Charnock Richard Football Club 21 OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME SEASON 2019-20 £2.00

V RUNCORN TOWN NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY, 3.00PM

ood afternoon and ISSUE 21 welcome back to EDITORIAL... GMossie Park for today’s clash against Runcorn Town. CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB Unincorporated Association It’s been a while since we’ve last played A Charter Standard Club owing to our ‘winter break’. I hope the lads Mossie Park, Charter Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5LZ have remained at their best to take on our T: 01257 794288 opponents today from Cheshire.

CLUB OFFICIALS Chairman: Shaun Tootell Furthermore, I’d like to welcome everyone Vice Chairman: Geoff Haslam involved with Runcorn Town, have an Secretary: Dave Rowland Assistant Secretary: Graham Randle enjoyable stay at Mossie Park today, and Treasurer: Steve Mawdesley have a safe journey home. Commercial Manager: TBC Club Photographer: Alan Walker Website Co-ordinator: Shaun Tootell Our last game was a fine 3-2 win over Social Media Coordinator: Adam Donnellan Northwich Victoria. The winning goal from Groundsman: Pleasant View GM Ground Supervisor: Harold Heaton Mark Woods was worthy enough to win any Kit Man: Jim Bibby game. The Facebook video on the Charnock Committee: Steve Porter, Dave Smith, Dave Dixon, Lewis Spensley, Brian Lowe, page has been watched over 2500 times. Ian Livesey, Alan Baron. Just shows how powerful social media can 1st Team Manager: Ryan Donnellan be for our Football Club. 1st Team Assistant Manager: Dave Haslam 1st Team Coach: Danny Nolan. Goalkeeping Coach: Gareth Jones Enjoy the game! First Team Assistant/Analyst: Lewis Spensley Team Physio: Kate Smith Reserve Team Manager: Ian Mountain Ian Livesey, Reserve Assistant Manager: Paul Charnley Programme Co-ordinator Reserve Team Coaches: Tom Charnley, Paul Billington

PROGRAMME Programme Co-ordinator: Ian Livesey Contributors: Keith Reader, David Rowland, Shaun Tootell, Ian Mountain, Dave Smith, Gareth Jones, Ryan Donnellan. Design & Print: Andy Calvert www.matchdaycreative.co.uk

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Chorley Alliance League: 1947-48, 1956-57 | Gillett Cup: 1956-57, 1959-60, 1963-64 | Guildhall Cup: 1957- 58, 1968-69, 1992-93 | Preston & District League: 1960-61, 1966-67, 1968-69, 1988-89 | Chorley Amateur Cup: 1960-61, 1961-62, 1964-65 | Hunt Cup: 1969-70 | Lancashire Amateur Shield: 1967-68, 2001-02, 2006-07, 2010-11, 2011-12 | West Lancashire League Division One: 1997-98 | West Lancashire League Premier Division: 2002-03, 2008-09, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 | Richardson Cup: 2001-02, 2003-04, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 | Goldline Trophy: 2000-01, 2005-06 | West Lancashire League Reserve Division Two: 1995-96 | West Lancashire League Reserve Division One: 1996-97, 1997-98, 2013-14

THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME 03 1ST TEAM PLAYER STATS SEASON 2019-20

League Cups Total Overall App Sub Goal App Sub Goal App Sub Goal App Sub Goal Ainscough R 1 1 1 Ascroft B 25 8 33 33 Bennett J 12 6 2 1 3 13 9 2 38 37 6 Bibby S 27 2 8 1 1 35 1 3 200 52 17 Darr J 22 1 16 2 2 1 24 3 17 24 3 17 Dashti D 400 156 26 Davision M 20 3 2 6 1 26 4 2 84 15 22 Eastwood J 4 1 5 7 Fairhurst N 21 2 2 8 29 2 2 157 4 18 Green O 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 Griffith A 15 4 4 3 1 19 7 19 11 1 Grimshaw C 27 21 9 6 36 27 414 22 455 Haydock L 22 6 7 8 1 30 7 7 30 7 7 Kay J 2 3 3 1 1 5 4 1 5 4 1 Lindley N 2 2 3 McNally L 1 1 2 3 Morris O 2 2 2 2 3 4 Nickeas N 7 2 1 7 2 1 7 2 1 O'Farrell R 19 4 1 5 2 24 6 1 171 44 8 Oxley O 10 14 3 3 4 1 13 18 4 27 44 12 Pilgrim L 1 1 4 Regan D 17 4 1 8 2 25 4 3 48 4 5 Schofield R 2 2 3 5 2 96 13 2 Turner O 6 2 4 10 2 22 7 Walker J 20 3 1 5 3 25 6 1 93 10 7 Woods M 15 6 5 5 3 1 20 9 6 148 30 25 Young A 23 1 1 7 30 1 1 162 5 24

Premier Division Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 1874 Northwich 26 20 4 2 74 25 49 64 2 Rylands 29 19 3 7 60 32 28 60 3 Bootle 26 18 2 6 63 37 26 56 4 Charnock Richard * 29 18 2 9 65 45 20 53 5 Ashton Athletic 28 16 4 8 63 37 26 52 6 Longridge Town 24 16 2 6 57 39 18 50 7 Runcorn Town 29 13 9 7 50 39 11 48 8 Irlam 25 12 4 9 46 37 9 40 9 Whitchurch Alport 27 10 8 9 41 38 3 38 10 Avro 29 11 3 15 48 54 -6 36 11 Squires Gate 28 10 4 14 47 64 -17 34 12 Northwich Victoria 25 9 6 10 49 39 10 33 13 Congleton Town 28 8 7 13 52 53 -1 31 14 Winsford United 27 9 4 14 50 54 -4 31 15 Skelmersdale United 29 7 6 16 46 56 -10 27 16 Padiham 26 7 4 15 29 51 -22 25 17 Barnoldswick Town 24 7 3 14 36 58 -22 24 18 Burscough 27 6 4 17 22 60 -38 22 19 Hanley Town 28 5 6 17 32 64 -32 21 20 Litherland REMYCA 28 4 7 17 22 70 -48 19

04 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME THE MANAGER RYAN DONNELLAN

t seems like an eternity ago that After a three week I we were last in action, securing break from action, a 3-2 win away from home at we return today with Northwich Victoria in the dying a squad that is pretty much full-strength. As stages after disappointingly finding a manager, this gives me a few headaches as whoever is left out of the starting 11, or even ourselves behind. the matchday squad, will be disappointed. But that’s the type of problem I would The resilience and never say die attitude rather have. The last few games have seen of the lads was epitomised by the great us stretched at times in terms of the squad strike from Mark Woods to secure the strength a depth and it hopefully means we win. A very satisfying win against a team will have strong competition for places for many expected to challenge for the title the coming weeks. this season but who have struggled to get anywhere near in reality. Today we look to return to action with another win, but know we will have to perform well It was disappointing to hear some of the to achieve that. As always, your fantastic comments from their management team support - so greatly appreciated down at after the game and win or lose, it’s always Northwich last time out and all season long - satisfying to know that here at Charnock we will help us on the way and hopefully we can do things in the right spirit, manner and with all enjoy 3 points at 5 o’clock. professionalism. Ryan Donnellan

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CHARNOCK RICHARD F.C. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME CHARNOCK RICHARD F.C. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME 05 StHelensTown_27-08-16_Layout 1 25/08/2016 10:24 Page 6

