St Neots St Neots
Town F.C. Town F.C.
Established 1879
Established 1879
President - JohnWalker
BoardofDirectors
CEO-LouiseSales
Chairman-BarryCavilla
Secretary/Director- GaryWilson
CommercialDirector- MarkGearing
DirectorofFootball- IainParr
Director-JezGreen
Director-MikeGreen
BoardMember- BrianBarnes
BoardMember- AndyClay
BoardMember -DanielDodson
SaintsMatchDayTeam
FixtureSecretary- MarionIzzard
Hospitality-AndyandEvelynClay,PaulaRobertson
StadiumAnnouncer- MikeGreen
Music-CharlieGreen
Catering-DianeSales
Media
PressOfficer- MikeGreen
MatchReports-JohnWalker
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GroundStaff
Pitchmaintenance- BarryOakley, BarryCavilla, BobCarpenter
FirstTeam
Manager-CameronMawer
AssistantManager-SteveKuhne Coach-AlexMinall
GKCoach-GaryDean
Physio-CraigLambert
KitMan-MickHunt
U18Manager-MarkPleasants
Assistant-TylaJoseph
Academy
Manager-AlexMinall ClubWelfareOfficer- MickHunt
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Address: RowleyPark,KesterWay, StNeots,Cambs., PE196SL
Website-www.stneotstownfc.co.uk
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Forthepurposesofpublicationofownershipwecanconfirmthatthefollowing arelistedasDirectorsoftheCompany: LeeKearns(Significantinterest70%),IainParr,LouiseSales,GaryWilson,MehmetMimogluandasNonExecutiveDirectors MikeGreen,JeremyGreen,andBarryCavilla CompanySecretaryGaryWilson
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With Director Mike Green
"GoodafternooneveryoneandwelcomebacktothePremier PlusStadiumfortoday‘sEmiratesFACUPPreliminaryRound tie.Inthisedition,weextendawarmwelcometotheplayers, officialsandsupportersofEdgwareandKingsburyFootball Clubandwehopeyouenjoyourhospitalitythisafternoon“.
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WithChairmanBarryCavilla
From The Dugout With Manager Cameron Mawer
"A huge welcome to players, management team, directors and supporters from Edgware & Kingsbury F.C. to the Premier Plus Stadium. My previous association with Hendon saw us share a 4G pitch with Edgware and the management team and manager Rak are brilliant and work tirelessly to get the best out of their side. I know just what a good team they will be”.
They beat step 3 Hendon in preseason and although had a difficult result on Tuesday night, I am under no illusion just how hard a game it will be, especially being the FA Cup. The reward of winning and potentially going against a step 3 side in the next round and also the financial gain is something that every club will be fighting for.
It’s been a up and down last 7 days, I understand with the second half performance everyone went away deflated from Saturdays defeat to Rugby Borough. The first half we were in total control and created a bag lot of chances. To lose 3-0 was a tough pill to swallow and I certainly had some difficult hours and days following. For me it was understanding why it happened and making sure we don’t have too many days like that because ultimately the only thing that matters is the score line and 3 points.
I’d like to use this chance to welcome Dan Walker to the football club from Newport Pagnell. Dan is someone I’ve admired for a long time and I’ve been monitoring his situation, his signing was not a reaction to the defeat as we had already put the 7 dayer in 2 weeks ago
to be able to talk to him. We were waiting for the right opportunity to bring him on board, when players of Dan’s quality come available it’s a no brainer and I know it would give us a boast going forward.
Tuesday night was a similar performance to Saturday but the only difference was just how ruthless we were. Remembering they beat us 3-0 last season in the cup and 2 weeks prior they beat a play off team in March Town 3-1, so they are by no means a walk over. Our performance was one of professional and ruthlessness, some of the football was a joy and I was delighted we managed to claim our first clean sheet of the season.
What a an exciting day in store FA Cup fever is one of hope and excitement and I know you will get behind the boys today and be the 12th player and hopefully help us get over the line and progress into the next round.
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WithChairmanBarryCavilla
With Chairman Barry Cavilla
“GoodafternoonandwelcometothePremierPlus Stadiumfortoday’sEmiratesFACuptieagainstEdgware &KingsburyFC.”.
