2019-20
• The Meadow, Chesham FA Trophy Preliminary Round ase ildb Bu • 9 201 er tob 12 Oc
d e t i n U y r u b s Ayle Town versus Sevenoaks
The Gold Club The club is grateful to all those supporters who have joined the Gold Club this season
Steve Baker Daniel Cadwell Steve Cadwell Pete Chilcott Graham Durban Dan Harvey Martin Hearn Rob Hiscock Richard Livings Brian Metcalfe Jim Rayner Steve Woodage Gold Club members enjoy: • A season ticket for all home league games • Members-only Aylesbury United polo shirt • 3 exclusive pre-match meals with a talk from the manager • An advert in every matchday programme for business members. Visit bit.ly/aufcgoldclub to sign-up now
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ood afternoon and welcome to The Meadow for this Preliminary Round tie in the Buildbase FA Trophy against Sevenoaks Town. The Ducks have not faced the Oaks before, so we warmly welcome today’s opponents, their fans and officials and wish them a safe journey home to Kent. Sevenoaks are currently riding high in the BetVictor Isthmian League South East
Division, standing second having won five of their eight games and lost just two this season. Our FA Trophy record has been pretty wretched in recent years. You have to go back to 2016-17 for the last time we got past this stage, and we last reached the second round in 2004-05! Today is also Non League Day, and we’re delighted to also welcome our charity partner for this season The
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Ducklings Trust for the first of their bucket collection partner events. The Trust, which was voted as partner for by our fans, raises money for equipment and to help improve the maternity units at both Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe hospitals. We hope everyone will welcome the charity and give generously this afternoon.
Up the Ducks!
Chairman Graham Read Vice chairman Ken Turnbull General secretary Steve Baker Fixture secretary Ian Pluck Directors James Byrne, Brian Metcalfe, Ian Pluck, Alan Sherwell, Warren Sheward Welfare officer James Byrne Safety officer Warren Sheward Ladies team chairman Andy Foster 21st Century Ducks chairman Zana Saunders Matchday hospitality Muriel Turnbull First team kit Ron Schmidt Web editor Luke Buckingham-Brown Photographer Mike Snell Programme editor Paul Snell Legal name Aylesbury United Football Company no. 05814026 Significant interests (Shareholder/ Shareholding) Graham Read: 49% 21st Century Ducks: 39%
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d e it n U y r u b s e yl A t u o Ab A
ylesbury United was founded in 1897 when three local sides, Night School FC, The Printing Works and Aylesbury Town, decided to merge. The club, nicknamed the Ducks due to the famous Aylesbury breed, has experienced some incredible highs over its 112-year history but are now without a home ground of its own.
a year later a local lad called Cliff Hercules made his debut. ‘Hercy’ is an Aylesbury icon, and hung up his boots 20 years later having smashed club records with 669 appearances and 301 goals.
Fame and the FA Cup
Promotion to the Southern Premier was soon achieved and shortly afterwards the Ducks moved to their new Buckingham Road stadium. Gould’s talented squad secured the Southern League Championship in 1987-88 and gained promotion to the Vauxhall Conference.
Ducks first tasted national publicity in 1951 as they became the only club from the Delphian League ever to reach the First Round of the FA Cup, losing to Division Three Watford.
That year the Ducks became the only nonleague side ever to take on the full England team, as over 6000 packed into Buckingham Road to see the Ducks take on the Three Lions.
Aylesbury turned semiprofessional in 1976 and joined the Southern League, kicking off the club’s most successful period. In 1983 the club appointed Trevor Gould as manager, and then
Between 1985 and 1992, Aylesbury boasted the best FA Cup record of any side outside the Football League, reaching at least the First Round Proper every season. In 1994-95 the club became famous
United played in local leagues before joining the Spartan League in 1908 where we remained until the Second World War.
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for the ‘Duck Walk’ goal celebration as Aylesbury reached the third round losing to Premier League Queen’s Park Rangers at Loftus Road. Rollercoaster ride Steve Ketteridge delivered the Isthmian League Cup, but it was the beginning of a rollercoaster ride for the club. After almost going out of business, the Ducks were pipped to the Isthmian League title by Sutton United in 1998-99. The following season saw the Ducks in administration and fighting for survival on and off the pitch. Despite defeating Reading in the Berks and Bucks Senior Cup for the second time in four seasons, the club was relegated to Division One for the first time in its history. In October 2000 Hercules took charge and secured promotion back to the Isthmian Premier Division and an FA Cup first round trip to Port Vale. 2002-03 saw Aylesbury returned to national
prominence hosting Sven Goran Eriksson’s England squad for training, and the club made its first appearance in the FA Trophy semi-final. Bring the Ducks home In summer 2006 former chairman Bill Carroll cut ties with the club he had been involved with since 1997, having failed in his plans to convert the Buckingham Road playing surface to a third generation artificial surface when the Southern League and FA baulked at his ideas. Local businessman Graham Read took over the club, but the Ducks were left homeless after the lease expired. Since then United have been forced to play their ‘home’ matches away from Aylesbury while the committee work hard keeping the club alive. The campaign to ‘Bring the Ducks Home’ was generated plenty of publicity, but sadly nothing concrete in terms of a new home. On the pitch the club did remarkably well,
going close to the playoff positions in the Midlands Division for the next three seasons but a new challenge arose when the previous manager left taking almost the entire playing squad with him.
