Season 2021/22
ld United e fi re a H s v C F AVD 2022
Sat 12th February ivision D r ie m re P s d n la id Spartan South M KO 3.00pm
S O M A N Y D E H T O T E M O LC E W The Dynamos
The Greenfleets Stadium Haywood Way Aylesbury Bucks HP19 9WZ
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Haywood Way for today’s Spartan South Midlands Premier League fixture against Harefield Utd. We look to bounce back from the narrow midweek loss here against Leighton who scored a late winner which was a very poor goal to concede on a night where we generally defended well. Our MOM was newly signed centre back Kyle Lincoln who came in and did exactly what I know he does and is a lad I was keen to bring in with me when I took over in October. Better late than never and I wish him the best of luck with us. We return to cup action here next Tuesday night and I will take the opportunity to rotate the group and get valuable minutes into those who need them. Please continue to get behind our lads and thanks in advance for your support. Steve
Chairman: Mike Borrett Vice Chairman: Ryan Collings Club Secretary: Iain Willcocks Club Treasurer: James Moore Womens Chairperson: Rosanna Martone Media & Communications: Mike Farquharson Head of Football Development: Colin Young Head of Youth Football: Kevin Woodstock Head of Womens Football: Toby O’Callaghan Safety Officer: Craig Broughton Head Groundsman: Nick Ringsell
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Dynamos HISTORY Aylesbury Vale Dynamos is an amalgamation of Aylesbury FC and Bedgrove Dynamos, two local clubs with a rich history in local football. Aylesbury FC enjoyed a long history in senior and junior football dating back to the 1930’s under the previous names of Aylesbury Vale, Haywood United, Belgrave, Stocklake and Negretti and Zambra FC, which was founded in the 1930’s by workers at the Negretti and Zambra company then based in London’s King Cross district. The company moved to the Stocklake Industrial Estate, Aylesbury. in 1949 and by the mid 50’s the premises had a bar, football, cricket and tennis facilities. The football club joined the Aylesbury District League in 1954. The social club changed its name to Stocklake when Negretti and Zambra sold the premises to the local council, who then leased the facilities; hence the different sections adopted the name Stocklake. Under the guidance of Chairman Mr Ernie Crotty, the club gained many honours including runners up in ADL’s top divisions, before gaining intermediate status in the Wycombe and District League first and senior divisions. Sadly Ernie was killed in a road accident just before the club moved premises to the present location at Haywood Way in 1987. After gaining senior status and promotion to the Chiltern League in 1988, Stocklake enjoyed many further successes including Division One runners up in 1991, Premier Division and League Cup runners up the following season and Wycombe Senior Cup success in 1995. Cup success was also followed on in the following season, this time the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup being added to the trophy cabinet. Belgrave FC was formed in 1983 by Jim Sullivan who lived in nearby Belgrave Road. Jim had two sons who were passionate about football but were limited to where they could play, so formed a team himself with the help of neighbours Lynne and David Hatcher. By 1990, under the guidance of Danny Martone, Belgrave had grown to five youth teams providing football for over ninety boys from the Quarrendon and Haydon Hill areas of Aylesbury. 1996 saw the forming of two senior teams under the Belgrave FC name and by the turn of the millennium teams were represented at all levels from Under 8’s through to seniors, At the start of the 2000/2001 season, the senior Belgrave FC team was renamed Haywood United following an amalgamation with Stocklake FC with Danny Martone voted in as chairman of the new club. Haywood United joined the Spartan South Midlands League and won promotion into Division One after two seasons. Notable achievements during the 2001/2002 season included league awards for the best kept and most improved ground; this included the erection of floodlights and perimeter fencing, which Danny and his hard working committee fought hard to establish. Season 2002/2003 saw a difficult start in Division One, but with the arrival of manager Jon Franklin and his assistant Keith Walker just after Christmas, the club eventually consolidated finishing in 9th place. Promotion was gained to the South Midlands Premier Division the following year after a campaign that saw 23 wins, 7 draws and only 4 losses. Haywood United proved themselves capable of staying in the Premier Division after finishing 3rd in the 2004/2005 season in a campaign that only include one loss in the twenty matches after Christmas. The club also entered the FA Cup and Vase for the first time and won the Buckingham Charity Cup in 2006. Season 2006/2007 began with Haywood United becoming Aylesbury Vale FC and saw Keith Walker and Steve Gleinster take over as joint managers and steadily build a squad. This was recognised in the 2008/2009 season, under the management of Mark Eaton, with a good cup run in the FA Cup and FA Vase, winning three rounds in the FA Cup losing to Level 4 side Gosport after a replay, and losing out in the 4th round of the FA Vase to Leiston Town. . After Christmas the side suffered due to long term injuries and finished mid table. May 2009 saw a major new development in a new semi professional side vote for a name change. Aylesbury Football Club was formed under the leadership of Chairman Roger Dance and assisted by Vice Chairman Danny Martone
