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Saturday 3rd August 2019 Kick Off 15:00 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 Welcome to Creasey Park for the start of a new and exciting season. A special greeting also to Liam Bird, his staff, players and the supporters of Broadfields United. I hope you all have a pleasant afternoon and safe journey home after the game. I also extend that welcome to Adam Fisher, his staff, players and supporters of Baldock Town. 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 from a team who finished 5th in the league last season and had some very good preseason results. I wish them all well and hope they have a safe journey home after the game. To my knowledge Broadfield United are a new opponent for us this afternoon, as I cannot recall playing them before in recent times. They did very well last season in securing a 2nd place promotion into the division and like us will be keen to start the season strongly and get some early points on the board. As I hope you can see, many things have happened since April, both on and off the pitch with regards to new players and new first team staff, so allow me to introduce my new management team: Firstly my Assistant Manager Ryan Sturges, who I first met a few years ago whilst he was a player at Tring Athletic, where I was coaching at the time. It became clear quite quickly that we shared similar footballing philosophies and remained in

contact throughout the rest of his playing career. He is sound tactician who has a wealth of experience and is now a very valued member of my staff. During the close season Ryan and I have employed Wayne Upton as a first team coach, Rory McMullan as our goalkeeper coach and Brad Cawthorne our new performance analyst. During the summer we also said goodbye to our sports therapist Seana, who has been accepted on a new career pathway as a paramedic. We thank her and wish her every success in her new career. Following Seana’s departure, we have employed an excellent new sports therapist in Tasos Psarras. Today is his first game with us and I’m sure everyone in the club will make him feel welcome. On the pitch you will also see many new faces. Recruitment has been non-stop throughout the summer with a mixture of experience and youth coming into the squad. I am also very happy to state that there has been a number of players that have remained from last season’s campaign namely Ben Collins, Daniel Trif, Kieran Ogden, Davide Pobbe, Marius Patru and Ehban Nancarrow-Martin. We are also delighted to welcome back Rio Dasilva after his horrific broken leg back in December. I am sure that the old and the new will entertain you all this season with good exciting football. So please keep clapping and cheering!

BROADFIELDS UNITED HISTORY The club was established in 1993, and joined the Southern Olympian League. They were Division Four champions in 1994–95, after which they joined Division One of the Middlesex County League. The following season it was renamed the Senior Division, and Broadfields were champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1998–99, they were not relegated. However, in 2003–04 the club finished bottom of the Premier Division again and subsequently left the league. They returned in 2007, joining Division One West. Despite finishing second-frombottom of the division, they were promoted to the Premier Division for the 2008–09 season. They withdrew from the league towards the end of the 2009–10 season, resulting in their record being expunged, but returned to the Premier Division for the 2010–11 season. In 2011–12 Broadfields won the Premier Division Cup, retaining it the following season. In 2014–15 a terrific end to the season saw Ryan Duffy and Chris Webster lead their side to promotion to the Spartan South Midlands League Division One. The side lost just one of their final ten games and were granted promotion on the final day. The 2015/16 season was the clubs first season in Spartan South Midlands League football saw them achieve an 11th place

finish. The side also reached the semifinal of the Division One Cup. The Sunday Side completed a quadruple, winning the Harrow Sunday Challenge Premier Division, the Premier Cup, the Champions Cup and the Jack Walker Cup. In the 2016/17 season the First team, under the guidance of Mark Barnham, Liam Bird & Ryan Duffy, won the Middlesex Premier Cup by defeating Hillingdon Borough 4-1 at Northwood FC’s ground. They also reached the second round proper of the FA Vase. The 2017/18 season saw he First team, under the guidance of Liam Bird, Mark Barnham & Ryan Duffy, successfully defend the Middlesex Premier Cup by defeating landlords, Harefield 1-0 at Harrow Borough FC. Success continued 5 days later when they triumphed in the Spartan League Challenge Trophy cup final when they beat Risborough Rangers in the final 3-1. Finally, first time in the club’s history, they booked a place in the FA Cup for the forthcoming season after finishing 4th in the league. In 2018-19 Broadfields finished second to high flying and the clubs landlords, Harefield United, leading to promotion to Sthe Premier Division and Step 5 football.

TAKE FIVE BROADFIELDS UNITED LAST FIVE SEASONS SEASON

LEAGUE

POS

2014-15

MCL-PD

4/16

2015-16

SSML-1

11/20

2016-17

SSML-1

102

11/21

2017-18

SSML-1

4/20

2018-19

SSML-1

2/20

LAST FIVE RESULTS Sat 20 April