✔873 Old Station Yard

Hawes United 5-1 Reeth & District Athletic Club
Wensleydale League
Saturday 22nd April 2023

Hawes is a market town and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire. The town is at the head of Wensleydale, on the River Ure, its name deriving from the Old Norse word hals, meaning a "pass between mountains"

Hawes is set 850 feet above sea level and is one of the most popular tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, with plenty of traditional shops and the Dales Countryside Museum, attached to the old Hawes Railway Station.

The town has been home to the world famous Wensleydale Creamery since 2015. The cheese manufacturer makes several varieties of cheese, but is most notable as a producer of Yorkshire Wensleydale; a variety of Wensleydale cheese with PGI status.

Old Station Yard

Brunt Acres Road, 

Hawes, North Yorkshire DL8 3NT


Hawes United play just along from the Dales Countryside museum at the end of the railway line.  At the pitch entrance there’s a couple of large benches on the hill and seating at the sides, but this ground is all about the stunning backdrop.


Hawes United 5(Richardson 39 Spink 72,81 Wilkinson 75 Acton 86) 

Reeth & District Athletic Club 1(Wallace 59)

Scotts Storage Wensleydale Football League matchday 20

5th v 9th

2.07pm ko

Att.23hc


The referee turned up one minute before the scheduled kick off time with the players on the pitch ready to go. Following a night of heavy rain he inspected the pitch, and although he didn’t look happy with some parts, thankfully the match went ahead. 

Hawes missed an array of chances in the first half with some fine saves from the Reeth ‘keeper and the woodwork coming to their rescue. They finally took the lead shortly before the break when Ryan richardson scrambled home the opener. 

Reeth equalised just before the hour mark with an outrageous goal from James Wallace, who chipped the ‘keeper from his own half, but the hosts blitzed the Reeth defence late on with four goals in the last eighteen minutes.

Kory Spink grabbed a brace and a volley from outside the box from Luke Wilkinson, plus a 25 yard chip shot from Brandon Acton made it 5-1 at full time.

#Heedhopper

70 mile drive door-to-door

Current Wensleydale League grounds visited 8/9


When I told the breadknife I was visiting Hawes, she forbidden me from going and firmly put her foot down. When it was explained that I was travelling to a picturesque town in Wensleydale and not a dodgy back street in Middlesbrough, she gave me the thumbs up to go. 

At 10.30 I picked up Lee & Katie, and her mam Pauline, who had just arrived from New Zealand less than 24 hours earlier. We had a nice stroll around the town and by kick-off time the rain had stopped and the sun made an appearance. We had an enjoyable day out and it was nice to finally visit Hawes and tick off this cracking scenic football ground. 

✔872 The King's Academy

St Mary's 1947 1-6 Fishburn Park
Monday 17th April 2023
North Riding FL - Premier Division

We visited St Mary's 1947 at the previous home at Trinity College exactly four years ago to the day.

The club relocated to the King's Academy in Coulby Newham at the beginning of this season.

Mary's use one of the grass football pitches at the far end. The complex also covers athletics, tennis, hockey and there's also a climbing wall. 

 

St Mary's 1947 1(Mackey 27)

Fishburn Park 6(Kipling 7,11,85 Warrilow 23 Storr 42 OG 74)

NRFL - Premier Division matchday 25

10th v 4th

1830 ko

Att.20hc 


Visitors Fishburn Park raced into a three goal lead in the opening 23 minutes. Two exceedingly good goals from Rhys Kipling was followed by Adam Warrilow finding the home team defence again wide open to grab the third. 

St Mary's pulled a goal back through Ryan Mackey, but the three goal lead was restored with a Nathan Storr penalty before half time.

The home side played better in the second half  but the team from Whitby struck late on, with a 25 yard own goal, then Kipling completing his hat-trick to make it 1-6. 

 

#Heedhopper 

41 miles door-to-door

 

The Ķing's Academy

Stainton Way Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough TS8 0GA

Current North Riding grounds visited 26/30

 

Picked up Katie & Lee on route  at 5.30. The A19 traffic was spot on so we arrived twenty minutes before kick off.

