Harry Viggars has been one of the best Northern Counties East League Premier Division centre-halves for the past five years. Apart from a brief stint with Ossett United in 2020, he’s been with Hemsworth Miners Welfare for almost forever after coming through their under 19s and he’s played a key role in their rise from read more→
Craig Rouse has returned to Pontefract Collieries as their new manager. Rouse, an ex-Colls striker during the Simon Houghton and Duncan Bray/Nick Handley eras, was the assistant to Craig Parry during the club’s incredible ascent from NCEL Division One to the Northern Premier League. He left last year to go with Parry to Worksop Town, read more→
Armed with just a dog licence and a TV licence, Staveley Miners Welfare manager Brett Marshall has conquered the Northern Counties East League as a manager and chairman. Marshall led Retford United to the NCEL Premier Division title in 2012, losing just three times in the league despite the club going through one of the read more→
‘We are top of the league’, the triumphant Parkgate players belted out in their dressing room as the ‘wounded’ Farsley Celtic players sat listening on. Doug Shelley’s Parkgate had just gone one point clear at the top of the NCEL Premier Division table with three games-in-hand after beating huge title favourites Farsley 3-2 in the read more→
North Ferriby have been ordered to replay their memorable FA Vase victory over Seaham Red Star when or if the season resumes. It is understood Iwan Heeley was suspended for the tie, but he played after the club received “misinformation” from the FA. That is the reason why the tie is scheduled to be replayed read more→
Former Farsley Celtic manager Neil Parsley has hailed his old assistant Mark Jackson who is now in charge of Leeds United’s under 23s. The pair were at the helm of Farsley – along with joint assistant Simeon Bambrook – for seven years. They oversaw the final 18 months of the old club and the subsequent read more→
Pontefract Collieries midfield magician Jack Lazenby is the subject of our weekly Player Profile series. The young starlet has enjoyed a great start to his Non League career and he even succeeded captain marvel James Beaston as Garforth Town skipper before moving onto Ponte. Name Jack Lazenby Age 21 Position Midfielder Current Club Pontefract Collieries read more→
Former Goole AFC joint manager Les Nelson wouldn’t rule out a return to the dugout, but he’s in no rush as he’s currently loving his job as technical director of Farsley Celtic’s under 23s and elite academy. West Yorkshire-based Nelson made the comments when questioned on the subject in an interview with Non League Yorkshire read more→
Andy Monkhouse and Pontefract Collieries have parted company by mutual consent. The decision ends Monkhouse’s first role in management after seven months in charge. The Rotherham United midfielder had been the successor to Craig Parry. Because of the disrupted campaign, Monkhouse was able to only take of seven NPL Division One North West league games. read more→
Dodworth Miners Welfare centre-back Simon Rogers has only played just one season in Non League Football, but boy it was some campaign filled with unforgettable moments. Welshman Rogers was one of the seven players who infamously left Garforth Town for Ossett Town with manager Graham Nicholas in November 2015. That episode is one of the read more→
