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irates FA 8 September 2019 • The Em
d • The Meadow, Chesham
Cup First Qualifying Roun
d e t i n U y r u b s Ayle tow versus Walthams
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While the name of today’s opponents might not be familiar to you, the two teams have met a number of times before under the vistors’ previous names of Waltham Forest, Leyton Pennant and Leyton FC, among others.
pyramid. They’ve enjoyed a strong start to the season winning two (7-0 and 1-0), and drawing a third 1-1. The club beat Sporting Bengal 5-0 in the extra preliminary round of the cup, and overcame Great Wakering Rovers of the Isthmian League North 2-0 – so have already beaten step four opposition – to set up today’s match.
Walthamstow play in the Essex Senior League at step five of the non-league
Our own very positive start to the season continued with a
ood afternoon and welcome to The Meadow for this Emirates FA Cup game against Walthamstow.
with a 4-1 victory
0-0 draw against league leaders Berkhamsted here at The Meadow on Wednesday evening. That’s the third goalless draw in a row at home this season. Not only will the winners of today’s tie book their place in the next round, but will also earn a substantial £4,500. The second qualifying round ties will take place on the weekend of 21 September.
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
Archie Davis Goalkeeper
Derek Feyi Defender
Sonny French Midfielder
Sponsor: Ian Pluck
Lewis Osborne Midfielder
Anthony Ball Defender
Jake Bewley Defender
Jordan Jenkins Defender
Dave O’Connor Defender
Jack Wood Defender
Ollie Hogg Midfielder
Harry Jones Midfielder
Melvy N’Somi Midfielder
Jamie Rudd Midfielder
Ben Seaton Midfielder
Sponsor: Erika Robinson
ith
Sponsor: Darren Dixon-Sm
Mark Riddick Midfielder
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Sponsor: Tony & Ian Lowe
Sponsor: David Horne
Greg Williams Midfielder
Ben Williams Manager
Sponsor: G Williams Builders
Ken Feyi Striker
Jacob Hutchinson Striker
Mike Hogg Assistant manager
Paul Batchelor Coach
Sponsor: Ken Turnbull
ck
Featured Du
Katie Pusey Assistant sports therapist
Sydney Ibie Forward
On loan from Hemel Hempstead Town
Luke Robertson Sports therapist
Mark Riddick Appearances 6 Ducks debut 17 August 2019 vs Corby Town Previous clubs Chesham United reserves, London Colney, Tring Athletic Age 22
Central midfielder who joined the Ducks in July 2019 after two seasons with Tring Athletic. Mark was previously with London Colney and Chesham United’s reserve team before that.
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The visitors T
he history of Walthamstow FC is not what you’d call straightforward. Having reformed on at least three occasions, the clubs has played under seven different names, but can lay claim to being the second-oldest club in London, and one of the oldest in the country. The initial Leyton FC was formed in 1868 when the reverend Morgan Lloyd obtained a pitch behind The Lion & Key public house. The first Leyton played mainly friendlies, but did take part in the FA Cup, before folding in 1880 when they lost their ground. Seven years later, the members of Matlock Cricket Club, based on Hoe Street established a football club named after the Matlock Villas, which overlooked the club’s pitch. In 1894, Swifts moved out of Leyton, to a new ground in Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow. This lasted just a season though, as the club moved back to Leyton and changed their
name to Leyton FC in the process.
Walthamstow
The club won the Essex Senior Cup on no fewer than five occasions, and the London Senior Cup, as well as the South Essex League four times. Leyton turned professional in 1904, joining the London League. The following year, Leyton moved to Osborne Road, which would later become Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road. In April 1912 a loan by a donor was called-in, and without any hope of paying it, the club was forced to disband for a second time. Only a year later a third Leyton was formed, but this incarnation was extremely short-lived. The outbreak of war meant there was essentially no one to watch or play for the club, and it was suspended. The fourth Leyton was established in 1919, and it would be arguably the
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Nickname The Stags Home ground Wadham Lodge, Walthamstow Manager Ryan Maxwell Year founded 1868 (as Leyton FC) Colours White shirts, blue shorts, blue socks Current form WWWWD Current league position Sixth, Essex Senior League Top scorer this season Dwade James – 6 Extra Preliminary Round 5-0 vs Sporting Bengal Preliminary Round 2-0 vs Great Wakering Rovers
most successful period for the club, now back at the Hare & Hounds. Leyton won the FA Amateur Cup (now the FA Trophy) twice, and were runners-up on four more occasions. The club also reached the first round of the FA Cup four times and the second round three times.
