As announced by manager Micheal Clegg in his post-match interview on Saturday, also returning to the club is forward Matt Chadwick who joins us on loan from Warrington Town. Previously playing a handful of games on loan for Colls in the North West Counties at the very start of their championship campaign of 2016/17, Matt […]

The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted a familiar figure at the Skuna on Saturday, after a spell as Oldham Athletic first-team goalkeeping coach, the legendary keeper Greg Hartley is back! Greg appeared for Colls in pre-season but took his new role in early August with all our best wishes, manager Micheal Clegg predicting that […]

The black n white stripes gratefully returned to league action The Skuna Stadium after doing almost 850 miles of travel in the previous fortnight following trips to South Shields, Gainsborough and Morpeth. FC United of Manchester were the opposition for a third meeting of the campaign with John Welsh, Michael Brewster and Danny O’Brien making […]

With their fourth consecutive away league game, having played only 3 home games this season, the Colls were on the road again. And this time for their longest ever journey, Morpeth Town on a Tuesday night. The destination was a very pleasant town to the north of Newcastle, the actual stadium located out of town […]

Gainsborough Trinity and Atherton Collieries are two sides looking to solidify some momentum ahead of a typically busy festive period. Currently residing in the lower echelons of the Betvictor Premier Division, Trinity and Colls met on Saturday in what was an unofficial six-pointer for the two sides. The Collieries fielded a familiar, attack-minded eleven. One […]

We are delighted to announce the “return” of Danny O’Brien to Atherton Collieries. Danny was listed as Trialist as he scored our second goal against Al-Ittihad in pre-season, although his identity was possibly the worst kept secret in town! Starting his youth career at Aston Villa, Danny made his first-team debut for Wigan Athletic in […]

For the second successive October, Non-League football obsessives Vanarama are rebranding to MANarama – and once again we want to help raise bucket loads of money for a very worthy cause. Last year, Vanarama – the official vehicle leasing partner of the BetVictor Northern Premier League – teamed up with Prostate Cancer UK and the […]

With the postponement of consecutive home games due to weather and opponent’s FA Cup commitments, Colls were back in action, away from home again. On the road to the north-east for the first of two visits during the month of October, visiting the league leaders and overwhelming favourites to take the title, South Shields. The […]

Sadly leaving the club this week is midfielder Oli Roberts. Joining in late 2018, Oli played a key role in our championship campaign. Opening his goal account for the club on the opening day of the season at Ashton United, Oli added to that tally in our win against Nantwich Town. We’d like to thank […]

The Northern Premier League Board of Directors have kick-started this season’s fundraising efforts for the league’s charity partners. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) and The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation were chosen as the NPL’s official charity partner, in memory of former Shaw Lane player Wilkinson, who collapsed on the pitch while playing in a cup […]