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MATCHDAY TIMINGS… Club Shop/Ticket Office: Open from 12pm-3pm Broadhall Suite Bar: Open from 12pm-3pm & 4:45pm-7pm (Home & Away supporters welcome) Hospitality: Open from 1pm Kids’ Zone: Open from 1:30pm2:30pm Turnstiles: Open from 1:45pm
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TICKET INFO… Tickets for Saturday’s match range from £5 for Kids to £17 for Adults are are available online or in-store ahead of kickoff on Saturday. Remember, all home tickets must be bought before reaching the turnstiles and supporters can now scan their way in using their phone.
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NEW BRANDING… By the time kick-off approaches on Saturday, you will no doubt have noticed all the sign swaps and work done to turn around the Stadium following the Club’s rebrand this summer. The Club would like to thank Rocket Graphics, who helped produce and supply the signage.
NEW KIT… The 2019/20 home & away shirts certainly caused a stir upon their release to the outside world last month. The bold and brash designs have performed extraordinarily well with record sales and engagement across the world. Priced at £40 for adults and £30 for kids, all sizes are available to purchase in-store and from www.stevenagefcshop.com Stevenage FC v Exeter City
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THE GAFFER
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ood afternoon and a warm welcome everyone to The Lamex Stadium for our first home game of the season against Matt Taylor’s Exeter City FC. It’s a new season, with a new kit, new sponsor and a new stand. There is a huge buzz and excitement around the town for the forthcoming season. The first league game of the season is always overrated in my opinion. You win it and might think you have you cracked it and if you lose, it is all doom and gloom. The reality is, you can’t win or lose a league in the first game of the season, although our performance against Salford was nowhere near where it should be. However, the injury crisis we had on our left side last week within the space of couple of days hampered us
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massively. We had to change personnel the day before the game which did not help, but it did show that we do lack depth in the squad and we are still short in certain positions. This week the lads have recovered, prepared and worked very hard on the training ground and we feel more organised and re-energised to make sure we put on a great performance in front of our fans. It’s a busy first month for us and we are going to make sure that we leave it all on the pitch. Your support last week was outstanding despite the performance, so let’s get behind the lads again to ensure that we attack whatever is in front of us. Love the game,
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warm welcome to the directors, officials, players and supporters of Exeter City. I hope you enjoy your stay with us and have a safe journey home. Our season started on the wrong foot last Saturday. The occasion was always going to be all about Salford, with Sky TV and most of the media focused on their first game in the Football League and their famous sporting owners. What we should have done was spoil the party with a win, play the football we are capable of and show the TV audience exactly what we are about – pace, energy, skill and flair. As it happened, we didn’t show any of these attributes and it took us 57 minutes to have an attempt on their goal. Our management, players and the 608 travelling fans know that wasn’t good enough. I have lost a lot of opening games in 20 years at this club, so the result didn’t concern me too much but the performance did. Having said that, we had a lot of players out with injuries and we have a fierce
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determination to up the tempo and show what we can do. Hopefully today we can deliver those attributes missing from last Saturday and provide you with an exciting, winning performance today. Our week leading up to this first home game has been about getting the stadium ready for this match. We took the decision to demolish all the old manual turnstiles in the North East corner and start again with fully automated digital turnstiles and new exit gates. That was an expensive process but, like all the upgrades we have done, it is in place for future generations. The North Stand is progressing nicely and by now you will no doubt be seeing the seats in the stand. We don’t expect to complete the disabled section, all of the various safety parameters under the stand and the perimeter walkway until early September, with the bar/ conferencing facility scheduled for October. It has been a hard, long slog but the final result will be worth it. Whether you are playing or watching today, enjoy the match!
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BE A MASCOT! Become a Stevenage FC matchday mascot and receive a unique experience to create wonderful life-long memories, never to be forgotten. Packages are for children aged 4-12 years old and they all involve the following:
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Try and spot the 5 differences between these two club badges.
- Packed lunch for the mascot. - Seated ticket to the match for the mascot, as well as two more complimentary tickets; with the opportunity to purchase more tickets for other family members. - The mascot will receive a Stevenage FC goodie bag - The opportunity to meet Dino Maamria and the team, and visit the changing rooms to collect autographs and pictures of the players. - Warm up beside the players on the famous Lamex pitch with a Foundation coach and meet the Foundation coach at the tunnel at half time who will take you onto the pitch
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ANSWERS: 1: Ear of the Hart 2: Eye of the Hart 3: Date 1975 4: Blue stripes 5: Red border
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JUNIOR BORO MEMBERSHIP PACKS AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM KIDS ZONE Junior Boro members can collect their membership packs from the Kids’ Zone ahead of Saturday’s first home match of the season... The Junior Boro membership scheme was launched last month and over 100 young supporters are already signed up. Membership for the first 200 to join costs just £5 and includes a whole host of benefits, gifts and discounts: Junior Boro members will receive a membership pack that includes a Junior Fan Passport (exclusive to Junior Boro Members this season), membership card, drawstring bag, velcro wallet, water bottle and pen • Invitation to a VIP first team event • Draw to be a mascot at each home 2019/20 league game • 10% off all club shop merchandise • Access to North Stand discount ticket prices
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FROM THE
ARCHIVES
J
ust 10 years ago Boro were opening their Blue Square Premier campaign off the back of another success at the newly constructed Wembley. For the second time in two years they had claimed the FA Trophy, this time thanks to a 2-0 victory over York City. They went to work on the 2009-2010 season with this draw over newly promoted Tamworth - and it was to prove the beginning of something special in the history of the home side.
Saturday August 8, 2009
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ON THIS DAY
35 YEARS AGO
1984 Famous Mary Decker-Zola Budd collision during 3,000m at the LA Olympics; Decker falls, Budd finishes 7th; Maricica Puică of Romania wins.
30 YEARS AGO
1989 Australia 301-0 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge.
5 YEARS AGO
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MEET THE
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t has been another busy Summer here at Stevenage with 11 new players walking through the door so far… Get to know the new boys with our new signing snapshots!
TYLER DENTON Age: 23 Position: Defender Previous Club: Leeds United
SACHA BASTIEN Age: 25 Position: Goalkeeper Previous Club: US Granville CHARLIE CARTER Age: 22 Position: Midfielder Previous Club: Chesterfield
THOMAS SOARES Age: 33 Position: Midfielder Previous Club: AFC Wimbledon
JAMIE FIELDING Age: 19 Position: Defender Previous Club: Hastings United
PAUL TAYLOR Age: 31 Position: Striker Previous Club: Peterborough United
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PAUL DIGBY Age: 24 Position: Midfielder Previous Club: Forest Green Rovers
JASON COWLEY Age: 24 Position: Striker Previous Club: Bromsgrove Sporting FC
DEAN PARRETT Age: 27 Position: Midfielder Previous Club: Gillingham
NOOR HUSIN Age: 22 Position: Midfielder Previous Club: Notts County
JOEL ROLLINSON Age: 20 Position: Midfielder Previous Club: Reading
CHRISTOPHER STOKES Age: 28 Position: Defender Previous Club: Bury
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FIRSTS & LASTS…
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First…
Car: Volkswagen Polo Football shirt you owned: A Spurs shirt Celeb Crush: Cheryl Cole Footballer you idolised: Frank Lampard Piece of music you owned: Eminem – Curtain Call CD Overnight roommate: Mark McKee Thing you do when you get home from training: Sleep
Last….
