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BULLSEYEOFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME OF AFC MANSFIELD S E A S O N 2 0 2 1 / 2 2 | I S S U E 0 5 w|w£w2 .afcmansfield.net | PAGE 1 TODAYS MATCH SPONSOR Vs The Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division Saturday 25 September 2021 SILSDEN AFC KICK OFF 3.00PM

PAGE 2 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME CONTENTS COVER: GEORGE SCOTT CHAIRMANS REPORT 1 PHIL BUXTON - MANAGER 3 AS IT STANDS 5 MEET THE TEAM 6 STAT ATTACK 9 ABOUT THE BULLS 10 OUR VISITORS - SILSDEN AFC 13 2021 - 2022 MATCHFACTS 14-15 NCEL MATCH REVIEW #14 16-17 2021-22 STATS 18-19 UPCOMING FIXTURES 20 AFC MANSFIELD U21’s FIXTURES 23 PICTURES - HANDSWORTH GAME 27 FAIR PLAY LEAGUE & RESULTS 28 NON LEAGUE PAPER 29 TODAYS TEAMS 30 Back page

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 3 CH ANIROMTAENS'S “Tuesday night saw us back to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Handsworth in a very entertaining game.” ... Good afternoon everyone Today sees the second of for what will be our first three consecutive home games Saturday fixture of the and I am sure the manager season. will be looking for the same A big warm welcome to the committment and performance players, officials and supporters as we got against Handsworth. from our visitors Silsden for The next draw of our 100 club this Northern Counties East takes place a week on Saturday Premier Division fixture. with your chance to win cash Tuesday night saw us back to prizes. Speak to either myself winning ways with a 1-0 victory or one of the other committee over Handsworth in a very members for details. entertaining game. We were We still have lots of sponsorship a little slow getting out of the opportunities available,so if your blocks early in the game but we interested in sponsorship please grew into the match and in my email me at opinion thoroughly deserved [email protected] our win. or telephone 07973491739. Congratulation's go to Dylan Enjoy the Game. Hough for an excellent performance in his first C’MON YOU BULLS!! league game, pulling off three excellent saves which earnt him the MoM. His Dad who comes to all the Under 21 and first team games was not here to see it.

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 5 PHIL BUXTON Good afternoon everybody, firstly I would like to welcome everyone down to the Forest Town arena for today's NCEL fixture against Silsden FC. I would like to say a big welcome to our visitors and hope all players, staff, directors and fans have a safe journey home. With it only being a few days since our last home game we have had a short time to digest Tuesday nights win here against Handsworth. Reflecting on The game, however, will be a difficult the game I was delighted with the way test for us as Silsden are on a run of the players bounced back to winning some very good results and come to ways after having a couple of weeks the Forest Town Arena above us in of poor results. It was important for us the league. as a group to gain a positive result and We will have to be very focussed that's just what we did. There were a and energetic in our defending today few stand out performers on Tuesday and be clinical and take our chances but collectively I was delighted with at the other end to come away with the character and the intensity of the what we want from todays game. squad to come out of the game with a win. Please enjoy the game and hopefully we will see you at many more Todays game will be a chance for us throughout the season. to build on the positive result we had on Tuesday and try and build some All the best momentum for the next few fixtures. The Gaffer

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 9 MEET THE TEAM DF Phil JJooee Jon Fahed Jason Sam BUXTON KKEEAARRNNEEYY D’LARYEA SALAH TRUSCOTT KING Sponsored by Manager Asst Manager Player/Coach GK Coach Physio SIMON KING Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by CASSELLS MCNEVINS MIKE ABBS MARK FRETWELL HOPKINS SOLICITORS GK DF FW DF DF MF Kasper Lynton AbTuobmakar Tom Kian Jason RAJTER KARKACH CWRAODPPAEDRA SLONE BRAMLEY WHITE Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by TERRY TERRY DARREN ANDY BILL LES AUSTIN AUSTIN SHAW DUKELOW TAYLOR NORMAN MF FW GK MF DF MF Kofi Luke Dylan Josh Mark Kian APPIAH WALKER HOUGH HOBSON DUDLEY SKETCHLEY Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by PHILIP ROB WAITE BARRY FW STEVE LISA THE 66POW GARNER SAUNDERS COLEMAN SKETCHLEY MF FW DF MF MF Tom Sam Jack Jermaine Ryan Liam WHITE PIPES GIBB JATAU NOON MAYS Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by TONY JOAN NEIL EGGINGTON SAUNDERS BIRZULIS

