BARNTON2019/20 Official Matchday Programme

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Barnton v Ellesmere RangersSaturday 21st December 2019, 3.00pm

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Stockport TownThursday 26th December 2019

3.00pmThe North West Counties Football League First Division South

The Offside Trust Stadium, Townfield Lane,Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4LH

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2019/20 Admission Prices:£5 adults, £3 concessions, children free

Midweek Match Night:Wednesday

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Barbara LeicesterChairman:Steve Lloyd

Vice-Chairman:Peter LewisSecretary:

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Niall OwensCatering:

Norma Lloyd, Julie Alcock, Wendy WilliamsGroundsman:George Matzen

Programme Editor:Karl Ladley

Photographer:Rob Hardley

Head Of Football:Mike Alcock

Academy Head:Dave Bryning

Joint Managers:Liam Page, Garry Moore

Player-First Team Coach:Jordan Stafford

Physiotherapist:Lewis Doyle

Under-21s Head Coach:Aaron Kenyon

Saturday 21st December 2019, 3.00pm

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C hri s Worral l A lex Hal l

E mman u e l Wi l l i amsD av i d Ho w e lls

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Jac k B r i sc o eSt u art D i c ki n

Karl B ai le ySe t h E l l i s

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Sam Carpe n t e rJay St oke r

Shan e K ri e kB e n Gu e st

J o shu a B ro w nCo n o r Hu ghe s

Richard ChamberlainHe n ry St oke s

D an i e l Hayle yA aro n D av i e s

To by Pe ggeTom Ho u n se l l

THE SQUADSBARNTON v ELLESMERE RANGERS

TODAY'S OTHER FIXTURESAbbey Hey v Cammell Laird 1907Abbey Hulton United v Vauxhall MotorsCheadle Heath Nomads v Wythenshawe TownCheadle Town v Alsager TownStockport Town v West Didsbury & ChorltonStone Old Alleynians v St. MartinsWythenshawe Amateurs v Eccleshall

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Ellesmere is a historic market town nestling in the North West corner of Shropshire on the Welsh border. Its large number of lakes or meres gives it its name of Shropshire’s “Lake District” and makes it a popular place for tourists. The club badge of a swan represents an affinity with the large number of these birds that populate the local waterways. The club in its present form was founded in 1969, although there have been football teams in the town since the early 1900s. These early teams played their games on the Wharf Meadow, which at that time was within the grounds of the local dairy (where the present Tesco is now). The Railway pub in the town was the venue for the first meeting of the soon to be Railway Rangers playing in the Oswestry and District League in their first season.

The club moved its headquarters to the Market Hotel in 1974 and the club name was changed to Ellesmere Rangers. They remained in the Oswestry & District League until the following season when they gained promotion into the Shrewsbury and West Shropshire League. The club's first major honour was in 1981 when, managed by our present club secretary John Edge, Rangers lifted the Shropshire Junior Cup at the Gay Meadow, beating Weston United 2-1. Further moves upwards were achieved, and by 1988/89 Rangers were in the Shropshire County League.

They won the league in 2003/04, earning promotion to Division Two of the West Midlands (Regional) League. After finishing fourth in Division Two in their first season in the league, the club were promoted to Division One. They went on to win Division One in 2005/06 and were promoted to the Premier Division. In the 2008/9 season a strong challenge for promotion was mounted, but narrowly missed by a couple of points as they finished 4th, putting the team in a strong position for the following season. They were crowned champions in 2009/10 and earned promotion to the Midland Alliance. An incredible season was capped off during a memorable night at the Prostar Arena, the new home of Shrewsbury Town, when Rangers defeated Market Drayton Town (two leagues higher) to win the Shropshire Challenge Cup. The 2010/11 season was very much one of consolidation, finishing a very creditable 13th position in their first year at that level and also reaching the final of the Walsall Senior Cup at Walsall’s Banks Stadium.

After finishing bottom of the Midland Alliance in 2012/13, Ellesmere were relegated back to the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League, where they finished the 2013/2014 season in 11th place. They acheived further cup glory, though, again winning the Shropshire Premier Cup with a 4–2 extra-time win over AFC Bridgnorth in the final. For the 2014/15 season Dan Stevens, the manager of the club's very successful Under-18 youth team for the previous seven years, stepped up to the first team manager’s position, assisted by Richard Brown, and finished in a very creditable 4th place.