Iwouldliketowelcomealltheplayers,officalsandsupportersofEdgware&KingsburyFC tothehomeoftheSaints.Littleisknowaboutourvisitorstodaywhoplayinthe combinedCountiesPremierDivisionNorth.Howeverit’stoearlyintheseasontojudge teamsandIamcertainCameronandhisteamwillhavesomevaluableinformation aboutourvistorstodayandIamsurethiswillbeanothergoodcompetitiveCuptie. HopefullytheSaintscanfollowupontheirfirstfewfineperformancesandgiveagood accountofthemselvesandpushhardtobeintheHatforthenextround.
LastweektheSaintsplayedverywellfirsthourandthenRugbydidasmashandgrabin justafewminutesandsaintslookedabitshellshockedinconceding2quickgoalsand neverrecoveredtherecomposuretogetbackintothegameunfortunately.
IamcertainforCameronandtheladsthatthiswillbeanearlywakeupcallthatwhen weareincontrolandcreatingtomakeitcountandfindwaytomanagethegamesout.
TuesdaysawustraveltheshortjourneytoourlocalrivalsGodmanchesterRoversinour 3rdleaguegameofthisseasonandtheSaintsputinagreatperformanceona challenginghardsurfaceandsecuredawelldeservedvictoryand3valuablepoints.
I would also like to take this opportunity to apologise for any inconvenience caused recently regarding cash only transactions at the club ,as we have had major issues with our Internet services and WiFi connection, and we are working closely with providers to sort this problem as soon as possible .
Thankyou all for your fantastic support and we hope you will spread the word to other families and friends to come and join us and enjoy the football and social events in a lovely family atmosphere.
Your Town, Your Team
Barry Barry Barry
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DAMMY
BLAST FROM THE PAST
FA Cup First Round Qualifying
TILBURY 1ST NEOTS TOWN 1
This was St Neots’ poorest team performance of the season so far and yet they were in no real danger of going out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle. Tilbury from the lower level in the Ryman League threatened the St Neots goal very seldom but they got away with a replay because of a single shot that took an awkward bounce in front of St Neots debut goalkeeper Andrew Wilton to find the back of the net. The other team change for the visitors saw the inclusion of Gui Mailancol for his full debut in the place of Isaac Galliford who was on the bench. For the faithful fans that followed St Neots to the Essex coast it was a contest short on entertainment and rhythm and it is unlikely that the side can be quite as inept in the midweek home replay. There was little atmosphere in the sparsely populated ground and the main drama only arrived a minute before the end of normal time when the home side had a player dismissed with a straight red card for a crude challenge from behind on Ryan Hawkins who had been St Neots best player.Defensively St Neots were fairly sound with Tom Ward once again solid and dependable but they never came to terms with the swirling wind and bumpy pitch.
Losing the toss St Neots found themselves playing against the wind and up the slope and were slow to settle although Tom Meechan broke clear of the defence only to be halted by the award of a free kick against his side for an off the ball offence.Neil Richmond had Tilbury’s first attempt on goal – a shot that flew nearer to the corner flag than the goal.Meechan then only just failed to reach a Ryan Frater cross in front of a gaping net after 11 minutes and the visitors looked comfortable with Hawkins tormenting the defence and being brought down in full flight by Jimmy Cook who received a caution. Mailancol was struggling to make his presence felt wide left but he did have one shot into the side netting after 31 minutes. Less than sixty seconds later in their next attack St Neots took the lead. Again it was the tricky Hawkins who created the opening marauding down the left touchline to find Nathan Frater with a precise pass. He had his back to goal but laid the ball in the path of Connor Hall and he scored his third goal of the season with a well-placed low finish.It was no more than St Neots’ first half play had deserved and they might have had a second goal just before the break but Mailancol shot wide after good work by Mitchel-King and Meechan
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Strangely St Neots failed to settle after the break and a lone effort by Mailancol was deflected for a corner as Tilbury began to look more assured. After 52 minutes full back Conor Mead joined the attack to send a speculative cross into the penalty area and Neil Richmond swivelled neatly to hit a well struck volley on the turn and the ball bounced beyond the arms of Wilton as he dived to his right. Three minutes later St Neots almost regained the lead in a smart counter attack as Hawkins played Tom Meechan clear and he skilfully rounded advancing goalkeeper Clarke Bogard only to see Mead scurry back to clear the ball off the line. St Neots were then temporarily struggling as Frater sustained an injury and after failing to recover following treatment he was replaced by Brett Longden. The visitors also reshaped their attack with Isaac Galliford on for Mailancol but the changes had little effect on a rather ponderous second half performance. Bogard did well to save at the feet of Meechan but there was little to suggest that either side would manage to obtain a place in the next round from this match. The rather unsavoury end to the match that brought the sending off seemed to sum up an unsatisfactory contest in which neither keeper had a serious save to make and both sides will look improve in the replay.
