Wincobank Ironopolis

16-09-2012 Wincobank Ironopolis was renamed to Phoenix Bessemer for season 50 only (61015)

Managed by Escafeld
Club information
Location	Yorkshire, England
Arena	The Hill Fort
Fan Club	Bessemer Blades Crew

Team Info

Founded 11th October 2004. Highest league placing 7th in II.3 Season 62

Season Summary

Attendance & Top Scorer Stats include all competitive games: League, Cup & Qualification.

Season	Series	Pos	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	CUP	Top Att	Avg Att	Top Scorer	Goals
24	VI.614	6	13	14	4	1	9	22	45	-23	None	12209	7021	Flip Judson	4
25	VI.614	1	39	14	13	0	1	54	17	37	None	13550	13142	Lars Larsson	12
26	V.51	6	12	14	4	0	10	20	40	-20	R2	22000	16474	Steijn Arends	10
27	V.51	6	13	14	4	3	7	20	31	-11	R2	22000	20471	Andreas Jacobsson	7
28	V.51	6	19	14	5	4	5	22	31	-9	R4	22000	21711	Andreas Jacobsson	14
29	V.51	5	23	14	7	2	5	33	26	7	R2	40000	33901	Andreas Jacobsson	15
30	V.51	4	23	14	7	2	5	35	16	19	R3	46250	35010	Andreas Jacobsson	15
31	V.51	3	29	14	9	2	3	37	16	21	R6	51750	43372	Andrew Kennedy	7
32	V.51	1	39	14	13	0	1	63	8	55	R2	51750	47364	Andreas Jacobsson	19
33	IV.15	6	17	14	5	2	7	27	29	-2	R5	51750	42942	Andrew Kennedy	11
34	V.32	1	40	14	13	1	0	85	6	79	R8	60000	54967	Evans Mustapha	19
35	IV.53	5	18	14	6	0	8	32	30	2	R6	60000	46694	Evans Mustapha	11
36	IV.53	1	37	14	12	1	1	53	17	36	R7	60000	54872	Martín Brown	13
37	III.13	4	21	14	6	3	5	32	38	-6	R9	66620	56817	Evans Mustapha	11
38	III.13	5	22	14	7	1	6	33	32	1	R8	67334	52344	Alakadhipa Balaji	10
39	IV.12	3	26	14	8	2	4	38	26	12	R7	62795	51416	Jonathan Duncan	13
40	IV.12	1	42	14	14	0	0	66	7	59	R9	70000	60405	Jonathan Duncan	19
41	III.12	5	16	14	5	1	8	30	36	-6	R6	64774	47352	Lee Kaplan	12
42	III.12	2	27	14	8	3	3	30	25	5	R8	70000	59239	Lee Kaplan	16
43	III.12	3	26	14	8	2	4	47	22	25	R5	60809	52274	Francis Hillman	17
44	III.12	8	9	14	3	0	11	25	45	-20	R3	59087	38583	Francis Hillman	10
45	IV.62	8	3	14	1	0	13	14	87	-73	R3	49682	28153	Jonathan Duncan	5
46	V.46	8	3	14	1	0	13	10	89	-79	R3	36528	21511	David Otis	5
47	VI.230	5	19	14	6	1	7	57	39	18	R2	32426	22974	Brian Barnes	9
48	VI.230	4	27	14	9	0	5	57	27	30	R3	45552	27022	Steven Oakley	12
49	VI.230	3	29	14	9	2	3	68	14	54	R2	38147	28765	Phil Crosby	10
50	VI.965	1	42	14	14	0	0	107	0	107	R2	48728	37140	Guy Bridge	22
51	V.256	3	31	14	10	1	3	54	18	36	R5	63896	48989	Matt Milton	14
52	V.256	1	40	14	13	1	0	79	13	66	R3	64223	50099	Guy Bridge	18
53	IV.22	5	16	14	5	1	8	44	49	-5	R4	50258	44364	Matt Milton	11
54	IV.22	4	25	14	8	1	5	49	39	10	R5	62682	46094	Robin Arnull	15
55	IV.22	3	31	14	10	1	3	46	23	23	R6	68934	52349	Matt Milton	13
56	IV.22	1	34	14	11	1	2	63	24	39	R5 (1)	70863	53355	Robin Arnull	15
57	III.6	1	29	14	9	2	3	46	18	28	R8	77300	62132	Robin Arnull	21
58	III.6	3	20	14	6	2	6	37	31	6	R8	74732	54767	Robin Arnull	12
59	III.6	1	32	14	10	2	2	44	25	19	R6 (2)	73672	60740	Matt Milton	12
60	III.6	2	35	14	11	2	1	56	20	36	R3 (9)	80410	66718	Martin Adams	11
61	III.6	1	39	14	13	0	1	60	9	51	R3 (3)	88000	59913	Matt Milton	17
62	II.3	7	12	14	4	0	10	28	45	-17	R6 (6)	66776	52166	Den Derbyshire	17
63	III.3	4	26	14	8	2	4	41	31	10	R3 (5)	64163	47935	Matt Milton	10
64	III.3	4	21	14	7	0	7	38	32	6	R3 (7)	64298	49704	Matt Milton	11
65	III.3	5	21	14	7	0	7	45	35	10	R6 (5)	77042	50871	Den Derbyshire	21
66	III.3	5	21	14	7	0	7	34	33	1	R4 (6)	51871	46865	Clive Meredith	12
67	IV.43	1	36	14	12	0	2	57	16	41	R7	60653	49677	Brian Cleverley	20
68	III.7	5	18	14	5	3	6	33	38	-5	R6 (4)	62219	49837	Clive Meredith	13
69	III.7	1	30	14	9	3	2	54	27	27	R6 (2)	80640	61762	Peter Birney	16
70	III.7	5	19	14	6	1	7	42	38	4	R2 (6)	62088	47747	Oswin Hillebrand	9
71	III.7	8	5	14	1	2	11	8	42	-34	R3 (2)	51716	35735	David Dexter	6
72	IV.59	4	18	14	5	3	6	32	25	7	R4 (5)	50485	42234	Den Derbyshire	11
73	IV.59	7	11	14	3	2	9	14	30	-16	R3 (2)	44101	35106	Oswin Hillebrand	8
74	V.84	1	38	14	12	2	0	72	6	66	R4 (1)	53009	42110	Oswin Hillebrand	20
75	V.84	1	35	14	11	2	1	53	7	46	R2 (3)	51313	42849	Peter Birney	12
76	V.84	3	27	14	9	0	5	45	16	29	R2 (3)	55291	39773	Peter Birney	13
77	V.111	1	40	14	13	1	0	79	9	70	R4 (4)	62563	45845	Josu Rääpysjärvi	18
78	IV.35	2	25	14	8	1	5	40	22	18	R2 (6)	63547	52974	João Gondim	18

