Good afternoon all
With the recent passing of our Queen, we will be observing a minutes silence before the match and ask that everyone honors this with us at this very sad time.
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Chairman: Mike Borrett Vice Chairman: Ryan Collings Club Secretary: Iain Willcocks Club Treasurer: James Moore Head of Development:Football
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This week we welcome Potton United to the Greenfleets Stadium for only our 4th League game of the campaign.
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.
All football at the club begins this weekend with 35 teams in the club, and most Youth teams will be kicking off their seasons around the County and beyond. I would like to wish them all the success for the season and look forward to the many reports of exciting matches and great goals.
Head of Youth Football: Kevin Woodstock Head of Women’s Football: Toby O’Callaghan
COME ON DYNAMOS !
For the first time in recent AVDFC history, we will also have 6 Girls teams starting their first ever league campaigns. The Senior Management team of Toby, Jason, Damian and Paul have built this section of the club from scratch and now we have over 70 girls registered with the club.
Last time out we were so unlucky not to grab a draw against our Step 3 opponents in the FA Cup, narrowly losing out 4 3 away at Yate Town. The FA Cup ends, but we go again in the FA Vase next week at home against MK Irish.
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Finally I hope you all enjoy the game today and thank you for your continued support.
Colin Young
Iain Club Secretary
Safety Officer: Craig Broughton Head Groundsman: Nick Ringsell
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,
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Bedgrove Dynamos
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
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 Intimes.2019
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.
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.
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 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 was a Stevenage Youth player before moving into coaching. He is a UEFA B Coach and was previously at Kings Langley
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 Dwyer – Joint Manager
Martin Loakes – GK Coach
Michael has been involved in football from a young age playing until fairly recently with the likes of Harefield, Berkhamsted & Cockfosters.
Michael East – Joint Manager
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.
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
Rhys Shekle – Coach
Liam STUDLEY
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.
Will MULLARKEY
Dave BROWN
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
George ZAMMIT
Terry GRIFFITHS
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.
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
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
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
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.
Harry LOAKES
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.
Playes an important role in the centre of the Dynamos midfield this term
Jamie FULTON
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
Jack HODGINS
Youngster who again started last season in the Development Side. Tricky winger with pace to burn. Can also play at wing back
Luke NUGENT
Joe CHOTT
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
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 !!
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.
Chris STAPLETON
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
Sam WOOD
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
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
Ollie LAWFORD
Antonio IANELLI
Tom KENNARD
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
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
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
Prince NIMOH
Abu KHAN
Jake BALDWIN
Callum SHORTT
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Subs: Harry Loakes, Antonio Ianelli, Callum Shortt, Harvey Matthews, Luke Nugent, Joe Chott, Dan McAteer
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round was upon us and a long trip to Yate Town for the Dynamos. Not the best preparation with the coach breaking down twice and some road closures meant we didn’t arrive until 2pm at the ground.
Team: Liam Studley; Will Mullarkey, Jake Baldwin, Jack Hodgins, Terry Griffiths; Tom Kennard, Jamie Fulton, Dave Brown, Abu Khan, Prince Nimoh; Sam Wood
With Stapes and Ollie both unavailable, Easty and Dwyer put Wood up front with Abu and Prince on the wings in an attacking line up.
Less than half an hour played and both sides were creating chances. Dynamos were the more clinical as they took an unexpected lead against the Step 3 opposition. Abu exchanged passes with Brownie and swung in a ball which beat their defender and landed at the feet of Prince, and he did the rest, curling the ball into the bottom right corner for a superb goal again. 1 2 Dynamos.
It was a fairly even start with Yate winning an early corner and Prince heading wide from a Baldwin corner. Abu had a great chance as Sam Wood set him up but his shot went wide of the post. Moments later Yate went down the other end and a composed finish saw them take the lead. 1 0 Yate Town.
Liam Studley was on hand again in the Dynamos goal to make another smart stop, putting his body in the way of a great shot. Yate were having a good spell before the break and Griffiths and Hodgins were battling superbly well at the back. However the pressure finally told and despite another decent save by Studley, the ball rebounded out and their striker slotted the ball home. 2 2.
