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Good afternoon everyone, and welcometo the Harry Williams Riverside Stadiumfor todays game against Darlington. Idlike to extend a warm Rammy welcome toour match officials as well as the players,management and officials of our opposi-tion today - I hope you enjoy your visit,and have a safe journey home.As we found a couple of weeks ago up

in the North-East, Darlington are a verygood, solid unit who defend well, and theyhave three excellent forwards who willcause problems for every team in theleague. We will approach todays game aswe did the last because we did nothingwrong up there, and were unfortunate (asis the case in so many of the games oflate) to come away with nothing. I doagree that at times our football can benaive and clumsy, but at others it is neatand flowing - weve been so hard done byrecently, and with a little bit of luck wecould have been on the better side of allthese results.Tuesday night against Stourbridge is a

case in point. We created more thanenough chances to bury the game as,although Stourbridge are seventh in theleague, there was nothing there that wecouldnt deal with if we kept our heads. Wewere on top for large parts of the match,particularly in the first half, and it was frus-trating in the extreme to crumple under thelate sucker-punch. Concentration for thefull ninety minutes is what I pointed out aslacking in my last programme column, andit was that same problem which cameback to bite us on Tuesday. We need totighten up, and stop that happening.Thankfully team morale doesnt seem to

have suffered too much after Tuesdaysgame. Yes, at the time it felt like the worldhad ended, and its always a killer to con-cede so late in a game, particularly twicein less than a week, but we know thatwere getting there now, and we know thatwe have what it takes.

That said, defensive frailties have beena huge problem for us so far this season,with youngsters not quite meeting expec-tations and Andy Dawsons injury woescontinuing. Youngsters such as KieranNolan have huge potential, but they needan experienced head like Andy Dawsonalongside them. You can see from the lastfew results just how much of an impact hispresence (and that of Jamie Rother) hashad on the field. Over the last fortnightweve thought long and hard and havedecided that its time to get out there andaddress the problems at the back onceand for all. Budgets are tight, but this weekwere looking at adding a couple of qualitydefenders to the squad, one of which wehope to have all signed up and ready to gofor todays game, with the other not farbehind. Its been a lot of hard work gettingthese lads, as its always difficult to per-suade players to come to a team in ourpredicament, but these fellas, along withour other new signings (the excellent SamGrimshaw, and midfielder Matty Crothers)should help do the job for us.In training we work on all sorts with the

players. We go through previous gamesand situations, but make sure that we alsokeep a smile on players faces. The squadis really starting to bond, and we havesome decent, loyal people on-board now.You can really see this in the squad, espe-cially those people who know and arearound football.There have been some calling for my

resignation, but these people are not reallyany interest of mine. I have plenty of sup-port at this club and the people who trulylove this club are behind me. Building acompetitive Evostik team at a club such asRammy will always be a long process. Wedont have the reputation, budget, or pres-tige of teams like Darlington, and so I askinstead for your loyalty, support, andpatience. We will get there!- Robbo jo

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Welcome to the Harry WilliamsRiverside Stadium for this afternoonsclash with Darlington 1883, and awarm welcome to both our match offi-cials and everyone who has madethe journey down from the wonderfulCounty Durham.

HAPPY MEMORIESIn the eyes of Ramsbottom United

fans, that play-off semi-final game atBishop Auckland will always play abig part of this clubs history. Thememories from that night still stayfresh in the mind. The large crowdand the significance of the occasionallowed us to travel to Bamber Bridgefour days later and gain promotion.

Despite Darlingtons disappoint-ment on the night, it was alwaysgoing to happen that they would fol-low us, and so they have. Promotionto the National League North will bevery much an ambition for todays vis-itors, hand-in-hand with their desire toreturn to the town of Darlington. Igather there are still problems movingin with the rugby union club, but nodoubt they will eventually be sortedout and Darlo can look to the futurewith much optimism.

As a football fan, I was disap-pointed when the old club leftFeethams. It was a wonderful lowerleague stadium with so much charm,especially the walk through the gatesand around the cricket field.

Then some idiot comes alongpromising the earth, builds a ridicu-lous stadium and the rest is history.I have no doubt that at some point

in the future, this fine old club willreturn to the Football League, but inthe meantime, I hope their fans areenjoying the journey through the divi-sions of proper football.

And Ive no doubtthose fans are preferringto come to Ramsbottomtoday rather than on theoriginal Tuesday in Janu-ary date!

TOUGHHow on earth do you

assess our season sofar?Tuesday was another

example of Lady Luckdeserting us. After wehad deservedlyequalised, the Stour-bridge reporter reckonedthere was only going tobe one winner. Howwrong he was! A drawwas the least wedeserved, but for somereason we just cant fin-ish games off.Lets be honest, all our

home games have beenclose-run matches. Bux-ton sneaked it by the oddgoal, against Hyde forover an hour there wasnothing between the two sides, Frick-ley was probably the poorestperformance but even that wasnt toobad, Sutton Coldfield Town wenthome mightily relieved to havescooped all three points, and thenStourbridge on Tuesday. Five defeatswhen we really deserved a number ofpoints from those games.

Ive not managed a single awaygame so far, but by all accounts, withthe exception of Rushall Olympic andWorkington, again the displays havebeen encouraging.

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have seen so far, but I gather the per-formances away to tonights visitorsand at Buxton were deserving ofsome reward. However, when youare at the foot of the table, little thingsappear to go against you, and hadthe overall performances meritedsuch a position I would be more thana little concerned.The table may not lie, but I firmly

believe we do not deserve to bewhere we are, and surely the tide willturn? It needs to, and pretty soon, forthe last thing I want to see is TheRams being left so far behind that weare playing out the season staring at

the clubs first ever relegation.There is plenty of talent within the

squad, and they do appear to befinally gelling. That old mistress LadyLuck really is due a visit at somepoint. Maybe today? Who knows, butas long as the effort continues to beput in by everyone at the club, I wouldlike to think that our customary slowstart, albeit taking a little longer toshake off this campaign, will soon beforgotten, and as we reachthe end of April, our tenurewithin Evo-Stik Premierwill still be in place.Keep the faith!

Buxton v Rammy in August, LiamHardys 9th minute goal the onlydifference between the sides.


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In the past, players such as TomFinney or Jimmy Armfield devotedtheir entire career to just a singleclub, but in modern football the jour-neyman player has become virtuallythe norm. Rammys Grant Shenton,Jon Robinson and Lee Gaskell aregreat examples of players for whomclub loyalty comes above everything,between them making almost 600appearances to date, but anothername that truly deserves to be on thatlist is that of centre-half Andy Daw-son. Plagued by injury, the 30-year-old

from Spotland in Rochdale and olderbrother of West Brom player CraigDawson, has fought back time andagain, needing constant attentionfrom surgeons and physios, to devotealmost his entire senior career toRamsbottom United, making 177appearances in a career spanningseven years to date. Few can forgetthe majestic pairing of Dawson andFlannery at the back, a pair of tower-ing and commanding centre-halveswho were the bane of many a North-west Counties team during the clubspromotion season, and the momentthat Andy Dawson, in role as captain,held the league trophy aloft after theWinsford game back in 2012.We began by asking Andy about the

injuries that have dogged him, howthey first came about, and how thingscurrently stand.If I told you my injuries are frustrat-

ing it would be a completeunderstatement, frustration that prob-ably only my family and especially mywife have seen. My main injury was in2005. When playing basketball I com-pletely ruptured my anterior cruciateligament, partially tearing my poste-rior cruciate ligament and partiallytearing the cartilage. The surgeon

operated within a week or so andused part of my patella tendon topatch things up, but in doing soneeded to remove some of the carti-lage in the process. Other than theoccasional rolled ankle, strained mus-cle and broken nose, my main injuriessince have been as a result of myknee. Late 2013 I ruptured what littlecartilage I had left which resulted inthe surgeon drilling holes into theknee joint at the femur to cause it tobleed and grow something similar tonew cartilage. This can take 12-18months to grow and become hardenough to compete. In March 2015 Ihad this surface trimmed andsmoothed off, and that's where I amup to now. Since 2005 I've had toadapt my own training, I cant roadrun, I cant train on Astroturf, and I'vebeen fortunate that managers haveallowed me to manage this flexibly.Following return this year, allbeit myknee will never be 100%, I feel I amable to manage it with appropriaterest in between games.The really frustrating thing is that I

have picked up a nagging ankle injuryin the last three weeks which issomething I've not had before andwhich Im working to resolve. Although giving up basketball due

to the injury, Ive always loved mycricket, and even though I continue toplay, I've fitted this more around myfootball and recovery from injury. Istarted cricket a little bit later thanfootball and the two became a goodcombination when I was younger. Iprobably just preferred football butit was good to play footballduring winter andcricket in thesummer.


