Match Details

Silsden AFC 2-2 Pontefract Collieries

Tuesday 12th August 2025

NPL East Division

Regal Interiors Stadium

Team Details

Brown, Carroll, Clark, Cromack (Gashi, 87), Coates, Cassidy, Maltby, Greaves (Sikora, 79), Barker (Conteh, 85′), Price.

Match Report

A resilient 10-man Cobbydaler’s side left it late to pick up their first ever point at Step 4 in a 2-2 draw with Pontefract Collieries at the Regal Interiors Stadium yesterday.

Having fallen behind twice in the game and losing skipper Harry Coates to a second yellow card in the second half, a magical moment from summer arrival Jordan Carroll in the 96th minute saw Silsden level the scoring and earn a hard-fought draw.

It wasn’t an ideal start for Sils who fell behind after just two minutes courtesy of Bailey Thompson’s composed finish inside the area.

Keen to not let the early goal affect them, the hosts got on the front foot and went in search of a leveller, new signing and former Bradford City academy winger Isaac Robinson firing a left footed shot inches off target on seven minutes.

Just beyond the halfway point of the half and former Colls midfielder Cody Cromack stung the palms of Lloyd Allinson with a low strike that the keeper did well to palm out.

Thompson should have perhaps done better a few moments later having been picked out by Ollie Russon’s cutback only to fire wide of the target.

An excellent move saw Sils find the equaliser on 41 minutes.

Sam Barker and Jordan Greaves linked up in midfield with the latter flicking the ball round the corner for Barker to run onto and finish calmly for the Cobbydalers first ever goal in the NPL.

Pontefract almost retook the lead on the stroke of half time only to be denied by a strong block from Tommy Brown in the Silsden goal, Thompson once again looking dangerous for the visitors.

After the interval the game continued in its back and forth fashion, Greaves seeing a strong effort blocked whilst Russon shot well wide from a tight angle on the left.

The game completely changed with just under 15 minutes to go as Silsden skipper Coates was adjudged to have pulled back the Ponte striker bearing down on goal, receiving a second booking following a card for dissent in the opening 45 minutes.

Pontefract used this to their advantage and looked to press for a winner, Brown producing an absolutely top drawer save to tip over a Russon strike that looked destined for the back of the net.

From the resulting corner the visitors took the lead, Colls captain Jack Greenhough volleyed home after a mass goalmouth scramble, a goal that looked to have broken Sils hearts.

But heart-break soon turned to elation for the Cobbydalers as in the 96th minute a Toby Jeffrey set piece was flicked goalwards by Jorge Sikora and met by the head of Carroll to snatch the equaliser and secure a deserved point for the newly promoted hosts.

Next up for the Cobbydaler’s sees them host NWCFL side Ramsbottom at the Regal Interiors Stadium in the FA Cup Preliminary Round on Saturday.

The two sides faced off last season with Sils coming out 2-0 winners on the day.

Match Details

Handsworth 1-4 Silsden AFC

Saturday 2nd August 2025

FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round

Oliver’s Mount

Team Details

Brown, Maltby (Hunt, 79’), Clark, Carroll, Coates, Sikora, Brooksbank (Jeffrey, 79’), Cromack (Conteh, 81’), Greaves (Robinson, 79’), Barker (Gashi, 81’), Price

Match Report

We kicked off our 25/26 season in style with a 4-1 win over Handsworth in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round yesterday.

In a fairly even first half the Ambers initially took the lead through Toby Kenyon’s stooping header before Cobbydaler’s talisman Kayle Price equalled the scores from the spot just before the break.

Sils began to pull away however in the second half, controlling the game and securing a convincing victory with a brace from Luke Brooksbank and another strike from Price.

The result sees us with a home tie on Saturday 16th August against Ramsbottom United in the next round.

Following a nervy opening 15 minutes, Sam Barker thought he had opened his Sils account after tapping into an empty net on 17 minutes only to see it ruled out for offside.

