Charnock Richard Football Club 22 OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME SEASON 2019-20 £2.00

V LITHERLAND REMYCA NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SATURDAY 14TH MARCH, 3.00PM

ood afternoon and ISSUE 22 welcome to Mossie EDITORIAL... GPark for today’s game against Litherland REMYCA. CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB Unincorporated Association Our 4-2 win last week at Skelmersdale A Charter Standard Club United was nothing short of brilliant. They Mossie Park, Charter Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5LZ are a side who are used to playing on their T: 01257 794288 ‘plastic grass’, and we dominated the game in large periods and defended well. CLUB OFFICIALS Chairman: Shaun Tootell Vice Chairman: Geoff Haslam Today we welcome a side to Mossie Park Secretary: Dave Rowland Assistant Secretary: Graham Randle who are fighting to stay off the bottom of Treasurer: Steve Mawdesley the table, a position they have held for the Commercial Manager: TBC majority of the season. That said, if things Club Photographer: Alan Walker Website Co-ordinator: Shaun Tootell are rightly to be believed, no NWCFL team Social Media Coordinator: Adam Donnellan will be relegated this season due to a high Groundsman: Pleasant View GM Ground Supervisor: Harold Heaton points per game ratio than other clubs in Kit Man: Jim Bibby leagues up and down the country, who are Committee: Steve Porter, Dave Smith, Dave Dixon, Lewis Spensley, Brian Lowe, in the same predicament. Ian Livesey, Alan Baron. 1st Team Manager: Ryan Donnellan I’d also like to pass on the thanks given to 1st Team Assistant Manager: Dave Haslam 1st Team Coach: Danny Nolan. me by Dave Smith and Alan Baron for those Goalkeeping Coach: Gareth Jones who attended or gave prizes to the recent First Team Assistant/Analyst: Lewis Spensley Team Physio: Kate Smith Sportsman’s Dinner. By all accounts it was Reserve Team Manager: Ian Mountain a success and raised some vital funds for Reserve Assistant Manager: Paul Charnley the club. Reserve Team Coaches: Tom Charnley, Paul Billington Ian Livesey, PROGRAMME Programme Co-ordinator: Ian Livesey Programme Co-ordinator 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 26 8 34 34 Bennett J 12 6 2 1 3 13 9 2 38 37 6 Bibby S 28 3 8 1 1 36 1 4 201 52 18 Darr J 23 1 18 2 2 1 25 3 19 25 3 19 Dashti D 400 156 26 Davision M 20 4 2 6 1 26 5 2 84 16 22 Eastwood J 4 1 5 7 Fairhurst N 22 2 2 8 30 2 2 158 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 28 21 9 6 37 27 415 22 455 Haydock L 22 7 7 8 1 30 8 7 30 8 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 8 2 2 8 2 2 8 2 2 O'Farrell R 20 4 1 5 2 25 6 1 172 44 8 Oxley O 10 14 3 3 4 1 13 18 4 27 44 12 Pilgrim L 1 1 4 Regan D 18 4 1 8 2 26 4 3 49 4 5 Schofield R 2 2 3 5 2 96 13 2 Turner O 6 2 4 10 2 22 7 Walker J 21 3 1 5 3 26 6 1 94 10 7 Woods M 16 6 5 5 3 1 21 9 6 149 30 25 Young A 24 1 1 7 31 1 1 163 5 24

Premier Division Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 1874 Northwich 28 22 4 2 79 27 52 70 2 Rylands 30 20 3 7 62 32 30 63 3 Bootle 28 19 2 7 67 39 28 59 4 Charnock Richard * 30 19 2 9 69 47 22 56 5 Ashton Athletic 29 16 5 8 64 38 26 53 6 Longridge Town 26 17 2 7 62 44 18 53 7 Runcorn Town 30 13 9 8 50 41 9 48 8 Irlam 26 12 4 10 46 40 6 40 9 Squires Gate 31 12 4 15 53 67 -14 40 10 Whitchurch Alport 28 10 8 10 41 40 1 38 11 Northwich Victoria 27 10 7 10 54 42 12 37 12 Avro 30 11 4 15 49 55 -6 37 13 Winsford United 29 9 5 15 51 57 -6 32 14 Congleton Town 30 8 7 15 54 60 -6 31 15 Skelmersdale United 31 8 6 17 50 61 -11 30 16 Barnoldswick Town 26 8 3 15 40 62 -22 27 17 Padiham 27 7 5 15 30 52 -22 26 18 Burscough 29 7 5 17 25 62 -37 26 19 Litherland REMYCA 30 5 7 18 27 73 -46 22 20 Hanley Town 29 5 6 18 33 67 -34 21

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

ith only playing two games in which took us in W the past 5 or 6 weeks my notes 3-1 at half time. are very brief today. Instructions were to kill the game off and then manage the We have done very well on the road the game well which was a task with the wind past two games collecting 6 points. We battering our deference. The early second showed brilliant character Vs Northwich half goal gave us a cushion and we saw the having gone behind 2-1 to then go and game out well apart from a late strike to win the game 3-2 in the dying minutes. make the game 4-2. Overall a very good Always good to get one over on a team performance, we now just have to take who think they are one of the ‘big teams’ of each game at a time and keep picking up our league, sadly the league table doesn’t the points! show that. My squad is pretty much at full strength 4 weeks after our win at Northwich we apart from James Walker picking up a travelled to Skelmersdale United. Since broken toe last week which will see him we last played them they have had some sidelined for at least two/three weeks. good results after a massive overhaul of their squad. In our weeks off the lads had Ryan Donnellan trained tremendously, this showed in our first half performance as we were relentless

