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PAGE 2 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME CONTENTS COVER: LUKE WALKER CHAIRMANS REPORT 1 PHIL BUXTON - MANAGER 3 AS IT STANDS 5 MEET THE TEAM 6 STAT ATTACK 9 ABOUT THE BULLS 10 OUR VISITORS - ATHERSLEY RECREATION FC 13 2021 - 2022 MATCHFACTS 14-15 NCEL REVIEW #36 16-17 MATCH REPORT - Vs ECCLESHILL UNITED 18 2021-22 STATS 19 UPCOMING FIXTURES 20 AFC MANSFIELD U21’s FIXTURES & RESULTS 23 PICTURE COLLAGE Vs ECCLESHILL UTD 27 FAIR PLAY LEAGUE & RESULTS 28 THE NON LEAGUE PAPER 29 TODAYS TEAMS 30 Back page

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 3 Good afternoon everyone and a very warm AFC Mansfield welcome to the players officials and supporters from Athersley Recreation for this afternoons Northern Counties Premier Division fixture. Our last game here at the arena a stocking filler for someone visit in the Notts Senior Cup against our website at Newark FC saw us narrowly www.afcmansfield.net and check defeated on penalties after a 1-1 out our merchandise. draw after 90 minutes. Again we missed chances to have won the Our last home game of 2021 sees game in 9 minutes. us play local rivals Sherwood Colliery, who are having a really Last Saturday saw us make good season and are one of the the journey up to Bradford for favourites for promotion. the game with 3rd in the table Eccleshill United. On the day I would just like to wish everyone they deservedly beat us 3-1. We a very merry Christmas. never got going in the first half conceding a goal in the first 2 Enjoy the game! minutes. The second half was much better and I believe we C’MON YOU BULLS!! matched them in almost every department. But a football match is over 90 minutes not 45 minutes. This is our last game before Christmas and if your looking for

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 5 AFC MANSFIELD VETERANS TABLE P W D L GD PTS 7 5 2 0 25 17 Team 6 4 1 1 21 13 1 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans First 6 3 2 1 11 11 2 Sherwood Colliery F.C. Veterans 5 3 1 1 3 9* 3 Walesby F.C. Veterans 7 22 31 8 4 Station Hotel Veterans F.C. 7 1 3 3 -8 6 5 Quarrydale United F.C. Veterans 5 1 0 4 -5 3 6 Meden Vale Colts F.C. Vets 7 0 1 6 -48 1 7 Mansfield Hosiery Mills F.C. Veterans 8 Quarrydale United F.C. Veterans Legends * adjustment made RESULTS Walesby F.C. Veterans 3-3 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans 2-1 Sherwood Colliery F.C. Veterans Alfreton Athletic Vets FC 1-3 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans Meden Vale Colts F.C. Vets 3-3 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans Station Hotel Veterans F.C. 0-4 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans 3-0 Quarrydale United F.C. Veterans Awsworth Villa F.C. Vets 0-3 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans Quarrydale United F.C. Veterans Leg0e-n1d4s A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans 3-0 Mansfield Hosiery Mills F.C. Veterans FIXTURES 12/12 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans VS Southwell Outlaws F.C. Veterans 19/12 Mansfield Hosiery Mills F.C. Vets VS A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans 09/01 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans VS Quarrydale United F.C. Veterans Legends 23/01 Quarrydale United F.C. Veterans VS A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans 06/02 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans VS Station Hotel Veterans F.C. 20/02 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans VS Meden Vale Colts F.C. Vets 06/03 Sherwood Colliery F.C. Veterans VS A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans 20/03 A.F.C. Mansfield Veterans VS Walesby F.C. Veterans

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

PAGE 10 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Statistics don’t tell everything - but they ATTSATCAKT do say something. AFC’s league season 2021-22 in numbers 20 Games played 20 Goals scored 6 Wins 29 Goals conceded 7 Clean sheets 2-0 Biggest win TOP Lynton Karkach - 5 SCORERS Kian Sketchley - 3 Luke Walker - 4

