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THE PITCHING IN ISTHMIAN LEAGUE NORTH SATURDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2021 KICK-OFF: 3.00PM

MALDON & TIPTREE FOOTBALL CLUB COMPANY NAME: MALDON & TIPTREE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

REGISTRATION NUMBER: 07479835

CONTENTS

CHAIRMAN Ron Dangerfield MANAGER Wayne Brown ASSISTANT MANAGER Paul Abrahams PHYSIO Sophie Conway SPORTS ANALYST Dan Hurwood SECRETARY (INTERIM) Ron Dangerfield TREASURER Tom Green COMMITTEE MEMBERS Darren Gibbons Dave Garwood Dave Wilsher Michael Hunt Neal Myers Tony Williams Lee Witney

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WAYNE BROWN

PROGRAMME EDITOR Duplexity Artwork

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MATCH ACTION: HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS

MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Richard Buckby

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CLUB NEWS

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PLAYER FEATURE: CHARLEE HUGHES

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OPPOSITION: ROMFORD

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MALDON & TIPTREE: CLUB HISTORY

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MALDON & TIPTREE: PLAYER PROFILES

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

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ISTHMIAN LEAGUE STATS

IMAGES Roy Warner CLUB OWNERSHIP

In accordance with rule 2.13 (Ownership and Change of Control) of the Rules of the Isthmian Football League.

Legal name: Maldon & Tiptree Football Club Limited Form: Private Limited Company Company number: 07479835 Owner: Richard Cowling

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CLUB RECORDS APPEARANCES

Oliver Berquez – 173 appearances

GOALSCORER

Jorome Slew – 41 goals

GAMES MANAGED

Wayne Brown – 135 Games (August 2018 – Present) W93 D14 L28 %69

HOME ATTENDANCE

29/11/2019 Maldon & Tiptree 0-1 Newport County Attendance = 1,876 FA Cup Second Round

AWAY ATTENDANCE

10/11/2019 Leyton Orient 1-2 Maldon & Tiptree Attendance = 3,425 FA Cup First Round

HOME WIN

03/09/2011 Maldon & Tiptree 9-0 Ipswich Wanderers Attendance = 68 FA Cup Preliminary Round

AWAY WIN

10/12/2019 Heybridge Swifts 1-8 Maldon & Tiptree Attendance = 208 Velocity Trophy Group 1

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IN CHARGE:

WAYNE BROWN WELCOME BACK TO PARK DRIVE FOR THIS AFTERNOON’S LEAGUE FIXTURE AGAINST ROMFORD. I’D LIKE TO GIVE DEREK, STEVE AND THEIR TEAM A WARM WELCOME, ALONG WITH THEIR SUPPORTERS AND TODAY’S MATCH OFFICIALS. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE TRIP HOME AFTER THE MATCH.

Today’s match is the second of three successive home games and on Tuesday against Heybridge, I was pleased with our performance overall, especially with how we defended. We were first into every tackle and we showed a real physical edge which helped us progress to the next round. I was delighted for Tommy who again made some impressive saves and recorded his first clean sheet since joining the group. I know we missed chances and I think it is fair to say that we deserved to win the game by more than one goal.

Today, Romford will come to Park Drive and I am sure will be confident in their approach and will provide a different test for us. As we move towards a busy part of the season, with games coming thick and fast, it is important we now look to build momentum as we approach the business end of the season.

Chelmsford City visit Park Drive on Tuesday and I hope to see you all here, but please keep up your support. It’s been magnificent so far this season and it is pleasing to see our attendances continuing to grow at home and away games.

I hope you enjoy the game.

Wayne

“IT IS IMPORTANT WE NOW LOOK TO BUILD MOMENTUM AS WE APPROACH THE BUSINESS END OF THE SEASON” MALDON & TIPTREE vs ROMFORD

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MATCH ACTION

MALDON & TIPTREE HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS

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TUESDAY 7TH DECEMBER | VELOCITY TROPHY SECOND ROUND | ATT: 223 A single goal from Shomari Barnwell in the seventh minute was enough for the Jammers to overcome local rivals Heybridge Swifts in the second round of the Velocity Trophy.

Manager Wayne Brown was without Shad Ngandu (cuptied), whilst Emmanual Martins returned at full-back in place of Frankie Terry who had been recalled from his loan stint by Colchester United. Olu Oluwatimilehin made his first home appearance following his move from Barking.

On a strange evening, a late pitch inspection was succesfully passed before a floodlight failure resulted in the kick-off being delayed by 30 minutes. Once the game finally got underway, the Jammers started brightly and capitalised on their early dominance. A ball from Charlee Hughes flashed across the six-yard box and evaded everyone but Scott Kemp. The Jammers’ forward recycled the ball on the left and crossed to Phil Brown-Bampoe who teed up Shomari BARNWELL who only needed one touch as he curled an unstoppable effort into the bottom left corner to give Brown’s side the lead.

Looking for more goals, the Jammers continued to push forward and Aaron Williams-Bushell was giving his opposing full-back a tough time. He continued to skip past Joe Claridge with ease and set up a brilliant chance for Oluwatimilehin, who unfortunately blazed his strike high and wide. Hughes was next to see a chance go begging, as he was unable to find a way past Callum Chafer who made a smart save in the visiting goal.

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Whilst Maldon pushed forward, Tommy DixonHodge still had to be alert at the other end and made an amazing save as the interval approached, to keep his clean sheet in tact.

The young-shot stopper leaped to his lefthand side and stretched out one hand to tip a powerful strike over the crossbar. Hughes had one more chance before the half-time break for the Jammers after Williams-Bushell had once again created the opportunity, but a Swifts defender was on hand to make the block.

