Tuesday 30th August 2011 Kick Off 7.45pm
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Tuesday 30th August 2011, kick off 7.45pm North West Counties Football League, Premier League St Helens Town Vs Red & White Shirts White Shorts & Red/White Socks
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Bootle Blue Shirts Blue Shorts & Socks No Gls Bootle
Dale Newbrook
Dave Moran
Michael Kavanagh
Anthony Miley
Che Morgan
James O’Brien
Anthony Dunne
Michael Carberry
Andrew Flood
Sean Coulton
Allan Glover
Kevin Black
Ian Frazer
Daniel O’Connor
Shaun McKeegan
Jamie Hay
Karl Brown
Tom Foley
Leon Williams
Lee Thompson
Carl Addison
Michael Young
James Gardner
Ross McDowell
Anthony Hansard
Liam Rushton
Iain Dyson
Carl Dale
Andy Ledger
James King
Ian Roby
Mark Mawdsley
Rob Smith
Manager: Jimmy McBride Assistant: Andy Clough
Manager: Chris O’Brien Assistant: Neil Prince
Referee: Mr J Hull (Stockport) Assistants: Mr T Direkler (Denton) and Mr M Donohue (Denton)
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Talk of the Town . . . Good evening and welcome to Edge Green Street for this North West Counties Football League contest against our friends from Bootle. I hope our visitors had a good journey to visit us, enjoy the hospitality they will be offered whilst here and have a safe return home after an enjoyable game. This evening sees us in the middle of a run of there home matches after hosting Flixton here on Saturday and we have Winsford United visiting at the weekend when to be honest both clubs would rather be competing in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. It has been a disappointing and difficult period which continued on Saturday as we failed to perform for the third match in a row as we went down 5-0 here to Flixton. The visitors had a tremendous work ethic pressing and harrying the ball through out the contest and their speed on the attack caused Town problems for the duration of the match. This coupled with a spattering of below par performances in the Town line up saw us fall to our heaviest defeat of the season so far. This evening’s visitors Bootle fell to their first reverse of the season on their trip to the seaside on Saturday as Premier Division new boys AFC Blackpool secured a 1-0 victory over the Bucks. Town will know that they will have to improve if they are to secure any return from this evening’s contest. Bootle will be looking to challenge at the top end of the table this season after a disappointing start to last term saw them fail to build on their excellent return to the North West Counties League top flight • Restaurant for the 2009/10 season.
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Jimmy will be hoping that some of the squad who have been sidelined over the last couple of games for various reasons will be back in the fray this evening and hoping that some of the lads put the disappointment of Saturday behind them as we look to get out of the rut we find ourselves in at the moment. Let’s get behind Town this evening and hopefully cheer them onto victory. Enjoy the game. . . Jeff Voller
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In Town Today . . . The original Bootle Football Club was formed in 1880 and played at Hawthorne Road. In the season 1889/90, the club became a founder member of the Football Alliance and managed to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they lost to Blackburn Rovers. When the Alliance merged with the Football League in 1892, Bootle became founder members of the new Second Division. However, despite finishing a respectable 8th place, the club dropped out of he league after one season, were replaced by neighbours Liverpool FC and seemingly, disappeared. Football returned to Hawthorne Road when a new club, Bootle Athletic F.C. was formed. The team played in the Liverpool Leagues and, in 1948, were elected to the Lancashire Combination League Division 2 which they won at their first attempt. However, they struggled in the top-flight and after several tough seasons, withdrew and folded during the 1953/54 campaign. The current Bootle side were formed in 1953 as Langton FC, the side played at Edinburgh Park and dominated amateur football in the Liverpool area as members of the Liverpool Shipping League and subsequently the Liverpool County Combination until the mid seventies. The club was massively successful winning the County Combination on nine occasions, The Liverpool Challenge Cup three times, the Liverpool Amateur Cup three times and the George Mahon Cup six times. The club made the move to The Lancashire Combination in 1974 and finished a creditable third in their inaugural season. They followed this success but winning back to back championship in 1976 and 1977. Their final season in the Lancashire Combination saw them finish third again. In 1978 Bootle moved to Bucks Park the club joined the Second Division of the Cheshire County League, which they won in their first season, and were promoted to the First Division. The “Bucks” spent three season in the First Division before in 1982 the Cheshire County League was one of the leagues that merged to form the North West Counties League, which Bootle duly joined, becoming a member of the First Division. The club spent the next ten season as a member of the First Division