Ilkley Town

FORMED
1947 (As Ilkley Rangers)

MANAGER
Sam Dexter

GROUND
MPM Stadium

TWITTER
@ilkleytown

Current Position: 4th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
34	18	6	10	64	48	60

Current Form: 13th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	2	1	3	12	15

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
22/04/23	FC St Helens (A)	LOST
(2-2 after 90 mins, FC St Helens won 3-2 on pens)
15/04/23	South Liverpool (H)	W 3-2
10/04/23	Steeton (A)	L 0-4
06/04/23	Nelson (A)	W 3-2
01/04/23	FC St Helens (H)	D 1-1
28/03/23	Chadderton (H)	L 3-4

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
No Matches Found

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 30/07/22	Darwen FC	A	15:00	W 3-0	Jack Lane (35) Thomas Smith (65) Shaban Mehmeti (75)
Sat 06/08/22	Runcorn Town	H	15:00	W 3-0	Thomas Smith (5) Nathan Hunt (78) James Hughes (90+4)
Wed 10/08/22	Bacup Borough	A	20:00	W 1-0	Shaban Mehmeti (75)
Sat 13/08/22	FC St Helens	A	15:00	D 0-0
Sat 20/08/22	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00	L 1-3	Harry Brown (54)
Sat 27/08/22	Birtley Town	A	15:00	L 1-2	Shaban Mehmeti (21)
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
Mon 29/08/22	Nelson	H	15:00	L 2-3	Own Goal (25) George Pearson (89)
Sat 03/09/22	Ashton Town	A	15:00	W 4-1	Shaban Mehmeti (25) Shaban Mehmeti (55) Ben Clarkson (65) Shaban Mehmeti (75)
Sat 10/09/22	Daisy Hill	A	15:00	Postp
Sat 17/09/22	Euxton Villa	H	15:00	L 1-2	Ben Clarkson (6)
Sat 24/09/22	Daisy Hill	A	15:00	W 3-2	Ben Clarkson (20) Thomas Smith (35p) Nathan Hunt (44)
Sat 01/10/22	South Liverpool	A	15:00	W 4-0	Thomas Smith (38) Own Goal (65) Joshua Bowers (75) Joshua Bowers (80)
Sat 08/10/22	Euxton Villa	H	15:00	LOST	George Gomersall (18) Ben Clarkson (65)
	(The Edward Case Cup 2 N)
	(2-2 after 90 mins, Euxton Villa won 1-4 on pens)
Sat 15/10/22	Bacup Borough	H	15:00	L 0-1
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 22/10/22	Atherton LR	H	15:00	W 1-0	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (45)
Tue 25/10/22	Harrogate Railway Athletic	H	19:45	W 6-0	Ben Clarkson (12p) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (29) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (55) Shaban Mehmeti (85) Alfie Dean (86) Thomas Smith (90)
	(West Riding County Cup 1)
Sat 29/10/22	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00	D 2-2	Thomas Smith (15) Thomas Smith (90+4p)
Sat 05/11/22	Cleator Moor Celtic	A	15:00	W 4-2	Thomas Smith (10) Thomas Smith (30) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (47) Thomas Smith (78)
Sat 12/11/22	Daisy Hill	H	15:00	W 2-1	Harry Brown (10) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (55)
Sat 19/11/22	Ashton Town	H	15:00	L 1-2	Thomas Smith (65p)
Wed 23/11/22	Campion	A	19:45	L 0-4
	(West Riding County Cup 2)
Sat 10/12/22	AFC Blackpool	H	15:00	W 2-1	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (80) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (90+3)
Tue 13/12/22	Holker Old Boys	A	20:00	Postp
Sat 17/12/22	Runcorn Town	A	15:00	Postp
Tue 27/12/22	Steeton	H	13:00	W 2-0	Joshua Parker (46) Thomas Smith (85)
Sat 07/01/23	Chadderton	A	15:00	Postp
Sat 14/01/23	Euxton Villa	A	15:00	Postp
Tue 17/01/23	Runcorn Town	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 21/01/23	Garstang	H	15:00	W 2-0	Alfie Dean (25) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (50)
Tue 24/01/23	Runcorn Town	A	20:00	W 3-1	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (14p) George Gomersall (35) Nathan Hunt (70)
Sat 28/01/23	Pilkington	A	15:00	W 3-2	Own Goal (34) George Gomersall (60) Kevin Gonzalez Mele (76)
Tue 31/01/23	Holker Old Boys	A	20:00	L 0-1
Sat 04/02/23	Darwen FC	H	15:00	D 1-1	George Gomersall (65)
Tue 07/02/23	Euxton Villa	A	19:45	D 1-1	Thomas Fleming (23)
Sat 11/02/23	Bacup Borough	H	15:00	W 2-1	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (33) George Pearson (54)
Tue 14/02/23	Chadderton	A	19:45	L 0-1
Sat 18/02/23	Atherton LR	A	15:00	L 0-2
Tue 21/02/23	Pilkington	H	20:00	L 2-3	Kevin Gonzalez Mele (25p) Own Goal (85)
Sat 04/03/23	Garstang	A	15:00	D 0-0
Sat 11/03/23	Chadderton	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 18/03/23	Cleator Moor Celtic	H	15:00	W 4-3	Alfie Dean (7) Thomas Smith (22) Thomas Smith (40) Alfie Dean (80)
Sat 25/03/23	Nelson	A	15:00	Postp
Tue 28/03/23	Chadderton	H	20:00	L 3-4	Alfie Dean (33p) Takuo Jitsukawa (44) Alfie Dean (79p)
Sat 01/04/23	FC St Helens	H	15:00	D 1-1	Thomas Fleming (24)
Thu 06/04/23	Nelson	A	19:45	W 3-2	Matthew Swift (70) James Hudson (80) Thomas Smith (85)
Mon 10/04/23	Steeton	A	15:00	L 0-4
Sat 15/04/23	South Liverpool	H	15:00	W 3-2	Thomas Smith (25) Niccolas Hewitt (45) Ben Clarkson (89)
Sat 22/04/23	FC St Helens	A	15:00	LOST	Thomas Smith (47) Alfie Dean (55)
	(First Division North Play Offs SF)
	(2-2 after 90 mins, FC St Helens won 3-2 on pens)