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Dynamos HISTORY Former Chairman Bill Harrison was made President of the club. Great success on the field of play was to follow, with the team having a fantastic run in the F.A. Cup. We were the last 'level five' team in the country to remain in the competition and were rewarded with a visit to Haywood Way for the F.A. Cup trophy, allowing the team, supporters and local people to get their hands on this famous trophy and make the most of this memorable occasion. We were finally knocked out of the competition by Wealdstone in a close game. A brave and superb display was witnessed by a bumper crowd of 800 plus. Meanwhile, away from the midst of F.A. Cup drama, our success continued, becoming 'Double Winners' Winning both the Spartan South Midland League and League Cup capping an extraordinary season and gaining promotion to the Southern League Division 1 Central. Steve Bateman took over in 2013/14, steered the club to safety in his first 6 months in charge. Then in 2014/15 with Bateman at the helm FC has their most successful season to date most successful to date. Playing at the highest level in the club’s history, the team finished third in the League, having been pushing for promotion all season and narrowly lost out in the semi final to Bedworth United having already beaten them twice in the league. the 2015/16 finished with a flourish as the club finished just outside the play off positions, but had the consolation of our first major Cup Final, beating Chesham United in the Berks & Bucks Cup at Windsor. Steve Bateman and his management team resigned at the end of the season and Danny Gordon & Gareth Risbridger took the helm , supported by Paul Bonham , Ryan Wiffin & Aaron Norman. Davis Haule took over from Gordon & Risbridger in December 2016, appointed brother Brian as his assistant and recruited former coaches Fraser McLachlan, Aaron Wiffin and added Ryan Collings to his back room staff for the 2017/18 season. In 2018/19 Scott Reynolds was appointed manager and when he resigned midway through the season it was left to Paul Bonham to take control but because of ground grading issues the Southern League made the decision to relegate the club and so after ten seasons in the Southern League. Phil Granville and Ben Gill were appointed midway through last season and will kick off the 2020/21 season again in the Spartan Premier Division. Steve Bateman was re appointed as manager in September 2021 Bedgrove Dynamos Alf Buckland, a resident of Finmere Crescent, formed Bedgrove Dynamos in 1968. It was created to fill a void in activities for boys within the Bedgrove area on the south side of Aylesbury. In 1980, Dave Bayliss became involved when he brought his Cub side to the Bedgrove Park. The teams amalgamated and Dave went on to be the chairman for 21 years, stepping down in the year 2000. Within two years and barely a full strip between them, they managed not only to win the Under 12's Aylesbury & District League (ADL), but went on to win the 13's & 14's league in consecutive years and, by which time, they now had four teams at various age groups. Over the years the club has grown and has won many tournaments and trophies, especially at county level. Many teams have toured abroad and the club has also entertained boys from Europe and America. We can boost that we are the only boys club to have a club pennant on display in Barcelona's trophy room. At the start of the season 2001/02 the club was the largest junior club in the Aylesbury area, running teams from under 8's through to under 18's. At the end of the season 2001/02 the club managed to win the coveted Berks and Bucks Cup at under 14's, the Mayor's Cup at under 12's, represented in two other cup finals, won 3 league titles, gained 6 promotions in total and all teams finished in the top 6 to the fairplay awards for their respective leagues. In the last 20 seasons across the age groups the club has won 25 divisional titles, and runners up 20 times. In 2019 two became one when the sides amalgamated with the intention of allowing the youth of the town to progress through junior football to youth and then adult football and play at the highest possible level.
