Player of the Month - November

Congratulations to Sam Hind on winning Novembers Player of the Month.

Sam will be presented with his award at Saturday's home game against Barnoldswick.

Supporters Club Christmas Party

The Supporters Club Christmas party took place last night and although not very well supported those who attended had a great time.

The draws for the No. 1 125 shirt and for the Buxton & Glossop Friends Fighting MS Charity raffle also took place. The winner of the shirt drawn by Darren Hamilton was.......Ian Webster. The winners of the raffle drawn by Dave Atkinson were.....3rd prize Megan Coggin, 2nd prize Howard Groves and 1st prize Emma Barnett. The raffle raised a magnificent £258 for the SC charity, thank you to everyone who bought a ticket.

Bad day at the office

Saturday's F.A Vase game turned out to be a bad day at the office for GNE, once again letting a 1-0 lead slip for the second week running.
GNE started the game well and were justifiably in front at half time but as the week before we didn't seem to carry on the momentum after the interval
Fair play to Runcorn who did the exact opposite, they didn't start well but came out for the second half looking like a different team.
GNE are out of every cup competition and must now concentrate only on our league campaign to hopefully close the season out finishing as high up the league as possible.
Being out of every cup is not a good feeling but we have faired better this season in the league, making the best start in recent memory which is something to be positive about.This must be viewed as an improvement and something to build on for next season.
This Saturday gives GNE the chance to gain revenge as we travel to Runcorn Town in the league.
Good luck to the lads.

Today see's the current league leaders Ramsbottom United arrive at Surrey Street for what iam pleased to say is a top of the table clash.

GNE are 4 points behind our visitors with a game in hand so all to play for.

GNE will be in good spirit after their magnificent win away at Billingham Town in the f.A. Vase last Saturday but must be at their best to hopefully get a win today.

Ramsbottom will be happier after a mid week win away at AFC Blackpool which will help them get over their defeat in the Vase last Saturday away at onsett F.C

The weather today will play a big part as it is wet and windy so we will have to hope GNE adapt better than our visitors to the conditions.

May i congratulate all at Ramsbottom for their great start to the season and welcome everyone who travels with them to Surrey Street for todays game.

Good luck to Paul and the lads and hope to see a good crowd despite the weather.

away at Stone Dominoes

Today GNE travel to springbank Park the home of Sone Dominoes.

GNE will be in good spirits after a good second half in mid week which saw them take all 3 points against a good Atherton L.R side who i believe if they stay together could be a quality side in a couple of years.

GNE will have to be on there metal though as Stone Dominoes also recorded an impressive away win on Tuesday at Alsager Town.

How much would we give for back to back wins to boost the confidence of the team and to give us the supporters a lift going into a busy week of cup games.

Wednesday sees GNE at home in the Derbyshire Senior Cup against Pinxton F.C who seem to be playing well with a couple of recent 3-0 wins.

Next Saturdays sees GNE with an away trip to Billingham Town in the F.A.Vase, more to come on this game during the week as we look forward to another game in the Vase.

Good luck to Paul and the team today.

Supporters Club Christmas Party

GNE Supporters Clubs are pleased to announce the return on the Christmas Party!

It will be held in the clubhouse on Saturday 10th December, from 8pm till late. There will be our resident DJ, hot food and draws for both the 125 shirt and the Christmas hamper. We are currently selling raffle tickets for the hamper with all proceeds going to the SC charity.

Tickets are FREE to Supporters Club members and only £2 to non-members. As usual with all Supporters Club events everyone is welcome, the more the merrier.

Tickets are available from any SC committee member.

Player of the Month - October

Congratulations to Jay Gorton on winning October's Player of the Month.

Jay was presented with his award by Supporters Club Chairman Tim after Saturday's game against AFC Liverpool.

A.F.C Liverpool visit GNE

GNE will be looking to get back to winning ways today when A.F.C Liverpool visit Surrey Street.

GNE have been knocked out of a cup and got a draw away at Winsford in midweek in their last 2 games, a draw away at Winsford is a good result but we will want to get all 3 points today against our visitors.

A.F.C Liverpool are strugging in the league and we need to make sure we don't give them any encouragement in the early stages of the game and put them under pressure right from the start.