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I've played my cricket at Rochdale fromthe age of ten and made my first-teamdebut at sixteen. I had trials at Lan-

cashire but knew deep down that Iwasn't really good enough, so Ibecame more focused on foot-ball. I have continued to playboth when possible and I'vebeen fortunate enough to winthe league, a Wood Cup, anda T20 cup with Rochdale,and was first team Captainfor two years in 2010/2011alongside being Captain at

Rammy from 2008 - 2013.As a Rammy lad through-and-through, this last few months havebeen extremely difficult. What Iwould say is the rise of Rammyboth on and off the field happenedin a very short period of time. Somemay argue that we punched aboveour weight, however if you lookback at Jonno and Bernards firstfull season, it took 40+ players tofind the right bunch - the right bunchin terms of spirit, the right bunch interms of ability and the way theywanted to play. The time was right togive 16/17/18 year olds a chance todevelop in adult football, mixingthem with more experienced play-ers, but it was easier back thenplaying in the NWCL compared towhere we are now. To start with

almost a brand new team at any level is toughand people need to be patient, but also peopleneed to be realistic. To compare Rammy to Dar-lington's structure/support/finances is unrealistic- to even compare the playing surface or stabil-ity of the other clubs in this league is unrealistic.For us on the inside, we know what Rammy isabout. Its got that family feel to it, that feeling ofa close-knit support, its got the hard work theSupporters Club puts in, its got the excellentwebsite and its got the great support both home

and away from a key element of fans. That'swhat I felt when I came on loan and that's why Istayed, but for an outsider looking in, a potentialplayer for example, they look at the currentform, the playing surface, the structure, the sup-port in terms of numbers, and sometimesfinances and, to put it simply, its difficult toattract players from this level or above. Some-times it needs extra finances, sometimes itneeds good contacts to attract the right players.That said, we do have a number of very goodplayers at the club at the moment - some thathave both the ability and spirit to get us out ofthe rut we are in and some that still need toprove it. If they cant prove it then non-leaguecan be harsh and they wont cut it; simple as!What we must do as a club is stick together andfocus on the positives we do have, The man-agement are always looking to strengthen -that's life - and with a few more additions andthe continued effort that weve put into the lastfew games, I am sure that we can comethrough this difficult spell and turn it round.

Andy was born in Rochdale, and brought upin Spotland, with sport being a huge part of hislife from a very early age.We used to go and watch my wad play when

I was a child, and used to watch other localsport at Rochdale Cricket or occasionallyRochdale Football Club, although Ive alwaysbeen a big Man United fan. My family hasplayed a huge part in my life with my mum Joanand dad Ken, and my brother Craig.

As a family we always did everythingtogether, mostly involving sport, initially locallybut as we got older our parents supported us nomatter what, as my wife Sarah does now - trav-elling all over the country, and abroad at times- they are the reason both me and my brotherare what we are today. Dad was a centre-half in his playing days, so

it was almost inevitable that me and Craigwould end up in that same position. No matterwhere we went as a family, holidays etc, wealways we a bat or ball around.


The earliest competitive football Ican remember playing is for Nordenwhen I was eight. From there I endedup at Blackburn Rovers for aboutthree years from age 12, but at thattime I fell out of love with the game alittle as I was playing too much: Sat-urdays travelling all over withBlackburn, Sundays with a localteam, school football and then Black-burn training on Tuesday andThursdays. I wasn't enjoying it as Ishould and made the decision toleave and play with my friends.Despite Blackburn doing what theycould to try and keep me, I wasn'thappy, and my parents supported mecompletely. I left and played forRoach Dynamos for a few years andwe had a very successful team, win-ning the League, the Lancashire Cup,and even representing England inHolland and Germany- a number ofplayers turned pro from that team.These are some of my best memo-ries. My Dad was Assistant Managerand my mum was also heavilyinvolved - my brother played too,even though he was a lot younger.I played baskedtball in the national

schools competitions and cricket Ihave played first Team at Rochdalesince around 17. The injury I got play-ing basketball was probably my worstmoment in sport, and certainly a timewhen I needed the support of myfamily, but it was also around the timethat I met my wife-to-be Sarah, so Ihad great support throughout.

It took me almost two years torecover from that injury, so I wentback to playing for Rochdale StClements for almost two seasons.One of those was a special one notjust because I was back playing butas I played a season at centre half

alongside my brother, and we alsowent on to win the LancashireLeague. My brother left the followingyear to go to Radcliffe Borough and aseason later I followed him there,again where we were able to playtogether for a little while before hewent on to Rochdale. I continued tostruggle somewhat with injuries andleft Radcliffe, initially on loan, toRammy in October 2008 but quicklymade that a permanent move laterthat year. I had offers from Salford,FC United, Ashton United and Barrowprior to 2013 but I enjoyed the familyfeel to Rammy and most importantly Ienjoyed my football, hence why Icame back - I have unfinished busi-ness due to the time I missed throughinjury.The original Rammy team of 2008

was poor, theres no denying. Thegood times that Jonno and Bernardbrought was obviously a key part forevery one of the players that playedwith them and I am no different. Themorale in that group was better thananything I have experienced before, itwas a one-in all-in approach both onand off the field, sometimes it couldbe embarrassing (for those of youscarred by The Naked Bus episode),but its certainly a football memorythat will stay with me forever. Obvi-ously lifting the NWCL was a hugepart of that, but playing a part in theEvostik North promotion season afterthe heartbreak the year before wasalso up there with great memories. Iguess the good thing looking back isthat I have been through both thegood times and the bad, so I'm hope-ful I can use that experience inhelping get us through the currenttough spell, to ensure that's all it is, abad spell.an

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1883DarlingtonFC wereformed andplayed theirhome gamesat Feethams.

Despite finishing second in the divisionafter winning promotion from the NorthernLeague, Darlington suffered the disap-pointment of losing out in the play-offsemi-final at home to Rammy, who memo-rably won the final at Bamber Bridge.Martin Gray kept most of his squad from

the previous season as he attemptedanother assault on the Evo-Stik DivisionOne North in 2104/15. The Quakersstarted their campaign strongly and werealways amongst the front runners, along-side Northwich Victoria and Salford City.They only lost seven league games allseason, with the only team beating themhome and away being eventual championsSalford. Yet again the Quakers finished insecond place, four points off top stop,which meant they would have to gothrough the lottery of the play-offs for thesecond season in a row.A thrilling encounter at Heritage Park

saw Darlo just edge out Spennymoor 3-2in the semi-final, with David Dowson claim-

ing an 89th minute winner. Securing homeadvantage, the previous years beatenfinalists Bamber Bridge were the visitors infront of a crowd of just under 1900. After agoalless first half, two strikes by prolificmarksmen Nathan Cartman and GraemeArmstrong earned Darlington promotion asthey continued their rise.The Quakers have adjusted to life in the

Premier Division well, winning six and los-ing three of the nine league games theyhave played so far. This has includedimpressive wins against Blyth, Colwyn Bayand Halesowen, although they did sufferdefeat in the FA Cup to Hyde, who ran out3-1 winners at Heritage Park. They havealso carried on their prolific goal-scoringform, with only two teams having bagged-more league goals this season. Althoughlooking to consolidate in the Premier Divi-sion, who would bet against Darlingtonchallenging for those top spots at the endof the campaign if their current form is any-thing to go by?

1908DarlingtonFC turnedprofessionaland joinedthe NorthEasternLeague.

1921Won electionto the newlyformed ThirdDivisionNorth of theFootballLeague.

1958Becamemembers ofthe brandnew FourthDivision.

1989After successiverelegationsDarlingtonwere placedin the VauxhallConference.

1991Brian Littleinspired clubto two promotionsin two yearsand clubpromoted tothe ThirdDivision.


1997Local busi-nessmanGeorgeReynoldstook over theclub.

2003Moved into anew groundat NeashamRoad, laternamed TheDarlingtonArena.

2009Relegated tothe Confer-ence afterbeing placedin adminis-tration.

2011Won FA Trophy afterbeatingMansfieldTown.

2012Fan-run club Darlington1883 formedbut they aredemotedfourdivisions.

2013Win theNorthernLeague andpromoted tothe Evo-StikLeague FirstDivisionNorth.

2015Promoted tothe NorthernPremier Division afterwinning thePlay-Offs.

Darlington is a market town in CountyDurham.

The town owes much of its develop-ment to the Quaker families, hence theclubs nickname.

The worlds first passenger rail jour-ney, between Shildon and Stockton-on-Tees, ran via Darlington in 1825.

Darlington FC played in the first FACup match to be played under floodlightsin 1955, at Newcastles St James Park.

Famous bridge builders ClevelandBridge & Engineering Company havetheir headquarters in the town.

Between 1969 and 1980 the footballclub had to apply for re-election on fiveoccasions to stay in the Football league,each time they were successful.

Darlington was the first town in Eng-land to allow same-sex civil ceremoniesin 2001.

In 2000, although they were knockedout in the second round of the FA Cup,Darlington still made the third round aftera lucky losers draw following Manches-ter Uniteds withdrawal.