until disaster struck in 1992 and they were relegated to the Second Division. The rebuilt side bounced straight back finishing Runners-Up to regain their rightful pace in the top fight of the North West Counties League. In their first season back they finished in a creditable sixth place and won their first silverware for 15 years when winning the League’s Floodlit Trophy. With the onset of money entering into the equation on an even greater scale Bootle found it hard to survive and with the loss of some key personnel, were unfortunately, merely delaying the inevitable for couple of seasons. They were finally relegated into the Second Division after a four year stay. The team had finished the season in 12th place but were relegated after failing a ground grading. Bootle bounced back again at the first time of asking as they gained from Chadderton, Warrington Town and Darwen failing their ground grading and after a 7th placed finish were promoted. Their stay lasted just two season’s and after struggling in both terms they were relegated. Another two seasons passed before they were to be relegated again on ground grading and after the loss of Bucks Park they returned to the Liverpool County Combination. NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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. . . Bootle Football Club A long and arduous trek then ensued to find a new home, whilst at the same time trying to keep the team functioning. Fifth & third place finishes whilst at the Dockers Club was promising and after a lot of hard work the club found themselves elected back in the North West Counties League in 2006. With the club now play housed at “New Bucks Park” in Vesty Road, Bootle. The first season back in the North West Counties League was one of consolidation and the team finished 10th in the 18 team division. They also re-entered the FA Vase for the first time in seven years but exited at the hands of Salford City. The 2007/8 season saw the club advance on all fronts with the club entering the FA Cup, again falling at the first hurdle in Manchester this time at Flixton. A run to the FA Vase 2nd round saw Bootle account for Padiham and AFC Emley before Winterton Rangers proved too strong for the Merseysiders. The cup runs continued as Bootle were runners up in both the Division 2 Trophy and the League Challenge Cup. In 2008/9 Bootle were crowned champions of the Division 1, beating Padiham into second place by seven points. An excellent FA Vase run saw them advance to the fourth round before being defeated by eventual winners Whitley Bay. 2009-10 saw the Bucks have a successful first term back in the top flight as they produced some good performances to secure a third placed finish in the Vodkat League, Premier Division. The side also did well in the various cup competitions with a run to the semi final of the Vodkat League, Challenge Cup, losing to eventual winners Abbey Hey. A Liverpool Senior Cup Quarter Final loss against Everton at home and reaching the FA Vase 4th Round bowing out to Norton & Stockton Ancients. Bootle started the 2010/11 season looking to build on the previous terms achievements season but after a poor start to the season plagued by injuries and inconsistent form their realistic chances of challenging the front runners was gone by the festive season and they did well to recover and finish in a respectable 6th position.
250 Up for Dyson . . . Club stalwart Iain Dyson ‘celebrated’ his 250th game for St Helens Town last Saturday and is pictured left with Town boss Jimmy McBride, General Manager of Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Gareth Shone and some of his family including son Luca pictured front in the yellow t-shirt (who plays for St Helens Town Juniors). Iain will now be targeting 100 goals for the club he currently stands on 88 in all competitions.
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A word from the Dugout . . . Welcome to Edge Green Street for this North West Counties Premier Division game against Bootle FC Let's hope everyone connected to their club have enjoyed a safe journey getting here and enjoy the hospitality we have on offer. Saturdays result against Flixton came along without much warning, yes we had a number of players missing through injury, working, etc. But I expected us to put up a bit of a fight not roll over for them, especially once the third goal went in. The first half could easily have ended two a piece with us having a couple of chances we should have taken, but once the third goal went in we seemed to have lost all our energy and will to fight for the ball. The rest of the game became something of an embarresment and something I don't ever want to see at this club again. Back to tonight’s opponents, Bootle have made a good start to the season and are one of the favourites to take the title, although they did have a bit of a blip on Saturday losing 1-0 at AFC Blackpool. So like ourselves they will be looking to get back on track tonight. The lads owe the fans and more importantly themselves a performance tonight, so I will be looking for a positive response from the players and hopefully we can take something out of the game. See you Saturday when Winsford United will be our visitors for what will be another tough encounter.