Buoyed by their first half dominance, the Jammers continued to attack in the second half in search for a second goal, but Chafer was having a fine evening for the visitors. Martins broke free down the left and delivered an inviting cross onto the head of Barnwell whose effort looked destined for the back of the net, but the visiting stopper appeared from nowhere to make an outsanding save, keeping his side in the game again. Moments later he was at it again, this time somehow scrambling to keep the ball out of his net after Martins’ cross was deflected goalwards.

Brown then made a triple change with Bradley McClenaghan, Malachi Napa and Bryan Ifeanyi being introduced in place of Kemp, BrownBampoe and goalscorer, Barnwell. Ifeanyi was straight in to the action, skipping past Claridge before watching his effort fly just wide of the far past. Brown then made a fourth change, as Lordon Akolbire made a welcome return from injury to take the place of Williams-Bushell, who had produced another fine performance.

As Heybridge struggled going forward, the Jammers had more chances to extend their lead. First, Sam Cornish presented Ifeanyi with another chance, one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but he curled his effort wide. Lastly, as the game entered stoppage-time, Martins set up Hughes once more but the Maldon front man was unable to keep his effort down as it sailed over the crossbar.

Overall, it was a dominant performance from the Jammers who could have easily won by a bigger margin, however a solid defensive showing resulted in their progression to the next round of the competition and a first Maldon & Tiptree clean sheet for Dixon-Hodge.

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CLUB NEWS CHRISTMAS FOOD BANK COLLECTION

TODAY’S MASCOTS

Led by the newly-formed Jammers Fans Association, a food bank collection will take place at the home games in the run up to Christmas.

The Jammers Fans Assoication will be undertaking a Christmas Foodbank collection this month to help those in need before and at Christmas.

Have a great afternoon!

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Wayne Brown’s Jammers are back in action here at Park Drive on Tuesday night, 14th December, as they welcome Chelmsford City in the BBC Essex Senior Cup. The game gets underway at 7:45pm.

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If you have any questions regarding the collection, please contact Tony Williams via email at chair@thejammersfa.co.uk

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This close-knit team have been together for three seasons with their manager Mike Wallis.

Initially a group of school friends, they have worked hard and welcomed new members to become a team who work hard week in, week out.

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Attendees to Park Drive, whether you are a player, Jammers supporter, visiting supporter are encouraged to bring are the following items:

A big welcome to today’s mascots who come from our youth section, U9 Pumas.

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Collections will take place outside of the turnstiles, where collection boxes will be provided before each home match in December, starting this afternoon.

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PLAYER FEATURE:

CHARLEE HUGHES

NAME: CHARLEE HUGHES APPEARANCES: 63 GOALS: 38 CLUBS: BURNHAM RAMBLERS, BOWERS & PITSEA, BRENTWOOD TOWN, WEALDSTONE

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LET’S FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR TEAM MATES AT PARK DRIVE… Who’s the best trainer within the team?

Malachi – he is always on point, always wants the ball and always plays with quality.

Who is the quickest player?

Al-Amin, the boy is absolutely rapid. Although, there are a few contenders, me being one of them!

Who’s got the worst dress sense in the squad?

We have only had one team night out so far this season, but based on that night, it has to be Skater Boy Brad.

Who fancies themselves as the team joker?

That has to be Turps, not a joker as such, but he just comes out with the funniest things.

Who is the ‘Teachers Pet’?

Sammy Cornish, I think…

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AWAY FROM PARK DRIV E, LET’S FIND SOM E MOR E OUT ABOU T YOU…

Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

To be honest, I’m that person who sits on the fence when it comes to these two, both unbelievable footballers in different ways!

What football team do you support?

West Ham Who is your favourite singer?

Bruno Mars

Your favourite holiday destination?

Favourite destination would have to be any of the Spanish islands.

What is your favourite meal?

That would have to be a Thai!

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CLUB HISTORY NICKNAME The Boro FOUNDED 1876 GROUND Mayesbrook Park RECENT FORM Felixstowe & W (H) Sat 4 December L 1-2 Basildon United (A) Tue 30 November W 3-2 Basildon United (A) Sat 27 November L 0-3 Dereham Town (H) Sat 20 November L 0-4 Heybridge Swifts (H) Wed 17 November L 0-7 Great Wakering (A) Sat 13 November L 0-3 Bury Town (A) Sat 6 November L 1-2 Hullbridge Sports (A) Sat 23 October D 2-2

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This is the third Romford Football Club, both their predecessors having competed at some point in the Southern League, and each time having been defunct for fourteen years before the name was revived.

All three versions have had their moments, although the present model has yet to emulate previous achievements on the national stage.

The original club was founded in 1876 and reached the last six of the F A Cup. After some success at local level the club folded during the First World War. For a while there was no senior football at all in Romford, but the situation was addressed in 1929 when local figure Tom Macpherson, later to become M P for the area, took charge of re-forming the Club after a public meeting at the Corn Exchange, which was so well attended that the crowd spilled on to the street outside, to the annoyance of the police. The new Club moved into the local Brooklands stadium, which was bought by the Club when it became a limited company in the mid-1930s, possibly the first Amateur club to do so.

After two seasons in the London League, Romford joined the Athenian League in 1931 and between 1935 and 1938 won two championships and twice reached the semi-finals of the F A Amateur Cup. After the Second World War the Club competed in the Isthmian League and finished third in each of their first two seasons. The highlight of this era was reaching the Final of the F A Amateur Cup in 1949, losing 1-0 to Bromley in front of 95 000 spectators in the first Final to be held at Wembley. However

fortunes then plummeted and after finishing in the bottom three five times in a row, Romford took the bold move of turning professional and joined the Southern League in 1959 Promotion was achieved at the first attempt and, after a near miss in 1963-64 when Boro finished fifth the enormous Championship shield came to Brooklands in 1967. Romford were perennial (and unsuccessful) applicants for membership of the Football League but, apart from third place in 1970-71, never looked like repeating their title success and eventually were relegated in 1975.

