Jordan Stocks has been forced to resign as manager of Swallownest after three years in charge. Stocks has been unable to attend home matches since the start of the season because of a dispute with the trustees of the Miners Welfare, the owners of Swallownest’s ground, following a fall-out at a training session in the read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Round-Up (2) Young Kieran Greenway staged an incredible one man show to rescue Harrogate Railway who came back to claim a point at Swallownest after being 2-0 down after 86 minutes. It is the second time they have come back to draw from an ‘impossible’ position having drawn 4-4 at Winterton read more→
Striker Alex Lill has returned to Swallownest, on loan from Liversedge. Lill made his ‘Nest comeback prior to their 2-0 Toolstation NCEL Division One defeat at Hall Road Rangers. The former Parkgate man has played for the club a lot over the past few weeks, whilst intermixing spells with Liversedge and Maltby Main. His parent read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Andrew McCreadie marked his first start with two goals in pitch perfect Campion’s 4-1 win over Swallownest which took them top. Free-scoring Campion have won all five of their league games, but they were initially made to work for it as Swallownest provided the game’s opening gambit. Campion lost the ball read more→
Swallownest have snapped Handsworth’s left-sided player Lee Betts. Betts, who can play anywhere down the left-side, joins Swallownest after eight months with Handsworth. He has also played for Armthorpe Welfare, Retford United and Ollerton Town. Swallownest’s next two games are the FA Vase clash with Barnton and the league trip to Campion next Wednesday.
Toolstation Northern Counties East League matches have been hit by issues relating to Covid-19 for the first time. It is not surprising at all given the rising cases across the country. The North West Counties League and the Northern League have had numerous cases over the past month so it was inevitable the NCEL would read more→
Jordan Stocks admits Swallownest have “undone” a positive start to the Toolstation NCEL Division One season. ‘Nest had enjoyed an FA Vase win before the league victories over Dronfield Town and Selby Town. But Swallownest were floored by Nostell Miners Welfare on Saturday in a 3-1 defeat – their first defeat of the campaign – read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Nostell Miners Welfare 3-1 Swallownest Scintillating Nostell Miners Welfare celebrated back-to-back wins after butchering previously unbeaten Swallownest in torrential rain. Ash Austin’s close range goal and Brett Smith’s penalty created a dream first half lead to set up the headline grabbing victory which arguably should have been by far a greater read more→
For someone who could call themselves as ‘an accidental football manager’ Swallownest chief Jordan Stocks has done a very outstanding job over three years. Stocks, thrust into the dugout as a rookie boss in October 2017 because of a status as a senior player, has taken Swallownest who had just jumped out of the Sheffield read more→
Former Clipstone and Worksop Town forward Alec Denton is one of the new signings at Swallownest, who have revealed their squad for the new season. Denton has a good goals record in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League and he is joined by fellow new faces Tyler Bradley and Harry Bamforth, the former Hallam and read more→