SHAUN TOOTELL THE BOARDROOM

Good afternoon and welcome to Mossie Park for this third home league game of the season for Charnock Richard FC in the Hallmark Security League. On behalf of everyone here at Charnock Richard, I would like to FROM THE CHAIRMANwelcome the management, players and committee from St Helens Town. We hope you all have a very enjoyable day at our club and have a safe journey SHAUN TOOTELL back home. Our first ever home league game two weeks ago against Alsager Town was a bit of a wake-up call for us all and showed everyone that we can expect to face some very difficult opponents in this league. It is however very encouraging that as I write this article, the team has since bounced back with two excellent away wins at Silsden and ood afternoon and welcome toWhitc hurch Aandlport. W elike were a dourselves,vised by the league thweat bothAt tneedhe end of thtoe d awiny we ha vtodaye a respon sifibil itwey to co mply one of the management committee would be present at our with the Ground Grading Regulations, so we have a Mossie Park for today’s NWCFLfirst h ome gaareme to o ftofer a dvhaveice and s upanyport on tchancehe day and ofpr edbeingicament wh icinh m uthest be re smixolved w itforhin the ane xt six it was the league Ground Grading Chairman Geoff months. One option would be to raise the height of the Premier Division fixture. W Weilkins on whpromotiono visited us on the da y.place Geoff is ve ryat we ll the endcurre noft sta ndthe to ens useason.re all that all 10 0 Whenplus seats a fford a known to us all here at Charnock and has been offering the good view of the pitch - not an easy option but not G club valuablethe advice oteamsn ground gra dmeting mat teearlierrs over a in theimposs ibseason,le. A second op tiowen wo ulputd be to binuild a aco vered welcome the players, club officialsnumbe r of years. It is fair to say that Geoff’s advice has standing area to accommodate 50 or 100 spectators so helped to savgreate the club a performancelot of money which could h avtoe comethat w eaway can meet thwithe Grade Ga re q3-1uireme ntwins. Thes e and supporters of today’s opponentsbeen spent unwisely as we developed the Mossie Park issues will be discussed at the next committee meeting facility. at Runcorn and no doubt wewhich wwillill be hehaveld in a fe wto day sbe’ time aatnd houropefully we Runcorn Town FC. We hope that you will agree our preferred strategy going forward. One On the day, Gveryeoff took bestthe oppo rttodayunity to upd atote u s secureon our theissue w epoints. mustn’t forget is that should we be the fortunate all have an enjoyable stay at our clubcurre nt Ground Grading status. For those who are not position to challenge for promotion to the Premier familiar with the grading standards, grounds must initially Division next season, then the ground must the meet the and have a safe journey back home tomeet the FA Grading Standard H to gain promotion into the requirements of Grade F which will almost certainly North West COurounties LReserveseague. Following aaredmissi oscheduledn into the requ itore us travelto raise the hupeight otof the Barrowstand to allow all 100 Cheshire after the game. league, all clubs must then meet Grading Standard G by plus seats to give a good view of the pitch. the 31st Marcinh in Furnessthe following yea rtoday (in our cas eto 31s tface Furness Rovers in a league On a final note I would like to thank many of you who March 2017). The difference between Grade G and H is match. Despite our 12 pointsattended ou r r deductionecent Reserve leagu e earliergame at hom e to It has been a very quiet month with regards v toery minimal - Grade H requires a minimum covered Workington Reserves. Not only did we get an excellent spectator accinom mothedation ofseason, 50, whereas Gr adthee G Reservesattenda ncaree on a Mholdingonday evening buat it isvery fair to sa y that football, with us not having a scheduled fixturerequire s a minimum covered spectator accommodation of it was a superb game of football played by two excellent 100 (of whichcreditable 50 must be seated a ntopd locate dsix in one place inyoun gthe sides w hWesto were bo th Lancashirea credit to the game. I lost for the past three weeks or so. Saying that, I wasstand ). Both Grading Standards state ‘All seating must count of how many spectators came up to me after the afford a goodLeague view of the pit chDivision’ and whilst our cu2rre nandt hopefullymatch to say th atheyt they ha d canthoroug hlsecurey enjoyed the game. expecting the clubs around us to have caught upseate d stand holds just over 100 seats, only the higher 50 seats meet thais ctopriteria d ufivee to the p otplaceential for s tabyndin gthe endThat ’s eofno uthegh from mseason.e for the time beinWeg, s o parelease with their fixtures by now but in recent weeks thespecta tors along the touchlines blocking the views from the enjoy your day and hopefully we can look forward to lower seats. Inowt is fair to verysay that whopefule have visited o ththater the sruleeeing yo uwhich again at Mo spreventssie Park as the se aourson weather has been very unkind with very few leaguegroun ds recently and the same argument could be raised progresses. as to whetheplayersr some ground lewithvel seat inmoreg at other vthanenues five first team appearances games being played across the league. afford a good view of the pitch but we will leave that for Shaun Tootell others to debfromate. playing for the ReservesChairm aforn 21 days will now be scrapped at the end of the season. However, if In our last game, three weeks ago, we put in an 06 that wasn’t to happen at the end of this season excellent performance with two late goals sealing then we have a back-up plan for the Reserve team a 3-2 away win at Northwich Victoria, which is to move across to the Manchester League (which always a tough place to get a good result. The doesn’t adopt that rule) for next season. fighting spirit shown by the players that day was fantastic and sent us all away for our ‘Winter Off the field we had an enjoyable fundraising Break’ in very good spirits. Hopefully the enforced evening in the clubhouse two weeks ago, so a rest over the past few weeks will have done the big thank you to those of you who supported the players some good as we move into our final run of evening. This coming Friday the 6th March we host nine games until the end of the season. our Annual Sportsman’s Dinner in the clubhouse with guest speaker Curtis Woodhouse (former Pro Two storms in recent weeks have put a lot of Footballer and Boxer) and comedian Gary Marshall pressure on grass pitches across the country and providing the entertainment. We look forward to the pitch here at Mossie Park has been heavily another enjoyable evening and hopefully we can waterlogged on a number of occasions which has raise some much needed funds for the club. meant that we were unable to play the scheduled Reserve home fixtures over the past two Saturdays. That’s all from me for now but as always, please As I write these notes, a new storm named ‘Jorge’ enjoy today’s match and get fully behind the lads is set to bring severe gales across a large swathe with your fantastic support. of the UK over this coming weekend, so the playing of this fixture may be in some doubt – we will just Shaun Tootell have to keep our fingers crossed.

Moving on to today’s game, we face a Runcorn Town side who are unbeaten in their last ten games

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DAVE ROWLAND SECRETARY’S REPORT

“WE HAVE ENJOYED SOME WONDERFUL FOOTBALL, BEEN TO MANY DIFFERENT VENUES FOR THE FIRST TIME, MET SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE AND MADE MANY NEW FRIENDS.”

Welcome to Mossie Park for this afternoon’s Division One game against Sandbach United who are visiting us for the very first time and a warm Charnock SECRETARY'Swel coREPORTme to all who have travelled up from deepest Cheshire to be with us today. We hope that you will enjoy your stay and have a safe and trouble-free DAVE ROWLAND journey home after the game. The East Cheshire side are a friendly and welcoming club as we found out when visiting them on that ill-fated fog-bound afternoon at the end of November. It is hoped that we can return their excellent hospitality today.