During the 2015/16 season the club saw some major changes to the Beech Grove facility. The old clubhouse was demolished and replaced with a new one, and the changing rooms were extended and refurbished. Also, Dan Stevens, who had been at the club for ten years, decided to step down as manager and Richard Brown took over the position. Richard managed the team until mid-January 2018 when he stepped down to be replaced by joint-managers Kevin Sandwith and Jamie Haynes.

The 2018/19 season again saw major changes at the club. After 14 years in either the West Midlands (Regional) or Midland Alliance Leagues, Rangers were moved into the North West Counties Football League and finished in 19th position in their first season in Division One South. Richard Brown returned as joint-manager alongside Connor Courtney in October 2019.

The club has a thriving junior section as well as the U18 side, who play in the Midland Floodlit League Northern Premier Division and also a senior women’s team who play in the Staffordshire County Ladies League, playing on Sunday afternoon. New for the 2018/19 season were Ellesmere Rangers Sunday who entered Division Two of the Shrewsbury Sunday League. The club is proud to be a close knit family unit and the progress on the pitch can only be achieved because of the efforts of the backroom people who put in a huge amount of work to push the club on to further success.

ELLESMERE RANGERS

WELCOME TO OUR VISITORSELLESMERE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUBGround: Beech Grove StadiumPresident: Susan EdwardsChairman: Neil Williams Secretary: John EdgeDirector of Football & Physiotherapist: Alan DavisJoint Managers: Richard Brown & Connor CourtneyGoalkeeping Coach: Chris WorrallColours: Sky Blue Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts & SocksTwitter: @EllesRangers_FC

Barnton Football Club was founded in 1946 and in 1948 became a founder member of the Mid-Cheshire League. They played in that league (renamed the Cheshire Association Football League in 2007) until 2014, and at that time were one of only two clubs to have been in the league throughout its 66-year history, the other being Knutsford. Barnton won the league on eleven occasions, including seven consecutive league titles between 1996–97 and 2002–03; a run began under the leadership of the legendary Terry Murphy. The pinnacle of the club’s success came with winning the National League Systems Cup while representing the Mid-Cheshire League in the inaugural competition of 2003–04. They beat West Cheshire, Liverpool Combination and South Western League opposition along the way before defeating the Cambridgeshire County League 2–0 on their home soil in the final. As a result of this they went on to represent England in the UEFA Regions Cup in Slovenia and Bosnia where they won four, drew one and lost one of their games, narrowly failing to reach the final stages of the competition.

The club submitted an application to join the North West Counties Football League for the start of the 2014–15 season. They were successful in their application and their place in the newly formed Division One was confirmed on 29 May. A few days later, Andy Burgess was appointed as the club’s new manager, with Ian Ross stepping down to concentrate on his role as chairman. However, Burgess left the club by mutual consent in November and forward Colin Quirk was placed in temporary charge. Within a week Allan Glover was appointed as the new manager, but he was succeeded by Leon Knight in March 2015. The club finished seventh in their inaugural season in the North West Counties Football League, just outside the Division One Play-Off places.

During Barnton’s second season in the First Division, the club accepted Leon Knight’s resignation as manager in early March, and appointed Danny Meadowcroft as interim manager until the end of the season. The team then went on to lift the Reusch First Division Cup and also gained promotion to the North West Counties League Premier Division by beating Bacup Borough in the Division One Play-Off Final. The club then said goodbye to Ian Ross who stepped down as Barnton chairman after four years, and the management team also moved on to pastures new.

In May 2016, Steve Lloyd and Mike Alcock took over as Barnton’s new management team, with Tim Burton as the new chairman. After a promising start to the campaign, the team then picked up just one point from twelve matches to find themselves firmly in the bottom three. However, some quality additions to the squad in autumn sparked a revival, and the Villagers ended 2016/17 comfortably clear of the relegation zone.

Despite picking up points from some hard-earned drawn games early in 2017/18, Barnton had to wait until November for their first league win, which came away at West Didsbury & Chorlton. Unsurprisingly, the team were firmly ensconced in the relegation places for the remainder of the campaign, with the second win only arriving at fellow strugglers AFC Darwen in March. The inevitable demotion was confirmed shortly afterwards, although the team did manage to win a further two games once the pressure was off to eventually finish second bottom.

In 2018/19 Barnton finished in 12th position in the newly-created First Division South of the North West Counties League, under new player-manager James McShane. Steve Lloyd moved up to become chairman, with Mike Alcock joining him on the senior committee. McShane left the club in October 2019 and was replaced by his former assistants Liam Page and Garry Moore who took over as joint-managers.

