Charnock Richard V Burscough

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

V BURSCOUGH NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SATURDAY 1ST FEBRUARY, 3.00PM

elcome back ISSUE 20 to Mossie Park EDITORIAL... W and on behalf of the club I thank you for purchasing a copy of the CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB Matchday programme. Unincorporated Association A Charter Standard Club I’d like to welcome everyone involved with Mossie Park, Charter Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5LZ our near neighbours Burscough FC. Have T: 01257 794288 a great stay here and a safe journey back CLUB OFFICIALS home after the match. Chairman: Shaun Tootell Vice Chairman: Geoff Haslam It’s been three weeks since we were last at Secretary: Dave Rowland Assistant Secretary: Graham Randle home, and in that time we’ve won two of Treasurer: Steve Mawdesley our last three games. It was good to see Commercial Manager: TBC Club Photographer: Alan Walker the team get back to winning ways after the Website Co-ordinator: Shaun Tootell mini-blip at Barnton a couple of weeks ago, Social Media Coordinator: Adam Donnellan as we completed another league double Groundsman: Pleasant View GM Ground Supervisor: Harold Heaton over Hanley Town. Kit Man: Jim Bibby Committee: Steve Porter, Dave Smith, Dave Dixon, Lewis Spensley, Brian Lowe, It is our Sportsmans Dinner in a few weeks Ian Livesey, Alan Baron. time, and we are still looking at obtaining 1st Team Manager: Ryan Donnellan auction items for the night, so if you know of 1st Team Assistant Manager: Dave Haslam 1st Team Coach: Danny Nolan. anything you can get your hands on, please Goalkeeping Coach: Gareth Jones see Alan Baron or Dave Smith. First Team Assistant/Analyst: Lewis Spensley Team Physio: Kate Smith Reserve Team Manager: Ian Mountain Hope you enjoy today’s game. Reserve Assistant Manager: Paul Charnley Reserve Team Coaches: Tom Charnley, Paul Billington Ian Livesey, Programme Co-ordinator PROGRAMME Programme Co-ordinator: Ian Livesey 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 23 8 31 31 Bennett J 12 6 2 1 3 13 9 2 38 37 6 Bibby S 25 2 8 1 1 33 1 3 198 52 17 Darr J 20 1 15 2 2 1 22 3 16 22 3 16 Dashti D 400 156 26 Davision M 18 3 2 6 1 24 4 2 82 15 22 Eastwood J 4 1 5 7 Fairhurst N 19 2 2 8 27 2 2 155 4 18 Green O 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 Griffith A 14 4 4 3 1 18 7 18 11 1 Grimshaw C 25 20 9 6 34 26 412 22 454 Haydock L 21 5 7 8 1 29 6 7 29 6 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 6 1 1 6 1 1 6 1 1 O'Farrell R 17 4 1 5 2 22 6 1 169 44 8 Oxley O 10 14 3 3 4 1 13 18 4 27 44 12 Pilgrim L 1 1 4 Regan D 15 4 1 8 2 23 4 3 46 4 5 Schofield R 2 2 3 5 2 96 13 2 Turner O 6 2 4 10 2 22 7 Walker J 19 3 1 5 3 24 6 1 92 10 7 Woods M 15 4 4 5 3 1 20 7 5 148 28 24 Young A 21 1 1 7 28 1 1 160 5 24

Premier Division Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 1874 Northwich 23 19 2 2 66 21 45 59 2 Bootle 23 17 2 4 59 30 29 53 3 Charnock Richard * 27 17 2 8 62 42 20 50 4 Ashton Athletic 26 15 4 7 59 36 23 49 5 Longridge Town 22 16 1 5 56 36 20 49 6 Rylands 24 15 2 7 49 28 21 47 7 Runcorn Town 24 11 6 7 40 34 6 39 8 Irlam 23 10 4 9 44 37 7 34 9 Whitchurch Alport 24 9 6 9 37 35 2 33 10 Avro 27 10 3 14 47 53 -6 33 11 Northwich Victoria 23 9 5 9 44 33 11 32 12 Squires Gate 26 9 4 13 45 62 -17 31 13 Winsford United 24 9 2 13 47 50 -3 29 14 Congleton Town 26 7 6 13 46 52 -6 27 15 Barnoldswick Town 23 7 3 13 36 53 -17 24 16 Skelmersdale United 24 6 5 13 39 47 -8 23 17 Padiham 24 6 4 14 26 47 -21 22 18 Hanley Town 23 5 5 13 31 51 -20 20 19 Burscough 25 5 4 16 21 59 -38 19 20 Litherland REMYCA 25 3 6 16 20 68 -48 15

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

ince our last home game against played some very S Rylands, where we convincingly good football. We won the game during the second half fully deserved to we have won one and lost one. take the 3 points home.

The game away versus 1874 Northwich Today we welcome Burscough who was a bit of a reality check. Having have picked up of late, so it won’t be done very well against teams in and easy but then again every game in this around us we suffered a heavy defeat. league is tough and if you switch off But credit is due to 1874 because they you get punished. We have to be at our are a good side and sometimes you just best today. have to hold your hands up and accept that! We made some mistakes and bad On the injury front, Mark Woods returns decisions and when you play a good to the squad after injury, along with side you get punished. Oliver Turner. The only other absentee is Jack Bennett, who is currently working Last week was an ideal game to put away in America. Competition for places things right and get back to winning is very high at the minute! ways. After a very even first half and a poor one from us, we made up for that Ryan Donnellan second half. Although we only scored one goal we dominated in possession and

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CHARNOCK RICHARD F.C. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME CHARNOCK RICHARD F.C. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME 05 StHelensTown_27-08-16_Layout 1 25/08/2016 10:24 Page 6

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 ASaturdaylport. We were adv isewed by thmadee league tha tamendsAt the efornd of ththate day we hdefeatave a respon siwithbility 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 gaame tbattlingo offer advice an d performancesupport on the day and atpre diHanleycament which m uTownst be resol vetod w ithtakein 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 whtheo visite d threeus on the d aypoints. Geoff is ver y inwell a hardcurr efoughtnt stand to ens u1-0re all tha tvictory. all 100 plus sea tsI 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 valuablecouldn’t advice on ground gmakerading mat teitrs otover a the matchimpossible . Adue second tooptio nillness would be to b ubutild a co vered 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 savfrome the club a thelot of m on feedbackey which could hav e I havethat w ereceived, can meet the Grad e G we requ ire didn’tments. Thes 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. play particularly well inw hi thech will befirst held in a fe w dahalfys’ time an d buthopefully wewe Burscough FC. We hope that you all will agree our preferred strategy going forward. One On the day, Gwereeoff took thmuche opportunit y betterto update us oinn ou r the issecondsue we mustn’t fhalforget is thtoat sh orunuld we beout the fo rtunate have an enjoyable stay at our club andcurre nt Ground Grading status. For those who are not position to challenge for promotion to the Premier familiar with tdeservedhe grading standard swinners., grounds must initially Division next season, then the ground must the meet the have a safe journey back home to Westmeet the FA Grading Standard H to gain promotion into the requirements of Grade F which will almost certainly North West Counties League. Following admission into the require us to raise the height of the stand to allow all 100 Lancashire after the game. league, all clubs must then meet Grading Standard G by plus seats to give a good view of the pitch. the 31st MarcMovingh in the followi nong yea rto (in o utoday’sr case 31st game, we meet a Burscough On a final note I would like to thank many of you who March 2017). The difference between Grade G and H is side who have been strugglingattended our re ceallnt Re seseasonrve league gam eand at hom e to Following today’s fixture, we will have justve ry mten inimal - Grade H requires a minimum covered Workington Reserves. Not only did we get an excellent spectator acchaveommodat iosurprisinglyn of 50, whereas Grade Gfound themselvesattendance on a Mo ninday aev erelegationning but it is fair to sa y that games to play during the next three months untilrequi res a minimum covered spectator accommodation of it was a superb game of football played by two excellent 100 (of whichbattle 50 must be sateate dthe and lo cfootated in o neof the table.young side sThey who were bwilloth a c recertainlydit to the game. I lost stand). Both Grading Standards state ‘All seating must count of how many spectators came up to me after the the end of the season, which seems a luxury at thisafford a good view of the pitch’ and whilst our current match to say that they had thoroughly enjoyed the game. seated standbe hold s j heartenedust over 100 seats, o nl followingy the higher 50 a good win at home last time of the season. As I write this article, we areseats meet this criteria due to the potential for standing That’s enough from me for the time being, so please spectators alweekendong the touchlines btolock inCongletong the views from the Townenjoy andyour day areand ho psureefully we ctoan l omakeok forward to still managing to hold onto our position in the toplowe r seats. It is fair to say that we have visited other seeing you again at Mossie Park as the season grounds recethingsntly and the s am difficulte argument could b e raforised usp ro gretodaysses. as they battle for three in the league, but there are a few teams closeas to whether some ground level seating at other venues afford a goodsurvival view of the pitc hin but wthise will le aleague.ve that for Shaun Tootell behind us with a number of games in hand. Theother s to debate. Chairman three favourites for promotion are now looking to Following a break of more than a month in their be 1874 Northwich, Bootle and Longridge Town 06 fixtures over the festive period, the Reserves have and only a big slip up from one of these teams will recently played three games, with two 3-0 wins open the door for other teams who are still in the against Galgate and Furness Cavaliers and a 3-1 mix near the top of the table. Longridge Town are loss last Saturday to title challengers Rossendale. still in the FA Vase and will have a lot of fixtures On the subject of the Reserves, we are now very to play before the end of the season, so it will be confident that following a recent meeting of West interesting to see if their promotion aspirations are Lancashire League clubs, the league committee affected by a deep run in the FA Vase, as we saw a will propose to scrap the rule which prevents couple of seasons ago with 1874 Northwich. players who have played five or more games at a higher level of football from playing in the West Three weeks ago, we put in a good performance Lancs League for a 21 day period since their last here at Mossie Park with a 3-1 win over Rylands, higher league outing. As you may know from my who like ourselves have an outside chance of previous programme notes, this rule has caused promotion. In that game, we struggled against a number of difficulties for the club, in particular a strong headwind in the first half but then took when our regular Reserve players are being asked control of the game with the wind behind us in to support the first team. Assuming that this rule the second half to run out comfortable winners is scrapped then the likelihood is that our Reserve in the end. A week later, we travelled to league team will continue playing in the West Lancashire leaders 1874 Northwich and were given a bit of a League next season. football lesson as they beat us 5-0 for the second time this season. Saying that, the score line didn’t That’s all from me for now but as always, please really reflect the actual game, as we played some enjoy today’s match and get fully behind the lads very good spells of football on a very sticky pitch, with your fantastic support. but sometimes you just have to give credit to the opponents who were ruthless in attack. Last Shaun Tootell

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.

elcome to Mossie ParkI first me t Ufornited ’s sethiscretary , John CThelayton , weekand a c obeforeuple last Steve Mawdesley and me had afternoon’s Lancashireo fderby their comm againstittee, at the Im periala H omeetingtel on the N owithrth Phil PlattA ne wand direc Johntion wa sHind, needed secretaryif the club was tando gro w. Promenade in Blackpool when attchairmanending the No rth of W e thest ManchesterRemaining s ta League,gnant was n o ast an o weptio n.sought We have h ad our near neighbours BurscoughCounties League A GandM bac k on the 11th June. Applicant problems to contend with. Finding funding for essential W to find a compatible grcompetitionound developmen fort and fiourndin greserve an appropr iasidete lev el for an especially warm Charnockclu bswelcome were asked to r emtoain outside of the meeting until the players, club officials bandeing s u mmsupportersoned by League of Chaitorma competen Paul Lawler inwh enextn term.our re sTheerve s imeetingde was only aheld couple atof eMossiexamples. T he the representatives from each of tParkhe six a ponplic athents w emorningre imonme dThursdayiate aim was t o23rd consol idJanuaryate at Step 6was level in the the Victoria Park club who havecal letravelledd upon to give a nthe intro ductory speech to the National League System and to be in a position to short distance to be with us today.assemble dWe thron ghope before be ing voate dvery in by t he constructive member s andustain t informativehis in the long ter m one.. The p la Weyers o weref our th ree clubs. As we waited nervously in aimpressedn adjacent room with, Steve the enthusiasmsenior teams h aandve ha dprofessionalism a fine season and once of ag ain this that you will enjoy your stay andMaw dehavesley and aI g osafet into co nversation with the Sandbach has been due to the management skills and dedication of the two very experiencedthe man a leaguegement te a officials.ms of all three. O n tThehe same and trouble-free journey homeco nfollowingtingent and quic klthey foun d themday to be I a wentvery so ctoiab lthee annual West Lancashire League Club game. We would also like to extendgroup. We g o at o n warm with them immediately and it was and administration side, we have been joined by David Smith enjoyable exchange. That day weSecretary’s made our first frie meetingnds in atan dthe Bria nCounty Lowe who FA hav eHeadquarters very kindly agreed t oin gi ve of welcome to our three matchth e officialsNorth West Count ies thisLea gue aLeylandnd long ma ywith it con tiGrahamnue. tRandle.heir preciou s Ontime athend fo agendar this we are was very g rtheatefu l. afternoon, referee Alexander Kelly and his Sandbach United are one of the sissueix newco ofme rsthe to th rulee concerningFor me, thi sthe is m ymovement fifth season as sofecr eplayerstary and I c an two able assistants Nalbi SadekNorth W&est CMichaelounties Leagu e this betweenseason and s ptheent t hfirste teamhone sandtly sa yreserve, hand on h eteamsart, that th ewhich 2016-1 7 chasamp aign Southern. Gentlemen you are mostpreviou swelcome. campaign at Ste p 7 in thcausede Cheshire us,Leag uase well as Garstangis one of the b andest th aLongridget I have enjoye dTown, in footba soll. 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 cmanylubs the yproblems have made a throughoutwho have the put i nlast a go ocoupled deal of t hofat tseasons.his term, litera lly. It is Burscough will be keen to avengegoo d the impr e 2-1ssion in home their firs t seasTheon in thLeaguee competi tiGeneralon Secretary,the combined eJohnfforts o fBrown you all th astatedt make th ithats, suc h a defeat suffered against Charnock onan dthe we w is5thh th emOctober well. Toda y is othef cou rrulese our lwasast ho m“restrictivee spec iaandl footb aunfairll club an andd such thea wo nLeague’sderful place to be. whilst the homesters will be equally gkeename of tothe scompleteeason not wit hstanding any play-off game Of course, we do not know just how things will pan out as that we may be involved in. To saymanagement that it has been a committeeafter twishedoday. Inde etod, w removee have thre eit v efromry diffic uthelt aw ay the ‘league double’ over the ‘Linnets’.specia l So,one woalluld bine anall un derstaleaguetement. W erules”. have Whilst gthereames to nwasegoti atae. Wlittlehethe ropposition we are in the pl ayto-of fs or we should be in for a great gamee njo ofye d footballsome wond e thisrful fo otball, thebeen t proposal,o many differe n wet left n theot is a n meetingybody’s gue s confidents but it is a sign o f thatthe su c cethes s that afternoon. Derby’s are invariably closevenu runes for affairsthe first tim eand, me t some really great people and we have enjoyed, when we are still talking about where made many new friends. When werule left o u wouldr comfort z beone removedin we w forill fin is theh am o startngst th e of top thegrou p 2020-21at this stage o f therefore, today’s fixture against ourthe Wlocalest La nrivalscashire Lewill,ague , we seasondid so beca atuse thethe c luWestb Lancashireaffairs. Whate vLeagueer occurs, wAnnualell done o nGenerale and all. no doubt, prove to be no different. Thehad g rLinnetsown and d evgainedeloped to a poMeetingint where ne wscheduled for 11th June. I would like to thank three precious points following a crucialchalle n1-0ges a homend new h winorizon s hadSteve become aand nece sGrahamsity. forD atheirve Row supportland | Club duringSecretary what was over Congleton Town at Victoria Park last weekend a busy week. as they strive to pull away from the relegation area. Next weekend, Saturday07 the 8th February, we travel Indeed, they gained a three point gap over bottom to Wincham Park the home of Witton Albion to take side Litherland Remyca after the Merseysiders went on Northwich Victoria who ground-share with their down to a 0-2 home defeat against Padiham. On local rivals. Following that the first team do not Tuesday ‘The Bears’ did Burscough a favour when have another game for a couple of weeks. Indeed, beating Remyca at home by 4-3, whilst ‘The Linnets’ the next match following the trip to Cheshire will be went 4 points clear of the Merseysiders when gaining on Saturday 29th February when we are at home to a precious point from an impressive 1-1 draw at home Runcorn Town. In the meantime our ‘second string’ to promotion seekers Longridge Town. has almost a full programme of games during the Since my last programme notes we have played three month. Today’s West Lancashire League Division 2 games, winning two of them. Our last home game fixture at Kendal United was postponed due to our against Rylands on the 11th January saw Charnock hosts being involved in a Westmorland County Cup achieve a fine 3-1 victory against a very good side. tie. However, we have a run of three consecutive home It was, arguably, one of our best performances of the games beginning with Furness Rovers next weekend season. The trip to Townfield seven days later saw on Saturday 8th February. This is followed by Mill us completely undone by an excellent 1874 Northwich Hill St Peters on Saturday the 15th and Longridge side who won in style. Despite the heavy defeat, Town Reserve on Saturday the 22nd. Please note that Charnock played some good football on the day and these three games will kick off at 3.00pm as will the perhaps we were a little unlucky to come up against return game at Furness Rovers on the 29th February a side that took their chances well and deserved the at Crosslands Park. With there being a dearth of first three points. Last weekend we were on our travels team action this month, why not come down and lend again and bounced back with a dogged display against your support to our second team? It would be greatly an improving Hanley Town outfit at Potteries Park. It appreciated by the lads. Thank you for buying the was a happy coach-trip back home to Lancashire. On programme this afternoon and for your attendance. behalf of the club I would like to thank the excellent We trust that you will enjoy your football and if you bunch of intrepid supporters who travelled to both are here for the very first time, we hope that you will away games despite the cold and damp. Your support return in the future. and encouragement is greatly appreciated. Dave Rowland, Secretary

THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME 07 IN OPPOSITION BURSCOUGH

ollowing the Second World War the as manager in 1991 was to bring about a change in the present Burscough club was founded in club’s fortunes as Burscough reached the League Cup Final and gained promotion back to Division One. F1946, starting life in the Liverpool County Combination. In only their second season, In 1992/93 Burscough lost 2-1 to Conference 1946/47, they achieved a unique treble, winning bound Southport in the Liverpool Senior Cup Final at the Lancashire Junior Cup, George Mahon Cup Goodison Park before 2,000 spectators. Success was and the Liverpool Challenge Cup. achieved by winning the League Challenge Cup with a 2-1 victory over Nantwich Town. Two years later they again claimed the Junior Cup and also won the County Combination title for the first time. In May 1995, Burscough appointed John Davison as In 1952 they won the Liverpool Challenge Cup for a Manager. In his first season Burscough went on to win second time. the League Challenge Cup for the second time, beating League Champions Flixton 1-0 at Gigg Lane, Bury. In 1953/54 Burscough joined the Lancashire Combination winning the Second Division In 1996/97 Frank Parr completed 50 years with the Championship in their first season and scoring 155 Club and was presented with The Football Association goals in the process. 1955/56 saw arguably the club’s 50 Year Long Service Award. greatest ever achievement as they won the First Division Championship ahead of non-league giants The following season after finishing runners-up in the Wigan Athletic. In 1959 they reached the First Round North West Counties League the club made history by Proper of the F.A. Cup for the first time; going down being promoted to the Unibond League. They also won 3-1 to Crewe Alexandra in front of A 4,200 gate at the League Floodlit Trophy and reached the final of the Victoria Park. Liverpool Senior Cup against Liverpool.

Another trophy winning spell commenced in 1966/67 In 2000/01 season the Linnets won the Liverpool season under manager Bobby Langton as the club Senior Cup for the first ever time after beating completed a hat trick of Junior Cup successes against Conference side Southport. South Liverpool at Wigan. The Lancashire Combination First Division title was regained in 1969/70 season. Following the resignation of John Davison the club appointed Shaun Teale as player/manager in May In 1970/71 Burscough joined the Cheshire County 2002 and the ex-Aston Villa defender went on to League, finishing runners-up to Rossendale United. The sensationally lead the club to its greatest ever following season they won the Liverpool Non-League achievement as Burscough became the smallest club Senior Cup and in 1974/75 the Cheshire League Cup to ever win the FA Trophy following a tremendous 2-1 was lifted. victory over Tamworth at Villa Park on Sunday 18th May 2003 in front of a crowd of 14,296 spectators and The Linnets also reached the F.A. Cup First Round televised live on Sky. There were incredible scenes as Proper on three other occasions. In 1977, a 1 -0 defeat almost 2,000 fans welcomed the team home to Victoria at Blyth Spartans, in 1979, a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield Park that evening but celebrations were dampened United in front of 14,000 spectators and in 1980, a 2-1 less than six weeks later as the club found it necessary defeat against Altrincham. to relinquish Teale of his managerial duties. Former Liverpool, Galatasary and West Ham United midfielder In 1982 the Club became founder members of Mike Marsh was appointed manager but after a poor the North West Counties Football League and had start to the season Marsh resigned and ex-Southport the distinction of becoming the Leagues first ever defender Derek Goulding took over in October 2003. Champions under Bryan Griffiths. An incredible end to 2003/04 season saw Burscough In 1989/90 season Burscough suffered their first ever finish with a remarkable run of victories that saw relegation, however, the appointment of Russ Perkins them claw their way out of the bottom three into the

