Loughborough Students FC Programme Issue 7 by Loughborough University

FOOTBALL LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

SELSTON

UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE TUE 16 NOV 2021 KO 19:45

ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 7

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CONTENTS 4

WELCOME FORM RICHARD ALLEN

TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

10 TODAYS OPPOSITION 11 HOME FIXTURES 13 THE TEAM 14 SQUAD LIST 16 A BRIEF HISTORY 18 FIXTURES AND RESULTS 20 UPCOMING FIXTURES

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V SELSTON

RICHARD ALLEN

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL Good evening and a very warm welcome to the Loughborough University Stadium for our United Counties Premier Division fixture versus Selston.

Saturday saw us narrowly going down to Boston Town 2-1. We started well with an early goal scored by Max Smallcombe but we were unable to capitalise on that good start. This means we sit in 4th place in the league on the same points as Boston, only ahead on goal difference. Selston come to us off the back of a comprehensive 5-0 win away to bottom of the league side Holbeach. This leaves them in 15th place on 10 points. Saturday sees us host Gresley Rovers in second round of the FA Vase. I hope we get a good crowd to see, what I’m sure with be a tough and exciting contest. 3pm kick off. Our Development Team is currently sitting top the Midlands Football Leagues under 21’s Division. Still unbeaten and with only 1 draw I am really pleased with both results and performance of that group. Great work by Stuart Exton and his coaching staff. Our Lightning Women’s team have had a good couple of weeks winning away at Cambridge United 2-1 in the League Cup and 3-0 win away at Solihull Moors FC in the Vitality Women’s FA Cup. We have been drawn away at Stevenage FC in the next round later this month.

We are pleased to welcome the players, supporters and directors of Selston and look forward to what we hope will be an exciting game. Richard Allen Director of Football

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TODAYS TEAMS LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC BEN WHITING (GK)

SAM SMITH (GK)

TOBY LARSEN (GK)

MATTY BOWMAN

KIERAN SMITH

THEO SACKEY-MENSAH

DAMI AGBOOLA

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JOE FRYATT

PATRICK QUINN

JACK COCKRAM

JAKE PAYLING

RORY DAVIS

TAYLOR CONWAY

TOM LAISTER

FINN BRENNAN

BEN MOORE (C)

OLLIE PARSONS

SEAN GREGORY

BEN LE ROUGETEL

OLLIE GRIMSHAW GEORGE LAYTON

CHARLIE ALEXIOU

GEORGE WARD

JORDAN BLACK

PAUL FIELD

CARL MOORE

MAX SMALLCOMBE

PERRY MARRIOTT-LANE

BILLY MYCROFT-EDWARDS

SEMILORE KASSIM

SID KERR

LIAM WEEDOP

ETHAN O’TOOLE

LEWIS RADFORD

TOM IACIOFANO

JAY COOPER

JOE LLOYD

LEYTON WRIGHT

LUKE MARTIN

GEORGE WILSON

DYLAN EDWARDS

TOPE FADAHANSI

CAM MOORE

EOIN MCEWAN

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

The past 3 weeks have been incredibly positive for the programme. The BUCS team sit top of their league, 3 wins away from winning the title, Lightning Development are 6 games unbeaten, and the Lightning first team have had two wins on the bounce in both the league cup and FA Cup. Welldeserved results for the hard work the squad and staff have put into the new programme. We look ahead now to what will be a big test Thursday evening against Nottingham Forrest back in the league. The group have really pulled together, worked hard and reset; ready to fight for an upset this week. by Issy Martin

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

SELSTON

The club was formed in 1968 and played its early football in the Alfreton & District Sunday League, of which they were a founding member. They continued in the league for around eight seasons. For the 1977/78 Season, their attention turned to the Nottinghamshire Sunday Football League in which they finished runners-up in Division Three of the Premier section under the management of Graham (Dart) D’Arcy. In the late 80’s, with the ambition to progress, the club decided to concentrate on Saturday football and joined the Central Midlands Football League. In the 1990-91 season the first team won the C.M.L Division One Cup. In the meantime, the club had taken on board their first junior sides, operating initially in the Rowsley & District Youth League and the Derby City Youth League, Mansfield Youth League, and the Notts Imperial Youth League. The club had a period without senior football and concentrated on the junior section. In 2006 the decision was made to start a men’s team again; a side was entered the Midland Regional Alliance for the 06/07 season. This team had success, winning Division 2 in 2007/08 by a margin of 14 points.. They also won the MRA

