Pre-season friendlies (4) GNE 0 Stockport County 3

Good performance in defeat by a GNE side who were never overawed by the opposition. County came with a full first team squad for their last pre-season match with new Manager Paul Simpson looking to finalise his starting XI.

Given that the opposition on the day will play in a league five levels above us, and are full time professional players, there were some great positives to come out of this match for GNE.

County start their league programme away at Southend and GNE start away at Padiham - quite a contrast!!!

As one County fan was heard to say when leaving the ground "Hope to see you again in the first round of the Cup". Well, that would be nice of course but the very least we have done in the pre-season matches is to continue to develop relationships between our club and all the others we play either home or away. Excellent.

High Peak Cup

We are advised that the remaining matches in the High Peak Cup are as follows:-

Tuesday August 3rd. 3rd/4th place play off match. Chapel Town v New Mills at Rowton Park - Chapel-en-le-Frith - kick off 7.00pm

Wednesday August 4th. Final - Buxton v Glossop North End at The Silverlands - Buxton - kick off 7.45 pm

Badges and Books

The new Supporters Club members badges for season 2010/11 have arrived. For those who have already joined and paid the badges can be collected from the Supporters Club table in the Clubhouse at forthcoming home matches.

The Supporters Club have published a book entitled "GNE Away". This is a collection of the individual essays under the same title which were published during last season on the Supporters Club website.

Thanks to generous sponsorship, we are able to give a copy of this book, free of charge, to every member of the Supporters Club who was fully paid up in season 2009/10 as a souvenir of the first season of the re-formed GNE Supporters Club and a celebration of the comradeship associated with our awaydays.

The books will be available from the Supporters Club table in the Clubhouse at all home matches.

Would all members please bring their 2009/10 membership cards or other proof of identity to check against our membership list to ensure entitlement.

High Peak Cup

It was all action at Surrey Street last night as GNE defeated Chapel Town 4-1 in the semi-final of the High Peak Cup.
Chapel Town took the lead on 7 minutes with an unstoppable shot from the edge of the penalty area. GNE equalised before half-time with a low shot from Alex Elliot.
As the match wore on, the Chapel Town side seemed to fade somewhat and GNE secured the victory with second half goals from Garry Kharas, Adam Oakes and a penalty converted by Jamie Kay.

As Buxton beat New Mills 2-0 in the other semi-final played on Tuesday night, Glossop will now play Buxton at Silverlands in the final next Wednesday. The 3rd/4th place play off will be next Tuesday when Chapel Town take on New Mills

New Friendly Match

We are advised that the club have confirmed another friendly match.

This will be on Saturday July 31st at Surrey Street and our guests will be Stockport County FC (First Team).

Admission is expected to be £10 adults and £5 concessions and a voucher will be given for free entry to the first home league match of the season for all payers.

Further details as we get them.

Pre-Season Friendly (3) GNE 0 FC United 0

Not all 0-0 draws are boring. Wednesday night saw a very attractive match at Surrey Street against a side featuring one of our regulars from last season, Martin Parker. Defensively, GNE looked to be very well organised but even when FC United threatened the home goal, Stuart Williams was again in good form. Having said that, some work needs to be done on the links going forward to bring Garry Kharas more into the game.

Although the side with all of the new signings are still coming together, this was a promising display. Looking forward to the next match.

Ohh Martin Parker....

Barnsley FC pre-season game cancelled

Disappointingly, Barnsley have pulled out of the pre-season friendly that had been arranged for Monday, 2nd August.

Details of any replacement fixture will be announced on the messageboards.

Pre-Season Friendly (2) - Whitley Bay 1 GNE 0

Glossops trip to The Bay ended in defeat, losing to a goal late on in the 2nd half.

Holidays, injuries and other commitments meant GNE took a very young squad to the North East and their preparations were not helped by the coach turning up an hour late! Their delayed arrival at the ground meant the kick-off was put back to nearer 3.30.

From memory, the starting XI was;

Williams
Smallwood
Pearson
Lugsden
Lomax
Trucca
Elliott
Brackenridge
Jones
Hussein (?)
Trennery

The subs included Nick Allen who worked in the morning and then made the journey up by car.

Despite their poor preparations, and having to play against a very strong wind in the 1st half, GNE more than held their own. Danny Jones played up front on his own (or at least that's what it looked like!) and was a real handful - he should have had a penalty mid-way through the half when he was pulled back in the penalty back after he'd turned the defender.

The talk amongst the supporters at half time was that we'd done the hard work and could look to play with the wind in our favour in the 2nd. Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out as hoped.

As the changes were made after the break, with subs rolling on and off, Whitley Bay took control. The only enforced sub was Trucca having to come off with another nasty facial injury - his cheekbone coming off worse after a clash with an opponents elbow. Not the first time we've seen Trucca leave the pitch with blood streaming from his face and probably not the last!

