Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2012 22:58:06 GMT
After visiting Gainsborough Trinity a few weeks ago, I was keen to go to a game at Goole. I’ve always regarded the two places as a pair: both on the banks of major rivers; each a port (Gainsborough less so these days); each somewhat isolated and surrounded by flat countryside; both somewhere east of Doncaster. And, in football terms, they were often side-by-side in the Midland League and Northern Premier League.
Indeed, were you a keen reader of Soccer Star, you may know that Gainsborough Trinity and Goole Town were founder members when the Northern Premier League was formed in 1968. This would have placed each in the top twenty-two non-league clubs in the north of England. But now the two clubs are two divisions apart with Goole playing at an equivalent level to Tiverton, Taunton and Bridgwater.
In fact it’s not actually the same club that plays in Goole these days. The old Goole Town never progressed to the Conference but did keep its place in the Northern Premier League until 1993. It then went downhill pretty quickly and folded in the mid 1990s. A new club – Goole AFC – was founded in 1997 and has managed to progress up the pyramid. But they’re struggling at the moment and sacked their manager a few days ago.
Today’s opponents were New Mills from the Manchester/Stockport end of Derbyshire. New Mills are pretty new to this standard of football having stepped up from the North West Counties League a year or two back. They twice took the lead today in the first half only for Goole to equalise each time. New Mills then scored the only goal of the second half to win 3-2.
Goole play slap in the middle of town at the wonderfully-named Victoria Pleasure Grounds. If you ever travel by train between Doncaster and Hull you’ll see the ground on the left-hand side of the railway line as you enter Goole. On the opposite of the track is the port of Goole which is strategically placed for where the Ouse draws in various rivers and channels from west and south Yorkshire:
Indeed, were you a keen reader of Soccer Star, you may know that Gainsborough Trinity and Goole Town were founder members when the Northern Premier League was formed in 1968. This would have placed each in the top twenty-two non-league clubs in the north of England. But now the two clubs are two divisions apart with Goole playing at an equivalent level to Tiverton, Taunton and Bridgwater.
In fact it’s not actually the same club that plays in Goole these days. The old Goole Town never progressed to the Conference but did keep its place in the Northern Premier League until 1993. It then went downhill pretty quickly and folded in the mid 1990s. A new club – Goole AFC – was founded in 1997 and has managed to progress up the pyramid. But they’re struggling at the moment and sacked their manager a few days ago.
Today’s opponents were New Mills from the Manchester/Stockport end of Derbyshire. New Mills are pretty new to this standard of football having stepped up from the North West Counties League a year or two back. They twice took the lead today in the first half only for Goole to equalise each time. New Mills then scored the only goal of the second half to win 3-2.
Goole play slap in the middle of town at the wonderfully-named Victoria Pleasure Grounds. If you ever travel by train between Doncaster and Hull you’ll see the ground on the left-hand side of the railway line as you enter Goole. On the opposite of the track is the port of Goole which is strategically placed for where the Ouse draws in various rivers and channels from west and south Yorkshire:
