Fasten your seat-belts, Joe Thornton’s here. Thornton provides an almost autobiographical epic blockbuster account (longer than a university dissertation) of a Non League career centred around his key moments and people. During a career containing highly amusing anecdotes to very poignant times, Thornton, who started at Ossett Albion, celebrated magnificent triumphs with Shaw Lane Aquaforce, read more→
Spectacular goals, lots of red cards and plenty of fights are littered throughout Shane Kelsey’s Non League Football career. The new Athersley Rec manager has retired at least twice, but Non League Football has always lured back the attacker, who openly admits he was a loose cannon in his early doors with Worsbrough Bridge. But read more→
New Athersley Rec manager Shane Kelsey hopes the break will press the reset on Non League football and make clubs reconnect with their communities. Kelsey is fully committed to playing local and young players when Government restrictions are lifted and he believes that philosophy will be the key to success on-and-off-the-field at Athersley. The former read more→
Shane Kelsey will take charge of Athersley Rec when the season resumes after being appointed as their new manager. Kelsey is the permanent replacement for Graham Nicholas who left after the first game of the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division season. Pete Goodlad will be concentrating on his role as general manager. Kelsey, the former Garforth read more→
Shane Kelsey clearly retired far too early as he came off the bench and scored an unbelievable hat-trick in the final 17 minutes to overturn a 2-0 deficit and earn Athersley Rec their first win of the season. The Rec were on course to lose at Bottesford until half-time replacement Kelsey rolled back the years read more→
Shane Kelsey has announced his intention to retire after helping Hemsworth Miners Welfare win the Toolstation NCEL Division One title. Kelsey, a great of the modern NCEL era, turned out for the final time in Hemsworth’s 4-1 defeat at Penistone. That is his last game as he is suspended for Hemsworth’s two remaining matches. “My read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Hemsworth Miners Welfare 2-2 Hallam Micah Bishop rescued a last gasp point for play-offs chasing Hallam, minutes after Shane Kelsey thought he had steered Hemsworth to within four wins of the Premier Division. Nothing much has changed in the race for promotion though after a humdinger in Fitzwilliam. Hemsworth still need read more→
Shane Kelsey propelled Hemsworth Miners Welfare to second in the Toolstation NCEL Division One table after the winner in the 2-1 victory at Hallam. The win took Hemsworth above fellow promotion rivals Hallam, who dropped to sixth. The match was watched by 325 people – the highest in the NCEL on Non League Day. Bill read more→
Wayne Benn believes Hemsworth Miners Welfare aren’t firing on all cylinders, despite a positive start to the Toolstation NCEL Division One season. Unbeaten Hemsworth are fifth after six games which have brought four wins and two draws – the latest victory being in midweek against Westella VIP. Benn told Non League Yorkshire: “Despite our results, read more→
Hemsworth Miners Welfare have been dealt a big blow as marquee signing Shane Kelsey will miss the start of the new Toolstation NCEL Division One season. Kelsey has broken his foot after a “freak accident” during Hemsworth’s opening pre-season friendly against Willington Quay Saints over a week ago. Having lost talisman Nick Guest to Farsley read more→