elcome to Mossie ParkI first me t Ufornited’ s sethiscretary , John CTolayt oben, a nconsideredd a couple for promotion, a club MUST meet afternoon’s North Westof their comCountiesmittee, at the Im perialthe Hote l oentryn the N orgroundth gradeA new dHire ctcriteriaion was ne edbyed if 31stthe club wMarch.as to gro w. Promenade in Blackpool when attTheyending th alsoe Nort h mustWest finishRem ainining s 1sttagna n t positionwas not an op intio n. theirWe have h Step ad League Premier DivisionCounties Le aguegame AGM bac k on the 11th June. Applicant problems to contend with. Finding funding for essential W 7 competition after g theround d currentevelopmen t season.and finding an If a pp aro p clubriate le vel for against Runcorn Town and clanubs weespeciallyre asked to remain outside of the meeting until warm Charnock welcome tob eintheg sum moplayers,ned by Leagu e Chaifinishingrman Paul La winle r w1sthen positionour redoesserve snotide wawishs onl yto a c obeup leconsidered of examples. Th e the representatives from each of tforhe s ixpromotion, applicants were or failsim mtheedia teentry aim wa scriteria, to consolid athente at S teap 6club level in the club officials and supportersc aoflled uthepon to gCheshireive an introd uctory speech to the National League System and to be in a position to club who have travelled acrossassemb lethed thro ngRiver before be ing vofinishingted in by the m inem b2nder positionsust ainmay this inbe th e considered.long term. The p laIfy ethers of oclubur thre e clubs. As we waited nervously in ainn a 2nddjacen placet room, S doesteve nots seekenior te apromotion,ms have had a f iorne s failseason atond meetonce ag ain this Mersey to be with us today. MWeawde slhopeey and I g othatt into co nversation with the Sandbach has been due to the management skills and dedication of the entry criteria, thenth eclubs manag edownment te atoms 5thof all tpositionhree. On the may you will enjoy your stay and haveconting eant asafend quic kandly foun d thembe to bconsiderede a very sociable for promotion provided that they meet trouble-free journey home gfollowingroup. We got on withthe them immediately and it was and administration side, we have been joined by David Smith enjoyable exchange. That day wethe mad eappropriate our first friends in entrya ncriteria.d Brian Low e Clubswho have finishingvery kindly agr ebelowed to giv e of game. We would also like to extendthe North W east Cwarmounties Le ague a5thnd lo n positiong may it con ti MAYnue. NOTthe ir be pre c consideredious time and for th foris w e promotionare very gratefu l. welcome to our three match officials this Sandbach United are one of the sand,ix new coordinarily,mers to the only ONEFor me ,club this is mwilly fif thbe se apromotedson as secretar yfrom and I c an afternoon, referee Oliver NoonanNorth andWest C ohisuntie stwo Leagu e this eachseason a Stepnd spen t 7th e competition.honestly s a Fory, han dthis on he a seasonrt, that the 20 only16-17 ca –m paign able assistants Javier Arto-Cuestaprevious c am&p aiJacobgn at Step 7 in thowinge Cheshir eto Le athegue Step 6 restructure,is one of the best titha tmay I have ebenjo ynecessaryed in football. A t times Graham. Gentlemen you are mostwhere twelcome.hey finished in 4t h spot in the Premier Division. it has been hard graft and there are many individuals Like most of the newly promoted ctolub s t considerhey have ma de additionala who hav promotione put in a good de candidatesal of that this term , onlitera lly. It is good impression in their first seasaon in geographical the competition basis.the c Theombin e FAd ef for Leaguests of you all tha Committeet make this, suc h a The Cheshire side have enjoyed aa ngoodd we wi shrun them in we lthel. Tod ay is oreservesf course our lathest ho rightme to promotespecial footb amorell club a nthand such onea won dCluberful p laperce to be. League over recent months following,gam whate of the sforeas othem,n not wit hstanding any play-off game Of course, we do not know just how things will pan out as that we may be involved in. To sayStep that it h7a sLeague been a and wouldafter t oenterday. Ind econsultationed, we have three vwithery dif fStepicult aw ay was a very modest start to their 2019-20special ocampaignne would be an in un dersta7te mLeaguesent. We hav eif this werega mrequired.es to negotia t eThe. Whe tclubsher we a rwhoe in th ehave play-of fs or the Premier Division mainly due to ae nglutjoyed sofom ecup wond eties,rful fo otball, appliedbeen to ma nare:y diffe rAllscottent Heathnot is an ybandody’s Wellingtonguess but it is a sAmateurs,ign of the succe ss that especially in September when Town vhadenues fourfor the cupfirst tim tiese, me t some really great people and we have enjoyed, when we are still talking about where made many new friends. When weboth left ou rfrom comfo rthet zon eWest in Midlandswe will finish Regionalamongst the toLeague,p group at thCreweis stage o f to contend with out of the five gamesth e Wplayed.est Lanc a sSuccesshire League , we anddid so bEgerton,ecause the c bothlub fromaffa irthes. W hCheshireatever occurs ,League, well done o nAshvillee and all. in the League Cup has seen the Cheshirehad gr osidewn an dadvance developed t o a poandint wh er Southe new Liverpool both from the West Cheshire to the Semi-Final stage where theych a facellenge s promotionand new horizon s hadLeague, become a n ec Foleyessity. Meir D fromave R ow theland Staffordshire| Club Secretary County chasing AFC Liverpool from Division 1 North over two Senior League, Ilkley Town from the West Yorkshire legs. We wish them well. Last weekend’s impressive League and Stockport07 Georgians from the Manchester 3-0 success at Hanley Town extended Runcorn Town’s League. The two new clubs to have applied are Bury unbeaten run to nine in the Premier Division, having and FC Isle of Man. won six and drawn three games. They lie just below As this topic is a major issue and talking point us in the table; five points behind having secured 48 amongst non-league’s ‘chattering classes’ I have points from the 29 games played. The Cheshire side included the recent North West Counties League will be all out to avenge the 1-3 home defeat suffered statement on the subject in my column ‘Isn’t That against Charnock back on the 18th September and so a Pip? we will be in for a very tough encounter this afternoon. On behalf of the club I would like to make an On Wednesday Town should have played at home to appeal to those of you that hold the good name of Tranmere Rovers in the Quarter Final of the Liverpool Charnock Richard Football Club close to your heart. Senior Cup. The outcome of this tie is unknown as Inflammatory and ill-informed statements put out on our programme deadline is set on that day. However, social media by individuals not connected with the looking at the dyer weather conditions during the club should not be responded too in kind. All social week leading up to Wednesday, I doubt that the game media remarks are scrutinised by the North West ever took place. Counties League Management Committee, and rightly It is three weeks since our last game with the first so. Please do not put our club into disrepute by team not having a fixture for the past two weekends inadvisably using social media to counter provocative and the reserves having suffered two postponements or intemperate nonsense published by others. It could over the same period. Our second team are up in have serious repercussions for the club. Thank You. Cumbria today, weather permitting, when they take on Please note that next Saturday the 7th March we Furness Rovers in a West Lancashire League Division are at Skelmersdale United’s new ground at the JMO 2 fixture. It is hoped that everyone has enjoyed their Sports Park. Also, next weekend our reserves are break and come back refreshed this afternoon. at home in the rescheduled West Lancashire League It has been reported that eleven clubs have applied Division 2 game against Mill Hill St Peters which kicks for promotion to the Step 6 from within the North West off at 300pm. Counties League geographical footprint - nine of them coming from Step 7 feeder leagues and two new clubs. Dave Rowland, Secretary

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uncorn Town have come a long 118 goals. They also reached the Final of the way from their very first season in Cheshire Amateur Cup but lost to Poulton 1968 when the club were one of the Victoria in a match played at Prenton Park, R Tranmere. founder members of the Runcorn Sunday League. They were formed as CKD, a works Despite sharing the Bill Weight Memorial Trophy team from 'D' section of the local Castner in that first season, Division One proved a Kellner plant. struggle and they were relegated for the first time in the clubs history in 2001/02. Success It’s fair to say that the club has had a few returned in 2004/05 with the team finishing as identities over the years. The club changed name runners up in Division Two, winning the Runcorn to Mond in 1970, reflecting the Mond Division Senior Cup and reaching the final of the Bowl. of ICI of which ran the Castner Keller plant, and three years later added the Rangers to their Back in Division One, the new season got off name. In 2005 came the latest name change to to a good start with the Bill Weight Memorial Runcorn Town in order to try and bring a more Cup won early on and the Runcorn Cup added, professional look to the club in general, as well but on the final day of the season, they slipped as trying to improve facilities at the club with a into the relegation places for the first time to view to joining the Non-League Pyramid. This suffer a heart-breaking relegation. Town quickly they would achieve five years later but we are regrouped and bounced back the next season by jumping ahead, so let’s start at the beginning. winning Division Two for the first time, this also being the club’s first Championship. The early years of the club were not that great with Runcorn having a thriving Sunday League at The following three seasons saw top four the time. So in 1973 the club made the decision finishes, although the main progression was off to try Saturday football in the impressive the field as the ground was transformed. Hard Warrington and District League (WDL), joining standing, seating and floodlights were installed in Division Five. At the end of that first season, for the first time, with the dressing rooms also they amalgamated with struggling ICI Weston upgraded. This enabled the club to be elected to who played in the WDL Division One, and became the North West Counties League at the start of one of the strongest sides in the league. They the 2010/11 season, with the club also entering remained in the WDL until 1984 when they were the FA Vase and the Cheshire Senior Cup for the elected to join the West Cheshire League (WCL) first time in their history. Division Two. It is fair to say that the first season in the The club established themselves as a solid league exceeded all expectations under Simon mid-table team and in 1991/92 won their Burton's leadership, with the team losing just two first silverware in the West Cheshire Bowl. The league matches as they secured promotion to following two seasons saw third place finishes, the Premier Division as runners-up, with James also reaching two more Bowl Finals of which they McShane finishing as the league's overall leading won one. Promotion finally came in 1994/95 scorer with 43 goals. The Quarter Final of the when they finished second in the league scoring

