🔵Poulton Royal 0-3 Helsby🟢
Tom Waring with a first-half header and another Lee Turkington double secures our return to Division One, for the first time since 2016/17.
Thanks to everyone who came down tonight to watch us lift the trophy.
@WestCheshireLge
Despite the excitement of moving to our new facility, the old club will forever have a huge place in our hearts. We know it’s time to move on, but mixed emotions nonetheless. So many memories, on and off the pitch. Today we start to vacate the building, here’s a few photos 💚⚽️
🔵Runcorn Sports 1-2 Helsby🟢
Owen Kucharski levelled before Charlie Wiggins scored the winner to retain the Runcorn & District Cup.
Thanks to
@RuncornTown
for the hospitality
@WestCheshireLge
@RuncornDFA
The dust is just settling after our superb performance in the
@WestCheshireLge
Shield Final (2019/20) last night.
@HelsbyFC
4 v 0
@Marinefcressies
(Lee Turkington 3, Nathan Conlan).
Huge well done to the players and the management team. More photos to follow through the day
👏💚
What a game and what a night! Made up for my mate
@DavidRi32860740
who lifted his first trophy as
@HelsbyFC
First Team manager. Huge thanks to the
@MadrisUltras
for their support at last night’s
@RuncornDFA
cup final. Up Helsby Hill this morning clearing a very groggy head 💚⚽️🏆
Great news. At last night’s
@WestCheshireLge
Council Meeting, member clubs voted to re-start the 2020/21 season on Saturday 3rd April. This gives us the chance, at last, to use the fantastic facilities at our new home
@HelsbySports
(outdoors only for now). Can’t wait!
#COYG
🟢⚽️
Congratulations to Sonny Dean who is the
@HelsbyFC
First Team Player of the Month for August. 19 year-old Sonny, playing his first season in senior football, had a great month, scoring in each of our first four games and put in some outstanding performances from midfield 🍾👏⚽️🟢
Fantastic news, it is confirmed that work on our new facilities
@HelsbySports
has officially commenced.
The anticipated completion date is this autumn and we’ll keep you updated on progress.
Thanks to all who have worked tirelessly to get us here! 💚
@WestCheshireLge
@CWFL_Info
Work continues on the new club and facilities
@HelsbySports
. Framework being erected and concrete poured. Something positive to keep our spirits up in these difficult times 👏💚
@WestCheshireLge
@CWFL_Info
Jono Harrison returns to Callender Way after a season’s hiatus, taking the reigns of the First Team alongside Alan Bond.
Jono previously lead the club to the
@WestCheshireLge
Shield in 2019-20 as well as the 2020-21 Division 3 title🟢
Calling all ex-players, managers, coaches, supporters & friends of
@HelsbyFC
This Friday we play our biggest game in nearly two decades as we face
@blacon_youth
in the final of the
@CCFACountyCups
Amateur Cup
Get down to Vauxhalls to support the lads!
#underdogs
#greendream
🏆💚
Congratulations
@HelsbyFC
Reserves, who tonight won the
@CWFL_Info
Division One title courtesy of a 4-2 victory over
@GrovesFc
(Ryan Bazley, Connor Lindsay, Dom Bazley, John Brown).
Fantastic effort from all the players and coaches 🏆💚👏
A superb chip by Charlie Wiggins, wrapping up a great team performance to put us top of
@WestCheshireLge
2.
Follow us on Instagram where all the goals from last night will be added later today:
@HelsbyFC
2nds player of the month for November is club legend Gaz Gerrard Gerrard. Continues to defy his advancing years by putting in outstanding performances at centre back, and weighed in with a brace against Blacon Res. Salut 🍺👏🍾
Delighted to confirm
@HelsbyFC
will be running three Open Age sides this season.
Our First Team will play in
@WestCheshireLge
Division 2, while our 2nd and 3rd teams will compete in the
@CWFL_Info
Premier and Championship 1 divisions respectively.
#COYG
Our Reserves return to the
@WestCheshireLge
for the first time since the 2016-17 season this Saturday.
We would like to welcome Jimmy Keogh, who previously managed
@CheshireRangers
, as our new Reserve Team manager.🟢
Our
@CCFACountyCups
Amateur Cup Final date & venue is now confirmed.
We face
@blacon_youth
on Friday 5th April, 7.30pm at Vauxhall Motors FC.
Can we defy the odds one more time?
Put the date in your diary and get down to support the lads!