Thing you watched on TV: Love Island Reunion Thing you bought: Pair of trainers Football Match you went to: Spurs vs Watford Carabao Cup to watch Ben Wilmot Thing you ate: Chilli for lunch today Time you lost your temper: Probably in training today Good deed: Let somebody cross the road whilst I was driving Goal you scored: Carlisle at home Song you listened to: Ed Sheeran (ft Stormzy)- Take me back to London
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TOP 3s… Moments in Career: My debut, my first professional contract & scoring my first goal Players of All Time: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane Players you have played with: Luke Amos, Ben Wilmot, Ilias Chair Stadiums you have played in: Stadium MK, Prenton Park, Notts County TV Shows: Love Island, Power, Friends Films: Inbetweeners Movie, The Hangover, 8 Mile Sports: Football, Rugby, Tennis Musical Artists: D-Block Europe, Gunna, Dave Meals: Roast Chicken Dinner, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Chicken Curry Countries to visit: The Maldives, USA, South Africa Petrol Station Essentials: Breakfast Bar, Coffee, Chewing Gum Breakfast Items: Poached Egg, Toast, Beans Desserts: Cheesecake, Apple Crumble, Chocolate Fudge Brownie Apps: Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat TV shows from your childhood: The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, Ben 10 Fruits: Pineapple, Mango, Grapes Items you take everywhere: Phone, Wallet, Keys Subjects at School: English, PE, Geography Things people don’t know about you: I like to go fishing on some of my off-days. At the age of 11 I gave up crisps as a New Years resolution and I haven’t gone back since. I played as a goalkeeper for a while when I was younger
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he summer has been a period of real change here at the academy. Jorden Gibson has moved on as Academy manager at Newport County. As developers of not only players but staff as well this is another sign of continued improvement here at Stevenage FC. In losing Jordan we have gained two outstanding members of staff in Alex Revell and Ronnie Henry. Alex comes on board as Head Coach of our U18 squad and Ronnie joins us as his assistant and also someone who will rub shoulders with our younger schoolboy academy players and guide and advise them. The first month of pre season has been really encouraging. Alex and Ronnie have picked up the baton really quickly. Steve Payne, the Academy Head of Coaching has really helped in their transition from player to coach. It’s been great to see so many feature in 1st team games and we were delighted to see Jack Smith feature in the squad Saturday.
Jack is someone we have been really pleased with and is a direct success of the platform we provide under our Academy squads. Jack joined our Shadow squads at U15 before breaking into the U16 squad. Staying with the scholars all our new recruits have settled Stevenage FC v Exeter City
in remarkably well and for the very first time we have completed a pre season without any muscular injuries. The scholars can take great credit for this as they came back in excellent shape however the hard work and diligent planning of David Bass, our Head of Athletic Development, has seen some really big gains in this area Further down the supply line we have been delighted to secure Woollams Park in St Albans as a base for schoolboy academy games on a Sunday. As the academy structure as a whole gains momentum it was really important to secure better facilities. And so today. Not only is it the first home game of the season for the 1st team it is also the first League game of the season for our U18 and U16 players who entertain Gillingham. One final plus has been the Club’s decision to allow the U18s to use Bragbury End, the 1st team’s training ground, for their home fixtures this season. This is a big thing for our scholars to play their games in such an environment and hopefully their performances will match the unbelievable facilty.
Robbie O’Keefe Academy Manager
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WOMEN A WORD FROM THE GAFFER… Pre-season seems to have flown by. We have our last friendly this weekend away at Oxford City before the league kicks off again on Sunday 18th August. So far I have been relatively pleased with how it has gone. It is always difficult at this time of year when players have their holidays but overall it has been positive and we have taken on two excellent coaches in James Hepworth & Matt Goddard. As well as coach recruitment, we have been able to retain 90% of the current squad from last year which is a huge positive for the club. We have also added some youth and experience to both the first team and development
side, which you can read more about below. Another big positive is that we have three players returning from ACL injuries sustained last season that will hopefully be back in the team very soon. With this you can see there has been a huge lift around the training ground with attitude and work rate in particular.
There won’t be any easy games this season, so we will take the same approach as always – play each game as it comes and look no further than the next one. The coaches and players can’t wait to get season started and we hope to see many Stevenage FC supporters down at the County Ground this season.
