MATCH DETAILS

Golcar United 1-2 Silsden AFC

NCEL Premier Division

Saturday 12th October 2024

Skye Direct Stadium

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Jeffrey (Kilner, 90′), Clark, Daly, Coates, Billy, Brooksbank (Conteh, 90′), Stockdill, Price, Greaves (Cromack, 82′), Stewart.

Subs: Hudson, Thompson.

MATCH REPORT

Silsden made it four wins from four defeating NCEL Premier Division table toppers Golcar United 2-1 at the Skye Direct Stadium yesterday.

After falling behind to an early Ollie Russon strike, the Cobbydaler’s found their rhythm and levelled through former Golcar striker Kayle Price.

There was some controversy surrounding Tom Greaves 74th minute winner with the referee overuling the linesman’s offside decision, but that will matter little to Matt Cavanagh and his Silsden side who climb to 3rd in the table.

The league leaders got of to a lightning fast start, a cross from the left was smashed onto the post by Alfie Wilkinson with Russon gratefully tapping home the rebound.

It should have been two only seven minutes into the game, Callum Petch heading wide with acres of space at the back post.

That miss would be punished on 17 minutes, Greaves’ acrobatic attempt fell at the feet of Price whose deflected effort crept in for his 11th goal of the campaign.

Set-pieces were proving threatening for Silsden in the first half, Harry Coates heading over on a number of occasions following Toby Jeffrey’s pin point corner deliveries.

The player’s from both sides would have been happy to see the half-time whistle as heavy rain began to fall over Huddersfield, thankfully the 15 minute interval was enough for the rain to subside and the match continued in relatively dry conditions.

Luke Brooksbank had the first opportunity of the second half as he flung himself at Price’s cross but just couldn’t make clean contact on the diving header.

At the other end Wilkinson let a shot go from the edge of the area but dragged it narrowly wide of the far post.

It would be another Jeffrey set-piece that found Silsden’s winner on 74 minutes as his cross found Ross Daly unmarked at the far post.

Daly’s touch led to a scramble inside the six-yard box with Greaves on hand to slide home and give Silsden the lead, with the referee overturning the lino’s initial decision to disallow the goal.

Price had the chance to wrap up the game late on but a good save from Harry Stead denied him whilst Callum Bradbury was also called into action to deny a fierce shot at the near post.

Silsden’s win sees them continue to climb the table, sitting just 1 point behind Albion Sports with a game in hand.

There’s a break from league action on Tuesday with a trip to Yorkshire Amateur in the opening round of the West Riding County Cup.

 MATCH DETAILS

Silsden AFC 3-2 Knaresborough Town

NCEL Premier Division

Saturday 5th October 2024

Regal Interiors Stadium – Att: 196

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Kilner (Jeffrey, 80′), Clark, Daly (Conteh, 77′), Coates, Billy, Hudson, Stockdill, Price, Brooksbank, Stewart (Greaves, 70′).

Subs: Hunt, Thompson

MATCH REPORT

Late winners are becoming something of a regular occurrence down at The Regal Interiors Stadium as Kayle Price’s 93rd minute header secured a 3-2 win for Silsden over Knaresborough Town.

The visitors twice lead in the game as an Aaron Pilkington strike in the first half was cancelled out by Sils winger Ellis Hudson before Town captain Ben Parkes put them back in front.

Price looked to have snatched a point with an 87th minute equaliser, and it was a point the Cobbydalers would have perhaps been happy to take, but Price had other ideas and his stooping stoppage time header ensured the home side the victory.

Knaresborough have been something of a bogey side for Silsden in recent seasons and that trend looked as if it would continue as Pilkington finished a lovely Town move to open the scoring on the half hour mark.

Visitors striker and Gibraltar international Adam Priestly went close to adding to the scoreline, heading onto the post from a set piece and curling a shot wide from the edge of the box.

Whatever Matt Cavanagh said to his players at the break clearly had an impact, as Silsden levelled the game on 53 minutes.

There was a stroke of luck involved as a miss-hit clearance rebounded into Hudson’s path and the winger made no mistake in slotting the ball into the corner.

As the half continued, tackles were flying in from both sides with multiple bookings dished out by the referee in what would have been a very profitable game for the FA.

Possibly against the run of play, Knaresborough retook the lead through captain Parkes as he latched onto a defensive mistake before unleashing a low strike that found the bottom corner.

Silsden knew they had to attack and when a long ball found Price through on goal there was only going to be one outcome as he calmly rounded the keeper before placing the ball into the empty net.

