Ilkley Town

FORMED
1948 (As Ilkley Rangers)

MANAGER
Sam Dexter

GROUND
MPM Stadium

TWITTER
@ilkleytown

Current Position: 8th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
21	10	5	6	39	31	35

Current Form: 10th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	2	2	2	8	10

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
28/11/23	Atherton LR (A)	D 2-2
25/11/23	FC St Helens (A)	L 0-3
11/11/23	FC St Helens (H)	D 1-1
28/10/23	Euxton Villa (A)	W 3-1
21/10/23	AFC Blackpool (A)	W 2-1
17/10/23	Shelley (A)	L 0-2

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
09/12/23	Runcorn Town (A)	15:00
16/12/23	Daisy Hill (A)	15:00
27/12/23	Nelson (H)	19:45
13/01/24	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
20/01/24	Shelley (A)	15:00
17/02/24	Garstang (H)	15:00

Latest News:

	Emblematically Speaking - Ilkley Town
	This week Stewart Taylor looks into the story behind the Ilkley Town emblem

	Blind Groundhopper John Stancombe Visits Ilkley
	Blind Groundhopper John Stancombe was the special guest at Ilkley Town on Saturday

	Simon Armstrong Steps Down at Ilkley Town
	Sam Dexter to step up and take the reigns

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 29/07/23	AFC Blackpool	H	15:00	W 2-1	Nathan Hunt (88p) Harley Lambert (90+7)
Wed 02/08/23	Darwen FC	A	19:45	D 2-2	Nathan Hunt (50) Blake Wood (52)
Sat 05/08/23	Ashton Town	H	15:00	W 2-0	Joseph Edmonds (16) Thomas Smith (45+2)
Mon 07/08/23	Route One Rovers	A	20:00	W 4-3	Takuo Jitsukawa (55) Niccolas Hewitt (85) Nathan Hunt (90+1) Nathan Hunt (90+5)
Sat 12/08/23	Atherton LR	H	15:00	L 2-3	Niccolas Hewitt (20) Thomas Smith (50)
Tue 15/08/23	Steeton	H	20:00	D 1-1	Thomas Smith (16)
Sat 19/08/23	Ashton Athletic	A	15:00	D 1-1	George Pearsonl (66)
Tue 22/08/23	Shelley	H	20:00	W 3-0	Thomas Smith (31p) Thomas Smith (42) Joseph Edmonds (75)
Sat 26/08/23	Runcorn Town	H	15:00	W 4-1	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (7) Nathan Hunt (38) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (50) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (55)
Mon 28/08/23	Bacup Borough	A	15:00	W 3-1	Nathan Hunt (49) Own Goal (75) Nathan Hunt (90+8)
Sat 02/09/23	Euxton Villa	H	15:00	L 0-2
Sat 09/09/23	Garstang	A	15:00	W 2-0	Thomas Smith (44) Nathan Hunt (90+4)
Sat 16/09/23	Daisy Hill	H	15:00	L 0-1
Sat 23/09/23	Heaton Stannington	A	15:00	L 1-5	Nathan Hunt (20)
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q)
Sat 30/09/23	South Liverpool	H	15:00	W 2-1	Blake Wood (48) Blake Wood (59)
Tue 03/10/23	Guiseley	A	19:45	L 1-10	Nathan Hunt (17)
	(West Riding County Cup 1)
Sat 07/10/23	Ashton Town	A	15:00	L 3-4	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (6) Nathan Hunt (24p) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (90)
Tue 10/10/23	Droylsden	H	20:00	L 3-4	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (26) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (37) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (44)
	(The Edward Case Cup 1)
Sat 14/10/23	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00	L 0-2
Tue 17/10/23	Shelley	A	19:45	L 0-2
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 21/10/23	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00	W 2-1	George Pearson (32) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (81)
Sat 28/10/23	Euxton Villa	A	15:00	W 3-1	Nathan Hunt (23) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (58) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (86p)
Sat 04/11/23	Atherton LR	A	15:00	Postp
Sat 11/11/23	FC St Helens	H	15:00	D 1-1	George Pearson (87)
Sat 18/11/23	FC St Helens	A	15:00	Postp
Sat 25/11/23	FC St Helens	A	15:00	L 0-3
Tue 28/11/23	Atherton LR	A	19:45	D 2-2	Nathan Hunt (15p) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (65)
Sat 02/12/23	Route One Rovers	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 09/12/23	Runcorn Town	A	15:00
Sat 16/12/23	Daisy Hill	A	15:00
Wed 27/12/23	Nelson	H	19:45
Sat 13/01/24	Bacup Borough	H	15:00
Sat 20/01/24	Shelley	A	15:00
Sat 17/02/24	Garstang	H	15:00
Sat 02/03/24	South Liverpool	A	15:00
Sat 23/03/24	Steeton	A	15:00
Sat 30/03/24	Ashton Athletic	H	15:00
Mon 01/04/24	Nelson	A	15:00
Sat 06/04/24	Darwen FC	H	15:00
Sat 13/04/24	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00
TBC	Route One Rovers	H

