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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 1 OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME OF AFC MANSFIELD SEASON 2021/22 | SPECIAL ISSUE | £2 TODAY’S MATCH SPONSOR Pre-Season Special Saturday 03 Vs Sheffield FC Tuesday 13 Vs Gantham Town Saturday 17 Vs Mansfield Town XI July 2021

PAGE 2 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME CONTENTS COVER PHOTO: SAM EDWARDS PAINTING CHAIRMANS REPORT 1 PHIL BUXTON - MANAGER 3 LEAGUE CONSTITUTION 5 MEET THE TEAM 6 STAT ATTACK 9 ABOUT THE BULLS 10 HISTORY - MANSFIELD TOWN 13 2019 - 2021 MATCHFACTS 14-15 APPEARANCES 16-17 2020-21 STATS 19 FIXTURES 20 BULLS TV 23 AFC MANSFIELD CLUB HISTORY 24 SHEFFIELD FC 27 GRANTHAM TOWN 28 FA CUP RECORD 29 POSSIBLE SQUAD 30 Back page

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 3 Chairman’s Report “It’s a big thank you to the management staff at Sheffield FC, Grantham Town and Mansfield Town, for supporting us in this pre-season”. ... Welcome back to the Forest Town This season will be different to the last few Arena for our pre-season games seasons with more younger players given to against Sheffield FC,Grantham opportunity to move up from the under 18s Town and a Mansfield Town 11. and 21s. We have also had to tighten our purse strings, as the pandemic has affected the The 20/21 season came to a very premature sponsorship that comes into the club. end just after Christmas last year, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, but we are now On sponsorship there are plenty of looking forward to completing a full season opportunities for you to get involved.Speak to in 21/22. myself or one of my colleagues. We will also be re-launching our one hundred club and last It was a vey difficult time last season with man standing fundraisers which will begin the no income coming into the club, but we were first week in September. able to get some grants to get us ready for the 21/22 season with the help of the Football It’s a big thank you to the management staff at Foundation and Premier League. Sheffield FC, Grantham Town and Mansfield Town, for supporting us in this pre-season. Well it is all change at the club with previous The Grantham game will see the return of manager Matt Chatfield, deciding to take ex manager Matt Chatfield and the return to up a coaching role at Step3 club Grantham Mansfield of ex Mansfield Town manager Town. I would like to put on record my Carlton Palmer. thanks to Matt and his coaching team for all there endeavours over the last 2 seasons. We kick off our league campaign on Saturday The highlights must be the FA Cup run 31st July with a tasty away fixture at Stavely last season where we beat Cleethorpes and Miners Welfare. Gainsborough Trinity who were in higher leagues. Bully’s Bar will be open for refreshments and the bar in the Arena for your alcoholic So the incoming manager is club stalwart beaveridges. Phil Buxton. You will all know that Phil has been at the club since our formation Enjoy the Game. and he is biting at the bit to get the new season underway. Pre-Season training has C’MON YOU BULLS!! been going very well, with an influx of new players and its a welcome back to Jason White.

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 5 PHIL BUXTON Firstly, it is great to welcome back returning players. We have kept just 5 supporters to The Forest Town players from last season, so there will Arena. Hopefully we will get a be lots of new talent on display. full season in after the last 2 years of turmoil. Over the course of the 6 friendlies we have arranged we will build towards It is a great privilege and honour the 1st game of the season, an away to have been chosen to manage trip to Staveley MW on 31 July. a club that is so dear to my heart. Going forward their will be a greater My thanks must go to Sheffield FC, emphasis on younger players and Grantham Town and Mansfield Town getting them to progress from the U18 for agreeing to come to The Forest and U21 squads into the 1st team. Town Arena and also Harworth CI, Rainworth MW and Clipstone for We will try to play entertaining football agreeing to host us. It is a good pre- and bring a smile back to those of you season line up and should provide us watching us. with some challenging games. I want players to play with passion, Finally, I hope you will join us on the desire, pride and integrity. They journey we are about to embark on should honour the shirt they wear, be and get behind the players who pull on proud of the badge and always give a Bulls shirt. 100% when out on the pitch. Enjoy the games! You will be seeing a lot of new faces this season and probably a couple of

