Turn Right at Mottram Roundabout - Week 2
Tue 16th August 2016 | General | By Stewart Taylor
Starting with the answer to last week’s mystery ground, the club we were looking for was Stockport Town.
The quick link referred to the Crown on Heaton Lane in Stockport (awesome view of the viaduct from the outside gents). The viaduct being the very famous structure which dominates Stockport as it carries the railway line from Stockport Station over the valley towards Manchester.
Completed in 1840, the Grade II* listed viaduct remains the largest brick built structure in the UK.
The photo shows the impressive fitness suite at Stockport Sports Village where members can get fit whilst watching the football.
Hope that was entertaining, and here we go with Week 2, which for regular followers of the League shouldn’t be too tricky but, again, the quick link might prove to be more of a challenge.
This small town in the Metropolitan District of Greater Manchester boasts no less than three non-league football teams playing at different levels in the National League System.
Full of heavy industry since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, this town has, like many in our area, seen a massive transformation over recent years as traditional industries closed down to be replaced by light engineering and retail.
This town is noted for opening the first Pound Pub in Greater Manchester where halves of beer cost just £1 in 2014. Described by some as an innovative approach it may well be worth pointing out that my local sells bitter for less than £1 per half even now – two years later.
Speaking of beer, the town is home to the annual Bent ‘n’ Bongs Beer Bash. Bent is the old nickname for this town and Bongs is the nickname of a nearby town which is very familiar to at least one of the League Management Committee.
There is evidence of a Roman road in the town but the A579 may be more suited to the modern day horse-less carriage. For those travelling by public transport, the 33 bus service between Manchester and Wigan is useful and trains go from Manchester Victoria to here.
There have been few chess grandmasters in the UK but one of them, Nigel Short, came from this place as did one of the most innovative of engineers in Eric Laithwaite, the inventor of the linear induction motor.
This year we remember the events of the Battle of Jutland as it was 100 years ago that the only full scale battleship engagement of the First World War took place as Lord Jellicoe led his fleet into battle against the Imperial German Navy.
It was also 100 years ago that this club was formed taking its name from the town and the major source of employment in the town at that time. The club badge represents this. Founder members of the NWCFL back in 1982, this club, appropriately in their centenary year, finished the 2015-16 season at their highest level ever in the football pyramid.
The club still occupy the same ground as at their formation although it has seen many changes over the years. There is a famous quote associated with this ground in which one stand was described as “leaning forward as if in prayer for its continued survival”. This stand “gave up the ghost” so to speak when it was demolished in 2007.
Quick question – what links this club to the little known American philanthropist Arnold M. Eisen?
Turn Right at Mottram Roundabout - Week 2
Tue 16th August 2016 | General
By Stewart Taylor
Starting with the answer to last week’s mystery ground, the club we were looking for was Stockport Town.
The quick link referred to the Crown on Heaton Lane in Stockport (awesome view of the viaduct from the outside gents). The viaduct being the very famous structure which dominates Stockport as it carries the railway line from Stockport Station over the valley towards Manchester.
Completed in 1840, the Grade II* listed viaduct remains the largest brick built structure in the UK.
The photo shows the impressive fitness suite at Stockport Sports Village where members can get fit whilst watching the football.
Hope that was entertaining, and here we go with Week 2, which for regular followers of the League shouldn’t be too tricky but, again, the quick link might prove to be more of a challenge.
This small town in the Metropolitan District of Greater Manchester boasts no less than three non-league football teams playing at different levels in the National League System.
Full of heavy industry since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, this town has, like many in our area, seen a massive transformation over recent years as traditional industries closed down to be replaced by light engineering and retail.
This town is noted for opening the first Pound Pub in Greater Manchester where halves of beer cost just £1 in 2014. Described by some as an innovative approach it may well be worth pointing out that my local sells bitter for less than £1 per half even now – two years later.
Speaking of beer, the town is home to the annual Bent ‘n’ Bongs Beer Bash. Bent is the old nickname for this town and Bongs is the nickname of a nearby town which is very familiar to at least one of the League Management Committee.
There is evidence of a Roman road in the town but the A579 may be more suited to the modern day horse-less carriage. For those travelling by public transport, the 33 bus service between Manchester and Wigan is useful and trains go from Manchester Victoria to here.
There have been few chess grandmasters in the UK but one of them, Nigel Short, came from this place as did one of the most innovative of engineers in Eric Laithwaite, the inventor of the linear induction motor.
This year we remember the events of the Battle of Jutland as it was 100 years ago that the only full scale battleship engagement of the First World War took place as Lord Jellicoe led his fleet into battle against the Imperial German Navy.
It was also 100 years ago that this club was formed taking its name from the town and the major source of employment in the town at that time. The club badge represents this. Founder members of the NWCFL back in 1982, this club, appropriately in their centenary year, finished the 2015-16 season at their highest level ever in the football pyramid.
The club still occupy the same ground as at their formation although it has seen many changes over the years. There is a famous quote associated with this ground in which one stand was described as “leaning forward as if in prayer for its continued survival”. This stand “gave up the ghost” so to speak when it was demolished in 2007.
Quick question – what links this club to the little known American philanthropist Arnold M. Eisen?
