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Saturday 17th October 2020 Kick Off 14.30pm Windmill Lane—Birstall West Yorkshire Association Football League Division 2 Club Shirt sponsors: Norman Wards Recovery Match Day Ball Sponsor: Greyhound Pub, Birstall 2 Become a proud partner and sponsor of Howden Clough FC as we embark on a new journey. As for the first time in the Club’s history, we shall be doing a Digital Match day programme for the First team in a PDF Format with Hyperlinks to our sponsors. We have various opportunities for ALL local business to be involved through the digital match day programme as we 12 Home League Games for the forth coming season. It will be delivered via our Clubs Facebook page (And looking at Twitter) with a monthly audience viewing nearing 4500 views and in one cases over 12,000 View- ing the news about our dugouts being damaged). These numbers can only grow, so grab this opportunity now and support your lo- cal club. ¼ Page Match Day only £10 - ¼ Page Full Season — £100 ½ Page Match Day only £15 - ½ Page Full Season — £125 ¾ Page Match Day only £17.50 - ¾ Page Full Season — £135 Full Page Match Day only £20 - Full Page Season— £175 All Pages will come with a Hyperlink to your business—1 click on your banner and they are taken straight to your Company website/Facebook page. Contact the club via our Facebook Messaging 3 Meet the Staff: 1st Team Manager 1st team Assistant Manager Marko Aprcovic Mark Maguire Sponsor by D S Goddard Reserve Team Reserve Team Assis- Manager tant Manager Jason Gartshore Jacek Jarosz Sponsor by M E Chadwoick 1st Team Captain—Sam Blewett Reserve Team Captain—Adam Ainsworth Clubs players representatives —Christian Zottola, Adam Ainsworth, Sam Blewett Main Kit Sponsors We are delighted that N Ward and Son Heavy Recov- ery Specialists have agreed to sponsor our First Team and Reserve Team kit ahead of the new season fol- lowing on from 2019-20 season! Click the link below to find out more details https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/howdenclough2/ news/kit-sponsorship-2440184.html 4 Manager Looks ahead to today’s League encounter…. Dear Supporters, I would like to welcome today’s opponents Harrogate Railway Athletic FC Reserves for today’s league match which was also happened to be our first league match last season. I have been delighted with the recruitment we’ve had since COVID stopped the last season, just as we started to make progress after a poor start to the season following our relegation from Division 1 and with a loss of near en- tire squad, we managed to reaching Quarter finals of Cup knocking out Glasshoughton Rock the previous round, but both weather and COVID put a stop to that. It’s disappointed that during the lock down we had local youth damage our dug outs, which resulted in us having to knock them down. It’s a cost that the club could not afford really with new one fabricated costing near £3000, but the great people of Howden Clough and Birstall and beyond donated a whopping £1500 to start us back on track. We have plans to try and push this club up the division, and that includes the ground faculties, but we know we are una- ble to do anything in fear of being vandalised. The New Season…………... This season has seen a lost of some players due to various reasons, players like Sam Epsey and Brandon Powell who moved back to Doncaster having finishing their University degrees whom will be a big miss, but with new players joining this season I feel the squad has a better feel about it and depth which has seen numerous players stepping up from the U17 team into open age bracket. This is something I want to encourage at this club, bringing in the youth so they play with more senior players to gain experience. With 3 games and 3 defeats I can take many posi- tives as we play very well with the early league leaders Kellingley playing the last 30 min with only 10 men, due to injuries and subs used. A two close defeat followed away at Laund Hill and Old Centurions only losing both games by the odd goal, so there is much to take away, we just need to take our chances and I’m sure the results will follow. Finally I would like to finish off saying I hope you enjoy today’s game and look forward to see- ing you again cheering on the mighty Clough, and stay safe during these unprecedented times. Marko 5 From the touchline—Assistant 1st Team Manager Mark Maguire Afternoon all, It’s great to be here at Clough and I’ve warmly been welcomed back after my 5 years away with Birstall Rovers Junior Football Club. Though I am unable to pass comment on last season, all I can say is that all the lads are looking sharp and seem to taken on board the new training that the coaching staff have im- plemented. We’ve had a great pre