Mossley Association Football Club Ltd. SEEL PARK
MARKET STREET
MOSSLEY
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE,
LANCS,
OL5 0ESTel. 01457 832369e-mail: mossleyafc
Previous Names: Park Villa (1903-04), Mossley Juniors (1904-1909)
Full members of the Football Association, the Manchester County Football Association, the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Football League, the GalaxyFootball.co.uk Lancashire Football League and the North West Youth Alliance Football League.
Officials: President: Bob Murphy Directors: Steve Burgess steve@mobilevehiclesolutions.co.uk Colin Fielding colin@absonline.net Mark Griffin - Harry Hulmes harry.hulmes@btinternet.com John Larner accounts.tax@btopenworld.com Committee: Football Secretary: Harry Hulmes harry.hulmes@btinternet.com Financial Secretary: John Larner accounts.tax@btopenworld.com Youth Development Officer: Colin Fielding colin@absonline.net Commercial Officer: Steve Burgess steve@mobilevehiclesolutions.co.uk Social Events Officers: Michelle Freeman &
Marie Phillipsmichfree246@yahoo.co.uk
marierainford@yahoo.co.ukPublic Relations Officer Programme Editor / Webmaster / Matchday Announcer: John Cawthorne mossleyweb@hotmail.com Maintainance Manager: Steve Tague Juniors Officer: Joanne Blackshaw jodean321@aol.com Match Day Co-ordination Officer: Elaine Field elainefield29@yahoo.com Security Officer: John Hughes john.hughes@oldham.gov.uk Catering Officer: Linda Hughes john.hughes@oldham.gov.uk Backroom Staff: Club Shop Managers: Jaya Woski-Cawthorne &
Hari Woski-Cawthornemossleyweb@hotmail.com Match Day Caterer: John Smith - Team Management: Team Manager: Shaun Higgins Assistant Manager: Paul Ogden First Team Coach: Matt Broadhead Reserve & Youth Team Manager: Rob Byrne Reserve Team Coach: Chris O'Neil Youth Team Coach: Steve Atkinson Goalkeeper Coach: Darren Ford Sports Therapist / Rehabilitator: Jo Forshaw Assistant Sports Therapist / Rehabilitator: Angela Murphy Youth Team Sports Therapist / Rehabilitator: Jennifer Makin Youth Team Sports Therapist / Rehabilitator: Kerry Goodall Club Info: Nick-name: The Lilywhites Ground Capacity: 4,000 No.of seats: 200 Covered Accommodation: 1,500 Social Club: Located inside ground Stewards: Derek & Debbie Vickers Open Matchdays, Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings, Sunday (lunch & evenings) Regular Concerts,
Functions, etc. Large Screen Satellite TV. (Tel. 01457 836104)First Team Midweek home matches: Tuesday Reserve home matches: Tuesday Youth Team home matches: Sunday Club Shop: Located inside Ground Club metal badges: 2 designs (£2.50) Webpage: ClubShop Club Programme: 40 pages (£2) Club Colours: White shirts, white or black shorts & white or black socks Change Colours: Orange shirts, black or white shorts, orange, black or white socks Previous Leagues: Record Attendance: 6,640 v Stalybridge Celtic, Cheshire League, 1946 Record Win: 9-0 v Urmston, Manchester Shield, 1947 Record Defeat: 2-13 v Witton Albion, Cheshire League, 1926 Record Transfer Fee Paid: £2,300 to Altrincham for Phil Wilson, 1980 Record Transfer Fee Received: £25,000 from Everton for Eamonn O'Keefe, 1979 Record Appearances for Club: (Pre War) 360, Jackie Darley, 1911 - 1925 (Post War) 613, Jimmy O'Connor 1972 - 1987 Record Goalscorer for Club: (Pre War) 176, Jackie Roscoe 1928 - 1939 (Post War) 235, David Moore 1974 - 1984 Most Goals in a Season: (Pre War) 58, Jackie Roscoe 1930-31
Best F.A.Cup Performances: 2nd Round, 1949-50 v Nuneaton Borough 1980-81 v Mansfield Town
1st Round, 1949-50 v Witton Albion (won) 1969-70 v Stockport County 1977-78 v Rotherham United, 1979-80 v York City 1980-81 v Crewe Alexandra (won) 1981-82 v Stockport County 1982-83 v Huddersfield Town 1983-84 v DarlingtonBest F.A.Trophy Performance: Finalists (Wembley): 1979-80 v Dagenham
