The Indians Are Getting Restless..
So our first month had gone even better than would could have hoped for. It's not easy being the big chief though, especially when the indians get a whiff of cash at the club...
A number of the players when now moaning for better contracts, which is fair...
Enter The Regionals...
So this was it life at a whole new level for Colne. Well for this incarnation of Colne at least. Colne Dynamoes had been on the verge of the conference premier till the whole club collapsed..Now we were attempting to follow in their footsteps..without the collapse of...
Warm Up
I'd ended up putting together a pre-season programme that was not too easy but without any confidence knocking games we were unlikely to win. Heres how we got on..
12/07/12 Colne 1-0 Chester.
A good test for us in Evo Stick Premier Chester. A last minute goal won us the match from...
Coaches. Arrivals and Departures..
In shuffle to the backroom staff the following left :
Tim Mullock- GK Coach
Jonathan Henderson- Coach
Steve Wood- Fitness Coach
To Replace them I Brought in the follwing :
Paul Musselwhite- Player/ Gk Coach. Aleady gone over this guy!
Chris Cornelly-...
Time To Lighten The Load..
With a whole bunch of new players joining I was going to need to lighten the load a bit. These are some players who have moved out. Some to get them out of the way. Others just to help bring them on hopefully with not being quite ready..
Fraser Toms, 32, ALM/CM, To...
Enter The Regionals..
So we had made the first big step in my aim to get us into upper reaches of the football pyramid. At the top level of English football the glory belonged to the Manchester. With Man United winning yet another premier league and City gaining an FA and League cup double. But...
The Finish Line In Sight
So all the hard work had been worth it, we would be promoted as champions. Now all that was left to see was how much silverware would be added to the trophy cabinet..
05/05/11 Padiham 0-3 Colne
Our last NW Counties local derby and we left them all in style. Marc...
April Review
Streamlining the side
With most of the season gone the first team regulars had gotten their spots, with decent player able to step in for rotation and challenge them. I had noticed though players who had not managed to get much if any game. After gauging whether they were likely to...
Marchmaker
03/03/11 Colne 1-1 Runcorn Town.
We ended last month with a draw and begin this one with a single point too. Stephen Stirling scoring his third of the season to put us ahead. Runcorn levelled in the second half to leave honours even. MOM- Stephen Stirling. No real standout today but...
February Review
The season continued at pace with our involvement in three cup aswell as our league fixtures. Hopefully we could last the pace and we reach the latter stages of the race..
01/02/2011 Colne 5-0 Bootle.
The start to the month was a great one against strugglers Bootle. A brace...
New Year New Challenges..
So this month we hurtle headlong into the second half of the season. Like an overweight person at a buffet we'd got a lot on our plate. Plus players finding themselves on the fringes at a counties level club ain't too happy..We've also got the subtle threat of clubs...