Devastating news as our changing rooms were destroyed by vandals in the middle of the night. All equipment such as footballs, spare kit, cones, bibs and netting were destroyed in the blaze which has also left us with a £2.5k bill to remove the waste
It's with great sadness that our club president Robert (Bob) Dyson sadly passed away last night at the grand age of 89.
Bob has been involved with Heywood St. James for 70 years. As a youngster Bob played for Bury Reserve before being called up for National Service. During his..
HEYWOOD ST JAMES ARE ABSOLUTLEY DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE SIGNING OF OUR NEW 1ST TEAM MANAGER AND ASSISTANT.
@DuncanWelsby
AND JAMES WIGHTMAN WILL GET TO WORK IMMEDIATELY, THERES A REAL EXCITEMENT AROUND THE CLUB FOR THE EX CURZON ASHTON MANAGERS
GOOD LUCK GUYS.
It is with a heavy heart that we bring the sad news, our secretary dennis booth has passed away.
Dennis played for the club in 1958, aged 18 years old.
He'll be very sadly missed by us all.
RIP den 😔
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT
Heywood St James are delighted to announce the appointment of
@JCocking7
as first team manager.
Jack managed at Heyside over the last three season in the
@THEMCRFL
Premier Division winning the Gilgryst Trophy and Norman Noden Cup.
Welcome to Jimmies 🟠⚫️
HEYWOOD ST JAMES ARE ABSOLUTLEY DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE SIGNING OF OUR NEW 2ND TEAM MANAGER AD ASSISTANT.
GARY FOX AND DAVE JONES WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE 2ND TEAM WITH IMMEDIATE AFFECT. WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH GARY AND DAVE THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THE UP AND COMING SEASON.
We feel cheeky asking for donations but feel it is required to help the club continue and recover. We have started a Go Fund Me page if anyone would be kind enough to donate as little or large as the would like
Heywood St James AFC are looking for a NEW 1st team manager, if interested then please contact us by DM. A great opportunity to manage one of the oldest amateur football clubs in the UK. This year we celebrate our 140th year
#UpTheJimmies
7️⃣ years
3️⃣ promotions
2️⃣ League Titles
1️⃣ play-off victory
🎉 Plenty of amazing memories
👋 Today we waved goodbye to the old changing rooms as they moved to their new home at
@HeywoodStJames
All at Heywood St James, would like to thank everyone for the messages and kind words we have received for dennis.
Thank you,
@Manchester_FA
, for your support.
Dennis would be so happy with the comments and words we have received.
RIP den.
It May only be a preseason friendly but massive game for the lads Saturday and hopefully a great Experience as the first team travel to Hale country club to take on a Steven Ireland 11 containing many ex pros.
12pm kick off
All support welcome 🟧⬛️🟧⬛️
We have a few more to go this evening and this one had the management excited 🤩
Bradley Sullivan comes from
@HeywoodStJames
as a big, strong and quick striker and also prolific in front of goal 🤾♂️⚽️
Welcome Bradley 👌👊😁
#UpTheChad
🔴⚪️
We are overwhelmed with the responses we have had and would like to thank everyone for their efforts to help.
If anyone happens to have any information of who was involved, please get in touch.
1st team progress with a win on pens v the
@avenue_football
in the county cup, which proved to be a top game and closely contested.
Could of gone either way tbf.
All the best for the season lads.
@McnultyNeil
with a mom performance. 🟧⬛️
⚽️
@DrewBowyer10
Reserves called off
Preperations are well underway to get our pitch in tip top condition ready for the start of the season.
selective weed killing
liquid fertiliser
shockwave
scarify and remove all debris
Hard work and working together saw us run out 2-1 winners in the glorious heat at Denton Town. Thank you to Denton Town for hosting us and good luck for the Season ahead.
#upthejimmies
A big 2-1 win away at
@DukiTownYouthFC
for the Jimmies.
Goals from George Powell and
@BradSullivan2
Cup action at home to
@heyside_fc
next week in the QF of the Manchester Challenge Trophy
Heys drew 3-3 in their friendly with Heywood St James today. Matt Barnes mixed things up a bit to give game time to several players including newcomer Rees Welsh who scored twice. Jamie Hill scored Heys other goal.
