St Helens Town v Atherton Collieries

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Today’s Team News

Cover: Tom Lightbody in action v Alsager Town (09/08/14)

No Gls St Helens Town Chris Brinksman

Chris Cottington

Lewis Saunders

Hamish Falconer

Aaron Morris

Jack McKay

Tom Lightbody

Neil Hulme

Paul Cook-Hannah

James Rushton-Woods

Marcus Perry

Sam Pullinger

Alex Gillespie

Karl Bergqvist

Mike Houghton

Rory Crowther

No Gls Atherton Collieries Josh Harris

Jake Kenny

James Brooks

Andy Heald

Mark Ayres

Gareth Carson

Ben Hardcastle

Brad Cooke

Mark Battersby

Matt Boland

Mark Truffas

Jake Patton

Kristian Holt

Phil Howard

Matthew Grimshaw

Nathan Battersby

CLUB INFORMATION

Honorary Life President: Alan Wellens

Vice President: J im Barrett

Chairman:

John McKiernan (07713 339682)

Vice Chairman: Glyn Jones

Hon. Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Voller (07843 692695)

Full Committee:

John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, Jim Barrett, Ste Ball,

Chris Ford and Glyn Jones.

Trustees: John McKiernan and Eric Bond

Club Manager: Ian Price

Assistant Manager: Paul Jones

Coach: Nick Matthews

Physiotherapist: Nicole Garner

U21 Team Manager

Alan Gillespie

U21 Asst Manager: John Whelan

U18 Team Manager: Steve Wallis

U17 Team Manager:

Nick Matthews

Veterans Team Manager: David Platt

Email:

[email protected]

Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Main Shirt Sponsor:

Eciguk St Helens

Legal: St Helens Town Limited

Private Limited Company

Company No. 04392840 Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002

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Saturday 16th August 2014, 3.00pm FA Challenge Cup Extra Preliminary Round

Manager: Ian Price Assistant: Paul Jones

Manager: Michael Clegg Assistant: Warren Jones

Referee: Mr I Hurdle (Holmes Chapel) Assist: Mr K Buckley (Winsford) & Mr J Armstrong (Crewe)

Today’s Executive Match Sponsor:

St Helens Town Red & White Shirts

White Shorts, Red & White Socks

Atherton Collieries Black & White Shirts

Black Shorts & Black Socks


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Talk of the Town Good afternoon and welcome to Brocstedes Park for this FA Cup, Extra Preliminary Round tie against our friends from Atherton Collieries. May I open by welcoming our visitors I hope they enjoy the short time they will spend with us and have a safe journey home after the game. It has been a mixed week since we last convened here at Brocstedes Park for

the visit of Alsager.Town this saw us come down to earth with a bump as after a pretty even first half which saw both sides have one golden opportunity each to net the second half belonged to the visitors who caught the hosts on the counter and secured a deserved 4-0 win on an afternoon when St Helens Town fell below the two previous performances they had turned in up to that point this season. We then took the long visit to Bacup to take on a Bacup & Rossendale Borough team who had secured their fist victory of the season in emphatic style at Runcorn Town whilst we were falling to defeat. The game started off well for the visitors who shy of a good opening for the hosts dominated the early exchanges and took a deserved lead on 19 minutes when Marcus Perry netted a fine finish after a swift counter attack found him in space on the right of the area. Just before the interval Aaron Morris was at it again as he intercepted a through ball in his own half and then drove from box to box playing a one-two with Paul Cook-Hannah on the edge of the hosts area before curling his effort home to double the visitors lead. The second half started in much the same fashion with Town on top but similar to Saturday they were caught on the counter twice as Matthew Bryan supplied first Adrian Bellamy and then Martin Cosgrave at the far post to restore parity just after the hour mark and at this stage there looked to be only one winner. Thankfully Town had other ideas and the with the introduction of last seasons top scorer Andy Gillespie in his first appearance after breaking his cheek bone on Easter Monday the tables turned on the hosts. Karl Bergqvist put Town back in the lead on 72 minutes and a couple of minutes later Gillespie fired home to make a quick return to the scoring charts and late on in the contest with the hosts trying to get back into it Town rubbed salt into the Bacup wounds as Bergqvist netted his second at the start of added on time and completed his hat-trick just before the final whistle to complete the comeback and ensure that Town bounced back from the disappointment on Saturday rising to 5th in table in the process.

This afternoons visitors have been on fine form at the start of the season as they currently sit atop the First Division having won their first three match of the season and have a goal difference of 11, having won 6-0 against Litherland REMYCA on Saturday after a 5-1 win the previous Monday against Wigan Robin Park and an opening day 2-1 win at much fancied Cammell Laird, with the amount of goals in the recent Town contests I think a 0-0 scoreline today would be very doubtful!

If this afternoons contest is level at the end of 90 minutes then the sides will replay at Alder House on Monday with a 7.45pm kick off. Please keep an eye on Runcorn Town’s FA Cup result this afternoon as if there is a result either way here and Runcorn draw then we will have no midweek contest. Updates will as usual be on Twitter, Facebook and the website. Finally, let’s get behind Town this afternoon and hopefully cheer them onto victory which will you support is vital to the cause! Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller


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In Town Today Atherton Collieries Football Club was founded in 1916 in the dark days of World War One, by enthusiastic miners from six pits then operative within the old Urban District Council of Atherton. Since then the club has sometimes struggled to survive and sometimes flourished in many of the senior non-league competitions of the North West. During the 1920’s when top ranking Bolton Wanderers were short of a player, they only had to whistle down a local pit for a “Collier” to surface and prove himself. Two players, Howarth and Butler, joined Wanderers and gained six FA Cup medals. A noted player of the late 1930’s was Canon Reg Smith, ex-President of the North West Counties League and Vice-Chairman of Bury AFC, who is now, unfortunately, deceased.

Atherton Collieries were renown in Lancashire and by the 1964/65 season, had won the Lancashire Junior Shield six times, a record which is unsurpassed until now. In 1971 the club were able to take advantage of vacancies in the now defunct Lancashire Combination and in 1978 joined a number of clubs moving to the newly formed Division Two of the Cheshire County League, where they remained until becoming founder members of the North West Counties League in 1982. In 1986/87, Atherton Collieries became the last ever winners of the North West Counties Division Three, the League being reorganised in the summer of 1987 to just two Divisions. In a thrilling finish to the season Colls needed to win their final match to pip Flixton to the title. With the demise of coalmining in the area, and indeed, the whole country, and with ever spiralling unemployment, finance has become a nightmare for club officials. However, clubs are aware that in the non-league pyramid ladder, continuous ground improvement is a priority if they are to stay within the system. To this end, steady progress has been made to the ground and the clubhouse and in 1994 floodlights were erected. On the pitch Colls began the 1990’s in bottom place, but every year after that finished in a higher position than the season before. In 1994/95 they finished in fourth place, reached the final of the North West Counties League Floodlit Trophy and won the NWCL Fair Play award for Division Two. However, this was surpassed the following season when the club finished as runners up in Division Two and with their ground passing the grading requirements, they were able to take their place in Division One. Since their promotion to Division One, Colls have had a varied time of things. Some seasons they have found things difficult whilst others have been reasonably successful. Their best season came in 1999/2000 when Colls finished in 13th place. Things are not made easy with the financial constraints on clubs generally in the area and are made even harder with the activities of local youths. With ground grading being of equal importance these days, the Atherton Collieries committee has worked hard to bring their ground up to the standards required for Division One but their desire to improve their facilities further is hampered by vandalism at their Alder Street ground. Time and money which should and could be spent on improving facilities for players and supporters alike, is often diverted to repair the latest damage caused at the ground. In 2001/02 Atherton Collieries reached the final of the League Cup for the first time. The run to the final began at Fleetwood where a solitary Martin Sloan goal was enough to see them through. An excellent win at Congleton followed before a daunting trip to Newcastle Town in the quarter finals. Colls had travelled to the Lyme Valley Stadium a month before for a League game and suffered a 4-0 reverse so the omens weren’t very good, but a 90th minute Ryan Cain goal saw them go through to the semi-finals 2-1. They were drawn against a strong Kidsgrove Athletic side which was on its way to taking the League title and promotion to the Unibond League. In their quarter final match Kidsgrove


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Atherton Collieries had put six past Great Harwood without reply, so most people expected Kidsgrove to reach the final. Collieries had different ideas though and Gary Crompton gave them a 23rd minute lead before Richard Mitchell equalised. Just after the break Adam Lawrence restored Colls lead only for Mitchell to level again and just as a draw was looking likely Paul Vandenberg put Colls ahead for a third time and there was no time for Kidsgrove to respond. Kidsgrove battled hard in the second leg, but Colls held firm and two minutes from time Stuart Shepherd scored to seal the tie and Colls were in the final. At Bury’s Gigg Lane ground Colls met Prescot Cables and while on the day Prescot came out winners, Colls didn't disgrace themselves and with a little more luck in front of goal things could have been different. That same season Colls had another cup final to enjoy when they reached the final of the Goldline Trophy at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium. They met Charnock Richard from the West Lancs League and in a closely fought game Colls came out 1-0 winners. The following season they reached the final for a second time, but this time had to settle for runners up medals. Colls suffered mixed fortunes during their tenure in Division One. Their best season came in 2006-07 when they finished in seventh place under Phil Brown. During 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons Anthony Pilkington made 35 appearances for the club scoring 19 goals. He subsequently has played for Stockport County, Huddersfield Town and Norwich City. After struggling at the wrong end of the table at the start of the noughties and having survived on a couple of occasions due to Unibond League expansions the club were eventually relegated at the end of the 2008/09 campaign. Steve Pilling was appointed manager in August 2009 and in 2010/11 the club won their first NWCFL silverware for decades when AFC Liverpool were beaten 3-2 (aet) in the First Division Trophy Final. Season 2011/12 saw the club finish fourth in Division one but another trophy was added to the honours board. The Bolton Hospital Cup was won for the first time in twenty five years with a penalty shootout triumph over Eagley. The Reebok final had ended 2-2. Seasons 2012/13 and 2013/14 saw the team lead the NWCFL First Division in the early stages but fall away towards the end. Steve was a committed servant to the club and in his five seasons at the club the team finished in 6th, 5th, 4th, 4th and 5th position respectively. Michael Clegg took over the managerial reins at the start of this campaign. He had previously enjoyed stints at near neighbours Pennington and Atherton LR and with the help of strong backroom support and local players he is endeavouring to get Atherton Collieries back into the NWCL top flight, now with more to aim for with a third promotion place being added this term.

Season League P W D L F A GD Pts Position

1999-00 NWC-1 42 16 6 20 58 68 -10 54 12/22

2000-01 NWC-1 42 11 6 25 43 88 -45 39 17/22

2001-02 NWC-1 44 13 8 23 66 91 -25 47 17/23

2002-03 NWC-1 42 11 7 24 52 85 -33 40 19/22

2003-04 NWC-1 42 6 9 27 47 99 -52 27 22/22

2004-05 NWC-1 42 8 7 27 57 102 -45 31 21/22

2005-06 NWC-1 42 7 9 26 43 93 -50 30 19/22

2006-07 NWC-1 42 19 13 10 72 55 17 70 7/22

2007-08 NWC-1 38 10 10 18 44 67 -23 40 15/20

2008-09 NWC-P 42 7 8 27 42 93 -51 29 22/22

2009-10 NWC-1 32 15 4 13 63 66 -3 49 6/17

2010-11 NWC-1 34 18 6 10 70 44 26 60 5/18

2011-12 NWC-1 34 15 7 12 69 52 17 52 4/18

2012-13 NWC-1 34 21 6 7 78 47 31 69 4/18

2013-14 NWC-1 36 19 9 8 100 62 38 66 5/19


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How We Compare St Helens Town - last 6 matches

All Competitions Most recent

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Away W L L L W W

Collated L L W W L W

Atherton Collieries - last 6 matches

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St Helens Town games since...

Atherton Collieries

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All Competitions All Competitions

Clean sheet

1 Clean sheet

0

Goal Scored

1 Goal Scored

0

Loss 0 Loss 3

No score draw

49 No score draw

4

Score draw 6 Score draw 6

Win 1 Win 0

All Previous Meetings

All Competitions

P W D L F A GD Win %

Home 20 14 4 2 49 15 34 70.00

Away 21 14 2 5 47 29 9 66.67

Collated 41 28 6 7 96 44 52 68.29

at St Helens Town

Previous Meetings

at Atherton Collieries

26/01; 1-0 1999-00 06/11; 3-2

02/12; 2-0 2000-01 13/03; 0-1

24/10; 4-0 2001-02 27/04; 2-1

21/12; 6-1 2002-03 07/12; 2-1

02/09; 1-1 2003-04 29/09; 0-2

03/05; 2-2 2004-05 03/01; 3-0

11/02; 0-1 2005-06 17/09; 2-0

04/11; 0-2 2006-07 28/08; 0-1

15/03; 5-0 2007-08 29/09; 1-3

07/03; 1-1 2008-09 22/09; 3-0

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St Helens Town Scores First

Games Played 20

St Helens Town Wins 11

Draws 3

Atherton Collieries Wins 6

St Helens Town Goals 38

Atherton Collieries Goals 19

Percentage Town Wins 55.00


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From the Chair Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Brocstedes Park for the FA Challenge Cup Extra Preliminary Round tie against friends and near neighbours Atherton Collieries. We extend a warm welcome to their players, officials and supporters along with today’s match officials and our own home following. It’s been a

bright start to the season for both sides and today’s clash, the first ever in the FA Cup, looks to have to hallmarks of a cracking game. Colls currently head the Division One table and I am sure they will be making promotion to the top flight a priority even if it’s ultimately via the play-offs (or Emil’s play-offs - following strenuous work by the Atherton Secretary over a number of years eventually paid off this summer and the NWCFL member clubs voted to introduce a Division 1 3rd promotion place via a play-off including teams who finish in league places 2-6! For Town, Wednesday evening’s trip to Bacup and Rossendale Borough saw them record their third win in four outings courtesy of a 2-6 win; the club’s first win at West View since 2006. It was an eventful evening which is reported on in full elsewhere in today’s programme. The game saw the return of Andy Gillespie who has been side lined since his head injury at the end of last season - Andy has been limited in what he’s been able to do over the summer and took to the field on Wednesday wearing a borrowed ‘head-guard’ (from Saints star Jonny Lomax who is a friend of Andy’s). While Andy did get on the score sheet with a fine effort the plaudits went to Karl Bergqvist who netted a hattrick. With £1500 on offer to today’s winners the FA Cup provides and opportunity for club’s at our level to earn some much needed prize money and of course a place in the Preliminary Round where Radcliffe Borough await. Off the field we have had a brilliant summer with lots of new sponsors and I am delighted to confirm that this week Jewson have agreed to their support to our newly formed Under 21s.

