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THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF BRACKLEY TOWN FC

Vs. Barrow | 13/01/18 | 15.00 | £2.00

FA Trophy 2nd Round

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Manager :KEVIN WILKIN

Manager :ADY PENNOCK

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Saturday 27th JanuarySALFORD CITY Kick off 3.00pm

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Welcome to St James Park for this FA Trophy second round game as we take on Barrow from the National League. We extend a warm welcome to Barrow’s officials, players and supporters and we wish you a safe trip home after the game.

Should this afternoon’s tie end all square there is no added time and we will contest a replay in Cumbria on Tuesday evening. Supporters will remember a midweek FA Cup replay at Barrow several years ago. We were successful on that occasion so if that is what is required again then bring it on!

First we have an intriguing game here. It is always interesting to pit ourselves against opposition from a higher league. Barrow are vastly experienced and established in that top tier of the non-league game of course so we expect a tough test today.

The FA Trophy draw has been less than kind this season but there is something in the old adage about doing things the hard way. We beat National North leaders Salford City and National South leaders Braintree Town to get to this point so I guess drawing a National League side from the hat was on the cards!

Last Saturday’s win at Nuneaton was convincing and got us back to winning ways after a string of draws. The situation around the top of the table has closed up and there looks to be a large group of clubs that have realistic hopes of battling to the very end to secure a top spot. It should make for a fascinating few months with every game a Big One!

Thank you for your support and being here to get behind Kevin and the team this afternoon.

Best wishes

Francis OliverBrackley Town Football Club Honours & Records

Southern League:Highest Finishing Position Premier Division Champions 2011/12

Conference North:Highest Home Crowd 2604 v FC Halifax, Play-off Final, 4 May 2013Highest Finishing Position 3rd, 2012/13 (Play-off Runners Up)Lowest Finishing Position 21st, 2015/16

County Cup:Winners 2010/11 v Corby Stewart & Lloyds 2011/12 v Corby Town 2014/15 v Peterborough NS

FA Trophy:Quarter Final 2016/17 v York City

Maunsell Cup: Winners 2011/12 v Northampton Town 2012/13 v Peterborough United

FA Cup: 1st Round 2008/09: v Eastwood Town 2015/16: v Newport County AFC2nd Round 2013/14: v Macclesfield 2016/17: v Blackpool

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Management Board:

Chairman Francis OliverManaging Director Janene ButtersDirector Mick HawesDirector Matt Wise

Football Management:

Manager Kevin WilkinAssistant Manager Mark NoonPhysio Tim ColledgeCoach David StaffKit Manager Keith MarshallClub Secretary Pat Ashby

Match Day Team:

Life President Phil HedgesLife President Ray StylesTurnstile Operator Rod BushHead Steward Stephen ToghillPress Officer Tim CarrollProgramme Editor Steve GoodmanProgramme Design Chris TymonPhotographer Will Grantham Local Sponsorship Manager Graham ShawCorporate Sponsorship Manager Duncan HyndClub Shop Assistant Isaac & Lily GoodmanBoardroom Assistant Georgia EvansPA Announcer Andrew Bannard

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kevin wilkinfrom the dugout

It is FA Trophy action this afternoon. So welcome to St James Park for this afternoon’s game against Ady Pennock’s Barrow side.

I was delighted for the players with last Saturday’s win at Nuneaton Town. After several draws when the players gave everything but came away with just the single point it was important to get back to winning ways in the league and the overall team performance fully justified what was in the end a comfortable win.

In the previous Monday’s home game against Leamington the pitch was very wet and heavy and again at Nuneaton the playing surface certainly did not suit our playing style. However, players’ fitness levels were high and at no point did it feel as if a part-time team was playing a full-time team. The players work hard and bring good attitudes to training and to what they do in between games. The energy levels, stamina and resilience shown in those recent games on surfaces that are draining for players is to their credit.

Luke Graham was unavailable against Leamington through illness so it was good to have Luke available again against Nuneaton and Adam Walker returned to the fold on the bench at Nuneaton also after missing nine games with injury.

The squad is small and I continue to look to strengthen our pool of players when the opportunity comes along. But young defender Jordan Williams is on loan at Cambridge City where he has been playing regularly and making strides and Greg Kaziboni is enjoying his loan spell at Biggleswade United.

Given our league position we are in a good place to press on into the second half of the season. Today is another big game and a real test but one that everyone is looking forward to.

Thank you for your support. Get behind the team today.

Best wishes

Kevin

“ Today is another big game and a real test

but one that everyone is looking forward to.”


AT THE MATCH

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Brackley Town 1 Leamington 1

After the Boxing Day draw at Leamington the sides again shared the points in an excellent match despite difficult conditions. The decision to play the game and to delay the kick-off until 3.15pm to allow greater time for the water-logged St James Park pitch to dry out were vindicated as the New Year’s Day crowd enjoyed an exciting match with Brackley playing some high quality football.

On chances created and possession Brackley should have won this game comfortably but it did not turn out that way. Saints dominated the first half going closest when Jimmy Armson fired just wide, Aaron Williams had his shot cleared off the line and Williams’ shot hit the cross-bar. But it was The Brakes who had an unlikely half-time lead through an added time goal when Stefan Moore’s shot squirmed under Danny Lewis and over the line. Moore had earlier chipped wide of Lewis’ goal after Alex Gudger had slipped. The first half finished with a scramble in the visitors’ penalty area, the ball twice repelled on the line amidst a flurry of goalmouth action.

Despite continued pressure from Brackley in the second period it was Leamington who went close to getting the next goal as Kurtis Revan shot wide on 65 minutes

Saints having conceded possession as they pressed for the equaliser.

The equaliser finally came with 14 minutes remaining as Joe Clarke handled conceding a penalty. The ensuing rumpus delayed the kick by several minutes but when Aaron Williams eventually stepped up he planted the ball unerringly into the corner to level the scores and record his 20th goal of the season. Glenn Walker’s effort cutting in from the left was just too high and Alex Gudger saw his close-range effort blocked as time ran out and Leamington held on for the draw.

A frustrated Kevin Wilkin praised his players and made no excuses. “We moved the ball well today on a very difficult playing surface and our attacking play was relentless,” he said. “But nothing fell for us and sometimes that’s football. They camped in and defended and we didn’t get that little bit of luck that you sometimes need. We had some great chances, especially in the first half, but you have to make the chances count and today we didn’t. So we have missed out on the three points which is disappointing and frustrating.”

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Saints line-upLewis, Myles, Franklin,

S.Byrne, Gudger, Dean,

G.Walker, Armson, Brown

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Subs unused:

Diggin, Lucas, Tilney, Oti.

Referee:

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this afternoon we welcome

The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, achieving promotion to Division 3 by finishing 3rd in the Football League Fourth Division in the 1966–67 season.

