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welcome to Issue 13 of The Uttoxeter &Cheadle Voice Full Colour Glossy Magazine.

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In this issue we have a heart-warming article on two Uttoxeter sistersin our Makeover Feature and also a very popular local couple tie the knotin Just The Perfect Day feature.

We have introduced a new feature entitled ‘This Month’s Shop Review.’This is a very important feature for our local businesses because it givesthem a chance to get up close and personal with our readers byexplaining why customers should shop there and the perception of theirown business.

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Kind regardsNigel TittertonEditor and Publisher

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Fantastic achievement

Groom Team England Took part in the 4th World Team GroomingChampionships which took place in Dachau, Germany recently. AndGroom Team England were placed third - in the World!!

There were 12 international teamstaking part and 7 international judgesincluding one from the UK. Teamsconsisted of 4 groomers and each teammember competed in the one of thefollowing classes: Scissoring, Handstripping, Spaniel & Setter and Poodle.

One of the members of Groom TeamEngland is Jitka Krizova from Uttoxeter. Shecompeted in Hand stripping category withWelsh Terrier Marlon and was second,gaining the most points for the team.

Jitka added: ‘I would sincerely like tothank Mrs Simone Locker for fixing mygrooming top at the last minute and alsoMr Gar Nevin for osteopathy treatment.’

Jitka became a professional groomer in1998 and in 2000 opened her firstgrooming salon in her home town Zvolen in Slovakia. In 2004 she moved to theUK and opened a grooming business in Cannock. Now she lives in Uttoxeterwith her partner John and their 3 dogs: Kimi, Rosie and Mia. John is alsoinvolved in dogs. He is top terrier handler in the UK.

Jitka began competing in grooming competitions and won BritishGroomer of the Year 2006 and Runner-up 2008, and won Eurogroom in 2006,2007 and 2009. In 2008 she was one of the judges at this competition.

Jitka loves grooming and working with dogs, but felt she needed to extendher knowledge andwork with dogs onother level. After twoyears of hard work inMarch she has finisheda canine massagecourse. She says: “Now Ican use my skill toimprove the quality oflife for so many dogs.”

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Brand new Sports Schoolcomes to Uttoxeter…SportsCoach launches with a successful and enjoyable OPEN DAY!

As the sun blazed down onthe idyllic grounds ofAbbotsholme School, boys

and girls had their first taste ofSportsCoach Uttoxeter. Parentswere given an exclusivepresentation and tour of thefacilities, whilst the children gotto try out the specialised sportsequipment with the SportsCoachPrincipal and Coaches.

SportsCoach is a weekendsports school that is for Boys andGirls aged 4 – 16 years. Childrenof all abilities are able toexperience diverse sportingactivities as well as the mainstream sports taught ineducation.

The aim of SportsCoach is to give children the opportunity to expressthemselves through sport and helps them to develop many life skills such asconfidence and communication as well as sporting skill and aptitude.

The school runs for 3 hours on a Saturday morning from 9.30am until12.30pm. The students change activity each hour and cover an hour of TeamSports, Individual Sports and the exclusive Team Challenges. Each disciplinefocuses on a different element of sport and child development and ourprofessional coaches’ work closely with each student to ensure maximumresults are achieved. Alongside this a huge amount of fun is had as weekendsare for ‘letting off steam’ after a long week in the classroom. SportsCoach runsfor 12 weeks alongside the usual academic terms.

SportsCoach covers a variety of activities such as; Archery, Fencing, ShortTennis, Football, Netball, Basketball, Martial Arts, Orienteering, Badminton,Volleyball, Cricket, Rugby, Athletics, Aerobics and many more.

Additionally and uniquely, each week SportsCoach incorporate Team Buildingand Motivational Challenges as an integral part of each term. This enables thestudents to work on their communication, team working, listening, and lateralthinking skills and is often the highlight of the week’s activities.

Alongside our main school SportsCoach runs an Early Sporties class for 4 – 6year olds, they cover the same disciplines as the older children but for 3 half hourclasses and work with one of the professional coaches and their assistant.

SportsCoach Uttoxeter is run in a safe and structured environment. Ourclasses are capped at 16 students to ensure our Coaches have adequate timewith each child giving us an excellent teacher to pupil ratio.

SportsCoach has a strict Child Protection Policy and all staff are checked bythe Criminal Records Bureau. SportsCoach is a division of Stagecoach TheatreArts Plc.

3 Good Reasons why SportsCoach Uttoxeter is good for the well being of your4 – 16 year old.

1. Regular Physical Exercise in youngsters increases their confidence,stimulates the brain, keeps them fit and decreases the chance of illness.

2. At SportsCoach, students learn valuable life skills such as teamwork, co-operation, self-discipline and an appreciation of how to win and lose.

3. Its fun, it’s educational and what’s more your child will developfriendships with like minded-youngsters.

SportsCoach gives children a chance to participate, a chance to learn and achance to achieve.

Places are limited due to small class sizesTo enrol your child, or for further information please contact: Principal, Alex

Bailey, Telephone 01782 287171, email [email protected].

Poet at Thomas Alleyne’s

On Thursday 1st October 2009, poet andcomedian Ash Dickinson visitedThomas Alleynes to perform poetry

workshops throughout the school. On theevening, he hosted our annual Poetry Cafewhere students, staff and governors readpoems by candlelight. Y13 student BeckyPrew read her poem personifying a cardboardbox and Jemma Johnson read her lyricsaccompanied by guitar. Congratulations toAlicia Brown in year 10 who won the poetrycompetition this year. If you would like moreinformation about Ash, visit his websitewww.ashdickinson.com.

A great day celebrating poetry in all itsforms was enjoyed by everyone involved andwe look forward to next year.

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Brownies getscientific

Over 30 Brownies from Uttoxeter packs visited thescience department at Thomas Alleynes High Schoollast term. Helped by some of the specialist science

teachers, the Brownies each carried out three investigationsin the new rural science laboratories. They investigated howto test the acidity and alkalinity of household substancesusing homemade natural indicators, how to separate thecolours from sweets and how to blow the largest bubbles.

At the end of the evening, each Brownie was presentedwith a certificate and their science badge.

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NewShowroom Open in Uttoxeter

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Welcome toMoorland MobilityWhat a huge range of mobility and accessequipment and vehicles in stock! You arewelcome to take a test drive at theshowroom in Leekbrook – convenientfrom Leek, Ashbourne & Buxton.

Moorland Mobility is run by husband and wife teamMalcolm and Terry and resident expert, Gina. They haveconvenient showroom premises in Leekbrook, a shortdistance from Leek and just half an hour fromAshbourne or Buxton. It is a short journey worth makingbecause their showroom has a huge range of mobilityitems in stock that you can test and see working, andGina can advise on meeting your requirements andanswer all mobility-related queries.

Moorland Mobility keeps in stock:Plenty of choice in the range of mobility equipment tohelp people get out and about around Ashbourne & theDales and Leek & the Moorlands: -• Wheelchairs and walkers• Wheelchair accessible vehicles• Scooters• Ramps and railings for outdoor areas• Clothing that is stylish and practical for outdoor trips

in mobility equipment

A large range of mobility equipment for comfort andsafety in the home:• Rise and recline chairs• Stair lifts• Adjustable beds• Rails and accessories for the home• Ramps• Cushions, pillows and bed accessories• Clothing range that includes garments designed

variously for fun, fashion, comfort and practicality.They are stockists of Racketys adapted clothing thatincludes the Tanni & Anni range of adult clothingdesigned by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE anddesigner Anni McMahon.

Sales scam update:Moorland Mobilityoffers help and adviceto those affected

Following recent publicity about pressure sales tactics aimed at elderlyand vulnerable people there have been a rise in the number of calls forhelp made to local, reputable mobility product specialists, Moorland

Mobility. Malcolm, Terry and Gina of Moorland Mobility share the Council’sconcern that older and vulnerable people are falling prey to the sharppractices of some operators selling mobility aids.

Terry Connop, owner of Moorland Mobility says: “We stock a number ofoptions on our mobility items, with a large number of different scooters andwheelchairs. These are important items in people’s lives and it is importantthey choose the option that suits thembest.”

Gina, our specialist advisor forMoorland Mobility, advises: “Not onlyhave some people paid over the odds,which is distressing, it is alsoconcerning that the equipment maynot be correctly fitted to the user. A lotof equipment, from walking sticks tomobility scooters, come in different sizesor have adjustable settings. These mayneed checking and adjusting.”

Moorland Mobility is offering afree check on any equipment that isbrought into either their showroomin Leekbrook, or the new shop in . . . .in Uttoxeter. For those unable to visit inperson Moorland Mobility can make service andsafety checks on goods in the home. This home service is,they stress, by appointment only and their normal published prices apply.

If you know of someone who recently purchased mobility equipmentfrom a ‘doorstep salesmen’, please urge them to have it checked byspecialists like Moorland Mobility.

About Moorland MobilityMoorland Mobility is run by husband and wife team Malcolm and Terry

Connop and resident expert, Gina. They have showroom premises inLeekbrook where it is possible to take a test drive on many items. The shopin Uttoxeter has an extensive range of mobility equipment to help people getout and about and also to be comfortable and stay safe in their homes

Moorland Mobility customer service includes: equipment servicing andrepairs, battery checks, insurance, warranties, hire purchase and finance,second hand equipment and the possibility of part exchange.

Cheerful conduct and friendly attitudes are also part of the customerservice at Moorland Mobility and it is a regular occurrence that localcustomers scoot over on their mobility equipment just to pop in for a coffeeand find out what’s new.

For more information please contact:Terry Connop, telephone 01889 564 099 The Uttoxeter ShopGina Blackham telephone 01538 381515 The Leekbrook Showroomwww.moorlandmobility.com

Terry Connop (middle), Owner. Aimee (right) – is our sales assistant at Uttoxeter. Gina(left) works at Leek, does all our home visits and assesor and advisor on FAQ concerningR&R Chairs, Power Chairs and Wheelchairs.