Honours

• Champions III.7 season 69
• Champions III.6 season 61
• Champions III.6 season 59
• Champions III.6 season 57
• Champions IV.43 season 67
• Champions IV.22 season 56
• Champions IV.12 season 40
• Champions IV.53 season 36
• Champions V.111 season 77
• Champions V.84 season 75
• Champions V.84 season 74
• Champions V.256 season 52
• Champions V.32 season 34
• Champions V.51 season 32
• Champions VI.965 season 50
• Champions VI.614 season 25

• Runners-up III.6 season 60
• Runners-up III.12 season 42

• 3rd place III.6 season 58
• 3rd place III.12 season 43
• 3rd place IV.22 season 55
• 3rd place IV.12 season 39
• 3rd place V.84 season 76
• 3rd place V.256 season 51
• 3rd place V.51 season 31
• 3rd place VI.230 season 49

Matches

Total Matches

up to and including 19-12-17

Type	Played	Goals Scored
League	602	1835
Cup	240	1109
Qualifier	13	40
Friendly	465	1517
Total	1320	4501

EoS Challenge Matches

Ironopolis have taken part in a number of end-of-season challenges.

Season	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Challenge
26	30-08-2005	bredoaske	H	3 - 4	L	FFHF v HFBreda
26	07-09-2005	bredoaske	A	2 - 5	L	FFHF v HFBreda
27	27-12-2005	Scarlet Warriors	A	1 - 0	W	FFHF v FT Forums
28	18-04-2006	Cherrytown FC	A	2 - 3	W	England v Germany
30	22-11-2006	BREDA	A	0 - 5	L	FFHF v HFBreda
31	22-03-2007	sphinx2000	A	4 - 3	W	England v USA
33	01-11-2007	Senna's Sports Club	A	4 - 3	W	England v Brazil
34	12-02-2008	Termanators	H	4 - 0	W	England v Peru
36	01-10-2008	Atletico Pijama	A	2 - 0	W	England v Turkey
37	20-01-2009	simex	A	8 - 0	W	England v Bulgaria
38	05-05-2009	The Bucks	A	1 - 5	L	Yorkshire v Lancashire
38	12-05-2009	FC Fanatiker	H	0 - 3	L	England v Austria
39	02-09-2009	Burton Albion	A	3 - 0	W	England v USA/Canada
50	15-01-2013	Young's United	H	8 - 0	W	UK v Former Colonies

Single Matches

On the 1st January 2013 Ironopolis embarked on a Global Match-Up challenge the aim of which was to play a single match against at least one club from each hattrick country. The challenge was completed 27th January 2013 making Ironopolis the first club to complete a single match flag collection by playing a single match against a team from each hattrick country.

