Wanting to build a team with local players earned Jon Miles the permanent reins at Glasshoughton Welfare, club chairman Phil Riding has said. Miles was informed today that he and his assistant Mark Kellett had “unanimously” got the job after this week’s interviews. Miles beat off competition from five “very good candidates” to land the read more→
Month: May 2014
Garforth Town to hold trials next month
Garforth Town have announced trial dates for next month. Garforth head coach Graham Nicholas, who has appointed Neil Jones as his assistant, is looking for new players for their second Toolstation NCEL Premier Division campaign. Trials will take place at Wheatley Park on Wednesday 18th June and Wednesday 20th June – both taking between 6-30pm read more→
Former Glassshoughton chief Rob Hunter is the new assistant boss of Knaresborough
Former Glasshoughton Welfare chief Rob Hunter is the new assistant manager of promotion-chasing Toolstation NCEL Division One side Knaresborough Town. Hunter has been out of the game since resigning from Glasshoughton, who are set to appoint his permanent successor this week, in March straight after the 2-0 defeat to Parkgate. Harrogate-based Hunter was in charge read more→
Nick Thompson agrees to stay with Tadcaster Albion
Tadcaster Albion captain Nick Thompson has agreed to stay with the club for next season. The news follows the signing of Andy Milne from Scarborough Athletic. Thompson was a pivotal figure for Tadcaster last season during their unexpected assault on the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title. Andy Foster has quit as manager of Hall Road read more→
Scarborough defender Andy Milne agrees to sign for Tadcaster Albion
Sports Performer is now on Facebook. Click HERE to ‘like’ our page. Scarborough Athletic defender Andy Milne has committed himself to Toolstation NCEL Premier Division promotion-chasers Tadcaster Albion for next season. The news is a huge statement of intent from Tadcaster. Highly-rated Milne, a long-term target for Farsley AFC, has chosen to leave Queensgate after two read more→
A Day in the Life of a Non League Football manager…Harrogate Railway’s Billy Miller
Sports Performer is now on Facebook. Click HERE to ‘like’ Words and photos by James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson) When I arrive Billy Miller has been at work since 7.30am. Almost every day he arrives at Askham Bryan College to lead a staff fitness session before pupils begin to turn-up on the gigantic campus. The Harrogate read more→
Ossett Albion granted reprieve from relegation
Ossett Albion have been granted a reprieve from relegation from the Evo Stik Division One North. Richard Tracey’s Ossett finished second-bottom of the league, but because of Cammell Laird and Wakefield’s forced exits, the FA have rubber-stamped Ossett’s survival. The decision was made today as the FA met to discuss the structure of the Non-League read more→
Mark ‘Willy’ Wilson appointed as Chris Hilton’s assistant at Stocksbridge
Sports Performer is now on Facebook and you can ‘like’ our page HERE Non-League football legend Mark ‘Willy’ Wilson is back in the game after being announced as assistant to Chris Hilton, the new manager of Stocksbridge Park Steels. Wilson, who celebrated playing his 900th Non-League match last year, was most recently the manager of read more→
Graham Nicholas has done a “fantastic job” at Garforth Town
You can now ‘like’ Sports Performer on Facebook. Click here to ‘like’. Graham Nicholas has done an excellent job as head coach of Garforth Town since taking charge last summer, his chairman Brian Close has said. Nicholas is expected to meet with Close tomorrow evening to confirm that he will be at the helm in read more→
The 2013-14 Season Review
You can now ‘like’ Sports Performer on Facebook. Click here to ‘like’. The favourites may have lived up to their billing, but the 2013-14 season has still proved to have been an unpredictable year for our Yorkshire clubs. From shock sacking to unlikely reinstatements, sensational appointments and drama on-the-pitch, the Evo Stik Division One North read more→