North West Counties League side Steeton have signed midfielder James Wolfenden. Steeton boss Roy Mason recently said he wanted to bring more experience into his squad and Wolfenden fits that bill. Wolfenden has played for Nelson and Prestwich Heys in the past. He actually signed for Steeton prior to the dramatic FA Vase tie with read more→
Shelley have resigned from the North West Counties, citing a “very challenging and uncertain economic climate”. Shelley is the first Yorkshire-based Non League club to pull out their league, following Droylsden who quit the NPL because of concerns of a lack of income. It is shocking news and it under-lines the problems Non League clubs read more→
Roy Mason believes Steeton’s move to the Marley Stadium will regenerate Non League Football in Keighley. Until Silsden’s entry into the North West Counties in 2004, Non League Football was non-existent within or around the Town. Steeton arrived on the Non League scene in 2018 after moving six miles from their Summerhill Lane to Cougar read more→
Steeton will kick off the new season with a trip to newly-promoted Bury AFC. Bury are a splinter club formed by supporters of Bury FC who were kicked out of the Football League last year. Although the original club have yet to fold, fans have gone their own way and turned their backs on the read more→
North West Counties have confirmed the 3rd October as their start date for the new season. The North West Counties set the provisional opening day a few weeks ago following new Government restrictions put in place in Greater Manchester, Kirklees, Bradford and Calderdale. Although even more stringent controls have been placed on parts of the read more→
Joint Golcar United manager Ash Connor admits the “longest pre-season ever” is not ideal, but says his players are just glad to be back training and playing. Connor and his joint manager brother Gavin have been putting the Golcar players through their paces since June in preparation for a potential September 5th start. That changed read more→
The North West Counties League have shown real steel by describing a September start as “unfeasible” and they have set a provisional October start date. The extraordinary twist comes hours after Steeton manager Roy Mason called on the Step 5 and 6 leagues to make a stand to the FA and refuse to start in read more→
A 38-league game season during the global pandemic is not viable and the Steps 3 to 6 leagues should join together and make a stand to the FA to put a stop to the current plan. That’s the damming verdict of Steeton manager Roy Mason, who also felt “pressurised” into returning to training and backs read more→
North West Counties side Shelley will play in the FA Cup for the first time, if the 2020/21 season does kick off. Shelley won a place after getting drawn out of the ballot, and they join Glasshoughton Welfare, Campion and Hall Road Rangers who were successful out of the local Step 6 clubs. Entry into read more→
Golcar United joint manager Ash Connor admits he can understand why some clubs will be angered at seeing the League One, League Two and National League seasons settled by points-per-game ratios when Steps 3 to 7 records were expunged. The North West Counties were among the leagues whose campaigns were consigned to the dustbin without read more→
