2013–14 Nelson F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was the 30th season in the North West Counties Football League played by Nelson F.C., an English football club based in Nelson, Lancashire. It was their third consecutive season in North West Counties Football League First Division since the club re-entered the league in 2011. The season covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

Nelson finished as champions, securing promotion to the North West Counties Football League Premier Division. It was the first time Nelson had been champions in 62 years, the last being the Lancashire Combination under the leadership of legendary manager Joe Fagan.^[2] Nelson's win in the last game of the season against Rochdale Town secured a club record of 14 consecutive league wins.^[2] They also reached the first round of the FA Vase and the quarter finals of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.

Match results

North West Counties Football League First Division

Main article: 2013–14 North West Counties Football League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
000000002013-08-03-00003 August 2013	Leek County School Old Boys	A	W	4–0	Boswell, Berry (2), Anderton	48	^[3]
000000002013-08-07-00007 August 2013	Holker Old Boys	H	W	3–2	Higgins, Dawson, Hession	103	^[4]
000000002013-08-10-000010 August 2013	Chadderton	H	D	2–2	Barrick, Boswell	113	^[5]
000000002013-08-12-000012 August 2013	Atherton Collieries	A	L	1–2	Taylor	121	^[6]
000000002013-08-17-000017 August 2013	1874 Northwich	A	W	3–1	Barrick, Wright, Boswell	394	^[7]
000000002013-08-24-000024 August 2013	Cheadle Town	H	W	2–1	Barrick, Wright	92	^[8]
000000002013-08-28-000028 August 2013	Formby	A	W	3–1	Boswell, Allen, Finch	61	^[9]
000000002013-08-31-000031 August 2013	Irlam	H	L	2–5	Wright, Boswell	91	^[10]
000000002013-09-07-00007 September 2013	Hanley Town	A	L	0–3		184	^[11]
000000002013-09-11-000011 September 2013	Rochdale Town	H	W	6–1	Grimes, Berry, Wright (3), Turner	57	^[12]
000000002013-09-14-000014 September 2013	Oldham Boro	H	W	8–4	Finch (3), Allen (3), Barrick, Grimes	71	^[13]
000000002013-09-24-000024 September 2013	Chadderton	A	W	7–1	Wright (2), Melling (2), Allen (2), Boswell	65	^[14]
000000002013-09-28-000028 September 2013	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	H	W	5–1	Wright, Allen (2), Berry, Grimes	93	^[15]
000000002013-10-12-000012 October 2013	Northwich Flixton Villa	H	D	2–2	Allen, Wright	89	^[16]
000000002013-10-22-000022 October 2013	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	A	W	3–2	Grimes, Allen, Hession	55	^[17]
000000002013-10-26-000026 October 2013	Hanley Town	H	L	3–4	Allen, Melling (2)	40	^[18]
000000002013-11-09-00009 November 2013	Irlam	A	W	2–0	Allen (2)	65	^[19]
000000002013-11-16-000016 November 2013	Ashton Town	H	W	5–1	Abdullah (2), Wright, Grimes, E. O'Neill	79	^[20]
000000002013-11-30-000030 November 2013	Cheadle Town	A	W	3–2	Grimes (2), Hodgkiss	42	^[21]
000000002013-12-07-00007 December 2013	1874 Northwich	H	W	3–1	Melling, Barski, Wright	170	^[22]
000000002013-12-14-000014 December 2013	Daisy Hill	H	W	8–0	Abdullah (2), Finch, Wright (2), Hoskin, Allen, M. O'Neill	50	^[23]
000000002013-12-21-000021 December 2013	Formby	H	L	0–4		35	^[24]
000000002013-12-26-000026 December 2013	Holker Old Boys	A	W	2–1	Allen, E. O'Neill	101	^[25]
000000002014-01-04-00004 January 2014	Daisy Hill	A	W	4–3	Finch, Grimes, Hodgkiss, Wright	30	^[26]
000000002014-01-11-000011 January 2014	AFC Darwen	H	W	4–0	Hession (2), Wright, Grimes	120	^[27]
000000002014-02-08-00008 February 2014	Widnes Vikings	A	W	6–0	Grimes (2), Own goal, Ahmed, Wright, Da. Mahoney	78	^[28]
000000002014-02-22-000022 February 2014	Eccleshall	H	W	1–0	Hession	30	^[29]
000000002014-03-01-00001 March 2014	Widnes Vikings	H	W	8–1	Wright (3), Melling, M. O'Neill (2), J. O'Neill, E. O'Neill	40	^[30]
000000002014-03-08-00008 March 2014	Eccleshall	A	W	6–1	Wright (3), Grimes (2), J. O'Neill	42	^[31]
000000002014-03-10-000010 March 2014	Oldham Boro	A	W	6–0	J. O'Neill, Wright (3), Grimes, Hession	55	^[32]
000000002014-03-15-000015 March 2014	Ashton Town	A	W	2–1	Grimes, E. O'Neill	65	^[33]
000000002014-03-22-000022 March 2014	Leek County School Old Boys	H	W	7–0	Da. Mahoney, Wright (2), Holt, J. O'Neill, (2), Boswell	30	^[34]
000000002014-04-05-00005 April 2014	Atherton Collieries	H	W	4–2	Wright (2), J. O'Neill, Boswell	200	^[35]
000000002014-04-17-000017 April 2014	Northwich Flixton Villa	A	W	3–0	Wright, J. O'Neill, Ahmed	19	^[36]
000000002014-04-21-000021 April 2014	AFC Darwen	A	W	3–0	J. O'Neill (2), Boswell	207	^[37]
000000002014-04-24-000024 April 2014	Rochdale Town	A	W	4–1	Wright (2), J. O'Neill, Grimes	63	^[38]

