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 & winners 2018/19
MEDIA Website : http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk Twitter : @SandbachFC_1st Instagram: @sandbachfc_1st Facebook : @sandbachunited1st
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 Acting Club Chairman : Peter Colclough Acting Club Secretary : Oliver Byron 1st Team Secretary : Mike Senior Programme Editor : Vacant Head Steward : Roy Lane Media :Will Parsons & Jay Rowlands Manager : Andrew Hockenhull Assistant Manager: Junior Brown Coaches: Jason Doggett, Roy Lane Goalkeeper Coach: Andrew Kimber
Executive Committee : Oliver Byron, Ian Dolman, Liz Clarke, Danielle Taylor
Welcome Welcome to our facility at Sandbach United. These are unprecedented times in terms of football spectatorship and we would like you to feel as safe and welcome as possible now that spectators are once allowed on site albeit in a limited capacity today of 300 Spectators.
We have entered into partnership with Repcliffe who have kindly provided the club with electrosan sanitizer which is located conveniently around the site. We encourage its use.
Sadly capacity at our bar area is also reduced and can only hold 30 persons at any one time under the COVID risk assessment for the facility. Please bare with us as this may make some of the licencing and catering aspects subject to queues and delays. (Where possible please use contactless payment methods)
You will have been recorded and tested as part of the track and trace process I would like to reassure you in that all information provided will remain private. If you have been before you will most certainly notice some changes to the facility with new fencing, ball stop netting and plenty of licks of paint and new sponsorship boards and of course the latest addition the digital scoreboard. We have made a lot of progress this year and hope to translate that progress on the pitch for our spectators. I hope you enjoy your day with us, feedback is welcome
Wythenshawe Town History The club was founded in 1946 as the North Withington Amateur Football Club and was the idea of some young men who attended St. Crispin’s Church on Hart Road in Fallowfield. The first committee was held in the lounge of a house in Garswood Road, Fallowfield and in attendance was Eric Renard, Brian Honeysett and others. Stan Hahn became involved much later, but then totally immersed himself in the club. The club first played in the South Manchester & Wythenshawe League (1946 - 1958) and were subsequently transferred to the Lancashire & Cheshire Amateur league (1958 - 1972). It was in 1972 the club applied and were accepted into the Manchester league, when up until 1974 all games of football were played at Hough End Field, Princess Road, Withington. In June 1974, under the helm of Chairman Billy Moore, the club’s headquarters were moved from the Princess Hotel in Withington to the newly acquired ground at Timpson Road, Baguley, M23 9LL where three pre-fabricated houses were purchased and turned into a clubhouse with a bar, kitchen and changing facilities. After numerous discussions, it was decided to name the ground after the residing Chairman (Stan Hahn) and the Club Secretary (Eric Renard) out of respect, honouring them as founding members, hence the name Ericstan Park. And it was at this point, the club decided to design a new badge incorporating a cockerel and a fox; the cockerel related to founding member Stanley Hahn (the German for cockerel is Hähnchen) and the fox to founding member Eric Renard (the French for fox is Renard), to forever recognise the club’s founding members. Continued…
Wythenshawe Town History In 2014 and under new Chairman Kenny Hope, the club transferred to the Cheshire League Division 2 and went on to become history-makers, making national headlines as they won every single league and Cup game, 39 games in total, earning the side the title, ‘The Invincibles.’ Back to back promotions on their debut in the Cheshire League, and with a working partnership in place with professional football club Fleetwood Town, the club set their sights firmly on bringing semi-professional football to the club for the first time in history. That ambition came to realisation at the end of the 2017/18 season after two seasons in the Cheshire Premier League when the club secured promotion to Step 6 and the Hallmark Security North West Counties League South Division, heralding a new era at the club. There were further changes at the beginning of 2019 when Chris Eaton took over as Chairman with a promise to put the club on a sound business footing. Promotion was narrowly missed at the end of the season but with Manager James Kinsey and his coaching team in charge the club looked forward to the new campaign with optimism. The optimism proved well-founded as the club showed its confidence in the players and management team was justified with some remarkable highlights and a run in the league that left them in third place and looking forward to a future in the next level. Continued …
Wythenshawe Town HIstory Their greatest run of success was in the FA Vase where a series of victories against Goole Town, Nostell Miners Welfare, Skelmersdale United and Northwich Victoria saw them matched against competition favourites big-spending Consett Town. A draw at home saw Wythenshawe visit the North-East for the replay but the FA’s experimental rule-change for the competition saw the team short of six players while their opponents had a full squad to choose from. Even so it was a narrow onenil defeat that saw their visions of Wembley come to an end. The highlight of the season was a remarkable two-one away victory over high flying National League North stars Curzon Ashton in the Frank Hannah Manchester Senior Cup and their last game before the season was brought to an end by COVID-19 was in the semi-final of the Division One Cup against Sandbach United.