St Neots: Wilton, Tann, Wilkinson, Hall, Ward, Anton, Frater, Mitchel-King, Meechan, Hawkins, Mailancol
Subs: Longden(for Frater 55), Galliford (for Mailancol 61), Osei-Addo, Vieira and Sutton.
Cards: Hall (Y – 52)
Goals: Hall (32 mins)
Tilbury: Bogard, Mead, Cook, Smith (D), Pooley, Game, Babalola, Carlile, Aiken, Richmond, Smith (K)
Subs: Edmunds (for Babalola 81), Webb, Awokoya, Duarte and Nightingill
Cards: Smith (D) (RED – 89), Cook (Y – 29), Game (Y – 38)
Goals: Richmond (52 mins)
Attendance: 110
Referee: Will Finnie (Luton)
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Memorial Wall
Wewouldliketoformally announcethattheSaints CommunityMemorial Wallisnowreadyand opportunitiesfor Supporterstoremember theirlovedones,whomay havebeenSaints Supportersthemselves, arenowavailable.
The Wall is completely under cover and protected from the elements and the flowers/shrubbery are cared for and tended to on a daily basis by our dedicated grounds staff. We would like to thank Kite Utilities, Ballinger Construction and Oasis Promotions and Print for all their collective help in getting this project from an idea by Chairman Barry Cavilla to a quite splendid addition to our stadium.
Stainless steel wall plaques are now available for loving messages to be engraved in the following two options:
6” x 4” Stainless Steel Wall plaque – Lasered with black text (feels smooth to touch)
Can come with 4 countersunk screws – or they can be without and glued
Total cost £36.00
8” x 4” Stainless Steel Wall plaque – Lasered with black text (feels smooth to touch)
Can come with 4 countersunk screws – or they can be without and glued
Total cost £48.00
Any interested supporters should contact Chairman Barry Cavilla for further details via email on bcavilla77@gmail.com or in person at The Premier Plus Stadium on a matchday.
Seasons Past - Seasons Past - With John Walker With John Walker
This Edition Focuses on Season
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Edgeware & Kingsbury FC
Year reformed: 2014 Chairman: Antony Manzi Club Website: www.eandkfc.co.uk
GOOD AFTERNOON AND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE PREMIER PLUS STADIUM TO EDGWARE AND KINGSBURY IN THE EMIRATES FA CUP
Although the current club was reformed in 2014, the original Edgware FC club was founded in 1939 by a group of football enthusiasts who worked for the construction and engineering firm, William Moss & Sons based in Cricklewood. The firm had taken over the sports ground located in the High Street, formerly used by Edgware Rugby Club. The club initially played in the West Middlesex Combination, winning the league title in 1939–40. The league was renamed the Middlesex Senior League in 1940, with the club winning the league title again in 1943–44, before sharing the title with Twickenham the following season. They joined the London League for the 1945–46 season and were placed in the Western Section, which they went on to win. They subsequently lost the championship play-off against Eastern Section winners Woolwich Polytechnic. The club joined the Corinthian League for the following season. In March 2014 after a six years’ period of inactivity it was announced that the club was to start playing again. They subsequently joined Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League for the 2014–15 season. In the 2015–16 season the club won the Division One title by ten points and were promoted to the Premier Division. At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to the Premier Division North of the Combined Counties League. In 2022 the club was renamed Edgware & Kingsbury. Last season the club just avoided relegation finishing 19th in the table with34 points from their 38 league matches, and last Saturday they began their new league season away at Holyport, losers in the play-offs last season where they were beaten by a goal to nil.