FA Vase

Main article: FA Vase

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Second qualifying round	21 September 2013	Consett	A	W	4–3	Allen (2), Boswell, Wright	101	^[39]
First round	19 October 2013	Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association	A	L	0–2		30	^[40]

Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy

Main article: Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	000000002013-10-16-000016 October 2013	Colne	H	W	4–3	Wright, Hoskin, Allen (2)	80	^[41]
Second round	000000002013-11-19-000019 November 2013	Lancaster City	A	W	3–1	Hession, Abdullah, Moss	58	^[42]
Quarter final	000000002013-12-10-000010 December 2013	AFC Fylde	A	L	2–3	Grimes, Allen	113	^[43]

League Challenge Cup

Main article: 2013–14 North West Counties Football League

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	000000002013-10-05-00005 October 2013	Formby	A	L	0–4		44	^[44]

First Division Challenge Cup

Main article: 2013–14 North West Counties Football League

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	000000002013-11-02-00002 November 2013	Daisy Hill	A	W	3–0	Barski, Hoskin, Grimes	40	^[45]
Second round	000000002013-11-23-000023 November 2013	Irlam	H	W	6–1	Wright (3), Ahmed, Grimes, Abdullah	35	^[46]
Quarter final	000000002014-02-18-000018 February 2014	Holker Old Boys	A	L	0–1^[A]		31	^[47]

Player details

As of Match played 24 April 2014.^[1]^[48]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.


Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	League		Cup		Total
Abdullah, SakeelSakeel Abdullah	15 !11 (4)	4	06 !4 (2)	2	21 !15 (6)	6
Ahmed, AdnanAdnan Ahmed	14 !11 (3)	2	2	1	16 !13 (3)	3
Allen, RichardRichard Allen	16	15	7	5	23	20
Anderson, SamuelSamuel Anderson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Anderton, ThomasThomas Anderton	3	1	0	0	3	1
Barrick, JoshJosh Barrick	12	4	0	0	12	4
Barski, BrandonBrandon Barski	14 !4 (10)	1	07 !4 (3)	1	21 !8 (13)	2
Berry, MichaelMichael Berry	07 !4 (3)	4	02 !0 (2)	0	09 !4 (5)	4
Boswell, LiamLiam Boswell	22 !19 (3)	9	3	1	25 !22 (3)	10
Botham, LeeLee Botham	11 !10 (1)	0	2	0	13 !12 (1)	0
Brooks, JackJack Brooks	14 !6 (8)	0	05 !2 (3)	0	19 !8 (11)	0
Dawson, AdamAdam Dawson	6	1	0	0	6	1
Eaton, AndrewAndrew Eaton	02 !1 (1)	0	0	0	02 !1 (1)	0
Finch, DanielDaniel Finch	30 !26 (4)	6	07 !5 (2)	0	37 !31 (6)	6
Furey, PatrickPatrick Furey	0	0	03 !0 (3)	0	03 !0 (3)	0
Green, DarrenDarren Green	1	0	0	0	1	0
Grimes, RobertRobert Grimes	24	16	09 !8 (1)	3	33 !32 (1)	19
Hession, JonnyJonny Hession	31 !10 (21)	6	06 !3 (3)	1	37 !13 (24)	7
Hickman, CurtisCurtis Hickman	1	0	0	0	1	0
Higgins, AshleyAshley Higgins	03 !1 (2)	1	0	0	03 !1 (2)	1
Hill, AndrewAndrew Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hodgkiss, LydonLydon Hodgkiss	18 !17 (1)	2	4	0	22 !21 (1)	2
Holt, CharlieCharlie Holt	07 !6 (1)	1	0	0	07 !6 (1)	1
Hoskin, BenBen Hoskin	10	1	6	2	16	3
Kilford, IanIan Kilford	03 !2 (1)	0	0	0	03 !2 (1)	0
Lawless, NathanNathan Lawless	1	0	0	0	1	0
Lloyd, JakeJake Lloyd	26 !19 (7)	0	07 !6 (1)	0	33 !25 (8)	0
Mahoney, DannyDanny Mahoney	08 !7 (1)	2	0	0	08 !7 (1)	2
Mahoney, DominicDominic Mahoney	04 !1 (3)	0	0	0	04 !1 (3)	0
Melling, GeorgeGeorge Melling	15	6	7	0	22	6
Mihell, AshleyAshley Mihell	5	0	0	0	5	0
Morrison, MichaelMichael Morrison	07 !3 (4)	0	04 !3 (1)	0	11 !6 (5)	0
Moss, DanielDaniel Moss	0	0	02 !0 (2)	1	02 !0 (2)	1
Mullan, MarcMarc Mullan	02 !0 (2)	0	0	0	02 !0 (2)	0
Murphy, NicholasNicholas Murphy	04 !2 (2)	0	0	0	04 !2 (2)	0
Murphy, ThomasThomas Murphy	15 !13 (2)	0	2	0	17 !15 (2)	0
Nolan, WillWill Nolan	02 !0 (2)	0	01 !0 (1)	0	03 !0 (3)	0
O'Neill, EdEd O'Neill	16 !13 (3)	4	2	0	18 !15 (3)	4
O'Neill, JoeJoe O'Neill	8	10	0	0	8	10
O'Neill, MatthewMatthew O'Neill	12 !10 (2)	3	2	0	14 !12 (2)	3
Pilkington, AlexAlex Pilkington	2	0	1	0	3	0
Pilkington, MichaelMichael Pilkington	02 !1 (1)	0	0	0	02 !1 (1)	0
Stockdale, AdamAdam Stockdale	02 !0 (2)	0	0	0	02 !0 (2)	0
Szmidt, BlazeyBlazey Szmidt	01 !0 (1)	0	0	0	01 !0 (1)	0
Taylor, NatNat Taylor	07 !5 (2)	1	0	0	07 !5 (2)	1
Turner, ChrisChris Turner	13 !11 (2)	1	4	0	17 !15 (2)	1
Whitwell, MatthewMatthew Whitwell	17 !15 (2)	0	6	0	23 !21 (2)	0
Woodhead, BenjaminBenjamin Woodhead	32	0	8	0	40	0
Wright, PeterPeter Wright	29	33	8	5	37	38