Yate then thought they had scored a fourth as a well worked piece of play saw them in front of goal and their strikers shot beat Studley, hit the far post…across the line and hit the near post and was cleared by Griffiths. Yate’s pressure saw them get a vital 4th goal as they broke forward and a ball over Baldwin’s head saw
Sat 3rd Sept 2022 Yate Town 4 AVDFC 3 (FA Cup)
The second half started with more lively play from both sides. Firstly Prince found space out wide and crossed the ball just over the head of Sam Wood. At the other end Mullarkey was on hand to block a cross as Dynamos defence was stretched out of position. Abu was having a great game on the left flank and he beat his player to supply a cross which was well cleared, Kennard got the ball and saw his shot wide of the mark.
12 minutes in and Dynamos were back level very quickly. Fulton picked up the ball in the middle and fizzed a ball out wide to Prince. He cut in superbly and hit a low shot into the bottom corner to level the scores. 1 1. Studley was called into action a couple of times soon after but was equal to any shots and also a decent tackle from Hodgins denied them a chance as we went past the quarter hour mark.
First substitution saw Mullarkey off and Loakes come in his position for a straight swap at right back. Abu then raced clear again but his cross was blocked for a corner. Baldwin swung the ball into the back stick but Yate cleared well. Yate then took the lead again as they broke forward and a nice run into the box allowed them to score past Studley from close range. 3 2 Yate. Antonio Ianelli was then introduced for his debut, replacing Tom Kennard in the middle. Brownie then showed his dogged determination, closing the ball down and forcing an error. Corner to Dynamos. Fulton swung the ball into the mix and Griffiths was there but couldn’t find the target. Sam Wood had a half chance as Brownie fed the ball through the middle but Yate defence was holding firm.
Sam Wood was replaced by Callum Shortt in the final sub for Dynamos with 13 minutes left. Yate were still pushing now and some great defending by Hodgins and Griffiths, throwing their bodies on the line to stop Yate scoring again. With a few minutes left, Hodgins was deployed up front to win the ball. Hodgins did create some late drama in the game as he battled well, won the ball and played a lovely ball out wide to Abu. He danced his way past the defender and hit a lovely cross to the back post where Hodgins had busted a gut to get there and bundled it over the line…well played Hodgins, great ball Abu. 4 3 Yate.
their winger cross and the ball was neatly tucked away past Studley to make it 4 2 Yate. It looked like game over…but Dynamos were still fighting.
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Sadly on 44 mins a corner was allowed to bounce after a mis hit clearance attempt and was smashed in on the far post deflecting off a defender at very close range high into the net for the equaliser. Oxford City 1 1 AVDFC
Subs: Max Mayer, Sam Humphrey, Joe Leek, Matthew Morgan, Tom Powell Williams, Owen Westbrook
What a way to start a season! We took on, held our own and deservedly secured a victory over a Step 2 U18s Academy side who train at the Stadium complex with a 3G surface and excellent facilities while we spent last Tue moving goals around at Bowlers Field on a bone dry difficult pitch. This is not a complaint, far from it, but it proves that every now and then a TEAM which is prepared to run, tackle, cajole and work, for each other will come through. Significantly a total of 21 players made the effort to attend the game, each and every one played his part in the evening inc. unused subs Owen Westbrook, Matty Morgan, Tom Powell Williams, alongside Austin Mafunu, Gasika Sanaki and Rhys Plumley (Broken ankle) whom hadn’t made the bench.
The game itself was one of few chances on 3 minutes Sadibo Camera created and missed a good chance but on 5 min Oxford possession was turned over by Joe Hatton, Kris Collier taking on the loose ball, feeding a great diagonal ball over the full back to Tafara Dube, pulling the full back left and right, a perfect cut back on the 18 yard line into the stride the aforesaid Sadido who found the net with a confident first time strike.
