2/9/10
Ally wins Manager Of The Month

The Millers excellent start to their Vodkat League campaign has been rewarded with Ally being named as Premier Division Manager Of The Month for August.
The full run down of August’s results are -
07.08 - Ashton Athletic (home) won 6 - 0
10.08 - Atherton LR (away) won 1 - 2
14.08 - Alsager Town (home) won 10 - 2 (F.A.Cup Extra Preliminary Round)
21.08 - Squires Gate (away) won 0 - 5
24.08 - Ramsbottom United (away) won 1 - 2
28.08 - Chadderton (home) won 3 - 1 (F.A.Cup Preliminary Round)
31.08 - Formby (away) won 0 – 2

31/8/10
BBC Audience wanted

31/8/10
Millers to face Curzon

The Millers will play Curzon Ashton in the FA Cup First Qualifying round after they beat Congleton after extra time in their replay. The game will take place at the Tameside Stadium, Ashton on Saturday 11th September with kick off at 3pm.

27/8/10
Player update

The Millers can announce the return of popular full back Matty Taylor who has re-signed for the Club this week. Also returning shortly will be Dave Swarbrick who has recently arrived back in the country following his summer coaching stint in America.
FC United’s Dave Chadwick has played in the last couple of Vodkat League games after FC allowed him to be dual registered with the Club. Nicky Butt’s brother Simon has also featured on the substitutes bench in the same games.

25/8/10
August Bank Holiday Family Fun Day
A note for everybody’s diaries is Bank Holiday Monday August 30th when a Family Fun Day will be held at the Club starting from 9am.
A list of events planned for the day include –
9am - 1pm - Table top sale
Tables are £5 if pre-booked and £6 on the day

10am - 2pm - Children's events and stalls.
- Penalty shoot out
- Name the teddy
- Sweets in a jar
- Tombola
- Killer pool competition
- Colouring competition
- Bouncy Castle
- 3 legged race
- Egg and spoon race
- Fun run
- Obstacle course challenge
- Lucky Dip

1pm - 6pm - Over 16's – 5 a side football tournament
8 teams - £10 a team.

The canteen and clubhouse will be open for refreshments all day so bring along the family for what promises to be a fun packed day.
If anybody wishes to donate any prizes, volunteer to help organise any of the events or to book a place in one of the activities, please email the Club at newmillsfc@btconnect.com

23/8/10
New Mills AFC launch apprenticeship scheme

New Mills AFC, in conjunction with RS Coaching Limited, are pleased to announce details of an apprenticeship scheme which will help develop young and aspiring footballers in the High Peak and Stockport.
Primarily aimed at 16 to 18 year olds, the scheme will enhance the apprentices' sporting and academic education by way of full time training with FA and UEFA qualified coaches which will ultimately lead to achieving NVQ's in both Sport Recreation and Sport Development
For full details of the scheme, please see the attached press release

The Club have receieved permission from Blackpool TV to post a link to highlights from yesterday's game at Squires Gate.
Blackpool TV is a web based channel and is the brainchild of Danny Braid, who is combining his twin interests in football and film making by setting up the coverage of Squires Gate games this season.
Danny says " Blackpool TV is a website I set up as a bit of fun initially and a place for me to put all of the clips that I make. It's only been going for 3 months but is gaining viewers each month. The site is aimed at Blackpool and the Fylde area but I'm happy for it to be viewed by anyone with an interest in the area".
Highlights can be viewed by clicking the attached link - www.tvblackpool.com/sport.html

The first team's home game against Maine Road has been rescheduled for Monday 13th September, kick off 7,45pm, subject to The Millers not being involved in a possible FA Cup replay.
The away game at St Helens, originally arranged for mid October, has been brought forward to Tuesday 28th September, due to County Cup commitments. This new date means that The Millers will play Saints in their final Vodkat League game at their Knowsley Road stadium.
After originally having a blank this coming Saturday, the League have allocated the reserves an away fixture at Wigan Robin Park.
The home youth team fixture against Prescot Cables on Sunday 5th September has been postponed due to a number of Mark Worthington's squad being selected for the county.

Please note that the Youth Team's opening game in the North West Youth Alliance against Mossley this coming Wednesday at Church Lane will now kick off at 7:30pm and not 6:30 as previously stated.

Following our two game trial of the above match coverage we are hopeful of rolling it out to as many games as possible over the season. The feedback has been very good during the trial so stay tuned to the website for future coverage (where permitting).

