AVDFC v MK Irish - 24th Sept 2022

Good afternoon all

This week we welcome MK Irish to the Greenfleets Stadium for our FA Vase tie in the 2nd Qualifying round.

I would like to welcome our visitors and everyone attached to their club and wish them a safe journey to and from Aylesbury, we wish you all a pleasant stay and look forward to meeting you.

Last time out we were suffered a heavy loss to a decent Potton team. We struggled to get going and this resulted in Potton getting the first goal and gaining in strength.

Whilst this was clearly a disappointing result, we have taken this defeat and now look to build on where we need improvement on and off the

Chairman: Mike Borrett

Vice Chairman: Ryan Collings

Club Secretary: Iain Willcocks

Club Treasurer: James Moore

Head of Development:Football

Colin Young

Head of Youth Football: Kevin Woodstock Head of Women’s Football: Toby O’Callaghan

Safety Officer: Craig Broughton Head Groundsman: Nick Ringsell

also like to update you on Will Mullarkey who dislocated his shoulder towards the end of the match last week. He went to hospital and they have advised that he may need surgery. As a club, we wish Will a speedy recovery and hope to see him playing again as soon as possible.

Finally I hope you all enjoy the game today and thank you for your continued support.

Liam Dwyer Joint Manager

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

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 and replaced summer 2022 by Michael East & Liam Dwyer

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

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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.

Michael East Joint Manager

Michael has been involved in football from a young age playing until fairly recently with the likes of Harefield, Berkhamsted & Cockfosters.

He moved into coaching some five years ago at levels ranging from grassroots to semi professional with Tring Athletic where he was the Assistant Manager in the Spartan Premier League. Took over the help of The Dynamos Development side at the start of last season and guided the side to Champions of The Suburban League in his first season.

Liam Dwyer Joint Manager

Liam has joined from Step Three Kings Langley FC where he was First Team Coach last season, as the team staved off relegation to deservedly retain their Southern League Premier South status. This was his third spell with the club, previously having managed their u18 SCFYL Squad.

Liam’s started his coaching journey in grassroots football at St Albans City Youth for over five years before brief spells at Burnham FC and Amersham Town first teams. From there he moved onto coaching roles at Berkhamsted, Harpenden Town and assistant managers roles at Tring Athletic and Sarratt.

Liam scouted professionally for Portsmouths First Team, heading their non league recruitment and more recently scouted for Stevenage FC’s Academy. Between 2018 2019 Liam coached Team GB Internationally to Gold in the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi with training weekends at the prestigious St George’s Park.

He has worked as the Physical & Mental Wellbeing Officer at Watford FC CSE Trust, as a Coach Mentor for Hertfordshire FA and is currently coaching at the PSA Academy u14s whom won a national shield. Liam was named Herts FA Coach of the Year in 2019. Liam’s undoubted coaching skills will be of huge benefit to us, as will his knowledge and understanding of the game and levels.

Rhys Shekle Coach

Rhys was a Stevenage Youth player before moving into coaching. He is a UEFA B Coach and was previously at Kings Langley

Martin Loakes – GK Coach

Former Sarratt first Team Manager Martin Loakes joining as Goalkeeper coach, Martin had a terrific stint at Sarratt as manager but crucially to us played in an array of positions throughout his very impressive playing career

George ZAMMIT

Commanding Keeper who was part of the U18s in his early days at the club, then had two years out of the game with injury. Played a full season and captained the Development side last year and now gets his chance to progress.

Joe CHOTT

Youngster who again started last season in the Development Side. Tricky winger with pace to burn. Can also play at wing back

Liam STUDLEY

Liam is a highly rated stopper and has proved to be a top lad & keeper during pre season. A great addition as we head into the start of the Spartan Premier Season.

Jack HODGINS

Left sided Central Defender who came to The Dynamos last season. Initially Jack was part of the Development Team but very soon got his call up to the First XI. His season was cut short due to injury so we are looking to see even more from the young defender

Will MULLARKEY

Will started last season in the Development Squad and has progressed into the first team where he became a regular last season. Can play either at right or left back

Dave BROWN

Dave is a skilful and energetic midfielder who signed from Winslow United in 2020. Dave also started every game for Aylesbury Flooring as they won the FA Sunday Cup in 2019.