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Thanks also to the Club for helping with arranging a coach and the good number of friends, parents & supporters who made the effort to come down particular thanks to 1st Team Manager Liam Dwyer travelling from London immediately afterwork, watching the game to the arrive home in Stevenage around 12am, alongside our U23 Development Team Manager Will Dodds, for whom a number of our lads play in the Suburban League.
by feeding early passes into their dangerous left winger but determined work by Jo Hatton limited any damage. The rest of the back 4 of Prince Will, debutant Callum Bailey and Jet Dyer ably supported by Kenan Kiarie , Kris Collier & Amir Shah ensures we limited the any clear chances for our opponents. A series of free kicks tested our defences but fellow debutant Peter Letts in goal handled and kicked the ball well and pulled off a great save from a one on one. Up front Louis Bowman made a very good start to his season defensively one excellent recovery run and tackle stands out.
Team: Peter Letts Prendergast; Jet Dyer, Joe Hatton, Princewill Madu, Callum Bailey; Kenan Kiarie, Kris Collier, Amir Shah, Loui Bowman, Tafara Dube; Sadibo Camara
As the scoreline suggests the game was very much in the balance with both teams taking turns in having periods in control. Half time was productive with a couple of tactical tweaks and despite the late equaliser we went about our work with a belief.
Oxford City U18's 1-2 AVDFC U18's
As cramp began to affect us Max Mayer, Sam Humphrey both competitive debutants and the steady but strong Joe Leek did their bit to steady the ship and after 6 extra mins the Referee brought to an end a pulsating game.
On 60 mins a pin point free kick from the excellent Amir Shah was powered home by Jet Dyer, with our size and strength telling at a key time, from then on Oxford as expected made consistent efforts to equalise, apart from a cross to the back post which came off the upright effort and 1 decent strike from the edge of the area we dealt with everything and created 2/3 half chances of our own as our game management showed maturity and experience, gained over the full season in the SCFYL last term.
Onto the next round and a home fixture v Swindon Supermarine on Thursday 15th Sept 7pm kick off. on Thursday 15th Sept 7pm kick off.
Compliments to our opponents on their reaction, the sporting way in which the game was played and the excellent hospitality, despite a full on wedding in the function suite, many of whom spent the evening captivated by a top game for the level.
POS Team Pl W D L GD Pts 1 Shefford Town & Campton 4 4 0 0 7 12 2 Tring Athletic 6 3 2 1 4 11 3 Crawley Green 4 3 1 0 7 10 4 Leighton Town 3 3 0 0 7 9 5 Leverstock Green 3 3 0 0 4 9 6 St Panteleimon 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 Biggleswade United 5 2 1 2 2 7 8 Harpenden Town 3 2 0 1 2 6 9 Stotfold 4 1 2 1 2 5 10 Dunstable Town 2 1 1 0 2 4 11 Ardley United 4 1 1 2 0 4 12 Risborough Rangers 4 1 1 2 2 4 13 Baldock Town 4 1 0 3 2 3 14 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 3 1 0 2 -2 3 15 Colney Heath 5 1 0 4 3 3 16 London Colney 5 1 0 4 4 3 17 Cockfosters 3 0 2 1 2 2 18 Potton United 3 0 2 1 2 2 19 Hoddesdon Town 4 0 2 2 9 2 20 Arlesey Town 4 0 1 3 5 1
1955 Made application to join London based Parthenon League, but were rejected.
1976—Won Bedfordshire Senior Cup 1977 Floodlights installed.
1988—New wooden stand built Finished fourth in League 1989 Won League title for second time and Ray Seekings scored a record 56 goals. Potton Tennis Club move to The Hollow with 2 tennis courts.
1943 Club formed during wartime.
1948 Entered the FA Cup and in First Qualifying Round beat Stewartby Works 6 1 away, which is still our highest score in this competition Reached second Qualifying Round before losing 3 1 at Hitchin Town in a replay. Won Bedfordshire Senior Cup.
1961 Joined the United Counties League.
1952 Were drawn away to Bedford Town in the First Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. Supporters organized a train from Potton to Bedford but saw Potton lose 0 6.
1945 When peace broke out the Club joined the South Midlands League. The first matches were played at The Recreation Ground in Sandy Road
1974 Finished bottom of Premier Division.
1963 Sunday football side Potton Casuals formed and played their home matches at The Hollow.
1978 Agreement was reached with Potton Town Cricket Club that they could use the facilities at The Hollow. Won Bedfordshire Senior Cup for fifth time.