PAGE 6 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME THE TOOLSTATION NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE The online Toolstation NCEL AGM voting ended on Emley AFC and Winterton Rangers’ promotion into the Monday 20 June for our member clubs so the league’s Premier Division is also confirmed with Sherwood Col- constitution for the 2021/22 season has been formally liery joining them in the division after previously being rubber-stamped. in the East Midlands Counties League as they become the 177th team to play in the NCEL. It means that we officially say goodbye to five clubs whilst six come in to the competition, one of which is a Division One sees the return of a quintet of clubs we brand new team for us. know very well and it is a welcome return to Clipstone, Ollerton Town, Rainworth Miners Welfare, Shirebrook Bridlington Town, Liversedge and Yorkshire Amateur Town and Teversal, all coming back from the now-de- make the move up into the Northern Premier League funct East Midlands Counties League. whilst Campion have gone across to the North West Counties League and Skegness Town have moved into Meanwhile, the draw for the opening rounds of the the United Counties League. 2021/22 Toolstation NCEL League Cup, normally made at the AGM, will be made by the league’s Board prior to We would like to wish all five the best of luck in the the start of the season via Microsoft Teams and will be future and thank them for being fantastic ambassadors announced as soon as possible. for the NCEL whilst they have been in the competition. TOOLSTATION NCEL LEAGUE CONSTITUTIONS 2021/22 SEASON PREMIER DIVISION DIVISION ONE 1. AFC Mansfield 1. Armthorpe Welfare 2. Albion Sports 2. Brigg Town 3. Athersley Recreation 3. Clipstone (from EMCL) 4. Barton Town 4. Dronfield Town 5. Bottesford Town 5. FC Humber United (was East Hull) 6. Eccleshill United 6. Glasshoughton Welfare 7. Emley AFC (from NCEL1) 7. Hall Road Rangers 8. Garforth Town 8. Hallam 9. Goole AFC 9. Harrogate Railway Athletic 10. Grimsby Borough 10. North Ferriby 11. Handsworth 11. Nostell Miners Welfare 12. Hemsworth Miners Welfare 12. Ollerton Town (from EMCL) 13. Knaresborough Town 13. Parkgate 14. Maltby Main 14. Rainworth Miners Welfare (from EMCL) 15. Penistone Church 15. Retford FC 16. Sherwood Colliery (from EMCL) 16. Rossington Main 17. Silsden AFC 17. Selby Town 18. Staveley Miners Welfare 18. Shirebrook Town (from EMCL) 19. Thackley 19. Swallownest 20. Winterton Rangers (from NCEL1) 20. Teversal (from EMCL) 21. Worsborough Bridge Athletic Incoming clubs: Clipstone, Ollerton Town, Rainworth Miners Welfare, Sherwood Colliery, Shire- brook Town, Teversal (all from East Midlands Counties League). Outgoing clubs: Bridlington Town, Liversedge and Yorkshire Amateur (to Northern Premier League East); Campion (to North West Counties League Division One North); Skegness Town (to United Counties League Premier Division North).

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 9 MEET THE TEAM Phil KKEEAAJJoRoReNeNEEYY Jon Fahed Jason Sam BUXTON D’LARYEA SALAH TRUSCOTT KING Asst Manager Manager Sponsored by Player/Coach GK Coach Physio GK Sponsored by MCNEVINS Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by MIKE ABBS CASSELLS DF DF DF DF DF Kasper Tom Abubakar Jack Kian Jason RAJTER WHITE WADADA WEATHERER BRAMLEY WHITE Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by TERRY DF MARK MF JOAN LES AUSTIN FRETWELL SAUNDERS NORMAN MF DF MF MF Kofi Tom Sponsored by Josh Ryan Kian APPIAH SLONE PAUL HOBSON NOON SKETCHLEY DEAN Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by PHILIP SANITARYWARE MF STEVE NEIL DARREN SUPPLIES CO. GARNER SHAW SAUNDERS BIRZULIS MF MF FW MF FW Mick Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by TIMMS Sponsored by MF MF FW FW FW FW Will Sam Jack Luke Nifemi Lynton ROBINSON PIPES GIBB WALKER OLUSEMO KARKACH Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by ROB WAITE TERRY THE 66POW AUSTIN

