Toolstation NCEL Division One Round-Up Threadbare and ten man Glasshoughton Welfare stopped free-scoring Hallam from stretching their winning run to 11 league games. Glasshoughton were without key defenders Matt Cunliffe, Fidel Mhlolo and Aaron Gray, meaning striker Jamie Simpson had to play centre-half alongside captain Adam Walsh. Striker Josh Whiteley had also joined North Ferriby read more→
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→
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→
Darren Holmes is backing Glasshoughton Welfare to mount an assault on the top six in the Toolstation NCEL Division One table. Joint managers Holmes and Lee Vigars are heading into their first season since taking charge of Glasshoughton in 2016 where they have kept hold of the majority of their squad so hopes are high read more→
Darren Holmes claims that if Glasshoughton Welfare win promotion it would rank as one of the biggest NCEL shocks in recent memory. An unexpected promotion would certainly eclipse Non League Yorkshire’s manager of the decade Craig Elliott’s achievements during his magical two years in charge at Leeds Road between 2010 and 2012. Elliott, now performing read more→
Glasshoughton Welfare have persuaded Mat Zaniewski to return to the club. It is a massive boost for Darren Holmes and Lee Vigars, who have had to endure nightmare scenarios with their goalkeepers this season, with Aidan Tyas and then Jordan Leatham suffering bad injuries. Holmes and Vigars will hope Zaniewski’s second coming will inspire a read more→
Glasshoughton Welfare pulled off a stunning FA Vase upset at Handsworth, beating their higher league opponents 2-1 at Sandy Lane. Nathan Perks and Aaron Kitao were the Welfare heroes with two fantastic finishes inside the opening six minutes. Lee Vigars and Darren Holmes must have been delighted with the shock victory. Holmes, whose last trip read more→
Darren Holmes insists Glasshoughton Welfare start pre-season with a solid spine as he and Lee Vigars begin assembling their fairly new-look squad. Glasshoughton fielded a youthful side in the 2-1 victory over Rothwell Town, with only a handful of older bodies. Some may say the squad was light on experience, but Holmes dismissed that, highlighting read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Glasshoughton Welfare 3-0 Shirebrook Town Star striker Gracjan Klimczak struck twice as in-form Glasshoughton Welfare jumped up to fifth after a easy victory over Shirebrook Town at Leeds Road. Klimczak hit the opener in the fourth minute and Welfare never had to move up to fourth gear as the striker got read more→
Glasshoughton Welfare are heading into the new season on cloud nine after two big wins over ex-Evo Stik and current Toolstation NCEL Premier Division outfits. Rampant Glasshoughton ran riot against Goole AFC in the 4-0 win on Tuesday night. Darren Holmes and Lee Vigars’ then hit three second half goals to beat Garforth Town on read more→