We need to try and get a run of wins to cement our place in the top end of the league and to give ourselves the platform on which to push on in the New Year.

Good luck to Paul and the team today and hope to see the GNE faithful out in force at the game.

Halloween Party

The Supporters Club's first Halloween Party was held on Sunday evening in the clubhouse. The events committee, (assisted by Woody, Shifty and Paul) spent about 4 hours transforming the clubhouse. It all kicked off about 6pm with lots of families coming along. Fun and games were had by all, you can check out Dicey's photos on the message board and see for yourself. It was nice to see people not involved in the club coming along and having a great time, (there was even a couple of Directors on hand to scare the kids a bit more). So having received large amounts of sugar the children were taken home to bed, but maybe not to sleep! A great success and the events committee would like the thank everybody who came down and supported the event and those who gave up their time to help.

October's 'Player of the Month'

It's that time again. Please cast your vote for this months 'Player of the month'. The candidates are:

Jay Gorton

Sam Hind

Darren Hamilton

Alex Elliot

Kelvin Lugsden

The poll will close on Friday evening and the presentation will hopefully be made at Saturday's home game against AFC Liverpool.

Football Fantime Interviews

Listen again to this weeks Football Fantime interviews with Darren Hamilton and Assistant manager Paul Williams.


Darren Hamilton

Paul Williams

F.A Vase draw

Glossop North End have been drawn away against Billingham Town F.C in the F.A.Vase, the game to be played on Saturday November 19th.
Billingham are based in Cleveland which is near Middlesbrough.
They play in the STL Northern League Division 1 and sit 17th in the league, they are on a decent run winning their last 3 games 2 at home and 1 away.
They play in the same league as our North East foes Whitley Bay.
The Supporters Club will be running a coach to this game and the cost will be £10 a seat and we ask anyone wishing to reserve a seat on this coach do so on the clubs message board under the heading Coach travel to Billingham Town.
We would ask anyone reserving a seat/seats on the coach pay for them by the 12th November please.
we will be up against it so It would be nice to take a healthy following up there to support the lads and hopefully cheer them on to a good result.
So dont miss out on this good away day and get your seat booked early to avoid any disappointment.

Supporters Club Xmas draw prize

Pictured is the Goal keepers jersey from our teams one off strip that can not be bought anywhere.

This jersey will be raffled off at the Xmas party being hosted by the supporters club and the only way to enter the raffle is to join up to the supporters club which automatically puts your membership number into the draw.

Once drawn the shirt will be handed to the winner after the season for obvious reasons and the winner will have the option to have it signed by the team.

If you are in the Supporters Club then good luck if not you must join up to be entered into the draw as no tickets will be sold.

This is a rare item, truly a one off which would look excellent framed.

You could win this hystorical jersey and be the proud owner of a unique peace of Glossop North End memorabilia.

Dave Atkinson Presentation

After Saturday's great win in the F.A Vase the Supporters Club made a presentation to our Chairman Dave Atkinson in recognition of the work done by Dave and his team in building the new clubhouse.Pictured is Tim Barnett Chairman of the Supporters Club making the presentation.

The framed print is a story board which shows the old clubhouse, its demolition and that of the sheds and finally the transformation to the new including pictures of each step along the process..

The Supporters Club would like to thank Jim Lockwood for his help in putting the print together.

F.A Vase is back at Surrey Street

This weekend see's the F.A.Vase cup competition return to Surrey Street with the visit of Blidworth Welfare FC.
May i take this opportunity to welcome the players, officials and supporters of Blidworth Welfare FC to Glossop North End.
Todays match is the 1st round of the Vase and hopefully GNE can get the win and send themselves into the next round and as we have seen who knows.
Blidworth Welfare are a team in transition with their manager leaving at the end of last season and taking a number of their players.
Blidworth are rebuilding a squad and are enduring mixed results in there league campaign but will be coming to GNE with nothing to lose.
GNE and the GNE faithfull will of course give them the utmost respect and they will recieve the customary good welcome travelling teams and supporters get when visiting us.
Hope to see a good crowd today and lets make some noise to encourage our lads.
Good luck to the team.