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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 ACoronaviruslport. We were advised by tandhe leagu ethere that is Anowt the end aof thverye day we serioushave a responsi briskility 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 gatome t o otheffer ad vicstaginge and support o n tofhe d aysporting and predic ameventsent which mus t aroundbe resolved with inthe the ne 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 whworldo visited us oovern the day. Gtheeoff is vcomingery well weeks.current stan dOnly to ensure timeall that all 1will00 plus tellseats 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 valuablewhether advice on ground gorradi nnotg matte rsthe over a effectsimpo ssofible . thisA secon d virusoption wo uld willbe to bufilterild a cov ered 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 savdowne the club a ltoot of msmalleroney which cou ldsporting have th atevents we can meet thate Gr aourde G re qleveluirements . Tofhes 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. which will be held in a few days’ time and hopefully we Litherland REMYCA FC. We hope that football but with seven weekswill agree o uofr pr etheferred s tseasonrategy going for wstillard. On e On the day, Gtoeoff tplay,ook the op pthereortunity to u phasdate us oton ou r be aiss uverye we mu stseriousn’t forget is that sriskhould we thatbe the fo rtunate you all have an enjoyable stay at ourcurre 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 club and have a safe journey backmeet the FA Glocalrading St an sportdard H to g ai mayn promoti on become into the re q auir em casualtyents of Grade F w h beforeich will almost c weertainl y North West Counties League. Following admission into the require us to raise the height of the stand to allow all 100 home to Merseyside after the game. league, all clucanbs mus t completethen meet Grading S tathendard Gseason by pl us– s eawets to g iwillve a go odjust view o f thavehe pitch. to the 31st March in the following year (in our case 31st On a final note I would like to thank many of you who March 2017).wait The diffe randence be twseeeen Gr ahowde G and Hit is all unfolds! attended our recent Reserve league game at home to very minimal - Grade H requires a minimum covered Workington Reserves. Not only did we get an excellent It was good to get back to playing football againspec tator accommodation of 50, whereas Grade G attendance on a Monday evening but it is fair to say that requires a minimum covered spectator accommodation of it was a superb game of football played by two excellent last weekend with a difficult fixture 1away00 (o at f whichWe 50 mu sweret be seated aschedulednd located in one to hostyoung s idaes wUSAho were b oU16’sth a credit to thGirlse game. I lost stand). Both Grading Standards state ‘All seating must count of how many spectators came up to me after the Skelmersdale United. It was interesting to seeafford a goodvs view oBlackburnf the pitch’ and whilst oRoversur current U16’smatch tGirlso say that thmatchey had thorou gherehly enjoye dat the game. seated stand holds just over 100 seats, only the higher 50 the recent ground developments which haveseats meet thMossieis criteria due t oPark the poten tional for sTuesdaytanding eveningThat’s enough fro mbut me fo r thisthe time bmatcheing, so pleas e spectators along the touchlines blocking the views from the enjoy your day and hopefully we can look forward to taken place at the JMO Sports Park to enablelowe r seats. Ihast is fair tonow say that wbeene have vis itcancelleded other toseein glater you agai n inat M othessie Pa ryeark as the s edueason grounds recently and the same argument could be raised progresses. them to meet the ground grading requirementsas to whethetor som ethe groun dCoronavirus. level seating at other venue sIt would seem that the USA afford a good view of the pitch but we will leave that for Shaun Tootell for our level of football. It was around sevenother s to debgirlsate. team would have beenChairm travellingan to the UK without parents and there was some concern years ago when we last played on the 3G 06 artificial surface at the JMO when we faced that they may end up in quarantine for a period Southport Trinity in an LFA Amateur Shield Cup of time in the UK without any parental support. game. We took a while to get used to the pitch seven years ago, so there were some concerns Last Friday evening we held a very successful ahead of the game regarding the unfamiliar Sportsman Dinner in the Clubhouse with playing surface. guest speaker Curtis Woodhouse (former Pro Footballer and Boxer) and comedian Gary On the day we put in another excellent Marshall providing the entertainment. On the performance in difficult windy conditions night we raised some significant funds for the which made playing on the hard surface almost club and I would like to thank Alan Baron, Dave impossible at times during the game. The final Smith and Lewis Spensley for their superb 4-2 score line was fully deserved on the day and efforts in organising such a successful event. we defended particularly well late in the second Thanks also to the many of you who supported half as the conditions started to deteriorate. the event and hopefully you had a very After the game there was a lot of discussion enjoyable evening. amongst our supporters regarding the merits of 3G pitches and although I am not a particular Enjoy today’s match and as always, please fan of the surface, you can see that they do have give the lads your very best support. We look a role to play in football, particularly at this time forward to seeing you back here at Mossie Park of the year when grass pitches are under severe in the near future. pressure from the weather. Shaun Tootell As I write this article, Italy has just gone into full lockdown regarding the spread of the

06 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME SandbachUnitedl_17-04-17_Layout 1 10/04/2017 07:38 Page 7

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.

