Winterton pick up crucial win

A poor Glasshoughton Welfare performance saw them slip to a 3-1 home defeat against lower placed Winterton Rangers in the Northern Counties East League Division One. After the defeat to Shirebrook Town last weekend wWlfare were looking to pick up points against a Winterton side who had only won twice this season. At a cold Leeds Road  read more→

Lanes confirmed as new assistant

Roly Lanes has been confirmed as Mick Norbury’s assistant manager at Glasshoughton Welfare. Lanes has been helping Norbury out since the start of the season, but Phil Lindley held the role of assistant manager until a few weeks ago. The former Bradford (Park Avenue) midfielder combined his coaching duties with a playing role. He has  read more→

Lucas brothers team-up in Glassy win

Brothers Brett and Reece Lucas teamed up to incredibly turn an impending defeat into an unlikely victory with two injury-time goals for Glasshoughton Welfare. Glasshoughton looked done for in the eventual 2-1 win over Westella VIP as a first half penalty from Alex Wood appeared good enough for Leon Sewell’s men. Debutant Reece, who only  read more→

Flynn breaks Glasshoughton’s hearts

Ash Flynn broke his own personal record by scoring the last minute winner in AFC Emley’’s dramatic 3-2 victory at Glasshoughton Welfare. Flynn has now unbelievably scored 43 times in three months and his precious goal made sure he surpassed his 42-goal haul from the 2012-13 season. The striker actually missed a penalty when Emley led  read more→

Glasshoughton narrowly beaten at home

Glasshoughton Welfare failed to record back-to-back Toolstation NCEL Division One wins after losing 3-2 to Teversal at Leeds Road. Welfare missed an early penalty and then after falling behind, Ashley Scothern scored his first goals for the club, but two second half goals saw the visitors claim all three points. Manager Mick Norbury made one change  read more→

Perks leads Glasshoughton to victory

Nathan Perks scored an eleven minute hat-trick as Glasshoughton Welfare ended a run of five straight defeats in the 5-1 demolition of Worsbrough Bridge at Leeds Road. Welfare spurned many chances and it would have been no surprise if the scoreline had been doubled. Welfare opened strongly and after a minute Tom Carr headed a  read more→

Knaresborough extend unbeaten run

Glasshoughton Welfare crashed to their fifth straight league defeat, while Knaresborough Town extended their unbeaten run to six matches with the 4-1 victory at Manse Lane. Glasshoughton actually took the lead after just four minutes, but Knaresborough hit back and eased over the finish line. Welfare manager Mick Norbury introduced two new signings to his starting line  read more→

Leeds youngsters too strong for Welfare

Glasshoughton Welfare entertained a Leeds United Youth team in a friendly last night and the young Leeds lads showed plenty of spirit and class to beat Welfare 2-0 in front of a decent crowd. In the opening minutes Regan Fish had the ball at his feet just outside the visitors penalty area and as a  read more→

Glasshoughton lose to Bottesford

Glasshoughton Welfare slipped to their third consecutive Toolstation NCEL Division One defeat when they lost to 3-2 at Leeds Road to high flying Bottesford Town. Welfare manager Mick Norbury was unable to attend the game due to family reasons so coach and former Pontefract Collieries manager Roly Lanes was in charge of the side. Nathan  read more→

Glasshoughton sign new bodies

Glasshoughton Welfare have four new players available for the visit of Bottesford Town today. Mick Norbury has been busy in the last few days recruiting bodies to try and stem his side’s recent poor form. Joining Glasshoughton are Nathan Perks, Reuben Pearse, Luke Durham and James Davies. Striker Perks played for Glasshoughton last season, but  read more→