season with regular numbers between 20-30 lads at every session despite the COVID lockdown. The style of play, focus, game management have all been on show and sug- gests strongly, that the lads have been able to take what has been asked of them on the training ground, into a game situation. Next step, Can we take it into a competitive match? We are a young squad, and all I can ask is that our players are brave enough to stick to the philosophy and build upon it. We need to compete in every game, and if do so with the talent within the group, winning is the bonus and lets see where this takes us. Losing isn’t failure!!! Not improving, repeating the same errors and not competing is Failure! Let’s enjoy our football, onwards and upwards—up the Clough! Mark 6 About Howden Clough Junior Football Club Howden Clough JFC are a FA Charter Standard Community Grassroots Football Club, with a long standing history established in 1976, who are at the heart of the Birstall and Batley community. With around 400 registered players, aged from 4 and through to open age groups, and an army of volunteers including the Club Committee, Coaches, Referees, Child Welfare, Event Organisers, Training Coordina- tors, Fundraisers, Tuck Shop Staff and much more. All helping to develop the club and players into one of the regions greatest and largest junior football clubs. Our Training sessions and Football matches are held on the Astro turf and grass pitches behind Batley Sports and Tennis Centre and Batley Girls High School. Our Open Age teams play at Batley Sports and Tennis Cen- tre and the Leeds Road Playing Fields in Howden Clough. All of our coaches are CRB checked and safeguard trained, with each age group having at least 1 FA qualified coach. There is support at all levels ensuring Safeguarding of our players at all times. We instil the de- velopment, safety and fun for all players, allowing them to participate in the sport we all love in a safe and enjoyable environment. https://howdencloughjfc.co.uk/ Grassroots Football at it’s best! 7 The final amount from our charity day is in and we raised an amazing £7,927 once our fundraising was kindly matched by Volvo Crossroads Trucks & Bus! We would like to thank Crossroads Trucks & Busses and all of their staff for getting onboard with the day and making it as great as it was! A special thanks has to go to open aged players Dan Schofield and Ashley Tomlinson for all of their hard work in organising the day and bringing Clough and Crossroads together. We would also like to thank every single person who attended on the day and donated no matter how big or small the donation was as it all plays a part in getting us closer to the grand total to build our Clubhouse and Com- munity Centre! We are looking to do further fundraising in the future so keep your eyes open for any updates! 8 Todays Opponents Harrogate Railway Athletic FC Res We would like to welcome Nosayaba Lyamu and his Har- rogate Railway Athletic Reserves for todays first home game of the season after a long break due to the COVID situation. Harrogate Railway as a club will be celebrating their 85th Anniversary and we would like to wish them all best for the forth coming season. More know for their 1st team exploits Harrogate Railway been quite successful in years including an impressive run to the FA Cup 2nd round two times 2002/03 and 2007/08 with a record crowd watched the 2002 tie against Bristol City (3500 in attendance) going down 1-3 against Football League opponents, this was followed in 2007 losing 2-3 at home to Mansfield Town. But recent years have seen the 1st team slip from Northern Premier League down to North East Counties Division 1. But I’m sure they will be look- ing to bounce back up the league as soon as possible. Honours also include : Northern Counties East League: Division One champions 1998–99 Division Two North champions 1983–84 League Cup winners 1986–87 Presidents Cup winners 2002–03 West Yorkshire League— Champions 1953–54 British Railways National Cup—Winners 1945–46 HRAFC Res came into the West Yorkshire League Division 2 last season (2019/20) and funny enough were our first opponents last year, with the visitors running out victors with a 1-4 win despite going a behind to an early goal from Clough’s Simon Moore, goals coming from Cameron Whalley, Thomas Warrington and a brace from Bailey Smithies Harrogate had the pleasure of driving back up the M1 with all 3 points. Unfor- tunately as mentioned no return fixture was able to be played out due to the COVID Pandemic. Ones to Watch from this Season: Captain : Jack Pickford Goal scorer: Matthew Allsop 9 HRAFC Res 20/21 Player Stats 10 Well the weekend is here at last. On Sunday’s we are serving our Roast dinners and for anybody that books a table with us this Sun- day you will receive a FREE des- sert—Just mention the advert in the Programme when ordering You can either book by sending us a message via our Facebook page or by calling us on 01924 445711. 