Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Former Garforth Town owner and manager Simon Clifford has been thanked by Knaresborough Town manager Rob Hunter. Clifford, who lives local and runs Integer Football, has recommended several players to Hunter including teenager Ewan Gregson who is thriving in the Knaresborough first team. Pioneer Clifford, regarded by many as one of read more→
“Simon and Garforth gave me some of the greatest experiences of my life and I’d do anything to get some of that life back,” Vernol Blair admits as he casts his mind back to the unbelievable ride Simon Clifford took Garforth Town on. Blair was one of former owner/manager Clifford’s key lieutenants during the two read more→
As journeys go, Simon Clifford’s ownership of Garforth Town was a thrilling adventure and one that will never be forgotten. Pioneer Clifford, the founder of the Brazilian Soccer Schools and whose coaching methods have proven to have been ahead of their time, threw his heart and soul into delivering success for the East Leeds club. read more→
Andy Brooke was a defender’s nightmare. Not the opposition’s, his own! Brooke terrorised his Worsbrough Bridge and Garforth Town defensive team-mates during his ten-year Non League playing career by continually shouting instructions during a game, earning the unofficial title of ‘world’s loudest goalkeeper’. But on a serious note, Brooke was the very reliable stopper for read more→
The hard work starts now for Garforth Town after a change of ownership at the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division club. That’s the message from chairman Brian Close, whose consortium of himself, his wife and treasurer Jane and local accountant Craig Bannister took complete control of Wheatley Park this week. The deal ended former Southampton chairman read more→
