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Top scorer in the NCEL Premier despite missing a few through injury

My team, Emley, will be presented with the Northern Counties East League Premier Division title on Saturday when they host the "Huddersfield derby" against Golcar United, it's one thing winning the league with games to spare, it's even better when the trophy presentation is against the local rivals

Oops! but they're considerably richer and massiver now they got a new considerably rich owner

I agree about Huddersfield being relegated, it was criminal at the time to keep a failing club and a club that wasn't ready or fit for SL in it at the expense of a team who had deservedly won promotion on the field. It set us back years and harmed us and probably Dewsbury and Hunslet too. It was only due to Ken and Jennifer for keeping the funding going that we were able to reset and come back but it could have been avoided.

It impacted both clubs, Sheffield would have gone bust regardless, majority of their players and staff still had jobs to go to. Sheffield were allowed to reform and start from scratch, Huddersfield weren't. Huddersfield lost a lot of goodwill and potential new fans since promotion to super league and also a lot of long standing fans. Both clubs have struggled to attract big numbers of supporters. Who knows what could have happened if both clubs were allowed to reset? The "merger" was a shambles, I had nothing to do with it, I went on a protest march from Fartown to the stadium and questioned Ken and the other directors, I refused to watch that team, I didn't go to one game, it took another 2/3 years for me to get back on board, there were hundreds like me from both sides, it shouldn't have happened, neither should the Gateshead/Hull thing but Wakefield fans don't seem too upset over that. But it wasn't Huddersfield, or even Sheffield to blame, it was the RFL who dangled the carrots and persuaded struggling clubs to "merge". I still don't know why it angered and still angers Wakefield fans so much though 23 years on when no one else seems bothered about it.

It impacted Huddersfield and Sheffield the most, but you only ever see Wakefield fans still banging on about it not the whole game, that's my point.

It wasn't a dig at all, it was a humorous reference to the merger saga, stop being precious and enjoy your new found wealth and success that's coming your way.

You Wakey fans really need to get over this, it was 2 decades ago and it didn't even affect your club. Absolute weirdos.

The "Calder" derby?

I've no idea what RW&B is, presumably a Wakefield based fans forum? I actually saw it on a non league football page on Facebook Not that it actually matters in the slightest.

Standrew McStand

Hope he's remembered to pay the leccy bill

Huddersfield for creating an obsession with RL fans of empty seats.

What's the obsession with Brentford all of a sudden? Have they or the RFL indicated that it could possibly be a test match venue or indeed host anything other than Brentford FC? Or it just another if those weird RL fan ideas?