PAGE 10 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Statistics don’t tell everything - but they ATTSATCAKT do say something. AFC’s season 2021-22 in numbers 10 Games played 8 Goals scored 3 Wins 12 Goals conceded 4 Defeats 2-0 Biggest win TOP Kian Sketchley - 3 SCORERS Lynton Karkach - 2 Luke Walker - 1

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 13 ABOUT THE BULLS A FIRST YEAR FULL OF SUCCESS The Bulls got past Hall Road Rangers, Quorn, Dunkirk and Rushall Olympic before being Why the Bull Logo?? AFC Mansfield was formed in 2012 and beaten by National League North side Boston joined the Central Midlands Football League, United in front of over 600 spectators in the Many have asked about the reason signing a 10-year rolling deal to play at the FA Cup Third Qualifying Round. behind The Bull Logo. Forest Town Arena. Mustering 96 points and scoring 110 league Firstly, it is a strong and imposing The newly-formed club - nicknamed ‘the goals, at first glance it would be expected beast but has been an important Bulls’ - began their journey in the 2012/13 that AFC won the NCEL Premier Division symbol in many cultures, farming season, when they fought on four fronts and that season, but they actually finished in third nearly won the lot. behind Pickering Town on goal difference and being one of them. league winners Pontefract who recorded a D​ espite mustering 176 goals and losing just ridiculous 102 points. The site where AFC Mansfield now twice, the Bulls had to settle for a runners- play was formerly part of Crown up place to Dronfield, who dropped just Thanks to a reshuffle in the step above in five points all season to clinch the league the football pyramid, however, the Bulls were Farm and once was open farmland. title. But success would come in the Notts promoted alongside Pontefract and Pickering Intermediate Cup final where they defeated to the NPL East Division. In this industry The Bull is always Beeston AFC, and a Floodlit Cup final victory the top animal and the prized over Newark Town would earn a cup double EXPERIENCING THE NORTHERN asset. for the Bulls in their first ever season as a PREMIER LEAGUE club. Mansfield Colliery was later sunk For the first time in the Bulls’ history, they around 1901 on the farm and later It could have been a hat-trick of cup titles, but found difficulty in adapting to their new league a tiresome nine-man AFC would be beaten in despite a promising start to the 2018/19 became known as Crown Farm injury time by Clifton All Whites in the League campaign. Colliery. Cup final at Alfreton Town. The ray of sunshine in the first half of their The Welfare was built to quench MORE SILVERWARE & A RISE UP THE season was another impressive FA Cup the miner’s thirst and Mansfield LEAGUES run which ended at a much higher side in Colliery FC played their football at Kettering Town, who could only just edge the Welfare pitches as well as the The club entered the FA Vase for the first time past the Bulls with a 2-1 win despite a very in the 2013/14 season, and were eventually nervy ending. Cricket Club on the top pitch. knocked out in a replay by step five side Huntingdon Town. Manager Rudy Funk was sacked in February Mansfield also has strong farming 2019 with the AFC bottom of the pile, and links and held a cattle market But much more success was to come later new boss Mark Ward steered his side to that season, as the Bulls clinched the Central safety by 15 points, but ground grading that we can all remember, where Midlands Football League North Division issues meant that the club would be playing the swimming baths now sit, until title before beating Thorne Colliery in the Step 5 football once more which resulted in around 1983. When a Bull was League Cup final to earn their fourth piece of manager Mark Ward stepping down from silverware in two seasons... Although a treble his role. taken to market it would have eluded them once again with defeat in the caused quite a stir in the town. Floodlit Cup final to Bulwell FC. Ward was then replaced at the start of the 2019/20 season by Matt Chatfield who quickly The Bull has a link to the heritage In their first season in the Northern Counties went to work transforming the club, securing of Mansfield and the symbolic East football League Division One, the Bulls six consecutive home wins in his opening came one game away from an FA Vase season and signing the likes leading goal- strength of the animal is something quarter-final by reaching the fifth round - a scorer Ross Duggan before the Covid-19 we admired hence it is proudly record run - but were knocked out 3-0 by pandemic put a halt to proceedings with the displayed on our badge. Tadcaster Albion. NCEL declaring the season null and void FA CUP GLORY & FURTHER The Bulls once again made a positive start PROMOTIONS to the 20/21 season opening their account with a strong 3-1 FA Cup victory against The next three seasons would be full of Gainsborough Trinity under the lights at further success. In 2015/16, AFC earned the Forest Town Arena with the Bulls only promotion to the NCEL Premier Division with managing to play 9 league games, with a second place finish, and a year later made pandemic in full swing the season ended was club history with an FA Cup run lasting all the declared curtailed. way to the Third Qualifying Round, where they would be knocked out by Stamford in a At the start of the 21/22 season u21 Boss close 2-1 defeat. and club captain Phil Buxton was announced as the new AFC Mansfield Boss after Matt The 2017/18 season was perhaps the best in Chatfield resigned as Boss to take up a new AFC’s bountiful but brief history to date, with role elsewhere. the Bulls matching their FA Cup run from the previous campaign and clinching promotion to the Northern Premier League East Division - step eight in the football pyramid.

