Hemsworth hope to cause major upset

Emirates FA Cup Wayne Benn hopes fortune will favour the brave as Hemsworth Miners Welfare bid to pull off a gigantic upset in the FA Cup. The Wells visit Evo Stik Division One North side Mossley, but they won’t be sitting back and playing for the draw. “It is a game that can look forward  read more→

Player Profile – Lee Swift

Here is the second in of a weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week, a different player will reveal the best (and worst) moments from their football career. This week it is the turn of one of Hemsworth Miners Welfare’s key players. Name: Lee Swift Age: 30 Current Club: Hemsworth Miners Welfare Previous clubs:  read more→

Hemsworth pull off dramatic comeback

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Hemsworth Miners Welfare scored twice in the final five minutes to rescue a point in a dramatic 2-2 draw with Bridlington Town. The Division One champions were staring down the barrel of their first defeat of the season until late intervention. An own goal from Sam Leigh and a Joel Sutton  read more→

Young Green wins praise from Wells boss

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Wayne Benn has hailed young defender Rogan Green for the way he has handled his promotion to Hemsworth Miners Welfare’s first team. Green has partnered Harry Viggars in the centre-back slots in two of their three opening games. He is likely to get further game-time because new Wells captain Luke Danville  read more→

Wells exploit Garforth’s poor defending

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Hemsworth Miners Welfare 3-0 Garforth Town Nash Connolly recaptured his top form as Hemsworth blew Garforth away in 20 minutes to continue their perfect start to the season. Apart from Connolly’s second goal, it was a exact repeat of the midweek win at Parkgate. Connolly scored in the opening 60 seconds  read more→

Robson dual-registers with Hemsworth

Evo Stik Division One North Goole AFC midfielder Derry Robson has dual-registered with Toolstation NCEL Premier Division newcomers Hemsworth Miners Welfare. Robson made his debut in the comfortable 3-0 defeat of Garforth Town, playing in the right-back slot. Wayne Benn has confirmed that he is unsure how often Robson will be available the Wells. “He’s a player  read more→

Prodigal son returns to Hemsworth

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Prodigal son Nick Guest has rejoined Hemsworth Miners Welfare on a permanent basis after a brief flirtation with Ossett Town. The striker did sign for Ossett in June, but he has since had a change of heart and will be back spearheading Hemsworth’s attack. He was going to be dual-registered anyway, hence  read more→

Great start to Prem life for Hemsworth

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Parkgate 0-2 Hemsworth Miners Welfare It took only 90 seconds for Hemsworth Miners Welfare to acclimatise to life in the Premier Division. Nash Connolly’s opener and Del Pollock’s eighth minute header were all the Wells needed to get off to the perfect start in their historic league campaign. Hemsworth’s Division One  read more→

Tough response needed by the FA

Just 20 minutes into the new season. That is all it took for the FA’s clampdown on poor behaviour towards match officials to get off to a bad start. Non League Football is meant to be a family sport and that idea went out of the window when Runcorn Linnets turned up at Hemsworth Miners  read more→

Wells stun top North West Counties side

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Hemsworth Miners Welfare 2-1 Runcorn Linnets The top side in the North West Counties Premier Division were put to the sword by Hemsworth. It was arguably the best result in the FA Cup for the Toolstation Northern Counties East League. Because their captain Jason Yates left during the week,  read more→