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chAlan White (Defender) Age 39Previous Clubs; Middlesbrough,Luton Town, Colchester United, Ley-ton Orient, Boston United, NottsCounty, Darlington, StalybridgeCeltic, Gateshead, Blyth Spartansand Harrogate Town.This vastly experienced defender

has spent most of his career playingin the Football league. White wasactually born in Darlington and joinedthe junior ranks at Middlesbrough, butdid not make a first team appearance.After spending three years at LutonTown, Alan really made a name forhimself at Colchester United, makingover 140 appearances for the club.This is his third spell at Darlington,having first joined the Quakers backin 2007. White was part of the teambeaten in the League Two Play-Offsemi-finals, but he left in May 2009when they first entered administra-tion. Alan entered his current spellwith Darlington, when he re-joined inOctober 2013 and he was named inthe Evo-Stik League Team of theSeason last year. He has now madeover 100 appearances for the Quak-ers and somewhat surprisingly, lastyears play-off winners medal was thefirst one he had won in his seniorplaying career.

Graeme Armstrong (Striker) Age 32Previous Clubs; Dunston, Gateshead,Harrogate Town, Blyth Spartans &Whitby Town.Graeme has spent his entire foot-

ball career in the non-league gameand started out at Northern LeagueDunston. He joined Gateshead in thesummer of 2007 and scored 48 goalsin 144 games as they progressed

from the Evo-Stik Premier to the Con-ference Premier. In order toconcentrate on his teaching career,Armstrong next moved onto Confer-ence North Harrogate Town, netting22 times in his only season at theclub. Graeme is a prolific goal scorerand more evidence came of this ashe scored 30 goals, all from openplay, for Whitby Town in the 2013/14season. Armstrong moved to theQuakers at the beginning of last sea-son and continued his excellent form,scoring 26 goals for Darlingtons pro-motion winning squad. He suffered aninjury to his pancreas in the closingminutes of the play-off final, but isnow fully fit to take on the challengeof the Northern Premier Division.

Nathan Cartman (Striker) Age 25Previous Clubs; Leeds United, Harro-gate Town, Liversedge, Brighouse &Harrogate Railway Athletic.Cartman began his career at Leeds

United and graduated through theiracademy, but did not make a firstteam appearance. On his release hemoved on to local teams that includedHarrogate Town, before a move toHarrogate Railway Athletic where hisprolific goal-scoring really came tolight. In total the striker played 130games for Harrogate RA and scored67 goals, with 36 of these coming in35 appearances last season. It wasno surprise when Darlington securedhis services early in 2015 and hewent onto score a further 7 goals forthe Quakers, one of which includedthe vital opener in the Play-Off finalwin over Bamber Bridge last May.Cartmans name will definitely be aregular fixture in the Premier Divi-sions goal-scoring charts this season.


Stephen Thompson (Striker/Midfield) Aged 26Previous Clubs; Middlesbrough, PortVale, Telford United & Durham City.Another player to start his career at

Middlesbrough in the junior ranks.Thompson joined Port Vale where hemade 17 appearances and scoredtwice. On his release from Vale hemoved into the Conference North withTelford United before returning to hisNorth-East roots with Durham City,who at the time were playing in theNorthern Premier League. His regulargoal-scoring attracted the attention ofthe Quakers management and he wassoon hitting the back of the net forDarlington. 2013/14 was an outstand-ing season for Thompson as hescored 27 goals and created manymore for his team mates. This excel-lent form meant he was the runawaywinner of the leagues Player of theYear award. Thompson is capable ofplaying both up front and in otherattacking roles, and he has alreadynotched three goals this season.

Martin Gray (Manager)Clubs: Sunderland, Oxford UnitedGray started his career at Sunder-

land, making 54 appearances, and healso played in the 1992 FA Cup finaldefeat against Liverpool. He later hadfour years at Oxford United, before hisfirst spell at Darlington in 1999. Afterretiring as a player in 2001, Martinmoved into coaching and laterbecame Assistant Manager at theQuakers under David Hodgson andthen Dave Penney, whom he followedto Oldham Athletic. Gray wasappointed manager of Darlington inhis own right when he was enticedback to the club after they had beenforcibly relegated four steps from theConference to the Northern League.His first season in charge bought theNorthern League title and with ita triple hundred of points , goalsscored and goal difference. Afterlosing out in the 2013/14 play-offsto Ramsbottom United, Graymanaged to recharge his sidewho came through the play-offslast year to win promotion to thisseasons Premier Division.

Nathan Cartmanhaving just scoredagainst Rammy afortnight ago.


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Last week the BBC website pub-lished an article entitled The footballfan, pub purist and tube taker whichdetailed the exploits of (among otherpeople) ex-MP Simon Henig, who is aproud member of the Elite Club ofpeople who have visited all 92 clubsin the four divisions. An elite club,apparently. So I got to the arduoustask of working out just how manyclubs Ive visited and seen matchesat, and my (relatively humble total fora non-league fan) comes out at 152.I dont know about you, but as an exNorthend fan, I dont think you shouldget membership of this Elite Clubunless youve seen your team rele-gated at all 92 league grounds!

Like the BBC, and like SimonHenig, I used to think that 92 was a

lot of grounds to visit, but in my yearsof watching Rammy and variousother non-league clubs, Ive comeacross more than my fair share ofgroundhoppers - the slightly unusualbreed of people who, quitely andwithout any kind of fuss, pop up atrandom matches up and down thecountry, simply because they can! Well, coincidentally, less than half

an hour after reading the BBC article,I bumped into the fella you can seeon the right of this page, who was tak-ing photos of himself outside AchyBottom. Being a photographermyself, I was gripped by the paparaziurge to shoal, and started taking pho-tos of him myself, just incase he wassomeone famous and I could makemoney selling the pictures!in

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It seems that he is actually a chapfrom Nuneaton called Nick Winwood,who had taken a week off work to drivearound the country and tick a few moregrounds off his list. Apparently heddone a few in London on theWednesday, Portsmouth Thursday,and because there was a musicfestival in the Isle of Wight heddecided to change his sched-ule to take in Rammy,Burnley and a couple ofothers around the North-West. A trip that had begunat 5:20am that day, andwould finish at 8pminvolved pitching up at thegrounds and taking a fewphotos before moving onto the next.

Nick Winwood from Nuneaton -a fifteen hour day out visitingfour empty football grounds.


Nick has been pursuing his Her-culean quest for just over ten years,and, during that time has taken inover 310 grounds and travelled30,000 miles.It all began when I was a courier

travelling up and down the country,Nick told us. If I had a spare five min-utes then Id nip slightly off-route andvisit a footie ground. My boss wasreally good about it and didnt mind aslong as it was on my timesheet. Whatwas a bit of a hobby has sincebecome more of an obsession, andnow I book all my annual holidaysaround visiting grounds. Surprisingly,my wife Michele doesnt mind at all -shes probably glad to see the back ofme as I head off to look at grass, asshe calls it.The life-long Wolves fan was even

planning another 250 mile trip backup to Lancashire the next day towatch his team take on Bolton Wan-derers, despite never bothering tovisit Molyneux nowadays.

Home games have no appeal forme any more, they just blend into onememory as its the same old routineevery time. Ive been to Molyneuxhundreds of times over the years, itsnothing new for me.And Nicks definitely not alone in

non-league circles. For every persontrying to join the elite club by doingthe 92, there are ten who turn up atbizarre out-of-the-way non-leaguegames just because they can, makinga paltry 92 look like the work of achild. Take for example the fellabelow, who everyone associated withnon-league has come across morethan once on their travels.His latest sign, that we saw pre-

season at Colne, proclaims that hesvisted 965 grounds, andhitched/walked 58,701 miles.Now theres a big sceptical part of

me that finds that pretty difficult tobelieve, and so I waded back throughmy old photos to see if hes maybemagicked up a few, and exaggerated

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a bit (or a lot). 965 is hell of a lot ofgrounds! Finding the photos was eas-ier said than done, because althoughyou remember seeing him, its prettytough to recall where or when, andIve got thousands of photos ofobscure Rammy matches... and thenit hit me, it was at that Wakefield Wild-cats rugby stadium about three yearsago... found it... 20th October 2012...and theres the photo... what does hissign say? 889 grounds, 51,248miles!

