22 April 2013 - Askern Villa v Albion Sports

The relegation of Askern Welfare was all but confirmed as Albion Sports ran out comfortable 4-0 winners. This was our second visit to Manor Way, we were there to see the other NCEL Division One promotion contender, Athersley Recreation. That day Askern Villa defeated the visitors 3-1 which was their last ever victory in the NCEL, those days though had long since gone and the club was almost at the end of a miserable 27 match losing streak. The return fixture saw Albion Sports run out 9-1 winners and after less than thirty minutes, that score looked not only achievable but possibly bettered. 

Competition : Northern Counties East League : Division One

Result : Askern Villa 0 Albion Sports 4

Attendance : 35

"Eye On You"

The Main Stand

"Tea Bar & The Ladies"

"Three Watch Albion Go Four Up"

"Away Dugout"

An unusual car registration number plate!

"Let's Do The Twist"

Albion Sports players half-time dance routine.

Goalpost Architecture

Askern Villa FC

"One Of The 35"

"The Sun Goes Down On Askern Villa And Their Stay In The NCEL"

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Askern Villa

Club Website Link In The Central Midlands League Panel At The Side

Albion Sports

Club Website Link In The NCEL Panel At The Side

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24 November 2012 - Albion Sports v Bottesford Town

Competition : NCEL Division One

Result : Albion Sports 1 Bottesford Town 0

Attendance : 23

Albion Sports play at The Horsfall Stadium in Bradford.

Tenants of landlords, Bradford Park Avenue.  

The photographs that follow are of the stadium and facilities (I could photograph) from my afternoon at Albion Sports.  Hopefully, my next visit to an Albion Sports home fixture, there will be something in the stadium that promotes the club and the Northern Counties East League.

"Director's Seats"

"The Lone Magpie"

"The Ronnie Bottomley Memorial Stand"

"The Social Club"

"Pre-Match"

Bottesford Town officials (left) and Match Day with League Officials (Right)

"Hull City, Bristol City, Bradford Park Avenue (Home & Away) & Sunderland"

Signed replica shirts adorn the social club wall.

"The Horsfall Stadium"

named after Alderman Horsfall JP who opened the grounds over eighty years ago.

"Shack"

The Len Shackleton Memorial Display in the Social Club.

The Horsfall Stadium

Albion Sports (yellow) defending a Bottesford Town attack.

"The Red Cone"

At the back of the stadium, behind the Ronnie Bottomley Memorial Stand.

 "Black, Amber & Red"

The panels on the inside of the area in the Horsfall Stadium that are 

in front of the player's entrance.

Here's the reason why there's also a dominance of green and white in the stadium...

"Another low point was reached at the end of the 1955-56 season when the club had to apply for re-election for the first time after finishing next to bottom.  After that humiliation, the club colours were changed to green and white for the 1956-57 season. The directors decided that no Avenue team would again disgrace the old red, amber and black colours"

"Manchester United 0 Queens Park Rangers 1"

Latest Score from Old Trafford.

"Albion Sports"

Watching the match whilst keeping one eye on the TV scores.

"Full Time - The Tenants Remove Their Nets"

"Loneliness"

"Warm Down In The Pouring Rain"

Bottesford Town, a 0-1 defeat, a long journey back to Lincolnshire in the driving rain, there's no post-match tv interviews and a luxury team coach to take these players back home.

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Match Report 

Albion Sports 1 Bottesford Town 0 - Bradford Telegraph & Argus

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Website Links To Both Clubs In The NCEL Panel At The Side

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