Non League great Marshall retires

Non League great and Farsley Celtic attacker Richard Marshall has been told to retire because of injury at the age of 31. Whilst the term ‘great’ is overused, Marshall’s achievements during his ten-year Non League career mean he deserves its. Marshall first came to prominence at Harrogate Railway as a young and lively attacker. He  read more→

Gibraltar’s Priestley joins Ossett

Ambitious Ossett Albion have landed a coup in Farsley Celtic’s Gibraltar International Adam Priestley. Priestley is one of the most proven strikers in the league from his prolific spells with Farsley, Shaw Lane, Garforth Town and Alfreton Town. Phil Smith, the club’s director of football, told Non League Yorkshire: “We are delighted to have got  read more→

Walshaw scores on Seadogs debut

Evo Stik North James Walshaw, the greatest West Yorkshire-based Non League striker in recent memory, has been reunited with his mentor Steve Kittrick at Scarborough Athletic. Walshaw has left Farsley Celtic to link up with Kittrick, the man who first gave him his chance at Ossett Town over ten years ago. The pair later worked  read more→

Holders Celtic knock out Stansfield’s men

West Riding County Cup First Round Holders Farsley Celtic beat Toolstation NCEL Division One leaders Knaresborough Town 4-1 at Throstle Nest. Luke Parkin, Adam Porritt (2) and Issac Baldwin were on the score-sheet for Farsley. Steve Bromley made the score 2-1 at one point. Four late goals guided Goole AFC to a 5-1 victory at  read more→

Walshaw earns Farsley a point

Evo Stik James Walshaw struck a late equaliser for Farsley Celtic in the 1-1 draw at Ashton United in the Premier Division. Jimmy Beadle and Billy Logan overturned a deficit to earn Scarborough Athletic a 2-1 win at Ossett Town in the North. Martin Pembleton had given Ossett an early lead. Goole AFC were beaten  read more→

Cartman joins Farsley on loan

Evo Stik Division One North  Farsley Celtic have grabbed prolific striker Nathan Cartman on loan from National North side Darlington. The 28-day loan sees Cartman return to West Yorkshire, nearly two years on since his high profile move from Harrogate Railway to Darlington. Cartman’s move back to West Yorkshire will please a lot of Non  read more→

Nightingale gets Everton coaching role

Evo Stik Premier Division Lewis Nightingale has had to leave Farsley Celtic after taking up a position with the youth academy at Premier League side Everton. The midfielder will be working with Everton’s under 14-16s players. Nightingale has been a leading youth coach at Bradford City in recent years. The move to Merseyside means Nightingale  read more→

Prestigious friendlies set to take place

There are several high profile fixtures taking place in the Non League world across Yorkshire today. A number of Football League/National League clubs are helping Evo Stik and NCEL clubs out with money-spinning fixtures. These include York City, FC Halifax Town, Rotherham United and Sheffield United. All four are expected to field their strongest sides  read more→

Farsley duo pledge futures to club

Evo Stik Premier Division Richard Marshall and Ryan Watson are the latest promotion-winning Farsley Celtic players to commit themselves to another season at Throstle Nest. Attacker Marshall was hugely influential during a season that saw Farsley win the Division One North play-off final and also claim the West Riding County Cup. Prior to joining Farsley  read more→

Blackstone to help Garforth out

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town have one of York City’s most popular strikers of the last 25 years helping them in pre-season. Miners head honcho Rob Hunter his old pal Ian Blackstone to come out of the wilderness and return to Non League to replace Mark Greaves who has taken charge of West Yorkshire  read more→