The 2014-15 season saw the club finish in 13th place but reached the final of the Berks & Bucks Cup for the first time in 10 years, losing the final 4-0 to Conference side Maidenhead United.
This lead to another turbulent season which saw Martin Stone initially appointed as manager, before resigning less than than two weeks before the first game of the season. His assistant Byron Walton did a sterling job assembling a competitive team before former United defender Tony Joyce became the new permanent manager. Unfortunately he was unable to prevent the club’s relegation to the Spartan South Midlands League.
Tony Joyce tendered his resignation after six years at the club following a disappointing start and was replaced by coach Glyn Creaser. In Glyn’s first full season in charge he led the club to the semi-final of the Southern League Cup and 13th position in league. Current manager Ben Williams was appointed in January 2018 and led the team to 13th place finish, followed up with a 15th place last season.
Starting to rebuild After two seasons of steady improvement and finishes of sixth and fourth in the Spartan South Midlands League, the Ducks clinched second spot in the league and with it promotion back to the Southern League, as well as winning the Premier Division Cup.
Work continues to identify opportunities to return to Aylesbury. This year the club was invited to tender an offer for the now derelict Buckingham Road. While that was unsuccessful, the site is now being offered on the open market and the club intends to resubmit a bid, giving fans hope the team may be able to return home in the near future.
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Meet the Ducks
Jack Hopwood Goalkeeper Sponsor: Ian Pluck
Archie Davis Goalkeeper
Jordan Jenkins Dave O’Connor Defender Defender
Anthony Ball Defender
Jake Bewley Defender
Derek Feyi Defender
Jack Wood Defender
Sonny French Midfielder
Ollie Hogg Midfielder
Sponsor: Erika Robinson
Harry Jones Midfielder
David Manu Midfielder
Melvy N’Somi Lewis Osborne Midfielder Midfielder
Ben Seaton Midfielder
Jamie Rudd Midfielder
Greg Williams Midfielder
Sponsor: Tony & Ian Lowe
Sponsor: David Horne
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Sean Coles Forward
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Sponsor: Darren Dixon-Sm
Mark Riddick Midfielder
Ty Deacon Forward
Ken Feyi Forward
Sponsor: Ken Turnbull
Jacob Hutchinson Sydney Ibie Forward Forward
On loan from Hemel Hempstead Town
Ben Williams Manager Sponsor: G Williams Builders
Mike Hogg Assistant manager
tson Joe Peacock Katie Pusey Paul Batchelor Luke Rober ist Assistant sports Assistant sports rap the Sports Coach therapist therapist
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Archie Davis Appearances 39 Ducks debut 21 August 2018 vs Didcot Town Age 18 Young goalkeeper and student of Bucks Sports Academy who signed first team forms in March 2018. Made his senior debut as a half time substitute away at Didcot Town. Marked his debut season for the Ducks by being named Manager’s Player of the Year.
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The visitors S
evenoaks Town were originally formed in 1883 and were one of the founding members of the Kent League. On the 26 April 1883, Sevenoaks Town played against Royal Arsenal. In the South of England, they were the only professional team, and 1000 spectators watched this game at Knole Paddock. In the 1900-01 season, Sevenoaks Town won the Sevenoaks Charity Cup and have since then won it 11 more times. In 1951, Sevenoaks Town combined with St Johns United and became members of the Kent Amateur league of the western region. In 196566 they won the Division One League Cup and in 1968-69 they won the Premier Division. They won it again in 1975-76. In 1984-85 Sevenoaks Town won the Premier Kent County Football league. and again in both 1995-96 and 2002-03.
Among these trophies, Sevenoaks Town has won the Intermediate Challenge Chield on two occasions, the Interregional Cup twice and the Sevenoaks Charity Cup 12 times.
