Tadcaster Albion AFC HANDSWORTH PARRAMORE FC Saturday 9th April 2016 Matchday 3.00pm kick off at i2i Stadium PROGRAMME £1.50 John Smith’s FC The club is believed to have been In 1982/83 they became a founding Albion finished fourth in their first formed in 1892 as John Smith’s FC. member of the Northern Counties season in the NCEL Premier Division It wasn’t until 1923 that the Tadcaster East League, originally in the NCEL and won the NCEL President’s Cup, Albion AFC name was adopted. In Division Two North before league beating Farsley AFC 5-1 in the final. the early years the club played in the reorganisations led them to Division That was followed by an 8th place finish local York League. In 1948 Albion One in 1991. They rarely finish in the in 2011/12 and 6th in 2012/13. won the York League. They continued top half of the league in the 1990’s In the 2013/14 season Rob Northfield competing in the York League during and finished bottom in 2001/02 & resigned a few days before the start of the 1950’s & 60’s. 2003/04. the season and i2i Sports Ltd agreed Tadcaster Albion, in the early days, At the start of 2004/05, Jim Collis to take effective control of the club played home games on the site of became manager and at this point and company, with Matthew Gore the cricket ground on Station Road, becoming the new Chairman. fortunes on the pitch started to improve before moving to the Ings ground, near dramatically. In his first season, Albion In 2014/2015 the Brewers lead the to where the present Samuel Smith finished 5th in the league, the following NCEL Premier for most of the season, Brewery Packaging Block now stands. year a 3rd place finish meant promotion but a poor run of games in March led to Changing facilities were in the town, at was missed by one point. them finally finishing in third. the rear of the Falcon Public House on Jimmy Reid took over as manager in An excellent run in the FA Vase saw Chapel Street, and it was a common 2006, but his time was blighted by them make history by making it through Saturday afternoon sight to see nets, off the field problems. An attempted to the Quarter Final of the FA Vase corner flags, buckets, oranges, players hostile takeover by dissident commit- where they drew a record breaking and officials trekking through the town. tee members took a massive amount crowd of 1,307, but were narrowly Down the years the club has played of money to fight. Then in Nov 2007, beaten by Highworth Town. in several leagues. In early times, an attempted arson attack on the The Brewers also broke many other Barkston Ash and later still the Yorkshire clubhouse caused a lot of damage. records throughout the season – taking and Northern Counties East Leagues. Paul Marshall took over at the start of more than 200 fans away to Armthorpe Football continued on the Ings ground 2008/09, in his first season he played Welfare on a cold Tuesday night where until 1960, when the club moved 100 mostly local players and the team they went on to win 10-0. yards up river to its present home at the struggled and finished 17th. At the end of the season, the club Park. In 2009/10, with an influx of a few opted not to renew their contract with In 1973 the club joined the Yorkshire new key players, Albion won the NCEL manager Paul Marshall, and two weeks League Division 3 and were promoted Division One title. later former Harrogate Railway boss in 1975 & 1977 to reach Division 1, In 2010, Rob Northfield, took over as Billy Miller was unveiled as the club’s relegation was to follow in 1979 & Chairman of Tadcaster Albion (2010) new manager. 1980. Ltd, and the club became a company limited by guarantee. 2 TAFC Information Club History: Founded: 1892 Nickname: The Brewers Owners: i2i Sports Ltd Joined NCEL: Founding member since 1982 Midweek Matchday: Tuesday Club Ground: Club Officials: Address: i2i Stadium, Ings Lane, Tadcaster, LS24 9AY. Chairman: Capacity: 1500 - Seats: 150 Matthew Gore Floodlights: Installed 1995 Directors: Clubhouse: Yes Bar: Yes Kent Mayall & James Gore Hot & Cold Food: Yes President: Club Shop: At the ground or Website Kevin Derry Vice President: Club Honours: David Lloyd NCEL Division 1 Champions Head of Sport: 2009-2010 Danny Gore NCEL President’s Cup Club Secretary: 2010-2011 Ian Nottingham PROSTAR Cup Winners Match Secretary: 2010-2011 & 2011-2012 Ian Parker Programme & Website: Club Records: Mark Murphy Highest Home Attendance: Public Relations: 1,307 v Highworth Town FC, Karen Faughey TheFA Vase 6th Round Replay, Head Groundsman: 2014-2015 Dave Wakefield Club Photographer: Highest Away Attendance: Ian Parker 1002 v Halifax Town FC, Social Media & Website: The FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying, Jay Taylor 2011-2012 Highest Home Victory: Club Staff: 13-0 v Blidworth Welfare FC, Manager: NCEL Division 1, 1997-1998 Billy Miller Home Away Highest Away Victory: Assistant Manager: 0-10 v Blidworth Welfare FC, 2015-16 Season 2015-16 Season Matt Heath NCEL Division 1, 1997-1998 MANUFACTURER Performance Analyst: Richard Lawrence 0-10 v Armthorpe Welfare FC, Physio/Fitness Coach: NCEL Premier Division, Lucy Lendhill 2014-2015 SPONSOR Head Steward: Highest Home Defeat: Kev Wakefield 2-10 v Thackley FC, NCEL Division 2 North, 1984-1985 Tadcaster Albion (2010) Ltd is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales under company number 07422319. It is owned by i2i Sports Ltd (Registered in England & Wales under company number 08692193). 