St Helens Town v Silsden

North West Counties Football League Premier Division Programme of the Year 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13

Executive Programme Sponsor





Today’s Teams . . .

Cover: Action from last Saturday v West Didsbury & Chorlton

No Gls St Helens Town

Ciaran Gibson

Chris Tingay

Shaun Judge

Andy Mawdsley

Lewis Coyle

Cole Ashton

Mike Sykes-Wright

Danny Owens

Adam Storey

Andy Gillespie

Connor Sanderson

Nathan Parish

Lee Crompton

Neil Weaver

Sam Pullinger

Stephen Milne

No Gls Silsden

Edward Hall

Matthew Moses

Kristian Hargreaves

Daniel Gleave

Daniel Fagan

Michael Hill

Chris Wademan

Ben Crabtree

Michael Hall

Will Storrie

Anthony Lynch

Steven Throup

Nathan Egan

Martin Trickett

Anthony Young

Andy Hill

CLUB INFORMATION

Honorary Life Presidents: Bert Trautmann OBE

and Bill Foulkes

Vice President: Jim Barrett

Chairman: John McKiernan (07713 339682)

Vice Chairman: Glyn Jones

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

Commercial Manager

Darryl Picton (07908 833554)

Full Committee: John McKiernan, Jeff Voller, Jim Barrett, Darryl Picton, Ste Ball, Chris Ford and Glyn Jones.

Trustees:

John McKiernan and Eric Bond

Club Manager: Ian Granite

Assistant Manager: Ian Price

Coaches: Paul Jones and Nick Matthews

Physiotherapist: Nicole Garner

Reserve Team Manager

Nick Robinson

Assistant Manager: Paul Piert

Youth Team Managers: Rob Walker & Anthony Dunne

Email:

[email protected]

Main Club Sponsor: Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Legal:

St Helens Town Limited Private Limited Company

Company No. 04392840

Date of Incorporation 12.03.2002

Company Directors: Jim Barrett & Gordon McDonald

Parent Company:

A wholly owned subsidiary of Sporting Club St Helens Limited

Saturday 19th October 2013, kick off 3.00pm North West Counties League, Premier Division

Manager: Ian Granite Assistant: Ian Price

Manager: Andy Geary Assistant: Ryan Haigh

Referee: Mr M Corlett (Waterloo) Assist: Mr N Badger (Lydiate) & Mr M Ryder (Woolton)

Today’s Match & Match Ball Sponsor:

St Helens Town Red & White Shirts

White Shorts, Red & White Socks

Silsden AFC Yellow Shirts

Green Shorts & Yellow Socks





Talk of the Town . . . Good afternoon and welcome to Brocstedes Park for this North West Counties Football League, Premier Division contest against our friends from Silsden. 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. Last Saturday saw us extend the unbeaten run to seven matches as we recorded a 3-0 win over West Didsbury & Chorlton in the first ever competitive meeting between the two sides. After the early stages were fought out mainly in the middle of the park Town broke the deadlock on 41 minutes when Andy Gillespie continued his scoring form as he linked with Adam Storey before firing past the helpless visiting stopper to send Town into the break with a narrow lead.

After the break the visitors responded with a 15 minute spell of pressure but failed to level matters and in similar fashion to the previous match against Squires Gate, Town reply to the period of pressure was to extend their lead. A long kick from Ciaran Gibson was allowed to bounce by the visiting defence and Gillespie was able to capitalise as he latched onto the through ball and lobed an effort over the advancing stopper and into the net. Gillespie then completed his hat-trick late on in the piece as Storey was again provider centring for Gillespie to send a stooping header home to make it five goals in his four

appearances for the first team this season. The win saw Town up to the heady heights of 7th position before the midweek fixtures. This is no mean feat and Ian, the coaching staff and the squad can take plenty of pride as we punch above our weight. It took us until March last season to break the 20 point barrier which we have done in October this season! As we continue this long run of home matches we take on Silsden who had an excellent 3-2 victory at home to Alsager Town last Saturday and as Andy Gillespie was notching his treble for Town, Michael Hall was doing likewise for Silsden to help them secure three points. There have been some good games between Town and Silsden over recent seasons and plenty of goals lets hope that this afternoon’s contest is entertaining for all present with Town coming out victorious of course! Off the field we have a forthcoming fundraiser with our Race Night scheduled for Saturday evening with more information, tickets etc available from Darryl Picton or John McKiernan this afternoon. Finally, let’s get behind Town this afternoon and hopefully cheer them onto a victory. Enjoy the game . . . Jeff Voller





In Town Today . . . Silsden AFC was formed in September 1904 and has seen many teams come and go playing Saturdays and Sundays. The present Saturday senior team has been playing since the 1996/97 season, starting life in the Craven & District Football League Division Two after the said team had progressed through the junior section within the club. They spent 3 years in the

Craven League moving up to the Premier Division and in the last year set a new record of going through the season unbeaten in all competitions. From there they joined the West Riding County Amateur League in Division Two and quickly gained promotion up into the Premier Division where they enjoyed 3 seasons. In season 2002/2003 Silsden set another record in going through the season unbeaten in all competitions. To add to this they also won the West Riding County Challenge Cup for the third successive season. In season 2004/2005 Silsden joined the North West Counties League and gained promotion to the top division in their inaugural season, finishing as runners up to runaway winners Cammell Laird.

Season League P W D L F A GD Pts Position

1996-97 CDL-2 22 15 5 2 66 27 39 35 2/12

1997-98 CDL-1 22 17 3 2 93 28 65 37 2/12

1998-99 CDL-P 22 19 3 0 72 17 55 41 1/12

1999-00 WRCL-2 26 22 3 1 100 14 86 69 1/14

2000-01 WRCL-1 28 24 3 1 90 19 71 75 1/15

2001-02 WRCL-P 26 17 4 5 66 30 36 55 2/14

2002-03 WRCL-P 24 17 7 0 63 19 44 58 1/13

2003-04 WRCL-P 26 22 1 3 78 28 50 67 1/14

2004-05 NWC-2 36 25 5 6 93 42 51 77 2/19

2005-06 NWC-1 42 16 8 18 76 75 1 50 14/22

2006-07 NWC-1 42 16 6 20 66 79 -13 54 14/22

2007-08 NWC-1 38 15 10 13 65 57 8 55 10/20

2008-09 NWC-P 42 16 10 16 62 67 -5 58 9/22

2009-10 NWC-P 42 13 7 22 53 75 -22 46 14/22

2010-11 NWC-P 42 13 9 20 47 74 -27 48 15/22

2011-12 NWC-P 42 16 9 17 59 59 0 57 12/22

2012-13 NWC-P 42 11 6 25 58 98 -40 39 18/22





. . . Silsden AFC Silsden AFC have also a progressive junior set up with age groups running from U7’s right through to U17’s. Some age groups run two teams making this one of the largest football clubs in the area. In 2005/2006 Silsden under 19’s entered for the first time the West Riding Academy League (Northern Section) Division West. In 2006/2007 Silsden under 19’s won the Northern Alliance West Division League. In May 2009 the building of a new clubhouse & changing facilities was completed and in August 2010 saw the completion of the ground improvements which meant a return of Silsden AFC to its rightful place – back in Silsden!

