Pickering Town have made two brand new signings ahead of the NPL Division One North West season opener against Workington. Striker Brandon Morrison was the first player through the door on Thursday. He was then followed by defender Harry Ord. Steve Roberts said: “Brandon was with Darlington over the last couple of seasons and made read more→
Steve Roberts wants Pickering Town to be looking up the NPL Division One North West table and not down it. Roberts is preparing for his first full campaign with Pickering after replacing Denny Ingram on the turn of the year. Pickering would have probably gone down if the 2019/20 season was completed and Roberts hopes read more→
Steve Roberts admits he knew it would be tricky to attract players to Pickering Town, but he’s happy with his collection of summer signings. Recruitment is notoriously challenging for managers of Pickering because of the club’s geographical location. Ex-Scarborough Athletic first team coach Roberts replaced Denny Ingram earlier this year and instead of struggling for read more→
Former Scarborough Athletic defender Jack Johnson has joined Pickering Town. The capture of the highly-experienced Johnson is a major boost to Pikes manager Steve Roberts. Johnson spent three years with the Seadogs until earlier this year and was part of the 2018 promotion-winning side under Steve Kittrick. Roberts told Pickering’s official website: “Jack was one read more→
Pickering Town have added young midfielder Adam Warrilow to their squad. Warrilow comes from Whitby Town who he joined last December on dual-registration terms from local side Fishburn Park. Pikes boss Steve Roberts told Pickering’s website: Adam joined us from the very start of preseason having previously been on the bench for Whitby last season. read more→
Pickering Town have signed former Bradford City attacker Leon Osborne. Osborne is best known for playing for Bradford during Stuart McCall’s first era as the Bantams’ manager in the late 2000s. After dropping into Non League in 2012, Osborne has played for a variety of clubs including Scarborough Athletic, Farsley Celtic, Handsworth, Harrogate Town, Hyde read more→
Double promotion winner Wayne Brooksby has joined Pickering Town after leaving Scarborough Athletic. The colours of Pickering are familiar to him as he once turned out for them during Mitch Cook’s first tenure in charge ten years ago. Brooksby was a North Ferriby player at the time and he became a club hero as he read more→
Matty Turnbull and Iwan Heeley have re-signed for Pickering Town, softening the blow of losing long-serving Niall Tilsley. Powerful centre-back Turnbull has been around Pickering on-and-off for a few years, while Heeley, the former Pontefract Collieries and Brighouse Town versatile player, joined last season. Steve Roberts told Pickering’s website: “It is great news that Matty read more→
Pickering Town have pulled off the capture of former Scarborough Athletic captain Dave Merris. The experienced full-back recently left Scarborough and he links up again with Pickering boss Steve Roberts who previously held a role on the Seadogs coaching staff. Merris will help out on the coaching side, but his main role will be to read more→
Former player and manager Tony Hackworth has rejoined Pickering Town as first team coach under new boss Steve Roberts. Hackworth replaced Mitch Cook in late 2014 and led Pickering for the rest of the season before stepping down in May 2015 for personal reasons, paving the way for the Paul Marshall era. Former Leeds United read more→