3 TAFC Directors’ Notes A big welcome to the Handsworth Parramore players and It was disappointing to have our Pickering Town tie postponed management who have travelled from Sheffield for today’s again. The rearranged game will now take place on Monday much anticipated game. The league leaders are on an April 18th which means we still have nine more games to play unbeaten run of 17 games and currently lie two points ahead before the month is out! As a result, we’ve brought in some of The Brewers. But with Taddy still to play that all important familiar faces in Richard Cresswell and Seb Carole to game in hand, the title race is looking like it’s going to go right bolster our squad. Both Richard and Seb have played at the down to the wire. highest level in professional football, so their knowledge and experience will be key as we enter this extremely busy period. Aside from an unexpected 1-1 draw away to Liversedge midweek, Handsworth have been the perfect model of We were delighted with last Saturday’s 2-0 win away to Albion consistency this season – taking three points from teams like Sports. It was great to see new signing Tom Corner get off the Worksop Town with relative ease. There’s no doubting the mark with a goal. Here’s to many more before the end of the strike partnership of Jon Froggatt and Kieran Wells has played season. a huge part in this season’s success, and we know Billy has been working closely with our defence to keep them both at Enjoy today’s match. It’s going to be a good one! bay. It’s certainly a hard result to predict, but one thing’s for sure, it’s bound to be a nail-biting 90 minutes. The i2i Sports Directors Matt Gore, James Gore & Kent Mayall Tadcaster Albion AFC - Keep up with all the news at TADDY both on and off the pitch. TAFC Match Preview Tadcaster Albion v Handsworth Parramore Greening and Adam Baker. Jon Froggatt and Kieren 9th April 2016. Wells are their leading goalscorers with 32 goals each in all competitions. This afternoon we welcome the fans, players and The Fox officials of Handsworth Parramore. The Amber Parras 3rd placed Cleethorpes Town play away at Brigg Keith Handley are 2 points ahead of The Brewers at the top of the Town today, Bridlington Town are at home to Retford NCEL Premier league table having played 1 game Town and Worksop Town are at home to Nostell more. They have 7 games left to play, 3 at home and Miners Welfare, but it really looks now that it is a shoot 4 away. Their last game of the season is at home out between Handsworth Parramore and Tadcaster to their ground sharing tenants Worksop Town. Away Albion.The title won’t be won today as no doubt there from home, they have so far won 13 of their 17 games are a few surprises to come, but one team will take a played and lost just 1, that being at Bridlington Town big step towards the title. I will go for a narrow tense back in August. 2-1 win for The Brewers. The away game at Handsworth Parramore was Best Keith Handley won 4-1 by The Brewers with 2 goals each by Josh 4 TAFC Fixtures Home Kit 2015/16 Away Kit 2015/16 1st Team Kit 2015-16 Season Sponsors TAFC Fixtures TODAY’S Game Next HOME Game Next AWAY Game Tadcaster Albion AFC AWAY FIXTURE NECL League Cup Fifth Round Thursday 14th April 2016 Kick Off 7.45pm v Knaresborough Town FC #tadallover TODAY’S MATCH Sponsor BALL Sponsor “to inspire players to fulfil their potential” i2i SPORTS 5 TAFC Top Goal Scorers 2015-16 Season Previous Seasons Player NCELP FAC Cup TOTAL 2014/2015 Josh Greening 20 0 0 20 Josh Greening 31 Jimmy Beadle 17 1 1 19 Adam Baker 14 2 2 18 2013/2014 Nick Black 8 1 1 10 Carl Stewart 32 Liam Ormsby 7 2 0 9 2012/2013 George Conway 9 0 0 9 Steve Jeff 17 Matt Heath 3 1 1 5 2011/2012 Andy Milne 4 0 0 4 Carl Stewart 16 Paddy Miller 2 1 0 3 2010/2011 Josh Barrett 2 1 0 3 Graeme Whitehead 20 Joe Thornton 2 0 0 2 Daniel Clayton 2 0 0 2 2009/2010 Darren Brandon 17 Jason Mycoe 2 0 0 2 Gregg Anderson 2 0 0 2 Carl Stewart 2 0 0 2 Conor Sellars 0 0 1 1 Jonathan Greening 0 0 1 1 Tom Corner 1 0 0 1 TOTAL 97 9 7 113 TAFC Manager’s Notes Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the i2i for today’s Having been with Seb at Leeds, Matt (Heath) contacted him and game against Handsworth Parramore.