Social membership 2010/11

The Club is now inviting social members to renew their membership for the new season. Prices are £16 for adults and £8 for concessions.
A membership form is available to download here

Opening Day Fixtures

The fixtures for the opening day of the Vodkat League season on 7th August have been released and The Millers open at home against Nelson. Also on the same day Rick Adrio and his reserve side are away to Ashton Athletic. Full opening day fixtures
Saturday 7th August 2010
Premier Division
Alsager Town v St Helens Town
Atherton LR v Silsden
Barnoldswick Town v Congleton Town
Flixton v Ramsbottom United
Formby v Winsford United
New Mills v Nelson
Padiham v Glossop North End
Rossendale United v Bootle
Runcorn Linnets v Colne
Squires Gate v Maine Road
Stone Dominoes v Bacup Borough
First Division
AFC Darwen v AFC Liverpool
Ashton Town v Oldham Boro
Chadderton v Eccleshall
Cheadle Town v Daisy Hill
Irlam v Ashton Athletic
Leek CSOB v Atherton Collieries
Norton United v Holker Old Boys
Runcorn Town v Abbey Hey
West Didsbury & Chorlton v AFC Blackpool
Wigan Robin Park v Rochdale Town
Reserve Division
Ashton Athletic v New Mills
Bootle v Wigan Robin Park
Glossop North End v Irlam

FA competition draws

The Football Association released details of their competition draws on Thursday lunchtime -

FA Cup sponsored by E.ON - The Millers start in the Extra Preliminary Round on Saturday 14th August with a home fixture against fellow NWCFL Premier Division side Alsager Town.
The winners of that tie will entertain either Irlam or Chadderton from The NWCFL First Division in The Preliminary Round a fortnight later.
The winners of that tie will make the short journey to either Curzon Ashton from The Evo Stik North or Congleton Town or Daisy Hill from The NWCFL in The First Qualifying Round on 11th September.

FA Carlsberg Vase - Following last season's progress to the last sixteen of the competition, The Millers have been given a bye into The Second Round Proper which takes place in early November.

FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON - The youth team travel to fellow Derbyshire side Ilkeston Town in The Preliminary Round in a game which will be played sometime in the week commencing Monday 6th September.
Subsequent opposition could be Arnold Town at home and then a long trip to Lincolnshire to face either Boston United or Bottesford Town
Full details of the draws can be found on The FA's website,
http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2010/Draws2010

2010/11 pricing structure

The Club can announce the pricing structure for the forthcoming season -
Season tickets - Adults £105, Concessions £55.
Matchday admission - Adults £6, Concessions £3
Pre season friendlies - Adults £5, Concessions £2.50

Season tickets can either be reserved at any of the pre season friendlies by handing the appropriate remittance to a member of the committee or alternatively contacting Secretary Duncan Hibbert initially by email, duncanhibbert@newmillsafc.co.uk

All change for the reserves

Following last week’s AGM in Blackpool, the reserves were re-admitted to The NWCFL Reserve Division with fixtures scheduled to start on Saturday 7th August.
Taking charge will be new manager Rick Adrio who takes over from Steve Kennedy who has stepped down due to overseas work commitments. Rick is busily making arrangements for pre season training but is aiming to integrate the nucleus of last season’s successful North West Youth Alliance team.
Pre season fixtures are currently being arranged and will be announced shortly.

AGM Photo's

At the league AGM last Saturday it was announced that The Millers won the Premier League Fair Play Award and pictured below is Millers Chairman Ray Coverley recieving our award from League President Bill King

Also on the night Andy Robinson from League sponsors ICB presents the Runners-Up award to Millers Vice Chairman Andy Bowers (pictured below)

Vodkat League Cup Draw

The draw for the forthcoming Vodkat League Cup has taken place earlier at the League's AGM and has given the Millers a home tie against Flixton. The Millers entered the competition in the second round after being given a bye in the first round. At the time of writing the game will take place on Saturday 6th November. The draw in full is:

Saturday 9 October 2010
Vodkat League Challenge Cup Round 1
Abbey Hey v Irlam
AFC Blackpool v Rochdale Town
AFC Darwen v Ashton Town
AFC Liverpool v Runcorn Town
Atherton Collieries v Ashton Athletic
Cheadle Town v Chadderton
Daisy Hill v Oldham Boro
Leek CSOB v West Didsbury & Chorlton
Norton United v Holker Old Boys
Wigan Robin Park v Eccleshall

Saturday 6 November 2010
Vodkat League Challenge Cup Round 2
Barnoldswick Town v Abbey Hey or Irlam
Bootle v Runcorn Linnets
Maine Road v Winsford United
New Mills v Flixton
Atherton L.R v Silsden
Squires Gate v Rossendale United
Glossop North End v Colne
Norton United or Holker Old Boys v Wigan Robin Park or Eccleshall
AFC Liverpool or Runcorn Town v Congleton Town
Atherton Colls or Ashton Ash v AFC Blackpool or Rochdale Town
Nelson v AFC Darwen or Ashton Town
Padiham v Formby
Alsager Town v St Helens Town
Ramsbottom United v Daisy Hill or Oldham Boro
Stone Dominoes v Leek CSOB or West Didsbury
Bacup Borough v Cheadle Town or Chadderton

9/6/10

Pre Season / Player Update

The Millers pre season preparations have been given a tremendous boost with the news that skipper Carlos Meakin has committed himself to the Club by signing on for the forthcoming 2010/11 season.
On the flip side, centre half Danny Jackson has informed Ally, Nev and the Chairman that he will be joining Buxton for pre season training as he wishes to try his luck playing at a higher level. Jacko has asked for his thanks to be passed on to everybody at the Club and he has promised to keep in touch. It goes without saying that Jacko leaves with everybody’s best wishes and sincere thanks for his performances over the last few seasons.
Ally and Nev are extremely busy at the moment making the necessary preparations for pre season training which is due to star later this month and this is when a further player update will be issued.