Date Opposition H/A K.O / Score Goalscorers

Sat 03/08/13 Alsager Town A W 2-1 Ben Crabtree (10) Thomas Sowerbutts (67)

Wed 07/08/13 Wigan Robin Park H W 1-0 Ben Crabtree (43)

Sat 10/08/13 Ashton Athletic A D 1-1 Nick McNally (77)

Wed 14/08/13 Colne H L 1-3 Ben Crabtree (41)

Sat 17/08/13 Bridlington Town H L 1-2 Nick McNally (80)

(F.A. Challenge Cup EP)

Wed 21/08/13 Stockport Sports H D 2-2 Will Storrie (73) Steven Throup (95)

Sat 24/08/13 Abbey Hey A L 1-2 Andrew Hill (7)

Wed 28/08/13 Bacup & Rossendale Borough A L 0-3

Sat 31/08/13 Maine Road H L 1-3 Own Goal (38)

Sat 07/09/13 Bootle H L 0-2

Wed 11/09/13 AFC Blackpool H W 4-1 Michael Hall (36) Will Storrie (38, 45) Anthony Lynch (74)

Sat 14/09/13 Squires Gate A L 2-3 Nathan Egan (45) Stephen Throup (62)

Sat 21/09/13 North Shields H L 2-4 Andrew Hill (86) Kristian Hargreaves (114)

(F.A. Carlsberg Vase 2Q - AET, 1-1 after 90 mins)

Tue 01/10/13 Liversedge A L 1-2 Michael Hall (87)

(West Riding County Cup 1)

Sat 05/10/13 Norton United H W 1-0 Chris Wademan (71)

Tue 08/10/13 Wigan Robin Park A D 1-1 Anthony Lynch (62)

Sat 12/10/13 Alsager Town H W 3-2 Michael Hall (12,42. 56)





How We Compare . . . St Helens Town - last 6 matches

All Competitions Most recent

Home D L L D W W

Away L L D W D W

Collated W D D W W W

Silsden - last 6 matches

All Competitions Most recent

Home L L W L W W

Away D L L L L D

Collated L L L W D W

St Helens Town games since...

Silsden

games since...

All Competitions All Competitions

Clean sheet

0 Clean sheet

2

Goal Scored

0 Goal Scored

0

Loss 7 Loss 3

No score draw

18 No score draw

115

Score draw

3 Score draw

1

Win 0 Win 0

Previous Meetings Since 1949/50

All Competitions

P W D L F A GD Win %

Home 9 6 2 1 18 13 5 66.67

Away 7 2 1 4 11 21 -10 28.57

Collated 16 8 3 5 29 34 -5 50.00

at St Helens Town

Previous Meetings

at Silsden

NWC-1 1998-99 CDL-P

NWC-1 1999-00 WRCL-2

NWC-1 2000-01 WRCL-1

NWC-1 2001-02 WRCL-P



NWC-1 2004-05 NWC-2

04/02; 3-2 2005-06 18/02; 2-4

31/03; 2-1 2006-07 14/04; 1-1

20/10; 4-4 2007-08 05/01; 0-5

20/12; 4-1 2008-09 13/09; 1-2

29/04; 1-0 2009-10 20/03; 3-2

19/04; 0-3 2010-11 11/09; 3-0

26/11; 1-1 2011-12 28/04; 1-1

16/02; 2-1 2012-13 06/09; 1-7

19/10/2013 2013-14 14/12/2013

St Helens Town Scores First

Games Played 16

St Helens Town Wins 7

Draws 4

Silsden Wins 5

St Helens Town Goals 29

Silsden Goals 35

Percentage Town Wins 43.75





Chairman’s Notes . . . Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Brocstedes Park, for this NWCFL Premier Division encounter with our friends and rivals Silsden AFC. Let’s hope their players, officials and supporters along with our own

followers are treated to an entertaining game. Town are currently on a great run with three successive victories and seven games unbeaten. Following our 5-0 drubbing of Squires Gate, last Saturday saw the lads battle hard for their 3-0 home win over a strong West Didsbury and Chorlton outfit. The highlight of the afternoon was Andy Gillespie’s hat-trick but the overall performance of the team was impressive and I am sure Ian Granite will want a repeat today. Silsden also recorded a win last weekend as they edged out Alsager Town 3-2 at the Angel Telecom Stadium with Michael Hall netting a treble for the Cobydalers. Last season we earned a 2-1 home victory over Silsden but were thrashed 7-1 in West Yorkshire; Shaun Judge heading home a consolation goal for Town. We welcome on board Paul Piert, who has joined the Reserve team management from Penlake FC. Paul is no stranger to the club having had a spell as coach with us under Jimmy

McBride. We’re delighted Paul accepted our invitation to join us and I am sure the whole club will benefit from his arrival. Don’t forget next Saturday is our Race Night at Windleshaw Sports Club, everyone is welcome with admission just £2 which includes hotpot supper. Details have been confirmed for the Bert Trautmann Memorial game which will take place on Sunday 17th November - full details are in today’s programme. Many thanks to Chris O’Dea of OD’s Designer Clothing who has agreed to sponsor the match and to Rob Lomax of RL ICT Solutions Ltd for his match ball sponsorship. Next up for Town we welcome Congleton Town to Brocstedes Park next Tuesday - full fixture list is in the centre pages Enjoy the game. John McKiernan Chairman St Helens Town AFC





Town v West Didsbury . . . Saturday 12th October 2013 NWCFL, Premier Division St Helens Town 3-0 West Didsbury & Chorlton St Helens Town extended their winning streak to three matches as they defeated West Didsbury & Chorlton at Brocstedes Park to go to 7th in the North West Counties League, Premier Division table. The early stages of the contest were a battle of attrition as the visitors playing a conservative 4-5-1 formation, outnumbering the hosts in

midfield and looking to keep them out with sheer volume of numbers. As such the opening exchanges saw most of the ball in the middle of the park with a few forays forward for both sides coming to nothing. The first real noteworthy incident saw Adam Storey chase onto a through ball and get in front of David Conlon the defender then proceeded to pull the striker back for around 6 yards allowing the ball to get into the box and the visiting stopper collect the ball but no foul was given by the match officials. Storey was again in the action on 23 minutes when he collected a flick on by Connor Sanderson to advance through on goal but Ben Simpson in the West Didsbury goal stood up well and blocked the strikers’ effort. Further pressure saw Storey receive the ball in the box with his back to goal and turn before firing an effort which looked to be beating the keeper but was blocked by Conlon and the ball went over the bar. The home side broke the deadlock on 42 minutes when Storey turned provider as he fed the ball into Andy Gillespie who continued his prolific streak receiving the ball just inside the box and powering his shot past the keeper to send Town into the break in the lead. The visitors came back at Town after the interval and had a quarter of an hour spell where they changed their formation to a more attacking 4-4-2 and looked to level matters. The best chances in this spell saw a counter attack down the right where Tre Baldwin-Willis advanced and centred towards substitute Thomas Walsh but he put his free header over the bar. A few minutes later Richmond Botchey got down the left flank and sent a dangerous cross into the box which was turned behind by a defender for a corner which came to nothing. Similarly to Tuesday Town responded to the pressure in the best possible way by netting themselves after Storey had drawn a double save from Simpson it was strike partner Gillespie who added his and Town’s second as he latched onto a returned clearance sprang the offside trap and lobbed an effort over the advancing stopper. At the other end Ciaran Gibson was called into action for the first time as he did well to turn an effort from Botchey over the bar. Gillespie spurned a chance to complete his hat-trick on 79 minutes when he latched onto a long kick by Gibson and beat his defender but his effort went just wide from a tight angle, he did however make amends a few minutes later when Storey did well on the right and sent the ball into the box for Gillespie to send home with a stooping header for his fifth goal in four matches, securing all three points and making it seven unbeaten for Town. St Helens Town; Gibson, Tingay, Judge, Mawdsley (C), Coyle, Ashton, Sykes-Wright (Parish 71), D. Owens, Storey, Gillespie (Milne 84), Sanderson (Weaver 87). Sub Not Used; Crompton, Pullinger.

