompson and friends as ‘City Supporters Rusholme’ in the Rusholme Sunday League, moving in the late sixties to the Manchester Amateur Sunday League and to the newly built Maine Road Social Club. Ronnie Meredith was now running the club and he changed the whole future of the club by moving to Saturday football in the Manchester League. Success followed success on the field and after several years of moving grounds we settled on our present home at Brantingham Road in 1980. In Season 1983-84 when we won our first Manchester League Premier Division. In fact, we then won the league four years running. Derek Barber took over the managerial reins in 1986 and the clubs progress continued so much that, when the Manchester County FA’s new complex at Brantingham Road was built, achieved, entry to the Bass North West Counties League. The next 12 years saw the winning the Division Two to be promoted to the then 4th Step of the Non-League Pyramid, Winning the Premier Cup beating Irlam Town 1-0 at Maine Road (home of Manchester City), some of the best FA cup runs and the best run to date in the FA Vase. Graham Whittingham took over the reins and another FA cup run plus a further Manchester Premier Cup Final appearance followed.
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A short blip at the end of Season 2001-02, Maine Road were relegated to the 2nd division. but under the guidance of Chris Simms when our very young side finished 3rd and runners up, we returned to the top division, (2004) and the club has another appearance in the Premier Cup Final. The arrival of Ian Walker as manager (2006) saw Maine Roads improvement continue with 3 top 6 finishes in 4 seasons and the winning of the prestigious League Challenge Cup (2008). in 2012-13 John Morrey/Chris Thomas took over the managerial reins and in 2 seasons continued the improvement with a magnificent runners up spot (2013), followed by a 4th position (2014). Chris Hirst took over in November 2014 & ran the club until Oct 2017 and took a very young inexperienced side and finished mid table. Matt Barnes took over until the end of the season when the club was relegated to the 1st Division South. At the start of the 2018-19 season Calum Sykes took over the reins but at Christmas he left the club. We then went back to our normal policy of promoting from within & promoted Ray Barnett from the Reserves along with Jeff Newman and from being down in the relegation zone ended up finishing in 14th position and winning the club of the month in January. 19/20 was quite an extraordinary season ended early by the COVID-19 pandemic which saw Maine Road finish a respectable 9th position and win the Fair Play award along with the best program award for the 1st Division South. Season 21/22 started with an early managerial change following the appointment of Rees Welsh and Guy Heffernan who steered the club to a respectable 6th position. Maine Road has a long and proud reputation for attracting young players. This success in spotting and nurturing the best young talent has continued over the past decades with Maine Road’s domination of the Umbro International Tournament at Under 19 level. Over 11 seasons our Under 19’s have taken on and regularly outplayed talented youngsters from around the world. They have won the competition an amazing 6 times and been runners up 3 times. .
Today's Opponents LEAGUE SEASON SO FAR P
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A
GD
PTS
20
9
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35
33
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29
LEAGUE POSITION
CLEAN SHEETS
9TH
6
TOP SCORER 5 LOUIS EDWARDS, FRANCESCO FRANGILLO, SHAQUILLE LEWYS, BEN MOONEY, YOUSIF YOUSIF
DISTANCE FROM PERSHALL PARK : 53.3MILES www.eccleshallfc.co.uk
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After some three weeks without a game due to postponements, Eccleshall returned to league action against fourth placed Ellesmere Rangers at Pershall Park. Following a number of weeks out injured, manager Liam Kelly welcomed back Jordan Benton to the squad, and he started on the bench. In the early stages of the first half, the match was evenly balanced before Eagles ‘keeper Aaron Woolrich had to pull off a good save from a Steven Hole shot to prevent Rangers taking the lead. In reply, Rangers ‘keeper Jack Boswell made a decent save from Jordan Flattley. As the half moved on, Ellesmere were gradually gaining the upper hand and, on 30 minutes, took the lead when Woolrich made a save but could not hold on to the ball and Hole pounced to lash it into the net. Four minutes later, Eagles almost equalised when Flattley rifled a shot just wide of the post. Then, another Flattley effort from a free kick hit the top of the bar and over while Boswell could only watch. On 39 minutes, Woolrich made a superb save to deny Ellesmere a second goal. Moments later, Rangers’ skipper Karl Bailey tested Woolrich, but the Eagles keeper collected the ball. Right on half time, Eccleshall missed a decent chance to get the equaliser.