PAGE 10 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Statistics don’t tell everything - but they ATTSATCAKT do say something. AFC’s season 2020-21 in numbers 14 Games played 36 Goals scored 9 Wins 17 Goals conceded 4 Defeats 6-1 Biggest win TOP Ross Duggan - 16 SCORERS Josh Wilde - 4 Luke Walker - 3

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 13 ABOUT THE BULLS AFC Mansfield were formed in 2012 Memorable moments for the Bulls by three former Mansfield Town include winning the CML title in directors - Andrew Saunders, 2013, reaching the NCEL League Darren Bland and Steve Hymas - as Cup final in 2018, 5th round of the a community club for the Mansfield FA Vase and FA Cup Third Qualifying area. Round appearances against Stamford & Boston United. Starting in the Central Midlands Football League, ‘the Bulls’ have AFC now play in the Toolstation NCEL since earned three promotions, Premier Division under Manager Phil including one league title, and have Buxton, who recently took over from played as high as Step 4 in the Matt Chatfield who left for Grantham Northern Premier League in 2018/19. Town in the summer. SAanudnrdeewrs BDlaarnrden AMbikbes TSaoubnyders Chairman Director Director Committee volunteer

PAGE 14 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME MANSFIELD TOWN Early years In 1959–60 the club was relegated to the recently created Mansfield Town have played at Field Mill since the end of Fourth Division, before gaining promotion back to the Third the First World War. Division in 1962–63. This promotion was later tainted by Mansfield Town was formed under the name of Mansfield life-time suspensions handed out to players Brian Phillips and Wesleyans in 1897, the name of the club coming from the Sammy Chapman for bribing opponents, including players local Wesleyan church. The club played friendlies up until of Hartlepools United in a vital match which Mansfield won the 1902–03 season, when it joined the Mansfield and 4–3. Two seasons later, the club again narrowly missed out on District Amateur League. When the league dropped its am- promotion to the Second Division. The season after avoiding ateur tag in 1906, the church abandoned the club, which relegation due to a points deduction for Peterborough United, changed its name to Mansfield Wesley and moved into the Mansfield made another headline-grabbing cup run. Mansfield Notts and District League. beat First Division West Ham United 3–0 in the Fifth Round of In the summer of 1910, despite having lost the previous the 1968–69 FA Cup, before narrowly losing to Leicester City season to Mansfield Mechanics in the Second Qualifying in the Quarter Finals. In 1971–72 Mansfield were relegated, Round of the FA Cup, the team changed its name to again, to the Fourth Division. Mansfield Town (much to the disgust of the Mechanics). By 1976–77, the club was back in the Third Division, and In the following years, Mansfield Town swapped between despite the distraction of a 5–2 FA Cup defeat to Matlock the Notts and District League, Central Alliance League and Town, beat Wrexham to the Third Division title. The club went Notts and Derbyshire League, before World War I brought straight back down, and only a good run of form at the end of a halt to proceedings. the 1978–79 season saved Mansfield from a double relegation. After the war, Mansfield became occupants of the Field Mansfield won the Football League Trophy in front of 58,000 Mill ground, after Mansfield Mechanics failed to pay their fans in May 1987, beating Bristol City on penalties after a 1–1 rent. In 1921, the club was admitted into the Midland Coun- draw. However, the years that followed were inconsistent, ties League, and celebrated by reaching the 6th Qualifying with Mansfield becoming a “yo-yo” team between the Third Round of the FA Cup twice in a row. The club won the and Fourth Divisions. It was also at this time that controversial league in 1923–24 and was the runner-up the following owner Keith Haslam bought the club. season, but on both occasions failed to win election to the 21st century Football League. In 2001–02, Mansfield were again promoted to the third tier of In 1928–29, Mansfield won the Midland League again, but English football, beating Carlisle United on the final day of the more famously reached the Fourth Round Proper of the season to take third place from Cheltenham Town, who lost at FA Cup, losing 2–0 to First Division club Arsenal, after a cup Plymouth Argyle. A poor season in Division Two did not pick run which saw them beat Second Division side Wolver- up even with the arrival of former England international Keith hampton Wanderers. However, York City beat the Stags in Curle as manager, as the club was relegated straight back elections for a League place. to the fourth tier of English football. In 2003–04, Mansfield Into the Football League beat Northampton Town in a penalty shoot-out in the Division In 1931, Mansfield were finally elected to the Southern Sec- Three play-off semi-finals, but lost to Huddersfield Town in tion of the Third Division. However, the club struggled to a similar fashion final, after having an apparently legitimate adapt to League surroundings and were frequently in the Colin Larkin goal disallowed. lower reaches of the table. One of very few highlights in In 2007–08, Mansfield’s 77-year stay in the Football League the years before the Second World War was Ted Harston, came to an end as the club was relegated to the Conference. who scored 55 goals in one season before transferring to This was in spite of an excellent FA Cup run, leading to two Liverpool. BBC TV appearances, against Harrogate Railway Athletic and After the war, Mansfield started to see some progress. Middlesbrough. A fluke goal in a 1–0 loss to rivals Rotherham Lucky to escape the need for re-election when it was United in the last home game of the season all but guaranteed decided that no club would be relegated after the 1946–47 relegation. Ugly scenes erupted at the final whistle, with con- season, the Stags started to move up the table. In 1950–51, troversial owner Keith Haslam being attacked by fans. Mansfield reached the Fifth Round of the FA Cup and Haslam left the club, as the “Three Amigos” of Perry, Middle- became the first Football League team to complete a 23– ton and Saunders purchased the club (but not the ground) for game home schedule unbeaten, although missed out on £1 and installed Billy McEwan as manager. He was replaced the only Third Division promotion spot. after Christmas by David Holdsworth. Holdsworth’s two-and-a- Chart of Mansfield’s yearly table positions in the Football half year reign bought little improvement to the club and he League was dismissed as manager. Caretaker manager Duncan Russell led Mansfield to an FA Trophy final appearance in 2010–11, Louis Briscoe scoring a late extra-time winner against Luton in the semi-final second leg.