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
29/07/23	AFC Blackpool (H)	W 2-1
02/08/23	Darwen FC (A)	D 2-2
05/08/23	Ashton Town (H)	W 2-0
07/08/23	Route One Rovers (A)	W 4-3
12/08/23	Atherton LR (H)	L 2-3
15/08/23	Steeton (H)	D 1-1
19/08/23	Ashton Athletic (A)	D 1-1
22/08/23	Shelley (H)	W 3-0
26/08/23	Runcorn Town (H)	W 4-1
28/08/23	Bacup Borough (A)	W 3-1
02/09/23	Euxton Villa (H)	L 0-2
09/09/23	Garstang (A)	W 2-0
16/09/23	Daisy Hill (H)	L 0-1
23/09/23	Heaton Stan (A)	L 1-5
(The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q)
30/09/23	South Liverpool (H)	W 2-1
03/10/23	Guiseley (A)	L 1-10
(West Riding County Cup 1)
07/10/23	Ashton Town (A)	L 3-4
10/10/23	Droylsden (H)	L 3-4
(The Edward Case Cup 1)
14/10/23	Holker OB (H)	L 0-2
17/10/23	Shelley (A)	L 0-2
(The Macron Cup 1)
21/10/23	AFC Blackpool (A)	W 2-1
28/10/23	Euxton Villa (A)	W 3-1
04/11/23	Atherton LR (A)	Postp
11/11/23	FC St Helens (H)	D 1-1
18/11/23	FC St Helens (A)	Postp
25/11/23	FC St Helens (A)	L 0-3
28/11/23	Atherton LR (A)	D 2-2
02/12/23	Route One Rovers (H)	Postp
09/12/23	Runcorn Town (A)	15:00
16/12/23	Daisy Hill (A)	15:00
27/12/23	Nelson (H)	19:45
13/01/24	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
20/01/24	Shelley (A)	15:00
17/02/24	Garstang (H)	15:00
02/03/24	South Liverpool (A)	15:00
23/03/24	Steeton (A)	15:00
30/03/24	Ashton Athletic (H)	15:00
01/04/24	Nelson (A)	15:00
06/04/24	Darwen FC (H)	15:00
13/04/24	Holker OB (A)	15:00
TBC	Route One Rovers (H)

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Joe Bedford	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Charles Bell (GK)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Bradley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nicholas Brayshaw	17	3	0	0	0	2	0
Harry Brown	17	3	0	0	0	4	0
Ben Clarkson	2	6	0	0	0	1	0
Edward Croft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alfie Dean	2	2	0	0	0	2	1
Joseph Edmonds	21	1	2	0	1	4	0
Timothy Edney (GK)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Fleming	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Garside	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Gonzalez Mele	17	2	12	0	0	2	4
Niccolas Hewitt	17	1	2	0	0	1	0
Nathan Hunt	22	2	13	0	0	3	3
Takuo Jitsukawa	13	4	1	0	0	2	1
Ewan Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Khan (GK)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harley Lambert	0	14	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Lane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asa Lowe	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
Kamsi Madueke	6	2	0	0	0	1	0
Shaban Mehmeti	5	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan Moorhouse (GK)	17	0	0	0	0	0	4
James Nightingale	16	1	0	0	0	5	0
Joshua Parker	20	1	0	0	0	1	2
George Pearson	23	1	3	0	0	4	1
George Proctor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilf Roberts	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Seyffert	15	7	0	0	0	2	0
Thomas Smith	13	2	6	0	0	0	1
Matthew Swift	10	2	0	0	0	2	0
Blake Wood	5	4	3	0	0	1	1