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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 THERSLEY Athersley Recreation Football Club was formed in 1979, originally as Athersley paved the way for extensive development North Juniors and in the years that have of the club and the area he was raised followed have quickly become Barnsley’s in. Along with the tireless work of club most successful ever amateur football founder/secretary PeteGoodlad and his team. The club is based at Sheerien Park dedicated team of local volunteers, the on the Athersley North estate, two miles foundations have now been laid for to the north-east of Barnsley. The ground lies adjacent to Athersley Memorial Park future generations to enjoy these - dedicated to the memory of the 58 lives excellent facilities, the like of which has lost in South Yorkshire’s worst mining never been available to people of all disaster in modern times, Wharncliffe ages and abilities from this area of South Woodmoor, which devastated the area 80 Yorkshire. years ago. Now the only recognised sports facility On the pitch, the success the Rec has in the area (following the closure of enjoyed is unrivalled in local football. Athersley Recreation Centre from which Countless league titles and cup wins the club took it’s name), the club is a have become commonplace, none more vital part of this close-knit community. The 60-year lease of the ground was bought by ex-Athersley Rec player Geoff Horsfield (who went on to represent Fulham, West Brom, Birmingham City and Sheffield United amongst others) and this has

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 15 ECREATION so than winning the Sheffield Junior Cup Joynes goal saw off Frickley Athletic 1-0 an unprecedented three years in a row in the 2014 final at Hillsborough. (winning it 5 years out of 7, the other two years being runners-up). The NCEL To date, the record attendance at promotion season saw a clean sweep Sheerien Park is 1,420 for the 1-0 victory of honours achieved with a quadruple over a Barnsley FC XI, courtesy of a as well as the reserves winning their Ryan Smith goal on what was a great league at County Senior level showing day for the club and community. plenty of strength in depth. With floodlighting now in place and Charter Standard status awarded, the future looks bright and plans are in the pipeline for further redevelopment including a new clubhouse on site and More recently, success has come in the new car parking facilities. The club Sheffield Senior Cup where a Danny prides itself on it’s standing in the community and working together with local people, many of whom have given up a lot of their time and effort towards the bettering of the club - and with this bond so strong will endeavour to go on to bigger and better things in the future. ATHERSLEY RECREATION FACTFILE: Year FOUNDED: 1979 League titles: 13 Nickname: THE PENGUINS Highest level: STEP 5 Chairman: DENNIS HIRST Best FA Cup run: PRELIM RD Manager: JIMMY WHITEHEAD Best FA VASE run: 2ND RD