08 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME play-offs for Conference North. Despite playing all fixtures, and were successful in this objective. their games away from home the Linnets went on to reach the play-off final where they only went down at During the close season the ground was sold to Bradford Park Avenue following extra-time. During the Chequer Properties Ltd who in turn leased the ground summer Frank Parr stepped down after 30 years as back to the football club at a peppercorn rent, the chairman with local businessman Chris Lloyd taking property company also purchased Chris Lloyd’s over at the helm. majority shareholding, but did not wish to be involved with the day to day running of the football side of the Season 2005/06 was another historic one for business, and asked Frank Parr to return as chairman Burscough F.C. as they went on to reach the Second and form a committee to carry out these duties. Round proper of the F.A. Cup for the first time in their history. In reaching that milestone they defeated New Chairman Gary Wright appointed at the end of League One side Gillingham 3-2 on a never to be the 2010-11 season to oversee the temporary move forgotten day at Victoria Park before going out to to short lived groundshare with local neighbours Burton Albion. Derek Goulding`s tenure as manager Skelmersdale United before moving back to Victoria ended in June 2006 when he was replaced by former Park midway through the season. Southport manager, Liam Watson. The 2006/07 season was Burscough F.C`s Diamond Jubilee and one of the One of Wright's first decisions was to find a ways the club marked the event was by playing in replacement for manager Chris Stammers, who a predominantly white kit with a specially designed resigned after a poor start to the 2011-12 season, with badge. The season was one of the most successful in former manager Derek Goulding making a return to history when the Linnets won the Unibond Northern the club. Goulding started to galvanize the side during Premier Division and the Lancashire Co-Op Trophy, the season, but he couldn’t stop the inevitable, and formerly the Lancashire Junior Cup, for the first time in despite a promising end to the season the Linnets were 40 years when neighbours Marine were defeated. relegated from the NPL Premier division.

The league success was only confirmed after a thrilling August 2012 would see renewed optimism for climax. On the last day of the season the Linnets won Burscough. It would see the Supporters Club get back at A.F.C. Telford United in front of nearly 6,000 fans. on board and help in the rebuild of the club. Goulding The victory meant they overhauled the New Bucks would spend the summer rebuilding the team on the Head side at the top of the table and won the title pitch, and a hard working Football Club committee on goal difference by just 1 goal from Witton Albion. would start to rebuild the club off it. Further success came when Unibond First Division Burscough FC finished the 2012-2013 season in mid champions Buxton were defeated 3-1 in the Peter table in 11th place and the following season they again Swailes Memorial Shield to round off a great season finished mid table, this time in 14th position. and confirm Burscough as Treble Winners. The club continued to play in the First Division North In their first season in Conference North, Burscough for the 2014-2015 season under Derek Goulding until finished in 8th position, but manager Liam Watson he left for Bangor City in October 2014. Mark Beesley and many of the players departed during the close was named Caretaker Manager till January 2015 when season. Assistant manager Joey Dunn took over as he was given the role of manager full time, he brought manager in July 2008, but was replaced by Andy Mutch in Liam Blakeman as his assistant. After a successful at the beginning of October. Burscough finished next first season in charge when finishing in fifth place to bottom of the league and were relegated back to Burscough made the play offs losing to Spennymoor the Unibond Premier with Andy Gray taking over as Town, Mark left the club just before the start of the manager for the start of the 2009-10 campaign. 2016/17 season along with many key players and despite their best efforts the club were relegated to The season was completed under difficult the Hallmark North West Counties League for the circumstances after chairman Chris Lloyd stood 2017/18 season. down and withdrew all funding. The Supporters Club accepted the raising of funds to complete the seasons

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his was another fine victory for initiative, scored three goals, and continued to play Charnock against Rylands, a team some excellent football. challenging for promotion. After a There were two early opportunities in the game for T the Villagers with Regan volleying over the bar and goalless first half it was the Villagers’ three goals in eight minutes early in the second Grimshaw firing wide. Ascroft had to save an early period that set up the 3-1 win. effort for the visitors as both sides looked to attack. Charnock struggled to clear on 22 minutes and There was one change to the starting line-up with Drummond’s cross evaded everyone and just slid Turner, unavailable with a cut eyebrow, replaced by past a post. A Rylands’ corner was headed narrowly Bibby who was back after a one match suspension. over the bar by Lees and then there was an amazing Griffith was available following an ankle injury and minute when Charnock somehow kept out three he replaced Lindley on a four man bench. O’Farrell shots from the visitors. Charnock continued to see had completed his one match suspension but was plenty of the ball but the final 10 minutes of the unavailable due to illness. half saw the Villagers on the defensive. Mark Woods The pitch again was in excellent condition but had to be replaced on 42 minutes by Lewis Haydock there was a stiff south westerly breeze that made an after taking a knock. Although the referee somehow important impact on the game. It was not blowing found four minutes of added time the Villagers went directly down the pitch but it gave an advantage to in at half time with a clean sheet. the team playing towards the Charter Lane end. Although the visitors started brightly it did not Charnock won the toss and decided to play take Charnock long to take the lead in the second towards the Mawdesley Plantation end. On this half, only four minutes in fact, Darr, out on the right, occasion it was Charnock’s ability to cope with the swung in a great centre from tight to the touch line wind that was one of the deciding factors in their and there was GRIMSHAW free to plant a header win. Having chosen to kick into the wind it was past Spencer. Two minutes later it was the provider important that they reached half time, preferably who turn finisher, this time it was Bibby hitting over without conceding a goal, but with no more than one a fine centre it looked as if it was going to sail out goal in deficit. They produced some excellent short for a goal kick beyond the far post and the visiting passing football ideal in the conditions and had defenders made no attempt to play the ball but the balance of the possession without creating any DARR nipped in close to the bye-line and neatly clear cut chances. Rylands moved the ball around headed the ball beyond Spencer into the far side well but they tended to be too direct and balls ran of the goal. away from their forwards on the wind nevertheless Understandably Rylands were reeling and there were some frantic moments for the home Charnock really applied the pressure and Haydock defence particularly in the closing 10 minutes of shot wide when a Darr cut back set him up. On 57 the first half. The second half saw the visitors really minutes Charnock increased their lead when they struggle against the wind whilst Charnock took the broke in numbers, Fairhurst, who had another tremendous game knitting everything together in

Teams: Charnock Richard: Ascroft, Bibby, Walker, Bennett (Oxley 73), Young, Woods (Hay- dock 42), Regan Davison 65), Fairhurst, Grimshaw, Darr, Nickeas. Sub (Not Used) Griffith

Rylands: Spencer, Gerrard, Molyneux, Kenny, Coyne (Crilly 60), Lees, Scarisbrick, Wolhuter, O’Halleron (O’Neill 73), Wynne (Whyte 60), Drummond. Sub: (Not Used) Freeman.

10 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME midfield, made the right choice as he moved forward and played in HAYDOCK charging forward on the right and he made no mistake in beating Spencer. The visitors responded by making a double substitution and Scarisbrick almost converted a Rylands corner before on 65 minutes Regan was replaced by Davison who had missed the games over the holiday period through injury. Davison saw his pile driver blocked in the area and then on 71 minutes Walker headed off the line a glancing O’Halleron header. There was still plenty left in the game with Charnock still committed to attack and the visitors not accepting defeat. On 73 minutes Oxley replaced Bennett who had put in another decent performance in midfield. Charnock were defending well with Young dominant in the centre and Walker making a real physical presence at the back. A Rylands’ goal on 81 minutes put the Cheshire visitors right back into the match, the home defence struggled to cope with an all-out attack and despite blocking several shots the ball fell conveniently for Wolhunter and he made no mistake giving Ascroft no chance to save. It set the game up for a frantic final 10 minutes but Charnock did not panic and on 85 minutes Grimshaw hit a shot narrowly wide; a goal at this point would definitely have confirmed the three points. However, the visitors struggled to create chances and another fine block, by Walker, of what appeared to be a goalbound shot on 90 minutes ensured that Charnock comfortably saw out the three minutes of added time. The game had been far closer than the final score suggested but Charnock’s neat passing game had been more suitable for the conditions and they had been ruthless in converting their chances. It had been a really excellent display from the team in green.

