Team News

It's a return to Gainsborough Trinity for Jake Scott, who last donned the Holy Blues' jersey during Dom Roma's spell in charge, as Curtis Woodhouse continues to strengthen his squad ahead of the 2020/21 season. At 27 years of age, Jake has gained a vast amount of experience since leaving the Northolme, captaining Mickleover FC (formerly Sports) for a couple of seasons during an extended...

It is a case of Landlords vs Tenants as the Holy Blues host The Pilgrims in Trinity's final pre-season game before kicking off their Pitching In Northern Premier League campaign next weekend, at home to Hyde United. The visitors, get the chance to farmilarise themselves with home surroundings following the recent announcement that they would be sharing the Northolme in the short term, due...

Curtis Woodhouse last night saw his confirmed squad reduced to twelve as Declan Bacon and Connor Smythe departed. Centre forward, Bacon has joined Pitching In Northern Premier League rivals Mickleover FC on loan until January 2021, with the Derbyshire outfit having the option to make the move permanent in the new year. Bacon (25) made his debut last night in a pre-season friendly for...

In their penultimate pre-season fixture before the beginning of The Pitching In, 2020/21 Northern Premier League season, the Holy Blues travel to Cleethorpes Town for a friendly with plenty of familiar faces on show. Following a hard fought goalless draw against Hull City U23’s on Tuesday night, Curtis Woodhouse’s team travel to the east coast to face an Owls outfit who come into the...

Our fabulous supporters and sponsors never fail to let us down and last Saturday, when we launched our revamped player sponsorship packages for the 2020/21 season, we immediately started receiving enquiries and bookings. In fact, from the time we went live to Lauren Waddington snapping up James Williamson's home shirt, there was less than a minute delay before the funds registered and the...

GVC is delighted to announce that the new sponsor of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian and Southern Leagues is Pitching In. Pitching In, is a new Grassroots Sports Investment Programme that has today been launched by GVC, the multi-national sports-betting and gaming group which owns Ladbrokes and Coral. The partnership covers all three leagues that make up Steps 3 and 4 of the...

The Holy Blues continue their pre-season campaign under the lights on Tuesday evening as they welcome Sky Bet League One side, Hull City, to the Northolme. Following a hard-fought comeback against North Ferriby on Saturday afternoon, manager Curtis Woodhouse says he is expecting an even tougher test against his former club for whom he made eighteen appearances during the 2005/06...

We're back and we can't wait to see you tomorrow as Workington AFC visit the Gainsborough Martin & Co arena for a pre-season friendly, 3pm kick off. We look forward to welcoming as many of you back as possible over the coming weeks as we build towards the league curtain raiser against Hyde United on Saturday September 19th 2020. Please remember, there is still a very real health pandemic...

Holy Blues manager Curtis Woodhouse says that he hopes tomorrow’s friendly fixture against Workington AFC "will whet the appetite for the season to come" as fans are allowed back into the Northolme for the first time since the beginning of March. Following the Government’s announcement earlier in the week to allow clubs at step 3 of non-league and below to reopen their gates to...