Bolton Woods
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Bolton Woods
JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB
Bolton Woods Junior FC is based on Powell Road, Shipley in West
Yorkshire and pride themselves on being a friendly, community
chartered standard club that provides all visitors with a warm
welcome. General Manager Tony Miller oversees the work the
club carries out with Craig Holden being the club’s secretary.
The club is committed to playing
an important role in their local
community and runs a number of
youth sides. These teams look to
provide young players from the local
community with an opportunity to
play the game in a safe and enjoyable
environment whilst helping them to
reach their full potential.
It is vital for the future of the
game in the UK that club’s like
Bolton Woods Junior FC continue
to operate. They do a fantastic
job of producing players that will
contribute to the game for many
years.
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The club was first established
in 1988 by a group of women that
witnessed children playing outside
of their homes, hitting their cars and
had balls going into their gardens.
The suggestion was to take the
children to the local community
centre where they spoke with the
General Manager.
Eighteen children came down
and the solution was to enter them
into a league so that they could
channel their energy in a more
organised way. Since then the club
has made tremendous progress,
putting together a history of which
they have every right to be proud
with over 300 young boys and girls
now involved.
The club has achieved plenty of
success in recent times, winning
numerous
trophies
including
winning the Yorkshire Cup three
years running and have produced
a number of professional players
which include Lewis Emmanuel,
Craig Midgley, Chris Brandon and
Des Hamilton who have all worn
the colours of Bolton Woods Juniors
plus a lot more who have gone on to
play in the top flight of the amateur
game.