08 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME Division One Trophy was also reached as well as hosts with a 1-0 win thanks to Andy Potter's the Semi Final of the Challenge Cup. stunning goal, with Town losing in the Third Qualifying Round to Norton United. In the clubs' FA Vase debut season, the club also wrote headlines as they progressed through four Two poor seasons followed finishing 13th in successive away ties before bowing out in the in both, with Chris Herbert appointed manager the Last 32 stage against Dunston UTS, the last at the start of the 2016/17 season. It was an remaining North West Counties League side in uphill battle to get a squad together, with only the competition. one player retained from the previous season. There were no real cup runs this year, but Town The first season in the Premier Division saw Town bounced back in the league to finish third, level continue in the same vein that they left Division on points with runners-up Bootle. One, with the team losing out on the title on the last day of the season to Ramsbottom United. The 2017/18 saw the club get off to a record James McShane once again topped the league breaking start as they won their first 11 games scoring charts with Town scoring over 120 goals of the season, with the first defeat coming in in all competitions. November. But the bad weather over winter saw momentum halted, playing just once in 35 The club were also once again the last remaining days, and in ten league games until February, NWCL side in the FA Vase, this time reaching a Town picked up just seven points. The end to the replay in the Last 32 before bowing out, as well season was almost as good as the start, but they as making their debut in the FA Cup, winning two left themselves too much to do and finished third games before bowing out to Evo-Stik League side once more, albeit with a club record 93 points. Ashton United. Last season saw Runcorn Town in and amongst The 2012/13 season saw Town finish fourth in the leading sides until Christmas, but midway the league, with the main highlight of the season through the season, Herbert left the club to take coming in the FA Vase. This saw the club reach a full time role at National League side Salford the Last 16 for the first time, losing in extra time City. Midfilder Paul McManus accepted the role to Walsall Wood. Another good scalp came in on a caretaker basis, and was appointed as the Cheshire Senior Cup with a 5-0 away win permanent player-manager prior to the final at Warrington which earned the "Team of the game of the season. Round" award. With many of the squad largely retained, Runcorn A fifth place finish followed the next season, with Town go into the 2019/20 season with renewed the club disappointingly losing at holders Whitley optimism, with the Holy Grail of promotion to the Bay in the Second Round of the FA Vase, but the Northern Premier League still the ultimate aim club had its first decent FA Cup run. Wins against for the club. Bootle, Goole and Witton Albion set up a tie at Conference North leaders Barrow, 83 places above them in the pyramid. Town shocked their

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goal conceded in the 89th minute possession with the visitors repeatedly giving the saw Charnock Richard lose 1-0 to ball away. Darr broke on 11 minutes but Gibson did local neighbours Burscough. In a well to stop him. Then Darr and Regan combined A well but Grimshaw put the cross narrowly beyond game dominated by a strong wind both sides struggled to create chances; the the far post. On 25 minutes Pope was lucky to Villagers had the balance of the possession only see a yellow card after a really wild challenge but some strong defending by the visitors on Grimshaw. Charnock kept plugging away was the basis for their win. and Burscough were now struggling to get into Charnock’s half after all their early enthusiasm. Charnock’s starting line-up was unchanged Grimshaw found the net on 36 minutes but the from the side that took the field at Hanley the assistant referee ruled that the ball was over the previous week. On the bench Turner and Woods bye-line before Regan centred it. both returning after injury joined Oxley, alker and Nickeas. Bennett was again unavailable due to The Villagers continued to push forward and work commitments. It was a fine afternoon but another decision went against them on 43 there was a very strong westerly wind that abated minutes when the referee failed to take action as the second half proceeded. As usual the pitch when Grimshaw was blatantly pushed in the back was in excellent condition for the time of the year when he went to head the ball in the area. The and the attendance was 146. half time whistle went with Charnock somewhat disappointed that they were not leading but Charnock won the toss and chose to play towards pleased that they had not conceded when playing the Mawdesley Plantation end. into such a strong wind.

The visitors, full of running, made the better start In a similar fashion to the first half the visitors came to the game with Ascroft collecting a weak shot out with plenty of zeal for the second 45 minutes from Korie-Butler. Young found Regan on the right and it took a little while for Charnock to regain their but his centre was collected by the keeper Jones. grip on the game. Ascroft produced a fine punch Then Bibby got his head to a right wing cross that to a centre and Regan made a fine block with his really threatened the home goal. Salkeld shot over backside as the Villagers defended in depth. Darr the bar before Ascroft beat away a powerful shot did well coming in from the right and Grimshaw’s from the same player. The wind made it difficult volley was blocked as was Regan’s follow up. When for Charnock to get the ball forward but they were Regan raced into the area it created a chance for adopting the right tactics trying to work the ball Darr but he could not get much power in his shot forward with their neat passing game. As the half and Jones saved. A last-ditch-tackle from Bibby proceeded the Villagers began to dominate the prevented Pollard from shooting. On 59 minutes

Teams: Charnock Richard: Ascroft, Bibby, Griffith, Young, O’Farrell, Haydock (Nickeas 79), Davison, Fairhurst, Grimshaw, Darr, Regan (Woods 79). Subs: (Not Used) Walker, Oxley, Turner. Burscough: Jones, O’Brien (Presho 45), Fleming, Gibson, Kinsella, Pollard, Christiansen, Pope (Ready 72), Korie-Butler (Joel Douglas 84), Salkeld, Lomax. Subs: (Not Used) Weston, Martland.

10 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME another good attack from Charnock finished with Fairhurst firing over the bar. Charnock, as in the first half, were seeing plenty of the ball but it was proving extremely difficult to break down Burscough’s defence. A Haydock centre found Grimshaw’s head but the effort was well wide of the target. Jones pulled off a fine save to thwart Grimshaw before Ascroft saved a Salkeld shot with his feet. Charnock made a double substitution on 79 minutes with Woods replacing Haydock and Nickeas coming on for Regan. It looked as if the game was going to be a 0-0 draw as the visitors looked to waste time at every opportunity.

On this occasion a draw would not have been too disappointing but when a Davison cross was turned out for a corner on 88 minutes too many players were committed in trying to win the game and when the corner was cleared Griffith was left one on one with Douglas. The substitute broke forward, charged into the area and beat Ascroft to win the visitors all three points on 89 minutes. The Villagers put in a late effort to get something from the game and Jones saved from Fairhurst before pulling off an excellent save from Nickeas’s volley which was destined for the top corner of the net.