SANDBACH UNITED PLAYERS
ADAM CLAYTON
CHRISTOPHER ROWNTREE
DEREECE GARDNER
THOMAS DAVIES
CONNOR COURTNELL
ELLIOT LANE
ARON MCGRATH
CONNOR SUTTON
KEILAHN ANNIKEY
BOBBIE MCDONNEL
DANNY HAMLETT
KRIS STOCKTON
BRAD COOPER
DECLAN O’RIORDAN
CALLUM EVANS
SCOTT EVANS
SANDBACH UNITED PLAYERS
HARRY WALKER
LUCAS BAKER
JACK HART
THOMAS WAKEFIELD
SEAN MOSCROP
ROBBIE HATTON
JOSH LANE
KIERAN GARNER –KNAPPER
KIERAN O’DONNELL
STEPHEN JONES
MATTHEW PEARSON
RYAN MOSS
Sandbach United League Fixtures
Sandbach United League Fixtures
SANDBACH UNITED 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. Cont...
Sandbach United 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 ÂŁ2 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 North West Counties Division one league for the 2016/17 season. The clubs first season in the NWCFL D1 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.
Sandbach United History 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 Only a few days ago Sandbach United were awarded one of the highest accolades recognising the achievement of the club in its relatively small time as a football entity when it won the National Grass root club of the year award from the FA.
PRE SEASON RESULTS It has been a good pre season for Sandbach United this year with the team trying hard to eradicate some of the scoring and finishing issues from last season.
SANDBACH UNITED 6-0 FOLEY MEIR SANDBACH UNITED 2-1 GREENALLS PSO ROCESTER 0-2 SANDBACH UNITED SANDBACH UNITED 1-0 1874 NORTHWICH SANDBACH UNITED 5-3 HAUGHMOND SANDBACH UNITED 5-3 MACCLESFIELD TOWN XI
NEXT FIXTURE SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER—FIRST DIVISION CHALLENGE CUP FINAL (AFC LIVERPOOL V SANDBACH UNITED OR WYTHENSAWE TOWN) SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER—FA VASE EXTRA QUALIFYING ROUND (SANDBACH UNITED V STAPENHILL) SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER—START OF THE NWCFL LEAGUE
THE SEASON AHEAD After the spread of COVID 19 the FA curtailed the 2019/20 season and it was decided that the season be null and void. This had some quite serious knock on effects into this season 2020/21 as it meant that the restructuring of the football pyramid did not take place as anticipated. This season as a result will almost be a re-run of last year meaning once again promotion for the top four finishers in the league , a great opportunity to progress up the leagues. We aim like I am sure all of the other teams to be one of the four teams. We also welcome to our league FC Isle of Man which will bring with it some travel difficulties but equally a whole new experience for players and fans. Of course we only have to make the trip once whilst they must travel at least 19 times. The introduction of FC Isle of Man sadly was at the cost of FC Oswestry who sadly folded under the pressure of the pandemic, a shame as they joined the league at the same time as us so we had an affinity with them. This year we do not feature in the FA Cup as we missed out on the lucky draw system in place for places at step 6, having said that if we are honest with ourselves we did not really earn the right from last season. We do however take place in the FA Vase and face a home tie on the 19th September against Stapenhill. We also rerun this cup from last season to finalise the result the winner to face AFC Liverpool in the final, the draw to take place after todays game. Sandbach hold the 2-1 advantage with two important away goals which could be a factor. This is a cup we are keen to win as current holders of the cup and a chance to win it back to back. (Ironically the last team to win the cup back to back was AFC Liverpool)
SANDBACH UNITED WIN AWARD Sandbach United are proud to have been named FA National Grassroots Club of the Year 2020. Manchester United Ladies manager, Casey Stoney visited our facility a number of weeks ago to officially announce that we have been selected to win the prestigious award and the committee have been readying for this day whilst trying hard to keep the secret. Well today we can shout it from the rooftops after the official FA twitter feed made the announcement just after 12:30. We couldn't be prouder of this club, from relatively humble beginnings in 2004 to everything you see today, over 700 players spread across 48 teams playing out of our fantastic Hind Heath Road facility. Head of Football, Oliver Byron said "This award belongs to everyone involved in this wonderful club. Its for every player, coach, volunteer, parent and anyone else connected to us and help us do what we do. Its a very proud day for the club, the town and the community". To watch our video, visit Twitter or follow the link https:// twitter.com/FA/status/1298589503372906496