So in three years hes done 76more grounds - I reckon hes beingdead straight with us! Blimey! These are just two examples of the

kind of characters that are meander-ing around the country watching ourbeloved game, or even, in Nickscase, just turning up at empty stadia!Another of our favourites, apart from

Macclesfield John and that little fellafrom Charnock Richard, neither ofwhom weve seen for ages, is Kil-marnock Craig, who were all doingour best to convert whole-heartedly tothe Rammy cause - Scottish peopleare best able to cope with the miseryof our current run of form, and aremore than happy with multipack MarsBars and a can of Irn-Bru, so wereckon its our best way of boostingattendances!Since moving to the area Craigs

decided on his own crusade to visit allof Greater Manchesters grounds,and, from what he tells us, hes doingpretty well with it. Like the vast major-ity of ground-hoppers, Craig doesntdrive, and so grounds like Rammys(our only train service being steam)hold an extra challenge which seemsto be irresitible to the explorer instinctin them.And so, we dedicate this article to

all of those people who can see

beyond the 92 league grounds, andwell give the last word to Nick whohad this to say about Rammysground...I prefer grounds that are traditional

and have character, just like Rams-bottoms. Its a hell of a lovely ground- very picturesque and really welllooked after, infact everything a non-league ground should be. Its my firstvisit, but I already love the place!

non-leagues veryown Forrest Gumpback in 2012 atWakefield

Love at first sight, DarrenComer with our adoptedgroundhopper KilmarnockCraig (left)


Here we are again, the ninth defeat ina season that's just eleven gamesold. Tuesdays was the most crushingfor me as there was a bit of hope wewere going to get something out of it.I noticed you stayed on the pitch atthe end - you must be feeling it prettybadly.This is hands-down the hardestperiod of my footballing career. I don'ttake getting beaten well - I'm a winnerand I take losing personally. Witheach game we don't win its gettingmore and more frustrating. I don'tthink I'm the the only one in thechanging room. Its going to take a lotof hard work to get a win and Ill give100% and more every game.

It's 5am after the game as I write this,and it's a good long while since thefooty has stopped me sleeping. Doyou have a routine to help forgetwhat's gone before and get you up forthe next game?I don't have any particular routine, Ijust take each game as it comes. I'mexperienced enough to know youdon't think about the previous gameand just focus on the game in hand.

Gassy looked particularly crushedafter Tuesday's late goal. Do you findthat certain players are moreresilient?Every player is different. They willdeal with the result in their own way. Idon't think it would be a big shock tosee some of the lads taking a defeatto heart.

What went wrong with that last goal,and why do you think we're gettinginto a habit of conceding late-on?We kept letting their keeper get theball in his hands which was verynaive on our part. Their only threatwas a long punt from the keeper, soall of our problems stemmed fromthat. For the goal we didn't deal withthe first header, and it took a verylucky bounce, which meant that ourclearance went straight to their playerwho held off our attempts at a chal-lenge. Next thing you know the ball ispast me and in the bottom corner. Weneed to stop being nice in our battleswith the forwards, we need to be a bitmore nasty. I don't mean dirty, butdon't get bullied off the ball which iswhat's happening at the moment.

There were moments in that game,particularly first-half, where we lookedmore than a match for Stourbridge,just as on Saturday at Stamford.Does that make it more difficult totake when we concede late?Not for me because conceding a goalalways feels horrible, no matter howwe're playing or what time in thegame it happens.

We're still missing strength at theback, which we don't seem to bemanaging to sort. With Andy Dawsonstruggling with fitness this is a hugeproblem, isn't it.Yes. We are playing full backs at cen-tre half as we don't have depth atcentre back, and it is an issue. But atthe moment that's the hand we'vebeen dealt and we need to just dealwith it and move on.gr

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What was the post-match team talklike? Was it under-standing, or aRight Royal Rol-licking?I missed a big chunkof it because I wasout on the pitch.Robbo was obvi-ously going to bevery irate, and thelads definitely hadtheir heads downwhen I joinedthem.

Some of the teamshape has been a bitstrange at times, withplayers occasionallygoing walkabout, and fit-ness and focus havebeen lacking late-on.What stuff is being worked onat training at the moment and arethese issues being addressed?Goody does alot of work on shapewith all the lads and drills them ontheir jobs. Some have had injurieswhich affects fitness but that will getbetter with each game we play.

A big crowd for today's game,with high-flying Darlington intown. Will the big crowd help, orwill it just add to the pressure? Its the reason I love playingfootball. Loads of fans ,whether singing for you ouragainst you, gets me rightup for a match!


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PHIL EDGHILLGood Afternoon and a warm welcome to Darlington FC fortodays game.Tuesday night was another disappointing result for us. We

definitely deserved at least a point from the game andeveryone was gutted at the end. Unfortunately its been thesame story recently - we are competitive in games, but arenot managing to get the points we deserve, whether its totake a draw or get a win like we should have done at Stam-ford last Saturday. Football can be cruel, but we dont wantsympathy - you have to make your own luck and we haveto show courage to do that. There is no getting away fromthe fact that results havent been good enough, but we haveto believe we can come through it, and there have beensigns recently that we are on the right path. For long periodsof the Stourbridge game we were the better team andcaused them problems, and with a little bit of composure inthe final third, and maybe a bit of luck, we could have takenall three points. We conceded soft goals and the one at theend was avoidable: we didnt deal well enough with the longball initially then allowed them into our box too easily for himto slide it past Shents. The statistics dont lie - we concedefar too many and we have to sense danger and deal withsituations a lot better, especially at the end of games,because its costing us points every week. Its clear wherewe need to improve and weve been busy all week trying toget players in, but its not always easy finding the rightplayer who wants to come to a team at the bottom of thetable. We are confident we will have a least a couple in fornext week to give us more competition for places.

The positives from the Stourbridge game were thechances we created in the second half, and the return ofMax Harrop from injury, who looked sharp when he cameon. I cannot criticise the players for effort or attitude and ifwe show that again today it gives us a chance of gettingsomething from the game. Todays opponents are up around the top and are a big

club. They will provide a stern test as they did a few weeksago when we frustrated them for an hour. They have had acouple of defeats recently to Hyde but we know how toughtoday is and they will want to bounce back. These are thesort of games everyone should be up for, against one of thefavourites for the league. We are at home and need to bepositive and hopefully, with the help of the fans who werebrilliant last game, we can get a win for everyone connectedwith the club. Enjoy the game!

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LEAGUE NEWSHalesowen TownHalesowen goalkeeper Daniel Platt is well on

the road to recovery after losing four teeth in anasty clash of heads against Tivdale back inAugust. Supporters teamed up with the club tolaunch a campaign Put a smile on Platty toraise funds for his dental treatment. Fifty peo-ple have now donated nearly 800 towards a3000 target to match the same amount theProfessional Football Association contributedtowards his treatment bill. Fans have beenurged to keep donating as the cost of the den-tal treatment is not covered by sportsinsurance. Daniel needs 6000 to pay for thereconstruction of his four front teeth.

Ramsbottom United Ramsbottom manager Jon Robinson has

moved quickly to secure the signing of formerManchester City junior Sam Grimshaw fromGlossop North End. The highly regarded 21year-old went on tour with Manchester Unitedto America while on trial at the Premier Leagueclub over the summer. The player who canoperate both at full-back and in an attackingposition was brought in to cover the loss ofGrant Spencer who has moved to NorthwichVictoria. Defender Lee Pugh has also left theHarry Williams Riverside Stadium, joiningNorth West Counties Football League sideColne.

Nantwich Town Hot-shot Elliot Osborne is urging his team

mates to put their FA Cup heart break behindthem. Before their 1-0 defeat at First DivisionSouth Spalding United, the Dabbers has net-ted twenty-three league goals. YoungsterOsborne, who counts Port Vale amongst hisformer clubs, signed from First Division SouthNewcastle Town over the summer and the 18year-old is the clubs leading scorer so far thisseason. Nantwich passed up a number of

chances to equalise in their FA Cup defeat, butthe creative midfielder wants the team to forgetthis quickly and concentrate on challenging inthe Premier Division.

Matlock TownMidfielder Niall McManus has told the clubs

fans to blame the team and not manager MarkHume for their FA Cup exit at the hands oflower league opposition. The Gladiators threwaway a two goal lead as they were beaten 4-2on penalties by Northern League Whitley Baywith the match finishing 3-3 after extra-time.Not only did Matlock miss out on 3000 inprize money, but also a home tie in the nextround against North West Counties LeagueCongleton town. McManus said, It was a lackof game management by the players, espe-cially when we were 3-2 up, but we stoppedplaying and Whitley went gung-ho, which led totheir equaliser. McMaus knows that the teamcan bounce back, as there is plenty of qualityin the squad.

Latest TransfersWarren Bellew Prescot to SkelmersdaleMichael Brewston Southport to Colwyn Bay Liam Davies Tranmere to Hyde Jordan Deacey Boston to Matlock Ross Durrant Nottingham Forest to IlkestonRob Elvins Worcester to HalesowenRussel Griffiths Everton to Colwyn BayJeff King Kendal to AshtonZak Lilly AFC Telford to Sutton ColdfieldGlennMatthews Bolton Wanderers to Colwyn BayMassiah McDonald Bradford PA to Mickleover Dominic McGarr Romulus to StamfordMichael Muscat Bamber Bridge to HydeJason Palling Alfreton to Matlock Luke Rodgers Forest Green to Sutton Coldfield Danny Vincent New Mills to Ashton Charles Weston Stoke City to Ilkeston Laurie Wilson Belper to Matlock Nicholas Wright Kettering to Rushall


NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEWEEKEND ROUNDUP

Premier DivisionNorth East clubs still hold the top two spots in

the Evo-Stik Premier Division despite both BlythSpartans and Darlington 1883 suffering defeatson Saturday.