Meet The MANAGEMENT Steve BATEMAN – Manager Bateman has enjoyed an illustrious non-league career, starting his playing days with Hemel Hempstead before joining Everton, where he went on to win the FA Youth Cup before later playing more than 300 games for both Chesham United and Slough Town. His managerial career started at Chesham but he also managed Berkhamsted Town, guiding them to a memorable FA Vase final at Villa Park, and local rivals Hemel Hempstead who he led to promotion to the Southern Premier League. Bateman was appointed Aylesbury boss in 2013, replacing Craig Faulconbridge, and spearhead a strong promotion push in 2014/15 finishing third to Royston and Kettering, Aylesbury's highest ever league position, before losing out in the play-offs to Bedworth. Bates then bought the biggest trophy back to Haywood Way when in 2016 Aylesbury defeated Chesham United 1-0 in the Berks and Bucks Cup Final at Windsor FC before departing the club at the end of that season. He then returned to Berkhamsted, this time gaining promotion from the Spartan South Midlands League in April 2018 before two succesful seasons in the the Southern League, helping them to a 6th place finish in his first season before ending season 19/20 in top place prior to the null and void decision due to Covid. Steve's then teamed up with Lee Bircham and Hemel Hempstead Town in the National League South before ending their tenure earlier this month.
Davis HAULE – Assistant Manager Davis is a Haywood Way legend and returns to Steve Bateman's management team as Assistant Manager. He will also be an important player in the middle of the park. Davis made nearly 200 appearances for Aylesbury between 2012 and 2019 and managed the side for a season and a half between 2016 and 2018. He brings with him an immense amount of knowledge of the non league game and will be an invaluable source of experience to the young players but also to the management team.
Billy READY Coach
Steve HOARE Physio
Meet The PLAYERS Dan MCATEER Dan returns for another season at Aylesbury. Started his career at Borehamwood as a Goalkeeper before breaking his leg in an FA Cup match. Has also had spells as an outfield player, has two good feet and fantastic distribution. Adds experience to a young Aylesbury side
Paolo BAGATTI Paolo joins from Leighton Town and has also had spells at Tring Athletic. Can play anywhere across the back four and will be a threat with his head from set pieces
Kyle LINCOLN Experienced left sided defender who numbers Barton Rovers, Bromsgrove Sporting, Bedford Town and St Ives Town among his previous clubs since making his debut for Dunstable Town in season 2010-11
Will MULLARKEY Will started the season in the Development Squad and has progressed into the first team. Can play either at right or left back
Gael MUYONGE Gael is a defender/midfielder who joined the club from Hampton & Richmond. Physically strong and powerful in the tackle Gael Has mainly been used from the bench.
James WEATHERILL James rejoins from Southern League Aylesbury United. Originally joined Aylesbury in the 2013/14 season making 165 appearances for the club. One of the best goalkeepers at this level. Excellent shot stopper and excellent communicator. Commands his area well. and a fans favourite.
Luke NUGENT Nugs is a defender who joined last season after spells at Northwood and Edgware. Can play full back or at centre half and has made a big impact since signing last season
Alex MITCHELL Alex is a product of the Dynamos U18s and Development Squad. Progressed into the first team this season and now is a regular in the Dynamos defence.
Terry GRIFFITHS Imposing Central Defender who made one appearance in the season before last. Re joined last season and made an immediate impact shoring up the Dynamos defence. Has plenty of experience at this level having had spells at AFC Dunstable and Leverstock Green
Jack HODGINS Centre Half who has progressed from the Development side after some impressive performances. Good on the ball and very commanding in the air
Meet The PLAYERS Dave BROWN Dave is a skilful and energetic midfielder who signed from Winslow United prior to last season. Brownie never stops running and is a commanding presence in the centre of midfield and will captain the side this season
Matty CHEW Matty joins the club from Buckingham Athletic. Another energetic midfield player who has impressed during pre season. Loves to close down play and move the ball quickly.