The Stags lost 1–0 to Darlington at Wembley Stadium www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 15 after a 120th-minute extra-time goal by Chris Senior. A league position of 12th was not good enough for Mill in a dispute over unpaid rent. Since returning to Field Russell to keep his job; Paul Hall replaced him as Mill after securing a lease on the ground for a further year interim manager during the close season. and a half, John Radford began to seek a way by which the His replacement, Paul Cox, led Mansfield to their club would once again own Field Mill. It was reported that highest Conference finish in his first season. A good Keith Haslam rejected an offer from Radford for Field Mill; run of form after Christmas saw the Stags finish in the offer was alleged to have been worth in between £2 third in the league, although they lost 2–1 on ag- million and £4 million. gregate to eventual play-off winners York City after On 1 March 2012, Chairman John Radford purchased the extra time in the promotion play-off semi-final. ground from Keith Haslam. Since then, 1 March is consid- An indifferent start to the 2012–13 season left Mans- ered ‘Amber Day’ at the club to commemorate the retrieval field lingering around mid-table, with some fans of Mansfield’s stadium. In April 2012, Radford changed the calling for the manager’s head. One good point to stadium’s name from ‘Field Mill’ to the ‘One Call Stadium’ the first half of the season was the club’s FA Cup run. for sponsorship reasons. A 2–1 win over Lincoln City set up a third round tie Club culture with Premier League side Liverpool. A controversial You go into the bar after a game last Saturday and they Luis Suárez goal helped the Reds to a 2–1 victory, but were talking about Chesterfield, even though we had a brave display from the Mansfield team gave the Port Vale to play before that. These are the games when team momentum in the weeks to follow. Follow- the fixtures come out - our supporters are looking for the ing the cup game the Stags won 20 of their last 24 Notts Countys and Chesterfields and when we’re going to games, including a club record run of 12 consecutive play them. wins, to clinch the Conference Premier title, and —Paul Raynor, former Mansfield assistant manager, on the promotion back to the Football League. The title was Stags’ main rivals, 2017. sealed with a 1–0 victory over Wrexham on 20 April Rivalries 2013. The 2003 Football Fans Census indicates that Mansfield’s Ownership biggest rivalries are with Chesterfield and Notts County, The 2006–07 season saw the creation of the ‘SFFC with Doncaster Rovers tertiary rivals. Bad blood between (Stags Fans for Change)’ an organisation aiming for Chesterfield and Mansfield has links to the miners’ strike. the removal of then owner Keith Haslam from the Fixtures between Town and County are referred to as club. The organisation undertook many projects over Nottinghamshire derbies.More recently, a lesser rivalry has the year to get their message over in a different and grown with Grimsby Town. non-aggressive way. This included hiring a plane to Club colours fly over the local derby match with Notts County During the Wesleyans era, Mansfield played in chocolate towing a banner declaring that the club was for sale and sky blue shirts, firstly striped until 1902, and then and calling for Haslam to leave. On 29 November halved. Upon assuming the Mansfield Town moniker, the 2007 Haslam rejected a bid from James Derry’s club switched to red shirts, white shorts, and black socks, consortium and the Mansfield fans pledged to have though this identity only lasted the 1910–11 season. A five- a TV protest against him on 2 December 2007 against year stint in black and white quartered shirts with black Harrogate Railway Athletic live on the BBC’s Match shorts and socks followed before the club closed down. of the Day programme. Upon their return in 1919, Town introduced their now-fa- In March 2008, it was reported that John Batchelor, miliar blue and amber club colour scheme, initially in a bidder for Mansfield Town, planned to rename the halves. Becoming a league side in 1931 coincided with a club to Harchester United after the fictional squad change to pale blue shirts with white shorts, which the from the TV series Dream Team to make the club club would wear until October 1934, when the blue and “more promotable” if his bid were a success. Fans amber returned (albeit in quarters for the remainder of the and executives within the club both stated that they 1934–35 season). They would continue to wear this colour would oppose the name change. combination in various arrangements (including a blue shirt Following the club’s relegation in 2008, Colin with amber sleeves from January 1948) for two decades. Hancock, then the chairman of Glapwell, emerged From 1954 to 1961 Town played in white shirts and black as the leading bidder as he agreed to purchase a shorts, before amber shirts with blue shorts returned for controlling share of the Stags, Field Mill, and some seven years. All-blue with amber trim was selected in 1968, land surrounding the stadium from Haslam. before a new look of white shirts with blue shorts was Radford on the terraces in 2016 introduced in 1970. However, three businessmen who are also Mansfield 1974 saw the classic colour scheme return, and though the Town fans, Andrew Perry, Andrew Saunders and composition might vary, amber and blue has reigned ever Steve Middleton, bought the club from Keith Haslam since. The only exception to this was the centenary kit for an undisclosed fee, but they were still renting the worn in the 1997–98 season, which was a retro kit design stadium from him. At the start of the 2010–11 season styled after Mansfield Wesleyans’ first, albeit with sky blue Mansfield were bought by John Radford. shorts and socks. On 2 December 2010 the club was locked out of Field