It had been a rather frustrating afternoon for Charnock who had seen plenty of possession but at this time of the season matches against teams from the lower reaches of the table can be difficult as the fear of relegation spurs such clubs to produce some desperate performances.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 A 3 Rylands a 2-3 131 Ascroft Griffith Walker Woods O'Farrell Bennett Davison Fairhurst 1 Grimshaw 1 Oxley Regan Haydock (6) Schofield (2) Kay (10) Ainscough 6 Barnoldswick Town h 2-1 164 Ascroft Bibby Walker Woods O'Farrell Bennett Davison 1 Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Oxley Regan Haydock (6) Kay (10) Griffith Ainscough Schofield 10 Lower Breck FAC EPR h 2-1 185 Ascroft Bibby 1 Griffith Woods O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Kay 1 Regan Bennett (4) Oxley (10) Morris Walker (6) 17 1874 Northwich h 0-5 216 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Bennett O'Farrell Haydock Davison Morris Grimshaw Kay Regan Ainscough (4) Oxley (10) Walker Schofield (8) 21 Longridge Town a 2-3 195 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Schofield Morris Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Kay Regan O'Farrell (5) Oxley (6) McNally 24 Longridge Town FAC PR h 1-1 234 Ascroft Bibby Walker Turner Schofield O'Farrell Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw1 Oxley Davison Morris Kay( ) McNally Young 26 Avro h 1-3 154 Ascroft Bibby Walker Turner Schofield O'Farrell Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Oxley Regan Woods (6) Kay (10) Griffith Young 28 Longridge Town FAC PRr a 2-0 525 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Turner Schofield Young Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Kay Regan 1 Woods (8) Oxley O'Farrell (6) Walker 31 Cammell Laird FAV 1QR a 3-2 103 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Turner Schofield Young Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw Kay Regan 1 Woods (10) 1 Oxley O'Farrell (5) Walker (3) S 7 Irlam FAC 1QR h 0-4 209 Ascroft Bibby Walker Turner O'Farrell Young Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw Woods Regan Davison (10) Oxley (5) Kay Griffith (4) 10 Irlam a 4-2 114 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock 1 Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Oxley Regan Bennett (6) Darr (10) 1 Griffith 14 Prestwich Heys FAV 2QR a 3-2 117 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 3 Oxley Regan Bennett (11) Darr (10) Griffith (8) Turner 18 Runcorn Town a 3-1 146 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 2 Regan Bennett (6) Oxley (10) 1 Griffith (4) O'Farrell 21 Winsford United h 4-1 110 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock 1 Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Oxley 1 Regan Bennett (4) Pilgrim (10) Griffith (3) O'Farrell Turner O 5 Burscough a 2-1 101 Eastwood Bibby 1 Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Darr 1 Oxley Regan Bennett (4) Griffith (7) Turner O'Farrell (6) Pilgrim 12 Lower Breck FAV 1R h 2-5 185 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Regan Bennett (7) Griffith (3) O'Farrell Oxley (6) 15 Congleton Town h 1-3 131 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Haydock 1 Young Bennett Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Woods Davison (11) Oxley (4) O'Farrell (6) Walker 19 Bacup Borough MC 1 a 1-1 71 Ascroft Bibby Griffith 1 Haydock O'Farrell Young Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Regan Bennett Oxley (4) Woods (11) Walker (3) 22 Skelmersdale United h 4-0 128 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Haydock O'Farrell Young Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Darr Walker Regan (11) 1 Oxley Woods (7) 1 Bennett (8) N 2 Whitchurch Alport h 4-0 131 Eastwood Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst 1 Grimshaw 1 Darr Walker Woods (3) 1 Oxley (10) Regan Bennett (8) 1 5 Lancaster City LCT 2R h 1-5 161 Eastwood Green Walker Young O'Farrell Bennett Davison Woods Grimshaw Oxley 1 Regan Fairhurst Darr (7) Haydock (8) Bibby (9) 12 Bootle h 3-1 148 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young 1 O'Farrell Haydock 1 Davison 1 Woods Grimshaw Darr Walker Morris Oxley (9) Green (8) Turner 16 Congleton Town a 1-3 195 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Woods Darr 1 Oxley Walker Morris Regan (3) Green Turner 19 Padiham h 2-0 101 Eastwood Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Woods Grimshaw 2 Darr Walker Morris (6) Oxley (10) Green Turner 23 Winsford United a 2-0 194 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young Green Haydock 1 Davison Woods Grimshaw Darr Walker 1 Morris (8) Oxley (10) Bennett Turner 30 Hanley Town h 4-0 102 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock 1 Davison Bennett 1 Grimshaw 2 Darr Walker Fairhurst (6) Oxley (11) Green Turner (3) D 4 Litherland Remyca a 5-2 51 Ascroft Bibby Turner Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Bennett Grimshaw 1 Darr 3 Oxley 1 Regan (7) Lindley (8) Morris Fairhurst 7 Northwich Victoria h 2-2 132 Ascroft Bibby Turner Young O'Farrell 1 Haydock Davison Bennett Grimshaw Darr 1 Oxley Fairhurst (8) Green Griffith (7) McNally 14 Padiham a 1-1 108 Ascroft Griffith Turner Young O'Farrell Haydock Bibby Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Oxley Green Woods Bennett (6) McNally (11) Regan 21 Squires Gate a 1-2 81 Ascroft Griffith Turner Young O'Farrell Bennett Bibby Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Nickeas Woods (11) Oxley Haydock (6) Walker (3) Regan 26 Ashton Athletic h 3-2 133 Ascroft Bibby 1 Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Woods 1 Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Nickeas Turner Oxley Bennett Regan (11) Walker (7) 28 Whitchurch Alport a 3-0 248 Ascroft Bibby Walker Bennett O'Farrell Woods 1 Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr Nickeas 1 Turner (5) Oxley (8) Morris J 4 Irlam h 2-0 147 Ascroft Turner Walker Bennett Young Woods Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Nickeas Haydock (4) Oxley (7) Lindley (2) Davison 11 Rylands h 3-1 136 Ascroft Bibby Walker Bennett Young Woods Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Nickeas Haydock (6) 1 Oxley (4) Davison (7) Griffith 18 1874 Northwich a 0-5 321 Ascroft Bibby Walker Bennett Young Haydock Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Nickeas Davison (11) Oxley (7) Griffith O'Farrell (4) 25 Hanley Town a 1-0 106 Eastwood Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Regan Walker (11) Oxley (10) Nickeas (7) F 1 Burscough h 0-1 146 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Regan Walker Oxley Woods (6) Turner Nickeas (11) 8 Northwich Victoria a 3-2 169 Ascroft Bibby Walker Young O'Farrell Nickeas Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Regan Haydock (7) Oxley Turner Bennett Woods (6) 1 29 Runcorn Town h M 7 Skelmersdale United a 14 Litherland Remyca h 21 Barnoldswick Town a A 4 Longridge Town h 11 Bootle a 13 Ashton Athletic a 18 Squires Gate h 25 Avro a

16 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME Goalscorers in BOLD | ( ) Indicates substitute was used

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 A 3 Rylands a 2-3 131 Ascroft Griffith Walker Woods O'Farrell Bennett Davison Fairhurst 1 Grimshaw 1 Oxley Regan Haydock (6) Schofield (2) Kay (10) Ainscough 6 Barnoldswick Town h 2-1 164 Ascroft Bibby Walker Woods O'Farrell Bennett Davison 1 Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Oxley Regan Haydock (6) Kay (10) Griffith Ainscough Schofield 10 Lower Breck FAC EPR h 2-1 185 Ascroft Bibby 1 Griffith Woods O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Kay 1 Regan Bennett (4) Oxley (10) Morris Walker (6) 17 1874 Northwich h 0-5 216 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Bennett O'Farrell Haydock Davison Morris Grimshaw Kay Regan Ainscough (4) Oxley (10) Walker Schofield (8) 21 Longridge Town a 2-3 195 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Schofield Morris Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Kay Regan O'Farrell (5) Oxley (6) McNally 24 Longridge Town FAC PR h 1-1 234 Ascroft Bibby Walker Turner Schofield O'Farrell Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw1 Oxley Davison Morris Kay( ) McNally Young 26 Avro h 1-3 154 Ascroft Bibby Walker Turner Schofield O'Farrell Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Oxley Regan Woods (6) Kay (10) Griffith Young 28 Longridge Town FAC PRr a 2-0 525 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Turner Schofield Young Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Kay Regan 1 Woods (8) Oxley O'Farrell (6) Walker 31 Cammell Laird FAV 1QR a 3-2 103 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Turner Schofield Young Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw Kay Regan 1 Woods (10) 1 Oxley O'Farrell (5) Walker (3) S 7 Irlam FAC 1QR h 0-4 209 Ascroft Bibby Walker Turner O'Farrell Young Haydock Fairhurst Grimshaw Woods Regan Davison (10) Oxley (5) Kay Griffith (4) 10 Irlam a 4-2 114 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock 1 Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Oxley Regan Bennett (6) Darr (10) 1 Griffith 14 Prestwich Heys FAV 2QR a 3-2 117 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 3 Oxley Regan Bennett (11) Darr (10) Griffith (8) Turner 18 Runcorn Town a 3-1 146 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 2 Regan Bennett (6) Oxley (10) 1 Griffith (4) O'Farrell 21 Winsford United h 4-1 110 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock 1 Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Oxley 1 Regan Bennett (4) Pilgrim (10) Griffith (3) O'Farrell Turner O 5 Burscough a 2-1 101 Eastwood Bibby 1 Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Darr 1 Oxley Regan Bennett (4) Griffith (7) Turner O'Farrell (6) Pilgrim 12 Lower Breck FAV 1R h 2-5 185 Ascroft Bibby Walker Haydock Young Woods Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Regan Bennett (7) Griffith (3) O'Farrell Oxley (6) 15 Congleton Town h 1-3 131 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Haydock 1 Young Bennett Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Woods Davison (11) Oxley (4) O'Farrell (6) Walker 19 Bacup Borough MC 1 a 1-1 71 Ascroft Bibby Griffith 1 Haydock O'Farrell Young Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Regan Bennett Oxley (4) Woods (11) Walker (3) 22 Skelmersdale United h 4-0 128 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Haydock O'Farrell Young Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 2 Darr Walker Regan (11) 1 Oxley Woods (7) 1 Bennett (8) N 2 Whitchurch Alport h 4-0 131 Eastwood Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst 1 Grimshaw 1 Darr Walker Woods (3) 1 Oxley (10) Regan Bennett (8) 1 5 Lancaster City LCT 2R h 1-5 161 Eastwood Green Walker Young O'Farrell Bennett Davison Woods Grimshaw Oxley 1 Regan Fairhurst Darr (7) Haydock (8) Bibby (9) 12 Bootle h 3-1 148 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young 1 O'Farrell Haydock 1 Davison 1 Woods Grimshaw Darr Walker Morris Oxley (9) Green (8) Turner 16 Congleton Town a 1-3 195 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Woods Darr 1 Oxley Walker Morris Regan (3) Green Turner 19 Padiham h 2-0 101 Eastwood Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Woods Grimshaw 2 Darr Walker Morris (6) Oxley (10) Green Turner 23 Winsford United a 2-0 194 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young Green Haydock 1 Davison Woods Grimshaw Darr Walker 1 Morris (8) Oxley (10) Bennett Turner 30 Hanley Town h 4-0 102 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock 1 Davison Bennett 1 Grimshaw 2 Darr Walker Fairhurst (6) Oxley (11) Green Turner (3) D 4 Litherland Remyca a 5-2 51 Ascroft Bibby Turner Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Bennett Grimshaw 1 Darr 3 Oxley 1 Regan (7) Lindley (8) Morris Fairhurst 7 Northwich Victoria h 2-2 132 Ascroft Bibby Turner Young O'Farrell 1 Haydock Davison Bennett Grimshaw Darr 1 Oxley Fairhurst (8) Green Griffith (7) McNally 14 Padiham a 1-1 108 Ascroft Griffith Turner Young O'Farrell Haydock Bibby Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Oxley Green Woods Bennett (6) McNally (11) Regan 21 Squires Gate a 1-2 81 Ascroft Griffith Turner Young O'Farrell Bennett Bibby Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Nickeas Woods (11) Oxley Haydock (6) Walker (3) Regan 26 Ashton Athletic h 3-2 133 Ascroft Bibby 1 Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Woods 1 Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Nickeas Turner Oxley Bennett Regan (11) Walker (7) 28 Whitchurch Alport a 3-0 248 Ascroft Bibby Walker Bennett O'Farrell Woods 1 Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr Nickeas 1 Turner (5) Oxley (8) Morris J 4 Irlam h 2-0 147 Ascroft Turner Walker Bennett Young Woods Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Nickeas Haydock (4) Oxley (7) Lindley (2) Davison 11 Rylands h 3-1 136 Ascroft Bibby Walker Bennett Young Woods Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Nickeas Haydock (6) 1 Oxley (4) Davison (7) Griffith 18 1874 Northwich a 0-5 321 Ascroft Bibby Walker Bennett Young Haydock Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Nickeas Davison (11) Oxley (7) Griffith O'Farrell (4) 25 Hanley Town a 1-0 106 Eastwood Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 1 Regan Walker (11) Oxley (10) Nickeas (7) F 1 Burscough h 0-1 146 Ascroft Bibby Griffith Young O'Farrell Haydock Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr Regan Walker Oxley Woods (6) Turner Nickeas (11) 8 Northwich Victoria a 3-2 169 Ascroft Bibby Walker Young O'Farrell Nickeas Davison Fairhurst Grimshaw 1 Darr 1 Regan Haydock (7) Oxley Turner Bennett Woods (6) 1 29 Runcorn Town h M 7 Skelmersdale United a 14 Litherland Remyca h 21 Barnoldswick Town a A 4 Longridge Town h 11 Bootle a 13 Ashton Athletic a 18 Squires Gate h 25 Avro a

