Pitts and Portrey take charge of Goole as James stands down

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Mark Pitts and Simon Portrey have taken charge of Goole AFC as joint managers as Lutel James has stepped down due to new football commitments involving the Caribbean Islands.  However, James is sticking around and will act as a consultant to the new first team bosses and the club’s chairman Alan  read more→

Goole make marquee signing in Keightley

Goole AFC have made a marquee signing as former Penistone Church striker Nathan Keightley has joined them. Keightley did sign for Ossett United in June, but has now gone back to the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division and gone to Goole. It is quite a coup for Lutel James and Les Nelson as Keightley, whose breakthrough  read more→

Goole reveal trio of new signings

Goole AFC have revealed three new players who have committed to the club for next season. Ollie Maude is the most familiar name to followers of the NCEL. The midfielder has played mainly in the West Yorkshire League, but has had flirtations with Garforth Town and Glasshoughton Welfare. The other two are Carl Robinson and  read more→

Les Nelson wants to awaken “sleeping giant” Goole

Goole AFC are a sleeping giant with massive potential, according to joint manager Les Nelson. The old club Goole Town was one of the biggest Non League clubs in Yorkshire with crowds regularly in their high hundreds and early thousands, until its fall from grace in the early nineties. Goole AFC was formed in 1997  read more→

James and Nelson take Goole helm

Former top Non League striker Lutel James and Les Nelson have taken charge of Goole AFC. It is the pair’s first appointment on the NCEL stage. They are best known in the dugout for guiding Whitkirk Wanderers to promotion out of Division One of the West Yorkshire League and into the WYL Premier Division. James  read more→