MANAGING Bridlington Town at Wembley in 1990 was the pinnacle of John Reed’s legendary Non League managerial career. Reed, whose success with Hatfield Main, Denaby United, Goole, Harrogate Town and a host of other clubs puts him in a league of his own, was a one-season wonder for Bridlington, but by golly, it was a read more→
Chris Gowen has had Brian Clough as a defence solicitor and been mistaken for Carl Fothergill during an almost 20-year Non League career. York City, Frickley Athletic, North Ferriby United, Pickering Town, Barton Town, Selby Town and Armthorpe Welfare have enjoyed the presence of the popular left-back who is still playing at local level with read more→
Goalkeeper Jimmy Glass’ 94th minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999 is one of the football greatest moments. It was even ranked 72nd in Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Sporting Moments and an 18-year-old Richard Tracey was there that day. The now-Emley AFC manager was upfront for Nigel Pearson’s Carlisle until read more→
Bradford (Park Avenue)’s 2003 FA Cup First Round tie with Bristol City remains a hugely significant milestone as it marked the club’s return to the national stage for the first time since reformation in 1988. Avenue had worked its way up from the West Riding County Amateur League to the NPL Premier Division – then read more→
Lee Thompson is fondly remembered by Boston United fans for his numerous important contributions during their Football League days. The now Stocksbridge Park Steels assistant manager was the first player to score a hat-trick in the Football League for Boston (against Darlington in 2002). But it is his double in the shock 4-3 League Cup read more→
Chris Hilton scored just six goals in almost 500 appearances during his eleven-year association with Frickley Athletic, but one of those rare moments is regarded as one of the club’s greatest ever. His dramatic late winner in the 3-2 win over Barrow (a side containing Grant Holt) in May 2001 kept Frickley’s hopes of completing read more→
SIMON HOUGHTON is one of the most highly-rated NCEL managers of the past 12 years. Although he has no trophies to his name as an outright manager, his work has constantly received great acclaim. He has drastically changed the fortunes of Glasshoughton Welfare and Nostell Miners Welfare, created a successful team at Shaw Lane and read more→
GRANT BLACK performed miracles at Ossett Town as he saved them from relegation and steered them to the NPL Division One North play-off final within just 14 unforgettable months. The Ingfielders were hurtling towards the NCEL when Buxton great Black was handed his first managerial post in February 2016. Ossett had lost nine consecutive league read more→
MARK BETT was a key player for Farsley Celtic during the Lee Sinnott rocket ride. The striker was an influential figure in two of the three promotions over those four glorious seasons at Throstle Nest. Bett helped the Celts go from the old NPL Division One to the Conference North, leaving just before Sinnott completed read more→
MANAGING Shaw Lane in the televised 2017 FA Cup first round tie against Steve Evans’ League Two outfit Mansfield Town was the pinnacle of Craig Elliot’s managerial career at that stage. The current Boston United manager has of course matched and bettered that achievement by taking the Pilgrims to the Second Round earlier this season. read more→