Pre season friendly schedule

The Club is pleased to announce details of the first team’s pre season schedule for the 2010/11 season –
Saturday 17th July - Curzon Ashton ( H )
Saturday 24th July – Oldham Athletic ( H )
Tuesday 27th July – Buxton ( H ) High Peak Cup
Saturday 31st July – Witton Albion ( H )
Tuesday 3rd August – High Peak Cup 3rd / 4th Place Game
Or
Wednesday 4th August – High Peak Cup Final
Saturday 7th August – NWCFL season starts

There is at least one more friendly in the pipeline, hopefully against a Coca Cola League club, and details of this will be announced in due course.

Full details of this season’s High Peak Cup are below –

The High Peak Cup is back this summer following its success last year.
Buxton took the title in an entertaining 4-2 win over New Mills at a rain-soaked Silverlands. This year the two finalists have been drawn against each other in the semi-finals with the game to be played on July 27th at Church Lane, New Mills.
The following night Glossop entertain Chapel Town at Surrey Street in the other semi final. The two shared four goals in last year's third/fourth play-off game.
This year’s deciding games will be played a week on, with the two semi-final losers meeting on Tuesday August 3rd before the final the next night. The venues for the final two games will be determined following the semi-finals.
Buxton will definitely host their game. If Glossop and New Mills meet in the final a coin will be tossed. If Chapel Town are in the third/fourth play-off they will host providing Buxton aren't the opposition.
The competition has been organized and sponsored by High Peak Radio for the second year running. Football Fantime presenter Ben Price is delighted the clubs are up for the cup again. "Last year the competition was really well-fought and it was clear that every side wanted to win it, even though essentially it was a pre-season friendly tournament."
Admission fees have been kept at a reasonable price at £5 adults, £2.50 concessions and £1 for under-fourteens. Anyone attending the first semi-final will be given a half-price admission voucher for the other semi. The same applies the following week with reduced entry to the final for those who've been to the Tuesday night game.
Ben Price is hoping the weather is kind this year. "It couldn't have rained more on the finals day at the Silverlands in July, but it was still well-attended and the feedback from the tournament was excellent. I'm sure we're due a good summer, so fingers crossed."
This year the High Peak Cup is supporting the Buxton & Glossop Friends Fighting MS following the diagnosis of a dedicated North End clubman. There'll be collections at all four games.
At the end of the tournament, as well as the awarding of the High Peak Cup, there'll be an award for Player of the Tournament and New Mills defender Peter Band will be presented with his Football Fantime Player of the Year prize.
All games will be played in the format of a friendly with rolling substitutes allowed. All tied games after ninety minutes will go straight to a penalty shoot-out.

Youth Team Champions

The Millers youth team today sealed the North West Youth Alliance Division 1 title after beating AFC Liverpool by 1 goal to nil. Andy Timmins scored the only goal of the game in the second half.

2010/11 Season Tickets

Season tickets for 2010/11 can be reserved at the last home game of the season against Squires Gate on Saturday 8th May.
The match day pricing structure for the new season will be announced at the commencement of the pre season friendlies so supporters are keenly advised to take advantage of this one-off deal.
Priced at £90 for adults and £45 for concessions, those supporters who reserve their tickets on 8th May will be guaranteed not to pay any further monies irrespective of any unexpected change in division over the summer or any possible amendments to the matchday admission prices.
Payment will be accepted in the committee room based near the Church Lane turnstiles from 1.30pm.

Volunteers required

Like many other Clubs, New Mills AFC is extremely fortunate to have a number of people who willingly give up their spare time to help out at Church Lane and we fully appreciate every single contribution, no matter how big or small.
However, there are always jobs to be done particularly on matchdays, so with the new season on the horizon and The Millers looking to surpass last year's efforts, there is no better time to get involved behind the scenes.
If anybody feels like they'd like to assist and has time to spare either on matchdays or anytime during the week, please feel free to contact Sue Hyde ( suehyde@newmillsafc.co.uk ), Duncan Hibbert ( duncanhibbert@newmillsafc.co.uk ) or any other committee member.

New Mills AFC Lifetime Membership

The Lifetime Membership is a fantastic offer which will enable supporters to receive a season ticket for life for a one-off payment of £1,000.
Alternate payment methods are available and any supporter who wishes to take up the offer is advised to contact Club Secretary Duncan Hibbert at duncanhibbert@newmillsafc.co.uk or any committee member, who will be happy to answer any questions supporters may have in regards to the membership.