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom

Staff Members

Name
Simon Armstrong		First Aider
Simon Armstrong		First Aider
Sam Dexter		Manager
Matthew Fryer		Coach
Niccolas Hewitt		Coach
David Houlston		First Aider
David Houlston		First Aider
Jamie Stones		Coach

Squad Details

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Joe Bedford	1 +2	0	0	1	0
Charles Bell (GK)	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob Bradley	1 +1	0	0	0	0
Nicholas Brayshaw	17 +3	0	0	2	0
Harry Brown	17 +3	0	0	4	0
Ben Clarkson	2 +6	0	0	1	0
Edward Croft	0	0	0	0	0
Alfie Dean	2 +2	0	0	2	1
Joseph Edmonds	21 +1	2	1	4	0
Timothy Edney (GK)	1	0	0	0	0
Thomas Fleming	0 +1	0	0	0	0
Joe Garside	0 +3	0	0	1	0
Kevin Gonzalez Mele	17 +2	12	0	2	4
Niccolas Hewitt	17 +1	2	0	1	0
Nathan Hunt	22 +2	13	0	3	3
Takuo Jitsukawa	13 +4	1	0	2	1
Ewan Johnston	1	0	0	0	0
Isaac Khan (GK)	6	0	0	0	0
Harley Lambert	0 +14	1	0	0	0
Jack Lane	0	0	0	0	0
Asa Lowe	3 +7	0	0	0	0
Kamsi Madueke	6 +2	0	0	1	0
Shaban Mehmeti	5 +3	0	0	0	2
Jordan Moorhouse (GK)	17	0	0	0	4
James Nightingale	16 +1	0	0	5	0
Joshua Parker	20 +1	0	0	1	2
George Pearson	23 +1	3	0	4	1
George Proctor	2	0	0	0	0
Wilf Roberts	1 +2	0	0	0	0
Lewis Seyffert	15 +7	0	0	2	0
Thomas Smith	13 +2	6	0	0	1
Matthew Swift	10 +2	0	0	2	0
Blake Wood	5 +4	3	0	1	1

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom

Staff Members

Name
Simon Armstrong		First Aider
Simon Armstrong		First Aider
Sam Dexter		Manager
Matthew Fryer		Coach
Niccolas Hewitt		Coach
David Houlston		First Aider
David Houlston		First Aider
Jamie Stones		Coach

Squad Details

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Joe Bedford	1 +2	0
Charles Bell (GK)	1	0
Jacob Bradley	1 +1	0
Nicholas Brayshaw	17 +3	0
Harry Brown	17 +3	0
Ben Clarkson	2 +6	0
Edward Croft	0	0
Alfie Dean	2 +2	0
Joseph Edmonds	21 +1	2
Timothy Edney (GK)	1	0
Thomas Fleming	0 +1	0
Joe Garside	0 +3	0
Kevin Gonzalez Mele	17 +2	12
Niccolas Hewitt	17 +1	2
Nathan Hunt	22 +2	13
Takuo Jitsukawa	13 +4	1
Ewan Johnston	1	0
Isaac Khan (GK)	6	0
Harley Lambert	0 +14	1
Jack Lane	0	0
Asa Lowe	3 +7	0
Kamsi Madueke	6 +2	0
Shaban Mehmeti	5 +3	0
Jordan Moorhouse (GK)	17	0
James Nightingale	16 +1	0
Joshua Parker	20 +1	0
George Pearson	23 +1	3
George Proctor	2	0
Wilf Roberts	1 +2	0
Lewis Seyffert	15 +7	0
Thomas Smith	13 +2	6
Matthew Swift	10 +2	0
Blake Wood	5 +4	3