Price’s scoring wasn’t done there however.

Subsitute Toby Jeffrey launched a long throw into the box only to see it cleared back to him, he volleyed the ball back in where Mo Conteh flicked on towards a diving Price at the back post who duly headed home to spark more ecstatic scenes at Keighley Road.

The win sees the Cobbydaler’s climb to 4th in the NCEL Premier Division table with a visit to 3rd placed Golcar awaiting them on Saturday.

MATCH DETAILS

Silsden AFC 3-2 Golcar United

NCEL Premier Division

Saturday 28th September 2024

Regal Interiors Stadium – Att: 257

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Kilner (Brooksbank, 45′), Clark, Daly (c), Coates, Billy, Hudson (Jeffrey, 71′), Stockdill (Greaves, 78′), Price (Hunt, 90′), Stewart.

Subs: Thompson

MATCH REPORT

A late Tom Greaves winner sparked wild scenes at the Regal Interiors Stadium in Silsden’s 3-2 win over 10-man Golcar yesterday.

Golcar’s George Doyle quickly went from hero to zero in the first half having initially opened the scoring on 28 minutes, before an awfully-timed challenge on fullback Sam Kilner saw him sent for an early shower by the referee.

Cobbydaler’s captain Ross Daly bagged his first goal of the season soon after the break but Aflie Wilkinson’s stunning volley gave the visitors a shock lead once more.

Silsden kept going though and Casey Stewart’s persistence allowed him to level the scores with 20 minutes to go, he would then turn provider with a stunning early cross to pick out Greaves who slid home the winner in added time.

The game got off to a slow start, with the first real opportunity of not falling to Doyle just before the half-hour mark, Golcar’s prolific striker made no mistake in tapping home from close range to open the scoring.

There would be a chance for the home side to respond just moments later when a back pass was handled by the keeper.

Former Golcar striker Kayle Price’s low shot from the indirect freekick was deflected by Cody Cromack but Harry Stead did well to make the save on the goaline.

Doyle’s red card just before the interval completely changed the game however as his shocking challenge on Kilner left the referee with little choice but to send him off.

Daly wasted little time in restoring parity after the break as a set-piece proved dividends for the home side, the Sils skipper forcing home from practically on the goal line.

A stunning strike from Wilkinson would bring the 10-men visitors back ahead on 62 minutes as his left-footed effort from range kissed the inside of the post before nestling into the bottom corner of the goal.

Silsden would have to be persistent if they wanted to beat this tough Golcar side who were flying high at the top end of the NCEL Prem table and that was proved no more than when Stewart found himself on the edge of the penalty area.

After rustling his way through a number of determined defenders, the winger eventually got his shot away that somehow squirmed under the body of Stead for the leveller.

With their tails up and the man advantage, Silsden switched to a back three in an effort to press for the winner.

Substitute Greaves saw his header cleared off the line before the follow up from Luke Brooksbank rattled the frame of Stead’s goal.

Harry Coates and Price we’re next to go close with an effort saved and a shot wide respectively.

It took a moment of magic from Stewart to unlock the stubborn Golcar defence, his perfectly whipped cross evaded a number of bodies in the centre where the onrushing Greaves poked home from inside the six-yard.

A sense of both relief and elation then for the home side, with the win sending them up to 2nd in the table on 21 points from their opening 11 games.

Two league games to look forward to this week for Sils, starting with an away trip to Goole on Tuesday before hosting Knaresborough in this Saturday’s fixture.

 

 

MATCH DETAILS

Frickley Athletic 2-3 Silsden AFC

NCEL Premier Division

Tuesday 26th September 2024

Westfield Lane

MATCH REPORT

Sils came into last night’s game on the back of a disappointing defeat at Barton. But the team didn’t have long to wait to put thing right with a trip to the “wessie” stadium at Frickley.

Tom Greaves and Mo Conteh cane back into the side with Ross Daly captain. With keeper Callum Bradbury returning to his previous club after joining us in the summer.

Manager Cav then appeared to set up an attacking looking side despite Brooksbank missing in the number 10 role.

Early doors there wasn’t a great deal going on with the home side happy to sit in and look for a break. A clean take from Bradbury will have calmed any early nerves the young keeper had.

We had to wait until the ninth minute before anything of note, with a Price shot going well wide.

It wasn’t until the 17th minute that the home keeper was tested and he stopped a Casey Stewart shot in unconvincing fashion before re-gathering.

