No Clash Of Colours: Roundwood

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Monday, 1 July 2013

16 March 2013 - Parkgate v Scarborough Athletic

Always a pleasure to visit Roundwood Complex, as is shown on our previous visits this season. Today's visitors were top of the NCEL Premier League, Scarborough Athletic. Currently on a twelve match unbeaten run, Parkgate were the next opponents for Rudy Funk's "Seadogs". A 4-2 victory for the soon to be crowned League Champions, with two goals from Jimmy Beadle, Ryan Blott's 35th of the season and a first for recent signing, Bryan Hughes.

Special Thanks to all the people at Parkgate FC who have made No Clash Of Colours very welcome at every fixture we've covered.

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Competition : Northern Counties East League : Premier Division

Result : Parkgate 2 Scarborough Athletic 4

Attendance : 254 (Highest Of The Season)

Against the industrial backdrop, both sets of players in their pre-match warm up. Roundwood Complex is also home to newly promoted to the Football League Division One, Rotherham United.

"Match Day Programmes & Loose Change"

"Today's Match"

Admission - Adults : £5.00

Concessions : £3.00

"The Programme Seller & Early Arrivals"

"Notice To Spectators"

"Handshakes at 14.58"

"The Finest View At Roundwood"

"254"

The largest NCEL Premier Division crowd at Parkgate this season.

The promotion of Scarborough Athletic to the EvoStik NPL will ultimately deprive many clubs in the NCEL a decent payday, an excellent away following at this level of football puts hundreds of pounds into the home club's coffers, be it from programme sales to money behind the bar. A crowd of over 250 could well have lead to their being a four figure sum in the home club's account by full time on this Saturday.

Jimmy Beadle

Scorer of the second and fourth 'Borough goals. He was to eventually end the season on eleven goals from thirteen appearances (excluding substitutes).

"Goalpost Architecture"

Visible above the goal is a safety netting, this runs all the way across the goal area, helping keep the tea-ladies and snackbar volunteers safe from any wayward shot or blazing penalty miss!

"Reserved"

Parkgate as seen in previous photographs wear an all red strip, so why are the main stand seats and ground paintwork, blue? The answer lies within a previous feature from Parkgate if you're curious to discover why.

"An Industrial Heartland"

"No Alcohol Inside The Ground"

Orange Wall & Blue Door

"Nets Down, Corner Flags Collected, Full Time Scores"

Portraits : Candid

"Albert"

Chairman / Treasurer

"Stalwarts"

"Bruce"

Secretary

"Seadogs"

Rudy Funk (Manager : Scarborough Athletic) gives his post match thoughts to Scarborough News journalist, Martin Dowey.

You can watch the post match interview here :

Rudy Funk Interview : Parkgate FC

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Parkgate FC 2 Scarborough Athletic 4 : Match Report (Parkgate FC)

Parkgate FC 2 Scarborough Athletic 4 : Match Report (Scarborough FC)

Parkgate FC 2 Scarborough Athletic 4 : Video (Youtube)

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Friday, 10 May 2013

20 February 2013 - Rotherham United (Reserves) v Grimsby Town (Reserves)

Grimsby Town Reserves warm down after a hard fought 1-1 draw with their Central League Division Two counterparts.

Competition : Central League East Division

Result : Rotherham United (Reserves) 1 Grimsby Town (Reserves) 1

Attendance : Not Given

A very short photographic feature from Roundwood, home of Parkgate FC. One of those days when people wanted to talk to us about "No Clash Of Colours", what we do, why we do it, and countless other footballing questions. Which gave us the idea for a new feature which we'll start in the forthcoming pre-season.

Nigel (Sheffield United) and Bill (Hull City)

Passionate about football, with stories galore from all corners of the footballing landscape.

Parkgate FC

"The Steelmen"

Parkgate FC v Lincoln Moorlands Railway

Matchday Programme from the previous Saturday.

Roundwood Sporting Complex

Rotherham United training headquarters, situated just below the main pitch, The Millers have been residents here since 2010. With the ambition to become Academy status, the facilities here will become the envy of many clubs.

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Rotherham United (Reserves) 1 Grimsby Town (Reserves) 1 : Match Report (Rotherham United)

Rotherham United (Reserves) 1 Grimsby Town (Reserves) 1 : Match Report (Grimsby Town)

Rotherham United (Reserves) 1 Grimsby Town (Reserves) 1 : Match Report (This Is Grimsby)

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Saturday, 29 December 2012

19 December 2012 - Rotherham United (Reserves) v Stoke City (Reserves)

A slightly different entry to the No Clash Of Colours featured matches.

A Central League Cup fixture between Rotherham United and Stoke City. Rotherham United (Reserves) play their home matches here, at Roundwood Stadium, home of NCEL Premier League club, Parkgate.

In the distance, the steel works from which Parkgate FC take their nickname. A former works football team, formed in 1969 as BSC Parkgate. BSC denoting British Steel Corporation, they then changed their name to R.E.S Parkgate in 1990,. In 1994, they then changed their name, this time to Parkgate FC, as they are known now.

Competition : Central League Cup

Result : Rotherham United (Reserves) 3 Stoke City (Reserves) 1

Attendance : Not Given

Venue : Roundwood Stadium, Parkgate FC

Twenty years ago, In 1992, Parkgate installed floodlights to the Roundwood Stadium.

Steve Evans - Rotherham United Manager

The following photographs feature Jane Simms, referee and on the FIFA International List Of Assistant Referees. No Clash Of Colours will soon be running a feature on Jane and that of women's football.