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Thursday 19th November

Rob Deering“Truly wonderful stand-up” Sunday Times

Sean Percival“He had us curled up begging for more… Sean Percival was thebest heckler worrier I’ve seen for years” Evening Mail

Thursday 17th December

Mike Wilmott“Leaves the audience in a state of hilarity that most comedians canonly dream of...” Evening Standard

Carl Donnolly“...one to watch” Leicester Mercury

Barton MarinaFishery OpensF

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lake at BartonMarina is nowavailable on a daypermit basis. Thelake has beenstocked withRainbow Trout up to15lbs in weight, andalready fishermenare reporting goodnumbers of fishcaught.

Permits allow upto three fish to bekilled, with sportingtickets available.Further informationis available from theMarina Office on01283 71166.

The seven acre lake on the site was stocked with coarse fish in Octoberwhen fishing commenced.

Set within the National Forest, the Barton Marina complex covers eighty-five acres of walks around the lakes and through woodland. For the lessenergetic, the Waterfront pub and restaurant offers morning coffee, six realales and freshly-cooked food from eleven until nine o’clock at night. As wellas the shops alongside the marina selling clothes, gifts and art, there is theaward-winning Butcher, Baker & Ice Cream maker, the Thai Marina and theApple Tree coffee shop and delicatessen.

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Just theperfect day...It really was ‘Just The Perfect Day’ for a

local couple when they were married at StJohn’s Church, Hollington.

Bride Gemma Grazier, daughter of Davidand Shelagh Grazier, and Groom BenjaminMurphy, son of Michael and Linda Murphy,enjoyed a wonderful day amongst familyand friends.

Gemma chose Rebecca Grazier as herbridesmaid and Ben selected Peter Haycockas his best man with Ashley, Stacy and

Phillip Bourne theushers.

The bride andGroom give theirindividual thoughtson their ‘Just ThePerfect Day:’

BRIDE:‘I woke up at

6am on themorning of thewedding on mymum and dadssettee feeling verynervous andunable to getback to sleep.

Kelly Walkercame at 8am andstarted on myhair and make-

up then I managed to have some breakfast.Denise Wheat Photography came around

and started to take some photographs andthe next few hours went by like a whirlwindand then suddenly I was inthe wedding car with my dadbeing taken to the church.

Walking down the aislewas a complete blur and therest of the day was taken upwith photos, fantastic foodby Ann’s Catering, drinkingand making some very happymemories..’

GROOM:‘I woke up at 6.45am and

then walked the dogs whilstpracticing my speech in anempty field!

When I returned home Iwoke up my best man whohad stopped over the nightbefore.

We both had showers andwere ready in our suits for9am.

I spent time pacing upand down our hallway tryingto calm my nerves.

The car came at 11.45amand took us all to the church.

Denise Wheat met me atthe church and took the firstlot of photographs.

It was then time to waitfor Gemma to walk down theaisle.

The rest of the day went by likeclockwork and the weather was perfect.

We both had a fabulous day togetherand loved celebrating it all with our friendsand family.’

PHOTOGRAPHY by Denise Wheat BA (Hons) LBIPP

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Bride: Gemma Grazier, of TeanGroom: Benjamin Murphy, of Tean

Wedding Day: Saturday, 4th July, 2009

Ceremony: St John’s Church, Hollington

Reception: JCB Lakeside Club, Rocester

Honeymoon: Cruise around New England, Canada

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Have you gotinformationon the historyof UttoxeterFire Station?

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Worlds Biggest Coffee MorningFun was had by all, when staff atIndulgence Coffee Lounge,Uttoxeter dressed to impress inorder to raise awareness and fundsfor Macmillan Cancer Support.Their efforts and with massivesupport from the people whovisited the lounge they collectivelyraised enough money for severalhours support by a Macmillanfamily support worker, who helpsand supports families who havebeen affected by a cancer diagnosis.

“We set out to dress as GoldieLocks and the Three Bears, but whenthe girls saw my costume I wasrenamed ‘Scary Locks’. I must admitI am a little concerned about someof the people in Uttoxeter who keptogling my chest and the offers ofmarriage I received.” explained David Hunter a partner in Indulgence. “Ifanybody was upset that I declined their offer, don’t worry I have kept all contactdetails and yes I kept the costume”

On behalf of Macmillan and Indulgence Coffee Lounge I would like to offer abig thank you to everybody who supported us on Friday, especially the lady whoput money in my stocking top.

12 months on and Proud to be inUttoxeterBy David Hunter, of The Indulgence Coffee Lounge, Uttoxeter

At Indulgence, we have just completed our first year in Uttoxeter Before coming to Uttoxeter we had carried out our research looking at towns

like Lichfield, Ashbourne, Bakewell and Matlock before settling on Uttoxeter. 12months on I have to say we made the right decision. We are very proud ofUttoxeter and its achievements and hope that Uttoxeter is proud of us.Especially as we feel we belong to Uttoxeter and hope that Uttoxonians arepleased to recommend us to friends.

Our first year has been very busy with a wide variety of events. We havehosted an exhibition from internationally famous artist Simon Stevenson,entertained Charles Hanson from BBC Bargain Hunt at a free valuation evening,hosted several Ladies only nights, been encouraged to open on evenings forspeciality food nights and private parties (which always go down well). Whilstentertainment has been provided by local bands and we are steadily growingand maturing the business. Currently we have a display of artwork from theLadies Denstone Art Group, you are welcome to come and view.

It is a great pleasure for us to see regular people coming in and bring friends,showing off the lounge. A recent accolade for us was a lady came in andexplained that she was in a tea lounge in Northumbria and over heard aconversation between two friends, one of them local to Northumbria and theother visiting. They were debating the merits of the tea lounge over a coffeeshop that they frequent in Staffordshire. The one lady explained that ‘the tealounge was very nice but not as comfortable or plush as the coffee shop she goesto back home’. “Well actually” she was heard to say “ours is a Coffee Lounge nota coffee shop” Whereupon both ladies agreed the coffee lounge was morecomfortable and relaxing with the best coffee and cheesecake they had evertried. It turns out that the coffee lounge in discussion was Indulgence. We wereparticularly pleased with this as it means people are talking about Uttoxeterand are bringing friends to visit this historical market town.

Also within the last 8 months a Trade Forum has formed to promote themerits of the town gaining support from the Chamber of Commerce, ESBC &SCC. All have been keen to promote the positive aspects of the retail experiencein Uttoxeter.

Uttoxeter came 2nd in a recent nation survey of market towns for the qualityof the retail experience. Whilst a very high 96% of visitors to the town ratedUttoxeter as very safe and secure whilst they visited the town. This is thehighest ever score anywhere in the UK and is a credit to the people and storekeepers of the town.

A new business network group, GF4B meets in the lounge fortnightly,Thursday mornings and share business ideas and collective support each othergrowing their own businesses to the benefit of Uttoxeter. Any local businessowners are welcome to come along.

To bring us right up to date the ‘Shop Uttoxeter’ initiative sponsored by theSCC was launched by Dr Johnson and a new loyalty card will be launched shortlyfor Uttoxeter residents. Details to follow.

All in all and despite the recession we made an excellent choice in Uttoxeter,the coffee lounge continues to grow month on month as more and more peoplefind us and bring their friends in to meet, entertain and indulge.


If you are responding to an advertisement in The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice, please let the advertiser know. Thank you for your support.22

Abbotsholme celebrates its 120th Anniversary this yearand to mark the occasion the school put together aprogramme of special events.

Over the summer holidays a group of intrepid climberswent to the Himalayas to climb 6,000 ft to Island Peak and asquad of rugby players travelled to South Africa to playschool teams in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Othergroups travelled to Sweden, Yorkshire and the Lake Districtas a record number of pupils completed their Gold Duke ofEdinburgh expeditions.

Headmaster, Steve Fairclough, explained, “This year, staffand pupils are celebrating the accomplishments andachievements of past pupils and pledge to continue to carrythe baton to ensure the ethos of Dr Cecil Reddie, the school’sfounder is maintained. Pupils since 1889 have been takingpart in outdoor activities alongside their academictimetable to ensure that they thrive as individuals anddevelop their diversity of talent. Cecil Reddie’s ethoscertainly translates well in the present day, where aneducation at Abbotsholme provides not only the startingblocks but also the first few metres of life’s track.”

During the school’s Open Day, Abbotsholme welcomedLady Moss, the wife offormer racing driver, SirStirling Moss, to officiallyopen the new library.Steve Fairclough said,“The addition of the newlibrary to the school istremendous andwill greatlyenhance thelearning

experience for the pupils. We are very grateful forthe generosity of the Old Abbotsholmians in raisingthe funds for this facility. I hope it remains, in oneform or another, for another 120 years.”

He added, “Our founder, Cecil Reddie, wanted tocreate a school which put the needs of theindividual first which provided an education for lifebeyond university and looked to educate our futureleaders in the ways of honesty, courage, humility,respect and integrity. This is what we do now,exactly what Cecil Reddie would have envisaged. Iam very proud to be part of Abbotsholme, past andpresent.”

Abbotsholme Schoolcelebrating

Above: Lady Moss andHeadmaster, Steve Faircloughcutting the ribbon to openthe Library (shown left).

Right: Pupils on a trip toNepal on their 120thanniversary

Below: celebrating success


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‘Helen Louise’ is a fineexample of why shoppers areincreasingly visiting Uttoxeterfor quality products at a fairprice. Stocking an amazing arrayof products for the bath, bedand home over two floors of theshop there is truly somethingfor everyone.

Priding herself on luxuryranges of towels, bed linens andtoiletries, Helen was careful notto duplicate products offered by existing shop owners in the town.

She commented “All the retailers look after each other here and offer helpwhere they can. I am delighted to be a part of that close-knit community andto offer stock that no-one else does.”

As well as home interiors products, babies, toddlers and children areparticularly well catered for with a fantastic selection of toys, blankets andsleeping bags as well as baby baths, accessories and kiddies toiletries. Helenis looking to make her shop the first port of call for customers requiring giftsfor a new baby or birthday presents for the toddlers of the town.

Despite having only been open just over a month, Helen has alreadyproved to be flexible in her offer and has recently added a picture framingservice to her portfolio at the request of customers.

Looking forward to the important Christmas Season, Helen has filled theshop with a variety of products perfect as stocking fillers and tree presents.She is also looking forward to participating in the town’s annual festiveactivities such as cracker night and is an active member of the town’s tradeforum.