Jeff Voller



. . . Match Photos

Action from last Saturday’s NWCFL Premier Division 3-0 home win

over West Didsbury and Chorlton







Season 2013-14 Match and Match Ball Sponsors Day Date Opponent Comp Match Match Ball

Sat 03/08/13 Norton United League ARC Glass & Bending Hardwick Group

Tue 13/08/13 Wigan Robin Park League Gemini Lettings Gemini Lettings

Sat 17/08/13 Ashton Athletic FAC EPR Cinema Bar Cinema Bar

Sat 24/08/13 Maine Road League Cheshire Concrete Products Cheshire Concrete Products

Sat 31/08/13 Alsager Town League Johnsons Toyota Liverpool Johnsons Toyota Liverpool

Sat 28/09/13 Bacup & Rossendale B League Scuffs N Scratches Scuffs N Scratches

Tue 08/10/13 Squires Gate League The Window Warehouse The Window Warehouse

Sat 12/10/13 West Dids & Chorlton League The Window Warehouse The Window Warehouse

Tue 22/10/13 Congleton Town League

Sat 26/10/13 Alsager Town LCC 2R Freebets.co.uk Freebets.co.uk

Tue 29/10/13 Barnoldswick Town League

Sat 09/11/13 AFC Blackpool League

Tue 12/11/13 Winsford United League

Sat 23/11/13 Stockport Sports League

Tue 26/11/13 Bootle League

Sat 19/10/13 Silsden League Hardwick Group Hardwick Group

Sponsor News . . .

Congratulations to St Helens Town’s September Player of the Month Shaun Judge. The award is sponsored by Johnsons Toyota Liverpool the recipient receives VIP treatment from the club’s Main Sponsors, choosing any brand new car from the Toyota range. On this occasion Shaun chose a top of the range Toyota RAV4 which he had unlimited use of for one week. Shaun is pictured prior to the game v West Didsbury and Chorlton with the club’s Manager Ian Granite.



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 in 1955/56, 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 the only club to feature in the top division of that league throughout its existence although, after a very good start, they very nearly lost that proud record last

season. The club’s major achievement was victory in 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



. . . of St Helens Town AFC

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. Other future stars, groomed at St. Helens Town, included John Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday), Geoff Nulty (Burnley, Newcastle United and Everton) and, most recently, ace goal scorer 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. 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 in 2010/11 next to bottom, 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 who battled well to avoid relegation. Though the club have the benefit of an 80-year ground-sharing agreement with Saints, they have been unable to re-locate to the new stadium at Langtree Park and having spent over two seasons sharing Ashton Town’s ground at Edge Green Street a new ground share agreement has been brokered with fellow Premier Division side Ashton Athletic to cover their immediate future as plans for a return to St Helens continue.

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

Record Appearances: Allan Wellens Record Goal Scorer: Steve Pennington

Record Attendances:

4000 at Hoghton Road v Manchester City 1723 at Knowsley Road 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

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



Hearts and Goals . . . St Helens Town has a new high-profile national charity partner for the 2013/14 season after joining up with Hearts & Goals, a lifesaving campaign for which Fabrice Muamba is ambassador. The club has forged a new partnership with Arrhythmia Alliance, the charity behind Hearts & Goals,a national campaign to tackle the UK’s biggest killer sudden cardiac arrest, by helping communities place lifesaving public-access

AEDs (automated external defibrillators). The campaign’s ambassador, former Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on the football pitch in March 2012 and went on to make a remarkable recovery thanks to prompt treatment with CPR and an AED. Everyone at the club was so moved by his experiences and the work he and the charity has done through Hearts & Goals, Town want to raise as much money as possible for the campaign by holding a series of fundraising events throughout the season and beyond, as well as dedicating a percentage of all incoming sponsorship deals to the charity. Sudden cardiac arrest claims 100,000 lives in the UK every year and AEDs, like the one used on Fabrice on the pitch at White Hart Lane, increase a person’s chance of surviving from just 5% to 50% if they suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. The devices do not require training and can be used by anyone to shock a person’s heart back into its normal rhythm in the event of someone suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. Arrhythmia Alliance has already helped communities up and down the UK place public-access AEDs as part of Hearts & Goals. The devices are placed in secure cabinets which are logged with local ambulance services and available to anyone in the community 24/7. In the event of an emergency anyone who phones 999 is then given immediate access to the lifesaving defibrillator. St Helens Town Commercial Manager, Darryl Picton, said: “The idea to forge this partnership came from Fabrice’s story. “Never before have I witnessed such an event that has brought football fans, clubs and



. . . Our Charity Partner players together in support of one man as what happened on that horrific day at White Hart Lane. The story touched the hearts of everyone and transcended sport. Those events really hit home to everyone at St Helens Town how quickly and unexpectedly tragedy can strike in a community and having access to this essential equipment will save hundreds of lives. “We are proud to be associated with Hearts and Goals and with Fabrice, and we will work tirelessly throughout the year to raise every penny possible for the campaign.”

Trudie Lobban MBE, Founder and CEO of Arrhythmia Alliance, said: “We are absolutely delighted St Helens Town AFC have chosen our Hearts & Goals campaign as their official

charity campaign. “Hearts & Goals focuses on tackling the UK’s biggest killer, sudden cardiac arrest, which kills 100,000 people in the UK every year. We have already been able to help communities up and down the country place lifesaving AEDs (automated external defibrillators) and with partners like St Helens we can continue this work. “It is clear all involved at the club are very passionate about the campaign and we are delighted to welcome them on board.” A host of fundraising events are already planned throughout the year, including a a Race Night on Saturday 26th October and Comedy & Curry Night on Saturday 7th December. For full details of events or to make a donation to the campaign contact Darryl Picton on 07908 833 554 or by email at [email protected] Visit www.heartsandgoals.org for more information.