Boro’s failure to make it into the Football League had left huge debts, but only when the ground was sold did the extent of the Clubs problems come to light. 90% of the proceeds of the sale of Brooklands were eaten up in debt repayments and tax, leaving barely £60 000 to finance a new stadium, and the 1977-78 season was spent playing home matches at borrowed grounds - indeed the last match, at home to Folkestone & Shepway, was eventually played at Folkestone. Romford Football Club closed down in 1978 and the site of the unfinished stadium in Oldchurch Park became Romford Ice Rink.

Appropriately, it was at the Ice Rink that the first meeting took place in February 1992 to gauge interest in reviving the Club. Over 150 people attended to hear the ideas of Dave Howie, and very soon the Club was formed, a ground-share arranged with Hornchurch and senior status granted from the Essex F A. To have achieved so much so soon owed much to what had gone before,

and in view of the importance and significance of such a heritage to the success of the new club, it was inevitable that it would adopt the traditional blue and gold colours and Boro nickname, despite the local council having since become the London Borough of Havering.

The Club took their place in the Essex Senior League and with Lyndon Lynch at the helm, finished in ninth place. This was followed by fourth place in 1993-94 and third the season after. The highlight of this third season was the Clubs first entry into the F A Cup, when Boro made national headlines by beating Grays Athletic and Hayes, and almost took St Albans City to a replay before going down 1-0 at Clarence Park in a match that was featured on Grandstand.

The summer of 1995 was all change, as Dave Howie stepped down and Lyndon Lynch chose to move on. With an almost entirely new committee and considerably improved financial backing, Boro started again from scratch, moving in with Essex Senior League rivals Ford United and appointing as joint managers the local dream ticket of Donal McGovern and Alan Marson, a partnership with a quite phenomenal record at this level and higher. They brought several of the squad with whom they had won the previous seasons Isthmian League Division Three championship at Collier Row, and proceeded to win the Essex Senior League with a record total of 91 goals from just 28 games. This was accompanied by success in the League Cup, beating Southend Manor 2-0 in the Final at Burnham Ramblers F C, and another run to the Third Qualifying Round of the F A Cup, again losing at St Albans by 3-1 after leading at half-time.

There was another period of upheaval for Romford in 1996, as the agreement with Ford was terminated and Boro finished the

season sharing with Collier Row at Sungate. A merger was arranged between the two clubs and the new club, known as Collier Row & Romford, took Rows place in Division Two of the Isthmian League. A run to the last sixteen of the F A Vase contributed to a fixture backlog that meant Boro fell so far behind that they had to play exactly half their league fixtures in March and April.

However promotion was secured with three games to play and Boro overtook Leatherhead at the top of the table for the first time going into the final match, where a 3-0 win at home to Hungerford Town brought the championship to Sungate.

Boro finished the League season unbeaten away from home, went 29 games without defeat and lost only twice.

With McGovern and Marson moving on, former reserve team manager Les Whitton was promoted to become first team manager in the summer of 1997. The Club reverted to its original title and the following season the name of Romford appeared in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the F A Cup for the first time since 1975-76. Boro also reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup and won the East Anglian Cup, recovering from 2-0 down to beat Aveley 3-2 at Sungate in the Final. Boro finished seventh in Division One, top scorers with 92 goals.

The tail end of the season had been largely overshadowed by concern over the Clubs future, and the eventual defeat of a takeover bid resulted in the departure of several Club personnel and the entire first team management, leaving a committee almost entirely handpicked from the terraces, while Dave Howie returned after three years away. Reserve team manager Steve Wheeler took over the first team and managed to keep the side in the top half of the table on a reduced budget, but at the end of

January chairman John Goodwin left to take over at Bishops Stortford, taking Wheeler and several players with him. First team coach Amin Levitt was immediately appointed manager, and plenty of fresh blood was quickly recruited with reserve and youth team players also being promoted. The response was magnificent and the team remained unbeaten in the league for several weeks, however just when things were settling down again another bombshell came when the Sungate ground was closed by the League, due to the deterioration of the pitch and other facilities. Romford’s last six home games had to be played at other grounds, including Chesham and Hendon, and even had to play three nights running in the final week of the season as Boro finished a creditable tenth.

Some consolation was found in the reserve and youth sides, the latter making Romford the only non-League club to reach the Third Round proper of the F A Youth Cup. The Club also won the Umbro Fair Play Award for Division One. Following a number of delays, Sungate B grading was finally reinstated on the opening day of the 1999-2000 season. The return to Sungate had a profound effect on the team as they won ten of their next thirteen games and reached the Fourth Qualifying Round of the F A Cup, a 6-0 win over Congleton Town earning Non-League Team of the Week honours in The Sun. However the Club soon found itself fighting relegation and Sungate went through another period of closure while urgent electrical work was carried out, requiring another three games to be played elsewhere.

The relegation threat was finally put to rest with three matches remaining, and Boro were more than happy with a final position of nineteenth. Still the summer was not without its problems as the clubhouse suffered major fire

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damage, and complications arising from that and the subsequent delay to the completion of other rebuilding works prevented any matches from taking place at Sungate for a long time. The constant uncertainty finally took its toll and Amin Levitt resigned in October to be replaced

by John Bennett, but after a brief revival came a further shock in December as Boro were suspended by the Ryman League with no return to Sungate in sight - Bennett left and Romford were left with no option but to release the entire first team squad.

The Club were finally able to return to Sungate in mid-January, and former reserve team manager Paul Withey was appointed to the first team. Early results were encouraging as the side posted three wins in four games, but as the fixture backlog increased with the continued wet weather the task of keeping the Club in Division One proved to be beyond everybody, with Boro having to play eighteen games in the final 33 days of the season. Sadly, despite an injection of fresh blood the poor run of form continued into the 2001-02 season and Withey was replaced as manager by Paul Joynes at the end of August. Although performances improved considerably, Boro still finished the season well adrift at the bottom of Division Two. Meanwhile several issues at Sungate were never satisfactorily resolved and the Club moved out mid-season, once again playing out the season on borrowed grounds and reluctantly forwarding its resignation from the Ryman League.