Ollie LAWFORD Striker Ollie joins us from Leverstock Green where he scored 10 goals in his 21 appearances this season. Was previously at Oxhey and Chesham
Callum SHORTT Callum is an attacking winger who joins us from Newport Pagnell. He can play on the left or the right
Davide POBBE Town. This is his second spell with the club having made 19 appearances in 2017/18. Pacey attacking midfielder with a real eye for goal.
Alfi TOUCEDA Midfielder/Striker who has progressed from the U18s. Has made over 80 appearances since breaking into the first team back in 2017/18. Alfi is able to run all day and a natural talent with the ball. Skilful, classy and with and dangerous around the oppositions box
Ollie LEMON Tricky midfielder/striker joined last season after having spells at Oxford City and Rushden & Diamonds Good balance and excellent on the ball with the ability to go past opponents with ease.
Roy BYRON Experienced holding midfielder who joined originally in 2019 from Tring Athletic. Roy sits in front of the back four and marshalls the midfield and is a rock in the centre of the pitch. Roy played 29 times for Aylesbury in 2019-20
Brian HAULE ‘Hauley’ has had a long and distinguished career in non league football.. A strong and powerful front man, who knows where the goal is. originally joined Aylesbury in the 2011-12 season making 228 appearances before moving to Risborough in the 2019/20 season.
Chris STAPLETON Experienced striker who joins from Dunstable Town where he was club captain. Chris is very much a leader on the field and will score goals and add quality to a young forward line
Meet The PLAYERS Jake BALDWIN Young player who is another player who has progressed from the U18s side. Skilful on the ball and very calm in front of the goal. Made a great impact last season where he became a regular and scored six goals in a truncated season. Can play anywhere up the left hand side
Montel BROWN Lively striker who started his career at Aldershot Town until an unprovoked attack on him in 2017 cut short his career. Now trying to get back on track Montel scored a brace on his Dynamos Debit in Aug 21
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Last Time OUT Tue 8th February 2022 AVDFC 0 Leighton Town 1 Team: James Weatherill; Alex Mitchell, Will Mullarkey, Kyle Lincoln, Terry Griffiths; Roy Byron, Dave Brown, Callum Shortt, Jake Baldwin; Chris Stapleton, Brian Haule Subs: Matty Chew, Ollie Lawford, Montel Brown, Jack Hodgins, Luke Nugent Steve Bateman was forced into an early team change as Alfi Touceda was injured in the warm up, meaning Roy Byron was starting alongside Dave Brown. New signing, Kyle Lincoln was also making his debut in this local derby with high flying Leighton Town. The first action saw Leighton attack down the Dynamos left, but James Weatherill saw the danger and ran out to clear well. Down the other end Callum Shortt failed to capitalise on a Leighton mistake as he nipped in before the defender and got a shot away, just wide of the far post. Less than 10 minutes played and captain, Dave Brown, managed to collect a pass from Roy Byron and squeeze a shot on target, but the keeper was more than equal to it. 13 minutes and a controversial moment in the match. Leighton worked the ball through the Dynamos defence and their player was through on goal. James Weatherill came storming out of his goal, just outside the area and fouled their player on the edge of the box. The crowd waited for the sanction, with Dynamos fans fearing a straight red…luckily Will Mullarkey had managed to get back enough to deem the foul a Yellow Card….phew!!! A few minutes later and another attack was thwarted by the impressive Will Mullarkey again, this time getting a challenge in and winning a goal kick. 22 minutes and Dynamos thought they had the lead. Alex Mitchell sent a cross field pass onto the head of Chris Stapleton, he nodded onto Brian Haule who finished well, but was called offside instantly. On the half hour, another offside call against Dynamos. This time a good run and pass from Will Mullarkey found Chris Stapleton just straying offside as Dynamos took the game to Leighton. 36 minutes and Kyle Lincoln sprayed the ball out wide to Will Mullarkey and again, he sent a ball onto the head of Brian Haule and he found Callum Shortt with some room to move forward but he hit his shot over the bar. Good move from Dynamos. With five minutes of the half remaining Leighton had a long range effort which James Weatherill gathered well. At the other end Jake Baldwin also had an effort from 35 yards saved by the Leighton keeper. With half time looming, Dynamos had the last attack. Roy Byron was fouled in the centre circle and Jake Baldwin hit a free kick, headed on by Terry Griffiths and Kyle Lincoln was at the back post to volley towards goal, but just wide of the target. The first real action of the second half saw Roy Byron making a crunching tackle in the middle which the referee too exception too and gave a yellow card. A couple of minutes later and Roy Byron and a Leighton player tangled and another free kick was given against Roy Byron. Steve Bateman made a quick call and replaced Roy with Matty Chew.