Decent start for the lads yesterday getting a 4-1 win against
@ChaddyCottAFC
. Tough game for the lads. Fair play to chad who battled well after an earlier sending off. Some top performances with
@McnultyNeil
making some big saves but mom Harrison reeve.
⚽️⚽️ H REEVE
⚽️JAM
⚽️DREW
⚽ Club Update ⚽
Heywood St. james Afc has decided to leave the Manchester football league limited.
This is due to different reasons.
We will be joining a new league for the upcoming season for both the 1st and 2nd teams.
We will announce our new league in the coming days.
When nothing goes your way and you still manage to come back from 1-0 down, with 10 men, 2 penalties missed and win 2-1 to keep out 100% record intact against
@BLGC_1st
.
What a fight from the lads!
Goals from
@Lamar_Harrison1
and
@JamesConroy7
#UpTheJimmies
FOOTBALL IS BACK!
This week Heywood St James 1st team take on
@RoytonTownAFC
in our opening game of the season.
Once again the weather is phenomenal, so grab the family and head on down to support the lads.
As usual the bar will be open.
#upthejimmies
UPCOMING FIXTURE:
SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER.
Heywood St james first host
@ChaddertonFC
reserves in the semi-final of the
@Manchester_FA
saturday challenge trophy.
13:30pm kick off.
Phoenix Park, OL10 1JW.
Bar open 12pm.
Live football.
Get down and get behind the lads!!
The Jimmies welcome
@DukiTownYouthFC
for our opening game of the
@THEMCRFL
Prem Division.
Get down to the Phoenix Ground and support the lads. Kick off 2pm
Thanks to
@DynamosRoach
for tonight’s game. Good workout for both sides. We Played much better 2nd half and got the win. All the best for the season lads. We now play
@gregs_fc
this weekend away at belle vue stadium 3pm kick off 🟧⬛️
We will be starting our pre season training Wednesday 19th June.
If anyone would like to involved with our first team or reserves, please get in contact via DM for further details.
All players are welcome as we look to compete in the
@THEMCRFL
Prem Division next season ⚽️🏆
As a club we would like to say your majesty may you rest in peace 🙏 and would like to also say 'God save the King' to the new King Charles III
Match info for the weekend coming out tomorrow
A bad day at the office yesterday for our 1st Team as we lost 3-1 at home to a very good
@RangersMoorside
team. We dust our selves down and go again - Never stop learning and growing together.
Match day
Home v
@avenue_football
⚽️ 6.30
The Bar will be open. Both teams opened up with wins on Saturday and tonight promises to be a great game. Local derby always adds to the occasion. Get down and support the lads.
🟧⬛️
Tough one to take last night as we were well beaten by the better side. Well done
@avenue_football
. Enjoy you’re celebrations. Great crowd last night, hopefully we can get more the same this weekend.We going again this this sat at home again 1pm kick off.
@AltrinchamHale
🟧⬛️
Final training session 7pm tomorrow evening behind Heywood sports village (OL10 4TW) Before our pre season friendlies begin. Please get in touch if interested.
Another strong pre season performance again today from the Jimmies finishing 0-0 against
@walshawsportsfc
. That’s the 4th clean sheet out of 4 games so far. Looking to build on the performance for the game next week against
@chaddyfcmfl
Cracking game down at the phoenix park this afternoon, with jimmies coming out with a 4-0 win against
@SpringheadAFC
.
Fair play to
@SpringheadAFC
who never stopped trying and
If only for Neil mcnulty in the heywood net at some points could of been a different game... 1/2
Heywood st james 1st team won 1-0 against a tough
@north_walkdenfc
side.
Jamie diamond with the winner from the spot.
Be good to play
@north_walkdenfc
again with it being a such a close game, some time, ref payed by you's next time tho guys 👍
Jimmies lose 3-1 at home to
@Boltoncountyfc
@MFLFixtures
Goal coming from
@JamesConroy7
I think County will agree, there has never been a more one sided referee in the history of football. If we have the same referee again, we might as well forfeit the game