The reason for being here is not to chase the chairman of Hepworth United Juniors' FC , Rob Wilks, who is cycling the country to raise money for our club and for charity. I much admire him, it is a tough challenge but he has long levers and will cope with the gradients. Well done Rob.
In the mean time, I have been past Reeth FC who have been granted over £600,000 from the charitable Football Foundation to build a clubhouse and an all weather pitch to serve the community. Their club is very much smaller than ours! Hepworth United has been granted about £330,000 for their plans and need a tad more to do the job properly. Anyone out there who has a few grand to spare, do get in touch.
Ok, so down to proper stuff...it's Jimmy Frizzell who passed away on June 3rd at 79 years old.
Jimmy was born in Greenock, Scotland and died on July 3rd 2016. He started his career at Greenock in 1957 and played 41 games before signing for Oldham Athletic. From 1960-82 he played 318 times scoring 56 goals. He then coached under Jack Rowley (a prolific goalscorer 504 apps 238 goals) between 1968-9, before taking over as manager between 1970-82. He was at Boundary Park for 22 years.
The club was lifted from almost dropping out of the league in 1970 to promotion the following year and rising to Division 2 in 1974.
In 1982 Jimmy was dismissed and was at the time the longest serving manager in the Football League. He briefly worked along side Joe Royle at the end of his career.
In 1984 he joined Manchester City but was sacked in 1987 as the Blues were relegated to Division 2. He stayed at the club as a scout from 1994-8 and was made a Patron of the Latics Trust in 2004.
As Guardiola takes over at City, the club announced their gratitude for Jimmy's support in the past. Salt of the earth.
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