Mark Dicker
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SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION
LATEST NEWS WELCOME I am pleased to welcome the fans and supporters of Exeter City to Stevenage this afternoon. It seems like only last week that we played this fixture – (well, it was our ‘last but one’ league home game here at the Lamex). Good to see you guys again, and thank you for making the long journey here to us in Hertfordshire.
FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION As you know, Supporter’s Direct and the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) have recently merged to become the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA). This is the new national body to which all members of the Stevenage Supporters’ Association are affiliated. I am the SA’s delegate to the FSA, attending Southern Region meetings (for all ‘southern’ based clubs) and EFL 2 meetings. I’ll keep you appraised of current topics the FSA are dealing with and you’re always welcome to accompany me to the meetings, the next of which is on September 22nd – venue tba.
BORO BUS Got any “O”’s? Always makes me laugh when I think of that famous “Two Ronnie’s” sketch (only relevant to Boro fans of a certain age though). Well, we’re off to see the “O”s next Saturday. Who of you will come to see the Boro at Brisbane Road? Get thee there with Boro the Bear on our bus which departs the Lamex at mid-day. Only £10 for our members and £15 for
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non-members, door-to-door service with your friendly host, John Carroll.
MEMBERSHIP CARDS Members this season will not only receive the traditional old photo ID card, but a new one issued by the club. This new type will have on it a bar code, allowing members to access numerous benefits which the Supporters’ Association is able to provide. Don’t forget, members this year are entitled to a free commemorative lapel badge depicting the association’s 25th anniversary – very collectable.
Lloyd Briscoe Chairman of Stevenage FC Supporters’ Association
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WELCOME
Guide to new signings:
Going into his second season in charge of Exeter City, manager Matt Taylor has continued to mould his squad after making nine signings ahead of the 2019/20 season.
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and the Grecians have brought in Jonny Maxted, from League One side Accrington Stanley, and Lewis Ward from Reading, who spent time on loan with Forest Green Rovers last season. City also acted to bring in some defensive experience in the form of former Yeovil Town defender Gary Warren, and Tom Parkes who moved to Devon from Carlisle United. Young defender Robbie Cundy joined the Grecians on loan from Bristol City soon after agreeing a deal to move to Ashton Gate fresh from an impressive season with Bath City last year. Youngster Noah Smerdon also joined the City
NICKY AJOSE
Their first recruit came in the form of Nigel Atangana, a dynamic central midfielder who opted to swap Cheltenham for Exeter early in the summer. The Frenchman suffered an achilles injury midway through last season and is soon to be fully fit for the Grecians. The club heavily recruited in the goalkeeping department after Christy Pym and James Hamon departed, 28 | www.stevenagefc.com
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ranks but has been sent on loan to gain experience. One of the club’s most notable signings of the summer came in the form of Nicky Ajose, who agreed to join the Grecians after departing Charlton Athletic. The striker has a great deal of Football League experience and has scored goals for a number of clubs with the Grecians hoping that he can help push the club towards the top end of League Two this season. Another striking recruit saw City bring in Alex Fisher who joined after leaving Yeovil Town following their relegation last season. Fisher turned out 43 times for the Glovers last season and found the net eight times.