Although Stuart Williams kept us in the game with a couple of excellent full length saves it was no surprise when Waite popped up with a header late on to give the home side the win.

Overall there were some really strong performances and, despite Steve Young being disappointed in the goal, we defended really well. Mike Lomax again impressed.

The crowd was given as 417, of which nearly 100 travelled from Glossop. An excellent effort and, especially for those who stayed over in Whitley Bay, a great day out.

Full fixtures released

Although not yet released by the NWCFL a full list of Glossop North End's fixtures can be found on Mitoo.

As seems to be the norm, the derbies with New Mills fall on the Bank Holiday weekends of Christmas (H) and Easter (A).

Disappointingly, our last game of the season will again be away from home, although a trip to the seaside and Squires Gate does have some appeal.

Whitley Bay - Bring it on

Saturday sees Glossop North End's first pre-season away game and what a day it should be....

The 70+ coach is almost full and the Hoolie Van has been full for weeks. We have 35 supporters staying overnight in The Bay in a mixture of hotels, tents and sand dunes!

In total, we're looking at taking around 100 supporters for a friendly game over 3 hours away that means absolutely nothing...Viva GNE!

So long as the Sambucca behaves itself the Supporters Cub will be posting regular updates on Twitter so please follow us to see what you are missing.

Nelson FC to fold

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Nelson FC are in difficulties and may be about to fold.

The club were put up for sale by owner, and former Chairman, Alan Pickering on June 16th but have not had any interest to date.

Nelson FC for sale

And messages on the Nelson website suggest things may be about to get worse.

Messageboard

Hopefully thay can sort out whatever mess they are in. However, with the new season just over 3 weeks away, having no manager, no players and no friendlies arranged does not look good.

* UPDATED: 15/07/10

Nelson FC have today resigned from the Vodkat League.

Following the news of Nelson's resignation, the League's Emergency Committee has met to discuss the constitution of the League for season 2010-11.

The Committee has decided that Ashton Athletic will retain their place in the Premier Division, to maintain the full complement of 22 clubs in the division.

This decision is subject to ratification by the League Management Committee, whose next meeting is on Wednesday 21st July 2010.

Graham Beeley RIP

Former Director, and long time supporter of Glossop North End, Graham Beeley has sadly passed away.

Graham had been ill for some time but this only came to light late on last season when he started to miss games.

Graham was a true stalwart of the football club, supporting them with his time and money, but shunned the attention and recognition his contribution merited.

He was a true gentleman and will be sadly missed by everyone at the football club.

*UPDATED Friday 8th July

Grahams funeral as been fixed as follows

Date:Thursday 15th July

The cortege will call at the football ground at 12-15/12.30pm so that supporters can show their respects.

The service will take place at Dinting Church at 12.45pm, followed by commital at Dukinfield Crematorium at 2.00pm

A reception will take place at Glossop Football Club following the commital where all supporters are welcome to attend.

Pall bearers will be supplied from the club, and a Eulogy will take place at Dinting church.

*UPDATED: Thursday 15th July

Todays service was well attended by representatives of the clubs directors, management, players and supporters.

John Hamilton, Peter Hammond, Dave Gorton and Jay Gorton were Pall Bearers and former director Adrian Priestley delivered the Eulogy.

The Colonel is back!

Dave 'The Colonel' Andrews has returned to Glossop North End as Goalkeeping Coach.

Dave left mid-way through last season but has come back in time to make our goalkeepers lives hell in pre-season!

Welcome back Dave.

August Fixtures Released

Having announced the opening day fixtures on Saturday, the NWCFL have today released the remaining Vodkat League fixtures for August.

As expected Glossop North End's first home fixture will be on Wednesday 11th when we face Flixton.

A full list of all the August fixtures can be found here.

New Signings

Glossops new signings with Steve Young taken after Saturdays game with Curzon Ashton.

From L-R: Jonny Hussain, Steve Brackenridge, Mike Lomax and Glyn Barker.

Pre-Season Friendly (1) - GNE 2 Curzon 2

In the first pre-season game of the 2010/11 season GNE were held to a 2-2 draw by Curzon Ashton of the Evo-Stick North.

Curzon led at half time 1-0 but the changes by both teams at half time seemed to favour North End and it was no surprise to see Glossop equalise through Danny Jones, mid-way through the 2nd half.....from a Jay Gorton cross!!

Against the run of play, Curzon went in front soon afterwards but Adam Trennery came on to equalise and also had a great chance to win it with the last kick of the game but his shot went inches wide.

Definitely a good day for GNE, a good performance, a good crowd of +160 and the sun shone brightly on the new dugouts!

Opening Day Fixtures

The NWCFL have today released the opening days fixtures for both the Vodkat Premier, League 1 and the Reserves.

Glossops first team start with an away trip to Padiham whilst the Reserves are at home to Irlam.

