07 November 2012 - Athersley Rec v Nostell Miners Welfare

 Competition : Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Senior Cup - Round 2

Result : Athersley Rec 4 Nostell Miners Welfare 1

Attendance : 82

"Pre-Match Conversations"

Next time you're watching a match on tv, just imagine the home team manager

having a wander around the ground talking to supporters and friends.

"Pete"

"Warming Up"

"The Pram" - decked out in Athersley Rec colours.

"There's NO Tom Hark at The Rec!!"

"The Main Stand - Pre Match"

"Seats By The Club Shop"

"The Face At The Window"

"Second Half Underway"

"One Of The 82"

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Athersley Rec v Nostell Miners Welfare - Match Report

All Photography @fotografica137

Website links to both clubs in the NCEL panel at the side

**Click On Any Photograph To Open A Slideshow**

06 November 2012 - Parkgate v Rossington Main

"Pre-Match Handshakes"

 Competition : Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Senior Cup Round2

Result : Parkgate 1 Rossington Main 2

Attendance : 65

"The Best View ...."

Houses overlooking Roundwood Stadium.

Parkgate play in an all red strip, Roundwood Stadium is painted blue...

Why?

**Answer at the bottom of the photography **

"Steward, Committee Member, Owl"

"No Press In Attendance"

"Bar Open - All Welcome...."

An early kick off, at 7.15pm compared to many matches that start at 7.45pm.

"Val "

Just one of her duties is to sell the half-time raffle tickets at Parkgate.

She also pays for the winning prize out of her own money!! Every club at this 

level and below depend on the good work of volunteers such as Val.

"Meat Tray .... Raffle Prize"

"Notice To Spectators ... Tea Bar"

"In Conversation ... "

"Albert & Bruce"

The Chairman of all but two years since 1969 and the club secretary

in a pre-match discussion" ...

Talking to Albert during the second half, I asked what his finest moment was/is as 

Chairman of Parkgate so far..

"Building the club and it's facilities up to the standard they are today ... "

"Parkgate .... The Future"

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No Match Reports Found

All Photography : ©fotografica137

Website links to both clubs in the NCEL clubs panel at the side.

**Click on any photograph to open a slideshow**

Answer to Question ...

Parkgate were formed from the old steelworks football club who played in blue...

The painting of the ground blue is in honour of the steelworks club...

03 November 2012 - Clipstone Welfare v Hemsworth Miners Welfare

Competition : Northern Counties East League - Division One

Result : Clipstone Welfare 2 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 1

Attendance : 78

"One Man & His Dog"

Hemsworth MW supporters announce they're here ... 

quite possibly the BIGGEST flags in the Northern Counties East League?

"From The Stags... ?"

"Odd Man Out"

"Clipstone Welfare"

"Home & Away"

"Local Derby in Three Days"

"Big Decision in The Tea Bar"

"Clipstone Welfare - The Committee"

"The Hospitality Suite"

The less a club have, the more they give. Not unusual at this level of football.

"If You Know The History ..... "

Bygone Clipstone Welfare Legends ....

"Looking Ahead ... "

Forthcoming Clipstone Welfare fixtures.

"The Winning Goal"

Clipstone Welfare 2 - Hemsworth Miners Welfare 1

"Home Win at The Lido"

"POEY IS INNOCENT"

Fitzy Whites & Hemsworth Miners Welfare supporters

make a BIG statement.

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Clipstone Welfare v Hemsworth Miners Welfare - Match Report (CWFC Official Site)

All Photography : ©fotografica137

Website links to both clubs in the NCEL clubs panel at the side.

** Click on any photograph to open a Slideshow **

"No Clash Of Colours"

"We'll be Spurs then, Sir. They'll be no clash of colours" .... 
".... And it's Manchester United v Spurs in this vital fifth round cup tie"....
Taken from "A Kestrel For A Knave" - Barry Hines

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No Clash Of Colours isn't a football blog about the Premier League, The Champions League, European Football .... this isn't a blog about the exploits of BIG named "stars" earning more money in a week than the clubs photographed in this blog take in ten seasons, never mind one!

This is a website, focusing on a level of the sport that many supporters won't have discovered, teams that don't make the pools coupons and betting slips, Final Score/Sky Sports tickertape results sections, where attendances are frequently in double figures, where there's no segregation, where the price of admission is often less than a round of pre-match drinks, where many of the people associated with "their" club, work for nothing, from the tea ladies, raffle-ticket sellers, programme editors, social media admin, chairmen/chairwomen thru' to the players.

Primarily, this will be a photography blog with minimal writing, although there will be enough to provide any readers with information as regards the clubs and leagues covered.  Trying to steer away from match action, we'll be photographing the sights and scenes from each ground that make it unique.  The supporters, celebrities and club people who are as important in football as those currently plying their trade at the highest levels, not just nationally but internationally.

There will be links attached to all the clubs we get the pleasure of visiting and photographing,

If any club would be happy for the NCOC photographer(s) to visit, you can contact us via the details in the Contact Us details panel.

As you're reading this, please leave us comments, thoughts, ideas, maybe even write a feature for us and we'll put it online for all the world to read!  Look up your local non-league club and pay them a visit.  In these hard times, your support for them to survive matters, more than ever before.

Final thought, the rules of football do not differ from the levels on view here, than they do at the highest levels of the game.  The venues, technical skills, attendances, wage packets, celebrity stories do, but we're not interested in those aspects of the game.

Mark

No Clash Of Colours