Back down to earth

weekend saw Bootle visiting Surrey Street for a league game that never took off certainly for GNE.
Bootle to be fair did try and get the ball down and played some decent football especially for their goal which was a well worked move resulting in a good headed goal which proved to be enough for our guests to take all 3 points.
GNE played a lot of long balls to Sam up front which didn't work as everytime he managed to get on the end of the pass he was isolated and could not keep the ball long enough for any support which seemed to take an age arriving.
Bootle deserved their win and GNE need to dust themselves down and prepare for a busy week ahead.
New Mills will be the visitors during the week in the Manchester cup so it will be interesting to see what the coaching team do with regards team selection for this one as we have the F.A Vase game at the weekend.
Hope to see good crowds for these games and good luck to GNE

Another great win

Saturday saw GNE travel to ST Helens and from all reports played some excellent football and came away with a fine result winning 5-2 infront of another large travelling army of GNE fans.
GNE now find themselves fourth in the league 3 points behind league leaders Flixton who are our next apponents on Wednesday night.
We are playing well and scoring goals for fun with 10 in our last 2 matches but something that should not be overlooked is our defending which is providing the platform for the team to go forward and express ourselves in more offensive area's.
I try not to single out individuals but feel i should mention Alex Elliot who is showing people just what he is capable of and is for me playing some fine football.
Some of our football is so pleasing on the eye and the squad is looking very fit and we have a great team spirit which is something any team needs to progress.
Congratulations to all.

Player of the Month - September

Congratulations to Kelvin Lugsden on becoming Glossop North End Supporters Club Player of the Month for September.

Kelvin will presented with his award at the home game with Bootle on the 15th October.

GNE v Runcorn Linnets

Wednesday see's the visit of Runcorn Linnets to Surrey Street and just a reminder that the kick off has been changed to 20.00.

Runcorn have started well and were our leagues last survivors in the F.A. Cup until defeat at the weekend.

Runcorn sit 17th in the league and have taken 11 points from their 5 leaue games.

GNE will be looking to get a win and keep our good start going but know we will have to play at the top of our game to beat our visitors.

We should be confident going into the game and refreshed after the weekend off.

Good luck to the team and remember it kicks off at 20.00.

See you there.

Septembers 'Player of the Month'

You can now vote for Glossop North Ends 'Player of the Month' for September. This months shortlist is;

Alex Elliot
Jay Gorton
Kelvin Lugsden
Sam Hind
Steve Heaton

Cast you vote by using the poll on the Supporters Blog.

Halloween Party

Come and celebrate Halloween. The Supporters Club are throwing a spooktacular party on Sunday 30th October at Surrey Street. The party will be in two halves (a bit like a football game), the first half will be open to ALL and will be from 6pm-8pm there will be games and prizes for the best costumes. From 8pm til late it will be adults only.

Tickets are £2 per person or you can buy a family ticket for £6 which will admit 2 adults and up to 3 children (bargain). Tickets are available from Bay Tree Books on the High Street or from the ground on match days. So dig out those vampire teeth and broomsticks and fly down to Surrey Street for a ghostly gathering!!

Saturday 1st October

As the 1st team do not have a game this coming Saturday why not get down to Surrey Street and support the Reserves who will be playing Wigan Robin Park (kick off 3pm as usual). I am sure Trucca and the lads will appreciate your support. It's free to get in too and hopefully the bar will be open!!

Meet the manager update

Just an update from the meet the manger session in the clubhouse tonight (Monday).
The session was in my opinion a big positive for us the supporters and i think the management would say it was a positive for them also.
It was great to see Trucca and Gareth at the session and good to hear from both the first and reserve managemant teams.
Also it was good to see some of the directors and our chairman who it must be said had a few questions of his own.
I wont go into detail about what was said because Mark Allen (S/C secretary) will be doing a news letter and that will contain items from tonight.
I think the main thing is everyone has a passion to take the club forward both on and off the pitch and they are all working hard to try and achieve that.
We have made a good start to our season and one thing Paul Williams stressed is we need to get consistency and he thinks tomorrow nights game is an ideal opportunity first to get back to back wins which it is hoped would bring more consistency.
Again i would like to thank both the management teams, directors and our chairman for giving us the opportunity and the supporters who came and hopefully thoroughly enjoyed the meeting

Away at Colne F.C

GNE and the travelling army will be visiting the XLCR stadium today to face Colne who have made almost exactly the same start as GNE.
Colne sit in 8th place in the league with 15 points from 9 games.
Hopefully after no mid week game GNE are refreshed and any niggling injuriess have cleared.
Good luck to the lads.
If your not travelling to see the first team and need your regular fix of football our reserves are at home today whereTrucca's charges will be entertaining Daisy Hill reserves and looking to gain a positive result.
If you needed anymore encouragement to go and watch the reserves it is free entry and they have there own band of magnificent volunteers who will be more than happy to keep you fed and watered while you enjoy your football so give it a go and cheer the lads on.
Good luck to Trucca and the team.