In the 19th minute a Cromack shot deflected for a corner and from the resulting cross Kayle Price headed towards goal from inside the six yard box, his shot palmed straight back to him and he made no mistake second time. 1-0 Sils 20th min.

Frickley had to wait until the 32nd min before they had a shot on goal. But the chance was blazed over and is probably still coming down now.

Four minutes later another good Stewart run and cross was almost clipped in by Coates who was making good runs through centre of midfield throughout the game. Frickley created a few half chances towards the end of the first half but Silsden appeared pretty comfortable as the half ended with the scoreline still at 1-0.

As early as 3 minutes into the second period Tom Greaves, who worked tirelessly all night – almost got on the end of a Cromack cross. Jeffery came on for Connolly and looked to make mischief on the right.

But just 2 mins later Silsden extended their lead with a well worked move that saw Casey Stewart clip a shot past the helpless home keeper.

At this stage you couldn’t see Frickley getting back into the game but that was to change in the 57th minute. A quick break down the right and low cross took out the Silsden defenders and Clegg was left to side foot the ball into an unguarded net. 2-1

Now we had a game on, as the home fans voices were raised and Sils faced the first real persistent pressure of the match. It was all blood and thunder for a 5 minute period and the injury stoppage to Varley came as a relief.

Hudson came on for a tiring Mo Conteh and made himself known straight away with a crunching tackle in midfield. It all got a bit scrappy at this point before Silsden started to exert pressure back on to the home side without creating a real clear chance.

As we reached the 70th minute and against the run of play a Frickley cross from the left was on its way to be gathered by Bradbury but Harry Coates intervened and was unfortunate to see his attempt at a header away fly into his own net. 2-2.

The team were now in real danger of seeing all 3pts disappear, in some ways it mirrored our home game vs Eccleshill where another lead was surrendered. But unlike Eccleshill, Frickley hadn’t had any long periods of possession to speak of, but we’re incredibly dangerous on the break.

Sam Kilner was subbed on for Greaves who had played 80 minutes and it almost paid dividends straight away as Hewiston palmed away a Price header. A minute later Stewart hit a close range shot in the box into the keepers chest who knew little about it but gathered the ball in time.

A Frickley corner came to nothing before in the 88th minute a long Silsden throw caused chaos in the penalty area before coming out to Cody Cromack outside the box who hit it as sweet as you’ll see on any pitch, to fly past a helpless Hewiston. 3-2

 

It was a tense last 5 or 6 minutes for thevisiting fans as Frickley pressed for another equaliser and got several balls into the box which were scrambled away.

The boys though stood firm and celebrated a deserved victory that sets up another massive game against early front runners Golcar. Cav will be pleased at the way the team regrouped at 2-2 when they could’ve crumbled through sheer hard work.

My motm Cody Cromack, who was spraying balls about all night and setting the tempo. Ending with a much deserved winning strike.

Nigel Hall

MATCH DETAILS

Silsden AFC 3-2 Goole AFC

NCEL League Cup Second Round

Tuesday 17th September 2024

Regal Interiors Stadium – ATT: 100

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Kilner, Hudson, Cromack, Billy, Clark, Jeffrey, Stockdill (Conteh, 79′), Greaves (Price, 74′), Brooksbank, Connolly (Whalley, 90′)

Subs: Coates

MATCH REPORT

Silsden progressed in the NCEL League Cup last night with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Goole at the Regal Interiors Stadium.

Luke Brooksbank opened the scoring before an Ellis Hudson own goal brought the scores level, Cody Cromack then put us back ahead moments before the half time break.

Experienced striker Tom Greaves further added to the scoreline although Viking’s striker Alex Widdop’s goal did make for a nervy last quarter of an hour.

Our visitors created the first opportunity of the game after just two minutes, Liam Flanagan’s low shot well saved by the feet of Callum Bradbury.

However just eight minutes in, Brooksbank would strike home the opener after he was afforded the space to rifle into the bottom corner from outside the penalty area.

Nash Connolly looked threatening in the early exchanges and was unfortunate not to score on a number of occasions, with both defenders and keeper blocking his attempts.

Against the run of play, Goole would level on the half hour mark.

Flanagan’s low shot took a wicked deflection off the head of Hudson and found it’s way into the net, an own goal awarded to the former Bradford City man.

Viking’s stopper Logan Power was in fine first half form, denying Brooky his and Silsden’s second on a number of occasions.

Power was however powerless to stop Cromack from opening his Sils account and giving us the advantage on 45 minutes as his rasping drive took a deflection and found the corner of the net.

