Joomla! site syndication http://www.leufc.co.uk Fri, 09 May 2008 18:07:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.leufc.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.leufc.co.uk Joomla! site syndication http://www.leufc.co.uk/content/view/177/56/ Glyn Stacey and Mark Harvey have been confirmed as the new management team at Long Eaton United. The duo bid farewell to South Normanton Athletic, who are in danger of folding if they fail to find a new committee to run the club next season. They will replace Craig Weston, who quit Grange Park last month. Stacey previously managed Long Eaton for more than three years before leaving in July 2005. He rejoins the Blues having resolved his differences with chairman Jim Fairley. I had my problems with the chairman last time around but that has all been sorted out now, said Stacey. There was a breakdown in communication but that was three years ago. We have all moved on now. We are very pleased to have Mark on board and happy that Glyn is coming back too, said Fairley. We have both moved on since he was here before and there are no grudges. The two of them have a good record of attracting players and the lads at South Normanton can't speak highly enough of them. Bryan Webster has taken on the role of Senior Liason Officer and his job will be to oversee the running of the senior teams Webster said we spent a lot of money last season although this was never mentioned. The first thing I will be doing is applying for promotion and then there can be no excuses With regard to ambition later in the season. Stacey and Harvey's target now is to achieve promotion from the Northern Counties East Premier Division to the UniBond League. In my eyes, Long Eaton is one of the best clubs in this area, said Harvey. Everything is in place to push forward. Our aim is to take the club into the UniBond League and I can't wait for next season to start now. Fairley added: I would love to get there next season but that would be an unfair target to set. Realistically, they might need a year to have a look at the club but if we are in the mix by around November, we will have a good push for it. We would like to thank South Normanton for their support in allowing Mark and Glyn to come to us and in particular Pete Kane. We are all hoping that we are still Going to be able to play them next season and some help will come their way. Stacey and Harvey admitted they were both sad to be leaving South Normanton. I am hoping they will keep going in some form as the club has been brilliant to us, said Stacey. We had two good years there but had taken them as far as they could go. News - Latest Fri, 09 May 2008 15:41:09 +0100 http://www.leufc.co.uk/content/view/176/56/ Long Eaton United is please to announce the appointment of Mark Harvey Glyn Stacey to the manager's positions for the 1st Team. We would also like to thank South Normanton in letting us release this information while they have one game left to play this season. News - Latest Thu, 01 May 2008 20:53:58 +0100 http://www.leufc.co.uk/content/view/174/51/ Long Eaton:- Rollson, Chambers (Howe 85), McGinty (Spencer 75), Allsop, Watts, McCall, Bonnick, Burton, North (Downie 70), Steadman, Fowkes The Blues were without Michael Buckley (injured) and Marc Stryzewski, with Mat McCall back in midfield. On a very good playing surface , the Blues played excellent football ,controlling the first 15 minutes. Channon North had a glorious chance to put the Blues ahead after 5 min but after being put through by Danny Chambers could only see his shot cannon off the legs of keeper Lee Ashworth to safety. Courtney Bonnick and Alex Steadman linked up well , with Bonnick testing keeper Ashworth with a shot on the turn. Against the run of play Liversedge went ahead when a poor clearance by Paul McGinty was returned into the box and Nicky Boshell fired a shot across keeper Marc Rollson into the net. This lifted the home side , with skipper Craig Shuttleworth taking control of the midfield and it was from his cross that Brooke Newton headed home , although there was some slack marking by the Blues defence. The game was now end to end and both sides squandered good chances before the break. Half Time Liversedge 2 Long Eaton 0 The home side forced the pace in the early part of the second half, with Newton and Luke Sherman going close. The Blues rode the storm with Allsop and Steadman having shots cleared by the home defence. Scott Downie was introduced and engineered what was to be the turning point of the game when he was pulled down by keeper Ashworth for a penalty, but from the resulting spot kick, Mat McCall’s shot was turned round the post by keeper Ashworth ( this his first miss in 9 attempts). 5 minutes from time, in a rare breakaway by the home side, keeper Rollson was adjudged to have pulled Nicky Boshell down in the area, a harsh decision, but up stepped Bushell to send Rollson the wrong way to make the sore 3-0. A hardworking display by the Blues, who were certainly not inferior to their top six opponents Final Score Liversedge 3 Long Eaton 0 For pictures from todays match click below News - Match Reports Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:53:25 +0100 http://www.leufc.co.uk/content/view/173/51/ Rollins, Chambers, McGinty, Allsop, Watts, Burton, Buckley, Stryzewski, North, Staedman, Fowkes (Bonnick 80) Subs: Newton, Spencer Referee Mr K Hayward (Liecester) The Blues welcomed back Michael Buckley but were without Mat McCall (unavailable) Nathan Parker and Scott Downie through injury, with Ben Burton making a start on the left. In a torrential hailstorm which left the surface like a skating rink, the visitors, fighting for points to avoid relegation defied there lowly league position and were the first to press, testing the Blues defence with captain Nick Robinso and Craig Bridge making good runs but unable to test keeper Marc Rollston. The Blues settled and Alex Steadman unleashed a powerful shot on the run which keeper Paul McGann did well to palm away before he was again in action blocking shot from Ben Burton with his legs. Graham Fowkes just failed to get on the end of a Michael Buckley cross before McGann again kept his goal intact with another fine save from Channon North. The visitors were still looking dangerous but Mickey Allsop and Josh Watts held firm at the back, the half finishing with Alex Steadman wasting the chance of the half , blazing the ball over after turning his man in the box. HALF TIME LONG EATON 0 LINCOLN MOORLANDS 0 The visitors had the advantage of the wind at the restart and went ahead on 50 minutes. The dangerous Craig Bridge picked the ball up out wide, turned inside full back Paul McGinty and curled in a beautiful shot beyond the outstretched hands of keeper Rollson into the top corner of the net. Lincoln went further ahead a few minutes later when Josh Watts misjudged a headed clearance, the ball dropping to Bridges, who cleverly turned Mickey Allsop and fired a low shot past keeper Rollson. The Blues came back, but could not break down the Lincoln defence with both Alex Steadman and Michael Buckley having shots blocked, to leave the Blues facing defeat, with still a lot of work to do to reach that top six spot. LONG EATON 0 LINCOLN MOORLANDS 2 Click below for picture of the game News - Match Reports Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:08:57 +0100 http://www.leufc.co.uk/content/view/172/51/ Source: Long Eaton Advertiser Long Eaton United Ladies hopes of promotion from the East Midlands Division One suffered a huge blow as they were beaton 2 - 0 by Hinckley United in their final game of the season. Despite having led the division for most of the season, the ladies needed to beat Hinckley to secure the runners up spot for promotion but they now must wait for other teams to finish their games who could overtake them in the standings. It looks like we will finish third but we're hanhing on to that runners-up spot and hoping manager Kevin Hancock said. I am disappointed but it's just one of those things and it shows we punched above our weight at the start of the season. We played some quite good football against Hinckley but we gave a silly goal away and then thier second was offside. I truth though we didn't vreate many chances and we didn't seem to get the rub of the green News - Match Reports Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:18:29 +0100