BARNTON FOOTBALL CLUB HONOURS:Mid-Cheshire League Champions: 1980, 1983, 1989, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005Mid-Cheshire League Challenge Cup Winners: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004Mid-Cheshire Saturday Challenge Cup Winners: 2013–14 Cheshire League Division Two Champions: 2013Cheshire Amateur Cup Winners: 1949, 1969, 2002, 2004 The Reusch First Division Cup Winners: 2015-16Cheshire Senior Cup Winners: 1981 Record Attendance: 554 v Bacup Borough, NWCFL Division One Play-Off Final, 14 May 2016

BARNTON FOOTBALL CLUBGround: Offside Trust Stadium, Townfield LaneChairman: Steve LloydHead Of Football: Mike AlcockSecretary: Andy WilliamsJoint Managers: Liam Page, Garry MoorePlayer-First-Team Coach: Jordan StaffordPhysiotherapist: Lewis DoyleColours: Black & White Shirts, Black Shorts & SocksWebsite: www.barntonfc.co.ukTwitter: @barntonfcBARNTON FC

OUR CLUBHISTORY:

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All fixtures are North West Counties League First Division South matches unless stated

Barnton were awarded a bye to the 2nd Round of the PlayerMatch.com First Division Cup.

MLC: Macron League Cup1DC: PlayerMatch.com CupCSC: Cheshire Senior CupMCSC: Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup

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BARNTON FIRST TEAMAPPEARANCES & GOALS 2019/20

The North West CountiesFootball League

First Division South 2019/20Table at Friday 20th December 2019

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts

1 Vauxhall Motors 17 15 1 1 47 12 35 46 2 FC Oswestry Town 20 14 2 4 50 25 25 44 3 Stone Old Alleynians 18 12 4 2 37 17 20 40 4 Abbey Hey 18 12 3 3 40 27 13 39 5 Eccleshall 20 10 3 7 46 30 16 33 6 West Didsbury & Chorlton 16 9 3 4 31 19 12 30 7 Cammell Laird 1907 19 8 5 6 41 35 6 29 8 Cheadle Heath Nomads 20 7 5 8 26 30 -4 26 9 Wythenshawe Town 14 7 3 4 37 13 24 24 10 Stockport Town 19 7 3 9 37 39 -2 24 11 Maine Road 16 7 2 7 33 32 1 23 12 Sandbach United 17 7 0 10 30 32 -2 21 13 Abbey Hulton United 18 7 0 11 26 48 -22 21 14 BARNTON 19 6 1 12 21 36 -15 19 15 Cheadle Town 17 5 3 9 27 33 -6 18 16 Wythenshawe Amateurs 15 4 4 7 18 23 -5 16 17 New Mills 19 4 4 11 28 47 -19 16 18 Alsager Town 18 3 5 10 19 44 -25 14 19 St. Martins 18 3 2 13 25 45 -20 11 20 Ellesmere Rangers 16 2 3 11 17 49 -32 9

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Connor Anderson 13 (+3) 4 2 0 15 (+3) 4Rob Arnold 0 (+1) 0 0 0 0 (+1) 0Will Avon 3 1 0 0 3 1Ryan Botell 13 (+2) 0 3 0 16 (+2) 0Macauley Clifton 0 (+2) 0 0 (+1) 0 0 (+3) 0Jordan Cobley 4 (+1) 3 1 0 5 (+1) 3Josh Crofts 13 (+2) 0 2 0 15 (+2) 0Reece Dwyer 11 (+1) 2 1 (+2) 0 12 (+3) 2Hamish Essa 1 (+1) 0 0 (+1) 0 1 (+2) 0Owen Farrell 5 0 1 0 6 0Niall Ford 14 (+1) 0 1 (+1) 0 15 (+2) 0Ben Forster 0 (+1) 0 0 0 0 (+1) 0Matthew France 0 (+3) 0 2 0 2 (+3) 0Eden Gumbs 1 1 0 0 1 1Sam Houghton 18 6 2 0 20 6Ayodeji Ikusemori 5 (+2) 0 1 0 6 (+2) 0Alex Jones 8 1 1 0 9 1Elliott Jones 7 0 0 (+1) 0 7 (+1) 0Darren Kinsey 2 0 0 0 2 0Aaron Lyons 19 0 3 0 22 0Richard McQuade 2 (+2) 0 0 0 2 (+2) 0Derek McShane 0 0 0 (+1) 0 0 (+1) 0James McShane* 0 0 0 0 0 0Jason McShane* 10 1 1 0 11 1Louis Myers 0 0 1 0 1 0Connor Naughton 4 0 0 0 4 0Michael Price 0 (+2) 0 0 0 0 (+2) 0Callum Richards 7 (+4) 0 2 0 9 (+4) 0Matthew Rigby 2 (+3) 0 1 0 3 (+3) 0Josh Rizzotti 5 0 0 0 5 0Nathan Saunders 1 0 1 0 2 0Jordan Stafford 7 (+4) 0 1 0 8 (+4) 0Luke Sutton 7 (+3) 0 2 (+1) 0 9 (+4) 0Lee Vaughan 4 (+2) 0 0 0 4 (+2) 0Luke Vayro 6 (+3) 0 2 0 8 (+3) 0Ryan Wan 0 (+6) 0 0 0 0 (+6) 0Luke Wilson-Jones* 6 (+1) 2 0 0 6 (+1) 2David Worsley 10 0 2 (+1) 0 12 (+1) 0Leon Wright* 1 0 0 0 1 0