The highest league period in the club’s history was to be short-lived and a return to Division 4 came after relegation in 1969–70 season.

Fortunes never improved and at the end of the 1971–72 season, after an unsuccessful bid for re-election, Barrow were voted out of the Football League, to be replaced by Hereford United of the Southern League.

Barrow have since spent their time in the top two levels of non-league football, having been promoted five times to the Conference (of which they were a founder member), most recently as Conference North champions in 2014–15.

In addition they have twice won non-league football’s most prestigious cup competition, the FA Trophy – in 1990 and 2010, becoming the only club to have won the Trophy at both old and new Wembley Stadium.

The club colours are blue and white, though the combination of these has varied over time, leading to their nickname “The Bluebirds”.

Attendances at the club’s Holker Street ground vary – the home record of 16,874 was set against Swansea Town in the FA Cup Third Round in 1954 – but during the 1990s and 2000s the average remained consistently between 800 and 1,500. Average attendance stood at 1456 during the 2014–15 season.

Barrow are owned by Dallas-based businessman Paul Casson, who purchased the club for £600,000 in September 2014.

Honours List

Conference North – 2015

FA Trophy – 1990, 2010

Lancashire Combination Division 1 – 1921

Lancashire Junior Cup – 1981

Lancashire Senior Cup – 1955

Northern Premier League – 1984, 1989. 1998

Northern Premier League Chairmans Cup – 2001

Northern Premier League Presidents Cup – 2002, 2004

Northern Premier League Shield – 1985

Miscellaneous

Best League Performance – 8th in Division 3, 1968

FA Cup – 3rd Round on 11 occasions

League Cup – 3rd Round on 2 occasions

Promotions/Runners-Up

Conference North – Play-off Winners 2008

Division 4 – 3rd Place 1967

Lancashire Combination Division 1 – Promotion 1914

Lancashire Combination Division 2 – Runners-Up 1905, 1911

Northern Premier League – Runners-Up 2003

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup – Runners-Up 1988

Holker street

Home of Barrow AFC

Holker Street is a traditional old looking ground that has been brightened up by replicating the team’s blue and white colours on the stands around the stadium.

On one side is the colourful looking Main Stand, which is seated and covered. It has some supporting pillars along the front of the stand and runs for around half the length of the pitch. It is situated on the half way line and is raised above pitch level, meaning that you have to climb a small staircase to access it. The areas to either side of the stand are flat standing spaces.

Opposite is the Ray Wilkie Popular Side. This is a terrace which is covered towards the centre.

The Crossbar Terrace (also known as the Steelworks End) at one of the stadium, is on one side, a small open terrace, whereas the other side is not really used for spectators.

Opposite is the larger Holker Street Terrace, which although open to the elements is the traditional home end of the ground.

The stadium has a set of tall modern floodlights, although the old classic looking floodlights that they replaced are still currently in place.

Away fans are mostly housed on one side of the Holker Street Terrace (towards the Main Stand) at one end of the ground. There is also some additional standing space available beside the Main Stand.

If demand requires it, then the whole of the Holker Street Terrace can be allocated to away supporters.

Holker Street has been the home of the Club since 1910 and although it is currently known as the Furnace Building Society Stadium, in a corporate sponsorship deal, many fans still refer to it as Holker Street.

Barrow - Legend Ray Wilkie

Wilkie is best remembered for leading the Bluebirds to Wembley for the first time in 1990, with their 3-0 FA Trophy final victory over Leek Town ranking as one of the greatest days in the club’s history.

That Wembley triumph was the most memorable of Wilkie’s many achievements at the club during his five-and-a-half-year spell in charge.

Other highs included a Northern Premier League title success in 1988/89, and AFC’s first appearance in the third round of the FA Cup as a non-league club, when they lost 1-0 at Bolton Wanderers in January 1991.

BARROW


The Main Men Who to look out for

Barrow

Stuart played junior football with Bradfield Town and Portsmouth before joining the Reading Academy set up in 2011. He spent the 2011-12 season on loan to Hungerford Town and the following season at Bashley.

He spent the whole of the 2014-15 season on loan to Basingstoke Town in Vanarama South making forty eight appearances and collecting their “Player of the Season” award. He played four games on loan for Peterborough United in League One after joining them on loan in February 2016 and he spent the last three months of the 2016-17 season on loan with Luton Town in League Two. Stuart joined Barrow in the summer.

Bradley began his career in the Blackburn Rovers youth team set up and made his way through the under 18 side to play in the under 21 side.

He was released by Rovers in the summer of 2015 and joined Colwyn Bay in December that year. In the summer of 2016 he joined Witton Albion and in the 2016-17 season helped them to promotion from the Evo-stik Northern Premier League First Division South with twenty seven goals from fifty three games in midfield.

He joined Barrow in June 2017.

Jack worked his way through the Tottenham Hotspur academy set up and Development Team before being released in the summer of 2013 and joining Swindon Town. Over two seasons with the Robins he scored once in twenty three senior games before being released.

He joined Cheltenham Town in the summer of 2015 and was a member of the side that one the National League that season. He scored twice in eighty three senior appearances for them in all competitions before being released in the summer of 2017 and joining Barrow in late July.

Jordan had spells with both Rangers and Hibernian at youth level before signing as a professional with Dunfermline Athletic in the summer of 2009.

He was released in the summer of 2011 and moved to Drogheda United in the League of Ireland. He returned to Scotland in late 2011 scoring once in six appearances for Clyde before joining Falkirk and then moving to Stirling Albion, initially on loan before making the move permanent in January 2013.

Switching to Livingston in the summer of 2014 he netted twenty one goals in sixty nine games before being persuaded to move to Wrexham. He joined Barrow in May 2017.

Stuart Moore Bradley BauressJack Barthram Jordan White Goalkeeper MidfielderDefender Striker


FA Cup Final 7th May 1955

Newcastle United 3 (Milburn 1, Mitchell 53, Hannah 60)

Manchester City 1 (Johnstone 44)

Newcastle : Simpson, Cowell, Batty, Scoular (capt), Stokoe, Casey, White, Milburn, Keeble, Hannah, Mitchell.