Meet the manager

Our new manager Paul Colgan and his assistant Paul Williams have very kindly volunteered themselves to attend a questions and answer session with the supporters of Glossop North End.
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is a supporter (not just members) to come along and spend time and get to know Paul Colgan and his assistant Paul Williams.
This idea is designed to give you the supporter a chance to ask the men in charge of our team anything you like and to give the coaching staff the chance to get a feel for what we think, what our aspirations are and how we feel things are progressing.
I think this is an excellent gesture from our manager and his asistant to offer to come in their spare time to attend this session and give us the chance to meet them in person and to allow us the chance to get the answers to any questions we have, so lets not waste it.
Being a member of the ground staff i know they are both very pleasant and approachable and are willing to speak to anyone after the games, this is a great opportunity for all concerned and i strongly recommend everyone able to attend to come down.
This meeting will take place in our clubhouse on Monday 19th September starting at 19.00.
May i take this opportunity to thank Paul Colgan and Paul Williams on behalf of everyone who turns up for giving us their time.

GNE V Runcorn Town

GNE welcome Runcorn Town and everyone who travels with them to Surrey Street today.

Runcorn have made a steady start to the season and sit mid table and GNE will have to be on form to overcome our visitors.

GNE will go into the game on the back of a good win in the week against Congleton who played better than their league position suggested.

GNE have mage a good start to their campaign and will hopefully turn Surrey Street into a fortress.

Good luck today to GNE and hope to see another good turn out.

Football Fantime Interview

Listen again to the Football Fantime interview with ex GNE defender Sean Hazelden who has just played his 500th game in non-league football.

Sean Hazelden

GNE v Flixton

Flixton are our visitors on Wednesday night.

Flixton have taken 10 points from 5 games and sit in 5th place in the league table one place higher than GNE.Glossop who are level on points with Flixton will be looking to gain a victory which would see us go above our vivitors.Having not seen the game on Saturday i can't comment but would like to point out a positive that has been mentioned on our message board and that is another clean sheet gained at the weekend which is for me a good thing, we just need to score some goals to turn the draws into victories. Hopefully this will happen on Wednesday.

GNE v Padiham

After the disappointment of going out of the F.A Cup to BostonTown GNE are now preparing for the visit of Padiham F.C to Surrey Street on Saturday 27th.

Having spoken to Paul after the F.A. Cup game it was obvious the team and coaching staff were hurt with the nature of the defeat and Glossop will be looking to put in a good performance against Padiham and to bring back the winning feeling.

I say we must get behind our team who have made the best start to a season in a long while and give them the encouragement to go and express themselves on the field.

Remember we are all in this together and we all have a part to play in the clubs success on and off the field.

Come on GNE

F.A.Cup GNE v Boston Town

Boston Town are the visitors to Surrey Street in the extra preliminary round of the famous F.A.Cup.

Glossop will hopefully be confident after a great result in the week with the win against Winsford but they will not be taking anything for granted.

Boston on the other hand are smarting after a defeat on Tuesday night and so will be coming here in determined mood.

As is the norm everyone connected with Glossop North End I.E directors,playing stafff ,volunteers and supporters will welcome Boston Town and show them the respect they fully deserve and knowing our supporters Boston can expect to get a round of applause from all corners of our ground from our very sporting fans if they win, lose or draw.

Hope plenty of people are drawn to our game by the magic of the F.A.Cup.

As Simon said this morning LETS GET IT ON.

Good luck to Paul and his staff and all the players.

GNE v Winsford United

Wednesday see's Winsford United coming to Surrey Street, Winsford have started very well with 3 wins from 3 games.

GNE will be looking to go level on points with our visitors with a victory but will know they will have to be at their best.

