Staveley Miners Welfare FC
A first half in which both sides enjoyed good spells of possession very nearly began just the way we would’ve wanted when after just ten minutes Mark Dudleys ball down the left was further helped on its way by Jon Froggatt looking for the run of Michael Burke, who ,won the foot race with visiting
The Trojans took full advantage of closing the gap on the NCEL Premier League leaders with a fantastic display topped off with a result to match. Sam Finlaw confirmed his return from a knee injury that kept him out of action for two weeks, much less than originally feared, as he captained a Staveley side
for the third time in five seasons Cheadle Town made the trip over from the North West to the North East Counties league for the first installment of the premier national competition for sides at this level the Fa Vase… Staveley got off to the perfect start when Joe Pugh headed in Jordan Claxtons cross
The Trojans progressed to the First Qualifying round of the Fa Cup thanks to a ninth minute goal from in form Michael Burke who made it four from five racing clear onto Tomas Pooles headed flick on before adding a clinical finish arrowing the ball into the bottom corner across goalkeeper Micheal Emery. Matty Davies
The first home game of the season did not dissapoint the 161 in attendance who were treated to six goals and an entertaining game of football… The Trojans took the lead after just ten minutes with Adam Lund on hand at the far post to rifle in a half cleared corner but, the scores were
the game started with one or two of the meaty challenges you’d expect from a localish derby game, but thankfully it improved from there and a decent encounter ensued. The first half ended goalless but not for the lack of trying… We had Myles Wright to thank for keeping the ball out of our net