A return to familiar territory in the Essex Senior League and back at Rush Green Road saw a strong recovery after the struggles of recent years, and Boro stayed on the edge of the leading pack all season, finishing fifth with a late-season run of form breaking several Club records. Paul Joynes took up an offer to return to the Ryman League

with Tilbury and popular former Boro player Mark Reed stepped in to replace him, emulating the previous season’s fifth-place finish after leading the table for two months, reaching the semi-final of the Essex Thames-side Trophy and adding the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy. In season 2006-07 Mark Reed lead us to our best season since rejoining the Essex Senior League as we finished runner-up to Brentwood Town, Boro were also runners up to the same team in the League Cup when we lost on penalties. Then during the 2007-08 season Mark Reed stepped down for personal reasons and the then reserve team manager, Paul Martin was promoted to the job with Mark Lord as his assistant. Romford moved up the table to finish in 5th place. The following season Romford had to leave Rush Green when Fords sold the ground to West Ham United. A ground share agreement was drawn up with Aveley FC and Romford were able to carry on. In Paul’s first full season in charge Romford took the Essex Senior League by storm, winning the title with 71 points and losing just one game, and with it promotion to the Ryman League Division 1 North.

With consolidation and avoiding the drop straight back to the Essex Senior a priority Boro got off to a good start, winning two of their opening four games. Then a lean spell came along when they found points hard to come by. Some changes to the playing staff saw a revival in fortunes and the team rose to finish in 13th place with 15 wins under their belt. Kurt Smith finished top goal scorer with 15 goals. So a satisfactory first season for Paul Martin and his squad. The start of the 2011-12 season saw Romford get off to a flying start in the league and added good runs in both national cup competitions.

They stayed in the first five positions up until the freeze during that year’s cold snap. When the grounds

thawed out it seemed lady luck had departed for pastures new.

Despite the odd good performance Romford slowly dropped down the table to finish 12th. But it was still a one place improvement on the previous season. Season 2012-13 saw a strong finish and Romford finally end up in 8th position, their best performance since gaining promotion to the Ryman League.

In the 2013-14 season Romford finished 11th with 69 points from 46 games, winning 21. Special mention must go to Chairman Steve Gardener (He’s been with us since 1992) and Vice Chairman Colin Ewenson for their tireless work to try and get our dream of our own ground up and running.

The 2014-15 season started with a good F.A. Cup run which ended in a narrow defeat in extra time at Kingstonian. The rest of the season was a bit of a struggle with relegation worries that were ended when we won our last three matches. Last season proved to be a bit nerve wracking as our safety went down to the last day. We were 10 minutes from relegation in our last but one game until our relegation rivals succumbed at Heybridge Swifts. We had to win our last game and hope that Norwich United didn’t. With many of the supporters following the other game on their mobiles the tension was enormous, we beat Maldon & Tiptree 4-2 and then heard that Cheshunt had won 6-3 at home to Norwich. Safe for another season.

After several very enjoyable seasons at Ship Lane Thurrock we had to move on again when Tommy South decided to sell the ground and retire.

So here we are at another new home ground at East Thurrock. Our dream of going home to Romford is still in the hands of various organisations.

Steve Gardner and Colin Ewenson are still working hard to make that dream come true. We live in hope!

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CLUB HISTORY

In 2009, Ed Garty took over the ownership of Maldon Town from Michael Kirkham, whilst still in charge of running Tiptree United and installed Alan Brockhouse as Maldon Town’s new chairman.

Following the takeover, Colin Wallington returned for a second spell in charge of Maldon Town, leaving his post as Tiptree United manager immediately. Colin previously managed Maldon Town from 2003 until 2007, having achieved promotion in the 200506 via the play-off final. Having left Maldon in 2007, Colin went on to manage Tiptree United where he achieved promotion winning the

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Eastern Counties Division One title in the 2007/08 season. Until the conclusion of the 2009/10 season both Maldon Town & Tiptree United played their home games at Park Drive, under a ground share arrangement.

In the summer of 2010, Maldon Town & Tiptree United amalgamated to form, Maldon & Tiptree Football Club, under the ownership of Ed Garty. As a result of the amalgamation, Tiptree United withdrew from the Essex Senior League, resulting in the club’s last ever fixture being a 3-1 defeat against Enfield 1893 on 24 April 2010. Maldon & Tiptree took

the place of Maldon Town in the Isthmian Division One North.

Following the retirement of Colin Wallington, Assistant Manager, Brad King and Glen Knight were appointed as the clubs JointManager. As the pair’s first managerial role, the new club witnessed wholesale changes with only a handful of players remaining who finished the season with Maldon Town and Tiptree United, respectively.

The 2010-11 campaign saw the new club remain in or around the play-off positions for the majority of the season, finishing in eighth

place to finish the season with sixty-three points. Despite the high turnover of players, the good standard of football was maintained and it was in the end, a disappointing end to the season, for the club to fall away in the later stages of the season when suspensions and injuries eventually took their toll to leave the club frustratingly short of the play-off positions at the end of April. The 2011-12 season, proved to not be so successful and in November 2011, King and Knight were relieved of their duties with immediate effect. Ex-Charlton professional Mike Flanagan was appointed as Caretaker Manager and remained in place until the end of the season, steering the club to a respectful mid-table finish, managing thirty-three games and finishing with a win percentage of 49.12%.

At the start of the 2012-13 campaign, Ex-Stansted & Redbridge boss Terry Spillane was appointed as Manager, and Mike Flanagan departed the club.

The change of management, once again brought wholesale changes with the playing squad.