Throughout December Helen will be joining forces with other membersof the trade forum to open until 8pm every Wednesday.

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Well readers, lots to cram in to this monthsmainly pat on the back column. But first theusual bit of a moan as the grumpy old man

that I am -As a Neighbourhood watch co-ordinator in Rocester,

I sometimes have to have words with some of theyounger members of the village about their anti socialbehaviour, such as harrassing elderly members of thecommunity. Most of them show some respect anddisperse when asked, but sadly you only need one rottenapple in a barrel to turn the others, and Rocester is only asmall barrel. The amount of litter scattered around thevillage centre is nothing short of disgraceful, do theperpetraters not realise that in a very short space of timethey will be the custodians of the communitythemselves? What sort of role model will they be for theirown children when they have them, when they haveabsolutely no pride in their village?

The other moan I have is cyclists. Nothing wrong withcyclists as such, they are keeping the planet smoke free,but I just wish that they would use the cycle paths whenthey are provided. When the new link road was put in tojoin Stafford to Stoke, which takes us over the A50 off theRocester road at the back of McDonalds, they put in acycle path which goes all the way to Tesco’s. But for somereason the ruddy cyclists choose to ignore it and ride onthe main road, quite often holding everybody up for longstretches.They keep telling us to think bike, how aboutbikes thinking car occasionally, ( I don’t drive, but theyalso hold my bus up!!)

On the pleasurable side, the Churnet Valley Male voicechoir with whom I have the pleasure of singing, held theirAnnual Concert in Cheadle Methodist Church on the 19thof September, all proceeds going to guide dogs for theblind and the church. The concert was once again a hugesuccess, and as we were fortunate enough to have thewonderful blind soprano Denise Leigh and her husbandStefan Andrusyschyn who is also blind as our guests, itmade for a fantastic evening enjoyed by everyone.

We went through our repertoire with great gusto,with both Denise and Stefan having solo spots as well asduetting, Stefan is an unbelievable performer on thepiano accordian, and both of them wowed the audience.The highlight of the of the concert for the choir was whenwe performed ‘The Virgin of the Angel Host’ with Deniseto close the show. It was a real pleasure for us, but as ourchairman Geoff Hartley said when he announced it “Weare not sure if Denise feels the same!”

Two weeks later we sang for the Cotton MothersUnion to a packed audience at Cauldon L ow Village hall,when we appeared with the Alton Handbell ringers - andbye gum didn’t that pie and pea supper go down well!

Uttoxeter Rugby Football Club at the time ofwriting, are going great guns. Having beenpromoted to Midlands Four East (North) this

season, they are currently topping the League on pointsdifference with 3 games played and won, scoring 142points, with only 9 against, plus beating Cannock in theOwen Cup by 15 points to 6, not having conceded a tryanywhere along the way.

New coach Robert (Rob) Scragg has worked hard onthe lads during the close season, to bring them to a peakfitness which has stunned their opponents so far thisseason. Rob, who is Staffordshires most capped playerwith 60 appearances, a former captain of both the Countyand Burton, has now returned to his roots at his formerclub at Uttoxeter at the age of 40, having once been theyoungest captain of the town side before moving on togreater things.

You would think that Rob would be happy with whatthe lads had achieved so far, but not a bit of it. “We arestill making too many silly mistakes” he told me whilstwatching Uttoxeter demolish East Retford by 51 points to6. “It should have been much more” said Rob, “The ladsgot white line fever, trying to create gaps that wern’tthere, instead of playing the expansive game we arecapable of.”

I love his attitude, and it’s obvious that the lads areenjoying their rugby both on and off the field, and evenwith key players missing through injury and unavailabilitythey can still put out a strong enough side to competewith the best in their their division. The Saturdayfollowing their demolition of East Retford they travelled

to Castle Donnington where they notched up another 50points without reply in appalling conditions, despiteplaying badly by their own standards.

Skipper Andrew (Spike) Moult is backing Rob all theway, with both men having asperations of Uttoxetergoing up another rung at the first attempt. Even thoughit is still early days, the alarm bells will be ringing in thethree counties (Notts, Lincs and Derby) where Uttoxeterplay their rugby, where it is much more competative thanin Staffordshire.

Rob himself will be turning out for the team when aniggling shoulder injury has healed, and he intends toplay alongside Tim Carr in the second row which will bringthe already talented youngster along even more - theprospect is mouth watering.

With the 2nd development XV also ticking alongnicely with some up and coming talent, and 150youngsters now in the junior section, the future of theclub looks to be assured. Rob hopes that they will staywith us, and not feel the need to go elswhere to play theirsenior rugby as they reach maturity. Jake Cabrera hasalready been for an under 16 County trial -congratulations to him.

With a whole raft of businessmen now among theranks of those offering support, and 56 Vice Presidentsponsers signed up, things are certainly looking rosy forUttoxeter. But we still need players to expand the seniorsquads so if any of you out there are at a loose end on aSaturday, why not come up and support your local club atOldfields, and stop for a drink - it beats shopping with themissus, and who knows, you might even fancy a game.

As a postscript - Recently Uttoxeter Rugby Club said astunned farewell to one of their former players whenJulian Ashby passed away from heart disease at the ageof 51. Julian was Uttoxeter’s first second team captainback in 1982 when the club first formed fromthe remnants of the old JCB club of which hehad been an integral part, he was a realgentle giant, a big man with a big heart,which sadly let him down in the end.

I well remember him making his debutfor JCB RFC in the days when there were noleagues, only friendlies. We had recentlyformed a 2nd XV and were on the lookout forbig lads to make up the team, and Julianfitted the bill perfectly. So we pursuaded himto come along and watch a match at StokeRugby Club on a Sunday afternoon.

The team was short of a player so he waspersuaded to turn out, despite having had apint in the bar already, and never havingplayed any rugby in his life before. We fixedhim up with a shirt and a pair of shorts, butno-one had any boots to fit his size 13 feet.Then in a glass case on the wall someonespotted a big pair of boots which one ofStokes County stars of yesteryear hadpresented to the club. The case was dulyforced open and the old pair of dustydubbined boots with the studs nailed ontaken out, they were totally illegal by today’sstandards, but they fitted Julian perfectly, sohe took the field in them.

By half time they had split, and had to bebound up with masking tape, but somehowthey lasted the match. Stoke were none toohappy afterwards mind!

So began a long association betweenJulian and the rugby fraternity.

In our anniversary veterans match acouple of years ago despite being in pain withan arthritic condition to go with the diabetishe already suffered from Julian took the fieldfor the last time for 10 minutes, along with anumber of other guest players fromyesteryear.

Julian was one of those rare sincerehuman beings who it was a joy to be around.I know I speak for all at Oldfields whoremember him when I say “Julian, it was aprivilege and a pleasure to have known you,you will be sadly missed, and you willcertainly leave a void in the life of your muchloved wife Sandra and all of your family, but I

know you will never be forgotten.”

Having just had a wonderful day at Uttoxeter races,on a lovely October afternoon - thanks Nige! Itseems hard to imagine that when this issue of

Uttoxeter and Cheadle Voice goes to press we will beapproaching Christmas, and as always I would like toinform you of relevant dates for our vicar Kesh’s busyparish schedule.

On the 20th of November Rocesters Autumn Fayretakes place in Rocester Village Hall at 7pm.

Then the Christmas dates kick in, with HollingtonsCarol Service at St. Johns Church on the 13th ofDecember, 7pm start. Followed by the Croxden CarolService on the 20th, at St. Giles Church, once again at7pm. They follow this on Christmas Eve with theirChristingle Service at 3pm.

The 24th of December also sees St. Michaels atRocester begin their busy Christmas eve celebrations witha fancy dress party and Crib Service starting at 5.30,which will be followed by mulled wine and mince pies,and they are delicious! Also you can meet Santa...

Then at 11.30pm the first Christmas CommunionService is also at St. Michaels, always well supportedthere is a great atmosphere in church, so if you live inRocester or the surrounding area and have neverattended this service in the past, why not come along andsee what you have been missing?

At 10am the following morning on Christmas Day isthe Family Celebration when the congregation are invitedto bring along an unopened present to open during theservice, hopefully there will be nothing embarrassing inthe parcel! There will also be selection boxes for all thekids who attend. As always everyone will be welcome atany of these Services.

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Thomas Alleyne’s High School held theirsecond Governors’ awards evening onTuesday October 6th.

The “Governors’ Award” is a prestigiousaward to recognise the exceptionally highachievement and talents of some of ourstudents both in school and out of school

The criteria for nominations were:• National representation in sports, music or

drama• County representation in sports, music or

drama• Having a national ranking of 10 or better• Winning a national team event• Winning a county individual event• Extended commitment to the school• Extended commitment to the community• Overcoming severe personal difficulties

Anyone with any connection to any of ourpupils could submit a nomination, and afterdue consideration

The following list of students were selectedto receive an award

Carly AtkinsonCarly represented her country in the World

Taekwondo Championships in South Americaachieving 2 golds and a silver.

Allie BryanAllie has made an outstanding

contribution to school netball and netball inthe community. She is an excellent role modelin all walks of school life.

Lydia DawsonLydia has made an outstanding

contribution to school sport. She has alwaysgiven more than she has taken! She hasrepresented the school and house in football,netball, hockey, athletics and rounders and

even cross country when the need has arisen.Alice HigginsAlice is a highly musically talented member

of the school community and her contributionto the performing arts has been exemplary.

Blake SherlockBlake has shown maturity beyond his years

and has generously given of his time fornumerous charity and voluntary events. Heplayed a key role in collecting money for theChernobyl Charity out of school hours and hasshown determination in several communitygarden projects.

Rosie SmithRosie has worked as a volunteer at

Uttoxeter Gateway Club, a social club foradults with learning difficulties for over a year.She is cheerful, resourceful and a real asset tothe club.

Emma WorleyEmma has been an excellent school

athletics captain. She has helped to organiseteams and led by example. She was selectedto represent Staffordshire Moorlands at thecommunity championships and wassuccessful in becoming the county high jumpchampion.

A spokesman for the school said thatwhilst it was great to celebrate theachievement of these individuals, he felt therewere still many young people out there doinggood work that we at the school don’t knowabout.