Sandbach United have this week announced an extension to a long-term commercial partnership with local Waste Management and Environmental Solutions business, Planet Environmental. The football club and the Company have been commercial partners since 2012 and Sandbach were delighted to announce an extension to that, stating: "A wave of change has swept through Sandbach United over the lockdown period. People who visit us this season and have been before will be sure to spot the differences as soon as they arrive both visually and in the attitude of the club towards progression. A key factor in this forward momentum of the team over the last 9 years has come from local Sandbach based business Planet Environmental who are experts in waste management and environmental solutions. www.planetenvironmental.co.uk be sure to check them out for your business needs. People will have noticed that we have kept the same main sponsor on the front of our playing strip since entering the NWCFL in the 2016/17 and the keen eyed Cheshire based teams will recall the business having sponsored us for 4 years prior to that as well, in fact it is safe to say without the support of this incredibly supportive and community focused sponsor we simply would not have had the resource and backing to enter the league in the first place. The new sponsorship deal will help to ensure a good level of football is present in the town" Secretary, Mike Senior adds..... “I am pleased to announce that after some very constructive negotiations we have agreed a new four year significant sponsorship deal with Planet Environmental which will see them as our shirt sponsor until the conclusion of the 2023/24 Season. In addition the company sponsors the team tracksuit, supporter shirt and provides us with a rather special technical upgrade in the form of an LED scoreboard which is impressive at this level of football. The team will look smart and uniformed and this will help to provide the mind set to progress as a team on and off the pitch, lots of things are starting to fall in place now. Sponsorship at local level is paramount to the survival of teams at our level, and as a market town and demographic we are not blessed with a great amount of resource to pursue for sponsorship, so having this kind of working partnership, in fact friendship as well with Planet Environmental and its owner Wayne Burton is a dream come true for a step 6 club. We can’t thank Wayne enough for his input and partnership it is simply astonishing what he has done for us and we would love to repay him with a successful season” Planet Environmental can be found at www.planetenvironmental.co.uk or contacted by phone on 01270 750461 or email sales@planetenvironmental.co.uk
SANDBACH UNITED SET THE TONE ON POST LOCKDOWN SAFETY During the lockdown period, a group of volunteers from the first team at Sandbach United Football Club have been working hard to get the facility fit for the start of the new season. Whenever that may be. Despite making improvements to the facility, the biggest priority for the club is the safety of the players, supporters and volunteers. So when the guys from Repclif Chemical Services Ltd presented Sandbach United with their 4in1 sanitising product, Sandbach’s safety concerns were eased. Repclif Chemical Services Ltd is an innovative chemical manufacturer based locally in Crewe. Last year, as Qualkem Brands, they launched a revolutionary sanitising product called Electrosan into the leisure sector and have seen a massive uptake in product demand since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak. The sanitizer is proven to kill similar enveloped viruses to COVID-19, killing 99.9999% germs in just 12 seconds, and amazingly is over 100 times more effective than regular household bleach. Electrosan is different to many other hand sanitisers as it is non-alcoholic. It contains Hypochlorous, a pH neutral acid that replicates the body's own natural antiseptic to help prevent