BEFORE heading off on a 21- year Football League career, Kevin Ellison learnt the ins and outs of the game from a Non-League legend: Mark ‘Mad Dog’ Maddox.
It’s a bigger achievement than winning at Wembley,” said a jubilant Dave McNabb after seeing his Warrington Rylands side clinch the Northern Premier League West Division title.
WARRINGTON Rylands maintained their four-point lead over Workington at the top of the NPL West table with a hard-fought win over Cheshire neighbours Runcorn Linnets.
Teams like St Helens Town, Warrington Town and Warrington Rylands have all made it to Wembley in the FA Vase over the years despite being in areas where football plays second fiddle to the oval ball game.
In just the last three years he has overseen the club’s rise from the Step 7 Cheshire League to, next season, Step 4 in the Northern Premier League West by virtue of the recent restructure.