1956—After a season in limbo the Club joined the Central Alliance League Division One (South)
1969 Lost 10 0 away to Cambridge United n the FA Cup (which is still our heaviest defeat in this 1973competition)Ourlandlords, The Land Settlement Association wanted to sell the ground and our President, Peter Hutchinson, bought the ground and gave the club a 99 year lease at a peppercorn rent. Won League Knock Out Cup beating Bedford Eagles in the final.
POTTON UNITED FC YEAR BY YEAR FACTS
1947 A group of local volunteers prepared the present ground at The Hollow, renting the ground thefromLand Settlement Association. Won Bedfordshire Senior Cup.
1984 Old dressing rooms (including communal bath) and clubroom was knocked down and byreplacedthecurrent clubhouse and dressing room. Potton Sports & Social Club formed, which PottoncomprisedUnited FC, Potton Town CC and Potton Timber Ltd Sports Club.
1987 Won first League title when they were unbeaten on their travels.
1990 Finished 14 th in Premier Division. Reached the Fifth Round of the FA Vase before losing 3 1 toawayBillericay in front of a crowd of 1000 plus Woodentops Playgroup started using the clubhouse in January 1990.
1964 Won Bedfordshire Senior Cup beating Shillington 5 3.
1997 Participated in 6 Cup Finals winning four of them. Finished fourth in Premier Division.
1998 Finished 14 th in League. Kenny Davidson left the club and was replaced by Martin Humberstone, then Reserve Team Manager
2001 Relegated to Division One after third consecutive season in a relegation place.
2004 A storming campaign saw the Royals winning the Division One title with 80 points and scoring at about 3 goals per game. Match between a Potton United X1 (comprising ex players) and an Arsenal Ex Professional & Celebrity X1 was played when the current stand was officially opened and named The Derek Inskip Stand. Recorded highest win in FA Vase (4 1) when we beat Edgware Town away in Round 2.
2002 Finished 15 th in Division One before former Club Captain and fans favourite Dick Newman was appointed Manager.
1991 Finished fourth in League. Long serving Manager Terry King leaves the club and was replaced by Andy Lloyd and won Hunts Premier and Hinchingbrooke Cups. The Tennis Club enlarged their facilities and have 4 tennis courts incorporating two Multi Use Games Area (MUGA).
2006 Finished runners up again, this time to Woodford United on goal difference. Roy Bloxham replaced Ian Donnelly as Manager and also bringing back Dick Newman as Assistant
2005 Early in the year saw the death of two stalwarts of the club. Derek Inskip passed away in January having completed 50 years as Secretary And Terry King passed away in February he was associated with the club for 40 years as player and then Manager Reached Round Four of FA Vase before losing 2 1 at Bury Town. Finished runners up to Cogenhoe United. A league match at Potton against Cogenhoe had to be abandoned due to floodlight failure and the rearranged match was the last of the season and Cogenhoe held on to a draw to secure the title by one point in front of a crowd over 300 Won League Knock Out Cup beating Woodford United in the final Joint Managers Dick Newman and Roy Bloxham won 3 Manager of the Month awards as well as Manager of the Season award. Dick Newman resigned and was replaced by Ian Donnelly.
2007 Finished fourth in League and lost on penalties in Final of League Knock Out Cup to Boston Town. Roy Bloxham resigned as Manager and was replaced by Dean Chapman who had to build a new team as all of the first team had left to join other local clubs. We reached the Fourth Round of the FA Vase before losing 2 1 to eventual finalists AFC Totton. Finished fourth in league.
2003 Wooden stand destroyed by fire. To mark the Club’s 60 th Anniversary the Club played Rushden Diamonds& X1 that consisted mainly of youth players in front of a crowd of 450. Finished sixth in Division One.
1994—Andy Lloyd resigned and was replaced by the charismatic Kenny Davidson (who is now living in 1995Barbados).Won Bedfordshire Premier Cup. 16 th in League.