Last Time OUT 59 minutes and Jake Baldwin sent a lovely ball down the line where Chris Stapleton rose the highest and was bulldozed over by their centre back…but the free kick went against Dynamos? Strange decision. Over an hour played and Will Mullarkey was again on the move, he went round a couple of Leighton players and played a through ball to Chris Stapleton. He managed to get a shot away, but was well blocked and cleared by Leighton. The game was pretty even with Dynamos having the better chances. With quarter of an hour left Ollie Lawford was introduced for Brian Haule. 78 minutes and Dynamos were on the attack, but another (yawn) long ball from Leighton managed to bounce through to their striker and lob James Weatherill who had come out to collect. 0-1 to Leighton against the run of play. Montel Brown was then introduced for the final 10 minutes for Callum Shortt. The final 10 minutes saw both sides battling for possession but not getting any clear chances. Will Mullarkey got a yellow card with a minute remaining and the game ended AVDFC 0-1 Leighton. • •
Tom EXTON RIP
Last weekend the club was given the sad news that life-long supporter Tom Exton had passed away on the Friday before Tom was a former player and coach when the club was a works team for Negretti and Zambra. He moved to Aylesbury in the early 70’s with the firm from Fulham and was also a life long lover of the London team. During the early 2000’s he was often seen at the club supporting the moles with his best friend Barry Goody. They were affectionately known as the “Old Plumbs”. He is also the only supporter to have a tree named after him in the ground, which is the large oak tree behind the stand on the right side of the pitch. This has, and will always be, called Tom’s Tree, and many a player has managed to hit a ball into it while shooting at the goal. So can I ask everyone at todays game to please stand and give one of our own, a minute’s applause to celebrate his life. Thank-you Chris Thorn.
U18s Update
Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Team Kings Langley FC U18 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18 Harpenden Town U18 Leighton Town U18 Luton Town U18 Shadow (Cedars) Berkhamsted FC U18 Leverstock Green U18 AFC Dunstable U18 Dunstable Town U18
P 10 10 11 10 10 11 14 14 10
W 10 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 1
D 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 0
L 0 3 3 3 3 5 9 10 9
GD 29 8 7 15 4 8 -19 -20 -32
PTS 30 19 18 17 17 16 15 10 3
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Development Side Update The Development side still lead the Suburban League Central Division after a 1-4 reverse away at Uxbridge. The Dynamos goal coming from Marcus Rivers
Pos
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Team
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC Development Westfield FC Reserves Harrow Borough FC U23 Uxbridge FC U23 Beaconsfield Town FC Reserves Flackwell Heath FC Flackwell Heath FC Re Chalfont St Peter FC U23 Farnham Town Development Squad Wokingham & Emmbrook Reserves AFC Hayes Reserves RESERVES Yateley United Development Cove U23
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W
D
L
GD
PTS
16 17 14 15 13 18 14 17 16 13 14 13
12 11 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 2 1 0
1 1 2 2 4 4 1 0 2 5 2 2
3 5 3 4 2 7 6 10 9 6 11 11
16 11 21 18 16 -1 -3 -15 -7 -2 -26 -28
37 34 29 29 25 25 22 21 17 11 5 2
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Team
Pl
W
D
L
GD
Pts
1
Risborough Rangers
23
19
3
1
53
60
2
New Salamis
25
19
2
4
43
59
3
Leighton Town
28
16
7
5
34
55
4
Hadley
24
16
3
5
27
51
5
Harpenden Town
27
14
5
8
10
47
6
Leverstock Green
28
14
2
12
10
44
7
Flackwell Heath
25
13
3
9
17
42
8
Arlesey Town
27
11
7
9
-2
40
9
Ardley United
24
10
5
9
11
35
10 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 26
10
5
11
-3
35
11 Oxhey Jets
25
10
4
11
-20
34
12 Milton Keynes Irish
26
9
5
12
-3
32
13 Harefield United
25
8
6
11
5
30
14 Dunstable Town
25
8
6
11
-14
30
15 Broadfields United
