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Press Release News…Results…News…Results…Tables… th ISSUE No. 38 WEEK ENDING 7 May 2005 REVIEW OF THE WEEK At a board of appeal held in London on Wednesday the Football Association upheld appeals by Hyde United and Workington against a decision of the League’s Board to expunge Spennymoor United’s playing record. The FA also ordered that three points be awarded to Spennymoor’s opponents for each of the nine unplayed games. When the board expunged Spennymoor’s record last Sunday Farsley Celtic had become Champions as they won only one point in two games against the “Moors” compared to the six points deducted from leaders Workington and three points from 2 nd place Hyde. Following the appeal decision, however, Hyde United became Champions with Farsley reverting back to third place. Another significant factor of the FA’s decision was that the six points awarded to Prescot Cables catapulted them in to the play-offs above Burscough . As the FA’s decision was final and binding, subsequent appeals by Farsley and Burscough were rejected by the FA resulting in both clubs mounting legal challenges to leave the Premier Division play-offs delayed a further week. Fortunately the First Division play-offs were a total success with 1-0 semi-final wins for AFC Telford United and Kendal Town setting up an intriguing clash on Saturday in which Telford clinched the third promotion place in front of a crowd in excess of 4,000. In a thrilling two legged Chairman’s Cup Final Kidsgrove Athletic edged out Woodley Sports 7-6. UNIBOND “CLUB OF THE MONTH” AWARDS The final UniBond “Club of the Month” awards of the season have gone to FARSLEY CELTIC and AFC TELFORD UNITED respectively. Celtic took the Premier Division award with six wins out of six ahead of Blyth Spartans who won six, drew two and lost just once. Telford picked up their prize with five wins and a draw just pipping champions North Ferriby United who also had five wins but one defeat. The same two clubs also captured the ENDSLEIGH SPORTS INSURANCE AWARDS with FARSLEY CELTIC knocking in sixteen goals in their six matches whilst AFC TELFORD UNITED went one better with seventeen goals in their half dozen fixtures. UNIBOND “FAIR PLAY” AWARDS The UniBond “Fair Play awards for April have gone to GUISELEY and CHORLEY respectively. The Yorkshire side had just one caution in seven games whilst the “Magpies” took the First Division prize for the second time in the three full months since Shaun Teale took over in January. GATESHEAD narrowly won the Premier Division’s £1,000 first prize for the season’s best disciplinary record just 0.03 of a point ahead of OSSETT TOWN who pick up £750. MATLOCK TOWN were 3rd after a poor record in April and take £500 whilst GUISELEY win £250 for 4 th place. WARRINGTON TOWN won the lower tier’s £1,000 with AFC TELFORD UNITED, CHORLEY and STOCKSBRIDGE PS filling the 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th places respectively. ROLY BOWS OUT Marine manager Roly Howard’s thirty plus years and almost 2,000 games in charge came to an end on Wednesday evening when his side lost narrowly 1-0 to Everton in the Final of the Liverpool Senior Cup. Roly wishes to send his thanks to all the UniBond clubs and their