April / May 2006/07
Mike Sumner to Manage U-18s:
Fleetwood Town FC are delighted to announce the
appointment of Mike Sumner as the club's Under 18's Youth Team Manager. Mike
began his junior coaching career with Fleetwood Gym before moving to South
Shore FC where, during a 8 year tenure, Mike progressed from Under 8's to Under
15's level. Mike also enjoyed a 4 year stint as the Blackpool Representative
Team Under 12's coach; a post he held concurrently with that at South Shore.
Mike sees his move to Fleetwood Town as an exciting new challenge and commented
that he ‘can't wait to get started’.
Chairman Andy Pilley remarked: ‘This is another key
appointment and I'm delighted that Mike has agreed to fill this important
position’. Mike's assistant will be John Hindle and all connected with
Fleetwood Town FC offer the pair a warm welcome to Highbury
Stadium. 07:00
31/05/2007
Another
Signing for FTFC:
Fleetwood Town FC are delighted to announce the signing
of striker Steve Foster.
Despite being AFC Telford's leading goal-scorer last
season with 18 goals, Foster was surprisingly released after helping his
club to promotion to the Conference North.
The prolific striker had attracted interest from
Fleetwood Town prior to his record £5,000 transfer from Radcliffe Borough to
AFC Telford and is a player we have long coveted.
Chairman Andy Pilley expressed his delight at Foster's
capture, commenting that this signing was a real coup and another
important piece in the jigsaw as Town seek to strengthen their squad ahead of
the 2007/08 campaign.
Steve, who lives in Manchester, has signed a 2 year
contract with Fleetwood Town and all connected with the club offer him a warm
welcome to
Highbury.
19:30 29/05/2007
May
'Score' Lottery Winners:
Here are the winners of this month's lottery:
£50
- Justine Morrissey
£25 -
WH Twiss
£10 -
G Walsh & Sons
07:30 25/05/2007
Alex
Taylor joins FTFC:
Fleetwood Town FC is, finally, delighted to announce the
signing, late last night, of striker Alex Taylor.
Alex, who is aged 20 and was born
in Lytham, began his career with Burnley and was a regular scorer for
both their youth and reserve teams. Despite the fact that Alex was one of the
Turf Moor outfits most promising talents, he was surprisingly released in
the summer of 2005. Fleetwood Town were interested in signing Alex after his
exit from Burnley but the young striker opted to join the then Conference
North side, Lancaster City. Alex finished season 2005/06 as Lancaster's top
scorer but with the Giant Axe club experiencing financial difficulties, Taylor
signed for fellow Conference North rivals Barrow in June 2006.
Alex is a gifted young striker with enormous potential
and all connected with FTFC offer him a warm welcome to Highbury Stadium.
And with a further high profile signing to be finalised
shortly, the club is clearly intent upon improving on last season's impressive
Premier League debut. More details as soon as we have
them....
07:30 25/05/2007
FTFC Juniors Girls Teams:
Fleetwood Town Juniors are delighted to welcome on board Paul Holme and his
very successful U-13s Girls team. The girls have already won many competitions
and they are one of the County's best girls teams in this age group.
This is more great news for Fleetwood Town FC and its
ambition to become a Community Club. We are now recruiting an U-10s Girls team
and have had good support and encouragement from local schools. Girls’ football
has taken off around the world and is one of the fastest growing sports.
Most of the girls are already FTFC supporters and they will bring a very
enthusiastic parent group with them to add even more vocal support.
FTFC
Appoint Community Development Officer:
Fleetwood Town’s ambitious
plans for the future have moved on apace this weekend with the appointment of
Chris Garrett as the club’s first ever Community Development Officer.
Chris, who is Fleetwood
based, has extensive experience in youth football having served Blackpool,
Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers in coaching, scouting and community
development officer capacities. Some of the footballing figures that Chris has
worked with will be very familiar names to long-standing Fleetwood fans; most
notably Craig Madden, Barry Knowles and Peter Farrell who all served Fleetwood
with distinction in the late 80’s-early 90’s.
