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Saturday 22nd February 2025 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC ticked off two more games in the NCEL Division One this past week, as the run-in sees numerous teams around Wakefield jockeying for position amidst an increasingly congested fixture list. One of those teams, Brigg Town, played host to Wakefield on Tuesday evening in what was […]

Saturday 15th February 2025 | Austin Ainsworth The fight at the top of the NCEL Division One is starting to hot-up after Wombwell Town defeated league leaders Horbury last week. With Wakefield on a run of 14 wins from 15 and starting the weekend in fourth, they went in to their fixture away at Shelley

Saturday 8th February 2025 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC have shown no sign of letting-up in the NCEL Division One of late, with a string of wins catapulting them towards the league summit. And, even when performances haven’t quite reached the desired level, a steely resolve and desire to win have ensured the points keep

Friday 31st January 2025 | Austin Ainsworth After another extended break from NCEL Division One action for Wakefield AFC, football mercifully returned a day early for The Falcons with a Friday night trip to Nostell Miners Welfare. Such has been the stop/start nature of 2025 for Wakefield, the obvious sense of momentum that would arise

To our friends, staff, and fans, I hope you all had a great start to the new year. We’re excited about what lies ahead in 2025: it’s a pivotal period in our club’s history. Off the pitch, we need to get approval and begin construction on our training facility—fundamental for our long-term sustainability. On the

Saturday 18th January 2025 | Austin Ainsworth After the highs of the derby defeat of Horbury Town that saw Wakefield AFC move back up into the NCEL Division One play-off spots, The Falcons – and the rest of the league – have had to endure a two week lay-off thanks to the recent inclement weather.

Saturday 4th January 2025 | Austin Ainsworth The freezing weather was not enough to curtail the NCEL Division One’s hottest game of the season, as Wakefield AFC’s trip to Horbury Town was thankfully one of the few games to go ahead on Saturday in front of what was the biggest crowd in the league this

Saturday 28th December 2024 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC welcomed Harrogate Railway Athletic to The Millennium Stadium for their final NCEL Division One game of 2024 on Saturday. After a turbulent year that has seen two permanent managerial changes, a change of home ground and a raft of player-ins and outs, Wakefield have finally hit

Saturday 21st December 2024 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC are the form side in the NCEL Division One but, thanks to a mixed start to the season and having played less games than most of their rivals, they went in to the weekend’s fixtures outside the play-off positions in sixth. That meant that Saturday’s game

Saturday 14th December 2024 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC went in to the NCEL Division One weekend with more ground to make up in the league, courtesy of accruing yet another game in hand over the teams around them after last weekend’s abandoned match away at Dearne and District. That had been a game Wakefield