Sevenoaks Town
Recent succeses include: • 2002-03 Kent County Primary League Champions • 2016-17 SCEFL League Cup Champions • 2017-18 SCEFL League Champions • 2016-17 FA Cup Second Qualifying Round • 2017-18 FA Vase Second Round • 2018-19 FA Trophy First Round qualifier. In recent years the ground has seen some significant improvements, with a state-of-the-art 3G pitch installed in June 2017. There are now plans to build a new stadium in the next two years.
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Nickname The Oaks Home ground The Bourne Stadium, Greatness Park Managers Micky Collins Year founded 1883 Colours Blue and black shirts, blue shorts, blue socks Current form LWWWL Current league position Second BetVictor Isthmian League South East Division
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Ducks in action
Above David Manu is brought down by the Kidlington defender for a penalty. Below New signing Ty Deacon made a subsitute appearance
Above Anthony Ball scored his first goal for the Ducks
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Left Kidlington were unable to cope with David Manu’s pace
Above Jack Wood agonisingly shoots just over the bar
Above Sonny French opened the scoring after just two minutes
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Season 2019-20 COMP
RES
ATT
1
2
17 Aug 19
DATE
15.00 H Corby Town
TIME
VERSUS
LEAGUE
0-0
163
Hopwood
O’Connor
20 Aug 19
19.45
A
Wantage Town
LEAGUE
0-2
80
Hopwood
O’Connor
24 Aug 19
15.00
A
Brimscombe & Thrupp
FA CUP
1-3
117
Hopwood
O’Connor
26 Aug 19
15.00 H Didcot Town
LEAGUE
0-0
151
Hopwood
31 Aug 19
15.00
LEAGUE
1-4
112
Hopwood
4 Sep 19
19.45 H Berkhamsted
LEAGUE
0-0
168
Hopwood
8 Sep 19
15.00 H Walthamstow
FA CUP
0-3
203 Hopwood
14 Sep 19
15.00 H Coleshill Town
LEAGUE
2-0
106
Hopwood
17 Sep 19
19.45
LEAGUE
0-0
186
Hopwood
1 Oct 19
19.45 H Chesham United
SL CUP
0-1
102
Davis
5 Oct 19
15.00 H Kidlington
LEAGUE
3-0
137
Hopwood
12 Oct 19
15.00 H Sevenoaks Town
FA TRO
19 Oct 19
15.00
A
AFC Dunstable
LEAGUE
21 Oct 19
19.45
A
Biggleswade
LEAGUE
2 Nov 19
15.00 H North Leigh
LEAGUE
9 Nov 19
15.00
LEAGUE
A
A
A
Daventry Town
Bedford Town
St Neots Town
16 Nov 19 15.00 H Bedworth United
LEAGUE
23 Nov 19 15.00
LEAGUE
A
Barton Rovers
30 Nov 19 15.00 H Welwyn Garden City
LEAGUE
7 Dec 19
LEAGUE
15.00
A
Kempston Rovers
14 Dec 19 15.00 H Yaxley
LEAGUE
21 Dec 19 15.00
LEAGUE
A
Halesowen Town
26 Dec 19 15.00 H Thame United
LEAGUE
1 Jan 20
15.00
LEAGUE
4 Jan 20
15.00 H Wantage Town
LEAGUE
11 Jan 20
15.00
Corby Town
LEAGUE
18 Jan 20
15.00 H Biggleswade
LEAGUE
25 Jan 20
15.00
Coleshill Town
LEAGUE
1 Feb 20
15.00 H Bedford Town
LEAGUE
8 Feb 20
15.00
LEAGUE
15 Feb 20
15.00 H AFC Dunstable
LEAGUE
22 Feb 20
15.00
LEAGUE
29 Feb 20
15.00 H St Neots Town
LEAGUE
7 Mar 20
15.00
LEAGUE
A
A
A
A
A
A
Didcot Town
Kidlington
North Leigh
Bedworth United
14 Mar 20 15.00 H Barton Rovers
LEAGUE
21 Mar 20
LEAGUE
15.00
A
Welwyn Garden City
28 Mar 20 15.00 H Daventry Town
LEAGUE
4 Apr 20
15.00
LEAGUE
11 Apr 20
15.00 H Halesowen Town
LEAGUE
13 Apr 20
15.00
A
Thame United
LEAGUE
18 Apr 20
15.00
A
Yaxley
LEAGUE
25 Apr 20
15.00 H Kempston Rovers
LEAGUE
A
Berkhamsted
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Facts and Fixtures BetVictor Southern League Division One Central 1
TEAM
PL
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
Berkhamsted
9
7
2
0
28
4
24
23
2
Corby Town
8
6
2
0
16
7
9
20
3
AFC Dunstable
9
6
0
3
29
15
14
18
4
Aylesbury United