PAGE 14 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME TODAYS OPPONENTS: Silsden AFC was formed in September 1904 by a local man, Doctor John Purcell. They started playing rugby, then handball and ended up playing both Saturday and Sunday football. Like any sporting team they experienced great successes and disappointing defeats but the dedication of countless volunteer committees kept the club alive. None more so than the present committee of the new Millennium who will leave a legacy for generations to come. Vase Competitions. The team who were promoted from the 1st Division that season (now the Premier Division) were Fleetwood Town! The present Saturday senior team set up was formed The club’s aim was to move back to the Keighley Road with a team playing together since the 1996/97 season ground at the earliest opportunity and the club (football and after starting life in our local Craven & District Football cricket) embarked on a period of fund raising accruing over League Division Two after the team had progressed £100,000. Finally the development took place, with the help through the junior section within the club to open age of a £663,453 grant from the Football Foundation, as part football. They spent three years in the Craven League of its continuing investment in grass-roots football and an moving up to the Premier Division and in the last year additional Football Foundation grant of £300,000 through in that division set a new record of going through the the Community Club Development Programme. In May 2009 season unbeaten in all competitions. From there they the building of a new clubhouse and changing facilities was joined the West Riding County Amateur League in completed just as the Keighley Cougars gave them notice Division Two and quickly gained promotion up into the to quit. The club had two options, to ground share with a Premier Division where they enjoyed three seasons. Lancashire club or develop the playing surface and outdoor facilities at the Keighley Road headquarters. In season 2002/2003 Silsden set another record in They formed a committee and raised £110,000 in 5 months going through the season unbeaten in all competitions. and in August 2010 saw the completion of the ground To add to this they also won the West Riding County improvements which meant a return of Silsden AFC to Challenge Cup for the third successive season, a its rightful place … back in Silsden! The Cobbydalers feat only achieved by one other club. It was clear that the team was ready for football at a higher level and in season 2004/2005 Silsden joined the North West Counties League. Without floodlights and an enclosed pitch, the Cobbydalers were forced to play their home games at Cougar Park, the home of Keighley Cougars Rugby League Club. The Cobbydalers gained promotion to the top division in their inaugural season, finishing as runners up to league winners Cammell Laird, and had their most successful runs in the FA Cup and FA

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 15 SILSDEN AFC maintained their position in the top division of the The last two seasons can easily be forgotten because NWCFL and in 2015 embark on their 10th season of the pandemic but Silsden are hoping for a top 10 in the division, their best year being in season finish this season. The last 18 months haven’t all been 2008-09 when they finished ninth with 58 points. a disaster for the club, as they have been very active The season after saw them relegated to Division by improving their stadium. They replaced their 82 year One where they spent two seasons rebuilding. old wooden stand with a new fantastic 105 seater stand. Not only this but a lovely new Ticket Office and they are currently putting the finishing touches to a great newly- built Hospitality Suite situated next to the new stand. All this new work plus new terracing at the club end of the ground and re-positioning of the standing stand to behind the far goals. This is just the start, as other on-going improvements to the pitch and further development are planned. In season 2017–2018 they were crowned champions of Division One with a league record of 103 points and a league record of goals scored. Another record was their great start to the season which saw them win their first 17 leagues games of the season!! A great achievement from everyone involved from managers, players and the hard working committee. Since 2018 they consolidated their position in the NWCFL before being moved laterally across to the North Eastern Counties Premier League in 2019- 20 season. Year FOUNDED: SILSDEN AFC FACTFILE: 12 STEP 5 1904 League titles: 1ST qual 2Nd RD Nickname: THE COBYDALERS Highest level: Chairman: SEAN MCNULTY Best FA Cup run: Manager: DANNY FORREST Best FA VASE run:

PAGE 16 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2021 12 34 56 Date Opposition V Competition Att. F-A o.g. Jul-21 Staveley MW A NCELP 237 1-0 White Gibb Rajter Slone Cropper King A Sat 31 King Cropper D Aug-21 King Cropper A King Cropper H Sat 07 Handsworth A FACEP 168 0-2 White Gibb Rajter Slone King Cropper H Gibb Rajter Slone King Cropper H Wed 11 Eccleshill Utd H NCELP 90 0-0 White Gibb Slone Appiah Slone Cropper A 75 2-0 White Gibb Rajter Slone Sat 14 Athersley Rec A NCELP 73 2-2 White Gibb Rajter Slone Rajter Cropper B Gibb Rajter D'Laryea D'Laryea Slone Tues 17 Penistone Church H NCELP Slone King Sat 28 Maltby Main A NCELP 78 1-2 White Tues 31 Emley AFC H NCELP 55 1-1 White Gibb Dudley D'Laryea Sep-21 Sat 04 Albion Sports A NCELP 43 0-2 White Pipes Sketchley Gibb Dunkirk A FAV1Q 63 0-3 Hough Sat 11 Tues 21 Handsworth H NCELP 105 1-0 Hough Cropper Dudley D'Laryea H NCELP Sat 25 Silsden AFC H NCELP Tues 28 Bottesford Town A NCELP A NCELP Oct-21 H NCELP A NCELP Sat 02 Barton Town Tues 05 Thackley Sat 09 Knaresborough Town Sat 16 Hemsworth MW Sat 23 Goole AFC A NCELP Nov-21 Tues 02 Goole AFC A NCE Cup 2 Sat 06 Grimsby Borough A NCELP Sat 13 Winterton Rangers H NCELP Sat 20 Garforth Town A NCELP Sat 27 Staveley MW H NCELP Dec-21 Sat 04 Eccleshill Utd A NCELP Sat 11 Athersley Rec H NCELP Sat 18 Penistone Church A NCELP Tues 28 Sherwood Colliery H NCELP Jan-22 Sat 01 Maltby Main H NCELP Sat 08 Emley AFC A NCELP Sat 15 Albion Sports H NCELP Sat 22 Handsworth A NCELP Sat 29 Thackley H NCELP Feb-22 Sat 05 Bottesford Town A NCELP Sat 12 Barton Town H NCELP Sat 19 Knaresborough Town A NCELP Sat 26 Hemsworth MW H NCELP Mar-22 Tues 01 Sherwood Colliery A NCELP Sat 05 Goole AFC H NCELP Sat 12 Silsden AFC A NCELP Sat 19 Grimsby Borough H NCELP Sat 26 Winterton Rangers A NCELP Mar-22 Sat 02 Garforth Town H NCELP 1st Sub 2nd Sub 3rd Sub MoM ������ Goalscorers inBOLD RED CAPTAIN