The Spartans suffered a 3-0 defeat at thehands of Stourbridge at Amblecote, watched bya crowd of 609. Matty Dodd shot the Glassboysin front from the penalty spot on twenty minutesand the lead was doubled in the 66th minute byJustin Richards. Karl Hawley wrapped the gameup for the home side with fifteen minutes to go,ensuring Blyth left for their long journey homeempty handed.

A crowd of just over a thousand at HeritagePark watched Darlington lose 3-2 to HydeUnited, the same team who had knocked themout of the FA Cup a week earlier. Hyde took afirst-half lead through two quick fire strikes fromScott Spencer. Quakers hotshot Nathan Cart-man pulled one back on the hour mark andDavid Dowson soon equalised four minutes later.The Tigers were not to be denied all three pointsas Scott Spencer completed his hat-trick in injurytime to leave the home side deflated.Nantwich Town moved within two points of sec-

ond placed Darlington in a 6-2 demolition ofGrantham Town. The second from bottom awayside took a shock lead through Danny Meadows,but this was cancelled out by Steve Jones as theDabbers moved back on level terms. Granthamwent into the break in front again, with a RhysLewis strike on the half hour. Five unansweredsecond-half goals from the home side throughMatty Kosylo, Liam Shotton, a second for Jonesand a brace by Josh Hancock meant the Ginger-breads dismal league form continued.Buxtons 2-0 loss at Mickleover Sports, meant

yet another top five side failed to pick up anypoints on Saturday. All the goals came late in thefirst period, as Messiah McDonald gave thehome side the lead in the 43rd minute. The winwas confirmed in stoppage time as former Bur-ton Albion defender John McGrath struck.

Sutton Coldfield Town continued their impres-sive form of late, as they moved into fifth placewith a win against Whitby Town. Serigne Diopscored the games only goal after sixty-nine min-utes. This win lifted the Royals above Barwellwho earned a draw away in Cumbria at Working-ton. Jamie Towers 54th minute opener broke thedeadlock, but the Reds soon hit back with aConor Tinnion strike ensuring both sides finishedwith a point.Halesowen Town ran out 2-1 winners away at

Frickley Athletic, to end the home sidesunbeaten start at the SW Jackson Utilities Sta-dium. Jacob Hazel gave Frickley a lead after thefirst period and they looked good to take all threepoints until a late brace from Keyen Reffell in thefinal six minutes sent Halesowen away with thewin.Although they doubled their points tally with a

3-3 away at Stamford, it leaves RamsbottomUnited still searching for a first win of the season.All looked good when the Rams raced into a 3-0half-time lead courtesy of two goals from debu-tant Sam Grimshaw and one from theexperienced Lee Gaskell. However this was areal game of two halves as the Daniels clawedtheir way back in dramatic fashion. A brace fromRyan Robins pulled Stamford back to within onegoal of Ramsbottom and the comeback wascompleted when Cameron Powell equalised intime added on.

Salford City suffered a disappointing 3-1reverse at home to Rushall Olympic. Strikes byLuke Benbow and Alex Reid gave the Pics ahalf-time lead at Moor Lane. The Ammiesreduced the deficit six minutes after the break viaa Ritchie Allen penalty, but Rushall sealed thewin when Benbow struck for his second of thematch in stoppage time.Ashton United went goal crazy at Hurst Cross

as they hit Skelmersdale United for five. Theencounter was only 1-0 at half-time after MartinPilkingtons 16th minute opener. Ashton steppedup a gear in the second period as goals fromAdam Morning, Jason Gorton, Jody Banim andDale Johnson made it look all too easy for thehome side.


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Ilkeston FC have now gone six games with-out a win as they were beaten 3-1 at MarineAFC. The Mariners had a great start throughAndy Owers 5th minute spot-kick, with thelead doubled just after the half hour by ChadWhyte. Owens notched his second of thegame with six minutes to go, althoughSkelmersdale managed a consolation strikethrough a Mike Williams penalty in the lastminute.

Saturdays other game saw Matlock Townand Colwyn Bay share the spoils with a 1-1 atCauseway Lane. The Welsh side took the leadthrough Chris Sharp, son of Everton legendGraeme, but this was soon cancelled out byTed Cribley as the match ended in a stale-mate.

Division One North Northwich Victoria came away from Farsley

Celtic with a 2-1 victory making it eight wins ineight games. Stuart Cook shot the Vics infront only for Lewis Nightingale to equalise forCeltic. Cedric Krous strike fifteen minutesfrom time meant Northwich travelled back overthe Pennines the happier team.Both Spennymoor Town and Glossop North

End also remain unbeaten in the league.Goals by Liam Henderson and Lewis Doddsgave the Moors a 2-0 win at Trafford, but Glos-sop were held to a 1-1 at Lancaster City.Warrington Towns 1-0 win and Scarborough

Athletic and Kendal Towns 3-2 home victoryover Witton Albion ensure both teams stay inthe top five of the division.Prescot Cables managed their second win

as they defeated Mossley AFC thanks to LloydDeans late goal. Life looks extremely bleak for the leagues

bottom side New Mills who were yet againhammered, this time it was Bamber Bridgewho were in the goals. Joe Booth hit four, asfurther strikes by Brett Ormerod, Regan Lin-ney and Sam Joel saw the Bridge run out 7-0winners.

Radcliffe Borough must have thought that

they had done enough to claim all three pointsagainst Brighouse Town. The score was 2-1 tothe Boro until Tom Robinson popped up withfour left on the clock to equalise for the York-shiremen.

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMIDWEEK ROUNDUPDarlington 1883 moved to the summit of the

league table as they drew 1-1 at lkeston FC.Gavin Strachans men took the lead through aJJ Blake penalty as they looked to end a sixgame winless run. Terry Galbraith equalisedfor the Quakers, but they had to hold on for thedraw after Chris Hunters dismissal for a reck-less tackle.

Monday nights other game saw HydeUnited run out 7-1 winners over Stamford AFCat Ewen Fields. Strikes by Reece Gray andScott Spencer gave a Hyde a first-half 2-0lead. Gray completed his brace nine minutesafter the restart before Scott Spencer netted asecond hat-trick in two games with a quick-firedouble. Lee Neville hit the sixth after a wellworked set piece with Ryan Robbins adding aconsolation goal for Stamford three minuteslater. Ayrton Bevins completed the rout withHydes seventh five minutes from time torecord their biggest win since December 2012.Tuesday night saw new leaders in the North-

ern Premier Division as Nantwich Towncomprehensively beat Barwell 4-0. All thegoals came in the second half, as Josh Gor-don and a hat-trick from Liam Shotton movedthe Dabbers one point above Darlington.Buxton moved into fourth place with a 2-1

win at home to Ashton United. Ash Burbearyscored for the home side in the 39th minute,before a Chris Baguley penalty pulled Ashtonlevel. A stoppage time penalty by Liam Hardygave the home side all three points.

Sutton Coldfield Town stayed fifth as theyrecorded a 2-1 win against SkelmersdaleUnited at Stormy Corner. Serigne Diop nettedagain for the Royals to open the scoringbefore Danny Mitchley pulled the home sidelevel. However the visitors were not to be


denied as Kyle Bryant netted to win the game forNeil Tooths side.Frickley Athletic earned a hard fought 1-0 win

against Rushall Olympic. Jacob Hazel scoredthe only goal of the game after nine minutes, butthe Blues had to hold on as the Pics pressed toearn another impressive victory.It was a late show at the Harry Williams River-

side Stadium as Stourbridge pulled off a 2-1 win.Karl Hawley put the away side in front in the48th minute only for the Rams Andy Dawson tonet with eighteen minutes to go with theequaliser. A stoppage winner by Chris Laitdeflated a battling Ramsbottom to give Stour-bridge all three points.Colwyn Bay were condemned to a 2-0 defeat

by Workington at Llanelian Road. Matty Tymonand Conor Tinnion did the damage as the Bayare still finding it tough adjusting after their rele-gation from the Conference North.Tuesday evenings other game saw Halesowen

Town just edge out Marine AFC 1-0 at theGrove, with Reece Hales scoring the only goalof the game.Wednesday evening saw a five goal thriller as

Salford City ran out 3-2 winners away at WhitbyTown. A brace by Danny Webber put theAmmies two up before Lee Mason netted in first-half injury time to reduce the arrears. MatthewWaters thought he had grabbed a point for thehome side on seventy-five minutes, but a JordanHulme winner with five minutes to go gave Sal-ford all three points.

Division One NorthNorthwich Victorias unbeaten run was ended

on Tuesday evening as Clitheroe won 2-0 atShawbridge. Goals from Scott Bakkor and Cal-lum Hendry secured the win which movedClitheroe up to sixth in the table.

