Holker Street Newsletter 44 - 29th January 1998

This edition of the Newsletter is an Anorak’s paradise, stats, stats, and more stats. Oh yes, there are some tables as well.


THE KIWI EX-BLUE
You may remember that before the start of this season, Barrow played Dundee in a friendly at Holker Street. In that game a New Zealander called Scott Smith played for Barrow, for whatever reason he didn’t sign for the club and is now with Woking, but he has just received a call up for the New Zealand side to play Chile in a friendly here in New Zealand next month.

Thanks to John Simmonds for that.


Richard Ingham has sent me the Barrow home programme from the Altrincham game, and the following was included which I thought would be of interest.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS BETWEEN BARROW AND ALTRINCHAM

HOLKER ST MOSS LANE
1912-13 LC1 2-3 0-1
1913-14 LC1 5-1 1-1
1914-15 LC1 0-0 0-7
1967-68 FAC(2) 2-1
1972-73 NPL 1-2 1-1
1973-74 NPL 0-3 0-3
1974-75 NPL 2-0 0-1
1975-76 NPL 1-1 0-4
1976-77 NPL 0-1 2-3
1977-78 NPL 1-2 0-2
1978-79 NPL 1-6 0-4
1979-80 APL 1-3 1-3
1980-81 APL 0-4 2-2
1981-82 APL 1-0 1-1
1981-82 BLT(2) 2-1 0-0
1982-83 APL 2-2 2-2
1984-85 GL 0-2 0-2
1985-86 GL 0-1 0-2
1987-88 FAT(4) 2-1 0-0
1988-89 FAT(3) 3-5
1989-90 VC 1-1 1-1
1990-91 VC 1-0 1-1
1990-91 BLT(2) 3-2 2-2
1991-92 VC 0-2 1-1
1991-92 BLT(2) 1-2
1996-97 FACQ(4) 1-1 0-4
1997-98 UPL 0-0 2-2

SUMMARY

P W D L F A
Holker Street 24 7 6 11 27 39
Moss Lane 27 1 11 15 25 62
TOTAL 51 8 17 26 52 101


Key: LC1 = Lancashire Combination Division One; NPL = Northern Premier League; APL = Alliance Premier League; GL = Gola League; VC = Vauxhall Conference; FAC = FA Cup; FAT = FA Trophy; BLT = Bob Lord Trophy; UPL = UniBond Premier League


CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWERS

1 OCAYF Oh Come All You Faithful
2 OLTOB O Little Town Of Bethlehem
3 ICUTMC It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
4 MBC Mary’s Boy Child
5 ASMKSC I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus
6 ITBMW In the Bleak Mid-Winter
7 GKWLO Good King Wenceslas Looked Out
8 TVMHABB The Virgin Mary Has A Baby Boy
9 SN Silent Night
10 WTKOOA We Three Kings Of Orient Are
11 IWTSYBB I Want To See Your Baby Boy
12 GRYMG Go Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13 WWYAMC We Wish You A Merry Christmas
14 DDMOH Ding Dong Merrily On High
15 OIRDC Once In Royal David’s City
16 AWGMOO As With Gladness Men Of Old
17 TTLS Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
18 OTFDOC On The First Day Of Christmas
19 RTRNR Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer
20 UUABIB Unto Us A Boy Is Born
21 WSWTFBN While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
22 AFTROG Angels From The Realm Of Glory
23 THATI The Holly And The Ivy
24 AIAM Away In A Manger
25 IDOAWC I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas

The club benefited to the tune of £2000 through this quiz.

LEAGUE FACTS

CLEAN SHEETS (AS AT 10/1/98)

16 Barrow
10 Boston United
8 Altrincham, Leigh United and Winsford
7 Runcorn
6 Gainsborough Trinity and Marine
5 Chorley, Emley, Frickley Athletic, Guiseley, Radcliffe Borough and Spennymoor United
4 Accrington Stanley, Bamber Bridge and Hyde United
3 Colwyn Bay and Lancaster City
2 Bishop Auckland and Blyth Spartans
1 Alfreton Town

FAILED TO SCORE (AS AT 10/1/98)

10 Alfreton Town and Gainsborough Trinity
9 Radcliffe Borough and Lancaster City
8 Blyth Spartans
7 Accrington Stanley
6 Bamber Bridge, Frickley Athletic and Winsford United
5 Bishop Auckland, Boston United, Chorley, Colwyn Bay and Spennymoor United
4 Altrincham, Hyde United, Marine and Runcorn
3 Barrow, Emley and Leigh RMI
1 Guiseley

HIGHEST ATTENDANCES (AS AT 10/1/98)
01/01/98 1730 Boston United v Gainsborough Trinity
25/08/97 1474 Barrow v Marine
01/01/98 1459 Barrow v Lancaster
09/09/97 1310 Barrow v Accrington Stanley
26/12/97 1295 Gainsborough Trinity v Boston United
15/11/97 1277 Barrow v Guiseley
08/11/97 1239 Boston United v Barrow
20/09/97 1220 Barrow v Colwyn Bay
04/10/97 1174 Barrow v Spennymoor United
23/09/97 1143 Barrow v Radcliffe Borough
23/09/97 1220 Lancaster City v Barrow

CONSECUTIVE WINS (AS AT 10/1/98)
4 Barrow
3 Blyth Spartans

GAMES WITHOUT DEFEAT (AS AT 10/1/98)
7 Leigh RMI
6 Boston United and Hyde United
4 Barrow, Blyth Spartans and Colwyn Bay

CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS (as at 10/01/98)
6 Lancaster City
3 Gainsborough Trinity

GAMES WITHOUT A WIN (as at 10/01/98)
11 Alfreton Town
10 Radcliffe Borough
7 Lancaster City

LEADING GOALSCORERS IN THE UNIBOND (as at 10/01/98 in order of League goals)

League/Cup Total
Liam Watson (Runcorn) 16 5 21
Keith Fletcher (Blyth Spartans) 13 6 19
Neil Mathews (Guiseley) 13 1 14
Neil Hardy (Altrincham) 12 5 17
Andy Shaw (Bishop Auckland) 12 3 15


LANCASHIRE ATS TROPHY SECOND ROUND RESULTS

Accrington Stanley 1 Great Harwood Town 0; Clitheroe 0 Chorley 2; Radcliffe Borough 0 Barrow 1; Southport 4 Marine 0

Which leaves Bamber Bridge v Blackpool Wren Rovers and Lancaster City v Bacup Borough neither of which I know the score (yet).


THE BARROW 100 CLUB
By Phil Yelland.

The following players have made more than 100 first team appearance in Cup and League games since the club left the League in 1972. These include active substitute appearances.

1 Colin Cowperthwaite 704
2 Kenny Gordon 510
3 Glenn Skivington 412
4 Kevin Proctor 357
5 Neil McDonald 344
6 Peter McDonnell 336
7 Kevin Thomas 316
8 Neil Doherty 300
9 Dave Large 300
10 Royston Taylor 285
11 Steve Brooks 233
12 Mick Richmond 233
13 Alan Cook 214
14 Tony Chilton 212
15 Paul Wilson 204
16 Jimmy Capstick 188
17 Billy Gilmour 184
18 John Martin 182
19 Brian McManus 181
20 Kenny Lowe 165
21 Steve Higgins 159
22 Stuart Toddhunter 154
23 Phil Jackson 148
24 Rob Thomas 146
25 Jon Balm 143
26 Barry Knowles 142
27 Danny Wheatley 141
28 Barry Diamond 138
29 Brian Arrowsmith 134
30 Barrie Stevens 132
31 Nigel Keen 122
32 Mickey Moore 121
33 Bobby Knox 119
34 Frank Gamble 116
35 Neil Morton 116 *
36 Chris Speak 113
37 Andy Brockbank 112
38 John Brady 108
39 Gary Messenger 108
40 Stuart Humphreys 101 *

Up to and including 20 December 1997. (* = still with the club.) Thanks to Michael Gardner from Norwich for the statistical assistance.


BARROW’S DISCIPLINARY RECORD

If anything is going to cost Barrow points this season it’s players having players miss games through suspensions. Living in New Zealand it’s impossible to pass judgement on the players, so I won’t. This is a list of bookings and sending off (in brackets) up to the home game against Altrincham.

Prior 10 (2), Brown 8, O’Keefe 8, Johnston 4, Jones 4, Coates 3, Cooper 2, Bauress 1, Farrelly 1, Hennigan 1, Humphreys 1, Higgins 1, Robertson 1, Marginson 1, McAuley 2 and Wright 1.


COLOURED BARROW PLAYERS

In the last Newsletter I asked who was the first coloured player to play for Barrow AFC. Clive Roddie has been in touch and reckons it was Dave Busby (1979/80, 10 appearances, 2 goals), then came Trevor Brissett (1984-85, 5/0) and then Walter Nesbitt (1985/87, 20(1)/2). Since then it’s Paul Robertson who’s in the present squad.


LEAGUE DIVISION THREE (NORTH) 1924 - 25

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 DARLINGTON 42 16 4 1 50 14 8 6 7 28 19 58
2 Nelson 42 18 2 1 58 14 5 5 11 21 36 53
3 New Brighton 42 17 3 1 56 16 6 4 11 19 34 53
4 Southport 42 17 2 2 41 7 5 5 11 18 30 51
5 Bradford Park Avenue 42 15 5 1 59 13 4 7 10 25 29 50
6 Rochdale 42 17 2 2 53 16 4 5 12 22 37 49
7 Chesterfield 42 14 3 4 42 15 3 8 10 18 29 45
8 Lincoln City 42 13 4 4 39 19 5 4 12 14 39 44
9 Halifax Town 42 11 5 5 36 22 5 6 10 20 30 43
10 Ashington 42 13 4 4 41 24 3 6 12 27 52 42
11 Wigan Borough 42 10 7 4 39 16 5 4 12 23 49 41
12 Grimsby Town 42 10 6 5 38 21 5 3 13 22 39 39
13 Durham City 42 11 6 4 38 17 2 7 12 12 51 39
14 BARROW 42 14 4 3 39 22 2 3 16 12 52 39
15 Crewe Alexandra 42 11 7 3 35 24 2 6 13 18 54 39
16 Wrexham 42 11 5 5 37 21 4 3 14 16 40 38
17 Accrington Stanley 42 12 5 4 43 23 3 3 15 17 49 38
18 Doncaster Rovers 42 12 5 4 36 17 2 5 14 18 48 38
19 Walsall 42 10 6 5 27 16 3 5 13 17 37 37
20 Hartlepool United 42 9 8 4 28 21 3 3 15 17 42 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 42 11 3 7 40 29 3 1 17 19 49 32
22 Rotherham United 42 6 5 10 27 31 1 2 18 15 57 21