Their sponsorship will see the players kitted out with new tracksuits and warm-up kit. We are staring to get together a number of player sponsors and I shall start to collate these alongside player pen pictures in future issues. We still have plenty of player sponsorships available for just £50 which includes a programme advert and lots of website and social media exposure. In addition we are always on the look-out for match and ball sponsors with some great packages available

from £50. Please see me at any game or call me on 07713 339 682. Our best wishes go to Tom Lightbody who underwent a procedure on an in-growing toe nail this week which looks like keeping him out for a number of weeks. Hopefully Paul Cook-Hannah will also have recovered from a nasty cut caused by a cash of heads during the Bacup game. Neil Hulme returned to the side midweek after missing last Saturday’s defeat to Alsager due to ‘best man’ duties and we will also welcome back Chad Whyte who has been absent since making a scoring debut at Maine Road due to holiday commitments. Enjoy the game and shout on the lads . . . . John McKiernan, Chairman St Helens Town AFC


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FA Cup Action 2013-14

FA Cup action at Brocstedes Park Ashton-in-Makerfied

St Helens Town 2-2 Ashton Athletic Saturday 20th August 2013


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Midweek Results Wednesday 13th August 2014

Premier Division

Bacup & Rossendale

Borough

2-6 St Helens Town HT: 0-2

Adrian Bellamy (61) Marcus Perry (19) Att: 75

Martin Cosgrave (65) Aaron Morris (44)

Karl Bergqvist (72)

Andy Gillespie (74)

Karl Bergqvist (90)

Karl Bergqvist (90)

Silsden 0-0 Squires Gate HT: 0-0

Att: 98

First Division

Litherland REMYCA 1-2 Widnes HT: 1-0

Mike Garside (8) James Thomas (49) Att: 142

James Thomas (59)

Northwich Flixton

Villa

2-1 Cheadle Town HT: 1-0

Yasser Suleiman (43) Joseph Armstrong (58) Att: 60

Calum McGlynn (67)

Tuesday 12th August 2014

Premier Division

AFC Blackpool 1-2 Colne HT: 0-0

Grant Dell (80p) Jon Hodgkinson (55) Att: 51

Brandon Barski (65)

Alsager Town 1-1 1874 Northwich HT: 1-0

Michael Carr (7) David Short (70) Att: 264

Ashton Athletic 1-2 Glossop North End HT: 0-1

Ryan Small (64p) Jason Carey (25) Att: 84

Neil Chaffell (57)

Nelson 5-0 Barnoldswick Town HT: 2-0

Ben Hoskin (30) Att: 140

Ben Hoskin (33)

Edward O`Neil (80)

Peter Wright (85)

Liam Boswell (89)

Runcorn Linnets 2-1 Bootle HT: 2-0

Mark Houghton (14) Steven Williams (79) Att: 330

Kevin Towey (22)

Stockport Sports 5-5 Congleton Town HT: 2-4

Own Goal (34) Scott Barlow (7) Att: 95

Ben Halfacre (41) Paul Hudson (24)

Paul Walley (51) Scott Barlow (27)

Ben Halfacre (64p) Brandon Moores (30)

Liam Millen (75) Macauley Booth (53)

West Didsbury &

Chorlton

1-2 Runcorn Town HT: 1-1

Jamie Tandy (5) Andrrew Potter (17) Att: 88

Sean Breen (65)

Winsford United 5-0 Abbey Hey HT: 2-0

Alex Byrne (19) Att: 122

Tom Williams (41)

Tom Williams (60)

Kyle Riley (74)

Dale Jennings (81)

First Division

Oldham Boro 3-1 Ashton Town HT: 1-1

Lee Bancroft (7) Sean Robinson (23) Att: 35

Lee Scanlon (65)

Matt Landregan (75)

Monday 11th August 2014

Premier Division

Maine Road 2-3 AFC Liverpool HT: 2-2

Connor Hughes (42) Ryan Cox (16) Att: 155

Connor Hughes (45) Ronnie Morgan (24)

Ryan Cox (49)

First Division

Daisy Hill 4-0 Atherton LR HT: 2-0

Andrew Buckley (25)

Jake Foster (40)

Curtis Cummins (56)

Curtis Cummins (89)


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Action from Bacup

North West Counties Football League Premier Division action at West View

Bacup & Rossendale Borough 2-5 St Helens Town

Wednesday 13th August 2014


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A Brief History The original Town club was in existence from 1901 to 1928, but George Fryer and a number of local businessmen decided to re-form the club in 1946. They obtained a lease on the Hoghton Road ground in Sutton, adjacent to St. Helens Junction station on the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, took over a local St. Helens Combination team, Derbyshire Hill Rovers, signing a number of players from other clubs and entered the Liverpool County Combination in the 1947/48 season, playing against Everton “A” and Liverpool “A” and several reserve sides from the leading non-league clubs in the Merseyside area. Success was first attained in May 1949 when Runcorn were defeated in the final of the George Mahon Cup, played at the Prescot Cables ground. The following season, 1949/50, Town were elevated to the Second Division of the Lancashire Combination and they were promoted as Champions in only their second season to the First Division, where they ran up against teams such as Ashton United, Nelson and New Brighton, newly relegated from the Football League. Sadly, Town were themselves relegated in their first season and although promoted briefly again for the 1955/56 season, they spent most of their early years in the Second Division. Improvements were quickly made to the facilities at Hoghton Road in the early years, but in November 1952 the decision was taken to re-locate to the former St. Helens Recs’ rugby league ground at City Road in order to further their ambitions of reaching the Football League. Initially, the move resulted in some encouraging crowds, but the club had a change of heart and returned to Sutton in the October 1953. The ground was purchased and further developed and a social club and floodlights were added in later years. Town were Champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1971/72 season, losing only one game, finishing 6 points clear of Accrington Stanley. 1975 brought a switch to the Cheshire League, where they remained until the formation of the North West Counties League in 1982 and St. Helens Town is still the only club to feature in the top division of that league throughout its existence. The club’s major achievement was to win the FA Vase at Wembley in 1987. After a stuttering start in the Preliminary Round with a 5-4 extra-time win over Colne Dynamoes, further home successes over General Chemicals, Wren Rovers, Guisborough Town and Wythenshawe Amateurs, led to wins at Wisbech Town, at home to Rainworth Miners Welfare, away to Falmouth Town (after a replay) and in the away leg at Emley when, following a 1-0 home defeat in the first-leg, a 2-0 win in Yorkshire

secured a Wembley Final against local rivals Warrington Town, who were dispatched 3-2 with goals from Phil Layhe (2) and Brian Rigby. St. Helens Town boast an impressive “Hall of Fame”, including legendary goalkeeper and former German Prisoner-of-War Bert Trautmann, who signed for Manchester City over 60 years ago and who went on to play the game of his life in the 1956 FA Cup Final, despite breaking his neck in the latter stages. Bill Foulkes was transferred to Manchester United, where he had a glittering career, surviving the Munich Air Disaster in 1958, in which he bravely rescued some of his stricken team-mates. John Connelly, an England squad member in the victorious 1966 World Cup campaign, was sold to Burnley and he later moved to join Foulkes at Old Trafford. Sadly, all three have passed away in the last few years. Other future stars, groomed at St. Helens Town, include John Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday), Geoff Nulty (Burnley, Newcastle United and Everton) and, most recently, ace goalscorer Dave Bamber, who began and ended his league career at Blackpool and who played in all four divisions of the Football League. Captain of the FA Vase

winning team was Tommy O’Neil, who began his league career playing alongside George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton at Manchester United.


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Town sold their Hoghton Road ground in 2000 to move in with St. Helens Rugby League Club at their Knowsley Road base. Their farewell appearance at Sutton produced a 1-0 win over Champions Vauxhall Motors and the initial campaign at Knowsley Road got off to a cracking start, with Town leading the table for most of the season, before finishing in a rather disappointing fourth place. Recent seasons have been more of a struggle, ninth place in 2009/10 being the best finish since. Season 2010-11 saw Town slide to 16th and next to bottom in 2011-12, when they would have been relegated, but for Flixton’s decision to resign from the league. Town began the 2012-13 season under new manager Ian Granite, who brought in a new team and coaching set-up and they battled well to avoid relegation, their status being confirmed with a couple of games remaining. 2013-14 was a mirror-image of the previous campaign, with a 14-game unbeaten run between September and December putting the club just behind the front runners for two thirds of the campaign. Granite resigned in November 2013 due to work and family commitments and his assistant Ian Price took over the reins, assisted by Paul Jones and Nick Matthews, but the long breaks caused by the winter weather interrupted their earlier rhythm and Town finished the season once again in the lower reaches, although never in any serious danger of the drop. Following the demolition of the Knowsley Road ground in 2010, Town have led a nomadic existence up the road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, sharing Ashton Town’s Edge Green Street ground for three seasons before moving across town to Brocstedes Park as the guests of Ashton Athletic in 2012. The current season is scheduled to be the club’s last in exile, as plans are in place for re-location back to St. Helens for the 2015-16 season at the Council-owned Ruskin Park site, currently undergoing massive redevelopment and a brand-new facility awaits. In readiness for the move, the club is undergoing a radical re-branding, adopting the town’s coat of arms as their badge once again and reverting next season to their traditional blue and white colours in preparation for a return to the town in 2015.

