• Leek Town FC 2 - 2 Rainworth Miners Welfare

  By AnnabelleRees at 20:34 on 04/11/12

  

  Leek Town once again came away with just one point from this Saturday's fixture.  The Blues were 2 - 0 up shortly after the second half with a goal from Karl Charlton.  However, in the 67th minute, Rainworth were able to pull a goal back as Leek failed to clear a corner kick.   A spell of good pressure from both teams followed and there was scares at both ends. Leek had a goal dissallowed after the referee blew for a...

• Paralympic Silver for Lee

  By Amsport at 06:22 on 02/09/12

  

  Cheddleton's Lee Pearson suffered the first defeat of his Paralympic career, but was all smiles after winning equestrian silver. Pearson lost out by the narrowest of margins at the Olympic Park, to Australia's Joann Formosa. He scored 75.391 on his horse Gentleman, but was pipped by Formosa's 75.826. Pearson had won three golds at each of his previous three Paralympics - in 2000 in Sydney, then in Athens and Beijing. But the 38-year-ol...

• Newcastle Town FC V Leek Town FC Match Report

  By AnnabelleRees at 19:31 on 27/08/12

  

  Bank Holiday football saw the local derby between Newcastle Town  and Leek Town FC. At a drizzly Aspire Stadium, people of all ages from babies to grandparents were cheering their local teams on.  With the dire weather confitions, no love was lost between the two teams.  Crunching tackles and physical play dictated the game.     In the first half, Newcastle Town threatened as...

• Leek Town V Romulus

  By AnnabelleRees at 20:57 on 18/08/12

  

  Leek Town FC started their plight in this season's Evo-Stik league Northern Premier - First Division South with a draw away at Romulus. The Blues went one nil down before Christian Millar fired home an equaliser in the second half. It was a hard fought match but Leek picked up a vital point in their opening game. They look ahead to their next match on Tuesday the 21st against Kidsgrove Athletic where they'll...

• Leek basking in golden glory

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:21 on 06/08/12

  

  Anna Watkins' Olympic triumph has given Leek a golden glow in the past few days, with residents eager to join in the Olympic fever. As they have with all British gold medal winners, the Royal Mail have done their bit to celebrate Watkins' rowing achievements by painting a Derby Street postbox gold. Despite now being based in Berkshire, Watkins has admitted she is keen to return to Leek to show off the gold medal that she won alongside...

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