PAGE 16 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2021 12 3 4 5 6 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 D Aug-21 A FACEP 168 0-2 White Gibb Rajter Slone A H NCELP 90 0-0 White Gibb Rajter Slone H Sat 07 Handsworth A NCELP 75 2-0 White Gibb Slone Appiah King Cropper H H NCELP 73 2-2 White Gibb Rajter Slone King Cropper H Wed 11 Eccleshill Utd A NCELP 78 1-2 White Gibb Rajter Slone King Cropper A Sat 14 Athersley Rec H NCELP 55 1-1 White Gibb Rajter D'Laryea King Cropper King Cropper B Tues 17 Penistone Church A NCELP 43 0-2 White Gibb Dudley D'Laryea Slone Cropper A FAV1Q 63 0-3 Hough Pipes Sketchley Gibb S Sat 28 Maltby Main H NCELP 105 1-0 Hough Cropper H NCELP 72 2-0 White Cropper Dudley D'Laryea P Tues 31 Emley AFC H NCELP 62 2-2 White Gibb Dudley D'Laryea P Sep-21 Dudley D'Laryea Sk A NCELP 133 0-2 White Cropper P Sat 04 Albion Sports A NCELP 85 1-2 White Gibb Dudley Mays Rajter Cropper H NCELP 55 2-3 White Dudley Appiah P Sat 11 Dunkirk A NCELP 129 1-1 White Cropper Dudley D'Laryea D'Laryea Slone P H NCELP 65 1-0 White Marsden Dudley D'Laryea King Slone Tues 21 Handsworth Sketchley Marsden King Slone Sat 25 Silsden AFC Gibb Rajter Marsden King Slone Tues 28 Bottesford Town Rajter D'Laryea Dudley D'Laryea Oct-21 Sketchley Sketchley Mays Sat 02 Barton Town Mays Slone Rajter Sketchley Tues 05 Thackley Hobson Cropper Rajter Sketchley King Rajter Sat 09 Knaresborough Town King King Rajter King Dudley Sat 16 Hemsworth MW Sat 23 Albion Sports Nov-21 Goole AFC won 4-3 on pens A NCE Cup 2 103 2-2 Reveulta Cropper Slone Dudley Tues 02 Marsden Cropper Grimsby Borough A NCELP 85 1-5 White King Cropper Sat 06 Winterton Rangers H NCELP 115 0-2 White Gibb Marsden D'Laryea Sat 13 A NCELP 219 0-2 Reveulta Marsden Tues 16 Goole AFC Marsden King D'Laryea A NCELP 242 1-0 Reveulta Sat 20 Garforth Town Marsden Cropper Tues 30 Newark FC H NSC 2 L 4-3 McKenna Slone Cropper Dec-21 Sat 04 Eccleshill Utd 81 1-1 pens Reveulta Athersley Rec Sat 11 Penistone Church A NCELP 48 1-3 Reveulta Marsden Cropper Sat 18 Sherwood Colliery H NCELP A NCELP Tues 28 Maltby Main H NCELP Jan-22 Emley AFC Mon 03 Albion Sports H NCELP Sat 08 Handsworth A NCELP T hackley H NCELP Sat 15 A NCELP Sat 22 Bottesford Town H NCELP Barton Town Sat 29 A NCELP Feb-22 Knaresborough Town H NCELP Sat 05 Hemsworth MW A NCELP H NCELP Sat 12 Sherwood Colliery Sat 19 Goole AFC A NCELP Silsden AFC H NCELP Sat 26 A NCELP Mar-22 Grimsby Borough H NCELP Tues 01 Winterton Rangers A NCELP Sat 05 Garforth Town H NCELP Sat 12 Staveley MW H NCELP Barton Town A NCE Cup 3 Sat 19 Sat 26 Mar-22 Sat 02 TBC TBC 1st Sub 2nd Sub 3rd Sub MoM ������������ Goalscorers in BOLD RED CAPTAIN

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 17 78 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 Appiah D'Laryea Karkach Walker Sketchley Hobson Dudley Pipes Noon Hough D'Laryea Hobson Karkach Walker Sketchley Dudley Pipes Bramley Noon Maguire Hough Appiah D'Laryea Karkach Sketchley Hobson Maguire Pipes Noon Dudley Hobson Bramley Karkach Sketchley Bramley Hough Jatau Buxton Hobson Pipes Noon Walker Sketchley Bramley D'Laryea D'Laryea Buxton Hobson Appiah Walker Sketchley Appiah Jatau Hough Dudley Appiah D'Laryea Karkach Walker Sketchley Hough Jatau Noon Dudley Noon Hobson Karkach Bramley Karkach Karkach Walker Jatau Walker Scott Gibb Sketchley Scott Sketchley Jatau Gibb Sketchley Slone Hobson Appiah Pipes Bramley Walker Sketchley Bramley Hobson Jatau Mays Karkach Candelin Buxton White Scott Appiah Karkach Gibb Walker Pipes Mays Candlin Walker Buxton Scott Mays Karkach Walker Sketchley Pipes Appiah Candlin Noon Hough Karkach Walker Sketchley Scott Mays Walker Sketchley Rajter Appiah Pipes Candlin Hough Walker Scott Sketchley Karkach Mays Hobson Appiah Noon Reynolds Hough Scott Mays Karkach Hobson Jatau Reynolds Noon Hough Scott Mays Karkach Gibb Reynolds Appiah Pipes Hough Scott Mays Karkach Hough Jatau Gibb Scott D'Laryea Jatau Dear Pipes Rajter Pipes Catt Karkach Slone Pipes Hobson Karkach Weaver Jatau Mays Gibb Appiah D'Laryea Sketchley Karkach Weaver Sketchley Pipes Mays Walker Karkach Weaver Walker Hobson Gibb Scott Hough ketchley Mays Walker Karkach Weaver Hobson Rajter Pipes Jatau Scott Pipes Scott Pipes Weaver Karkach Rajter Gibb Jatau McKenna Buxton Gibb Scott Weaver Gibb Karkach McKenna Rajter Hobson Appiah Pipes Scott Karkach Weaver Walker Rajter King Walker D'Laryea McKenna Pipes Scott Gibb Hobson D'Laryea Buxton Away at Athersley Recreation