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PAGE 18 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME TOOLSTATION NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE MATCH REVIEW 2021-22 #14 Handsworth's epic Emirates FA Cup perfect start to the league campaign adventure continues after a fantastic 3-1 ended with a 3-2 loss at home to Emley win at Halesowen Town in Second Round AFC who picked up their first victory of Qualifying on Saturday. the season. Their West Midlands opponents are Twice George Doyle put the visiting unbeaten in the Pitching In Northern Pewits in front only for Ryan Ingram to Premier League and sit top of the Division restore parity on both occasions for the One Midlands table, one step above hosts, but substitute Ryan John's 79th their Toolstation NCEL Premier Division minute strike proved decisive at Debdale visitors. Park. So, it was a big shock in front of a crowd Maltby Main also lost ground on the of 858 who applauded Handsworth at the summit as they went down 1-0 to visitors full-time whistle in recognition of what was Albion Sports, Jaydan Sandhu with the a well-deserved cup upset. goal's only game midway through the first period. Handsworth took the lead in the 38th minute through Kane Reece and, when Colliery and Maltby are overtaken Sam Smith doubled their advantage by Garforth Town whose 5-0 win at just after the hour mark, it felt as though Hemsworth Miners Welfare on Friday victory would be coming Russ Eagle's lifts the Miners up into second whilst their men's way. hosts drop into the basement. The hosts pulled one back with twelve Karl Fitzgerald and Alex Burton gave minutes remaining to add to the nerves Garforth a two goal advantage by the but Smith grabbed his second and interval with further additions to the Handsworth's third on the verge of scoreline coming in the second period stoppage time to secure passage through from Daniel Coupland, Joseph Colley and to the next stage with the draw taking Hass Gorji. place on Monday. Meanwhile, in the Premier Division, there is a now a seven point gap between leaders Grimsby Borough and the rest after their 3-0 victory at Silsden AFC. Reece York struck early on before a Daniel Trott double gave the Wilderness Boys the win that means they are now the only unbeaten side in the division. That is because Sherwood Colliery's

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 19 Eccleshill United are up into fifth after their An own goal from Jack Birks and a 3-1 win at Barton Town, Jonny Irving and second half strike from Daniel East Samuaili Cissa with a quickfire double earned North Ferriby a 2-0 win at home in the final twenty minutes to claim the to Parkgate to move the Villagers up into points for the Eagles whilst the Swans fall fifth and Hallam complete the top six into the bottom three. following their 5-1 defeat of Swallownest at Sandygate, Christopher Wood netting Declan Howe struck twice as Staveley twice for the Countrymen. Miners Welfare beat hosts Knaresborough Town 4-0 to jump up into sixth and Those two games saw mammoth Penistone Church were victors by the attendances with 331 at North Ferriby same scoreline at home to Thackley with whilst Hallam welcomed in 466 to their Luke Stewart getting a couple of their match with a mention as well to the fixture goals. at Selby which saw 282 come through the gates. Bottesford Town are in the top half of the table after Jack Cross' penalty earned The highest scoring game of the day them a 1-0 win at Athersley Recreation came at the Tomlin Personnel Park where and Goole AFC are eleventh following Teversal beat visitors FC Humber United their victory by the same score at home 7-4 to move off the foot of the table to be to Winterton Rangers on Friday night, replaced by their neighbours Shirebrook. Samuel Cable with a 56th minute winner. Cameron Pinnick nabbed a hat-trick The top three all won in Division One so for the Tevie Boys who led 3-1 at the Brigg Town remain in pole position, ahead break but the away side, who have now of Rossington Main on goal difference, conceded 48 goals in ten league games, following their 1-0 win at Shirebrook Town, never stopped competing in what was an Stephen McCarron with a late winner for enthralling encounter. the Zebras. There were goals for Benjamin Partridge Rossington, meanwhile, defeated hosts and Samuel Geeves as Ollerton Rainworth Miners Welfare 5-2 with Niall Town were victorious, 2-0 at home to Doran claiming a hat-trick whilst Selby Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, and James Town keep two points behind the leaders Gore and Joseph Crosby netted in the in third after they came from behind to final quarter-of-an-hour to claim a 2-1 defeat visitors Dronfield Town 3-1. away victory for Harrogate Railway Athletic at Armthorpe Welfare. Liam Flanagan struck twice with Harry Clapham also netting for the Robins And, an 87th minute equaliser by who are a point ahead of Nostell Miners Clipstone's Declan Whitton saw the Welfare who jump to fourth following their Cobras draw 2-2 home to Retford FC. 5-0 home victory over Hall Road Rangers, Danny Edwards scoring in stoppage time in both halves to help them on their way.

