2014–15 Nelson F.C. season

Nelson

2014–15 season
Chairman	Fayyaz Ahmed
Manager	Mark Fell
Stadium	Little Wembley
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The 2014–15 season was the 31st season in the North West Counties Football League played by Nelson F.C., an English football club based in Nelson, Lancashire. It was their first consecutive season in North West Counties Football League Premier Division since the club gained promotion in 2014, after re-entering the league in 2011. The season covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Match results

North West Counties Football League Premier Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
2 August 2014	Runcorn Town	H	D	1–1	Wright 19' pen.	145	[1]
5 August 2014	Squires Gate	A	L	0–3		102	[2]
9 August 2014	AFC Liverpool	A	L	0–4		153	[3]
12 August 2014	Barnoldswick Town	H	W	5–0	Hoskin (2) 30', 33', E. O'Neill 80', Wright 85', Boswell 89'	140	[4]
23 August 2014	Maine Road	A	L	1–4	Wright 5'	85	[5]
26 August 2014	Bacup & Rossendale Borough	H	W	2–0	J. O'Neill 31', Peet 78'	103	[6]
30 August 2014	Bootle	A	D	1–1	J. O'Neill 82'	111	[7]
2 September 2014	Silsden	H	L	2–3	M. O'Neill 5', Salmon 28'	108	[8]
6 September 2014	West Didsbury & Chorlton	A	W	5–2	Wright (2) 44', 72', Salmon (3) 55', 61', 70'	88	[9]
13 September 2014	Ashton Athletic	H	W	3–2	Da. Mahoney (2) 1', 75', Holt 90'	103	[10]
16 September 2014	AFC Blackpool	A	W	2–0	Morrison 7', Da. Mahoney 17'	68	[11]
23 September 2014	Abbey Hey	A	L	0–3		42	[12]
27 September 2014	Winsford United	H	W	4–2	Da. Mahoney (2) 11', 79', Grimes 48', Wright 73'	212	[13]
11 October 2014	Alsager Town	A	L	1–2	J. O'Neill 44'	85	[14]
14 October 2014	Silsden	A	W	4–0	Wright (4) 40', 45', 60' pen., 62' pen.	128	[15]
18 October 2014	AFC Blackpool	H	W	2–0	Wright 49', Porter 57'	103	[16]
29 October 2014	Bacup & Rossendale Borough	A	W	2–1	Da. Mahoney 29', Fildes 32'	56	[17]
8 November 2014	AFC Liverpool	H	W	2–1	Wright 7', Melling 83'	103	[18]
15 November 2014	1874 Northwich	A	D	0–0		420	[19]
22 November 2014	West Didsbury & Chorlton	H	D	2–2	Wright 30' pen., Peet 32'	105	[20]
29 November 2014	Runcorn Linnets	H	W	2–1	J. O'Neill 24', Morrison 43'	190	[21]
20 December 2014	St Helens Town	H	W	4–0	Fildes (2) 1', 55', J. O'Neill 54', E. O'Neill 70'	50	[22]
27 December 2014	Colne	A	L	0–2		471	[23]
3 January 2015	Squires Gate	H	D	3–3	E. O'Neill 40', Akaunu 80', Walmsley 90'	135	[24]
24 January 2015	Runcorn Linnets	A	L	1–2	M. O'Neill 51'	327	[25]
7 February 2015	Alsager Town	H	W	3–0	Da. Mahoney 2', Wright (2) 22', 80'	79	[26]
14 February 2015	Winsford United	A	L	0–1		122	[27]
21 February 2015	Bootle	H	L	2–3	J. O'Neill 50', Hoskin 88'	90	[28]
28 February 2015	St Helens Town	A	W	6–1	Walmsley 17' pen., Hodgkiss 56', Wright 67', M. O'Neill 85', Nuttall 88', Hession 89'	79	[29]
14 March 2015	Glossop North End	H	L	1–2	Wright 22'	131	[30]
17 March 2015	Ashton Athletic	A	W	2–0	E. O'Neill 24', Hoskin 42'	52	[31]
21 March 2015	Congleton Town	H	W	1–0	J. O'Neill 60'	75	[32]
27 March 2015	Colne	H	L	1–3	Hoskin 85'	442	[33]
4 April 2015	Abbey Hey	H	L	0–3		70	[34]
6 April 2015	Barnoldswick Town	A	L	0–1		261	[35]
11 April 2015	Congleton Town	A	L	1–2	M. O'Neill 46'	165	[36]
15 April 2015	Maine Road	H	D	0–0		45	[37]
18 April 2015	Glossop North End	A	L	0–3		914	[38]
20 April 2015	Runcorn Town	A	D	2–2	M. O'Neill 45', J. O'Neill 64'	108	[39]
25 April 2015	1874 Northwich	H	L	1–4	Fildes 89'	145	[40]