This is an annual event, so if anyone knowsof any Thomas Alleyne’s pupils who aredelivering above and beyond, then pleasecontact the school ask for a nomination formfor next year.

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Gardening in October – every book and gardenerI have spoken to say that October is the time tostart putting the garden to bed for the winter,

we normally have the first of the frosts and so all thelovely annuals that have been doing a great job ofcheering up the garden will now succumb to the coldand die off, they can be pulled out or dug in, thisdepends on your philosophy. Cutting back all theshrubs is also advised at this time of year, so my phloxand valerian and iris will all be cut down to groundlevel so that they survive thewinter. It’s also a good time toput name tags next to eachclump, but my puppies love toplay with name tags, so I amgoing to do a simple plan onpaper, it’s a great way to recordwhat you have, what you haveadded and to see what survived.I also make a note of what didwell and where, so that I canmove them if necessary. It’s alsothe time to increase the plants inyour garden without spendingmoney, dividing your existingplants is the answer. You candivide plants now, but watch theweather, if the weatherman sayswe are about to have a spell of wind, rain and cold,(sorry I am afraid October does bring this weather),then wait to divide. The trick to success with dividingis that the plants need to be lifted, divided and thenimmediately put back into the warm, well drainedsoil, otherwise they will not survive. Of courseanother way to increase your spring display is withbulbs. We have decided that we want lots of fragrantdaffodils in the garden so I have ordered a 25kg sackof ‘Cheerfulness’ bulbs, apparently that is 360 bulbs,do you think I might be busy?

Having said that October is the time to put thegarden to bed, we all need colour to help us throughthe winter and by adding Violas and winter floweringPansies you can achieve this right up until end ofNovember. The Violas are perennial, so they will comeback each year, remember that when you are planting,whereas the pansies are annual andyou will remove them later. For my tipof the month I visited Heath HouseFarm nursery and tearooms in

Forsbrook, ST11 9BQ,and was greeted withhundreds of trays ofwonderful blousyPansies and elegantViolas, in all sort ofshades. Sue whoshowed me roundexplained what I had todo with each plant. Thevarieties of Pansies theygrow are the Deltarange, they produce large smileyplants, which if you deadhead themthen they will flower and flower, fromnow until end of November, then inDecember and January the leaves willstay green but its too cold for flowers,

but the flowers will come back in February right theway through to May, when you take them out to makeway for other annuals. The Violas are similar; they willflower now until November, and then come back inFebruary, but in April you just cut them back, as theyare perennials. Sue recommended adding Bellis Buttonto my planting scheme; they are a little bedding plantthat has low raised leaves like a daisy and thenwonderful small pompom like flowers. I have plantedthese in amongst my violas and pansies and amlooking forward to seeing them flower. The nursery

has a wonderful coffee shop with ‘non fattening cakes’(well), and Sue and I discussed dead heading over aslice of Chocolate Cake, (gardening can be tough!!!)when dead heading Pansies and Violas, look for whenthe flower starts to fade, then you take off the wholeflower stake, that way the plant does not get a chance

to form a seed, which is it’s wholeaim in life, so it then flowers again tosee if it can form a seed, so by deadheading you are tricking it intocontinuous flowering. Simple.

Back on the Alexandra Crescentallotments, Arnold and Arthur(pictured) are ‘sweetening’ theirground by adding lime to the top ofthe soil after digging over. It alsohelps to get rid of club root, whichhas affected the cabbages andbroccoli this year. You cannotcompost affected plants and theytake them to the tip. They have

been working their plot for three yearsand like me are learning all the time, they have justdiscovered that if they use a soap based outdoorcleaner, 100 to 1 mix and add this to the soil, it willalso help get rid of club root. They promised to updateme next year if it has worked. They were busy cuttingdown their broad bean plants, they leave the roots inthe ground over winter to help return nitrogen to thesoil, but the tops they will dig back into the earth asgreen manure. They are harvesting the last of theirwhite beetroot, which has been a great success butthey are leaving the parsnips in the ground until thefrost comes, the frost will ensure that their parsnipsare sweet, another tip that I never heard of before.They are a wonderful pair of gardeners and both arevery generous with their time, they left me by saying‘we like experimenting with new things, hence thewhite beetroot’

Ginny’s Gardening GuideBy Uttoxeter’s Ginny Gibson

Itouched on sources of humour in my last article – Ihave often thought that when dealing with peoplewho were often in the depths of despair and

always, at the very least, stressed out if you could notseize upon and appreciate the lighter side of thingswhen they did present themselves you would gobarmy. My wife is prone to telling me that I alreadyhave!

It is also fair to say that a sense of humour couldso often help in dealing with sensitive orembarrassing topics with the Client, Police,Magistrates and so-called Authority generally.

Thus and not infrequently when visiting a Clientwho was in custody prior to appearing in Court thedialogue would often go something like this:

“ Is it possible for me to see So-and-So?” I wouldask of the Prison Officer who opened the door leadingto the Cell area.

“Let me see,” there would then be a momentshesitation before the ponderous reply, “I believe thathe/she is available today and receiving visitors butjust let me go and consult his/her EngagementDiary”.

Before we leave, probably only for the time being,the humour aspect there was one a very able – longsince retired – local Police Sergeant who before theadvent of the Crown Prosecution Service,occasionally prosecuted in Court. He was a pastmaster at the art of timing. In one memorable Casefrom the look at the time of the Sergeant’s face all in

Court knew that there was a belter of a punch linecoming. The matter involved a youth being stoppedin Uttoxeter and who was driving a car in a verydubious mechanical state – to describe it as an “oldbanger” would have been a gross compliment!

“When you pressed the horn button theheadlights came on,” reported the Sergeant whothen went on,” When you depressed the clutch pedalthe engine cut out, when you operated the indicatorswitch the horn blasted “ and so it went on, until,after hearing a catalogue of mechanical defects theCourt was told what the young Driver had to sayabout all this.

“Well. Officer, “ the Driver was alleged to haveresponded,” It was a good job that you stopped me. Icould have been killed in that motor”.

On one occasion, in the small hours, myassistance was requested by the Police following thearrest, not too far from Uttoxeter, of a French Lorrydriver who spoke little or no English and had beencaught with the intention of being “at it” or at least“Trying to do it” with a local young lady who was, infact, under age but far from obviously so and whowas not entirely unknown to the Police. At the timeprofessional interpreters were hard to come andvirtually non-existent in the wee small hours andthere was more than a mere suspicion that the lorrydriver, taking especial account of communicationproblems, may well have been, to some extent,initially conned and, thereafter, got carried away.

Nothing had, fortunately, actually happened and no-one wanted the hassle of keeping him in the cellsovernight let alone putting the matter before theCourt. So it was that the Police and I put ourcollective heads together – “Implementing the Waysand Means Act” we used to call it – and deeming it asufficient “punishment” and warning against tryinganything like that in the future, we somewheremanaged to get it across to the Driver that as a resultof what he had done he needed to get back home asfast as he could and then see his Doctor urgently foran immediate course of double-strength Antibiotics.The look on the poor fellow’s face could not havebeen more expressive of fear and remorse if he hadbeen handed out a substantial prison sentence and Irecall that he then exited the Police Station at a rateof knots or, should I say, “kilometres”.

I once asked a Police Officer what, in the contextof his work, the expression “Pro-active” meant.“Well,” he responded without a moment’s hesitation,“generally in Policing you only affect an arrest afteryou have seen someone doing something or suspectthat something has happened. If you are Pro-activeyou don’t wait that long”, My mind boggled and Ialways doubted that the Officer’s definition wouldhave met with the approbation of the ChiefConstable let alone any civil libertarian

So with that I will close.See you in Court,John E.Glandfield

Magisterial MemoriesBy John GlandfieldUttoxeter’s Most Charismatic Solicitor

Emotions ran high as a sister’sbirthday gift overwhelmed aUttoxeter woman!

Lisa Hudson, of Stafford Road,Uttoxeter, wanted to give her sister,who has suffered two years of terribletrauma, a very special birthdaypresent.

Lisa contacted The Uttoxeter &Cheadle Voice colour magazine andasked if she could nominate her sisterfor a Makeover after seeing a featurein the magazine recently.

Lisa’s sister, Vicky, of ChurchStreet, Uttoxeter, has endured anhorrendous and truly emotionalcouple of years.

In 2007 she lost her beautifulbaby boy Callum to cot death whenhe was just 12 weeks old.

Vicky’s world was torn apart and the pain and anguish of that dreadful daywill never leave her.

She was absolutely over the moon when she found out she was pregnantagain last year and perhaps happy days would soon be on the horizon.

Sadly, Vicky’s joy was short-lived when her baby daughter Millie wasprematurely stillborn in April of this year.

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‘All the make-up and hair designwere provided free of charge by Salon14 and Essential Clothing Companyincredibly asked me to choose one ofthe 4 outfits, including jewellery andshoes, and let me keep it!’

Vicky and her sister enjoyed thewhole Makeover Day and the 25thbirthday treat proved to be one toremember.

‘I gave everybody who helped mein my makeover hugs and kisses,especially my dear sister Lisa, ‘saidVicky. ‘I have had a very rough timeover the last couple of years and thishas really cheered me up. Myselfand my sister are very close and sheknows what I have been throughand it was a lovely thing to do forme but she is that type of girl.

‘I will never forget this birthdaypresent and I would sincerely liketo thank Angela Clinton, Managerat Essential Clothing Company,Esther Brown and Laura Mills ofSalon 14 (photograph above) andof course The Uttoxeter &Cheadle Voice.’



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Is there a story behind thenameI named the shop after mywonderful grandmother,who taught me all theimportant lessons in life,including at the age of 5how to knit.

How long have you beenestablished We opened in August 2008.

For people that haven’tvisited you yet, what is yourspecialityWe cater for everythingconnected to Knitting andHaberdashery. We have newpattern books, vintagepatterns plus a group ofknitters who will produceunique items for customers,all you have to do is come inand discuss what you wouldlike and we can produce it.We also have tapestries,embroideries, fabric dyes,paints, zips, old silks,threads, buttons and ofcourse wools and knittingneedles.

