Stockport County’s ladies’ side have more than doubled their previous attendance record, as 737 fans turned out to support for their 3-0 triumph over local rivals FC United.
Their previous record stood at 310, against Leeds United in 2002.
Rochdale AFC have agreed a temporary exclusive partnership with Texas-based World Soccer Holdings LLC (WSH), as they have until the end of the month to save their club. The American sports investment company recently expressed their interest on February 29, 2024, after Rochdale’s chairman Simon Gauge stated that the club would face liquidation if they did not […]
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 […]