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DAVE ROWLAND SECRETARY’S REPORT

“WE HAVE ENJOYED SOME WONDERFUL FOOTBALL, BEEN TO MANY DIFFERENT VENUES FOR THE FIRST TIME, MET SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE AND MADE MANY NEW FRIENDS.”

Welcome to Mossie Park for this afternoon’s Division One game against Sandbach United who are visiting us for the very first time and a warm Charnock ISN'T THAT A PIP?welcome to all who have travelled up from deepest Cheshire to be with us today. We hope that you will enjoy your stay and have a safe and trouble-free journey home after the game. The East Cheshire side DAVE ROWLAND are a friendly and welcoming club as we found out when visiting them on that ill-fated fog-bound afternoon at the end of November. It is hoped that we can return their excellent hospitality today.

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A t times where they finished in and4th spo t ithen the P reNorthernmier Division. Leagueit has b eeDivisionn hard graft an d One.there are mInany inthedividu als implementation of the second phase of theLike m o FA'sst of the newly promoted clubs they have made a who have put in a good deal of that this term, literally. It is National League System restructure designedgood imp re tossio n in theremainingir first season in th e elevencompetition Step 5the cleagues,ombined efforts othef you aChampionsll that make this, such a and we wish them well. Today is of course our last home special football club and such a wonderful place to be. create a pure Non-League Pyramid. game of the season nowillt withs tbeandi npromotedg any play-off gam eautomatically,Of course, we d obut not k nthereow just ho ware thing salso will pan out as This will see the creation of a new league atth Stepat we ma y4, be involveopportunitiesd in. To say that it has be eforn a runnersafte r up.today. 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W haat eonever oc cofurs, playwell don eoff one anawayd all. had grown and developed to a point where new West London/Thames Valley areas (the Combinedchallenges and new hoatrizo nthes had bsevenecome a n eteamscessity. whoD afinishve Rowlan d bottom| Club Secr etofary the Step Counties League). The effect of this is that there 4 leagues. The winners of that will take a place are many extra promotion spots available at the in Step 4 next season,07 with the losers dropping end of the 2019-20 season, with usual relegation to Step 5. From a NWCFL perspective, it is quite also affected. simple. The top three in our Premier Division Here we have a look at the changes for Promotion will be automatically promoted at the end of the & Relegation that will come in at the end of this season. We could gain a club from the Northern season. It is important to remember that if you Premier League for next season, but for this to are promoted / relegated at the end of a season, happen they would have to finish bottom, lose the you are NOT promoted from one league to another. play off against a Step 5 runner up, and be in our Instead, you are simply moved to another Step area. Pickering Town are currently bottom who are within the football pyramid. Once all of the not in our area, although Kendal Town are second promotion / relegation spots have been decided, bottom who are in our area. the FA then meets in order to allocate clubs in each Step 5 Relegation - With so many teams getting Step to the relevant leagues. This can also mean promoted, and with two new Step 5 leagues being that current clubs in a Step can move leagues created, extra teams are needed for next season in so that the number of teams fit, such as Silsden Step 5. As a result the number of relegation spots moving out of our league and Emley moving into has reduced to one for this season. However there our league at the end of last season. Historically is still a chance that we won’t relegate anybody. speaking, we have had two divisions that pretty The side finishing bottom in each of the fourteen much sat on top of one another. However now Step 5 divisions will be ranked on a point’s per that we have a Premier Division and TWO First game basis. The two sides with the best PPG will Divisions, this is not the case, with the footprint be reprieved; the other 12 will be relegated. of the two First Divisions larger than that of the Step 6 Promotion - Despite relegation from Step Premier Division. This means that we are at a 5 being slashed, a lot of extra teams are needed much greater risk of club's being moved to other for next season in Step 5. Therefore, the top FOUR leagues within the pyramid, which is known as teams from each Step 6 division will be promoted lateral movements. This will be an important issue at the end of the season. The only exception for our league both at the end of the season and in is in the two South West Peninsula divisions subsequent seasons. which will promote two sides from each of their Step 5 Promotion - With a new Step 4 being divisions. From a NWCFL perspective, it's simple. introduced, extra teams are needed at Step 4. The The top four in our First Division North and First

18 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME Division South will be promoted automatically. Step 6 Relegation - All that can be said for Step For those of you doing the maths, you can see 6 relegations is that the bottom TWO sides are the massive affect this will have on our Premier liable to relegation to Step 7. At Step 7 there are Division for next season. In the Premier Division 46 divisions, but it is not automatic promotion. we currently have 20 teams. We will lose three Sides wishing to be promoted to Step 6 had to teams who will be promoted to the Northern have applied by 31st December and also have to Premier League, yet gain EIGHT clubs from our pass certain ground grading criteria. The numbers two First Division's. This will mean that at least promoted / relegated is therefore unknown and FIVE teams will be laterally moved, or SIX if our won't be known until after the end of the season. PPG mean that we don't relegate anybody from Therefore the best that any team in Step 6 can do Step 5. This is why it is important to remember is to get as many points as they can. The reason that you actually get promoted / relegated from for this is that if any reprieves are available, then a Step to Step perspective, not from a league to sides starting with the best PPG will be reprieved. league perspective. Dave Rowland, Secretary.

