Clayton Albion F.C.

🔥⚽ FULL-TIME | CLAYTON A.F.C 4–2 SHELF ⚽🔥

DERBY DAY. TWO DOWN. FOUR BACK. CLAYTON WIN.

This one had all the trimmings of a proper local derby — goals, tackles, big saves, quality finishes and plenty of passion.

Respect to both teams, who turned up to play football and go all-out for the win. A cracking game and a great advert for local football Shelf Juniors afc

Clayton started brightly but two defensive lapses were punished by Shelf, leaving us 2–0 down at half-time.

A response was needed — and it came. 🔥

The second half belonged to Clayton. Manny Blankson was outstanding in midfield, grabbing hold of the game, winning his battles and helping us completely take control.

⚽ 2–1 | Manny — a brilliant turn inside the box before calmly finding the bottom corner.

⚽ 2–2 | Pricey Tyrone Pryce New — pure determination, chasing down the full-back before squeezing his finish inside the near post. Showing the lads whay to do.

⚽ 3–2 | Manny — WHAT. A. GOAL. 🚀

From just inside the Shelf half, Manny let the ball drop over his shoulder before unleashing an outrageous left-footed volley over the keeper and into the top corner.

🧤 Then came another massive moment.

With Clayton leading 3–2, Shelf were awarded a penalty, but Shane Callaghan produced a huge save to preserve the advantage.

Shelf continued to push and eventually sent their goalkeeper forward in search of an equaliser.

⭐ Jack Moor won the ball and cleared into space, allowing Michael to race clear and roll the ball into an empty net.

4–2. GAME OVER.

We made mistakes and got punished, but the response showed exactly what this group is about — character, belief and togetherness.

🏆 FULL-TIME: Clayton A.F.C 4–2 Shelf

⚽ Manny ×2
⚽ Pricey
⚽ Michael

⭐ REFEREE'S MAN OF THE MATCH: MANNY BLANKSON ⭐

Two goals, relentless work rate and complete control of the midfield. Manny was at the heart of Clayton's second-half comeback and fully deserved the officials' Man of the Match award.

👏 Special mention to Jack Moor, whose late intervention and composure helped seal the victory.

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TWO DOWN. FOUR BACK. DERBY WON. 🔥

🔥⚽

🔥⚽ CLAYTON ALBION | SUNDAY ACTION ⚽🔥

After a 2–0 victory over Keighley last time out, Clayton Albion are back in action this Sunday as we travel to face Gomersal Cleckheaton.

Another tough test for the lads, but we’ll be looking to carry that momentum forward and put in another strong performance.

🆚 Gomersal Cleckheaton
📅 Sunday 14th September
📍 Princess Mary Athletics Stadium, WF15 6LW
⏰ 10am meet

The squad is selected and ready. Same attitude, same discipline and same togetherness — let’s go after another result.

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A massive thank you to all our sponsors for their continued support of Clayton Albion and grassroots football. 👏

🔥 LET’S KEEP IT GOING, BOYS!
⚫⚪ UP THE ALBION! ⚫⚪

🔥⚽ FULL-TIME | CLAYTON SPORTS FC U23s TITANS 2–5 MORLEY TOWN U23s ⚽🔥

A TOUGH ONE FOR THE TITANS 💪

A difficult result for Clayton Sports FC U23s Titans, but another important game in the development of this young squad.

The Titans showed some good football and plenty of fight, but the game changed when Faheem unfortunately dislocated his shoulder, forcing changes and leaving us exposed defensively.

A strong Morley side capitalised on the disruption and punished the gaps that followed, eventually running out 5–2 winners.

⚽ GOALSCORERS
⚽ Hinri
⚽ Roua

🙏 Most importantly, everyone at Clayton wishes Faheem a speedy recovery following his shoulder injury. Hopefully we see you back with the lads soon, mate. ❤️💛

For the Titans, it's about learning from nights like this. We regroup, we improve and we go again.

🤝 U23s SQUAD SPONSOR
⭐ SONDAD LTD ⭐

A massive thank you to Sondad for their continued backing of our U23s development squads and helping us provide a genuine pathway for young players into open-age football.

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❤️💛 CHARACTER. BELIEF. RESILIENCE.

🔥⚽ FULL-TIME | ILKLEY TOWN U23s 2–4 CLAYTON SPORTS U23s WARRIORS ⚽🔥

THE UNBEATEN RUN CONTINUES! 💪🔥

Another class performance from the Warriors, this time against a very strong Ilkley Town side.

A proper test for the lads, but once again they showed quality, work rate and resilience throughout. We competed all over the pitch, stayed composed and produced the moments that mattered to come away with an excellent 4–2 away victory.

⚽ GOALSCORERS
⚽⚽ BK
⚽ Blankson
⚽ Endurance

Another big performance, another win and the unbeaten run continues! 👏🔥

🤝 WARRIORS SQUAD SPONSOR
⭐ SONDAD LTD ⭐

A massive thank you to Sondad for their continued backing of our U23s development squads and helping us provide a genuine pathway for young players into open-age football.

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❤️💛 CHARACTER. BELIEF. RESILIENCE.