Is there a service you offer customers that they may not know about just by walking pastyour shopWe have a Knitting Circle on the last Tuesday of every month, people come into the shop toknit and swap ideas. Plus we have a Wool Save Service, so you can spread the cost of youritem by laying wool aside.

Currently what is your most popular product/serviceAt the moment people are buying button necklaces, which are great fun and they arestarting to order the knitted Nativity Sets that we make, they are a full set with the threekings, donkey and of course Mary and Joseph.

Personally, what is your favourite item that you offer and whyI think this must be the knitting service, we have had a number of really lovely creativeprojects in our first year ofbusiness: a man whosupports TottenhamHotspurs wanted a mascot, Iwas able to help him designone, then knit it so he wenthome happy knowing it wasunique. A lady walked inone day, and had seen acardigan on a video that shehad wanted to own foryears, she described it, weput together a design andthen produced it, she wasover the moon. Recently wehad a customer who hadsaved a precious vintagepattern and we have beenable to create the item forher, using all the traditionalstitches.

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The good old days

Above: Can anyonerecognise these localfolk enjoying a goodnight out?

Right: There must agood reason why theseyoungsters decided tostand in deep water!Give The Voice a ring on01538 751629 and tellus who the people areand the location wherethey are standing!

Left: A CheadleChurch event a fewdecades ago - doyou recogniseanyone - give us aring!

Below: This soccerteam proudly posefor a photographafter winning atrophy in 1959 -but who are they?

I received a fantastic response from readers over The Good Old Days photos in thelast issue of The Voice - many thanks for taking the time to pick up the phone. TheRocester FC team was recognised as: Keith Hibberd, Ivan Ash, Pete Swanwick, JohnHarrison, Roy Morley, Alf Blood, Gilbert Egerton, Ken Green. Front row BrianWalker, Peter Walker, Graham Dixon, Brian Ferneyhough, Frank Hitchen. Thephoto was taken after Rocester had won the Uttoxeter Challenge Cup.

Alistair Thursfield’s photo certainly rattled memories of a lot of readers who saidit was taken on April 13th 1961 and the team was called Uttoxeter Wandererswhich included youngsters who at the time were playing friendly games but insubsequent years went on to play in the old Uttoxeter Saturday League. Most ofthe early team went to Alleyne’s Grammar School in Uttoxeter and on thisoccasion they played and and beat a team called Redfern Athletic from Derby 5-2.The goalscorers were Brian Cox 2, Mick Harper, Mick Danks and Alistair(goalkeeper) who stepped up and scored a penalty! Tony Slater is believed to beliving in Alsager, Graham Forrester in Spath, Terry Shand in Uttoxeter and MickHarper in Ashbourne.

The two Cheadle football ‘stars’ were Dave Shufflebotham with wife Brenda andNigel Titterton and wife Marcia. The lady enjoying a great night out is TinaHeinich and the other photo included Carol Charlesworth and Carol Woolley.

‘Ah’d like t’die up ‘ere’, Harold Collierannounced, plonking himself on the littlewooden seat under the front window of hiscaravan that occupied the pitch next to ours.

‘That’s a bit of a morbidthing to say’, I remarked,joining him on the little seatthat creaked in protest. ‘Whatbrings this on?’

‘It wunner be s’far t’ go’,said Harold pragmatically. Hewithdrew his pipe and filled itwith some villainous lookingtwist. True, the hills of thebeautiful county of Derbyshirewere a lot nearer to heaventhan where he and I had spentthe biggest part of our lives.

‘Tha knaws – t’ mere thowto’ peggin’ aht used fritten meter death…‘, he said applying amatch to the tobacco andtamping it down with a blackforefinger - ‘but it dunnermayther me ner mower. Hesucked hard on the pipe andpuffed out a cloud of thickgreen smoke. Across the valley,the evening sun was setting ina massive red orb over the hillabove Youlgreave and the pineson the green plantationopposite were turning blackwith the onset of night. Onthe Limestone Way towardsRobin Hoods Stride, a curlewcalled and Harold and I, withassistance from a couple ofcans of Pedigree, let the peaceof the evening wash over us. Infifteen minutes, the bell ringerswould start their Tuesdayevening practice and the lightsof the village would wink on.Voices and the barking of dogsbegan be heard as peoplewalked their animals alongBradford Dale and down to thevillage of Alport. For thehundredth time, I realised thatJill and I along with Harold andNorma, his wife, had the twobest pitches in the county.

‘Ar Nudge worries abahtstuff tha knaws…‘, said Harold, removing his pipeand sending a jet of brown spittle into theharebells that nodded gaily to us all through thesummer. ‘’Er worries abaht t’kids, ‘er worriesabaht this funny wart as ‘ers got on t’side o’ ‘erchops…‘er worries abaht ar Danny losin’ ‘isjob….’er gets on mar bloody nerves!’ Despite beingborn seventy miles apart, I shared a greatcamaraderie with Harold. I was a born and bredStokie, reared among the bottle ovens and coalmines of North Staffordshire with a working classancestry - Harold was a dour Sheffielder who hadspent all his working life in close proximity to asteel furnace, gravitating to the pub at lunchtimewith a dozen of his mates to write off ten pints of

beer and sweating it off in the afternoon back atthe furnace. He and ‘ar Nudger’ had reared sixchildren in a terraced house fighting poverty,damp, illness and come out on the other side.

The children, most of whom had donewell for themselves, had pooledtogether, bought their parents acaravan and paid three years rent inadvance on the site that it occupied.This had turned out to be a pricelessgift to their parents. After Harold’sretirement, they stillinhabited the same terracedhouse, but the siblings hadceremoniously scrapped hisrickety old Volvo andreplaced it with a smallmodern car.

Harold and Norma’s lifechanged beyond theirwildest dreams.

‘Ah miss t’owd Volvo thaknaws’, said Haroldruminatively as he chewedthe stem of his pipe. Hejabbed a thumb at thenewish little entity thatsquatted by his caravan. ‘Ahcall it t’oxo tin’, he said ‘It’sgot abaht as much steel init’. ‘At least it’s got a floorHarold’, I said in defence ofthe little Peugeot. The Volvohadn’t!’

‘Got bloody good airconditionin’ though’, hecommented drily and gave aharsh laugh which turnedquickly to a cough andterminated in a green entitywhich he spat into the longsuffering harebells. Hisyears in the steel foundryhad told on his health butthe clean air of the moorsand dales gave him a qualitynow that he had neverbefore had. Norma alsoloved her little box onwheels perched on thebeautiful green hillside ofour site.

‘Ah do what ah did as alittle wench!’ she said

enthusiastically. ‘Ah play ‘ouse’. Andshe did. Owd Nudger hummed thesongs of her childhood as she busiedherself going through the motions ofcleaning the caravan and scoldingHarold for leaving socks in the awningand his teeth on her pristine littledressing table, but the dolly tub in thesqualid back yard that Nudger hadlived with for so many hard years hadnow been replaced by waving ox eyedaisies, red campion, fairy flax andbright yellow ragwort.

Harold still likes a drink and I keep agood stock of cans of Marston’s

Pedigree in the cupboard but Harold takes painsto tell me that he ‘conna drink lark ‘ee usedto….Eight pints an’ that’s me!’ is his familiarremark, but where Harold is slacking, Ar Nudger isbeginning to help him out. She has found thesoporific effects of dry Martini and will happilyassist my Jill to write off a bottle if called upon.

I have written this as to me, it is a real life fairytale. My own grandad died two years afterretiring as a shunter in the sooty yards of theNorth Staffordshire Railway. My grandma had noquality in her seventy years of life, dying ofAlzheimer’s disease in Cheddleton. I don’t go tochurch, not because I don’t believe in God but Idon’t believe that God sits up there with an A4clipboard keeping track of who attends evensongand who doesn’t. My dad used to say ‘God movesin a mysterious way, his wonders to perform’ Ibelieve that he did just that when he took Haroldand owd Nudger up to Derbyshire.


Each month Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott (Alan Povey) will write a uniqueinsight into our local life and its many characters.His infectious, humorous slant on people provides a different and unusual mixwhich hopefully will bring a warm smile to the faces of our readers.

This month: HAROLD AT THE CARAVAN

Povey’s PeopleBy Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott

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Checkleycricket club’shistoric victoryBy Andy Carr (Club Captain)

When Nigelvery kindlyinvited me

to write an article onCheckley’s seasonand winning ‘TheTalbot Cup’, I couldhave very easilywritten a book onthe “Ups and Downs”on what proved to bea very tasking seasonboth on and off thecricket field. And onthat note I would sincerely like to thank my wife Sam for putting up withsome very different mood swings.

But moving on. What a special way to end that difficult season. Firstlyfrom a player’s prospective to get through to any final is a great achievement,as it is a matter of fact that the majority of League players only dream ofplaying in such prestigious finals such as ‘The Talbot Cup’. It seems to be morefitting and meaningfull as the 6 teams we were drawnagainst were allpositioned higher in the League than ourselves.

Although our Professional on the day of the final Riffatullah Mohmand(pictured in action above) rose to the occasion, and produced what manypeople say was the best batting performance ever seen at Four Trees, our ownlads must also be very proud of themselves, because each and everyone who

played in the previousrounds put in someoutstanding performancesalong the way.

All of our players havevery strong connections andunderstanding with eachother, and that is what I tryto take out onto the field.I’m a firm believer that ifyou have a happy dressingroom with no corners, teambuilding and performanceswill easily follow.

As for winning the cup. Itmeans so much to everyoneat Checkley. Players, clubofficials, members,sponsors, and generalsupporters. Over the last

two seasons the members at Checkley have stuck together like glue over theirdisciplinary matters, proving that the backbone of Checkley Cricket Club isextremely strong and determined, and to end a season on such a high note,gives the club a great platform to build on for the 2010 season and onwards.

In the Chairman’s absence I would like to take this opportunity in thankingeveryone who helped, both before and on the day of the final, create and setsuch high standards as we did, which I know did not go unnoticed throughoutthe cricketing fraternity. We should all be very proud of what we producedboth on and off the cricket field that day, which proved to be one of the mostmemorable days we have encountered at Four Trees.

I would also like to thank all of the local support on the day of the final.And I sincerely hopethat both the cricketand the facilities wehave to offer atCheckley will makeyour return just asenjoyable in thefuture.