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
30/07/22	Darwen FC (A)	W 3-0
06/08/22	Runcorn Town (H)	W 3-0
10/08/22	Bacup Borough (A)	W 1-0
13/08/22	FC St Helens (A)	D 0-0
20/08/22	Holker OB (H)	L 1-3
27/08/22	Birtley Town (A)	L 1-2
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
29/08/22	Nelson (H)	L 2-3
03/09/22	Ashton Town (A)	W 4-1
10/09/22	Daisy Hill (A)	Postp
17/09/22	Euxton Villa (H)	L 1-2
24/09/22	Daisy Hill (A)	W 3-2
01/10/22	South Liverpool (A)	W 4-0
08/10/22	Euxton Villa (H)	L
(The Edward Case Cup 2 N)
(2-2 after 90 mins, Euxton Villa won 1-4 on pens)
15/10/22	Bacup Borough (H)	L 0-1
(The Macron Cup 1)
22/10/22	Atherton LR (H)	W 1-0
25/10/22	Harrogate RA (H)	W 6-0
(West Riding County Cup 1)
29/10/22	AFC Blackpool (A)	D 2-2
05/11/22	Cleator Moor (A)	W 4-2
12/11/22	Daisy Hill (H)	W 2-1
19/11/22	Ashton Town (H)	L 1-2
23/11/22	Campion (A)	L 0-4
(West Riding County Cup 2)
10/12/22	AFC Blackpool (H)	W 2-1
13/12/22	Holker OB (A)	Postp
17/12/22	Runcorn Town (A)	Postp
27/12/22	Steeton (H)	W 2-0
07/01/23	Chadderton (A)	Postp
14/01/23	Euxton Villa (A)	Postp
17/01/23	Runcorn Town (A)	Postp
21/01/23	Garstang (H)	W 2-0
24/01/23	Runcorn Town (A)	W 3-1
28/01/23	Pilkington (A)	W 3-2
31/01/23	Holker OB (A)	L 0-1
04/02/23	Darwen FC (H)	D 1-1
07/02/23	Euxton Villa (A)	D 1-1
11/02/23	Bacup Borough (H)	W 2-1
14/02/23	Chadderton (A)	L 0-1
18/02/23	Atherton LR (A)	L 0-2
21/02/23	Pilkington (H)	L 2-3
04/03/23	Garstang (A)	D 0-0
11/03/23	Chadderton (H)	Postp
18/03/23	Cleator Moor (H)	W 4-3
25/03/23	Nelson (A)	Postp
28/03/23	Chadderton (H)	L 3-4
01/04/23	FC St Helens (H)	D 1-1
06/04/23	Nelson (A)	W 3-2
10/04/23	Steeton (A)	L 0-4
15/04/23	South Liverpool (H)	W 3-2
22/04/23	FC St Helens (A)	L
(First Division North Play Offs SF)
(2-2 after 90 mins, FC St Helens won 3 2 on pens)