GNE have made a decent start with wins against Squires Gate and A.F.C Liverpool and losing out at Ramsbottom which is a hard place to go and get anything.

GNE will be looking to take some confidence into Saturday's F.A Cup game against Boston at Surrey Street.

A.F.C Liverpool

Today GNE will travel to A.F.C Liverpool for what will be a difficul game against a club on the rise.
The second away game of our campaign after defeat at Ramsbottom GNE will be looking to get back to winning ways no doubt cheered on by our regular travelling suppport.
Good luck to the team and hope the supporters have a good day out.
After this GNE have a number of home games one of which is in the famous F.A.Cup so we hope to see as many people coming to enjoy the games and hopefully see GNE do well in all the matches.
Again there will be members of the supporters club on hand at the games for anyone interested in joining up and getting involved or for people who wish to sign up someone they think would like to be a part of this excellent organisation which aims to benefit the many supporters of GNE aswell as the club it self.

Ramsbottom 3 GNE 1

GNE 2 Squires Gate 0

Here we go

Today is the start of Glossop North End's season and this is where it gets serious.
Today we welcome Squires Gate to Surey Street in our opening game of the new league campaign.
Looking forward to the game and hope to see a big crowd who will hopefully seee GNE get off to a winning start.
Teams visiting us this season will be in for a shock with our new facilities which i personally think look fantastic,.
The new clubhouse is a place fit to grace any ground at our level and the new pie emporium is a wonder to behold.Thank you and good luck to all the people who dedicate a lot of time to make sure us mere mortals have the best time possible while visiting Surrey Street.
Its a difficult start in our opening fixtures but what would we give for a good start.
Come on GNE.

GNE v Hyde

On a glorious day on Saturday Hyde were the visitors to Surrey Street for a pre season game and it was the visitors who enjoyed their day in the sun with a comfortable 5-0 victory.
May be the four games in a week caught up with the players of GNE who looked at least a yard off the pace of our guests.
Hyde played some quality football and used the full width of the pitch.
They moved the ball quickly and the man on the ball had plenty of options as the movement from the other players was excellent causing GNE all sorts of problems.
GNE worked hard and did play some nice stuff at times but never really created to many chances.
Paul took the opportunity to give plenty of the lads a run out and made a lot of changes during the game, he also gave a number of the players a rest possibly with Wednesdays game at Buxton in the back of his mind.
I must say there was another healthy crowd at the game and i hope that continues into the new season.
We now prepare for Wednesdays game at the Silverlands where we will play Buxton in the final of the Highpeak Cup before embarking on our league campaign next Saturday 6th August with a home game against Squires Gate.

Highpeak Cup

Well what a strange game it turned out to be, first half New Mills looked confident and in control. Half time GNE go in 1-0 down and to be fair it could have been worse but when we came out for the second half we looked a different team altogether.
We got a stone wall penalty which Oaksey finished well.
After that we were in control and i have to say New Mills got rattled and lost all shape and confidence througout the team.
We attacked them constantly once level and got our rewards with a further 2 goals to run out 3-1 winners.
As the famous saying goes it was a game of 2 halves.

First friendly

On Saturday we entertained Curzon Ashton at our vastly improved Surrey Street ground which looked fantastic in the afternoon sunshine.
Our improved facilities seemed to go down well with the supporters and the pie emporium looked busy throughout.
The result was not good but we can take some positives from our display.
In the first half i thought GNE played some really good football and at the very least matched our opponents.
We conceded some sloppy goals in the first half and it was these that gave the scoreline an inflated margin.
Curzon were the better team and i must say played some excellent stuff and scored a couple of belters,but we did very well in patches.
We must remember this is our first competative pre season game and at times it showed, never the less a good work out against a very decent side which had a familiar face in their defence, excellent to see Dave Young back at Surrey Street and getting a good reception.
Good luck Dave for the coming season.
I would also like to mention the crowd an excellent turn out for a friendly and a number many teams can only dream of.
Tuesday has the Millers coming to town in the High Peak cup so come on down to Surrey Street and watch this local derby.

