Tadcaster Albion tidy-up gathering pace at Ings Lane

Tadcaster Albion scored in all of their 34 league games in 2009-10

Tadcaster Albion's ground improvements are gathering pace following the club's promotion to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

New signs have been put up at Ings Lane and new sponsor boards will follow, while a new portable grandstand has arrived and will be erected shortly.

Treasurer James Hamilton told BBC Radio York: "There's progress all the time.

"It's a visible sign of the progress at the club and I hope people go down, see it and want to be part of it."

He added: "Volunteers are crucial at this level."

Recently appointed chairman Rob Northfield added: "If you get involved at a club at this level, it's going to cost you money. That's the way it is.

We're working hard to improve the links between the club and the town

Tadcaster treasurer James Hamilton

"The club's been there for 118 years and it's struggled for a lot of those years, but if we can improve it a little bit every year, we will be doing very, very well.

"What I did last year was I gave them some money, it wasn't a fortune but it helped them put a better quality of player on the pitch.

"You need the money to put the players on the pitch but they've got to want to play for Tadcaster.

"With a good management team in place it enabled them to get a good squad together."

Under Paul Marshall and his assistant Rob Hunter, Albion won the NCEL Division One title for the first time in 2010.

They have made a solid start in the Premier Division, and are keen to increase their standing in the community.

"We're working hard to improve the links between the club and the town and we've appointed a community liaison officer to build up relationships," Hamilton added.