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NAME 2012-20 www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 19APPEARANCES PHIL BUXTON 317 JORDAN ANNABLE 169 2020-21 TOTAL JON D’LARYEA 148 11 328 LYNTON KARKACH 100 13 182 LIAM MARSDEN 85 12 160 MATT WILSON 46 14 114 ROSS DUGGAN 34 14 99 HUGO WARHURST 31 6 52 LUKE WALKER 31 14 48 31 13 44 TOM SLONE 13 14 45 JACK HARRISON 11 5 36 MORGAN JAMES 0 14 27 0 12 23 BEN ALGAR 0 12 12 MATT SYKES 0 14 14 JOSH WILDE 0 13 13 0 44 SAM PIPES 22 ROSS KILLOCK 11 DAN WALLIS

PAGE 20 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME TOOLSTATION NCEL PREMIER DIVISION STATS 2020-21 TOP GOALSCORERS NCEL Premier Division 0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Lge Cup Total 1 Ross Duggan AFC Mansfield 1 5 3 2 3 2 0 12 4 16 2 Daniel Earl Bridlington Town 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 10 1 11 Oliver Fearon Liversedge 2 0 1 2 5 1 0 6 5 11 4 Billy Logan Bridlington Town 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 10 0 10 5 Leon Howarth Handsworth 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 80 8 Jamie Austin Maltby Main 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 80 8 Roy Fogarty Yorkshire Amateur 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 7 1 8 Joe Walton Liversedge 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 53 8 Reagan Waud Goole AFC 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 44 8 10 Ashley Flynn Liversedge 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 70 7 BEST ATTACK BEST DEFENCE Be Pld Gls Avg est Pld Gls Avg s1t Bridlington Town 9 39 4.33 1 Liversedge 6 3 0.50 2 Liversedge 6 23 3.83 3 Yorkshire Amateur 11 36 3.27 2 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 7 5 0.71 4 AFC Mansfield 9 26 2.89 5 Grimsby Borough 10 28 2.80 3 Yorkshire Amateur 11 9 0.82 4 AFC Mansfield 9 9 1.00 5 Staveley Miners Welfare 5 6 1.20 6 Garforth Town 9 22 2.44 6 Garforth Town 9 12 1.33 7 Penistone Church 7 17 2.43 7 Albion Sports 8 12 1.50 9 Maltby Main 10 23 2.30 8 Penistone Church 7 11 1.57 9 Eccleshill United 8 Handsworth 11 24 2.18 10 Bridlington Town 11 18 1.64 9 15 1.67 10 Albion Sports 8 14 1.75 11 Maltby Main 12 Knaresborough Town 10 17 1.70 11 Staveley Miners Welfare 5 8 1.60 13 Thackley 9 18 2.00 11 24 2.18 12 Silsden AFC 10 16 1.60 14 Grimsby Borough 13 Barton Town 11 16 1.45 15 Silsden AFC 10 22 2.20 14 Bottesford Town 11 15 1.36 16 Barton Town 10 22 2.20 15 Eccleshill United 11 14 1.27 11 25 2.27 17 Goole AFC 11 13 1.18 17 Handsworth 11 30 2.73 18 Thackley 11 13 1.18 18 Goole AFC 11 34 3.09 16 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 7 8 1.14 19 Bottesford Town 11 39 3.55 19 Knaresborough Town 9 9 1.00 9 0.90 20 Athersley Recreation 10 20 Athersley Recreation 10 42 4.20

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 27 AFC MANSFIELD CLUB HISTORY A FIRST YEAR FULL OF SUCCESS AFC Mansfield was formed in 2012 and joined the Central Midlands Football League, signing a 10-year rolling deal to play at the Forest Town Arena. The newly-formed club - nicknamed ‘the Bulls’ - began their journey in the 2012/13 season, when they fought on four fronts and nearly won the lot. ​Despite mustering 176 goals and losing just twice, the Bulls had to settle for a runners-up place to Dronfield, who dropped just five points all season to clinch the league title. But success would come in the Notts Intermediate Cup final where they defeated Beeston AFC, and a Floodlit Cup final victory over Newark Town would earn a cup double for the Bulls in their first ever season as a club. It could have been a hat-trick of cup titles, but