Worsbrough Bridge have turned to one of their invincibles – Luke Forgione – to be their new manager. The Houghton Main boss was confirmed as the successor to Lee Morris on Wednesday afternoon. Forgione has long craved the opportunity to manage in the NCEL and was always the frontrunner once as Morris resigned. Forgione was read more→
Worsbrough Bridge want to appoint a new manager before next Saturday’s Toolstation NCEL Division One trip to East Hull. Lee Morris’ resignation for personal reasons was announced following the 3-2 defeat at Harrogate Railway. Interested candidates are asked to contact the club via the following email wbafcchairman@gmail.com or via their social media channels. Morris’ departure concludes a read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Round-Up (1) Every old dog has its day and evergreen Mike Morris had his for Harrogate Railway on Saturday after scoring twice to fire Mick O’Connell’s troops to their first league win of the campaign. Morris, one of two throwbacks from the great Billy Miller era in the Railway squad, was read more→
Lee Morris has resigned as manager of Worsbrough Bridge, the club have confirmed. Worsbrough confirmed the news on Twitter at 5.43pm and say a full club statement will follow. He is the first Toolstation NCEL manager to leave his post this season. Morris ends his tenure at Park Road five days short of the third read more→
Stocksbridge Park Steels manager Chris Hilton has a “burning desire” to win trophies as he enters his second decade in management. This summer marked ten years since the former Frickley Athletic defender stepped into the Worsbrough Bridge manager’s job as a rookie boss. The club were perennial strugglers, but Hilton did a remarkable job and read more→
Striker Sam Agar has penned a deal with Worsbrough Bridge. The very experienced forward had brief spells with Pontefract Collieries, Nostell Miners Welfare and Emley last season. He had been expected to play for Kinsley Boys this year. Although Agar started his Non League career in the West Yorkshire area with the likes of Ossett read more→
Two young players have joined the ranks at Worsbrough Bridge. Dempsey Smith, another Barnsley College footballer who has progressed into Non League Football, has impressed during pre-season and has now signed. He secured a place in the English Colleges Football Association national squad last December. The other signing is Oscar Seth from Handsworth. The midfielder read more→
Midfield brain-box Liam Owen is back for a fourth stint with Worsbrough Bridge. Owen, the brother of well known striker Jack, joins from Nostell Miners Welfare where has mostly spent the last three years. He was a mainstay of Jason Dodsworth and Simon Houghton’s squad which turned Nostell from the league’s whipping boys into promotion read more→
Defender’s nightmare Jack Mawson has committed to another season with Worsbrough Bridge. The tough to play against young striker is slowly turning into a Worsbrough stalwart as the 2020/21 season will be effectively his fourth full campaign with them*. He originally joined them from Pontefract Collieries in the second half of the 2016/17 season and read more→
Worsbrough Bridge player Connor Rollinson has backed the call for multiple leagues of ten clubs each to be created in the NCEL. Rollinson supports Nostell Miners Welfare chairman Kevin Allsop’s view that because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NCEL should be localised. The idea, which first appeared in the FA’s June update to Step 5 read more→
