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12/6/2010	The Koolsport NCEL have changed the rules so clubs can now name up to five substitutes for matches, three of which can be used.
10/6/2010	The club has submitted a planning application for an extension to the clubhouse. A single storey extension to the kitchen & officials changing area is proposed. A decision is expected from Selby District Council before the 27th July.
5/6/2010	The England Seniors team beat Taiwan 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the 5th place play off, to claim the Plate Trophy. The tournament was won by Australia who beat Iran in the final 4-1.
27/5/2010	Albion manager / chairman, Paul Marshall and coach, Mark Smitheringale are heading to Thailand with Harrogate Veterans FC to represent England in the 5th Seniors World Cup. They will be defending the trophy they won last year. Also in the squad are three former Tadcaster Albion players, Mark Brady, Godwin Douglas & Nigel Emery. Their first qualifying match is against Armenia on the 31st May.
23/5/2010	It was a night of celebration on Friday at the Riley Smith Hall in Tadcaster, as Tadcaster Albion AFC held their annual dinner and presentation evening. The team who won the NCE League Division One title in April – the first trophy in the club's 118 year history – and its group of loyal supporters spent the evening recognising key individuals who the Club and players thought deserved special recognition.   They also heard from guest speaker Barrie McDermott, Leeds Rhinos and England Rugby League legend, who entertained them with stories about illustrious and controversial career.   Junior Leslie was presented Club man of the Year for his contribution to the running of the Reserve team. Both the first and reserve team gave awards to the Players' Player of the Year, Marc Thompson from the first team and Marcel Edwards from the reserve team. The Managers' Player of the Year awards went to Danny Pitts from the first team and Marcel Edwards from the reserve team. Danny Pitts was also voted Supporters' Player of the year.   The Club is looking forward to building on its success with the continued support of principle sponsor 2inspire. Rob Northfield of 2inspire has agreed to take over as chairman following the Club's AGM next month. He formally addressed the team and Club members for the first time saying, “The club has entered a new era, and started to create a history of success. Future success will be based on fresh investment, a spirit of fun, appreciation and a desire at all levels to succeed. We look forward to working even more for and with the local community as well as concentrating on improved performance on the pitch. We invite anyone interested in our plans to contact me and especially if you wish in some way to offer support to Tadcaster Albion.”   Rob Northfield: 07768005776 tadcasteralbion-community@hotmail.co.uk The awards were as follows: Supporters Player of the Year: Danny Pitts Managers Player of the Year: Danny Pitts Reserves Players Player of the Year: Marc Thompson Reserves Managers Player of the Year: Marcel Edwards Reserves Players Player of the Year: Marcel Edwards Reserves Goal of the Year: Dale Lumley Clubman of the Year: Junior Leslie    Jeff, Ryder, Taylor, James, Elliker & Woolard                                                   Danny Pitts              Junior Leslie                                               Marc Thompson                                         Marcel Edwards
17/5/2010	Club Shop Tadcaster Albion Champions scarf £7 Tadcaster Albion pin badge £3 Tadcaster Albion car sticker £1 Coming soon.... polo shirts
15/5/2010	Reserve team captain, Sam Farthing has won the Tadcaster Albion Fantasy Premier League with a score of 2319. Sam O'Brien was 2nd with 2237 points & Jon Darnton 3rd with 2229 points. There were a total of 27 teams entered.
13/5/2010	The Reserve team have completed their league fixtures with a 4-1 win over Copmanthorpe. They finished in 11th place in the York League Premier Division, with a total of 10 wins, 1 draw & 15 defeats. Their cup campaign continues with a quarter final at Huntington on Monday night.
9/5/2010	Link to a match report of Tadcaster Albion's League Championship winning night. Which includes a Youtube clip of the presentation. All courtesy of Paul Kirkwood. http://facupgroundhopper.blogspot.com/ Link to the BBC webdite report of the night, which includes an interview with Paul Marshall. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8650421.stm
2/5/2010	Website traffic for April 2010. 12573 page views, 4413 visits from 2251 unique users. On the 30th April we had 431 visits.
1/5/2010	The average home attendance in the League this season was 99, this represents a 55% increase compared to last season. A total of 2159 spectators attended the home league and cup matches, this is an increase of 60% compared to last season.