a tiresome nine-man AFC would be beaten in injury time by Clifton All Whites in the League Cup final at Alfreton Town. MORE SILVERWARE & A RISE UP THE LEAGUES The club entered the FA Vase for the first time in the 2013/14 season, and were eventually knocked out in a replay by step five side Huntingdon Town. But much more success was to come later that season, as the Bulls clinched the Central Midlands Football League North Division title before beating Thorne Colliery in the League Cup final to earn their fourth piece of silverware in two seasons... Although a treble eluded them once again with defeat in the Floodlit Cup final to Bulwell FC. In their first season in the Northern Counties East football League Division One, the Bulls came one game away from an FA Vase quarter-final by reaching the fifth round - a record run - but were knocked out 3-0 by Tadcaster Albion. FA CUP GLORY & FURTHER PROMOTIONS The next three seasons would be full of further success. In 2015/16, AFC earned promotion to the NCEL Premier Division with a second place finish, and a year later made club history with an FA Cup run lasting all the way to the Third Qualifying Round, where they would be knocked out by Stamford in a close 2-1 defeat. The 2017/18 season was perhaps the best in AFC’s bountiful but brief history to date, with 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. The Bulls got past Hall Road Rangers, Quorn, Dunkirk and Rushall Olympic before being beaten by National League North side Boston United in front of over 600 spectators in the FA Cup Third Qualifying Round. Mustering 96 points and scoring 110 league goals, at first glance it would be expected that AFC won the NCEL Premier Divi- sion that season, but they actually finished in third behind Pickering Town on goal difference and league winners Pontefract who recorded a ridiculous 102 points. Thanks to a reshuffle in the step above in the football pyramid, however, the Bulls were promoted alongside Pontefract and Pickering to the NPL East Division. EXPERIENCING THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE For the first time in the Bulls’ history, they found difficulty in adapting to their new league despite a promising start to the 2018/19 campaign. The ray of sunshine in the first half of their season was another impressive FA Cup run which ended at a much higher side in Kettering Town, who could only just edge past the Bulls with a 2-1 win despite a very nervy ending. Manager Rudy Funk was sacked in February 2019 with the AFC bottom of the pile, and new boss Mark Ward steered his side to safety by 15 points, but ground grading issues meant that the club would be playing Step 5 football once more which resulted in manager Mark Ward stepping down from his role. Ward was then replaced at the start of the 2019/20 season by Matt Chatfield who quickly went to work transforming the club, securing six consecutive home wins in his opening season and signing the likes leading goal-scorer Ross Duggan before the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to proceedings with the NCEL declaring the season null and void The Bulls once again made a positive start to the 20/21 season opening their account with a strong 3-1 FA Cup victory against Gainsborough Trinity under the lights at the Forest Town Arena with the Bulls only managing to play 9 league games, with pandemic in full swing the season ended was declared curtailed. At the start of the 21/22 season u21 Boss and club captain Phil Buxton was announced as the new AFC Mansfield Boss after Matt Chatfield resigned as Boss to take up a new role elsewhere.