Chris’s main challenge is to strengthen links between
Fleetwood Town FC and local schools as the club seeks to further its aim of
becoming a genuine community club. The full story is here.
Press
Release:
Richard
Allen
Fleetwood
Town announced today that they have transfer listed Richard Allen. After a
disappointing 2nd half to season 2006/2007, both parties believe that a move is
in the best interests of both player and club.
Other
news
Phil
Denney, Jerome Fitzgerald, Michael Brown and Martin Moran have all agreed new
deals for next season with several others set to follow very soon. In addition,
Fleetwood are in talks with one prospective new signing. More news when we have
it.
Press Release: Nathan
Pond signs new 2 year deal
Fleetwood
Town FC are delighted to announce that the long-serving Nathan Pond has signed
a new 2 year contract with the club.
The 22 year old Pond, already a veteran of almost 200 games in a period
spanning 5 seasons, has played a major role in Fleetwood's amazing success of
the past 3 seasons. His goal clinched the UniBond Challenge Trophy victory
against Matlock last month while 43 goals in 192 league and cup appearances for
Town is testimony to his ability and consistency. The combative midfielder is
an important piece in the jigsaw as manager Tony Greenwood sets about
preparing Fleetwood Town for the 2007/08 season, Pond's ability to play in a
variety of different roles making the tough tackling midfielder a key
figure.
All
connected with FTFC look forward to another 2 great years with Nathan in
the
ranks.
07:30
10/05/2007
More
Football at Highbury:
If you witnessed Fleetwood U-13s last home game against
Foxhall, then you will be delighted to hear that they play their final game of
the season at Highbury Stadium tomorrow evening, Thursday May 10th.
And what a game it is! Fleetwood lead the league by one
point, ahead of Bispham Juniors, tomorrow's opponents. BJFF have won the league
for the last two seasons, with Fleetwood second, so one point or more tomorrow
gives Fleetwood the Championship of the Blackpool and District Youth League
(North). Kick off is at
6:30pm.
09:30 09/05/2007
FTFC
Annual Awards:
Gawd; that was a loooooooong night!
If you missed the party, the 'Supporters' Player of the
Year' was Andy Bell, who also picked up the 'Golden Boot'. Jamie Milligan was
equally deserving of his 'Players' Player of the Year' award and Lee Pryers
earned the vote of the management team as 'Manager's Player of the Year' for
his commitment and enthusiasm, whether on the bench or picking up the League
Cup.
Pictures from Jamie B here.
08:00 0605/2007
FTFC
Reserves 4 Barrow Reserves 1:
The
Reserves finished their season in style last night, here is Steve Edwards'
match report:-
Fleetwood
Town completed their season with a comprehensive victory over their Cumbrian
rivals. Town were dominant throughout and, after some poor recent performances
by their standards, produced a fine display of attacking football. The home
side opened the scoring when a long ball by Michael Tallentire picked out Kevin
Murray who stepped inside his marker and unselfishly squared the ball for Chris
Watkinson to score.
Changes
were made at half time and the result was two goals in as many minutes to
put the game out of Barrow's reach. The first followed some persistent work
from Matty Ogden, having chased the ball down he got struck by the defenders
clearance and the ball cannoned in of his body. Joel Cowell was next to score
when he sprang the off side trap and coolley finished from ten yards. Barrow
pulled a goal back against the run of play on 70 minutes when Dave Stephenson
in the Town goal was deceived by a smartly taken shot from the edge of the
box. Fleetwood regained their three goal lead with ten minutes to go, however,
when Kieran Rimmington, making his Town debut, raced onto a through ball
and scored a very well taken goal.