Ex Tiptree United manager, Jody was brought to the club as Terry’s Assistant Manager. After a fantastic and unbeaten start to the season, the club found themselves at the top of the table but an incredible run by eventual Champions Grays Athletic meant Maldon had to settle for a place in the play-offs – Terry’s side remained unbeaten until Boxing Day, when they lost away from home against local rivals Heybridge Swifts. Disappointment came in the play-off final however when they lost a two goal lead to draw with Thamesmead Town, who thenwent on to win the final,on penalties.

After a disappointing end to the previous season, Terry Spillane oversaw more wholesale changes in the playing squad, including the departure of Assistant Manager, Jody Brown. Despite the changes, Maldon finished in ninth position with seventy-six points, winning twenty-one games.

More changes to the playing staff, resulted in poor start to the 2014-15 season, and the club parted ways with Spillane in September 2014, with Chairman, Ed Garty takeover as Caretaker Manager, for three games. At the end of September 2014, Alan Kimble was appointed as manager and remained in charge for the remainder of the season, however the side struggled and more changes in the playing staff occurred. Maldon finished the season in nineteenth place with only forty-nine points.

During the 2014-15 season, Media Officer at the time, Richard Buckby ran a competition for supporters to vote for a club nickname, with the options The River Boys, The Marshmen, The Mudmen and The Jammers available. The vote took place in January 2015 and was featured on National Radio station, TalkSport, with the The Jammers winning the vote with over 50% and being confirmed as the clubs new nickname.

Following the completion of the 2014-15 season, the club linked with Colchester United and the two clubs formed close ties, which resulted in ex Ipswich Town midfielder, David Wright being appointed as First Team Manager.

Wright remained in charge until December 2015 as he was appointed Assistant Manager of Colchester United. Liam Bailey took charge of the First Team on

a temporary basis, only managing one game, which finished four-all against Tilbury on Boxing Day in 2015. Moving into 2016, exLeiston Manager, Steve Ball was appointed First Team Manager and steered the club to a respectable finish in the league table climbing to seventh place, only missing out on the play-off places by nine points.

In the closed season, a change of Management at Colchester United saw Steve Ball appointed as their Assistant Manager, leaving his position of Maldon & Tiptree Manager as a result. Ex-Manchester City midfielder, Kevin Horlock was then appointed as First Team manager ahead of the 2016-17 campaign and for the majority of the season, the Jammers sat at the top of the table before slipping away to finish in second place. Horlock’s side managed to reach the play-off final, however lost to Thurrock one-nil.

The following campaign was not quite as successful for Horlock, with Maldon finishing just outside the play-off places in seventh place, with sixty-nine points.

After managing 112 games, Kevin Horlock departed in the closed season and was replaced by ex-Colchester defender, Wayne Brown. In Brown’s first season in charge, the 2018-19 season, the Jammers finished in second place and reached the play-off final, but lost on penalties against local rivals, Heybridge Swifts.

The 2019-20 season was one to remember for the club, but for the right and wrong reasons.

The club achieved great things in the Emirates FA Cup. Having reached the First Round proper of the competition, Maldon beat League Two side, Leyton Orient away from home, taking over 600

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fans to the home of The O’s, with the goals coming from Danny Parish and a superb solo goal from Jorome Slew. In the second round proper, Maldon were drawn against Football League side, Newport County with the game being shown live on National Television– with the Jammers only beaten by the League Two side, with a goal in stoppage time, with the game finishing 1-0. A record attendance of 1876 was recorded.

However, the 2019-20 season will also be remembered for the wrong reasons. After impressive performances on the field, the Jammers found themselves top of the Isthmian Division One North, thirteen points clear with four games in hand, when disaster struck. With a global pandemic declared, as a result of Coronavirus, the league competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the division. The club were denied a chance of promotion and forced to remain in the Division One North for the 2020-21 season.

ED GARTY STEPPED DOWN AS CHAIRMAN IN OCTOBER 2020 Following the disappointing end to the 2019-20 season, Wayne Brown remained in charge of the club and wholesale changes in the playing squad occurred again, with a number of the previous season’s squad securing transfers to clubs higher up the football pyramid.

The Jammers were dealt a big blow in October 2020 when owner and Chairman Ed Garty stood down from his position with immediate effect, ending a challenging ten years at the helm. After a period of uncertainty for

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the football club, General Manager Ron Dangerfield was confirmed as the new Chairman, with Richard Cowling taking ownership of the football club.

Just like the 2019-20 season, the 2020-21 campaign was terminated with promotion and relegation denied for all the sides competing in the Division One North. However, prior to the curtailment the Jammers had reached the Emirates FA Cup First Round for the second successive season, this time losing to Morecambe 1-0 in front of the television cameras. Brown’s side also achieved their longest ever run in the Buildbase FA Trophy, eventually losing to Gloucester City. The Jammers were only able to play in five league games, finishing in third place before the season was curtailed.

Heading in to the 2021/22 season, Wayne Brown remains in charge of the first team and is now the club’s longest-serving manager, holding the record for the most games managed in charge of Maldon & Tiptree Football Club.

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INTRODUCING

THE JAMMERS WAYNE BROWN FIRST TEAM MANAGER

The former Ipswich Town, Colchester United, Hull City and Leicester City defender now in his third season in charge of the club. A nononsense, uncompromising leader on the pitch, the “Browny” played over 350 professional matches in a successful career spanning over 14 years and earned promotion to the Championship with the U’s before going on to play in the Premier League with Hull. Over the last few seasons, Wayne has masterminded several impressive cup runs, including reaching the FA Cup Second Round and First Round respectively in the last two seasons whilst holding an impressive league record.

PAUL ABRAHAMS

WAYNE BROWN

PAUL ABRAHAMS

ASSISTANT MANAGER

“Abes” has been with the club for a number of seasons now in the same role and remains Wayne’s right-hand man. After a professional playing career in which Paul made over 200 appearances and turned out three times at Wembley, he has gone on to hold roles in both a playing and coaching capacity with other non-league clubs, too.

