65 Ramsbottom United v Hyde United

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Hello everyone and welcome to tonight’sfirst ever match between our two teams.I’d like to welcome the match officials aswell as the officials, players and support-ers of Hyde United. Despite what youmight have heard about Tuesday’s match,Rammy is a lovely, friendly little club, andI’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit to our town.

The fracas at the end of Tuesday’smatch was what I would consider juvenilebehaviour by a number of people. Therewas a lot of pushing and shouting with noreal intent and the refereee dealt with thesituation correctly, in my opinion. Thatsaid, neither I, nor the club, will toleratethat kind of behaviour nor its effect on ourreputation and these feelings have beenmade very clear to everyone involved.This kind of mark on a club’s reputationtakes a lot to shift, and we have enoughon our plate without having to considerthis kind of stupidity.Tuesday’s performance was heartening,

and there were a lot more positives to thedisplay than at Rushall, though there is stilla long way to go. At the moment we’remissing a killer instinct in that final thirdand, although some people would placethe blame at the striker’s door, it’s impor-tance to realise how important service andsupport are. We need bodies to pick uploose balls in there and create the oppor-tunities. We did have a lot of posession,but we need more penetration, whichrequires some composure and a bit ofguile. We looked a lot more dangerousthan we had at Rushall, and passed theball quickly and accurately, though we sel-dom looked like breaking through the solidBuxton defence. This is a situation we’reworking hard on rectifying.I’d like to take the opportunity to thank

the supporters for your patience. You willhave seen some of the style of ‘proper’football that I’m intent on seeing us play,and I’m sure you’ll appreciate that it takestime to get this kind of new squad working

together effectively. I guarantee that theperformances will come good - at times onTuesday you could see us quickly andaccurately moving the ball around in waysthat Rammy has never seen before. Thiscan only improve with time, and willbecome the norm rather than the excep-tion in our play.We are grateful for the words of support

that we’re getting from fans, particularlythose around the dug-out. They can be arowdy bunch, and I don’t always agreewhat some of them have to say, but theyare passionate about Rammy and don’thide behind a pseudonym or a computer.I won’t take any abuse for our players, andam not afraid to confront anyone aboutthis, but I am happy to speak with anyonewho approaches us respectfully.I do read the club forum now and again,

and I understand that some people are nottoo impressed with the way things aregoing. Everyone has their opinion, and isentitled to it - I’m not going to pass judge-ment on opinions. It does gall me a littlewhen people are just factually wrong, orwhen they have a direct and unfair swipeat certain players. We have a lot of youngplayers, and a team which is trying to findits feet. Also, certain players will reallycome into their own when this team startsto work together effectively. Some mightnot yet be good enough, and we will workwith them on improving their game, butcalling players “finished” or having a directgo at them won’t do anyone’s confidenceany good, as we saw with Shelton Payne.

Shelton’s main issue, as it was withDonal McDermott last season, is wherehis head and his heart is. He has greatskill and ability, but that doesn’t shine ifyour confidence is shot. If we dig deepand support players who main not be per-forming particularly well, then we will helpthem to overcome these issues, and willultimately have loyal players who weartheir heart on their sleeve.jo

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Welcome to the Harry WilliamsRiverside Stadium for today’s Evo-Stik Premier Division game againstHyde United.To the best of my knowledge, the

Rams have never played Hydebefore, so it’s a special welcome toeveryone connected with this fine oldclub, and a warm welcome also tothis afternoon’s match officials.It’s great to see the “United” back

in our visitors’ name. No doubt thefinancial arrangements with Man-chester’s “other” club which resultedin the name change along with thetemporary dropping of the traditionalred shirts, proved beneficial at thetime, but to outsiders like me, it didlook as though the club had sold it’ssoul for a while. Financial crises haveseemed to follow Hyde around overrecent seasons, but a fresh start as aSupporters owned club will hopefullyprove to be the beginning of a newera.

Hyde United are probably histori-cally recognised on two fronts. Thathorrific drubbing they received at Pre-ston North End over a century ago(although I seem to remember it wasa fore-runner of the current club), andthen being part of the artificial surfaceexperiment from the 1980’s.

Along with Luton Town, PrestonNorth End, QPR and Oldham Athletic,Hyde installed their own version,which, although not to everyone’staste, was certainly a great improve-ment on the old surface at EwenFields, which, on occasions, resem-bled a ploughed field! Believe it ornot, I have, in my loft, a piece of thatvery synthetic turf! On visiting theground during the summer that it wasripped up, I found a small piece lyingpitch-side so (and I do apologise forthis) I pinched it as a souvenir. Betthere’s not much of that pitch still inexistence. (Offers anyone?!)I’ve also seen the development of

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Ewen Fields over the years into a fineground, more than capable of hostingtop level non-league football. A far cryfrom the days when the teams usedthe long-since demolished adjacentschool buildings as changing rooms.Those were the days when twomuch-missed people were at thehelm at Hyde, manager Pete O’Brienand Chairman Peter Pluck. I used totravel to Ewen Fields on many occa-sions back then, and always enjoyedthe atmosphere, especially from thenoisy shed!The last two seasons have been a

nightmare for the club after hitting thenon-league heights, but with GaryLowe and Martyn Booty back incharge, I’m sure this season will seea resurgence for this fine old club.Today should be quite a test for our

lads.

NOT QUITE THE STARTTwo games gone and two defeats.

The bookies will already be saying“We told you so”. But let’s remember

one thing.....over recent seasons wehave ALWAYS started badly. It’s notdone us too much harm though, hasit?!Apparently we got our just desserts

at Rushall, but Tuesday night provedto be a tight game, settled ultimatelyby an early goal. After that it wasmuch a case of a midfield battle,where, despite some good movementand passing, neither side producedmuch in front of goal.The silly finale is best forgotten as

it was totally out of tune with the restof the match, but there was sufficienton the night to hopefully see usbeginning to develop as a team. Atthe end of the day, this is still a newsquad that will naturally take time tobed in.

It’s an awfully long season, withmany points to aim for, so despite theearly setbacks, I, for one, amlooking forward positively toanother entertaining cam-paign.

ex-Rammy full-back Lee Nevillereturns to theRiverside withHyde


Unknown to many supporters,Wayne Goodison, the new clubcoach, has a huge amount of experi-ence, not just at non-league, but atevery level of the game. We had a lit-tle chat about his background both asa player and as a coach.“I really don’t like banging on about

my playing career, and most playersdon’t know anything about it unlessthey go hunting for themselves. I’mnot one for going ‘I did this’, or ‘I didthat’. At the end of the day I had avery average career as a professionalfootballer really, and it was a goodlong time ago now - as you can tellfrom the old black and white photoswe used to have back in the 80s!”Wayne left school at sixteen years

of age to take on a two-year footballapprenticeship at Barnsley, a teamthat was, at that time, in the old Divi-sion Two, which would now be theChampionship. He was lucky enoughto be signed on professional termswith the club at the end of that period,making his full debut shortly after-

wards, back in 1982. He played first-team football for the next four and ahalf years before going on loan toCrewe under the long-serving DarioGradi (who’s still at the club after 32years!).“Crewe were in the Fourth Division

then, but I was really impressed withthe way the club was run. They had afantastic setup, and a great manager.Initially it was a month’s loan, thatthen became two months, and even-tually I was there for three and a halfyears.” Crewe had an amazing youth policy

and set-up, even back then, whichwas the envy of many a club, andwas responsible for players such asEngland Captain David Platt, RobbieSavage, Neil Lennon and SteveJones, and Dario Gradi’s efforts withregard to player development andtechnical excellence were second tonone.“It was a great place to play. We

even managed to get promotion forthe second time in Crewe’s history!

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“After Crewe I spent two years play-ing for Rochdale, which someRammy fans may even remember. Ireally enjoyed my time there.“Football was a very different game

back then, particularly at that level.We all laugh now about how muchprofessional players at all levels aregetting paid, but back then it was a lotmore humble. While I was atRochdale I started wonderingwhether it was time to start looking fora career outside of football, so that Icould pay the bills. Your life as a pro-fessional footballer is notoriouslyshort, and could be ended at anymoment with a wild tackle or an injury,and we all have to pay the bills.“About that time I’d

just got married, andmy wife kept sayingthat it was about time Iwent and got myself aproper job, so that’swhat I did. I becameself-employed, workingin recruitment for ahospitality company,which meant that,although not full-time, Icould still manage toplay some football.”A two year spell play-ing for today’sopponents HydeUnited followed,before almost a year atAccrington and thenthree and a half at Bux-ton.”Coaching was always

in the back of Wayne’smind, and had beensomething he’dbecome involved with,even as far back as hisdays at Barnsley.

“I’d had quite a bad knee injury,when I started out at Barnsley, thatkept me out of the game for ninemonths. The club were really decentwith me, and they suggested that I domy coaching badges, so I began withthat at about ninenteen. It was reallyuseful because when I went to CreweI got to do a lot of coaching work withtheir youth setup - working with theacademy kids they had comingthrough, which we were all encour-aged to do by Dario. So I’ve alwaysbeen really interested in coaching.Infact, when I finished at Buxton, theyasked me to look after the team for awhile when the manager left. Theysuggested I be player manager,

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which was supposed to be a veryshort term thing, but it eventuallylasted about six months. I have to saythat it was one of the hardest thingsI’ve ever done in my life, so I canunderstand a little bit of what Robbo’sgoing through at the moment.Tryingto play, manage and organise at thatlevel is so difficult, people just don’tunderstand the commitment it entails,and what people like Robbo actuallydo for their football clubs. Hisachievements in assembling a teamlast season, and in keeping Rammyin this league are huge, and reallyshouldn’t be overlooked by anyone.

“After the managing at Buxton Idecided to have a break for a fewmonths before Mark Molyneaux(Rammy’s goalkeeping coach) askedme to go and help him out at Trafford,before both of us moving over toChorley where we had a great twoand a half years. We managed to getto the playoff finals up at Chorley, andwere so close to getting promoted! Inthe end we were beaten on penaltiesby Radcliffe Borough in 2003, butthey were great times.”

A return to Trafford was on thecards for Wayne, as Gary Moore,who’d played under him at theclub, was appointed managerand asked Wayne to goalong and help with thecoaching, taking the clubto the dizzying heightsof the Evostik Premierby way of the play-offs,during their four yeartenure.

The move to joinRammy came aboutshortly after Robbohad taken over.Wayne had coachedRobbo for a time at

Salford, and the two had remainedfriends, so when he phoned to con-gratulate Robbo on his appointment,Wayne was invited along for thecoaching job, which he dulyaccepted. “I was very impressed with

Robbo’s plans for a newsquad at Rammy, andwith what heachieved last sea-son in terriblecircumstances. I admire hispassion and hiscommitment,and can seethis clubreally goingplaces underhis leadership.The offer to beinvolved was toogood to turn down,and I was veryproud to becomethe coach atRamsbottomUnited.”


