Both are well known to the club having played many games in the Northern Premier League in the yellow and blue.

Richards has enjoyed twelve successful years with Penistone Church, taking them from the County Senior League to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League and just missing out on promotion when Covid restrictions were implemented.

Steels have put on record their thanks to caretaker manager Lee Thompson for not only his seven years as player/assistant manager, but also the excellent way he has conducted himself in the three games he had in sole charge recently.