Date Opponents Comp KO Result GK 2 3 4 5 6

Aug 3 NORTON UNITED NWCFL 3.00 3-3D Clark Mawdsley Harrison Williams(C)1 Coyle Cooper

Aug 6 Squires Gate NWCFL 7.45 3-0L Clark Mawdsley Harrison Wright Crompton(C) Williams

Aug 10 Winsford United NWCFL 3.00 2-1L Clark Mawdsley Judge Williams(C) Coyle Ashton

Aug 13 WIGAN ROBIN PARK NWCFL 7.45 4-1W Taylor Mawdsley1 Harrison Williams(C) Coyle Chesworth

Aug 17 ASHTON ATHLETIC FAC EPR 3.00 2-2D Taylor Mawdsley Harrison1 Williams(C) Coyle Ashton

Aug 17 Ashton Athletic FAC Rep 7.45 1-0L Taylor Mawdsley Harrison Williams Crompton(C) Ashton

Aug 24 MAINE ROAD NWCFL 3.00 0-5L Taylor Mawdsley Harrison Crompton(C) Williams Ashton

Aug 27 Barnoldswick Town NWCFL 7.45 1-2W Taylor Mawdsley Judge1 Crompton(C) Coyle Wright

Aug 31 ALSAGER TOWN NWCFL 3.00 0-3L Taylor Tingay Judge C.Williams Coyle Sykes-Wright

Sep 7 Pontefract Collieries FAV 1QR 3.00 2-0L Taylor Tingay Judge Barber Coyle Chesworth(C)

Sep 12 AFC Liverpool NWCFL 7.45 3-0L Gibson Pullinger Judge(C) Curzon Coyle Ashton

Sep 21 Abbey Hey NWCFL 3.00 1-1D Gibson Pullinger Harrison Coyle Curzon Ashton

Sep 24 Bootle NWCFL 7.45 1-2W Gibson Pullinger Harrison Coyle Crompton(C) Parish

Sep 28 BACUP & ROSS BORO NWCFL 3.00 1-1D Gibson Sykes-Wright Harrison Mawdsley(C) Coyle Parish

Oct 1 Runcorn Linnets NWCFL 7.45 1-1D Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Sykes

Oct 5 Glossop North End NWCFL 3.00 2-3W Gibson Tingay Judge1 Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Sykes

Oct 8 SQUIRES GATE NWCFL 7.45 5-0W Gibson Tingay Judge1 Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton Sykes

Oct 12 W DIDS & CHORLTON NWCFL 3.00 3-0W Gibson Tingay Judge Mawdsley(C) Coyle Ashton SykesOct 19 SILSDEN NWCFL 3.00

Oct 22 CONGLETON TOWN NWCFL 7.45

Oct 26 ALSAGER TOWN Lge Cup 2 3.00

Oct 29 BARNOLDSWICK TOWN NWCFL 7.45

Nov 2 Bacup & Ross Borough NWCFL 3.00

Nov 9 AFC BLACKPOOL NWCFL 3.00

Nov 12 WINSFORD UNITED NWCFL 7.45

Nov 23 STOCKPORT SPORTS NWCFL 3.00

Nov 26 BOOTLE NWCFL 7.45

Nov 30 West Didsbury & Chorlton NWCFL 3.00

Dec 3 Wigan Robin Park NWCFL 7.45

Dec 7 COLNE NWCFL 3.00

Dec 14 Silsden NWCFL 3.00

Dec 21 TBA NWCFL 3.00

Dec 26 Ashton Athletic NWCFL 3.00

Jan 4 RUNCORN TOWN NWCFL 3.00

Jan 11 Norton United NWCFL 3.00

Jan 18 ABBEY HEY NWCFL 3.00

Jan 25 Runcorn Town NWCFL 3.00

Feb 1 Alsager Town NWCFL 3.00

Feb 8 RUNCORN LINNETS NWCFL 3.00

Feb 15 Stockport Sports NWCFL 3.00 Mar 1 Colne NWCFL 3.00

Mar 29 AFC LIVERPOOL NWCFL 3.00

Apr 12 AFC Blackpool NWCFL 3.00

Apr 19 GLOSSOP NORTH END NWCFL 3.00

Apr 21 ASHTON ATHLETIC NWCFL 3.00

Apr 26 Maine Road NWCFL 3.00

Name1 Player name and number of goals scored

Name Player name and CAUTION

Name Player name and DISMISSAL

Name10 Player name and number of replaced player

Name Player name and DISMISSAL FOR 2 CAUTIONS

2013-14 Fixtures, Facts and Figures . . .



14 Fixtures, Facts and Figures . . . 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17

Weaver Wright Milne Sanderson Judge Pullinger Ross Bowen Owens61 Edwards71

Ashton Judge Edwards Milne Sanderson Pullinger Weaver11 Coyle5 Cooper Bowen9

Cooper1 Wright Milne Sanderson Etchells Pullinger Bowen7 Ross11 Chesworth Weaver9

Ashton Judge Cook-Hannah Sanderson1 Milne2 Pullinger10 Wright Bowen Weaver11 Edwards9

Cooper Judge Milne Cook-Hannah Etchells Finlay Pullinger Edwards10 Weaver71 Ross

Weaver Judge Cook-Hannah Sanderson Milne Pullinger/Ross Cooper/Wright Sykes-Wright Edwards9 Coyle10

Weaver Judge Cook-Hannah Sanderson Milne Pullinger Edwards Etchells Coyle Wright9

Weaver Parish Bergqvist Cook-Hannah1 P.Williams C.Williams4 Edwards Sanderson Milne10 Ashton7

Weaver Parish Bergqvist Cook-Hannah(C) P.Williams Edwards10 Chesworth6 Sanderson11 Milne Ashton

Weaver Parish Bergqvist Cook-Hannah Ashton Edwards9 Sanderson10 Milne11 C.Williams Sykes-W

Sanderson Parish Storey Wright Weaver Sykes-Wright10 Cook-Hannah Bergqvist7 Milne Barber

Sanderson Wright Cook-Hannah Milne1 Judge(C) Mawdsley2 Sykes-Wright7 C.Williams Weaver Crompton

Judge1 D.Owens Milne Cook-Hannah Ashton Sykes-Wright Wright Storey101 Mawdsley5 Sanderson8

Ashton D.Owens1 Cook-Hannah Milne Judge Tingay C.Williams Storey9 Weaver10 Sanderson8

Sykes-Wright D.Owens Storey1 Gillespie Sanderson Cook-Hannah Curzon Weaver11 Barber Wright10

Sykes-Wright1 D.Owens Storey Gillespie1 Sanderson Parish8 Wright7 Bailey Weaver11

Sykes-Wright D.Owens Storey Gillespie1 Sanderson3 Parish6 Pullinger Weaver Wright8 Milne9

Sykes-Wright D.Owens Storey Gillespie3 Sanderson Parish7 Weaver11 Crompton Pullinger Milne10



