Loughborough Students FC Programme Issue 21 by Loughborough University

FOOTBALL LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

PINCHBECK UNITED FC

UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE TUE 5 APR 2022 KO 19:45

ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 21

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CONTENTS 4

THOMAS RANKIN

TODAYS TEAMS

WELCOME FROM JAMIE CLAPHAM

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

TODAY’S OPPOSITION

HOME FIXTURES

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

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THOMAS RANKIN

21/07/1995 - 03/2022 We would like to welcome you to join us in a minute’s applause today to remember Tom Rankin. Tom studied English and Sport Science at Loughborough University between 20142017 and was a member of Loughborough Students FC.We are devastated to inform you that Tom passed away unexpectedly at the end of March. He will be missed dearly by the Loughborough Family. Our thoughts are with Tom’s friends and family during this time.

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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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ALEX SMITH (GK)

CHARLIE WILKINSON (GK)

REFEREE: AIDAN MURPHY

DANIEL WORTHINGTON

JACK FIXTER

AR STEWART WALKER AR STEWART GLENDENNING

NEAL SPAFFORD

NATHAN STEVENS

BEN ROBSON

FINN BRENNAN

JOE MELSON

OLLIE PARSONS

OWEN SHERIFF

BEN LE ROUGETEL

ZANE MILLAR

CHARLIE ALEXIOU

BEN JOHNSON

GEORGE WARD

ANDRE WILLIAMS

PAUL FIELD

HARRY PEASGOOD

MAX SMALLCOMBE

PATRIK KACIREK

BILLY MYCROFT-EDWARDS

KRISZTIAN GAGYI

SID KERR

KYLE ONYON

ETHAN O’TOOLE

SPENCER WEIR-DALEY

TOM IACIOFANO

ELLIOT FOSTER

JOE LLOYD

JOE COTTINGHAM

LUKE MARTIN

GEORGE WILSON

DYLAN EDWARDS

TOPE FADAHANSI

CAM MOORE

JOSH BAILEY

ANTHONY LYNN

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JAMIE CLAPHAM

HEAD COACH Good afternoon and welcome to today’s UCL Premier Division North game here at Loughborough University Stadium. I’m delighted to welcome Pinchbeck United management team, players, officials and supporters. This is our final home game of the season and a time for reflection. Unfortunately I can’t write about looking forward to a trip to Wembley this year after losing on Saturday but what a season it has been. We currently sit fourth in the league with six games left. We have become BUCS Champions for the first time in 9 years. We reached the semi final of the FA Vase for the first time in our History and we have had a crowd of over a thousand supporters in the stadium. Unfortunately this will be the last time some of the students will play at the stadium in a loughborough shirt. We hope to see them graduate and flourish away from the university. They have been a credit to the shirt, themselves and to me as their Head Coach and I thank them. We hope to finish as strongly as possible this season setting us up for a well deserved break and then back for the 2022/23 season.

As always thank you for your support and enjoy the game! Jamie Clapham Head Coach

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

Good afternoon and welcome to the men’s final home game of the 21/22 season. It has been a tough week for the football programme after the Men’s Team were defeated by Littlehampton in the Semi-Final of the FA Vase as well as the Loughborough Lightning Team suffering a 4-2 defeat to Stoke. I know the men’s team will be disappointed however, they should be immensely proud for what they have achieved this season and the cup run they have been on. As for Loughborough Lightning, the defeat to Stoke now mean’s it is vital we pick up a few extra points towards the end of the season to ensure Tier 3 football for next season. We have 5 games to go and are just 2 points clear of the relegation zone therefore, it really will come down to the wire. The team have been fantastic in recent weeks and I have complete confidence that they will not let this knock them and will bounce back as we face Burnley at home at the weekend. It would be great to see some of you there supporting the girls in what will be no doubt a competitive game.

by Issy Martin

H: MATC NEXT 0 April v’s ay 1 Sund ley, Home Burn 4.00 KO 1

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

PINCHBECK UNITED FC

1930’s - History suggests that there was a football team in Pinchbeck as early as the 1930s. 1950’s - We joined the Premier Division of the Peterborough & District League in 1958. We won the Lincolnshire County Cup in 1957/58 and the picture of that triumph is still displayed at Knight Street. 1980’s - We were Premier Division Champions in 1989/90, retaining the title the following season. This was under the stewardship of Dave Arnold. 2011 (2012) - We were Champions again in 2011/12 and won the PFA Senior cup at Peterborough United’s Ground to complete the Double. This was Ian Dunn’s first spell at the club. 2015 (2016) - Dunn was to re-join the club in the 2015/16 season with Allan Ross and together they forged a formidable team. After a poor start to the league campaign, we went on a great run to finish 3rd that term and won the Presidents Shield. 2016 (2017) - We retained the Presidents Shield in the 2016/17 season, and we gave ourselves a nickname. “The Knights” were born and we went on to gain promotion to the United Counties League. The nickname was born from the home of Pinchbeck United in Knight Street, however with the ground unable to meet United Counties League Standards we were forced to leave our home and rent the Sir Halley Stewart Field in Spalding.

2017 (2018) - The 2017/18 season was the first time at Step 6 and we rose to the challenge winning the United Counties League Division 1 title with games to spare. 2018 (2019) - In 2018/19 we were in the United Counties Premier League and finished a creditable 4th in the League and reached the Hinchingbrooke Cup Final. 2019 - 2021 - The 2019/20 & 2020/21 seasons were difficult time for the club on and off the field not registering any wins in the disrupted and ultimately expunged seasons due to Coronavirus. 2021-2022 – Under new management with Lewis Thorogood and his backroom staff as well as a new look squad the club is once again excited to see what the future brings in step 5 football.

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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

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.

2-1 WIN

SAT 29/01/2022

KO 15:00

HEANOR TOWN

4-1 WIN

SAT 05/02/2022

KO 15:00

QUORN

4-2 WIN

SAT 12/02/2022

KO 15:00

ABBEY HEY

3-0 WIN

SAT26/02/2022

KO 15:00

EASTWOOD

2-0 WIN

TUE 01/03/2022

KO 19:45

HOLBEACH

9-0 WIN

SAT 05/03/2022

KO 15:00

ANSTEY NOMADS

SAT 12/03/2022

KO 15:00

WYTHENSHAWE TOWN

2-0 WIN

SAT 26/03/2022

KO 15:00

BOSTON TOWN

2-1 WIN

1-1 DRAW

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FC

THE TEAM

JAMIE CLAPHAM Head Coach

SAM STEWART Assistant Coach

HARRIET SIMES

MARGARET FOLWELL

Programme Manager

Secretary

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

SPORT SCIENCE

CALLUM FOSTER MEDICAL TEAM

LAURA DALES

ELLA HUDSON PERFORMANCE ANALYST

TARA PHETHEAN

OLIVER FAIRS VICE PRESIDENTS

ALAN GOODLEY GRAHAM HERRING GORDON WATSON PETE SIMMONS SHIRLEY HORNER ALEX ACKERLEY MATT STOCK RICHARD ALLEN

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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

BILLY MYCROFTEDWARDS

LUKE MARTIN

ETHAN O’TOOLE

JOE LLOYD

MAX SMALLCOMBE

JOSH BAILEY

GEORGE WILSON

FORWARDS

DYLAN EDWARDS

TOPE FADAHANSI

CAM MOORE

ANTHONY LYNN

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.

DEEPING RANGERS

5-1 WIN

WED 10/11/2021