Club Honours: 1949 George Mahon Trophy Winners

1951 Lancs Comb Division 2 Champions 1972 Lancs Combination Champions 1973 Bass Charrington Cup Winners

1974 Watson Trophy Winners 1978 St Helens Hospital Cup Winners

1979 St Helens Comb Div 1 Runners Up 1979 St Helens Hospital Cup Runners Up 1980 St Helens Comb Div 1 Champions 1985 NWCFL Reserve Div 2 Runners Up 1986 NWCFL Reserve Div 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

Record Appearances: Alan Wellens

Record Goal Scorer: Steve Pennington

Record Attendances: 4000 at Hoghton Road v Manchester City 1723 at Knowsley Rd v FC Utd Manchester 9000 at Prescot Cables v Runcorn (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 2010-11 NWCFL Premier Division 2011-12 NWCFL Premier Division 2012-13 NWCFL Premier Division 2013-14 NWCFL Premier Division

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

Soccer Club Swap Shop National Awards 2010-11 Placed 28th 2011-12 Placed 8th 2012-13 Placed 7th 2013-14 Placed 8th


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Club News Fusion21 support invigorates Town St Helens Town Football Club and social enterprise Fusion21 have teamed up in a unique sponsorship that will support players across all five teams. Fusion 21 will be providing the club with a range of products including bottled water and sports bottles which can be used during training sessions and on match days.

Teams at under 17, under 18 and under 21 along with the First team and a Veteran’s outfit will benefit from the Fusion21 support and as they start their respective league campaigns across the North West over the next few weeks. With their headquarters in Huyton and offices in Liverpool city centre, London and Northampton, Fusion21 is a social enterprise that promotes public procurement as a means to save money and create social outcomes. Working nationally, Fusion21 links spending programmes across numerous organisations, to the creation of training opportunities and sustainable jobs for local people. As well as generating social value this model improves efficiency in the procurement process and generates significant cash savings. By using a small part of the savings generated through the procurement process, Fusion21 are able to fully fund their training and employment programmes ensuring that the model is not reliant on public funding and is wholly self-sustaining. Since 2002 Fusion21 have gained national recognition for their collaborative approach; delivering c£50m savings through the procurement process, creating over 1000 permanent jobs, and generating an estimated financial benefit in excess of c£32m; through regular paid work and reductions in benefit claims. Fusion21 aims to help create the conditions where it is easier to deliver efficiency savings, to control costs, create jobs, train people and share best practice. They work by collaborating with social landlords, residents, local agencies, contractors and suppliers to deliver a wide range of programmes, skills training courses and commissioned consultancy projects. Town Chairman John McKiernan said, ‘I am delighted with the support offered by Fusion21 and a lot of our work is about creating and developing partnerships with a broader benefit, which in a

small way mirrors the work undertaken nationally by Fusion21. ‘Business and community support continues to be the life-blood of club’s like ours and the Fusion21 partnership is another boost in advance of the new season.’ Dave Neilson, Chief Executive of Fusion21, said: ‘By supporting the club we are continuing to help deliver social value which is core to what we do. We hope they have a very successful season.’


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NWCFL News Ashton Athletic will host a charity challenge match tomorrow, Sunday 17th August at Brocstedes Park, with all proceeds from the event being donated to Cancer Research UK. The game will be contested between two over 30s teams from Ashton Athletic and Garswood, and the winning team will be awarded the Nina Pilling Memorial

Trophy, in memory of the wife of former Ashton Athletic player and assistant manager Steve Pilling, who lost her battle with cancer in October last year. The event was organised by former Ashton Athletic and Atherton Colls striker Paul Townsend, who has raised thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK over the past few years through organising charity bike rides and other events. He began his fund raising efforts for the charity after his mum died of cancer. Paul explained: "Steve has supported several of the fund raising events I've organised in the past, and I suggested to him it would be a good idea to do something in memory of Nina, and at the same time raise some more money for Cancer Research UK. "Once he agreed to go with the idea, we contacted Ashton Athletic Chairman Jimmy Whyte, who gave us dates of when the ground would be available, and it all went from there". Steve, who is currently assistant manager at Atherton LR, said: "We've contacted former players from Ashton Athletic and Garswood and have organised squads to represent both clubs. The rule is that anyone taking part must be over 30 and have played for either club, although there are a few over 40s, including me, who will be turning out as well". The gates will open at 1 pm, with the game kicking off at 2 pm. As well as the football, there will be a bouncy castle and face painting for children, a barbecue, and various stalls. Entry is by donation at the turnstile.

Glossop North End goalkeeper Greg Hall was presented with the Reusch Goalkeeper of the Year Award for season 2013/14, prior to the game against AFC Blackpool on Saturday. As part of the League's sponsorship agreement with German goalkeeping brand Reusch, the winning goalkeepers from the Premier Division and First Division receive a year’s sponsorship from Reusch throughout season 2014/15. Greg won the award for the Premier Division while Matt Conkie of 1874 Northwich won the First Division Award. Greg's award was presented by League Management Committee

members, Stewart Taylor and Billy Singleton. Photographs courtesy of Jim Lockwood of Glossop North End.


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St Helens Town in the Today’s Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup brings Town together with Atherton Collieries for the first time in the competition. The clubs have met in matches on many previous occasions, starting back in 1950 when goals from Leadbetter and Garner could not stop Town falling to a 5-2 defeat. The two clubs first NWCFL meeting was back in season

1996-97 and proved to be a strange affair which saw Town hit four first half goals at Alder House but go down 7-4. The last meeting between the two clubs as back in March 2009 when a Tommy Baker goal earned Town a point in a 1-1 draw at Knowsley Road, Prize money of £1500 awaits today’s winners, as well as a Preliminary Round tie away to Radcliffe Borough Town have featured regularly in the First Qualifying Round since the club was re-formed in 1946. Their reformation actually resulted in a false start as they were unable to raise a side against Prescot Cables that season and forfeited the tie but their debut in the competition came the following season in 1947/48 which resulted in a loss again to Cables but in 1948/49, they won through three rounds, including a 1-0 win at Formby, but Bangor City (a frequent stumbling block over the next few years) won 3-0 at Hoghton Road in the Second Qualifying Round. The following year, in Bert Trautmann’s final match for Town, Bangor City again won 3-0 at Hoghton Road, in the First Qualifying Round. In 1952/53, a trip to Bangor resulted in a 2-0 defeat and the following year the clubs met again in the Preliminary Round at City Road: the game ended 2-2, but Town lost the replay 5-1. The next occasion Town reached the First Qualifying Round was in 1957/58, when they lost 3-5 at home to Llandudno and the same team put Town out the following season at the Council Field, this time by 3-0. Between 1961/62 and 1970/71, Town had the good fortune to avoid the Preliminary Round altogether, but only three times did they progress to the Second Qualifying Round, where they lost at Altrincham (4-1 in 1964/65) and at home twice to Skelmersdale United, 0-3 in 1965/66 and 0-1 in 1968/69. Prescot Cables (twice), Ashton United (twice), Earlestown, Rhyl, Chorley, Droylsden and Rossendale United were our conquerors in between. Skelmersdale again, Rhyl once more, New Brighton, Oswestry (after two replays) and Macclesfield accounted for Town at the First Qualifying stage in the remaining years of the 1970s. The 1980s was undoubtedly the best decade for Town in the FA Cup. In 1980/81, wins at Southport (3-1) and Leyland Motors (4-0) set up a Third Qualifying Round clash against Fleetwood Town at Hoghton Road, but Town went out 0-1. Although a 4-0 defeat at home to Bootle in 1982/83 was a disappointing result, two years later a 2-0 win over Congleton led to a