⚽🔥 MATCHDAY | CLAYTON RANGERS v SHELF JUNIORS AFC 🔥⚽

After a rollercoaster start, Clayton Rangers have regrouped, strengthened the squad and are ready to push on.

There’s been plenty learned in the opening stages, but now it’s time to turn that into performances and results. The squad is stronger, competition for places is growing and the focus is firmly on climbing the BSFL Division 1A table. 💪

This Sunday we welcome Shelf Juniors AFC to Clayton Rugby Club for another important league fixture.

🏆 Bradford Sunday Football League – Division 1A
⚽ Clayton Rangers 🆚 Shelf Juniors AFC
📅 Sunday 6th September
⏰ 11:00am KO
📍 Clayton Rugby Club

A new chapter starts now. Time to kick on, Rangers. ❤️💛

CHARACTER • BELIEF • RESILIENCE

⚽🔥 SUNDAY PREM FOOTBALL | CLAYTON ALBION FC 🔥⚽

🆚 Queensbury FC
📍 Away
📅 Sunday
⏰ 11:00am Kick-Off

Clayton Albion are back in action this Sunday as we make the short trip to face Queensbury FC.

The lads go into the game with confidence after a strong 2–0 victory over Keighley last time out. 💪

A clean sheet, three points and a solid team performance — now it’s about building on that result and keeping the momentum going.

There’s plenty of quality in this Albion squad and plenty more to come. Another challenge awaits on Sunday, but the target remains the same:

🔥 COMPETE. PERFORM. WIN. 🔥

❤️💛 UP THE ALBION! 💛❤️

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🔥❤️💛 HISTORY | CLAYTON A.F.C 💛❤️🔥

⚽ Huddersfield Laund Hill vs Clayton A.F.C
🏆 Yorkshire Amateur League – Division One
📅 Saturday
⏰ 2:00pm Kick-Off
📍 Away

Saturday marks a historic day for Clayton A.F.C.

For the first time, we step out in Division One of the Yorkshire Amateur League — another huge step forward in the journey of this football club.

But we're not stepping up just to take part.

The squad has been strengthened. The quality is there. The competition for places is fierce. And the ambition is bigger than ever.

We know the standard has gone up — so have we.

Our aim is to compete from day one, challenge at the top end of the division and keep pushing towards the next level.

Nothing will be handed to us. Every point will have to be earned and every team we face will get our full respect — but nobody should mistake that respect for a lack of ambition.

We want to win football matches.
We want to challenge for silverware.
We want promotion.

A new league.
A stronger Clayton.
The same hunger to win. 🔥

THE NEXT CHAPTER STARTS SATURDAY.

❤️💛 UP THE ALBION! 💛❤️

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⚽❤️💛 PROUD MAIN SPONSOR – SONDAD | 2026/27 ❤️💛⚽

A massive thank you to Sondad and Gary for their fantastic support of the Clayton A.F.C U23 Development Squads for the 2026/27 season. 🙌

With both of our U23 teams kicking off their league campaigns this week, it’s great to have Sondad behind us as our Main U23 Sponsor.

Gary and the team at Sondad do some brilliant work supporting local sport and player development, and their backing makes a genuine difference to what we’re trying to build at Clayton.

Our U23 setup is all about giving talented young players the opportunity to develop, compete at a good level and create a genuine pathway into open-age football and Clayton A.F.C.

Support from local businesses like Sondad helps us keep building that pathway and creating opportunities for the next generation. 👏⚽

❤️💛 A huge thank you to Gary and everyone at Sondad – we’re proud to have you with us for 2026/27!

Supporting our players. Investing in our future. Building our pathway.

🏆🔥 FULL-TIME | CLAYTON SPORTS U23 5–3 ROUTE ONE RESERVES 🔥🏆

3–0 DOWN. 5–3 WIN. 🤯

WHAT. A. COMEBACK. 🦁🔥

The first half? Nowhere near our standards.

Slow. Laboured. Not enough intensity. We weren’t playing our football and found ourselves 3–0 DOWN.

But a big goal just before the break dragged it back to 3–1 and gave us something to fight for.

Then came half-time. 👀

A few strong words. A tactical change. And a completely different Clayton came back out.

We dropped from two defensive midfielders to one, pushed bodies higher up the pitch, added width and went after them.

And from that moment…

WE TOOK OVER. 🔥

Breaking lines. Winning battles. Playing on the front foot. Camping in their half and putting their box under relentless pressure.

Penalty won. ⚽
Goals started coming. ⚽⚽
3–3. GAME ON.

But we weren't interested in settling for a draw.

The lads could smell blood. 🦁

We kept pushing, kept creating and completely turned the game on its head.

FULL-TIME: 5–3 CLAYTON. 💥

From staring at a heavy defeat to producing a second-half performance full of fight, quality, belief and character.

The first half wasn't acceptable.

The response was outstanding.

🔥 3–0 DOWN
🔥 5–3 WIN
🔥 FIVE GOALS
🔥 NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING

THAT'S CLAYTON. ❤️💛

🦁 CHARACTER. BELIEF. RESILIENCE.

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📞 07496 821120

🚗 Triple H Recovery’s
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