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A welcome from the Chairman . . . Good evening and a very warm welcome to Edge Green Street for this final NWCFL Premier Division game of the opening month of the campaign against our friends and rivals from Bootle FC. Let’s hope their players, committee and supporters have had a pleasant journey and enjoy our hospitality. I’d also like to extend a warm welcome to today’s match officials Messrs. Hull, Direkler and Donohue along with tonight’s match sponsor Johnsons Toyota Liverpool and our match ball sponsor Artisan Ceramics. Saturday’s home rout by Flixton completed a dreadful week for Town as the lads suffered their heaviest defeat of the season. A couple of chances in each half fell to Town but it was pretty much one way traffic from the off as our visitors work rate, pressure and attacking speed saw us second best throughout. Jimmy McBride was without the services of Andy Ledger (injured), Jay Gardner (work) and Any Hansard (at a wedding) and early in the game lost Che Morgan to what looked like a nasty hamstring pull. Another negative was some of the bickering among the players - not what Jimmy, Andy or the supporters want to see. Iain Dyson celebrated (if that was possible) his 250th game for the club on Saturday and was presented with an embroidered shirt detailing his achievement prior to kick off (pictured opposite). Our main sponsors Johnsons Toyota Liverpool also presented Iain with a top of the range Toyota car for a week and a voucher for a hotel stay and evening meal. Our tough run continues with tonight’s visit of Bootle who themselves will have been disappointed with their 1-0 reverse at AFC Blackpool on Saturday - so with both teams hoping to put things right it should make for an entertaining encounter. Congratulations to our winners in the first of this season’s 100+ Club draws - Rob Smith (£130), Karl Brown (£60) and Jimmy Barratt (£20). If you’d like to take part in the September draw please see Andy Langley. A single entry will cost £5.00 per month for a chance to win one of three prizes up to £150.
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We’re still on the look out for sponsors, programme advertisers - please give me a call (details elsewhere in the programme) if you can assist the club in any way. Enjoy the game and please give the lads your vocal support and encouragement - see you back here on Saturday when Winsford United are the visitors in a re-arranged fixtures. John McKiernan Chairman, St Helens Town AFC NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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Match Report & Photos . . . Saturday 27th August 2011 North West Counties League, Premier Division St Helens Town 0-5 Flixton Town stalwart Iain Dyson made his 250th appearance for the club but his occasion was ruined by a below par team performance against a lively Flixton outfit. The opening quarter of the contest was dominated by the visitors who used their excellent work rate and pace to cause the hosts plenty of problems. An early chance saw Brian Matthews deliver a corner from the left wing which Wayne Welbeck met on the front post but he could not steer his unmarked header on target as it went just over the bar. The deadlock was broken on 23 minutes when a move on the Flixton right saw the visitors afforded far too much space and time which resulted in Tom Bailey powering a drive home at the near post from 25 yards out. At the other end Town tried to bounce back when Leon Williams latched onto a defensive error which presented him with a one on one with James Jowsey in the Flixton goal he took his chance early but did not get hold of his shot and the keeper held his effort. Flixton extended their lead on 36 minutes when Matthews found space on the right after a swift move and his well struck effort was unstoppable finding the left hand corner of the net from the right of the box. Moments later at the opposite end when Karl Brown released Williams who again found himself one on one with Jowsey but the stopper again foiled the striker this time he stopped the effort with his trailing leg. The hosts were lucky to get into the interval just two goals behind as in injury time at the end of the half Welbeck drove into the box and got off a shot from close range which Dale Newbrook in the Town goal did well to keep out with a good reflex save. The second half saw the visitors dominance grow, Town had a lucky escape on 62 minutes when Ryan Marley tried his luck from 30 yards on the right the ball swerved viciously and Newbrook managed to adjust and parry the effort with the loose ball being cleared