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FA Challenge Cup Second Qualifying Round game at Formby, where another 1-0 defeat was the order of the day. 1985/86 saw Town get within touching distance of the First Round Proper when wins at Colwyn Bay by 3-0, at home to Eastwood Hanley (2-0) and at Leek Town (1-0) took Town to the Fourth Qualifying Round for the first and only time in their history. Morecambe were the opponents and a 1-1 draw was achieved at Christie Park. York City awaited the winners in the First Round but, sadly, Town slipped to a 1-0 home defeat in the replay. The Second Qualifying Round was reached again the following year (Town’s FA Vase winning season) when, having thumped Heanor Town 6-0, Armthorpe Welfare were the winners in another Hoghton Road replay. 1987/88 saw another memorable campaign as Town reached the Third Qualifying Round, going out 2-3 at Northwich Victoria, having seen off Ilkeston after two replays and Horwich RMI after another drawn game. The last two decades have seen only modest progress by Town in the premier knock-out competition. On only 4 occasions since 1987 have St. Helens reached the Second Qualifying Round and every time the club has been beaten. In 1993/94, there was a 2-1 defeat at Knowsley United, Ryhope CA won 2-1 in 1997/98, Droylsden 6-0 in 1998/99 and, most recently, in 2005/06, having defeated Crook Town 3-0 in the Preliminary Round and Northallerton Town 3-2 away after a 3-3 home draw, Alfreton Town were 2-0 winners at Knowsley Road. Town are pictured opposite as part of the BBCs Road to Wembley when Everton’s Dave Watson came to Hoghton Road with the famous trophy prior to Town’s tie with Bootle.

The last three seasons have been disappointing, in 2011-12 Town slipped to a disappointing 0-2 home defeat to bottom club Atherton LR in the Extra Preliminary Round at Edge Green Street. In 2012-13 they were routed 1-5 when Division One side Abbey Hey (above) were the visitors at the same stage. Last season we met landlords Ashton Athletic (opposite) and following a 2-2 draw as the ‘home’ side Town bowed out following a 1-0 replay defeat.

Just prior to this in season 2009-10, they went out after extra time in a Preliminary Round replay at Glossop, the drawn game proving to be Town’s last ever at Knowsley Road, having overcome Nostell Miners Welfare in a penalty shoot-out after extra time could not split the teams in the home replay. In 2008-09, Town made the First Qualifying Round, beating Parkgate 3-1 and then Colwyn Bay 4-2 in a famous victory at Llanelian Road, before falling 1-3 to Cammell Laird.

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2014-14 Fixtures, Facts and Figures Date Opponents Comp KO Result GK 2 3 4 5 6

Aug 2 Maine Road NWCFL 3.00 1-2W Brinksman Cottington Saunders Falconer Morris1 McKay Lightbody

Aug 5 AFC BLACKPOOL NWCFL 7.45 3-0W Brinksman Cottington Saunders Falconer Morris1 McKay Lightbody1

Aug 9 ALSAGER TOWN NWCFL 3.00 0-4L Brinksman Cottington Saunders Falconer Morris McKay Lightbody

Aug 13 Bacup & Rossendale Boro’ NWCFL 7.45 2-6W Brinksman Cottington Houghton Falconer Morris1 McKay Rushton

Aug 16 ATHERTON COLLIERIES FAC EPR 3.00

Aug 18 Runcorn Town NWCFL 7.45

Aug 23 Colne NWCFL 3.00

Aug 26 STOCKPORT SPORTS NWCFL 7.45

Aug 30 TBC TBC 3.00

Sep 2 1874 Northwich NWCFL 7.45

Sep 6 Irlam FAV 1QR 3.00

Sep 9 ABBEY HEY NWCFL 7.45

Sep 13 AFC LIVERPOOL NWCFL 3.00

Sep 16 RUNCORN LINNETS NWCFL 7.45

Sep 20 Winsford United NWCFL 3.00

Sep 23 Bootle NWCFL 7.45

Sep 27 W DIDS & CHORLTON NWCFL 3.00

Oct 11 SQUIRES GATE NWCFL 3.00

Oct 18 Congleton Town NWCFL 3.00

Oct 21 AFC Blackpool NWCFL 7.45

Oct 25 Widnes or Barnton Lge Cup 2 3.00

Oct 28 RUNCORN TOWN NWCFL 7.45

Nov 4 Stockport Sports NWCFL 7.45

Nov 8 COLNE NWCFL 3.00

Nov 15 Runcorn Linnets NWCFL 3.00

Nov 19 AFC Liverpool NWCFL 7.45

Nov 22 SILSDEN NWCFL 3.00

Dec 6 Alsager Town NWCFL 3.00

Dec 13 1874 NORTHWICH NWCFL 3.00

Dec 20 Nelson NWCFL 3.00

Dec 26 ASHTON ATHLETIC NWCFL 3.00

Jan 3 Silsden NWCFL 3.00

Jan 10 BARNOLDSWICK TOWN NWCFL 3.00

Jan 17 Squires Gate NWCFL 3.00

Jan 24 West Didsbury & Chorlton NWCFL 3.00

Feb 7 BOOTLE NWCFL 3.00

Feb 14 GLOSSOP NORTH END NWCFL 3.00

Feb 28 NELSON NWCFL 3.00

Mar 7 Abbey Hey NWCFL 3.00

Mar 14 CONGLETON TOWN NWCFL 3.00

Mar 21 Glossop North End NWCFL 3.00

Apr 4 WINSFORD UNITED NWCFL 3.00

Apr 6 Ashton Athletic NWCFL 3.00

Apr 11 BACUP & ROSS’ BORO’ NWCFL 3.00

Apr 18 MAINE ROAD NWCFL 3.00

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Town v Colls Season Competition Date Venue Score Result Scorers

1950/51 L.COM D2 04/09/1950 A 2-5 L Garner, Leadbetter

1950/51 L.COMB D2 11/09/1950 H 6-0 W Garner 2, Dillon 2, Leadbetter 2

1951/52 L.C. CUP ?R 13/10/1951 A 3-2 W Heinekey 2, Garner

1971/72 L.C.L/CUP Group 28/08/1971 A 1-2 W

1971/72 L.C.L/CUP Group 25/09/1971 H 1-0 W

1971/72 L.COMB 17/04/1972 H 1-0 W

1971/72 L.COMB 27/04/1972 A 1-1 D

1972/73 L.COMB 28/10/1972 A 2-2 D Atherton, Poole

1972/73 L.COMB 11/03/1973 H 1-0 W Woods

1973/74 L.COMB. 18/08/1973 A 1-2 W Redman, Sharrocks

1973/74 L.COMB. 29/12/1973 H 2-0 W Kendrick, Woods

1974/75 L.COMB 26/10/1974 A 3-0 W Kendrick, Bull, Own Goal

1974/75 L.COMB 15/02/1975 H 2-0 W Deitz, Atherton

1996/97 NWCL D1 09/11/1996 A 4-7 L Matheson, Walker, Street

1996/97 NWCL D1 29/03/1997 H 3-0 W Pennington, Hill, Reilly

1997/98 NWCL D1 20/08/1997 H 4-2 W Pennington 2, Walker, Williams

1997/98 NWCL D1 14/02/1998 A 3-0 W S.O'Neill 2, Pennington

1998/99 NWC LC 3R 23/01/1999 A 3-1 W Pennington, Walker, G.Jones

1998/99 NWCL D1 24/04/1999 H 2-2 D Hill , Griffiths

1998/99 NWCL D1 29/04/1999 A 3-1 W Williams, G.Jones, Griffiths (Pen)