✔871 Cantilever Park

Warrington Town 3-0 Ashton United
Northern Premier League - Premier Division
Saturday 8th April 2023

Warrington is an industrial town and borough in Cheshire, in between the cities of  Liverpool and  Manchester. (population: over 165,000) 

The town was founded by the Romans at an important crossing place on the River Mersey,  A new settlement was established by the Saxons and by the Middle Ages, emerged as a market town at the lowest bridging point of the river, when the tradition of textile and tool production began.

The Domesday Book has it named it as ‘’Wallintun‘’ The source is likely from the Old English words waru – meaning - “watch, guard, protect, or defend.” with the suffix "ton"  from tun meaning "fenced area" or "enclosure.

Warrington’s expansion coincided with the Industrial Revolution, particularly after the Mersey was made passable in the 18th century. The town has easy access with the Manchester Ship Canal passing through the south of the borough, plus the West Coast Main Line and the Cheshire Line railways. It was designated as a new town in 1968 when the population grew with new residents moving from Manchester and Liverpool. 

The club was formed in 1949 by Jimmy Drinkwater, originally named Stockton Heath Albion and became Warrington Town in 1961. They began life in the Warrington and District League before moving to the Mid-Cheshire League in 1953.


Mid Cheshire League 1953 - 1978 - Champions 1960-61

Cheshire County League (founder members) 1978 - 1982

North West Counties League (founder members) 1982 - 1990: Division One champions 1989-90

Northern Premier League Division One 1990 - 1997 

NWCL 1997 - 2004: Division Two champions 2000-01

Northern Premier League 204 - present: Division 1 North champions 2015-16 - promoted to Premier Division.

The Yellows reached the 1987 FA Vase final at Wembley, where they lost 3–2 to local rivals St Helens Town. 

Cantilever Park

Loushers Lane

Warrington

WA4 2RS


2,500 capacity

Record Attendance 2,600 v Halesowen Town FA Vase semi-final 1986


The club originally played at Stockton Lane in Stockton Heath in 1949, before moving to London Road in 1950, Loushers Lane in 1953, then returned further down Stockton Lane in Grappenhall in 1955. They finally settled at Cantilever Park the following year, named after the Cantilever Bridge, a high-level road bridge on Ackers Road over the Manchester Ship Canal that towers over the ground to the east.

The ground has all the amenities at the dugouts side. From the corner admission entrance there's the changing rooms, clubhouse, snack bar and club shop, along with a covered standing enclosure. The main stand is opposite and is fully covered with 350 seats. At the far goal there's another covered terrace with the opposite end open, with pitches for the bairns to play on at the back.

Warrington Town 3(Amis 18, 45+3 Duffy 87)

Ashton United 0

The Pitchin In Northern Premier League matchday 39v38

3rd v 12th

3pm ko

Att.912

Spondoolicks:

Admission £11 (online ticket)

Pin badge £3.50


A first half  brace from Josh Amis set the Yellows on their way to an easy victory and up to second place in the league. He got on the end of a Woods cross to scramble the ball in at the second attempt, then just before the break, a corner was flicked onto Amis to head home from close range.

Luke Duffy sealed the win, slamming home the third in the 87th minute, and it should've been more, but Amis was denied a hat-trick when his penalty was saved in the last minute.

#Heedhopper

135 miles door-to-door


Megabus Newcastle - Manchester dept:0700 arr:1015

Manchester Piccadilly - 1044 TFW service to Bangor arr. Warrington Bank Quay 1115


This was my first visit to Warrington and I really enjoyed it. I started off with breakfast in the Friars Penketh, then had a nice stroll around the town centre. Refreshment breaks were partaking at The Albion, Tavern Sports Bar, Glass House, Hop Emporium and finally Costello's Bar before heading to the match. 

The return train to Manchester and the onward Megabus to the Toon both ran smoothly, so overall, a canny day out!