Yarm and
Eaglescliffe
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Yarm and Eaglescliffe
FOOTBALL CLUB
Yarm and Eaglescliffe FC has enjoyed a fine campaign this time
around, winning the North Riding Saturday County Cup. Sport NE
Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative
Daniel Hawkins to find out more about the good work
the club ahs been doing lately.
Involvement
He told us, “I have been involved with the
club ever since the very first training session
back in March 2017. My good work friend
Luke Allen, founder of the Club and current
player, secretary and treasurer, asked me to
come down as he knew I was an ex-District
and TJFA footballer during my time at school.
Even though I hadn’t played Club football
since my College days back in 2010, I felt like it
was something I was keen to be getting back in to,
and with my long-time commitment of going to watch
Middlesbrough FC as a season ticket dying due to their
struggles in the Premier League, I felt like it was the perfect
time to get back playing.”
Challenges/Ambitions
“I think the Club really has ambitions to push on in to the
Northern League or the Wearside League in the next five
years. In the meantime, while we await news about
the possible development of our facilities, we have
ambitions to become League champions in the
North Riding Premier Division and hopefully
get some silverware which we can proudly
display in our clubhouse in the future! We have
promising plans already in motion to expand
next season, creating an Over 35’s side and a
Reserve side on Sundays.
I think the biggest challenge is obviously
going to be to continue to grow as a Club in the
coming years, especially with aspects such as
finances and securing our own facilities. Another
challenge may also be current Northern/Wearside
League clubs sniffing around for some of our players,
but I hope that all of us currently involved and those
coming in can really buy into what we all believe this Club can
achieve in the coming years.”
Present
“The Club is bouncing at the minute and everyone has good
reason to be proud of the season so far. With a steady first campaign
under our belts we seem to have really pushed on this season and
currently sit 3rd in the North Riding Premier Division and won the
North Riding County Cup in only our second year of existence.
Last season I’d say we had a pretty solid first season as a newly
formed Club. Despite finding it hard to begin with, losing our first
seven league games and getting knocked out of a Cup competition, we
steadily improved and comfortably finished mid-table.
All that is credit to the lads that turned up each week when we
struggled at the start and trained hard during the week. The role of
our newly appointed Coach back then (and now Chairman) Marty
Clennett was key to our development and securing our Premier
Division status last season too so massive credit must go to him also.”
Youth
“I believe that the success of the club over the past eighteen
months, especially this season, has led to word getting out that Yarm
now has an exciting Men’s Football Team on the up, and as such we’ve
been able to attract some very good youth prospects along the way.
Last season we fielded a couple of under 20’s who were regulars in
the side, although that record has since been smashed this season by a
16-year-old making his debut for us back in October.
Our manager Glenn Kyle is very careful with integrating the young
lads into the senior game. Giving them 10-15 minutes at the end of the
game is great to begin their development within such a physical and
competitive league, but the young lads are mixing it with the ‘more
experienced’ members of the squad at every training session. Plans for
a new Reserves team to begin next season will allow the youngsters
and those needing game time to grow into the senior game, ensuring
they are ready to help on Saturdays when they are needed.”
Community
“We are absolutely a community club. I think the number of local
lads playing for us, especially the youngsters we are now getting to
come down, speaks volumes about our role in the community. We
have numerous sponsorships with the local businesses and have a
number of locals down to watch us every week. We also get involved
with local charities too and over the past two years have created
Christmas CAUSE hampers for those who would otherwise find
Christmas a struggle, which is something that all the players, coaching
staff, supporters and sponsors get involved with and contribute to.”
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“I first got involved with the club through Luke who used to play
football against him, I also used to play with and for Glen, the manager.
We sponsor a couple of players at the club and have been doing that
since the club formed last year. I would like to say Marty and Luke do
a tremendous job down at the club and it was great to see the club
win the Cup Final and I’d like to congratulate them on their success.”
Guy Jones
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