infection. It is baby and pet friendly and harmless to the environment, being so much kinder to hands compared to alcohol based sanitisers that sting and dry out your skin, damaging sensitive hands. Electrosan is also a skin antiseptic so great for astro turf grazes, and its doesn't sting when applied. Qualkem Brands has already given away thousands of bottles to help local care homes across Cheshire during these difficult times, but also has a desire to see local sport restart, but in a safe manner. When we spoke to Ivan Anketell–Clifford, Managing Director at Repclif Chemical Services Ltd, he expressed his passion for the product, saying “we are delighted to be able to share this product with the local community. To date the product has been exclusively supplied to frontline services. We are now working on an 'On the Go' kit that will allow everyone to safely get back to their daily routine as the lockdown is lifted." Ivan went onto to say "as a sports enthusiast, I am keen to see the return of sport as its positive impact on people's wellbeing is paramount. We are privileged in Cheshire, if not regionally, to have a flagship sports facility at Sandbach United and it would be just perfect to see the club lead the way when it comes to the safety of their players, staff, supporters and away team visitors." Sandbach United have around 3,500 to 5,000 visitors on a weekly basis, the safety and welfare of all their guests is paramount. Therefore, the club will be building hand sanitising stations all around the facility, they will be positioned on fences around the first team pitch, in the club house and in the changing rooms. The benefits of this is that all visitors, whether they are players, supporters, children, or parents feel safe and know that they are in an environment where their safety is a priority. As a football club we hope that this will revolutionise the way that football clubs are portrayed. We feel like if we can lead the way when it comes to hygiene then hopefully other clubs will follow and then we can get to playing the sport that we have been lost without recently as soon as possible. So, if you do happen to come down to Sandbach United Football Club when it eventually reopens, be sure to check out the stations that are situated around the facility and make full use of the sanitising products on offer, as it will go a long way to help Sandbach United is a safe environment to be for all ages.
MANAGERS NOTES I would like to welcome the officials, players and supporters of Wythenshawe Town on your visit to our football club, and I hope you enjoy our fantastic hospitality. It seems an eternity since we last played a game of competitive football which was of course the first leg of the cup back in March some 5 months ago when re ran out 2-1 winner , as such this really will be a step into the unknown in terms of what teams will be fielded and it should make for an exciting game so we are glad of having the slight advantage of the 2 away goals. We go into this game on the back of a very successful pre season campaign which saw us win 6 from 6 and against some good quality and challenging opposition so feel we are ready for the game today, although we note that Wythenshawe Town had an equally good pre season We have made additions to our squad this season and those at the game today will see a mix of familiar and new faces each one has earnt their place today facing tough competition from within but sadly we are without a couple of cup tied players in Tom Wakefield and Kieron O’Connell. Enjoy the game
Andy
GOAL
Y/R CARD
Y/R CARD
GOAL
LUCAS BAKER
CALLUM JACKOVLEVS
DANIEL BARTLE
DOMINIC SMALLEY
ADAM CLAYTON
JEROME WRIGHT
BRADLEY COOPER
LEE GREGORY
CONNOR COURTNELL
MICHAEL THOMAS
THOMAS DAVIES
MATTHEW ROBERTS
CALLUM EVANS
BRAD BYRNE
SCOTT EVANS
JACK TIMMONS
DEREECE GARDNER
SAM JONES
KIERAN GARNER-KNAPPER
LIAM CRELLIN-MYERS
DANNY HAMLETT (GK)
EDDIE COOPER
JACK HART
JAN PALINKAS
STEPHEN JONES
MAX LEWENS
JOSH LANE
CONNOR BROTHERTON
BOBBIE MCDONNELL
FENTON REEVES
ARON MCGRATH
STEVEN YARWOOD
SEASN MOSCROP RYAN MOSS (GK)
KIERAN OCONNELL DECLAN ORIORDAN MATTHEW PEARSON CHRISTOPHER ROWNTREE KRIS STOCKTON CONNOR SUTTON HARRY WALKER A HOCKENHULL J DOGGET / J BROWN PAUL KELLY REFEREE : ZAC BAMBER
MANAGER COACH PHYSIO ASSISTANT 1: GEORGE DENNIS
J KINSEY D WHITESIDE S LAMPIER ASSISTANT 2: JOSHUA CLIFFE