Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Emley 2-2 Penistone Church Neither Emley or Penistone Church were able to secure their precious first league wins of the campaign in front of over 400 people at the Welfare Ground. The match was a terrific advert for Non League Football. Penistone manager Ian Richards made some changes and one of read more→
If the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title race involved cars and a motorway then winless Penistone Church are stuck in road-works. The fast start Ian Richards wanted has failed to materialise. For a team which is aiming to win promotion, their form has been miles off. Church have lost two (against Sherwood Colliery and Silsden) read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Round-Up Nick Guest’s held his nerve to score a last minute penalty to rescue a 2-2 draw for Penistone Church who looked dead and buried at half-time. Church were staring down the barrel of a second consecutive league defeat after conceding two Lynton Karkach goals. Kieran Ryan scored from a corner read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Nathan Keightley is back at Penistone Church for the third time after an unsettled summer. Keightley first joined Penistone in 2017 and enjoyed two goal-laden seasons with them – culminating in Penistone’s second place finish. A brief spell with Tadcaster Albion followed – but he was soon on his way ‘home’ read more→
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Round-Up (1) Nick Guest showed nerves of steel after scoring a last minute penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw Penistone Church in the opening day battle at Eccleshill United. Eccleshill looked certain to have snatched all three points after Luke Aldrich had scored with just three minutes to go. But Ian read more→
Season Preview Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Penistone Church The disappointment of missing out on promotion twice lingers in the back of Penistone Church minds. But with the elevation of the so-called big guns, the league is wide open and Penistone will feel confident of achieving their aim. Manager Ian Richards The former Stocksbridge Park Steels read more→
Brett Lovell is determined to help bring unprecedented Northern Premier League football to Penistone Church before bringing the curtain down on a great playing career. Although you have to watch what you say about him as his dad will have you, Lovell is an elder statesman in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division and has defied read more→
Defender Wayne Hughes has returned to Toolstation NCEL Premier Division side Penistone Church. Hughes played for Church some time ago before moving onto Emley AFC. He also has NCEL experience from a very brief stint with Glasshoughton Welfare last year. Hughes is the third confirmed new face at Penistone this summer. Tom Brennan is back read more→
Ian Richards has contingency plans in place if the Penistone Church is decimated by absences related to rising covid-19 cases. Fears are rising that the start of the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division season will be disrupted as the government are predicting figures reaching 100,000 daily cases in the next four weeks. Given the number of read more→
Penistone Church 2-2 Worsbrough Bridge Owen Wildblood’s ‘worldie’ free kick with the last kick of the game rescued a draw for Worsbrough Bridge and denied their local rivals Penistone Church their first win of pre-season. Jordan Coduri’s double had overturned an early deficit as a Tom Brennan own goal had given Worsbrough Bridge a surprise read more→
