Former Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday defender Mark Smith has joined Wayne Benn’s coaching staff at Ossett United. During a 17-year career between 1977 and 1994, Smith also played for Plymouth Argyle and Chesterfield on a permanent basis. After retiring he entered the coaching world and served the likes of Chesterfield, Wednesday, Lincoln City and Notts read more→
Pontefract Collieries are celebrating the return of popular local lad Jack Greenhough. The highly-rated full-back came through the club’s under 19s and became a key cornerstone in the success enjoyed under the guidance of Craig Parry and Craig Rouse. During their period in charge, the Colls won promotion out of Division One of the NCEL read more→
Star attacker Mikey Dunn has returned to Craig Rouse’s Pontefract Collieries. Dunn was a key catalyst of the success enjoyed by the Colls during the four glory years under Craig Parry and Rouse. Dunn scored lots of goals and provided countless assists during the consecutive promotions which catapulted Ponte from Division One of the NCEL read more→
Former captain Spencer Clarke will officially return to Pontefract Collieries on the 19th February. Key defender Clarke was a major part of the legendary Colls team which went from Division One of the NCEL to the Northern Premier League in consecutive seasons. He signed for Worksop Town last October. Clarke follows in the footsteps of read more→
Hemsworth Miners Welfare goalkeeper Brett Souter has joined Brighouse Town on a two-year deal. The move sees the former Ossett United stopper step back up to the Northern Premier League. He is very experienced in the league as prior to his spell with Ossett, he was Ossett Albion’s number one for several years under Richard read more→
Goalkeeper Ryan Musselwhite is heading back to Pontefract Collieries when restrictions are lifted. Some of the band are clearly getting back together as he is fifth man to return to Beechnut Lane since Craig Rouse was unveiled as the club’s new manager. Assistants Andy Seed and Jimmy Williams, plus striker Eli Hey and attacker Kane read more→
Double promotion winner Kane Reece is latest old boy to join Craig Rouse’s revolution at Pontefract Collieries. The intelligent attacker was a vital cog in the two promotions achieved between 2016 to 2018 which took the Colls from Division One of the NCEL to the Northern Premier League. New manager Rouse has vowed to bring read more→
Striker Eli Hey has become the latest ex-player to return to Pontefract Collieries for the Craig Rouse era. Rouse has promised to bring back an influx on old boys after replacing Andy Monkhouse in the hot-seat. Andy Seed and Jimmy Williams have also made a comeback as Rouse’s assistants. Hey was a key striker during read more→
New manager Craig Rouse has promised an influx of old faces and the return of “heavy metal football” to Pontefract Collieries. Rouse was named as Andy Monkhouse’s successor on Tuesday night and he is tasked with bringing back the kind of good times he helped create as Craig Parry’s assistant during the 2016 to 2019 read more→
Craig Rouse has returned to Pontefract Collieries as their new manager. Rouse, an ex-Colls striker during the Simon Houghton and Duncan Bray/Nick Handley eras, was the assistant to Craig Parry during the club’s incredible ascent from NCEL Division One to the Northern Premier League. He left last year to go with Parry to Worksop Town, read more→