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals

Staff Members

Name
Simon Armstrong		First Aider
Simon Armstrong		First Aider
Sam Dexter		Manager
Matthew Fryer		Coach
Niccolas Hewitt		Coach
David Houlston		First Aider
David Houlston		First Aider
Jamie Stones		Coach

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	4-1	26/08/23 v Runcorn Town (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	3-1	28/08/23 v Bacup Borough (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-2	02/09/23 v Euxton Villa (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	1-10	03/10/23 v Guiseley (West Riding County Cup)
Highest Drawn Game	2-2	02/08/23 v Darwen FC (A) (First Division North)
		28/11/23 v Atherton LR (A) (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	11	03/10/23 1-10 v Guiseley (A) (West Riding County Cup)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	12		13		25
Won	5	41.67%	5	38.46%	10	40.00%
Drawn	2	16.67%	3	23.08%	5	20.00%
Lost	5	41.67%	5	38.46%	10	40.00%
Scored	20	1.67	24	1.85	44	1.76
Conceded	17	1.42	35	2.69	52	2.08

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	2nd Qualifying Round	1-5	Heaton Stannington	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-2	Shelley	(A)
The Edward Case Cup	1st Round	3-4	Droylsden	(H)
West Riding County Cup	1st Round	1-10	Guiseley	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	135	15/08/23 v Steeton (First Division North)
Lowest Attendance	61	16/09/23 v Daisy Hill (First Division North)
Average Attendance	12 games	88

Number of Games Since
Last Win	3 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	32 games
Score Draw	0 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	13 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	5	20.00%	3	12.00%
One	5	20.00%	10	40.00%
Two	8	32.00%	5	20.00%
Three	5	20.00%	3	12.00%
Four	2	8.00%	2	8.00%
Five or more	0	0.00%	2	8.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	6.98%	7	13.46%	10	10.53%
16-30	8	18.60%	6	11.54%	14	14.74%
31-45	8	18.60%	8	15.38%	16	16.84%
46-60	10	23.26%	10	19.23%	20	21.05%
61-75	4	9.30%	11	21.15%	15	15.79%
76-90	10	23.26%	10	19.23%	20	21.05%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

Open age football in Ilkley has existed since the early 20th century with Saturday and Sunday league teams playing at West Holmes and East Holmes fields alongside the River Wharfe. The post war forerunners of the current Ilkley Town football club were Ilkley Rangers ( 1948 ) and Ilkley British Legion ( c. 1955 ) before the Ilkley Town club was established in the 1960s competing in the Wharfedale League. In the late 1980s the club struggled to survive in a town where rugby, cricket, tennis, golf and hockey possessed greater social allegiance and better facilities.

After disbanding in the early 1990s the club was re-formed in 1995 as Ilkley AFC and joined the Harrogate & District Senior League gaining promotion to the Premier League in 1997. In 2000 Ilkley AFC underwent managerial and organisational change amalgamating with the highly successful Ilkley Youth & Juniors football club.

Having barely survived in the Harrogate & District Premier League, and financially stretched, the influx of new and younger local players rejuvenated Ilkley AFC. After two seasons of consolidation the club began its climb up the FA Non-League pyramid in 2002-03 by winning the League and Cup double in the Harrogate Senior League. In 2003 the club received FA Chartered Standard status ( combined junior and senior sections ) and in 2004-05 the two senior teams were accepted into the West Yorkshire Association Football League.

Promotion to Division One at the first attempt was followed by a change of name to Ilkley Town in 2006 reflecting the substantial impact the football club was having in the town. 2007 saw the club achieve the newly instigated FA Charter Standard (Senior Club) and it continued to work closely with the Junior sections of the club.

