Category: Club News

FA Trophy Draw – First Round Proper

Following Saturday’s victory over Warrington Town, the draw for the First Round Proper of the Isuzu FA Trophy has taken place and we will face either Silsden or Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday 25th October.

This means the trip to Prescot in the league will be re-arranged.

 

 

New Manager Announcement

The board of Hyde United are delighted to announce Martin Coyne as the new permanent first team manager, he will be assisted by Harry Bunn and Chris Shaw, Martin has been in interim charge since the departure of Nick Spooner.

Chairman Steve Hartley said on the appointment, ”The board have been impressed with the response of the team and the fans in the interim period where we have progressed through two rounds of the FA Cup, losing only one league match and keeping three clean sheets.

We wish them every success and are sure the supporters will give their support as always”

 

 

First Team Manager update 

The Board will be making a further announcement regarding the First Team Manager position in the next few days, allowing time for all relevant parties/candidates to be contacted.

Minutes Silence ahead of FA Cup tie

Ahead of all games involving Step 3 and 4 sides today, their will be a minutes silence for the passing of Chichester City’s Billy Vigar.

Billy sustained a significant brain injury last Saturday whilst playing in a match and sadly passed away on Thursday morning.

All at Hyde United would like to pass on our condolences to Billy’s family and everyone at Chichester City and join us in paying our respects this afternoon.

New Signing – Jake Dunwoody

Interim manager Martin Coyne has added to the squad ahead with the signing of midfielder Jake Dunwoody.

The Glossop born midfielder came through the ranks at Stoke City spending time on loan at Curzon Ashton and Leek Town before moving to Northern Ireland to play for Derry City.

Jake has spent the past four years playing in the top flight in Finland making close to a 100 appearances for IFK Helsingfors, SJK Seinajoki and most recently AC Oula.

The 26 year old has now joined the Tigers and is pushing to be in the squad for Saturday’s FA Cup tie at home to Matlock Town

 

 

First Team Manager at Hyde United Football Club – Update

Chairman Steve Hartley has given an update on the current search for a first team manager
”There has been a substantial response to our advertisement and a good number of quality applications, which have all been given due consideration by the Board.
All candidates who have applied will receive further notification in due course and the successful candidates for interview will be notified after the completion of our FA Cup tie with Matlock Town, which is scheduled for Saturday 27th September (plus possible replay).”

Welcome back Harry Bunn

The Board have invited applications for the vacant managerial position.

In the interim, Martin Coyne has invited Harry Bunn to join him in the dugout, with club captain Jack Redshaw as player coach. As a player, Harry needs no introduction, having been with us until January this year when he left and joined Avro, but he has vast football league experience and is keen to progress a coaching career. We wish them well in the coming fixtures