Droylsden problems continue as they weresoundly beaten 3-1 at Burscough. Ed Toner,Michael Monaghan and John Connolly putBurscough three up, with a Brandon Zibakapenalty giving the Bloods a consolation goal.Spennymoor Town ran out 3-0 winners at Lan-

caster City to move them into second place in

the league. Second half strikes from AnthonyPeacock and a Liam Henderson double gavethe Moors an easy win at Giant Axe.Trafford earned a 2-2 draw at home to Kendal

Town, with the result even more satisfying asthey came back from 2-0 down with goals fromJack Dorney and Josh Dolling to give them apoint.

Radcliffe Borough and Bamber Bridge alsofought out a draw at Stainton Park. The Brigwent in front through Sam Joel, but Boroequalised just after the hour mark, Sam McMa-hon scored as the game ended 1-1.

Tuesday nights other games saw FarsleyCeltic record a 3-0 win over Ossett Town andWitton Albion hit four as they beat BrighouseTown 4-1. The final game was a goalless drawbetween Glossop North End and ScarboroughAthletic.Ex-Rammy defender George Grayson joined

his old team-mates at Salford City as theychalked up their sixth consecutive away win ona trip over to Whitby on Wednesday. A Webbergoal at each end of the first half would haveseen the Ammies take the break further in thelead had not Whitbys Lee Mason reduced thedeficit with a cross-cum-shot that found its waythrough the crowded box and into the visitorsnet unaided.Whitby substitute Matty Waters equalised with

a curling long-range effort that is a strong candi-date for Goal of the Season, only for ex-Rammystriker Jordan Hulme to put the Seasiders to thesword 3-2 with five minutes remaining on theclock.

RETALIATION ONLY ACCEPTABLEON FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF,CLAIMS MOURINHORetaliation in football is only acceptable when

its against female members of your medicalteam who insist on doing their job, claims JoseMourinho.The Chelsea manager, addressing the media

after the FA rescinding a ban issued to ArsenalsGabriel, felt retribution in sport should only be


allowed when punishing a female doctor whoexhibits genuine concern for the welfare ofinjured players.

Speaking at the clubs Cobham trainingground, he said, The FA is setting a dangerousprecedent here in dismissing the ban on aplayer who reacted violently to provocation.

Are they suggesting we should let off anyfemale medical professional that goes aroundtreating whoever they feel like when they do soin complete accordance with their professionalstandards?He continued, Let me be clear, any woman

has to be aware of the strict limitations appliedto her contribution to the football industry inBritain.And that is nothing more than being the focus

of prurient chants from the terraces.Try to do anything more and she should

expect the full retaliation of the management.A spokesperson for Women in Football, Hilary

Mount, claimed Mourinhos short-sightednesson the matter warranted the urgent attention ofa medical team of his own.Expecting Eva Carneiro to ignore the on-field

head injury of a player is beyond the pale.Perhaps sending her on the pitch to adminis-

ter a blow to the head of an opposition defendermight have seen her awarded his Man-of-the-Match instead?

BRENDAN RODGERS TO JOIN ISISIN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE ANFIELDFEAR FACTORLiverpool manager Brendan Rodgers plans to

join terrorist outfit ISIS in a bid to restore theAnfield fear factor, according to reports thismorning.Following his charges home draw with League

2 side Carlisle, sources close to the club con-firmed that Rodgers made contact with thegroup through an intermediary, Mullah AkhtarAidy-Ward.

The former Reading chief hopes his experi-ence of Northern Ireland in the 1980s will makehim an ideal candidate to join one of the most

fearsome groups since the formation of theWimbledon Crazy Gang in the 1980s.Rodgers told reporters, Its clear that teams

up and down the land are treating a visit toAnfield as a match so easy it should be calledKatie Price.So Im delighted by the opportunity to align

myself with a world-class organization like ISIS,one that has spread fear into the hearts andminds of millions.

Opposing teams looking at our team sheetwill quickly stop laughing at the sight of DejanLovren or Simon Mignolet on the teamsheet assoon as they walk through the tunnel and seethe This is the Caliphate of Anfield sign.Its an outstanding move for all parties.Rodgers confirmed that future pre-match

press conferences would be replaced withgrainy video messages shot from the sand pitsof local Merseyside schools.Authenticity is key to everything I do, he con-

tinued.So expect to see me try and cut off Raheem

Sterlings head when Man City visit us in March.

DULL MIDDLE CLASS MEN TOSPEND SIX WEEKS GOING-ONABOUT SPORT THEY DONTUNDERSTAND

Britain is bracing itself for six weeks ofunremittingly tedious middle-class, middle-aged,awful people endlessly boring on about rugby; asport they have only the vaguest comprehen-sion of.Rugby World Cup? said Middle manager and

appalling bore Simon Williams. Thats wherethey can pick the ball up? Oh, yes, Ive decidedthat will replace my Audi as my major topic ofconversation for the next month or so.The public have been warned to watch out for

overweight faintly posh men with England rugbyshirts in pubs.Theyll be drinking pints of Ruddles, a laugh-

ably weak ale they consider to be properbeer, warned a representative for the licensingtrade.


RAMSBOTTOM

DARLINGTShirts:Red & yellow. Shorts:Ye

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

Grant SHENTO

2(Right Back)Kyle HARROP

5(Centre Back)Andy DAWSON

7(Right Wing)David KUBA-KUBA

4(Mideld)Prince HAYWOOD

9(Forward)Jamie ROTHER

10(Forward)Thomas PORTAS

11(Left Wing)Ian WATSON

8(Mideld)Nathan CARTMAN

3(Left Back)Chris HUNTER

6(Centre Back)Stephen THOMPSON

1(Goal)Peter JAM

Referee:Mr David Storrie


TOM UNITED

INGTON orts:Yellow. Stockings:Yellow.

:Blue. Stockings:Blue.1(Goal)

HENTON capt

6(CentreBack)Phil EDGHILL

3(Left Back)Luke HERON

8(Mideld)Alex MEANEY

11(Left Wing)Sam GRIMSHAW

10(Forward)Lee GASKELL

9(Forward)Graham ARMSTRONG

4(Mideld)Terry GALBRAITH

7(Right Wing)David DOWSON

5(CentreBack)Leon SCOTT

2(Right Back)Alan WHITE

1(Goal) JAMESON

Linesmen:Mr John Macrae,Mr Ethan Davids

Substitutes: 12 Charlie Russell14 Jake Cliffe15 Clevon Beadle16 Melford Knight17 Andy Fitzgerald

Substitutes: 12 Robert Youhill14. Adam Nowakowski15. Kevin Burgess16. Philip Turnbull17. James Provett


EVOSTIK RESULTS


Good afternoon everyone. Well, thisis a pleasant surprise, being able to playagainst Darlington 1883 in the light ofday (ok, I know we have floodlights,playing in the dark would just be silly!).May I offer a warm welcome to all thosewho have travelled down from thenorth-east to our humble little segmentof East Lancashire, and I hope youenjoy your time in our town - of course,barring the next 90 minutes or so!It would be very easy to look back at

the 'good ol' days' of just a couple ofseasons ago when The Tiny TownTeam took on the might of the formerFootball League club and didn't just winonce, nor just win twice but added athird to the mix as well on that memo-rable (and slightly scary) night in BishopAuckland where the small band of loyalRammy faithful trekked up, with notmany giving them a price of victory, butcame away with smiles broader thanthe wings on the Angel of the North.The rest, as they say, is history. That

magnificent afternoon at BamberBridge, the euphoria that followed andthen the unexpectedly brilliant start tolast season. And then .... well .... we allknow what happened!

As Darlington arrive at the HarryWilliams Riverside Stadium for the firsttime in daylight, we are locked to thebottom of the table while our visitors sitastride the rest. And while early goalskilled us at the start of the season, it isnow conceding late on that is our neme-sis.I have only seen one game this sea-

son (and hopefully I will add to thattoday as I am planning on being up) butfrom the reports and comments I haveseen, we are actually playing somegood stuff. Our new signings areimpressing, the players, whilst no doubtfeeling the pressure of the situation, are

performing, and our luck surely has toturn. 3-0 up at Stamford, doing well atBuxton and against Stourbridge onTuesday, and favourable commentsfrom our trip north to Darlington earlierthis month are all encouraging.But the points are still not coming and,

for every single Rammy supporter, it isa worry.Of course, attention when things are

going badly instantly turn to the man-ager and the management of the team.There is no escape from that and nomatter how much you pull out the 'weare in transition' card, every single foot-ball club in the country wants their teamto win, to push at the top of the table, toaim for promotion and success in everysingle competition.OK, Robbo and his band of men will

always look back at what happened inJanuary. The mass exodus of manage-ment and players cannot be takenlightly at all and they were left with thevery messy end of a very long andarduous stick. However, with my statis-tician hat on, the bare facts of the matterread very badly.I am going to look at league matches

only. Since Jon took over the team inJanuary 2015, we have played 32league encounters. We have won 4.We have drawn 7. We have lost 21.Our goals scored is 27. Our goals con-ceded 58. Put another way, out of apossible 96 points on offer, we have col-lected only 19. Not pretty reading but,once again, we have had the totalupheaval of trying to create a new teamin the blink of an eye.

