Date: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Venue: Craik Park, Morpeth Common, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2YX
Kick Off: 7.45pm
Competition: Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One East
Admission: Adults – £6, Concessions – £4, Under 16’s – Free
Match Coverage: Twitter
Highlights: Highwaymen TV
History
Both Ossett Town and Ossett Albion managed to gain Northern Premier League status and maintain that level of football for a remarkable time period. Battling each year to survive in this league and infrequently even challenging for a promotion spot.
Over the years talk of merging the clubs has been flirted with and even advance talks took place but to no avail did the officials of each club ever reach an amicable solution.
Queue 2018 and a discussion between both clubs took place on the 4th of January after an Ossett Town Juniors match where the son of John and Emma Chidlaw (Albion owners, along with Lee Summerscales) played in a game refereed by Ossett Town Vice Chairman, Lee Broadbent who operated Town alongside James and Dawn Rogers.
The club was formed in 2018 as the result of a merger between Ossett Albion (formed 1944) and Ossett Town (formed 1936).
Last Match
On Saturday, the Highwaymen were in action against Carlton Town and produced a scintillating second half performance as goals from Iulian Petrache, Sean Taylor, Joe Walton and Liam Henderson recorded a 4-0 victory.
Ossett United were in action against Spalding United and it finished in a 1-1 draw. Adam Priestley grabbed his 5th goal of the season in the first half when he diverted Tom Corner’s low shot. However, Spalding grabbed a share of the spoils when Leon Mettam converted a second half penalty.
Manager
Andy Welsh: Welsh was previously in charge of Ossett Albion before being appointed after the merger of the two clubs. As a player, Welsh appeared in the Premier League for Sunderland as well as spells at Leicester City and Toronto FC.