1999/00 NWC FLT 29/09/1999 H 5-2 W O'Neill, Jones 2, Bickerstaffe, Kirwan

1999/00 NWCL D1 06/11/1999 A 3-2 W Pennington, Griffiths, O'Neill

1999/00 NWCL D1 26/01/2000 H 1-0 W Jones

2000/01 NWCL D1 02/12/2000 H 2-0 W Fearns 2

2000/01 NWCL D1 13/03/2001 A 0-1 L

2001/02 NWCL D1 24/10/2001 H 4-0 W Cooper, Salt, Heavey, Boyd

2001/02 NWCL D1 27/04/2002 A 2-1 W Wilde, Dunn

2002/03 NWCL D1 07/12/2002 A 2-1 W Cooper 53,73

2002/03 NWCL D1 21/12/2002 H 6-1 W Heavey 3, Cooper, Bermingham, McCoy

2003/04 NWCL D1 02/09/2003 H 1-1 D Anderson

2003/04 NWCL D1 29/09/2003 A 0-2 L

2004/05 NWCL D1 03/01/2005 A 3-0 W Jensen, Cunningham 2

2004/05 NWCL D1 03/05/2005 H 2-2 D Gibiliru(Snr) 2

2005/06 NWCL D1 17/09/2005 A 2-0 W Milsom (Pen), Madin

2005/06 NWCL D1 11/02/2006 H 0-1 L

2006/07 NWCL D1 28/08/2006 A 0-1 L

2006/07 NWCL D1 04/11/2006 H 0-2 L

2007/08 NWCL D1 29/09/2007 A 1-3 L Dyson

2007/08 NWCL D1 15/03/2008 H 5-0 W Whyte 2, Walker 2, Jones (Pen)

2008/09 NWCL PD 22/09/2008 A 3-0 W P.Mitchell 2, Scully

2008/09 NWCL PD 07/03/2009 H 1-1 D T.Baker


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Statistical History ST. HELENS TOWN AFC – A STATISTICAL HISTORY by Glyn Jones

Part 31 - Season 1977-78 CHESHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE

Final Table P W D L F A Pts Marine 42 26 10 6 101 48 62

Stalybridge Celtic 42 23 12 7 75 47 58

Witton Albion 42 21 14 7 98 54 56

Hyde United 42 21 13 8 68 37 55

Winsford United 42 24 7 11 80 51 55

Ashton United 42 20 13 9 88 56 53

Horwich RMI 42 19 14 9 62 50 52

Leek Town 42 20 10 12 62 45 50

Chorley 42 19 11 12 69 48 49

Formby 42 18 11 13 71 57 47

Middlewich Athletic 42 15 15 12 67 66 45

St. Helens Town 42 15 15 12 53 55 45

Droylsden 42 15 10 17 54 56 40

Burscough 42 13 12 17 56 63 38

Darwen 42 14 6 22 50 68 34

Nantwich Town 42 9 13 20 56 69 31

Rhyl 42 10 10 22 44 67 30

New Brighton 42 10 10 22 35 69 30

New Mills 42 9 9 24 42 72 27

Rossendale United 42 11 4 27 51 110 26

Prestwich Heys 42 6 9 27 42 88 21 Radcliffe Borough 42 7 6 29 46 94 20

Opponents Home Result Away Result Ashton United Nov 26 Drew 2-2 Sep 12 Lost 0-1

Burscough Sep 10 Won 1-0 Dec 27 Lost 1-2

Chorley Apr 25 Drew 2-2 Dec 17 Drew 1-1

Darwen Feb 11 Drew 1-1 Mar 27 Won 1-0

Droylsden Apr 22 Won 2-1 Nov 5 Drew 0-0

Formby Apr 10 Lost 1-2 Feb 25 Won 2-0

Horwich RMI Mar 24 Drew 0-0 Mar 18 Lost 1-2

Hyde United Jan 21 Lost 1-2 Aug 20 Won 3-1

Leek Town Apr 8 Drew 1-1 Aug 27 Drew 1-1

Marine Aug 23 Drew 1-1 Sep 20 Won 1-0

Middlewich Athletic Oct 29 Lost 2-3 Oct 22 Drew 2-2

Nantwich Town Aug 30 Drew 1-1 Apr 29 Drew 0-0

New Brighton Dec 26 Won 2-0 Mar 29 Won 3-1

New Mills Dec 10 Won 3-0 Apr 15 Lost 0-1

Prestwich Heys Mar 11 Won 2-1 Apr 5 Won 3-0

Radcliffe Borough Oct 8 Won 2-1 Jan 2 Won 2-1

Rhyl Jan 7 Drew 0-0 Mar 25 Drew 1-1

Rossendale United Apr 1 Won 1-0 Sep 6 Lost 0-4

Stalybridge Celtic Sep 3 Drew 0-0 Jan 14 Lost 2-4

Winsford United Oct 1 Won 3-2 Apr 3 Lost 0-4

Witton Albion Feb 18 Lost 1-2 Sep 24 Lost 0-6


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Season 1977-78 FA CUP Opponents Venue Result Score

Sep 17 1st Qualifying Round New Brighton Away Lost 0-1

FA TROPHY

Oct 15 1st Round EASTWOOD HANLEY Home Won 4-1

Nov 12 2nd Round BUXTON Home Won 3-1

Dec 3 3rd Round Blyth Spartans Away Lost 0-3

CHESHIRE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP

Feb 7 1st Round Burscough Away Won 3-2

Mar 4 2nd Round WINSFORD UNITED Home Drew 1-1

Mar 13 2nd Round Replay Winsford United Away Lost 0-5

LIVERPOOL SENIOR CUP

Nov 19 1st Round NEW BRIGHTON Home Won 3-1

Jan 17 2nd Round Burscough Away Lost 0-2

Player App Prov Pld Sub Total Goals

Bates 1 - 2 3

Beesley 22 12 1 35 10

Connors 7 7 - 14

Culley, Carl 26 3 1 30 12

Doherty, A (Tony) 17 33 - 50 1

Doyle 4 4 - 8 1

Duffy, A (Tony) 31 12 1 44 10

Grice, Kevin 32 19 - 51 1

Hughes, Tommy 22 24 - 46

Jones 2 - - 2

Lam, Carl 8 7 2 17 4

McGuire, John - - 1 1

Marsh, A 39 11 - 50

Quigley 1 - 1 2

Reynolds 1 1 - 2

Richardson, Alan 35 14 - 49 10

Sharrock, Tony 1 - - 1

Stokes, Brian 11 7 - 18

Tickle, Steve 15 30 - 45 3

Topping, Neil 10 9 - 19 4

Tym, Kenny 25 26 - 51 6

Wellens, Alan 2 - 1 3

Winters 20 10 1 31 3

Own goals 1

Unknown scorers 1

Totals 332 229 11 572 67


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Club News Town in safe hands with Contego Security Ltd St Helens Town are delighted to announce their latest sponsorship partner as Contengo Security UK Ltd join forces with the club. Contego Security will become shirt sponsors

for the newly formed Veterans teams playing in the Liverpool Business Houses League Veterans Division. In addition, Contego have agreed to a package which includes a full page programme advert, 3 match and match ball sponsorships, 2 player sponsorships as well as promotions on the club’s website and twitter account. Contego Security is considered one of the UK’s leading private security companies offering the full spectrum of security services locally, regionally and nationally. The company offers customers a fully tailored service with cost effective solutions while still maintaining high standards and a fully insured service without compromise. Contego Security has been operating since June 2012 when their first task was to provide

security for Coldplay at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Since then they have worked on a large number of high profile events including the Reading Festival and Creamfields. As well as festival and event security, Contego also provide static and mobile security services, construction and retail security, door services and CCTV solutions. Contego Security Managaing Director Michael Tandeano said, ‘We’re a local company and we are pleased to be able support our local football club. We decided to take a broad package of sponsorship throughout the season and I am looking forward to getting along to games.’ Club Chairman John McKiernan added, ‘It’s good to have another local company on board and I’d like to thank Deano for his support for the club. We’re looking forward to providing Contego with a fruitful partnership. For more information see www.contegosecurity.co.uk

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FA Cup Action 2012-13

FA Cup action at Edge Green Street Ashton-in-Makerfield

St Helens Town 1-5 Abbey Hey Saturday 11th August 2012


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Tea Break Teasers

Q1. Who has won more Bundesliga titles, Borussia Dortmund or Nuremburg?