However, in our most recent 19league games since the start of Aprilthis year, just the memorable, safetyensuring 4-3 triumph at Barwell on 18thApril is the only win. And maybe, that isthe most telling factor of all. Manyra

mmy in exile


would say that is plenty of time to start to createyour own team and start producing results.But is it? Can a team be created virtually from

scratch, at this level, in such a short space oftime? Is it Robbo's fault that we find ourselves inthis predicament? I understand the fears of everysingle Rammy supporter, I am having those verysame fears and was more than narked at us con-ceding late at Stamford and late againstStourbridge.So, here is the question I will leave you with. Is

it time for the hangman? And if so, who comes inand would they get anything more out of the teamthan Robbo, Edgy and Molly are? Robbo is aRammy legend and I dearly, so very dearly, wanthim to succeed to almost show those who

departed that we are just the same Rammy with-out them. 1 win in 19? 4 wins in 32?Now, more than ever before, is the time to really

back the team. To really get behindthem. As I said,I am hopeful ofbeing there today and Iwill be cheering andshouting as vocif-erously as normalregardless. Andevery Rammysupporter mustdo too. COME ONYOU RAMS!

TODAYS FIXTURES A BLYTH v MICKLEOVERB COLWYN BAY v NANTWICHC GRANTHAM v MATLOCKD RAMSBOTTOM v DARLINGTONE WHITBY v ILKESTON

TODAYS MASCOTTodays mascot is nine-year-old

James Voss who plays for Rams-bottom Sonics U10s. James has ayounger brother Matthew who isthree, and an older sister Eleanorwho is sixteen.He goes to school at Hollymount

and his favourite food is pizza andgarlic bread.We hope you enjoy todays visit to

Ramsbottom United James, andthat you join us again soon.

RAMMY SIGN CUR-ZON YOUNGSTERTO HELP CLIMB UPTHE TABLERamsbottom United's bid to

climb off the bottom of theEVO-STIK Northern PremierLeague's Premier Divisiontable have been boosted bythe arrival of central mid-fielder Matthew Crothersfrom Curzon Ashton.

A product of the Confer-ence North outfit's youthteam, the 19-year-old hadbeen at the Tameside Sta-dium since the age of sevenbefore breaking into the first

team set-up last term whenthe club won promotion asthe EVO-STIK NPL's topflight play-off winners.Crother could face a bap-

tism of fire on his debut withsecond placed Darlington1883 the visitors to the HarryWilliams Riverside Stadiumin league action on Saturday.One player who won't be in

contention to make managerJon Robinson's side is popu-lar youngster Tom "Boris"Hartley who went out on loanon Thursday to North WestCounties League side Colneto gain more game time.


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44-year-old train driver andfather of two Dave Storrie isin his fourteenth season onthe national list as a Football League assistantreferee. Hes been officiat-ing as a referee at Evostiklevel for eighteen years hav-ing first got started due tothe lack of officials for hisSunday team.

1-WHICH CLUB plays at Maesdu Park?2-WHO IS THE MANAGER of Cheltenham Town?3-WHICH COLOURS do Leamington play in?4-IN WHAT YEAR did Macclesfield Town last became champions of the NPL?5-IN WHICH LEAGUE do Holywell Town play?6-WHAT IS THE NICKNAME of AFC Fylde?7-WHERE DOES ex-Bury player John Rooney now play?8-WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN Kingstonian and AFC Wimbledon?9-RAMMY LINK: Cedric Krou scored the winner last Saturday for which club?10-MISC: Which Stockport County player has recently received a ten game banfor biting?

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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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DAVID STORRIE

ETHAN DAVIDSJOHN MACRAE

24-year-old Scots/LondonerJohn Macrae (who now livesin Leeds) is in his eighthseason as a referee havingpacked up playing whenturned down for trials atLeeds. He has two youngchildren, works as a consult-ant for Direct Line and gotmarried last Friday!

ANSWERS: 1-Llandudno 2-Gary Johnson 3-Yellow and Black 4-1986-87 5-Huws Gray Cymru Alliance

6-e Coasters 7-Chester 8-Both play at Kingsmeadow 9-Northwich Victoria 10-Glenn Rule


...there were, if anything, morewomen drawn into the workforce in theSecond World War than between 1914and 1918 and sport, including football,was used by the authorities as a muchneeded diversion from the grind of warwork. But in 1945 interest droppedaway, with the FA estimating that only17 womens teams existed in the early1950s, playing exhibition and charitymatches. The official line is that it wasthe 1966 mens World Cup which gotmore people interested in football, andthis led eventually to the creation of awomens association in 1969 and therescinding of the 1921 FA resolutionwhich had banned women fromgrounds and condemned womensfootball to marginal status. But I won-der if it is more likely that the FA hung

on and on to the ban on womensfootball until they could do noth-ing else but rescind it. The FAtake on the history of thewomens game is more orless that it did not reallyexist until half an hourbefore the FA allowedit again.

You see womensfootball in the 1950sand 1960s had ahigher profile thancommonly thought.

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Manchester Corinthians for instance,established in 1949, won a womenscompetition in the Festival of Britain in1951. In 1957 they went on to entera European Ladies competition withteams from Austria, Luxembourg, theNetherlands and West Germany -Corinthians won it. Strange this suc-cess in Europe when the dead handof the mens Football League pre-vented Chelsea, League winners for1955, entering the fledgling EuropeanCup at around the same time.Corinthians played many othergames abroad, games often arrangedby the Red Cross. At the same timesmall informal leagues seem to havebeen established and an InternationalTournament took place in Kent in themid 1960s. European influence wasconsiderable, with teams forming inGermany, Holland and France. Bythe late 1960s two Italian Leagueshad formed, consisting between themof a score of clubs.All of this, all across Europe, was

independent of the mens formalstructures: ignored by FIFA, UEFAand the national FAs. But how couldthe authorities ignore it when the Ital-ians held a womens world cup in1970, with a second following in1971! That same year, under theleadership of the Hungarian Presi-dent Sandor Barcs, UEFA voted by

31 to 1 to embrace womens football.In England the route to acceptancewas more tortuous. On 1 November1969 in Caxton Hall, London, 38womens teams formed the WomensFootball Association. This completelyblind-sided the FA, who thenrescinded the 1921 memorandum,welcoming women back into the fold.Too late though as the WFA immedi-ately set up their own cupcompetition, the WFA Mitre Trophy,won by Southampton. By 1972 thefirst formally sanctioned internationalhad been played against Scotlandin Greenock. Pat Davies scored onceand Sylvia Gore twice in a 3 - 2 vic-tory. Early on the WFA was joined by

local leagues from southern Englandand the midlands. This is interestingas after the First World War womensfootballing strength was found in thenorth, particularly in Stoke and allacross Lancashire and Yorkshire.This northern strength was based onindustry based teams. Names of the1970s teams from the south indicatea more recreational background.Perhaps southern women, evenbefore the Northern Poorhouse hadbeen created by Mrs Thatcher in the1980s, had more time for leisure pur-suits than their northern neighbours.

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The FA played a canny game,recognising the WFA, offering helpin coaching and refereeing, andworking with the WFA on links withEurope. Womens football grewsteadily rather than quickly at grassroots level and by 1991 334 teamswere registered, with 9000 players,a number too great for the tinyresources of the WFA to manage.Sponsorship was hard to come bytoo and TV paid scant interest untilas late as 1989 when ChannelFour began regular, if very limited,coverage. So, perhaps inevitably,the FA, by agreement, took overthe WFA in 1993.But since then, until the last cou-

ple of years, the profile of womensfootball has remained low. Thingshave changed now with the likes ofManchester City and Arsenal sup-porting womens teams, a highprofile Super League and enoughmoney in the game for somewomen to turn fully professional.But although more and more girlstake up football, it has been a long,quiet road since 1971. One of thereasons for the slow take off, I sus-pect, is that old male attitudes lurkclose to the surface. In 1970 forinstance, a determined youngergeneration of women weredemanding all sorts of freedomsand all sorts of parity with men.The German FA responded to thisby allowing women in, but to takeaccount of their weak bodies and

likelihood of getting an attack of thevapours in the open air, proposedthat women should play only inwarm weather, without studs, ingames lasting only 70 minutes. Imsure that went down a storm. Atthe cruder end of the spectrum isladdish sexism of the Andy Grayvariety which must still deter a lotof women from playing. Anotherreason for the slow take off ,itseems to me, is that for spectatorswatching the game is different. It isslower. More mistakes are made.I dont think goalkeepers areauthoritative. But the levels ofskills are up there no doubt aboutthat though fewer of the playershave the startling levels of skill thatgrace some mens games. Andremember, the proportion of girlsexposed to the game, or likely tobe attracted to a professionalcareer, is much lower than forboys. Women players are drawnfrom a smaller pool than the mensgame. But despite all that anddespite a lack of a strong foot-balling heritage (we have forgottenDick, Kerr and the ManchesterCorinthians) players like KarenCarney are unbelievably exciting towatch, and Steph Houghton, Eng-land Captain, has grit enough forthree or four men. It is here - rolemodels and heroes - that bringshope for the future. All the FA hasto do is take womens football asseriously as the FAs in Germany,France, Japan and the USA do, sowe can build upon the success ofthe England team in Canada.Is it about time Rammy United

thought seriously about creating aWomens setup?

