Evo Stik and NCEL Round-Up

Evo Stik Division One North Brighouse Town were held to a draw again, this time at Trafford where Paul Quinn’s men drew 1-1. Leon Osborne opened the scoring in the first minute for Brighouse. Aaron Burns equalised before half-time. Scarborough Athletic lost 3-1 to Radcliffe Borough, while Goole AFC drew 1-1 at Kendal Town. In  read more→

Ellam crowns Ossett as joint leaders

Evo Stik Division One North Burscough 0-1 Ossett Town Jake Ellam’s first half cracker sent Ossett Town to the top of the charts as joint leaders with Lancaster City. Heading into Christmas, Ossett could now pull off the unthinkable of sitting in top spot. It would complete an unbelievable 2016 which began with Ossett in  read more→

Bordman scores two spectacular goals

Evo Stik Division One North Ossett Albion 2-1 Glossop North End The league’s deadliest set-piece taker Rob Bordman scored two spectacular goals to guide Ossett Albion to a much-needed win. After losing to Goole AFC in midweek, Albion needed a lift and it was hardly a surprise that their talisman was at the heart of  read more→

Tadcaster fall to Lancaster defeat

Evo Stik Division One North Tadcaster Albion 1-2 Lancaster City It’s the same old story again for Tadcaster Albion as a number of missed chances saw them fall to defeat against Lancaster City, which included an extraordinary end to the first half. Tom Corner gave the home fans something to cheer in stoppage time at  read more→

Five apply for promotion to Evo Stik

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  The top five of the Premier Division have applied for promotion to the Evo Stik. Cleethorpes Town, Thackley, Bridlington Town, Handsworth Parramore and Pickering Town have all thrown their hat into the ring. Sixty-eight clubs across the country have applied for promotion to step four – remarkably including a Northern League  read more→

Goole bosses add another player

Evo Stik Division One North Brad Johnston is the latest new face at struggling Goole AFC, whose rookie managers have had to rebuild the side. Former Armthorpe and Athersley midfielder Johnston, son of former Askern boss Brian, is the second player to join Goole this week. Versatile Selby Town man Will Ramsay dual-registered with Goole  read more→

Miller confident that luck will change

Evo Stik Division One North Billy Miller is confident of luck changing for Tadcaster Albion because his side are “playing really well”. Tadcaster head into the home clash with promotion-chasing Lancaster City on the back of a run of four league games without a win. “We’re not massively concerned because we’re playing really well,” Miller  read more→

Rookie Goole bosses win again

Evo Stik Division One North Rookie Goole AFC managers Derry Robson and David Taylor are making management look easy after an important 2-1 win at fellow strugglers Ossett Albion. Goole have now leapfrogged Albion in the table after the comeback victory. Albion took the lead through Rikki Paylor and led for 12 minutes until the  read more→

Baldwin and Harrison loaned to Albion

Evo Stik Division One North Former Brighouse Town attacker Issac Baldwin is one of two players that been loaned to Ossett Albion from FC Halifax Town. Attacking midfielder Baldwin burst onto the scene at Brighouse two years ago and he impressed, leading to a move to Halifax in the summer of this year. Harrison has  read more→

Paylor steals the headlines for Ossett

Evo Stik Division One North Colne 1-2 Ossett Albion Rikki Paylor stole the headlines after scoring the winner for Ossett Albion in the dying minutes of their trip to Colne. The victory was much-needed for Albion after a run of poor results. Adam Muller capitalised during a scramble to give Albion the lead seven minutes  read more→