Dunstable Town v Arlesey Town - Tue 15th Oct by Dunstable Town

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ARLESEY TOWN

Tuesday 15th October 2019 Kick Off 19:45 Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division

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OUR CLUB HONOURS LIST

Southern League Central Division Winners 2013-2014 Southern League Championship Trophy Winners 2013-2014 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Winners: 2002–03, 2012-2013 Bedfordshire Senior Cup Winners (12): 1895–96, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2008–09 Bedfordshire Premier Cup Winners (4): 1980–81, 1982–83, 1990–91, 2006–07, 2011-2012 Bedfordshire Intermediate Cup Winners: 1999–2000, 2008–09, 2018-19 Bedfordshire Floodlit Cup Winners: 2007–08 Eastern Junior Cup Winners: 2006–07 Colwyn Cup Winners: 2006–07, 2009–10

WHO’S WHO AT CREASEY PARK Playing Staff Gareth Jackson - First Team Manager Ryan Sturges - Assistant Manager Wayne Upton - Coach Rory McMullen - Goalkeeper Coach Tasos Psarras - Sports Therapist Justin Lucas-Hill - Club Medical Consultant Colin Lauder - Development Team Manager Valentino Qoku - Assistant Manager Samir Amadu - Coach

Non-Playing Staff

Neil Barker - Chairman Andrew Amu - Vice Chairman Andrew Madaras - Club Secretary Dudley Peacham - Treasurer Kristy Lewington - Club Welfare Officer and FA Charter Standard Coordinator Stephen Lewington - Press Officer, Social Media, and Youth Engagement Officer Chris White - Social Media Manager and Club Photographer Katrina Peacham - Committee Clerk and Turnstile Manager Nikki Lauder - Events and fundraising Patrick MacKay - Match-day Merchandising Coordinator Peter Burrows - Community Engagement Officer Vince Dunnell - Youth Section Chairman and Assistant Youth Welfare Officer Adrian Dunne - Youth Section Vice Chairman and Events/Fundraising Kristy Lewington - Youth Section Secretary and Club Welfare Officer Christian Baxter - Youth Treasurer and Assistant Youth Welfare Officer Brad Cawthorne - Match day Camera man Jacqui Dunnell - Match day Hospitality Bradley Fields - Match day Volunteer Jon Keenan - Match day Volunteer

FROM THE BOARDROOM Good evening and welcome back to Creasey Park. It’s our 3rd home game in succession and we welcome the players, officials and officials from Arlesey Town. At the time of writing they are in transition after their management team recently moved on. We hope that period of uncertainty will soon be resolved and know that they will be worthy opponents this evening. If you were a neutral on Saturday, in our fixture against Newport Pagnell, you would have been royally entertained. To be fair we all were, but as the losers I know that you will share my feelings of frustration and ‘what might have been’. Save a devastating 10 minute period either side of half time we showed what a good team we have in development. I stood near to the opposition dug out and it would be fair to say that they were in ‘melt down’ as we moved into a comfortable 2-0 lead. The penalty just ten seconds before half time ultimately changed the whole complex of the game, and to be fair to our opponents they seized the opportunity with both hands. However, in defeat, and when we have finished kicking the proverbial cat, it was heartening to see the Blues came back strongly and nearly grab a deserved point. Those discerning observers will have seen the style of play that we are trying to play, and will also recognise that we are not far from being a very decent team. Cut out the unwanted penalties and individual errors

and we will give any team a thorough test. I am delighted to report another win for our Development team on their travels, this after a rather frustrating scoreless home draw on Thursday. They have started the campaign well and we look forward to the ongoing progress they are making. I wanted to just mention the quality of support you are giving the team, it is both vocal and encouraging, and when you look around the ground we are attracting a real healthy mix of attendees. There are many aspects to supporting a team and we know that if people are welcomed, entertained , and appreciated they will become long term coverts . The match day experience is something that as a club that we are working to continually improve. Please be assured we do not take your support for granted! Talking of support ,we are taking an increasing number of supporters to away fixtures, and I would really encourage you to make the short trip to Tring this coming Saturday. Finally, enjoy the game, exercise your vocal chords, and cheer the boys on to further success.

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GAFFER’S NOTES Good evening and a warm welcome to Creasey Park, especially to the management, staff and representatives of Arlesey Town FC. I wish you all a pleasant evening with us and a safe journey home. Arlesey picked up a solid draw at home to Harefield on Saturday following an impressive 3-0 midweek victory, and so we are under no illusion of what a stringent test this evening will be for us, in the 3rd of 8 games to be played during October. I am writing these notes on Saturday evening directly after a very frustrating defeat at home to Newport Pagnell Town. Having watched the lads execute a game plan to the letter, in order to take what we all thought would be a commanding and deserved 2-0 score line into the 2nd half, we conceded the 4th penalty in 3 games which halved our lead at the break. The second half saw us concede another 3 very soft goals to only one in reply. As I said to the players after the full time whistle on Saturday, we cannot concede 4 goals against the 2nd place in the league and stand any chance of taking points from the game. That said, I also saw many positive points during the match. There were some excellent individual performances and the level of effort and work rate shown was very pleasing throughout. We simply need to continue to work hard on the training pitch and correct the errors in front of our own goal. I am very confident with the quality