Pennant, with the new club being Leyton Pennant and playing at Wadham Lodge.
After a successful 1950s and 60s, things dried up for Leyton, and by the 1970s they could not carry on, so a merger was completed with Wingate from north London.
Its first season in 1995 saw the club finish fourth in Division One, but it was mostly mid-table obscurity after that.
The pinnacle of this club was winning the Athenian League in 1982, but by the early 90s with most of the former Wingate committee now either deceased or having had left, the newly-merged Wingate & Finchley requested Leyton drop the ‘Wingate’ title from their name. By 1995, the Hare & Hounds was really beginning to show its age, and with Leyton not having the funds to bring it up to standard, a merger was completed with Walthamstow
In 2018, the club changed is name once more to Walthamstow FC. It is hoped this new change will kickstart success both on and off the field, and enables the club to form part of the local community which deserves a thriving nonleague club.
This club spent most of its life in Divisions One and Two of the Isthmian League, with no notable success, save for two London Challenge Cup final appearances.
In 2003 the club changed names to Waltham Forest, and were bankrolled heavily with aspirations of playing in the Football League. Sadly, these never came to fruition and an Essex Senior Cup was the only silverware to show for it. Disputes with the thenmanagement at Wadham Lodge in 2008 saw the club exiled for five seasons, playing in Ilford. The first season back at Wadham Lodge in 2013 ended in relegation to the Essex Senior League for the first time in the club’s history.
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Ducks in action
Above Loanee Sydney Ibie was on target in his first Ducks appearance Below The Ducks celebrate Ollie Hogg’s goal
Above Mark Riddick tangles with former Duck Ollie Stanbridge
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Left Daventry Town captain Ross Harris was sent off for a poor tackle
Above Melvy N’Somi was fouled by goalkeeper Iustin Cerga...
Above ..And Ken Feyi dispatched the resulting penalty
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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
14 Sep 19
15.00 H Coleshill Town
LEAGUE
17 Sep 19
19.45
A
Bedford Town
LEAGUE
21 Sep 19
15.00
A
Biggleswade
LEAGUE
5 Oct 19
15.00 H Kidlington
12 Oct 19
15.00 H Sevenoaks Town
FA TRO
19 Oct 19
15.00
LEAGUE
2 Nov 19
15.00 H North Leigh
LEAGUE
9 Nov 19
15.00
LEAGUE
A
A
A
Daventry Town
AFC Dunstable
St Neots Town
LEAGUE
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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4
5
6
Wood
Jenkins
Williams
Bewley
Wood
Jenkins
Bewley
Wood
Jenkins
Bewley
Wood
O’Connor
O’Connor
Bewley
Wood
Jenkins
Riddick
Ball
Bewley
Wood
Jenkins
Riddick
Ball
3
2⃣
Bewley
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⚽⚽ 1⃣
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7
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Hutchinson Hogg Hogg
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8
9
Riddick
K. Feyi
Riddick
K. Feyi
Riddick
K. Feyi
Williams
1⃣ 1⃣
N’Somi Jones
10
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K. Feyi K. Feyi
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K. Feyi
11
12
1⃣
14
15
16
17
Hutchinson
Ball
Seaton
Hutchinson
Williams
Osborne
French
Ibie
O’Connor
Williams
Osborne
Jones
Hogg
Jones
Williams
Jones
1⃣
Seaton
2⃣ 2⃣
Williams French
3⃣
French
2⃣
D. Feyi
1⃣ French ⚽ 2⃣ French 3⃣ Osborne 3⃣ French ⚽ Osborne
D. Feyi
Osborne
