Stephens is Glasshoughton’s hero

Toolstation NCEL Division One Round-Up Young gun Lewis Stephens scored the late winner as Glasshoughton Welfare ended a run of two consecutive defeats with the 3-2 win at Clipstone. Glasshoughton had been pegged back twice but Stephens’ goal secured maximum points. Recent signing Josh Whiteley and Jamie Simpson put Welfare ahead on separate occasions. Adam Baskerville’s  read more→

Welfare have to be happy with great start – Holmes

Toolstation NCEL Division One  Notorious poor starters Glasshoughton Welfare have enjoyed their best points return from the opening eight games since 2018. The Welfare are eighth with 14 points after eight games and only two points outside the play-offs so it is hardly surprising joint manager Darren Holmes is a happy man. Although he admits  read more→

Gray heads Welfare to last minute win

Toolstation NCEL Division One  Glasshoughton Welfare 2-1 Dronfield Town  Aaron Gray popped up with the dramatic last minute winner for Glasshoughton Welfare to deny winless Dronfield Town a precious point. The victory continues Glasshoughton’s promising start to the campaign. The match had been fizzling into a draw until Glasshoughton mounted a late charge for the  read more→

Nine-man Swallownest hold onto point

Toolstation NCEL Division One Round-Up (2) Nine-man Swallownest bravely managed to hold onto a point in the 1-1 draw at Glasshoughton Welfare. Callum Greaves’ first half red card gave Alex Nightingale’s men a huge uphill battle but it was one they clearly relished. The second half began in a dream-like fashion for ‘Nest. Alex Lill  read more→

Naidole completes late comeback win for Golcar

Mid-Week Round-Up Daniel Naidole completed the late turnaround as promotion-chasing Golcar United won 3-2 at ten man local rivals Campion in Ash and Gav Connor’s 200th game in charge. Golcar were losing 2-1 at half-time in the North West Counties League Division One North encounter as Campion had raced ahead through Mark Ferguson and Nicky  read more→

Glassy joint boss Holmes calls for play-offs push

Season Preview  Toolstation NCEL Division One  Glasshoughton Welfare  Nathan Perks is gone, but Nathan Keightley is back and ready to score goals.  There can be no doom and gloom around Glasshoughton Welfare.  For the first time in a few years Glasshoughton – who celebrate the tenth anniversary of the promotion to the Premier Division under  read more→

Pontefract defeat local rivals Glasshoughton

Bill Cook Trophy Pontefract Collieries 5-1 Glasshoughton Welfare A Scott Smith inspired four-goal burst in the final 25 minutes secured the Bill Cook Trophy for the sixth consecutive year for Pontefract Collieries. Local neighbours Glasshoughton Welfare were holding on until two leagues higher Pontefract pulled into fifth gear and went on a rampant spree of  read more→

Keightley goes back to where it all began

Striker Nathan Keightley has gone back to where his Non League journey started. Keightley has re-signed for Glasshoughton Welfare after four years away from Leeds Road. Keightley burst on the scene as a 16-year-old by scoring the 97th minute equaliser in the dramatic 3-3 draw with Yorkshire Amateur in December 2015. That was previous joint  read more→

Hayton returns to Glasshoughton

Midfielder Adam Hayton has returned to Glasshoughton Welfare after four years away from Leeds Road. The former Ossett Albion and Wakefield FC man played for Welfare during Darren Holmes and Lee Vigars’ first season in charge – the 2016/17 campaign. He was an integral part of the team which surprised many by finishing in the  read more→

Nostell capture prolific goal-scorer

Nostell Miners Welfare have captured prolific Glasshoughton Welfare striker Nathan Perks. Perks has been one of the most deadliest forwards in Toolstation NCEL Division One over the past few years so it could be described as a bit of a coup for Nostell. He spent a lot of the most recent abandoned season with Pickering  read more→