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Posted at 8:58am Friday 8th September 2006
New mission
"THE hired guns have gone back west and it is up to the locals to show the town what they can do," said Kendal Director of Rugby Chris Hayton on the eve of the big kick-off for the team determined to regain National League status at the first attempt, writes Dennis Aris.
Posted at 7:04pm Monday 28th August 2006
Rugby: Kendal 55, Orrell 0
ONCE mighty Orrell were humbled by new-look Kendal in a warm-up match before the start of the rugby league programme in two week's time.
Posted at 9:04am Friday 4th August 2006
Kendal Town 0 - Morecambe 1
AN INJURY to defender Craig Redhead gave Tony Hesketh a selection headache after Tuesday's pre-season friendly with Morecambe ended in a 1-0 defeat.
Posted at 9:03am Friday 4th August 2006
Elusive goals will arrive, says Hesketh
A SCARCITY of goals in the pre-season build-up is "concerning" Tony Hesketh, but the Kendal Town boss is at pains to explain that his expected strikeforce of Lee Ashcroft and David Foster have featured only lightly so far.
Posted at 9:10am Friday 14th July 2006
Key men on board for Carlisle vs Kendal opener
CARLISLE United provide a tough opening pre-season match for Kendal Town this weekend, but manager Tony Hesketh says fears that he could lose many of his players to bigger clubs have largely evaporated.
Posted at 12:53pm Sunday 9th July 2006
Cricket - Century for Ullah
Opening batsman Ikram Ullah scored a fine 129 for Kendal on Saturday, but it was all to no avail as rain wiped out the entire Surridge Northern League programme.
Posted at 8:50am Friday 7th July 2006
Football fixtures feature Radcliffe for season start
RADCLIFFE Borough, beaten 3-2 by Town in the Lancashire Co-op Cup last season, provide the first opponents for the club in their new UniBond League Premier Division campaign.
Posted at 8:39am Friday 7th July 2006
Unibond: Fixtures set: Radcliffe provide first test
RADCLIFFE Borough, beaten 3-2 by Town in the Lancashire Co-op Cup last season, provide the first opponents for the club in their new UniBond League Premier Division campaign.
Posted at 11:21pm Sunday 2nd July 2006
Cricket - new pro among the wickets
New professional Mahendra Nagamootoo took 4-89 as Kendal picked up a valuable 12 point win over St Annes.
Posted at 10:05am Wednesday 7th June 2006
County cricket at Sedbergh
MINOR Counties comes to Sedbergh this weekend. Sedbergh School's fine ground, which was a hit with cricketers when used last year, will stage a three-day Minor Counties Championship match from Sunday to Tuesday when Cumberland play Staffordshire. Meanwhile, in the Surridge Northern League, both Netherfield and Kendal are in winning form and tomorrow (Saturday) they travel to Blackpool and Leyland Motors respectively. On Sunday it will be Netherfield's turn to visit Leyland Motors in the first round of the Thwaites First Division Cup, while Kendal entertain Leyland and Farington at their Shap Road ground, starting at 1pm.
Posted at 9:22am Friday 19th May 2006
Town press ahead with stand plan
KENDAL Town FC are keen on pushing ahead with plans for a new stand at the Planet Conservatories Stadium with the impetus of their promotion to the Premier Division of the Unibond League behind them.
Posted at 11:49pm Monday 1st May 2006
Football -Promotion bid back from the brink
Kendal Town 1. Stocksbridge Park Steels 1. (Kendal won 4-2 on penalties after extra-time).
Posted at 6:22pm Saturday 29th April 2006
Football – Bitter disappointment as automatic promotion place is snatched away.
Kendal Town 1, Shepshed Dynamo 2.
Posted at 9:22am Friday 28th April 2006
Glory beckons on day of drama
ALL the efforts of the season boil down to a fascinating final 90 minutes of football which should draw a bumper crowd to the Planet Conservatories Stadium tomorrow (Saturday), write Dennis Aris.
Posted at 10:33pm Thursday 27th April 2006
Football – Woodley out, but Kendal promotion bid goes to last game.
Woodley Sports the biggest threat to Kendal Town's hopes of automatic promotion dropped out of contention when they could only draw 1-1 away to Bamber Bridge tonight (Thursday).
Posted at 10:26pm Tuesday 25th April 2006
Stocksbridge Park Steels 0, Kendal Town 1
ROCK solid defence and a lucky goal mean that Kendal will go into their final UniBond League match on Saturday not only seeking the one point they need for automatic promotion but also challenging for the First Division championship.
Posted at 5:51pm Saturday 22nd April 2006
Football – Spalding Utd 3, Kendal Town 0
The long haul to Lincolnshire brought a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Spalding United, but luck did not entirely desert Kendal Town as their main challengers for automatic promotion also had disaster days.
Posted at 6:46pm Monday 17th April 2006
Football - Colwyn Bay 0, Kendal Town 1
MIDFIELDER Stuart Cliff netted a penalty to bag all three points for Kendal from a tricky away day to North Wales.
Posted at 11:05pm Friday 14th April 2006
Football - Kendal Town 2, Bridlington Town 1
BEHIND to a fluky goal after just nine minutes Kendal battled back to thrill the home Good Friday crowd by snatching the points in the 90th minute.
Posted at 8:22am Friday 14th April 2006
Gresley put laclustre Town on rack
GREAT expectations turned to bitter disappointment as Kendal turned in a hapless performance with hardly a significant shot on goal. writes Dennis Aris.
Posted at 10:45pm Tuesday 11th April 2006
Kendal Town 0, Gresley Rovers 3
Great expectations turned to bitter disappointment as Kendal turned in a hapless performance without a significant shot on goal.
Posted at 5:38pm Saturday 8th April 2006
Football – Kidsgrove Athletic 0, Kendal Town 2
Chris Ward hit a goal in each half to keep Kendal Town's automatic promotion hopes firmly on track.
Posted at 9:33am Friday 7th April 2006
Town triumph in mudbath
A GUTSY performance in atrocious conditions earned Kendal three valuable points against Warrington, writes Dennis Aris.
Posted at 9:32am Friday 7th April 2006
Midfielders hit headlines
MANAGER Tony Hesketh's public call for more goals from his midfielders was answered in full measure on Saturday, writes Dennis Aris.
Posted at 12:57pm Sunday 2nd April 2006
Fooball - Belper Town 3, Kendal Town 4
MAN of the match Ged Smith scored twice, the second a 90th minute header, to grab the points from this seven-goal thriller.
Posted at 10:30pm Thursday 30th March 2006
Football - Kendal Town 3, Warrington Town 1
KENDAL stormed back into the UniBond League First Division automatic promotion places with a gutsy performance in atrocious conditions.
Posted at 9:40pm Sunday 26th March 2006
Brigg Town 2, Kendal Town 1
ONCE again Kendal paid the price of not converting superiority into goals.
Posted at 11:06am Friday 24th March 2006
First minute strike
DAVID Foster and Chris Ward combined to give Kendal the lead just 41 seconds after the kick-off of this UniBond League First Division match and Town's domination was such that they should have been out of sight by half-time.
Posted at 11:05am Friday 24th March 2006
Bridge spoils soured by red
HERO or villain, Lee Ashcroft is pivotal to Kendal Town's success and he displayed both sides of his character against Bamber Bridge by setting up both goals then being sent of for two ill-judged tackles, writes Dennis Aris.
Posted at 3:32pm Wednesday 22nd March 2006
Football - Kendal Town 2, Bamber Bridge 0
THREE points taken from mid-table Bamber Bridge keep Kendal Town's dream of the UniBond League First Division championship very much alive, but those points came at a price.
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