Greaves would grab the third on 53 minutes, keeping his composure on the edge of the box to take a smart touch and unleashing a powerful strike that Power was just unable to keep out.

Goole found a lifeline through Widdop on 76 minutes, who after some scuffed clearances found himself with space inside the box to fire a thunderous effort into the roof of the net.

Despite the late pressure, we would hold on and secure our passage through to the third round of the League Cup.

 

 

MATCH DETAILS

Handsworth FC 0-1 Silsden AFC

NCEL Premier Division

Saturday 14th September 2014

Express Worktops Stadium

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Kilner, Clark, Cromack, Coates, Billy, Hudson, Conteh (Stockdill, 70′), Price (Greaves, 78′), Brooksbank (Jeffrey, 86′), Stewart (Connolly, 60′).

MATCH REPORT

A second half penalty from Ellis Hudson proved to the the difference in Silsden’s 1-0 win over Handsworth at the Express Worktops Stadium yesterday afternoon.

In truth, the scoreline didn’t reflect the frantic nature of the game with both sides creating a number of clear-cut chances, but lacking the cutting edge to finish them off.

Handsworth came out quick at the start of the first half forcing a number of early blocks from the Silsden defence, then firing an effort wide of the target from inside the penalty area.

Silsden hit back though and thought they had taken the lead through Kayle Price’s close range effort only for the linesman’s flag to go up soon after.

The back and forth nature of the game continued, Luke Brooksbank and Hudson both seeing speculative efforts well saved by Michael Roxburgh before Sils defender Harry Coates was forced into a smart goaline clearance on the half-hour mark.

New Cobbydaler Corey Billy impressed on his debut against Eccleshill last weekend and was inches away from breaking the deadlock when his volleyed shot from a corner rattled the crossbar just before the interval.

The halftime break seemed to have little effect on the tempo of the game, Price was again proving a nuisance with two early efforts that went wide and were saved respectively.

Silsden were getting closer to the opener and when Casey Stewart’s strike was spilled by the keeper on 56 minutes there were huge claims that the ball had dropped over the line.

Despite protestations from both players and supporters, the ball was adjudged to have stayed out and the score remained level.

That would be until the 70th minute when Billy was brought down inside the box by the Amber’s keeper in what admittedly looked a very harsh call.

Hudson made no mistake from the spot however, stroking the ball low into the corner with Roxburgh diving the opposite direction.

Billy was once again involved in another Sils opportunity just a few minutes later, his driving run and pass picked out Brooksbank whose low strike was tipped behind.

With the game nearing its end, Handsworth would have one final chance to equalise as the ball dropped to Scott Ruthven on the edge of the 6-yard box but the striker looped his effort high over the crossbar.

The result see’s Sils climb to 4th in the NCEL Premier Division table.

There’s a midweek break from league action with the visit of Goole to the Regal Interiors Stadium this Tuesday in the League Cup second round.

Speaking after the game, Manager Matt Cavanagh was pleased with his sides performance:

“There were chances for both sides in the first half, we created plenty but we probably weren’t quite clinical enough and didn’t have that little bit of luck that you need but Handsworth we’re probably thinking the same.

“Overall I’m really pleased, we showed better character than last week, grinded through it and played good football in spells”.

There were also several mentions for some new faces including Corey Billy and Jack Stockdill:

“Corey got on really well, in our box he was throwing his body at the ball and making some great blocks but his distribution was also really good today and in the second half he was stepping in with the ball really well.

It’s not always easy coming into a new team and hopefully there’s more to come”.

“Stocky has been biting to play for a little bit but we’ve got to look after him and get him the right amount of minutes.

The squad isn’t the biggest at the minute and we needed him to play, he’s come through it well and hopefully we can get him some more minutes on Tuesday, he’s a great lad and a leader in the dressing room so we’ll see a lot more from him”.

 

MATCH DETAILS

Silsden AFC 1-1 Eccleshill United

NCEL Premier Division

Saturday 7th September 2024

Regal Interiors Stadium

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Kilner, Stewart, Cromack, Coates (c), Billy, Hudson (Jeffrey, 80’), Conteh, Price, Brooksbank, Connolly (Greaves, 68’)

Subs: Haigh, Thompson, Stockdill

MATCH REPORT

Silsden went into today looking to build on an improved performance at Bottesford on Tuesday with local rivals Eccleshill in town, after a crazy game vs Beverley in midweek that produced 11 goals in their 6-5 home victory.

A few new faces came into the camp during the week, including Corey Billy who was with Thackley last season and slotted in as centre back today.

