Ossett Town have won the #teamoftheweekend vote. From 43 votes cast, Town secured 30% of the public vote. Selby finished in second with 26% followed by Glasshoughton, Brighouse, Farsley and Garforth. Ossett completed a fantastic week by winning 1-0 at Harrogate Railway in difficult conditions. Ossett beat previously unbeaten Curzon Ashton and Prescot Cables in read more→
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Brighouse Town – Paul Quinn’s Brighouse ended a run of five games without a win with a comfortable victory at free-scoring Pickering Town. Farsley AFC – A last minute penalty from Robbie O’Brien secured Farsley a dramatic 3-2 win over Radcliffe Borough which also fired the Villagers up to second in Evo Stik Division One read more→
James Beaston returns for Glasshoughton Welfare for Nostell clash
James Beaston will return to the Glasshoughton Welfare side tomorrow when Nostell Miners Welfare visit Leeds Road for the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division clash, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Midfielder Beaston has served his three-match ban for his controversial red card in the 1-0 win over Armthorpe Welfare in early November and is available for read more→
Player Profile: Glasshoughton Welfare striker Dalton Harris
Name: Dalton Harris Age: 19 Current Club: Glasshoughton Welfare Previous Clubs: Nottingham Forest, Scunthorpe, Peterborough, St Neots Best mate in football: Peter Crook Career Highlight: Playing for Wales at U17 level Lowest Moment in football: Being released from Forest Most Memorable game: Wales v Republic of Ireland – we won the game to win the read more→
Glasshoughton Welfare hold charity waxing
Glasshoughton Welfare players went the extra mile in their fundraising for Cystic Fibrosis during their charity waxing last night.Thirteen players took part in the waxing which took place after the 2-0 defeat to Athersley Recreation – Paul Hagreen, John Hirst, Andy Sunley, Liam Tuck, Alex Low, Mathew Donnelly, Hilliard Serrao, Kieran Corley, Dalton Harris, Tim read more→
Two late goals earn Athersley Recreation victory at Glasshoughton Welfare
Athersley Recreation boss Pete Goodlad hailed the impact of substitute Kieron Scargill as his side secured a late 2-0 victory in difficult conditions at Glasshoughton Welfare, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Scargill was on the bench after being dropped for his red card in Wednesday’s 6-4 defeat to Maltby Main. He was introduced to the read more→
Ossett Town sign goalkeeper Sam Dobbs
Sam Dobbs is Ossett Town’s new goalkeeper. Ossett boss Craig Elliott has been searching for a permanent replacement for Tom Taylor for a few weeks and has finally found his man. Ilkeston goalkeeper Rob Peet was a temporary solution to the problem, but his loan deal expired last Saturday which left Ossett without a ‘keeper read more→
Rob Hunter celebrates one year and 50 games in charge of Glasshoughton
Rob Hunter celebrates his 50th game and a year in charge of Glasshoughton Welfare tomorrow, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Glasshoughton host Athersley Recreation in the NCEL Premier Division in a game that marks the first anniversary of Hunter replacing Graham Hodder in the Leeds Road dugout. Hunter and his assistant Mark Smitheringale steered the read more→
NCEL Review: Graham Nicholas’ Garforth Town win at Staveley
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY-gb1Lw49o] Graham Nicholas’ Garforth Town completed an almost perfect November by winning 4-2 at Staveley Miners Welfare in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division. With new signing Ryan Carr in their side, Garforth raced to a 3-0 lead by the 46th minute through Curtly Martin-Wyatt (2) and Andy Hawksworth’s (Hawksworth’s goal is above) goals. Staveley pulled read more→
Long Eaton – a journey too far for Glasshoughton
Garforth Town and Glasshoughton Welfare should have never been made to travel to Bridlington Town and Long Eaton United last night, writes James Grayson. It is as simple as that. In an age when resources are small for the NCEL clubs, the fixtures could have been held over for a couple of months – there read more→