PAGE 18 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Toolstation NCEL Match Review 2021/22 #36 Grimsby Borough's lead at the top of the Toolstation North Ferriby stay five points clear at NCEL Premier Division has been reduced to five the summit of Division One and remain unbeaten in the points after their 2-0 defeat at fifth-placed Handsworth on a league after a 4-0 win at Rainworth Miners Welfare. wet and windy Saturday. Louis Kirk struck early for the Villagers before a quickfire Anthony Mackie broke the deadlock for the Ambers just double from Niall Tilsley and a Joshua Smith own goal after the interval and Mitchell Dunne made sure of the cemented their advantage and Tilsley's second sealed the victory with their second twenty minutes from time to keep deal further in stoppage time. themselves well within the promotion hunt. Second-placed Hallam kept themselves within touching Borough were the only top five side to taste defeat with distance of pole position as Kieran Watson and Iren Wilson Eccleshill United moving up to second following a 3-1 netted in a 2-0 victory at Shirebrook Town. home win over AFC Mansfield. But, Brigg Town lost ground in third as they went down Jonny Irving gave the Eagles the lead in the opening 2-1 at home to Ollerton Town, Joseph Bayne and minute before a brace from Luke Aldrich, one goal in each Benjamin Partridge with the goals for the away side before half, secured them the win with Thomas Cropper getting a Stephen McCarron halved the deficit with twenty minutes late consolation for the travelling Bulls. remaining. Eccleshill go above Garforth Town who drew 2-2 at home The match between fourth-placed Rossington Main and with Emley AFC, Hass Gorji rescuing a point for the Miners Selby Town in fifth was abandoned at half-time due to poor on 71 minutes after Lewis Whitham and Max Tweddle had weather conditions. given the Pewits the lead following an opener for the hosts from Samuel Leach. Harrogate Railway Athletic and Worsbrough Bridge Athletic have kept themselves sixth and seventh, respectively, with Fourth-placed Sherwood Colliery were 5-3 home victors victories. over Knaresborough Town, Gareth Curtis, Ryan Ingram, Kieran Wells, Charlie Taylor and Carter Widdowson with The Rail were a goal down at home to Parkgate, courtesy their goals whilst the visitors' came from Jack Carr and a of Brandon Bagley's opener, but they dramatically turned Mitchell Hamilton double. the game around in the last three minutes, firstly through a Daniel Thirkell penalty and then a winner from Joseph Winterton Rangers drop five places to eleventh as they Crosby. went down to a 3-1 loss at Albion Sports, Daniel Facey's double ensuring the win for the Lions who stay eighteenth Worsbrough went behind at FC Humber United but but are now six points clear of the drop zone. eventually ran out 5-1 victors with two each from Harley Holt and Luke Francis helping them to the three points. Bottesford Town, Penistone Church, Barton Town, Maltby Main and Thackley all move above Rangers with victories. Retford FC stay eighth despite a 3-2 home loss to Dronfield Town, Thomas Gladwin, Billy Wright and Samuel Jack Cross struck the only goal of the game in Bottesford's Bebbington putting the visitors well in control before their home win over Goole AFC whilst a brace for Nathan hosts staged a mini-comeback in the last quarter-of-an- Keightley helped Penistone Church to a 4-2 victory at hour through Jack Johnson and Matthew Parkin. basement side Athersley Recreation in Friday night's game. A 2-1 home loss to Armthorpe Welfare means Nostell Miners Welfare miss out on a chance to leapfrog Retford, A goal each from Thomas Waudby, Benjamin Hinchliffe Charlie Shelley converting the winner for Armthorpe on 63 and Mitchell Levi-Lewis saw Barton prevail in a 3-1 win minutes. after going behind to visitors Hemsworth Miners Welfare. Lewis Stephens struck twice in Glasshoughton Welfare's Connor Cutts grabbed an 80th minute winner for Maltby 5-2 win at Hall Road Rangers and Clipstone grabbed an as they defeated hosts Staveley Miners Welfare 2-1 and injury-time winner at neighbours and bottom side Teversal, Thackley were 4-0 winners over Silsden AFC at Dennyfield Sam O'Malley with the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory for the with Ben Grech-Brooksbank getting two of their goals. Cobras.

