So the time has come to reveal sportsperformer.net’s Team of the Season. As regular readers to the site will know, Sports Performer reports on the Yorkshire teams in the Evo Stik Division One North and the Premier Division and Division One of the Toolstation NCEL. The players that make the Team of the Season and read more→
Craig Elliott
Bill Fotherby can take Ossett Town to another level – John Reed
John Reed believes Bill Fotherby’s arrival at Ingfield can inspire Evo Stik Division One North side Ossett Town to greater heights, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Former Leeds United and Harrogate Town chairman Fotherby was appointed as Ossett’s director of football yesterday after Reed recommended him to the club’s chairman James Rogers. Reed and Fotherby read more→
Promotion race to go to the wire – expects Shaw Lane boss Craig Elliott
Shaw Lane Aquaforce manager Craig Elliott expects a repeat of the dramatic finish to the 2012 Toolstation NCEL Division One promotion race next month. Third-placed Aquaforce can go top tomorrow evening if they beat Grimsby Borough at Shaw Lane, but the race for promotion is so tight and similar to when Elliott led Glasshoughton to read more→
Shaw Lane Aquaforce 1-1 Cleethorpes Town
Defender John Cyrus was the hero for promotion-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce as his last gasp header rescued a vital point in the Toolstation NCEL Division One top of the table clash with ten man Cleethorpes Town, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Two minutes into second half injury-time, Cyrus rose to score past the magnificent Cleethorpes read more→
NCEL Review: Shaw Lane Aquaforce pick up crucial win at Bottesford
The temperature at the top of the Toolstation NCEL Division One table is even hotter after Shaw Lane Aquaforce were the victors in the crucial encounter with Bottesford Town. Aquaforce remain in third behind leaders Cleethorpes and Bottesford, but Craig Elliott’s men have games in hand and the 2-1 victory yesterday gives them some momentum. read more→
Performances have to improve – Shaw Lane boss Craig Elliott says ahead of Bottesford clash
Destiny may remain in Shaw Lane Aquaforce’s hands, but Craig Elliott insists that his players have to raise their games ahead of the big one with Toolstation NCEL Division One leaders Bottesford Town. Shaw Lane are still in third spot after losing 3-1 to Dronfield Town on Tuesday night – a match that had they read more→
Simon Baldry’s experience will help us cross the finish line – Shaw Lane boss Craig Elliott
Former Huddersfield Town player Simon Baldry has come out of retirement to help Shaw Lane Aquaforce to win promotion to the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division. Since leaving the professional game in 2004, Baldry has played Non-League football for Ossett Town (two spells), Bradford Park Avenue and Guiseley before originally retiring at the start of the read more→
Third place is the new aim for Pontefract – joint boss Duncan Bray
Joint manager Duncan Bray admits Pontefract Collieries have fallen short of their promotion target, but he has set his sights on recording the club’s highest finish since 2003. Pontefract conceded defeat in their bid for promotion on Saturday following the 1-0 loss to Shaw Lane Aquaforce and now Bray and Nicky Handley are hoping to read more→
Pontefract Collieries 0-1 Shaw Lane Aquaforce
Shaw Lane Aquaforce propelled themselves back into Toolstation NCEL Division One top two after ending Pontefract Collieries’ promotion hopes, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Danny Frost’s first half goal was all what Shaw Lane needed in a competitive full blood and thunder encounter at Skinner Lane. Pontefract put Aquaforce under intense pressure during the second half read more→
Ossett Town move was a good opportunity – Clive Freeman
Joining Ossett Town was a case of right club, right time for new assistant manager Clive Freeman. Freeman teamed up with John Reed for the third time two weeks ago when the pair were appointed at Evo Stik Division One North outfit Ossett to replace Craig Elliott. The former Bradford (Park Avenue) and Guiseley assistant read more→