Club Records

Performance

Record	Rating	Date	Season
Midfield	extra-terrestrial (high)	31-01-2016	60
Defence	extra-terrestrial (low)	01-11-2015	60
Attack	mythical (low)	13-03-2016	61
Hatstats Team	495	22-05-2016	61
Hatstats Defence	188	01-11-2015	60
Hatstats Midfield	189	31-01-2016	60
Hatstats Attack	198	13-03-2016	61
Stars	105	27-03-2016	61

Best Wins

Match Type	Venue	Score	Date
League III	Home	8-0	15-02-2015
League III	Away	5-0	14-12-2014
League IV	Home	9-0	11-10-2009
League IV	Away	9-2	21-09-2014
League V	Home	11-0	16-06-2013
League V	Away	11-0	20-01-2008
League VI	Home	10-0	23-12-2012
League VI	Away	11-0	21-10-2012
Qualification	Home	8-1	06-08-2006
Cup	Home	4-1	02-01-2007
Cup	Away	11-0	17-06-2008
Friendly	Home	13-0	10-07-2007
Friendly	Away	10-0	17-01-2007

Best Crowds

• League: 88000 (22-05-2016)
• Qualification: 70000 (10-05-2009)
• Cup: 70000 (27-10-2009)
• Friendly: 8138 (31-05-22)

Transfers Paid

Player	Position	Price £	Bought from	Date
Lee Johnson	G	£5966667	Olympiakos United	08-05-2012
Francis Hillman	F	£3832667	Besaid Aurochs FC	15-07-2010
Ronald Haraldsson	F	£3700000	Laxarna BK	06-05-2021
Clive Meredith	F	£3690000	FC Unity	03-01-2017
Jonathan Duncan	F	£3610667	de vlaamse trots	19-03-2009
Steve Currie	W	£3509000	Toon Titans	27-11-2008
Alexander Butler	G	£3500000	katalunya	16-04-2010

Transfers Sold

Player	Position	Price £	Sold to	Date
Jeremy Drayson	G	£6120000	FC Qnie II	27-05-2020
Blaine Holm	G	£4856000	Amager Demons	24-12-2018
Francis Hillman	F	£4333333	La Furia Armada	09-03-2011
Cornelius Parkes	G	£3989333	FC RUSOKAI	26-04-2019
David Coarse	G	£3986667	TSV 56 Haldensleben	11-04-2018
Jonathan Duncan	F	£3672000	Love & Passion	28-05-2011

Player Achievements

National Team Appearances

• Jon Assinder - 10 caps 05-02-2008 - 03-07-2008

National U-20 Appearances

• Guy Bridge - 9 caps - debut - 02-11-2012
• Paul Neill - 1 caps - debut - 14-10-2011

Golden Boots

Player	Award	Series	Season	Goals
Lars Larsson		VI.614	25	12
Andreas Jacobsson		V.51	29	13
Andreas Jacobsson		V.51	30	14
Andreas Jacobsson		V.51	32	19
Martín Brown		V.32	34	17
Martín Brown		IV.53	36	11
Jonathan Duncan		IV.12	40	15
Guy Bridge		VI.965	50	21
Matt Milton		V.256	51	14
Guy Bridge		V.256	52	18
Guy Bridge		IV.22	54	11
Robin Arnull		IV.22	54	11
Matt Milton		III.6	61	14
Clive Meredith		III.7	68	10
Peter Birney		III.7	69	13
Oswin Hillebrand		V.84	74	16
Peter Birney		V.84	75	12
Peter Birney		V.84	76	12
Josu Rääpysjärvi		V.111	77	16
João Gondim		IV.35	78	12

Top Goal Scorers

Click here for the full list of Ironopolis all-time scorers

Minimum 80 goals - Competitive games only - correct up to & included 02/05/21

Player	Position	Goals
Matt Milton	F	167
Robin Arnull	F	166
Brian Cleverley	F	132
Den Derbyshire	F	131
Clive Meredith	F	109
David Dexter	F	100
Oswin Hillebrand	W	97
Peter Birney	F	94
Andreas Jacobsson	M	87
Evans Mustapha	F	84

Competitive Games Played

220+ games only - correct up to and including 04/08/21

Player	Position	Games
Amos Arthur	M	294
Alun Anderson	M	266
Martin Adams	M	240
Clive Meredith	F	239
Robin Arnull	F	236
Den Derbyshire	F	230
James Blackadder	M	225
Amos Kersley	W	220

Club Motto

• Through Tempests We Shall Prevail

Club Links

• Club Stats at Hatstats
• Ironopolis at Hattrick United