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harnock Richard failed to put a penalty when Hare went clear and appeared to dent in the promotion hopes of go down under a challenge from Ascroft but the league leaders 1874 Northwich; referee ruled that the goalkeeper had not made C contact with the striker and issued a yellow card two goals down at the interval any for diving. It was 2-0 however on the stroke of hopes of a Charnock fight back ended the half hour, Charnock were caught short of early in the second half when the defenders as the midfield failed to get goal side of home team made it 3-0. To be honest the runners and McGowen exchanged passes with Charnock created very little in the Hare before decisively beating Ascroft. Perhaps home penalty area and goalkeeper the best chance of the first half came from Darr Nosakhare was never really extended. when on 34 minutes he cut across from the left and stung the hands of the home keeper. The starting line-up saw one change from the team that beat Rylands the previous week; Woods had Bennett had a shot from distance over the bar not recovered from injury so Haydock came into before Knight saw two shots deflected as the home midfield. O’Farrell returned from suspension and team maintained their pressure. illness and was on the bench alongside Davison, Oxley and Griffth. Charnock were playing down the slope in the second half and if they were to rescue something It was a fine afternoon with no wind but after out of the game they needed an early goal and a another unsettled week the pitch was heavy and diving header by Haydock from a Darr cross gave cut up considerably. There was a very healthy the faithful Charnock followers some degree of crowd of 321 for this top of the table encounter. hope. However Northwich increased their lead on 53 minutes, a poor ball played out of defence set Charnock won the toss and decided to play up up the home side and Gardner beat Ascroft from the slope and struggled to make a real impact on 10 yards. Bibby responded with a shot over the the game right from the first whistle. There were bar and Bennett saw his deflected effort fall luckily four minutes on the clock before they got into the for Nosakhare to collect. Northwich half. McGowan brought the first save out of Ascroft before Darr had a powerful run but it There was a good header from Grimshaw to a came to nothing. Knight shot over the bar before, Bibby cross but it went straight to the keeper. on 20 minutes, Northwich took the lead through a lucky deflection. Parker’s shot flicked off a A last ditch tackle from Young on 63 minutes defender and wrong footed Ascroft. Three minutes prevented McGowan possibly putting the home later it looked as if Charnock had conceded a team further ahead before Gardner shot narrowly

Teams: 1874 Northwich: Nosakhare, Koral, Russell (Tinning 79), Jackson, Jones, Parker, Gardner, Woolley, McGowan (Weir 79), Hare, Knight (Cain 69). Subs: (Not Used) Hind, Well- stead. Charnock Richard: Ascroft, Bibby, Walker, Bennett O’Farrell 75), Young, Haydock, Regan (Oxley 85), Fairhurst, Grimshaw, Darr, Nickeas (Davison 64).

14 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME over the bar. Knight was proving to be a real handful on the right until he was withdrawn on 69 minutes. Charnock’s success has been built upon slick neat passing football which is really effective on firm pitches and they really struggled on the pudding-like-surface on this occasion.

Just before Christmas Charnock signed Nickeas from Croston Sports Club and the young lad has not looked out of place in the five games he has played since but he looked like he had run out of energy when he was replaced by Davison on 64 minutes. The 68th minute saw Charnock concede another goal and again it was a result of giving the ball away when trying to play out of defence, McGowan capitalised upon the mistake and flighted a delightful shot over Ascroft’s head into the far corner of the goal.

It was beginning to look as if Charnock were on the way to a really punishing defeat but they rallied and created several threats in the home penalty area without testing the home keeper. Cain had come on for Knight and when the Charnock defensive set up gave him a clear path to goal he cut in from the right and hit a shot past Ascroft into the far corner of the net on 73 minutes. It made the 5-0 scoreline equal to the result that Charnock had suffered in the encounter at Mossie Park. O’Farrell replaced Bennett on 75 minutes. Charnock won a couple of corners and McGowan missed a chance to make it six by scuffing a shot and Ascroft made an easy save. On 85 minutes Oxley replaced Regan. The game finished with Hare shooting wide when well placed and at the other end Darr miscuing when played in on the right.

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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 8 Northwich Victoria a 29 Runcorn Town h M 7 Skelmersdale United a 14 Litherland Remyca h 21 Barnoldswick Town a 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 tthehe Imp erconclusionial Hotel on the Nort h of the A seasonnew direction waands need edare if the clwithoutub was to grow . oodness me, just where hasProm entheade in B lackpool when attending the North West Remaining stagnant was not an option. We have had Counties League AGMdoubt back on th e they11th Jun e. areApplic anoutt andprob lemouts to c onfavouritestend with. Finding fufornding fother esse ntial 2019-20 season gone? After today’sclubs were ask ed to remain outside of the meeting until ground development and finding an appropriate level for being summoned by Lchampionship.eague Chairman Paul Lawl er1874 when Northwichour reserve side aside,was only a citou phasle of e xabeenmples. T he match we have only ten gamesthe re pleft;resentat ives from each of the six applicants were immediate aim was to consolidate at Step 6 level in the G called upon to give an theintrod uc mosttory spee ch open to the seasonN a intion a thel Leag ue top Syste m tier and t o b fore in a p someosition to four at home and six away. assembled throng before being voted in by the member sustain this in the long term. The players of our three clubs. As we waited netime.rvously in Thean adja cbestent roo mof, S tetheve challengers,senior teams have Longridgehad a fine season a nTown,d once ag ain this Mawdesley and I got into conversation with the Sandbach has been due to the management skills and dedication of The season has provided us with every cokindntingen t aofnd quicklyAshton found them t o bAthletic,e a very sociab leBootle,the mCharnockanagement teams ofRichard all three. On t heand group. We got on with them immediately and it was and administration side, we have been joined by David Smith conundrum, both off and on the fieldenjo ya bofle e xc play.ha At nge. TRylandshat day we ma daree our firthest frien dstandouts in and Bteamsrian Lowe w hwitho have v eperhapsry kindly agree d anto gi ve of the North West Counties League and long may it continue. their precious time and for this we are very grateful. the back end of September and stretching right improving Runcorn Town, Irlam and Avro pushing Sandbach United are one of the six newcomers to the For me, this is my fifth season as secretary and I can through up to the Festive Period and beyond,North W eswet Cou nties Lforeagu e ath istop seaso nten and s pfinishent the in htheonest lyrun-in. say, hand on heAfterart, that thstorminge 2016-17 camp aign previous campaign at Step 7 in the Cheshire League is one of the best that I have enjoyed in football. At times were beset and fully preoccupied by a plethorawhere they finis hed in out4th sp ot ofin th ethe Prem ierblocks Division. in August,it has been h arWhitchurchd graft and there are maAlportny individu als Like most of the newly promoted clubs they have made a who have put in a good deal of that this term, literally. It is of complex administrative problems. Thegoo d issueimpressio n in theandir first s eBarnoldswickason in the competition Town thhavee combi nfadeded efforts o fwith you all th‘Barlick’s’at make this, such a and we wish them well. Today is of course our last home special football club and such a wonderful place to be. surrounding the 21 day rule for the movementgame of th eof se ason nodownwardt withstanding any pl spiralay-off gam e the mostOf cour se dramatic., we do not know ju st Other how thing s midwill pan out as that we may be involved in. To say that it has been a after today. Indeed, we have three very difficult away players between first and second teams hadspe cibeenal one w oau ld be atablen unders tatesidesment. We haSquiresve Gate,games to neNorthwichgotiate. Whether w e aVictoria,re in the play-of fs or enjoyed some wonderful football, been to many different not is anybody’s guess but it is a sign of the success that source of annoyance to us for that past seasonvenues andfor the first timWinsforde, met some real lyUnited great people andand Congletonwe have enjoyed , Townwhen we araree still taalwayslking about w here made many new friends. When we left our comfort zone in we will finish amongst the top group at this stage of a half. It was to seriously bedevil us in Septemberthe West Lanca shire Lcapableeague, we did sofo be covercomingause the club atheffairs. Wbesthateve r inocc uthers, we lldivision done one and aonll. had grown and developed to a point where new and ultimately cost us a 12 point deductionchallenge s inand new hotheirrizons h adday. becom e aI n ehadcessity . Congleton Dave Ro wTownland | C luandb Secr etNorthwichary Division 2 of the West Lancashire League. This Victoria amongst my favourites at the start of term issue still rumbles on (read my secretary’s notes but surprisingly neither07 has risen to the challenge. elsewhere in the programme). In the meantime, we With three clubs promoted at the end of the fell foul of the needlessly complicated totting-up season, I really did expect more from those two system concerning cautions. This has been made clubs. Skelmersdale United are still trying to find bewilderingly convoluted by the introduction of their feet after relegation last term and the loss “competition specific cautions”, and this season, of their ground at Stormy Corner. They may well by the introduction of rules regarding temporary pick up towards the end of the season having just dismissals. This and the FA’s rigid Whole Game settled into their new home back in the town. Of System, ultimately led to the first team losing the others, Padiham and Hanley Town never got three points. On the playing front we have enjoyed going and Litherland Remyca has had an awful a great season thus far and have witnessed some season to date. Like Skelmersdale United, our memorable moments. Ryan has added to the visitors this afternoon, Burscough, are also in squad and continues to develop a winning formula transition, as they build a new home near to their despite the restrictions of being a small club present Victoria Park Ground. We wish them well. amongst some well-established and successful Next term should see many changes throughout sides in the Premier Division of the North West the whole National League System as the Football Counties League. Association makes the final touches to the ‘The Pyramid. There is no doubt that this will be Looking at how the season has developed thus the final major restructuring of the non-league far in the Premier Division, it would be fair to game which began over thirty years ago. It will say that 1874 Northwich have that little bit of affect us directly in that we should see teams something special and have shown just what it laterally moved throughout the north with clubs takes to lead the division and hold their position moving between different competitions because at the top for a sustained period. They will most of geographical considerations. Just how it all certainly be counted among the promotees at pans out for the North West Counties League