We caught up with Club ChairmanHarry Williams, working on the pitchwith a divotting fork, on the morningafter the Buxton game. We took theopportunity to first ask him how he feltabout the well-publicised shenani-gans towards the end of Tuesday’smatch, when tempers became morethan a little frayed.“I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t

see any of it. I have so much to do forhome games that I seldom get to seeany football any more. The only thingI knew about it until afterwards wasthe sound of the referee blowing hiswhistle frantically. I was round theback, opening the gates up for theaway team to get out after the game.Roger Davis came up to me shortlyafter and said, ‘It’s all let loose outthere, H!’. That’s all I knew about it.“We don’t want any of this kind of

stuff going on down here though. Thisis a family club and I don’t want kidsseeing any kind of aggro on the pitch.I understand that people get frus-trated, particularly if they’re upagainst players who they’re strugglingto contain. I remember when GeoffLay used to play for us, he’d run ringsaround players who’d end up taking abit of a swing at him - my advice wasalways to just laugh it off, laugh atthem - there’s nothing you can do thathas more impact. Hitting out just getsyou into trouble and shows that youcan’t control yourself.“The referee was good about it, and

hasn’t raised a stink, and that’s whatI think we’d all prefer, but then you goon the internet and there’s videos ofthis and that, seemingly from Buxtonfans. Those fans have to rememberthat nothing good is going to comefrom it all blowing up. I’ve already hadthe MEN phoning this morning for a

statement, and these smug kids withtheir cameras who think they’re cleverposting it for all to see don’t realisethat it’ll be Buxton that get in troubleas much as anyone else!“I know that our squad were in the

dressing room for a good long whileafter the final whistle, and I know thatour management team have levelheads on them, so I hope they can dotheir bit to make sure our playersbehave professionally, so I’d like tohope that the silliness will blow overquickly.”

While many fans think that footballinvolves turning up on a Tuesday orSaturday before going home for yourtea, we asked Harry a little bit aboutthe post-match work for him and hismerry band of helpers.

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Volunteer Andy Brown on mop duty


“I reckon that matches like the Bux-ton one take about fifteen hours ofwork for the 3-4 of us. There’s wash-ing kits, cleaning the changing rooms,divotting the pitch (which isn’t too badat this time of year), and then cuttingand marking it out for the next game- we cut it at least twice a week inAugust. Andy and Jack sort out the lit-ter about the place and empty andsort the bins for recycling and the like.“Jack and Chris normally give the

dressing rooms a clean straight afterthe match, and then Andy goes inand does the showers and thefloor again in the morning.“I was talking to the grounds-

man down at Rushall lastweek, and our match wasthe twelfth they’d had so farthis season! Twelve

matches to preparefor, and they’d hadno rain for about twomonths. It’s a thank-less job sometimeslooking after a pitch!“I’d like to say that the

Rammy players havebeen really well behavedso far this season, layingtheir kits out neatly after thegames, which shows thatthey have a bit of respect forthe club. Some of the playershave a thing for cutting thefeet off the socks, which Ican’t fathom out. We bought22 pairs of socks at the startof the season, and we justhave seven pairs left. It’s notso bad if they look after theirown pairs, which they seemto be doing this season, butsometimes you just find apile of mutilated socks on

the floor, which is a bit bizarre.We’re always after more help down

at the ground though, so if anyonecan spare a bit on a weekday, any-time between about 10 and 2 o’clock,we’d really appreciate the lift withstuff.”


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1885Formed asHyde FC.

After dropping down from the ConferencePremier Division Hyde United hoped thattheir relegation hangover would not spillover into 2014/15 Conference North sea-son. With a mixed bag of pre-seasonresults, Hyde’s league campaign got off toa dreadful start with defeats in each oftheir opening five games. The rot wasfinally stopped when the Tigers gainedtheir first point in a draw at home to Tam-worth at the end of September. A secondsuccessive draw away to Gloucester Citywas followed by two more defeats, leavingHyde staring at the wrong end of the divi-sion.An 8-0 away win at Chadderton in the

Manchester Premier Cup gave the Tigersfans some respite and this was followed bytheir first league win of the season whenthey defeated Lowestoft Town 5-1 athome. Any optimism was short lived asHyde were knocked out of the FA Cup atthe Second Qualifying Round stage atEwen Fields by Marine. With a further five

losses and no points gained duringNovember, league survival was lookingextremely ominous for the Tigers. Theirsecond league victory came, when theybeat North Ferriby United 1-0 at home. The New Year saw no change in fortunes

as they were thrashed at StalybridgeCeltic, losing 7-1. With the club nine pointsadrift at the bottom of the ConferenceNorth Hyde dispensed of Scott McNiven’sservices and former manager Gary Lowereturned to try and save something fromthe disastrous season. The Ewen Fieldshome faithful would have to wait for thebeginning of March before they sawanother league win, which came courtesyof a 1-0 victory over Sollihull Moors. Withrelegation now a formality their leagueform slightly picked up as they picked uprhree draws.With the season coming to a close, April

saw a draw at home draw to StockportCounty sandwiched between four furtherdefeats, leaving Hyde relegated.

1887Suffer recorddefeat of 26-0 at thehands ofPrestonNorth End inthe FA Cup

1898Won theNorthCheshireLeague, theirfirst piece ofsilverware.

1906Moved totheir currenthome ofEwen Fieldsafter merg-ing withHyde StGeorge’s

1920Won theManchesterLeague fivetimes andrecordedtheir recordvictory of 13-0 overEcclesUnited

1970Returned tothe CheshireLeague du tothe financialburden oftravel in theNorthernPremierLeague.


1989Made it tothe FA-TrophySemi-Finalsfor the firsttime, a feattheyrepeated in1995 and1996.

2003Relegated tothe NorthernPremierLeague Divi-sion One.

2004Won theNorthernPremierLeague Divi-sion Onetitle.

2005Won theNorthernPremierLeague Pre-mier Divisiontitle at thefirst attempt,gaining pro-motion to theConferenceNorth.

2009Were woundup for aweek due tothe bankingcrisis.

2012Won theConferenceNorth andgained pro-motion to theNationalConference.

2015Suffered asecond suc-cessiverelegationafter finish-ing bottom ofthe Confer-ence Northtable.

The population of Hyde increased in•the 18th and early 19th centuries due tothe success of the cotton mills during theIndustrial Revolution.

United was added to the club’s name,•due to a match between two groups, theForty Gang and the Discharged Soldiersand Sailors, who used to meet in themarket place.

From 1904 to 1914 Hyde Seals water•polo team were regarded as the finest inthe world, winning the World Champi-onships in 1904, 1905 and 1906.

Hyde United changed their name to•Hyde FC in 2010 as a result of a spon-sorship deal with Manchester City.1889 saw Ardwick AFC (now Man-•

chester City) play Newton Heath (nowManchester United)) in a match to raisefunds for the families of miners who werekilled in an explosion at Hyde Colliery.

The largest bell in the clock tower of•Hyde Town Hall is known as ‘Owd Joss’and is named after Joshua Bradley, aformer poor child worker in the mills.

Other notable people from Hyde•include, famous artist L.S. Lowry, WorldChampion boxer Ricky Hatton, singerand musician Wayne Fontana and tele-vision presenter Timmy Mallett.

St George’s Church was built in 1832•and was the first Church of Englandplace of worship in the town. di

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Crystal Palace and also made 18appearances for Hyde United in the1980’s. His managerial career startedat Woodley Sports, before he movedonto Curzon Ashton. His first spell asHyde United manager came at thestart of 2011/12 season, where he ledthe Tigers to the Conference Northtitle, but he left at the end of the sea-son. With the club bottom of theConference North he returned in Jan-uary 2015, but was unable to preventa second successive relegation asthey finished bottom of the league.

Josh Ollerenshaw (Goalkeeper) Age: 24Previous Clubs; OldhamAthletic, Curzon Ashton,Colwyn Bay, FleetwoodTown, Warrington Town,Buxton & StalybridgeCeltic.Ollerenshaw stands at 6ft

5in and started his careerat Oldham Athletic, he hada number of loan spells atSalford City, Mossley andNorthwich Victoria beforejoining Gary Lowe at Cur-zon Ashton on a permanentbasis. He later moved ontoColwyn Bay and FleetwoodTown, unfortunately he didnot get a chance at the lat-ter and re-joined ColwynBay. The big keeper joinedHyde United in January2015 from StalybridgeCeltic. His pedigree wasfurther enhanced by a call-up to the England C squad,

where he made an International Chal-lenge Trophy appearance againstEstonia Under 23s.

Shane Killock (Defender) Age: 26Previous Clubs; Huddersfield Town,Oxford United, AFC Telford United &Harrogate Town.Killock originally made a big impactfor Hyde in 2008, when he made 14appearances for the club on loanfrom Huddersfield Town. He latermoved to Oxford United and followinghis release in 2009, he joined AFCTelford. After a spell playing for Har-rogate Town he moved to EwenFields during this summer and it ishoped that this imposing centre backwill add some steel to the Tigersbackline during the coming season.

Scott Spencer in action for Stockport County intheir FA Trophy tie against Rammy last season.


Andy Pearson(Midfielder) Age: 25Previous Clubs;Wigan Athletic,Altrincham, Rhyl,Guiseley, FCUnited of Man-chester & NantwichTown.After being a reg-

ular member of theWigan Youth andReserve teams,Pearson signed for Altrincham on hisrelease. After a short time in NorthWales with Rhyl, he enjoyed his firstspell with Hyde United, signing duringthe summer of 2011, where he playeda key role in the Championship win-ning side of 2011/12. Hesubsequently went on loan to Guise-ley, helping guide them to a Play-OffSemi-Final in 2013, where they lostout to FC Halifax Town. He has alsoplayed for FC United of Manchesterand Nantwich Town and signed forthe Tigers from the latter in January2015.

Scott Spencer (Striker) Age: 26Previous Cubs; Oldham Athletic,Everton, Yeovil Town, MacclesfieldTown, Rochdale, Southend United,Lincoln City, FC Halifax Town &Stockport County.Spencer was originally signed by

Everton as a 17 year-old from Old-ham Athletic. His career never reallytook off at Goodison Park, but hewent on to have Football LeagueExperience at clubs including YeovilTown, Rochdale and SouthendUnited. After turning down a numberof offers he first signed for Hyde forthe 2011/12 season. He made a sen-

sational start, scoring goals in each ofhis first nine appearances; thisearned him a call up to the England Cteam, for whom he earned four caps.He spent last season at StockportCounty but returned to Ewen Fieldsover the summer, where he hopes toadd to his 108 appearances and 49goals for the Tigers.

