Shaw Lane Aquaforce manager Craig Elliott expects a repeat of the dramatic finish to the 2012 Toolstation NCEL Division One promotion race next month. Third-placed Aquaforce can go top tomorrow evening if they beat Grimsby Borough at Shaw Lane, but the race for promotion is so tight and similar to when Elliott led Glasshoughton to read more→
Month: March 2014
Vote for your Team of the Weekend
Big wins for Barton Town and Tadcaster Albion in the NCEL Premier Division title race mean that they are in the vote. But, great victories for Garforth Town, Selby Town and Ossett Albion ensure that there is good competition to decide this week’s winner. Shaw Lane Aquaforce certainly owe Selby a favour. Voting closes at read more→
NCEL Review: Nick Black scores winner for Garforth at Athersley
Garforth Town’s recent upturn in form continued as head coach Graham Nicholas came back to haunt his old club Athersley Recreation as his side celebrated a 1-0 Premier Division victory. Nick Black’s first half goal secured Garforth their fourth league win in six games. Tadcaster Albion still reign at the top of the division after read more→
Evo Stik Review: Ossett Albion pick up crucial win at Cammell Laird
Ossett Albion’s faint survival hopes were given a huge shot in the arm as Richard Tracey’s men clinched a dramatic 1-0 win at Division One North crisis club Cammell Laird. Scott Turner was the hero as his 81st minute turn and finish secured the points and moved Albion five points behind Wakefield. Harrogate Railway reached read more→
Shaw Lane Aquaforce 1-1 Cleethorpes Town
Defender John Cyrus was the hero for promotion-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce as his last gasp header rescued a vital point in the Toolstation NCEL Division One top of the table clash with ten man Cleethorpes Town, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Two minutes into second half injury-time, Cyrus rose to score past the magnificent Cleethorpes read more→
Annual Nightingale charity match to take place in May
Mossley midfielder Lewis Nightingale and his twin brothers James and Oliver are once again holding their annual charity football match and are hoping to break the £2000 barrier. The game, which is between a side put together by Lewis and one by his brothers, is held every year at Rawdon Old Boys FC in aid read more→
Paul Quinn: Brighouse Town have the experience to win the NCEL Premier title
They played at Stockport County in the FA Cup, travelled to the Isle of Wight for a huge FA Vase game and taken giants Scarborough Athletic to the wire. That’s why Paul Quinn believes Brighouse Town have the experience required to win the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Third-placed Brighouse read more→
Let’s end the season on a high – Glasshoughton interim boss Jon Miles
Interim boss Jon Miles hopes his new-look Glasshoughton Welfare team can end the season on a high to boost his chances of earning the role on a permanent basis. Reserve team manager Miles was confirmed as Rob Hunter’s temporary replacement three weeks ago and has so far led them to one win, one draw and read more→
100 points is the new target for Tadcaster Albion
Forget 93 points we’re aiming for the century. That’s the message from Paul Marshall as league leaders Tadcaster Albion head into the final five games of their Toolstation NCEL Premier Division campaign. Marshall takes his team to his former club Bridlington Town tomorrow and he has revised his original target and believes his side are read more→
Midweek Review: Ossett Town stun Warrington
Ossett Town pulled off another brilliant victory at one of the Evo Stik Division One North big boys by winning 1-0 at third-placed Warrington. Bradley Kilburn’s second half strike earned Ossett a win that keeps them on course to finish in the top ten. The success is even more remarkable given the fact that Ossett read more→