20 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME Premier Division we will just have to wait and champions Dundalk will host Derry City, while see. Perhaps our regionalised Division 1 will be newly promoted Dublin side Shelbourne begin life affected the most. back in the Premier Division with an away trip to Cork City; another tough call. I will be eagerly The new 2020 League of Ireland season kicks off in tuning in to see how things shape up across the a couple of weeks with Bohemian hosting Shamrock Irish Sea once again next season. Rovers on the opening day of term. Anything but love will be in the air when the big Dublin rivals Please give the lads your usual support this do battle on Valentine’s Day. It’s a tough start for afternoon in what should be a keenly contested Rovers at Dalymount Park. The fixture goes back local derby. Thanks for your attendance and have over a century and it goes without saying that this a safe journey home after the match. derby is an especially intense affair, traditionally attracting large attendances. On the same night, Dave Rowland, Secretary.

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CHARNOCK RICHARD 7 was seen of the visitor’s attack. Charnock took THORNTON CLEVELEYS 1 the lead after 21 minutes a prolonged attack WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE in which Woods looked destined to score when RICHARDSON CUP ROUND 1 he received the ball only yards out finally saw 7TH FEBRUARY 2015 FISHER find the net from eight yards. It was 2-0 after 32 minutes when Khambly bowled Team: Gavin Bates, Damian Dashti (Spencer Bibby Woods over in the area, GRIMSHAW making no 71), Liam Hayton, Ross O’Farrell, Craig Banks, mistake from the penalty spot. Burrows then David Fisher, Jamie Sanderson, Andy Roberts (Jack slipped as he tried to round Thompson before Bennett 67), Carl Grimshaw, David Burrows, Mark the same players got free down the right he cut Woods (David Prout 56). into the area and selflessly squared the ball to GRIMSHAW who scored easily after 32 minutes. Charnock, holders of the Richardson Cup, The match as a contest was over. Burrows then moved through to the second round with this headed on and Grimshaw hit a powerful shot comprehensive defeat of Thornton Cleveleys from distance straight at Thompson who pulled in a rearranged game after the first match was off a great save. Mark Woods was playing like a abandoned due to a serious injury with the man on fire seeking to release all his frustration Villagers leading 1-0. Charnock dominated the of missing the previous six months and he went game from the first whistle and were three goals on another mazy run down the left, Grimshaw’s up by half time. The visitors missed a penalty header from his centre was straight at the but finally pulled a goal back in the last quarter keeper. Just before half time Khambly burst of an hour. There was a remarkable finish to the forward and almost set up a shooting chance game with Carl Grimshaw scoring three goals in for the visitors but O’Farrell was across with a the final five minutes of the match. last ditch tackle to prevent the shot.

Mark Woods started his first game since the The start of the second half saw Charnock lose beginning of August and Liam Hayton was back concentration and Bates had to beat away a to full fitness following his knee ligament injury. close range header after Banks had conceded a Bennett had completed his suspension. Both free kick. Then Rowe was given an opportunity Randell and Norgate were ineligible because to shoot but his effort was off target. Charnock they had been signed after the original date for added to their lead after 56 minutes when the tie back in November. After a week that had Burrows again went clear this time he rounded seen a number of frosts the pitch had thawed Thompson to shoot into the open goal. Thornton and there were no problems with the game missed a penalty with Dawson shooting high going ahead. over the bar after O’Farrell had offended. The visitors pulled a goal back after 77 minutes, Charnock started playing towards the Slater shot from distance finding the far corner Mawdesley Plantation end and put their of the net with Bates appearing to be unsighted. visitors on the back foot from the kick off. On 88 minutes substitute Bibby lifted the ball Woods had a shot from distance beaten out over the defenders and GRIMSHAW was in to in the second minute before Burrows, under complete his hat-trick. A minute later it was pressure from Wood, shot across goal. When another substitute Prout playing GRIMSHAW Fisher put Grimshaw clear after 12 minutes he in and it was 6-1. Two minutes later the third shot tamely at Thompson in goal. Twice, when substitute Bennett played GRIMSHAW clear Woods and then Grimshaw put the ball in the and again the ball was in the net. net their efforts were ruled out for offside. Little