07:30 04/05/2007
Reserves
Squad for Tonight:
With several of the regular squad committed to Friday's
Gledhill Cup Final in Blackpool, Steve Edwards has brought in some fresh faces
for the Reserves final game against Barrow this evening. Perhaps the most
'interesting' is David Stephenson, a former England U-16 keeper who had time
with Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest. The full squad is:
David Stephenson, Ryan Croft, Ben Buschini, Aidan Curry,
Mike Tallentire, Stuart Harris Jnr., Kyle Webster, Jamie Wright, Mike
Nicholson, Matty Ogden, Chris Watkinson, Kevin Murray, Anthony Warwick, Kieran
Rimmington, Joel
Cowell.
09:00
03/05/2007
No
Sign of the Close Season Yet!
There's still lots to entertain you with the FTFC Reserves
playing their last game against Barrow tomorrow; kick off 8:00pm.
Friday, you may have noticed, is the Annual Awards
Presentation Evening and, with a full house expected, it might be a good idea
to get there in good time!
Saturday morning, if you're recovered, Blackpool U-15s play
Morecambe
U-15s
in the Semi Final of the Lancashire Cup kicking off, at Highbury, at
10:30am.
08:00 02/05/2007
UniBond
TV:
UniBond
League TV will make a further technological breakthrough today when the Play
Off Semi Final between AFC Telford United and Marine will be transmitted live
to subscribers. In addition on Saturday the 5th May, the Premier Division Play
Off Final will also be transmitted live.
Anyone wishing to view either game can follow the UniBond TV link here. The First Division Play Off Final will be covered by
a comprehensive highlights transmission from the Monday following the
game. 16:30 01/05/2007
Football
at Highbury Today 2
An excellent game and a great result as the U-13s beat
Foxhall 2-1 to keep their Blackpool & District Youth League Championship
aspirations alive. Match report to
follow.
16:30 29/04/2007
The
FA Carlesberg Trophy Final:
If you fancy a trip to the first competitive game to be
played in the new Wembley Stadium, tickets for the Trophy Final between
Kidderminster Harriers and Stevenage Borough, to be played on Saturday May
12th, will go on sale on Tuesday, May 1st, at thefa.com.
08:30 29/04/2007
Football
at Highbury Today!
Fleetwood Gym U-13s will play their league game against
Foxhall at Highbury Stadium this afternoon, Sunday, kicking off at 2:30pm.
This
is their third meeting with Foxhall in as many weeks: the previous two having
been excellent games of football. Why not come and have a look at our football
future?
Following the U-10s clinching the league title, the U-11's
also won their league during the last week and yesterday, Saturday, the U-9s
won the Plate Competition at Squires Gate. Match reports on these two
later. 20:30 28/04/2007
Ouch!
It's difficult to find the appropriate words to describe
what we saw at Ashton today. Maybe I'll settle for 'ignominiousness' and an
'inglorious end to a glorious season'! We were goosed and clearly ready for a
couple of weeks on the beach.
The score? 3-0 to Ashton United with Mercer and Pond red
carded.
So that is it then, and our congratulations go to Ashton
United for beating the drop and to Burscough for winning the league. Let's
welcome in the summer recess, starting with the Presentation Evening next
Friday at 8:00pm in the Social
Club.
20:00 28/04/2007
This
is it!
So, finally, we head out for our last game of the 2007/08
season against Ashton United. One last push for sixth place, one last shout for
the Cod Army - and then a couple of month's R&R!
Enjoy the
game!
09:00 28/04/2007
Lancashire
League Cup Semi Final:
FTFC
Reserves 1 Farsley Celtic 3
A patched up Reserves side finally succumbed to a good
Farsley Celtic team in a very entertaining game - if not always for the right
reasons!
Match
report here.
09:30 28/04/2007
There's
Still Unfinished Business!
Gutted we Cods may be, but let's finish a fabulous season
with a rousing performance at Ashton United on Saturday. Ashton, fighting to
avoid the '19th place' lottery, picked up a good away win at Whitby last night.