Squad Members

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

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Luke Barker	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Charles Bell (GK)	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Blackiston (GK)	15	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joshua Bowers	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
Harry Brown	34	1	2	0	0	3	1
Ben Clarkson	15	7	6	0	0	2	1
Aaron Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alfie Dean	18	10	7	0	0	2	6
Oliver Dunne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Edmonds	22	4	0	0	0	5	1
Timothy Edney (GK)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Fleming	23	7	2	0	0	1	1
Charles George	5	2	0	0	0	2	0
George Gomersall	20	15	4	0	0	1	2
Kevin Gonzalez Mele	18	5	12	0	0	6	2
Eddie Goodman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alfie Heaton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Niccolas Hewitt	16	7	1	0	2	4	1
James Hudson	1	6	1	0	0	1	0
James Hughes	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
Nathan Hunt	27	5	3	0	1	3	4
Takuo Jitsukawa	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Lane	25	12	1	0	1	2	1
Shaban Mehmeti	7	24	7	0	0	2	3
James Nightingale	27	3	0	0	0	4	5
Joshua Parker	33	2	1	0	1	2	1
George Pearson	36	2	2	0	0	1	0
Elliot Scott	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Seyffert	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Smith	22	8	17	0	0	2	0
Matthew Swift	37	0	1	0	1	5	4
Jack Wade (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Whitehead	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wood	1	5	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
No Staff Members Found

Squad Details

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Luke Barker *	0 +1	0	0	1	0
Charles Bell (GK) *	19	0	0	0	0
Sam Blackiston (GK) *	15	0	0	1	0
Joshua Bowers *	1 +1	2	0	1	1
Harry Brown *	34 +1	2	0	3	1
Ben Clarkson *	15 +7	6	0	2	1
Aaron Davis *	0	0	0	0	0
Alfie Dean *	18 +10	7	0	2	6
Oliver Dunne *	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Edmonds *	22 +4	0	0	5	1
Timothy Edney (GK) *	5	0	0	0	0
Thomas Fleming *	23 +7	2	0	1	1
Charles George *	5 +2	0	0	2	0
George Gomersall *	20 +15	4	0	1	2
Kevin Gonzalez Mele *	18 +5	12	0	6	2
Eddie Goodman *	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Green *	0	0	0	0	0
Alfie Heaton *	1 +2	0	0	0	0
Niccolas Hewitt *	16 +7	1	2	4	1
James Hudson *	1 +6	1	0	1	0
James Hughes *	1 +10	1	0	0	0
Nathan Hunt *	27 +5	3	1	3	4
Takuo Jitsukawa *	4 +4	1	0	0	0
Jack Lane *	25 +12	1	1	2	1
Shaban Mehmeti *	7 +24	7	0	2	3
James Nightingale *	27 +3	0	0	4	5
Joshua Parker *	33 +2	1	1	2	1
George Pearson *	36 +2	2	0	1	0
Elliot Scott *	1 +5	0	0	0	0
Lewis Seyffert *	5 +2	0	0	1	0
Thomas Smith *	22 +8	17	0	2	0
Matthew Swift *	37	1	1	5	4
Jack Wade (GK) *	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Whitehead *	1 +3	0	0	0	0
Blake Wood *	1 +5	0	0	0	0