Footnotes

A. ^ Nelson lost 1–2 in extra time following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.

References

1 2 "NWCFL D1 Statistics". App Box. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
1 2 "The Season in Stats". Nelson F.C. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Up and Running for 2013/14". Nelson F.C. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Jonny Comes Good as Nelson Steal the Points". Nelson F.C. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Pay The Penalty". Nelson F.C. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Bitten By Colls Comeback". Nelson F.C. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Made of the Wright Stuff as 1874 are Gunned Down". Nelson F.C. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Top League after Cheadle Victory". Nelson F.C. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Allen The Key To Win Over The Squirrels". Nelson F.C. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "League Leaders Brought Back Down To Earth". Nelson F.C. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Depleted Blues Out Battled by Hanley". Nelson F.C. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Wright Back On Track". Nelson F.C. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Double Hat-Tricks As Nelson Stay Top". Nelson F.C. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals In Seventh Heaven Again". Nelson F.C. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Allen Brace Sinks Rovers". Nelson F.C. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Stung by Late Villa Goal". Nelson F.C. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson up to 3rd". Nelson F.C. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Crazy 15 Minutes Leaves Admirals Promotion Hopes Stuttering". Nelson F.C. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Allen Brace Puts Blues Back In The Hunt". Nelson F.C. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "5 Star Nelson Top Table". Nelson F.C. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "10 Men Nelson Win on the Road". Nelson F.C. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Blues in 7th Heaven". Nelson F.C. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Grrrrrrr8 Nelson Demolish Daisy". Nelson F.C. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Squirrels Bury Blues". Nelson F.C. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "10 Man Admirals Grab Late Winner". Nelson F.C. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Wright Delivers On Time - Twice!". Nelson F.C. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Hession Haunt’s Darwen". Nelson F.C. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Slay the Vikings". Nelson F.C. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Hession on Target in Blues Win". Nelson F.C. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "The Three O’Neill’s Put Vikings to The Sword". Nelson F.C. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Score 6 in Staffordshire". Nelson F.C. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Blues Move 12 Clear". Nelson F.C. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Navigate Tricky Ashton Tie". Nelson F.C. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Blues Hit 7 as Weather Threatens to Stop Play". Nelson F.C. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Edge Closer to Promotion". Nelson F.C. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Victory leaves them on the brink of Promotion". Nelson F.C. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Admirals Do It At Darwen". Nelson F.C. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Rochdale Town 1–4 Nelson". Nelson F.C. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Carlsberg Don't Do Comebacks But.....". Nelson F.C. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Dumped out of FA Vase". Nelson F.C. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson V Colne Highlights". Nelson F.C. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Axe the Dollies". Nelson F.C. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson Drowned at the Seaside". Nelson F.C. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Cup Of Woe For Admirals". Nelson F.C. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Blues Breeze Past Daisies". Nelson F.C. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Ruthless Wright Runs Riot". Nelson F.C. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Report: Admirals Bow Out Of League Cup". Nelson F.C. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Nelson profile". North West Counties Football League. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

Nelson Football Club

The club	History Seasons Managers All players Football League players

Grounds	Seedhill Victoria Park

Football League years	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

NWCFL years	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

2013–14 in English football

« 2012–13

2014–15 »

FA competitions

Premier and Football Leagues

Men	Premier League Football League (Championship, League One, League Two) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (Championship Final, League One Final, League Two Final)

Women	Super League ('13, '14) FA Women's Premier League

Youth	Professional Development League (U21, U18)

Football Conference

Football Conference (Premier, North, South)
Play-offs (Premier Final)

Level 7–8

Level 9–10

European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League (Final)

Women	Champions League (Final)

Related to national teams

2014 FIFA World Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Cardiff City Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Hull City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Charlton Athletic Derby County Doncaster Rovers Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wigan Athletic Yeovil Town

League One	Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wolverhampton Wanderers

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Bury Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Fleetwood Town Hartlepool United Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Torquay United Wycombe Wanderers York City

Conference Premier	Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Barnet Braintree Town Cambridge United Chester Dartford FC Halifax Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hereford United Hyde Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Nuneaton Town Salisbury City Southport Tamworth Welling United Woking Wrexham

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, May 02, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.