DAN HURWOOD FIRST TEAM ANALYST

DAN HURWOOD

Previously a prolific striker in the Essex County League, Dan is a vital cog in the Jammers’ management team who records and analyses our games, recording data in the process to continually improve the squad both individually and collectively.

SOPHIE CONWAY FIRST TEAM PHYSIO

A young physio who joins the club following a previous spell at Coggeshall Town. Sophie also plays football herself, turning out for Southend United.

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THE PLAYERS

BEN McNAMARA

TED COLLINS

MARTYN STOKES

JOE TURPIN

An experienced shotstopper is now in his fourth season at Park Drive, Ben has more or less been an everpresent since Wayne took charge of the first team. Australian-born, Ben has previously had spells with Dagenham & Redbridge, Braintree Town and Northampton Town to name just a few.

McNamara’s leadership skills have been crucial to the side over the last three seasons.

A young goalkeeper who joined the club on loan from Colchester United in September 2021, having previously had a short loan spell with Holland FC. Collins arrives looking to further his taste of senior football, as he continues to develop his career. Collins has been with the U’s throughout his youth, having joined their under U10s age group from Wivenhoe Town.

Stokes is a central defender with a winning pedigree. Having arrived at Park Drive from Bowers & Pitsea in the 2019/20 season, Martyn is the club’s first team captain and will continue to bring an important level of experience to the side, having previously won promotion from the Isthmian League Division One North with both Brentwood and Bowers, respectively.

A dominant central defender who joined from league rivals Tilbury last season before the campaign was brought to a close due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Since joining, Turps instantly became a leader among the Jammers defence and will be looking to build on his positive start to life at Park Drive.

Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

Defender

Defender

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KOJO AWOTWI

AL-AMIN KAZEEM

LORDON AKOLBIRE

EMMANUEL MARTINS

An attacking and versatile full-back who rejoined the club in October 2020 from Welling United for his second spell at Park Drive. During the previous two seasons, Kojo was an influential figure within Wayne’s squad as the club reached the play-off final in the 2018/19 season, as well as the top of the league and the Emirates FA Cup second round last term.

Left-back Al-Amin Kazeem returned to Park Drive in early November for a second loan stint from Colchester United.

He penned a two-year professional contract with the U’s in 2020 and links up with the Jammers as he recovers from injury.

An attacking, versatile defender who signed for the Jammers on loan from Colchester United, where he has been since being a part of the U’s U15s team. Lordon has become a regular in Wayne Brown’s side so far during his loan spell.

A young defender who joins the contingent of Colchester United loanees within Wayne Brown’s side. Martins joins the Jammers on loan having signed for Colchester at the end of September 2021, adding further competition for places within the squad.

SHOMARI BARNWELL

SCOTT KEMP

CHARLEE HUGHES

BRYAN IFEANYI

An experienced centreforward who joined the club in July 2020 having previously played for the likes of Bowers & Pitsea, Grays Athletic and Great Wakering Rovers.

Shomari is a fast and athletic forward who was the Jammers’ jointleading goalscorer in last season’s short campaign.

Scott heads into his second season at Park Drive after joining from local neighbours Witham Town in 2020. He made the move having scored 14 goals in 2019/20 as Town’s captain.

Comfortable across a number of forward positions, Kemp will be looking to improve upon his goals and assists tally in 2021/22.

A name all supporters will know and remember well, Charlee rejoins the Jammers after a season away from Park Drive at Wealdstone. Hughes featured heavily in the 2019/20 season when Brown’s side reached the FA Cup second round.

During his first spell with the club, Charlee recorded 30 goals and is only 11 behind the club’s all-time leading goalscorer.

A young and exciting forward who arrived in August 2021 on loan from Colchester United.

Bryan is set for a bright future and will look to adapt quickly to his first taste of men’s first team football. Previously, Ifeanyi was with Leyton Orient’s academy.

Defender

Forward

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Forward

Defender

Forward

Defender

Forward

BRADLEY McCLENAGHAN

AARON WILLIAMS-BUSHELL

SAM CORNISH

PHILIP BROWN-BAMPOE

Bradley is a former Leyton Orient central midfielder who was named as Orient’s 2018/19 Youth Player of the Year before joining the Jammers in the summer of 2020. He played a pivotal role in the club’s run to the Emirates FA Cup first round before losing to Morecambe. One of the team’s leaders who was an ever-present last season, he will be keen to continue his good form in 2021/22.

Williams-Bushell heads into his second season at Park Drive after impressing in the last campaign, scoring several Goal of the Season contenders.

Aaron has shown his versatility whilst being at the club and will look to cement his place in Wayne’s starting eleven this term.

A familiar face to many at Park Drive, Sam rejoins once again from Colchester United. The lively central midfielder has had previous spells at Park Drive and was instrumental in the team last season that recorded our longest-ever run in the FA Trophy.

Midfielder Philip made the move to Park Drive in October after a brief stint with Barking. His previous clubs include East Thurrock United, Romford, Redbridge and Greenwich Borough

TYRELL LOWE

MALACHI NAPA

BRIAN MOSES

Lowe is an attackminded player who has previous experience with Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace. Lowe has featured for the Jammers throughout pre-season and will be keen to make a quick impression on the club’s supporters.

Malachi is an exciting and tricky forward who has previously been with Oxford United and Woking, whilst also spending time on loan at North Leigh, Hampton & Richmond Borough and Macclesfield Town. Napa made his professional debut for Oxford in 2017 in the EFL Trophy. In his youth career, Napa also spent at Reading.

Standing at an imposing 6’ 7”, Moses joined the Jammers in September 2021 from league rivals Tilbury. His previous clubs also include Basildon United and Cheshunt, where he achieved promotion scoring in both the play-off semifinal and final. Brian will certainly bring extra height and physicality to Wayne’s squad.