24
9
1
14
-11
28
16 London Colney
26
7
3
16
-38
24
17 Baldock Town
25
6
5
14
-9
23
18 Tring Athletic
26
6
5
15
-20
23
19 Holmer Green
25
5
3
17
-51
18
20 Crawley Green
26
3
4
19
-39
13
Harefield United HISTORY Founded in 1868 Harefield United Football Club is the oldest in Middlesex. The Club has had a number of names throughout it’s history, one of the earliest being Harefield Victoria where the local paper of 1891 has a match report of a 1-0 win over Rickmansworth Rovers, the goal being scored by G Harland. The team was D Collett (goal), C Milton and J Varcos (backs), A Oates and J P Richardson (half backs), C Brown Jnr and G Webster (centres), W Prickett, G Winship, C Armour and G Harland (forwards). One of the next names was Breakspear Institute FC, who played in the local Uxbridge leagues. The oldest copy of a document is the minutes of their AGM held in 1897. We also have early team photographs of Breakspear from 1903 showing some of the many honours won at the turn of the century. There is also a programme from 1922 when Breakspear and Harefield played against each other in front of 1922 people. The merger with Harefield FC was in 1934 when the team became Harefield United. However, they are one of those longstanding clubs who has had success on the football field but little at the senior level. Harefield United originally played in local leagues, including the Uxbridge & District League, before the team progressed to the Great Western Combination in 1947. During the years spent in the U&DL Harefield United managed to win Division 3, the Uxbridge Junior Cup and Uxbridge Premier Cup. The Club spent nearly twenty years in the Great Western Combination league winning Division 2 in their first year along with the Chesham Cup. The Club winning Division 1 in 1951 followed this. The Reserves had their success during the 1960s in the Great Western Combination Reserve Divisions. Harefield's next bit of silverware came after a move to the Parthenon League in 1964, the Championship being won in the debut campaign. . After two season the 'Hares' moved on to the Middlesex League and it was in that competition that they had their most successful period to date. The league Championship was won on 4 occasions between 1966 and 1971 and the League Cup was also taken twice in that period. 1975 saw Harefield accepted into the Athenian League where they remained for nine seasons. It was period of slow consolidation for the 'Hares' who eventually claimed the Runners-up spot in 1983/84, so earning themselves the right to a place in the newly expanded Isthmian League. United became founder members of the Division Two (North) in 1984/85 and played in that Division for two seasons before changing over to Division Two (South), the Club being caught up in the no-man's land where the boundaries of the regionalised divisions met. Harefield struggled to make an impact in Division Two (North), finishing 18th out of the twenty clubs in both of the two campaigns spent in that Division. However, the change to the South section led to better performances and in 1986/7 they finished in 10th place out of 21 clubs, this was followed by a final placing of 13th the next season and then in season 1988/89 the 'Hares' were 5th. They dropped to a disappointing 12th the following campaign, but the final year of the regionalised leagues saw 7th place achieved. This meant that Harefield had made the cut off point for qualification to play in the first year of the newly formed Diadora (Isthmian) Division Two the following season. The new division was a struggle for the Middlesex Club and they just missed relegation in the first year, but the next season were demoted along with Southall to Division 3. Despite this set back, the achievements of the Club in recent years have been quite remarkable considering that Harefield is a comparatively isolated location with a small population and consequently small crowds. The record attendance at Preston Park is 430, for a FA Vase tie against Bashley, which the Hares won 1-0.
