New Mills AFC North West Counties Premier Division League season started with a single goal victory at a gloriously sunny Altcar Road on Saturday afternoon. This was the first time the new RAD SHEEP kit had been seen in action.
The Millers fielded five of their new signings in the starting line up and it was one of these, striker Tommy Turner, who very nearly scored in the opening ninety seconds of the game.

New Mills manager Tony Hancock made a tactical substitution at half time when Nathan Wharton replaced Steve Brackenridge and it paid immediate dividends three minutes into the second half. The home side seemed to get the run of every 50/50 ball in the first half but crucially on this occasion, a ricochet from Garry Kharas’s knee fell kindly into the path of captain Carlos Meakin who in customary style drove through the Formby defence and slotted the ball into the corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area.

RAD SHEEP has worked with the Chairman at Bungay Town to design a new football kit for all the teams in the 2009/10 season.
Last week the 1st team played Walsham le Willows in their new kit.

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