After decades of renting local authority and school pitches Ilkley Town Football Club was accepted into the Ben Rhydding Sports Club in 2009 giving it access to one of the best playing surfaces in West Yorkshire. Promotion to the Premier League of the West Yorkshire A.F.L. was won in 2016.

The senior section of the club benefits from high quality coaching and support staff ( including FA/UEFA Level 3 & 4 coaches, a specialist Goalkeeping coach and FA Treatment of Injury specialist ) and the senior teams have been the recipients of West Yorkshire League Fair Play Awards. The success of the club led to the formation of further senior teams with u23 and u21 teams now serving as the bridge between youth and senior football.

With the move to a 4G pitch in 2017-18 and the strengthening of the link between junior and senior football the club has gone from strength to strength progressing to Step 6 and further raising the profile of football in the town. The club prides itself on being a club for the community with teams for boys, girls, men, women and veterans with over 650 playing members.
Our first season as a semi professional club was in NWCFL Division 1 North in 2021/22. It was a roller coaster starting with a crowd of 499 against Bury AFC. We got off to a tricky start with five defeats but gradually found our feet. Simon Armstrong stepped aside as manager in November to be replaced by his assistant Sam Dexter. The team picked up points steadily during the second half of the season as did everyone else in a hugely competitive division. Another bumper crowd came from the Groundhop Weekend when we hosted Garstang. On the final day of the season we had to beat AFC Blackpool to confirm our league status finishing with 39 points from 36 games.
The experience gained whilst adjusting to step 6 in 2021/22 held the team in good stead for season 2022/23. Fewer mistakes were made and the team grew in confidence imposing their style of play on their opponents. A fourth place finish saw them narrowly lose out in the playoff semi final on penalties. The club was also proud to win the Respect Award for Division 1 North for the second successive season.
Meanwhile the club goes from strength to strength with 820 playing members, more than 50 teams and a thriving academy.

Matchday Information

Ground: MPM Stadium

Address: Ben Rhydding Sports Club, Leeds Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Postcode: LS29 8AW

Telephone:

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2023/24 Admission Prices: £6. Concessions £3 . Cash and cards accepted.

Programme Price: £2

Directions: Ben Rhydding Sports Club is situated on the A65 approximately 2 miles East of Ilkley.

Leave the M62 and join the M606 bearing right after approximately 3 miles onto Chase Way/A6177 (following signs for M606/M62/M1/Eurocam Technology Park). Continue on the A6177 eventually taking the A650, the A6037 and the A6038 to Otley Road/A65. Take the left fork at The Fox (public house) roundabout continuing on the A65 until the roundabout at the A660. Take the 1st exit travelling towards Ilkley arriving at the ground on the right after approximately 3 miles.

Nearest Railway: Ben Rhydding (7 minute walk, 0.3 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: From Leeds take the X84 to Ilkley

Parking Facilities: Shared gravel car park at the Ben Rhydding Sports Club a short walk from the stadium.

Ground Facilities: Refreshments kiosk within the stadium.
Hot Food, Soft Drinks and Beer.
Cash and cards accepted.

Additional Visitor Information:

Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: MPM Stadium

Address: Ben Rhydding Sports Club, Leeds Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Postcode: LS29 8AW

Telephone:

Website: https://ilkleytown.net

Twitter: @ilkleytown

Registered Colours: Yellow Shirts, Navy Shorts, Yellow Socks.

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Green Shirt, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Alternative Colours: Pink Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks.

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Blue Shirt, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Secretary: Billy Hutchison

Chairman: Robert Brown

Manager: Sam Dexter

Programme Editor: Matthew Lambe

Committee / Directors: Robert Brown, Richard Giles, Chris Johns, Miranda Foster, Iain McDonnell, Steve Curran, James Thomson. Billy Hutchison

County Affiliation: West Riding FA

Year Formed: 1948 (As Ilkley Rangers)

Record Attendance: 499

Previous Leagues:

Harrogate &
District Football League
West Yorkshire Football League

Honours:

Wharfedale &
District Challenge Cup

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