to safety. The reprieve was to be short lived as less than a minute later Matthews doubled his tally when he again found space on the left from where he fired home. The hosts almost pulled a goal back when a left wing corner was taken short to Peter Birch and he delivered into the box the dangerous cross was touched away by a defender with Dyson and Williams in attendance and broke toward Michael Burns on the far post but his header was off target. The closing stages of the contest saw the visitors add two more goals as Town went into self-destruct mode. The Jimmy McBride with Andy Flood first saw Bailey add his second and Flixton’s four after an error from Man of the Match v Flixton Newbrook presented him with a simple headed goal and rounded off the scoring when substitute Joshua Bowman collected a short headed backpass from Burns and he made no mistake firing the loose ball home to complete the rout. St Helens Town; Newbrook, Smith, Morgan (Birch 17), Glover, Flood, Burns, Frazer, Brown (Larner 70), Dyson (C) Williams (Roby 84), Addison. Subs Not Used; McKeegan, Fletcher. Flixton; Jowsey, Marley, McDonnell (Russell 68), Dickson, Maynard, Heavingham (C), Keogh, Welbeck (Williams 71), Bailey (Bowman 82), McFadden, Matthews. Subs Not Used; Hastings, Boothby. NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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Stat Attack . . . at St Helens Town
Previous Meetings
at Bootle
Vodkat League Premier Division
20/11; 2-3
1996-97
16/11; 2-2
Average Attendances - 27/08/2011
NWC-D1
1997-98
NWC-D2
Rank
23/09; 3-0
1998-99
10/11; 4-0
1
30/10; 5-0
1999-00
17/08; 1-1
NWC-D1
2000-01
NWC-D1
Pld
Ave
Runcorn Linnets
2
263
2
Glossop North End
3
182
NWC-D2
3
Ramsbottom United
3
149
2001-02
NWC-D2
4
Bootle
4
142
NWC-D1
2002-03
LPL-CC
5
AFC Liverpool
3
136
NWC-D1
2003-04
LPL-CC
6
AFC Blackpool
3
129
NWC-D1
2004-05
LPL-CC
7
Barnoldswick Town
3
124
NWC-D1
2005-06
LPL-CC
8
Silsden
4
122
NWC-D1
2006-07
NWC-D2
9
Winsford United
3
120
NWC-D1
2007-08
NWC-D2
10
Congleton Town
3
110
NWC-PD
2008-09
NWC-D1
11
Padiham
3
110
11/08; 0-0
2009-10
15/04; 0-3
12
St Helens Town
3
94
03/01; 1-0
2010-11
07/09; 1-2
13
Alsager Town
1
89
30/08/2011
2011-12
08/11/2011
14
Runcorn Town
3
87
15
Atherton LR
3
73
St Helens Town Scores First
Team
Games Played
12
16
Colne
3
69
St Helens Town Wins
6
17
Squires Gate
2
66
Draws
3
18
Stone Dominoes
4
61
Bootle Wins
3
19
Bacup Borough
3
60
St Helens Town Goals
22
20
Ashton Athletic
2
52
Bootle Goals
11
21
Flixton
0
0
50.00
22
Maine Road
0
0
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How We Compare . . . St Helens Town Recent Form - last 6 matches All Competitions
Most recent
Home
L
W
W
W
L
L
Away
L
D
L
D
W
L
Collated
D
W
W
L
L
L
Bootle Recent Form - last 6 matches All Competitions
Most recent
Home
W
D
W
D
W
D
Away
W
D
L
W
W
L
Collated
W
W
D
W
D
L
St Helens Town
Bootle
Games since...
Games since...
All Competitions Up to 23/08
All Competitions Up to 23/08
Clean sheet
5
Clean sheet
3
Goal Scored
1
Goal Scored
1
Loss
0
Loss
0
No score draw
5
No score draw
7
Score draw
10
Score draw
1
Win
3
Win
2
Previous Meetings Since 1971/72 All Competitions P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Win %
Home
29
13
6
10
46
35
11
44.83
Away
27
7
8
12
28
37
-9
25.93
Collated
56
20
14
22
74
72
2
35.71
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Tea Break Teasers . . . Q1. Which manager resigned from his job just six days before the start of the 2010-11 Premier League season? Q2. In which year did the new Wembley Stadium host its first football match? Q3. Where is the 2012 Champions League Final to be held? Q4. Which Welsh player was the World’s first £2m player? Q5. Which player won the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup Finals despite having only played one game for his country before the finals? Q6. Can you name the three non-English players that feature in the top ten all time Premier League goal scorers? Q7. Who won the Champions League with Barcelona and made his last Premier League appearance whilst on loan at Manchester United at Anfield in March 2007? Q8. Who are the current holders of the African Cup of Nations? Q9. Which ex-Liverpool & Bolton player won the African Player of the Year in 2001 & 2002? Q10. Who was the last player to score a Premier League goal for Liverpool under Rafa Benitez’s reign? Q11. In August 2010 which former Liverpool player was rumoured to have refused to play against Manchester City? Q12. Which team did Liverpool play in a pre-season friendly in August 2009 and later were knocked out of the Europa League by them in April 2010? Q13. Who played his last game for Liverpool in a 2-0 defeat in May 2010 against the club he later signed for? Q14. Which player joined Stoke from Everton in 2004 and went on to make 166 appearances for the Potters? Q15. Which on loan Everton player went AWOL in January 2010 returning to the country of his birth? 1) Martin O’Neil 2) 2007 3) Allianz Arena in Munich 4) Mark Hughes 5) Toto Schillachi 6) Thierry Henry, Jimmy Floyd Hasslebank & Dwight Yorke 7) Henrik Larsson 8) Egypt 9) El Hadji Diouf 10) Ryan Babel Vs Burnley 11) Javier Mascherano 12) Athletic Madrid 13) Yossi Benayoun 14) Steve Simonsen 15) Jo NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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Date