HT: Eccleshall 0 Ellesmere Rangers 1
Whatever manager Kelly said in the changing room at the interval had an immediate effect as Eagles equalised within a minute of the restart. Chris Boast’s quality pass found Anthony Malbon on the edge of the box, and he turned his marker before blasting the ball through Boswell’s legs into the net. Mitch Glover was brought on for Lucas GreenBirch and Eagles were now pressing forward in search of a second. After Ryan CampbellGordon was brought on for Lewis Dunn, Glover spotted Boswell off his line and his chip from around 40 yards had the visiting keeper desperately back-pedalling to tip the ball over the bar. Glover and Callum Feeney then went close with further efforts before Benton came on for Aidan Blaise. He was immediately in the action, setting up Jordan Darlington whose shot was just wide of the post. Ryanjay Malbon came on for Boast before Rangers’ Jack Harris ran clear of the Eagles’ defence only to blast his shot over the bar. In added time, Ellesmere had the ball in the net, but the goal was disallowed by referee Lambert for an infringement.
FT: Eccleshall 1 Ellesmere Rangers 1
Eagles manager Liam Kelly will be pleased with a point against their high-flying opponents and a draw was probably a fair result on the day. With two games in hand on teams around them, he will be looking to capitalise on these to move higher up the league in the New Year. With no game on New Year’s Eve next Saturday, their next match will be against Maine Road at Pershall Park on Wednesday 4. January, Eagles having reverted to their former midweek match night. Eagles: Woolrich, Darlington, Dunn (Campbell-Gordon), Feeney, Blaise (Benton), Stanton, GreenBirch (Glover), Flattley, A. Malbon, Pickup, Boast (R Malbon). Unused sub: Woodroffe Referee: Mr Jack Lambert Attendance: 86
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JULY 30.07
CAMMELL LAIRD 1907 (H)
AUGUST 02.08 06.08 13.08 20.08 27.08 29.08
ABBEY HULTON UNITED (H) ASHVILLE (A) EDWARD CASE CUP 1S ASHVILLE (H) STAFFORD TOWN (A) RUGBY BOROUGH (H) FA VASE 1Q ALSAGER TOWN (H)
september 03.09 06.09 13.09 17.09 24.09
NEW MILLS (A) BROCTON (H) ROCESTER (A) CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (H) HEREFORD LADS CLUB (A) FA VASE 2Q
october 01.10 04.10 08.10 15.10 17.10 22.10 29.10
ABBEY HEY (A) SPORTING KHALSA (H) SSC CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (H) EDWARD CASE CUP 2S CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (H) MACRON CUP 1 STOCKPORT TOWN (A) NEWENT TOWN (A) FA VASE RD 1 ROCESTER (H)
Eccy Fixtures december 03.12 06.12 26.12
FOLEY MEIR (A) STAFFORD TOWN (H) ELLESMERE RANGERS (H)
january 04.01 07.01 10.01 14.01 21.01 24.01 28.01 31.01
MAINE ROAD (H) CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS (A) CHEADLE TOWN (A) STOCKPORT TOWN (H) ABBEY HEY (H) ECC3 ALSAGER TOWN (A) ABBEY HEY (H) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (A)
febraury 04.02 11.02 18.02 25.02
SANDBACH UNITED (A) FOLEY MEIR (H) BROCTON (A) CHEADLE TOWN (H)
march 04.03 11.03 18.03 25.03
BARNTON (H) CAMMELL LAIRD 1907 (A) ABBEY HULTON UNITED (A) STOCKPORT GEORGIANS (H)
april 01.04 10.04 15.04
WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS (A) ELLESMERE RANGERS (A) NEW MILLS (H)
november 05.11 08.11 12.11 16.11 19.11 22.11 28.11
MAINE ROAD (A) FOLEY MEIR (A) COVENTRY SPHINX (H) FA VASE R2 BARNTON (A) ABBEY HULTON (A) MACRON CUP R2 SANDBACH UNITED (H) ABBEY HEY (H) EDWARD CASE CUP 3S
1971
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1971
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
Manager : Liam Kelly
PETER MONTEITH JAKE POGSON ISMAIL SULEIMAN JOE KEYWORTH LOUIS EDWARDS FINN THOMPSON MARK HOLDRIDGE BEN MOONEY (C) ABDI ANNOW JAMIE ROE FRANCESCO FRANGILLO RYAN EISLET YOUSIF YOUSIF JOSH CLEGG RYAN SMITH JAMES BARRY ALEX RIMMER JAMES PERRY TYLER RUFUS ABDULLAHI AHMED
Manager : Rees Welsh
KENNETH DOWLING MATTHEW RANDLES MATTHEW HOPE