Hilton relishing Sheffield United test

Chris Hilton says tomorrow’s show-piece pre-season friendly with League One champions Sheffield United is about promoting Stocksbridge Park Steels and raising money. Bracken Moor will be packed to the rafters for the annual fixture when Chris Wilder brings all his big guns with him. Last year’s fixture attracted almost 2000 people. “It is all about  read more→

Hilton delighted as Mangham signs

Evo Stik Division One South Chris Hilton has unveiled long-term target Luke Mangham as his second summer capture at Stocksbridge Park Steels. Stocksbridge – who have sold star midfielder Harrison Biggins to League One side Fleetwood Town – have already announced the signing of Maltby Main striker Ryan Carroll. Mangham arrives at Bracken Moor two  read more→

Biggins hails Stocksbridge management

Harrison Biggins admits that he owes a lot to the Stocksbridge Park Steels management team after his dream move to Fleetwood Town was confirmed. Chris Hilton and his assistants Ryan Laight, Lee Thompson and Shaun Handisides have spent the last three years developing Biggins, the son of former Barnsley striker Wayne into a top midfielder.  read more→

Stocksbridge’s Biggins joins Fleetwood

Stocksbridge Park Steels manager Chris Hilton has tipped Non League Yorkshire Crawford HR player of the year Harrison Biggins to go far after the midfielder secured his dream move to the Football League. Biggins, the son of former Barnsley striker Wayne, has signed for Uwe Rosler’s Fleetwood Town after the Steels agreed an undisclosed fee  read more→

No promises from Frickley boss

Frickley Athletic manager Spencer Fearn speaks to Non League Yorkshire’s James Grayson about his hopes for the season, his pre-season training methods and how well the first pre-season training session went. Evo Stik Division One South Spencer Fearn is making no promises about how well Frickley Athletic will do in the next ten months. The  read more→

Frickley are on the up – Allott

Evo Stik Division One South New captain Gavin Allott is very impressed with Spencer Fearn’s vision for Frickley Athletic and reckons the club will prosper under the former Maltby Main chief’s guidance. Allott was the first statement of intent signing by Fearn earlier in the summer. The top Evo Stik striker ended his two-year stint  read more→

New-look Frickley return for pre-season

Evo Stik Division One South The smiles are back on the faces of Frickley Athletic players after a successful first pre-season training session. New Frickley manager Spencer Fearn and coach Andy McKnight put on an enjoyable all-ball session. Most of Fearn’s summer signings were present, including Mark Simpson, Jameel Ible, Jacob Hazel, John Cyrus, Joe  read more→

Young stars join Frickley

Evo Stik Division One South  Two young Toolstation Northern Counties East League players have joined Frickley Athletic. Maltby Main goalkeeper Danny Rusling will provide “back-up and competition” for Seb Malkowski, while Liversedge winger Rhys Davies has also arrived. “In Seb we have one of the best keepers in the League and we are delighted he  read more→

League AGMs set to take place

The AGMs for the Evo Stik League and Toolstation Northern Counties East League are taking place on Saturday. Clubs in the Evo Stik are meeting in Blackpool, while the NCEL annual conference is being held at the Royal Hotel in Scarborough at 2pm. The NCEL AGM is expected to be a straight-forward affair, rather than  read more→

Striker Stewart becomes a Duck

Evo Stik Division One South Predatory Tadcaster Albion striker Carl Stewart has linked up again with Craig Elliott at champions Shaw Lane AFC. He previously played for Elliott at Ossett Town a few years ago. Since then Stewart has made his name for scoring lots of goals for Tadcaster in both the Evo Stik Leagues  read more→