Shaw Lane go top of the table

Evo Stik Premier Division Shaw Lane AFC 2-0 Rushall Olympic Shaw Lane flew to the top of the Division, courtesy of goals in either half at Sheerien Park. Godwin Adabaki gave them the lead in the 23rd minute when he headed home Alex Byrne’s cross. The Ducks went close to doubling their lead through Spencer  read more→

Harry Gration to visit Park Avenue

Well-known Look North presenter Harry Gration is telling tales from his illustrious career on Wednesday night at Bradford (Park Avenue) at 7.30pm. ‘The Evening with Harry Gration’ is being compered by sports commentator John Helm. In addition to his chat, it is also hoped to show footage from BPA’s trip to France last September to  read more→

Vote for your August POTM

[polldaddy poll=9822958] Voting for the Non League Yorkshire August Player of the Month is now open. Ten players from Yorkshire-based clubs in the Evo Stik and NCEL leagues have been short-listed for the award. Nominees include Knaresborough’s Blaine Hobson, Maltby’s Danny Patterson, Yorkshire Amateur star man Fernando Moke and Pontefract’s Ash Emmett. Voting will close  read more→

Penistone get Harrogate Town

Emirates FA Cup  Penistone Church will face full-time opposition in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup as they will travel to National League North side Harrogate Town. Albion Sports have an excellent chance of getting through because they have a home tie against North West Counties side Ashton Athletic. Handsworth Parramore’s Sandy Lane  read more→

Potter is new Athersley Rec boss

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Former Barnsley defender and Luke Potter is the new manager of Athersley Rec, an appointment which ends a week-long search to find Wayne Thompson’s replacement. The very highly qualified coach has been the assistant manager to Richard Tracey at Ossett Albion for the past few years.  Potter played 19 times for  read more→

Shaw Lane win at last in FA Cup

Emirates FA Cup Ten man Shaw Lane finally won an FA Cup game after seeing off Radcliffe Borough 3-1 in the first qualifying round tie in Barnsley. Chib Chilaka was the main man with a double for the Ducks. He opened the scoring with a volley on 13 minutes. The scary moment was the dismissal  read more→

Striker Lumsden ends barren spell

Evo Stik South Belper Town 0-3 Stocksbridge Park Steels Joe Lumsden ended his rare barren spell by scoring two tap-ins in Stocksbridge’s comfortable win at Belper. After a goal-less first half, the former Armthorpe Welfare striker scored a simple tap-in straight after the interval. One of his strike-partners, Scott Ruthven, then raised the roof with  read more→

Ex-Bardsey striker Maw joins Ammers

Toolstation NCEL Division One Former Bardsey striker Danny Maw has joined promotion-chasing Yorkshire Amateur, easing the club’s injury problems. Maw, who has played for Ossett Town, was a prolific forward for the now-defunct Bardsey in the West Yorkshire League. He will add power to their forward-line. The experienced Steve Mallory, a Non League great because  read more→

Ring strikes as Church do impossible

Emirates FA Cup Penistone Church 3-2 Whitby Town Andy Ring, it had to be him. The evergreen striker grabbed the headlines again by scoring the sensational injury-time winner as ten man Penistone Church pulled off the impossible by beating Evo Stik giants Whitby Town. In all of Church’s ‘biggest game in their history’ during 2017,  read more→

Smith gets treble as Nostell win again

Toolstation NCEL Division One Armthorpe Welfare 2-3 Nostell Miners Welfare Nathan Smith’s superb hat-trick helped Nostell Miners Welfare continue their remarkable turnaround in fortunes with the magnificent victory at Armthorpe Welfare. You wait months and months for a win and two come along in a week. That’s what has happened at Nostell, whose manager Des  read more→