Playes an important role in the centre of the Dynamos midfield this term

Terry GRIFFITHS

Imposing Central Defender who re signs this season as Club Captain. Has now made 50 Dynamos appearances since joining in season 2020/21 in the pandemic affected season. when he made an immediate impact shuring up the Dynamos defence

Harry LOAKES

Strong, right midfielder/forward.sided Harry fits the profile of the player the management team are keen to recruit, young, energetic and hungry to progress

Luke NUGENT

Nugs is a defender, now in his second season at the Dynamos. Joined after spells at Northwood and Edgware. Can play full back or at centre half and has made a big impact since signing two seasons ago.

Jamie FULTON

Midfielder who joined right at the tail end of last season and made an instant impact in midfield. Hard working tenacious in the tackle will be a good addition for the new season

Tom KENNARD

Tom is a Central midfielder who had his first senior season last year with Bovingdon after stints with Kings Langley's U18s, playing an impressive 26 games and scoring 1 goal in his first senior season

Jake BALDWIN

Young striker who is another player who has progressed from the U18s side. Skilful on the ball and very calm in front of the . Made a great impact in his first season where he became a regular and scored six goals in a truncated season. Now an important part of the first team, a real joker and team player

Ollie LAWFORD

Striker Ollie joined us from Leverstock Green last season where he scored 10 goals in his 21 appearances. The lively striker was previously at Oxhey and Chesham

Antonio IANELLI

Antonio has been a target of ours across pre season and after a recent break he has joined and featured in our FA cup game at the weekend. Despite his young age his versatility, technical ability and football intelligence will be a great addition to the club.

Abu KHAN

Abu played his first Senior game for The Dynamos in 2019. He can play wide or through the middle. scored 15 goals last season for Winslow and Leighton Town

Prince NIMOH

Box office striker. Prince has pace, is good with both feet and can take defenders on but is cool and assured in front of goal

Callum SHORTT

Callum is an attacking winger who joined us from Newport Pagnell at the start of last season. Was last years Top Goalscorer at the club and can play on the left or the right of the attack

Chris STAPLETON

Experienced striker who joined in 20/21 from Dunstable Town where he was club captain. Chris is very much a leader on the field and made an immediate impact with his non stop running and aerial ability. He adds goals and quality to a young forward line

Sam WOOD

Young Centre Forward who is stepping into his first season at senior football. Scored 10 in 12 last season for Kings Langleys all conquering U18 side last season however has already notched up a number of first team appearances for Kings Langley. and a top prospect

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Dynamos were back in League action against Potton after their recent FA Cup run came to an end. Liam and Easty made a couple of changes to what is becoming a settled team.

Potton certainly started the stronger and forced an early clearance from Terry and also Liam made a smart save down to his right.

On 12 minutes Dynamos showed some desire to get forward Nugent linking with Abu and sending in a cross which was headed clear.

Brownie then won the ball and was taken down 25 yards from goal. Ollie stepped up and had 4 attempts as Potton blocked his shots, but eventually they cleared their lines.

Before the half hour mark Studley was the busier keeper by some way and made a couple of decent saves, but the pressure finally told as their No.7 weaved through a few challenges and slotted home. 0-1 Potton.

Minutes later and Dynamos should have been level, a mistake from their keeper saw Brownie with a free header into an unguarded net…he headed the ball down and it bounced up, hit the bar and was saved by the keeper. So unlucky.

Fulton had a couple of free kicks, one went wide and the other was met by Ollie but didn’t trouble the keeper. The final action of the half saw Ollie with a rasping long range effort but the keeper made the save.

Half Time AVDFC 0-1 Potton

Brownie was straight into action in the second half as he went on a great run beating 3 players and his shot forced a decent save from the Potton keeper.

Fabian Garcia was soon introduced for Sam Wood, who had struggled to make an impact in the first half.

At the other end a last gasp tackle from Nugent saw him concede a corner. Dynamos partially cleared but a strong shot from Potton No.7 saw his, and Potton’s second goal. 0 2 Potton. Jake Baldwin was then introduced on 60 minutes, replacing Luke Nugent in the defence. Mullarkey going over to right back.

