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35. High Noon

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  A gruelling thirty-nine games in league and cup and it has come down to the last three matches of the 2025/26 season to decide our destiny. Will we reach the promised land of The North West Counties Premier League at the second time of asking, or will our hopes and dreams be dashed? The stakes are high as we commence battle in a thrilling climax to Season 4.  I'll leave in suspense no longer... Here's how the rest of the season panned out.... Now as I have guided Morley Town to a playoff spot and a cup final, it seems like a great time to check in with the board and supporters to gauge how much confidence they have in my management of their team... Board Confidence The board are largely pleased with my performance and their only grievance is that I have not played a direct style of football and do not make the most of set pieces. I have met their objective of making the playoffs. That's great and pretty much as expected.. I wonder what the "mood on the terraces,...
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34. End of season 4 Run In

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It's officially squeaky bum time. Just four league matches remain as we cling grimly onto fourth place in the league. Whatsmore we are still in the First Division Cup, having reached the semi final, so are in with a shout for some silverware this season. Firstly though we must qualify for both the First Division Cup Final and the league playoffs.  Match 36: Bacup Borough v Morley Town – First Division Cup Semi Final So this is it.. after our dramatic penalty shoot out win over Eccleshall in the Quarter Final we face the long trip over to Bacup for the semi final. Exciting times! This to me is a bit of a Brucey bonus, as my real aim has been to get Morley promoted probably via the playoffs. This game is on a Wednesday which doesn’t help either.. but never mind.. here we are.. Bacup are 6 th in our league while we are 4 th . They have Decarrey Sherriff but we have Gabriel Ellis... Who will book a place in the final against Campion, who beat Old Blackburnians 3-1 in the other sem...
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33. Trouble at t'Mill

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As the season reaches its latter stages we have reason to be pretty happy with how things are going. We have been more consistent this season and this form has propelled us into the playoffs, where we have been able to sustain 4th place in the league. We are also still in the First Division Cup, so we still have some chance of silverware this season. The team has been relatively settled and Ellis has managed to regain his best form.  There seems little reason for anybody to be unhappy... Then, there was a knock at my door. It was my defensive midfielder, Jack Broadhead, somebody I had a lot of respect for. "Boss.. I want to start more games. I'm wasted on the bench and think I could make a real difference in the team." This was strange because I had actually started him in the last game. Maybe he was making sure he stayed in the team. This was nothing new and to be fair he was good enough to command a more regular first team place.. it's just that cult hero, Sam Wrigh...
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