Once againCongratulations toall.

The Voice wouldsincerely like tothank Carl Jacksonfor the photographssupplied to us

Wayne shows hiscommitment By Tom Holdcroft

Leek Town Football Clubmanager Wayne Johnson –who was raised and still

lives in the Cheadle area – iscurrently reaping the benefitsof the most difficult decision ofhis footballing life. The 35-year-old elected midway throughlast season to turn his back ona playing career, which hadseen him reach the First Roundproper of the FA Cup withNewcastle Town and play morethan 250 games for the Blues,in order to concentrate solelyon the manager’s role atHarrison Park.

Twelve matches without awin at the start of the 2008/09season convinced Johnson totake decisive action. Since then,the fortunes of Leek TownFootball Club have improveddramatically. Just five defeats in27 matches took Wayne’s teamto the brink of the playoffs lastterm before starting the currentcampaign in fine style, settingthe pace in the Unibond LeagueDivision One South.

The secret to Wayne’s immediate success since swapping the pitch for thetechnical area is simple – the buck stops with him.

He said: “I had to make a decision to either let it carry on and probably end upgetting sacked - or pack in playing, do the manager’s job myself and do it my ownway. “A lot of the players weren’t happy with the coaching that was going on andI probably let it go on for a little bit too long. The 12 games without a win leadingup to my retirement as a player on 15th November put us second-bottom of theleague. Our form from that day has been excellent and – having kept the samesquad together – things are so far going very well during the current campaign. Ihave definitely been by far a better manager since making that tough decisionbecause I have gained more respect from the players. I have nobody to hide behindand whatever I say goes.”

Wayne’s life in football began as a junior, largely sitting on the bench forKingsley Juniors, before moving to Cheadle Athletic from the age of 11.

He began playing senior football with Boltons and Cheadle Rovers at the ageof 16 before testing himself at a higher level with Ball Haye Green.

Also staying loyal to his roots by turning out on a Sunday for Cheadle United,Wayne had just played in the final of the Sentinel Sunday Cup when theopportunity arose to break into semi-professional football with Newcastle Town.It was during the last of his four seasons at Lyme Valley that Wayne had theopportunity of playing in the First Round Proper of the most prestigious cupcompetition in the world of club football - the FA Cup.

The tie was against the Football League’s oldest club, Notts County, and Wayneremembers the occasion as much for the media circus as the game itself. “Wewatched the draw live on the BBC and from then on, for two weeks before thegame, it was absolutely amazing,” he recalls. “Everybody wanted to know us, wewere in demand for interviews and we even had a TV appearance. I wasdetermined not to let the occasion get to me though and if anything I felt a bitlethargic by the time of the kick-off. You can’t take it all in at the time, but I’ve gotthe videos, the photographs, the match-day programme and all of thememorabilia which is good to look back on now and again. It was a good game andwe certainly held our own. They should have had a player sent off just after half-time with the score at 0-0. They got the break and went on to beat us 2-0, but itwas an excellent day.”

Although Leek Town had shown an earlier interest, it was with Witton Albionand later Congleton Town that Wayne enjoyed his first taste of football at Unibondlevel.

When the move to Harrison Park did come, it turned out to be Wayne’s long-term home. Six years as a player were followed by his current role as manager ofthe club. Having established a strong relationship with the club, its supporters andhis players, Wayne is now focussed, not only on achieving promotion to the toplevel of Unibond football, but also on keeping them there whilst maintaining astable financial footing.

“I think they will have a statue built of me if I get them back up,” he laughed.“But that is the ambition, the club is building gradually and I believe that 80% ofthe current squad have got what it takes to succeed in the league above. You neverknow what is round the corner, but I am focussing on doing the best I can for LeekTown in every game. In football you can have four bad games that will puteveryone on your back, or in the same number of games you can have other clubswanting you to manage them.

“But this is a great job, Leek is the biggest non-league club in the area, and Ihave no intention of leaving.”


The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice has sponsored LeekTown FC Manager Wayne Johnson’s kit for thisseason as part of their commitment to support thelocal community.

Checkley CC skipper Andy Carr proudly holds The Talbot Cup


All-time Local Soccer Hall of Fame TeamBy Roy ‘Razzer’ Astbury

Each month Uttoxeter’s best known character Roy ‘Razzer’ Astburywill compile his very own ‘All-Time Local Football Team’ which in hisopinion is the very best of players past and present.

‘Razzer’ will create a team in each issue of The Uttoxeter & CheadleVoice which he believes incorporates all the ingredients of afootball outfit which could be unbeatable!

He will be delving into his thoughts to remember all the terrificplayers in years gone by whilst selecting those who are exceptionalin our present day.

It should be a fantastic talking point in our community and nodoubt you all will have your views on ‘Razzer’s Hall of Fame team.

If you have your own Hall of Fame team then get involved and justgive Nigel a call at The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice on 01538751629, 0776 784 6937 to tell him or send your team to: TheUttoxeter & Cheadle Voice, 3 Spode Close, Cheadle, Staffordshire,ST10 1DT or email [email protected]

MALCOLM BROTHERTONUttoxeter Town

A really good goalkeeper whowas a rock and an excellent shot

stopper.

STEVE BLOODRocester FC

A very strong, competitiveplayer who was a formidablepart of the back four. Steve

knew his strengths and playedto them – and that included

lots of juicy tackles on worriedforwards!

STEVE SWANWICK(Captain)

Uttoxeter TownClassy defender who

oozed class and alwayslooked as though he had

plenty of time, the sign ofa top player.

LEON SCALLONUttoxeter Town

Tremendous ability anda great reader of the

game.

GORDON RICHARDSONRocester FC

Gordon was ultracompetitive and a defenderwho would not let you pass!With Smelly and Bloody in

the back four, prisonerswould not be taken!

KEN BROWNAbbots Bromley FCA real workhorse andalways involved in thegame for 90 minutes.

JIMMY SHAWBamfords FC

Another real grafter and realteam player, Jimmy would give

this team that bit of steel inmidfield.

RAY SNAPEUttoxeter Boys Club

Ray had a great right foot andwas a tremendous crosser of the

ball.

JEFF DYCHEUttoxeter TownA hard player wholet his opponents

know he was there!Tough but fair.

JOHN HEATONCheadle United FC

A top striker who always worked hard upfront for the team. John boasted a terrific

scoring record.

TEDDY BRINDLEYBamfords FC

Leading the front line, Teddy was a realhandful for defenders and his tremendous

heading talents caused havoc.

Razzer’s Hall of Fame October Team

Goalkeeper:

KEITH RUSHTON (Cheadle Utd)A fantastic guy who was ultraconsistent and a rock behind his backfour. Always had a laugh and a joke andin those days you had to if you were aStoke City supporter like he was!

Back Four:

KEVIN BARRY (Rocester FC)A wonderfully gifted footballer, Kevincould play in any position and he wouldbe sensational. Never made an enemyon the soccer pitch because he was atrue gentleman.

PETER ‘CURLY’ JOHNSON (Cheadle Utd)A defender very much in the John Terrymould, a leader who could inspire histeam-mates to victory by the way hebravely performed on he pitch. Greatheader of the ball, fine reader of thegame, Curly had it all.

BARRY HULTON (Rocester FC)A magnificent player who gaveRocester years and years oftremendous service. Barry played in amajestical way, always seeming tohave lots of time to play the ball andthe timing of his tackling was amazing.What a great centre back pairing, Hultand Curly!!

KENNY ELLIOTT (Cheadle Utd, Rocester,Stallington Hospital, Cheadle Town FC,most clubs in Staffordshire!)A footballing career that spanned over35 years is true testimony to the fitnessand enthusiasm for the game of Kenny.Every position in the team could befilled by this truly inspirational manwho played local football well into his40’s.

Right wing:

DAVE BEVANS (Cheadle Town FC).Stepped into his former Stoke City FCdad Stan’s shoes brilliantly, showingthe same tremendous speed dartingdown the wing. Gave full backs a torridtime because once he had gone pastthem that was it!

Inside Right:

GARY PLANT (Cheadle Town FC)Imported from Leek by Town committeeman and local businessman DerekWilliamson, Gary possessed awonderful football brain and hispassing ability was second to none. Thelittle ginger haired midfielder could splita defence in two with just one pass -I’ve heard the ginger hair is no more!!

Inside Left:

LEON CARNEY (Rocester FC, CheadleUtd FC)A terrier in midfield, a bundle of energywith a blue touch paper which used toignite quite regularly! Leon was everymanager’s dream in the centre ofmidfield because he could sort theopposition out single-handedly. Hewould allow Gary Plant the space tostrut his stuff - that’s for certain!

Left Wing:

STEVE BAILEY (Stallington Hospital FC)Steve had the Georgie Best look, longhair, long sideburns, and terrific pace.The wide expanses of the Stallingtonpitch played right into his hands andhis exemplorary finishing talent meanthe would bag you a hatful of goalseach season.

Centre Forwards:

GEORGE BYATT (Cheadle Utd FC)A deadly goalscorer who led the linesuperbly, George was always in theright place at the right time in thepenalty area. Poaching was the nameof the game and George excelled at it.

COLIN KERSLEY (Cheadle Town FC)Terrific speed, fantastic goalscoringability, Colin was the Town’s talisman.He was a superb striker for season afterseason and went he went onto play ata higher level with Macclesfield Townthe goals still went in.

We have inserted one football club each player has performed for.

Obviously, many have played for several clubs in their careers.

Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice Editor and Publisher Nigel Tittertonenjoyed playing in local football circles for 20 years and duringthat time he came into contact, sometimes literally, with lots offantastic players!There have been so many brilliant local footballers over the yearsin our area and I would also like to say that there have been greatmanagers too such as Mick Harper (Wheatsheaf Athletic), AlanSmith (Rocester & Cheadle Utd), Ivan Harvey (Cheadle Town FC),Alan Beaman (Rocester FC), Paul Ogden (Leek Town FC), JohnnySmith (Stallington Hospital FC), and many more.The managers I have mentioned all had different approaches tohow to get the very best out of their players, some could give the‘hairdrier’ half time team talk, some would deliver the arm aroundthe player with a quiet word scenario. The one thing they had incommon is that they were winners and coming second was simplynot an option!In this month’s soccer team I would like to select players who havesecured a piece of my football memory bank through variousdifferent avenues and I hope local football readers will remembertheir smiling faces and twinkle toes in an era when local footballwas the number one sport to play:


Ihope I can amuse our readers with this columnand get your minds thinking about my otherpoints which I think you will agree beggar

belief!I will start though by giving you my opinion of

the cricket season both nationally and locally,starting with our national side.