Midfielder

Forward

Midfielder

Forward

Midfielder

Midfielder

Forward

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FIXTURES & RESULTS DATE

OPPOSITION

COMP

ATT POS

2021/22

STARTING XI

AUGUST 2021 Sat 14

Romford

A

D1

7-0

106

1

McNamara

Akolbire

Williams-Bushell

Dombaxe

Turpin

Sat 21

Aveley

H

FACP

0-1

308

-

McNamara

Williams-Bushell

Khanye

Dombaxe

Turpin

Sat 28

Stowmarket Town

H

D1

3-2

213

1

McNamara

Williams-Bushell

Dombaxe

Turpin

Khanye

SEPTEMBER 2021 H

D1

2-1

352

2

McNamara

Mon 13 Hashtag United

Fri 10

Grays Athletic

A

D1

0-3

372

4

McNamara

Akolbire Akolbire

Khanye

Sat 25

Heybridge Swifts

A

D1

2-3

464

9

Collins

Akolbire

Tue 28

Basildon United

H

D1

0-1

124

10

Collins

Taylor

Dunbar-Bonnie

Cornish

Dunbar-Bonnie Khanye

Dombaxe

Barnwell

Beales

Taylor

Dombaxe

Turpin Turpin

OCTOBER 2021 Sat 2

Brentwood Town

A

D1

3-2

146

6

Collins

Taylor

Akolbire

Dombaxe

Turpin

Tue 5

Barking

H

D1

2-1

194

3

Collins

Akolbire

Martins

Cornish

Turpin

Sat 9

Felixstowe & Walton United

H FAT2Q

1-1*

272

-

Collins

Akolbire

Martins

Dombaxe

Turpin

Sat 16

Bury Town

H

D1

0-2

286

5

Collins

Taylor

Martins

Cornish

Turpin

Fri 22

Aveley

A

D1

3-5

322

7

Collins

Taylor

Martins

Sat 30

Tilbury

H

D1

4-2

173

6

Collins

Taylor

Williams-Bushell

Cornish

Kazeem

Cornish

Cornish

Turpin Turpin

NOVEMBER 2021 Fri 5

Witham Town

A

D1

3-0

298

4

Collins

Tue 9

Aveley

H

VT1

2-0

168

-

Collins

Williams-Bushell

Taylor

Kazeem

Sat 13

Dereham Town

A

D1

3-3

231

6

Collins

Williams-Bushell

Kazeem

Sat 20

Great Wakering Rovers

H

D1

1-2

233

8

Dixon-Hodge

Williams-Bushell

Dixon-Hodge

Williams-Bushell

Terry

Cornish

Turpin

Williams-Bushell

Martins

Cornish

Turpin

Kazeem

Cornish Cornish Cornish

Turpin Turpin Turpin Turpin

DECEMBER 2021 Sat 4

Coggeshall Town

A

D1

2-2

132

8

Tue 7

Heybridge Swifts

H

VT2

1-0

223

-

Sat 11

Romford

H

D1

Tue 14

Chelmsford City

H

ESC3

Sat 18

Stowmarket Town

A

D1

Mon 27 Heybridge Swifts

H

D1

Thu 30 Felixstowe & Walton United

A

D1 D1

JANUARY 2022 Mon 3

Hullbridge Sports

H

Sat 8

AFC Sudbury

A

D1

Tue 11

Canvey Island

H

D1

Sat 15

Barking

A

D1

Fri 21

Hashtag United

H

D1

Sat 29

Basildon Town

A

D1 D1

FEBRUARY 2022 Sat 5

Brentwood Town

H

Sat 12

Bury Town

A

D1

Fri 18

Aveley

H

D1

Sat 26

Tilbury

A

D1

MARCH 2022 Fri 4

Witham Town

H

D1

Sat 12

Dereham Town

H

D1

Sat 19

Great Wakering Rovers

A

D1

Sat 26

Coggeshall Town

H

D1

APRIL 2022 Sat 2

Canvey Island

A

D1

Sat 9

AFC Sudbury

H

D1

Fri 15

Hullbridge Sports

A

D1

Mon 18 Felixstowe & Walton United

H

D1

Sat 23

A

D1

Grays Athletic

*lost 6-7 on penalties

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Dixon-Hodge

SUBS USED Taylor

Ifeanyi 3

Hughes

Gilbert

Kemp

Napa, Beales, Lowe

Taylor

Ifeanyi

McClenaghan

McClenaghan

Hughes

Gilbert

Kemp

Napa, Barnwell

Stokes

Ifeanyi

Gilbert

Hughes

Kemp 2

Napa

Beales, Taylor, Barnwell

Stokes

Ifeanyi

Gilbert

Hughes 2

Kemp

Napa

Beales, Dunbar-Bonnie, Williams-Bushell

Stokes

Ifeanyi

McClenaghan

Hughes

Kemp

Napa

Khanye, Barnwell

Stokes

Ifeanyi

Cornish

Hughes

Moses

Barnwell

Stokes

Gilbert

McClenaghan

Moses

Barnwell

Napa

Stokes Stokes

McClenaghan Gilbert

Gilbert, Napa, Taylor Hughes, Ifeanyi, Kemp

Cornish

Hughes

Barnwell

Napa

Williams-Bushell, Kemp, Moses

McClenaghan

Barnwell

Hughes

Napa

Ifeanyi, Kemp, Taylor

Hughes

Napa

Taylor , Kemp, Moses

Stokes

McClenaghan

Cornish

Barnwell

Stokes

Gilbert

Kemp

Barnwell

Hughes

Napa

Ifeanyi, Moses, Williams-Bushell

Stokes

Ifeanyi

Brown-Bampoe

Barnwell

Kemp 2

Napa

Hughes, Williams-Bushell

Hughes 2

Kemp

Hughes

Stokes

Ifeanyi

Brown-Bampoe

Stokes

Ifeanyi

Brown-Bampoe

Kemp

Napa

Williams-Bushell, McClenaghan, Barnwell

Terry

Ifenayi

McClenaghan

Hughes

Kemp

Napa

Barnwell, Brown-Bampoe

Terry

Ifeanyi

McClenaghan

Hughes

Kemp

Barnwell

Ifeanyi

Brown-Bampoe

Hughes

Stokes

McClenaghan

Napa 2

McClenaghan, Barnwell

Justin , Stokes, Brown-Bampoe

Kemp

Barnwell

Stokes

Brown-Bampoe

Oluwatimilehin

Barnwell

Ngadu

Kemp

Napa, Ifeanyi

Stokes

Oluwatimilehin

Brown-Bampoe

Barnwell

Hughes

Kemp

McCleneghan, Ifeanyi, Napa, Akolbire

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ISTHMIAN LEAGUE P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

