FA Cup Preliminary Round Mike Carmody hopes fortune will favour the brave as Goole AFC plot to bring down higher league Pontefract Collieries in the FA Cup tomorrow. Goole face Craig Rouse’s Northern Premier League outfit at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds (3pm kick off) but are massive underdogs. However, they are at home and Carmody, read more→
NPL Division One East Round-Up (1) Wayne Benn’s Ossett United enjoyed an outstanding start to the season with the 2-0 victory at local rivals Pontefract Collieries, ruining Craig Rouse’s homecoming. If the first game is to go by, Ossett have left the struggles of the last two years behind them. Aaron Haswell set the wheels read more→
NPL Division One East Pontefract Collieries have made a trio of signings with less than 24 hours to go until the mouth-watering opening day home clash with local rivals Ossett United. Hemsworth Miners Welfare striker Layton Swaine is back with the Colls. Swaine scored in clashes with Hebburn Town and Glossop North End two years read more→
Season Preview NPL Division One East Pontefract Collieries The Colls have gone back to the future by bringing back Craig Rouse and loads of the double-promotion-winning heroes from yesteryear. Hopes are high they can bring back the good times after a tough 12 months. Can Yorkshire’s best Non League success story of the last few read more→
NPL Division One East Australian centre-back Noah Stokes has signed for Pontefract Collieries with a week to go until the new season. Craig Rouse said last week that he wanted to strengthen the depth of his squad and he added Stokes after the defeat to higher league Gainsborough Trinity. Stokes was previously on Mansfield Town’s read more→
NPL Division One East Craig Rouse has identified the need to strengthen the depth of his Pontefract Collieries squad before the new season kicks off in ten days’ time. Since his return to the club in January, Rouse has totally rebooted the Colls side and put his own stamp on it. Many of the heroes read more→
Bill Cook Trophy Pontefract Collieries 5-1 Glasshoughton Welfare A Scott Smith inspired four-goal burst in the final 25 minutes secured the Bill Cook Trophy for the sixth consecutive year for Pontefract Collieries. Local neighbours Glasshoughton Welfare were holding on until two leagues higher Pontefract pulled into fifth gear and went on a rampant spree of read more→
Pontefract Collieries will host Wayne Benn’s Ossett United in a mouth-watering NPL Division One East opening fixture on August 14th. That is the stand-out fixture on the day which will see Liversedge and Yorkshire Amateur make history when they make their NPL bows. ‘Sedge will visit Lincoln United while the Ammers face a tough test read more→
Pontefract Collieries have established a new reserve team, with the aim of competing in Division Two of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League next season. That is subject to Ponte and the rest of the prospective new County Senior clubs being accepted at their second interview at the league’s AGM on July 29th. Pre-season read more→
Pontefract Collieries have given midfielder Danny Middleton another chance in Non League Football. Middleton has dabbled playing in the Non League game for the likes of Glasshoughton Welfare (2013) and Garforth Town (2018), but he only played for those clubs for a short period of time. But he has always had the talent to step-up. read more→