HISTORY OF ECFC: Founded in 1901 as a local team known as St Sidwell’s United, the club changed its name to Exeter City Association Football Club in 1904. The club’s early history is notable for their tour of South America in 1914. They played a number of matches against sides from Argentina and Brazil, and they became the first side to play against the Brazilian national team. As a founder member of the Football League’s Third Division the club have spent much of their history playing in the third and fourth tiers of English football. Recent successes have seen the Grecians win promotion from the Conference in the 2007/08 season before winning a successive promotion the following season to put the club in League One. Following Stevenage FC v Exeter City
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relegation to League Two in 2012, the club have remained a competitive side in the fourth division, getting to two consecutive play-off finals at Wembley stadium but just missing out on both occasions under long serving manager, Paul Tisdale. After two promotions, Tisdale departed after 12 years of service as Matt Taylor took the role after some impressive work with the club’s under-23 side. Taylor’s first campaign in charge of City saw them finish in ninth place last season. With wholesale changes at the club from staff to players, the City manager did excellently to compete towards the top of League Two for much of the season, but they were unable to confirm a playoff place as they missed out by just one point. In his playing days, Taylor began his career with non-league side Burscough before going on to play for Team Bath and then joined the Grecians and helpes them to back-to-back promotions. He then spent time with Charlton Athletic before joining the likes of Bradford City, Cheltenham Town and Newport County. www.stevenagefc.com | 29
FIXTURES & RESULTS 2019/20 DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT
BORO SCORERS
AUGUST 2019 Sat Aug 03 Salford City Sat Aug 10
2-0
Exeter City
Tue Aug 13 Southend United Sat Aug 17
Leyton Orient
Tue Aug 20 Bradford City Sat Aug 24 Mansfield Town Sat Aug 31
Macclesfield Town
SEPTEMBER 2019 Tue Sep 03 MK Dons Sat Sep 07 Cheltenham Town Sat Sep 14
Carlisle United
Tue Sep 17
Northampton Town
Sat Sep 21
Forest Green Rovers
Sat Sep 28
Cambridge United
OCTOBER 2019 Sat Oct 05 Colchester United
APPEARANCES PAUL FARMAN.......................................................................... 1 LUTHER JAMES-WILDIN...................................................... 1 CHRISTOPHER STOKES....................................................... 1 SCOTT CUTHBERT.................................................................. 1 THOMAS SOARES................................................................... 1 EMMANUEL SONUPE............................................................ 1 NOOR HUSIN..........................................................................(1) JAMIE FIELDING....................................................................... 1 TERENCE VANCOOTEN....................................................... 1 ARTHUR IONTTON................................................................. 1 DEAN PARRETT....................................................................... 1 DANIEL NEWTON................................................................(1) PAUL TAYLOR........................................................................(1) KURTIS GUTHRIE..................................................................... 1 (Sub appearances in brackets)
Tue Oct 08 Wycombe Wanderers Sat Oct 12
Grimsby Town
Sat Oct 19
Port Vale
LEAGUE TABLE
P
W
D
L
1
Plymouth Argyle
1
1
0
0
3
3
Tue Oct 22 Swindon Town Sat Oct 26
Morecambe
Tue Oct 29 Fulham U21
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Grimsby Town
1
1
0
0
2
3
Sat Nov 02 Scunthorpe United
3
Salford City
