OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2018/19 SEASON
Price £2.00
Tuesday 7th August 2018 KO 7:45pm Match Ball Sponsor: Wedding Bliss
CLUB DETAILS Club Name : Sandbach United Football Club Legal Entity : Unincorporated Ground : Sandbach Community Football Centre Address : Hind Heath Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3LZ Telephone : 01270 768389 County Affiliation : Cheshire FA Year Formed : 2004 Record Attendance : 1400 v Crewe Alexandra Legends (2014/15) Previous Leagues : Staffordshire County Senior League, Cheshire League Honours : Crewe & District Cup winners 2015/16, NWCFL Division 1 (Reusch Cup) Finalists 2016/17
MEDIA Website : http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk Twitter : @SandbachUtd & @SandbachFC_1st Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Sandbachutd
CLUB COLOURS Home colours : Blue/White shirts, Blue shorts and stockings Home goalkeeper colours : Green shirt, Black shorts and stockings Alternative Colours : Maroon shirts, shorts and stockings Alternative goalkeeper colours : Yellow shirt, Black shorts and stockings
CLUB CONTACTS Club Chairman : Paul Reel Club Secretary : Will Newton 1st Team Secretary : John Clayton Programme Editor : Jack Beresford Head Steward : Roy Lane Manager : Andrew Hockenhull Assistant Manager: Junior Brown Physio : Paul Kelly Coaches: Stuart Tulloch, Roy Lane, Tony Ledwards Goalkeeper Coach: Andrew Kimber Executive Committee : Paul Reel, Mike Senior, Ian Dolman, Will Newton, Darren Williams, Peter Colclough, Sandra Buckle
MANAGERS NOTES Good evening and welcome to Hind Heath Road for our 1st home fixture of the 2018/19 season. Firstly I’d like to welcome the officials, players and supporters of Cheadle Heath Nomads to their first away fixture in the Hallmark Security League Division 1 South! Of course we have met several times previously in our Cheshire League days when we always had competitive matches. I’d also like to thank to todays match ball sponsor “Wedding Bliss” of Sandbach for their support. We have had a busy close season changing the structure around the 1 st team backroom staff, with the addition of Tony Ledwards - assistant coach and Steve Thomas in charge of our finances. From last season we have lost the following players, Jordan Davies who has returned to Wales and Ryan Cattermole has also returned to his home town in Clitheroe. We have had a great pre-season fixture list, with some very good results and these have helped me prepare for the start of this season. You will see a lot of new players, namely Aiden Houghton, Jack McKay, Elliot Ledwards, Billy Buckley, Steve McNichol, Harrison Bostock, the return of Kieran GarnerKnapper and the fans favourite Mike Blundell (Mouse). All these players will be a big influence on our push to get promoted to the Premier Division. Don’t forget that we have our 1st FA Cup fixture next Saturday and it would be great to see you travel on the coach with the players, see The Fan Zone page for coach ticket details. Enjoy the evening and thank you for your continued support.
Andy
SANDBACH UNITED – CLUB HISTORY Sandbach United Football Club was established in 2004 when Sandbach Albion and Sandbach Ramblers joined forces in their quest to improve the football facilities in Sandbach. Hence the R & A on the club badge. In January 2004, the membership of Sandbach Albion and Sandbach Ramblers voted in favour of amalgamation, with the aim of playing as a single club from the start of the 2004/5 season. Sandbach Albion was formerly known as Hays Junior Football Club and was founded in 1994, playing on the pitches of what was then Albion Chemicals. As health and safety issues became more prevalent in the 90’s, they left that site and for 5 years the senior home ground was at Sandbach Cricket Club. The younger sides played their games at junior schools throughout Sandbach. Sandbach Ramblers Youth Football Club was formed in 1995 to provide access to schoolboy football for the youth of Sandbach. Of course there had been a Ramblers team in the town before, Sandbach Ramblers were initially formed over 100 years ago, playing in the Cheshire County League and winning the Cheshire FA Senior Cup in 1914, before folding in 1975 reforming in 1979 and disbanding in the late 1980s.
