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45. Couldn't Hit Cow's Backside Wi' Banjo!

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Morley Town have made a promising start to life in their new Level 10 home of the North East Counties League Division One with four wins out of five, propelling them well into the top half of the table. Nobody in this league will relish a trip West to Glen Road... or will they? Match 7 Shirebrook Town v Morley Town We now travel to Shirebrook Soldier’s enemies, Shirebrook Town for our next game. The hosts are rock bottom of the table with no points from their first six matches, making us clear favourites. We are in 5 th place. I make a couple of tweaks with Alfie Priestley starting his first competitive game for the club on the left flank for Lewis Kemp. Otherwise it’s as you were. Morley Town: Oldham, Cotteril, Hancock, Goulding, Haylock, Wright, Smith, Gutzmore, Ellis, Wood, Priestley Subs: Green, Greenfield, Onder, Mason, Worsnop Shirebrook Town: Parr, Marsh, Hodge, Hassell, Ramage, Bennett, Gough, Blom, Cushing, Green, Billingsley Match action In the first 20 minutes we are absolu...
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44. Look East

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  The kids are off school, the airports are crowded, the wasps are all over the bins, and the nights are starting to draw in. It's August in the UK, which also means its the start of the new footy season.. yay! Board Expectations The board expect us to reach the playoffs in the NECL Division 1 this season and turn up for the Isuzu FA Vase and the NECL League Cup.   After shifting quite a bit of dead wood and players we could not afford to keep, these are the ones that are left and make it into the first team squad.  Morley Town First Team Squad Goalkeepers Joseph Oldham Ellis Green (yth)   Defenders Jayden Cotteril (DRC) Sam Bentley (DC/DMC) James Goulding (DRC/WBR) Fraser Greenfield (DC) (yth) Kyle Hancock (DC) Marley Haylock (DLC/DMC) Yiabanthi Diamini (DL) Michael Francis (DR)   Midfielders Sam Wright (DMC/MC) Baran Onder (DM/MC/AMC) Aaron Smith (MC/AMC/ST) Kevin Preston (ML/AMR/) Marlon Gutzmore (ML/AMR) Lewis Kemp (AML/FC) Alfie Priestley (MC/AMLC) Fo...
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43. High Noon Part Deux

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  It's been a long, hard season which had seen us at one stage three points clear at the top of the table, only to endure a string of indifferent results which saw us sink to 5th place and take the final play off spot. Just to fill me with confidence before we take on Ryburn United in the biggest match of the season, the board issued me with this statement. ???? I thought you were happy with the playoffs Mr Chairman?? anyway..   Match 37: Ryburn v Morley Town NW Counties Division 1 Playoff Semi Final   So here we are back at The Shay in Halifax for another playoff semi final, this time against Ryburn United. The team picks itself as the kids go back to the U18s and the first teamers come back in. Aaron Smith, the man for the big occasion is preferred to Livesey Mason Will this be our year? Ryburn are dangerous opponents and came within a whisker of grabbing the title for themselves on the final day of the season.. Here goes nothing,..   Morley Town: Thompso...
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