Harefield United HISTORY 1995/96 proved to be the last in the Icis (isthmian) League. Due to lack of funds to carry out ground improvements, the 'Hares' resigned from the League in November and were allocated to the Spartan League for season 1996/97. The Hares spent one season in the Spartan League before it merged with the South Midlands League. There were two Premier Divisions in the first season, and the clubs, which finished in the top half of each Division, formed the Premier Division for the following season. Unfortunately the Hares only managed 11th position so they had to play in the Senior Division (now changed to Division 1). However, in 2002 the Hares gained promotion to the Premier, finally missing out on the League Championship by just one point. The consolation was beating the league champions, Greenacres, 4-1 in the final of the League Cup. There then followed more success during 2002/03 season, winning the Challenge Trophy, beating Dunstable Town (the league winners) 4-1 over two legs. The Hares also reached the final of the Premier League Cup and finished 4th. The Club also had good runs in both the FA Cup and FA Vase, beating Ryman sides on the way. This success continued during 2003/04 with a SSM Premier League Cup win, 1-0 against Brook House, and getting beaten 2-1 (aet) by Wealdstone in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup. Season 2004/5 saw the teams consolidate their positions in near the top of their leagues and we had the inaugural season for a U18 side in the Allied Counties East division. Season 2005/06 had it highs and lows. Despite the first team finishing 4th, its highest place since Stuart Leavy took over the senior side the team missed out getting promoted under the new league structure on goal difference. However, the ground improvements needed to get an E grading were completed before the deadline, this puts us in good stead for the future. The good news is that the U18 side not only won the East Division to get promoted to the Premier but they won the Middlesex Youth Cup. To cap off a good season for the Club the Reserves came runners up in the North Division of the Suburban and are now in the Premier. The club has since remained in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division finishing runners-up twice, in the 2006–07 season and the 2008–09 season where they lost out on goal difference against Biggleswade Town. Manager Ian Crane left to join A.F.C. Hayes in the summer of 2012, and he was replaced by Uxbridge reserve boss Phil Granville. However, Granville left in the summer of 2015 to become Hanwell Town's manager and he was replaced by Jason Shaw in May 2015. In the 2018-2019 season, Jason Shaw lead Harefield United to promotion with 5 games to spare in his fourth season with the club. The club would join Arsenal and Preston North End going the whole league season unbeaten in the 2018-2019 Spartan South Midlands Football League Division 1.
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MATCHDAY SQUADS Spartan League Premier Division Sat 12th February 2022
Match Officials:
The Dynamos Yellow & Blue
Harefield Utd Red
Dan McATEER (GK) 1 Jacob BALLHEIMER (GK)
REFEREE: Thomas HEALY ASSISTANTS: Zachary TRUNDELL Tom EVANS
James WEATHERILL (GK) 2 Austin SCHOFIELD Paolo BAGATTI 3 Steven GREEN Kyle LINCOLN 4 Dan CLIFTON Terry GRIFFITHS 5 Lewis WHITE Luke NUGENT 6 Sean MANGAN Jack HODGINS 7 Tashan JORDAN Will MULLARKEY 8 Richard PACQUETTE Alex MITCHELL 9 Femi OGUNSOLA Dave BROWN © 10 Louis BIRCHAM Alfi TOUCEDA 11 Paul UNDERWOOD Roy BYRON 12 Ben STALLARD Jake BALDWIN 13 Harry McCORKELL Davis HAULE 14 Hekmat ALIZAI Matty CHEW 15 Donnell WAIT Davide POBBE 16 Zak JACKSON Chris STAPLETON 17 Kerran BIRCH Callum SHORTT 18 Harley SELLS Montel BROWN 19 Brian HAULE 20 Harry SCOTT 21 Ollie LAWFORD 22 23 24 Manager: Steve BATEMAN
Manager: Jason SHAW
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