ood afternoon and welcomeI first me tto Un iteMossied’s secretary , Johnand Clayt oAshn, an dYoung. a couple Colin McDonald and Colin Quirk, with Park for today’s North oWestf their co mCountiesmittee, at the Im periala H openaltytel on the N owererth on theA marknew dire forction thewas n homesters.eeded if the club w Atas tothe gro w. Promenade in Blackpool when attendending of the thatNorth Wseason,est CharnockRemaining sta gwonnant w apromotions not an option. Wtoe htheave h ad League Premier DivisionC ogameunties Le agagainstue AGM bac k on the 11th June. Applicant problems to contend with. Finding funding for essential G Premier Division as g 1stroun d Divisiondevelopmen t runners-upand finding an ap pr whilstopriate le vel for Litherland Remyca and an especiallyclubs were ask edwarm to remain outside of the meeting until Charnock welcome to the beplayers,ing summone d byclub Leagu e Chai‘Remy’,rman Paul Lwhoawler w finishedhen o uthirdr reserv ein sid ethe was table,only a co upwerele of e xadeniedmples. Th e the representatives from each of tpromotionhe six applicants whenwere losingimm e0-3diate ainim wtheas to 1st cons oDivisionlidate at Ste pplay- 6 level in the officials and supporters cofalle d uourpon to gvisitorsive an introd from uctory speech to the National League System and to be in a position to Merseyside. We hope that you awillssemb lenjoyed throng byourefore be ing vooffted in bfinaly the m emagainstber Citysus taofin thLiverpool.is in the long ter mWe. Th edid play ernots of o urmeet thre e clubs. As we waited nervously in ainn a d thejacen t r followingoom, Steve season.senior te am Howevers have had a fi ‘Remy’ne season a gainednd once ag ain this day with us and have a safe andMaw dtrouble-freeesley and I got into co nversation with the Sandbach has been due to the management skills and dedication of promotion as 1st Divisionthe manag e runners-upment teams of all th inre e.2017-18 On the journey home later on today. Also,continge nwet and qwoulduickly foun d themand to be a we ver y s wereociable reacquainted with them in the ‘top like to give a warm welcome to ourgroup three. We got o matchn with them immediately and it was and administration side, we have been joined by David Smith enjoyable exchange. That day wetier’ made oofur f irthest frie nNorthds in Westand B riCountiesan Lowe who hLeagueave very kin dinly a g2018-reed to give of officials this afternoon in the thshapee North W ofest Creferee,ounties Lea gue a19.nd lo n However,g may it contin u ite. wast he anir p re FAciou s Cuptime a nd Extra for this w Preliminarye are very gratefu l. Dane McCarrick, and his two able assistants Sandbach United are one of the sRoundix newcom etiers t oat the the LitherlandFor me, th isSports is my fifth Parkseason onas s ethecreta ry11th and I c an Joseph Larkin and Curtis Wood.North WGentlemenest Counties Leagu e this Augustseason and 2018spent the that sawhon e thestly s a nexty, hand o fixturen heart, tha t thagainste 2016-17 c a mourp aign you are most welcome. previous campaign at Step 7 in thtwoe Che ssides.hire Leag u Thee Merseysidersis one of the bdeservedlyest that I have en jwonoyed in the footb atiell. A t times where they finished in 4th spot in the Premier Division. it has been hard graft and there are many individuals Like most of the newly promoted c4-2lubs thwithey hav goalse made a by Ashtonwho ha vClements,e put in a good dJasoneal of th aMcShane,t this term, litera lly. It is Remarkably, it is six weeks sincego o ourd imp re lastssion in home their firs t seasWarrenon in the co mJevonspetition and anthe cownombin egoald effort swith of you aJackll that m Sandersake this, suc h a game on the 1st February when a Burscoughnd we wish them w wereell. Tod ay is oandf cour sane ou r Ashleylast home Stott spenaltypecial footb athell club aCharnocknd such a won dscorers.erful place to be. our guests. game of the season not withstanding any play-off game Of course, we do not know just how things will pan out as that we may be involved in. To sayHowever, that it has be eCharnockn a wentafter to dthroughay. Indeed, w toe h atheve th rePreliminarye very difficult aw ay ‘Remy’ have endured a difficultspeci al oseasonne would b e a inn u n dthe erstaRoundtement. W edue have to ‘Remy’g beingames to n foundegotiate. Wguiltyhether w ofe a rplayinge in the play -aof fs or Premier Division; having trailed in e bottomnjoyed som e spotwonde rf forul fo otball, playerbeen to m awhilstny differe undernt suspension.not is anybody’s gInues sthe but ileaguet is a sign o gamesf the succe ss that many months. However, the Merseysidersvenues for the firs t t haveime, me t some really great people and we have enjoyed, when we are still talking about where made many new friends. When webetween left our com fo thert zon e sidesin w thate will fin seasonish amongs t ‘Remy’the top gro up took at this st theage o f shown a great deal of fighting spiritth ein W erecentst Lancas hirweeks.e League , we honoursdid so becaus ate th homee club on theaffair s17th. What eOctoberver occurs, w withell don ea o 3-2ne an dwin. all. Indeed, ‘Remy’ have won two andha d g drawnrown and d oneevelo pe ofd t o a poJakeint whe reConnor, new Warren Jevons and George Donnelly their last five games in the cleague.hallenges a n dAfter new ho riz onwinning s hadscored become a n foreces s theity. homeD a teamve Row la whilstnd | Clu b a S e Carlcreta ry Grimshaw just one of their league fixtures in January, albeit an penalty and an own goal sufficed for Charnock. The important ‘six pointer’ at home to fellow strugglers teams met for a third07 time that season on the 15th Hanley Town on the 11th, February proved to be a of December and Charnock this time came out as fruitful month for the Merseysiders. Indeed, a 3-0 emphatic winners via a 4-0 success at Mossie Park victory over Congleton Town on the 29th lifted Phil following a Carl Grimshaw hat-trick and a goal from Stafford's team off the bottom of the Premier Division Joe Noblet. This season we met at Litherland Sports on an afternoon marred by storms that decimated Stadium on the 4th December at a time when the the fixture list. Merseyside club were really struggling in the league Whilst it remains doubtful that there will be any side with Charnock coming away with a 5-2 win following relegated from the Premier Division at the season’s goals from Jordan Darr, who scored a hat-trick, Carl end due to the FA’s National League Structuring, the Grimshaw and Oliver Oxley. Ashton Clements and fight to avoid the vulnerable bottom slot remains a James Hammilll replied for ‘Remy’. In the six games priority for clubs in and around the relegation zone. contested between the sides to date therefore, each It goes without saying therefore, that when facing a have won and three and lost three. side from the lower reaches of the Premier Division We are away to Barnoldswick Town in the Premier as we move inextricably towards the end of term the Division next weekend, Saturday the 21st and match will be invariably well contested. the reserve side have a home game in the West Our clubs first met on the 7th January 2017 here Lancashire League Division 2 against Chipping. On at Mossie Park in our first ever season in the North the following Tuesday we are at home in the re- West Counties League in a 1st Division game. It was arranged Premier Division game against Runcorn Litherland Remyca’s third season in the competition Town which was postponed on the 29th February. after gaining progression from the Liverpool County Thanks for your support this afternoon and I hope Premier League at the end of the 2013-14 campaign. to see you all at ‘Barlick’ in a week’s time. Also, ‘Remy’ went away with the three points following a thanks for purchasing today’s match programme. 1-0 success after a 38th minute winner from their We hope that you will find it informative and an skipper Colin McDonald. Charnock avenged that interesting read. defeat in the return game at the Litherland Sports Park on the 11th March; winning 3-2 with goals from Dave Rowland, Secretary Spencer Bibby via the penalty spot, Jonathan Hession

THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME 07 IN OPPOSITION LITHERLAND REMYCA

itherland REMYCA FC began life in Moss Lane, Litherland to move to Maghull the Seaforth area of Liverpool as St High School. LThomas F.C. (1959). A former player, Steve Smith, became Players were recruited mainly from Seaforth manager and began building a squad and Bootle, and the team later became known capable of competing with the best amateur as Bootle C.L.B. (Church Lads Brigade). sides in the region.

Links were formed with Bootle YMCA which REMYCA Utd became the I Zingari League provided a club base and facilities to train. Champions in the 1987/88 season and in 1991 became one of the few Merseyside In 1967, a local working-man’s club offered Teams to win the all Lancashire FA to finance the running of the club. Amateur Cup.

One year later, REMYCA UTD F.C. came into The 1990’s was a significant period in the being, the name deriving from connections club’s history, and the most successful, as with both REM Social Club and Bootle YMCA. both Premier League and Cup doubles were achieved in seasons 1993/94, 1994/95 The team, after successive championships and 1995/96 followed by again winning the and earning a reputation for playing Challenge Cup in the 1998/99 season. attractive football, were accepted into the I Zingari League. This period of dominance and success resulted in REMYCA Utd seeking entry to the The founder members of REMYCA Utd, Bill Liverpool County Combination League to and Ken Edwards, acted as managers having test itself at a higher level again. recently given up their playing careers. REMYCA are now based at Litherland Sports The I Zingari Challenge Cup was claimed in Park. Our mid-long term aims are to work the 1975/76 season as REMYCA Utd began with local councils to identify a site and to establish itself as a force within amateur build a community facility for all sides under football on Merseyside. the REMYCA banner as well as the local area. The formation of a Premier League led to the club being invited to become inaugural In 2013, the Management Committee of members. REMYCA began exploring the potential to grow and develop the club. The aim is for This demanded improved playing facilities a sustainable club - a community based and the club left its spiritual home at model offering football opportunity with

08 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME good coaching to all ages from seven years flocking to LSP. upwards. In March 2016, the quarter final of the LCFA The first stage of the new development plan Senior Cup saw Everton travel to LSP and was to add Litherland to the club name fall to a solid, containing REMYCA by a goal so as to identify with the local area and to nil. enhance the community ethos of the club. This game put the club on the map, and A key appointment was Colin Begbie boosted their profile and reputation. as head of youth development, who’s experience and network of football contacts Ultimately, at the end of that season, has proven invaluable. Stafford decided it was time to move on along with Andy Olsen, and, after a search The club then applied, and secured a league for a new gaffer, Paul McNally was handed position worthy of promotion to the NWCFL the task of leading REMYCA from the in 2014. beginning of the 2017/18 season.

