You can now ‘like’ Sports Performer on Facebook. Click here to ‘like’. The favourites may have lived up to their billing, but the 2013-14 season has still proved to have been an unpredictable year for our Yorkshire clubs. From shock sacking to unlikely reinstatements, sensational appointments and drama on-the-pitch, the Evo Stik Division One North read more→
Paul Lines
Relegation a bitter pill to swallow for Wakefield FC boss Paul Lines
Wakefield FC manager Paul Lines claims his club were effectively forced out of Belle Vue by landlords Wakefield Wildcats. Wakefield have had to accept relegation from the Evo Stik Division One North and Lines will manage the side in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division next season at Emley’s Welfare Ground – 13 years after they read more→
Losing Wakefield and Ossett Albion could be a big blow – Harrogate Railway boss Billy Miller
Billy Miller admits losing Wakefield FC and potentially Ossett Albion from the Evo Stik Division One North will be a “blow” for Non-League Football in Yorkshire. Wakefield look set to be heading into the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division next season after failing to find a ground suitable for the NPL by the deadline. Even though read more→
Midweek Review: Wakefield FC win boosts survival hopes
Paul Lines’ Wakefield FC boosted their Evo Stik Division One North survival hopes with a superb 2-0 win over Salford City at Belle Vue. Top goal-scorer Rob Bordman got both goals to move them seven points clear of bottom-placed Ossett Albion and one behind Radcliffe Borough. Harrogate Railway lost 1-0 at Northwich Victoria. Ashley Allanson’s read more→
Handshake snub referee reported to the FA, confirms Ossett Town boss Craig Elliott
The match official at the centre of the handshake snub row has been reported to the Football Association, Ossett Town manager Craig Elliott has confirmed. Referee David Benton refused to shake the hand of Elliott at the conclusion of the Ossett’s controversial Evo Stik Division One 1-1 draw at Farsley ten days ago. Ossett had read more→
The FA should investigate handshake snub, says Paul Lines
Paul Lines believes the FA should investigate referee David Benton’s decision to refuse to shake Ossett Town manager Craig Elliott’s hand last week. The Wakefield FC manager, who has been in hot water this season with the FA, was taken aback by what he heard had happened at the end of Ossett’s 1-1 draw at read more→
Farsley AFC miss two penalties, but win 3-0 at Wakefield to go joint top of Division One North
Promotion-contenders Farsley AFC missed two penalties, but still managed to find three second half goals to beat Wakefield FC at Belle Vue and go joint top of the Evo Stik Division One North. Paddy Miller, Aiden Savory and Adam Priestley goals completed a victory that looked far from certain at half-time in a match played read more→
Paul Lines: February will be a pivotal month for Wakefield FC
Paul Lines says February could be make-or-break for Wakefield FC in their fight against relegation from the Evo Stik Division One North. Wakefield are currently one place above the drop zone in 20th and face fellow strugglers Prescot Cables and Padiham along with winnable games against Clitheroe and Salford City next month. Lines, who has read more→
Plenty of positives to take from Curzon Ashton defeat – Wakefield FC boss Paul Lines
Wakefield FC boss Paul Lines praised his players for their second half response in the 3-2 Evo Stik Division One North defeat to Curzon Ashton at Belle Vue last night, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Curzon were cruising to victory at half-time and could have easily led by more than two goals. However, two moments read more→
Evo Stik Review: The great escape begins for Ossett Albion
Ossett Albion’s fight against relegation received the first kiss of life yesterday when Richard Tracey’s men earned a crucial 2-0 win at Clitheroe. Goals from Ben Grech-Brooksbank and Kurtis Noble secured Albion’s first league win since October – a total of 15 games without a Division One North victory. When speaking to Sports Performer nearly read more→