A full list of the opening day fixtures can be found here.

Easyfundraising update

Last season the Supporters Club raised over £500 through the Easyfundraising scheme, which has more than covered the costs of the new dugouts.

This was achieved with 35 registered users and we thank everyone who supported the scheme throughout the year. Hopefully, having now seen some real benefit, more people will register and help us raise funds towards next years project. Please spread the word. If you know anyone who makes purchases on line, for just about anything from just about anywhere, ask them to register with Easyfundraising. It costs nothing, only takes a minute and it will have a big impact on our football club.

Details of the scheme can be found below.

Easyfundraising

If you ALREADY shop online, please read the following and help our Supporters Club raise funds at no extra cost.

Easyfundraising provide a FREE service where you can shop with your favourite online stores and at no extra cost raise funds for Glossop North End Supporters Club. You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from their site first, each purchase you make will generate a cashback donation to the Supporters Club.
For example, spend £25 with WH Smith and 3.5% will be donated. You will have raised £0.88, at no extra cost to your purchase. Make any purchase from Amazon and 2.5% will be donated. Insure your car with Direct Line and raise £35.00, or purchase a mobile phone from O2 and earn £17.50, and so on.

You can shop with 600+ Brand Name retailers and to raise funds you just use the links from the Easyfundraising site first - it's that simple!

To start raising funds first register at www.easyfundraising.org.uk, or click the banner on the right, and select Glossop North End Supporters Club as the organization you wish to support. Next, go to the Easyfundraising site, select the link for the retailer you want and shop as normal. It is that easy!

Unconfirmed rumour of the day

Andy Hurst will not be re-joining GNE this season.

No idea whether it's true but it's doing the rounds.

New Dugouts

At the Supporters Club General Meeting in May our members voted to use some of the funds we raised last season to build new dugouts. Whilst we still have some work to complete in the area, the dugouts themselves are finished.

The good news is these have been completed before the first pre-season game and have come in under budget.

Many thanks to everyone who has helped out with the demolition, digging, bricking, roofing and painting. They look great and are a massive improvement on what we had.

FA Cup & Vase draws

The FA have today announced the draws for the early rounds of this seasons FA Vase and FA Cup competitions.



FA Cup

Saturday 14th August - FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Glossop North End v Wigan Robin Park

Saturday 28h August - FA Cup Preliminary Round
Nostell MW or St Helens Town v Glossop North End or Wigan Robin Park

Saturday 11th September - 1st Qualifying Round
Nostell MW or St Helens Town v Mossley or Witton Albion
or Glossop North End
or Wigan Robin Park

FA Vase

Saturday 18th September - 2nd Qualifying Round
Blackstones or Shirebrook Town v Glossop North End

Saturday 2nd October - 1st Round Proper
Graham St Prims or Gedling Town v Blackstones or Shirebrook Town or Glossop North End

The Supporters Club will be arranging transport for the first FA Vase game but further details will have to wait until we know our opponents, which will hopefully be on Saturday 4th September.

GNE Chairman completes Manchester-Blackpool bike ride

Congratulations go to Glossop North End Chairman (and Supporters Club Member) Dave Atkinson who yesterday completed the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride in a very respectable 5 hours and 20 minutes.

Whitley Bay Transport

A few seats remain on the Supporters Club coach travelling to Whitley Bay on Saturday 17th July.

We have booked a 70 seater coach, of which 25 seats are being taken by the club for the players, management and officials. Of the remaining 45 seats only a few are left.

The bus will be leaving Surrey Street at 9:45am and will return to Glossop around 10:15pm.

Seats on the coach £12 each and can be booked via the GNE Messageboard or by contacting any member of the Supporters Club Committee at the next Saturdays home game with Curzon Ashton.

Dave Young joins Ashton Utd

It looks like Dave Young will be playing his football in the Evo-Stick Premier Division next season.

Danny Johnson, the Ashton United manager, has confirmed on the clubs website that Youngy has signed for the Hurst Cross side.

The Supporters Club best wishes go to Dave for a successful season.

Season Tickets on Sale

Glossop North End Season Tickets are now available to purchase priced at £95 for adults and £40 for concessions. How you get hold of one though is anyone's guess!

Hopefully, they will be available at the Curzon Ashton home game on Saturday 10th July.

Supporters Club Membership now due

Membership of the Glossop North End Supporters Club is now due. The cost remains the same as last year, £10 for adults and £5 children and 'old' people.

Existing members who's details remain the same as last season can renew by simply making payment to Steve Dyson. New members can download a form from the link below.

SC Membership Form

The forms and payment can either be handed in at the Supporters Club table, which will be available in the clubhouse at all home games starting from the Curzon Ashton friendly on July 10th or sent to the following address;

The Secretary
Glossop North End Supporters Club
5 Turnlee Drive
Glossop
Sk13 6XA