29/4/2010	Links to press reaction and match reports to Tadcaster Albion's League Championship winning night. http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/sport/Magnificent-Taddy-scoop-title.6263188.jp http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/Local-soccer-Super-sub-Mike.6257771.jp
28/4/2010	A message from Leeds Carnegie manager, Graham Potter. Can I just take the opportunity to pass on my congratulations to Paul Marshall and his coaching staff and players at Tadcaster Albion for becoming NCEL Division 1 Champions. Tadcaster have been strong and consistent all year and I am pleased for the club who I know have waited a long time for some silverware. They have had to overcome the adversity of the recent floods and it is a huge credit to Paul and his players that they have taken the club to the next level. I would also like to congratulate Mark Brier, Darren Atwood and the players at Brighouse Town. They put together a fantastic run of results this season and I am sure that the disappointment of losing out on the league title will be compensated for by promotion which is a magnificent achievement by everyone at the club. I would like to wish both clubs the best of luck in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. Graham.
27/4/2010	Paul Marshall has described tonight's game as the biggest in the club's 118 year history. Albion need to win to seal promotion and the championship.   Marshall, who combines the roles of chairman and manager, said: “It’s all set up for us, it's the biggest game in the club’s history.   “Tadcaster have never won anything in their history and it would be a massive achievement if we can win it.”   Last season, Albion finished third from bottom of the table and in financial turmoil, but Marshall has transformed the club on and off the field.   “It’s been a great turnaround from last season,” he said. “Everybody was saying ‘poor old Tadcaster’ and we struggled year in and year out with fires and floods."   “It’s nice to have some success. Everybody has worked extremely hard to put us on a level footing."   “When you are so close to success, you really want to finish the job off.”   With so much at stake, Marshall is refusing to underestimate the threat posed by mid-table Hemsworth.   He said: “The equation is simple – if we don’t win, we don’t go up.   “The players have got to be on their game and fully motivated to win the league, which they should be, Hemsworth are the league’s third highest goalscorers, so it’s going to be a tough game.   “But we have got everybody available and I’ve got some massive decisions to make.”
23/4/2010	Links to the latest Tadcaster Albion newspaper acticles. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/nonleaguesoccer/Maximum-haul-is-a-must.6247966.jp http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/sport/Tadcaster-Albion-shoot-for-the.6247488.jp
5/4/2010	Tadcaster Albion acticle in Sunday's Independant newspaper. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/outside-the-box-have-it-pint-of-john-smiths-tempts-gary-mac-to-play-again-1935312.html
29/3/2010	Tadcaster Albion have signed the former Leeds and Liverpool midfielder Gary McAllister. The ex Scottish international has signed on and will possibly be involved in the end of season run in. He had a playing career that spanned 19 years and made 720 club appearences, scoring 119 goals. He played for Motherwell, Leicester City, Leeds Utd, Liverpool and Coventry City. He won 57 caps for Scotland for whom he scored 5 times. Manager, Paul Marshall who pulled off this major transfer coup said "Gary's 45 but he still looks fit and he can do a job for us. Hopefully he'll pull a few more supporters in."
26/3/2010	Tadcaster Albion have signed Tom Reid & Tom Matthews from Selby Town. Tom Reid is a defender who started the season at Scarborough Athletic before moving to Selby Town. Tom Matthews is a midfield player who has been at Selby Town for 7 seasons. He scored 10 goals for Selby last season.
20/3/2010	Tom Woolard has signed for Tadcaster Albion. Tom is a striker who most recently played for Farsley Celtic. He started his career in the youth section at Leeds United before being offered a place at Leicester City. Following his departure from the Leicester City, he had a brief spell at Armthorpe Welfare and then spent several years playing in North Carolina, USA, before returning to England in 2009.
18/3/2010	Albion's promotion rivals, Leeds Carnegie have been docked three points and removed from the Wilkinson Sword Trophy after fielding a player without international clearance.
16/3/2010	Former Tadcaster Albion striker, Danny Gray has left Scarborough Athletic to join Pickering Town.
6/3/2010	Former Tadcaster Albion midfielder, Rob Ellis has left Scarborough Athletic. He is reported as wishing to take a little time out of the game before reassessing his situation.
19/2/2010	The names of the President's Club members have been added to the Sponsorship page. There are many more to add, these will be added over the next few weeks. Many thanks to all of those who have joined, your support is greatly appreciated.