Opponents
06.08.11 Ramsbottom United
Venue
Comp
Result
GK
2
3
4
5
6
Home
NWCFL
3-2W
Newbrook
Kavanagh
Morgan
Dyson
Flood
Burns
09.08.11 Atherton LR
Away
NWCFL
0-0D
Newbrook
Kavanagh
Morgan
Dyson
Flood
Burns
13.08.11 Colne
Away
NWCFL
1-2W
Newbrook
Kavanagh
Morgan
Dyson1
Flood
Dunne
16.08.11 AFC Liverpool
Home
NWCFL
3-1W
Newbrook Kavanagh1
Morgan
Dyson
Flood
Dunne M
20.08.11 Atherton LR
Home
FA Cup
0-2L
Newbrook
Johnson
Hansard
Dyson
Flood
Roby M
23.08.11 Stone Dominoes
Away
NWCFL
2-1L
Newbrook
Kavanagh
Morgan
Dunne
Flood
Glover
27.08.11 Flixton
Home
NWCFL
0-5L
Newbrook
Smith
Morgan
Glover
Flood
Burns
30.08.11 Bootle
Home
NWCFL
03.09.11 Winsford United
Home
NWCFL
05.09.11 Runcorn Town
Away
NWCFL
10.09.11 Padiham
Home
NWCFL
13.09.11 Squires Gate
Away
NWCFL
17.09.11 Maine Road
Away
NWCFL
20.09.11 Ashton Town
Away
LSC 1R
24.09.11 Squires Gate
Away
FA Vase
01.10.11 Congleton Town
Away
NWCFL
04.10.11 Stone Dominoes
Home
NWCFL
08.10.11 Glossop North End
Home
NWCFL
15.10.11 Barnoldswick Town
Away
NWCFL
22.10.11 AFC Blackpool
Home
NWCFL
29.10.11 Silsden
Home
Lge Cup
02.11.11 AFC Liverpool
Away
NWCFL
05.11.11 Alsager Town
Away
NWCFL
08.11.11 Bootle
Away
NWCFL
12.11.11 Runcorn Town
Home
NWCFL
22.11.11 Squires Gate
Home
NWCFL
26.11.11 Silsden
Home
NWCFL
03.12.11 Padiham
Away
NWCFL
17.12.11 Bacup Borough
Away
NWCFL
26.12.11 Ashton Athletic
Away
NWCFL
02.01.12 Atherton LR
Home
NWCFL
07.01.12 Winsford United
Away
NWCFL
14.01.12 Barnoldswick Town
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St. Helens Town AFC 2011-12 season We are looking for new members of our
100+ Club £5 per month £250 Prize Fund Pay your £5 each month and receive a number between 1 and 100+ keep this for the season and watch out for the winning number drawn on the final Saturday of each month. If we get more members half the money collected will become the monthly prize - 200 members = £500 prize fund. If you’d like to join or become an agent (selling to friend, family and workmates), see any club official today or call
Andy Langley on 07850 740 894
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Bootle Statistics . . . Season 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Key:
League NWC-1 NWC-2 NWC-1 NWC-1 NWC-2 NWC-2 LPL-CC LPL-CC LPL-CC LPL-CC NWC-2 NWC-2 NWC-1 NWC-P NWC-P
P 42 40 40 42 38 40 34 34 30 28 34 34 34 42 42
W 15 19 9 6 11 19 18 5 9 16 14 18 25 26 21
D 8 15 7 8 8 7 3 12 2 2 8 6 5 7 9
L 19 6 24 28 19 14 13 17 19 10 12 10 4 9 12
F 62 82 41 29 70 82 80 54 51 65 63 86 78 92 78
A 73 60 84 90 76 64 56 92 94 43 48 53 27 41 56
GD -11 22 -43 -61 -6 18 24 -38 -43 22 15 33 51 51 22
Pts 53 72 34 26 41 64 57 27 29 50 50 60 80 85 72
Position 12/22 7/21 20/21 21/22 16/20 6/21 5/18 17/18 12/16 3/15 10/18 6/18 1/18 3/22 6/22
NWC-1 - North West Counties League, Division 1 NWC-2 - North West Counties League, Division 2 LPL-CC - Liverpool County Combination League NWC-P - North West Counties League, Premier Division
Previous Meetings: 1998/99 23/09/1998 10/11/1998 1999/2000 17/08/1999 30/10/1999 2006/07 03/10/2006 2009/10 11/08/2009 15/04/2010 2010/11 07/09/2010 03/01/2011
Competition NWCL D1 NWCL D1
Result St Helens Town 3-0 Bootle Bootle 0-4 St Helens Town
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Bootle 1-1 St Helens Town St Helens Town 5-0 Bootle
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Action from Town’s 0-5 defeat at home to Flixton last Saturday. Photographs © St Helens Town AFC