@cwfl
#greenarmy
#greendream
💚⚽️🏆
Magic night for
@HelsbyFC
First Team, winning the
@RuncornDFA
Saturday Cup. 3-3 after 90 minutes, we prevailed 4-3 on pens against an outstanding
@StMichaelsDHFC
team. Unbelievable grit and character from the lads, down to 10 men for the last 35 mins and equalised with 5 to go 🏆
Our home for nearly a century, hopefully the new place will bring us as much joy as the old. We’re only moving 800 yards down the road by the way!
@HelsbySports
Last night
@HelsbyFC
First Team brought home this beauty, the
@CWFL_Info
League Cup (sponsored by
@Dee1063
).
Trophy dates back to 1897, and we last won it back in the 1974-5 season.
Full time score in the final was Helsby 4 v 0 Higher Bebington Kelma
🏆⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️💚
A great night for
@HelsbyFC
The last (at least for now) District Cup final saw us retain the trophy 🏆
We took the lead inside 5 mins through an Alex Jones header, then two superb strikes from Lee Turkington (the second an absolute 🚀) gave us a 3-0 half time lead. 1/2
Outstanding performance from Sonny Dean on his
@HelsbyFC
debut today. Played three different positions and scored our first goal to get us back in the game.
Sonny gets today’s MoM award, sponsored by Tony Mcclelland. Quality plastering and a top service, details here 🤝🟢
🔵 Runcorn Sports 0-3 Helsby 🟢
A first half double from Jamie Hooper gave us the lead before Lee Turkington wrapped up a great team performance late on.
@WestCheshireLge
Great win for
@helsbyfc
Firsts tonight, with a 2-0 win away at
@vmfc_Res
.
Second half goals from Charlie Wiggins and Owen Kucharski.
Well done to the lads, four points from two games on our return to
@WestCheshireLge
Division One. 👏⚽️⚽️🟢
🟢Helsby 3-2 Mossley Hill Res 🔴
Two down, Lee Guirado scored either side of the halfway point. Young defender Jay Lee with the winner, last kick of the game.
@WestCheshireLge
The word legend is far too readily used these days, but is without doubt fully merited by this guy. Happy Birthday “Old Evo”, John Evans Snr, 90 years young today. Big respect and lots of love from
@HelsbyFC
@HelsbySports
💚💙
🟢 Helsby 4-2 Poulton Victoria🔵
Jon Egerton levelled the match inside the second half before Vics regained the lead late in the game.
Substitute Courtney Bushell turned the match on its head with two goals before Charlie Wiggins sealed the win.
@WestCheshireLge
We further bolster our backroom staff for the coming season, recruiting Mike Thompson, who joins as First Team player-coach.
Mike brings with him a wealth of experience, having played for teams in Wales, the NWCL and has also worn the green of
@HelsbyFC
in the past 🤝🟢
@HelsbyFC
devastated at the passing of our former Chairman and Manager John Close. Part of the fabric of our community club, so loved and will be missed by us all. We’re raising a glass to him tonight. Thoughts are with Helen, Charlie and Lauren, family and friends. RIP Closey 💚
Congratulations to Rob Hughes who was the unanimous choice of the coaching staff as
@HelsbyFC
First Team player of the month for September. 19 yr old Rob has put in some tremendous performances, at right back and on the wing, and scored his first goal for the club on Saturday 🍾
End to end stuff today. An excellent young
@MarineU23s
taking a rapid 2-0 lead, but
@HelsbyFC
also fielding 5 lads under 20 fought back to make it 2-2 at the break. Roars from the great support on our balcony when we went 3-2 up, but Marine levelled with a pearler last kick 💚
Tonight we play our last game of the season, and it’s a big one..
@HelsbyFC
v
@StMichaelsDHFC
in the
@RuncornDFA
Saturday Cup Final.
Kick-off is 7pm at the Viridor Community Stadium, Sandy Lane, Runcorn WA7 4ET.
Get down to support
@DavidRi32860740
and the boys in green 🟢⚽️🍀
Confirmation received this week that the
@WestCheshireLge
cup finals for season 2019/20 will be played w/c 10th August. COVID-19 and lockdown permitting...
@HelsbyFC
face
@Marinefcressies
in the WCL Shield final; should be a great contest after two cracking games in the league 🏆
Yesterday’s
@HelsbyFC
Man of the Match against
@CheshireLinesFC
, chosen by sponsors Helsby Mini Kickers, was
@jacknicholls96
, who put in another impeccable display at the heart of our defence.
👏💚🍾⚽️
A Helsby XI ran out 8-2 winners this afternoon away to
@LlangollenTwnFC
Westhead (4), King-Magee, Conway, Samuel and Bond with the goals as two 18-year-olds made their debuts in North Wales.