PAGE 28 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME SHEFFIELD FC IN 1855, MEMBERS OF A as the Sheffield Rules, and were the SHEFFIELD CRICKET CLUB first detailed set of rules of football ORGANISED INFORMAL to be published by a football club (as KICK-ABOUTS WITHOUT ANY opposed to a school or university). OFFICIAL RULES. At the time, before the formation of Subsequently, two members, Nathaniel the Football Association (FA), many Creswick and William Prest, formed the different kinds of football were Sheffield Football Club. popular in England. For example, each of the various public schools Rules. The inaugural meeting of the club took By this time the club had decided only to played football according to their play teams outside Sheffield in order to place on 24 October 1857 at Parkfield seek a bigger challenge. On 31 March 1866, Sheffield played a ‘London’ team under own individual rules, and these House in the suburb of Highfield in varied widely. The Sheffield Rules Sheffield. The original headquarters was were later adopted by the Sheffield a greenhouse on East Bank Road lent to Football Association when it was them by Thomas Asline Ward, father of formed in 1867 the first club president Frederick Ward, and the adjacent field was used as their Sheffield’s near neighbour, Hallam FA Rules at Battersea Park. The game, first playing ground. Initially, Sheffield FC was formed in 1860 and in the played as an eleven aside, was won by FC games were played among club same year the two clubs first met each London by 2 goals and four touches down members themselves and took the format other in a Local Derby which is still to nil. However, the matter of Rules being of “Married v Singles” or “Professionals contested today. disputed around the country was solved v the Rest”. They became members of The by the adaptation by Sheffield FC of the FA Creswick and Prest were responsible Football Association on 30 November rules in 1878. for drawing up the club’s rules of play, 1863 but continued to use their own which were decided upon at the club’s set of rules. On 2 January 1865, the AGM on 21 October 1858, and published club played its first fixture outside the following year. They were referred to Sheffield against Nottingham playing eighteen-a-side under Nottingham

