Welcome to York Acorn, Thanet Road, York How the Teams Line Up York Acorn Eccles The Official Matchday Programme 1 Johnny Waldron 1 Mike Forgham Saturday 21st April 2012 2 Aaron Thompson 2 Mitchell Krog 3 Adam Sellars 3 Andrew Muscat Kick Off 2:30 4 Martin Wood 4 Mike O’Boyle 5 Damien Hilton 5 Bradley Lonsdale Today's Opponents Eccles 6 Joe Budd 6 Steve Barry 7 Tim Elliott 7 Kashley Watkins 8 Nick Caldwell 8 Marc Gilligan 9 Anthony Chilton 9 Mike Carney 10 Matt Withers 10 Marc Jones 11 Tom Hill 11 Payden Candland 12 Mick Embleton 12 Chad Grant 13 Jordan Hyde 13 Chris Smith 14 Leigh Reintoul 14 Mike Davies 15 Martin Mctigue 15 Mark Thomas 16 Adam Endersby 16 Adam Taher 17 Daryl North 17 Carl Mort Colours - Blue and Gold Colours - red/navy/white Referee: Stewart Kilpatrick (Oldham) U18’s Division One Champions 2012 York Acorn Our congratulations go out to our U18’s for winning the Div.1 Title £2.00 Includes admission Help Us Fundraise! 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Firstly our first team take on Club Officials Eccles who have made a steady President Tony Winn Chairman Mick Lumby start to this season’s competition Secretary Gill Blackburn with three wins from six games and will be a threat to upset the form book and halt our undefeated Rugby Committee start as Rochdale Mayfield nearly did in last Chairman Steve Bromwich weekend’s close encounter where the lads showed Members a lot of commitment in, what some may same a bit Alan Havercroft of a flat performance to edge out the hosts at the Andy Grant death. Dennis Byworth Gary Parker Louise Atkin Our A team start their opening fixture in the Phil Wyard summer league with Hull Dockers being the visitors Helen Speck today and the lads will also be looking to maintain Keith Myers the sort of form that has seen them unbeaten in the VALET SERVICE interim season and with last weekend’s semi final Club Physio win they have reached Yorkshire’s War Of The P. 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We are specialist in arranging tailor made holidays to various worldwide destinations. When you deal with Acomb Travel you will be dealing with the best! Call in at: 41 Front Street, Acomb Call us on 01904 782401 Or visit www.acombtravel.com Coaches Comments Welcome everybody to today's game against Eccles, Last week we maintained our good start to the season with a hard fought victory over at Mayfield, It wasn't our best performance of the season but it is always nice to get a victory especially away from home when you are not on top of your game. Today we will need to be at our best to get the points against our visitors and as it is is a home game it is vital we do not become complacent as we try to continue on our recent run of good form. There are no easy games in this division and we will be giving Eccles all the respect they deserve in today's encounter. Come on the ‘Corn’, Scott Who’s Here To Take on The Blue and Gold’s Today ECCLES started out as G.E.C in the NWCL in 1977 and there was no sign in those days that the club would become the most successful in Manchester& District league history. We finished bottom of division 3 that first season with only three wins from 26 games and then again the next season with two wins from 24 games. The following year we had a mid table finish in division 4 but because interest in the club was great we formed an ‘A’ team who would play in division 4 and the first team was promoted back to division 3. At this time Rod & Alfrieda Kindon, together with a committee which included ex-Salford player Stewart Williams and John Smethurst, discovered a derelict open air school in Eccles and after much hard work from many volunteers this was to become the club house that we still use today. This also brought around a change of name to Eccles ARLFC and a change of fortunes as well. After finishing third in division 3 in 1980-81 we went through the following season undefeated to claim our first league title. In those early days winger Ste- ve Evans became the first Eccles player to sign professional when he joined Swinton RLFC. More than 40 Eccles players have gone on to play for professional teams since then, including Great Britain & England international Adrian Morley Eccles were accepted for a place in the Conference division 2 for the 1994-95 season, winning our first ever match away at Barrow Island, and we were to stay in division 2 until gaining promotion in 1998-99. We stayed in the Conference league division 1 for six seasons before finally reaching the pinnacle of amateur rugby league, the premier division for the 2005-06 season. Unfortunately, this proved a step too far too soon and we suffered relegation. We are a relatively young side going through a transitional period and we be- lieve that there is a bright future ahead for the club. The Blue and Gold’s in Action What the papers say..... Last Time Out: Saturday 14th April 2012 Thursday 19th April 2012 York Acorn, are riding the crest of a wave at the top of Acorn snatch late, late win division two and on Saturday they host mid-table Ec- Acorn maintained their 100 per cent National Conference division one cles looking to make it six wins from six in the league. record thanks to a late penalty at Rochdale Mayfield. However, boss Scott Rhodes has warned his men A 79th-minute penalty from the halfway line by Anthony Chilton saw the Blue some attitudes must improve if they are to continue and Golds snatch an 18-16 win after trailing throughout. their great 2012 form. Mayfield opened the scoring on 11 minutes when slack Acorn defence allowed Moreover, they could be without a trio of pivotal players full-back Rob Kershaw to go over. Aiden Gleeson goaled. – captain Tom Hill, hooker Kev Brayshaw and half-back Acorn hit back on 16 minutes when a smart Joe Budd pass created a gap for Tim Elliott – this weekend due to illness.