Lee Neville (Defender) Age: 27Previous Clubs; Witton Albion, Sal-ford City, Oldham Town, FC United ofManchester & Ramsbottom United.This talented left sided defender

spent time at Witton Albion before hesigned for his first spell at Salford Cityin 2009. He went onto join FC Unitedof Manchester, where he made over100 appearances during a four yearstay with the rebels. His second spellat Salford City followed and he spentthe second half of last season atthe Harry Williams Riversidestadium, helping to keep theRam’s in the Northern Pre-mier Division. Lee signedfor Hyde United during thesummer and will surely bea strong acquisition to theleft hand side of the Tigersteam.

Ex-Rammydefender LeeNeville in actionfor The Tigers.


We’re still a mile away from where weneed to be, but the effort and commit-ment seemed to be much improvedon Tuesday. How did you feel about the performance?I thought we played well and kept theball really well, but we're missing thatlittle cutting edge around the box atthe moment but that will come.

Two young centre-halfs, with AndyDawson taking a bit of time to recoverfrom Saturday's game. A difficult job,how did you feel they did?Both lads played really well against astrong front line. Apart from the goalthey both didn't put foot wrong. Kieranis such a young lad and he's onlygoing to get better.

It's going to take time for a new teamto gel, and we can see improve-ments with each match. Still missinga couple of strong, experienced play-ers in the squad though, would yousay?I do agree to an extent but playersonly get experience from playingmatches. We are a young changingroom and it could only help to havefew more experienced players with abit of a wise head on their shoulders.

What is the mood like in the dressingroom? Are people managing toremain positive?We all want those first points on theboard and I'd take a scruffy one nil to

get them. That being said I've told thelads, as have the gaffers, that it's along season and we’re only twogames into it. Anything can happenover those weeks and months.

What did you make of Tuesday's'brawl' in injury time?I would like to apologise to all the fansfor the scenes at the end of the game.I can't justify what broke out butsometimes these things happen. Weall know that it doesn't make for goodviewing, so from all the lads in thechanging room I’d like to say sorry.

A few people have pointed at weakrefereeing being the possible cause of things becoming niggly, but I'm notso sure. I think he should have atleast booked number 9 for the chal-lenge on Spencer, but he was noworse than any other referee. Whatdo you think?In my opinion the game was even interms of decisions, but that's football.In this game we are notorious forpointing a finger elsewhere to placeblame. Cards and fouls rarely winfootball matches - it’s goals andcleansheets - so that's what I want usto worry about and talk about, not ref-erees’ decisions.

Are you finding the new lads are start-ing to settle into The Rammy Way?The changing room has changed alotfrom last pre-season with only me ,

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I went in the changingrooms to see a load ofsocks that are missingtheir feet. Could youexplain this bizarrecustom to us, the lay-supporter?I do this also. most lads likeankle socks on when wear-ing boots (they don't slidearound in the boot) becausefootball socks tend to slidearound when you play, mak-ing it uncomfortable, anddifficult to feel the ball. That's all itis, no strange vodoo ritual or any-thing.

Thoughts about Hyde?I'm looking forward to this game.They have a good manager who willhave them playing good footballwhich I think will make for a greatgame, so enjoy.

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said to us pre-season, “Where would youlike as an away game in August?” wereckon that most of us would have said,“How about Colwyn Bay or Whitby?”closely follwed by the words, “But not for abloody mid-week, eh!”According to some bloke who appeared

on the Rammy forum shortly after the fix-tures were released (so how true it is, wehave no idea), the league has what theycall the central core (Rammy etc), and theNorth and South teams in three differentgroups when it comes to working out mid-week fixtures. Apart from the local derbies,which they try to schedule for Bank Holi-days - hence Salford and Workington forours - they try to schedule mid-weeks sothat the core teams (us) get to play themore remote Northern ones (Blyth, Dar-lington, Whitby). It means that teams likeStamford and Halesowen don’t get ridicu-lous trips to Blyth on a midweek evening,which makes sense, but it also means thatwe do.So, get your flexi-time figured out so you

can bunk off early next Wednesday, andget yourself over to Whitby for a bag offish and chips and a late night.

There will be a club coach running,which is £12 for the journey, with a depar-ture time to be confirmed at the time ofwriting (bloody early we expect!).Last year we had a couple of great trips

to the North Yorkshire seaside, the first aWednesday night 2-0 defeat back in Sep-tember and the second in the FA Trophy -a trip which coincided with Whitby’s host-ing of the annual Goth Fest. The RammyUltras took it upon themselves to wearHalloween fancy dress, and really lookedthe part walking through Whitby. Mostimportantly though, that’s the game thatsaw us come home 2-1 winners after anamazing volleyed goal from Jon Robinsonwith the very last kick of the game. Wereckoned he was miles off-side, but the

liner knows much more about these thingsthan we do, so we deferred to his superiorknowledge and judgement on that occa-sion!Overall last season Whitby finished up a

disappointing thirteenth in the league, witha hint of George Graham’s Arsenal abouttheir results (not scoring a huge number,but not conceding many either), a fact thatthey put right in their opening away gameagainst Stourbridge, putting four past thevisitors, who were no doubt jet-laggedafter crossing the time-zones on theirseven hour journey from the West Mid-lands. Four different players found the netfor Whitby including summer signingMikey Roberts whose transfer from Spen-nymoor was financed by an anonymousdonor to the club. The 24 year-old scored20 goals last season and has had interestfrom a number of professional clubsincluding Crystal Palace.Tuesday saw Whitby playing in a ‘local

derby’ against Blyth Spartans, which is buta mere two hours drive for the poor sods!The result was 3-2 to Blyth, with Robertsfinding the score-sheet twice for Whitby,the first a penalty, putting him on threegoals in two games, and definitely one tokeep an eye on. If you’re not going to the game then see

if you can get Whitby Town Radio on yourcomputer - there’s a link via their website.Last year they did a pretty good job ofcommentary (once they figured out how towork the volume controls) and gave adecent, well-balanced view of the game.They’ll even read out text messages if youfancy bombardingthem withRammy stuff.

If you’regoing to thegame thenhave a safejourney, and enjoythe chips!


Hillary, resplen-dent in bluewitch’s hat andpink gloves, andcarrying it offwith style!

Robbo’s (offside)winner with thelast kick of thematch, but weweren’t going toquestion the linerabout it.

Is that Sophie ina photo? And I’d swearCarlsberg’swearing a cape!


What a pain in the back-side! Two hours twentyminutes at the best of timesto get over to Whitby, but atrush-hour on a Wednesdaynight, who knows how longit’ll take.The journey is 121 miles,

and probably won’t be toobad once you get pastLeeds, but the A169 afterMalton becomes single-car-riageway for quite longstretches, which can betrouble if a tractor decides topull out and chug alongslowly.Route-wise, below is the

way we normally go. It ispossible to go on the A59through Harrogate, butthere’s a roundabout in themiddle of Harrogate whichis terrible at rush-hour, soprobably not the best way(Google maps says it’s thesame distance that way, but20 minutes longer on thejourney-time).

1) M66S down junction 4 forthe M62 East

2) M62E to junction 9 for theM1 North

3) M1N to junction 44 for theA64, sign-posted York

4) After about 40 minutes,at Malton take the slip-roadfor the A169, sign-postedWhitby and Pickering, left atthe roundabout

5) Follow Whitby on theA169 for about 50 minuteson the A169, then right atthe roundabout where youcan go no further, which isthe A171

6) At the next roundabout(at the garden centre) takea left which is sign-postedB1461 for Whitby Pavilion

7) Take a left at Lidl and theSpar petrol station, ontoLove Lane

8) At the roundabout at theend of Love Lane take aright, sign-posted ‘TownCentre’, onto WhitebridgeRoad, which becomesUpgang Lane

9) The ground is about400yds on your left.

Good luck!

If you want the easier way,then just type YO21 3HZinto your sat-nav and seewhat happens.


Here’s a map of the last, fiddly bit when you get intoWhitby:


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Hyde’s assistantmanager MartynBooty made around400 appearances inleague football as adefender. He playedfor Coventry, Crewe,Reading, Southend,Chesterfield and Hud-dersfield before beingappointed to Hudder-sfield’s coaching staffin 2008. He went onto play non-leaguefootball at Curzon, Salford and Buxtonbefore re-joining Curzon in 2009 as assis-tant manager. He helped Hyde to becomeConference North champions in 2011.

last week’s pointsLast week Molly scored nine points, predict-ing one correct score (Matlock v Salford)and six correct results. Lui got Grantham vIlkeston right, and four other results toscore 7pts.


RAMSBOTTOM UNITED v HYDE UNITEDSATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 3pm

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PHIL EDGHILLWelcome to

everyone fromHyde United for thisafternoon’s game.The defeat to Bux-ton on Tuesdaywas quite hard totake as I thoughtwe played somegood football andon the balance ofplay definitely didn'tdeserve to lose.Teams at this levelare durable and resilient which means you've got tohave that 'bit of magic' in the final third and be ruthlessin front of goal to get results. Unfortunately we didn'twork their goalkeeper enough, we gave away an earlygoal as we did at Rushall, which allows teams to sitback and play on the counter attack. I said to the lads after the game the two areas of the

pitch that matter most are scoring and not concedinggoals, and we have struggled in those areas in the firsttwo games. I am confident that once we get one infront during a game it will give the lads confidence togo on and score more, but we have to make the rightdecisions in attack and be resolute defensively tomake it happen. There were plenty of positives to takefrom the Buxton game and we need to be on the frontfoot against a team who like us haven't won a gameyet.Today's game is a big one for us and I have hugerespect for their manager Gary Lowe. I spent sevenyears playing for him for two different clubs with greatmemories along the way. He has bags of experienceand knows non-league inside out. We still talk regu-larly and I'm sure Hyde will prove to be a stern test thisafternoon. Lastly I want to apologise on behalf of everyone for

the unsavoury scenes at the end of Tuesday's game.It's gone now, and more important we need the fansbehind the players to hopefully get a win today and getour season up and running.Enjoy the game!

PROGRAMME TEAM

Programme Editor: Rob Moss

League News: Gareth Bird

Darkside Column: Darren Comer

Exile Column: Richard Isaacs

Tony’s Teasers: Tony Cunningham

Editorial Page: Tony Cunningham

Supporters Club Column: Rob Moss

Photographs: Rob Moss, Ste Heard,Darren Comer, Angie Heard

Other Contributors: Phil Edghill, Jon Robinson, Grant Shenton, Newsthump.com, the Evostik League,Mark Molyneaux. Special thanks tomatch officials and opposition officials, supporters and photographers too numerous to mention.