In their first season, the club finished 9th McNally put his own stamp on the team, and and reached the semi final of the Reusch under huge expectations, guided the club Cup, only to be beaten by Atherton Colls. to its first ever promotion and the highest level of football in the history of Litherland A first ever appearance in the LCFA REMYCA. Senior Cup saw the club beaten by Skelmersdale United. REMYCA went on to Along the way, REMYCA made their first reach the semi final in three consecutive ever appearance in the FA Cup, beating years after this defeat. AFC Liverpool 2-0 in a game live streamed across the BBC iPlayer. In 2015, Phil Stafford was given the job as first team manager following a successful In a shock turn of events, McNally left the stint at Maghull. club by mutual consent at the end of 2017- 18, and left the club manager-less for the In his second season, he led the club to second straight summer. a thrilling battle for promotion, which culminated in defeat at the final hurdle - the James Olsen was chosen to be the man playoff final. to take over in the summer of 2018 and lead the club in its first ever season in the That game holds the attendance record NWCFL Premier Division. in NWCFL history, with 1303 supporters

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espite not playing a game for four the game but they struggled defensively with weeks Charnock showed that the the long balls into the wind from the home side. lay-off had had minimum effect by Groughan on the right proved to be a danger and D Ascroft had to save from him immediately before producing an excellent performance in difficult conditions to collect the three Charnock took the lead on 15 minutes. A neat build up saw Grimshaw poke the ball through for points with a 4-2 win over Skelmersdale NICKEAS to run clear and beat Barnes in the home United at the JMO Sport Park. Charnock goal. Charnock had to survive another dangerous had taken a 2-0 lead by the 22nd minute attack before Grimshaw exchanged passes with but their hosts pulled a goal back before Darr before shooting wide. Again Skelmersdale the Villagers quickly restored their two threatened, as the game moved from box to box, goal advantage. An early goal in the but Charnock survived as Nickeas raced back to second half increased Charnock’s lead but knock the ball into touch. After 22 minutes Ascroft playing into a strong wind they conceded a saved from Groughan and again Charnock went second goal on 65 minutes; they then held up to the other end and scored. Once more some on to record another excellent away win. neat football resulted in DARR going clear and comfortably poking the ball past the advancing Following their 3-2 win over Northwich Victoria Barnes. The home side however came back into four weeks previously there was only one change the game after 26 minutes when Ellis beat Ascroft to the Villagers starting line-up, Mark Woods with a fine shot just inside the post. However it only replaced Matt Davison who dropped to the bench. took a minute for Charnock to respond with BIBBY Lewis Haydock and Oliver Turner made up the hitting a thundering wind assisted free kick from three substitutes. fully 35 yards that found the net via a post. It was a stunning effort. Fairhurst hit a shot just past the Skelmersdale won the toss and decided to play into post into the side netting and on 34 minutes when a strong westerly wind so Charnock kicked off. The Grimshaw produced a powerful header from close kindest description possibly for artificial surfaces range from a right wing cross it looked a another is that they are lively and that situation along with goal but it hit Barnes on the line and the ball was a strong wind blowing down the pitch made it very scrambled away. Charnock had to be satisfied with difficult to produce consistent good football on this a 3-1 lead at half time. occasion. Charnock with their style of neat, short passing football were better equipped to cope with Skelmersdale had the benefit of the wind in the the conditions and in the end fully deserved their second half but it is not always an advantage. win. It took a little while for the Villagers to settle Charnock faced 45 minutes of determined to the surroundings. An early header from Young defending if they were to hold on to their lead sailed over the bar before Bibby shot narrowly but they had an enormous early boost when after past a post. There was 12 minutes on the clock 49 minutes DARR put them further ahead with a before Charnock began to make their mark on fine individual goal. Played clear on the left the Teams: Skelmersdale United: Barnes, Tyrer, Staunton (Adegbenro 57), Hampson (Hold- en-Moakes 53), Murphy, Griffiths, Preston, Carey, Ellis (Jarrett 73), Osi-Efa, Groughan .

Charnock Richard; Ascroft, Bibby, Walker, Young, O’Farrell, Nickeas, Regan (Davison 77), Fairhurst, Grimshaw, Darr, Woods (Haydock 83) Sub: (Not Used) Turner

10 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME tall striker with his pace cut into the left side of the box and hit a tremendous left foot shot into the far corner of the goal. Three minutes later Nickeas had a great chance to score again, some neat football played him clear but he shot just beyond the far post. Skelmersdale endeavoured to freshen up their team with two substitutions as they took advantage of the conditions and began to put pressure on the Villagers’ defence. The ball ran away from Woods on 64 minutes and his challenge on Holden-Moakes resulted in a yellow card and a free kick. The Skelmersdale player required treatment before getting up and hitting wind assisted screamer, similar to the Bibby effort in the first half, into the top left hand corner of the goal. The home team were definitely back in the game. Unfortunately Ben Ascroft collided with the post trying to save the kick and it looked as if he would not be able to continue but despite limping he managed to last out the full ninety minutes. Skelmersdale now really applied the pressure and with conditions continuing to deteriorate it required a real team effort in the final 25 minutes if the Villagers were going to collect the three points. The Villagers had to defend a good number of corners but the struggling Ben Ascroft was not really tested due to some excellent defending. Matt Davison replaced Danny Regan after 77 minutes and Lewis Haydock came on for Mark Woods after 83 minutes. On 87 minutes Charnock almost increased their lead, Darr produced another fine run down the right and pulled the ball back to Haydock, Barnes saved his shot with a foot and then Grimshaw hit the rebound fractionally past the far post. The referee played almost six added minutes but Skelmersdale could not take advantage and the Villagers could be very satisfied with their three points. The win ensured that they remained in fourth place in the table.

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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 M 7 Skelmersdale United a 4-2 192 Ascroft Bibby 1 Walker Young O'Farrell Nickeas 1 Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 2 Woods Haydock (11) Davison (7) Turner 14 Litherland Remyca h 21 Barnoldswick Town a 24 Runcorn Town h 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 M 7 Skelmersdale United a 4-2 192 Ascroft Bibby 1 Walker Young O'Farrell Nickeas 1 Regan Fairhurst Grimshaw Darr 2 Woods Haydock (11) Davison (7) Turner 14 Litherland Remyca h 21 Barnoldswick Town a 24 Runcorn Town h 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.