Straight from the kick off Sils were on top. as early as the 2nd minute Ellis Hudson tested the Eccleshill keeper with a stinging shot.

This one way traffic was to be the story for the majority of the first half. With an absolutely crunching tackle from Sam Kilner setting the tone.

In the 9th minute Luke Brooksbank cut in well from the wing but saw his shot blocked.

Then a few minutes later Kayle Price sprinted through but was sandwiched between two Eccleshill defenders and couldn’t quite get on the ball.

In the 14th minute though Silsden’s pressure finally told when Brooksbank beat the offside trap and squared it for a tap in for Nash Connolly.

On the 27th minute Price was clean though and appeared to be taken down by the last defender but the referee deemed there to be a covering Eccleshill man.

Only a yellow card handed out to Ben Gordon, Price’s free kick then saved well by keeper before Coates’ header was again well saved, Eagles’ keeper Ed Wilczyski having a storming game.

The game calmed down up to the break but with Eccleshill yet to offer a clear chance or shot on goal in the first 45, Certainly Silsden must’ve been confident after the first 45 minutes.

But as suspected by the gathered fans in the main stand , they’d come to run those missed chances later.

Silsden we’re out ready early for the second half and Eccleshill seemingly having an extended half time team talk.

Whatever was said had immediate affect as it was a different Eagles side after the break.

 In the 52nd minute Zak Sangster forced a save from Bradbury and from the resulting corner Josh Mckiernon headed home, the ball bouncing and over the keeper into the net.

Sils almost responded immediately with a free kick pushed wide by the keeper yet again.

The game then developed into an end to end affair but with Eccleshill probably shading it.  Subs Jeffery and Greaves came on for Hudson and Connolly as Sils looked to regain the incentive.

In the 73rd minute though Silsden had new boy Billy to thank for remaining level as a side footed shot looked to be finding the corner of the net before he got a block in the way.

Nothing came of attacks from both teams before in the 83rd minute Mo Conteh directed a Sils corner on to the post, the shot seemingly taking a slight deflection on the way.

That was the last real chance the home side managed as a frantic second half ended 1-1.

Brilliant entertainment for the neutral and a point to add to midweek wins for both sides.

Speaking after the game Matt Cavanagh spoke on the game, early season derbies and new signing Billy Corey:

”It was a solid first half in which we created plenty of chances but we need to learn to kill the game when we are on top.”

”It’s another local derby that we share the points but overall I’m disappointed because we didn’t come out of the changing rooms and got what we deserved sadly.”

”Corey did really well and fit into the back line. His distribution and reading of the game was excellent. He’s a great age for us to develop and bring on his game to help him and our side.”

The Cobbydaler’s currently sit 5th in the NCEL Premier Division with a trip to Handsworth this Saturday.

Report by Nigel Hall

 

 

MATCH DETAILS

Bottesford Town 2-3 Silsden AFC

NCEL Premier Division

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Barrett Steel Stadium

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Kilner, Stewart, Cromack, Coates(c), Cassidy, Hudson, Conteh, Price (Greaves, 77′), Brooksbank, Connolly (Jeffrey, 68′)

Subs: Haigh, Stockdill, Daly

MATCH REPORT

A quality game of football at the Barrett Steel Stadium saw Silsden run out 3-2 winners over Bottesford Town yesterday evening.

In-form Poacher’s striker Aris Cunha opened the scoring early on before goals from Kayle Price and Mo Conteh saw the game turned on its head just before the break.

Substitute Tom Greaves grabbed a well deserved third on 83 minutes and despite a late Cunha penalty, we were able to hold on for the three points.

The home side came out of the blocks quickly and found themselves ahead just three minutes into the game courtesy of Cunha’s low strike inside the penalty area.

With a few lads missing, Casey Stewart was deployed at left back and his marauding run on 11 minutes almost proved fruitful with his left footed shot well saved by Bottesford keeper Graeme Anderson.

We would find ourselves level on 31 minutes as Sam Kilner played a brilliant throughball into the path of Luke Brooksbank who squared to Price to tap home his 7th goal in just nine games this season.

The turnaround would be completed just before the break as Conteh showed grit and determination to power through the Poacher’s midfield.

A loose touch from Anderson was pounced upon by the WYL graduate who then tapped into the unguarded net for his first goal for the club, silencing the vocal home crowd.

That exciting first half was matched by the second, with some early Bottesford pressure being repelled by our stubborn defensive line.

