Rio Ferdinand and the FA Cup visit Chaddy

Aftre receiving a grant from Eon, FA cup sponsors. the FA Cup itself and Rio Ferdinand arrived at the ground to examine the new facilties. Rio had a chat with players and the volunteer committee, watched the players go through their paces and showed a willingness to spend time with everyone present - a great advert for footy. Also deserved recognition for the immense amount of work the committee at Chadderton, and all non-league clubs, put into their clubs.

More photos from the visit can be found here
A slideshow from the visit can be found here

Chadderton v Curzon Ashton 2010-11

What a fantastic game -  one of those both sets of supporters were remarking on as pleasure to watch. Cup Quarter finals. All square at fulltime, then ditto at the end of extra time and so to penalties.

Evening match that didn't finish until well past 10 - so usual caveats about shooting in the dark of floodlights.  Still I hope there's some you can enjoy.

More photographs from this game can be found here

A slideshow from this game can be found here

Rochdale Town v Oldham Borough 2010-11

At last - after so long without a match I didn't care how cold I felt by the end. Just great to be out shooting footy.

Further photos from this game can be found here

A slideshow from this game can be found here