Supporters Club membership 2011/12

The new season will soon be upon us and now is a good time to join the Glossop North End Supporters Club.
Memberships costs.
£10 Adults
£5 Children
Everyone who joins will receive the supporters club badge,priority booking for any events organised and will get regular news letters.
Also every member will be entered into a free draw to win the supporters club sponsored 125 years No1 (goal keeper) green jersey.
This is a squad shirt and so this is very limited and there will not be any replica's so you could win this rare and historic bit of Glossop North End F.C memorabilia.
Membership forms will be available at all home games but can also be obtained from any member of the supporters club commitee.

Opening NWCFL Fixtures

The opening fixtures for season 2011-12 have been released by the NWCFL and Glossop North Ends first two fixtures are as follows.



Saturday 6th August 2011

PREMIER DIVISION
Glossop North End v Squires Gate

Tuesday 9th August 2011

PREMIER DIVISION
Ramsbottom United v Glossop North End

More fixtures are expected to be announced over the coming weeks.

Pre-Season Matches

EDITED - June 13th.
The football season has finished - except for some International matches - which leads us to think where the next match we can go and watch is coming from. With the work going on at the ground and the appointment of a new First Team manager we are probably a little bit later than normal in organising the pre-season matches. However, this is what we have at the moment.

Saturday July 23rd - Home vs. Curzon Ashton - kick off 3.00 pm
Tuesday July 26th - Home vs. New Mills (High Peak Cup) - kick off 7.45 pm
Saturday July 30th - Home vs. Hyde FC - kick off 3.00 pm

This will be all of the home pre-season matches for this summer. Should we beat New Mills in the High Peak Cup we will go into the final which will be played on Wednesday August 3rd - venue to be confirmed.

We now have an away pre-season match. This will be at Wythenshawe Town on Tuesday 2nd August with a 7.00 pm kick off.

The NWCFL season starts on Saturday 6th August and fixture details will be posted as soon as we know.

New Manager for GNE

This is the full press release issued today.

Glossop North End can announce that they have appointed Paul Colgan as their new first team manager. The selection process has taken place over the last two weeks, and the board of Directors selected Colgan at a meeting on Sunday evening.
About Paul Colgan
Manchester based Paul Colgan has been coaching for 18 years, since his own playing career was brought to a premature end at the age of 23 due to a leg injury. He started out coaching in youth leagues and subsequently coached at a higher level year upon year, until taking charge of Atherton LR 1st team in 2005/06. Since then he has gone on to manage Hyde United’s reserve team (2006 to 2009) and Curzon Ashton’s reserve team (until 2010). Last season he took over as manager at Rossendale United, but ended up taking on many roles at the club in addition as the entire support staff of the club walked out in December 2010. It wasn’t until February 2011, when a game had to be postponed because the ground’s utilities had been cut off that he felt his position was untenable. He won many plaudits from Rossendale people for his attitude and coaching of a young team, and for his resilience in the face of what was widely acknowledged to be an almost impossible working environment at Rossendale last season.
Paul will bring with him his coaching team of Paul Williams as Assistant manager and Darren Green as coach. He has already obtained some of his UEFA coaching badges and is working on the next level.

Quotes from Paul Colgan
I’d like to thank the directors for giving me the opportunity to manage Glossop North End. I’m really looking forward to working closely with everybody at the club to maintain and hopefully build on the solid foundation that’s been established by the directors, previous management team, and the squad.
Whilst it’s inevitable that players will move on, I will be looking to retain the existing squad, but will also take the opportunity to freshen up the club with a few new players.The club has a terrific ground with a good pitch, excellent and improving facilities, a thriving reserve and great youth system -everything that's required to provide a platform for good footballers to develop further, enjoy their football and take this club to the next level.Paul, Darren and I will bring a wealth of experience and we are confident that we will deliver quality football for Glossop supporters, but we also want our squad to play with a smile on their face. We’ve heard that the club’s fans not only set out to enjoy their football, but help the team to enjoy theirs too, and I am looking forward to joining with them to ensure that this remains a club to be proud of, and a winning one at that.

Quotes from Glossop North End Chairman Dave Atkinson
We are delighted to appoint Paul to our First Team Manager’s position and welcome him to the club. We were really impressed with his enthusiasm for the position and with him having experience of managing at this level of football should ensure a smooth transition. Paul also has good experience of working with young players which I think makes him the perfect fit to the club’s existing structure, as we try to use our reserve side and our links with Glossop North End juniors to provide Glossop lads the chance to play for their local side.