Manchester City : Trautmann, Meadows, Little, Barnes, Ewing, Paul (capt), Spurdle, Hayes, Revie, Johnstone, Fagan

Referee : R.J. Leafe (Nottingham)

Attendance 100,000 Receipts £49,881

The Match

The Magpies made it three out of three in early 50’s Cup Finals as they confirmed their status as English football’s cup specialists – the only team to be unbeaten at Wembley, their 10th FA Cup Final, and sixth success matching the records of Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa.Jackie Milburn set his own record with an opening goal in 50 seconds, but the decisive moment of the Final was in 18 minutes when Jimmy Meadows fell awkwardly and took no further part in the game, leaving City a man short. Newcastle enjoyed the advantage but did not press it home, and they suffered when Bobby Johnstone headed the equaliser just before half time.It was the “wake up call” that Newcastle required, and they dominated the second half. White’s deep cross found Bobby Mitchell who beat a man and shot past a deceived Trautman to put Newcastle

ahead again in 53 minutes. Mitchell turned provider seven minutes later when he set up Hannah’s 12 yard shot to confirm United’s superiority.The last half hour followed the pattern of the previous 40 minutes, minus the goals. Newcastle made numerous chances, but were held at bay by desperate City defending and a typically outstanding display by Bert Trautmann in goal. The Manchester side were confined to sporadic attacks, which they failed to press home.Joe Harvey received the Cup from the Duke of Edinburgh, and City’s place in the history books was secure, their supporters who were so used to success little realising that it was to be their last taste of FA Cup victory. City were to return the following year, with the “Revie Plan” and Trautmann’s heroics paving the way for victory.

The Programme

The rather staid and standard 1950’s programme cover greeted City and United fans as they reached Wembley, red, green and blue on the cover pages, an aerial photograph of the ground in its original state, with just two stands, the remainder standing room only. Page 3 had the traditional welcome to the royal visitors, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, in picture form, followed by a Manchester City team group and a substantial article on them by Archie Ledbrooke. Two pages of City pen pictures were followed by action photos from both semi finals, and the day’s Time Table and Programme of Music on page 9.How both clubs reached the final, and a message from the Duke of Edinburgh on behalf of the National Playing Fields Association, was on one half of the centre pages, with the team lines in 2-3-5 formation on the other. John Graydon wrote a page on Newcastle United, opposite a team group, then came two pages of pen pictures. The remaining non-advertising content in the 20 page programme was a half page list of previous FA Cup Finals.Advertising was reasonably prominent, with the Radio Times and Aspro on the inside pages, and Bovril on the back page. Inside, on the black and white pages, were Taylor Walker’s Beer, the Isle of Man, and forthcoming Ice Hockey, Boxing, Basketball, Ice Skating and Greyhound Racing fixtures at the Wembley complex. Once again, a disappointing issue for the not inconsiderable sum of 1/-.

Twin Tower MemoriesJohn Litster, The author of the book “A History and Guide to Football Programmes” writes here for “The Red & White” and brings us a series of articles in which famous matches in Wembley’s history are remembered by their programmes, which remain popular with modern collectors.

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The programme that accompanied the match.

the non league paperBy Matt Badcock

IT really doesn’t seem all that long ago I was watching Dulwich Hamlet and Wingate & Finchley play out a 1-1 draw on New Year’s Eve along with 2,000 other people.

So to say the last 12 months have flown by is an understatement but once again it’s been a year of real highs and lows.

Let’s focus on the good times though – here are some of my own personal favourites.

Lincoln City’s FA Cup run

They called it the Impvasion – and that was just the trip to Ipswich Town for the third round. It’s fair to say none of the 4,000+ Lincoln supporters in Suffolk that day would have imagined their side would be in the FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal a couple of months later.

I saw first-hand how the romance of the cup helped a city fall in love with its team again and gave Danny Cowley’s men the platform for promotion.

They got a 2-2 draw against the Tractor Boys that afternoon, before taking them back to Sincil Bank and winning in front of the live TV cameras. Brighton & Hove Albion were dismissed next before Burnley came out of the hat in round five.

You sensed the disappointment among the fans that they hadn’t been handed a Premier League giant but that was still to come.

Sean Raggett was immense all season for Lincoln and his late goal at Turf Moor catapulted the story of the year to even greater heights.

I’ve watched Non-League football my whole life, to cover a team at Arsenal in the last eight of the FA Cup was a fantastic experience.

Sutton’s FA Cup run

It can’t be forgotten that the team Arsenal played before Lincoln was Sutton United. Their cup story was wonderful too as they beat Leeds United and showed off why they are a unique Non-League club. It’s funny how some clubs write FA Cup history more than once. It’s as if the stories inspire the current generation of players, even if they have no other direct link. I remember being at Altrincham a couple of years ago when they knocked out Barnsley. In the makeshift media room underneath their home stand pictures of previous giantkillers were mounted all over the walls. Perhaps there’s something in it.

Sutton are always seen on the FA Cup montages before the big games and for them to have the likes of Alexis Sanchez in their own back yard was something special.

The money helped the club improve their homely ground too – one of the players tells me the new dressing rooms are like Wembley!

Non-League Finals Day

Cards on the table, I was unsure if hosting the FA Vase and FA Trophy final on the same day would work but, two years in, it feels like a permanent fixture in the calendar.

The combined attendance for the two games in 2017 was 38,224 – with Step 5 South Shields followed down from the north-east by 13,000.

With former Premier League star Julio Arca rolling back the years in the centre of the park, the Northern League champions proved too strong for Cleethorpes Town.

And then we were served up a thriller between York City and Macclesfield as York ran out winners 3-2. The FA are determined to make NLFD bigger and better every year. Some of that is out of their hands when it comes to who makes the final and the fanbase they can mobilise, but it’s a great opportunity for Non-League fans in general to support this level of the game.

Players fulfilling their dreams

A privilege of my job is seeing young Non-League footballers achieve their goals. I have so much admiration for the ones who get into the Football League, often overcoming the disappointment of earlier rejection. Of course, not everyone playing has that desire and there’s nothing wrong with that.

But for those who do, Non-League is a perfect grounding. We’re really seeing the ripple effect of the success Jamie Vardy, Andre Gray and Sam Clucas have had in the Premier League with clubs making sure they’re not missing any gems.

More and more have moved on in 2017, players like Jamal Lowe and Nicke Kabamba who moved from Hampton & Richmond to Portsmouth and the Rolls Royce of a defender Ethan Pinnock, currently thriving at Barnsley after joining from Forest Green Rovers.

Then there’s Stevenage striker Danny Newton at Stevenage, who really felt the full impact of being selected for Vardy’s V9 Academy in the summer. The former Tamworth man has 11 goals so far this season.

But there’s also talent further down the Pyramid as Alfie May is showing. He moved from Step 4 Hythe Town to Doncaster Rovers last January. Speaking to his Hythe manager Clive Cook at the time, you could tell how proud everyone was to have played a part in it.

Here’s to a fantastic 2018!


Disappointed to go behind the home side worked hard to hit back quickly and only a superb block from Saints centre-back Dan Middleton kept them at bay.

Unfortunately for Saints, Windsor did get back into the game in the 34th minute when, looking suspiciously offside veteran striker Barry Hayles chased a long clearance down and beat Alastair Worby in the Saints goal.