PAGE 20 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME TOOLSTATION NCEL PREMIER DIVISION STATS 2021-22 TOP GOALSCORERS TOP GOALSCORERSNCEL Premier Division 0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Lge Cup Total 1 Josh Walker Winterton Rangers 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 5 8 2 Richie Burdett Grimsby Borough 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 1 7 3 Ryan Ingram Sherwood Colliery 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 6 Joe Jagger Silsden AFC 0 1 3 0 1 1 06 0 6 Tomas Poole Staveley Mw 1 1 2 2 0 0 06 0 6 Mohammed Qasim Silsden AFC 1 1 1 0 1 2 05 1 6 Reagan Waud Maltby Main 2 0 1 2 1 0 05 1 6 8 Luke Aldrich Eccleshill United 1 0 0 1 1 2 02 3 5 George Doyle Emley AFC 1 0 1 2 1 0 04 1 5 Mitchell Dunne Handsworth 0 3 1 0 0 1 03 2 5 Ben Grech-Brooksbank Thackley 0 2 2 0 1 0 03 2 5 Declan Howe Staveley Mw 2 0 0 0 0 3 05 0 5 William Norcross Sherwood Colliery 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 5 Kane Swinburn Hemsworth Mw 0 1 2 1 0 1 04 1 5 BEST ATTACK BEST DEFENCE 1 Grimsby Borough Pld Gls Avg 1 Maltby Main Pld Gls Avg 2 Sherwood Colliery 9 25 2.78 2 Winterton Rangers 3 Garforth Town 6 16 2.67 3 Staveley MW 8 5 0.63 9 21 2.33 6 4 0.67 4 Maltby Main 4 AFC Mansfield 9 7 0.78 8 16 2.00 8 7 0.88 5 Eccleshill United 8 15 1.88 5 Albion Sports 9 11 1.22 6 Silsden AFC 8 15 1.88 6 Garforth Town 9 12 1.33 7 Handsworth 6 11 1.83 7 Grimsby Borough 9 12 1.33 8 Staveley MW 9 16 1.78 8 Handsworth 6 8 1.33 9 Knaresborough Town 8 14 1.75 9 Sherwood Colliery 6 8 1.33 10 Goole AFC 9 14 1.56 10 Penistone Church 8 11 1.38 11 Hemsworth MW 9 14 1.56 11 Bo�esford Town 7 10 1.43 12 Winterton Rangers 6 9 1.50 12 Eccleshill United 8 12 1.5 13 Thackley 9 13 1.44 13 Silsden AFC 8 14 1.75 14 Bo�esford Town 7 10 1.43 14 Barton Town 8 16 2 15 Penistone Church 8 11 1.38 15 Emley AFC 7 14 2 16 Barton Town 8 10 1.25 16 Goole AFC 9 18 2 17 Albion Sports 9 11 1.22 17 Knaresborough Town 8 16 2 18 Emley AFC 7 8 1.14 18 Thackley 9 21 2.33 19 AFC Mansfield 8 8 1.00 19 Athersley Recrea�on 9 23 2.56 20 Athersley Recrea�on 9 5 0.56 20 Hemsworth MW 9 33 3.67

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Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 23 Barton Town NCEL Premier Division Winterton Rangers V UPCOMING LEAGUE & CUP FIXTURES Saturday 25th September, 2021 FA Vase Second Round Qualifying Abbey Hey V Hall Road Rangers Newcastle Benfield Albion Sports V Knaresborough Town Harrogate Railway Athletic Birtley Town V Bishop Auckland Chadderton Cleator Moor Celtic V Garstang Maine Road Eccleshill United V Cheadle Heath Nomads Sherwood Colliery Emley AFC V Swallownest Bury AFC Garforth Town V Brigg Town Skelmersdale United Goole AFC V Sleaford Town Dronfield Town Grimsby Borough V Barton Town Holker Old Boys Harborough Town V Parkgate Selby Town Lower Breck V Silsden AFC Maltby Main V Penistone Church Hemsworth Miners Welfare Prestwich Heys V Bottesford Town Rossington Main V Handsworth Eccleshill United Shirebrook Town V Athersley Recreation Thackley South Liverpool V Garforth Town Staveley Miners Welfare V Sherwood Colliery Winterton Rangers Thackley V Barton Town West Disbury & Chorlton V Winterton Rangers V NCEL Premier Division AFC Mansfield V Bottesford Town V Handsworth V Tuesday 28th September, 2021 NCEL Premier Division AFC Mansfield V Emley AFC V Hemsworth Miners Welfare V Knaresborough Town V Maltby Main V Silsden AFC V Wednesday 29th September, 2021 NCEL Premier Division Albion Sports V Grimsby Borough V Penistone Church V