The decision was an incredibly difficult one for the board of Directors to make, as we had applications from some very impressive candidates.

However, in particular the Directors would like to express their gratitude to Terry Hincks for his contribution over the last four years and particularly for the professional approach shown over the last quarter of the season in his role of Caretaker Manager following the departure of Steve Young. Terry and Steve were instrumental in the progress of Glossop North End, and the club, and I’m sure its supporters, would like to wish them both all the very best for the future.

The future for Glossop North End though is with Paul Colgan, and I very much look forward to working with him and developing this club further as we celebrate our 125th anniversary.

Presentation Evening

An enjoyable evening at Glossop Cricket Club last Friday Night.

The award winners in the various categories were:-

First Team
Players Player of the Year - Adam Oakes
Managers Player of the Year - Kelvin Lugsden
Top Goalscorer of the Year - Garry Kharas
Supporters Club Player of the Year - Adam Oakes

Reserves
Players Player of the Year - Barry Lawson
Managers Player of the Year - Mark Fitzpatrick
Top Goalscorer of the Year - Josh Westmerland

Club
Delta Force Appreciation Award - High Peak Radio
Delta Force Appreciation Award - Gareth Summers
Directors Appreciation Award - Simon Aldous

Photos of the evening, courtesy of Jim Lockwood, can be found here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glossopnorthend/sets/72157626724266444/

Many Thanks go to Delta Force Security for providing the trophies which were presented on the night and their other contributions to a successful evening.

Media Coverage

A good week in the local newspapers for GNE.

This from the Chron.
http://www.tamesidereporter.com/fullstory.php?paper=1&ID=891

And this from the Advertiser
http://menmedia.co.uk/glossopadvertiser/sport/football/s/1420358_building-a-better-future-for-north-end-at-surrey-street

One bit which has been missed out from the Chron. article is that the supporters replica shirts can be ordered from the Chron. Office on High Street West.

We are grateful to both publications for their coverage of Glossop North End.

Good reading.

Football Fantime Interviews - Hincks & Trucca

Listen again to the Football Fantime interviews with Caretaker Manager Terry Hincks following the BH Monday draw at New Mills and Reserve Team Manager Anthony Trucca after their win in the League Cup Final.

Terry Hincks

Anthony Trucca

Will He or Won't He?

GNE Caretaker Manager Terry Hincks has told the Glossop Advertiser that he is in no rush to become a contender to replace Steve Young.

The Hillmen extended their eye-catching record under Hincks by collecting four league points over Easter.

Those came with a 2-1 victory over Winsford followed by a 1-1 draw with champions New Mills.

Glossop have now lost just twice in nine games since Hincks agreed to hold the fort in the wake of Young’s exit.

Hincks says only when the season is over will he decide whether or not he wants to be considered a candidate for a vacancy which Glossop have advertised.

Closing date for applications, which should include a CV, is a week today.

Hincks said: "I’m taking things game by game and haven’t really taken time to think about what my long-term future might be.

"As soon as we’ve played our final game, and, hopefully, that won’t be on Monday, I’ll sit down and assess the situation."

New 2011/12 Home Kit Launch

To commemorate Glossop North Ends 125th anniversary, next seasons home kit will be based on the kit worn by GNE in the First Division Season (1899/1900) - Black & White shirts with Black Shorts and Black socks.

The kit will be used for one season only prior to the club reverting back to their 'usual' colours of Blue and White.

If final approval can be reached in time the first "run out" for this kit will be at the League Cup Quarter Final match at home to New Mills on Monday.

Supporters replica shirts, in materials similar to those used in the late Victorian era, will be available in mid-May and can be ordered from the pie hut - orders can be taken at the match on Monday.

Details of souvenir merchandise celebrating Glossop North Ends 125th Anniversary will be announced in the coming weeks.

New Mills 1 GNE 1

This fantastic picture by Jim Lockwood sums up the Bank Holiday Monday experience at New Mills.

Great goal by Kiel, in front of the incredible GNE away support, brought a very well deserved draw against the League Champions.

We wouldn't say that we took over Church Lane but our presence was significant on what was their day really.

Just a word about the hardy dozen or so who followed in the footsteps of the three intrepid pioneers from last season and walked to Church Lane from Glossop - with a few stops on the way no doubt. Well done to all of the walkers and where are the photos?

