Ian Richards
First Team Manager
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Ian Richards joined the club as our first team manager on 30th October 2025 taking charge of his first game on 8th November 2025.
Richards joined the club following impressive spells at Stocksbridge Park Steels and Penistone Church, where he established a strong reputation for developing both individual players and competitive squads. In the 2024/25 campaign Richards steered the Steels to promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the first time in eleven years.
In Ian’s time in charge with Stocksbridge Park Steels he evolved the team from a mid table side to play off challengers in two of his three full seasons at Bracken Moor.
Prior to his appointment at Stocksbridge Park Steels, Ian spent eleven years with Penistone Church FC, taking the club from the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League through to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League. Penistone finished second to Worksop Town in the 2018/19 season and the club were two points from the summit in 2019/20 before the pandemic put a halt to the season. Penistone’s rise through the league coincided with five cup finals and three trophies whilst reaching the FA Cup third qualifying round in their first ever entry into the competition.
Before his time as a manager Ian Richards played for Blackburn Rovers, Halifax Town, Lower Hutt City (in New Zealand), Bradford (Park Avenue) and Stocksbridge Park Steels.
Andy Ring
First Team Assistant Manager
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Andy Ring joined the club on 30th October 2025 on the same day as Ian Richards became our first team manager.
Ian and Andy met at Stocksbridge Park Steels with the pair both playing for them.
Andy has worked with Ian in his previous managerial roles and Richards credits his assistant with working well one-to-one with the players, match preparation and working with the strikers.
Ring, a former striker, played alongside Ian at Stocksbridge before making the move to Penistone Church.
Andy is Stocksbridge's record appearance maker having played 334 times for the Steels and scoring 110 goals across 11 years with the Sheffield based side.
Pete Goldstraw
First Team Coach
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Pete joined the club on 30th October 2025.
Goldstraw works with the players to ensure they have the conditions for success on both footballing and non-footballing matters as well as working with the goalkeepers.
Pete has worked with Ian for nearly 20 years and continues the working relationship here at Nethermoor.
Danny King
Goalkeeper Coach
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Danny joined the club on 13th December 2023.
King worked as a GK coach at Bradford (Park Avenue) for four seasons before making the move to Nethermoor.
Aswell as being a UEFA B license holder, King has played and coached in non-league for a number of years so brings a lot of experience to the club.
Martin Stringfellow
First Team Physio
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Martin returned to the club on 31st May 2024.
Stringfellow had served as our physio for over a decade working alongside several management teams including with Mark Bower and Danny Boshell before his departure in 2018.
He was a vital part of our promotion to the Vanarama National League in 2015 and worked with Bower and Boshell to keep the Lions in non league's top tier.
The vastly experienced physio also has a UEFA B qualification and owns South Kirkby Injury Clinic.
Stringfellow has worked within the game since leaving Nethermoor with Frickley Athletic’s youth setup at Minsthorpe College Academy, manager at South Kirkby Colliery and other roles.
Ian Sewell
Kit Man
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Ian joined the Lions ahead of the 2025/26 season having previously worked with Mark Bower and Danny Boshell at Bradford (Park Avenue).
Sewell is well known to a number of the players having worked with them at the Horsfall Stadium.