12/2/2010	The clubhouse will be open every Monday from 10am. Anyone who has any spare time is welcome to join the Ground Maintenance Team and help us carry out repairs, redecoration and maintenance to the ground and clubhouse. Free hot or cold drinks will be provided.
10/2/2010	The telephone landline has been removed from the clubhouse. Anyone wishing to contact the club by phone are advised to call the mobile telephones of Paul Marshall, Kevin Derry or James Hamilton. Their numbers are at the bottom of the website home page.
8/2/2010	Mrs Helen Hamilton has been appointed the Community Liaison Officer. The role will involve improving the profile of the club in Tadcaster and identifying ways by which the club can give back to the town.
3/2/2010	Mr Phil Derry won £100 in the President's Club cash draw. Alan Jackson has left Tadcaster Albion to join Glasshoughton Welfare. He scored two goals for Glasshoughton in his debut last night. Jacko rejoined Albion at the start of this season and scored 5 goals. We wish him well at his new club.
27/1/2010	Under 18's will be able to watch Albion's home games for nothing. The club had decided to drop the £2 admission charge for the rest of the season to encourage more kids to come and support the club.
26/1/2010	Vacancies:   The club also requires a voluntary Groundsman to look after the playing surface and keep the ground generally neat and tidy. This would ideally suit someone who is retired or semi retired and who is able to spare a few hours a week. Duties include marking the pitch out before matches and maintaining the playing surface. We are still looking for a permanent Programme Editor to produce the matchday programme. If any of these positions interest you please contact the club.
25/1/2010	Terry Taylor has signed for Tadcaster Albion. Terry is a former Haxby United midfielder who now plays in the York League for Nestle. He made his debut away at Brighouse Town.
17/1/2010	Darren Wilson has been appointed the Reserve team manager.
15/1/2010	Tadcaster Albion have signed Andy Dawson from Pickering Town. Andy had spent six seasons at Selby Town before he moved to Pickering Town last October. He is a dependable right back who can also play centre back. His previous clubs include York City, Carlisle United, Scarborough & Whitby Town.
13/1/2010	Defender, Ryan Watson underwent knee surgery last week. He is suffering from a torn cruciate that will need a full reconstruction. An MRI scan is planned for the next couple of weeks before going for the reconstruction surgery. Following the operation there will be a 9 to 12 month rehabilitation period. Everyone at the club wish him a full and speedy recovery.
10/1/2010	A new sponsorship page has been added to the website.
8/1/2010	Time is running out to join the President's Club before the first cash prize draw on the 1st of February. The President's Club is a new way to support the football club while at the same time potentially win yourself some money. For £10 a month you will be entered into a monthly prize draw with a minmum cash prize of £100 (£500 maximum). You will also be entitled to free admission to all home league matches and inclusion of your name or company on the President's Members board displayed in the Clubhouse and on the website. Call Paul Marshall on 07949452054 or Kevin Derry on 07836712708 as soon as possible to join.
21/12/2009	Tadcaster Albion have lost the services of two more defenders. Rob Whitehead has been transferred to NCEL Division 1 rivals Yorkshire Amateur, while Karl Jankowicz has moved down south on business. Paul Marshall is considering whether he will need to strengthen the squad defensively to compensate for the loss of these players.
9/12/2009	Flooding update: The remaining flood water was pumped off the pitch yesterday. Dry weather is needed to give the ground an opportunity to dry out before Saturday's match.
4/12/2009	Flooding update: 25% of the pitch is still under water. The car park is now fully accessible. We are hoping for some dry weather to allow the pitch to dry up before the next home match against Rossington on the 12th December.
1/12/2009	Flooding update: The flood water has dropped significantly, access to the clubhouse can be made on foot rather than by the boat that was used yesterday. Only a small amount of water got into the away dressing room. Tadcaster Albion boss, Paul Marshall was interviewed on Radio York this morning. He confirmed that the pitch is under water and said it was too early to predict when Albion's next home match will be. He said he is worried about the players fitness with them unable to train at the ground and is keen to organise a training session, possibly this weekend. Ex Albion winger, Dave Watson has left Brighouse Town and signed for Unibond Premier club Ossett Town.
30/11/2009	The ground has been seriously flooded again. The River Wharfe burst its banks and has submerged the pitch and car park under at least 1.2 metres of flood water. The water appears to be entering the clubhouse.