SANDBACH UNITED – CLUB HISTORY In 2006 Sandbach United formed the adult team, which initially competed in the Crewe and District League before moving to the Staffordshire Senior League First Division and then being promoted to the Premier Division for the 2008/9 season. In 2011, the club was awarded grants by the Football Foundation and the local council of over £2 million to build a 3G pitch and 9 grass pitches, together with changing rooms and an education facility. The Sandbach Community Football Centre was opened early in the 2011/12 season. United switched to the Cheshire League in 2011 and won promotion to the Premier Division for the 2013/14 season before moving to The Hallmark Security League for the 2016/17 season. The clubs first season in the Hallmark Security League was better than they could have dreamt, winning the Macron Club of the Month in December, finishing in 6th place and the playoffs in Division 1 as well as being Reusch First Division Challenge Cup Runners up. Their goal keeper, Ryan Moss also collected two Reusch Keeper of the Month awards. In another first for the club, the 2017/18 season saw the club enter The FA Vase with a home 2nd Qualifying Round fixture against AFC Emley. The club has over 600 players and 40+ teams that operate from its Hind Heath Road base. United have teams playing in the Mid-Cheshire Youth League, and the Cheshire Girls League among others, and the age range covers adults and veterans teams right down to Soccer School for Reception and Year 1 children.
CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS – CLUB HISTORY Cheadle Heath Nomads was formed in 1919, immediately after the First World War The club is, therefore approaching its centenary. A photograph of the team around that time shows a bizarre combination of ages was necessary to get a team together and for obvious reasons. With the war over a group of individuals (Messrs. Sanderson, Bentley, Hopwood, Hulme, Johnson, Taylor and Nuttall) began a fund raising project to raise £1000 (some money in those days) to buy the piece of land 'on the other side of the bridge' in Cheadle (as opposed to Cheadle Heath!) to create a sports club for the area and in 1921 the club opened with Cheadle Heath Nomads at its core, although it also provided facilities for Cricket, Tennis and Ladies' Hockey. The gentlemen named above became the first Trustees of the club and the club remains a Trusteeship, owning its own land with all the pros and cons that entails. Nomads joined the Lancashire and Cheshire AFL and, after a brief break in 1927 stayed in the L&C until 1994. The club struggled for money in the 1930's and even changed its club colours from green and yellow quarters to white. Every player had to bring his own white shirt! The colours changed again to claret and blue after the 2nd World War and they remain the club's colours today. The club thrived immediately after the 2nd World War with some improvements in infrastructure with the erection of a Nissan hut with a bar etc. and the teams became hugely successful, especially in the early 1950's. Players at that time such as Doug Berry, Johnny Whittaker, Bob Stuart etc. became the backbone of the club for several years after they had finished playing! Nomads had often contemplated moving into the Mid Cheshire League (now The Cheshire League) but had been constrained by the presence of cricket with a corner of the football pitch forming part of the cricket outfield. With the demise of the cricket section (tennis and hockey had finished already) and success on the field a step up into the Mid Cheshire League was the obvious way to go.
CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS – CLUB HISTORY The hard-working committee, based around Roy Welsh and Jim Hardie had been strengthened by the Gibbons family (George, Dave and John) and the club moved forward with confidence. Winning the 2nd. Division in its first season, Nomads consolidated in the First Division until 2004 when it merged with Linotype F C. Linotype were in the same league (now The Cheshire League) but were having problems retaining the facilities at The Silver Wings Club in Timperley. At the same time Nomads were struggling both on and off the field (Roy Welsh and George Gibbons holding the fort) and a merger of the two organisations made sense, especially as the committee would incorporate two grafters in Brian McGuinness and Jim Calderbank. Cheadle Heath Nomads became Linotype Cheadle Heath Nomads. There then followed a generally satisfactory playing record until the Cheshire Football League championship was won in season 2013-14. Nomads has remained in the top echelons of the league since (coming 2nd, 5th. and 4th.) Over the same period there were significant improvements to the playing surface and the facilities with the addition of new changing rooms, the erection of a 50 seater stand and a significant spend on improving the drainage, all with a view to moving into the NWCFL for season 2019/20. The re-structuring of the NWCFL for season 2018/19, however, provided an opportunity too good to miss whilst at the same time providing a significant challenge for a group of individuals to do two years work in one. George Gibbons (the same one), Steve Jenkins, Ian Taylor and Paul Farmer have put in a mountain of work and with Roy Welsh (the same one) steering the ship, especially financially, the club's facilities will soon include floodlights (by the start of the season), hard standing and new barriers, standing accommodation, spectator toilets etc. - and with more improvements to come. It also provided an opportune time for the club to change its name back to the original Cheadle Heath Nomads F.C. in time for its centenary next year.
