Ambitious Yorkshire Amateur could be heading for an unprecedented period of success, if their main sponsor Andy Kendall-Jones gets his way. Mr Kendall-Jones, the CEO of Leeds-based Southerns Group, is instrumental in providing the tools to “awaken a sleeping giant”. Earlier this year Southerns sponsored the building the new 3g training pitch at Bracken Edge, a development which will generate read more→
Back in November Worsbrough’s Matt Pinder did not know if he would walk again. On Saturday he made his return to a football field after five months of intensive rehabilitation. Non League Yorkshire’s James Grayson spoke to Matt and his father Ray about the past six months. “Those ten minutes were the best ten minutes of read more→
Evo Stik Division One South Non League Yorkshire’s Crawford HR October Player of the Month Joe Lumsden was advised by doctors to stop playing a few years ago after suffering a serious injury. Stocksbridge striker Lumsden, 24, admits he is “lucky to be still playing”, having been badly injured during a warm-up match whilst on trial read more→
It is that time of the year when the dark nights are here and clubs start to look for indoor or floodlit all-weather facilities for training. Speak to many and it is a difficult task. Some clubs are lucky to have their own facilities. The majority do not and many struggle to find a training read more→
Our series of articles outlining why unpaid volunteer workforces in Non League Football deserve more respect continues. “Every few weeks something happens and you think: ‘why do we bother’?” That’s the view of Garforth Town chairman and groundsman Brian Close who says he spends “too many” hours at the J.S White Community Stadium, making sure read more→
Even in his last days, Garforth Town was at the forefront of “perfect supporter” Ralph Backhouse’s mind. An emotive letter to the club’s owners Brian Close and Craig Bannister detailed his love for the Miners and how it was a big part of his life, received just a week before his death. There was also read more→
In the fourth of our interviews with current and formers managers, Non League Yorkshire speaks to Stocksbridge Park Steels chief Chris Hilton. Clubs managed: Worsbrough Bridge (June 2010-May 2014), Stocksbridge Park Steels (May 2014-present) Jamie Vardy is busy preparing for England’s Euro 2016 opener against Russia tomorrow. He is probably unaware that he had a read more→
In the third of our interviews with current and former managers, Non League Yorkshire speaks to Garforth Town manager Adrian Costello. Club(s) managed: Garforth Town (2015-present) Few semi-professional managers will be able to say that their coaching career began as bizarrely as Adrian Costello’s did. Eleven years on since becoming manager of his daughter’s under read more→
In the second of our interviews with current and former managers, Non League Yorkshire speaks to AFC Emley manager Darren Hepworth. Club managed: AFC Emley (Nov 2010-present) The parallels are stark. Darren Hepworth has had to work extremely hard to get to where he is now after starting at the bottom in his professional and read more→
In the first of a series of interviews with current and former managers, Non League Yorkshire speaks to Eric Gilchrist about his career and what he thinks is most important about the way to manage in Non League Football. Clubs managed: Liversedge (1997-2000), Ossett Albion (2000-11), Ossett Town (caretaker 2012) Liversedge (2012-13) Dedication, loyalty, passion and read more→