Printed by: 4 colour digital, Newportunder license from Terry Brumpton andJJ Sports Promotions; fairprint Edinburgh and Alston Press Bury.

The views expressed in this programmeare purely those of the individual contributors and are not representativeof the views of Ramsbottom United Football Club.

To get in touch with us, please email:[email protected]


PREMIER DIVISION ROUNDUPThe new season’s first round of midweek

matches saw Stourbridge secure their firstpoint with a 4-3 win over Nantwich town onMonday night. The visiting Dabber’s took anearly lead through Matthew Bell before formerCarlisle United striker Karl Hawley equalisedfor the home side seven minutes before half-time. Nantwich edged themselves ahead onfifty minutes with a goal from Darren Thornton,before strikes from Karl Hawley, with his sec-ond of the evening, Matthew Dodd andKayelden Brown gave Stourbridge a 4-2 lead.A late penalty by Matt Kosylo ensured a nervyfinish, but the Glassboy’s held on to claim allthree points. Four teams all made it two wins from their first

two games as Skelmersdale United, RushallOlympic, Buxton and Blyth Spartans all gainedvictories on Tuesday evening. At the WessexLancs College Stadium Skelmersdale beatWorkington 2-0 courtesy of two second halfgoals from Tony Rendell and Danny Mitchley. An exciting five goal thriller at the Zeeco Sta-

dium saw Rushall come away with a 3-2 victoryover Stamford. The Pic’s took a fourth minutelead via Luke Benbow, but two goals in a mat-ter of minutes just before half-time from JordanSmith and Ryan Robbins ensured Stamfordentered the break in front. The Rushall win wasguaranteed by second-half goals from JackDuggan and Bilal Yafal. A north east derby saw Blyth Spartans come

out on top against Whitby town at Croft Park.An exciting encounter saw Dan Maguire strikefirst for Blyth, but this was cancelled out asWhitby edged in front through two goals fromMichael Roberts. The Spartans talisman Rob-bie Dale ensured the home faithful went homehappy as he scored twice in the last half hourto earn Blyth a 3-2 win.Frickley Athletic are still waiting for their first

points of the season, as they were soundlybeaten by newly promoted Darlington 3-0. Abumper crowd of 903 saw Tom Portas give theQuakers the lead, before Nathan Cartman dou-

bled their advantage on 32 minutes. A third goalfrom Kevin Burgess near the end ensured allthree points stayed in the north east.Tuesday evening also brought first wins of the

season for Colwyn Bay, Salford City, Mick-leover Sports, Ilkeston and Barwell. The Baybeat Hyde United 2-0 at home with two goals inthe last four minutes by Christopher Sharp andRobbie Booth. Salford City came away from Matlock Town

with a 2-1 win after an injury time Chris Lynchstrike, with all the goals coming in the last nine-teen minutes.Lee Hughes got off the mark for Ilkeston as

they recovered from going behind to a firstminute goal from Grantham’s LindokuhkeNdlovu. Liam Marshall struck four minutes formthe end to give Ilkeston a 2-1 away win.There were goal’s galore for Barwell as they

trounced Sutton Coalfield Town 5-1 away fromhome. Leading 3-0 at the break, Brady Hickeyand Jamie Towers added two further second-half goals, although Sutton Coalfield did grab aconsolation through Ryan Pace’s strike.

DIVISION ONE NORTH ROUNDUPClitheroe maintained their 100% start to the

season with a 5-1 away victory at Droylsden.After going behind in the third minute, three firsthalf goals in a four minute spell through LloydDean, Gregg Anderson and Scott Baker gaveClitheroe control, and two further strikes froman own goal and Louis Mayers in the second-half confirmed an emphatic win.

Kendall Town 2-1 winners againstBurscough, Witton Albion, who thrashedPrescot Cables 6-0 away and ScarboroughAthletic 1-0 victors over Farsley Celtic alsogained second victories of the season to leavefour clubs at the top of the league, all on sixpoints.

At the bottom, five teams: Prescot Cables,Radcliffe Borough, Farsley Celtic, New Millsand Burscough are still pointless and mustsurely be hoping that their fortunes can changesooner rather than later.


SALFORD CITYFull back Cavell Coo has been released by

Salford City. He joined the club in October 2014from Ashton United, having impressed thenmanager Phil Power in two FA Cup tiesbetween the two clubs. Coo made 18 appear-ances last season, which included 2 from thebench and he also made the 2014/15 Evo-StikLeague First Division North Team of the Sea-son.Another player leaving Moor Lane is winger

Josh Hancock. The former Witton Albion andAFC Telford player only joined The Ammies thissummer, but he has decided to depart Salfordto search for regular first team football.

RUSHALL OLYMPICFull back Jamie Smith has joined Rushall on

a short term loan from Vanarama NationalLeague club Worcester City. The youngsterimpressed manager Richard Sneekes in a pre-season friendly between the two sides and thePics are delighted to have managed to securethe services of this exciting prospect.

FRICKLEY ATHLETICFrickley manager Karl Rose has signed

striker Conor Bower on a dual registration con-tract from Harrogate Town. The 20 year oldforward started his football career as a Juniorat Bradford City before joining Garforth Town.He joined FC United at the start of last season,after a short a short spell playing in Sweden.Bower finished the season at Ossett Albion,where he scored 12 goals.Marine Versatile Mitch Duggan has joined Marine

AFC on a month’s loan from VanaramaNational League side Tranmere Rovers. The18 year old, a product of Tranmere’s YouthSystem, made his Football League debut for

Rovers last season. He can operate at eitherright full-back or right midfield and will be avail-able for selection for their opening game of theseason.

WHITBY TOWNAfter impressing in pre-season friendlies

against FC United of Manchester and BradfordCity, Whitby have signed Defender KieranWeledji. The 20 year old defensive prospectstarted his career in the Junior ranks at Mid-dlesbrough, but was released in July. ManagerDarren Williams was quick to snap up Weledjiafter two assured displays in the friendlymatches.

SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWNNorthern Premier Division newcomers Sutton

Coalfield have been boosted by the decision ofcentral defender Joel Kettle to sign a new oneyear deal. Manager Neil tooth was delighted tosecure one of his key players under contractand said, “Centre half’s like Joel don’t comearound that often so when they do you have tomake sure you keep hold of them”.The Royals have also snapped up two young

defenders on loan to boost their squad for theup and coming season. Kyle Rowley has joinedfrom League One Walsall and Joe Ballingerhas signed from Solihull Moor. Sutton Coldfield Town have appointed their

first commercial manager.The Royals, promoted back into the EVO-

STIK NPL's top flight in May as First DivisionSouth play-off winners, announced the appoint-ment of Tony Ridge at Coles Lane onWednesday.Delighted officials say Ridge had already

organised a four week advertising campaign inthe Sutton Observer and sold a number of theclub's new larger pitchside advertising boards


before being unveiled.A club spokesman said: "Tony has a lot of

experience in commercial and marketing mat-ters in the car industry and has been acting forthe Royals for the past few months.

BARWELLBarwell have boosted their squad in time for

the first game of the season with two new sign-ings. Winger Elliot Chamberlain has signedfrom Corby Town and has played internation-ally for Wales at Under 17, Under 19 andunder 21 levels. He started at Leicester Cityand has also represented AFC Telford United,Stockport County, Exeter City and GloucesterCity. Young Goalkeeper Connor O’Keefe joinsfrom Mossley, he has previously played forMacclesfield Town and Loughborough Univer-sity.

SKELMERSDALE UNITEDSkelmersdale are keeping their fingers

crossed as they await a planning decision fromWest Lancashire Borough Council regardingthe new stand that they want to build at Stormycorner. The project, which has been in thepipeline for the past 18 months, is currentlybeing scrutinised by the local authorities plan-ning department. The stand which will stretchfrom either penalty area on the current openside of the ground will be a three step terrace,but it also could easily be converted to holdseating housing approximately 380 fans.

BLYTH SPARTANSThe Spartans have added two more players

to their already strong squad in the form of exSunderland Academy starlet AndrewCartwright and German Goalkeeper Fabian

Otte. Right-back Cartwright made 32 appear-ances for the Black Cuts Under-21 side lastseason and is the son of former Blyth mid-fielder Peter Cartwright. German stopper Otte,appeared for the Spartans during pre-seasonand the 24 year-old counts Bayer 03 Lev-erkusen Under-23’s, USA’s CarolinaRailhawks and New Zealand’s Western Sub-urbs amongst his former clubs.

NANTWICH TOWNNantwich groundsman Pete Temmen has

been crowned Evo-Stik Northern PremierLeague Groundsman of the Year for 2015.Temmen picked up his award at the StGeorge’s National Football Centre last weekand was amongst more than 100 fellowgroundsmen who were honoured at theawards. The man who keeps the playing sur-face at the Weaver Stadium in pristinecondition was also ‘Highly Commended’ byjudges in the national section for clubs fromsteps 1 to 4.

ILKESTONThe Robins have pulled off a major transfer

coup by signing former West Bromwich Albionand Coventry City striker Lee Hughes. The 39year-old experienced striker was released byKidderminster Harriers in the summer, butchose Ilkeston over other offers due to theirfull-time status. Another deciding factor for theformer Notts County marksmen was managerGavin Strachan, an old team mate at CoventryCity. Hughes also played under Gordon Stra-chan at the Sky Blues and he has alreadyseen some of his father’s fiery Scottish tem-perament in 36 year-old Gavin.

For more Evostik news, visit www.evostikleague.co.uk


RAMSBOTTOM

HYDE UNITShirts: Red. Shorts: Black

Shirts: Blue. Shorts: Blue. 1(Goal)

Grant SHENTO

2(Right Back)Kyle HARROP

5(Centre Back)Andy DAWSON

7(Right Wing)Dominic McHale

4(Midfield)Alex MEANEY

9(Forward)Lee GASKELL

10(Forward)Peter BOYLE

11(Left Wing)Warren BURRELL

8(Midfield)Spencer HARRISON

3(Left Back)Lee NEVILLE

6(Centre Back)Big KHAMSUK

1(Goal)Josh OLLERE

Referee: Mr Simeon Lucas


TOM UNITED

UNITED s: Black. Stockings: Black.