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NWCF League News . . . A Pain in the Grass for Tommy On behalf of groundsmen everywhere, AFC Blackpool Chairman Tommy Baldwin is issuing an appeal to goalkeepers. After the usual close season graft in getting the pitch at The Mechanics ready for the start of the season, Tommy has been infuriated to see goalkeepers making marks on the pitch during the games played there so far. “During the close season we have worked very hard to maintain the facilities at our club and we strive to continually improve. This year, as all groundsmen have done, we have worked very hard on our pitch to ensure that the playing surface is good. I am sure that all groundsmen will agree that to see goalkeepers mark the areas on the six yard box and the eighteen yard box by scraping the grass off the surface is heartbreaking. These players will be the ones who complain that they have been beaten by a “bad bounce”. My response is no wonder, if they continue to dig up the pitches every time they go on them. Once the season starts, there is little growing weather left, so players have to give the groundsman a chance to give clubs pitches they can play decent football on. I have put notices on the changing room walls at our ground asking that this practice be stopped, but to no avail. If there is any groundsman out there who has beaten this practise, then could they let me know how they have done it, because I would love to hear from them. Goalkeepers must know that it is against the rules to mark goal areas in this way and that they can be reported to the referee and booked. I know match officials have a hard enough job to do, but if they could play their part in making sure the offenders are punished, I’m sure groundsmen everywhere would be very grateful. “All we are asking for is a bit of respect and sportsmanship to be shown, as I believe goalkeepers shouldn’t seek to gain an advantage by marking the goal areas in this way.” Lost History of Alsager Town Alsager Town are appealing to non-league football followers for assistance in building up the club archives once again, after many photographs and items of memorabilia were lost in the fire at the Wood Park Stadium last month. Town Press Officer John Shenton explained: “We lost a lot of items that we are looking to replace, and in particular we would like to hear from anyone who may have old team photos from the 80’s 90’s. If anyone does have any photographs that they think may be of use to us, we would be very grateful if they could either donate them or copy them for us, so that we can replace what was lost. Eventually we will have a new club house and it would be nice to have pictures from the past to hang there again.” Anyone who has items they believe would be of interest should contact John at the club. A Statement from the League Secretary It would appear that over the past week certain comments have been made on Club Forums concerning the attendance at the FA Cup tie played last Sunday between AFC Liverpool and Runcorn Linnets. In an effort to clear the matter up, the NWCFL were asked to investigate the allegations. We can now categorically state that the attendance was 299 made up of 276 paying spectators and 23 complimentary passes. The confusion was due to a mistake in the calculation of the ticket numbers. Both Clubs have accepted the findings, and I as League Secretary, am pleased the matter has been resolved. John Deal, Secretary, NWCFL NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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St Helens Town AFC - 2011-12 (photograph taken prior to the home fixture with Ramsbottom United on Saturday 6th August 2011) L to R Back row: Andy Flood, Andy Clough (Assistant Manager), Rob, Ian Frazer, Iain Dyson, Dale Newbrook, Michael Burns, Shaun McKeegan, Michael Kavanagh, Leon Williams, Phil Johnson, Karl Brown L to R Front row: Ian Roby, Andy Ledger, Carl Addison, Jimmy McBride (Manager), Anthony Hansard, Jay Gardner, Che Morgan.
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Recent Results . . . Saturday 27th August 2011 Premier Division 1-0 Bootle AFC Blackpool Anthony Stayte (23) P-P Silsden AFC Liverpool Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch 0-2 Runcorn Linnets Atherton LR Rob Whyte (37) Rob Whyte (76) 3-3 Alsager Town Bacup Borough Daniel Cocks (20) Liam Rigby (15) Kingsley Williams (51) Nathan Southern (62) Adrian Bellamy (56pen) Ryan Mitchell (90) 4-2 Ashton Athletic Colne Michael Cruz (11) Kristian Branasko (38) Sam Hayes (15) Lee Barratt (76) Own Goal (80) Mark Threlfall (90) 0-1 Maine Road Congleton Town Declan O'Shea (22) 0-0 Padiham Glossop North End Runcorn Town James McShane (29) St Helens Town
