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Conceding late goals is something that plagued Heys all season and the opening three game were no exception. An eighty-fifth minute goal for Cheadle Town, a ninety-fourth for AFC Liverpool and in the FA Cup, an eighty-nineth minute goal after being reduced to nine players against Stocksbridge Park Steels made it three defeats in three […]
On 21st April 1986, it was your run-of-the-mill First Division match at Upton Park (or the Boleyn Ground) between West Ham United and Newcastle United. West Ham were fifth in the table and were actually still in the title race as they had games in hand on the teams above them and went into this […]
Prestwich Heys effectively sealed their place in next seasons North West Counties Premier Division as Max Bardsley-Rowe scored a late penalty in front of a bumper crowd of 522. The young players of Prestwich Marauders were in attendance as the two clubs celebrated their new link. These boys and girls are the future of Heys […]
In March 1983, East German footballer, Lutz Eigendorf died in a car accident aged just 26. But how did this happen? And why? Eigendorf defected from East to West Germany during the cold war period but he wasn’t the only athlete to do so, so why were the East German secret police, the Stasi, more […]
There’s nothing more frustrating on matchday when a couple of hours before kick off you get that news that the game you’re attending has been postposed due to the weather. But what about if a game is postponed fifteen times? That was the case for an FA Cup tie between Lincoln City and Coventry City. […]
It was last minute heartbreak once again for Prestwich Heys who let a one goal half time lead slip to lose it right at the death against promotion-chasing Ramsbottom in this derby match. A bumper crowd of 340 was in attendance at Aide Moran Park and they saw the home side get off to the […]
Founded in 1964, Stand Athletic played at Elms Park in Whitefield and spent their first year in the Bury Sunday Schools League when they were accepted into the South East Lancashire League, running two teams, managed by Harry Molineux until 1973 before the role was taken over by Tom Edwards. In 1981, the club who […]
Everyone remembers the story of Ali Dia, who back in 1996 convinced Southampton Manager, Graeme Souness, that he was the cousin of George Weah and had played for Paris Saint-Germain and should be given a chance at Southampton. Now, can you imagine managing to sign for 11 different clubs over a 12 year period, using […]
After a seventh placed finish, the 2022/23 season was the most successful in the clubs history. Therefore, there was a lot of optimism going into the new season as Lee O’Brien and James Hampson began their second season in charge. However, things didn’t go to plan on the opening day of the league season as […]
This is the story of Ivor Broadis who at the age of 23, became the youngest manager in Football League history after his appointment as player-manager Carlisle United in the Third Division North in August 1946. Born in 1922, Ivor (actually called ‘Ivan’, but after playing as an amateur for Tottenham during the Second World […]