Familiar opponents from our time in the NCEL, the hosts always make for a tough game and that would be proven when they took the lead on 21 minutes through Kenyon’s header.

Handsworth weren’t far away from adding to their lead as both Mitch Dunne and Harry Jessop went close whilst at the other end Dylan Parkin made a superb stop to deny Price.

Momentum would flip on its head when Jerome Greaves was brought down in the box just before the break, Price stepping up and dispatching his penalty high above a diving Parkin.

That goal gave us the boost we needed as we pushed on in the second half in search of the lead.

Although it took some time, that second goal did eventually come on 67 minutes as good work from Greaves saw the ball drop to the feet of Brooksbank on the edge of the area who caught the ball sweetly and rifled home into the side netting.

The winger then added to his tally just 10 minutes later, Jordan Carroll breaking into the box before squaring for a simple tap in at the back post.

Price put the gloss on the scoreline just moments later as new signing Isaac Robinson was initially denied by Parkin only for the ball to drop to the striker to sweep home his second of the game.

Perhaps a slightly favourable scoreline in the end following such a close first half but the Cobbydaler’s got the job done in the end and progress in the FA Cup.

Next up is an away trip to Emley for the NPL East season opener on Friday evening.

It’s been a busy off-season on and off the pitch ahead of our first ever Step 4 campaign. 

We’ve had four friendlies to help us prepare, seen a large number of the squad return to challenge themselves at a higher level and brought in a some new signings who have already made quite the impression across our pre-season fixtures.

The work hasn’t stopped behind the scenes either as we’ve been working hard to improve the matchday experience down at the Regal Interiors Stadium including some brand new food stalls that will be in use when we host Pontefract in a few weeks time.

Alongside that we’re looking to introduce our ‘Family Communal Area’ to encourage more families to come down and enjoy a game together, we’d like to give a massive thank you to all our new and existing sponsors for helping these improvements become reality!

We’ve also seen Silsden Whitestar begin their pre-season campaign down at Keighley Road, with the link between the first team and Whitestar now helping to provide a clearer development pathway for local talent.

Following our title win last season we all knew it would be important to keep the core of that squad together and it’s fantastic to see so many of the lads returning back for the new campaign, some of whom will be taking on their first ever season at step 4, but it’s a challenge their prepared for after some brilliant pre-season performances against tough opposition.

We’re also delighted to welcome 5 new faces to the club: Tommy Brown, Sam Barker, Jordan Carroll, Jerome Greaves and Jorge Sikora as we look to build on last season’s historic promotion and continue to achieve success.

Our first opportunity to see the lads in action came on Friday 8th July against a well organised Barnoldswick side who were slightly ahead in terms of their preparation and despite some positive spells we fell to a 3-0 defeat.

The lads brushed themselves down however and headed to Harrogate Railway for a midweek game. A much better performance followed as Luke Brooksbank and Jerome Greaves (Trialist C at this point) bagged the goals to secure a comfortable 2-0 victory, Tommy Brown will also be pleased with his clean sheet!

National League North side Curzon Ashton we’re the first visitors to the Regal Interiors this season as we battled hard, showed plenty of grit and came away with a 1-1 draw courtesy of Jake Cassidy’s late spot kick, another positive result as we edged closer to the start of the season.

After his impressive performances last campaign, Harry Coates has been named as our new captain and despite his absence in our final fixture against Guiseley we were still able to secure a fantastic 2-1 win over step 3 opposition.

Three new signings played a big part, Sikora looking solid at the back, Carroll with a MOTM performance in midfield and Sam Barker scoring a fantastic solo-goal all contributed alongside set-piece specialist Toby Jeffrey scoring direct from a corner in an overall impressive performance in front of a bumper crowd.

That leads us on to our opening fixture as we face familiar opposition in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round on Saturday with a trip to NCEL side Handsworth.

Our League campaign gets started the following Friday away to Emley before we look forward to welcoming you all down for our first ever Northern Premier League game at the Regal Interiors Stadium on Tuesday 12th August!