Ellis Hudson and Price both had chances to further extend our lead but their efforts were sent wide and into the keepers gloves respectively.

Bottesford weren’t without chances of their own however as a flicked header from a corner dropped narrowly wide of Callum Bradbury’s far post.

After Price hit a fierce drive that rattled the upright, we finally thought we had put the tie to bed as Cody Cromack volleyed home a stunning strike from the edge of the box.

Bizarrely however, the linesman chose to disallow the goal, claiming the keeper had been unsighted by one of the Silsden bodies camped inside the Bottesford box.

In the end the disallowed goal mattered little.

Brooksbank’s strike looked destined for the top corner but smashed of both the bar and the post, thankfully it fell into Greaves’ path who headed home in front of the interestingly named “Taco Bell End”.

A late rally from the hosts saw Kilner penalised for a handball inside the penalty area, Cunha stepped up and converted from 12 yards but it wasn’t enough and we were able to bring all three points back home to Yorkshire.

It’s another Bradford Derby this weekend as we welcome Eccleshill United to the Regal Interiors Stadium.

MATCH DETAILS

West Didsbury & Chorlton 4-2 Silsden AFC

FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round

Saturday 31st August 2024

Recreation Ground

TEAM DETAILS

Bradbury, Cromack (Jeffrey, 80′), Clark, Daly, Coates, Cassidy, Hudson (Connolly, 75′), Conteh (Greaves, 60′), Price, Brooksbank (Kilner, 85′), Stewart.

Subs: Haigh, Stockdill

MATCH REPORT

Silsden’s FA Cup campaign ended in the 1st Qualifying Round following a 4-2 defeat away to NWCFL side West Didsbury & Chorlton yesterday.

Despite taking an early lead through Casey Stewart, the hosts scored twice in quick succession to go in at the break 2-1 up.

Jordan Lazenbury added West’s third on 55 minutes but Kayle Price responded with a smart finish just three minutes later.

Victor Adabaki would complete the scoring for the home side on 71 minutes however, ultimately putting an end to Silsden’s FA Cup run.

It took just 14 minutes for the opening goal of the game, Luke Brooksbank picking up the ball on the right-side of the box before delivering a low cross into the path of Stewart who rifled home his third goal in this season’s competition.

That lead didn’t last long however, Donovan Lescott showing composure inside the penalty area and finishing neatly into the bottom corner.

Just minutes later and Chris Rowney had completed the turn around for West, heading home following an accurate cross into the box.

Silsden would have work to do after the break and that was made even harder when Lazenbury’s stunning strike from outside the box made it 3-1 to the home side.

Kayle Price is a familiar name on the scoresheet for the Cobbydaler’s and he gave the visiting supporters some hope on 58 minutes.

The striker raced onto Stewart’s through ball and finished brilliantly, lofting the ball over the host’s keeper.

Adabaki ended any hopes of a comeback however, a left footed volley nestling into the bottom corner after Lazenbury had crossed from the left wing.

The 4-2 defeat ends The Cobbydaler’s FA Cup dreams, but there’s still a league campaign to focus on, starting with a long trip to Bottesford on Tuesday night.

Hello to all at Silsden AFC,

For those who don’t know, I recently took the reigns as club chairman, something I’m immensely proud to push forward with. I’d like to give thanks to the fantastic work of John Lohan who has committed a huge amount of time to the role in recent years.

The club wouldn’t function without our hard working committee who work tirelessly to improve the facilities we offer, a special mention to the regular guys who are at the club daily to keep the wheels in motion.

It’s been a hectic start to the year, a fantastic pre season, some great results and a record breaking FA Cup run continues. For those who don’t know, our FA Vase run last year has meant an exemption to the later rounds, so more to come in November!

I’ll try keep this brief but I’ve some exciting news on the football front, as despite the demise of our WYL team; we will be working closely with Silsden Whitestar to integrate them within our setup moving forward.

This pathway is important to me, we have what is arguably the best junior setup locally and it’s going to be a big part of my role, engaging with the junior setup, coaches and managers and feeding this through to the first team.

Our first “family day” went tremendously well, and we will hopefully have more events in the future which bring together local people, families, groundhoppers and junior teams to offer a fantastic match day experience and spread the word about Silsden AFC.

Finally my thanks go to Cav, Paul, Harry, Indy and the coaching team for all their constant hard work and commitment, bringing a high standard of football to Silsden and constantly striving to improve.

That’s it from me, I will always be looking for good, bad and constructive feedback on the club, with a view to improving as much as possible going forward!

Cheers,
Will Twigg