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1
0
0
2
3
Sat Nov 16
4
Swindon Town
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1
0
0
2
3
DECEMBER 2019
5
Carlisle United
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1
0
0
1
3
Sat Dec 07 Crawley Town
6
Exeter City
1
1
0
0
1
3
NOVEMBER 2019 Oldham Athletic
Sat Nov 23 Walsall
Sat Dec 14
Newport County
Sat Dec 21
Crewe Alexandra
7
Forest Green Rovers
1
1
0
0
1
3
Thu Dec 26 Forest Green Rovers
8
Leyton Orient
1
1
0
0
1
3
Sun Dec 29 Plymouth Argyle
9
Walsall
1
1
0
0
1
3
JANUARY 2020 Wed Jan 01 Northampton Town
10 Mansfield Town
1
0
1
0
0
1
Sat Jan 04
Colchester United
11
Newport County
1
0
1
0
0
1
Sat Jan 11
Port Vale
Sat Jan 18
Cambridge United
12
Colchester United
1
0
1
0
0
1
Sat Jan 25
Plymouth Argyle
13
Port Vale
1
0
1
0
0
1
Tue Jan 28
Grimsby Town
14 Bradford City
1
0
1
0
0
1
15
FEBRUARY 2020 Sat Feb 01
Leyton Orient
Sat Feb 08 Exeter City
1
0
1
0
0
1
16 Crawley Town
Cambridge United
1
0
0
1
-1
0
Tue Feb 11
Bradford City
Sat Feb 15
Salford City
17
Cheltenham Town
1
0
0
1
-1
0
Sat Feb 22
Crawley Town
18
Macclesfield Town
1
0
0
1
-1
0
Sat Feb 29
Walsall
19 Northampton Town
1
0
0
1
-1
0
MARCH 2020 Sat Mar 07
Crewe Alexandra
20 Oldham Athletic
1
0
0
1
-1
0
Sat Mar 14
Newport County
Tue Mar 17
Swindon Town
21
1
0
0
1
-2
0
Sat Mar 21
Morecambe
22 Scunthorpe United
1
0
0
1
-2
0
Sat Mar 28
Scunthorpe United
23 Stevenage
1
0
0
1
-2
0
24 Crewe Alexandra
1
0
0
1
-3
0
APRIL 2020 Sat Apr 04 Oldham Athletic Fri Apr 10
Morecambe
Mansfield Town
Mon Apr 13 Macclesfield Town Sat Apr 18
Cheltenham Town
Sat Apr 25
Carlisle United
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SPORTSMAN’S DINNER We are delighted to announce that our next Sportsman’s Dinner will be held in the Broadhall Suite on Friday 20th September, with the guest speaker being Ian Holloway. IAN HOLLOWAY He’ll be ably supported on the night by TV and radio presenter and general football nut, Mark Clemmit. With almost 600 first team games to his credit, and just under 1000 games as a Manager, Ian certainly knows his football and his charm and wit has seen him make many TV appearances, he currently makes regular guest appearances MARK CLEMMIT on Alan Brazil’s Sports Breakfast show on Talk Sport. He has some fantastic stories to tell, and he’ll tell them in a way that will have you totally enthralled. As usual, we’ll be serving a traditional three course dinner, expertly prepared in-house by our resident Chef, Tony Start. Tables of 10 are available at £600 with individual tickets also available at £65. Space in the Broadhall Suite is limited so please book early, either by emailing Clive Abrey at clivea@stevenagefc.com or by calling him on 01438 223223.
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RED AND WHITE SHIRTS, RED SHORTS, WHITE SOCKS
1 PAUL FARMAN 2 LUTHER JAMES-WILDIN 3 CHRISTOPHER STOKES 4 PAUL DIGBY 5 SCOTT CUTHBERT 6 THOMAS SOARES 7 CHARLIE CARTER 8 JOEL BYROM 9 JASON COWLEY 10 BEN KENNEDY 11 EMMANUEL SONUPE 12 NOOR HUSIN 13 SACHA BASTIEN 14 JAMIE FIELDING 15 TERENCE VANCOOTEN 16 ARTHUR IONTTON 17 JOEL ROLLINSON 18 DEAN PARRETT 19 DANIEL NEWTON 22 ALEX REID 23 JACK SMITH 24 ANDRONICOS GEORGIOU 25 PAUL TAYLOR 26 JOSEPH WHITE 28 KURTIS GUTHRIE 29 LIAM SMYTH 30 LUIS FERNANDEZ 31 BEN NUGENT 33 TYLER DENTON
MANAGER: MATT TAYLOR
YELLOW AND PURPLE SHIRTS, PURPLE SHORTS, PURPLE SOCKS
LEWIS WARD 1 PIERCE SWEENEY 2 CRAIG WOODMAN 3 NIGEL ATANGANA 4 AARON MARTIN 5 JORDAN TILLSON 6 LEE MARTIN 7 NICKY LAW 8 LEE HOLMES 10 RANDELL WILLIAMS 11 RYAN BOWMAN 12 NICKY AJOSE 14 TOM PARKES 15 GARY WARREN 16 MATT JAY 17 ALEX FISHER 18 DEAN MOXEY 21 JACK SPARKES 22 JONNY MAXTED 23 JAKE TAYLOR 25 JOEL RANDALL 26 ARCHIE COLLINS 27 ROBBIE CUNDY 28 HARRY KITE 29 JOSHUA KEY 30 NOAH SMERDON 31 ALEX HARTRIDGE 34 BEN SEYMOUR 35 JAMES DODD 36 JORDAN DYER 37 WILL DEAN 41
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