Well we just about retrieved The Ashes,debatable whether the best side won the seriesbut really I don’t care against them Aussies. Theycan say they had their injuries with probably theirmain strike bowler Brett Lee sidelined for theseries but then I suppose we had Kevin Pietersonout for nearly all the matches.

We had a little luck as you need but we’ll takeit. That match at Cardiff was crucial, as I think thatwe lost that one the momentum would havefirmly been in the Aussies favour. But that matchis now history and we learned from it, Priorbecame a good wicketkeeper/batsman, Broad apotential all-rounder, not a Flintoff by a long wayyet, and Swann has displaced Monty as the seniorspinner.

The introduction of Trott was a belatedmasterstroke and I think he could give us thatproper test batsman at 3 or 4 capable of battingfor session after session. And Strauss had a serieshe can be proud of although I think we may haveseen the last test appearance against England onthese shores by that fantastic Aussie Ricky Pontingbut aren’t they grooming an excellentreplacement in Michael Clarke.

But this Winter we travel to South Africa inwhat will be a really difficult series if we can comehome victors over those lot, yes that’s the other lotI can’t stand nearly as much as the Aussies.

We can say without worry things are going inthe right direction as regards our test programme.As to the shorter game there’s a lot to do, but I’llfinish on the national team by asking you thequestion Bopara is a legend in his own head ornot? Well Ravi get the hat size down a bit, you’venot showed anyone anything yet.

On the local scene a couple of weeks ago mywife and I went along to watch Checkley CC playStone in the final of The Talbot Cup and largelythanks to a magnificent knock on the day by theCheckley professional they became new holders ofthe Talbot Cup. Well done to everyone at the club!

Some reward suppose for another somewhatcontroversial season but I had also been toCheckley a few nights earlier to partake in aquestion and answer night which a good friend ofmine, Alan Hudson, perhaps at the time of thematch he played against West Germany forEngland the best player in the world and easily thebest we’ve had at Stoke City was answeringquestions on his time at Stoke and his love affairwith the club and his undoubted respect of themanager at that time Tony Waddington.

He reminded me of the time I got him fit for agame when he was suffering with a neck problem.At those times we would have the occasionalnight having a beer or two, well this evening hewas struggling with a neck problem. Well I toldhim I could fix it for him and lifted him bear-hugstyle and ‘Wala’ click, I’d cured him! Black Magic hesaid!!

He also told us all on that night at Checkleyhow in his opinion if Waddo had kept Farmer ingoal and not signed Peter Shilton they would havewon the league. That is the toughest player atStoke was not Denis Smith but Alan Bloor andHuddy’s understanding with Jimmy Greenhoffwas just a natural understanding that happensvery occasionally with two great players.

Other local cricket sides I suppose can say thatit’s still work in progress. But I’m sure some ofthem are really quite worried, I’ve watched localcricket and I must say that the standard hasdeclined a hell of a lot in the last few years. And Isaid I’d never say that but I have to be honest.There doesn’t seem to be any characters about inthe game which was brought to my attentionwhilst I was watching that final at Checkley andmeeting up with an old team mate of mine JohnClowes, ex Stoke City footballer and captain ofDenstone’s cricket club side. He reminded me ofthe Jack Hutchinson Final we played at theRacecourse ground against, I can’t remember, butwe won the two night final and on the secondnight we celebrated as you do with small amountsof beer but very often!

And during the celebrations a challenge wasthrown out by Mark Orme to a race, to run all wayaround the horse track. John our captain andchampion took him up on it. Well imagine about11.30pm, pitch black and the word ‘go’ was heard.

Well John shot off followed by Mark, when bothhad gone a few hundred yards they could nolonger be seen.

We decided it would be about 15 minutesbefore they covered the full course and returned tothe comfort of the clubhouse.

But low and behold within 5 minutes Mark hadreturned and all were amazed. Well done Mark,how have you managed that so quickly? He saidhe only got as far as the first hurdle and hecouldn’t make it any farther. I think the raceterminology is ‘pulled up’ isn’t it. Ten minutes or solater John came panting into the clubhouse, onseeing Mark he did well to control himself as Markwas casually enjoying his pint and John wasabsolutely breathless and shattered! And to thisday I don’t think Mark gave him his tenner!Fabulous characters though.

I hope you will excuse me now for informingyou of the way British justice works. In March onreturning from my honeymoon I was burgled atmy butty van. A music CD and a quantity of popwere missing. The thief, however, conveniently lefta telltale trace of blood near to where my electricgriddle and deep fat fryer had apparently beenripped out and taken. The DNA obtained from theblood after what seemed ages to me led to thearrest of a male person.

He was brought to court and to my utteramazement, if not annoyance, at the end of theday it seems that the Court considered there wasonly sufficient evidence to convict on the theft ofthe pop. The gentleman said someone had brokenin before him and stole the electrical equipment!

Are you laughing? But stop it, I’m serious, yessomeone broke in before him but he cut his handslifting a few cans of pop. They fined him £60 andawarded me £15 damages. By the way I had toreplace the equipment and the van was closed fora day. I worked out that the cost to me wasapproximately £1,000 with lost income.

But that moan out of the way, some good newson my search for my family in the USA

Well very sadly my chance to meet up with myfather will not happen as he passed away in 1989but the good news is that my sister wrote to meand hopefully is forwarding photographs to me. Iam excited, I think I shall try to find out more e.g.what country were my ancestors from, were theyslaves, there’s a good chance of Africa, and I tellDonna my wife nothing has changed!

See you soon, I will tell you then aboutsomething that has really shocked and excited meand could quite amaze a lot of people!

Smithy

On and off the field By Alan Smith

Alan Smith has enjoyed a lifetime of sport in the Cheadle and Uttoxeter areas.Here Alan delves into his memory bank to write his unique brand of humour oncolourful sports and life comments with memories of past and present which wehope readers will enjoy...

Bramshall Cross Country (Sun 27th September)Under exceptionally dry conditions and with

little water in Picknalls Brook, this was a relativelymild start to this year’s Cross Country season.

Races catered for all ages ranging from theUnder 11’s to Veterans over 60 which made for agood family event.

In addition there was a Fun Run in which itwas good to see Club members Ian Salt being ledby his son Ben and Grahame Cope trailing behindhis sons Charlie and Dylan. Grahame put his poorrun down to having run the Macclesfield HalfMarathon earlier in the day and Ian claiming hewas injured!!

Well done to Ben, Charlie and Dylan.Our new junior Cross Country runner, Duncan

Parsonage, son of Steve parsonage, was runningfor the first time in the Club vest in the Under 13Boy’s category. He ran really well covering the1.75 miles in 10m 54s.

Well done Duncan !Phil Pugh also ran Bramshall in the Under 17’s

Mens group in 13m 15s giving him 2nd place.Well done PhilIn the adult sections our only runner was Clive

Baggaley in the 5M Veteran Men category. Clive’stime of 35m 17s earned him 1st vet 60 place.

Macclesfield Half Marathon (Sun 27th Sept)Report by Grahame Cope

Macclesfield half starts off quite sedately andthen at 5 miles we had a series of long climbs upto about 8.5 miles and then steeper 2 mile climbat about 10 miles. Super conditions and a wellorganised event which finished on theMacclesfield AC running track. It had almost 900finishers and I finished in 107th, and was pleasedwith my time of 1.35.09. A good challenge butnot as demanding as Leek.

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Continued from previous issue of The Voice...

Making up the midfield trio on the left sideI would have to pick Terry Salt, a real ‘RollsRoyce’ of a footballer. Nobody could

knock him off the ball as he was as strong as anox, had a real presence that set him apart frommost of his contemporaries and it was obviouswhy his services had been ‘courted’ by leadingPotteries’ sides throughout his career.

Now the front men vital to the success of anyteam. In the ‘Sheaf’s formative years the likes ofMax Stubbs, Dave Fearn and the long serving TonyDronzek scored the goals which helped to give the‘Sheaf a name in local football and along withmany other unsung heroes they provided theplatform for those who followed eager to join aclub in the ascendancy.

In later years, Keith Brassington terroriseddefences in the Burton League with his predatory

instincts and he was the club’s leading scorer in allfive of the seasons he played scoring 42 during hisbest campaign. Graham Leggett was so quick hecould give defenders a torrid time especially if heran at them which he frequently did and he rattledhome 31 goals in the same season as Brassington’shighest tally. John Berrisford was primarily a wideman but he took great delight in scoring which hedid on exactly 50 occasions during his long service.

Willie McCombe was as hard as they come andany defender attempting to mark him knew theyhad been in a game. He was excellent in the airand there were a good number of headersamongst the 28 goals he notched in his bestseason.

Despite these players impressive credentials Iam unable to fit any of them into my front threewhich would start with Vin Bloor who registered171 goals in 144 games for the club. Vin always

seemed to be in the right areaat the right time and he used toalmost caress the ball over theline on some occasions. A highpercentage of his goals camefrom in or around the six yardbox and the best way ofdescribing him would be to callhim ‘the ultimate predator’.

Alongside Vin would be

another goal machine of an entirely different stylebut equally effective. Any club who signed MickCollins knew they were going to get goals from himand he didn’t let me down with 33 in his firstseason and 30 the next. Superb in the air he couldhit the ball with tremendous power and if it sat upand he had the opportunity of a volley he was inhis element.

To complete the line up in a wide role I wouldhave to go for John Welsh. He was quick, couldturn on a sixpence and would cut in and scoregoals for fun. In his first season he even outscoredVin with 43 against a mere 42 from the latter –what a fearsome attacking trio they would make!

So there it is my best Wheatsheaf team fromthe 15 years I managed the Club.

The two substitutes, both extremely close tobeing named in the team, would be Alan ‘Wiggy’Whieldon and Keith Brassington.

And as a final indulgence I would have the twoother players closest to selection Owen Morris andPaul Esplin on standby.