11/11/2009	Tadcaster Albion (& Haxby Utd) pair Marc Thompson & Darren Brandon have been selected for the York Minster Engineering Football League representative squad to play the Leeds Old Boys League team. The match will take place tonight at Altofts ground, near Castleford., kick off is 7.30pm.
7/11/2009	Kevan Thorpe has left Tadcaster Albion to joined Worsbrough Bridge Athletic. He played centre back for the reserve team and was tipped by many as a future 1st teamer. However, with such strong competition for defensive places this season he has seen his chances of promotion to the 1st team diminish. We wish him well at his new club.
6/11/2009	Tadcaster Albion were beaten 1-0 by Kippax in the Temple Newsam Cup Final. The game at Selby Town was played the day after the County Cup match with Guiseley that went into extra time and Tadcaster were forced to rest many of the first team players. See match report.
5/10/2009	Reaction to Tadcaster Albion controversial defeat at Whickham.   Albion boss Paul Marshall was left fuming by what he discribed a “devastating” decision.   Played in a gale force wind that made it difficult for either team to play any decent football. Both teams were deadlocked at 0-0 with just seconds to go after 120 minutes of very few goal scoring opportunities.   Then, as a Whickham corner came in Albion defender Paul James was ruled to have impeded a home striker. James was sent off and the resulting penalty sent the Tadcaster side back home cursing their bad luck.   Said manager Marshall: “Nobody else saw a foul and Paul afterwards said the lad just ran into him. And not only do they get a penalty but Paul’s sent off and he now faces a three-match ban.   “It was a nothing game and we thought ‘okay, let’s get them down to Tad on Tuesday and we’ll beat them there’.   “We never played well, but they never had a shot until the penalty, so to go out like that is devastating.”
3/10/2009	Chris Storey has signed for Tadcaster Albion. He played and impressed for Dringhouses in their recent victory against the reserves.
2/10/2009	Two of our ex-players are on the move. Andy Battersby has moved from Thackley to Maltby Main & Mark Brady has moved from Brighouse Town to Emley.
1/10/2009	Website traffic for September 2009. 6531 page views, 1830 visits from 870 unique users.
25/9/2009	Manager, Paul Marshall has descibed his pride in Albion's FA Vase performance. He said, "It's been a great effort by all the lads. Saturday wasn't our best performances but we got the job done and we got 900 quid for it. "All credit to the side for the way we played, they all worked exceptionally hard and they did the club proud, it was an absolutely superb result. "The whole club's buzzing at the moment, we've just got to keep it going." Marshall has already starting doing his homework on Whickham, the side they face in the next round. "They play in the Northern League 2nd Division, I was speaking to someone from Marske Utd who beat them 2-0 recently and he was saying they are a big, strong team who are well organised. They have a lad called Pitt who scores a lot of goals for them so we'll look out for that. But now teams will be looking at us after our start to the season," he said.
18/9/2009	Tadcaster Albion have signed the former Goole player manager, Nigel Danby. Danby, a centre back, left Goole last week. Paul Marshall is delighted with his new recruit, saying: “Nigel resigned as Goole manager and played for us against Hemsworth on Tuesday night.   “He’s 36, but he wants to play for another year and it’s great to have him here. He helped guide us through in the Wilkinson Sword Trophy match against Hemsworth and he looked as fit as anybody when the game went into extra-time.”
22/7/2009	Josh O'Neill has left Tadcaster Albion to rejoin his home team, Selby Town. He played in Selby's friendly defeat at Goole last night. He was a regular in midfield for Albion since joining last September.
20/7/2009	Tadcaster Albion is keeping up with the latest internet fashion and has created its own Twitter page. To take a look click here http://twitter.com/TadcasterAlbion
25/6/2009	At tonights AGM Kevin Derry stepped down as Acting Chairman and has been appointed President. Paul Marshall will take over as the Chairman.
23/6/2009	Mark Smitheringale is joining the Tadcaster Albion coaching team. Mark played professionally for Peterborough Utd and appeared in the 1984 FA Vase final for Stamford. He has managed Clitheroe and has coached at Harrogate Railway & Goole.
1/6/2009	Tadcaster manager, Paul Marshall is a World Cup winner. Appearing for the Harrogate Veterans team in Thailand. After a dramatic penalty shoot-out win in the Semi-Final against Iran they came out 1-0 winners in the Final against Australia.