Quarter Finalists: 1969-70 v Barnet, 1980-81 v Bangor CityF.A.Vase Performance: Quarter Finalists: 1996-97 v Whitby Town, 1999-00 v Deal Town, 2002-03 v AFC Sudbury England Semi-Pro Internationals: Eamonn O'Keefe (1979), Ian Smith (1980), Phil Derbyshire (1981) Past players who have progressed into the Football League (Since 1945) John Noble (Stockport County), John Wright (Blackpool), Tom Bell (Oldham Athletic), John Connor (Tranmere Rovers), Albert Wadsworth (Oldham Athletic), Dick Threlfall (Halifax Town), Albert Lomas (Rochdale & Chesterfield), Arthur Tyrer (Leeds United & Peterborough United), Bob Tomlinson (Halifax Town), Harry Naylor (Oldham Athletic), Eric Williams (Halifax Town), Peter Tilley (Arsenal, Bury & Halifax Town), Don Megson (Sheffield Wednesday & England ‘B‘), Dennis Ross (Aston Villa), Mike Eckersall (Torquay United & Stockport County), Harvey McCreadie (Hibernian), Alan Roberts (Bradford Park Avenue), Garry Pierce (Huddersfield Town, Wolves & Blackpool), Andy Proudlove (Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City & Hereford United), Dave Lyon (Southport), Mick Wadsworth (Carlisle United, Scarborough, Colchester United, Oldham Athletic & Huddersfield Town manager, Newcastle United & Southampton chief coach), Howard Wilkinson (Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United & England Manager), Eamonn O'Keefe (Everton, Wigan Athletic, Port Vale, Blackpool, Chester City & Republic of Ireland), Dave Young (Wigan Athletic), Darren Sheridan (Barnsley, Wigan Athletic & Oldham Athletic), Dave Jones (Stockport County, Southampton & Wolverhampton Wanderers manager), John Doolan (Wigan Athletic), Greg Challender (Preston North End), Harvey Cunningham (Doncaster Rovers), Steve Wood (Macclesfield Town), Dave Hamilton (Rochdale Coach), Ciaran Kilheeney (Exeter City). Managers 1933-36 Clifford Tarr, 1936-37 Jim Scullion, 1937-38 Sammy Cowan 1938-39 Robbie Bruce 1939-40 Jim Leaver 1945-47 Alt Jackson, 1947-48 Joe Barlow, 1948-50 Len Butt, 1950-51 Alan Fletcher, 1951-56 Jack Boothway, 1956-57 Ken Brierley, 1957 Pat Murphy, 1957-62 Eddie Quigley, 1962-72 Don Wilson, 1972-74 George Sievwright, 1974-76 Bob Murphy, 1976-77 Howard Wilkinson, 1977-78 Dick Bate, 1978-83 Bob Murphy, 1983-84 Brian Grundy, 1984 Tony Steenson, 1984-87 Jimmy O'Connor, 1987 John Sainty, 1987-88 Keith Hicks, 1988-89 Bryan Griffiths, 1989-90 Mark Hilton, 1990-91 John Cooke, 1991-92 Les Sutton, 1992 Ged Coyne, 1992 Terry Curran, 1992-93 Bob Murphy, 1993 Steve Taylor, 1993 Dave Denby, 1993-94 Gary Riley, 1994 Richard Dawson, 1994-95 Roy Soule, 1995 Paul Cuddy, 1995-97 Kevan Keelan, 1997-2001 Benny Phillips, 2001-03 Ally Pickering, 2003-07 Jason Beckford, 2007-08 Gerry Quinn, 2008-10 Chris WIllcock, 2010 John Flanagan, 2010 - current Shaun Higgins. Club Secretarys 1903-17 James T. Howarth, 1918-23 Alt Jackson, 1923-27 James T. Howarth 1927-32 Alt Jackson, 1932-36 Clifford Tarr, 1936-38 John Hamer, 1938-39 Robbie Buckley, 1939-40 Jim Leaver, 1945-48 Alt Jackson, 1948-56 Robbie Buckley, 1956-57 Norman Ridgeway, 1957-78 Jim Wharmby, 1978-80 Alan Hardy, 1980-83 Jim Wharmby, 1984-89 Brian Cowburn, 1989-95 Les Fitton, 1995-99 Andrew Fenna, 1999-2008 David Buckley, 2008-current Harry Hulmes Club Chairmen 1919-22 Cncllr. J.S.Adams, 1922-26 Harry Holt, 1926-28 Harry Heginbottom 1928-30 Leonard Rawson, 1930-32 James H.Bullock, 1932-33 E.Nixon, 1933-34 A.E.Bell JP, 1934-36 Frank Short, 1936-38 Alderman Harry Laming JP, 1938-40 E.Nixon, 1945-47 Thomas Corner, 1947-59 George Clayton, 1959-72 Raymond Berry, 1972-83 Ian S.Morecroft, 1983-85 Jim Wharmby, 1985-88 John Heap, 1988-90 Les V.Lawler, 1990-92 John Stanley, 1992-94 Roger Finn, 1994-96 Frank Whelan, 1997-2007 Sam Rigby, 2007 David Buckley, 2008-09 Steve Astley.