St Helens Town AFC . . . St Helens Town Statistical History by Glyn Jones

Part 14 – Season 1960/61 - LANCASHIRE COMBINATION DIVISION 2

FINAL TABLE P W D L F A Pts

Chorley Reserves 34 24 6 4 120 56 54

Morecambe Reserves 34 21 8 5 92 46 50

Padiham 34 21 6 7 94 55 48

Wigan Athletic Reserves 34 22 3 9 105 47 47

Southport Reserves 34 21 5 8 86 50 47

South Liverpool 34 21 4 9 116 60 46

Northern Nomads 34 16 6 12 91 80 38

Netherfield Reserves 34 16 5 13 89 81 37

St. Helens Town 34 15 5 14 69 67 35

Glossop 34 13 5 16 64 86 31

Nelson Reserves 34 13 3 18 55 78 29

Leyland Motors 34 10 7 17 66 86 27

Crompton’s Recs. 34 10 6 18 67 93 26

Horwich RMI Reserves 34 10 6 18 67 106 26

Prescot Cables Reserves 34 10 4 20 66 74 24

Great Harwood 34 8 5 21 56 104 21

Rolls Royce 34 6 1 27 50 117 13

Lancaster City Reserves 34 4 5 25 44 111 13

Opponents Home Result Away Result

Chorley Reserves Mar 18 Drew 2-2 Nov 12 Lost 0-5

Crompton’s Recs. Aug 20 Won 3-1 Dec 17 Drew 1-1

Glossop Feb 4 Won 4-0 Sep 17 Lost 2-3

Great Harwood Nov 19 Won 3-0 Mar 25 Lost 1-2

Horwich RMI Reserves Mar 31 Won 4-1 Sep 3 Lost 0-1

Lancaster City Reserves Aug 27 Won 3-2 Dec 31 Drew 1-1

Leyland Motors Apr 8 Won 3-1 Sep 24 Won 2-1

Morecambe Reserves Mar 4 Lost 2-3 Oct 29 Lost 1-3

Nelson Reserves Apr 1 Won 2-1 May 1 Lost 1-2

Netherfield Reserves Oct 8 Won 4-0 Dec 10 Lost 0-2

Northern Nomads May 3 Won 6-2 Mar 11 Lost 0-4

Padiham Oct 1 Won 2-0 Feb 18 Lost 3-5

Prescot Cables Reserves Apr 20 Lost 0-2 Jan 28 Won 2-1

Rolls Royce Aug 25 Won 5-1 Apr 22 Won 2-0

South Liverpool Oct 22 Lost 2-6 Feb 25 Lost 0-6

Southport Reserves Dec 3 Drew 2-2 Oct 15 Lost 1-2

Wigan Athletic Reserves Apr 15 Drew 1-1 Apr 29 Won 4-3



. . . Season 1960-61 Player App Goals

Abbott, Steve 2

Ashcroft, Stan 40

Barnes, R (Dickie) 41 10

Bromilow, W (Billy) 6 2

Buckley, John 7

Clifft, Paul 8

Cooke, John 28 17

Farrell, B 4 1

Fee, Alfie 3 4

Foster, Stan 1

Goulding, Malcolm 38 9

Hardman, Bernie 5

Horton, Roy 7 1

Hunt, J 11

Ireland, Ronnie 3 1

Maloney, Derek 39 3

Markland, Roy 14 5

Pennington, Joe 38

Prescott, Roy 9

Rimmer, Cyril 40

Scott, Freddie 19 12

Smith, Ron 36 11

Speakman, Tommy 7

Tarpey, Jimmy 3 2

Thomas, Roy 5 1

Topping, Maurice 17

Trigg, Barry 35

Woods, Alan 7 3

Own goals 2

Totals 473 84

FA CUP

Sep 10 1st Qualifying Round Skelmersdale United (A) Lost 2-3

LANCASHIRE JUNIOR CUP

Jan 21 1st Round Leyland Motors (H) Won 1-0

Feb 11 2nd Round Marine (A) Lost 0-3

LANCASHIRE COMBINATION CUP

Aug 29 1st Round Prescot Cables (A) Drew 1-1

Sep 8 1st Round Replay Prescot Cables (H) Won 2-1

Sep 29 2nd Round New Brighton (A) Lost 0-2

LIVERPOOL NON-LEAGUE CUP

Sep1 1st Round Earlestown (A) Won 6-1

Sep 15 2nd Round Prescot Cables (A) Lost 1-3

LIVERPOOL NON-LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP

Jan 7 1st Round Liverpool ‘A’ (A) Lost 1-8





Reserve Team News . . .

DATE TIME HOME AWAY VENUE

Cup 19/10/2013 14:00 Clock Face St Helens Town Res Clock Face Miners

Cup 26/10/2013 14:00 St Helens Town Res Kirkby Town Railway Windleshaw Sports Ground

DIVISION THREE P W D L F A 1 Hale Res 10 8 2 0 32 13

2 South Liverpool Res 11 8 1 2 40 16

3 St Helens Town Res 12 7 4 1 26 17

4 Rainhill Town 11 6 4 1 38 10

5 Capenhurst Villa Res 11 7 1 3 28 16

6 Bootle Res 10 6 1 3 22 17

7 Belfry 10 6 0 4 24 16

8 Kirkby Town Railway 9 4 4 1 33 18

9 Ford Motors 9 4 3 2 28 14

10 Chester Nomads Res 12 4 1 7 20 30

11 Widnes Vikings Res 10 2 2 6 16 32

12 Christleton Res 9 2 0 7 11 31

13 Neston Nomads 9 1 1 7 23 36

14 *Marshalls Res 11 2 0 9 19 41

15 Merseyside Police 9 1 0 8 10 34

16 Upton A.A. Res 9 1 0 8 5 34

GD Pts 19 26

24 25

9 25

28 22

12 22

5 19

8 18

15 16

14 15

-10 13

-16 8

-20 6

-13 4

-22 3

-24 3

-29 3

St Helens Town Reserves After a series of ‘top of the table clashes’ for Town Reserves which have seen them take four points from South Liverpool Res and suffer their only defeat of the campaign losing 1-3 at home to Hale Reserves it’s cup action today and next Saturday for Nick Robinson’s charges. They will travel to St Helens Combination outfit Clock Face FC in Liverpool Junior Cup 2nd Round and next Saturday host Kirkby Town Railway in the West Cheshire League Shield 1st Round.