I first met United’s secretary, John Clayton, and a couple of their committee, at the Imperial Hotel on the North A new direction was needed if the club was to grow. ecent storms swamped muchProme nadeof in B lackpotheol whe nsame. attending t hWhate North W edost our Rreadersemaining stag nthink?ant was not an option. We have had Counties League AGM back on the 11th June. Applicant problems to contend with. Finding funding for essential the country with the North Westclubs we reof ask ed to remain outside of the meeting until ground development and finding an appropriate level for being summoned by LLasteague C hweekendairman Paul Law weler wh eplayedn o uonr res eSkelmersdalerve side was only a coupl eUnited’s of examples. T he England not having escapedthe reprtheesentat ives from each of the six applicants were immediate aim was to consolidate at Step 6 level in the R called upon to give an artificialintroductory spee ch tosurface the andNati on al wonLeague S 4-2ystem a ndespited to be in a po sit iothen to high worst of the wet and windy conditions.assembled thro ng before being voted in by the member sustain this in the long term. The players of our three Some Saturday’s we have seen a completeclubs. As we w aited newindsrvously in an thatadjacen t r prevailedoom, Steve throughoutsenior teams have ha d a the fine sea game.son and on ceIt ag ain this Mawdesley and I got inwasto conv ears astrongtion with the Sperformanceandbach has b ebyen du ethe to th eboys manage magainstent skills and danedic ation of washout of fixtures due to waterloggedcontingent and q uickly found them to be a very sociable the management teams of all three. On the group. We got on with improvingthem immediately a‘Skem’nd it was and side andadmin icongratulationsstration side, we have been jo inshoulded by David Smith pitches, with the mid-week schedulesenjo yaalsoble exch ange. That day we made our first friends in and Brian Lowe who have very kindly agreed to give of the North West Countibees Le agivengue and lo ntog m abothy it conti nusetse. ofthe irplayers precious time afornd fo rputting this we are ve rony gra teafu l. suffering from multiple postponements. Sandbach United are odecentne of the six ndisplayewcomers to tofhe footballFor m ine, th iverys is my f ifpoorth seaso n conditionsas secretary and I c an North West Counties League this season and spent the honestly say, hand on heart, that the 2016-17 campaign previous campaign at Sontep 7the in the day.Cheshir e LIe awasgue protectedis one of ththroughoute best that I have en jotheyed in gamefootball. A t times Tom Besford, a follower of Runcorn Town, recently it has been hard graft and there are many individuals where they finished in being4th spot in th huddlede Premier Divis io undern. the stand and only came did a poll on Twitter concerning peoples thoughtsLike most of the newly promoted clubs they have made a who have put in a good deal of that this term, literally. It is good impression in thetoir fir srealiset season in th ejust comp ethowition blusterythe comb inited ewasfforts o f downyou all tha t atmak epitch this, such a about the viability and practicality ofa ndfuture we wish th em well. Today is of course our last home special football club and such a wonderful place to be. game of the season nolevelt withsta nwhending any p laleavingy-off game the Oseatedf course, we dareao not kn otow ju stget how t htoings wtheill pan out as employment of third and fourth generationthat we m ay of be involved in. To say that it has been a after today. Indeed, we have three very difficult away special one would be aclubhousen understatement. Wate h afullve time. gSo,ames twello nego tiadonete. Whet heoner we a reand in the pall;lay-of fs or artificial pitches in non-league football. Ate nthejoyed soendme w onderful football, been to many different not is anybody’s guess but it is a sign of the success that venues for the first timthee, met sresultome really keptgreat pe ousple a nind fourthwe ha vplacee enjoyed , inwhe nthe we a rtable.e still talking about where of the poll, he had received 687 votes with m43%ade man yof ne w friends. When we left our comfort zone in we will finish amongst the top group at this stage of the West Lancashire League, we did so because the club affairs. Whatever occurs, well done one and all. people said that they believed that more artificial had grown and develoOnped to a p oin mattert where new of interest, the last time that we pitches should be used with 57% of chpeopleallenges and new horizons had become a necessity. Dave Rowland | Club Secretary played at the JMO Sports Park at the Blaguegate saying they prefer football to be played on grass Playing Fields in Skelmersdale07 was on the 13th pitches. In the North West Counties League Avro, of October 2012 when we met West Cheshire Skelmersdale United, Lower Breck, Pilkington, League Division 1 side Southport Trinity in the Oswestry Town and Stockport Town are the only Second Round of the Lancashire FA Amateur clubs with an artificial playing surface. It was Shield. Charnock were in the West Lancashire rightly pointed out that the cost is prohibitive with League at that time. I remember the game well. a full-size pitch initially costing between £350k We came out on top following an impressive 5-0 and £500k, with the surface needing replacing victory over the seaside club. The ground was not every 10 years; an extraordinarily high amount of as well developed as it is nowadays, but like now, money for a club to try and find. This alone would the pitch was an artificial one. For the record our price most clubs out of laying a new artificial team lined up as follows. 1-Adam Stone, 2-Chris playing surface. These surfaces still need constant Benson, 3-Liam Hayton, 4-Craig Banks, 5-Ross maintenance and the facility would need a high Bain, 6-Mark Edmeads, 7-Damian Dashti, 8-Andy level of rented usage to pull back even a portion Roberts cpt, 9-Carl Grimshaw, 10-David Burrows, of the initial outlay, let alone the on-going cost of 11-Alex Porter. Subs: 12- John Sanderson (23- administration to run the operation. A club cannot 10), 14- Jamie Sanderson (84-11), 15-David just lay any old artificial surface down as they Prout, 16-Spencer Bibby (68-2). Our goals on please. The facility has to be of a certain standard that day were scored by Carl Grimshaw 3, Andy and meet Football Association approval. Also, for Roberts and Jamie Sanderson with one each. me, the jury’s still out on the issue of injury risk I remember it being a bitterly cold October with the newer artificial playing surfaces, but the afternoon. In his match report of the game Keith traditionalist in me still thinks that football was Reader said “This was the first time that Charnock meant to be played on a natural surface. Even if had played a competitive game on an artificial the risk of injury is, in time, proved to be no greater pitch. A shower of rain just before the kick-off on an artificial surface, having watched football made the surface particularly slick and Charnock played on 3rd generation surfaces I can say that struggled to adapt……” he later commented that from my point of view the game never really looks “It had not been easy on an unaccustomed surface

18 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME but Charnock competed well and their will to win week on Tuesday the 24th March at 7.45pm. had shone through and they got the result that their efforts had deserved.” Keith was back at the Most of our West Lancashire League Division JMO last Saturday and his comments back then in 2 fixtures have now been rescheduled and the 2012 could have so easily applied to the events updated list you will find on another page in last weekend. Now isn’t that a pip? today’s programme.

As mentioned in my Secretary’s Notes we are at With next season in mind we have already started Barnoldswick Town next weekend. Our next home planning for pre-season fixtures and will I update game will be the rearranged Premier Division home you with dates etc. in the future programmes game against Runcorn Town which was postponed before the end of term. due to a waterlogged Mossie Park pitch on 29th February. This will take place at Mossie Park a Dave Rowland, Secretary.

Charnock Richard FC acknowledge that every young person or adult who plays or takes part in football should be able to do so in a safe and enjoyable manner. The club also acknowledges that all the above mentioned should be protected from poor practice and free from abuse be it verbal, physical or racial. The club will not tolerate any form of foul or abusive language from spectators, guests, visitors or club officials of both teams on the sidelines, especially abuse which is directed at an individual player or match official. Admission to the ground and the right to remain is on condition that spectators adhere to the above. Throwing missiles of any description or encroachment on to the playing area, climbing on boundary fences or buildings will not be tolerated. Alcohol must not be brought into or consumed in the ground unless it has been purchased in plastic glasses from the Clubhouse. By order of Charnock Richard Football Club.