: Blue. Stockings: Blue.1(Goal)

HENTON capt

6(CentreBack)Keiran NOLAN

3(Left Back)Ben WOODS

8(Midfield)Prince HAYWOOD

11(Left Wing)Grant SPENCER

10(Forward)David KUBA-KUBA

9(Forward)Spencer HARRIS

4(Midfield)Shane KILLOCK

7(Right Wing)Elliot HARRISON

5(CentreBack)Adam JONES

2(Right Back)George RILEY

1(Goal) LLERENSHAW

Linesmen: Mr Paul Bell, Mr Ainsley Sawicz

Substitutes: 12 Saindou DJANFAR14 Clevon BEADLE15 Jake CLIFFE16 Lee PUGH17 Tom HARTLEY

Substitutes: 12 Sam FITTON14 Ayrton BEVINS15 Ryan ELLISON16 James BURKE17 Andy PEARSON


RESULTS


SULTS 2014-15


ATTENDANCES 2014-15 EVOSTIK PREMIER DIVISION 2014-15

TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts1 FCUM (P) 46 26 14 6 78 37 41 922 Workington 46 27 9 10 63 39 24 903 Ashton United 46 24 12 10 75 54 21 844 Curzon Ashton (P) 46 23 14 9 79 46 33 835 Ilkeston 46 22 15 9 79 56 23 816 Blyth Spartans 46 21 16 9 84 54 30 797 Skelmersdale United 46 21 10 15 58 48 10 738 Barwell 46 21 10 15 69 63 6 739 Rushall Olympic 46 21 9 16 76 64 12 7210 Buxton 46 18 17 11 70 57 13 7111 Halesowen Town 46 13 20 13 56 48 8 5912 Grantham Town 46 15 14 17 64 72 -8 5913 Whitby Town 46 14 16 16 56 63 -7 5814 Matlock Town 46 15 11 20 57 60 -3 5615 Nantwich Town 46 16 7 23 61 76 -15 5516 Stourbridge 46 14 11 21 59 72 -13 5317 Ramsbottom United 46 15 8 23 66 80 -14 5318 King's Lynn Town 46 14 10 22 60 81 -21 5219 Frickley Athletic 46 12 14 20 60 73 -13 5020 Stamford 46 13 11 22 56 75 -19 5021 Marine 46 11 16 19 58 69 -11 4922 Witton Albion (R) 46 14 7 25 58 86 -28 4923 Trafford (R) 46 6 15 25 58 93 -35 3324 Belper Town (R) 46 6 14 26 62 96 -34 32

TEAM AVG1 FCUM 21552 Workington 5483 Halesowen Town 5294 Kings Lynn Town 5185 Ilkeston 4666 Blyth Spartans 4647 Stourbridge 4628 Stamford 4069 Witton Albion 37610 Marine 36911 Ramsbottom United 35412 Buxton 31413 Matlock Town 30214 Belper Town 29515 Whitby Town 28916 Skelmersdale United 28117 Curzon Ashton 27618 Nantwich Town 26819 Grantham Town 25120 Frickley Athletic 25021 Rushall Olympic 24622 Trafford 22823 Ashton United 20724 Barwell 193

OTHER FIXTURESA - BLYTH v BUXTONB - COLWYN BAY v ILKESTONC - DARLINGTON v BARWELLD - GRANTHAM v RUSHALLE - MARINE v NANTWICHF - MATLOCK v WHITBYG - MICKLEOVER v SALFORDH - RAMSBOTTOM v HYDEI - SKELMERSDALE v HALESOWENJ - STAMFORD v ASHTONK - STOURBRIDGE v WORKINGTONL - SUTTON v FRICKLEY

WE NEEDYOUR HELP!

Can you spare aslittle as half an hourto help get the cluband pitch ready forthe next match?

Volunteers are des-perately neededevery day of theweek between 11and 2pm, so if youare available thenplease come downand help Harrykeep things in tip-top condition.


CHELSEA GRANT LICENSE TO USDENTIST TO HUNT JOHN TERRYUS dentist Walter Palmer has been granted a

licence to hunt John Terry, after Chelsea officialsdeclared their captain to now be too old to makea meaningful contribution to the club.Terry was substituted at half-time during his

side’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, with clubofficials immediately offering him to anyone willingto pay a few quid.The highest bid came from Walter Palmer in

the US, who said that as long as the paperworklooked reasonably kosher, he’d offer a few hun-dred grand for the privilege of shooting him witha bow and arrow.

As one Chelsea official explained, “HavingJohn Terry’s head mounted on the wall of a den-tist’s surgery will make room in the squad foryounger members to step up and potentially leadthe pride.”“It is the natural order of things, and people

shouldn’t be sad because John has had a longand fruitful career with Chelsea – it’s just now wedon’t care what happens to him.”Palmer himself spoke of his delight at the deal,

“I’m so excited, I’ve been told about a few placeshe hangs out, so we’re going to stalk him for afew days before I take a shot.”“And from what I’ve read about him, most peo-

ple won’t give a toss compared to Cecil the lion.”

JOSE MOURINHO CUTS NHS WAIT-ING LISTS TO ZERO AFTER TELLINGDOCTORS WHO NEED TREATINGJose Mourinho has been thanked by adminis-

trators inside the NHS, after he reduced waitinglists to zero by declaring no-one genuinely inneed of treatment.

The newly qualified medical expert andChelsea football manager, was keen to bring hisgifts to bear across the NHS after flexing his diag-nostician muscles during Chelsea’s opening daydraw against Swansea.As one Chelsea insider told us, “If you want to

know if a player needs treating or not, do not lookat the doctors, do not look at them – you look toJose, only Jose.”Mourinho himself told reporters he was glad to

help the NHS with his special skills.He said, “To make a correct diagnosis, you

must first understand people who fake injuries,and I spend all day with footballers, so I know fak-ers.”“53 year-old Joseph Miller of Stoke? Fake. He

does not need a new hip, take him off the list.”“42 year-old Sarah Matthews of Basingstoke?

Fake. She does not need a bunionectomy, takeher off the list.”“I can do this all day. It is like a gift – only the

special one can decide when someone should behealed.”Football fan Simon Williams told us, “It does

seem like Jose has been blessed with a divinegift.”“So maybe he could use it to stop his players

rolling around like they’ve been hit by a sniper?”

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAMAPPLIES FOR POLITICAL ASSYLUMThe Australian cricket team has applied for polit-ical asylum, claiming they face severe mental andphysical abuse if they return to their country. Lawyers representing the team have claimed

that the abuse they will face if returned home can-not be expressed in the English Language,largely because that’s not what Australians actu-ally speak. The Home Office is reported to be taking the

application extremely seriously after spendingabout five minutes reading their fellow country-men’s comments on Twitter. “My God, the abuse,” a clearly shaken Home

Office spokesman told us. “Some of it is franklyindescribable.”“To be honest some of it is incomprehensible, aswell. What the heck is ‘a pack of drongoes worsethan a wombat’s arse and a dead dingoes dongerof runs?'” He asked


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34-year-old Paul Bell is anaccountant who is engagedwith a 15-year-old step-daughter and a new baby onthe way. He started referee-ing junior football aged 14and progressed to adults in2008/09. Paul was promotedto his current level at thestart of the 2011/12 season.

21-year-old Ainsley Sawiczfrom Rossendale is a salesengineer/transport managerwho is single with no chil-dren. He played for a localteam as a youngster andthen became an official afterbeing asked to run the line ata game to help a team out.

28-year-old Simeon Lucasis an accountant at KPMGin Manchester from Darwenwho began refereeing atage 14 in the BlackburnLeague. After a spell at Uni-versity he became anon-league referee andFootball League assistant,having officiated at over 100league games to date.

1-WHICH CLUB plays at the The Beeches?2-WHO IS THE MANAGER of Radcliffe Borough?3-WHICH COLOURS do Aberystwyth Town play in?4-IN WHAT YEAR did leek Town win the NPL and promotion to the Conference?5-IN WHICH LEAGUE do Worsborough Bridge play?6-WHAT IS THE NICKNAME of Stafford Rangers?7-WHERE DOES Brett Ormerod now play?8-WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN Stockport County and Atherton Collieries?9-RAMMY LINK: Adam Morning is now playing where?10-MISC: Which club beat Macclesfield Town on the opening day of the season?

tony’s teasersANSWERS: 1-Tividale 2-Danny Johnson 3-Green, Black and White 4-1996-7 5-Northern Counties EastLeague 6-e Boro’ 7-Bamber Bridge 8-Alan lord (manager at both) 9-Ashton United 10-Torquay United

HOW DID YOU DO?10-Non-League guru! 8-9 Non-league enthusiast 6-7 Pretty good, but much to learn4-5 Average, so time to read up on the non-league game 2-3 You must be missing out on the delights of non-league 0-1 Obviously an armchair Premier League viewer!

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Buxton are said to be one of thefancied teams in the NPL this seasonand came to the Harry WilliamsRiverside Stadium fresh from a con-vincing win against Darlington on theopening day. On that basis the Ramswill feel far from disheartened by anarrow defeat in a game that wasclosely contested throughout. Theproblem was that a much improvedperformance from the defeat atRushall never really offered anythingmore than the final outcome. The Rams looked to play neat pro-

gressive football throughout and inDominic Hale, playing notionally onthe right but often floating inside,have a match winner. The problem onthe night was that despite a mid fieldtrio of Alex Meaney, Prince Haywood

and David Kuba-Kuba buzzing abouttirelessy, all neat in possession, theRams could not find the way to gethim involved sufficiently often orquickly to pose more than an occa-sional threat to a well drilled andeffective Buxton back four. As a resulthis contribution until sent-off in theclosing moments in an unseemlybrawl that started and restarted 3times taking up the whole of the 4minutes of added on time, wasrestricted to a mazey run from touch-line to penalty spot in the first half,and a brilliant ball inside the fullbackhalf-way through the second halfwhich put Grant Spencer clear ongoal - his cross/shot going just wideof the post.In truth those were the only two

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moments in which the Rams lookedlike unlocking the Buxton defence inwhich Joel Bembo-Leta was out-standing and their goalkeeper PhilBarnes comfortable - his only savecoming from a diving header from hisown defender. Once they had taken the lead on

ten minutes, by way of a low shotfrom the edge of the area which hadsufficient direction and pace to leaveGrant Shenton with little chance, Bux-ton were content to sit back and denyThe Rams any chance of gettingbehind their back four. The Rammy midfield could not be

criticised for effort, but in style, sizeand pace they are all much of amuchness, lacking in physical pres-ence what they offer in endeavour,

and never look-ing able to getup or beyondLee Gaskell orhis eventualreplacementSaidou Djanfar. A second-half

switch to bringMcHale closerin support of thecentre forwardproduced nogreat resultand, as thegame pro-gressed.

contd...

We played some good footballtonight and the only thing lackingwas a little creativity up top to stopGassy having to come back lookingfor the ball. I was impressed withwhat I was

- smiffylad75

Have faith in Robbo. He’ll get usthere!

- Frank

Dom needs to put a bit morethought into what he’s doing off theball. When he has the ball he’s great,but he needs to show for it more.