They arrive here today having beaten Crawley Green in a penalty shoot-out replay of the previous round of the FA Cup. Last season in that competition they lost in the extra preliminary round to Waltham Abbey in an away replay after a home 1-1 draw. In the FA Vase last season, they won 5-2 away at Easington Sports and then won at home in a penalty shoot out to defeat British Airways.However, their third match in that competition ended in an away 2-1 defeat at Cobham.
Previous meetings of our teams: none
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RUGBY BOROUGH (H)
10-08-2024
UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH
ST NEOTS TOWN 0
RUGBY BOROUGH 3
As a distinct and marked contrast to their first two competitive performances in the past fortnight St Neots turned in an immature showing in this, their first defeat of the new season. They were facing a Rugby Borough side that celebrated a second half performance that took them to the top of the fledging league table despite being outplayed for the first hour of this match. St Neots had only frustration to show until early in the second half but then to concede three goals in less than twenty minutes must be a major concern for Manager Cameron Mawer. He had kept faith with his initial choice of line-up naming an unchanged side for the third consecutive time, but he will have been desperately disappointed by the sheer incompetence of his side. Conceding an unlucky opening goal on the hour his side then imploded as they handed all three points to a visiting side that had hardly looked like bothering home keeper James Goff. Now, with matches to come in quick succession in the FA Cup and FA Vase he must rebuild his team’s confidence as his first priority. St Neots began well enough with Jordan Brown having second minute effort blocked in his sides’ first attack. Their impressive start continued as on the quarter hour Kieran Barnes played Rhys Thorpe clear of the defence but visiting keeper John Meadows raved from his line to smother the shot. After their early promise St Neots began to look frustrated with too many forward passes either mishit or misdirected. However. They maintained control of the attacking play with the visitors only credible first half attack fizzling out with Shaun Rudvidzo dragging his finish wide of its target. St Neots domination continued but the visiting defence was seldom tested with too muck wayward passing spoiling St Neots possession. Right on half time Thorpe squandered a great chance to capitalise on the home sides’ domination but he headed wide from a Barnes cross.
The visitors pulled off their main striker at half time and adopted a different approach. However, after a probing attack Barnes had a shot blocked after good approach play by Michael Amaeshike, and when Thorpe was brought down in full flight towards the goal, Oran Jackson was booked but the free kick was wasted.
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RUGBY BOROUGH (H)
10-08-2024
It was becoming clear that St Neots needed some inspiration, and they turned to Harvey Williams who replaced Jordan Brown but before he had time to make an impact disaster struck as a clearance rebounded off another defender and the deflection fell to substitute Cyrus Bruce who -laved the ball in the unguarded net. Within sixty seconds of this setback worse followed as in their next attack the visitors doubled their advantage as Bruce skilfully went along the bye line to set up Luke Downes for a simple tap in finish. St Neots sent on a couple of attacking substitutes but after 77 minutes any hopes of a St Neots comeback was dashed when in a breakaway attack another substitute Antonio Cristofaro put the outcome beyond doubt with his sides’ third goal. St Neots did not give up but their best efforts fell short of seriously testing the visiting keeper although substitute Danny Baulk shot narrowly wide and the lively Harvey Williams saw his net bound effort blocked.
St Neots Town: Goff, Nickels, Culkin, Willis, Parker. Bowen, Furlong, Amaeshike, Thorpe, Barnes, Brown
Subs: Williams (for Brown 51 mins), Baulk (for Furlong 67 mins), Joseph (for Amaeshike 74 mins), George (for Barnes 88 mins), and Francisco.
Cards: Baulk(Y – 87 mins)
Rugby Borough: Meadows, Dawson, Fraser, Proudlock, Jackson, Todd, Downes, McGahey, Wilson, Rudvidzo, Sawyer
Subs: Bruce (for Wilson 46 mins), Cristofaro (for Jackson 56 mins), Blair (for Bruce 75 mins), Little (fot Rudvidzo 74 mins).
