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LANCASTER CITY FC Giant Axe, West Road, Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5PE Telephone & Fax: 01524 382238 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lancastercityfc.com Welcome . WWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWELCOME Good evening and welcome to our Northern Premier League game against Morpeth Town. We would like to extend a warm welcome to their Players, officials and supporters along with the match officials and hope they enjoy their visit. Last Saturday’s defeat at home to Basford leaves us still looking for our first win of the season. The performance was a lot better than against Runcorn and we probably deserved to get some- thing from the game but a combination of missed chances and some solid defending saw our visi- tors leave with the points. It was encouraging to see the Covid regulations being adhered to and although it is not an ideal scenario for any of us, hopefully it should allow the season to progress without any further re- strictions Morpeth have made a solid start to the season with a home draw against Grantham being followed by a win at Mickleover and a FA Cup win over City of Liverpool sandwiched in between leaving them unbeaten to date. Andrew Johnson has started well for them in front of goal having netted in both league games whilst Jack Foalle scored twice in the FA Cup tie. Saturday sees us travel down the M6 for the FA Cup tie at North West Counties side Skelmersdale United and with no midweek game next week, the next home game will be Saturday 10 October when Gainsborough Trinity visit Giant Axe Enjoy the game. Andrew Satterthwaite CITY CLUB DIRECTORY President Ian Sharp LIFE Vice President : Barry Neswham Chairman : Stuart Houghton General Manager : Graham Dockerty Non Executive Directors : Eric Williams (Supporters Club) : Keith Winder Club Secretary : Sarah Pearce Assistant Secretary : Mike Sparks Club Treasurer : Amy Evans Gold Bond Co-ordinator : Pam Satterthwaite COACHING STAFF First Team Manager : Mark Fell Assistant Manager : Graham Lancashire First Team Coach : Rob Henry Goalkeeping Coach : Mark Thornley Sport Therapist : Paul Winstanley Medical Consultant : David Rhodes Kit Manager : Michael McGahon Assistant Kit Manager : Stuart Wilson Assistant Kit Manager : Michael Wilson OTHER PERSONNEL Youth Squad Manager : Lee Dodgson Club Solicitor : Peter Rutherford Club Chaplin : Fr Anthony Keefe Club Historian : David Cunliffe Commercial Manager: Alex Everett Club Webmaster : Eric Williams / Graham Dockerty LCFC Media : Alex Everett Club Safety Officer : Rob Hill Welfare Officers : Jan Walsh / Peter Davies Groundsman : Aran Rigg GroundStaff : David Hughes / Peter Benson / David Cunliffe / Moreen Cunliffe/ Rob Hill / Billy Heron / Tony Moorby / Steve Wright / Pam Satterthwaite PROGRAMME TEAM Editors : Andrew Satterthwaite / Barry Newsham Contributors : Fr Anthony Keefe / Steve Wright / Keith Winder / Ian Wood Printing / Compiling : Andrew Satterthwaite / Graham Dockerty Public Address : Eric Williams Raffle / Golden Goal Sellers : Jan & Ron Walsh SUPPORTERS CLUB General Secretary : Keith Winder Treasurer : Steve Wright LANCASTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB IS A TRADING NAME OF LANCASTER CITY FC LTD REG No 06010739 THERE ARE 8 SHAREHOLDERS ALL OWNING 11.3% OF THE SHARE CAPITAL THESE ARE : D.NEEDHAM. I. SHARP. E.WILLIAMS. S.HOUGHTON. M.HOYLE. R.MUCKLE. G.DOCKERTY. AND T.CLARKSON. THERE ARE 10 FURTHER SHAREHOLDERS EACH HOLDING NO MORE THAN 1.3% OF THE SHARE CAPITAL REGISTERED OFFICE : THE CLOSE, QUEENS SQUARE, LANCASTER, ENGLAND, LA1 1RS ACCOUNTANTS : CWRCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, THE CLOSE, QUEENS SQUARE, LANCASTER, ENGLAND, LA1 1RS Fell’s View . with City boss Mark Fell . Mark Fell & Graham Lancashire Well football is back and it’s doing my head in already! – says Mark Fell this week !! “Saturday we did everything but put the ball in the net multiple times. I thought we looked fit, strong and creative, we just lacked that ruthlessness in front of goal. Killer grabbed us a point but there was no one in Bower Fold who didn’t think we did enough to win it, including Simon Howarth (Stalybridge’s Manager) who was very complimentary about us. Fast forward to Tuesday, and if I had any hair left, it’s in the stand next to the directors box. I know my post-match interview raised some eyebrows but it’s the truth, we dropped our levels and that’s not acceptable. On another day we’d have been knocked out and that would be a disaster for the football club. We got let of the hook massively and although we’ll move on quickly, we need not to forget how vulnerable we are (or any team is) when not at our best. It wasn’t necessarily workrate that I was critical of, more that, with the players at this club our quality on the ball has to be better. Ironically; I