Axcell makes swift return to dugout

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Louis Axcell is back prowling the touchline after returning to his local club Handsworth. Axcell has joined Jason Dodsworth and Aiden Spowage’s management team, 24 hours after the Ambers won 4-2 against Maltby Main, the club who surprised many by sacking him nearly two weeks ago. Axcell previously managed Handsworth’s reserves  read more→

Axcell’s Maltby era ends with Handsworth draw

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Maltby Main 0-0 Handsworth  Louis Axcell was certainly not a man expecting to be relieved of his duties when speaking 15 minutes after Maltby Main’s goal-less draw with his former club Handsworth at Muglet Lane. Axcell spoke of how he hoped his Maltby Main side would push for a top five  read more→

Boss Axcell leaves Maltby

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Louis Axcell’s surprise exit from Maltby Main has been announced, hours after the wind-assisted goal-less draw with Handsworth. The decision ends his two-year tenure. His assistant John Stancliffe has been put in interim charge for the rest of the season. Axcell was even interviewed by Non League Yorkshire at the end  read more→

Maltby aiming to reach first Senior Cup Final since 1978 – Axcell

Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup  Louis Axcell hopes Maltby Main can right the wrongs of the past by reaching the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup Final for the first time since 1978. Maltby host Andy Dawson’s Parkgate at Muglet Lane tonight, bidding to erase the trauma of shock semi-final defeats in 2015 and 2015. Maltby  read more→

Axcell rallies Maltby for key month

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Louis Axcell has rallied his Maltby Main players for a crucial set of fixtures during January. Axcell – whose side host Sherwood Colliery tomorrow – wants Maltby to continue to climb the Premier Division and achieve further success in two cup competitions. Maltby play Parkgate in the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior  read more→

Waud and Williams propel Maltby to seventh

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  AFC Mansfield 0-2 Maltby Main  Louis Axcell’s Maltby Main are up to seventh after a second consecutive league victory. Goals in both halves from Reggie Waud and Johnathan Williams earned Maltby their three points. Waud’s 25-yard strike in the 16th minute built the foundations for Maltby. Mansfield, who have only scored  read more→

Maltby sign prolific striker

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Maltby Main have signed prolific striker Damian Reeves who was recently with Belper Town. Reeves was the top striker in Non League Football a few years ago when he was scoring for fun for Altrincham so in some respect it is a coup for Louis Axcell’s side. He is best known  read more→

Promotion race is exciting for NCEL – Axcell

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Maltby Main Louis Axcell feels the slight change to the promotion system makes the battle for the top two more exciting. The FA have announced that the ten second-placed clubs with the best points-per-game ratios in the 16 Step Five Leagues will be promoted to Step Four. The remaining six clubs  read more→

Ferriby boss rues Maltby abandonment

Toolstation NCEL League Cup  North Ferriby manager Chris Bolder rued the abandonment at Maltby Main as it prevented some of his players being able to get much-needed game-time. Bolder made sweeping changes to his starting eleven from the huge 1-0 defeat of Hallam, with Lewis Exall, Niall Tilsley, Louis Kirk, Rinalds Jurkstis, Danny Buttle and  read more→