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THETHE ADMIRALADMIRAL Official Matchday Programme £1 NELSON FC Vs AFC Darwen NWCFL Division 1 Sat 11h January 2014 Today’s Match Sponsors…. WELCOME TO LITTLE WEMBLEY—HOME OF ‘THE HISTORY BOYS’ WELCOME Good afternoon everyone and Little Wembley, Victoria Park, Lomeshaye, Nelson, BB9 7BN welcome to Victoria Park for the East Lancs derby against AFC Web: www.nelsonfc.com Darwen. Twitter: @nelsonfc1 Last season Darwen were the pace Manager: Mark Fell setters, they did the double over us, Assistant: Tim Breaker 1st Team Coach’s: Andy Hill coming from behind on both Kal Hafeji occasions. But our neighbours Dev Squad Manager: Darrell Slater Smith missed out on promotion as their Dev Squad Assistant: Michael Worthington challenge faded at the death. This Head of Youth: Danny Finch term they’ve been unable to Goalkeepering Coach: Kevin Jelley recapture that form in a league that Physio: Ryan Tweed Sports Therapist: Emily Giles has got significantly more Scouting: Graeme Holden competitive. They have had a great LFA Challenge Cup run and we wish Chairman: Fayyaz Ahmed them all the very best when they Club Secretary: Abdul Rauf Khan play Chorley in the Semi-Finals. Groundsman: Trevor Stanworth Media Officer: Vacant Photographer: Mark Wilkinson December was a mixed month for the Admirals, a heavy league defeat Honours to Formby and a cup exit at AFC Fylde, they followed those Football League Third Division 1922–23 disappointments up with back to back away wins to keep the Blues Lancashire League 1895–96 top of the tree. Today’s edition has Lancashire Combination 1949–50, 1951–52 a focus on the ‘run-in’ for the top 5, NWCFL Division Two Trophy 1996–97 the league is very difficult to predict! LFA Challenge Trophy 1907–08, 1954–55 Lancashire Combination Cup 1949–50, 1950–51, As always hot and cold food is 1959–60 available from the bar along with a selection of alcoholic and soft Bridge Shield 1975–76, 1981–82 drinks. Can I take this opportunity to remind people that alcohol can George Watson Trophy 1978–79 only be consumed in the bar. Green Bank Shield 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92 The Admiral—Editor. Jim Towler Trophy 1990–91 Keep up to date with all things Nelson FC by visiting the official website www.nelsonfc.com Contact the club on [email protected] Main Club Sponsor Today’s Match Sponsor The Gaffer... Mark Fell Good Afternoon….. Welcome to the East Lancashire Derby part 1. Kenny Langford and his Darwen side are very welcome to Victoria Park and may I take the opportunity to congratulate Kenny on his December manager of the month award. Darwen will be a tough challenge today, they’ve affectively nothing to play for in the league so can go about their business without any pressure, we know how they play and will have to match the physical and psychological aspects of their game to allow our quality to shine through. Our 13 cup finals are now 12, and we are ticking them off one by one. No game will be easy, we know that, especially a difficult trip to Ashton Town next week, and then the visit of Atherton Colls who are in the promotion mix with us. This league has a habit of kicking you if your not at the races and we nearly learned that last week against Daisy Hill, yes our performance wasn't to the standards we expect, and we conceded some awful goals—but the fact is we won, not pretty, but we won and its results like that that will win you a league. As always I appreciate some supporters making the trip to Bolton last weekend, and hope we swell the numbers today. It was our first game without Ritchie Allen who made the return back to AFC Fylde, I’d like to go on record thanking Ritchie for his hard work over the last few months, he