BARNTON Football Club the Villagers 2018/19 Official Matchday Programme Welcome to the Offside Trust Stadium Barnton V Maine Road Saturday 13Th October 2018, 3.00Pm
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BARNTON Football Club The Villagers 2018/19 Official Matchday Programme Welcome to The Offside Trust Stadium Barnton v Maine Road Saturday 13th October 2018, 3.00pm www.offsidetrust.com Hallmark Security North West Counties Football League First Division South Exciting attacker Luke Wilson-Jones has made a great start at Barnton with goals in each of his first three games Keep in touch with us on Twitter: @barntonfc or visit our website: barntonfc.co.uk THE SQUADS Saturday 13th October 2018, 3.00pm BARNTON v MAINE ROAD Aaron Lyons James Downhill Callum Shuttlewood Alex Fowell Adam Judge Ryan Smith Callum Richards Ashley Morley Owen Dursley Jamie Hill Niall Ford David Brown Chris Yearsley Rhys Jones Jack Nicholls Daniel Davies George McGrogan William Aldred Jordan Stafford Mark German Josh Kavanagh Sean Mills Dom Bazley Tom Keyworth Sam Houghton Jamie Roe James McShane Michael Burke Derek McShane Ben Davison Owen Preston Chrysty O'Brien Jamie Weeder Joe O'Brien Will Conway Oisin O'Mally Nick Newman Simon Thompson Steve Warburton Michael Dolan Matthew Rigby Owen Pollitt Rob Arnold Luke Jones Josh Crofts Tom Markham Ryan Malone MATCH OFFICIALS Ben Phillips Ryan Wan REFEREE Shae Mills Lee Guirado Alec Bagguley Lee Hendley Luke Wilson-Jones ASSISTANTS Jordan Cobley Dave Wolfenden Jack Shaw Ed O'Donnell TODAY’S OTHER FIXTURES Alsager Town v Cheadle Town Cheadle Heath Nomads v Abbey Hulton United Eccleshall v Wythenshawe Amateurs FC Oswestry Town v Stone Dominoes New Mills v Rylands Stone Old Alleynians v Stockport Town Wythenshawe Town v Ellesmere Rangers BARNTON Football Club The Villagers Our next match at The Offside Trust Stadium: Year Formed: 1946 Legal Entity: Barnton Unincorporated The Offside Trust Stadium, Townfield Lane, v Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4LH Website: www.barntonfc.co.uk Congleton Town Twitter: @barntonfc County Affiliation: Saturday 20th October 2018 Cheshire FA Previous Leagues: 3.00pm Cheshire League The Macron Cup First Round 2018/19 Admission Prices: £5 adults, £3 concessions, children free Midweek Match Night: Wednesday Home Colours: Black & White Striped Shirts, Black Shorts & Socks Life Member: Barbara Leicester Chairman: Steve Lloyd Vice-Chairman: Peter Lewis Secretary: Andy Williams Treasurer: Jayne Lewis Media Officer: Niall Owens Catering: Norma Lloyd, Julie Alcock, Wendy Williams Groundsman: George Matzen Programme Editor: Karl Ladley Photographer: Rob Hardley Head Of Football: Mike Alcock Academy Head: Dave Bryning Player-Manager: James McShane Assistant Manager: Garry Moore First Team Coach: Liam Page Player-Goalkeeping Coach: Adam Judge Physiotherapists: Darell Tinsley, Dan Ward, Matthew Williams WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS MAINE ROAD FOOTBALL CLUB Ground: Brantingham Road, Chorlton Chairman: Ron Meredith Secretary: Derek Barber Manager: Calum Sykes MAINE Assistant Manager: Jeff Newman Coaches: Sam Holthan, Rob Markham Colours: Sky Blue Shirts, Sky Blue Shorts & Socks Website: www.maineroadfc.com ROAD Twitter: @MaineRoadFC Maine Road FC was formed in 1955 by supporters of Manchester City under the name ‘City Supporters Rusholme’ when future Chairman Frank Thompson and a few friends formed a team, and after playing a few friendlies they joined the local Rusholme Sunday League. In the late 1960s the club switched to the Manchester Amateur Sunday League and also moved headquarters to the newly built Maine Road Social Club and hence the new name Maine Road FC was adopted. Ronnie Meredith was now the driving force behind the club and in 1971/72 they won the Manchester County Sunday Cup and both the club’s sides won their respective leagues. This prompted Ron to look for a new challenge and he changed the whole future of the club by moving to Saturday football in the form of the Manchester League. Maine Road won the Manchester Premier Cup in 1976, beating Abbey Hey in the final, and retained the trophy in 1977 by defeating Little Lever. More success followed on the field and after several years of moving grounds the club finally settled in 1980 at their present home ground at Brantingham Road in Chorlton. After an initial lean spell at the new ground, one of Ron’s ambitions was realised in season 1983/84 when Road won the Manchester League Premier Division, the first of four consecutive league titles. Derek Barber took over as manager in 1986 and the club's progress continued so much that, when the Manchester County FA’s new complex was built at Brantingham Road, Ron’s other ambition was achieved: progression up the pyramid. Maine Road joined the North West Counties Football League in 1987, finishing fifth in Division Two in their first season. They also won