and concentration of the squad, this is measurable and achievable. Also with this game only 3 days later, it gives the players an opportunity to get back on the horse (so to speak) There has been a bit of movement around the squad since my last Manager’s notes. Marius Patru (Paddy) has left us, along with Lessa, Tyrik and Dalitso, who has gone on loan to Unite MK. We have however signed Joe Hankins, a seasoned goal scorer from London Colney, along with Ollie Reagan and Harry Shepherd on loan from Walton Casuals. It is pleasing to see some of the injured lads starting to come back into the squad again. Seb Smaith has now made a full recovery, along with Jordan Boyce-Fuller and Kelvin Osei-Addo. Kai McArthur is still in a cast for a few more weeks before his rehab begins. Kachi Njoku and Joe Zunguzah is being treated for groin and knee problems respectively. We obviously hope that Kai, Kachi and Joe make speedy recoveries. So back to tonight’s game, we all hope you enjoy the football and can be the 12th man for us with your singing and clapping. Have a safe journey home and enjoy the game!

Blues u o y n o e Com Gareth

ARLESEY TOWN HISTORY The club was established in 1891. They initially played in the Biggleswade & District League, before joining the Bedfordshire County League in 1922. They were runners-up in the league’s first season, and runners-up in the subsidiary competition in 1923–24. After finishing bottom of Division One in 1925–26, they left the league before returning to Division One for the 1927–28 season. Although they left again after finishing bottom of Division One, the club rejoined the league in 1929, this time in Division Two. The club rejoined the (renamed) South Midlands League in Division Two in 1929–30, winning the Division at the first attempt and earning promotion to Division One. However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the following season. Arlesey won the Division Two title in 1931– 32, but were not promoted and Division Two was not played the following season. They returned in 1936, winning a third Division Two title in 1936–37, resulting in promotion to Division One. Division One became the Premier Division in 1947. The club were Premier Division runners-up in 1950–51 and won the division the following season. They retained the league title in 1952–53, but left to join the Parthenon League in 1954, where they played for four seasons. In 1958 they switched to the Senior Division of the London League. After leaving the London League in 1960, the club returned to Division One of the South Midlands League in 1961.

Despite finishing in the bottom three of Division One in 1961–62, Arlesey were promoted to the Premier Division. They finished secondfrom-bottom of the Premier Division the following season and were relegated back to Division One. However, a third-place finish in 1963–64 resulted in an immediate return to the Premier Division. In 1982–83 the club transferred to the Premier Division of the United Counties League, which they won in 1984–85. However, rising costs forced the club to resign from the United Counties League in 1992, moving back to the Premier Division of the South Midlands League in 1991–92. The 1994–95 season saw the club win the Premier Division with a record 107 points, as well as beating Oxford City 2–1 in the final of the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium. Following the merger of the South Midlands League with the Spartan League to form the Spartan South Midlands League, the club were placed in the Premier Division North, and following league reorganisation at the end of the season, became members of the Premier Division for the 1998–99 season. In 1999–2000 Arlesey won the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, earning promotion to Division Three of the Isthmian League. Their first season in the new division saw them win the title scoring an Isthmian League record 138 goals with a record 100+ goal difference, earning promotion to Division Two. In 2002 league reorganisation saw them placed in Division

ARLESEY TOWN HISTORY One North. They were transferred to the Eastern Division of the Southern League in 2004, before being moved back to Division One North of the Isthmian League in 2006. Another move in 2008 led to the club playing in Division One Midlands of the Southern League, which became Division One Central in 2010. The 2010–11 season saw the club win Division One Central, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2011–12 Arlesey reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time, where they lost 3–1 at Salisbury City. They repeated the feat the following season, losing 3–0 to Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena. The club were relegated back to Division One Central at the end of the 2014–15 season after finishing secondfrom-bottom of the Premier Division. The 2017-18 season proved a very difficult year with a season plagued by injuries and problems and indeed a terrible record of no league wins at home all season saw them unfortunately get relegated from the Southern League.

TAKE FIVE ARLESEY TOWN LAST FIVE SEASONS SEASON LEAGUE

P W D L F A P POS

2014-15 SOUTH-P

44 10 6 28 43 84 36

22/23

2015-16 SOUTH-1C

42 14 5 23 48 87 47

16/22

2016-17 SOUTH-1C

42 14 8 20 55 69 50

15/22

2017-18 SOUTH-1E

42 3 5 34 36 123 14

22/22

2018-19 SSML-P

38 16 7 15 64 70 55

8/20

LAST FIVE RESULTS Sat 12th October