know that we’ll be better Saturday. Basford will come and we’ll raise our game against one of the league favourites, we always do! On the playing front, two young players, Ben Anderson and Jamie Hodgson who trialed for us in pre-season have gone to Kendal for some game time and more experience. Paul Dawson should return this week and Nozza’s (and mine) ban is complete. Sam Bailey is our only worry with a badly bruised ankle. Finally a plea, that all supporters adhere to the social distancing guidelines at all times in the stadium. It’s a blow that we’ve been further reduced to 200 fans and that will have a knock on effect financially, we’ve been unfairly targeted in my view, especially seeing how little other clubs have done compared to us, but we need to be absolutely squeaky clean to get that num- ber back up ASAP. So if stewards or club officials remind you of the need to distance, please follow the requests, whilst enjoying the game and getting behind the lads.” Our Visitors ~ MORPETH TOWN Introducing our Pitching In NPL Premier Division Opponents . Morpeth Town Football Club was established in 1894, and through more than a century of football have continued the tradition of carrying Amber and Black as their team colours. The club was formed after an amalgamation between Morpeth United and Morpeth FC, playing at Stobhill Cricket Field. In 1954 the club moved to Storey Park, and in the 1980s enjoyed a successful time in the Northern Alliance, winning the title and finishing runners-up on two other occasions, as well as lifting both the Challenge Cup and Benevolent Bowl in 1986. The club spent half a century in the Northern Football Alliance before stepping up to the Northern League on their One Hundredth Anniversary, winning the Division Two title in their first season and finishing sixth in Division One and Northumberland Senior Cup runners-up in their second. In 1998/99 they made it to the final Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, losing 1-0 at home to Nigel Clough’s Burton Albion. The club moved to a purpose-built stadium in 1994, which coincided with a League and Cup double, and with it, pro- motion to the Northern League. Craik Park was named after the father and son W and R Craik who had served as sec- retary between 1920 and 1985. Current President Ken Beattie was the man behind the stadium and since 1992 he has revived the club’s fortunes. Membership of the Northern League followed in 1994/95 and the following year saw the Second Division Champion- ship being presented to Morpeth. The club finished sixth in the First Division at the first time of asking, as well as reaching the final of the Northumberland Senior Cup. After sitting comfortably mid-table between 1996/7 and 1999/2000, Morpeth narrowly avoided relegation on goal difference in the 2000/01 season and finished once again one spot above the relegation zone in 2001/02. The next few years saw Morpeth Town move back into the middle of the table before a sixth place finish in 2005/06, Morpeth’s equal top performance in the Northern League. In 2006/07 Morpeth won the Northumberland Senior Cup for the first time since 1886 (as Morpeth Harriers) with a 3- 2 victory over Blyth Spartans. Disaster struck in 2009/10 as Morpeth Town were relegated to the Second Division and things got even worse a sea- son later as Morpeth Town finished bottom of the Northern League’s second tier. The club was in dire straits with President Ken Beattie and Chairman Jim Smith trying their best to keep the club run- ning by bringing the ground up to Northern League standards whilst being forced to ground share with local rivals Bedlington Terriers. The club was within weeks of folding at one point. The Highwaymen began their revival in 2011/12 under the stewardship of Nick Gray who moved to the club from Seaton Delaval and brought a number of players. In his first season Morpeth narrowly missed promotion back to the top tier, finishing fourth and at one point won fourteen consecutive home games. 2012/13 saw the side improve once more, finishing one place higher in third position, beating out Jarrow Roofing on goal difference to earn promotion. After earning promotion Morpeth Town managed to avoid the drop quite comfortably finishing in seventeenth place. During the season, they also went on a then historic FA Vase run to the Quarter-Final stage. In 2014/15 saw further improvement, with the Highwaymen finishing eighth in the table and reaching the Northum- berland Senior Cup Final. The club was now beginning to attract high-calibre players to the area, with the likes of Keith Graydon and Ben Sayer signing from higher level football. Our Visitors ~ MORPETH TOWN Introducing our Pitching In NPL Premier Division Opponents . In 2014/15 saw further improvement, with the Highwaymen finishing eighth in the table and reaching the North- umberland Senior Cup Final.