Shaw Lane Aquaforce are top of the Toolstation NCEL Division One table after incredibly thrashing Grimsby Borough 13-0. Yes that did say 13-0. Grimsby were completely outplayed from the start with Shaw Lane beginning their rout on 2 minutes and finishing it with six to go. Defender and captain Luke Darville scored a 30 minute read more→
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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→
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→
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→
Glasshoughton Welfare 1-3 Brighouse Town
Their fixture schedule is a nightmare anyway so the last thing title-chasing Brighouse Town wanted was another rearranged game to fit in, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Some must have feared the worst when 2-0 up at half-time during a must-win Toolstation NCEL Premier Division match at Glasshoughton Welfare the stand-side floodlights suddenly went out. read more→
Unlikely victories after managerial changes
Ossett Town are not the first team to record an unlikely victory after managerial departures. Here are some examples of clubs winning in extraordinary circumstances. Salford City 1-4 Harrogate Railway – 31st March 2012 – NPL Division One North Nigel Danby had been sacked after a string of poor results and Railway had appointed Denis read more→
Weekend Review: Gary Bradshaw hits nine-minute hat-trick for Scarborough Athletic
Gary Bradshaw scored an incredible nine minute hat-trick as Scarborough Athletic secured a late 3-0 Evo Stik Division One South victory over Carlton Town. On a day wrecked by the heavy rain, Scarborough were one of six Yorkshire sides to play in the whole of the Evo Stik and NCEL leagues. After a poor start, read more→
93 points is the target for title chasing Tadcaster Albion – Paul Marshall
Tadcaster Albion manager Paul Marshall believes the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title race will go to the death – just like it did in 2005 – and has targeted reaching 93 points, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Marshall won the Division as the boss of Goole AFC in 2005 with 79 points, two more than read more→
Evo Stik and NCEL clubs well-placed to cope with potential fixture pile-ups
The Southern Leagues may have a case for extending their seasons because of the recent poor weather conditions down South, but the NCEL and Evo Stik Leagues do not have an excuse to do that. Last season both leagues had no choice but to add an extra seven days into season. This year, until the read more→
Paul Marshall’s Tadcaster left stunned as Brighouse romp to 8-1 victory
Brighouse Town propelled themselves right back into the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title race with a sensational 8-1 win over second-placed Tadcaster Albion. Brighouse had blown Tadcaster away at half-time as a Tom Matthews hat-trick had helped them rack up a 6-0 lead. The heavy wind did help Taddy in the second half, but Brighouse read more→