Tom Kennard then picked up a Yellow Card for a late challenge. 65 minutes and Potton had sewn up the game with another decent effort from their hat trick hero, No.7, hitting a lovely shot over Studley and into the top corner. 0 3 Potton. Young U18’s player Kris Collier was then introduced, replacing Tom Kennard in the middle. Another Fulton free kick almost caught the Potton defence out, but the keeper made a decent save again. 78 minutes and Brownie was replaced by Callum Shortt, who was deployed high up the pitch alongside Ollie. Five minutes later and a 30 yard thunderous strike from Potton beat Studley and put them well out of sight at 0 4.

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0 5 Potton United

Team: Liam Studley; Will Mullarkey, Luke Nugent, Jack Hodgins, Terry Griffiths; Tom Kennard, Jamie Fulton, Abu Khan, Sam Wood, Dave Brown; Ollie Lawford

Subs: Fabian Garcia, Jake Baldwin, Kristian Collier, Callum Shortt, Jack Aldridge

Will Mullarkey then had a bad injury with a dislocated shoulder, having to go off and straight to hospital. Jack Aldridge came on for the final few minutes of the match. The final attack saw Potton get in behind Dynamos defence and slot in from close range to make the final score Dynamos 0-5 Potton.

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A Cup exit that was hard to take. With due respect to our opponents after a fairly even first half we dominated the second period,kept a clean sheet and contrived to exit the competition on a penalty shoot out.

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The first half was relatively even although the clear cut chances and threats fell to the home side, including a top class move, a 1-2 with Tafara and Amir, great ball in, keeper out of the picture, a volley from almost under the bar saw the ball rise agonisingly just over.. but overall match stats of 20 shots on goal to 7 and 11 corners to 4 probably doesn’t fairly reflect our superiority particularly for large periods of the 2nd half, missed headers inside the 6 yard box, a one on one saved by the foot of the very good keeper, another great chance saw Sadibo beat the keeper only to see his effort crash off the bar… one way traffic for long spells but great goalkeeping and some last gasp defending kept the ball out of the away net.

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The back 5 kept a clean sheet and have now as a unit conceded 2 goals in 225 mins against 2 Step 2 U18 teams and one league outing. In midfield we competed well and more than matched the opposition in ability, creativity and determination. Although several of the better chances were missed by our defenders at attacking corners ultimately despite their efforts the front 3 weren't able to convert a number of very acceptable chances.

•Sadly we lost the lottery of penalties by 4 3.

•In summary, clearly this squad already look like a stronger more mature group this season, confidence should be taken from the levels reached in the 2 FA Youth Cup games alone.

•The expressions on the faces of the entire squad both Management and players told the tale. Good luck to Swindon Supermarine in the competition and they contributed, again on and off the pitch to a good quality match and apart from the result of the shootout an enjoyable evening.

•Many thanks to Damien Eatwell for stepping in to help with the set up with us being 2 coaches down. Likewise 1st team keeper Liam Studwell helping our young keeper Peter Letts through the warm up.. always appreciated.

•Onto next week and a return to the league in what we know will be a tough one at home v our friends at AFC Dunstable.

AVDFC

On June 1st 2020 the club was formed when Milton Keynes Robins, Unite MK and Milton Keynes Irish Veterans joined together to operate as one club going into the 2020/21 season, Milton Keynes Irish FC! The first team playing at Step 6 in the Spartan South Midlands Division One, the newly formed reserve team playing in the UCL Reserve Division and the Veterans playing in the Veterans League Division One, who did the treble in 21/22. There is also an adult team in the Milton Keynes Sunday League who were promoted to the Premier Division in Our2022.first season as a club was unfortunately brought to an early finish due to the effects of COVID 19. The 2020/21 season was looking to be very promising as we found the first team sitting second in the table after 9 games played with the best PPG in the league and went on an exciting run in the FA Vase which saw us get knocked out in the 3rd round on penalties after advancing through 4 rounds beating three higher league opposition. The season was officially curtailed, however due to performances under Milton Keynes Robins, the club earned promotion to the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division (Step 5) based on PPG over the previous 2 seasons. 2021 also saw the addition of an U18 Floodlit team (run by MK College under the Adopt a Team Scheme) and another 5 youth teams who came over to join under the MK Irish banner from Scot FC, increasing the number of teams to 11, another 2 youth teams were added in 2022. 2022 the first team were laterally moved to the United Counties League Premier Division South.