I apologise to any of the excellent footballerswho played for the Wheatsheaf during those far offdays whom I have not mentioned as they all playedtheir part in what was a great adventure.

And finally congratulations to Nigel for hisperception in naming so many of my best team inhis Hall of Fame selection.

Wheatsheaf Athletic at Uttoxeter Racecourse – 19th May 1975Back Row: Mick Harper (Manager), Bill Shaw, John Welsh, Les Tavernor, George Line, JohnCharlesworth (Captain), Mick Ring, Steve Blood, Vin Bloor.Front Row: Brian Ferneyhough, Pete Douglas, Leon Hibberd, Stuart Macfarlane, Roger Croft,Brian Dodd.The ‘Sheaf were undefeated in the Uttoxeter League that season only dropping one point andthe League Championship Shield on the left was part of the Treble completed with the LeagueCup and the Charity Shield.

The Cream of the CropBy Mick Harper

Iam happy to have been asked to take a tripdown memory lane and give a few memories ofthe many characters that I have had the

pleasure to come across in the local area.Everyone who has come across me knew that Iwas of limited ability, I’m being kind to myself onthat one but I was a committed, no nonsense typeof player but very much up for the crack at everyopportunity. I had the pleasure of managingUttoxeter F.C, the last Saturday day team that wehad in the town during the early nineties and wehad a lot of success, albeit at a junior standard offootball but more importantly we all played foreach other and had some of the best sportingmemories on and off the field you could havewished for. I will recall some of these over thenext few issues. The lad’s all called me Roachy;the reason being I once scored a hat trick in animportant game, that feat being rarer that aDerby win but the Burton Mail’s report had thefollowing headline. “Kim Roach hat trick sealswin for Uttoxeter”.

On a more recent note, I thought I had misreadthe local paper, Rocester losing 9 -0 to Barwell,these guys are classed as semi pro being paid toplay a game that many people, like myself playedfor free and for the love of the game. I hope theyare all hanging their heads in shame, Adisgraceful score line, I don’t know any of the

names playing now, where are the Uttoxeter,Cheadle and Ashbourne lads in the side.

On a heavy scoreline theme, I rememberplaying for Elkes F.C; on a Saturday in the MidStaffs league during the mid 1980’s. We wereplaying the Garth Hotel from Stafford in a Staffscup game. They duly arrived on a mini bus, all theplayers in tracksuits and carried out a rigorouswork out before the kick off. We thought we werein for a hell of a game. We duly won the game 26– 0. The following week, Manager BrendonPhillips promptly dropped Dave Kirk who hadscored 6 goals in the match against the Garth F.Cteam, his pearls of wisdom being “My grannycould have scored against them”. I would beinterested to hear if anyone else locally has beendropped after scoring a double hat trick. Dave’sBrother Ian, the tough as teak defender, whosesecond touch was a tackle has a different claim tofame. He had and I am sure still has the smelliestfeet I have ever known. He used to get changedon his own, no one would go near him, the oldElkes changing rooms had holes in the roof andmost of the windows were broken, giving someform of much needed ventilation.

Elkes was one of many teams who had verylittle or limited changing facilities, the bestknown in Uttoxeter being Westland’s Road, apitch that was always playable but you had to get

changed into your kit in your own cars. I don’tthink you would see David Beckham and coputting up with that in the modern era ofpampered poseurs and anyone who made themistake of being in the same car as Ian Kirk nevermade the same mistake again. Those feet, I canstill smell them to this day.

Last memory for this issue, I wont name theguy on this occasion, I was again playing at ElkesF.C on a very muddy pitch and a typical wet andwindy Utch’ Sunday morning in a forgettablegame. A player from each side made an aerialchallenge for the ball and my team materemained on all fours in the middle of the pitchwith his head bowed. The ref asked if he wasokay, to be informed by the player he was notbecause he had lost his eye, the ref’ told him tostop messing about and get on with the game,the player duly raised his head to reveal a gapinghole. The players glass had had popped out, thegame was duly halted with all 22 players and ref’looking of the missing eye. Eventually this wasfound and a quick wipe with the magic sponge,the eye was put back in place and game resumedas normal. I bet you didn’t see that one coming,the player in question certainly didn’t.

RegardsRoachy

The ‘Utcheter’ and beyond Football Diaries from 1979 onwards...By Tim Leech, our Uttoxeter man exiled in the Potteries



Following on from stories aboutmanagers I have played for, thismonth is about ‘the best

manager England never had!’ – inhis own words, Brian Clough.

He was impatient when hewanted something but patientwhen building a team. A man ofgreat contrasts who did not sufferfools gladly, he has been describedin books and newspapers asdogmatic, arrogant,confrontational, brash, big headedand a bully.

He could be all of these thingsbut professional footballers whohave been around the block do notreact to bullies very well. In the timeI was at Derby County I can’tremember many occasions when heraised his voice or swore at anyplayer!

He would be straight to the pointand tell you in no uncertain mannerexactly what you were doing wrongand what he expected you to do toput it right. This was usuallyfollowed by Peter Taylor sittingdown next to the player telling himwhat a good player he was and thatBrian really rated him. Good cop,bad cop routine.

I believe that he was theyoungest man ever to get an FAcoaching badge but I believe that hisphilosophy was to sign players thatfitted into how he wanted his teamto play. Asa Hartford was signed fora lot of money but in Brian Clough’seyes he did not fit in, so he sold himafter 2 weeks!

When he arrived at the BaseballGround Derby County were a teamstruggling in Division 2. When heleft they were top of Division 1 (nowthe Premier League) and nationalnews. I’ve always thought that hisoutbursts were planned, most of hisoutrageous statements coming outif Derby and later Forest lost, thissparing his players from badpublicity. I know the DerbyTelegraph reporter had to be verycareful what he wrote about theDerby players!

When I contracted glandularfever and jaundice I was waiting atthe Baseball Ground for a lift to thehospital as I had been advised not todrive. Brian Clough saw me and saidthat he would take me to thehospital. His car was blocked in andso he jumped into the chairman’scar and drove me to the hospital. Iasked where the chairman was. Hesaid ‘He’s probably plotting mydownfall in a board meeting butyour health is more important thana board meeting.’

When we arrived back at theBaseball ground the chairman wasgoing crackers. Cloughie just saidtypically ‘Mr Chairman are youtelling me that you put being latefor a board meeting before thehealth of one of our players?’ hethen told me to make a pot of teaand take it to his office. He then just

walked away...At that time most people

thought that the first thingCloughie said to you was ‘get yourhair cut young man’ but that wasnot what he asked me.

He asked me 4 questions and Iknew that if I was not honest withhim he would find out.

He asked:Do you drink – I said yes.Do you smoke – I said noDo you gamble – I said a littleDo you have a girlfriend – I said

yes.I believe the reason he asked his

players these questions wasbecause he felt he could handleplayers problems as long as they didthe business on the pitch.

When I had glandular fever Iused to walk down to the BaseballGround for a brine bath and veryoften Cloughie would be in the nextbath smoking a cigar and readingthe morning paper. I had manyconversations with him from theLabour Party, of which he was a bigsupporter, to putting the rest of theworld to rights and his love of FrankSinatra. I told him about Jock Steinsaying that fear made players tiredand in that respect they were verysimilar as both Derby and Forest inlater years always went into gamesfearing no one.

The other difference betweenCloughie and other managers wasthat he kept players fresh byknowing when to train and when torest. When you went to training younever knew what you would bedoing. Sometimes it would be awalk in the park if you had lost or ahard session if you had won.

Beneath the bluster I alwayssuspected insecurity in Brian Cloughbut he kept it well hidden. I supposeit was due to him having to finishplaying so early due to injury, Thatcould also have been the reason whyhe went out of his way to keep youinvolved if you were ill or injured.

One morning when the 2ndteam were practicing corners andfree kicks he came over unusuallyand took the session. He asked whotook the corners and I said I did. Hethen asked me where I could putthem and I said I could themwherever he wanted me to. His replywas ‘OK smart arse, first one nearpost, second one far post and thethird one on Tony Rhodes head inthe middle.’

I did all three as he requestedand he said ‘session over. Make sureyou do that in the games, there’s nopoint in asking you to do somethingyou can’t do.’

That weekend Aston Villa wereknocked out of the FA Cup andTommy Docherty sent his 1st teamto play Derby Reserves at theBaseball Ground. During the courseof the game I was about to take acorner when a voice boomed fromthe directors box ‘three’ – as

requested I put the ball right ontoTony Rhodes’ head and we were agoal up. He was the first managerwho ever asked me if I could dosomething all the others told mewhat to do. I asked him if he evertold Alan Hinton where to cross theball and he said ‘Don’t be daft, he’sforgotten more about crossing theball than I’ll ever know!’

His old fashioned homilies werewell known ‘It only takes a second toscore a goal’

‘If God had wanted the ballplayed in the air he would havegiven us wings and not grass.’

‘A manager’s most difficult job isto keep six who like you away fromsix who don’t.’

All still relevant today. All I cansay is that in his pomp he was asgood as any English manager of thetime. To win the European Cup withForest bears testament to that.

I am not one to look back andhave regrets about the past but I dohave one regret in football. I went tosee Cloughie to see where I stood asI had scored loads of goals in thereserve team. His reply was shortand sweet telling me that if DenisLaw and Francis Lee becameavailable he would sign them and as

I still had 12 months left on mycontract to be patient. I told himthat I did not want to be a reserveteam player and that he had neverplayed me in my best position as astriker but on the wing.

I should have been patient,especially as I was still recoveringfrom glandular fever. With theimpatience of youth I did leavehowever. A few years later he cameto the Port Vale v Peterboroughgame and I scored 2 goals as astriker. He sent a message to methrough our then coach Reg Birkssaying that I was right and had beenplaying out of position, keep goingand prove him wrong.

His ability to get very ordinaryplayers to win league and cupsalong with teams disciplinaryrecords were second to none. That’sunusual but he used to tell referees:‘Don’t you bother with my lot, I willdeal with them.’

In my opinion the book and filmabout Brian Clough were a completejoke and a compete injustice to theman who deserves recognitionamongst the best managers of alltime.

See you at the Far PostMick Cullerton

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