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EUXTON VILLA 2 CHARNOCK RICHARD 3 the finishing touch from almost on the goal- WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE line. The goal stunned Villa and for a time they PREMIER DIVISION struggled to get into the game. Indeed, they just 14TH MARCH 2015 escaped going two behind following a scramble in their penalty box on 15 minutes. The game then Team: Gavin Bates, Spencer Bibby, Josh Norgate, began to turn in Villa’s favour as they put the Craig Banks, Liam Hayton, David Fisher, Jack visiting defence under sustained pressure and a Bennett (Jamie Sanderson 69), Andy Roberts Danny Hogg pile-driver on 25 minutes smacked (David Prout 78), Carl Grimshaw, David Burrows, against the far post with Bates beaten before the Mark Woods. Unused Subs: Ross O’Farrell, ball bounced to safety. Villa equalised from the Danny Nolan. penalty spot on 35 minutes when the lively Hogg was brought down by Dave Fisher inside the box With nearest rivals Blackpool Wren Rovers and full-back Mark Swift confidently swept home going down 2-3 at strugglers Eagley, Charnock past Bates from twelve yards. increased their lead at the top of the West Lancashire League Premier Division with this Things were to change dramatically after the derby day success at the Jim Fowler Memorial break with Charnock dominating proceedings Fields over local rivals Euxton Villa. The 3-2 throughout. The visitors came out in determined victory extended the Mossie Park outfit’s fashion early in the second-half and a Grimshaw impressive winning sequence to eleven games header hit the crossbar on 46 minutes following a in league and cup and was especially poignant well-directed Burrows cross after good work down on a ground where the visitors have traditionally the right by Mark Woods. Then on 51 minutes the found things difficult in recent years. This was a visitors’ persistence paid off when a short free- typical derby with plenty of local pride at stake kick found David Burrows just inside the right and was evenly fought out in the first period with hand angle of the home penalty-box. Burrows the teams going in 1-1 at the break, although manoeuvred to his left before deftly placing a Charnock had what appeared to be, a reasonably looping shot beyond Robertson for arguably, good goal wiped out on 24 minutes. The second the best goal of the afternoon. On 63 minutes half was dominated by the visitors and the Charnock scored a third, and as it turned out, vital eventual score-line hardly reflected the overall goal. It stemmed from a neat, crisp three man balance of play. move on the right which Woods instigated with an astute pass out to Grimshaw who had found Manager, Andy Westwell, made just one change himself some room on the right. Grimshaw quickly to his starting line-up from the game at Bourne transferred the ball across the six-yard line and Park two weeks previously, bringing Craig Banks Jack Bennett moved in to slot home. Charnock back into the centre of defence; replacing Ross swarmed all over the Villa defence but could not O’Farrell, who took his place on the bench add to their account. It almost proved costly alongside Jamie Sanderson, David Prout and when Villa scored a second on 86 minutes, when America-bound Danny Nolan. following a needless foul given away just inside their own half, Andrew Leggett headed over Bates The league leaders got their noses in front after 13 from the resultant Richard Wilson free-kick. minutes when Villa goalkeeper, Struan Robertson fumbled a well-directed free-kick by Dave Burrows However, Charnock comfortably held out in the and full-back Josh Norgate was on hand to apply dying minutes. Dave Rowland

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AFC DARWEN 2 CHARNOCK RICHARD 0 King’s free kick beat the keeper but came back WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE off the bar. Charnock were dominating the play PREMIER DIVISION but once again failing to score goals. King then WEDNESDAY 17TH MARCH 2010 scooped a good chance wide after a nice piece of attacking football down the left. The game swung Team: Kevin Baldwin, Damian Dashti (Craig Banks Darwen’s way after 19 minutes, a pass deflected 72), Andy Battersby, Liam Hayton, Jimmy King, off the referee leaving Dashti beaten and two kicks Phil Jackson, Andy Roberts, Alex Randell (David later Baldwin was picking the ball out of the net. Prout 65), Chris Robinson, John Sanderson Really Darwen never looked back after this stroke (Martin O’Neill 75), Carl Grimshaw. SUB: (Not of luck. Their confidence improved immensely Used) Jordan Wilson. and the visitors’ ability to produce neat passing football declined by the minute. There was further This was a disappointing evening, after disappointment for Charnock after 32 minutes, starting brightly Charnock failed to maintain Grimshaw contested with the right back to keep any consistency and at the final whistle their the ball in play on the bye line and as both players performance was rewarded with the result that it were getting up the right back punched Carl in deserved. Darwen took an early lead assisted by the stomach, a wrestling match ensued but as a deflection off the referee and after losing Carl often happens in these cases the perpetrator got Grimshaw to a red card on the half hour mark they off scot free and the retaliator was shown ared failed to really trouble the home defence for the card. There is no doubt that the injustice seriously remainder of the game. Darwen confirmed their affected the visitors and from that point on Darwen victory with another goal late in the game, and rarely looked in doubt of losing the game. had their left back sent off in the final minutes. Having kicked up the slope in the first half and The starting eleven was the same as that which initially looking the better side Charnock’s hopes had beaten Lostock St Gerards in the previous of taking advantage of the conditions in the game. New signing Martin O’Neill replaced second half were severely dented by only having Mark Kerr, who was unavailable due to work 10 men. There was a change around at half time, commitments, on the bench. Liam Hayton moved up front and King slotted into the back three. Charnock again had most of the It was a fine, mild evening which encouraged a possession in the second half with Darwen again decent crowd estimated at 90 as Charnock started relying on quick breakaways to add to their score. their first league game played under floodlights Charnock however failed to produce little if any kicking up the slope. Darwen had suffered a of their usual man-to-man football resorting to crushing 6-0 defeat by Vickerstown CC in their a more direct style that was easily dealt with by previous game and they looked decidedly short the home defenders. Jackson had the only real of confidence in the early stages of the game. chance but his close range header was straight Charnock were soon on the offensive and they into the hands of the keeper. A free kick conceded dominated the opening 15 minutes. Darwen’s by Charnock on the edge of their penalty area tactics were to rely on some nippy forwards by after 77 minutes was headed into the net and the delivering the ball to them as directly as they game was over except for the red card for Smith, could. The keeper could not hold onto a Carl the home left back, for an attempted head butt on Grimshaw’s 20 yards shot but recovered quickly to Roberts. The referee suffering from cramp handed collect the rebound. Only the cross bar prevented over to the senior linesman for the final minutes Charnock taking the lead after 11 minutes, of the game. Roberts was fouled on the edge of the area and

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he NWCFL 2020 Groundhope took in each secured an important win for David place over the weekend with over McNabb's side who are now unbeaten in their T3,400 fans in attendance over last nine league games. the three days and seven matches - an amazing few days. An own goal in the fifth minute put McNabb's in control, then just after the break Andy The weekend kicked off on Friday evening with Scarisbrick added a second taking three points 455 fans in attendance as Sandbach United back to Cheshire. defeated Alsager Town 3-1 - after initially falling behind in the First Division South. Bootle maintained their charge for promotion, Connor Millington, James Hoper and Rob Doran In the Northern section, AFC Liverpool narrowly netted as they beat Irlam 3-0. defeated Bacup Borough 1-0, whilst Steeton went off the bottom of the table with a 3-2 away At the other end of the table, Barnoldswick win over Golcar United. Town recorded a 3-1 win over bottom side Hanley Town in a vital 6-pointer. Hanley initially Saturday Rylands in the NWCFL top-flight took the lead - James Melhado getting himself narrow the gap to the summit to just four points on the scoresheet, but Barnoldswick rallied and as they defeated Whitchurch Alport 2-0 - a goal fought back much to Endrit Shehu's delight.

