When Stalybridge defender Scott Wara told his teammates he was off the play for Fiji, he recalls their tongue-in-cheek response: “Oh, you’re going to play for the rugby team, are you?!” Fiji-born, Stoke-raised Wara, however, is very much a football man and is proudly returning to the tiny Pacific island to represent the 168th FIFA […]
“Absolutely horrific! Honestly it’s shocking. It’s doing my head in.” That is how Andy O’Sullivan, 49, head groundsman at Bury, described dealing with the unrelenting wet weather this season. Constant rain is an permanent part of life in the North West but for O’Sullivan, rain causes an extra level of frustration. The lifelong Bury fan […]
An Oldham gym is hoping to inspire the next generation of Brazilian jiu-jujitsu stars after a recent takeover. Coach Arron Cheshire, 32, a freelance graphic designer, got into the 100 year-old sport when he took classes with his son. He caught the bug, trained as a coach, and along with his friend Matt Burns, decided […]
Altrincham Women’s assistant coach, Duncan Jones, has coughed up thousands of pounds of his own money for three of his players to get private treatment after they all suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries. The Division One South side have been hit with a slew of ACL injuries, which can keep a player sidelined for […]
Curzon Ashton have entered a purple patch under the management of Craig Mahon this season – eyeing up promotion to step 5 football, for the first time in their history.
“Can I swear?” That’s the response from Isabelle Gavin, 17, an aspiring football coach from Crumpsall in Manchester when asked for her reaction to Joey Barton’s latest rant against women in football. “It’s obviously misogynistic, but I don’t feel his opinions should affect women in sport” says the Sheffield United Community Foundation student. Barton has […]
It’s been two years since Katie Thompson, 30, from Manchester set up the first ParaNetball team in the North West, Dominoes Netball Club. But she didn’t stop there. Just one year later, she founded the first ParaNetball club at Manchester Thunder. Her passion for Netball started in primary school. Now after 10 years in the […]
A Norwegian football fan who took non-league Altrincham FC to Champions League glory on Football Manager has been telling Quays News how he’s now a die-hard supporter of the Greater Manchester club. “Whenever I tell someone who I support they say “who?” This is often the response when Odd Sindre Tonning tells people he […]
16-year-old Kyrell Malcolm became Salford City’s youngest league debutant in a 1-1 draw against Colchester United last night. The teenage midfielder started for his team before being subbed off in the 57th minute for Ethan Ingram, being 16 years and 260 days old. Salford City manager Karl Robinson said: “From my point of view I […]
Celebrities and football legends will join forces at Oldham Athletic for the third Manchester Remembers charity football match, with Tom Clare and Kai Fagan signed up. The event, which takes place in July at Boundary Park has raised over £117,000 for charities which were set up by the families of victims after the Manchester Arena […]