Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Midweek Round-Up Calan Rollinson laid claim to be Danny Barlow’s successor as Dodworth Miners Welfare’s main marksman as he hit a sublime hat-trick in the 5-0 demolition of Hepworth United in their opening fixture. In a league where you can get punished, the red hot striker, whose career has read more→
Calan Rollinson
Player Profile – Dodworth’s Calan Rollinson
Next up in our Player Profile series is Dodworth Miners Welfare’s unspecified position star player Calan Rollinson. The in-form youngster was playing to a level of extreme quality in Dodworth’s two most recent fixtures, replicating handy-looking performances from his stalwart days with Worsbrough Bridge. Rollinson, whose brother is the former Worsbrough Bridge captain Connor, has read more→
Dodworth reaping the benefits of exodus of players from NCEL to Step 7
Dodworth Miners Welfare 5-2 Hall Green United The number of players quitting the NCEL for Step 7 appears to be rising weekly. Certainly in Barnsley, a mass exodus is the right phrase. The main reason is clear as day – travelling and the potential midweek fixture carnage if the season actually does start. The Sheffield read more→
Owen joins brother Jack and the Rollinson’s at Dodworth
Young starlet Liam Owen has joined his brother Jack and the Rollinson brothers Calan and Connor at Step 7 club Dodworth Miners Welfare. The ambidextrous player’s decision, which delights Dodworth manager Darren Young, has brought two of Barnsley’s most popular Non League brotherly duos together at Dodworth. Owen had originally joined Worsbrough Bridge after leaving read more→
New Zealand to Dodworth: Darren Young’s unusual football path
With a year house-sharing with Preston North End manager Alex Neil and a spell playing in Ireland thrown in, Darren Young’s globe-trotting path from New Zealand to the first team manager’s job at Dodworth Miners Welfare has been unusual to say the least. Former Barnsley full-back Young, appointed in March, is preparing for his first read more→
Connor Rollinson’s Non League Journey
Connor Rollinson, one half of Barnsley’s most popular Non League footballing brothers, can certainly say his journey has been memorable. Since a combination of Nick Handley, Darren Smith and Simon Houghton unleashed a then-16-year-old Rollinson on an unsuspecting Non League world back in 2009, he has worn the colours of Pontefract Collieries, Kinsley Boys, Glasshoughton read more→
Rollinson leaves Bridge for Athersley
Young playmaker Calan Rollinson has left Worsbrough Bridge to join Toolstation NCEL Premier Division outfit Athersley Rec in search of more game-time. Rollinson has been a Worsbrough player from toddler to now a man, but he has decided to swap his Bridge tracksuit for a Athersley one. He has struggled to break into the Worsbrough read more→
Lucille Rollinson Tournament raises just under £2000
Just under £2000 was raised at the first Lucille Rollinson Memorial Tournament as Connor won the bragging rights over his brother Calan after his Springwell side won the trophy. The Tournament, held at Barnsley College, was a fitting tribute to their mother Lucille who passed away in August last year. The money raised will make read more→
Lucille Rollinson Memorial Tournament
Target 5k – Lucille Rollinson Memorial Tournament 2019 Mark Saturday 29th June 2019 in your diaries as the first Lucille Rollinson Memorial Tournament is taking place at Barnsley College from 11am until roughly 4pm. Lucille is the mother of Worsbrough Bridge pair Connor and Calan. Lucille passed away last August. The aim is to raise read more→
Rollinson rejoins brother at Bridge
Former captain Connor Rollinson has returned to surprise package Worsbrough Bridge to play alongside his younger brother Calan. Rollinson leaves Glasshoughton Welfare after a year-and-half at Leeds Road. He was Worsbrough’s captain for half of the 2016/17 season and was a key member as the club avoided relegation from the Toolstation NCEL Division One. He read more→