Here is the fifth in of a weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week, a different player will reveal best (and worst) moments during their football career. This week it is the turn of Shaw Lane’s influential attacker Joe Thornton. Name: Joe Thornton Age: 27 Position: Attacker Current Club: Shaw Lane AFC Previous read more→
Evo Stik Division One South Former Bradford (Park Avenue) goalkeeper Jon Stewart will be between the sticks for Shaw Lane AFC in the upcoming season. Stewart, also an ex-Bournemouth and Worksop Town stopper, is an excellent replacement for Ian Deakin and Tom Morgan. Stewart spent the whole of last season with Avenue. His goalkeeping coach at read more→
Evo Stik Division One South Lee Morris believes new signing Joe Thornton will score the goals to propel Goole AFC to safety. The vastly-experienced forward makes the move from Athersley Rec, but Morris has had to do a deal with old club Shaw Lane Aquaforce for his Evo Stik registration. Morris now has an exciting read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Retford United 3-3 Athersley Rec Joe Thornton scored a hat-trick for Athersley Rec, but it wasn’t enough to ensure all three points. Thornton rattled home a eight minute treble in the first half, the last being from the penalty spot. This was after a bad start which saw Retford take an read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Athersley Rec 4-1 Rainworth Miners Welfare Joe Thornton’s treble helped increase the gap between Athersley Rec and the bottom three and push them further along the road to safety. An early second half penalty brought the game alive after Thornton was taken down by Matt Plant. The defender saw red for read more→
Joe Thornton has returned to Athersley Rec to help them avoid relegation from the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division. Thornton was a prolific figure for his local side during Athersley’s first two seasons as an NCEL club so will certainly add firepower to the 17th placed side. In his first spell, Athersley surprised many by winning read more→
Shaw Lane Aquaforce didn’t mess about in dispatching Spalding United after quick-fire first half goals led them to a 3-0 victory. Gavin Allott, Joe Thornton and Lee Bennett got the goals as Aquaforce also racked up their seventh clean sheet in a row. Shaw Lane were actually put under early on. Goalkeeper Ian Deakin, who read more→
Joe Thornton’s phone will be busy this afternoon after his shock departure from Tadcaster Albion because of travelling difficulties. The Barnsley-based striker held his hands up this afternoon to say the pressure of travelling up the M1 was too much. Thornton had been an instant hit with the Brewers following two goals on his competitive read more→
Tadcaster Albion have signed Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title winner Joe Thornton. Thornton left Shaw Lane Aquaforce last week and has been quickly snapped up by promotion-chasing Tadcaster. The striker brings a lot of quality and experience to i2i Sports Stadium. He has played for Shaw Lane, Ossett Albion and Athersley Recreation. Tadcaster are also read more→
Shaw Lane Aquaforce pulled off a fantastic 3-0 win at Heanor Town in great adversity to end a run of two defeats. Joe Thornton played almost the whole match in goal after stopper Ben Gathercole was stretched off in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division clash. Thornton even made a great save in a one-on-one situation read more→