But for starters, the Reserves have a tasty encounter with
Farsley Celtic on Friday evening: squad details here just as soon as we get
them. 6:30 26/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town 0 Mossley AFC 1:
In the end, it was a bridge too far. In a game that
mirrored the last three months, Fleetwood were out of the blocks quickly and
dominated the game for long periods until late into the game, when injury and
fatigue finally took it's toll, and we were pipped at the post.
We'll have a match report later, meanwhile let's spare a
thought for the most disappointed bunch of players in the UniBond League.
Thanks lads, and we have enjoyed the
ride.
22:30 24/04/2007
Atherton
Colls 1 FTFC Reserves O:
Fleetwood
paid the penalty for a sloppy first half performance. Atherton scored the only
goal of the game in the34th minute following a misplaced pass from Ben
Buschini. The normally reliable left back was not the only player to have had a
poor half as Town constantly gave the ball away. Fleetwood made six changes to
the starting eleven from their previous game and it showed in a below par
performance.
The second
half was a vast improvement and Town pegged back the home side for long
periods. However, the end product was always missing and Atherton were quite
happy to run the clock down at every opportunity. Danny Eden, Fleetwood's best
player of the game, Michael Tallentire, Matthew Ogden and Jamie Wright all went
close, but it was not to be and Fleetwood fell to their fourth loss of a
disappointing season.
The Cup now
remains as their only chance of replicating last season achievements and
Farsley Celtic await them in Friday's Semi Final.
07:30 24/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town v Mossley AFC:
With only six days to go to the end of the season, who
would have thought, back in the dark and soggy winter, that we'd still be
contemplating life in the Conference North.
Well, Tony Greenwood for one, and he wants to know if
you're still enjoying the ride! Join him on the last lap at 7:45pm tomorrow and
let's see how Matlock and Marine take the
pressure.
21:30 23/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves Away to Atherton Colls:
The Reserves complete their away league programme tomorrow
night with a visit to Atherton Collieries. With Hale, Cowell, and Warwick saved
for first team duties on Tuesday, and Mark Davies and Sean Slater injured,
Steve Edwards will bring in a couple more new faces.
Squad:
Mark Smith, Ben Buschini, Dane Matthews, Mike Tallentire, Tom Didlock, Danny
Eden, Kyle Webster, Mike Nicholson, Jamie Wright, Matthew Ogden, James Hone,
Stuart Harris Jnr and Aidan Currie.
Ogden, who played against Workington, is joined by fellow
former Blackpool Youth player Matthews, a centre
back.
19:30 22/04/2007
Supporter's
Coach to Ashton:
With the play off positions remaining undecided until the
last day of the season, we will be running a Supporters Coach to the Ashton
United game.
Please make your reservations at the Club Shop on Tuesday
evening or via email here.
Membership of the Travel Club is
required.
15:00 22/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town 4 Ilkeston Town 1:
A comfortable, controlled and competent display today as
goals from Pryers, Bell, Pond and Pryers again had the game sown up before the
Ilkeston consolation. In other games, Guisely sneaked a win but Matlock dropped
two points at home. Game on!
Team: Hale, Walmsley, Gray, Moran, Mercer, Pond, Brown,
Haddow (Charnock), Bell (Cowell), Milligan (Warwick),
Pryers.
17:30
21/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town v Ilkeston Town:
The Cup does look good in the cabinet, but that is now
history as we prepare for today's visit of Il'son Town. After four whole days
without a game, let's hope that our walking wounded are now jogging a bit!
As TG says, 'All we can do is win it', so get down to
Highbury today and roar them on. And keep the
faith.
07:30
21/04/2007
'Score'
Lottery - April Winners:
£50 - TJ Hearn
£25 - John Wright
£10 - Colin Hind
10:00 20/04/2007
Lancashire
League Cup:
Farsley Celtic Reserves beat Altrincham Reserves by 7 - 4
earlier tonight and thus earn themselves a visit to Highbury on April
27th. 23:00 18/04/2007
Fleetwood
Gym U-13s:
Whilst we were all sunning ourselves last Sunday, the
soon-to-be FTFC Juniors U-13s were playing in the Semi Final of the Hogan Cup
at Stanley Park Oval. Despite goals from Amos, Duffield and Berry, Foxhall
pipped us 4-3 with a last minute winner. Match report here.
