Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter admits that it has been hard to give his Garforth Town players motivated in the last five weeks. Garforth’s 3-1 defeat to Athersley Rec last Saturday was their first competitive game since the 1-0 win over Retford United on February 25th. “We have played a friendly against the under read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town 1-3 Athersley Rec Athersley Rec positioned themselves for a push for a top six spot with a deserved victory at Garforth Town, who returned to action after a month off. Brad Kilburn and Kai Hancock’s first half goals set the Rec on their way. Luke McCrum sparked a revival read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Mark Simpson scored for a tenth successive game as Garforth Town won for the seventh time in eight matches with the 1-0 win over Retford United. Simpson’s smart turn and finish straight after half-time was all Garforth needed to continue their unbelievable form which is undeniably their best since the glory days read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter believes Garforth Town have a good chance of doing really well next season if they retain most of the current squad. Resurgent Garforth have won six out of their last seven league matches and the 2-0 win over Liversedge last week highlighted their progress as the Miners lost 6-0 read more→
Here is the 26th in our weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week a different player will reveal their best (and worst) moments. This week it is the turn of record-breaking Mark Simpson, who recently broke a Garforth Town club record by scoring in nine consecutive matches. He could extend that to ten if read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Unstoppable Mark Simpson has broken Richard Ramsden’s 20-year-old club record at Garforth Town after scoring in a ninth consecutive game. Simpson’s injury-time free kick in the 2-0 win over Liversedge was the history-making moment – enabling him to surpass Ramsden’s record of scoring in eight successive matches way back in 1997. read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town 2-0 Liversedge Record-breaker Mark Simpson upstaged his sixteen-year-old mate Sean Hunter by scoring in his ninth consecutive game for Garforth Town, who gained revenge on Liversedge for a heavy defeat earlier in the season. The fortunate goal took him past Richard Ramsden’s record of striking in eight straight matches way back read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town 4-1 Bottesford Town Lee Turner’s double helped Garforth Town secure a victory in the only Premier Division game to take place. Turner’s brace plus goals from Mitch Hamilton and record-breaker Mark Simpson ensured that the Miners continued their superb recent form of five victories, one draw and one defeat read more→
Crawford HR January Player of the Month Mark Simpson equalled a Garforth Town club record after scoring a penalty in the 4-1 win over Bottesford Town. The fans’ favourite’s successful spot kick meant he has now scored in eight successive games for the Miners – a feat only matched by Richard Ramsden in 1997. Simpson read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter has set his sights on securing Garforth Town’s highest placed finish since their return to the NCEL in 2014. The Miners have never finished higher than 14th in their three seasons back in the NCEL and Hunter is convinced that his “loyal and passionate” players won’t let the campaign read more→