For a full league fixture list see below…

It’s going to be a historic season for us all here at Silsden AFC and we can’t wait for you all to be a part of our journey!

UP THE SILS!

On Saturday we celebrated both our Ladies and Men’s end of season awards. With both teams making club history across their respective campaigns!

We kicked off the evening by introducing our new Silsden AFC Hall of Fame with the first inductee being John McNulty. An absolute legend down at Keighley Road having served as Groundsman for many years before his passing. His sons Sean and Jason collected the award in his honour.

The John McNulty Memorial Trophy was then presented to Vice Captain Harry Coates following his role in our first ever promotion to step 4!

The Ladies Team were up first for the awards with the winners as follows…

Manager’s Player – Lilly Chattoe

Most Improved Players – Lucy Ogden and Katherin Sharp

Player’s Player – Georgia Greenwood

The Men’s awards went to…

Top Goalscorers – Kayle Price and Casey Stewart – 26 Goals

Player’s Player – Casey Stewart

Manager’s Player – Cam Clark

Everyone at Silsden would also like to wish Tom Greaves all the best in his retirement, producing some of our personal favourite moments this season! Tom retires with 374 non-league goals to his name and was given a shirt in honour of that tally!

Our final thanks goes to John Lohan who is stepping down from the committee after many years of service, including as Chairman of the club! His time and effort has helped bring the club to where it is today and he steps down with the thanks and well wishes of all associated with Silsden AFC.

Thanks again to everyone who attended, we hope you all enjoyed the evening. Footage of the presentation is available online and we still have some programmes available from the evening!

MATCH DETAILS

Rossington Main 4-6 Silsden AFC

NCEL Premier Division

Saturday 5th April 2025

Oxford Street

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Hunt (Brooksbank, 65’), Kilner, Maltby (Thompson, 73’), Coates, Clark (Billy, 59’), Conteh, Thewlis, Price, Fox (Greaves, 65’), Jeffrey (Stewart, 73’).

MATCH REPORT

An incredible end to an incredible NCEL season saw us run out 6-4 winners over Rossington Main at a sunny Oxford Street yesterday afternoon.

A 6-goal first half saw us come from behind on three separate occasions after goals from Dylan Mantle, Ollie Nowak and Ross Hannah were cancelled out by Harry Coates, Toby Jeffrey and Jake Maltby respectively.

In the second half we showed our champions quality as Mo Conteh and Robbie Fox added to the scoreline before a Brandon Murillo strike pulled the hosts to within a goal.

Luke Brooksbank popped up off the bench to round off a crazy afternoon in Doncaster, finishing 6-4 in the end.

A perfect day for football with the sun out in South Yorkshire, the lads begun the day receiving a guard of honour from our fabulous hosts at Rosso.

Within the opening 10 minutes Mantle swept the hosts into the lead as Nowak did well down the right before firing across goal for the loanee to finish.

That lead was short lived as from a corner the ball dropped out to stand-in skipper Coates who smashed home a half-volley from the edge of the area, a real strikers finish from the centre half.

Rosso’s number 11 Nowak was having a fine start to the game as we struggled to contain him, he added their second with a wonderful curled effort on 21 minutes.

Anything their number 11 can do ours can do better however as Jeffrey picked up the ball on the left flank before unleashing an unstoppable strike in off the crossbar to level the scores soon after.

The goalscoring exploits of Ross Hannah are no secret to anyone in the NCEL and the former Bantam’s striker popped up from a corner to make it 3-2 just after the half hour mark.

But the topsy turvy game continued, both sides seeming happy to forget about defending and put on a show for those in attendance, Jake Maltby shooting from 30 yards and the keeper losing sight of the ball in the sun before it nestled into the corner.

Halftime did little to slow the flow of the tie, a set-piece situation dropped to Mo Conteh who controlled wonderfully before smashing home a left-footed volley into the far corner.

It was five soon after the hour mark as a long ball found Fox who spotted the slip from the onrushing keeper and simply nodded home into the empty net.