Junior Cup that year theylifted the Notts Junior Cup, beating The Three Crowns 3-1 in extra time. A reserve side was started in 2009/10 in the MRA Division Two and despite attempting to keep a pathway open to the first team for junior players, the reserves team proved difficult to keep going. They did have some success, winning the Notts Junior Cup in 2011/12. In 2011/12 the first team joined the Notts Senior League, finishing mid table in the first two seasons and doing reasonably well in cup competitions. The 2013/14 season saw the first team crowned champions of the NSL. In the 2015/16 season the men’s team re-joined the Central Midlands League after an absence of around 15 years. In the first season back in the league they had a mid season streak of 15 successive league wins, helping them to the title and the league trophy at the first attempt. In the 2016/17 season the men’s first team won the Central Midlands League South again, in the new CMFL North/ South set up, and bagged the Buckingham Insurance League Cup. Plans were afoot to upgrade the ground should the team win the league again. Following great work by the committee, managers and first

team players, physical works were completed by March 2017 to enable the ground to be graded ‘H’. The application for promotion was submitted and funding sought for floodlights. Both were successful and, as a result Selston FC would play at step 6 for the first time in their history. The club won several awards off the field in season 16/17 too: FA Charter Standard Club of the Year for Nottinghamshire, FA Charter Standard Club of the Year for East of England Region and Secretary of the year for the Central Midlands league. The men’s reserve team finished 3rd in the Notts Senior League Division Two and were promoted to Division One. East Midlands Counties league saw a solid 4th place finish in our first ever season at step 6. Season 2018/19 will go down as the greatest ever in the club’s history, winning the East Midlands Counties League by 6 points while not having a playing budget. The club also competed in the FA Vase for the first time since 2001, along with qualifying for the FA Cup, as well as Step 5 football coming to The Parish Hall, the clubs highest ever position after a remarkable 6 promotions in 10 years.

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC 2021/2022 SEASON

HOME FIXTURES

DATE

TIME

OPPONENTS

RESULTS

TUE 03/08/2021

KO 19:45

MELTON TOWN

2-1 LOSS

SAT 14/08/2021

KO 15:00

NEWARK

7-0 WIN

SAT 21/08/2021

KO 15:00

NEWARK

3-2 WIN

FRI 10/09/2021

KO 19:45

SLEAFORD TOWN

2-0 WIN

SAT 02/10/2021

KO 15:00

GRESLEY ROVERS

1-1 DRAW

SAT 06/11/2021

KO 15:00

DEEPING RANGERS

TUE 16/11/2021

KO 19:45

SELSTON

SAT 20/11/2021

KO 15:00

GRESLEY ROVERS

SAT 04/12/2021

KO 15:00

LONG EATON UNITED

SAT 11/12/2021

KO 15:00

EASTWOOD C.F.C.

TUE 21/12/2021

KO 19:45

HEATHER ST. JOHN’S

TUE 04/01/2022

KO 19:45

LEICESTER NIRVANA

SAT 15/01/2022

KO 15:00

HOLBEACH UNITED

SAT 22/01/2022

KO 15:00

SKEGNESS TOWN A.F.C.

SAT 29/01/2022

KO 15:00

HEANOR TOWN

SAT 05/02/2022

KO 15:00

QUORN

SAT 05/03/2022

KO 15:00

ANSTEY NOMADS

SAT 26/03/2022

KO 15:00

BOSTON TOWN

SAT 02/04/2022

KO 15:00

PINCHBECK UNITED

5-1 WIN

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC

THE TEAM

RICHARD ALLEN Director of Football

JAMIE CLAPHAM Head Coach

MARGARET FOLWELL Secretary

HARRIET SIMES

Programme Manager Media & Press enquiries h.h.simes@lboro.ac.uk

SPORT SCIENCE

CALLUM FOSTER MEDICAL TEAM

ELLA HUDSON PERFORMANCE ANALYST

OLIVER FAIRS VICE PRESIDENTS

ALAN GOODLEY GRAHAM HERRING GORDON WATSON PETE SIMMONS SHIRLEY HORNER ALEX ACKERLEY MATT STOCK LAURA DALES

TARA PHETHEAN

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC

SQUAD LIST GOALKEEPERS

TOBY LARSEN

BEN WHITING

SAM SMITH

DEFENDERS

DAMI AGBOOLA

CHARLIE ALEXIOU

PAUL FIELD

MATTY BOWMAN

BEN LE ROUGETEL

FINN BRENNAN

OLLIE PARSONS

DEFENDERS

THEO SACKEYMENSAH

KIERAN SMITH

GEORGE WARD

MIDFIELDERS

TOM IACIOFANO

SID KERR

LUKE MARTIN

JOE LLOYD

BILLY MYCROFTEDWARDS

ETHAN O’TOOLE

MAX SMALLCOMBE

GEORGE WILSON

FORWARDS

DYLAN EDWARDS

TOPE FADAHANSI

CAM MOORE

EOIN MCEWAN

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC

A BRIEF HISTORY 1919-20 Earliest records of Loughborough Men’s football date-back to 191920 side, under the name of Loughborough Technical Institute and guidance of Principal Herbert Schofield. In 1920 it became a college of Technology, with the football side winning its first silverware on record in the Northern Junior Cup in 1922.