*Player no longer registered with Barnton AFC

Also registered with Barnton AFC in 2019/20: Rob Ablewhite, Adam Collins, Reece Dwyer, Ryan Gibson, Mark Keddie, Sean Kelly, Owen Mitchell, Anthony Molloy, Gary Robinson, James Rogers, Joe Salter, Chris Smith, Jamie Weeder, Ellis Wrench.

Stewart Taylor examines the crests of the North West Counties LeagueThis week, we look at a clear design of an emblem which says something, and something quite significant, about the village the football club represents. But first of all an admission. When I first glanced at this emblem my immediate thought was that the device across the top was a steam train. There we are, I’ve admitted it, who else thought the same thing? One or two I would suggest.

The straightforward nature of most of this emblem doesn’t really need any explanation. The name of the club, the year of foundation, the presence of a football (a correct mix of pentagons and hexagons this time) and the black and white colourways (representing the playing colours) tell you most of what you need to know about the organisation represented by this emblem, but not quite all. As we have seen previously, many emblems give at least a passing reference, sometimes in a slightly obscure way, to something which is important about where they represent.

Here we know that it is the village of Barnton, but the presence of the device at the top of the shield tells us a lot about the village and its origins. It is, as becomes clear at a second glance, a canal boat and, specifically, a narrowboat. The presence of our old friend the wavy line underneath the boat makes that abundantly clear. The specific design of this narrowboat suggests that it was built, or at least adapted, for leisure use with the exposed tiller at the rear and an enclosed cabin with what appear to be windows.

This is somewhat opposite to the original role of such vessels – carrying freight. On an old style canal boat we see the larger space at the front (bow I suppose) being open to carry bulk freight, with a small cabin at the rear which acted as accommodation. That the boat is described as a “narrow boat” is instructive, in that it defines the parts of the canal system which are accessible to such a vessel. Many canals were designed to be suitable only for boats with a maximum width of 7 ft (2.13 metres in this new metric Britain of ours). This maximum being a function of lock design in that the narrower the lock the less water was required for a boat to traverse that lock.

An early example of environmentally inspired conservation of water one might think, but that would be misguided, as the real reasons were related to purely practical ones of water availability and, in some cases, cost. As time went by and with the construction of more extensive road networks, the canal as an efficient method of transportation of bulk materials faded away to almost nothing, which is the situation we have today. The alternative use for canals as places for leisure pursuits and, specifically, canal cruising is now widespread and is responsible for the design of the narrowboat we see today, as depicted on the emblem of Barnton AFC. All well and good but what relevance does all of this have to the village of Barnton?

The growth of Barnton from a rural village to a settlement which now houses in excess of 5000 residents was largely due to the success of the Brunner, Mond & Co. company which had a large site in neighbouring Winnington and built many houses for its workers. The business of Brunner Mond (now part of the Indian domiciled Tata Group) is in the production of alkaline chemicals, principally soda ash and sodium bicarbonate. These are bulk materials and, at the time of the formation of the company (1873), ideal for transporting by canal.

That the works was located by the navigable section of the River Weaver which links with the Trent and Mersey Canal was no coincidence. This allowed rapid, by the standards of the day, transportation of these bulk chemicals to operations which used them to make other products. Included amongst these was what came to be known as the Mond Division of ICI in Runcorn.

But to go back to Barnton AFC we see, not for the first time, an emblem which seems to be relatively simple but contains a huge amount of information relating to both the village and the surrounding area simply by the use of one picture. Now what was that old saying about pictures and words…...

(Stewart Taylor is on the NWCFL Management Committee and wrote “Emblematically Speaking” for the League website each week).

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