www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 19 SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2021 THE TOOLSTATION NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST PREMIER DIVISION ECCLESHILL UTD 3 - 1 AFC MANSFIELD A flurry of goals from Eccleshill AFC Mansfield did look to respond United meant that the Eagles immediately through Weaver, as the stole the three points in West attacker latched onto a long-ball and bared Yorkshire, despite AFC Mansfield's down on goal, but his low attempt was consolation goal through Tom Cropper. parried by the Eccleshill goalkeeper. The Bulls got off to the worst possible start The Bulls continued to search for a in West Yorkshire, as Eccleshill's early consolation, as a cross-shot from Kian pressure prevailed. A loose ball on the Sketchley evaded everyone, except the edge of the box found attacker Johnny post, which it hammered against before Irving, whose low effort bobbled into the being scrambled clear. bottom corner. But with time running out and both sides Eccleshill continued to threaten with a contesting, Buxton's side would get their second in their sights, as Luke Aldrich consolation goal through Weaver. A deep dragged a shot narrowly wide, before cross found Thomas Cropper, who chested Suimaili Cissa had a tame effort well held the ball into a congested box where by Adam Revuelta. Weaver could bundle the ball over the line. But following some more heroics from All it would be was a consolation however, Revuelta to keep out a strong header by with AFC Mansfield next in action against Dominic Staunton, the Eagles were once Athersley Recreation on Saturday. again rewarded for their early domination, as captain Talent Ndlovu had a low cross AFC Mansfield: Revuelta; McKenna converted by Aldrich at the back post. (Hobson 45), Sketchley, King (C), Marsden, Cropper, Pipes, Scott, Karkach (Gibb 76), Heading into the second half and the Bulls Weaver, Walker had it all to do, but Eccleshill continued to take control of the match and quickly Unused substitutions: D'Laryea & grasped their third. Buxton Some excellent footwork from Cissa Att: 48 ended with a swift outside of the foot pass MoM: Tom Cropper from the midfielder, finding Aldrich who was composed in rounding Revuelta and nicking a brace.