1930-1970 Loughborough Men won their first University Championship in the 1938/39 season and the Leicestershire Senior League in 1940, after the war they returned to winning ways in the University competition (UAU) from 1947 – 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1959-1963, 1965, 1966 and 1969. In 1966 Loughborough became a University and also competed in the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two until 1972. The 1970s was an extremely important decade for the Club. Three more University titles followed and former student and then lecturer, Mike Holliday, took up the reigns of Head Coach, a role he would continue into the mid-90s. Early signs of

Mike’s rein included an away victory over a Manchester United XI.

THE 35 YEAR WAIT The side waited 35 years for a return to non-league football, entering the Midland Combination for the first time in 2007-08. After silverware in their first season in the shape of the Midlands League Cup, in 2009 Loughborough won promotion as champions to the Midland Football Alliance. 2011/12 Stuart McLaren’s first term ended with a 5th place finish in the Midland Football Alliance and victory in the League Cup, the club’s highest ever honour so far. The League Cup was retained in 2012/13 as the side equalled their highest ever league finishing position in the MFA of 4th. In May 2012 the Loughborough University Stadium was opened with a showcase game against a Spurs Academy team. Many Loughborough Football graduates and staff also started to carve extremely successful Coaching roles in the Professional Game – a trend that continues to this day.

Former players include Bob Wilson (former Scotland & Arsenal), Bradley Pritchard (Former Charlton & Leyton Orient), Robbie Simpson (Cheltenham City former Coventry City, Exeter City, MK Dons), Leon McSweeney (Former Northampton Town & Leyton Orient), George Williams (Mk Dons & Former Barnsley). Other former players and staff are littered throughout the Premiership and EFL, in a coaching and support staff capacity including Kieran McKenna & Eric Ramsay (Manchester United), Sam Erith (England & Manchester City), Nathan Gardiner (formerly Spurs, Fulham), Matthew Prestridge (formerly Sheffield United), Matt Reeves (Leicester City). In 2014 Loughborough University joined the Midland Football League in its inaugural year. The 2016/17 saw the Scholars have one of their most positive starts to the MFL season in a number of years. However, a disappointing run in from December saw the 16/17 season fall away with the club finishing in 18th out of 22. The 17/18 season also saw the appointment of Richard Allen as Director of Football,

LOOKING FORWARD

in January 2018. Richard joined from the FA where he was head of Talent ID. He has extensive knowledge of academy football with previous roles as Head of Academy at QPR and Head of Recruitment at Tottenham.

PROGRESSING Progressing onto the 2018/19 season Alex Ackerley was appointed Head Coach continuing to work alongside Jamie Hawthorne, who has since moved in 2019/20 to work as an Academy Coach at Southampton FC. 2018/19 season ended in a County Cup Final appearance against Coalville Town, with the Ravens, who play at Step 3, winning the game 4 – 1 at Holmes Park. The 2019/20 season saw the Scholars celebrate their Centenary as well as a new

challenge having been moved laterally during the off season into the Uhlsport United Counties Football League. The scholars were sitting in 4th place in mid March when the 19/20 season was deemed null and void due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Yet again the 2020/21 season was affected by the Covid19 virus and Alex Ackerley and his student coaches, Joel Bonner, Callum Crockard and Ben Day saw the season curtailed in January 2021, whilst sitting at the top of the league. Joel moved to Liverpool’s academy during December 2020 to work with the U16s and Ben to Burton Albion shortly after at the turn of the year. Callum will start 2021/22 on his course placement at Southampton, where he will be working in their academy.

The 2021/22 season sees the club return to using the Loughborough Students name across all the teams, both in the leagues and BUCS competitions, with the addition of a reserve team playing in the Leicester Senior League, the U21s will continue in MFL U21s East. This is a new chapter for the Scholars, with experienced, former professional player and pro-licence coach, Jamie Clapham arriving in the preseason as the new University Men’s Head Coach, together with the appointment of a new University Football Programme Manager, Harriet Simes, joining from Birmingham City Women, following the departure of Mat Stock to Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy and Alex Ackerley to pastures new. As always with Loughborough Students FC, you will see some new faces, not necessarily new students, but players who have worked their way through the programme from U21s to earn their place in the performance squad. Everyone is looking forward to the new season, continuing to build on the foundations that Mat and Alex have put in place.

MELTON TOWN

2-1 LOSS

SAT 07/08/2021