14:30
18/04/2007
It
ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!
The Blackpool FC Reserves season that is! Their home game
against Tranmere Rovers has been switched to Highbury from Bloomfield Road and
will be played tomorrow, April 18th, kick off
7:00pm.
17:30
17/04/2007
We've
Won the Cup, We've Won the Cup!
A looping header from Nathan Pond, just before half time,
was enough to put the UniBond League Challenge Cup on the bus back to
Fleetwood.
Matlock opened brightly and Mike Hale needed to be in top
form as Matlock piled on the pressure in the opening minutes. Gradually,
however, Fleetwood Town took command, working and running hard and tirelessly,
denying Matlock any time on the ball and constantly threatening with Bell and
the midfield running into space. The 1-0 scoreline always kept Matlock
interested, but a second goal would not have flattered us. Excellent support
from the Cod Army, and a good bunch from Matlock, ensured a good atmosphere and
completed a memorable evening. Report.
Team: Hale, Walmsley, Gray, Moran, Robinson, Pond, Brown,
Haddow, Bell (Allen), Milligan, Pryers Substitutes Not Used: Charnock, Moore
08:00 17/04/2007
UniBond
League Challenge Cup Final:
OK, it's a day of R&R before we take on Matlock Town in
the final of the ULCC.
First off, there are about three seats left on the
Supporter's Coach, so you can still book a ride in style on 770702 or email here. The
coach departs from Highbury at 5:30pm.
On the playing side, it's less clear cut. Late fitness
tests will be necessary, despite everyone wanting a place in the Cup Final, and
TG has covered all the bases by drafting in a couple of the Reserve Squad as
additional cover.
The Witton Albion ground staff are pulling out all the
stops to make this a memorable final, so get in there! Enjoy the game!
18:30 15/04/2007
Grantham
Town 0 Fleetwood Town 2
On a baking hot day (ask the travelling cods) and a rock hard pitch, it was another case of 'job
done'.
After Mickey Saunders took advantage of a defensive error
to score in the 9th minute, Grantham rarely troubled our back line. A Milligan
penalty, below, for hand ball in the 46th minute killed off the second half.
The only negatives - both Saunders and Fitzgerald limped off for treatment in the
second half.
Team: Hale, Walmsley, Pryers, Moran, Mercer, Pond, Brown,
Milligan, Saunders (Haddow), Allen (Charnock), Fitzgerald
(Robinson). 08:00 15/04/2007
Fleetwood
v Grantham:
It's an early start today as we regroup and head south to
Grantham. We can expect another tough game as Grantham, already relegated and
looking for a manager, rediscover the joys of pressure free football!
Elsewhere though, Burscough visit Guiseley, Marine host
Whitby, and Hednesford are at Ilkeston - so this league is far from over.
Keep the
faith!
07:30
14/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves 1 Workington Reserves 0:
Fleetwood
progressed to the semi finals of the League Cup, to face either Altrincham or
Farsley Celtic, with a much improved outing from their previous game. Mark
Smith, in Town's goal, was never really called into action throughout the game.
Town
were back to something near their best in the first half with Anthony Warwick
pulling the strings down the home sides left flank. Matthew Ogden, just
released by Blackpool, made his Fleetwood debut and had a very solid game.
Chris Whitewood also returned to the side to make up a front three with Ogden
and Joel Cowell.
It
was Cowell who scored what turned out to be the winning goal on 17 minutes.
Some good interplay saw the flying forward skip away from his marker
and he finished superbly from a narrow angle. The closest Town came to
increasing their lead came from a Warwick corner. Mike Tallentire crashed
a header off the bar.