DATE TIME HOME AWAY

L 21/09/2013 15:00 NESTON NOMADS 1 - 2 ST HELENS TOWN RES

L 14/09/2013 15:00 KIRKBY TOWN RAILWAY 3 - 3 ST HELENS TOWN RES

L 07/09/2013 15:00 ST HELENS TOWN RES 3 - 3 CHESTER NOMADS RES

L 04/09/2013 18:15 MARSHALLS RES 2 - 3 ST HELENS TOWN RES

L 30/08/2013 18:15 ST HELENS TOWN RES 2 - 1 BOOTLE RES

L 27/08/2013 18:15 MERSEYSIDE POLICE 1 - 3 ST HELENS TOWN RES

L 19/08/2013 18:30 ST HELENS TOWN RES 2 - 2 WIDNES VIKINGS RES

L 16/08/2013 18:30 CHRISTLETON RES 0 - 2 ST HELENS TOWN RES

L 09/08/2013 18:30 ST HELENS TOWN RES 3 - 0 RAINHILL TOWN

L 28/09/2013 15:00 ST HELENS TOWN RES 2 - 1 SOUTH LIVERPOOL RES

L 05/10/2013 15:00 ST HELENS TOWN RES 1 - 3 HALE RES

L 12/10/2013 15:00 SOUTH LIVERPOOL RES 0 - 0 ST HELENS TOWN RES





Head to Head Results . . . NW Counties

Football League

Premier Division

RESULTS GRID

Up to Tues 15.10.13

Abbey Hey

AFC Blackpool

AFC Liverpool

Alsager Town

Ashton Athletic

Bacup & Ross Boro

Barnoldswick Town

Bootle

Colne

Congleton Town

Glossop North End

Main Road

Norton United

Runcorn Linnets

Runcorn Town

Silsden

Squires Gate

St Helens Town

Stockport Sports

West Dids & Chorlton

Wigan Robin Park

Winsford United

AFC Blackpo

ol

3-3

1-0

3-0

1-1

1-2

3-2

AFC Liverpo

ol

4-0

1-1

2-0

2-3

0-4

3-0

Alsag

er Tow

n 1-3

0-1

1-4

1-2

2-0

Ash

ton Athletic

0-1

1-2

1-1

2-1

2-2

4-0

Bac

up & Ros

send

ale Borou

gh

0-0

1-1

0-2

0-2

1-1

0-4

3-0

1-2

Barno

ldsw

ick Tow

n

1-2

1-1

2-3

1-1

4-0

1-2

2-1

Boo

tle

2-1

4-0

2-0

2-1

2-4

1-2

5-0

5-0

5-1

Colne

2-0

0-4

1-0

1-2

0-1

3-1

Con

gleton

Tow

n

4-2

1-0

3-2

2-1

3-1

4-2

2-3

Glossop

North End

0-1

3-2

0-1

2-3

1-0

5-0

Maine

Roa

d

3-1

0-1

1-0

7-0

0-0

2-2

2-1

1-1

5-0

3-0

Norton United

2-0

3-1

4-2

3-1

4-1

4-2

1-0

Run

corn Linne

ts

1-3

4-2

3-1

2-1

1-5

1-1

2-1

Run

corn Tow

n

2-1

4-1

4-2

4-1

4-1

1-1

Silsde

n

4-1

3-2

0-2

1-3

1-3

1-0

2-2

1-0

Squ

ires Gate

2-2

1-1

4-0

2-1

0-1

3-2

3-0

0-2

St H

elen

s Tow

n

0-3

1-1

0-5

3-3

5-0

3-0

4-1

Stockpo

rt Spo

rts

1-1

2-1

0-2

0-3

5-5

0-2

0-0

3-0

Wes

t Didsb

ury & Cho

rlton

2-0

1-3

0-0

0-1

1-0

2-2

1-2

Wigan

Rob

in Park

0-8

2-3

3-2

0-1

1-1

3-4

1-3

Winsford United

1-2

0-2

1-1

1-1

0-3

2-1

2-1

Abb

ey Hey

1-4

2-2

2-1

1-2

1-3

2-1

1-1

0-3





Ryan Taylor - joined the club from Atherton LR during the 2012/13 season. Ryan featured at both full back and in goal last season and has worked hard to establish himself as the club’s number one goalkeeper for the 2013/14 season. Andrew Mawdsley - plays right back but is also comfortable at centre half. He joined the club at the beginning of the 2012/13 season from Wigan Robin Park. Andrew’s previous clubs include Ashton Town and Skelmersdale United. Greg Harrison - a left back who is equally as effective playing left midfield. He joined the club at the beginning of the 2012/13 season from Wigan Robin Park. Greg also had a spell with Ashton Town. Chris Williams - a centre back who joined the club early on in the 2012/13 season from AFC Liverpool. Before playing for AFC Liverpool Chris played for Wigan Robin Park. Lee Crompton - Lee joined the club from Wigan Robin Park where he was part of the NWCFL Division One winning team. The centre back is the club captain and has been since he joined at the start of the 2012/13 season. Prior to playing for Wigan Robin Park Lee played for Ashton Town. Lewis Coyle - can play centre back or centre forward. He joined the club at the start of the 2013/14 season from Atherton LR. Lewis has also had spells with Ashton Town and Marine Reserves. Shaun Judge - a versatile left footed player who can play centre midfield as well as left midfield and left back. Shaun joined the club during the 2012/13 season from Wigan Robin Park and has previously had spells at Ashton Town and Burscough. Cole Ashton - a central midfield player who joined the club at the start of the 2012/13 season from Wigan Robin Park. He can also play on down the right. Cole is a former youth player at Wigan Athletic. Kenny Cooper - a central midfield player who joined the club from Golborne at the start of the 2013/14 season. Connor Sanderson - a versatile player who can play centre midfield, left midfield or centre forward. He joined the club at the start of the 2013/14 season from Stockport Sports. Neil Weaver - a winger who is equally effective on both flanks. Neil joined us at the start of the 2013/14 season after having spells at Formby and Warrington Town.

Player Pen Pictures . . .

Lewis Coyle

Neil Weaver

Connor Sanderson



David McNamara - a left sided player who can play both in defence and in midfield. Dave joined us at the start of the 2013/14 season from Cheshire League outfit Pilkington FC. Lee Chesworth - a tough tackling central midfield player. He joined us from Wigan Robin Park and has previously represented Ashton Town. Stephen Edwards - an experienced goals corer who joined the club as player/assistant manager from Wigan Robin Park at the start of the 2012/13 season. He also had spells at various clubs including Ashton Town, AFC Liverpool and Burscough. Paul Cook-Hannah - a centre forward who joined the club at the start of the 2013/14 season from South Sefton Borough. Paul includes Denbigh Town and Northwich Victoria among his previous clubs. Daniel Wright - a centre midfielder who joined midway through the 2012/13 season after relocating from London. Steven Bowen - a centre forward who joined the club at the start of the 2013/14 season.

Stephen Milne - a centre forward who joined the club at the start of the 2013/14 season. Ben Etchells - a left sided player who can play both in defence and in midfield. Ben joined us at the

start of the 2013/14 season. Sam Pullinger - is a right back who joined us at the start of the 2013/14 season from Atherton LR.

. . . St Helens Town 2013-14

Sam Pullinger Ben Etchells

Ste Milne



Tea Break Teasers . . . Q1. Which player won more than 70 caps for England and represented four clubs in the Premier League yet never had a transfer fee paid for him?

Q2. Which team scored the first ever Football League own goal in 1888?

Q3. Who has recorded the most two goal hauls in the Premier League without ever scoring a hat-trick?

Q4. Which Turkish international became the youngest player to score in the Budesliga in 2005 aged 17 years and 82 days?

Q5. With which national sides, other than England has Roy Hodgson been in charge?

Q6. Which top-flight Dutch team play at the Euroborg?

Q7. Which player has been given three Premier League winners medals all by special dispensation?

Q8. Which two clubs did West Ham loan Michael Carrick to in the 1999-2000 season?

Q9. Which Italian team are known at The Flying Donkeys?

Q10. Which two teams contest the Soweto derby?

Q11. Which outfield player has made the most Premier League appearances without scoring a goal?

Q12. Who in 2004 became the youngest player to collect a Premier League winners medal?

Q13. Which team plays at the Estadio do Dragao?

Q14. Which Premier League keepers middle name is Rosenkrantz?

Q15. Who won the Golden Boot at the 1966 World Cup Finals?

