Loughborough Students FC Programme Issue 9 by Loughborough University

FOOTBALL LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

LONG EATON UNITED FC

UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE SAT 4 DEC 2021 KO 15:00

ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 9

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CONTENTS 4

WELCOME FORM RICHARD ALLEN

TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

TODAYS OPPOSITION

HOME FIXTURES

11 THE TEAM 12 SQUAD LIST 14 A BRIEF HISTORY 16 FIXTURES AND RESULTS 18 UPCOMING FIXTURES

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V LONG EATON UNITED FC

RICHARD ALLEN

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to the Loughborough University Stadium for our United Counties Premier Division North versus Long Eaton United. Last week we managed a hard fought 2-1 win away at Holbeach United. A miserable and cold saw us score a couple of goals in the 2nd half and looked pretty comfortable until a late goal made it closer than it should have been. Tough and challenging conditions so on reflection a good 3 points Today we face high flying Long Eaton who remain unbeaten in the league this season. We played out a very competitive 2-2 draw away in September and apart from one other draw these are the only points they have dropped. It’s going to be a really tough test for us today, but I feel we are pretty good shape to give them a run for their money this afternoon. We have also been in BUCS action across all our programmes. On Wednesday our Women’s 1’s confirmed their first league title in 9 years with a 7-0 win away versus Leeds Beckett. Played 9 won 9 and the league title won with a game to go. We are pleased to welcome the players, supporters and directors of Long Eaton United FC and look forward to what we hope will be an exciting and entertaining cup game.

Richard Allen Director of Football

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V LONG EATON UNITED FC

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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SAM WILSON (GK)

MARCUS COOMBS (GK)

MITCHELL LEIVERS (GK)

BRAD WILSON

AR STEWART WALKER

LARELL KING

ROMAINE GRAHAM ©

AR SHAUN GARNER

KIERAN WALKER

REFEREE: CAMERON SCOTT

FINN BRENNAN

MITCHELL ROBINSON

OLLIE PARSONS

SAM PARKER

BEN LE ROUGETEL

MARLEY FEARON

CHARLIE ALEXIOU

DANNY GORDON

GEORGE WARD

JOEL VALENTIN

PAUL FIELD

JAMES TAYLOR

MAX SMALLCOMBE

TOM MARSHALL

BILLY MYCROFT-EDWARDS

KAMERON CAMPBELL

SID KERR

ANDREW TSOLAKIS

ETHAN O’TOOLE

BEN HUTCHINSON

TOM IACIOFANO

MICAH JEBBISON

JOE LLOYD

KLEIN GWENERO

LUKE MARTIN

JAMIE WALKER

GEORGE WILSON

ALEX MARSHALL

DYLAN EDWARDS

JAMES SHAW

TOPE FADAHANSI

CAM MOORE

EOIN MCEWAN

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V LONG EATON UNITED FC

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

Last Sunday was a fantastic game for the team as they put in a strong performance to defeat Stevenage FC 2-0 in the Second Round Proper of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup. A great shift and dominant performance from the group which could have resulted in an even greater score line. We now enter the Third Round Proper where we will either face Huddersfield Town FC or Sheffield FC on Sunday 12th December as we look to continue our cup run! Without a league game this weekend, this means the team have plenty of time to recover well and prepare for the next round of the FA Cup. I would also like to congratulate our Women’s Football BUCS 1st Team who beat Leeds Beckett 7-0 on Wednesday to be crowned BUCS Northern Premier League Champions! by Issy Martin

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

LONG EATON UNITED FC

The club was established in 1956 and joined the Midland Football League in 1961. They were founding members of the Northern Counties East Football League in 1982. Long Eaton United has played at Grange Park, Long Eaton, since their founding in 1956. In their first season, the team - then known as ‘The Stripes’ finished second in the Central Alliance League Division One (South). In their second season, the Reserves won the Derby Senior League Cup, and in their third season, the senior team won the Division One (South) Championship. In 1961–62, United were admitted to the reformed Midland Counties League, and finished in a mid-table position. The reserve team took the honours the following season, winning the Central Alliance Division One Championship and the Derbyshire Divisional Cup. In 1965, United won the Derbyshire Senior Cup. Eleven years passed before United won the Derbyshire Senior Cup again. The reserves won the Divisional Cup in seasons 1970-71 and 1971-72, and the Notts Combination Premier Division Championship.

At the end of the 1981–82 season the Midland Counties League and the Yorkshire League merged, forming the Northern Counties East League. United were placed in Division One (South) and struggled for three seasons, until Pete Johnson became their manager. Under his guidance, United won a championship, were League Cup finalists and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1989–90 United moved into the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League, and in 1990–91 were demoted to the Premier Division. In 1992–93 Jim Fairley Sr. re-joined the club as its chairman, and the club reorganised. By 1993–94, United were back in the Supreme Division under Jim Fairley Jr. In 1997, women’s football was introduced for youngsters, and today the club has two senior teams. By 2002, Grange Park was promoted to the Northern Counties East League Division One, followed by promotion to the Premier Division at the end of the 200304 season. In 2008-09, United gained a runners up spot in the Northern Counties East Premier League and were also League Cup winners. In 2014–15, they moved to

Midland Football League finishing third as well as lifting the Polymac Packaging League Cup. Nick Dargan joined the club’s management team. During the 2017/18 season, Mark Clarke and Willis Francis were appointed as Joint Managers of the Men’s first team. Paul Holland and Andy Todd took over management of the first team from December 2018, through to the end of the 2018/19 campaign, with Paul Holland reverting to managing our CFC and Academy sides for 2019/20. Ian Deakin and Craig Swinscoe joined us in February 2020. They were joined by newly appointed first team coach Adam Campbell. After the CFC side clinched promotion by finishing top of the table in the Central Midlands Football League Division One South during the 2020/21 season, a new management team was appointed, brothers Jake and Jack Wood. Now, our first team compete in the United Counties Football League Premier Division North, after a league re-shuffle that saw the Blues switch over from the Midland Football League after several years within the Premier Division.

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V LONG EATON UNITED FC

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

5-1 WIN

TUE 16/11/2021

KO 19:45

SELSTON

3-0 WIN

SAT 20/11/2021

KO 15:00

GRESLEY ROVERS

2-0 WIN

SAT 04/12/2021

KO 15:00

LONG EATON UNITED

SAT 11/12/2021

KO 15:00

SANDBACH UNITED

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

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V LONG EATON UNITED FC

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

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V LONG EATON UNITED FC

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