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CHARNOCK RICHARD 7 area and Slater scored from the penalty spot. In THORNTON CLEVELEYS 2 an isolated break on 25 minutes Burrows played WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE Grimshaw in from a Dashti cross but his shot came PREMIER DIVISION back off the keeper. Thornton continued to play 21ST FEBRUARY 2015 some tidy football and it was not too surprising when they got back on terms in the 35th minute. Team: Gavin Bates, Spencer Bibby, Damian Dashti, O’Farrell fouled 30 yards out and Dagger’s free Ross O’Farrell, Liam Hayton, David Fisher (David kick found the net just inside the post. The goal Prout 79), Jamie Sanderson (Josh Norgate 60), finally woke Charnock up and they re-took the Andy Roberts (Jack Bennett 70), Carl Grimshaw, lead only a minute later, Roberts found Burrows Divid Burrows, Mark Woods. Unused Sub: Craig who fed GRIMSHAW and his shot went in off the Banks. far post. Burrows then shot well wide from a good position and when Grimshaw headed Burrows in For the second time in two weeks Charnock again he shot straight at the keeper. On 41 minutes scored seven goals against Thornton Cleveleys. Grimshaw went clear only to shoot over the bar. The first time Carl Grimshaw found the net five Only a last ditch tackle from Madden prevented times, in this game he hit all seven goals. A feat Burrows getting a shot in. Charnock increased that saw Charnock named as “Team of the Week” their lead just before the interval Woods had a on Radio 5 Live and Carl was interviewed live on great run down the left, Dashti crossed, Burrows’ The 606 Show. Charnock took a 2-0 lead in the shot spun to GRIMSHAW who converted from first two minutes but the early success made close in. In added time Burrows shot high over the them complacent and it was not until Thornton bar from a great position. equalised after 35 minutes that they picked up The second half started with Khamby making a their game, regained the lead and went in at great run into the Charnock area where he fell over the interval leading 4-2. The second half saw and Bates claimed the ball. The wind although not Charnock dominate the game and Carl added strong now favoured Charnock and they went on another three goals as Charnock increased their to dominate the half. Woods shot over the bar from lead at the top of the table to six points. the edge of the area and then Grimshaw could only turned the ball straight into the hands of the The starting eleven was unchanged from the side keeper when a free kick set up a chance for him. that won at Longridge the previous week. Banks The same player then shot beyond the far post was back but on the bench. It was a cold day with before Woods got clear but the keeper diverted his sunny intervals. effort. Burrows was then in on Thompson but again Thornton kicked off playing towards the Charter the keeper got something on the shot. Charnock Lane end. Charnock went straight down and increased their lead on 67 minutes Woods got scored after 24 seconds, Woods fed Burrows who down to the bye line and GRIMSHAW scored at the surged into the area squared to GRIMSHAW who near post. Two minutes later GRIMSHAW headed scored easily. a cross from Bibby home at the back post. On 73 A minute later GRIMSHAW hit a shot from the minutes Bates mis-judged a free kick and O’Farrell edge of the area and Charnock were two goals in cleared off the line. the lead. Then Fisher got to the bye-line but his On 75 minutes a Bibby through ball saw cross evaded Burrows and Grimshaw. After such a GRIMSHAW thunder home a shot from the edge of sparkling start Charnock became very complacent the area. All the goals from the same player what and the visitors came more and more into the a feat! game. After Sanderson gave the ball away on 19 minutes O’Farrell mis-timed his tackle in the

22 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME GAMES FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO

EAGLEY 2 CHARNOCK RICHARD 2 pushed down, the advancing Baldwin got a good WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE block on the shot but it had enough momentum PREMIER DIVISION to roll over the line. Charnock were seeing plenty SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2010 of the ball and Sanderson was looking very lively up front. It was John who brought Charnock level Team: Kevin Baldwin, Damian Dashti, Andy after 28 minutes. A quick free kick in midfield Battersby, Liam Hayton, Alex Randell, Phil Jackson, saw the ball rolled out to Randell who drilled a David Prout (George Craddock 90), Andy Roberts, diagonal ball to the back post where SANDERSON Chris Robinson, John Sanderson, Carl Grimshaw got up to head the ball home. It was Randell again (Jimmy King 68). SUB (Not Used) Mark Kerr. who set up the second goal only a minute later, Alex got down the right and squared the ball This was another game that Charnock should to GRIMSHAW who thumped a great shot just have collected all three points after producing inside the post. Charnock now turned on some some excellent football which had their hosts on great football, Grimshaw almost got on the end the back foot for most of the game. Eagley took of a Robinson centre although the flag went up the lead in the first half but two goals in a minute for offside and then Roberts saw his shot saved for the second game running saw Charnock well by the keeper’s foot as he dived the wrong way. in charge at the interval. They continued their Immediately Sanderson almost poked the ball dominance in the second half but failed to convert past the advancing keeper which would have all their excellent play into goals. The game given him a clear run on goal. With a little more should have been over in Charnock’s favour well luck Charnock would have been leading by a before Eagley headed home an equaliser in the larger margin at the interval. 89th minute. The second half saw Charnock really dominate Manager Andy Westwell chose to re-organise his the play, twice the home keeper again saved with team for this game possibly bearing in mind that his feet. Robinson saw an overhead kick just drift Charnock had fallen to a 2-1 defeat by Eagley by the back post. Eagley still carried a threat on earlier in the month. the break and Baldwin made a good save to a goal bound effort half way through the second half. He maintained a 3-5-2 formation but Dashti Grimshaw was replaced by King but Charnock was the sweeper in the centre of defence with continued with only three at the back. Sanderson Battersby and Hayton either side of him. Randell had a good header but it was straight into the was out on the right with Prout, Roberts and keeper’s arms. Jackson in midfield. Sanderson was up front with Eagley were defending well and in depth but they Carl Grimshaw. often had to rely on a little luck as the ball often dropped to their feet in the area rather than to An overcast afternoon saw the game start with a Charnock player. Robertson had another shot Charnock playing towards the dressing room end. just over the bar but as the minutes began to run Grimshaw got his head to an early corner at the out Eagley pressed for an equaliser and it came near post but the angle was too narrow. Baldwin in the 89th minute when a towering header from did well in the 10th minute, Battersby sliced a a left wing corner saw Eagley pinch a point. It clearance and put Eagley clear on goal, Dashti was difficult to find any fault with the Charnock’s got back but it needed Kevin to come out to block performance they moved the ball around well the shot and then to grab the loose ball. Eagley and on any other day they would have won by a took the lead after 20 minutes, Dashti was left one considerable margin. on one with the attacker and he appeared to be

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even days previously Charnock Richard towards the North end with the breeze on their had been very disappointed to lose to a backs. Charnock started by conceding a number S 89th goal from visitors Burscough but on of free kicks 20 or 30 yards out which handed this occasion it was the Villagers who snatched the initiative to their opponents. There was eight a winning goal in the 88th minute to claim a 3-2 minute on the clock before the Villagers made victory over Northwich Victoria after being 2-1 any meaningful progress into the home half. down with four minutes left. Charnock took the Ascroft had to save a Kilifin shot after 13 minutes lead from the penalty spot before Northwich with the Villagers still looking to get a foot in the equalised just before the interval. The home game. As the game approached the 20 minute team took the lead with 20 minutes remaining mark Charnock began to dominate the possession and it looked that Charnock were heading for with their neat passing game. It was Darr who their second successive defeat before the late won the penalty for Charnock on 22 minutes, he goals sealed the three points. was tripped as he surged past a defender giving GRIMSHAW an opportunity from the spot and he There were two changes to the Charnock starting found the corner of the net giving Hale in the home eleven, with Griffith unavailable Walker started in goal no chance. Darr then had a shot over the bar the back three. Nickeas was preferred in midfield after Grimshaw had played him in before Charnock to Haydock who was on the bench. Bennett was won a succession of corners. Yet another foul by available again and he was on the bench alongside Charnock in the danger area saw Bibby yellow Oxley, Woods and Turner. The game was Spencer carded. On 37 minutes Darr again showed his Bibby’s 200th start for the first team. devastating pace to cut in from the left but his After another relatively fine week the pitch was shot went beyond the far post. The Northwich in good condition but the bright afternoon had a equalising goal came on 41 minutes, substitute chilly wind Burns hit a powerful shot, from maybe 25 yards, Vics won the toss so Charnock kicked off playing that beat Ascroft. The goal obviously gave the

TEAMS: Northwich Victoria: Hale, Henry, Barski, M. Clarke, Kenny,Forbes, Powell, Camozzi, Kilifin (Burns 32), Lynch, Henderson. Subs: (Not Used) P. Clarke, Robinson, Mannion, Grin- drod. Charnock Richard: Ascroft, Bibby, Griffith, Young, O’Farrell, Haydock (Nickeas 79), Davison, Fairhurst, Grimshaw, Darr, Regan (Woods 79). Subs: (Not Used) Walker, Oxley, Turner. TRUE BEARING CHARTERED FINANCIAL PLANNERS

