Loughborough Students FC Programme Issue 12 by Loughborough University

FOOTBALL LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

SKEGNESS TOWN

UNITED COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE SAT 22 JAN 2022 KO 15:00

ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 12

£2

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 SKEGNESS TOWN

RICHARD ALLEN

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to the Loughborough University Stadium for our United Counties Premier Division fixture versus Skegness Town AFC. I would have to say we have had a very good week! Last Saturday saw us battle to a win after penalties versus Saffron Walden in the 4th Round of the FA Vase. Sunday our Lightning team won 3-1 away at Hull in the FA National League and then the men’s team won 5-0 in our mid-week game versus Heather St John. Tope Fadahunsi also had quite a week. An unfortunate own goal v Saffron then missing his penalty in the shoot-out to recover by delivering a first half hattrick v Heather on Tuesday evening. A really strong character who has a really good season. We have been drawn at home in the 5th Round of the Vase to Abbey Hey from the North West Counties Football League on the 12th February. Please put the date in your diary we are hoping, and expecting a big crowd. Our away game versus Skegness was a tight affair and we were probably flattered by our 2 – 0 score line. Possibly one of our longest journeys of the season and could have conceded early on. Goals from George Ward and Tope Fadahunsi saw us through in the 2nd half.

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

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V SKEGNESS TOWN

TODAYS TEAMS LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC BEN WHITING (GK)

SAM SMITH (GK)

TOBY LARSEN (GK)

MATTY BOWMAN

KIERAN SMITH

THEO SACKEY-MENSAH

DAMI AGBOOLA

SKEGNESS TOWN GK

JAMES LAMBLEY

JAKE ASKEW

REFEREE: DANIEL GHENT

LUKE RAYNER-MISTRY

JOSHUA MORRALL

AR LINTON WOOD

DURAN REYNOLDS

KIERAN WRESSELL

AR RAY SHARMAN

CONOR MARSHALL

FINN BRENNAN

CENK ACAR

OLLIE PARSONS

GEORGE HOBBINS

BEN LE ROUGETEL

JONNY LOCKIE

CHARLIE ALEXIOU

BEN DAVIDSON

GEORGE WARD

ELLIOT BROUGHTON

PAUL FIELD

COREY CUNLIFFE

MAX SMALLCOMBE

JASON FIELD

BILLY MYCROFT-EDWARDS

MCCAULEY PARKER

SID KERR

ADAM MILLSON

ETHAN O’TOOLE

HARLEY MILNER

TOM IACIOFANO

JORDAN SMITH

JOE LLOYD

BROOKLYN SOUTH

LUKE MARTIN

JAMIE POTTS

GEORGE WILSON

LENNON STEAD

DYLAN EDWARDS

WILL BRITTON

TOPE FADAHANSI

CAM MOORE

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

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There’s a new feel about the team coming into 2022. A great performance against top of the table Fylde first week back saw 2 Fylde penalties decide the game. Knowing the shift the girls felt confident going into this weekends Hull fixture. Despite awful playing conditions, and going a goal down early on, the team fought hard - three great team goals and all 16 players involved on the day to win 3-1. A sign of things to come in the national league. training has been really good this week and so we’re looking forward to a crucial fixture this weekend in our relegation battle. #Lightningstrikes by Issy Martin

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

SKEGNESS TOWN

Next year marks the 75th anniversary of Skegness Town, who play their football at the new Vertigo Stadium. Their first team is a member of the newly-formed United Counties League Premier Division North. In their last two seasons, though curtailed because of the Covid pandemic, the Lilywhites performed well enough to show that they were strong enough to progress to what is a Step 5 league. Their Reserves now have a presence in the Lincolnshire League. History - 1947 to date After a few successful seasons in the Lincolnshire League and the Central Alliance (South), the club joined the Midland Counties League until 1982, before rejoining the Lincolnshire League in 1983. During 1977 the seasiders played a pre-season fixture against Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest, who nine months later became champions of England. Sheffield United were also regular pre-season visitors to Skegness Town because of family con-nections with the then chairman of The

Blades. Only once have the Lilywhites reached the first round proper of the FA Cup, when they were de-feated 4-0 to Worksop Town. Their progress in the competition in 1985 was halted by Goole Town, who beat them by the odd goal in five. Skegness entered the first ever FA Trophy competition in 1969-70 and competed until 1977, nev-er managing to get past the qualifying rounds. They switched to the FA Vase, reaching the fourth round in 1978-79 and the fifth round in 1981-82. Changes in the ground grading regulations ended the club’s participation until 2017 when they were knocked out by Hull side Hall Road Rangers in the second qualifying round. Last season they were granted a bye in the first round qualifying, and then beat Borrowash Vic-toria 3-0 in the second round qualifying. This summer has seen a number of local lads return to their home town club, with the likes of Luke RaynerMistry, McCauley Parker,

Conor Marshall and Duran Reynolds rejoining Ben Davison, who has been back in the fold for the last few years. Among the notable people associated with Skegness Town was George Raynor, who managed the Lilywhites from 1958 to 1960 after managing the Swedish national side to the World Cup Final against Brazil. Ray Veall started his career at Skegness Town in 1960 before winning the 1962-63 League cham-pionship with Everton. Comedian Charlie Williams finished his football career at Skegness after retiring from Doncaster Rovers in 1959. League Cup finalist with Stoke City in 1964, Calvin Palmer started his career with the Lilywhites in 1957. Former Rotherham United player Peter Madden finished his career with Skegness Town after signing from Aldershot in 1968.

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC V SKEGNESS TOWN

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

0-3 LOSS

SAT 11/12/2021

KO 15:00

SANDBACH UNITED

4-0 WIN

TUE 04/01/2022

KO 19:45

LEICESTER NIRVANA

1-0 LOSS

TUE 18/01/2022

KO 19:45

HEATHER ST. JOHN’S

5-0 WIN

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 12/02/2022

KO 15:00

ABBEY HEY

SAT26/02/2022

KO 15:00

EASTWOOD

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 SKEGNESS TOWN

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 SKEGNESS TOWN

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

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.

3-2 WIN

SAT 28/08/2021