Another chance for Saints came on 36 minutes but this time striker Tom Kalugin’s shot came back off the crossbar with the keeper beaten but 2 minutes later the home side, now playing a more direct style, took the lead when a counter-attack caused confusion in the visitor’s penalty area and once again Barry Hayles struck the ball past Worby.

Within a minute of the restart Saints were back on level terms when a Matt Johnson cross was swept into the Windsor net brilliantly by Callum Williams.

Just on the hour mark a break down the right by the home side produced a perfect cross for onrushing striker Keiran Knight to head home and restore Windsor’s lead.

Although the Brackley youngsters stuck to their task and worked hard to get back into the game the final goal of the game was scored by the home side when Jack Denton smashed the ball past Worby from the edge of the box.

a royal defeat at windsor

Windsor 4 Brackley Town Saints 2

Another game another reshuffle at the back for Saints manager Gordon Kille with Sam Hartley dropping to the bench, Dan Middleton being moved back into the middle and Ryan Knight dropping deeper into the left back position.

Just 2 minutes into the game the first opportunity for a strike on goal came for Saints but their free kick on the edge of the Windsor penalty area was wasted and then a minute later the home side forced a corner which also came to nothing.

After 6 minutes a good break on the Saints left from Ryan Knight created a chance for first Tom Kalugin and then James Watts to shoot but both attempts were well saved by Hugo Sobte in the Windsor goal.

Another chance Tom Kalugin came to nothing after 15 minutes but the Saints striker was able to open the scoring when good work from Chris Jordan created a chance after 26 minutes and this time Kalugin finished well.

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Saints line-upAlastair Worby, Sam

Bridges, Dan Middleton,

Dean March, Ryan Knight,

Lewis Baldwin, James Watts,

Matt Johnson,

Chris Jordan, Callum

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Subs:

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Callum Pearce

(replaced Sam Bridges, 82),

Sam Hartley

(replaced Matt Johnson, 88)


a visitors view

driving rain and low mist. The many sheep in the fields stood listless and dripping seeking shelter against every stone wall or barn door, bleating and blairing but the August rain poured down.

Of course we arrived and found a welcome in the wittily named Cross Bar above one end of the blue and white ground. Blue and white. Blue and white and wet. .... and windy. It is a well known fact that there are more sea gulls in Birmingham city centre than at the seaside but a small number of such creatures could be found here also, mocking us, circling and swooping as we ran for cover not from birds but from rain of which they had no fear.

The thunderous rain swept in, borne of gales from the Irish Sea and gusting across the Walney Channel. The BBC weather forecast had spoken of a strengthening south-westerly and a risk of showers. Well ...! Some of the hardy band of away travellers made it onto the very middle of the deserted and entirely desolate Holker Street End terrace to the amusement and bewilderment of the locals hunkered down under cover in the fine main stand or opposite under the roofing that straddled the terracing either side of the half-way line. I noted that it was a full 20 minutes into the game when two of their number finally gave up trying to secure the single BTFC flag as it whipped around and tore from wet fingers in the tempest and eventually the entire bedraggled group let the wind and the rain wash them from the sweep of the cold grey terracing towards the reassuring tea bar and inviting warmth of the Cross Bar itself.

Holker Street has the feel of a proper football ground. Not a stadium but a ground. Barrow may be an industrial out-post struggling against the harsh economic stringencies of many decades but this town has a proper football club. Recently re-named, the old ground now goes by the name of the Furness Building Society Stadium. This was done presumably in solidarity with and to lessen the embarrassment of fellow sports club, the Barrow Raiders, of proud rugby league heritage, based just along the road who named their famous Craven Park ground the Furness Heating Components Stadium. Such are the times and if it is good enough for Manchester City and Arsenal it may just have to do for Barrow AFC.

That 884 supporters turned out for this rain-sodden fixture is testimony to the passion for invasion sports in this corner of Cumbria. Given the weather, £14 ticket price and the holiday shut-down at major employer Vickers, a gate five times that at Oxford City to see their defeat to Harrogate Town under blue skies is commendable.

The industrial heritage of Barrow rests on its shipbuilding, in particular submarines. Currently building four Astute-class subs (Artful, Audacious,

Agememnon, Anson), at the gigantic Vickers Devonshire Dock complex, these vessels will join a long line of impressive maritime engineering achievements including the Vanguard-class subs (Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant, Vengeance) that served the Royal Navy for so long.

Listening to the teams being read out over the clear tannoy system before kick-off, my mind drifted to these feats of technical and manual skill that brought employment to the workforce of Vickerstown; the life-blood of this windswept coastal community. McMillan, Burns, Edwards, Artful, Audacious, Agememnon, Anson ....

Sadly symbolic perhaps of Barrow’s plight, in keeping with other great northern industrial towns fallen on harder times and urban decline, is the rusting hulk of S21 HMS Onyx, an Oberon class sub, moored at the Buccleuch dock. 290 feet in length, carrying 62 crew and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes (6 on the bow, 2 on the stern) HMS Onyx was the only non-nuclear submarine to see service during the 1980’s Falklands War. Decommissioned in 1991, eventually bequeathed to the town to serve as a lasting monument to its submarine building and to become the centre-piece of a new maritime centre to rejuvenate the port area, this exciting project was never realised and its decaying shell will shortly be towed away for scrap. This and so much more crossed my mind in the rain of a very wet, and today in any case, bleak Barrow amidst 883 souls who had turned out to get behind their team and represent their town of Barrow.

A group of Bluebirds supporters have apparently invested a lot of time in repairs, improvements and re-painting of the ground. It looks fine and enjoys splendid terracing on three sides spoiled only by the utilitarian Cross Bar and office complex stretched out at one end from one side to the other. The group notes that throughout last season in the Conference Prem the goal-posts were not vertical and the cross-bars too low! These have reassuringly been re-set, in concrete no less, and now accord with standards found at all other football grounds across the land.

The slant of the goal-posts or height of the cross-bar mattered not one jot as Izak Reid rolled in the only goal of the game on the hour. Short of telling both keepers where to stand, in truth the posts and cross-bar served no useful purpose in this game devoid of shots on goal. There were four goal attempts in total – three to the visitors, one of which was on target. And that of course was all that mattered in delivering three points and a vital early season boost to Northamptonshire’s Brackley Town.

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from the archives August 17, 2013

Club press officer Tim Carroll reflected on the club’s first ever trip to Barrow in this piece from our first ever trip to Barrow in 2013.

And so it was. After eight pre-season games enough is enough. We are ready and eager to get down to business. This is not a game, not some tea-time parlour past-time, football is sport and that means the outcome matters. That is the problem with friendly warm-up games – the result does not matter, much. So to Barrow AFC in August where the result would very much matter. A pointer to the season? Two determined teams. Lots at stake. And three points for the long season ahead.