SANDBACH UNITED PRE SEASON ACTION
SANDBACH UNITED PRE SEASON ACTION
SANDBACH UNITED 1ST TEAM WOULD LIKE TO THANK
SANDBACH UNITED 2017/18 PLAYER AWARDS
Ben Cadman - Clubman
Chris Rowntree - Managers Player
James Kirby - Players Player
James Kirby - Top Goal Scorer
Ryan Moss - Supporters Player
Chris Rowntree – Newcomer
Ryan Allcock - Young Player
Ryan Allcock - Goal of the Season
Photographs by Chris Cadman
FAN ZONE On Saturday, the 1st team travel to Parkgate FC in the clubs first ever FA Cup match. You too can join us in Rotherham and travel with the first team for only £10. Coach tickets are available now from the Sandbach bar. Match tickets will be available on the day, Adults £5, Concessions £3. If you are making your own way there, the address is Parkgate F.C., Roundwood Pavillion, Green Lane, Rotherham, S62 6LA (click for directions if viewing online). Entrance is behind the bus stop between the two rows of houses. Turn in directly in front of Wing Wah Chinese take away. Lets get behind the boys and give them some support in this historic match! In the event of a draw, the replay will be held on Tuesday 14 th August at Sandbach with a 7:45pm kick off.
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SANDBACH UNITED 2018/19 STAFF ANDY HOCKENHULL
DONNY BROWN
Manager
Assistant Manager
PAUL KELLY
STUART TULLOCK
Physio
Coach
ROY LANE Coach
TONY LEDWARDS Coach
ANDY KIMBER Goalkeeper Coach
Tom Holden talks to Ryan Cattermole at the end of last season, about his time at Accrington Stanley’s Youth Academy and his love affair with nonleague football at Sandbach United. This article first appeared in the Technical Area, reproduced with permission from Tom Holden. I was four when I fell in love with football. My mum took me to a training session in Clitheroe, Lancashire, where I then started with local side Clitheroe Wolves. I used to kick anything and everything in the house, so it was probably a good idea of theirs and one I’m glad they made. As a junior football player I spent a short time at Manchester City, then 18 months at Blackburn Rovers and three years at Accrington Stanley. When I was younger I just wanted to play football and although being scouted is something that everyone wanted, I loved playing with my mates a lot so it didn’t bother me too much. I think parents can be too pushy, dreaming of their kid being the next Wayne Rooney coming through the academies at seven-years-old, which isn’t good for anybody. I’m glad mine just let me enjoy my football. I left Blackburn because I just didn’t enjoy it anymore and I was only eight so my parents didn’t question it and I didn’t go back. It was when I got to high school that I really enjoyed the academy environment because I was more serious about my football. I joined Accrington when I was 13 after a friend’s dad recommended me to the coach. I went down to train with them, not expecting too much, but they signed me after that first session. I was elated. Most lads who played junior football would’ve killed to be in my position.