the Manchester Premier Cup in 1988 for a third time, beating Irlam Town in the final at Maine Road (the old home of Manchester City). The club has a unique record having won all five Manchester County Competitions; Premier Cup, Amateur Cup, Sunday Amateur Cup, Intermediate Cup and Challenge Cup. In 1988/89 the club were runners-up to Vauxhall Motors, but regrettably were denied promotion due to ground grading. The following season they went one better to win the Division Two title and take their rightful place in Division One. In 1994/95 they reached the fourth round of the FA Vase and were losing finalists in the Manchester Premier Cup in 1998/99. After twelve seasons in the top division, Maine Road were relegated to Division Two at the end of 2001/02, the first time the club had ever been demoted. Under the guidance of Chris Simms, the club's very young side finished third and then runners-up, resulting in a return to Division One. They finished 8th and 10th in the following two seasons, during which the club celebrated its 50th Anniversary. After Simms left to join FC United of Manchester, Ian Walker took over as manager in 2006 and the club continued to improve with three top-six finishes in four seasons and victory in the 2008 League Challenge Cup Final. Walker stepped down after a difficult start to the following season, with club stalwart Derek Barber taking the reins, but Walker returned for the following term and stayed until 2012, just after leading the team to another League Challenge Cup Final. The new managerial team of John Morrey & Chris Thomas took over in 2012/13, and led the club to their highest ever league position by finishing runners-up by just one point to Padiham, followed by a 4th place finish in 2014. Lee Bennett took over that summer, but resigned in November with Derek Barber again stepping in until the end of the season. Chris Hirst was appointed in 2015, and his first full season of management resulted in a very creditable 12th position with another young and inexperienced team. Since the 1980s, Maine Road has a long and proud reputation for attracting a succession of fine young players to the club. This success in spotting and nurturing the best young talent has continued over the past decades with the club's domination of the Umbro International Tournament. Over eleven seasons the club's Under-19 sides have taken on and regularly outplayed talented youngsters from around the world, winning the competition an amazing six times and being runners up three times. The record set by the team of 2003 may never be surpassed when eight of the squad regularly played first team football in the same season. Another factor in the continued success of the club is the outstanding loyalty shown by many players, for example the appearances made by Ian Walker (637), Chris Simms (556), Gordon Woods (465), John Morrey (421), Robin Gibson (386), Alex Jay (382) and Neil Chappell (380). The first five of those have also gone on to run the first or reserve teams. Another amazing record is that in the club's 60-year history they have had only eleven managers, of which eight have been former players. EMBLEMATICALLY SPEAKING Stewart Taylor examines the club crests of the North West Counties League The link between Maine Road FC and Manchester City FC is well known, in that Maine Road FC were formed as a Sunday League club by Manchester City supporters in 1955. The name of the club, of course, refers to the home of Manchester City prior to the re-location to the City of Manchester Stadium, to the East of the City. Given this then, it follows that the emblem of Maine Road FC is, at the very least, related to that of Manchester City. As befits many top flight clubs, the emblem of Manchester City has changed a number of times down the years but the current emblem, called a “modern original” by some, harks back to previous designs and differs only slightly from that of Maine Road FC. What we can readily see in the Maine Road FC emblem is a roundel shape with a clear reference to the name of the club and the year of foundation around the edges. The overall colour ways of sky blue and white are a reflection of the playing colours of the club. In the centre we see a traditional shield (escutcheon) divided into two. The upper portion shows a sailing ship on the now established wavy lines which represent a river or a sea – normally. In this case, the wavy lines represent the iconic Manchester Ship Canal. We have previously examined the significance of waterways to the development of towns and cities in the North West of England and it could well be said that the Manchester Ship Canal could rival the mighty River Mersey in its importance. Although established rather late in what we might call “the industrialised era” in this country, the significance of the Manchester Ship Canal to the fortunes of both Manchester and Liverpool should not be underestimated.