- Pashley5

Rams worked hard in some depart-ments 2nite. Not enough support upfront from midfield and no-oneshouts for the ball #peaksntroughs

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Buxton, moving the ball quickly andaccurately, had increasing joy exploit-ing the space between the Ramsfull-backs and centre-halves. Fromone such move a ball from the dead-ball line seemed certain to presentthe visitors with a second goal butwas denied by a fine plunging savefrom Shenton.The Rams never gave up trying but

with diminishing results and the

chance of a final charge in addedtime evaporated with the referee'sloss of control which resulted in a 22man fight by the dug outs which sawMcHale for the Rams and Taylor forBuxton both sent off. Determined toget full value from the fine and sus-pension they continued their spat allthe way to the dressing rooms. It isjust as well that they are some dis-tance apart!m

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Good afternoon everyone - I hopetoday finds you well and healthy. Wewelcome a new opponent for the firsttime in Hyde United to the Harry-WIlliams RIverside Stadium thisafternoon.Unfortunately, I did not make it to

the game on Tuesday night againstBuxton, which was a pity as I am verykeen to come up and watch this newlook Rammy team in action. I haveheard so much so far about the qual-ity on the park and although we arecurrently without a point and withouta goal, there is still plenty of encour-aging signs I believe. I have beenslightly bemused by the comments onthe fans’ forum, some calling forRobbo's head after just two games ofthe new campaign (and even someafter the first game!). Give the guy achance! He is working his rear end offto get the team together and it willtake some time to shape it.He was given the rough end of the

stick back in January and he pulledoff the miracle of keeping us up lastseason. This season was alwaysgoing to be tough. You have toremember that Bernard and Jonnostarted their tenure with a 5-0 defeatat Newcastle Town and just one pointfrom their opening two games (2-2against Glossop North End in thesecond game) so lets give Robbo,Edgy and the coaches time to mouldthe team their way and find their for-mations etc. It does take time, thisleague is hard work and you have todevelop the squad to work at thislevel of the game. This isn't NorthWest Counties, this is hard graft andyou have to really dig deep.I have to say that I was really disap-

pointed with the video footage of the'brawl' (otherwise known as a com-

plete and utter set of handbags!) fromthe game against Buxton on Tuesdaynight. Good grief, what a load of oldnonsense, not overly helped by therunning commentary of the videoingBuxton supporter with his rose tintedspectacles on, blaming everything onRammy. Unfortunately, because ofthe 'Radcliffe incident' a couple ofyears ago - and it should be notedthat none of the people involved inthat are now with our club - our clubcontinues to get a bad rap wheneveranything happens like this. It reallyisn't fair on us that we get tarnished inthis way and I hope that we don't getcarpeted for this. From what I hear, Idon't think we will but you know whatthe FA are like and they will no doubthave received the youtube clips.

I won't be at today's game. No, I amnot at the Ashes last Test match atThe Oval, I am doing somethingmuch more important. I am strappingthe pads on for Calmore Sports ThirdXI down at the King George V PlayingFields against Bramshaw Second XIin my final match of the 2015 season.My scores of 0 not out, 10 and 0 thisseason are not exactly going to getEngland coach Trevor Bayliss bang-ing my door down as a stand inreplacement for Joe Root. I havequite enjoyed my cricket this seasonwhen I have had opportunity to play -which is not very often because of mywork commitments. I suppose havinglost the weight that I have, I am muchmore able to contribute to the cause... ok ok I know my scores are rubbishbut you know what I mean!!

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Ashington FC side playing in the FACup Extra Preliminary Round and thefact that Sky were running a featureon the game on Saturday that fin-ished 2-2, well, the replay was playedon Wednesday night against AlbionSports, who share Farsley's groundand Harmy's Barmy Army won 3-2 infront of a packed house of 120! Welldone Steve - they now play Thackley(who Rammy played in 2000 in theFA Vase, the FA Cup in 2002 andagain in 2006, losing 1-0 in thereplay) next Saturday - the same dayas Twenty20 Finals Day, which I willbe working on all day! Lancashire vHampshire ... my two worlds collide

again!!Anyway, that will do for me today.

Come on lads, lets get our season offand running with a win today. Buteveryone, please get behindthe team. SupportRobbo and the boys.We need everyone here toback us. As has been theSouthampton motto for the last few seasonsafter the mass exo-duses .... "WE MARCH ON". As we do. COME ON RAMMY!


...and I’ll tell you another thing...“It’s the Kop End,” said Alan Shearer in his tweet while reviewing Benteke’s

goal during the Liverpool v Bournemouth match on Monday night, “so NOToffside!!!”

Well do you want to hear what I think? Doesn’t matter, I’m going to tell youanyway - I think they should stop messing about with the rules! Don’t get mewrong, I don’t think all their tinkering is useless - they got it rightish when theychanged the off-side rule to allow players to not be offside if they’re not interferingwith play. I remember loads of times when some poor fella is laid down inthe area desperately needing treatment only for him to be playing the entireopposition team on-side. Ah, the good old days when they used to just letplayers quietly expire on the pitch without any rush to give them treatment(unlike that Chelski bint who got her roasting last week from The Chosen One).

Other times that they’ve got rule changes right? How about never! They getem wrong - every time. But do they learn? Do they ever hold up their handsand say, “Do you know what, we got that wrong?” Do they eck as like. Whatthey do is they bring out another, even more stupid rule change to try and correctthe last stupid one they came up with.

Let’s take a couple of examples, one of which we’ve had to suffer from quiteseriously here at Rammy. Remember when Andy Dawson had to leave themr cantankerous

Remember when this was all youneeded to explain offside to the kids?


pitch in the last minute cos he had‘blood on his shirt’? I’m alright with theblood on shirt thing - get them off. Wedon’t want that Terry Butcher thinggoing on again, where he looked like heWAS some kind of butcher. BUT...Dawson had to leave the field andwait until the opposition had taken thecorner (and scored) before he couldcome back on! What’s that about! Ifyou have to change your shirt, orsomeone crocks you, and you gettreatment then YOU have to leave thefield! Of all the numb-nuts rules I’veever heard, they’re encouraging playersto turn down treatment, and ifthey’re badly hurt then they have toleave the pitch!

And then how about the goalkeeper rule.Overnight keepers couldn’t just be the fatkid who was crap out-field. They had tobe able to volley the ball under pressurefrom a striker cos they suddenly weren’tallowed to pick it up. Next they were onlyallowed five seconds to boot it, and thenthey were allowed three steps, and nowthey seem to be allowed just about anything- we’re back where we bloody well started,wherein lies a really good lesson for the rule changers: Ifit ain’t broke then don’t fix it!

And so, the new rule they’ve brought out this summer to try andhelp fix the new rule they brought out last summer is all the wrongway round for me. Learn your lessons, put the beloved off-side rule backexactly the way it was before, and stop messing with the beautiful gamejust for the sake of justifying your travel and hotel expenses for a jollytrip away!

...and I’ll tell you another thing...


Pre-season saw us visiting somegreat stomping grounds of old, and Iwas quite looking forward to our visitto Colne’s Holt House Stadium as Ihadn’t been to their ground since thelate 1980’s, when Colne Dynamosand Rossendale United regularly bat-tled it out for supremacy in the NorthWest Counties League. I can evenremember turning up on a coldDecember evening to find the sta-dium in complete darkness, andbeing informed by a lone steward thatthe game had been called off. Jeez,the modern football supporter doesn’tknow the hassles of following thegame in those long gone, pre-internetdaysOnce again, I was joined by Mrs

Darkside and Jack the Lad for thejourney and I managed to remembermy way to the ground without too

much help (oris it hindrance?) from the old satellitenavigation thingy. Another healthyturnout of Ultras had made the jour-ney to this Burnley FC heartland,including Mr and Mrs Carlsberg freshfrom their Portuguese holiday,although Ethan/Carlsberg Jr wasmissing in action and last seen bash-ing COD (that’s playing Call of Dutyon da X-Box to us old farts, of whichI’m sure there’s many reading this). Colne had an excellent support that

reminded me a lot of our very own,Rammy Ultras, in that they weresmall in number, but loud in their sup-port of the team. The game kicked offwith both sets of supporters under thecovered terrace behind the goal, withboth singing and supporting their

team side by side, without a hint oftrouble. Millwall v West Ham, this wasnot, and long may that continue atnon-league grounds up and down thecountry. A big cheers to the Colnesupport and if there’s any justice inthe football world (which I don’t thinkthere is, sadly) it would be nice toplay them again in the near future, butthis time in the NPL.Robbo must have had some selec-

tion headaches during thepre-season, trying to give as manyplayers a run out as he could, yet atthe same time trying to get

some idea ofhis best starting

eleven. I don’t really envy him thisjob, but I think most of us have beenquite optimistic with what we’ve seen.Again, this was another mix ‘n’ matchteam which saw us looking danger-ous in attack, but some defensiveerrors saw this game ending in a 3-3draw which, on reflection, was proba-bly a fair result as Colne looked adecent outfit for the NWCL and cer-tainly worked hard throughout theninety minutesWith most people back from their

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back to sunny Rammy for few post-match pints in the Cricket Club. As wewere making our way back down theM65 I spotted Robbie in the carbehind and took great pleasure inflicking the ‘V’s at him from out of thewindow, only to be informed by Roblater that it wasn’t actually him. So, ifyou were travelling down the M65 acouple of Saturdays ago and hadsomeone abusing you with a coupleof fingers, I apologise profusely andplease don’t beat me up round theback of the tea hut

SHEFFIELD...If I was one of these modernists

who goes around twittering and spo-tifying all day long, I’d probably haveone of those bucketlists that seem tobe all the rage these days. But, stuffswimming with dolphins or climbingEverest, if I had a bucketlist then avisit to Sheffield FC would be prettyhigh on that list. That’s not justbecause I could visit Tanners Croftand Lara, our Derbyshire Ultras, forafternoon tea and cream scones, butalso so I could say I had visited thehome of “The Oldest Football Club inthe World”. This weekend was origi-nally down for the Rams to have their

continental tour with a visit to playFlint Town in Wales (well, just outsideWrexham to be precise and for thoseof us who have visited there it wasn’tparticularly appealing, more scary),but when that game fell through wearranged the Sheffield game. As Mar-tin Hulme would say,“Get in!”

And

What a great daywe had for the game, withthe sun shining and the birds singing(that’s not the Pussycat Dolls, by theway) - what better way to spend yourSunday afternoon? Well, shopping atThe Rock in Bury with your LadiesDarts companions in Mrs Darkside’scase, although to be fair to my (much)better half the shopping trip wasarranged before this fixture came out,and she did bring me a big box ofAfter Eights back with her. With a2.00 kick off time, I left Ramsbottombefore lunchtime accompanied, yetagain, by Jack the Lad.


