THETHE ADMIRALADMIRAL Official Matchday Programme £1 NELSON FC Vs Daisy Hill NWCFL Division 1 Sat 14th December 2013 WELCOME TO LITTLE WEMBLEY—HOME OF ‘THE HISTORY BOYS’ Good afternoon everyone and WELCOME welcome to Victoria Park for this NWCFL encounter with our friends Little Wembley, Victoria Park, Lomeshaye, Nelson, BB9 7BN from Daisy Hill. Web: www.nelsonfc.com The visitors started the season like a Twitter: @nelsonfc1 house on fire, being in the top 5 for the first month with our very own Sakeel Manager: Mark Fell Abdullah pulling up trees before his Assistant: Tim Breaker 1st Team Coach’s: Andy Hill move to the Admirals in October. The Kal Hafeji loss of Sakeel plus Craig Farnworth Dev Squad Manager: Sam Heap going to 1874 seemed to start the Head of Youth: Vacant downturn of form and they currently Goalkeepering Coach: Vacant prop up the form table having lost Physio: Ryan Tweed their last 7 in a row. Scouting: Graeme Holden Chairman: Fayyaz Ahmed Tuesday night stopped our own am Club Secretary: Abdul Rauf Khan azing run of 7 straight wins when we Groundsman: Trevor Stanworth fell at the quarter final stage to AFC Media Officer: Vacant Fylde. A plucky performance against a Photographer: Mark Wilkinson strong side three tiers better off was not enough to drag us through. Honours So now we are left in two Football League Third Division 1922–23 competitions, the league and the Lancashire League 1895–96 league cup. There has been several Lancashire Combination 1949–50, 1951–52 fixture changes of late, these are represented in the fixture/results NWCFL Division Two Trophy 1996–97 section in the centre pages of the LFA Challenge Trophy 1907–08, 1954–55 programme. Lancashire Combination Cup 1949–50, 1950–51, 1959–60 As always hot and cold food is available from the bar along with a Bridge Shield 1975–76, 1981–82 selection of alcoholic and soft drinks. Can I take this opportunity to remind George Watson Trophy 1978–79 people that alcohol can only be consumed in the bar. Green Bank Shield 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92 The Admiral—Editor. Jim Towler Trophy 1990–91 Keep up to date with all things Nelson FC by visiting the official website www.nelsonfc.com Contact the club on [email protected] Main Club Sponsor The Gaffer... Mark Fell Good Afternoon….. I’d forgotten the hollow feeling a defeat brings until Tuesday night, it doesn't matter who we’re playing, we’ve set our standards high and I was really disappointed with our application in the 2nd half. We proba- bly gave Fylde a real scare, but the long and short of it is we’re not in the draw for the semi-final…. But we move on, hopefully we learn and we right some of the wrong in our performance from Tuesday night today, it still left me with a sleepless night. What Fylde did allow us to do was see how a football club can progress quickly, have infrastructure can be developed. I know Fayyaz was keen to look at how they had developed their stadium as we look at the medium and long term future of the club. We know that success on the pitch will mean that we have to secure investment in Victoria Park, I think the site has great potential and we are looking at projects to cover at least one additional side to the ground with terracing for supporters. The Chairman will be resurrecting his column next weekend to give his view on progress. We have three important games left in 2013, today we have to ensure we do a professional job, both Chadderton and Northwich Flixton Villa are recent reminders that if we are not on our game today we could drop points. That leaves us with Formby here next weekend and a tough Boxing Day visit to Rakesmoor Lane to face Holker. Formby are the best team in this league bar us in my opinion, they have significant games in hand and will be in the mix come April, but if we ap- ply ourselves as we did last weekend against 1874 it would be a huge step towards promotion. Holker on Boxing Day will also be very hard, they are much improved this season and although its like a home game for me as I’m a Barrow lad, for our boys it’s a long trip that we need to prepare for correctly, Christmas is therefore only a half day event for the lads this year, they’re lucky I’ve not got them in for training on the 25th. Player wise we’re pretty settled at the moment, Matty O’Neill has brought experience and quality with him from Nantwich and he will help bring on some of the younger players who are doing a good job at giving us different options from the bench. I’m getting a lot of enquiries from players about getting onboard, that’s a by-product of success, people are taking note of our progress and many want to be involved. As I’ve often said, bringing players in now is fine, but they have to be of the standard to take us up not this division, but the one above. The lads are heading out on their Christmas party tonight, so anyone planning on going to Leeds tonight is warned otherwise. I’m sure you will all join them in the bar after the game for a drink. Enjoy the game Mark Mark receives his November manager of the month award from Frank Casson NFirst Division P W D L F A GD Pts Nel- 1 10 6 1 3 26 18 3 1 1 15 11 3 0 2 11 7 +8 19 son Han ley 2 8 5 3 0 17 7 2 2 0 7 3 3 1 0 10 4 +10 18 Tow n 187 4 3 Nort 9 5 3 1 16 11 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 11 6 +5 18 hwic h Ath erto n 4 8 5 2 1 21 14 4 1 0 13 7 1 1 1 8 7 +7 17 Col- lieri es 5 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 9 7 +5 15 6 2 1 2 9 9 2 1 1 9 5 +4 14 7 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 1 11 11 +1 14 8 2 2 0 11 5 1 1 2 8 9 +5 12 9 3 0 2 14 11 1 0 2 3 6 0 12 10 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 6 4 0 11 11 2 2 0 11 7 0 2 2 8 10 +2 10 12 2 0 3 10 12 1 1 2 6 7 -3 10 13 2 1 2 11 7 0 1 2 1 4 +1 8 14 1 1 2 6 7 1 1 2 8 11 -4 8 15 2 1 2 6 8 0 0 3 3 7 -6 7 16 0 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 7 6 -2 6 17 0 1 2 0 6 1 1 2 7 4 -3 5 18 1 1 3 10 17 0 0 3 2 14 -19 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 15 -11 1 Nel- 1 10 6 1 3 26 18 3 1 1 15 11 3 0 2 11 7 +8 19 son Han ley 2 8 5 3 0 17 7 2 2 0 7 3 3 1 0 10 4 +10 18 Tow n 187 4 3 Nort 9 5 3 1 16 11 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 11 6 +5 18 hwic h Ath erto n 4 8 5 2 1 21 14 4 1 0 13 7 1 1 1 8 7 +7 17 Col- lieri es 5 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 9 7 +5 15 6 2 1 2 9 9 2 1 1 9 5 +4 14 7 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 1 11 11 +1 14 8 2 2 0 11 5 1 1 2 8 9 +5 12 9 3 0 2 14 11 1 0 2 3 6 0 12 10 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 6 4 0 11 11 2 2 0 11 7 0 2 2 8 10 +2 10 12 2 0 3 10 12 1 1 2 6 7 -3 10 13 2 1 2 11 7 0 1 2 1 4 +1 8 14 1 1 2 6 7 1 1 2 8 11 -4 8 15 2 1 2 6 8 0 0 3 3 7 -6 7 16 0 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 7 6 -2 6 17 0 1 2 0 6 1 1 2 7 4 -3 5 18 1 1 3 10 17 0 0 3 2 14 -19 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 15 -11 1 In Town Today Daisy Hill FC CLUB HISTORY Situated one and a half miles south of Westhoughton town centre and around four miles from Bolton, the village of Daisy Hill first saw football in season 1894-95 although it is possible that football was being played in the area for some years prior to that date. The first known honours for the club came in 1896-97 when the Wigan and District League Championship and the Westhoughton Cup were won without losing a match.