Ross Goodwin and his Stocksbridge Park Steels colleagues are embarking on an epic 100k run later this month to raise money for the Bracken Moor club. Goodwin and the whole Stocksbridge squad are determined to add at least £1000 to the club’s recently launched fundraising campaign for money towards essential ground maintenance work and equipment. read more→
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Paul Pettinger’s Football Journey
Paul Pettinger is possibly the only goalkeeper in the country who can say he made his Football League debut for one club as a right winger. That is just one story of many from Pettinger’s ten-year League career – a tale of hard luck as he had to play second fiddle to first choice stoppers read more→
Dodsworth believes players wanting big bucks will get rude awakening from most clubs
Jason Dodsworth has thrown his weight behind Chris Hilton’s comments by claiming that players expecting “big bucks” when football returns will get a rude awakening. Dodsworth expects the majority of the clubs will refuse to bow to their demands. The former Athersley Rec and Nostell joint manager, who is now part of the Maltby Main read more→
Players have to be realistic about wage demands – Stocksbridge boss Hilton
Stocksbridge Park Steels manager Chris Hilton insists Non League footballers will have to be “realistic” with wage demands when Government restrictions are lifted. The Non League game is facing an existential crisis and Stocksbridge are facing the same challenges as all clubs. The loss of their three sponsors last year painted a chilling picture of read more→
Chris Gowen hails Frickley’s 2008 great escape side
Billy Heath pulling off the great escape with Frickley Athletic in 2008 is an often forgotten achievement. When you study the table and Frickley’s results from the 2007/08 campaign, Harry Houdini would have been proud as it was an epic escapology act as Frickley were completely doomed at Christmas. The season began in disastrous circumstances read more→
Hilton explains how Stocksbridge knocked holders Ferriby out of Trophy in their 2015 epic upset
CHRIS HILTON and the FA Cup have an acrimonious relationship. On the other hand, he’s best of pals with the FA Trophy after several memorable flings. Stocksbridge Park Steels have enjoyed long and profitable runs in the Trophy under the exceptional stewardship of Hilton since the former Worsbrough Bridge manager took charge in 2014. Top read more→
My Greatest Game: The day Chris Hilton scored one of Frickley’s greatest goals
Chris Hilton scored just six goals in almost 500 appearances during his eleven-year association with Frickley Athletic, but one of those rare moments is regarded as one of the club’s greatest ever. His dramatic late winner in the 3-2 win over Barrow (a side containing Grant Holt) in May 2001 kept Frickley’s hopes of completing read more→
My Greatest Game – Luke Forgione on Worsbrough’s ‘end of an era’ victory over Shaw Lane
Worsbrough Bridge’s stunning 2-1 Toolstation NCEL Division One Barnsley derby victory over glory-chasing local rivals Shaw Lane Aquaforce in March 2014 completed a brilliant double, but also marked the end of a great era for the Park Road club. Chris Hilton ended his four-year reign one month later, with most of his team departing as read more→
Carney to stay as Hilton’s men march on
On-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Jacob Carney is stay with promotion-chasing Stocksbridge Park Steels for the rest of the season. With Edd Hall out injured, the Steels have agreed with United that Carney can remain to further his development. The good news continues for Stocksbridge as the BetVictor South East play-offs charge received a massive boost read more→
Hilton’s Steels young guns march into play-offs
Chris Hilton’s Stocksbridge Park Steels young guns propelled themselves into BetVictor South East play-offs zone after extending their unbeaten run to five games with a 2-0 victory at Chasetown. Instead of the usual heroes Danny Frost and Scott Ruthven, Ross Goodwin and Kurtis Turner were the goal-scorers for Stocksbridge. Goodwin scored early and Turner sealed read more→