At Stanley we trained twice a week and played on Saturday. In my last year there, I would miss school on a Wednesday morning to train as well. The teachers weren’t entirely happy about that. The coach I worked with there, Dmitri Lavrinovic, moulded us into a formidable squad and we were confident going into any game, against any opposition. The team were expected to be incredibly fit and we were given heavy fitness sessions in pre-season training or if a game was called off. I got on board with his philosophy pretty quick. Looking after yourself personally is vital in the development of players as it makes you more disciplined. My friends started going out drinking to parties and I’d be at home, eating right and getting enough sleep. On Tuesdays, Dmitri would start the training sessions by going over the goals we’d scored or conceded, analysing the patterns of play that led to the goals. It was then our job to figure out what we should have done instead, or what could be improved on. This enhanced my tactical knowledge of the game for the future. This was then combatted with an ‘attack vs. defence’ scenario on the Thursday where we’d stop at different points and analyse where best to position ourselves, runs that should be made or which pass would be the most decisive. We also worked a lot on movement off-the-ball, switching the play quickly and playing out from the back. They were useful tactics for playing good football and giving your teammates the most options whilst they’re on the ball. Our manager used to say you should always have three options on the ball, but if you haven’t got the ball, then your job is to try and be that option. After three years of being at Accrington, I was released. All I really remember was the coach saying that I wasn’t what the youth team manager was looking for going forward. I was devastated. I was being let go and it didn’t seem to be because I wasn’t good enough, or wouldn’t make it, just that he had other ideas. It hurt. On the way home from being given the news I asked my dad if he could ring the Clitheroe Wolves manager. I didn’t want to dwell on it, I just wanted to
play football with my mates again. I also signed for two other teams, Whalley Juniors and Hurst Green’s senior team. I was playing three games most weekends, but I was back enjoying my football. Once I turned 18, I moved on to play at non-league team, Clitheroe F.C. I loved it there. Representing my home town, whom I watched when I was younger, was a great buzz. It was a good introduction into the non-league game. I was playing alongside men who play for more than just the love of the game. There was that will to win and succeed and every game mattered to the team, fans, committee and coaches. It helped me develop the mental side of my game, knowing people were relying on me for their own happiness. I’m currently playing for Sandbach United, in the North West Counties league. One thing that is different from being at Accrington is our game preparation. Tactics are different for every team, but unless you’re at a professional level, it isn’t easy to implement tactics that exploit your opponent’s weaknesses as you haven’t got the same pre-match analysis. Therefore we focus a lot on our own strengths. We’ve developed a couple of set piece routines that we’re all savvy with and it’s led to quite a few goals for us this season. We get our danger men in positions they can threaten the opposition the most and it’s worked for us so far.
Alongside Sandbach, I’ve also played for University at Manchester Metropolitan University and recently the England University Football team. The standard is impressive, and with a lot of the lads playing non-league, I found that same passion and drive in my teammates that I’ve grown to love.
I’ve had plenty of good memories to reflect on so far in football, but nothing really beats winning trophies with your mates whether it’s school, junior or men’s football. I’ll always look back on those memories the fondest. A few of the Accrington lads are now playing at a professional level and the rest at a decent non-league standard. I was gutted to be let go, but I love the game possibly even more than I did then and I try not to think too hard about the future. All that matters to me is whatever pitch I’m walking on to next, I’m in the 11 walking off it with three points. See Ryan's last gasp winner against Carlisle City from last season at http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/videos/ryan-cattermole-scores-thewinner-sandbach-v-carli-125810.html
HALLMARK SECURITY LEAGUE DIVISION 1 2017/18 SUMMARY
Goals
Aaron TYRER
1
Jake CHADWICK
Liam DANAHER
2
3
Adam CLAYTON
Terence BUTLER
3
4
Elliot LEDWARDS ©
Ash CRANK ©
4
5
Kris STOCKTON
Joe HARE
5
6
Ryan ALLCOCK
Philip YUILLE
6
7
Josh LANE
Craig COATES
7
8
Billy BUCKLEY
Kieran HIBERT
8
9
James KIRBY
Kayle POWER
9
10
Kieran GARNER-KNAPPER
Liam MILLEN
10
11
Michael BLUNDELL
Steve KIRBY
11
12
Aidan HAUGHTON
Adam STUART
12
14
Luke WHALLEY
Ebbie REZAYAN
14
15
Steve McNICOL
Danny BROWNE
15
16
Matt PEARSON
Jack BENSON
16
17
Stuart TULLOCH
Nathan BECKETT
17
1
Ryan MOSS
2
18
18
19
19
20
20
Cards
Manager Andy Gray Assistant Manager Wayne Jones
Cards
Goals
Manager Andy Hockenhull Assistant Manager Junior Brown