Football Focus Issue 70 | Page 65

Worsbrough Bridge Athletic It's not just Tow Bars at Barnsley Towbar Centre! We are an established family run business and offer a fast friendly service catering to all your towing needs. NTTA Registered All work full guarant eed 20 Years servicing Barnsley and surrounding areas Fully fitted custom workshop Full fitting service all vehicles Friendly, professional & competitive Family run business Open 6 days a week Trailers | Towing Electricals | Tow bar Range Cycle Carriers | Caravan & Camping Motorbike Trailers | Trailer Hire | Number Plates Proud Sponsors of Worsbrough Bridge Athletic After a bright start the mid-season saw a dip in form resulting in a change of manager but with the smallest playing budget in the league the club are outside of the bottom places and looking to finish strongly with an improved squad from the start of the season. We are now looking to complete the season and get enough points to avoid relegation from the NCEL league and then build for next season. We have plans in place to develop our ladies and junior sections with new teams for next season and we will be finalising these plans during the rest of the campaign as well as working on developments to our ground, notably floodlights and drainage.” Youth “With one junior team and an under 19’s team currently attached to the club we are looking to further develop our youth section next season with more junior teams and potentially an under 18’s. Youth players are invited to senior games to integrate with the first team and enjoy a pathway of progression through our under 19’s into reserves and then first team duty, with Dylan Jackson, Joe Egan, Jake Fenton and Jordan Machen all progressing from the 19s set up into our first team squad during this campaign.” 01226 217222 www.barnsleytowbarcentre.co.uk Unit 5 Harris Precinct, Wombwell Lane, Barnsley S70 3NX Challenges/Ambitions “The biggest challenge for the club is gaining volunteers and financial support. Our football board is lean in terms of numbers and as football at this level moves on the need to compete financially becomes ever more difficult. We are probably one of only two teams in the league that have no player budget to push on to a better standard. Our ambition is to be a community focused financially stable and self-sufficient club with an increased number of junior, youth and ladies teams. The ambition is be able to compete with other clubs within the Northern Counties League and re-develop our stadium to a place that attracts supporters, sponsors and players with a good and positive reputation within the community.” www.footballfocusmag.com 65