PAGE 20 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME TOOLSTATION NCEL PREMIER DIVISION STATS 2021-22 TOP GOALSCORERS NCEL Premier Division TOP GOALSCORERS0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Lge Cup Total Winterton Rangers 6 3 3 3 3 2 0 12 8 20 1 Josh Walker 2 Mitchell Dunne Handsworth 1 5 4 1 4 2 0 10 7 17 3 Luke Aldrich Eccleshill United 1 2 4 2 2 5 0 8 8 16 4 Ben Grech-Brooksbank Thackley 0 5 4 2 1 3 0 11 4 15 5 James Burgess Garforth Town 2 2 4 1 2 3 0 7 7 14 Benjamin Hinchliffe Barton Town 1 4 1 2 3 3 0 9 5 14 7 Declan Howe Staveley MW 5 0 2 0 1 5 0 11 2 13 Mohammed Qasim Silsden AFC 1 2 2 2 1 5 0 12 1 13 9 Reagan Waud Maltby Main 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 7 5 12 10 Lewis Collins Grimsby Borough 3 3 0 1 1 3 0 9 2 11 1 3 1 2 1 3 0 7 4 11 Joshua Dacre Goole AFC 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 9 2 11 George Doyle Emley AFC Daniel Facey Albion Sports 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 8 3 11 Dayle Hutson Bottesford Town 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 8 3 11 Joe Jagger Emley AFC 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 10 1 11 BEST ATTACK BEST DEFENCE Pld Gls Avg ` Pld Gls Avg 1 Grimsby Borough 20 49 2.45 1 Maltby Main 18 20 1.11 2 Eccleshill United 19 44 2.32 2 Garforth Town 20 23 1.15 3 Garforth Town 20 43 2.15 3 Winterton Rangers 18 22 1.22 4 Sherwood Colliery 17 36 2.12 4 Grimsby Borough 20 28 1.4 5 Emley AFC 18 36 2.00 5 Sherwood Colliery 17 24 1.41 6 Knaresborough Town 18 35 1.94 6 Eccleshill United 19 27 1.42 7 Handsworth 20 38 1.90 7 AFC Mansfield 20 29 1.45 8 Barton Town 19 36 1.89 8 Penistone Church 19 28 1.47 9 Thackley 21 39 1.86 9 Barton Town 19 30 1.58 10 Penistone Church 19 35 1.84 10 Staveley MW 19 30 1.58 11 Silsden AFC 18 33 1.83 11 Bottesford Town 19 33 1.74 12 Winterton Rangers 18 33 1.83 12 Handsworth 20 37 1.85 13 Hemsworth MW 21 38 1.81 13 Knaresborough Town 18 34 1.89 14 Staveley MW 19 33 1.74 14 Goole AFC 21 40 1.9 15 Maltby Main 18 31 1.72 15 Silsden AFC 18 35 1.94 16 Goole AFC 21 35 1.67 16 Emley AFC 18 36 2 17 Bottesford Town 19 28 1.47 17 Thackley 21 43 2.05 18 Albion Sports 20 29 1.45 18 Albion Sports 20 42 2.1 19 AFC Mansfield 20 20 1.00 19 Athersley Recreation 21 61 2.9 20 Athersley Recreation 21 16 0.76 20 Hemsworth MW 21 65 3.1

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www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 23 Tuesday 14th December, 2021 UPCOMING LEAGUE & CUP FIXTURES NCEL Premier Division Goole AFC v Barton Town Saturday 18th December, 2021 NCEL Premier Division Athersley Recreation v Maltby Main Barton Town v Silsden AFC Bottesford Town v Grimsby Borough Eccleshill United v Emley AFC Garforth Town v Handsworth Knaresborough Town v Goole AFC Penistone Church v AFC Mansfield Sherwood Colliery v Hemsworth Miners Welfare Staveley Miners Welfare v Albion Sports Thackley v Winterton Rangers NCEL Division One Brigg Town v North Ferriby FC Humber United v Ollerton Town Hall Road Rangers v Selby Town Harrogate Railway Athletic v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Nostell Miners Welfare v Teversal Rainworth Miners Welfare v Armthorpe Welfare Retford FC v Glasshoughton Welfare Rossington Main v Hallam Shirebrook Town v Clipstone Swallownest v Dronfield Town

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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 2-3 Ben Clifford & Jermaine FRI 01 Jatau THURS 21 SHIREBROOK TOWN A 0-3 FRI 29 STAVELEY MW A 9-2 Ethan Mellors 4, Jermaine Jatau, 1-1 Kofi Appiah, Harvey Ford, Ben NOV CHESTERFIELD FC A Clifford & Enzo de Nasciemento FRI 05 CHESTERFIELD FC CUP Brad Prosser FRI 12 AFC Mansfield win 5-4 on pens A 1-5 Morgan Mellors MON 22 DERBY COUNTY CTE A 1-3 Spencer Candlin DEC EASTWOOD CFC H 4-1 Ethan Mellors, Ben Clifford, THURS 02 THORNE COLLIERY P-P Enzo de Nasciemento, OG A TUES 07 CUP JAN 22 SHIREBROOK TOWN THURS 13 H THURS 20 STAVELEY MW H