•Staniforth and Glen Clark were appointed joint Managers. Finished near bottom of Division One.
•fencing round the pitch, hard standing now all the way round the pitch and pay hut
•2011 12—Darren and Glen still in charge, signing a few new players Nicky Stocks replaced Glen Clark
•Div 1, just missing out on promotion and got to the UCL knock out cup final, losing 3 0 to AFC Rushden
•penalties to AFC Dunstable U21s. Laurence Revell takes over the rolw of 1 st team Manager in October
•2009 Finished second from bottom in the Premier Division, and under instructions from the FA to the
•2009 10 Finished in the bottom half of Division One and losing finalist in Bedfordshire Senior Trophy
•Maddix and Brad Smith and they make their way to the final of the Beds Intermediate Cup, losing on
•2008—After finishing our league programme early in April we had a nervous wait for other clubs to
•2012 13 In lower level of both UCL and Bedfordshire County Leagues. Reached final of Beds FA
•standards.
•Senior Trophy but lost 1 0 to Bedford FC. In March 2013 ground improvements finished that included
•Manager and was replaced by Dean Shipp. Another rebuilding of the squad with the emphasis on youth
•installed. Small Spectator Stand being installed. Reserves enter UCL Reserve Division under
•& Diamonds.
•2016 with Darren Staniforth stepping up to Football General Manager to oversee all teams within the
•they will compete in Division Two of the Bedfordshire County League.
•and local players. Constitution of Potton Sports & Social Club revised to now incorporate as
•July 2009 Manager Dean Shipp tendered his resignation and Tom Galvin and Declan Milton were
•Head Coach.
•during the year. Reserves reformed under the management of Duncan Field and Kieran Dempsey and
•2013 14 Planning permission granted for covered standing for 50 spectators. Applied for funding for
•new floodlights. First Team finished 10 th in league and Reserves in lower half odf their league.
•management of Nicky Stocks and a Potton United Under 18 has been entered in the Royston Crow
•League and will play their home matches at The Hollow on Sundays. The 1 st team finished in 3 rd place in
•appointed Joint Managers, being assisted by Tony Galvin, the ex Spurs and Republic of Ireland player as
•2016 17 – The club enter a reserve side back in the UCL under the management of Matt Gedney, Steve
•finish their programme of matches and escaped relegation by one point Dean Chapman resigned as
•2014 15 Application for grant for new floodlights has been granted and new floodlights being
•club. The 1 st team finish in 6 th position in Division One which earns them a place in the FA Cup for the
•UCL the club were relegated to the Division One as the ground did not come up to the required
•2010 11 In September Tom Galvin decided he wanted to concentrate on playing and so Darren
•members—Potton United FC, Potton Town CC, Potton Tennis Club and Woodentops Playgroup
2017 18 The club runs an under 18 team for only the second time in the clubs history, which was entered in the Northants Senior Youth League. Laurence resigns as manager in December 2016 and former Potton striker Steve Kuhne takes over the role assisted by Lee Pyke The 1st team go on a great run in February/March which sees them finish as runners up and promoted back to Step 5 of the football pyramid. They also feature in the final of the North Beds Charity Cup, beating Bedford FC 2 0. The reserves management resign in January and are replaced by senior players James Jordan and Joe Wills.
2017 18 season.
2018 19 The FA laterally moved the 1 st team to the Spartan South Midlands League but the reserves remain in the UCL The 1 st team finished a creditable 7 th place in the league and made the final of the league challenge trophy. Steve Kuhne resigns at the end of the season and Laurence Revell returns to the club as manager.
2020 21 another season abandoned due to Coronavirus. In May the club were advised they would be laterally moved back to the UCL. An unsuccessful appeal means we will be heading north for all our league fixtures.
2021 22 after a difficult start finished in 10 th place in UCL Premier. Runners u[ in Hinchingbrooke Cup, losing to Harborough Town in final Request to be laterally moved back to SML for 22 23 granted by FA.
2019 20 Jimmy Martin joins management team as coach then takes over when Revell resigns in February. Reached final of Bedfordshire Senior Cup but the season was abandoned in March due to global pandemic Coronavirus
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