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BLACKPOOL WREN ROVERS 2 goal, a Sanderson effort being turned over the bar. CHARNOCK RICHARD 1 Charnock came more into the game as an attacking WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE force and Carl Grimshaw screwed a chance wide. RICHARDSON CUP ROUND 1 Charnock were now having as much of the play as SATURDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 their hosts and Jackson almost finished off a long run with a goal but the keeper arched backwards to Team: Kevin Baldwin, Phil Jackson, Liam Hayton, palm his dipping shot out from under the bar. James Price, Jimmy King, Alex Randell, Andy Roberts (Danny Grimshaw 79), Jordan Wilson Charnock started the second half putting pressure (Jordan McFayden 89), Matt Mawdesley, John on the home defence and after a spell of desperate Sanderson, Carl Grimshaw. SUBS: (Not Used) defending by Wren, Price just failed to get a header, Mark Chester, George Craddock. from a free kick, on target. As often happens in football, Wren added to their lead after 55 minutes For the second season running Charnock went against the run of play. Initially, Baldwin did well out of the cup at Wren Rovers conceding an early to come out and block a shot although the player goal and falling further behind from a free kick appeared to be offside. Hayton then fouled a player in the second half. Liam Hayton pulled a goal as he burst forward and Rowe put the resulting free back in the 91st minute. Despite fielding a much kick beyond the reach of Baldwin. changed side which included a number of reserve team players Charnock produced some spells of For the second week running Charnock were creditable football but lacked a real cutting edge required to come back from a two goal deficit. in the penalty area. Charnock continued to see plenty of the ball but as they pushed forward Blackpool looked increasingly Charnock had to call upon their youngsters as dangerous on the break. Despite all their approach manager Andy Westwell saw a number of his football Charnock were failing to create any clear first team squad unavailable for this game. Andy chances. Baldwin again came to their rescue beating Battersby was still injured and Mark Kerr suffered out a fierce shot at his near post. Jordan Wilson, a broken toe in the previous game. David Prout despite not playing much football in the previous was out due to work commitments whilst Chris two months, caught the eye in midfield and on the Robinson was ineligible because he was signed balance of play Wren were a little fortunate to be after the date (6th November) when the tie should sitting on a two goal lead. have been originally played. Damian Dashti was serving the last game of his suspension. James Danny Grimshaw, back after being unavailable for Price was back in the centre of defence and skipper several months, came on for Andy Roberts. Charnock Andy Roberts started the game alongside Jordan desperately needed to pull a goal back if they were Wilson in midfield. to remain in the competition but as often happens in these circumstances the goal did not come until Wren took the lead in the second minute, a throw in it was all too late. In the first minute of added time on the left was only partially cleared and Danny Rowe Carl Grimshaw did well up against the bye line on the drove the ball home from the left edge of the area. left and when his cross reached LIAM HAYTON at the It was a disappointing start to the game. Charnock front post he drove the ball into the roof of the net really struggled in the opening stages to produce from a narrow angle. It was another disappointing any form of cohesive play. Baldwin had to tip a shot defeat because Wren Rovers had not really played over the bar then he came out to block a shot as that well and their defence had looked vulnerable the defence opened up. There was 16 minutes on at times, most of the football had been played by the clock before Charnock had their first shot on Charnock but they lacked a real threat up front.

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PeterAshcroft-TrueBearing-Ad-125x60mm-Oct19-081019-Paths.indd 1 08/10/2019 16:54 28 THE OFFICIAL CHARNOCK RICHARD FOOTBALL CLUB PROGRAMME rare moment Davison tore down the left and produced a fine centre but Grimshaw headed wide. The half finished with a succession of corners to Hanley.

There had to be some improvement for Charnock in the second half and there was, whilst never consistently producing the football of which they are capable they played well enough to dominate the half. An early Grimshaw effort saw Kurasik conceding a corner and Regan hit a shot narrowly over the bar. A Fairhurst header from a free kick brought a save from Kurasik before Regan headed just over the bar. With Davison now operating on the right and making some decent runs the Villagers were controlling the game. There was a real scare on 66 minutes when Budrys had a clear header from close range but Eastwood got a hand to scoop the ball away; it was a really good save. Immediately Darr should have opened the scoring but with only the goalkeeper to beat he shot straight at him. On 67 minutes Nickeas replaced Davison and rather surprisingly took up a position out on the right with Regan continuing on the left. It was now Charnock who were winning corner after corner and their game had improved considerably on their first half display. The Villagers were finally rewarded for their efforts on 76 minutes, a neat move down the right finished with Nickeas finding DARR and he shot just inside the near post. It was another opportunist goal that we have come to expect from the speedy striker. On 82 minutes Walker replaced Regan as Charnock looked to maintain their lead and then Oxley came on for Darr. Hanley made a spirited attempt to get back into the game but Charnock stood firm. Grimshaw went down and appeared to be held down but the referee decreed that he was the offender and his protests saw him sent to the sin bin in added time.

After a very poor first half Charnock had come back to redeem themselves in the final 45 minutes and win an important three points that saw them remain in third place in the table.

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he reserve team management would went in 2-1 down at half time. The second half they like to welcome the officials, players improved their performance but we kept in it till a dubious penalty left us 3-1 down. A couple of late and fans of our neighbours Burscough T chances could have seen us grab a point but they today. We hope you have an entertaining held on to complete the double over us. afternoon and have a safe short journey Unfortunately our game today has been home later. postponed due to our opponents cup commitments. Everyone was itching to get the last We also wish good luck to the management and result out of their system and return to winning players in the first team today and hope you take ways. We will have to make do with waiting to get a another 3 points to build on the run of impressive bit of revenge on the team that knocked us out of results this season. the league cup on penalties earlier in the season, Since the last update, we have played 3 games, next week at home, weather permitting. with mixed results. We travelled to play a fast Ian Mountain, Manager improving Galgate side on the weekend that the M6 was closed at Galgate so saw lots of new parts West Lancashire League Division 2 2019-20 of Lancashire for a good few hours. Luckily, all the Aug S 3 Storeys a 2-0 Charnley, McNally lads got there in time for kick off. T 13 Burscough Dynamo h 3-2 Meite, Morris, Turner Matt Ashcroft rejoined the club over the festive S 17 Furness Cavaliers a 3-0 Meite, Pilgrim, C Rigby period so he came with us to get some minutes W 21 Rossendale a 0-3 into his legs. A great team performance saw us S 24 Walney Island a 1-5 Tickle dominate play for 90 minutes and allow Galgate S 31 Galgate h 7-1 McNally 2, Banks, very few chances. At the other end, we created lots Blackhurst, Hendy, McLoghlin, Morris and managed to score at crucial times, winning 3-0. Sep S 7 Chipping a 2-3 McNally 2 We then returned home for the first time in a S 14 Dalton United h 2-2 Hendy, McNally while. The pitch was sodden and we were touch W 18 Burnley United a 4-1 Hendy, Lindley, Tickle, Turner and go to play but a dry morning allowed us to S 21 Freckleton a 1-3 Hendy start. The pitch held up really well and we changed S 28 Mill Hill St Peters a 3-0 Hendy 2, Coley formation to look at allowing the lads a bit more Oct S 19 Furness Rovers LC1 a 3-3 Nolan 2, Hendy space to express themselves and attack, while Nov S 2 Dalton United a 4-4 Hendy 4 staying solid throughout. S 9 Garstang Reserve h 3-1 Hendy, Lindley, Meite We were really impressed that the players S 16 Kendal United h 3-1 Hendy, McNally, Nolan worked it out from the start, the first time we used W 20 Garstang Reserve a 4-0 Coley, Morris, Nolan, C Rigby the formation, and played some really creative S 23 Storeys h 1-2 Hendy football. We looked safe defensively and it finished Dec S 7 Burscough Dynamo a 5-1 Meite 2, Coley, Hendy, Tickle 3-0 but could have been a lot more, the quality of Jan S 11 Galgate a 3-0 Hendy 3 performance was high. S 18 Furness Cavaliers h 3-0 McNally, Nguethe, Tickle. We were hoping to take that level into the game S 25 Rossendale h 1-3 Ashcroft against the best side we had played in the league Feb S 8 Furness Rovers h 3.00pm this year at home. We knew that every player S 15 Mill Hill St Peters h 3.00pm needed to be at their best to get a win but we were S 22 Longridge Town Res h 3.00pm confident we had the quality of player to beat them. S 29 Furness Rovers a 3.00pm We had nearly every player back in contention Mar S 21 Chipping h 3.00pm after a few niggles and all of them wanted to play S 28 Freckleton h 3.00pm so we had to make some tough decisions in squad Apr S 4 Walney Island h 3.00pm selection. A few things went wrong in the build T 7 Longridge Town Res a 7.45pm up to the game but we outplayed Rossendale and S 11 Burnley United h 3.00pm eventually scored from a set piece. tba Kendal United a They scored a couple of goals through some individual quality against the run of play and we