Rosso Skipper Murillo added to the afternoon’s catalogue of screamers with a strike right into the top corner following a corner to make it 4-5.

Brooksbank rounded off what was possibly our game of the season (excluding Pickering of course😉) with a fine finish late on.

A great afternoon then and what a way to end our best ever campaign!

We still have a cup double to chase however and a semi-final to tackle on Tuesday as we head over to newly confirmed playoff side Beverley Town.

MATCH DETAILS

Silsden AFC 3-0 Barton Town

NCEL Premier Division

Tuesday 1st April 2025

Regal Interiors Stadium – Att: 438

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Stewart (Jeffrey, 52′), Clark (Billy, 77′), Cromack, Coates (Kilner, 60′), Cassidy, Maltby, Thewlis, Price, Greaves (Fox, 70′), Brooksbank (Hunt, 70′).

MATCH REPORT

On a celebratory evening down at the Regal Interiors Stadium, a bumper crowd watched on as we ended our home campaign in style with a 3-0 win over Barton Town.

Jake Maltby got the Silsden promotion party in full flow with the opener just 4 minutes into the game before Kayle Price’s freekick squirmed its way through the visitors keeper soon after.

Tom Greaves’ second half strike put the icing on the cake and rounded off what was a fantastic evening for all Sils fans in attendance.

With the NCEL Prem title already wrapped up the lads might have been forgiven for getting a little complacent early on as Barton’s Ali Aydemir rattled the crossbar but we wasted no time in opening the scoring at the other end.

Luke Brooksbank found himself with plenty of space to cut the ball back to the edge of the box where Maltby swept home a first time finish that left the Barton keeper stranded.

Things got even better soon after as Price struck a low freekick that found its way into the bottom corner, one for the Junior Supporters behind the goal to enjoy!

We looked to add to our tally throughout the first half, Greaves seeing a powerful effort well blocked by the Barton defence.

The first team were not the only side to taste silverware this season as halftime saw three of our Junior sides presented with trophies for winning their respective leagues.

A massive congratulations to our u12 Girls Sharks, u12 Dragons and u13 Dragons for their success this season.

In his final game at the Regal Interiors Stadium, Greaves marked the occasion with a goal!

Brooky sending a long ball through to Maltby who squared to Tom to rifle home from close range.

Football isn’t just about the attackers however and keeper Callum Bradbury pulled off potentially the save of the season moments later, somehow tipping over when it looked certain for the visitors to grab a goal back.

After coming of the bench, Robbie Fox thought he’d made an instant impact poking home inside the area only for the linesman to judge him offside.

Price was inches away from adding to the scoreline with a 30 yard strike that smashed the crossbar before bouncing back out to safety.

A brilliant result in our final home game of the season rounded off with a presentation of the trophy at the end.

Thank you to everyone who attended the game and for all your support this season. We look forward to seeing you all next year for our first ever campaign at Step 4.

As always, UP THE SILS!

Saturday’s away win over Pickering Town confirmed us as NCEL Premier Division champions, capping off a brilliant league campaign.

Despite a nervy first half that saw us fall behind, second half strikes from Kayle Price and Robbie Fox secured both the three points and the title.

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— Silsden AFC (@SilsdenAFC) March 22, 2025

It’s been a magnificent journey for the club and to win the title in our 120th anniversary year is particularly special.

We’d like to thank all our supporters and sponsors for all their fantastic support this season, we couldn’t have done it without you!

We caught up with Chairman Will Twigg and Manager Matt Cavanagh after the game to get their thoughts on the achievement.

There’s too many brilliant photos to fit into one post but the full gallery captured by Gary Lohan is available here…

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1dbG-oA8S9u_Ugod353eRe5gx3X1wl0WL

Once again, thanks to everyone for your support this season, we look forward to seeing you down at the Regal Interiors Stadium for our final home game on Tuesday 1st April and the opportunity to celebrate with the team.

We hope to see you all back for our first ever season at Step 4 next year too!

UP THE SILS!