11 SKIPPER’S NOTES I want to say Welcome to both Harrogate Railway squad and our supporters whom are attending today’s game , we at the club hope that everyone is safe during these unprecedented times. After 3 games on the road , with some good performances and some not, it great to be able to have a home game. Training on a Wednesday night has gone well, with players looking to push from the Reserves to the 1st team, keeping us all on our toes, but also it’s great to see some new players joining and some old players coming back . This year we want to make this place a fortress and make it hard for teams that come here to play. We don’t want them to enjoy coming and if we want to make it a place where we pick up a lot of the points this season, I think we should be able to carry this onto our away games. A good home record obviously helps towards getting where we all want to be at the end of the season whilst can put you in a strong position With some new face’s in the squad, I’m looking forward to getting down to the real action. I hope to see a few fans down to cheer us on, and then back to the Greyhound for a pint after. Sam Blewett—1st Team Captain PLAYER SPONSORSHIP 2020—2021 SEASON Sponsor your favourite Clough player for the season. If your looking for a unique, cost-effective way to advertise, or just wishing to support your favourite Clough player for the season, then this is the perfect choice. £30 for the season get’s you the following: Company logo with hyper link leading to your business or Group name on your chosen player’s profile. If your player is named Man of the Match—Your Name or Company will be men- tioned on our Facebook page. If your are interested, please send a private message on our Facebook page, and we’ll get back to you asap. https://www.facebook.com/HowdenCloughFC/ 12 Name: Andrew Griffiths Nickname: Timmy Position: Striker/Forward Occupation: Nearly retired Fav Food: Everything Fav Drink: Tea, but when Zott’s is at the bar, Beer Fav Film: Lord of the Rings—Return of the Kings Fav TV Show: Match of the Day Fav Football Team: The Mighty Terriers—Huddersfield Town Fav Music Artis: Adele Fav Footballing Highlight: Seeing Town Promoted to the Premier League Your Personal Fav Footballing highlight: Still playing at this age. What would be your Goal Music: Another one bites the dust 5 Dream Party Guest (Dead or Alive): Pele, Messi, Ronaldo (Fat one), Liam Gallagher And Mr Bean Howden Clough 1st Team Stats : Appearances:- 258 Games Goals:- 124 goals Debut:- 28.11.2009—Away to Headingley (Lost 7-1) https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=2412547 First Clough Goal:- 06.02.2010—Away to Wetherby Athletic (Lost 9-1) https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=3760629 * Stats taken from Full time—see links attached. 13 THIS or THAT ! Just for fun! 20 Question on This or That, What does long time play- er Christian ‘Zotts’ Zottola prefer ? 1. Dog or Cat? Dog 2. Netflix or YouTube? Netflix 3. Phone Call or Text? Call 4. Toast or Eggs? Toast with eggs on :) 5. Cardio or Weights? Weights :D 6. Facebook or Twitter? Facebook 7. Ice Cream Cone or Snow Cone? Ice Cream 8. Mobile Games or Console Games? Console 9. While walking: Music or Podcasts? Music 10. iOS or Android? IOS 11. Cinema or at Home watching Film? Home 12. Pop, Rock or Indie? Indie 13. Cake or Pie? Pie 14. Swimming or Sunbathing? Sunbathing 15. High-tech or Low-tech? High Tech 16. Big Party or Small Gathering? Big Party 17. New Clothes or New Phone? New Clothes 18. Rich Friend or Loyal Friend? Loyal Friend 19. Football or Basketball? Hhhhmmmmmm I wonder. 20. Work Hard or Play Hard? Play Hard 14 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP Dan Bramham Alex Aprcovic Joshua Aprcovic Christian Zottola Adam Shires Sam Blewett Matthew Maguire Sam Grogan George Brooke Jack Waters Andrew Griffiths Dominic Nelson 15 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP Leon Giscombe Lewis Haigh Mansford Nkansah Igor Skarzynski Dwain Clark Thomas Pattinson Jack Fortune Adam Ainsworth Josh Scholes James Keen Tom Michaels Wojciech Napierala 16 William Renshaw Harris Nayyar Liam Banks Jack Llewellyn Dan Schofield Tom Illingworth Joseph Hampshaw Finley Hinchcliffe Faran Ali Hamzah Dhorat Ernest Nyamekye Adam Milner 17 Richmond Peprah Oliver Rimmington Jack Emmonds Jay Walton Sean Thornhil-Adey Oliver Wright Nick Aprcovic Bobby Knox Jacob Jackson Adrian Thomas 18 Match Day Squads Names Sponsors Dan Bramham D S Goddard Painters & Josh Aprcovic Decorators D S Goddard Painters & Alex