PeterAshcroft-TrueBearing-Ad-125x60mm-Oct19-081019-Paths.indd 1 08/10/2019 16:54 26 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME home side a boost and they finished the first half very much in charge. Charnock were facing the wind for the second half and as expected they came under some pressure from Northwich. Charnock’s style of play lends itself to playing against the wind and they produced some neat football but it was the home side that really looked the most dangerous. Henderson set up Lynch but he shot over the bar before Clarke became Charnock’s first opponent ever to be sent to the sin bin on 58 minutes. Charnock failed to take advantage of playing against 10 men and another foul this time close to the right bye-line ultimately set up Northwich to take the lead. The free kick saw Charnock concede a right wing corner from which Burns hit an in-swinging effort that found the net at the back post. Grimshaw hit an early cross that just eluded Darr sliding in at the back post. On 77 minutes Woods replaced Nicheas and Charnock won a free kick just outside the penalty area but Bibby hit it over the bar. When Regan burst into the area he was impeded enough to prevent him reaching the ball but the referee waved play on. Woods since his introduction had produced some important passes and on 84 minutes he played in Grimshaw from the right but he shot wide. Charnock equalised on 86 minutes, a great ball from Davison gave DARR the opportunity to use his pace cutting in from the right and he rifled a shot across Hale into the far side of the net. Two minutes later Reagan won a corner and when this was partially cleared WOODS ran to the edge of the area to hit a screaming shot past the goalkeeper. On 90 minutes Henry became Northwich’s second player to be sent to the sin bin. Haydock replaced Regan two minutes into added time as the Villagers had no difficulty in preserving their lead in the final minutes of the game and they could have added to it with both Haydock and Grimshaw shooting wide from chances. It had been another amazing turn around in the closing minutes of the match and it was the second time this season that the Villagers have fought back from a losing position against Vics. In the home game, early in December, losing 2-0 Charnock scored twice to claim a point.

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he reserve team management We begin with the reverse fixture today, weather would like to wish the players, permitting. Furness will be up for it, judging from their reactions a few weeks ago. A Barrow officials and fans of Runcorn T trip in this weather is a tough test of the players Town a warm welcome this afternoon. characters the result will indicate how far they We hope you enjoy the hospitality and have progressed this season. a safe journey home his evening. Ian Mountain, Manager We wish the first team players and management good luck this afternoon In taking the 3 points West Lancashire League Division 2 2019-20 after a couple of weekends with no scheduled Aug S 3 Storeys a 2-0 Charnley, McNally games, which turned out to be perfectly timed T 13 Burscough Dynamo h 3-2 Meite, Morris, Turner given the recent weather... S 17 Furness Cavaliers a 3-0 Meite, Pilgrim, C Rigby W 21 Rossendale a 0-3 The reserve fixtures in the same period were S 24 Walney Island a 1-5 Tickle washed out and we have only had one game since S 31 Galgate h 7-1 McNally 2, Banks, the last update. In what seems an age ago, we Blackhurst, Hendy, McLoghlin, Morris Sep S 7 Chipping a 2-3 McNally 2 welcomed Furness Rovers to Mossie Park, the S 14 Dalton United h 2-2 Hendy, McNally team who narrowly knocked us out of the league W 18 Burnley United a 4-1 Hendy, Lindley, Tickle, Turner cup at their place S 21 Freckleton a 1-3 Hendy S 28 Mill Hill St Peters a 3-0 Hendy 2, Coley This game was touch and go with a heavy storm Oct S 19 Furness Rovers LC1 a 3-3 Nolan 2, Hendy forecast. We chose a formation that we could Nov S 2 Dalton United a 4-4 Hendy 4 change if conditions got bad during the match as S 9 Garstang Reserve h 3-1 Hendy, Lindley, Meite we had a couple of players missing and bought in S 16 Kendal United h 3-1 Hendy, McNally, Nolan a few returning players. W 20 Garstang Reserve a 4-0 Coley, Morris, Nolan, C Rigby S 23 Storeys h 1-2 Hendy Dec S 7 Burscough Dynamo a 5-1 Meite 2, Coley, Hendy, Tickle We started quite well and took the lead after Jan S 11 Galgate a 3-0 Hendy 3 20 minutes. It was pleasing that the players S 18 Furness Cavaliers h 3-0 McNally, Nguethe, Tickle. responded to instructions really well and kept on S 25 Rossendale h 1-3 Ashcroft pressing through the half, taking a comfortable Feb S 8 Furness Rovers h 5-0 Hendy, McNally, Morris, 3-0 lead at half time. Nguethe, Pilgrim S 29 Furness Rovers a 3.00pm Again, we asked the players to keep focus, shape Mar S 7 Mill Hill St Peters h 3.00pm and discipline as we sensed there were more goals S 21 Chipping h 3.00pm S 28 Freckleton h 3.00pm in the game. They did this throughout the game, Apr S 4 Walney Island h 3.00pm barely being threatened in defence. They missed T 7 Longridge Town Res a 7.45pm several clear cut chances but did score 2 more. S 11 Burnley United h 3.00pm tba Kendal United a It was great to get another clean sheet and there tba Longridge Town Res h were 5 different goal scorers so plenty of positives to take into training. Plus the rain held off till the end of the game. There are still things that we can do better and hopefully we will improve through this season and build some momentum to start the next season.

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KEITH READER THE LAST WORD

Due to printing and editor deadlines I have to write this final column of the season with four league games outstanding so it is impossible to comment on THE LAST WORD Charnock’s final position in the table and, most importantly, where they will be playing their football next season. Will it be in the Premier Division by automatic promotion or through the play-offs or KEITH READER maybe we will have to be satisfied with having a second season in Division One but whatever happens it has been a very successful and exciting first season in the North West Counties League.

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Only six gameslost 4-1 at home toball Widne sout. from goal-kicks withKeith Re aplayersder that are not skilful enough to attempt this tactic. had been completed in the Premier Division 30 since 8th February, so up to last Sunday The game at Premier League level continues to be Charnock were still in fourth position. If we dominated by the newly introduced VAR system were to have a mid-winter break it could as it staggers along with a succession of strange not have come at a more convenient time decisions. As predicted, it is creating as many, if for the team. not more, controversial moments than it is solving. Now of course we have to wait for up to two minutes Ever since our first fixture in the North West to be certain that a goal will stand and we had the Counties League at Eccleshall back in August farce last Saturday at Burnley when Bournemouth 2016 I have been impressed how friendly the scored to supposedly level the game at 1-1 only majority of clubs in the league have been. There to discover that a penalty had been awarded by has of course been plenty of good hearted banter VAR at the other end of the pitch and they finished with the odd occasion when things have gone a up going two goals down. One of the criticisms little too far but overall match days have been very is that spectators at the grounds have no idea enjoyable: a little less so if we have lost. However which decisions are being overturned and why. I the comments that flew around social media after have been surprised that a number of so-called the win at Northwich Victoria were totally out experts who previously showed enthusiasm for the of order. The best way to deal with statements, introduction of VAR are now openly condemning it. however inflammatory, made by opponents after The excuse is that it is still in its early stages and they have lost a game is to treat them with disdain. it will take time to settle down but as one sports The response to the adverse comments was found commentator said the system is still based upon in our results against Vics; fighting back from human interpretation so we will continue to get being two goals down for a draw at Mossie Park controversial decisions. Goalmouth technology and then scoring two late goals to record a 3-2 has been very successful but of course that does victory at Wincham Park. not rely on any human input for a decision.

Keith Reader

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Manager Ryan Donnellan Manager Paul McManus

BEN ASCROFT ADAM REID JAMES WALKER AIDAN ROXBURGH SPENCER BIBBY WARREN BELLEW ROSS O'FARRELL SIMON THELWELL ASHLEY YOUNG MARCUS JAMES OLIVER TURNER DANNY BYRNES JACK BENNETT JOE HOLT MATTHEW DAVISON SHAUN WEAVER OLIVER OXLEY DAVE FORBES LEWIS HAYDOCK CRAIG CAIRNS MARK WOODS KIERAN HOLSGROVE AARON GRIFFITH OWEN DURSLEY DANIEL REGAN TOM ROWLANDS NATHAN FAIRHURST MARK HASLAM CARL GRIMSHAW STE WAINWRIGHT JORDAN DARR KEV EXELL OWEN MORRIS OWEN GREEN NATHAN NICKEAS

MATCH OFFICIALS Referee Oliver Noonan Assistants Javier Arto-Cuesta & Jacob Graham

PROGRAMME DESIGN & PRINT BY MATCHDAYCREATIVE.CO.UK CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, HIGH PEAK