Cards: Sawyer (Y – 32 mins), Jackson (Y – 49 mins), Todd (Y – 58 mins), Rudvidzo (Y – 79 mins)
Attendance: 184
Referee: Paul McVey
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GODMANCHESTER ROVERS (A)
13-08-2024
GODMANCHESTER ROVERS 0 ST NEOTS TOWN 4
On the heels of their disappointing weekend home league defeat by Rugby Borough a rejuvenated St Neots handed out a comprehensive beating of neighbours Godmanchester Rovers just 72 hours after that embarrassing humbling. It took them just 15 minutes to run up a 3-0 lead with some clinical finishing and from that point on the victory was assured. The home side that had won at March a week earlier had little to offer as their visitors dominated and the final score could (and perhaps should) have been even more convincing.
The two first starting changes in the St Neots starting line-up this season featured Nathan George in defence for the unavailable Charlie Bowen, and the debut of new signing Dan Walker who replaced Jordan Brown in attack. Manager Cameron Mawer was delighted with the performance as perfect preparation for the two upcoming consecutive matches in National cup competitions.
In their first significant attack after just five minutes St Neots were ahead as Connor Furlong burst through a square lying home defence to open the scoring with a delicious lob. Four minutes later the home defence were in a tangle as Rhys Thorpe retrieved a cross on the left and returned it to the far post where Sam Willis claimed his first St Neots goal. Then, after a quarter of an hour it was 3-0 as Willis blocked an attempted clearance and Rhys Thorpe pounced to claim St Neots third goal in that stunning ten minutes’ spell. However, any thoughts of a complete home massacre were squashed as Godmanchester got their defensive act together although Furlong shot into the side netting and the lively Willis saw another effort blocked by a defender. As half time approached the home side seemed to rally and after 36 minutes the St Neots defence was breached and a Josh Hales chip left James Goff stranded but rebounded from the crossbar to scupper any Godmanchester hopes of a revival.
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GODMANCHESTER ROVERS (A)
13-08-2024
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Themainfeatureofthesecondhalfwasthesteadyintroductionofallfive permittedStNeotssubstitutesasManagerCameronMawercompleteshis plansfortheupcomingNationalcompetitions.Thevisitingsideseemedto concentrate on possession rather than significant attack although home keeperBenNewtonmadeoneexcellentsavetodenyBarnesasecondgoal. SubstituteJamesHatchontoleadtheattackwastwicedeniedbythehome keeper before twice finishing off target. Substitute Danny Baulk should have done better than fire over the bar after good approach work by Murphy Culkin and an off-balance Hatch then fired over the bar after the homedefencehadbeenbreached.
Overall, it was a good preparatory work out for the visitors who will now look to carry they renewed confidence into the upcoming home cup matches.
St Neots Town: Goff, Nickels, Culkin, Willis, George, Parker, Furlong, Amaeshike,Thorpe,Barnes,Walker
Subs: Brown (for Walker 56 mins), Baulk (for Furlong 56 mins), Hatch (for Thorpe 66 mins), Francisco (for Nickels 69 mins), Joseph (for Barnes 72 mins).
Cards:none
GodmanchesterRovers:Newton,Sosoli,Chijota,Arnold,Sirbu,Spark,Khan, Shenille,Hales,Dear,Watson
Subs:Evander(forWatson56mins),Jolly(forKhan81mins),andJanie.
Cards:none
Attendance:184
Referee:WyndhamTrusler
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Opponent Spotlight Edgware and Kingsbury FC
EDGEWAREANDKINGSBURYFCHISTORY
Theclubwasfoundedin1939andplayedintheMiddlesexSeniorLeagueuntiljoiningthe LondonLeague(WesternDivision)fortheDivisionforthe1945-46seasononlyfinishing topofthetablebutlosttheplay-off2-1againstEasternDivisionwinners,Woolwich Polytechnic.In1948theywontheMiddlesexSeniorCup.In1963theclubtransferredto DivisionOneoftheAthenianLeague.Theyfinishedthirdintheirfirstseason,andwere promotedtothePremierDivision.In1966–67theyfinishedbottomofthedivision,and wererelegatedtoDivisionOne.Thiswasfollowedbyasecondsuccessiverelegationto DivisionTwoastheyfinishedbottomofthetableagain.