Q2. Which British sporting goods company, one of the oldest in the world made the match balls for 1966 World Cup?

Q3. Before Sheffield United last season, who were the last third tier team to make the FA Cup Semi-Finals?

Q4. How many full England caps did Ray Wilkins win?

Q5. Which 2014 World Cup squad was entirely comprised of players for its own domestic league?

Q6. Which current League Two team play their home matches at Rodney Parade?

Q7. Which team won the most games 1-0 in the 2012-13 Premier League season?

Q8. Which three teams have lost two European Cup/Champions League finals and have never won the cup?

Q9. Which former Arsenal player won the Golden Boot at the 2005 Under-17 World Cup?

Q10. What squad number did Paul Gascoigne wear during the 1990 World Cup?

Q11. Who is the only player to have scored five goals in more than one SPL game?

Q12. What is the record number of appearances made by an outfielder in the Football League, a record set by Tony Ford in 2001?

Q13. Which four English managers have won the European Cup/Champions League?

Q14. Which German player appeared in five consecutive World Cup Finals tournaments between 1982 & 1998?

Q15. Which city has provided the most winners of the UEFA Cup/Europa League?

1) Nuremburg 9 to Dortmund’s 8 2) Slazenger 3) Wycombe Wanderers in 2001 4) 84 5) Russia 6) Newport County 7) Arsenal 8) Stade de Reims (1956 & 59), Atletico Madrid (1974 & 2014) & Valencia (2000 & 01) 9) Carlos Vela 10) 19 11) Kris Boyd 12) 938 13) Bob Paisley, Brian Clough, Tony Barton & Joe Fagan 14) Lothar Matthaus 15) Madrid


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Andy Gillespie 08/04/1991

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Paul Cook-Hannah 20/09/1984

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Chris Brinksman 29/09/1990 Goalkeeper

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Sam Coulter 13/11/1991

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Alex Gillespie 06/08/1997

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Rory Crowther 29/12/1996 Goalkeeper

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Chris Cottington 04/09/1994 Full Back

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Hamish Falconer 12/12/1995

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Marcus Perry 16/10/1996

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Neil Hulme 04/03/1987

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Lewis Saunders Date of Birth: 27th November 1991 Position: Full Back Team support: Liverpool Best player: Ibrahimovic (ridiculous goals) Job: Sustainable Development Manager - manage, monitor and develop strategies for energy, waste & recycling, biodiversity and contracts for all court buildings owned by the Ministry of Justice. Best player at St Helens: Hard to tell - Chad has scored some good goals with the chances he's had. Worst dressed: Jack McKay - that terrible SnapBack hat is horrendous. Best dressed: Cookie - he turned up in the same work shoes as me once. Longest in the shower: Well it's definitely not Marcus Best music album: Swedish House Mafia - Until Now Best song: Will Young - Evergreen Best trainer: Apart from me - Marcus gives it a good effort. Worst trainer: Sam Pullinger - Always talking about his ‘Tight Hammys’ and claiming he can't run.

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Club Fixtures Town have three new teams (U17s, U21s and Veterans) operating at the start of 2014-15 in addition to our North West Counties League and North West Youth Alliance League (U18s) teams. We will bring results, match reports and photos through the campaign.

St Helens Town AFC U21s (Cheshire FA Under 21s League) Sponsored by BIZSPACE UK

September 2014 (home fixtures at Bobbies Lane, St Helens)

A Sun 7th, 11:00am Stockport Sports U21s League

H Sun 14th, 11:00am Sandbach United U21s League

H Sun 21st, 11:00am No Fixture League

A Sun 28th, 11:00am Silverdale Athletic U21s League

October 2014

A Sun 5th, 11:00am Silverdale Athletic U21s Cup

A Sun 12th, 11:00am Egerton U21s League

H Sun 19th, 11:00am Wythenshawe Town U21s League

St Helens Town AFC U18s (NW Youth Alliance League Div 1) Sponsored by BIZSPACE UK

September 2014 (home fixtures at Bobbies Lane, St Helens)

H Sun 7th, 2:30pm AFC Fylde Youth League

A Sun 14th, 2:00pm Bootle Youth Cup

H Sun 21st, 2:30pm Chester FC Colts League

A Sun 28th, 2:30pm Macclesfield Town FC Youth League

October 2014

A Sun 5th, 2:30pm Salford City Youth Cup

H Sun 12th, 2:30pm Vauxhall Motors Youth League

A Sun 26th, 2:30pm West Didsbury & Chorlton Youth League

St Helens Town AFC U17s (South Lancashire League Youth Division)

August 2014 (home fixtures at JMO, Skelmersale)

A Sun 31st, 11:30am Atherleigh Athletic U17s League

September 2014

A Thu 4th, 6:30pm Rylands U17s League

St Helens Town AFC Veterans (Liverpool Business Houses) Sponsored by CONTEGO SECURITY

August 2014 (home games at King George V, Grange Park, St Helens)

H Sun 31st, 2:00pm Parrys Vets League

September 2014

A Sun 7th, 2:00pm Digmoor Vets League

A Sun 14th, 2:00pm Orford Vets League

TBC Sun 21st, 2.00pm County Cup Cup

A Sun 28th, 2:00pm MAS Vets League


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Match Report Bacup & Rossendale Borough 2-6 St Helens Town Wednesday 13th August 2014 St. Helens Town turned in a stylish, professional performance on Wednesday to thrash Bacup and Rossendale Borough 6-2 at West View, recording their best away result for several years and their first win on the

ground for nine seasons. On the rainy evening, the ball zipped about in a first half which saw the visitors take control against a hesitant Bacup midfield, who paid the penalty for sloppy defending as Town built up a 2-0 interval lead, but there were a couple of close shaves as Adrian Bellamy was left with the Town goal at his mercy only to fire wide on 10 minutes and three

minutes later, Omar McKenzie’s goal bound strike was well saved by Chris Brinksman. The writing was on the wall, as St. Helens took control, Marcus Perry ripping the home defence wide open on two occasions. They simply could not cope with the youngster’s pace and skill and it came as no surprise when the same player mugged two defenders out wide on the right, broke forward and placed a lovely drive past the helpless Lewis Bishop from the corner of the box to open the scoring on 22 minutes. Two minutes later and Town could have had a second as Chris Cottington’s goal bound cross-cum-shot was headed out by Bellamy. Perry again threatened the Bacup goal on the half-hour, his shot from 30 yards gratefully tipped over his bar by Bishop. As half-time approached, former Ashton United defender made a tackle on the corner of his own penalty area and set off down field,

riding any number of attempted tackles and, playing a quick one-two, he placed a great strike past Bishop from the edge of the home box to send Town in two goals up. A little complacency set in midway through the second half and within two minutes, Bacup scored twice to level the scores, Bellamy heading in when left unmarked by the far post, then substitute Martin Cosgrave met a Matt Bryan cross to score the equaliser from a similar position. Any fears that Town would crumble were quickly dispelled and it was soon obvious that valuable lessons had been learned from Saturday’s Alsager debacle. Karl Bergqvist was enjoying perhaps his best game for Town out on the right and he fired home from the corner of the box on 72 minutes to restore the visitors’ lead. Paul Cook-Hannah, who was also enjoying his game, received a head injury and played on for a while with his forehead heavily bandaged before making way for Andy Gillespie, who came off the bench in a Jonny Lomax head-guard. Playing his first football since his horrific injury on Easter Monday, he quickly began to make up for lost time and was like a man possessed. His sharpness around goal had to be seen to be believed as he netted Town’s fourth on 75 minutes. Bacup threatened again in the closing minutes and Brinksman pulled off another great save before Gillespie threatened again at the other end. He had three shots in quickfire succession before Bergqvist poked home and there was still enough added time for the same player to complete his hat-trick in some style. The last time St. Helens scored six goals in a league game was against Runcorn Linnets at Knowsley Road in November 2009, although there was an 8-1 FA Vase win over Brodsworth Welfare at Alder House, Atherton in September 2010.