A supporters’ coach made its way up the M6 and the team bus likewise, individual fans in cars too. Sunshine in Brackley at breakfast time, warm, still, perfect. This is August after all. Why would anybody begin a football season in the heat of mid-Summer? But we are off up the M40, the team bus expecting to pick up keeper Billy at an unidentified motorway junction at some unspecified time. We head off for a couple of laps around the elevated and vast roundabout above the M-way before mobile phone contact is made and there he is. A small red van hoves into view out of which climbs a big red man. Vehicle secured, goalie on board and off we go heading north on clear roads but under skies once cloudless and now cloudy and already darkening.

The whole team jumps aboard en route and there will be no further stops until we reach our destination, Holker Street. This ground is familiar to many of the players but not supporters and is surrounded by a little mystique. Founded in 1901, Barrow moved to Holker Street in 1909 earning league status for the 1921-22 season in the Third Division North. Undistinguished years followed although several cup runs in the post-war years brought Barrow to national attention as in 1954 when the visit of Swansea Town in the FA Cup Round 3 drew a still record attendance of 16,874. Re-organised in 1958 into the new Fourth Division and then promoted nine years later to Division Three before an eleventh application for re-election to the league in 1972 was unsuccessful, Barrow succumbed to the glitter of show-bizzy Hereford United still riding high on Ronnie Radford’s cup exploits, the votes stacked up against the Bluebirds and their prized league status was finally lost. Northern Premier, Conference and Conference North football has become the staple, leavened only by twin FA Trophy wins under the twin towers in 1990 and 2010, Leek Town and Stevenage Borough the conquered.

So that was where we were heading, off the M6 and onto the “longest cul-de-sac” in the UK heading westwards towards Barrow-in-Furness. It is not unfair to record that once into the Lake District the weather deteriorated rapidly and dramatically with horizontal,


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Race at the top is on

AT THE MATCH

Nuneaton Town 0 Brackley Town 2

Kevin Wilkin’s side recorded a deserved away win at Nuneaton to break a sequence of four draws as the race at the top hotted up.

Glenn Walker’s early goal was doubled by Jimmy Armson’s penalty just before the hour to seal the points in a game dominated by the visitors.

“I am delighted for the players with the win today,” said Wilkin. “The clean sheet is important also. It was another heavy pitch but this is a very fit group of players. There were lots of top performances today and I thought Andy Brown and Lee Ndlovu were really effective up front, especially in the second period.”

Nuneaton rarely threatened Danny Lewis’ goal. James Ferry shot weakly before the interval in the hosts’ best chance and a late header by substitute Andre Olukanmi caught the top of the crossbar but the points were already on their way back to Brackley.

Shane Byrne’s 5th minute free-kick was helped on by Lee Ndlovu allowing Glenn Walker to finish smartly past Dean Lyness, his third goal in four games. Nuneaton were saved twice by goal-line clearances after goalmouth scrambles and Lyness pulled off a fine save low to his left to deny Byrne on the half hour as Saints sought the crucial second goal. This duly followed after the break as Alex Gudger was needlessly felled by Lyness and Armson made no mistake from the penalty spot.

Salford dropped further points as all the teams below them won. Saints remain in third place right in the mix in the chasing pack as next Saturday the FA Trophy takes centre stage.

National League North 06/01/18 | Attendance: 532

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Referee:

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Our first match after the festive period saw us travel to Nuneaton Town - always a difficult place to go to. Opposite are details of how the day played out from a supporters’ view.

James Armson from the spot made it two.

nuneaton townAWAY DAYS

Journey: A perfect drive – choose the A5 over the M1 route and it’s an hour dead door to door. 10/10

Stadium: The Liberty Way stadium feels tired and the atmosphere around the ground depressed. This was once a big non-league club with strong traditions but this experience suggests it is going through a lean time on and off the pitch. 5/10

Food and Drink: Plenty of choice but the sparse crowd and deflated mood did little to improve the appetite. Bar prices are average. 6/10

Programme: The programme is glossy, relatively thin but with some reading. 7/10

Attendance: Last season we played here in January in front of 661. This game attracted a reported 532 although this felt a little high. The crowd was muted and the atmosphere flat. 5/10

Result: After four successive draws this win was just what the doctor ordered. Goals at good times and a clean sheet did the job. It was a strong all-round away performance with excellent performances from Connor and “Gudge” in particular and great, high energy from Ellis and Matty. 9/10

The match: The game never hit the heights as a contest. It was a low key away win with little from the home side to get the home fans excited. But three points is three points … 5/10

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Ground RegulationsNotice: Entry to the Ground is expressly subject to acceptance by the visitor of these Ground Regulations and the rules and regulations of FIFA, UEFA and The National League in respect of the relevant competition. The Ground Regulations incorporate the Club’s Customer Charter (if any). Entry to the Ground shall constitute acceptance of the Ground Regulations.

“Ground” means St James Park and all locations owned, occupied or utilised by the Club. “Club” means Brackley Town Football Club. “Match” means any association football match (or any part or aspect of such a match) taking place at the Ground. “Material” means any audio, visual or audio-visual material or any information or data. “Football Authority” means each of The National League, The Football Association, FIFA, UEFA and any other relevant governing body of association football.

1. Notwithstanding possession of any ticket, the Club, any police officer or authorised steward may refuse entry to (or eject from) the Ground any person:

1.1. that fails (or in the Club’s reasonable opinion is likely to fail) to comply with these Ground Regulations or any reasonable instruction issued by a police officer or authorised steward; and/or

1.2. whose presence within the Ground is, or could (in the Club’s reasonable opinion), constitute a source of danger, nuisance or annoyance to any other person.

2. On no account will admission be granted to a person who is the subject of a current Banning Order under the Football Spectators Act 1989 (as amended) or has been convicted of ticket touting offences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order 1994 (as amended).

3. The Club excludes to the maximum extent permitted by law any liability for loss, injury or damage to persons/property in or around the Ground.

4. No guarantees can be given by the Club that a Match will take place at a particular time or on a particular date and the Club reserves the right to reschedule the Match without notice and without any liability whatsoever.

5. In the event of the postponement or abandonment of the Match, refunds (if any) will be made at the Club’s discretion. The Club will have no further liability whatsoever, including (but not limited to) any indirect or consequential loss or damage, such as (but not limited to) loss of enjoyment or travel costs.

6. All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge the Club’s right to search any person entering the Ground and to refuse entry to or eject from the Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search.

7. The following articles must not be brought within the Ground - knives, fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, weapons, dangerous or hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles and any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety. Any person in possession of such items will be refused entry to the Ground.

8. Further, you may not bring into the Ground any sponsorship, promotional or marketing materials save in respect of official club merchandise and/or other football related clothing worn in good faith nor may you offer (either free or for sale by any person) any goods (including literature) of any nature without the express written approval of the Management.