officials who have sent him mementoes to mark his wonderful service. League Secretary/Press Officer Chief Executive Phil Bradley Duncan Bayley 7 Guest Road 22 Woburn Drive NEWSLINE Prestwich Manchester Hale, Altrincham M25 7DJ Cheshire WA15 8LZ 09066 555 800 Telephone:0161 773 4959 (home) Telephone:0161 980 7007 Telephone:0161 798 5198 (office) Fax:0161 904 8850 Fax:0161 7730930 e-mail:[email protected] e-mail:[email protected] 1 RESULTS ETC Monday, 2 nd May 2005 AVERAGE ATTENDANCES FIRST DIVISION PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS PREMIER DIVISION AFC TELFORD UNITED 1 EASTWOOD TOWN 0 Tolley 41. Att.2503 Ave High Low WILLENHALL TOWN 0 KENDAL TOWN 1 BAMBER BRIDGE 172 251 80 Smith 21. Att.319 BISHOP AUCKLAND 120 275 81 Tuesday, 3 rd May 2005 BLYTH SPARTANS 317 529 218 UNIBOND LEAGUE CHAIRMAN’S CUP FINAL – 1st Leg BRIDLINGTON TOWN 188 414 128 WOODLEY SPORTS 3 KIDSGROVE ATHLETIC 3 BURSCOUGH 211 366 143 Dicken 48, Meakin 63, Rhead 19,28, Eyre 85. FARSLEY CELTIC 240 785 104 Andrews 89. Att.134 FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 225 382 165 th Wednesday, 4 May 2005 GATESHEAD 202 708 108 LIVERPOOL SENIOR CUP FINAL GUISELEY 264 524 147 MARINE 0 Everton 1 HYDE UNITED 397 1301 210 Hughes 42. Att.470 LEEK TOWN 293 380 194 Thursday, 5 th May 2005 LINCOLN UNITED 133 165 112 NOTTS SENIOR CUP FINAL MARINE 284 471 217 Arnold Town 1 EASTWOOD TOWN 1 MATLOCK TOWN 298 461 179 Huckerby. Att.n/k OSSETT TOWN 157 290 82 PRESCOT CABLES 167 228 110 Friday, 6 th May 2005 RADCLIFFE BOROUGH 220 383 114 UNIBOND LEAGUE PRESIDENT’S CUP FINAL – 2nd Leg SPENNYMOOR UNITED 142 287 86 KIDSGROVE ATH (3) 4 WOODLEY SPORTS (3) 3 WAKEFIELD-EMLEY 165 318 112 Matthews 7, Sargeant 44,64, Norton 5, Douglas-Pringle 22 WHITBY TOWN 291 542 209 Eyre 62. Andrews 87. Att.392 WITTON ALBION 264 361 179 (Kidsgrove Athletic won 7-6 on aggregate) WORKINGTON 563 899 383 Saturday, 7 th May 2005 FIRST DIVISION PLAY-OFF FINAL FIRST DIVISION AFC TELFORD UNITED 2 KENDAL TOWN 1 Jordan 44, Parrish 54. Foster 7. Att.4215 AFC TELFORD UTD 1671 3774 1025 BELPER TOWN 201 406 119 NB – THE PREMIER DIVISION PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS WILL th BRIGG TOWN 212 368 123 NOW TAKE PLACE SATURDAY 14 MAY WITH THE FINAL THE CHORLEY 207 326 155 FOLLOWING MIDWEEK. CLITHEROE 233 421 127 PREMIER DIVISION TABLE COLWYN BAY 204 420 135 EASTWOOD TOWN 201 443 108 Club P W D L F A Pts GRESLEY ROVERS 318 517 223 ILKESTON TOWN 415 710 259 1 HYDE UNITED (+3) 41 24 13 4 80 43 88 KENDAL TOWN 218 389 116 2 WORKINGTON 42 26 7 9 73 30 85 KIDSGROVE ATHLETIC 159 479 109 3 FARSLEY CELTIC 42 25 8 9 81 41 83 MOSSLEY 244 476 158 4 WHITBY TOWN 42 23 11 8 65 49 80 NORTH FERRIBY UTD 159 261 101 5 PRESCOT C (+6) 40 19 8 13 63 54 71 OSSETT ALBION 133 339 76 6 BURSCOUGH 42 21 7 14 93 73 70 7 LEEK TOWN (+6) 40 14 15 11 63 52 63 ROCESTER 118 317 82 8 WITTON ALBION 42 15 17 10 56 44 62 ROSSENDALE UNITED 180 1036 78 9 RADCLIFFE BORO(+3) 41 15 14 12 60 61 62 SHEPSHED DYNAMO 157 427 85 10 GUISELEY 42 16 13 13 70 64 61 SPALDING UNITED 165 241 100 11 MATLOCK TOWN 42 14 13 15 59 67 55 STOCKSBRIDGE PS 175 338 111 12 BLYTH SPARTANS 42 13 13 16 53 55 52 WARRINGTON TOWN 147 423 85 13 WAKEFIELD-EMLEY 42 14 10 18 60 67 52 WILLENHALL TOWN 209 905 106 14 LINCOLN UNITED (+3) 41 14 4 23 53 