Dunstable Town v Baldock Town - Tue 6th Aug by Dunstable Town

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF DUNSTABLE TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB 2019/2020

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BALDOCK TOWN Tuesday 6th August 2019 Kick Off 19:45 Spartan South Midlands 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 A very warm welcome back to Creasey Park for the 2019/20 season. Sadly, we ended last season in a poor run of form which ultimately led to our relegation. Not something we had anticipated back in February and to be honest a very tough pill to swallow. That said, it’s not good to dwell too long on negatives and we look forward with much optimism to the campaign in the Spartan South Midlands League. We start the season with three home games, two in the league and one in the FA Cup. We welcome our visitors Broadfields United today 3rd August, and Baldock Town on the 6th August . We then host Chipping Sodbury on 10th August in the FA Cup. Broadfields will be enjoying their first season at this level after their runners up spot in 2018/2019 and we welcome their players, officials and supporters to Creasey Park, and trust that they will enjoy their visit if not the result! Baldock Town are coming off the back of a very credible finish in this division last season, and their re-emergence over the last few years is testament to the hard work behind the scenes. We wish them well and look forward to a competitive fixture. In the close season we reappointed Gareth Jackson to the manager’s position and we welcome his assistant Ryan Sturges, who brings much recent playing experience and contacts at this level. They have been busy assembling a squad, which will showcase a number of new faces to

complement those who have returned. Pre- season has been encouraging, and there is a real team spirit emerging and a good number of really eye catching goals to get the juices flowing. Off the field it’s been as busy as always. We have an active and committed committee who freely give of their time, energy, and skill to make us the best that we can be. I am so grateful for their continued enthusiasm and positivity. We have some great deals on Season Tickets and Players Sponsorship, with prices even more competitive than in previous seasons. We’d love you to sign up to these. In addition, we have established our Junior Blues section, which amongst a whole host of benefits, has a number of great discount deals with local sponsors and businesses for the juniors and their families. This is also another step in establishing ourselves as a truly family club. More of that in the coming weeks. So, again, welcome and let’s really get behind Gareth, Ryan and the boys, as we seek to bounce back in style.

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GAFFER’S NOTES Good evening and welcome to Creasey Park for our second league game of the season against Baldock Town. I extend that welcome to Adam Fisher, his staff, players and supporters. I wish them all well and hope they have a safe journey home after the game. I’m writing this prior to both of our opening matches. However regardless of Baldock’s opening result, we are expecting a very tough challenge this evening from a team who finished 5th in the league last season and had some very good preseason results. Our pre-season was successful. We were one of the first teams to start our preseason schedule and I think we benefited from the early start with regards to our fitness and tactical work. We played seven matches in which I had the opportunity to experiment with different formations and players in different positions. Those of you who attended some of our matches also witnessed some very pleasing individual and team goals, that cannot fail to give confidence within the squad for the season ahead. I think the lads deserve that confidence from the hours of physical and tactical training that they all threw themselves into 7 weeks ago. I’m a great believer in training the way you play and playing the way you train, a philosophy that the whole squad has bought into.

I am sincerely hoping that we come into this game with points already on the board from Saturday’s match against Broadfields United and that tonight will see us add to that. I wish you all an enjoyable game!

Blues u o y n o e Com Gareth

BALDOCK TOWN HISTORY Baldock Town Football Club is a football club based in Baldock, Hertfordshire, England. Having originally been established in 1905, the current version of the club was established in 2003. They are currently members of Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and groundshare with Arlesey Town at their Hitchin Road ground. The club were founded in 1905 as Baldock Football Club, and joined the Northern Division of the Herts County League for the 1905–06 season. They won the division in 1920–21 and finished as runners-up in the championship play-off. In 1921 they were renamed Baldock Town, and league reorganisation saw them placed in the North Eastern Division. The league was reduced to a single division in 1923, and the 1924– 25 season saw the club finish as runnersup. However, the league was disbanded at the end of the season, and the club joined Division One of the Bedfordshire & District County League (later renamed the South Midlands League), with the reserves playing in Division Two. They won the league in 1927–28, and although they finished bottom of Division One in 1929–30, they avoided being relegated to Division Two. They remained in Division One until World War II. After the war Baldock rejoined the Herts County League, finishing bottom of Division One in 1946–47. They then switched back to the South Midlands League, winning

Division Two in 1947–48 and earning promotion to Division One; the reserves subsequently joined Division Two. The club won Division One in 1949–50 and were promoted to the Premier Division. After finishing as runners-up in 1953–54, they left the league, switching to the Parthenon League. They remained in the league for five seasons, before joining the Senior Division of the London League, finishing bottom of the division in 1959– 60. However, after four seasons they rejoined the Premier Division of the South Midlands League. They subsequently won the league in 1965–66, 1967–68 and 1969–70. In 1983 Baldock switched to the Premier Division of the United Counties League, finishing as runners-up in their first season. After finishing as runners-up again in 1986–87, they were promoted to the Southern Division of the Southern League. They remained in the division until the end of the 1994–95 season, which saw them finish as runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to the Southern Division at the end of the 1996–97 season. In 1999 the club was transferred to the Eastern Division when the league was restructured. After the 2000–01 season they left the league and folded. In 2003 the club was reformed as

BALDOCK TOWN HISTORY Baldock, with the team composed of former members of the Baldock Town youth team. They joined Division One of the North Hertfordshire League. After finishing third in 2004–05, they were promoted to the Premier Division. The club were founder members of the North & Mid Herts League in 2006, and were placed in the Premier Division. During the year the club was renamed Baldock Town. After finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division, they were promoted to Division One of the Herts County League. They won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2008 they were renamed again, this time becoming Baldock Town Letchworth following a move to playing home matches in Letchworth. However, they reverted to being Baldock Town in 2011 after returning to Baldock. The club won the Premier Division in 2011–12 but were denied promotion due to their ground failing the necessary ground grading. After finishing as runners-up the following season, they were promoted to Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League after agreeing a groundshare in nearby Hitchin. In May 2015, the club announced they would move to Stotfold to play at Stotfold Football Club’s Roker Park. After two years at Stotfold, they relocated to Arlesey Town’s Hitchin Road ground.

TAKE FIVE BALDOCK TOWN LAST FIVE SEASONS SEASON LEAGUE

P W D L F A P POS

2014-15

SSML-1

40 18 6 16 76 53 60

10/21

2015-16

SSML-1

38 26 4 8 93 41 82

3/20

2016-17

SSML-1

40 29 5 6 109 45 92

3/21

2017-18

SSML-1

38 26 10 2 99 27 88

2/20

2018-19

SSML-P

38 20 7

11 76 47 66 5/20

LAST FIVE RESULTS Sat 03 August