Fleetwood
were content to sit a little deeper in the second period and hit Workington
with a succession of counter attacks. Ogden ,three times, had chances to mark
his debut but the keeper saved twice and he blasted one over with the other.
Non the less it was an encouraging performance from the front man. Workington
were a very hard working side and made Fleetwood battle all the
way.
08:00 13/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves v Workington Reserves:
Mark Smith starts in goal for tonight's Lancashire League
Cup Quarter Final Tie. The rest of the squad is Croft, Buschini,
Slater, Tallentire, Webster, Eden, Cowell, Watkinson, Warwick, Hone and Wright.
Steve
Edwards signed up three former Blackpool Youth players yesterday. It is hoped
that their registrations will be completed in time for them to join tonight's
squad.
08:00 13/04/2007
League
Cup Final - Match Day Packages:
If you are attending the League Cup Final, next Monday at
Witton Albion, then you may be interested in the following package:
Three Course Meal
Soup / Roast Beef /
Gateau
Tea or Coffee
Complimentary Match
Programme
Tea or Coffee at Half
Time
A designated waiter for
the duration of the game.
Price: £12.50 per
person
Admission to the game is extra.
If you would like to make a reservation, or you would like
more information, then please email the club here.
15:00
12/04/2007
Burscough
4 Fleetwood Town 1
It wasn't the best of nights but, 4-0 down approaching
half-time, it threatened to get a lot worse. Jamie Milligan pulled one back on
the stroke of half-time when a left wing cross found the top corner.
The second half was notable for Milligan picking up a
second yellow for something or other and a gutsy performance from a ten man
team. And if the football was a bit flat, there was always the referee to
entertain you.
Team:
Hurst, Robinson, Pryers, Moran, Mercer, Walmsley (Haddow), Brown, Charnock
(Allen), Saunders (Cowell), Milligan, Fitzgerald
08:00 12/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town v Burscough FC
Tonight sees us in Burscough for the latest in our long run
of 'season defining' games!
TG and the squad have worked wonders to get us into this
position, so let's get down there and give them some support. Keep the
faith! 08:30 11/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves 0 Skelmersdale 1:
Town's
second string lost their unbeaten home record, stretching back eighteen months,
in a dull game last night. The only goal was a well crafted free kick in the
seventy first minute.
Fleetwood
were never really at the races all night and looked a shadow of the side that
has taken them to second place in the league and into a Cup quarter final. They
created little but also had some misfortune in front of goal with the visitors
three times clearing off the goal line.
Steve
Edwards and the squad will be looking for a return to form for Friday's Cup
match with
Workington.
08:30 11/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves v Skelmersdale Reserves:
The squad for tonight's game is Hale, Webster, Croft,
Tallentire, Slater, Didlock, Davis, Warwick, Cowell, Buschini, Eden, Wright,
and Nicolson, who should also be joined by a trialist. Kick off
7:45pm.
18:30 10/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town 0 Radcliffe Borough 3:
There really isn't much to report on this one!. A game
going nowhere was livened up when we conceded a penalty, and we then conceded
two breakaway goals as we piled forward in an attempt to rescue something from
the game.
This was probably our least convincing performance of the
season, and in front of a good crowd of 685. Fortunately, other results
again went our way, so we have a chance to make amends at Burscough on
Wednesday.
19:00 9/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town v Radcliffe Borough:
With Saturdays results also working in our favour, the
league table is starting to look just a little scarey!
See
you at Highbury this afternoon, kick off 3:00pm, for the next installment in
the Fleetwood Town
Saga
10:00 9/04/2007
Coach
to ULCC Final At Witton Albion:
After careful consideration the club has decided to run a
Supporters Coach to the League Cup Final at Witton Albion on Monday the 16th of
April on a 'members only travel club' basis.
There is only one coach, the cost is £8 and the time of
departure is 5.30pm from Highbury Stadium for the 7:45pm kick off. Priority
will be given to regular and reliable users of the supporters coaches.