Aprcovic Decorators Sam Blewett Manager Matthew Maguire Marko Aprcovic Andrew Griffiths Assistant Sam Grogan Tom Pattinson Mark Maguire Jack Llewelyn REFEREE Dominc Nelson Alan Clough Jack Waters Adam Shires PSR Pallets Services Geroge Brook James Keen Dwain Clark 19 Possible Match Day Squads Mathew Allsop Lewis Barnard Ashar Bhogal Samuel Clark Aiden Green Joshua Hardcastle Sam Harrison Manager Craig Leitech Nosayaba Lyamu Nathan Merchant Sam Newsome Jack Pickford Lucas Umpleby Jack Briggs Thomas Fallon James Hobden Charlie Peach Luke Smith Thomas Warrington 20 Can you volunteer at Howden Clough FC? We are looking for volunteers to help in many areas, including; • Social Media Administrator, • Website Content Management, • Writing Match Reports for home games, • Site & Pitch Maintenance, If you can spare some time to support the club, please speak to Marko Aprcovic on 07909 170092 or message the club on it’s Facebook page. 21 22 Matchday action against Kellingley away — Lost 3-1 Top Left: Captain Sam Blewett started an attack. Top Right: Dan Bramham pulling off another save. Bottom Left: Andrew (Timmy) Griffiths trying to get things moving. Bottom Right: Will Renshaw thwarting an attack from Kellingley 23 Top Left: Manager Marko looking on, planning his next move. Top Right: Is that 10 yards ref?? Josh Aprcovic , Sam Grogan, Sam Blewett, Alex Aprcovic and Mansford Nkansah making sure it’s no more than 10 yards. Middle: Christian Zottola always between man and ball. Bottom : After match enquiry with words of wisdom from Marko and Mark. 24 25 Reserve Team Update: This season see the Reserve team playing in the West Yorkshire Alliance Division 2, and Manager Jason Gartshore & his assistant Jacek Jarosz are feeling opti- mistic with the high number of youth players making the step up to open age from under 17’s and also new face’s joining. Last season saw the Reserve team sometime struggle to put a full squad out due to various reasons, but this with a strong numbers turning up for Pre-Season, Jason said ‘ The attitude of the younger players stepping up has been a fresh of breath air this pre-season, non have felt over shadowed training with players a lot stronger and experi- enced than themselves’. He went on to say ‘ Last season we had players like Tom Michaels, Will Renshaw playing at the age of 16 and not looking out of place, even putting performances in that 1st Team Manager Marko is keeping a close eye on to step up to the 1st team’. Marko is not afraid to players with youth and this was backed up by players being in the 1st team squad like Dominic Nelson 19yr , Alex Aprcovic 20yr and Matthew Maguire 19r old last season and holding their own. To name but a few. With enough U21 player’s in the squad, Clough are looking at forming a U21 Team to Midweek Football under the floodlights in the West Yorkshire County League, so watch this space. T he last time a team was entered Clough U21 won the Division 2 unbeaten. Howden Clough U21 2018/19—West Yorkshire Development Div. 2 Champions 26 Season So Far So far the Reserves team have had a mixed bag of performances . Altofts Res away— 3-0 Their first game was a 3-0 away defeat at the hands of Altofts FC despite going a goal be- hind within 10 minutes, Clough Res dominated the first half with numerous chances being created. but could not take their chances. The host were then down to 10 men after 30 minutes after a raised hands to the throat of Captain Adam Ainsworth who went down. Clough pushed early in the 2nd half and was suckered on the counter attack with mixture of poor defending from a free kick and cross, this was compounded a miserable night I the rain when they suffered 3 injuries in space of 10 minutes and continues change of for- mation to see the game out. Pool AFC Away - 2-2 (Josh Scholes, Sean Thornhill-Adey) This was followed by a 2-2 away draw at Pool AFC , with a squad of 12 players and a mix- ture of debutants Clough looked very nervy in the first 15 minutes with Pool taking a few long shots testing the keeper Finley Hinchcliffe, Deadlock was broken when Pool got their deserved lead midway through the 1st half. This then sparked Clough into life and they started to press as a unit and with Hamazh Dhorat hitting the post from 20 yrds out, it was finally Josh Scholes firing in a 30 yrd freekick. Sean Thornhill-Adey added a 2nd from a corner and it was a case can they hold out……….? Nope with the very last kick of the game a lucky kick up the middle somehow found it’s way through for Pool to score. Kirk Deighton Res—Home 0-7 A heavy home defeat against Kirk Deighton Res going down 0-7 (Losing 0-5 at Half time), gave the Clough Res players a quick wakeup call to how tough this league can be. A very slow start to the game gave the visitors time