Simon Sandiford
@SimonUpNorth
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10 yrs reporting live from 100s of games for Radio Lancs - mainly non league plus Acc Stanley in Lge 2. Plus 1 yr with Runcorn for Wire FM & 2 yrs NonLeagueShow
Bury
Joined August 2010
Morecambe's first ever association football team was Morecambe Church Institute, founded in 1891, and they played inside Summer Gardens - this is a report from their 4-0 Lancashire Junior Cup defeat to Kirkham on 19 Sept 1891. More info on Summer Gardens: https://t.co/RSvZ4E31ei
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Watching the Canadian Premier League Final.... Ludicrous conditions. The snow is worse than ankle deep and nonstop blizzard, but the match continues!
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I've not been to Highbury since... I still have nightmares 😅
@carolinebarker @daveanderson78 passed a sign for Fleetwood yesterday still laugh at the night your reporter got locked IN
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13 years after Flixton folded while in the @nwcfl, their Valley Road ground is still here with no team. It was put up for auction in Jan this year for £500k but seems to have been sold prior. https://t.co/oF7Dt5lV7q Hopefully it is put to good footballing use
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Always good to see where clubs used to play over 100 years ago... Was nearby so visited Bradburn Street, Barton, Eccles where Eccles Borough, later renamed to @EcclesUnited in 1919, moved to in Jan 1908 while in @THEMCRFL. No evidence of the ground here now that I can spot though
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Many years since I've visited the old Rossendale United ground in Rawtenstall... Finally after all these years it has been built on... Nice throwback with the road through the old ground... Stag Drive
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I also managed to visit another of Middleton's early 1900s football grounds... This is Boarshaw Road, home of Barrowfields of the Manchester Amateur League amongst others. They folded in 1916 and the map from 1915 shows the ground that is now derelict land behind a row of houses
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Thought I would visit the long lost football ground Tonge Hall in Middleton. It was active in the early 1900s, the home of Tonge FC of @THEMCRFL & often used for @Manchester_FA Junior Cup SemiFinals. The actual Tonge Hall is in disrepair & the ground now is housing Tonge Meadow
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The story of the 1905/06 Manchester Junior Cup is now available on North West Non League here: https://t.co/btQ50nkSLD It was Pendlebury's only Junior Cup, beating @THEMCRFL champions Denton , in another all-Mcr Lge Final. This was the 1st season the modern @Droylsden_FC entered
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The story of the 1904/05 Manchester Junior Cup is now available on North West Non League here: https://t.co/btQ50nkSLD Berry's Association won it again - 1st club to retain it since Middleton 12 yrs earlier. @THEMCRFL accused the @Manchester_FA of entering clubs without consent
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The story of the 1903/04 Manchester Junior Cup is now available on North West Non League here: https://t.co/btQ50nkSLD This season saw Berry's Association win it for the 2nd time in a repeat of the previous Final, beating @OfficialOAFC in Oldham's final Junior Cup appearance ⚽️
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The story of the 1902/03 Manchester Junior Cup is now available on North West Non League here: https://t.co/btQ50nkkW5 This season saw Mcr Lge club Oldham Athletic @OfficialOAFC win the cup for the 1st & only time, beating Berry's in the Final 1-0 at Tonge's ground in Middleton
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The story of the 1901/02 Manchester Junior Cup is now available at https://t.co/btQ50nkkW5 - Heywood were the Champions for their one and only win. @OfficialOAFC entered for the 2nd time and were fined £1 1s for an ineligible player, and lost 7-1 to Heywood United in 1st Qual Rnd
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The story of the 1900/01 Manchester Junior Cup is now available on North West Non League here: https://t.co/btQ50nkkW5 This season saw Manchester League club Tonge win the cup for the first time in 11 attempts, beating Heywood. It was also @OfficialOAFC's 1st season entering ⚽️
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The full story of the 1898/99 and 1899/00 Manchester Junior Cup is now available on North West Non League here https://t.co/OOYsPxxXyE to complete the 1890s. Berry's won it for the 1st of 4 times in 1898/99 while Newton Heath Athletic got their only Junior Cup win in 1899/00
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PLAYERS WANTED Our season starts on September 7th. We are still looking for new players to join us. Get in touch to play as we start afresh in a new league. Email or fill in our form below: https://t.co/oysFfHRGyD *Please share via retweet to help us spread the word. Thanks.*
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Kick off is just half an hour away for the first game of the season…
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Final score from Mo Mowlam Memorial Park... @RedcarTownRes 1 @North_OrmesbyFC 3. This was the first goal after 5 mins that saw the visitors lead. Was a crowd of about 10 in the sunshine, though the dark clouds made it nice and cool in the 2nd half ⚽
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Redcar Town Reserves kicking off again on 51 mins as the visitors have gone further ahead... It is now @RedcarTownRes 1 @North_OrmesbyFC 3 ⚽
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35 mins gone and Redcar Town Reserves have pulled one back... I missed the goal but this is 5 seconds later ⚽ @RedcarTownRes 1 @North_OrmesbyFC 2
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