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 29 GRANTHAM TOWN The club was established in 1874 Midland League.[3] In 1961–62 club were also transferred to the as Grantham Football Club.[2] they reached the first round of the Northern Premier League.[3] They joined the Midland Amateur FA Cup again, this time losing 3–0 However, after being relegated at Alliance, but withdrew from the at Brierley Hill Alliance. the end of the 1984–85 season, league during the 1892–93 season. Grantham were Midlands League they were transferred back to the [3] They joined the Grantham Southern League and placed in champions in 1963–64 and & District League the following runners-up the following season. In the Midland Division. season.[4] The club later returned 1965–66 they beat Hendon 4–1 in In 1987 the club was renamed to the Midland Amateur Alliance, the first round of the FA Cup before Grantham Town.[8] They were where they played until becoming losing 6–1 at home to Swindon founder members of the Central Midland Division champions in Alliance in 1911 alongside Town in the second round. They 1997–98, earning promotion to Grantham Avenue.[4][5] In also reached the second round 1924–25 they were Central Alliance the Premier Division. The club champions, also winning Division B the following season after beating were relegated again at the end of the Subsidiary Competition.[5] Wimbledon 2–1 in the first round; of the 1999–2000 season, this in the second round they lost time of the Eastern Division. After 4–0 at home to Oldham Athletic. finishing as runners-up in the Grantham then moved up to the After finishing as Midland League Eastern Division in 2001–02 the Midland League.[3] In 1928–29 runners-up again in 1969–70, they club were promoted back to the they reached the first round of the won back-to-back league titles Premier Division.[8] In 2006 they FA Cup for the first time since the in 1970–71 and 1971–72; the were transferred to the Premier Victorian era, and after beating 1970–71 season also saw them Division of the Northern Premier Rhyl Athletic 1–0, they lost 2–1 at beat Football League opposition League, but were relegated Third Division North club Wigan in the FA Cup for the first time, to Division One South at the Borough.[3] In 1933 they joined the defeating Stockport County 2–1 in end of the 2007–08 season. In new Central Combination, but after the first round before losing 4–1 to 2010–11 a fifth-place finish saw finishing second-from-bottom of the Rotherham United in the second. them qualify for the promotion league in its first season,[6] they After the second successive play-offs, in which they beat returned to the Midland League. title in 1971–72, the club were Newcastle Town 3–0 in the semi- [3] The club qualified for the first promoted to Division One North of finals before losing 2–0 to Rushall round again in 1935–36, losing 2–0 the Southern League, which they Olympic in the final.[8] However, at home to Notts County.[3] The won at the first attempt, earning they won Division One South 1937–38 season saw the club finish promotion to the Premier Division. the following season and were the season as Midland League [3] promoted back to the Premier runners-up.[3] The 1973–74 FA Cup saw Division.[8] In 2017–18 the club In the 1945–46 FA Cup, the first Grantham progress to the third finished fourth in the Premier after World War II, Grantham round of the FA Cup for the first Division, qualifying for the play- reached the second round again; time since the 1880s. After beating offs. After defeating Warrington Hillingdon Borough 4–0 in the first Town 3–0 in the semi-finals, after beating Kettering Town in round, they went on to defeat Third they were beaten 2–0 by Ashton the first round, they lost 4–2 on aggregate to Mansfield Town in the Division Rochdale 5–3 in a second United in the final. They finished 18th in the 2018/19 season second round. Another first round round replay. In the third round they lost 2–0 at home to Second avoiding relegation by 2 points [9] appearance in 1947–48 resulted by Gary Marrow. Despite an influx in a 2–1 defeat at Stockton, whilst Division Middlesbrough in front of a record crowd of 6,578.[2] In of more Northern based players the club’s 1949–50 FA Cup run ended with a 4–1 loss at Wrexham. 1977–78 the club finished bottom results didn’t improve and after of the Southern League Premier Christmas Marrow was replaced In 1959 the club left the Midland by club captain Adrian Speed as League to rejoin the Central Division and were relegated to Alliance and were placed in Division Division One North. The following Caretaker Manager. One South.[7] However, after two season saw them win the division. seasons the club returned to the As well as being promoted, the

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FRIENDLIES SQUAD AFC MANSFIELD (MANAGER) PHIL BUXTON (ASST. MANAGER) JOE KEARNEY (PLAYER/COACH) JON D’LARYEA (GK COACH) FAHYD SALEH (PHYSIO) JASON TRUSCOTT SQUAD (GK) JASON WHITE LYNTON KARKACH TOM SLONE LUKE WALKER SAM PIPES JOSH HOBSON KIAN SKETCHLEY KOFI APPIAH JACK WEATHERER KIAN BRAMLEY WILL ROBINSON SAM KING KACPER RAJTER (GK) DYLAN HOUGH TOM WHITE RYAN NOON ABUBAKAR WADADA JACK GIBB ABUBAKAR WADADA MICK TIMMS TRIALLIST TRIALLIST SATURDAY 3 JULY 2021 KO 3PM REFEREE: PETER CRAGGS | ASSISTANT: JOSH STANLEY | ASSISTANT: PAUL DIXON TUESDAY 13 JULY 2021 KO 7.45PM REFEREE: TOM HALES | ASSISTANT: MARTIN BEARD | ASSISTANT: DOM CHAMBERS SATURDAY 17 JULY 2021 KO 3.00PM REFEREE: MARTIN BEARD | ASSISTANT: MARK NORWOOD | ASSISTANT: NICK LEES