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 27 DATE OPPOSITION VENUE F-A SCORERS SEPT ANSTEY NOMADS A 0-2 Kacper Rajter THURS 02 1-3 FA YC PR CHESTERFIELD FC THURS 09 H THURS 16 STAPLEFORD TOWN A 2-3 Tom York & Brad Prosser THURS 23 DERBY COUNTY CTE H 0-2 OCT EASTWOOD CFC A FRI 01 ALFRETON TOWN H THURS 14 THURS 21 SHIREBROOK TOWN A FRI 29 STAVELEY MW A NOV CHESTERFIELD FC A FRI 12 H THURS 18 STAPLEFORD TOWN DEC EASTWOOD CFC H THURS 02 ALFRETON TOWN A WED 15 JAN 22 SHIREBROOK TOWN H THURS 13 THURS 20 STAVELEY MW H TBC DERBY COUNTY CTE A

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 29 DAVID MORRALL FAIR PLAY LEAGUE NCEL Premier Division C S M PP NCEL Division One C S M PP 1 Sherwood Colliery 4004 2 Eccleshill United 5005 1 Armthorpe Welfare 8 0 0 8 Emley AFC 5005 4 Staveley MW 7007 Dronfield Town 8008 Winterton Rangers 7007 6 AFC Mansfield 4108 Harrogate Railway A 8 0 0 8 Garforth Town 8008 Handsworth 8008 4 Glasshoughton Wel 9 0 0 9 Maltby Main 5108 10 Albion Sports 9009 5 Shirebrook Town 7 1 0 10 Knaresborough Tn 9009 12 Barton Town 9 0 0 10 6 Clipstone 6 1 0 12 13 Silsden AFC 6 1 0 11 14 Penistone Church 7 1 0 13 Re�ord FC 3 2 0 12 15 Hemsworth MW 10 1 0 15 16 Bo�esford Town 8 2 0 17 Teversal 9 1 0 12 Thackley 7 2 0 17 18 Goole AFC 4 5 0 24 9 Hall Road Rangers 13 0 0 13 Grimsby Borough 17 1 0 24 20 Athersley Rec. 15 4 1 31 North Ferriby 5 2 0 13 11 Rossington Main 13 0 0 14 12 Ollerton Town 15 0 0 15 13 Nostell MW 11 1 0 17 14 Selby Town 13 0 1 18 15 Hallam 18 0 0 19 16 FC Humber United 8 4 0 20 Rainworth Miners Welfare 11 2 0 20 Worsbrough Bridge Athle�c 12 2 0 20 19 Parkgate 12 1 1 22 Swallownest 13 2 0 22 21 Brigg Town 7 2 2 28 KEY: C = CAUTION, S = STANDARD SENT OFF, M = MISCONDUCT, PP = PENALTY POINTS Tuesday 21st September, 2021 Hall Road Rangers 3-2 Shirebrook Town RESULTS Sam Robinson 26, 34 HT: 2-1 Ashley Grayson 4 NCEL Premier Division Bailey Smith 64 Sam Allcock 48 A�: 63 AFC Mansfield 1-0 Handsworth Thomas Cropper 81 HT: 0-0 North Ferriby Harvey Carew 23 A�: 105 Niall Tilsley 60 Harrogate Railway Athle�c 1-3 Clipstone Joseph Crosby 14 HT: 1-2 Jack Warwick 29 Nostell Miners Welfare A�: 72 Joshua Pickering 36 NCEL Division One Joe Kenny 6 Declan Sorrell 84pen Dronfield Town 1-2 Anees Younis 10, 73pen James Bennion 4 HT: 1-1 Joe Wood 48 Re�ord FC 5-1 Teversal A�: 106 Nathan Perks 70 Zach Casburn 5 HT: 2-1 Joseph Geeson 12 Alex Wonham 18 FC Humber United 1-5 Ollerton Town Jake Sco� 55 Jack Gascoigne 16 HT: 1-2 George Slack 50 Jack Walters 80 A�: 67 Jacques E�a 70pen Shaun Mundy 82 A�: 120 Swallownest 0-2 Armthorpe Welfare A�: 130 HT: 0-0 Jack Wilson 67 James Bytheway 90 Glasshoughton Welfare 0-2 A�: 87 HT: 0-0 Worsbrough Bridge Athle�c A-A Selby Town (Match abandoned a�er 35mins due to floodlight failure - 0-0)

