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31. Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold

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  Match 15: Ryburn United v Morley Town – First Division Cup Second Round Once again we enjoy a bye to the second round of the intra North West Counties Division 1 League tournament as we travel to mid-Pennine side, Ryburn United. In league stakes, not that it matters, Ryburn are down in 15 th , while we are in 5 th . Morley Town: Thompson, Brooksby, Wilkinson, Cotteril, Clery, Broadhead, Henderson, Bett-Wildsmith, Greenwood, Wood, Gutzmore Subs: McLachlan, Preston, Smith, Bentley, Morley Ryburn United: Kennedy, Taylor, Ohene, Cooper, Spencer, Convery, Kirk, Lord, Moore, Proctor, Whitehouse Match Action The home side attack first and they sting the palms of Thompson early on. Then we win a throw in. Clery crosses in and Wood heads the ball up in the air which causes panic in the Ryburn defence. The ball falls to Jack Greenwood who swivels and fires the ball low and hard into the corner. Good goal from the youngster. Ryburn attack and have a goal disallowed for offside. ...
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30. Making Friends

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  Match 8: Lepton Highlanders v Morley Town I see the Highlanders as kindred spirits because they have followed us on a similar path out the Yorkshire amateur leagues and into the foreign territory that is the North West Counties Leagues and Lancashire. The Huddersfield based outfit are having a decent season and lie in 7 th place, after a 3-1 win at struggling South Liverpool. I also look forward to a pint in their lovely little social club after the game. I have decided to change formation to a 4-3-3. Team: Thompson, Wilkinson, Sapanora, Bentley, Morley, Broadhead, Wright, Henderson, Smith, Ellis, Stead Subs: McLachlan, Clery, Grantham, Greenwood, Gutzmore Lepton Highlaanders: Moumen, Wheater, Brown, Schulz, Bailey, Allison, Chapman, Butler, Thirkell, Louis, Friar We dominate the opening ten but again cannot score with Wilkinson having a shot well saved and Lennon Stead shooting just over. The same player then has a low drive brilliantly blocked by the keeper. At the o...
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29. Dolly Mixtures

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  Match 2: Bacup Borough v Morley Town Board Expectations: Defeat It’s time for “Big” Dave to get his bus out and take us somewhere, this time on a tricky trip to Bacup Borough, who almost went up last season. I back my boys though and we have learnt a lot from last season. Therefore I go in with a 4-2-1-2 formation with Wright and Broadhead forming a solid base in midfield, with Grantham in the super sub role. Bacup are in 5 th after a 3-2 win over South Liverpool on the opening day. We are in 3 rd . Team: Thompson, Clery, Sapanora, Bentley, Morley, Broadhead, Wright, Gutzmore, Smith, Ellis, Preston Subs: McLachlan, Grantham, Wilkinson, Bett-Wildsmith, Greenwood Bacup: Foreman, Collins Potter, Dobie, Fallon Gelliher. Heald, Lovatt, Homson-Smith, Ridge, Sheriff Match Action Bacup create the first chance, but Charlie Ridge’s header is just wide. From the goal kick we enjoy our first spell of possession. Wright finds Gutzmore who cuts infield dangerously and sprays the ball out to P...
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