There’s not many better drives inthe UK than going through Glossopand over Snake Pass, especially ifthere is ninety minutes of footballinvolved in the journey. We made good progress, dodging

the many cyclists (how popular iscycling becoming since Britishcyclists actually got good at thesport? Damn em’, I say) and soon Iwas giving Young Jack a history les-son about how The Dam Busters wasfilmed at Derwent Reservoir, like weALL do every time we pass it. Haveyou watched it yet, Jack ? That’ll be ano, I reckon. Bloody teenagersSheffield now play their football in

Dronfield, more or less in betweenSheffield and Chesterfield, and ourvisit coincided with the “Dronfest”music festival which was beingstaged in a field next door to the foot-ball ground. At least we got twoevents for the price of one, £8 again,although the only artist I recognisedon the bill was Andy Fairweather Lowand he seemed a bit dated, to myyoung punk ears at least, even backin the 1970’s.

It was an excellent turnout fromEast Lancashire, as well as the afore-mentioned Tanners Croft who hadonly had to travel a few stops on thetrain, for what was our longest dis-tance game of pre-season. Weout-numbered the Sheffield support,although this is not surprising as Iwould not like to be faced with over a20 mile round trip to watch my localteam. It must be difficult for theSheffield support at the moment andI wish them all the best in their questto find a new ground closer to theirsouth Yorkshire roots. I bought myselfa programme, £2 and it was forSheffields previous game against

Northampton Town with a page onRamsbottom United inserted, so Iwasn’t too impressed with that. I wasmore impressed with the local, Dron-field pasty and got quite a shockbiting into it and actually getting a realpiece of steak. Greggs, this certainlywas not!Despite a Grant Spencer penalty in

the first half and a late wonder goalfrom substitute, Tom ‘Baby Boris’Hartley, another experimental Ramsside ended up losing 3-2 in what wasprobably our worst pre-season per-formance. After the game a few of thetravelling support headed to theadjoining Coach and Horses pub fora post-match pint, whilst the rest of usmade plans to meet up back inRammy to watch the end of thecricket down at The Riverside and, ofcourse, have a few pints of Moore-houses finest ale. That’ll do me nicely,thank you.

MOSSLEY...With just one week to go to the big

kick off and with all those higher upthe Footballing Pyramid starting theirseasons for some strange reason,our final friendly saw us visiting a reg-ular haunt from the NWCL days, SeelPark to take on Mossley FC. One ofthe beauties of pre-season friendliesis that they are often played in sun-shine and, as we set off fromRamsbottom, we weren’t let down inthat department.

The Masseys, Andy and Hilary,joined me for the short journey over toSaddleworth and we passed the timeby listening to the BBC 5Live cover-age of Leeds United against Burnleyin the Championship (that’s the Sec-ond Division in old currency, MrCunningham, and quite rightly so).fr

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Hilary’s joy at a late Leeds goal (she’sa Yorkshire lass originally, tha’ knows)was short lived as Burnley got animmediate equaliser and pretty soonwe were arriving in Mossley and park-ing up in one of the streets close tothe ground. There weren’t as many Ultras at

Mossley as we had seen other awaygames, which was surprising as itwas only a half hour drive away, butmaybe they were all saving them-selves for the big day out in Rushallnext week. I went in the bar and spenta bit of time with Chairman Harry,Andy Edmunson and Woolly, makingarrangements for the Rammy Rocketdown to Rushall, and we were soonjoined by John ‘Harry’ Ayres andPeter ‘Hackers’ Taylor. By the time wehad hung the flags up it was time forkick off, well 2.55 to be precise. Aftercomplaining about the early kick off toall and sundry, Carlsberg informedme that my watch was slow and thegame had, in fact, kicked off bang ontime. With that, I sloped off for one ofthe locally baked, cheese and onionpies which went down well, but not asgood as the Dronfield pasty. Never

mind, we have Workington away in afew weeks time, winner of the “Dark-side Award for Best Pie/Pasty2014/15” so I’ll wait to spoil my finefigure until then.A good first half saw the Rams take

in a 1-0 lead at the break, with Pughiescoring the goal with an exquisite freekick from the left (you can see thegoal on YouTube or the Rammyforum, thanks to Carlsberg). In thesecond half we seemed to getdragged down to Mossley’s level andthe game got a bit disjointed,although it wasn’t helped by a whistlehappy referee. The main talking pointof the half was the non-sending off ofShents, who brought down one oftheir forwards outside the area, andwas lucky to stay on the pitch. A late Mossley equaliser made it 1-

1 and it was probably a fair result forthe hard work and effort they had putin, and anyway, it’s thenext week and theNPL that are allimportant from hereon in, so let’s here itfrom all of you... Comeon you RAMS!

Rammy playersleave the pitch 3-2 victors atSheffield FC,home of football


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fixtures & results 2015-16

This season we want to hearfirst-hand what our supportersthink about everything, fromteam and player performancesright through to what everyonethought of the pies and the park-ing!

To that end, we’ve had printed aload of ‘Have Your Say’ cards,which you can pick up near thetea-bar. Onto these you canwrite your thoughts and thenpost them into the boxes nearthe exits as you leave. Thesewill be available at every gamefrom now on.

Alternatively, you can use yourphone to text TV444 followed byyour comment to 82055. Thesecost the same as any other textyou would send.

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Ramsbottom United Football ClubChairman: H WilliamsVice Chairman: C WoolfallSecretary: A Cunningham Matchday Secretary: A Edmunson Treasurers: H Williams, C WoolfallCommittee: H Williams, C Woolfall, A Edmundson, K Hitchen, A CunninghamCatering Manager: S Fletcher

Recent Senior Honours: Bolton Comination Div 1 Champions: 1972/73Bolton Comb. Premier Champions 1976/77: Bolton Comb. Div2 cup ru nners up:1979/80,1982/83Bolton Comb. Div2 runners up: 1982/83Bolton Comb. Cup winners: 1976/77, 1979/80,1983/84Bolton Comb. Div1 runners up: 1984/85Bolton Comb. Cup runners up: 1985/86, 1987/88Manchester League Cup Winners: 1990/91Manchester League Champions: 1990/91Yorkshire Cup runners up: 1993/94Northwest Counties Div2 Champions: 1996/97Northwest Counties Div2 Trophy: 1995/96Bolton Hospital Cup winners: 1974/75, 05/06.06/07, 07/08Northwest Counties Premier runners Up 2010/11Northwest Counties Premier Champions: 2011/12Northern Premier League Div1 playoff winners:2013/14

The Harry Williams Riverside Stadium , Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom, LancashireTel: 01706 822799

PLEASE NOTE:

The forthcoming match against Frickley coincides with acricket match going on next-door. Can all supportersplease find suitable parking away from the ground as thecar-park will be full well before 3pm.


HYDE

NUMBER OFWINS

GOALSSCORED

GOALS SCORED PER GAME

CLEAN SHEETS

GOALSCONCEDED

GOALS CONCEDED PER GAME

RAMMY

ATTENDANCES

BIGGEST WIN

RAMMY 4WHITBY 0

WORST DEFEAT

RAMMY 0BLYTH 4

FORM

POSITION 17th

0 - 0

1 - 2

0 - 1

TOP SCORERSJon RobinsonJordan HulmePhil DeanGrant SpencerOsebi Abadaki

141311106

ATTENDANCES

FORM

POSITION

4 - 1

1 - 1

1 - 2

5 - 0

SEASON 2014-15 SEASON 2014-15

TOP SCORERS

3 - 4

BIGGEST WIN

HYDE 5LOWESTOFT 1

WORST DEFEAT

STALYBRIDGE 7HYDE 1


ATTENDANCES EVOSTIK PREMIER DIVISION

SEASON 2015-16 / CAREER STATISTICS

TEAM Avg1 Ashton United 1262 Barwell 2273 Blyth Spartans 4034 Buxton 7085 Colwyn Bay 2146 Darlington 9087 Frickley Athletic 2368 Grantham Town 2289 Halesowen Town 47110 Hyde United 50911 Ilkeston 50512 Marine 29413 Matlock Town 34414 Mickleover Sports 20815 Nantwich Town 30216 Ramsbottom United 20917 Rushall Olympic 23718 Salford City 51819 Skelmersdale United 21720 Stamford 48921 Stourbridge 38722 Sutton Coldfield Town 14823 Whitby Town 24124 Workington 488

SEASON CAREERSIGNED APPS SUB GOALS APPS SUB GOALS YELS REDS

Clevon Beadle July-15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Jake Cliffe Jan-15 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0

Andy Dawson Aug-08 1 0 0 173 5 23 25 4Saindou Djanfar Aug-15 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0Andy Fitzgerald July-15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Lee Gaskell Aug-10 2 0 0 176 37 110 10 0Kyle Harrop Jan-15 1 1 0 21 2 0 0 1

Prince Haywood July-15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Luke Heron Jan-15 1 0 0 9 6 2 1 0Callum Jones Jan-15 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0

David Kuba-Kuba Nov-14 2 1 0 13 7 1 1 0Dominic McHale July-15 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1Alex Meaney July-15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Kieran Nolan July-15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Shelton Payne Aug-15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Lee Pugh July-15 0 0 0 36 7 2 9 2

Grant Shenton Aug-10 2 0 0 229 1 0 12 1Grant Spencer July-15 2 0 0 144 20 43 20 0Ben Woods July-15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts1 Skelmersdale United 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 62 Rushall Olympic 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 63 Buxton 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 64 Blyth Spartans 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 65 Mickleover Sports 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 46 Salford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 47 Whitby Town 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 38 Barwell 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 39 Nantwich Town 2 1 0 1 9 7 2 310 Darlington 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 311 Colwyn Bay 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 312 Matlock Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 313 Ilkeston 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 314 Halesowen Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 315 Stourbridge 2 1 0 1 4 7 -3 316 Ashton United 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 217 Marine 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 218 Grantham Town 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 119 Hyde United 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 120 Workington 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 121 Sutton Coldfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 6 -4 122 Ramsbottom United 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 023 Stamford 2 0 0 2 5 9 -4 024 Frickley Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0


Date of birth: 22/05/92Place of birth: ChaddertonPosition: DefenderHeight: 6ftPrevious clubs: Curzon,Bacup, Trafford, AshtonUnited, NantwichFull back with a greatability to read the game.

Kyle Harrop

Date of birth: 26/05/92Place of birth: RossendalePosition: DefenderHeight: 6ftPrevious clubs: Bury, Hyde,Bacup, Clitheroe, ChesterNo-nonsense hard manwith a huge long throw andmean free kick.

Lee Pugh

Date of birth: 1/07/97Place of birth: ManchesterPosition: Wing-backHeight: 5ft 10insPrevious clubs: Hough EndGriffinsExtremely talented youngfull back with bags of pace,which allows him to wreakhavoc coming forward.