9. The use of threatening behaviour, foul or abusive language is strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. The Club may impose a ban for one or more Matches as it deems appropriate.

10. Racial, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, chanting or harassment is strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. The Club may impose a ban for one or more Matches as it deems appropriate.

11. The following acts are offences under the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (as amended):

11.1. The throwing of any object within the Ground without lawful authority or excuse.

11.2. The chanting of anything of an indecent or racialist nature.

11.3. The entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to which spectators are not generally admitted without lawful authority or excuse. Conviction may result in a Banning Order being made.

12. Nobody may stand in any seating area whilst play is in progress. Persistent standing in seated areas whilst play is in progress is strictly forbidden and may result in ejection from the Ground.

13. The obstruction of gangways, access ways, exits and entrances, stairways and like places is strictly forbidden. Nobody entering the Ground shall be permitted to climb any structures within the Ground.

14. Smoking or the use of electronic cigarettes is only permitted inside the Ground in the designated areas.

15. Mobile telephones and other mobile devices are permitted within the Ground PROVIDED THAT;

(i) they are used for personal and private use only (which, for the avoidance of doubt and by way of example only, shall not include the capturing, logging, recording, transmitting, playing, issuing, showing, or any other communication of any Material for any commercial purposes); and

(ii) no Material that is captured by a mobile telephone or other mobile device may be published or otherwise made available to any third parties including, without limitation, via social networking sites.

16. Alcohol may only be consumed within the Ground if purchased from the Club’s own facilities and in accordance with the Club’s licensing conditions. Under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 (as amended), the following are offences for which a person can be arrested by a police officer and conviction could result in a Banning Order being made under the Football Spectators Act 1989 (as amended):

16.1 Attempting to enter the Ground or being inside the Ground whilst drunk;

16.2 Being in possession of any intoxicating liquor, or bottle, can or other portable container which could cause damage or personal injury, when entering the Ground or in a public area of the Ground from which the event can be directly viewed.

17. Any individual who has entered any part of the Ground designated for the use of any group of supporters to which he does not belong may be ejected from the Ground either for the purposes of his own safety or for any other reason.

18. Save as set out in paragraph 15 above, no person (other than a person who holds an appropriate licence) may capture, log, record, transmit, play, issue, show or otherwise communicate (by digital or other means) any Material in relation to the Match, any players or other persons present in the Ground and/or the Ground, nor may they bring into the Ground or use within the Ground (or provide to, facilitate or otherwise assist another person to use within the Ground) any equipment or technology which is capable of capturing, logging, recording, transmitting, playing, issuing, showing or otherwise communicating (by digital or other means) any such Material. Copyright, database rights and any other intellectual property rights in any unauthorised recording or transmission is assigned (by way of present assignment of future rights) to the Club and The National League. You further agree (if and whenever required to do so by the Club and/or The Football Conference) to promptly execute all instruments and do all things necessary to vest the right, title and interest in such rights to the Club and The National League absolutely and with full title guarantee.

19. No goods (including literature) of any nature may be offered either free or for sale by any person within the Ground without the express written permission of the Club.

20. Tickets are not transferable and may not be offered for sale without the prior written permission of the Club. Any tickets that are transferred are transferred subject to these Ground Regulations. Any tickets offered for sale may be confiscated by any steward, officer of the Club or any police officer. The Club reserves the right to refuse admission to or eject from the Ground, any person who has transferred his/her ticket in contravention of the relevant ticket terms and conditions (and/or the holder of any ticket that has been transferred in contravention of the relevant ticket terms and conditions.) Tickets remain the property of the Club at all times.

21. CCTV cameras are in use around and in the Ground and the Club may itself use or pass to the police or any Football Authority or other clubs, any recordings for use in any proceedings.

22. At all times whilst present in the Ground, persons must comply with any and all instructions of any steward or officer of the Club and/or any police officer. Failure to comply with any instruction may lead to immediate ejection from the Ground.

23. By entering the Ground, all persons are acknowledging that photographic images and/or video recordings (and/or stills taken from video recordings) may be taken of them and may also be used, by way of example and without limitation, in televised coverage of the game or by or on behalf of the Club or any Football Authority (or their commercial partners) for marketing, training or promotional purposes. Entry into the Ground is confirmation that all persons have consented to such use of their image. If these images should feature an individual prominently the Club will make reasonable efforts to gain the consent of that person before publishing such images, however, if this is not possible, then entry into the Ground shall be deemed consent unless the Club is notified in writing to the contrary.

24. Further to paragraph 22, if such person is under 18 years of age, the parent, guardian, or responsible adult who is accompanying them into the Ground shall be deemed to have provided consent on their behalf.

25. Refused entry to (or ejection from) the Ground may lead to further action by the Club including, but not limited to, the withdrawal of any season ticket (without reimbursement), Club Membership and other benefits.


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10 things..............

1. Barrow is situated in Cumbria, before local government re-organisation part of Lancashire, and at the end of what has been described as the country’s “longest cul-de-sac”. The round trip from Brackley to Barrow is 480 miles. The waters off Barrow boast one of the highest concentrations of wind turbines in the world.

2. Barrow-in-Furness has a long industrial heritage of coal, steel and ship-building that brought many workers to the town from the industrial heartlands of Scotland. Most famous for its shipyards Barrow is still home today to submarine building through BEA Systems. Perhaps the most famous ship built in Barrow was launched by Winston Churchill in 1940. Aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable was 23,000 tonnes and 755 feet long, launched in 1940 and commissioned the following

year, it carried 50 planes and was crewed by more than 1300 men. It saw service with the Malta Convoys, in Sicily, at Palembang and at Okinawa among other theatres of war. HMS Indomitable was scrapped at Faslane in September 1955.

3. The Barrow FC club badge features a submarine, a red rose of Lancashire, a picture of a football and a rebus * of a bee and an arrow. While Brackley Town are the Saints, Barrow are the Bluebirds. Pre-1970s Barrow were known as the The Ziggers. The origins of this appear to be unknown

4. Barrow play in blue and white. Originally donning black and white stripes they then wore shirts with a white “V” for some time before the current day colours were re-established.

5. The two teams have met six times before – four times in the league in 2013-14 and 2014-15 and a replayed FA Cup tie in 2013. The league games stand at two wins each while Saints knocked The Bluebirds out of the cup in the midweek replay in Cumbria. Brackley’s first ever visit to Barrow came on the opening day of the 2013-14 season.. In the teeth of a howling gale and driving rain Izak Reid scored the only goal of the game set up by Glenn Walker. Saints also won 1-0 in the SJP game of April 2015 when David Moyo’s fine finish into the top corner from 20 yards settled the game in the 78th minute.

6. Barrow enjoyed 51 years of Football League status before losing out in the annual re-election in 1972 to be replaced by Hereford United.