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Glyn Jones’ Programme Review . . . Blast from the Past ST. HELENS TOWN v BOOTLE – Saturday, 13th October 1979 – F A Trophy 42 years ago, Town produced an 8-page programme, priced at 10p, for the visit of near neighbours Bootle in the FA’s premier non-league competition. The notes on page 3 reveal that it was Town’s first programme “after a long absence as we follow the general trend of Cheshire League clubs who have also striven to improve their programmes.” It was Bootle’s first season in the top division of the Cheshire League, whereas Town had played at that level since leaving the Lancashire Combination in 1975. The centre pages contained the team lines, surrounded by advertisements and page 6 listed the season’s fixtures. Among the advertisers were the St. Helens Star (then a free paper in its infancy), Burtonwood Brewery “Try one after the match in the Town Social Club”, Joe Pickavance haulage contractor, Albert Anslow building contractor, A. Hill Pets & Bird Centre and Helena House Co-op Travel Service. Town went on to win the game and secure a home tie against Burscough in the next round. On a level playing field ATHERTON LR v ST. HELENS TOWN – Tuesday, 9th August 2011 Town’s opening NW Counties league game of the season was marked with a 20-page black and white publication called the “Crilly Park Review” (sadly, no mention of Father Ted) priced at just £1. A lot of effort had gone into its production, for there was an in-depth review of previous league encounters between the clubs, a message from new manager Phil Priestley, a three-page feature on the Irn Bru Scottish Second Division, a match report from the previous weekend’s game at Silsden, pen pictures of Town’s current squad and a feature on six of Town’s past players, namely Bert Trautmann, newly-appointed Congleton boss Joe Paladino, Jack Arkwright, John Connelly, Dave Bamber and Ste Pennington, all with photographs. Obviously not commercially printed and with a lack of colour, this was nevertheless a good read and a distinct improvement on recent seasons’ efforts. At this level, with modest sales figures, it is hard to see how this programme could be improved upon without a substantial price increase. The game finished in a 0-0 stalemate, before a crowd of 67. They’re in a different league HYDE FC v HINCKLEY UNITED – Monday, 22nd August 2011 Playing at step 2 in the Blue Square Bet Conference North and with massive support from Manchester City, one might have expected a rather more lavish production for the £2 cover price. 52 pages, whilst appearing substantial, proved rather disappointing as the only colour and glossy paper was restricted entirely to the cover and another 22 pages of adverts. The remaining pages were printed on plain paper with only 5 small photographs, none of which were action shots or team pictures. There were some entertaining articles, not least an account of a rare trip to Colwyn Bay – Town won an FA Cup tie there only 2 years ago, since when Bay have won two successive promotions, each via the play-offs – a review of pies across the league (no longer of any interest to this correspondent) and an all-too-brief psychoanalysis of Jose Mourinho, who has seemingly now added eye gouging to his repertoire, should all other tricks fail. With a crowd of only 323 at this high level of non-league football, no doubt affected to some extent by United’s game on Sky TV, Hyde’s recent financial problems which nearly forced the club into closure two years ago are still evidently fresh in the mind despite support from the country’s richest club who now play their Reserve team games at Ewen Fields. At all levels these days, most clubs face a struggle to make ends meet and Hyde are no exception. Happily, though, these problems were put to one side as the Tigers roared to a magnificent 4-0 victory which took them clear at the top of the table. NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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St. Helens Town Football Club . . . Main Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Away Kit Sponsor: Auto Perfection Executive Programme Sponsor: Mater Valet Playing Kit & Leisurewear Partner: Elite Industrial Supplies Ltd Website: www.sthelenstownafc.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/sthelenstownfc Honorary Presidents: Bert Trautmann OBE and Bill Foulkes Honorary Vice President: Jim Barrett Chairman: John McKiernan (07713 339 682) Vice Chairman: Glyn Jones Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695) Full Committee: John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, Jim Barrett, Gordon McDonald, Ste Ball, Andy Langley, Steve Leather, Chris Ford and Glyn Jones. Co-opted Members: Jimmy McBride and Andy Clough Limited Company Directors: Jim Barrett and Gordon McDonald Trustees: John McKiernan, William G Noctor and Eric Bond Commercial/Promotions Manager: Andy Langley (07850 740 894) Club Shop: Chris Ford Programme Editorial Team: Jeff Voller, Glyn Jones and John McKiernan Club Manager: Jimmy McBride Assistant Manager: Andy Clough Coach: John Fletcher Assistant: Keith Plumpton Kitman: Brian Humphris Club Physiotherapist: Will Prescott Head of Junior Section: Steve Leather – 07788 762336 Record Appearances: Allan Wellens