1) Sol Campbell 2) Aston Villa 3) Ryan Giggs (11) 4) Nuri Sahin 5) Finland, UAE & Switzerland 6) Groningen 7) Tomasz Kuszczak 8) Birmingham City & Swindon Town 9) Chievo 10) Kazier Chiefs & Orlando Pirates 11) Kenny Cunningham 12) Gael Clichy 13) Porto 14) Anders Lindegaard 15) Eusebio

Wednesday 16th October 2013

First Division

Eccleshall 1-3 Cheadle Town HT: 0-0

Dan Fenton (83) C Sherrington (54) Att: 39

C Sherrington (81)

Sam Pollard (90)

Formby 0-1 Ashton Town HT: 0-0

Bradley Smart (77) Att: 56

Northwich F Villa 0-1 1874 Northwich HT: 0-1

Mike Brandon (35) Att: 196

Lancashire Challenge Trophy First Round

AFC Darwen 6-0 West D & Chorlton

Lancaster City 2-1 Rochdale Town HT: 0-1

Liam Moffatt (65) Jordan James (22) Att: 130

R Winder (77)

Nelson 4-3 Colne HT: 1-2

Peter Wright (2) Jason Hart (15)

Ben Hoskin (65) Ste Cassidy (44)

R Allen (85, 90) Jason Hart (46)

Ramsbottom Utd 3-1 Atherton LR HT: 1-0

Tom Brooks (39) Mark Adams (62) Att: 96

C Smith (46, 75)

Tuesday 15th October 2013

Premier Division

Congleton Town 2-1 Bootle HT: 1-1

C Middleton (13) T Peterson (22p) Att: 75

Daniel Bruce (90)

Runcorn Linnets 1-3 AFC Liverpool HT: 1-1

Matt Cross (16) S Williams (45, 69) Att: 300

Steven Jones (66)

Squires Gate 4-0 Barnoldswick Town HT: 2-0

Jack Sowerby (19, 44, 89)

D Penswick (44)

Lancashire Challenge Trophy First Round

AFC Blackpool 2-3 Burscough HT: 1-2

A Heaney (11) L Caddick (21, 37) Att: 20

M Newsham (80) Mark Beesley (88)

Ashton Athletic 1-3 Atherton Collieries HT: 1-0

Ryan Small (33) Bradley Cooke (52) Att: 56

Mark Truffas (77)

Paul Atherton (87)

Clitheroe 2-2 Wigan Robin Park HT: 0-0

Dean Lloyd (86) Connor Gately (54) Att: 94

Danny Smith (89) James Edgar (67)

(Wigan Robin Park won 4-2 on pens)





Town v Squires Gate . . . St Helens Town 5-0 Squires Gate Tuesday 8th October 2013, NWCF League Premier Division

It’s six games unbeaten now for St. Helens Town and this latest victory over a useful Squires Gate outfit who have had their own run of success recently shows how far the club has come since the FA Vase debacle at Pontefract Collieries. The Blackpool side contributed a good deal to this game, hitting the bar twice in the second half, but St. Helens could have

scored ten, such was the extent of their supremacy, particularly going forward. The Town forwards simply ran riot, with Adam Storey, Andy Gillespie and Connor Sanderson helping themselves to a feast of chances. Storey set the scene after 15 minutes when he fired narrowly wide of the far post from a tight angle. Five minutes later, he linked with Gillespie, drew the keeper and Gillespie just missed at the other post.

St. Helens took the lead on 37 minutes when, from a corner, Storey drew the defence and Sanderson ghosted through behind him and placed a glancing header past Fletcher in the Squires Gate goal. Four minutes later, Town went 2-0 up when a stray back pass caught the central defenders napping and Gillespie dashed into the gap between them and fired home from close range. Gillespie himself could have extended the lead further just before the interval, but having latched on to a failed clearance, could only blast his shot over the bar. Squires Gate have earned a reputation of late of coming from behind to win matches and they

began the second half on the attack. However, Town stormed back and Sanderson went close on 50 minutes, hitting over the bar following a flowing move. A minute later and another training ground move saw Storey put Gillespie through on the keeper who did well to turn the shot over the line for a corner. Sanderson, however, could not find the net from a shot from close range. The result was confirmed on the hour mark when Shaun Judge, running through from 40 yards past a number of bewildered defenders, found a series of gaps. He dribbled through, side-stepped the final challenge and fired home to put his side three up. Five minutes later, Gillespie intercepted a loose pass, turned but shot just wide. The fourth goal came after 84 minutes and fell to Connor Sanderson. He split the defence with his electrifying pace, drew Fletcher and placed his shot perfectly between the final two defenders. If anything, his third goal in the last minute upstaged his earlier efforts. Receiving the ball at pace dashing towards the corner of the penalty area, he hit it on the volley and his shot flew over the head of the keeper into the top corner. This spectacular win moved Town into eighth place in the table and, with a run of four more home league games to come before the end of the month, they have every chance of strengthening their position in the top half of the table. With no midweek game next week, their next fixture is at Brocstedes Park on Saturday, 19th October against Silsden, a game brought forward from April.

Glyn Jones Photograph courtesy of Albert Cooper, Squires Gate FC





NWCFL News . . . Widnes Vikings enjoyed some unexpected national coverage on Wednesday morning when they were featured live on TalkSport Radio. Station host Colin Murray, alongside studio companions Steve Bunce and Didi Hamann, was running the rule over the day's sports stories and with a lack of senior fixtures in the run up to the international weekend, one of the station's staff began looking at non-league fixtures being played on Wednesday.

After noticing that the oldest football team in the world, Sheffield FC were playing that evening, they began searching for a new club also playing that night, and that resulted in a call to Vikings Secretary Bill Morley, with an invitation to join an on-air discussion. Richard Smales, Vikings' Commercial Manager, took up the interview opportunity and he joined the studio guests and Richard Timms, Chairman of Sheffield FC, live on air around 10.30 am on Wednesday morning. "With a nationwide audience of millions of listeners each day, it was an opportunity as a growing football club we couldn't pass up, to promote the Widnes Vikings FC name to all football fans around the country", said Richard. "The topic of discussion surrounded Sheffield FC, who are the world's oldest football club, and ourselves being one of the newest clubs to join the football pyramid. The station picked us out as we were the newest formed club playing on Wednesday evening along with the oldest club, and the story of Old v New was put together in the studio. What shocked us the most was when Colin Murray suggested arranging an exhibition match between Widnes Vikings FC and Sheffield FC, the oldest club versus a new club, and that he and his guests would all come along to watch, and promote the teams even further through newspaper articles and much more. We will be putting a good amount of effort into making the event happen". LANDMARKS Connor Sanderson's second goal for St Helens Town, Town's fourth in the 5-0 win over Squires Gate, was their 2,100th League goal. Wigan Robin Park reached 300 League points courtesy of their 1-1 draw with Silsden.







Back to Business . . . Back in 2009, St Helens Town celebrated the 60th anniversary of the transfer of our legendary goalkeeper and Club President Bert Trautmann (left) with a star studded game against a team of former Man City players. Following the sad news earlier this year that Bert had passed away at his home in Spain at the age of 89, I made contact with Manchester City FC and both clubs once again felt a need to join together to mark the occasion and although this time on sadder terms, it was unanimously decided that the contribution of this iconic man to the history of both clubs needed to remembered and celebrated. I can now proudly confirm that the Bert Trautmann Memorial Game will take place between St Helens Town and Man City Past Players XI on Sunday 17th November 2013 at Prescot Cables FC’s Hope Street Ground. Kick Off 2pm.