Karen Carney scores two and isbrought down for a penalty inEnglands 4-0 crushing of Sweden in Hartlepool last year.Photo courtesy of FA/gettyimages


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There was a sad and cruelinevitability to yet another defeat for aRams team which, while improvinggoing forward, organisationally con-tinues to demonstrate the resilienceof an ice cube in the Sahara. Unlesshe is of the big strapping dominatingtype, the announcement of the sign-ing this morning of yet anothermidfield player will leave most fansscratching their heads in confusion,when it is defence and, in particular,on the flanks that the problems exist.There is a lack of pace, positionalawareness, ability to close downspace, interact with the midfield or getforward ( and then back) in support ofwide players. These are the failingsthat afflicted the team in the desper-ate closing months of last season andlittle or nothing has been done to cor-rect them this.

And so it was on Tuesday. TheRams were the better team for themain part of the first half and, having

equalised with 15 minutes left, lookedthe more likely team to go on and win.David Kuba-Kuba was outstandingthroughout. He could easily haveopened the scoring in the first coupleof minutes but, having forced his wayinto the box, delayed a second toolong in getting his shot away and wasdenied by a fine last-ditch tackle.Then, on 25 minutes, his weaving runand pass from the right released SamGrimshaw whose vicious low crosswould have reached Lee Gaskell atthe far post except for the flying inter-vention of the keeper. The Ramswere certainly worth a lead at halftime but, once Stourbridge realisedthat there was a freedom free of dan-ger to push up another 20 yards, theflow of the game changed. It tookonly three minutes of the second halffor the visitors to gain the lead from acorner and then, for the next 30 min-utes, they threatened to take thegame completely away from the

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Shortly before limping off injured, Andy Dawson side-foots home Rammys equaliser


Rams, and would have done if not forGrant Shenton tipping a free kick ontothe bar and then somehow deflectingthe follow up back over it.

And then, on 75 minutes, TheRams fortunes appeared to change.Andy Dawson was fouled on theedge of the area and all Lewis Solleycould do was palm out Max Harropslow free kick around the wall and intothe path of Dawson who seemed totake an eternity to tap the ball in.Driven forward by Kuba-Kuba, theRams pressed forward. His run downthe right and cut-back could only becleared back to Max Harrop. Harropscross was met at the far post by AndyFitzgerald but his sliding effortsquirted across the face of the goalfrom the inside of the post. Then Sol-ley at full length tipped a 30-yard shotfrom Alex Meaney onto the outside of

the same post.But, as the ref-ereeannounced fiveminutes addedtime, Stour-brdge brokeforward andfound DrewCanavan in asmuch spacedown the left asthere wasaround thehome drummeron the terraces.Canavan's lowshot found thebottom cornerand piled moremisery on teamand fans alike.

We have a young player Boris whocan do the job but Rammy havetweeted today that they have senthim to Colne on loan? Why? We arecrying out for a player to do this job.Again to me this is bad manage-ment. - Thornton

When you see the effort that isgoing in on the pitch by the majorityof the players and the skill that is ondisplay at times, it is really hard toexplain why things are going wrong.I just hope Robbo, Edgy, Wayne andMolly have some ideas, cos I certainlydon't! - Katie

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Just two minutes in, and David Kuba-Kuba wasdenied by an excellent Stuart Pierpoint tackle


...and Ill tell you another thing...Get the medication and the strait-jacket ready, cos this is one issue that reallygets my goat, and before I even start scribbling I know that Im going to seriouslyGo Off On One! Id imagine its an issue thats as close to the heart of ourvisitors today as it is to Tuesdays visitors Stourbridge, and to mine... We haveTHREE leagues at this level of the football pyramid - count em, THREE.Guess what they are... Yep, you got it, the Northern League (thats us), TheSouthern League (thats them), and... whats the other one I hear you cry? Isit the MidlandsLeague? Thatdmake sensewouldnt it?Thatd save us allhaving to travelmiles and mileson Tuesday nightsto play teamsthe length andthe breadth ofthe country. Well,if you saidMidlandsLeague then youdbe barking up thewrong tree - youcould even beconsidered barkingmad... theres aclue in there!Well, they call itThe IsthmianLeague, though you might know it as the Ryman League, and it basically meansthat while were traipsing up to Blyth Spartans or down to Stamford, all thelittle London teams get to play each other every week. And its not just usNortherners that have it bad, the Southern League is just as awful, with teamssuch as Kings Lynn and Kettering trekking over to Wemouth and Bideford sothat Harrow or Hampton & Richmond can play East Thurrock or Grays everyweek.Maybe Im just being my usual whinging self here. Maybe we Northerners

enjoy twelve hour plus away trips twice a week; I know that when I lived inBanbury there was nothing I liked more than a 400 mile round trip on amr cantankero

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Northern Premier in Pink,Southern Premier in Green,Isthmian Premier in Grey


Saturday to watch my team play in Cornwall!Perhaps I do a disservice to our money-

grabbing, selfish Southern cousins? Well, in theweek I got my felt-tips out and coloured in thatmap of England/Wales, so lets have a proper lookand see whats really going on...Well, to start with, youve got that little dark-

grey patch in the South-East, which for me iswhere the problem begins. There are no fewer thantwenty teams located within a 45-mile radius ofLondon! TWENTY! Is London somehow awashwith top quality non-league football clubs? Judging by the wholesale lack ofprogression in the FA Cup/Trophy/Vase (which is the only place the clubsever meet), the answer is very much no. There isnt even anything like thedepth of feeder leagues like we have in the rest of the country. Lets look at some of the horrendous distances that the rest of us have to

travel in order that the Londoners can play with themselves every week.First off, how about Blyth (though this could equally apply to ten Northern

League clubs who are on the boundaries of the league). Blyth toStourbridge is a 472 mile round trip!Inthe Southern League our old matesKings Lynn (bless em) have to make a600 mile round trip to play Bideford.Anyone whos ever tried to get toWeymouth knows that even Weymouthto Kings Lynn or somewhere like MerthyrTydfil is a terrible journey on crumby roads.

Whats your game, London? Not onlyare we having to pay for West Hamsstadium development, and having to traveldown to your crowded Southern slums if wewant to watch our national team play, but for yourconvenience its us lot who have to travel thousands of miles every year,just so that each of your clubs can have nineteen local derbies everyseason. This is absolutely unacceptable, and the farcical re-structuring thathappened just a few years ago did nothing to redress the ridiculous balancein this country. Youve shut our pits, taken our jobs, stolen our money like the

blood-sucking leeches you are, and even our national sport is skewedin your favour. Well, Ive had enough of it!

...and Ill tell you another thing...

Even Watford Gap is85 miles from theIsthmian Leaguesnearest club!


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This season we want to hear first-hand what our supporters think abouteverything, from team and player per-formances right through to whateveryone thought of the pies and theparking!

To that end, weve had printed a loadof Have Your Say cards, which youcan pick up near the tea-bar. Ontothese you can write your thoughtsand then post them into the boxesnear the exits as you leave. Thesewill be available at every game fromnow on.

Alternatively, you can use your phoneto text TV444 followed by your com-ment to 82055. These cost the sameas any other text you would send.

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Ramsbottom United Football ClubPresident: J SmithChairman: 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 Combination 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


DARLINGTON

NUMBER OFWINS

GOALSSCORED

GOALS SCORED PER GAME

CLEAN SHEETS

GOALSCONCEDED

GOALS CONCEDED PER GAME

RAMMY

ATTENDANCES

BIGGEST WIN

WORST DEFEAT

WORKINGTON 4RAMSBOTTOM 0

FORM

POSITION 24th

3 - 3

1 - 2

TOP SCORERSLee GaskellSam GrimshawDavid Kuba-KubaMax HarropAndy Dawson

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ATTENDANCES

FORM

POSITION 2nd

2 - 1

1 - 3

2 - 3

1 - 1

TOP SCORERSAlan WhiteNathan CartmanGraeme ArmstrongKevin BurgessDavid Dowson

44332

BIGGEST WIN

HALESOWEN 0DARLINGTON 3

WORST DEFEAT

DARLINGTON 1HYDE 3

2 - 1

2 - 1


ATTENDANCES EVOSTIK PREMIER DIVISION

SEASON 2015-16 / CAREER STATISTICS

TEAM Avg1 Darlington 12052 Workington 5153 Blyth Spartans 4974 Salford City 4945 Ilkeston 4806 Stourb

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