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The Story So Far...1993 - present
28 Mar 2011
F1 Racing have been competing in the York Minster Engineering League 3 on Saturdays from 2009 after previously playing on Sunday Mornings since 1993 under the guises of Regional Railways North East, Railtrack and Northern Spirit.
The club was founded as Regional Railways North East by the legendary Don Bishop in 1993 mainly for railwaymen but it became more mainstream over time. That side had such hall of famers and cult heroes as Steve Foots, Dougie Desmond, Pete Goldsmith and current F1 manager Ian Yeowart.
In 1998 RRNE became Northern Spirit as the company changed names. Many of the RRNE players had retired or moved on including Don Bishop so a whole new set of players were introduced over time, but Spirit were never to hit the heights of the previous regime and suffered the clubs only ever relegation in 2002.
From the ashes of Northern Spirit rose F1 Racing with Neil Yeowart and Dave Wright overseeing a chaotic first season where they started the team totally from scratch and which saw 29 players used. A mid table finish in 2003 laid the foundations for Andrew Bridge to take the reins in 2003.
Season 2003/04 started patchily much like the previous season until a link to new players who were studying at York St Johns opened up through them working for the-then club sponsors part time. This saw many new players join who would go on to form an integral part of the team over the next 3 years and saw F1 claim 2 successive promotions amongst numerous giant-killing exploits in the cup competitions.
After applying to join the Saturday Afternoon League and subsequently having the application granted, F1 moved to Shipton by Beningbrough and spent the summer of 2009 restoring and renovating the playing facilities there in preparation for our debut season where we did enough to stay in Division 3 and avoid the cut which saw the League expand to four divisions.
2010/11 saw the introduction of a Reserve Team ('F2') who now take part in the 'D' division of the Reserve League. The 1st team had a very competitive campaign which led to them being in the promotion hunt right up until April before an epic cup run, which ran over 5 games in 2 weeks, saw them oust teams from Dvisions 4,3 and 2 en-route to a thrilling semi-final and final which both featured penalties and injury time goals.
Season 2011/12 will see the introduction of a 3rd team ("F3") , run by Simon Nunns, who will be playing their matches back in the York Sunday Morning League.
Club Records
28 Mar 2011
PROMOTED - 2004, 2005
JUNIOR CUP FINALISTS - 2011
RECORD HOME VICTORY - 11-1 vs St Clements (2011)
RECORD AWAY VICTORY - 10-2 vs Triangle Club (2004)
RECORD APPEARANCES - Neil Yeowart (380)
RECORD GOALSCORER - Neil Yeowart (313)
MOST GOALS IN A SEASON - Mark Grewer (37) in 2004
MOST GOALS IN A GAME - Neil Yeowart (6) in 2011
Past Players
28 Mar 2011
We're trying to keep a record of everyone who has represented RRNE, Railtrack, Northern Spirit and F1 Racing over the last 19 years. See how many of this motley crew you remember and if we've missed anyone out, let us know! Current total is 147
A - Nigel Allison, Sam Asfahani, Richard Atkinson
B - Neil Badger, Stuart Baker, Darren Bebb, Shaun Belt, Steve Bennett, Saul Bertoletti, Kieron Bimpson, Matt Birkitt, Don Bishop (pictured), Stuart Blake, Matt Blakeley, Darryl Boulton, Andy Bridge, Simon Burrows
C - Ben Calverley, Matt Cann, Garry Carter, John Chandiyamba, David Cliff, Nick Coggon, Dave Cockerill, Wayne Cockerill, Russell Cohen, Paul Colman, Simon Courtney, Chris Cox, Mike Cox, Ben Coxon, Dan Coxon
D - Nigel Dawber, Alan Denton, Doug Desmond, Barry Dillon, Firat Dogan, Paul Douglas, Carl Dunnington, Mike Duxbury
E - Svein Inge Egeland, Chris Evans
F - Arran Farquhar, Moray Farquhar, Matt Fisher, Steve Foots, Mark Foster, Alex Fowler
G - Jorge Garcia, Jon Giordano, Darren Glynn, Tom Goddard, Pete Goldsmith, Dave Goodyer, Mark Gover, Danny Grainger, Jim Grewer, Mark Grewer, Paul Grewer
H - Kris Hanson, Matt Hardy, Mark Harrison, Paul Harrison, Tom Harrison, Ian Heyhoe, Ian Horner, Pete Horner, Ross Howard, Daz Howburn, Mark Hudson, Dan Huggins
I - Richard Iggulden, Andy Inkster
J - Ben Jackson, Nick James, Adrian Jordan, Joe Jordan, Steve Justice
K - Jak Kearney
L - Adam Laird, Jack le Huray, Ben Lopez
M - Ben Mathers, Stuart McGarva, Adam McGuigan, Sean McKenna, Joe McMullen, Dave Miller, Chris Minett, Tom Morris, Michael Mossman
N - Will Neviani, Andy Norman, Mick Norman, Rich Norman, Marvin Norris, Roger Norris, Simon Nunns
P - Damian Pease, Mark Pink, Geoff Pinkney, Richard Pipes, Andy Procter, Rich Procter
R - Jon Raw, Matt Rawcliffe, Graham Reid, Richard Robinson, Tony Robinson, Danny Rodgers, Mike Ross
S - Danny Sellers, Tommy Sellers, Neil Shaw, Ben Sheldon, Andy Simpson (gk), Andy Simpson, Mark Snowdon, Nathan Snowdon, Scott Snowdon, Ben Storey, Alex Sutherland, Tom Swales
T - Chris Tate, Julian Taylor, Mike Taylor, Sean Taylor, George Trifan, Mark Tupman
U - Dave Umpleby
V - Matt Varley
W - Brendan Walsh, Kieran Ward, Chris Watkinson, James Webber, Stuart Weston, Tom White, Steve Wilkinson, Rob Wilson, Jamie Winspear, Richard Wishart, Will Wood, Dave Wright, Matthew Wright
Y - Ian Yeowart, Neil Yeowart, Gary Young
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