GARFORTH TOWN FC Saturday 23Rd April 2016
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Tadcaster Albion AFC GARFORTH TOWN FC Saturday 23rd April 2016 3.00pm kick off at i2i Stadium Matchday PROGRAMME £1.50 John Smith’s FC The club is believed to have been In 1982/83 they became a founding Albion finished fourth in their first formed in 1892 as John Smith’s FC. member of the Northern Counties season in the NCEL Premier Division It wasn’t until 1923 that the Tadcaster East League, originally in the NCEL and won the NCEL President’s Cup, Albion AFC name was adopted. In Division Two North before league beating Farsley AFC 5-1 in the final. the early years the club played in the reorganisations led them to Division That was followed by an 8th place finish local York League. In 1948 Albion One in 1991. They rarely finish in the in 2011/12 and 6th in 2012/13. won the York League. They continued top half of the league in the 1990’s In the 2013/14 season Rob Northfield competing in the York League during and finished bottom in 2001/02 & resigned a few days before the start of the 1950’s & 60’s. 2003/04. the season and i2i Sports Ltd agreed Tadcaster Albion, in the early days, At the start of 2004/05, Jim Collis to take effective control of the club played home games on the site of became manager and at this point and company, with Matthew Gore the cricket ground on Station Road, becoming the new Chairman. fortunes on the pitch started to improve before moving to the Ings ground, near dramatically. In his first season, Albion In 2014/2015 the Brewers lead the to where the present Samuel Smith finished 5th in the league, the following NCEL Premier for most of the season, Brewery Packaging Block now stands. year a 3rd place finish meant promotion but a poor run of games in March led to Changing facilities were in the town, at was missed by one point. them finally finishing in third. the rear of the Falcon Public House on Jimmy Reid took over as manager in An excellent run in the FA Vase saw Chapel Street, and it was a common 2006, but his time was blighted by them make history by making it through Saturday afternoon sight to see nets, off the field problems. An attempted to the Quarter Final of the FA Vase corner flags, buckets, oranges, players hostile takeover by dissident commit- where they drew a record breaking and officials trekking through the town. tee members took a massive amount crowd of 1,307, but were narrowly Down the years the club has played of money to fight. Then in Nov 2007, beaten by Highworth Town. in several leagues. In early times, an attempted arson attack on the The Brewers also broke many other Barkston Ash and later still the Yorkshire clubhouse caused a lot of damage. records throughout the season – taking and Northern Counties East Leagues. Paul Marshall took over at the start of more than 200 fans away to Armthorpe Football continued on the Ings ground 2008/09, in his first season he played Welfare on a cold Tuesday night where until 1960, when the club moved 100 mostly local players and the team they went on to win 10-0. yards up river to its present home at the struggled and finished 17th. At the end of the season, the club Park. In 2009/10, with an influx of a few opted not to renew their contract with In 1973 the club joined the Yorkshire new key players, Albion won the NCEL manager Paul Marshall, and two weeks League Division 3 and were promoted Division One title. later former Harrogate Railway boss in 1975 & 1977 to reach Division 1, In 2010, Rob Northfield, took over as Billy Miller was unveiled as the club’s relegation was to follow in 1979 & Chairman of Tadcaster Albion (2010) new manager. 1980. Ltd, and the club became a company limited by guarantee. 2 TAFC Information Club History: Founded: 1892 Nickname: The Brewers Owners: i2i Sports Ltd Joined NCEL: Founding member since 1982 Midweek Matchday: Tuesday Club Ground: Club Officials: Address: i2i Stadium, Ings Lane, Tadcaster, LS24 9AY. Chairman: Capacity: 1500 - Seats: 150 Matthew Gore Floodlights: Installed 1995 Directors: Clubhouse: Yes Bar: Yes Kent Mayall & James Gore Hot & Cold Food: Yes President: Club Shop: At the ground or Website Kevin Derry Vice President: Club Honours: David Lloyd NCEL Division 1 Champions Head of Sport: 2009-2010 Danny Gore NCEL President’s Cup Club Secretary: 2010-2011 Ian Nottingham PROSTAR Cup Winners Match Secretary: 2010-2011 & 2011-2012 Ian Parker Programme & Website: Club Records: Mark Murphy Highest Home Attendance: Public Relations: 1,307 v Highworth Town FC, Karen Faughey TheFA Vase 6th Round Replay, Head Groundsman: 2014-2015 Dave Wakefield Club Photographer: Highest Away Attendance: Ian Parker 1002 v Halifax Town FC, Social Media & Website: The FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying, Jay Taylor 2011-2012 Highest Home Victory: Club Staff: 13-0 v Blidworth Welfare FC, Manager: NCEL Division 1, 1997-1998 Billy Miller Home Away Highest Away Victory: Assistant Manager: 0-10 v Blidworth Welfare FC, 2015-16 Season 2015-16 Season Matt Heath NCEL Division 1, 1997-1998 MANUFACTURER Performance Analyst: Richard Lawrence 0-10 v Armthorpe Welfare FC, Physio/Fitness Coach: NCEL Premier Division, Lucy Lendhill 2014-2015 SPONSOR Head Steward: Highest Home Defeat: Kev Wakefield 2-10 v Thackley FC, NCEL Division 2 North, 1984-1985 Tadcaster Albion (2010) Ltd is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales under company number 07422319. It is owned by i2i Sports Ltd (Registered in England & Wales under company number 08692193). 