1⃣ Hogg 1⃣
Seaton
Osborne
2⃣ 2⃣
N’Somi
Ball
1⃣
Ball
2⃣ Ibie 1⃣ ð&#x;”¶ âš½ Seaton 1⃣ Jenkins
Seaton Hutchinson
3⃣
H. Jones H. Jones N’Somi
2⃣ 2⃣
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Facts and Fixtures BetVictor Southern League Division One Central 1
TEAM
PL
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
Berkhamsted
5
3
2
0
11
2
9
11
2
Corby Town
5
3
2
0
10
5
5
11
3
Welwyn Garden City
4
3
1
0
8
3
5
10
4
Aylesbury United
5
2
3
0
6
1
5
9
5
AFC Dunstable
4
3
0
1
8
5
3
9 9
6
Halesowen Town
4
3
0
1
8
5
3
7
Daventry Town
5
3
0
2
7
10
-3
9
8
Barton Rovers
5
2
2
1
14
10
4
8
9
North Leigh
5
2
1
2
11
8
3
7
10
Kempston Rovers
5
2
0
3
7
8
-1
6
11
Bedford Town
5
1
3
1
7
10
-3
6
12
Kidlington
5
2
0
3
5
9
-4
6
13
Biggleswade
5
1
2
2
6
8
-2
5
14
Yaxley
5
1
1
3
9
9
0
4
15
Coleshill Town
4
1
1
2
7
8
-1
4
16
Bedworth United
4
1
1
2
6
8
-2
4
17
Didcot Town
5
1
1
3
2
5
-3
4
18
St Neots
4
1
1
2
5
10
-5
4
19
Thame United
4
0
1
3
4
9
-5
1
20
Wantage Town
4
0
0
4
2
10
-8
0
Last updated: 7 September 2019
Recent results Tuesday 4 September Bedford Town 1-1 Biggleswade Bedworth United 2-3 Corby Town Kempston Rovers 1-4 Barton Rovers North Leigh 1-2 Halesowen Town Yaxley 1-2 Daventry Town
Wednesday 5 September Aylesbury United 0-0 Berkhamsted Kidlington 1-0 Didcot Town
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
Charity partnership
A
ylesbury United and 21st Century Ducks are delighted to announce that the club charity partner for the season is The Ducklings Trust. This follows a vote undertaken by supporters at the opening fixture of the season. For more than 25 years, The Ducklings Trust has raised and collected money to purchase items to improve the surroundings and add to the care provided to users of Stoke Mandeville Maternity
Unit and Wycombe Birth Centre – from birthing pools to birth couches, from armchairs to midwife study aids, from resuscitation dolls to vases for flowers.
requests and suggestions of midwives, new mothers and their families and ultimately enhance maternity care. Come on you Ducks and Ducklings!”
Emma Phillips Harrington, secretary of The Ducklings Trust, said: “We are absolutely thrilled that the supporters of Aylesbury United have selected The Ducklings Trust to be the charity partner for the season, thank you.
We look forward to supporting this excellent local charity during the season, with a variety of fundraising opportunities.
“This support will enable us to help respond to
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Further information about The Ducklings Trust can be found on the website.
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 The Emirates FA Cup First Qualifying Round 8 September 2019, 3pm Match officials
Aylesbury United
Referee Mr Jeffrey ALDOUS
Walthamstow
1. Jack HOPWOOD 2. Dave O’CONNOR 3. Jake BEWLEY 4. Jack WOOD 5. Jordan JENKINS 6. Mark RIDDICK 7. Harry JONES 8. Ollie HOGG 9. Ken FEYI 10. Sonny FRENCH 11. Sydney IBIE
1. James BRANSGROVE 2. Jamie BENNETT 3. Kyan GULLIVER 4. Jack FOLAN 5. Vinny MURPHY 6. Gus DOUGLAS 7. Daniel McCULLOCK 8. Ben CRILLEY 9. Dwade JAMES 10. Emiel AIKEN 11. Samrai GEBRAI
12. Greg WILLIAMS 14. Lewis OSBORNE 15. Jacob HUTCHINSON 16. Anthony BALL 17. Melvy N’SOMI 18. Ben SEATON 19. Archie DAVIS
12. Ryan REED 14. Charlie YEXLEY 15. Callum IBE 16. Ollie FORTUNE 17. Nicky SYMONS
Manager Ben WILLIAMS
Assistant referees Mr Douglas LAWSON Mr Bradley HALLYBONE
Next match
Coleshill Town Manager Ryan MAXWELL
Saturday 14 September Kick-off 3pm The Meadow Amy Lane Chesham HP5 1NE
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