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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 Garforth Town 13 0 0 13 1 Dronfield Town 16 0 0 16 2 Eccleshill United 16 0 0 17 2 Retford FC 8 2 0 17 3 Staveley Miners Welfare 19 0 0 19 3 Harrogate Railway Athletic 20 0 0 20 16 2 0 19 4 Shirebrook Town 21 1 0 24 Winterton Rangers 17 1 0 23 5 Armthorpe Welfare 29 0 0 29 5 Sherwood Colliery 21 1 0 26 6 Hall Road Rangers 19 2 0 30 6 Emley AFC 16 2 0 26 7 Hallam 28 0 0 31 15 2 0 27 8 North Ferriby 16 4 0 32 Thackley 20 3 0 31 9 Glasshoughton Welfare 24 3 0 34 8 Silsden AFC 23 2 0 31 30 0 0 34 9 AFC Mansfield 25 1 1 34 Rossington Main 22 2 0 35 30 1 0 36 11 Clipstone 21 5 0 36 Maltby Main 24 3 0 39 12 FC Humber United 24 3 0 37 11 Barton Town 25 3 0 41 13 Teversal 26 3 0 39 12 Knaresborough Town 24 2 1 41 14 Rainworth Miners Welfare 31 0 2 41 13 Bottesford Town 27 3 0 43 15 Selby Town 15 3 2 42 14 Albion Sports 21 6 0 46 16 Brigg Town 30 1 1 42 29 2 2 46 32 2 1 46 Penistone Church 29 2 2 49 Ollerton Town 29 4 0 46 16 Grimsby Borough 29 7 2 61 18 Parkgate 29 2 2 50 17 Goole AFC 32 5 1 61 Swallownest Handsworth 20 Nostell Miners Welfare 19 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 21 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 20 Athersley Recreation KEY: C = CAUTION, S = STANDARD SENT OFF, M = MISCONDUCT, PP = PENALTY POINTS CLEAN SHEETS Friday 3rd December, 2021 1 Winterton Rangers 2 AFC Mansfield 8 NCEL Premier Division RESULTS 3 Garforth Town 7 4 Grimsby Borough 6 Athersley Recreation 2-4 Penistone Church 5 Handsworth 6 6 Bottesford Town 6 Saturday 4th December, 2021 7 Knaresborough Town 5 8 Sherwood Colliery 5 NCEL Premier Division 9 Staveley Miners Welfare 5 5 Albion Sports 3-1 Winterton Rangers 10 Thackley 5 11 Albion Sports 4 Barton Town 3-1 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 12 Goole AFC 4 13 Maltby Main 4 Bottesford Town 1-0 Goole AFC 14 Penistone Church 4 15 Silsden AFC 4 Eccleshill United 3-1 AFC Mansfield 16 Barton Town 2 17 Eccleshill United 2 Garforth Town 2-2 Emley AFC 18 Emley AFC 2 19 Athersley Recreation 1 Handsworth 2-0 Grimsby Borough 20 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 0 Sherwood Colliery 5-3 Knaresborough Town Staveley Miners Welfare 1-2 Maltby Main Thackley 4-0 Silsden AFC NCEL Division One Brigg Town 1-2 Ollerton Town FC Humber United 1-5 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Hall Road Rangers 2-5 Glasshoughton Welfare Harrogate Railway Athletic 2-1 Parkgate Nostell Miners Welfare 1-2 Armthorpe Welfare Rainworth Miners Welfare 0-4 North Ferriby Retford FC 2-3 Dronfield Town Rossington Main A-A Selby Town Shirebrook Town 0-2 Hallam Teversal 1-2 Clipstone