66 49 WOODLEY SPORTS 111 216 65 15 MARINE (+3) 41 9 18 14 53 60 48 16 OSSETT TOWN 42 11 13 18 53 62 46 17 GATESHEAD 42 11 12 19 61 84 45 PREMIER DIVISION LEADING GOALSCORERS 18 FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 42 10 14 18 43 57 44 (In order of League Goals) 19 BISHOP AUCKLAND 42 11 7 24 50 74 40 Lge Cup Tot 20 BRIDLINGTON T (+3) 41 6 14 21 44 66 35 26 7 33 Steve FOSTER (Radcliffe Borough) 21 BAMBER BRIDGE 42 9 7 26 48 91 34 22 4 26 Mike MOSELEY (Witton Albion) 22 SPENNYM’R U (-24) 33 9 10 14 44 65 13 th 20 5 25 Simon BARRACLOUGH (Matlock Town) (In a FA Ruling on 4 May 3 points were awarded to Spennymoor Utd 18 4 22 Michael MIDWOOD (Farsley Celtic) opponents for each unfulfilled fixture. (-24) denotes number of points deducted for breach of rules) 18 3 21 Mark BETT (Farsley Celtic) 18 3 21 Adam MULLER (Wakefield-Emley) 17 11 28 Neil TOLSON (Hyde United) 17 10 27 Paul GEDMAN (Burscough) 16 10 26 Chris WARD (Bamber Bridge) 16 4 20 Paul PALMER (Bridlington Town) 16 2 18 Gary COHEN (Workington) 16 2 18 Wael NAZHA (Frickley A-10+2 for Belper T) 2 LEAGUE CUP COMPETITIONS – 2004/2005 LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP PRESIDENT’S CUP 1st Round 1st Round AFC Telford United 1 Willenhall Town 3 Blyth Spartans 2 Gresley Rovers 1 Belper Town 0 Shepshed Dynamo 2 Eastwood Town 1 Leek Town 2 Bishop Auckland 2 Ossett Albion 1 Frickley Athletic 1 Prescot Cables 0 Chorley 5 Woodley Sports 1 Gateshead 1 BAMBER BRIDGE 2 Colwyn Bay 1 Warrington Town 4 Kendal Town 1 Bishop Auckland 2 Kendal Town 5 Rossendale United 2 Shepshed Dynamo 2 Spennymoor United 3 Kidsgrove Athletic 1 Eastwood Town 2 Warrington Town 4 Mossley 3 Mossley 5 Clitheroe 0 Witton Albion 1 Wakefield-Emley 0 North Ferriby United 3 Brigg Town 1 Rocester 1 Gresley Rovers 3 2nd Round Spalding United 1 Ilkeston Town 2 Blyth Spartans 2 Witton Albion 3 Stocksbridge PS 0 Ossett Town 2 Leek Town 4 Bishop Auckland 1 Spennymoor United 4 Frickley Athletic 1 2nd Round Warrington Town 1 BAMBER BRIDGE 4 Bamber Bridge 1 Burscough 2 Bridlington Town 2 Frickley Athletic 1 Semi-Finals Chorley 2 Mossley 1 BAMBER BRIDGE 2 Leek Town 1 Eastwood Town 2 Willenhall Town 3 Witton Albion Spennymoor United (After Extra-Time) (Walk over for Witton – Spannymoor unable to field a team) Farsley Celtic 3 Gateshead 2 Gresley Rovers 1 Lincoln United 2 Final (2 legs) Hyde United 3 Kendal Town 1 Witton Albion 1 BAMBER BRIDG 1 Leek Town 1 MATLOCK TOWN 2 BAMBER BRIDGE 2 Witton Albion 1 Marine 2 Prescot Cables 1 (BAMBER BRIDGE won 3-2 on aggregate) North Ferriby United 4 Bishop Auckland 1 Shepshed Dynamo 1 Ilkeston Town 2 Spennymoor United 1 Ossett Town 4 CHAIRMAN’S CUP Wakefield-Emley 4 Guiseley 0 (Tie awarded to Guiseley – Wakefield fielded an ineligible player) st Warrington Town 3 Radcliffe Borough 4 1 Round (After Extra-Time) Belper Town 2 Clitheroe 2 Whitby Town 1 Blyth Spartans 0 (AET – Belper won 3-1 on pens) Witton Albion 0 Workington 2 Ossett Albion 1 Rocester 0 (After Extra Time) 3rd Round Stocksbridge PS 2 Colwyn Bay 1 Bridlington Town 0 Hyde United 2 Woodley Sports 1 Rossendale United 1 Burscough 3 Radcliffe Borough 2 (AET – Woodley won 6-5 on pens) Farsley Celtic 3 Ossett Town 2 nd (After Extra Time) 2 Round Guiseley 0 MATLOCK TOWN 4 AFC Telford United 2 Stocksbridge