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Thackley Thwarted By Key Injuries

18th May, 2007

It was a very disappointing campaign for the Dennyfield outfit, who expected much better following the genuine promise that was shown during the previous season.

They were embroiled in a battle to stay out of the bottom two in the Northern Counties East Premier Division throughout this campaign and they managed it... just.

They finished third from the basement, a single point above the trapdoor, but eight behind neighbours Eccleshill United, who also endured a nightmare season to end fourth from bottom.

The club is fiercely proud of its youth development system, run for years by Graham Clifford. Because of that conveyor belt of young talent, first-team manager John Boyle will never refer to injuries as a problem.

However, he and the rest of the coaching staff must privately have been cursing and bemoaning their misfortune. Many of the regulars of the team that turned in a club record ten straight wins in the 2005/06 campaign suffered misfortune.

Skipper Craig Sugden was the most high-profile casualty as he lumbered from month to month nursing a long-term groin problem. The only cure is extended rest, so hopefully the close season will bring a full recovery.

Thackley's luck was out as the stalwarts dropped like flies as the season progressed.

Sugden, former Leeds United youth Simon Oliver, Cory Larkin and Adam Johnson all succumbed to injury and spent more time on the sidelines than in the squad.

Former England Youth International James Riley - a mainstay in the side in recent years - also missed the major part of the season.

(Story Source: Telegraph & Argus)

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NCEL Premier Division P Pts +/-
P 1 Retford United 38 82 55
P 2 Sheffield 38 77 32
P 3 Carlton Town 38 73 42
P 4 Garforth Town 38 70 39
5 Selby Town 38 69 26
6 Glapwell 38 66 23
7 Mickleover Spts 38 63 8
8 Sutton Town (-3) 38 56 18
9 Pickering Town 38 56 7
10 Maltby Main 38 52 -2
11 Long Eaton United 38 51 -3
12 Liversedge 38 49 -2
13 Armthorpe Welfare 38 48 -1
14 Hallam 38 48 -6
15 Arnold Town 38 45 -11
16 Glasshoughton Welf 38 43 -8
17 Eccleshill United 38 39 -42
18 Thackley (-1) 38 31 -37
19 Shirebrook Town 38 30 -35
20 Brodsworth Welf (-1) 38 10 -103
NCEL Division One P Pts +/-
P 1 Parkgate 32 82 82
P 2 Winterton Rangers 32 71 52
P 3 Sth Normanton 32 65 42
P 4 Nostell MW (-3) 32 57 25
P 5 Lincoln Moorlands 32 56 21
6 Staveley MW 32 51 7
7 Tadcaster Albion 32 49 6
8 Worsbrough Bridge 32 48 11
9 Dinnington Town 32 43 6
10 Hall Road Rangers 32 43 -3
11 Borrowash Victoria 32 37 -14
12 Pontefract Collieries 32 37 -26
13 AFC Emley 32 34 -22
14 Gedling Town 32 31 -18
15 Teversal 32 31 -34
16 Yorkshire Amateur 32 22 -73
17 Rossington Main 32 16 -62

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