Roll on next Monday at Surrey Street.

Quiz Night at The Friendship

Great turnout at a packed Friendship last night.

11 teams we think which was excelllent and a most enjoyable evening. Congratulations to the winning team.Thanks to all who came along and contributed to the evening.

Thanks also to all of the staff at The Friendship and a particular thank you to Mike Howard who set the quiz, read out the questions, provided the prizes and the food.

£75 was raised for club funds from the football cards sold on the night.

GNE 2 Winsford 1

GNE came away with the points thanks to 2 late goals, the 1st from Garry Kharas and the 2nd a stunning strike from substitute Danny Broome.

Supporters Player of the Year

As last season, this will be done by a vote.

Voting slips will be available from the turnstile at the home matches against Winsford United and Colne.

The award will be presented at the Presentation Evening on May 13th.

In order to make this as representative of the supporters as possible, please make sure that you vote.

Presentation Night - Further Info.

A few more details on this event which doubles up as the Supporters Club end-of-season Bash.

We can start arriving at the Cricket Club from 7.30 pm onwards. The presentation part of the evening will probably start at around 8.30 pm.

The numbers are restricted to 120 so we will have to control this by ticketing the event. Tickets will be available from any Supporters Club committee member at all remaining first team games and are priced at £2 each.

Each ticket is numbered and gives entry to a free raffle.

Please note that there will be no food at the event this year.

Should be a good night as always and we hope to see as many people as possible.

GNE advertise for new manager

A piece on the Vodkat League Website gives details on the clubs search for a new manager.

Applications are invited for the position of First Team Manager at Glossop North End AFC.

All applications, which should include a CV, should be made by e-mail to gnefc@hotmail.com or by post to Club Secretary Mr. Peter Hammond 15, Longmoor Road, Simmondley, Glossop, SK13 6NH.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 8th May.

Bootle 1 GNE 0

GNE suffered their first defeat under caretaker Terry Hincks, going down to a single goal defeat at Bootle.

Ashton Athletic 0 GNE 2

GNE got their 2nd win in 4 days with a comfortable 2-0 win at Ashton Athletic.

A Jay Gorton goal just before the break and an Alex Elliott strike mid way through the 2nd half gave Glossop the points.

First win for Terry

Last night saw the first win for the team under the guidance of Caretaker Manager Terry Hincks.

Following successive draws, the 1-0 victory away at Bacup Borough was well merited with an excellent team performance.

Well done to the team and Terry and, as the man himself might say, "keep the faith".

Presentation Night

The Football Club Presentation Night will be held at Glossop Cricket Club on Friday 13th May.

Details are not yet finalised but suggest that this is one for the diary and we will update the details when we have them.

Vodkat League Challenge Cup

Further information on the Vodakat League Cup for this season.

Vodkat League Cup Semi Finals

Glossop North End or New Mills v Wigan Robin Park or Atherton LR or Runcorn Town.

NOTE. If Glossop reach the semi final the tie will be reversed as their ground is not available after May 3rd.

Formby or Winsford United v AFC Blackpool or Irlam.

Ties to be played on Saturday 7th May Kick Off 3pm.

All to play for in this competition. It is unfortunate that should we beat New Mills on May 2nd then we will have to cede home advantage for the semi final. As most will know, this is due to the work on the new changing rooms/clubhouse which we really must start on May 3rd in order to be sure that everything will be completed in time for next season.

Reserves Division Cup Final

The Reserves Division Cup Final will be played on Tuesday 26th April

Ashton Athletic v Glossop North End to be played at Surrey Street with a 7-45 pm kick off.

This is the day after the first team match away at New Mills on Easter Monday and the day before the first team match at home to Colne.

This could well be a pivotal week in the fortunes of our Reserves this season as they play Padiham Reserves in a top-of-the-table league match on Saturday 30th April.

Your support for our excellent Reserves side would be appreciated.

Easter Quiz Night

The Supporters Club have arranged a Quiz Night to take place at The Friendship on Sunday April 24th. (Easter Sunday). It will be free to enter, and will be a general knowledge quiz with prizes for the winners. Many Thanks to Mike Howard for kindly staging this event and also donating the prizes.