In1972theclubwasrenamedEdgware.WhentheAthenianLeaguedisbandedin1984 theyjoinedtheLondonSpartanLeague,beforechangingtheirnamebacktoEdgware Townin1987.TheywonthePremierDivisionoftheSpartanLeaguein1987–88and1989–90,andaftertheirsecondtitlewin,werepromotedtoDivisionTwoNorthoftheIsthmian League.Afterleaguereorganisationin1991theywereplacedinDivisionThree,which theywonthefollowingseason.TheywererelegatedbacktoDivisionThreein2001. In2006thenow-renamedDivisionTwowasdisbandedandEdgwareweretransferredto thePremierDivisionoftheSpartanSouthMidlandsLeague.Theywonitatthefirst attempt,alsowinningthePremierCupandtheChallengeTrophy.Theclubwaspromoted toDivisionOneNorthoftheIsthmianLeague,butfoldedattheendofthe2007–08season duetotheirgroundhavingbeentakenawayfromthem.
In2013asmallcommitteejoinedtogetherincludingDanandAnthonyManzi(former secretarytotheclub),DazBloorandKenBatten(formerChairmantotheclub)decidedto pushforwardandreformtheclubbyagreeingalongleaseforKingsburyTown'soldSilver JubileePark(SJP)Ground.ItappliedandwasacceptedintotheSpartanSouthMidlands LeagueatStep6on22ndMay2014.Edgwarestarteditshomegamesinthatseasonat UnderhillwhileworkwasbeingcarriedoutatSJPtolayanew3Gartificialsurface. Promotionin2015/16totheSSMFLPremierDivisionwasachievedwithonly2defeatsin theseason,andaexcellentVaserun,thatwaseventuallyendedinthe2ndRoundby IpswichWanderers.
GroundWorkswerecompletedinJuly2016,bringingthecapacityupto1995,with5 CoveredStands,2ofwhichhaveseatsin.NewFloodlightswerealsoinstalled,withthe groundgainingaCGraderating.
SquadList SquadList
Manager - Cameron Mawer
Assistant - Steve Kuhne
Coach - Alex Minall
GK Coach - Gary Dean
Physio - Craig Lambert
Kitman - Mick Hunt
Squad List Squad List
Manager - Rak hudson
Assistant - Gustavo Angel
Coach - Danny Dyer
Physio - Dominique YeboahJames
JJamesGoff(GK) amesGoff(GK) DammyNickels DammyNickels
NathanGeorge NathanGeorge
RobbieParker RobbieParker
MurphyCulkin MurphyCulkin
CharlieBowen CharlieBowen
LilFransisco LilFransisco
MichaelAmaeshike MichaelAmaeshike
SamWillis SamWillis
KieranBarnes KieranBarnes
JJamesHatch amesHatch JJordanBrown ordanBrown
RhysThorpe RhysThorpe
ConnorFurlong ConnorFurlong
DannyBaulk DannyBaulk JJulinhoGomes ulinhoGomes
ScottJoseph ScottJoseph HarveyWilliams HarveyWilliams
Colours Colours
LightBlueShirts LightBlueShirts
DarkBlueShorts DarkBlueShorts
Dark DarkBlueSocks BlueSocks
Alfie Langford (GK)
Alfie Langford (GK)
Levi Young Levi Young
Kian Morgan Sullman Kian Morgan Sullman
Isiaq Araea Isiaq Araea
Eren Druk Eren Druk
Aarush Yagarajan Aarush Yagarajan
Carlos Bain Carlos Bain
Cheik Hamed Cheik Hamed
Eion Kane Eion Kane
Jesse Effa Jesse Effa
Richard Acheampong Richard Acheampong
Anthony Uzoegbu Anthony Uzoegbu
Dimitros Kapsokostas Dimitros Kapsokostas
Idris Kalokoh Idris Kalokoh
Dan Taylor Dan Taylor
Sinna Taghipour Sinna Taghipour
Adam Pollock Adam Pollock
Jordan Payne Jordan Payne
Co Colours lours
Green/White Quarter Shirts Green/White Quarter Shirts
Green Green Shorts Shorts
Green Green Socks Socks
Referee Thomas Roberts Assistant 1 Freddie Dutton Assistant 2 Adam Haywood