MATCH DETAILS

Eccleshill United 1-5 Silsden AFC

NCEL Premier Division

Wednesday 19th March 2025

ServoGroup Stadium

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Stewart (Jeffrey, 82′), Clark, Daly (Conteh, 43′), Coates, Cassidy, Maltby, Cromack (Thewlis, 82′), Price, Fox (Greaves, 71′), Brooksbank (Kilner, 70′)

MATCH REPORT

Silsden came out comfortable winners over local rivals Eccleshill United on Wednesday night in a 5-1 triumph.

With most of the action coming in the first half, Casey Stewart bagged twice whilst Robbie Fox and Kayle Price also found the target. Zachary Sangster with the goal for the hosts.

We continued to control the game in the second 45 and added to our tally through Fox’s header, securing a massive result in the fight for the NCEL Prem title.

A regular feature of our season so far has been our ability to start quickly, things were no different in this game as Fox was brought down inside the area just 2 minutes into the tie.

The former Farsley man stepped up himself and rifled home for his third goal already since joining last month.

Stewart doubled our advantage on 11 minutes, riding a challenge on the edge of the Eccleshill penalty area before curling a composed finish into the far corner.

Just five minutes later and Price got in on the act, bringing down a skyward Cody Cromack pass, racing into the box and poking through the legs of the keeper.

The hosts did find themselves with an opportunity to get back into the game on 28 minutes as Sangster was able to force home at the back post.

Any potential doubts were put to bed soon after as Stewart doubled his tally with a stunning freekick that curved beyond the wall and into the corner of the net.

After that frantic first half, both sides settled in the second with neither team able to create a true clear cut opportunity until the 69th minute mark.

Eccy keeper Harvey Kelly miss hit his clearance and it looped upwards allowing Fox all the time in the world to nod into the empty net.

That result sets us up well heading into our away trip to Pickering Saturday, knowing a win could see us clinch the title should other results elsewhere go our way.

With the chance to catch a moment of Sils history this weekend, we need all your support!

Safe travels to everyone making the trip and UP THE SILS!

MATCH DETAILS

Golcar United 0-3 Silsden AFC

NCEL League Cup Quarter Final

Tuesday 11th March 2025

Skye Direct Stadium

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Hunt, Kilner, Daly, Coates, Clark (Cassidy, 74′), Maltby (Thirkhill, 85′), Cromack, Greaves, Fox (Price, 85′).

Subs: Thompson, Hall.

MATCH REPORT

Silsden advanced to the NCEL League Cup semi finals with a convincing 3-0 win over Premier Division rivals Golcar United at the Skye Direct Stadium yesterday.

In a slightly changed lineup from Saturday’s win it would be Tom Greaves and the returning Robbie Fox who grabbed the goals, with the latter providing the two assists for Greaves’ strikes.

It was a brilliant performance from every Sils player, keeping control of midfield battle whilst maintaining composure at the back to secure the clean sheet.

We were inches away from opening the scoring just minutes into the game as Luke Brooksbank struck the post with a low shot.

Greaves would give us the lead soon after however, Fox powered his way in behind before unselfishly squaring for the striker to tap home from close in.

As the half progressed we continued to forge opportunities, Greaves forcing a good stop from Harry Stead after wriggling into space inside the area.

After the interval the chances kept coming, Fox looking to add to his Sils account with a powerful shot from the edge of the box that was well held by Stead.

We would hit the woodwork again on 67 minutes.

Cody Cromack showed good close control on the edge of the box before unleashing a curling effort that rattled the crossbar.

The skipper Ross Daly proved to be the key to unlock the Golcar defence for the second time, his inch-perfect through ball found Fox who lofted over the stranded keeper.

There was still time to add our third of the evening, Fox and Greaves again combining as the experienced striker seized on a defensive slip up to poke beyond the onrushing Stead.

That result sets up a semi final with either Knaresborough, Beverley or Penistone to be drawn in the coming weeks.

Before that however we have a huge game down at the Regal Interiors Stadium Saturday as we welcome Penistone Church!