to press home that advantage, but with a couple of subs at half time, it became a more even contest but the visitors had to much in the lockers running a deserved winner But they will be looking to bounce straight back their next game is Kirk Deighton away on 17th Oct. 27 One to watch Tom Michaels Position: Right Back, Centre Back Bio: Tom started in the Reserves just after turning 16 years old in the 19/20 Season. He quickly cemented his position of Right Back very early on, showing maturity and compo- sure during the pre-season. A very quite lad of the pitch but when he’s crossed that white line, he’s not one to shy away from a tackle. A Pre Season Friendly saw Tom take the Cap- tain's armband as reward and trust shown to him from the Res Team Manager. If he continues to improve his game it won’t be very long before he’s knocking on the door of the 1st team squad, which he would deserve. Clough Appearance record 28 Reserve Squad for Away game at Kirk Deighton Res Saturday 17th October , Wetherby, LS22 4DS—2:30pm kick off Manager - Jason Gartshore Assistant Manager—Jacek Jarosz Names Sponsors Finley Hinchcliffe Brad Lay Hamzah Dhorat Sean Thornhill-Adey Joe Hampshaw Lewis Haigh Adam Ainsworth Tom Michaels Richmond Peprah Daniel Schofield Liam Banks Adam Milner Will Renshaw Mansford Nkansah Bobby Knox Faran Ali 29 30 The West Yorkshire County FA & Howden Clough FC strongly supports the FA statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination either on the pitch or it’s surroundings Accordingly, any form of discriminatory abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any oth- er form of abuse will be reported to the Football Association for action by that Association. The FA - 0800 085 0508 Kick it Out - 020 7253 0162 31 Agony Aunt Corner Dear Agony Aunt My football club has gone through a barren spell without winning trophy’s, we are playing poor but I still love the club and the kit. My question is: Is it possible to support 2 teams, a back up team? Regards Not a Glory Hunter—Manchester united fan living in London. Dear ‘Not a Glory Hunter’ My poor dears, bless your little cotton sockets on this dilemma. Of course you can support two teams, I’ve contacted both clubs in Manchester, and they are encour- aging more fans to have affiliation with each other, with this in mind they have designed a new kit which I’m sure all you fans will purchase for a small price of £99.99. Wear it pride my little sheep, walk around with your chest puffed out. Regards Agony Aunt If you have a question to ask, please don’t be shy ask away. 32 It Happened in this year! 1885 Arbroath FC Scores A Record 36–0 Win Against Bon Accord In Professional Football during the Scottish Cup on 12th September 1885. 2003 One of the great legends of country music, Johnny Cash, dies after a short ill- ness. 2005 England Win The Ashes Cup After 24 Years England beat Australia in the Ashes Cup for the first time since 1987. The final match was a draw and the final result of the series was a 2-1 in favour of Eng- land. 2011 The 9/11 Memorial Museum was opened to the public on 12th September 2011, ten years and a day after the World Trade Centre was hit by terrorists. 2,983 men, women and children had perished in the attack bringing down the towers. 33 34 35 Official Club Sponsors 36 Howden Clough 1st Team Fixtures West Yorkshire Association Football League Division 2 2020/21 Howden Clough Reserve Team Fixtures 37 38 HOWDEN CLOUGH 1998-99 Joined West Yorkshire League from Spen Valley League 2000-01 West Yorkshire League Division Two Champions & Promoted to Division One 2003-04 West Yorkshire League Division One runner-up & Promoted to Premier Division 2009 Relegated to Division One : 2010 Relegated to Division Two 2013-14 Promoted to Division One : Relegated to Division Two 2015-16 Missed runner-up spot on goal difference—Promoted to Division One 2019 Relegated to Division Two SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS 2000-01 W YOR-2 24 18 6 0 91 28 60 1/13 2001-02 W YOR-1 24 9 7 8 52 46 34 8/13 2002-03 W YOR-1 30 17 8 5 84 51 59 4/16 2003-04 W YOR-1 28 19 2 7 88 48 59 2/15 2004-05 W YOR-P 30 9 10 11 57 50 37 10/16 2005-06 W YOR-P 30 14 7 9 60 49 49 4/16 2006-07 W YOR-P 30 17 6 7 61 39 57 3/16 2007-08 W YOR-P 30 9 4 17 46 74 31 13/16 2008-09 W YOR-P 30 6 4 20 41 86 22 15/16 2009-10 W YOR-1 28 2 3 23 34 106 9 15/15 2010-11 W YOR-2 26 4 4 18 40 82 16 13/14 2011-12 W YOR-2 30 12 4 14 59 99 40 9/16 2012-13 W YOR-2 30 15 7 8 72 65 52 5/16 2013-14 W YOR-2 24 16 2 6 88 45 50 3/13 2014-15 W YOR-1 30 3 7 20 39 92 16 16/16 2015-16 W YOR-2 24 16 2 6 84 46 50 3/13 2016-17 W YOR-1 28 12 2 14 63 82 38 8/15 2017-18 W YOR-1 28 6 2 20 49 93 20 13/15 2018-19 W YOR-1 30 4 2 24 40 102 14 16/16 2019-20 W YOR-2 11 0 3 8 14 39 3 ABAND