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26 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME Chris Lomax cancelled out an early Declan In the early kick-off in the NWCFL First Division Gallagher goal as Burscough and Ashton South, Wythenshawe Amateurs narrowly Athletic battled out a 1-1 drew, whilst Padiham defeat West Didsbury & Chorlton with 546 and Avro recorded the same scoreline at the watching on. Ruby Civil Arena. Just a few hours later 589 watch Wythenshawe A topsy-turvy game between Longridge Town Town come from behind to defeat Abey Hey 3-2. and Litherland REMYCA saw both sides lead at one point, but it was the hosts who snatched In the 3 pm games, Abbey Hulton United and the three points with a 4-2 win as Andrew Cammell Laird 1907 thrashed out a 1-1 draw, Howarth scored the winner. whilst leaders Vauxhall Motors moved to within five points of promotion following a 4-1 win In the NWCFL First Division North, a topsy turvy over Barnton. game at AFC Darwen saw the hosts come out the right side of a 4-3 win over Chadderton, New Mills turn the tie on its head against whilst Ashton Town had an important 2-0 win Eccleshall, bagging the three points thanks to a against AFC Blackpool, and Shelley returned Benito Lowe double, whilst Stone Old Alleynians home pointless following a 3-1 loss to Cleator come from behind to put St Martins to the Moor Celtic. sword - winning 4-1.

Emley AFC continued their fine form with a 4-1 Stockport Town won 5-1 in the 4:20 pm kick win over Prestwich Heys, whilst Garstang was off with 342 watching over Cheadle Heath on fire, defeating Daisy Hill 7-1. Nomads, whilst in the final game of the day, a Patrick Davin double gave Cheadle Town a 2-1 Elsewhere, Holker Old Boys scored one in victory over Maine Road. each half to defeat Pilkington 2-0, whilst the biggest winners of the day were Lower Breck On Sunday, there where two NWCFL Premier who hit eight without reply away at St Helens Division games, with over 1,000 fans in the two Town - Will Dunne and Oscar Billington both games. scoring hat-tricks on a fine afternoon for Gary Moores side. A Brandon Barski and Bradley Lynch double saw Northwich Victoria close the gap on those Charnock Richard stayed fourth with a 4-2 away in front with a fine 4-2 win away at Congleton win against a spirited Skelmersdale United, Town, whilst 627 fans saw league leaders meanwhile, Runcorn Town fell to a 2-0 loss to 1874 Northwich run out 2-0 winners away at Squires Gate. Winsford United.

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he reserve team management would On reflection, we again created a lot of chances like to extend a warm welcome to and looked solid defensively. We have also lost similar games against similar opponents this the players, officials and fans of T season so the management team feel that we have Litherland REMYCA, we hope you enjoy hopefully learned better to recover from setbacks. the hospitality this afternoon and a safe So while we didn’t get 3 points, hopefully this will journey home later. serve the group well next season as we are intent on a promotion campaign. Unfortunately we have no game We also wish our first team good luck in building scheduled this week to get it out of our system quickly. on a great away win last week by taking another 3 We will be using the gap instead to look at all the points this afternoon. squad, including a few new additions, in a match Since the last update we have been lucky enough situation, giving us a chance to try a few different to get a game in. We hadn’t been able to play on things before ending the month with consecutive a Saturday for a month before that due to the home games. weather so we were all really looking forward to Ian Mountain, Manager the visit of Mill Hill St Peters. We had beaten them at their place 0-3 earlier in the season and it was from the Mill Hill West Lancashire League Division 2 2019-20 management’s actions after that game that we Aug S 3 Storeys a 2-0 Charnley, McNally lost the 12 points for the season so there was a bit T 13 Burscough Dynamo h 3-2 Meite, Morris, Turner of needle between the sides before the start. S 17 Furness Cavaliers a 3-0 Meite, Pilgrim, C Rigby Credit to the groundsmen, the pitch has coped W 21 Rossendale a 0-3 well with the weather but was still quite heavy at S 24 Walney Island a 1-5 Tickle kick off. We also took advantage of the first teams S 31 Galgate h 7-1 McNally 2, Banks, inaction the preceding few weeks to get some Blackhurst, Hendy, McLoghlin, Morris minutes into players coming back from injury. Sep S 7 Chipping a 2-3 McNally 2 The first half saw us play some really good S 14 Dalton United h 2-2 Hendy, McNally football in a very one sided game. Our opponents W 18 Burnley United a 4-1 Hendy, Lindley, Tickle, Turner had set up to disrupt our play by whatever means S 21 Freckleton a 1-3 Hendy and it partly worked. Chances came and went S 28 Mill Hill St Peters a 3-0 Hendy 2, Coley and we were unlucky not to convert so much Oct S 19 Furness Rovers LC1 a 3-3 Nolan 2, Hendy possession into the goals we deserved, going into Nov S 2 Dalton United a 4-4 Hendy 4 the break scoreless. S 9 Garstang Reserve h 3-1 Hendy, Lindley, Meite The second half started in a similar fashion, leading S 16 Kendal United h 3-1 Hendy, McNally, Nolan to us winning a penalty which Scott Hendy converted. W 20 Garstang Reserve a 4-0 Coley, Morris, Nolan, C Rigby That should have settled the team but 5 minutes S 23 Storeys h 1-2 Hendy later, against the run of play,a mistake dealing with a Dec S 7 Burscough Dynamo a 5-1 Meite 2, Coley, Hendy, Tickle long ball led to an equaliser for Mill Hill. Jan S 11 Galgate a 3-0 Hendy 3 We then looked shaken for 20 minutes and S 18 Furness Cavaliers h 3-0 McNally, Nguethe, Tickle. could have lost the game, our opponents grew S 25 Rossendale h 1-3 Ashcroft in confidence and created a few chances, hitting Feb S 8 Furness Rovers h 5-0 Hendy, McNally, Morris, the bar. It took a while and a couple of changes to Nguethe, Pilgrim restore a bit of composure and we got ourselves Mar S 7 Mill Hill St Peters h 1-1 Hendy back into the game. S 21 Chipping h 3.00pm We created several half chances and a few clear S 28 Freckleton h 3.00pm cut ones. Towards the end, just after we should T 31 Longridge Town Reserve h 7.45pm have got the winner, we were reduced to 10 men Apr T 7 Longridge Town Reserve a 7.45pm through the sin bin. The game then went as our S 11 Burnley United h 3.00pm opponents disrupting tactics got the better of our M 13 Furness Rovers a 3.00pm frustrated players. They had a man sent off and we S 18 Kendal United a 3.00pm were disappointed leaving the field with the draw. S 25 Walney Island h 3.00pm date provisional

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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.