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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 have spoken previously about lucthek it coul d have thirdbeen eve n mplaceore succes sfultopping. In the JohnFootbal l squSanderson’sads inevitably evolve ov er ttotalhe years and a preliminary rounds we won at Whickham in the North East number of new signings were made for this season. number of players that some teamsthen vinisite d Yorkshappearancesire to beat Harrogate Ra ilwofay A th454.letic. DeanSome p layTaylorers have fitt ed(375), in well and h avAlane made regular The First Round PArcherroper saw a h o (305),me tie again stTrevor old Masonappeara nc (281)es others d is Liamappeared ; s Haytoneveral did no t even the North West Counties League osignpponents Barnoldswick Town which we won after extra make one appearance. Over previous seasons Carl time. The home de(243)feat at Mos sRossie Park a tO’Farrell the hands of (212)Grim andshaw a nKevind David B uFisherrrows forme d(205) a successf ul goal I Staveley Miners Welfare was largely due to having to field scoring partnership for the club. Last season they totalled pre-season and then almost continuously an understrength thaveeam; sus pe allnsio ns made for Spenc er more Bibby, than77 go 200als betw e appearancesen them and there was th ebut expec tancy add to them during the season: andJosh Noitrg ate and Mike Fletcher all made them ineligible, that they would score a similar number this season. Ashley Young misSpencersed through a kn e Bibbye problem a n hasd then alreadyUnfort un appearedately domestic pro b 249lems res u timeslted in Dav e continues to surprise me. Some clubs losignsing Dan ny Smith to injury before half time and a missed making himself unavailable and he has been sorely missed. penalty all contribuinted t ao t he Charnock defeat. If we had wo shirtn we and this puts him in eighth on as many as six or seven players inw ooneuld hav e had a place.trip up to pl ayOverall, South Shields otof the date, anotherIn the 2015-16 s36eason Dplayersamian Dasht i phaveassed th e Northern League who are now through to the Wembley landmark of 500 appearances for the first team and he week, how can so many new playersfin al.be At the time thmadeey were av eoverraging g aates centuryof over 1200. of appearanceshas continued to feature infor mos t thematch sclubquads th is Win or lose it wousinceld have be e1993.n a bumper pItay disay foanr the outstandingseason. He is n orecordw approachi nofg 55 0loyalty appearance s which incorporated into a team successfully?club with a share of the gate receipts and more FA is another remarkable record of dedication to Charnock money for reachintog th aourt stage oclub.f the competition. As it Richard FC. There have been other impressive Some players at this level are like elsewherewas Stave ley made the journey, pocketed the money and performances by players this season but for me one lost 3-0. player has stood out above anyone else - Ross O’Farrell in the professional and semi-professional has had an outstanding season to date. Ross is another Charnock were drTheawn aw acrowdsy to Bamber B rfollowingidge in the first ourp lapromotionyer that has been at Ctohar ntheock fo r NWCLalmost all h is leagues and follow the money; if it driesrou nupd of th e Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy, it was our career first appearing in the ‘A’ team back in season debut in the compinetiti on 2016 and again st have all the od d beens came markedly2007-08 fro m up whe re from he has w o ourrked h is daysway up to at one club they are quick to find suitableaway with a 2-0 winin. D rtheawn aw aWesty at Ashto nLancashire Athletic in the League,become a regul arbut in the filastrst team sseasonquad. He is 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 loclubst 1-0. A shwereton went on ato winlittle disappointed with the remuneration at another. 2-1 against Radcliffe Borough in the final at the Macron Finally I must mention the support that the club have Stadium after knocattendancesking out Chorley in the seatmi-f inaMossiel. A little Parkenjoyed bowhichth home an d overallaway. To date hwereome atte ndances more accuracy with our shooting at Ashton and who knows have only dropped below 100 once and the average so Unlike the West Lancashire League the NWCL everywhat could have hshowingappened? In our alea downwardgue cup debuts we tendency.far is 140. E vIneryo nCharnock’se at the club has put infirst a remar kable made early exits inseason both compet itinions .the In the MNWCLacron Cup the homeamount of timattendancee and effort and com eoverall May we will be Saturday publish all the new registrations duringwe were u nlucky to lose 2-1 at Handley Town, the winning looking forward to our second season in the North West the previous seven days and also the inter-clubpenalty be ing awatotalrded for t he was ball hit tin boostedg Josh Norgate ’s by theCou n newlyties League . Iformed hope to be wr iti Cityng this c o oflumn again shoulder. We successfully negotiated our way through the next season, many thanks for reading it. transfers. It always makes for interesting reading.Reusch Fir st DivisLiverpoolion Cup to the qua rwhoter-finals joinedwhere we the league at the same time lost 4-1 at home to Widnes. A quick check through the squads in the Premier and they brought along Kaneith Rimpressiveeader following. Division suggests that the clubs signing most The 2017/8 season saw30 both City of Liverpool, players during the season, not surprisingly, are who had won promotion with Charnock, and the teams that are not amongst the front runners Runcorn Linnets both bringing a good number of in the table. Charnock have for many years relied supporters to Mossie Close. The Linnets however on players who have been loyal to the club and this won promotion and their supporters last season policy has not really changed this season under added to the attendances in the Northern Premier the stewardship of Ryan Donnellan with only a few League. With City of Liverpool departing to the new registrations since the season kicked off. NPL last May another 200 plus crowd has been missing this term. However Charnock’s home My recent selection of, in my opinion, Charnock’s attendances have shown a marked increase so far best team from players who represented the club this season. Looking at the league attendances between 2010 and 2019 revealed the number our lowest crowd is 101 and this is the first season of appearances that the players had made at since we started charging admission that there this club. I was amazed that 16 players could have been at least 100 spectators at every home have made a total of almost 4000 appearances. game. Our largest crowds this season at Mossie It, of course, set me looking at the players who Park have come in the cup games with 234 the have been so faithful to Charnock over the years. top gate for the FA Cup game against Longridge Unfortunately the records only go back to 1993 Town on 24th August. The home fixture against so there are a number of players who over the 1874 Northwich attracted 216 but once again it years would qualify for recognition but there is odds on that they will be playing at a higher are no details available. The player with the level next season so we will not see our funds most appearances for the club, 713, is legend boosted by a visit from them. Andy Roberts who played from 1995 to 2015. He is followed by Damian Dashti with 556 and Keith Reader following the 1874 Northwich match on Saturday 18th January Carl Grimshaw with 455 has taken

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