7. Barrow’s Holker Street ground has been home since 1909. Prior to Barrow moving in, Holker Street was home to Hindpool Athletic FC and before that it had been the town rubbish dump! Barrow started life playing at The Strawberry Ground in Abbey Road, moved to Ainslie Road and then to Little Park in Roose on the outskirts of the town before settling at Holker Street. For many years Holker Street had a legendary speedway track. This was removed in 1974. In October 2017 ex-hurricane Ophelia ripped the roof off the stand at the ground temporarily closing Wilkie Road.

8. The road running alongside the Holker Street ground is Wilkie Road. It is named in honour of former manager Ray Wilkie. Wilkiie was manager during the club’s most successful spell in the late 1980’s. Wilkie passed away in 1992 aged just 56.

9. Barrow have twice won the FA Trophy and hold the distinction of being the only side to win it at the old Wembley stadium and the new. The first Wembley appearance was in 1990 when they defeated Leek Town, the second coming 20 years later with a 2-1 defeat of Stevenage Borough. Jason Walker, now of Chorley, scored the winner against Stevenage in extra time having scored twice in the second leg of the semi-final against Salisbury City.

10. One of Barrow’s best known former players is Karl Marginson. Marginson spent two seasons at Holker Street and scored the goal that clinched the Northern Premier League title against Boston United in the 1997-98 season. “Margie” went on to manage FC United of Manchester for 12 years, leaving in October 2017.

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Boxing Day football and the shortest trip this season saw us travel to Leamington.

With the turkey sandwiches packed this is how the day fared for our supporters.

Aaron Williams scorer at Leamington on Boxing Day

LEAMINGTONAWAY DAYS

Journey: The closest destination feels welcome and two junctions up the M40 and we are there. Driving rain on the return trip makes driving less pleasant but we are home in good time. 9/10

Stadium: The New Windmill ground always feels as if it is perched on a hill-top and is rather exposed to the wet weather blowing in from mid-afternoon. Facilities are good although the windowless bar feels cramped and dark. 6/10

Food and Drink: Several food outlets did good business with the burgers well received. Bar prices are low. 8/10 Programme: We like clubs that have the “home-produced” matchday programme and this is a good example with high production value and plenty to read. However, badged as “an award winning” programme and priced at £2.50, the mix of font sizes and number of typos is disappointing and the early print deadline perhaps unavoidable but certainly unhelpful. 8/10

Attendance: 645 is above the season’s average for the New Windmill ground but below expectation for a “local derby” on Boxing Day, no doubt affected by the poor weather. 7/10

Result: After draws at FC United and against AFC Telford, a win was the order of the day. The second half performance reversed the 0-1 half-time deficit and should have brought a comfortable win. Conceding in added time was a sickener especially given the controversial circumstances around the award of the original free-kick and the suggestion of pushing that caused the headed own goal. Numerous chances were squandered any one of which would have sealed the win and made the events of added time irrelevant. Given that Salford, Harrogate and Blyth Spartans all lost this was a huge opportunity wasted. 5/10

The match: The first half was stop-start with niggly fouls, fussy refereeing and a lack of cohesive play. The second half was more exciting for the neutral with Saints in charge and creating numerous goal chances. 7/10

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SEASON STATS 2017/18Vanarama National League North - as of 06-01-18

- Team P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Salford City 24 16 4 4 42 24 +18 52

2 Harrogate Town 24 15 5 4 58 29 +29 50

3 Brackley Town 25 13 9 3 45 22 +23 484 Spennymoor Town 24 13 5 6 49 38 +11 44

5 Blyth Spartans 24 14 0 10 56 42 +14 42

6 Kidderminster Harriers 24 10 9 5 42 29 +13 39

7 Bradford (Park Avenue) 25 11 6 8 42 31 +11 39

8 York City 24 11 5 8 44 34 +10 38

9 Stockport County 25 10 7 8 48 36 +12 37

10 Chorley 23 9 7 7 26 22 +4 34

11 Tamworth 25 10 4 11 39 45 -6 34

12 Boston United 25 9 5 11 38 43 -5 32

13 FC United of Manchester 25 9 5 11 42 48 -6 32

14 Curzon Ashton 24 7 9 8 30 37 -7 30

15 Leamington 24 7 7 10 33 37 -4 28

16 AFC Telford United 22 8 3 11 29 36 -7 27

17 Alfreton Town 24 8 2 14 38 42 -4 26

18 Southport 25 6 8 11 32 50 -18 26

19 Darlington 24 6 7 11 30 38 -8 25

20 Gainsborough Trinity 23 7 4 12 29 44 -15 25

21 Nuneaton Town 24 6 5 13 31 43 -12 23

22 North Ferriby United 25 1 4 20 10 63 -53 7

TODAY'S OTHER SELECTED MATCHESBillericay Town v Stourbridge

Blyth Spartans v Bromley

Bognor Regis Town v Leyton Orient

East Thurrock United v Chester

Ebbsfleet United v Warrington Town

Gateshead v Boreham Wood

Kidderminster Harriers v Stockport County

St Albans City v Harrogate Town

Sutton United v Hendon

Wealdstone v Hereford

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fixtures & results Key:

Booked: Sent off:

Scorer: 1 Subs: (1) (2) (3)

Month: Date: Opponents: Comp: H/A: Res: Att: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Referee:

August Sat 5 FC United of Manchester National League North H 2-1 654 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G.Walker Armson 1 Ndlovu Brown 1 A.Walker Franklin J. Byrne Lowe Diggin Kaziboni Declan Bourne

Tue 8 AFC Telford United National League North A 3-1 1225 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G.Walker Armson Ndlovu 1 Brown 1 A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Lowe Diggin Kaziboni Alex Kirkley

Sat 12 North Ferriby United National League North A 5-0 167 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham 1 Dean G.Walker Armson 4 Ndlovu Brown A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Lowe Diggin Kaziboni Barry Lamb

Tue 15 Nuneaton Town National League North H 1-0 530 Lewis Myles 1 Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G.Walker Armson Ndlovu Brown A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Lowe Diggin Kaziboni Scott Simpson

Sat 19 Spennymoor Town National League North H 2-0 400 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G.Walker Armson Ndlovu 1 Brown A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Lowe 1 Franklin Williams Will Finnie

Sat 26 Chorley National League North A 0-0 732 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G.Walker Armson Ndlovu Brown A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Lowe Franklin Williams Thomas Parsons

Mon 28 Kidderminster Harriers National League North H 2-0 690 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean Tilney Armson 1 Ndlovu 1 Williams A.Walker G. Walker J. Byrne Lowe Franklin Diggin Anthony Tankard

September Sat 2 Harrogate Town National League North A 1-1 1081 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker Armson Ndlovu Williams 1 A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Lowe Franklin Brown Aaron Jackman

