Shelley goalkeeper Paul Day the First Division North Goalkeeper of the Month for February after keeping a clean sheet, winning Man of the Match, and helping Shelley to a fine month with two wins and two draws in four first Division North games and progression to the Macron Cup semi-finals.

Goalkeeper Paul Day has been central to the Huddersfield side’s encouraging form. In the first of five February games on Saturday 1st February, Day helped his side earn a point from a 2-2 draw at Prestwich Heys by making some key saves. He was then named Man of the Match in the hard-fought 2-1 win over Garstang under the Stafflex Arena floodlights just three nights later.

Day again made a vital contribution as Steeton and Shelley shared six goals as Cougar Park on Saturday 8th February. The postponement of the Macron Cup quarter-final at home to Ellesmere Rangers the following Saturday meant Day and his teammates had to wait a week to get back onto the grass. Shelley eventually edged a highly entertaining game 3-2, and Day did well to stand firm as the Shropshire lads peppered the home goal in a vain late search for an equaliser.

The last match of the month, on Saturday 29th February, took place on an artificial surface at AFC Darwen, which Day found very much to his liking, keeping a clean sheet in an encouraging 2-0 victory. Day always shows real resolve to stay focused and keep working hard on the training ground.

He is a real club man, and spent part of his summer holiday as a very welcome voluntary labourer as improvements were made to the Stafflex Arena. Now he’s ready to continue putting the work in on the pitch as the club approach the last two months of the season in buoyant mood.