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Club Honours 1949 George Mahon Trophy Winners 1951 Lancs Comb Division 2 Champions 1972 Lancs Combination Champions 1973 Bass Charrington Cup Winners 1978 St Helens Hospital Cup Winners 1979 St Helens Comb Division 1 Runners Up 1979 St Helens Hospital Cup Runners Up 1980 St Helens Comb Division 1 Champions 1985 NWCFL Reserve Division 2 Runners Up 1986 NWCFL Reserve Division 1 Runners Up 1987 FA Vase Winners (Wembley) 1994 League Challenge Cup Finalists 1994 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1995 NWCFL Reserve Division Champions 1996 NWCFL Reserve Division Runners Up 1998 Floodlit Trophy Finalists 1999 REALCO Fair Play Award Winners 2009 Bert Trautmann Trophy Winners NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
Record Attendances 4000 at Hoghton Road v Manchester City 1723 at Knowsley Road v FC United of Manchester 9000 at Prescot Cables v Runcorn (Cup Final 1949) Programme Awards 1993-94 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1995-96 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1997-98 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1998-99 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1999-00 NWCFL Programme of the Year 2000-01 NWCFL Programme of the Year 2009-10 NWCFL Premier Division Programme of the Year 2010-11 NWCFL Premier Division Programme of the Year Wirral Programme Club National Survey 1996-97 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1997-98 NWCFL Programme of the Year 1998-99 NWCFL Programme of the Year Programme Monthly 2007-08 NWCFL Programme of the Year Executive Programme Sponsors Season 20112011-12
Forthcoming Fixtures . . . Tuesday 30th August 2011 Premier Division v Atherton LR Ashton Athletic v Runcorn Town Congleton Town v Colne Ramsbottom United St Helens Town v Bootle v Alsager Town Stone Dominoes v AFC Liverpool Winsford United Wednesday 31st August 2011 Premier Division v Flixton Glossop North End v Squires Gate Padiham v Bacup Borough Silsden Friday 2nd September 2011 F.A. Challenge Cup Preliminary Round Ramsbottom United v Salford City Saturday 3rd September 2011 F.A. Challenge Cup Preliminary Round AFC Blackpool v AFC Fylde v Eccleshall Alvechurch v Atherton LR Cammell Laird Congleton Town v Runcorn Town Formby v Lancaster City Maine Road v Ashton Athletic v Runcorn Linnets Mossley v Holker Old Boys Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United v Salford City v Norton United Romulus To be played at Chasetown FC Silsden v Harrogate R.A. Squires Gate v Atherton Collieries v Stone Dominoes Stourport Swifts v Cheadle Town Trafford v Bootle Woodley Sports NWCFL Premier Division Season 20102010-11 Programme of the Year
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League Standings . . . North West Counties League, Premier Division Table 27/08/2011
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W
D
L
F
A
GD
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Barnoldswick Town
6
5
0
1
13
5
8
15
2
Winsford United
5
4
0
1
13
3
10
12
3
Ramsbottom United
5
4
0
1
14
6
8
12
4
Runcorn Linnets
5
3
2
0
11
7
4
11
5
Flixton
5
3
1
1
12
5
7
10
6
Glossop North End
5
3
1
1
5
3
2
10
7
St Helens Town
6
3
1
2
9
11
-2
10
8
Colne
5
3
0
2
14
8
6
9
9
Bootle
6
2
3
1
9
6
3
9
10
Runcorn Town
5
2
1
2
14
8
6
7
11
Alsager Town
6
1
4
1
14
14
0
7
12
AFC Blackpool
6
2
1
3
8
10
-2
7
13
Bacup Borough
6
2
1
3
11
14
-3
7
14
Ashton Athletic
5
2
0
3
5
6
-1
6
15
Padiham
6
1
3
2
7
9
-2
6
16
Silsden
4
1
2
1
5
8
-3
5
17
Maine Road
5
1
1
3
4
8
-4
4
18
Stone Dominoes
6
1
1
4
5
11
-6
4
19
Squires Gate
4
1
0
3
6
10
-4
3
20
Congleton Town
5
1
0
4
4
12
-8
3
21
Atherton LR
6
0
2
4
3
17
-14
2
22
AFC Liverpool
4
0
0
4
3
8
-5
0
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League Standings . . . North West Counties League, First Division Table 27/08/2011
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Abbey Hey
5
4
1
0
18
4
14
13
2
Norton United
5
4
1
0
18
8
10
13
3
Ashton Town
5
3
1
1
13
7
6
10
4
Chadderton
4
3
1
0
10
5
5
10
5
Irlam
5
3
0
2
20
11
9
9
6
Formby
4
3
0
1
9
7
2
9
7
Atherton Collieries
5
2
1
2
12
8
4
7
8
Rochdale Town
5
2
1
2
10
8
2
7
9
Wigan Robin Park
4
2
1
1
8
7
1
7
10
Holker Old Boys
5
2
1
2
11
11
0
7
11
Oldham Boro
4
2
0
2
8
7
1
6
12
AFC Darwen
6
2
0
4
9
20
-11
6
13
Cheadle Town
4
1
2
1
7
8
-1
5
14
Leek CSOB
5
1
1
3
8
14
-6
4
15
Northwich Villa
6
1
1
4
10
17
-7
4
16
Eccleshall
5
1
0
4
5
14
-9
3
17
Nelson
5
1
0
4
7
19
-12
3
18
Daisy Hill
4
0
0
4
2
10
-8
0
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