PAGE 30 | BULLSEYE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME By Jon Couch him turning things around at The Hive in the manager’s chair. FOR some reason, I’ve got a rather anal fascination with the mentality of football Another team forced into a change were managers at the moment. Stockport County. Simon Rusk, fresh from the Brighton & Hove Albion academy, showed You may recall in my last NLP programme glimpses of why he is so highly-rated in the column, I highlighted the new-age approach of game but hardly pulled up trees with one of the the modern-day coach and questioned whether divisions biggest budgets. their scientific methods were over-complicating the simple and beautiful game. Cue then Dave Challinor, lured from Hartlepool United having steered them back into the Since then, we’ve seen a number of notable Football League last season and suddenly shifts in momentum across the Non-League Stockport look like world beaters. Don’t be game that only emphasizes my point further. surprised to see Challinor adding another promotion to his glittering CV come May. I’ve said for a long time that Non-League managers are one of a kind and that has been Phil Brown was another who struggled to proved beyond doubt so far this season. adjust. The perma-tan boss may have managed in the top-flight with Hull City but looked a fish Take the situation at Barnet. No fewer than 11 out of water in the National League at Southend managers have occupied the hotseat at The United, prompting the Shrimpers to make an Hive over the last three years and only now are enforced change just 10 games into the club’s they actually showing signs of stability and, with first-ever Non-League campaign. it, progression. Indeed, testimony to the unique nature of a The Bees were mighty fortunate to avoid the Non-League manager’s job came from former drop from the National League over the two England international Carlton Palmer in The Covid-hit seasons and this summer recruited NLP last week. former Leeds, Liverpool and Australian international Harry Kewell as their new Speaking to Matt Badcock, Palmer told how his manager. short spell in charge of Grantham Town proved a huge eye-opener, admitting that he wasn’t As talented a coach as Harry clearly is, fully prepared for the rigours of managing in the this never seemed the right fit and it was seventh tier of English football. no surprise to us at NLP Towers to see the experiment come to a premature end with the Palmer did, however, say he learned some club having taken just two points from their first valuable lessons in charge of the Gingerbreads seven games. and says he is ready for another crack of the whip with a fresh attitude and approach in The answer, we believe, was under their nose place. all the time. Dean Brennan had been hired alongside Kewell to “oversee off-field football I, for one, hope Carlton gets the opportunity matters” – a role every bit as odd as it sounds. to put right his wrongs at Grantham to put that vast experience to good use elsewhere. Dean is one of Non-League football’s brightest young managers having plied his trade at He will, however, be the first to admit that it’s no Hemel Hempstead Town, Billericay, Kingstonian easy task. and Wealdstone and it’s no surprise to see

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TODAYS TEAMS AFC MANSFIELD ATHERSLEY RECREATION (MANAGER) PHIL BUXTON JIMMY WHITEHEAD (MANAGER) (ASST. MANAGER) JOE KEARNEY DEAN SHIRT (ASST. MANAGER) (PLAYER/COACH) JON D’LARYEA (PHYSIO) JASON TRUSCOTT KEV LOCKE (COACH) JULIE BRISCOE (PHYSIO) (GK) ADAM REVUELTA (GK) ELLIS PICKARD LIAM MARSDEN JACK BRISCOE KIAN SKETCHLEY JOSHUA BERRY LIAM MAYS TOM CROPPER DECLAN MARTIN SAM KING (C) HARRY WILKINSON JACK GIBB JON D’LARYEA CALLUM TURNER SAM PIPES BUBACARR SANGANG LYNTON KARKACH LEWIS WEAVER MUHAMET GASHI JAKE BATTY JONATHON NYANTON JOSH HOBSON MOSSIMO CICCARELLI EWAN MCKENNA KACPER RAJTER FINLAY MORGAN GEORGE SCOTT JED WILKINSON LUKE WALKER COLLINS OGUWUIKE EWAN MCKENNA ALFIE DODSWORTH LIAM O'BRIAN TOM SLONE MARK STUART ALEX WILKINSON ALEX O'CONNOR MARSHALL GETTY SEBA TEDORADZE ALFIE ROBINSON OFFICIALS REFEREE: RYAN BOULT (LINCS. FA) ASSISTANT: MARK WORDSWORTH (LINCS. FA) | ASSISTANT: DARREN TINGLE (LINCS. FA)