departs on excellent terms and there is no reason why we would not see him play again for the club in future. I’ve no immediate plans to replace Ritchie, we’ve a very good squad of attacking players here so it creates and opportunity for one of those. Having said that if the right players comes along, who makes us better, then we are always interested. On the player front the news on Matty O’Neill’s ankle was worst than first thought, he wont feature today and is unlikely to be back this month. Nat Taylor is seeing the specialist on Thursday next week and we are hoping he can return to training after that. We added several staff to our team in the past week or so. Darrell Slater Smith arrived as Development Squad Head Coach following the departure of Sam Heap. He will be assisted by Michael Worthington, both will be here today so feel free to say hello, these guys are excellent coaches and I’m sure they will help our younger players development up to the standard of the NWCFL and beyond. I’ve added Kevin Jelly to our management team as goalkeeping coach, we’ve been without one since Andy Rohman left and I do feel it important that Ben and Michael have that specialist training and monitoring. I urge you all to get behind the lads today, we all have to accept we will always have areas for improvement, but I can guarantee our work is tireless in pursuit of success for this club, its been 59 years since Nelson Football Club won a league title, and 17 years since we won anything! Lets appreciate our position and support the lads rather than picking holes in performances on internet forums. It will undoubtedly be a difficult game and a full blooded derby, make sure your support is heard for the boys in blue. Enjoy the game Mark NFirst Division P W D L F A GD Pts Nel- 1 10 6 1 3 26 18 3 1 1 15 11 3 0 2 11 7 +8 19 son Han ley 2 8 5 3 0 17 7 2 2 0 7 3 3 1 0 10 4 +10 18 Tow n 187 4 3 Nort 9 5 3 1 16 11 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 11 6 +5 18 hwic h Ath erto n 4 8 5 2 1 21 14 4 1 0 13 7 1 1 1 8 7 +7 17 Col- lieri es 5 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 9 7 +5 15 6 2 1 2 9 9 2 1 1 9 5 +4 14 7 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 1 11 11 +1 14 8 2 2 0 11 5 1 1 2 8 9 +5 12 9 3 0 2 14 11 1 0 2 3 6 0 12 10 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 6 4 0 11 11 2 2 0 11 7 0 2 2 8 10 +2 10 12 2 0 3 10 12 1 1 2 6 7 -3 10 13 2 1 2 11 7 0 1 2 1 4 +1 8 14 1 1 2 6 7 1 1 2 8 11 -4 8 15 2 1 2 6 8 0 0 3 3 7 -6 7 16 0 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 7 6 -2 6 17 0 1 2 0 6 1 1 2 7 4 -3 5 18 1 1 3 10 17 0 0 3 2 14 -19 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 15 -11 1 Nel- 1 10 6 1 3 26 18 3 1 1 15 11 3 0 2 11 7 +8 19 son Han ley 2 8 5 3 0 17 7 2 2 0 7 3 3 1 0 10 4 +10 18 Tow n 187 4 3 Nort 9 5 3 1 16 11 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 11 6 +5 18 hwic h Ath erto n 4 8 5 2 1 21 14 4 1 0 13 7 1 1 1 8 7 +7 17 Col- lieri es 5 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 9 7 +5 15 6 2 1 2 9 9 2 1 1 9 5 +4 14 7 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 1 11 11 +1 14 8 2 2 0 11 5 1 1 2 8 9 +5 12 9 3 0 2 14 11 1 0 2 3 6 0 12 10 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 6 4 0 11 11 2 2 0 11 7 0 2 2 8 10 +2 10 12 2 0 3 10 12 1 1 2 6 7 -3 10 13 2 1 2 11 7 0 1 2 1 4 +1 8 14 1 1 2 6 7 1 1 2 8 11 -4 8 15 2 1 2 6 8 0 0 3 3 7 -6 7 16 0 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 7 6 -2 6 17 0 1 2 0 6 1 1 2 7 4 -3 5 18 1 1 3 10 17 0 0 3 2 14 -19 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 15 -11 1 In Town Today AFC Darwen THE FORMATION OF AFC DARWEN At the end of the 2008/2009 season Darwen Football Club ceased to exist after the club was wound up due to bad debts.