Any supporter wishing to travel MUST complete the Travel
Membership Form which is available here. You must then either send it to the club as an
attachment to an email
or print it out and hand a copy to a club official. It follows too that
supporters must fully complete and sign the form and must also understand that
by doing so they agree to fully comply with the rules stated on the membership
form.
For those supporters without internet access, the club
will be making paper copies available at the club shop at Monday's home game
with Radcliffe Borough.
Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
12:00 8/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town 1 Mossley AFC 0;
And they did give us a game.....
Sterling defence, with Danny Hurst again in magisterial
form, bought us a priceless three points today. The goal, and almost our only
clear cut chance, came from a Milligan cross field pass picking out Michael
Brown at the gallop.
And with other results going our way, it's still game
on!
21:00
6/04/2007
Mossley
Await!
An interesting game today as TG looks to maintain the
Witton performance levels against, on paper, a slightly less demanding
opponent.
Mossley, sat in 20th place, have had some vital wins over
fellow strugglers Grantham, Leek and Radcliffe in the last month, but they have
also been rolled over by Guiseley, Gateshead and Marine.
But they always give us a game............See you
there.
08:30
6/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves 2 Bamber Bridge Reserves O:
Town
completed their League Cup group with a hard fought win against a determined
Bamber Bridge. The visitors started the better but lacked any real cutting edge
up front and somewhat against the run of play, Fleetwood took the lead on ten
minutes. Following some trickery from Anthony Warwick down the left flank, the
resulting corner was flicked on at the near post by Mark Davis and the ball was
finally bundled over the line by Paul Haddow.
Although
Bamber Bridge dominated possession in the second half Mike Hale in the Town
goal was only tested in the last five minutes when he was asked to make a sharp
save to his right. The home side always posed a danger with their front two of
Joel Cowell and Anthony Warwick a constant danger. It was Cowell who wrapped up
the game with five minutes to go when, slipped through by Warwick, he calmly
beat the keeper with the visiting defence trailing in his wake as he raced
clear.
Town now
move on to the quarter finals where they meet Workington on Friday April
13th.
08:00 6/04/2007
FTFC
Reserves v Bamber Bridge Reserves:
The Reserves return to action tonight with the much delayed
cup tie against Bamber Bridge. Why not pop down and keep your tonsils in tune
ready for the Easter weekend?
The squad is: Hale, Didlock, Slater, Tallentire, Hone,
Haddow, Webster, Davis, Warwick, Allen, Cowell, Watkinson, Buschini, Eden and
Matthews
01:00 5/04/2007
It
Still Looks Good!
Now that the excitement of last night has subsided we can
enjoy a period of quiet reflection on the game...........OK, that's enough!
That was probably our best performance of the season.
Witton started the game believing that they were the best team in the league
and pressed hard for the first 20 minutes. Resolute defense in front of a
keeper playing on top of his form held them and then turned the tide in our
favour when Kieran Walmsley and Andy Bell both scored excellent goals.
The second half was more about comfortable controlled
football than chasing a third goal, and more about securing a valuable three
points for a team that worked hard throughout, played a lot of good football
and deserved the win. Onwards and upwards!
07:30 4/04/2007
Fleetwood
Town 2 Witton Albion 0
Awesome!
23:00 3/04/2007
FTFC
V Witton Albion:
All set for tonight's big game? With Witton sat on top of
the league and ourselves leading the current form lists, it promises to be an
epic encounter that could be the defining game of our season!!
Kick off at 7:45 - but why not get there early and take in
the Club Shop End of Season
Sale!
16:00 3/04/2007
UniBond
League Challenge Cup:
The League Management Committee have just announced a
change to the date and venue of the League Cup Final against Matlock Town.
It will now take place on Monday April 16th at the Witton
Albion ground. Kick off is at 7:45pm and normal league admission charges apply.
16:00 2/04/2007