• Blues hoping for favourable conditions

  By CarlyBaldwin at 12:28 on 03/02/12

  

  Leek Town have a scheduled league fixture away at Ilkeston tomorrow, and will be hoping that the game goes ahead despite the snow that is forecast. The recent cold snap has meant that the Blues have played just once in three weeks - that being the 7-1 humiliation away at Carlton - and currently face the biggest fixture backlog in the division. Their inactivity has seen them slip down to ninth in the table and, despite having games in...

• Football: Chairman leads Old Boys exodus

  By The Sentinel at 09:20 on 03/02/12

  

  LEEK CSOB chairman Chris McMullen has insisted "we will keep going" as the club prepares for further departures. Last month long-serving secretary Stan Lockett announced he was stepping down at the end of the season and now McMullen, pictured below, is following suit. Club treasurer Tracy McMullen and loyal servant Andy Walters are also calling it a day. Walters has spent 30 years with Old Boys as player, manager, coach...

• Football: Busy Blues see play-offs vanish over the horizon as fixtures pile up

  By The Sentinel at 09:20 on 03/02/12

  

  LEEK Town fear their growing backlog of fixtures could have a negative impact on their lingering hopes of making the Division One (South) play-offs. The postponement of last Saturday's home game against leaders Grantham and the abandonment of their Staffs Senior Cup tie at Kidsgrove on Tuesday only added to the problems. In short, Leek still have a minimum of 18 matches to play with only 12 weeks left of the season. Leek insist...

• Blues 'furious' after controversial cancellation

  By CarlyBaldwin at 13:23 on 30/01/12

  

  Leek Town officials were left furious after their clash with league leaders Grantham was postponed this weekend - adding to their fixture pile-up. The referee called in to inspect the playing surface deemed the pitch unplayable at 10.15am - a decision which Leek's groundsman described as the 'biggest travesty' in his 39 years at the club. Mindful of the fine that club could incur if the game was to be called off with the visiting team...

• Football: Leek flier McCarthy ponders an Airbus exit

  By The Sentinel at 09:20 on 27/01/12

  

  POPULAR Jimmy McCarthy is set to turn out for Leek Town tomorrow – possibly for the last time. Blues have accepted an offer from League of Wales club Airbus Broughton for the mercurial McCarthy, although head of management Lee Casswell is not convinced he will go. Casswell explained: "Jimmy has yet to accept personal terms and my gut feeling is he will be with us. "The impression Jimmy has given me is that he will...

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