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Extra preliminary round	16 August 2014	West Auckland Town	H	L	1–2	Wright 19'	168	[41]

FA Vase

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Second qualifying round	4 October 2014	West Allotment Celtic	A	D	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Grimes 50'		[42]
Second qualifying round replay	7 October 2014	West Allotment Celtic	H	L	1–2	Da. Mahoney 62'	76	[43]

Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Second round	11 November 2014	Clitheroe	A	D	1–1 (3–4 p)	Wright 3'		[44]

League Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Second round	25 October 2014	Squires Gate	H	L	1–3	Da. Mahoney 55'	66	[45]

Player details

As of match played 14 March 2015.^[46]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Total
Ahmed, AdnanAdnan Ahmed	3	0	0	0	3	0
Akaunu, MamokeMamoke Akaunu	0 (1)	1	0	0	0 (1)	1
Alexander, PaulPaul Alexander	3	0	0	0	3	0
Blades, LiamLiam Blades	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
Boswell, LiamLiam Boswell	1 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	1
Botham, LeeLee Botham	6 (2)	0	1	0	7 (2)	0
Cande, AmidoAmido Cande	1	0	0	0	1	0
Fildes, PaulPaul Fildes	6 (7)	4	1 (2)	0	7 (9)	4
Fletcher, MichaelMichael Fletcher	12 (1)	0	0	0	12 (1)	0
Grimes, RobertRobert Grimes	13 (2)	1	3	1	16 (2)	2
Hafeji, KalKal Hafeji	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Hastings, JamieJamie Hastings	3	0	0	0	3	0
Hession, JonnyJonny Hession	7 (18)	1	2 (1)	0	9 (19)	1
Hickman, CurtisCurtis Hickman	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Hodgkiss, LydonLydon Hodgkiss	2	1	0	0	2	1
Holt, CharlieCharlie Holt	8 (2)	1	1	0	9 (2)	1
Horan, JackJack Horan	1 (1)	0	1	0	2 (1)	0
Hoskin, BenBen Hoskin	11 (1)	5	1	0	12 (1)	5
Howell, SamSam Howell	3 (3)	0	0	0	3 (3)	0
Jakovlevs, CallumCallum Jakovlevs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leech, JamesJames Leech	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd, JakeJake Lloyd	20 (3)	0	2 (1)	0	22 (4)	0
Mahoney, CallumCallum Mahoney	2 (9)	0	1 (1)	0	3 (10)	0
Mahoney, DannyDanny Mahoney	19 (1)	7	3	2	22 (1)	9
Mahoney, DominicDominic Mahoney	4 (7)	0	0	0	4 (7)	0
Malone, ReeceReece Malone	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
Mason, AndyAndy Mason	25	0	3	0	28	0
Melling, GeorgeGeorge Melling	10 (1)	1	3	0	13 (1)	1
Mendes, GermanoGermano Mendes	1	0	0	0	1	0
Morris, GedGed Morris	4	0	1	0	5	0
Morrison, MichaelMichael Morrison	12 (1)	2	3	1	15 (1)	3
Nuttall, AdamAdam Nuttall	2 (7)	1	0	0	2 (7)	1
O'Neill, EdEd O'Neill	25 (5)	4	2 (2)	0	27 (7)	4
O'Neill, JoeJoe O'Neill	30	7	3 (1)	0	33 (1)	7
O'Neill, MatthewMatthew O'Neill	24 (1)	3	2	0	26 (1)	3
Peet, GarethGareth Peet	13 (3)	2	2 (2)	0	15 (5)	2
Pilkington, MichaelMichael Pilkington	0	0	0	0	0	0
Porter, AlexAlex Porter	17	1	2	0	19	1
Salmon, RyanRyan Salmon	2 (1)	4	0	0	2 (1)	4
Singleton, StuartStuart Singleton	1	0	0	0	1	0
Smallridge, DeanDean Smallridge	0 (2)	0	1	0	1 (2)	0
Walmsley, KeiranKeiran Walmsley	10	2	0	0	10	2
Walne, JoshJosh Walne	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
Whittingham, JamesJames Whittingham	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wimmer, AlexAlex Wimmer	1	0	0	0	1	0
Woodhead, BenBen Woodhead	31	0	4	0	35	0
Wright, PeterPeter Wright	29	16	3 (1)	2	32 (1)	18

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