Ben Woods

Date of birth: 28/12/81Place of birth: SalfordPosition: Manager / StrikerHeight: 5ft 9insPrevious clubs: Salford,Flixton, New Mills, BacupA passionate and never-say-die striker who willscore goals by sheerenthusiasm alone. Tookover the managerial reinsin January 2015.

Jon Robinson

Date of birth: 13/09/79Place of birth: OldhamPosition: Manager /MidfieldHeight: 6ftPrevious clubs: Rochdale,Curzon, Hyde, SalfordVersatile midfielder who’shappy anywhere on thepitch. Intelligent, matureand articulate addition toRammy’s management.

Phil Edghill

Date of birth: 28/01/91Place of birth: NewtonHeathPosition: GoalkeeperHeight: 6ft 2insPrevious clubs: MaineRoad, FCUMCharismatic and influentialgoalkeeper whose visionhelps score as many goalsas his athleticism denies.

Grant Shenton

who’s who?meet the rammy squad for 2015/16


Date of birth: 2/04/92Place of birth: Modena,ItalyPosition: MidfieldHeight: 6ft 1inPrevious clubs: Modenese,Stalybridge, Colwyn BayNo-nonsense hard workingmidfielder with bags ofexperience despite his age.

Prince Haywood

Position: MidfieldPrevious clubs: New Mills,Glossop, Runcorn Linnets,Mossley, TraffordStrong and experiencedmidfielder who likes to getstuck in. The Enforcer inthe middle!

Melford Knight

Position: MidfieldPrevious clubs: Stockport,Lancaster, Nantwich,Chorley, Skelmersdale,Curzon AshtonA left-footed attackingmidfielder who workstirelessly and has a greateye for reading play.

Alex Meaney

Date of birth: 22/12/93Place of birth: StockportPosition: DefenderHeight: 6ft 1inPrevious clubs:Manchester United,Blackburn, Stockport,Curzon, HydeHard working full back witha great pedigree.

Andy Fitzgerald

Date of birth: 19/09/85Place of birth: RochdalePosition: Centre-HalfHeight: 6ft 3insPrevious clubs: BlackburnA Rammy favourite andone of the club’s longestserving players.Struggledwith injury for the pastthree seasons, but after aseries of knee operations isback in the squad.

Andy Dawson

Date of birth: 12/01/91Place of birth: SalfordPosition: Centre-HalfHeight: 6ft 1inPrevious clubs:Manchester City, BoltonSkillful young centre backwho’s come through theBolton academy setup.Very brave, creative andhas huge potential.

Kieran Nolan

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Date of birth: 18/10/98Place of birth: BuryPosition: MidfieldHeight: 5ft 11insPrevious clubs: Bury,BurnleyYoung and nippy midfielderwith great skill, fitness andmasses of potential.

Zac Hargreaves

Date of birth: 14/09/95Place of birth: BuryPosition: MidfieldHeight: 5ft 11insPrevious clubs: Preston,BuryYoung and very promisingmidfielder whoseperformances becomemore outstanding everytime he takes the field.

Jake Cliffe

Date of birth: 28/01/91Place of birth: MiddletonPosition: MidfieldHeight: 5ft 8insPrevious clubs: Oldham,Salford, Bacup, New MillsA very hard-workingmidfielder whose never-say-die attitude makes hima real inspiration in theRammy team.

Jamie Rother

Date of birth: 1/03/95Place of birth: LondonPosition: Midfield/WingHeight: 5ft 8insPrevious clubs: Preston,FCUMA very hard-workingmidfielder who’s skilled,strong and confident on theball. Extremely influentialplayer on the field forRammy.

David Kuba-Kuba

Date of birth: 4/10/91Place of birth: ManchesterPosition: MidfieldHeight: 5ft 7insPrevious clubs: Bolton,Salford, Curzon,Rossendale, HydeA creative midfielder whohas the ability to take onanyone and deliver a greatball. He has an eye for thesensational and is worthalmost a goal a game.

Grant Spencer

Date of birth: 11/11/96Place of birth: RawtenstallPosition: Midfield/StrikerHeight: 5ft 7insPrevious clubs: Blackburn,MostonTough and skillful youngstriker / attacking midfielderwho is a very excitingprospect for the future.

Tom Hartley


Date of birth: 15/09/92Place of birth: BoltonPosition: Midfield/StrikerHeight: 5ft 8insPrevious clubs: Burnley,Bolton, Lancaster, MossleyA creative midfielder andplaymaker with an eye forgoal.

Marley Gough

Date of birth: 24/03/96Place of birth: BuryPosition: WingerHeight: 6ftPrevious clubs: Oldham,TraffordYoung and creative wideplayer whoseperformances are goingfrom strength to strength.

Luke Heron

Date of birth: 07/02/85Place of birth: BuryPosition: StrikerHeight: 6ft Previous clubs: Bury,Morecambe, Trafford,WarringtonTall and classy striker whohas an eye for thespectacular but isn’t afraidto work hard for the cause.

Lee Gaskell

Date of birth: 19/12/95Place of birth: ManchesterPosition: WingerHeight: 5ft 11insPrevious clubs: Trafford,RadcliffeLeggy young andpassionate winger withbags of pace who likes torun at defenders and candeliver a mean cross.

Clevon Beadle

Date of birth: 27/02/91Place of birth: Mayotte,AfricaPosition: StrikerHeight: 5ft 11insPrevious clubs: ChateauxGombert, En AvantGuingamp, Endoume,Luynes Sport, Consolat,CA Plan de CuquesTall and fast striker withgreat technique and whosepotential is frightening.

Saindou Djanfar

Position: CoachPrevious clubs: Barnsley,Crewe, Rochdale, Hyde,Accrington, BuxtonVastly experienced coachwith some great ideas forgetting the best out of hisplayers. Played over 200matches in professionalfootball as a right-back.

Wayne Goodison


Here we go again. ‘Trial By Twiface’as I call it. I suppose that the internetand social media are good in onerespect in that it allows people to veryquickly to be able to watch events forthemselves and make up their ownminds on things, without being spoon-fed opinions by the main-streammedia. But then on the other hand, itmeans that idiots like those who rambled incoherently and inaccuratelyover the videos they decided to postto youtube can state platitudes, rose-tinted opinions, and basicallyincorrect facts without any kind ofrecourse. Nobody saw Robbo kickinganyone, infact Robbo was doingnothing but trying to break up the sillyand pointless shoving that was goingon... but some idiot from Buxton canjust ramble on in the backgroundabout “did you see their manager justkick one of our lads... get off the pitchyou Rammy animals” and so on, andthat kind of thing sticks!The mainstream media know that

they can get sued for saying suchstuff, and so they don’t. The MEN andDaily Mirror articles only pointed outthe facts that they knew to be fact.For the rest they quoted people orjust let the videos speak for them-selves. There’s no sueing some16-year-old from Buxton for what he’ssaid on a video - and what if you did?It’d just cause more trouble for bothclubs... and that’s something thatthese people forget when they postthis stuff onto the internet - thiscauses trouble for all of us. It doesn’thelp the game of football in any way,it doesn’t help Rammy, but it alsodoes (importantly for them, if theyengaged their brains) nothing for thereputation of Buxton! Now I have the full thing on video,

from a couple of angles (thanks to

Jack, our fantastic camera operator,who got everything in high definition,from a close-in angle). I also havealmost 200 photos of what was goingon. My camera was almost spewingsmoke by the end of it all, and I wasless than ten yards away. Out of all ofthat I’ve released one photograph,which I put on the forum and printedhere. It’s the photo of the Buxton cap-tain punching Dominic McHale whilehe was on the ground. If I watch back the whole incident

then I can see lots of pushing, shov-ing, shouting and aggravation, but ifyou think to yourself calmly and dis-passionately, “what is actually reallygoing on in there?” and mentally stripaway all the handbag waving etc,then what do you see? If 22 peopledecided to fight then that situationwould have looked very differentindeed.The tackle from Meaney was stupid

and rash retaliation for what thewound-up number 9 did to Spencermoments before. Dominic McHalewas a bit of an idiot in winding up thenumber 9 after he went off the pitch.But the only real punches thrown arethose that were shown in the photo Iput on the forum, and here.The referee got it absolutely right

with the handing out of cards, andwas absolutely right in not making abig deal of it after the game. If theBuxton fans hadn’t stuck their videoson youtube then we could have alldished out the punishments and retri-butions to our players and got on withthe season. But they did, and so weare were we are, and I believe needto take a stance to at least try anddefend ourselves.

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causing lots of trouble. Within an hourof something happening, before eventhe League or the FA (or in this caseeven our club chairman) have evenlearnt about an event, the judge, juryand executioners on social mediahave tried and executed the clubbased on scant evidence and a ram-bling and incorrect voice-over.Although I won’t go back across thedetails, who can forget the tannoyannouncer at Radcliffe blathering onabout “the players, officials and man-agers of Ramsbottom United” whennot one of the club officials was at thegame... and I’m not even sure therewere any players there! That doesn’tmatter on social media though. Wewere hung drawn and quarteredwithin an hour, just as we were onTuesday.We have to be so careful with this

stuff, folks. If you end up involved inany of this kind of ‘Trial by Twitface’then please think carefully before yousay stuff, even leaping in to defend

ourselves, which can often inflamethe situation even more. Please alsothink carefully before posting a photoor video of something. These thingscan be taken out of context and mis-interpreted, particularly if pointed atby the Daily Mirror website with a rab-ble-rousing headline.The same goes for the forum. Just

ask yourself who will be reading whatI am writing. The players we are slat-ing, or the opposition we are beratingwill all be reading what we are typingin the drunken privacy of our ownhomes.

Most importantly, let’s sticktogether. Ramsbottom Unitedis very quickly gaining areputation which we do notdeserve, and I think weall have a vested inter-est in, and a duty to tryand repair that reputa-tion.


Josh OLERENSHAWGeorge RILEYLee NEVILLEShane KILLOCKAdam JONESBig KHAMSUKElliot HARRISONSpencer HARRISPeter BOYLESam FITTONAyrton BEVINSRyan ELLISONJames BURKEAndy PEARSONScott SPENCERRyan MASTERSONReece GRAYBen JAGOJosh BROADBENT

Manager: Jon ROBINSON Manager: Gary LOWE

Referee: Simeon LucasReferee’s Assistants: Paul Bell, Ainsley Sawicz

Next home game: Saturday 29th August 3pm, Rammy v Frickley Athletic

Grant SHENTONKyle HARROPBen WOODSAlex MEANEYAndy DAWSONKeiran NOLAN

Dominic McHALEPrince HAYWOOD

Lee GASKELLDavid KUBA-KUBAGrant SPENCER

Jake CLIFFESaindou DJANFAR

Luke HERONTom HARTLEY

Andy FITZGERALDClevon BEADLECallum JONESPhil EDGHILL

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