8
4
4
0
11
1
10
16
5
Halesowen Town
7
5
0
2
14
9
5
15
6
Daventry Town
8
5
0
3
13
12
1
15
7
Welwyn Garden City
7
4
2
1
13
6
7
14
8
Barton Rovers
9
4
2
3
20
16
4
14
9
Bedford Town
8
3
4
1
11
11
0
13
10
Bedworth United
9
3
2
4
15
15
0
11
11
Thame United
8
3
1
4
18
13
5
10
12
North Leigh
7
3
1
3
15
12
3
10
13
Yaxley
8
3
1
4
16
14
2
10
14
Didcot Town
10
3
1
6
8
18
-10
10
15
Coleshill Town
8
2
1
5
13
14
-1
7
16
Kidlington
8
2
1
5
6
15
-9
7
17
Biggleswade
7
1
3
3
7
11
-4
6
18
Kempston Rovers
8
2
0
6
10
18
-8
6
19
St Neots Town
7
1
1
5
8
19
-11
4
20
Wantage Town
9
0
0
9
2
43
-41
0
Last updated:
Recent results Saturday 5 October 2019 Aylesbury United 3-0 Kidlington Berkhamsted 3-2 Thame United Corby Town 2-0 Biggleswade Didcot Town 0-4 Daventry Town Kempston Rovers 1-4 North Leigh St Neots Town 0-2 Barton Rovers Wantage Town 0-6 Coleshill Town Welwyn Garden City 1-1 Bedworth United Yaxley 3-2 AFC Dunstable
Tuesday 8 October 2019 Bedworth United 2-0 Kidlington
Wednesday 9 October 2019 Corby Town 2-1 Barton Rovers
Club honours Southern League Champions 1987-88 Southern League Midlands Division Runner up 1984-85 Southern League Division One South Runner up 1979-80 Isthmian League Runner up 1998-99 Delphian League Champions 1953-54 Spartan League Champions 1908-09 Runner up 1913-14, 1928-29 Spartan League Division One Champions 1938-39 Runner up 1934-35 Spartan League Western Section Champions 1945-46 Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Runner up 2012-13 Athenian League Division Two Champions 1967-18 Isthmian League Cup Winners 1994-95 Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup 2012-13 Berks and Bucks Senior Cup 1913-14, 1985-86, 1996-97, 1999-00 Berks and Bucks Benevolent Cup 1932-33, 1933-34, 1952-53, 1953-54 FA Cup First round 1951-51, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1992-93, 2001-02 Second round 1988-89, 1989-90, 1991-92 Third round 1994-95 FA Trophy Quarter finals 1980-81 Semi-finals 2002-03
Stadium safety
To ensure the safety of everybody, please observe the following: • DO NOT use foul or abusive language, or obscene gestures. Any form of racial abuse, or language used to incite or provoke others is a criminal offence under the Football Offences Act 1991.
• NO glasses or bottles are permitted outside the clubhouse. • DO NOT throw any items onto the pitch. • DO NOT run onto the pitch or encroach on the playing area. • Aylesbury United reserves the right to remove or refuse entry to the ground.
The squads Buildbase FA Trophy Preliminary Round 12 October 2019, 3pm Match officials
Aylesbury United
Sevenoaks Town
1. Jack HOPWOOD 2. Anthony BALL 3. Jake BEWLEY 4. Jack WOOD 5. Jordan JENKINS 6. Mark RIDDICK 7. Ollie HOGG 8. Lewis OSBORNE 9. Melvy N’SOMI 10. Sonny FRENCH 11. David MANU
1. Patrick LEE 2. Ben GORHAM 3. Tom RIPLEY 4. Fraser WALKER 5. Jack MILES 6. Kyle DE SILVA 7. Nathan GORDON 8. Daniel CUMBER 9. Dan PARKINSON 10. Ainsley EVERETT 11. Alec FIDDES
12. Dave O’CONNOR 14. Greg WILLIAMS 15. Lewis OSBORNE 16. Jacob HUTCHINSON 17. Ben SEATON 18. Derek FEYI 19. Harry JONES 20. Archie DAVIS 21. Ty DEACON 22. Ken FEYI
12. Ben BRIDLE-CARD 14. Bradley SCHAFER 15. Louis COLLINS 16. Renfoird TENYUE 17. Tyrell RICHARDSON-BROWN 18. Frankie SAWYER 19. Adrian STONE 20. Tommy WHITNELL
Manager Ben WILLIAMS
Manager Micky COLLINS
Referee Mr Alan COX Assistant referees Mr Harley McKITTRICK Mr Jack STENSON C
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