This season saw Charnock make their debut in the FA Vase and it has been very satisfactory but with a little bit of ast Saturday Charnock put inluc k it caoul d have verybeen eve nlively more su ccsurface,essful. In the the ballFoo tbbouncesall squads inevit aexceptionallybly evolve over the years and a preliminary rounds we won at Whickham in the North East number of new signings were made for this season. tremendous performance at the thJMOen visite d Yorkshhighire to be at and Harrog at runse Railwa y awayAthletic. quicklySome pl ay fromers have fit playersted in well and h ifav e themade regular The First Round Ppassroper saw isa h omnote tie agaccurate.ainst old In atheppear anwindyces others dconditionsisappeared; several donid no t even Sports Park in Skelmersdale to obeatpponents Barnoldswick Town which we won after extra make one appearance. Over previous seasons Carl L time. The home deSaturdayfeat at Mossie Pa rk it a t th wase hand s particularlyof Grimsha wdifficult and David Burrow s fortomed a suproduceccessfu l goal United 4-2. The home team were evictedStaveley M iners Welfare was largely due to having to field scoring partnership for the club. Last season they totalled an understrength tgoodeam; susp en football.sions for Spenc erAs Bibb y, in previous77 goals bet we gamesen them and th playedere was the ex inpec tancy by the landlord from their ground inJ ostheh Norg ate and Mike Fletcher all made them ineligible, that they would score a similar number this season. town several years ago and subsequentlyAshley You ng misstrongsed through awinds knee probl ethism and t hseasonen UCharnock’snfortunately domestic pstyleroblems reofsul teneatd in Dav e losing Danny Smitpassingh to injury befo refootball half time and agave missed themmak intheg him sedge;elf unavaila bthele and hlong-balle has been sorely missed. have played most of their fixtures p esincenalty all c ontributed to the defeat. If we had won we would have had a tacticstrip up to pla y employedSouth Shields of th eby SkelmersdaleIn the 2015-16 sea sareon Da mnotian Da susuallyhti passed th e at Prescot Cables. The result of playingNorthern L eague who are now through to the Wembley landmark of 500 appearances for the first team and he final. At the time thveryey were asuccessfulveraging gates of o veonr 12 00artificial. has co ntipitchesnued to featu rebut in mo stheyt match sqhaveuads thi s so far away from their fan base saw theirWin or lose it would have been a bumper pay day for the season. He is now approaching 550 appearances which club with a share ohadf the g asomete receipts notableand more FA victoriesis a nsinceother rem atheyrkable re cmovedord of dedica here.tion to Charnock attendances substantially reduced mandoney for reaching that stage of the competition. As it Richard FC. There have been other impressive they have suffered relegation. On w Boxingas Stavele y made the journey, pocketed the money and performances by players this season but for me one lost 3-0. There is a lot of controversyplayer haboutas stood ou tplaying above anyone leagueelse - Ross O ’Farrell Day they played their first game at their new has had an outstanding season to date. Ross is another Charnock were drgamesawn away to Bonamb erplastic Bridge in the pitchesfirst p laandyer tha t inhas bfacteen at Ctheharnoc kEFL for alm oandst all h is ground after a frantic effort to erect aro unnewd of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy, it was our career first appearing in the ‘A’ team back in season debut in the compPremieretition and aga ins Leaguet all the odds ca willme not 20 accept07-08 from w h teamsere he has w o thatrked his w playay up to seated stand and a covered standing area.away with a 2-0 wonin. Dr aw them.n away at As Therehton Athlet ic i aren the threebeco me teams a regular in th ate fi rstpresent team squad. H e inis m y next round we had plenty of chances to win the game in choice as “Player of the Year”. the first half but inthe the en d Nationallost 1-0. Ashton w Leagueent on to win that have artificial surfaces 2-1 against Radcliffe Borough in the final at the Macron Finally I must mention the support that the club have The ground which has a 3G artificial pitch isSta dpartium aft er knocBromley,king out Chorley iSuttonn the semi-fin aUnitedl. A little andenjoye dHarrogate both home and aw aTown.y. To date h oTheme atte ndances of a large sports park which includes grass pitchesmore accu racy with our shooting at Ashton and who knows have only dropped below 100 once and the average so what could have hfirstappened? twoIn our le a gclubsue cup deb u arets we notfa r i ins 1 40 . lineEveryon e for at the clu b hpromotionas put in a rema r this kable and a further full size and several five-a-sidemade early exits inseason both compet itibutons. In tHarrogatehe Macron Cup aream oinunt osecondf time and effo rtplace and come Matay wthee will be we were unlucky to lose 2-1 at Handley Town, the winning looking forward to our second season in the North West artificial pitches. Charnock played a second proundenalty bein g awamomentrded for the ball h anditting Jo s obviouslyh Norgate’s faceCounti es a L e difficultague. I hope to be wr itindecisiong this column if again shoulder. We successfully negotiated our way through the next season, many thanks for reading it. Lancashire Amateur Shield tie against SouthportReusch Fir st Divistheyion Cup toare the q utoarte r-befinals acceptedwhere we into Division 2 of the EFL Trinity, on Saturday 13th October 2012, atlo stthis 4-1 at home toshould Widnes. they become eligibleKeith Rforeade rpromotion. location after their own pitch in Southport was 30 declared unfit due to waterlogging. Charnock won In our first season in this league we played at 5-0 with a hat-trick from Carl Grimshaw and goals Park Hall, the ground of New Saints (TNS), against from Andy Roberts and Jamie Sanderson. Oswestry and this ground has an artificial pitch but it is a 4G surface. I was impressed when watching One of the main criticisms from spectators is that the Villagers perform on this pitch because from artificial grass pitches are usually surrounded by the stand it did look like normal grass and it a high netting fences which gives the impression appeared to perform in a similar fashion. The that the game is being played in a cage with match in Division 1 of the NWCL was played on little space available for spectators. This was the 17th December 2016 and Charnock won 5-0 with case back in 2012 but the modifications made goals from Carl Grimshaw (2), Spencer Bibby, to accommodate Skelmersdale have largely Mark Adams and Jon Hession who came on from changed this impression as the fence on two the bench and scored on his debut for the club. sides has been moved back considerably to allow the erection of a small covered standing area and There is a rather strange quirk to the ground at a substantial seated kit grandstand. The fence Skelmersdale in that entering at the west end you has been modified so that the bottom six feet have to walk around both the north and east sides in composed of solid wood to prevent persons to reach the grandstand on the south side. In the outside the ground being able to see the game. seats last Saturday we were relatively protected This is a ground grading requirement for clubs from the south-westerly wind but walking back out that play in Step 4 and above. Further work on at the end of the game it became apparent how the ground is on-going. strong the wind was and it emphasised how well the lads had performed in the second half on such To come to the pitch surface this is, as evident from a difficult surface. Charnock playing there in 2012, a third generation (3G) artificial pitch and consequently it provides a Keith Reader

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