1 Canvey Island

14

10

3

1

39

14

25

33

2 Dereham Town

16

10

3

3

31

19

12

33

3 AFC Sudbury

14

9

3

2

31

13

18

30

4 Stowmarket Town

15

9

3

3

31

17

14

30

5 Grays Athletic

15

8

4

3

29

13

16

28

6 Aveley

16

8

3

5

41

24

17

27

7 Brentwood Town

14

8

2

4

29

19

10

26

8 Bury Town

15

7

3

5

25

25

0

24

9 Maldon & Tiptree

15

7

2

6

35

29

6

23

10 Heybridge Swifts

16

7

1

8

34

33

1

22

11 Hashtag United

16

6

4

6

20

23

-3

22

12 Coggeshall Town

16

5

5

6

22

26

-4

20

13 Basildon United

16

5

4

7

17

24

-7

19

14 Tilbury

16

5

2

9

26

28

-2

17

15 Felixstowe & Walton

13

5

1

7

16

22

-6

16

16 Barking

15

4

3

8

22

33

-11

15

17 Great Wakering

15

4

2

9

25

35

-10

14

18 Witham Town

15

3

4

8

13

31

-18

13

19 Romford

16

3

1

12

14

45

-31

10

20 Hullbridge Sports

16

0

5

11

11

38

-27

5

2021/22

JAMMERS ROLL-CALL Akolbire, L Awotwi, K Barnwell, S Beales, J Brown-Bampoe, P Collins, T Cornish, S Dixon-Hodge, T Dombaxe, L Dunbar-Bonnie, D Gilbert, J Hughes, C Ifeanyi, B Justin, C Kazeem, A Kemp, S Khanye, M Lowe, T Martins, E McClenaghan, B McNamara, B Moses, B Napa, M Ngadu, S Oluwatimilehin, O Stokes, M Taylor, H Terry, F Turpin, J Williams-Bushell, A

2021/22 APPS GLS

7(1) 11(7) 1(3) 6(2) 11 14 3 7 2(1) 7(1) 16(2) 12(5) (1) 4 14(4) 4(1) (1) 5 10(3) 5 2(3) 12(5) 1 2 15(1) 9(4) 3 17 9(5)

1 6 1 1 8 5 7 1 1 6 1 1 -

MTFC TOTAL APPS GLS

8 66 30 4 8 11 24 3 70 3 8 63 17 1 40 33 13 1 5 29 100 5 17 1 2 54 13 3 22 28

LATEST RESULTS

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Saturday 4th December AFC Sudbury 1-0 Barking Bury Town 0-2 Basildon United Canvey Island 0-1 Dereham Town Coggeshall Town 2-2 Maldon & Tiptree Grays Athletic 2-2 Tilbury Great Wakering Rovers 3-4 Hashtag United Heybridge Swifts 7-1 Hullbridge Sports Romford 1-2 Felixstowe & Walton United Stowmarket Town 2-1 Aveley Witham Town 0-4 Brentwood Town

Saturday 11th December Aveley v AFC Sudbury Barking v Hullbridge Sports Basildon United v Felixstowe & Walton United Brentwood Town v Tilbury Bury Town v Grays Athletic Canvey Island v Stowmarket Town Coggeshall Town v Hashtag United Heybridge Swifts v Dereham Town Maldon & Tiptree v Romford Witham Town v Great Wakering Rovers

Tuesday 7th December Barking 3-3 Brentwood Town Great Wakering Rovers 2-2 Bury Town

Tuesday 14th December Felixstowe & Walton United v Witham Town Stowmarket Town v AFC Sudbury

1 7 13 2 6 1 38 5 1 9 1 1 6 6 1 4

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Ben McNAMARA Roshan GREENSALL Ted COLLINS

ROMFORD

MALDON & TIPTREE

MANAGER: Wayne Brown

MANAGER: Derek Duncan Brandon BULLMAN Carlos SIMEON Bleron ADEMI

Tommy DIXON-HODGE

Christian ADU GYAMFI

Martyn STOKES

Martin YOUNGAH

Joe TURPIN

Armond GROSHA

Courtney JUSTIN

Samuel DICKENS

Kojo AWOTWI

Ramzi MAHMOUDI

Al-Amin KAZEEM

Jacopo GATTI

Lordon AKOLBIRE

Joshua GEORGE

Bradley McCLENAGHAN

Billy HAYES

Aaron WILLIAMS-BUSHELL

Darius IZUKANNE

Emmanuel MARTINS

David LUZOLO

Philip BROWN-BAMPOE

Samuel EKOJA

Sam CORNISH

Jesse OLUKOLU

Olumide OLUWATIMILEHIN

Daniel ORTIZ ALDANA

Shad NGANDU

Abdulmojeed SHOGBENI

Shomari BARNWELL

Raza MOHAMMED

Scott KEMP

Joshua EXLEY-BANKS

Charlee HUGHES

Amadu KANU

Bryan IFEANYI

Darnell KITHAMBO

Tyrell LOWE

Lheureux MENGA

Malachi NAPA Brian MOSES

MATCH OFFICIALS

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REFEREE: Tom Danaher ASSISTANT: Michael Iddenden-Smith ASSISTANT: Andrew Simmonds

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