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Match Report Alsager end Town’s unbeaten start St Helens Town 0-4 Alsager Town Saturday 9th August 2014 Bogey team Alsager Town put an end to St. Helens Town’s 100% winning record with a comprehensive 0-4 victory at Brocstedes Park on Saturday.

The Cheshire side has won nine and drawn four of their 14 clashes away to St. Helens over recent years, so the result should not have come as a surprise, but given that St. Helens had won both and the visitors had lost both of their opening fixtures, the manner of defeat could only really be put down to complacency on the part of the home side and a disciplined approach by the visitors, who hit Town three times in twelve minutes on the break early in the second half. St. Helens were perhaps the more dominant of the sides in the first half and they very nearly scored in the first minute following a mix-up in defence between centre-half Matt Haddrell and keeper Steve Dryden, but Paul Cook-Hannah could not get the decisive touch. Tom Lightbody was narrowly wide with a header in the 16th minute before Cook-Hannah went close again on 22 minutes. A terrible error in the home defence after 28 minutes set up striker Chris Smith, but

Chris Brinksman in the town goal pulled off a tremendous save, touching the ferocious shot high and wide over the top of his left upright. Town were well on top for the remainder of the half and midfielder Jack McKay put Lightbody through on goal, but Dryden blocked the shot, which ricocheted off Lightbody, unluckily for the winger, and out for a goal kick. Ten minutes before the break, Town were awarded a free-kick 25 yards out and Dryden again came to the rescue, saving low down from James Rushton-Woods’ well-placed drive. Stalemate at half-time then, but Alsager shocked the Town side on the 49th minute when a long cross was met by Michael Blundell who made no mistake, hitting home past the exposed Brinskman. Worse was to come five minutes later when Blundell strode through the home defence

to score his second and the outcome was put beyond doubt on 61 minutes when Shaun Reaney drove home from 25 yards. Either side of that goal, Lightbody had two goalbound efforts blocked by the visitors’ defence and substitute Karl Bergqvist, who injected some pace in the attack, looked to have scored a consolation on 70 minutes, but Dryden again saved well in the Alsager goal. Alsager bossed the second half with some ease and held Town’s attacks in a vice-like grip, none more so than striker turned central defender Haddrell, who stifled Cook-Hannah throughout by fair means and foul, but the visitors deserved their victory and they scored again two minutes from time through Reaney, who caught full-back Chris Cottington as he failed to clear the ball out of defence.


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Town v Alsager Town

St Helens Town 0-4 Alsager Town North West Counties

Football League Premier Division


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North West Counties Football League Premier Division

Saturday 9th August 2014

Action from Town’s 0-4 loss v Alsager Town last Saturday


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Premier Division P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Glossop North End 4 4 0 0 11 1 10 12

2 Runcorn Linnets 4 4 0 0 12 4 8 12

3 AFC Liverpool 4 3 1 0 9 3 6 10

4 Winsford United 4 3 0 1 11 4 7 9

5 St Helens Town 4 3 0 1 11 7 4 9

6 Squires Gate 4 2 2 0 7 2 5 8

7 Silsden 4 2 1 1 10 5 5 7

8 1874 Northwich 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7

9 Runcorn Town 4 2 1 1 7 8 -1 7

10 West Didsbury &

Chorlton 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 6

11 Colne 4 2 0 2 3 7 -4 6

12 Congleton Town 4 1 2 1 11 10 1 5

13 Ashton Athletic 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 5

14 Bootle 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 4

15 Alsager Town 4 1 1 2 7 5 2 4

16 Nelson 4 1 1 2 6 8 -2 4

17 Stockport Sports 4 1 1 2 11 14 -3 4

18 Bacup & Rossendale

Borough 4 1 0 3 6 14 -8 3

19 Maine Road 4 0 0 4 4 10 -6 0

20 AFC Blackpool 4 0 0 4 1 9 -8 0

21 Barnoldswick Town 4 0 0 4 3 16 -13 0

22 Abbey Hey 4 0 0 4 3 17 -14 0

Premier Division Table as at Wednesday 13th August 2014

* points deducted for a breach of league rules

Premier Division

Saturday 16th August 2014

F.A. Challenge Cup Extra Prelim Round

AFC Liverpool v Squires Gate

Alsager Town v Winterton Rangers

Barton Town OB v Abbey Hey

Bootle v Runcorn Town

Cammell Laird P-P West Didsbury & Chorlton

(w/o for West Didsbury & Chorlton)

Glossop North End v AFC Blackpool

Holker Old Boys v Ashington

Nelson v West Auckland Town

Northallerton Town

v Colne

Nostell Miners Welfare

v Stockport Sports

Parkgate v Congleton Town

Rochdale Town v Runcorn Linnets

(To be played at Runcorn Linnets FC)

Silsden v Consett

St Helens Town v Atherton Collieries

Tadcaster Albion v Barnoldswick Town

Wigan Robin Park v Maltby Main

Winsford United v Athersley Recreation

First Division

AFC Darwen v Barnton

Ashton Town v Cheadle Town

Atherton LR v Eccleshall

Daisy Hill v Hanley Town

Litherland REMYCA v Northwich F Villa

Oldham Boro v Irlam

Widnes v Chadderton

Sunday 17th August 2014

F.A. Challenge Cup Extra Prelim Round

1874 Northwich v Maine Road

AFC Emley v Ashton Athletic

Whickham v Bacup & Rossendale Borough

Monday 18th August 2014

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Runcorn Town v St Helens Town

First Division

Atherton Collieries v Ashton Town


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Division One P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Atherton Collieries 3 3 0 0 13 2 11 9

2 Atherton LR 4 2 1 1 8 9 -1 7

3 Daisy Hill 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 6

4 Ashton Town 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 6

5 Widnes 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 6

6 Rochdale Town 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 6

7 Chadderton 3 2 0 1 6 7 -1 6

8 AFC Darwen 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 5

9 Cammell Laird 1907 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 4

10 Eccleshall 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4

11 Northwich Flixton

Villa 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3

12 Holker Old Boys 3 1 0 2 8 9 -1 3

13 Oldham Boro 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3

14 Cheadle Town 3 1 0 2 5 7 -2 3

15 Barnton 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3

16 Hanley Town 3 1 0 2 6 10 -4 3

17 Wigan Robin Park 3 1 0 2 5 9 -4 3

18 Irlam 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1

19 Litherland REMYCA 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8 0

Division One Table as at Tuesday 12h August 2014

* points deducted for a breach of league rules

League Division 1

Tuesday 19th August 2014

Premier Division

1874 Northwich v AFC Liverpool

Abbey Hey v Maine Road

Barnoldswick Town v AFC Blackpool

Congleton Town v Bootle

Runcorn Linnets v Alsager Town

West Didsbury & Chorlton

v Glossop North End

First Division

Cammell Laird 1907 v Barnton

Rochdale Town v Oldham Boro

Wigan Robin Park v Daisy Hill

Wednesday 20th August 2014

Premier Division

Ashton Athletic v Winsford United

Bacup & Rossendale Borough

v Silsden

First Division

AFC Darwen v Holker Old Boys

Cheadle Town v Eccleshall

Northwich F Villa v Irlam

Saturday 23rd August 2014

Premier Division

Abbey Hey v Alsager Town

AFC Blackpool v Runcorn Town

Ashton Athletic v Stockport Sports

Bacup & Rossen-dale Borough

v 1874 Northwich

Barnoldswick Town v AFC Liverpool

Colne v St Helens Town

Congleton Town v Squires Gate

Glossop North End v Silsden

Maine Road v Nelson

Runcorn Linnets v West Didsbury & Chorlton

Winsford United v Bootle


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