Tue 5 Tamworth National League North H 0-0 430 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker Lowe Ndlovu Williams A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Diggin Franklin Brown Lloyd Wood

Sat 9 Salford City National League North A 0-2 1117 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker Lowe Ndlovu Williams A.Walker Tilney J. Byrne Diggin Franklin Kaziboni John Matthews

Tue 12 Alfreton Town National League North A 1-1 383 Lewis Lowe Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Ndlovu 1 Brown A.Walker Tilney Myles Diggin Franklin Williams Martyn Rawcliffe

Sat 16 Kingstonian Emirates FA Cup 2Q A 3-0 289 Lewis Lowe Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Ndlovu 1 Brown 1 A.Walker Tilney Myles Kaziboni Franklin Williams David Spain

Wed 20 Corby Town Northants Hillier Cup A 3-2 143 Lewis Myles Tilney Franklin J. Williams Dean Lowe Kaziboni Diggin A. Williams 3 Oti J. Byrne S. Byrne Gudger Brown Ndlovu Wayne Chalmers

Sat 23 Curzon Ashton National League North H 2-2 473 Lewis Lowe Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker 1 J. Byrne Ndlovu A. Williams 1 A.Walker Tilney Myles Diggin Franklin Brown James Oldham

Sat 30 Braintree Town Emirates FA Cup 3Q H 4-1 383 Lewis Myles 1 Gudger S. Byrne Graham 1 Dean G. Walker 1 J. Byrne Ndlovu A. Williams 1 A.Walker Tilney Lowe Diggin Franklin Brown Tom Reeves

October Sat 7 York City National League North A 1-2 2783 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Franklin Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Ndlovu A. Williams 1 A.Walker Tilney Lowe Diggin J. Williams Kaziboni Thomas Parsons

Sat 14 Billericay Town Emirates FA Cup 4Q H 3-3 731 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne 1 Franklin Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Ndlovu A. Williams 1 A. Walker 1 Tilney Lowe Diggin A Brown Kaziboni Josh Smith

Tue 17 Billericay Town Emirates FA Cup 4Q A 1-2 1464 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Franklin Dean G. Walker Lowe Ndlovu A. Williams 1 A. Walker Tilney Armson Diggin A Brown Kaziboni Lee Brennan

Sat 21 Blyth Spartans National League North H 3-1 464 Lewis Myles Franklin S. Byrne 1 Graham Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Brown A. Williams2 A. Walker Tilney Lowe Diggin Armson Kaziboni Amy Fearn

Sat 28 Boston United National League North A 3-2 950 Lewis Myles Franklin S. Byrne 1 Graham Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Brown 1 A. Williams 1 A. Walker Tilney Lowe Diggin Armson Ndlovu Garreth Rhodes

November Sat 4 Darlington National League North A 3-0 1267 Lewis Myles 1 Franklin S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Brown 1 A. Williams 1 A. Walker Tilney Lowe Diggin Armson Ndlovu James Bell

Tue 7 Peterborough North Star Northants Hillier Cup H 3-1 71 Lewis Ndlovu Tilney Snelus Gudger J. Williams Kaziboni Armson 1 Oti 1 Diggin 1 Lowe Noon Staff Dean S. Byrne J. Byrne Rob Evans

Sat 11 Gainsborough Trinity National League North H 2-0 482 Lewis Myles Franklin S. Byrne Graham Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Brown A. Williams 1 A. Walker Lowe Gudger Diggin Ndlovu Armson 1 Declan Bourne

Tue 14 Southport National League North H 4-0 343 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne 1 Graham Dean 1 Franklin J. Byrne Ndlovu A. Williams 2 A. Walker Lowe J. Williams Diggin Tilney Armson Ben Cooke

Sat 18 Bradford Park Avenue National League North A 0-2 341 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean Franklin J. Byrne Ndlovu A. Williams Armson Lowe G. Walker Diggin Tilney Brown Martin Woods

Sat 25 Salford City Buildbase FA Trophy Q3 H 4-0 426 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Franklin Dean G. Walker 1 J. Byrne Armson A. Williams 3 Lowe Brown Ndlovu Diggin Tilney Brown Lloyd Wood

December Sat 2 Stockport County National League North H 3-2 585 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne 1 Franklin Dean G. Walker J. Byrne Armson A. Williams 2 Lowe Brown Ndlovu Diggin Tilney Graham Ricky Wootton

Sat 9 FC United of Manchester National League North A 1-1 1893 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean Franklin Armson 1 Diggin A. Williams Lowe Brown Ndlovu Oti Tilney Lucas Ben Speedie

Sat 16 Braintree Buildbase FA Trophy 1 A 0-0 247 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean Franklin Armson Lowe A. Williams Tilney Brown Lucas Diggin Ndlovu Oti David Spain

Tues 19 Braintree Buildbase FA Trophy 1R H 2-0 235 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Franklin Ndlovu Armson Lucas A. Williams Lowe Tilney Noon Diggin Worby Oti Wayne Cartmel

Sat 23 AFC Telford United National League North H 1-1 440 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean Franklin Armson Lowe A. Williams G. Walker 1 Tilney Diggin Lucas Brown Oti Tom Kirk

Tue 26 Leamington National League North A 2-2 645 Lewis Myles Gudger S. Byrne Graham Dean Franklin Armson Lowe A. Williams 1 G. Walker 1 Tilney Diggin Lucas Brown Oti James Oldham

January Mon 1 Leamington National League North H 1-1 522 Lewis Myles Franklin S. Byrne Gudger Dean G. Walker Armson Brown A. Williams 1 Lowe Tilney Diggin Lucas Ndlovu Oti Amy Fearn

Sat 6 Nuneaton Town National League North A 2-0 532 Lewis Myles Franklin S. Byrne Gudger Dean G. Walker 1 Armson 1 Brown A. Williams Lowe Tilney Diggin Lucas A. Walker Oti Martin Woods

Sat 13 Barrow Buildbase FA Trophy 2 H

Sat 20 Tamworth National League North A

Sat 27 Salford City National League North H

February Sat 3 Boston United National League North H

Tue 6 Peterborough Sports Northants Hillier Cup S/F A

Sat 10 Blyth Spartans National League North A

Tue 13 North Ferriby National League North H

Sat 17 Darlington National League North H

Sat 24 Gainsborough Trinity National League North A

March Sat 3 Bradford Park Avenue National League North H

Sat 10 Stockport County National League North A

Sat 17 Chorley National League North H

Sat 24 Spennymoor Town National League North A

Sat 31 Harrogate Town National League North H

April Mon 2 Kidderminster Harriers National League North A

Sat 7 Curzton Ashton National League North A

Sat 14 Alfreton Town National League North H

Sat 21 Southport National League North A

Sat 28 York City National League North H


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