NLY’s top 15 moments of 2017

When you sit down and reflect, 2017 has been a very successful year for Non League football in Yorkshire. More clubs than normal have won promotion, won silverware and for the first time since NLY was launched, a Yorkshire club from below the National League has reached the FA Cup first round. Now regular readers  read more→

Worsbrough trio win awards

Toolstation NCEL Division One Worsbrough Bridge trio Matt Pinder, Mitchell Wilshire and captain Connor Rollinson were presented with awards at the club’s presentation night. Young Pinder winning the clubman of the year was fitting. Against many odds, Pinder battled back to play in the final game of the season, months after being diagnosed with the Guillain Barre  read more→

Wright emotional after Pinder’s return

Toolstation NCEL Division One Josh Wright admits he had a tear in his eye when 17-year-old Matt Pinder returned to the field for Worsbrough Bridge on Saturday. Pinder was told in November by doctors that he may not walk again after contracting the Guillain Barre Syndrome – a rare condition that once affected former Liverpool  read more→

Pinder cherishes best 10 minutes of life

Back in November Worsbrough’s Matt Pinder did not know if he would walk again. On Saturday he made his return to a football field after five months of intensive rehabilitation. Non League Yorkshire’s James Grayson spoke to Matt and his father Ray about the past six months. “Those ten minutes were the best ten minutes of  read more→