3 TAFC Directors’ Notes Welcome to our opponents and neighbours Garforth Town It will be nice to get back onto a smooth playing surface today, who have made the short journey north to Tadcaster today. which is better suited to our fast, flowing style of football. Garforth are currently 14th in the NCEL Premier and come The pitch at Garforth is also excellent, which will hopefully to the i2i Stadium on the back of an excellent 6-1 win over enable us to get back to dictating the play in our remaining four Pontefract Collieries. fixtures. Today’s game needs little introduction. We’ve got ourselves Prior to Maltby Main, we had won four league games on the into a fantastic position where promotion is in our own hands, bounce against tough opposition in Albion Sports, Handsworth and if we can continue with the same positive attitude and Parramore, Thackley and Pickering Town. If we can do that determination, there is no reason why we won’t go on to again, then we’ve won the league. Your support will be achieve our goal of getting into the Evo-Stik. invaluable during the next 360 minutes of football. Though Wednesday’s result against Maltby Main was of On Tuesday, we face Garforth Town for the second time in course disappointing, we couldn’t fault the attitude and four days, and we’d love to be able to take a strong crowd commitment of the Taddy players. The scoreline really doesn’t to the J.S. White & Co. Community Stadium. If you’ve never do the team justice, as they battled for everything and refused been to an away game before, this is the perfect opportunity to give up, even when we were 4-2 down. We were extremely to give it a go. The weather’s looking up, Garforth is a mere 10 proud of all the players even though the result didn’t go our miles away from Taddy and there’s an awful lot at stake for the way. Brewers. We’d love to see you there. We were unlucky to have a good goal ruled offside and a Enjoy today’s game, and let’s cheer the lads on in the first of number of shots cleared off the line, which on another day our four remaining cup finals. would almost certainly have been goals. We also missed the opportunity to score straight from the kick off when the The i2i Sports Directors opposition were still celebrating in the dugout. Unfortunately it Matt Gore, James Gore & Kent Mayall was just one of those nights and that’s why the fans continued to sing and cheer long after the final whistle. TAFC Match Preview Tadcaster Albion v Garforth Town Saturday, they won 6-1 at home to Pontefract 23rd April 2016. Collieries. Their leading goalscorer is Curtly Martin-Wyatt with 21 goals in all competitions The Fox This afternoon, we welcome the players , fans and including 6 goals in their last 5 league games. Keith Handley officials of Garforth Town. This is the first of 3 home games for The Brewers in 8 days. It is also the first Elsewhere in the league, Handsworth Parramore of a double header against The Miners as the teams play away at Brigg Town , so a win today for The also meet at Garforth on Tuesday evening. Brewers is a must as Handsworth won 6-0 at home to Clipstone on Thursday evening. I will go for a 2-0 win Garforth Town are in 14th place in the NCEL Premier today for The Brewers as the league comes to its league table with 42 points from 39 games played. climax. 4 wins for the title. Away from home, they have won 5 and drawn 3 from their 20 games played. In their latest game last Best Keith Handley 4 TAFC Fixtures Home Kit 2015/16 Away Kit 2015/16 1st Team Kit 2015-16 Season Sponsors TAFC Fixtures TODAY’S Game Next AWAY Game Next HOME Game Tadcaster Albion AFC HOME FIXTURE NCELP 2015-16 Season i2i Stadium Saturday 23rd April 2016 Kick Off 3.00pm v Garforth Town FC #tadallover TODAY’S MATCH Sponsor BALL Sponsor TADCASTER POKER Play in a league for a chance to win a share of £1000 Every Thursday Night • At Tadcaster Social Club 7:30 start • £10 to play i2i SPORTS 5 TAFC Top Goal Scorers 2015-16 Season Previous Seasons Player NCELP FAC Cup TOTAL 2014/2015 Josh Greening 25 0 0 25 Josh Greening 31 Jimmy Beadle 19 1 1 21 Adam Baker 15 2 2 19 2013/2014 Nick Black 8 1 1 10 Carl Stewart 32 Liam Ormsby 7 2 0 9 2012/2013 George Conway 9 0 0 9 Steve Jeff 17 Carl Stewart 3 0 3 6 2011/2012 Matt Heath 3 1 1 5 Carl Stewart 16 Andy Milne 5 0 0 5 2010/2011 Paddy Miller 2 1 0 3 Graeme Whitehead 20 Josh Barrett 2 1 0 3 Tom Corner 3 0 0 3 2009/2010 Darren Brandon 17 Joe Thornton 2 0 0 2 Daniel Clayton 2 0 0 2 Jason Mycoe 2 0 0 2 Gregg Anderson 2 0 0 2 Jonathan Greening 1 0 1 2 Conor Sellars 0 0 1 1 TOTAL 113 9 7 129 TAFC Manager’s Notes Good afternoon everyone and a very warm welcome to the i2i great chance of winning promotion.