After much discussion on a suitable venue for the game to be played, taking into account that our club currently are without our own ground, the popular choice was Hope Street, Prescot. Town tasted there first major success at Hope Street in 1949 when the team, including Bert in goal lifted the George Mahon Trophy in the final in front of 9000 people. I would like to extend the thanks of everyone at St Helens Town to the committee and management at Prescot Cables FC for allowing us to stage the game at the club. Man City and their Past Players Association, of which Bert was also a member are very keen to make this tribute a very special occasion and our warm fondness and love for Bert in clearly echoed at City. Our Premier League friends have committed to sending a strong team of former players for the game, many of them club legends in their own right as well as a number of high profile guests. Amongst the players who are hoped to be in attendance is Former City, Utd and England winger Peter Barnes, whose late father Ken also played with Bert at Man City. Other names mentioned but yet to be confirmed in the star studded City team are Shaun Goater, Uwe Rosler, Didi Hamann, Asa Hartford, Steve Redmond, The Brightwell Brothers, Eric Nixon and Andy Morrison. It is also hoped that amongst our VIP guests on the day will be members of the Trautmann family and some of Bert’s former team mates as well as The Mayor of St Helens Cllr Andy Bowden, Representatives of the Borough Authorities and Ambassadors of Manchester City. The day should be a wonderful occasion for all football fans both marking the sad passing and celebrating the life of an incredible man. Proceeds from the game will be used to support a number of charities including our adopted charity Hearts & Goals, The Trautmann Foundation and The Mayor’s Charity, and we ask that fans of all clubs come along and support this very special day. Darryl Picton – Commercial Manager



We’ve Met Before . . .

Action from last season’s home game versus Silsden. Town earned a 2-1

victory with goals from Cole Ashton and Charlie Stoker at Edge Green Street





League Standings . . .

P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Maine Road 17 11 4 2 37 16 21 37

2 Norton United 14 9 3 2 37 17 20 30

3 AFC Liverpool 15 9 2 4 34 15 19 29

4 Runcorn Town 14 9 1 4 34 19 15 28

5 Bootle 16 8 3 5 38 24 14 27

6 Runcorn Linnets 12 8 1 3 23 20 3 25

7 Congleton Town 13 7 1 5 25 21 4 22

8 St Helens Town 15 6 4 5 26 27 -1 22

9 AFC Blackpool 16 6 3 7 22 26 -4 21

10 Colne 13 6 0 7 21 23 -2 18

11 Stockport Sports 16 4 6 6 25 28 -3 18

12 Silsden 14 5 3 6 20 24 -4 18

13 Glossop North End 11 5 2 4 22 11 11 17

14 Squires Gate 14 5 2 7 22 29 -7 17

15 Barnoldswick Town 15 5 2 8 22 31 -9 17

16 Abbey Hey 15 4 5 6 21 31 -10 17

17 Ashton Athletic 13 4 3 6 18 16 2 15

18 West Didsbury &

Chorlton 15 4 3 8 14 25 -11 15

19 Bacup & Rossendale

Borough 14 3 5 6 12 19 -7 14

20 Winsford United 13 4 2 7 14 28 -14 14

21 Alsager Town 14 3 3 8 20 27 -7 12

22 Wigan Robin Park 17 3 2 12 19 49 -30 11

Premier Division

Premier Division Table as at Tuesday 15th October 2013

* points deducted for a breach of league rules

Saturday 19th October 2013

F.A. Carlsberg Vase First Round

AFC Blackpool v Norton United

Bootle v Parkgate

Chadderton v Athersley Rec

Cheadle Town v Stockport Sports

Garforth Town v Winsford United

Glossop NE v Kinsley Boys

Jarrow RBCA v Nelson

Maine Road v Atherton LR

Rochdale Town v Congleton Town

(To be played at Congleton Town FC)

Staveley Miners Welfare

v West Didsbury & Chorlton

Whickham v Holker Old Boys

Worksop Parra v Runcorn Linnets

Premier Division

Abbey Hey v Squires Gate

Alsager Town v Colne

Bacup & Ross B v AFC Liverpool

Barnoldswick Town v Runcorn Town

St Helens Town v Silsden

Wigan Robin Park v Ashton Athletic

First Division

1874 Northwich v AFC Darwen

Atherton Collieries v Northwich F Villa

Daisy Hill v Widnes Vikings

Formby v Oldham Boro

Hanley Town v Irlam

Leek CSOB v Ashton Town

Craven & District Association Cup First Round

Ingleton v Barnoldswick Town

Derbyshire Divisional Cup North 1st Rd

New Mills v Chapel Town

Manchester Challenge Trophy First Round

Irlam v Old Stretfordians

Monday 21st October 2013

Premier Division

Runcorn Town v Squires Gate



League Standings . . .

Division One P W D L F A GD Pts

1 1874 Northwich 15 9 4 2 27 14 13 31

2 Atherton Colls 13 9 3 1 40 20 20 30

3 Hanley Town 14 9 3 2 32 18 14 30

4 Nelson 14 9 2 3 48 26 22 29

5 Irlam 14 5 6 3 22 19 3 21

6 Ashton Town 14 5 5 4 30 28 2 20

7 Atherton LR 15 6 2 7 26 31 -5 20

8 Cheadle Town * 13 6 4 3 25 20 5 19

9 Widnes Vikings 15 5 4 6 27 29 -2 19

10 Formby 11 5 3 3 24 15 9 18

11 Chadderton 13 4 4 5 22 31 -9 16

12 Daisy Hill 15 5 0 10 25 38 -13 15

13 Holker Old Boys 10 3 4 3 22 20 2 13

14 AFC Darwen 12 3 4 5 22 21 1 13

15 Oldham Boro 13 3 4 6 24 34 -10 13

16 Leek CSOB 11 3 3 5 18 16 2 12

17 Rochdale Town 11 2 2 7 13 20 -7 8

18 Northwich Flixton Villa

14 2 2 10 21 51 -30 8

19 Eccleshall 13 2 1 10 12 29 -17 7

Division One Table as at Wednesday 16th October 2013

* points deducted for a breach of league rules

Tuesday 22nd October 2013

Premier Division

AFC Blackpool v Barnoldswick Tn

Alsager Town v Ashton Athletic

Bootle v Winsford United

Norton United v Runcorn Linnets

St Helens Town v Congleton Town

Stockport Sports v Silsden

West Didsbury & C v Glossop NE

First Division

Atherton LR v Nelson

Cheshire Senior Cup First Round

Hyde FC v Cheadle Town

Wednesday 23rd October 2013

Premier Division

AFC Liverpool v Wigan Robin Park

Bacup & Ross B v Maine Road

Colne v Abbey Hey

First Division

Formby v Daisy Hill

Saturday 26th October 2013

League Challenge Cup Second Round

Abbey Hey v Eccleshall

AFC Darwen v Colne

Atherton Collieries v Bacup & Ross B

Bootle v Norton United

Chadderton v Ashton Athletic

Congleton Town v Ashton Town

Glossop North End v Maine Road

Irlam v Runcorn Town

Rochdale Town v Holker Old Boys

Runcorn Linnets v Barnoldswick Tn

Silsden v Formby

Squires Gate v 1874 Northwich

St Helens Town v Alsager Town

West Didsbury & C v AFC Liverpool

Wigan Robin Park v AFC Blackpool

Winsford United v Stockport Sports

First Division

Cheadle Town v Daisy Hill

Leek CSOB v Atherton LR

Nelson v Hanley Town

Widnes Vikings v Oldham Boro





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