Another milestone yesterday as trustees of
@HelsbySports
complete on the 99 year lease of our new facilities. John Evans, left, former secretary of
@HelsbyFC
and club stalwart, putting pen to paper 💚
Our crazy season continues…
We said recently that we can lose to anyone and are capable of beating anyone. Yesterday was a case of the latter.
A Lee Turkington brace and a brilliant solo effort from Joel Jones at the end saw us take all 3 points against high-flying
@Fcbootle
A topsy-turvy game up at Litherland sees us emerge with another great win.
Final score:
@RemycaRes
3 v 4
@HelsbyFC
Helsby scorers: Lee Turkington (3), Owen Kucharski
💚👏
Fair to say our home pitch at the “BI Club” would have been waterlogged tmrw. And indeed for the past couple of months!!
As much as we loved the old place, it was time to move on.
The new 3G
@HelsbySports
means
@HelsbyFC
can host
@Southseftonfc
and
@ChesterNomads
3rds 🟢⚽️
Many thanks to our friends and followers for the messages of congratulations. Too many people to name individually, but we really appreciate your kind words and support 🤝💚
Bit of an emotional day for us today
@HelsbyFC
. We’d just like to thank
@ClubHeswall
and ref Joe Wilson for the minute silence before the game in recognition of the passing of our former Chairman John Close. We’re still getting over it, thank you everyone for your support 💚
🟢Helsby 3-2 Cheshire Lines ⚪️
A late Sam Bailey penalty earns three points on the opening day in
@WestCheshireLge
2.
Lee Turkington and Jon Egerton with first half goals as both teams were reduced to 10 men.
Last year in our current club, moving down the road to new premises by the end of the year.
So we’re going to have a farewell bash sometime in May/June (Sportman’s Dinner, meal, speakers etc) to celebrate ‘The Club’
@HelsbyFC
.
1/2
🔵 Cheshire Lines 1-4 Helsby🟢
A superb Owen Kucharski hat-trick was the difference as we picked up our first away win of the season in Liverpool yesterday.
Josh Clayton with the other Helsby goal from the spot.
After securing our 10th Runcorn & District Cup on Friday, we now look forward to three league games in nine days.
We travel to
@Ashvillereserv1
for the first of them tomorrow night. Kick off in Wallasey is 7pm.
🟢🟢🟢
@WestCheshireLge
A bridge too far for us last night after an amazing journey to the
@CCFACountyCups
Amateur Cup Final.
@blacon_youth
far too good for us, don’t think anyone would have got anywhere near them. Congratulations to them, we’ll try to pick up the pieces with lots still to play for. 😢
Full Time
@CBHCC
:
@ChesterNomads
1 v 4
@helsbyfc
Back to winning ways tonight with an excellent victory; 3 out of 3 on the road now this season.
A quality Lee Turkington hat-trick and a thunderbolt from Tom Turkington.
Well played lads 👏🟢
🟢 Well done to
@helsbyfc
First Team today, a great performance and 3 points against
@AshvilleFC
Reserves in
@WestCheshireLge
Division One.
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Joel Jones with his first goal for the club, supplemented by strikes from Lee Guirado, Sonny Dean and Jamie Hooper. 👏👏
Yesterday’s
@HelsbyFC
First Team Man of the Match was Lee Turkington, chosen by sponsor
@johnegerton19
of Principal Mortgages.
With yesterday’s game all square at 1-1, Lee fired in a beauty from 20 yards to put us ahead, followed by a left foot volley for our third. ⚽️⚽️🟢🤝🍾
Plenty for
@HelsbyFC
to be happy with as 2021 draws to a close.
We moved into our fantastic new home
@HelsbySports
. First Team winners of
@WestCheshireLge
Div 3. A third senior side, playing in the
@CWFL_Info
& our mini kickers a roaring success.
Well done to one and all 👏⚽️💚
@HelsbyFC
First Team player of the month is Lee Turkington.
No contest really, Lee has bagged 10 goals in 7 games during August to lead the
@WestCheshireLge
scoring charts. Two hat-tricks thrown in, one of the best marksmen around 🟢👏
Counting down the days to our return to competitive action... ⚽️
April fixtures for both our teams have now been scheduled by the
@WestCheshireLge
and
@CWFL_Info
, including our first ever game at the new
@HelsbySports
#COYG
🟢
Great performance for
@HelsbyFC
yesterday from Jamie Hayes, who picked up the Man of the Match award, very kindly sponsored by the Ring o’ Bells Daresbury
@_RingOBellsPub
🤝🍾⚽️🟢