PAGE 30 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME By David Richardson Where are we as a society and sport if a match official can’t turn up on a Saturday afternoon or THE WARNING from the Kent FA on the fall a Sunday morning without fear of what might in numbers of match officials for grassroots happen should they dare make a decision fixtures makes for worrying reading. Put simply, somebody doesn’t agree with? without referees, the football system cannot function properly. Remember, it might not just come from a player. But spectators or parents overstepping In an open letter to clubs, the county FA’s the mark, managers and coaches failing to referee development officer Nick Dunn conduct themselves as they should. explained the issues they, and many other county associations, seem to be facing in Football is a passionate game. Nobody wants grassroots football. to take that out of it. But there is a very clear line that shouldn’t be crossed. And passion He said: “We closed the 2020-2021 season isn’t a good enough reason for losing control with over 1,634 match officials affiliated; over a game of football - something everyone is the most we have ever received. Ensuring supposed to be involved in because they enjoy transparency, at this present time of the 2021- it. 2022 season we have 1,247 affiliated match officials, representing almost a 24 per cent loss. Verbal threats, physical attacks, abusive comments on social media after the game – “To put this loss into footballing terms, if each yes, it’s a minority but it’s far too much. of those 400 referees lost were to referee approximately 20 games a season it results Often culprits will be handed fines and in approximately 8,000 matches being played suspensions. The authorities can only do without a referee.” what they can do, individuals have to take responsibility. Dunn says the matches under their control without a referee are at an all-time high. Not But the game as a whole must also pull only does this not help the grassroots game, together to stamp it out. Clubs must hand out but it makes the development of referees and their own individual punishments to the people the progression through the system tougher. associated to them who go too far. At The NLP, we’ve experienced first-hand the Often, this concerns adults going over board at good work the FA are putting in to encourage kids football. That’s even more worrying when the development of referees, and therefore a parent can’t control their reactions. We’d like retain them. But it’s always going to be hard to to think they would realise the impact it has on keep filling the tank when they are subjected to their own child’s enjoyment. some of the abuse we see all too often. The majority of people get involved as a match Dunn points out that the conduct and behaviour official because they enjoy the game too. No of a minority of participants is not the sole wonder some are choosing to walk away. Let’s reason for the drop-off, but he believes it is a put on a united front to keep them safe – and in fundamental one. the game.

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TODAYS TEAMS AFC MANSFIELD SILSDEN AFC (MANAGER) PHIL BUXTON DANNY FORREST (MANAGER) (ASST. MANAGER) JOE KEARNEY CRAIG BENTHAM (ASST. MANAGER) (PLAYER/COACH) JON D’LARYEA (GK COACH) FAHED SALEH TOM HIGMAN (COACH) (PHYSIO) JASON TRUSCOTT KEV KNAPPY (GK COACH) CONNOR DOCHERTY (PHYSIO) (GK) JASON WHITE SAM LEE(GK) LYNTON KARKACH MATTHEW MOSES TOM SLONE JAKE MCENEANEY LUKE WALKER KYLE HANCOCK(C) JACK GIBB JOSH HOBSON SHAUN AIREY KIAN SKETCHLEY ARLEY BARNES MARK DUDLEY MOHAMMED QASIM TOM CROPPER GEORGE DOYLE SAM KING (C) SPENCER CANDLIN JOE MITCHELL RYAN NOON JOE JAGGER SAM PIPES KOFI APPIAH KHURRAM SHAZZAD KIAN BRAMLEY JACK NORMANTON JON D’LARYEA TAWEED AHMED JERMAINE JATAU JAKE BALDWIN GEORGE SCOTT LEWIS GARTLAND (GK) DYLAN HOUGH BRADLEY RILEY LIAM MAYS DAN ILLINGWORTH CRAIG BILLINGTON LEWIS GARDNER HARRY THOMPSON OFFICIALS REFEREE: DAVID WINDSOR (DERBYS. FA) ASSISTANT: MARTIN MOUNTAIN (NOTTS. FA) | ASSISTANT: BRETT MARKELL (S&H FA)