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
No Staff Members Found

Squad Details

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Luke Barker *	0 +1	0
Charles Bell (GK) *	19	0
Sam Blackiston (GK) *	15	0
Joshua Bowers *	1 +1	2
Harry Brown *	34 +1	2
Ben Clarkson *	15 +7	6
Aaron Davis *	0	0
Alfie Dean *	18 +10	7
Oliver Dunne *	0	0
Joseph Edmonds *	22 +4	0
Timothy Edney (GK) *	5	0
Thomas Fleming *	23 +7	2
Charles George *	5 +2	0
George Gomersall *	20 +15	4
Kevin Gonzalez Mele *	18 +5	12
Eddie Goodman *	0	0
Joshua Green *	0	0
Alfie Heaton *	1 +2	0
Niccolas Hewitt *	16 +7	1
James Hudson *	1 +6	1
James Hughes *	1 +10	1
Nathan Hunt *	27 +5	3
Takuo Jitsukawa *	4 +4	1
Jack Lane *	25 +12	1
Shaban Mehmeti *	7 +24	7
James Nightingale *	27 +3	0
Joshua Parker *	33 +2	1
George Pearson *	36 +2	2
Elliot Scott *	1 +5	0
Lewis Seyffert *	5 +2	0
Thomas Smith *	22 +8	17
Matthew Swift *	37	1
Jack Wade (GK) *	0	0
Matthew Whitehead *	1 +3	0
Blake Wood *	1 +5	0

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
No Staff Members Found

Statistics

Match Summary 1
Biggest Home Win	6-0	25/10/22 v Harrogate Railway Athletic (West Riding County Cup)
Biggest Away Win	4-0	01/10/22 v South Liverpool (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	1-3	20/08/22 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-4	10/04/23 v Steeton (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Game	2-2	29/10/22 v AFC Blackpool (A) (First Division North)
		08/10/22 v Euxton Villa (H) (The Edward Case Cup)
		22/04/23 v FC St Helens (A) (First Division North Play Offs)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	7	28/03/23 3-4 v Chadderton (H) (First Division North)
		18/03/23 4-3 v Cleator Moor Celtic (H) (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	20		20		40
Won	10	50.00%	9	45.00%	19	47.50%
Drawn	3	15.00%	5	25.00%	8	20.00%
Lost	7	35.00%	6	30.00%	13	32.50%
Scored	41	2.05	34	1.70	75	1.88
Conceded	30	1.50	29	1.45	59	1.48

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	1-2	Birtley Town	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-1	Bacup Borough	(H)
The Edward Case Cup	2nd Round North	2-2	Euxton Villa	(H)
West Riding County Cup	2nd Round	0-4	Campion	(A)
West Riding County Cup	1st Round	6-0	Harrogate Railway Athletic	(H)
First Division North Play Offs	Semi Finals	2-2	FC St Helens	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	200	27/12/22 v Steeton (First Division North)
		15/04/23 v South Liverpool (First Division North)
Lowest Attendance	76	18/03/23 v Cleator Moor Celtic (First Division North)
Average Attendance	20 games	112

Number of Games Since
Last Win	1 game
Last Defeat	2 games
Goalless Draw	7 games
Score Draw	0 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	2 games
Clean Sheet	7 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	8	20.00%	10	25.00%
One	9	22.50%	11	27.50%
Two	10	25.00%	12	30.00%
Three	8	20.00%	4	10.00%
Four	4	10.00%	3	7.50%
Five or more	1	2.50%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	8	10.67%	12	0%	20	14.93%
16-30	13	17.33%	7	0%	20	14.93%
31-45	12	16.00%	9	0%	21	15.67%
46-60	11	14.67%	8	0%	19	14.18%
61-75	12	16.00%	10	0%	22	16.42%
76-90	19	25.33%	13	0%	32	23.88%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0%	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 ( c.1947 ) 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.

Matchday Information

Ground: MPM Stadium

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

Postcode: LS29 8AW

Telephone:

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2022/23 Admission Prices: £6. Concessions £3

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: Gravel car park at the ground

Ground Facilities: Ben Rhydding Sports Club Bar close to the MPM Stadium

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: Navy & Yellow Shirts, Navy & Yellow Shorts, Navy & Yellow Socks

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

Alternative Colours: Yellow & Black Shirts, Yellow & Black Shorts, Yellow & Black Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Orange Shirts, Orange Shorts, Orange 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: 1947 (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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Current Form: 13th

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