It has been great year for our Yorkshire sides in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division so picking a Team of the Year has been hard. Pontefract Collieries have deservedly romped to promotion and have three chances to win the title this week. Pickering Town can also join them in the Evo Stik in the next read more→
Opinion
York Must Ease Pressure On Parkin For National League Return
Meet the presenter: Jon Parkin or you may know him as “The Beast”. He has currently over 200 league goals, “Feed The Beast and he will score”. He now joins our team as a co-presenter on UndrTheCosh. pic.twitter.com/CgD83XvjfX — UndrTheCosh (@UndrTheCosh) February 2, 2018 York City’s attempt to bounce back to the National League at read more→
York Must Iron Out Their Inconsistencies in Order to Secure Promotion
It’s been a miserable few years for York City fans and the long-suffering supporters have had very little to cheer, apart from a trip to Wembley. The Minstermen have fallen down the pyramid at an alarming rate but they appear to have finally steadied the ship and are very much in contention for promotion from read more→
NLY’s top 15 moments of 2017
When you sit down and reflect, 2017 has been a very successful year for Non League football in Yorkshire. More clubs than normal have won promotion, won silverware and for the first time since NLY was launched, a Yorkshire club from below the National League has reached the FA Cup first round. Now regular readers read more→
Should Bailey Peacock-Farrell’s loan spell at York City have been extended?
⚽️ training #lufc #mot pic.twitter.com/6qOQZwaCtm — B Peacock-Farrell (@bailey_pf) December 6, 2017 Bailey Peacock-Farrell is a hugely promising and talented young goalkeeper, but the 21-year-old’s path at Leeds United is pretty much blocked. The youngster has made only one appearance in the Championship so far in his career, and that was back in April 2016. read more→
Craig Elliott deserves Boston chance
Craig Elliott’s appointment as the new Boston United manager should not have been a total surprise. His managerial record with Shaw Lane AFC, Ossett Town and Glasshoughton Welfare, plus Kellingley in the West Yorkshire League, is phenomenal. He has done a magnificent job with each one and thoroughly deserves his chance at a major Non read more→
Yorkshire NCEL Div 1 team of the year
The best Toolstation NCEL Division One promotion race in recent memory concluded with a thrilling final day yesterday. Hall Road Rangers clinched the title, with Pontefract Collieries grabbing the runners-up spot. AFC Emley, Grimsby Borough, Hallam and Penistone Church will fight it out in the play-offs. Out of the top six, a number of other read more→
Yorkshire NCEL Prem team of the year
It wasn’t to be for our Yorkshire teams in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division teams this year. FA Vase heroes Cleethorpes were by far the best team in the Division and deservedly won the league. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a great year for Yorkshire though. There has been fantastic campaigns for Athersley Rec, read more→
Management is not as easy as it looks
Management is not easy by any stretch. That’s what I have found out from managing two fundraising matches in the last three months. My record may read two wins from two, but there’s far more to it than turning up on a match-day. Considering how stressful it was getting a team together for both matches, read more→
Straight to penalties for League Cup?
You had to feel for Harrogate Railway and Ollerton Town this week after their epic Toolstation NCEL League Cup. When Ollerton arrived at 7.45pm because of traffic on the A1, meaning the game did not kick off until 8.20pm, those present must have thought it was predictably going to go to extra-time. Railway eventually won read more→