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STOWMARKET V GRAYS ATHLETIC
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SATURDAY 12th MARCH // ISTHMIAN LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION
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GAMEDAY SAT 12th MARCH // ISTHMIAN LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION
STOWMARKET TOWN GRAYS ATHLETIC
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Neil Sharp
Stowmarket Community Sports and Social Club CIC Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1JQ 01449 612533
DIRECTORS: Nigel Jarvis, Stuart Loftus, Neil
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Sharp, Michael Prentice (Director adult football) John Griffin ( FA grading infrastructure) Vicki Theobald (company secretary) Delwyn Prentice (commercial) MANAGER: Paul Musgrove ASSISTANT MANAGER: Richard Wilkins
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GOALKEEPING COACH: Paul Walker
Eastern Counties League First Division Winners: 2016-17 Suffolk Premier Cup Winners:
PHYSIO: Mark Blenkinsop KIT MANAGER: Doug French RESERVES JOINT MANAGERS:
1962-63, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1990-91
Craig Brown
Suffolk Senior Cup Winners: 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1964-65, 2006-07
UNDER-18’S MANAGER: Liam Hawkins
Suffolk Junior Cup Winners: 1907-08 Essex & Suffolk Border League Winners: 1950-51 Essex & Suffolk Border League Cup Winners: 1950-51, 1951-52, 1970-71, 1991-92, 1994-95
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VICE CHAIRMAN: Ian Moyes
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UNDER-18’S ASSISTANT MANAGER: Ellis Smith and William Wharton-Richardson YOUTH CHAIRMAN: Kevin Blundell
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WORDS FROM THE MANAGER
PAUL MUSGROVE
WE ARE BACK AGAIN AT THE HOME OF NONLEAGUE FOOTBALL
PAUL M USGROVE SP ON SOR E D BY
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We welcome you all to Greens Meadow this evening. We extend this to the players, staff and committee of Grays Athletic
With 10 games to go in the league. 5 of these are at home. Sing your hearts out, bang the drum and cheer in the lads as it makes such a huge huge difference.
We are back again at the home of nonleague football off the back a very hard game against Basildon. With the cal of last weeks game against neighbours Felixstowe it was a free weekend.
I hope we all push together to see how far we can go. Please keep showing your continued support for the whole club and teams as it’s massive to us all on match days.
Injuries to Kane Munday are a teaches man’s that’s how quick things can change in football as at Great Wakering we had everyone available. This two will be out for two weeks.
Muzzy
Ted Allen is still out with his knee injury and is making progress but this is slow and needs to be monitored through Mark our physio and Russ the S&C Coach. If you haven’t noticed or unaware ground improvements are in progress to get the ground grading required to stay at step 4 or move onto step 3. If anyone reading the notes can help in anyway please contact the club via Twitter or the Club Website. We all need to remember where we are at and where we have been and stay grounded. It’s tough because over the last five years we have had more ups than downs so we when we don’t perform at all of our high standards it feels like a loss. We have no god given right to think any game will be easy.
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STOW TOWN 0 BASILDON UTD 0 SAT 26TH FEBRUARY 2022 Match Report: Iain van der Ree
A FRUSTRATING AFTERNOON FOR THE OLD GOLD AND BLACKS AS BASILDON SECURE GOALLESS DRAW Stowmarket’s keeper James Bradbrook and his backline marshalled so effectively by captain Tom Bullard have one of the meanest defences in the league this season, so it was no surprise that Stow ended February with clean sheets in all their four league games. However, the expectations of crowd of 373 that came to watch the league leaders, who have scored plenty of goals this season, were subdued by Basildon’s own defences which have vastly improved since the last time these two teams met at Gardiners Close in November with Stow bringing back the points. The visitors had a couple of chances in the first half with Bradbrook having to make a diving save and Bullard coming to the rescue to snuff out a rare scoring opportunity. At the other end the Essex side managed to frustratingly breakdown the majority of Stowmarket’s attacking play to great effect. The second half continued along similar lines but with greater intensity from the home side as they looked for that all too elusive goal, with Basildon keeper and captain Emmanuel Olajide looking very assured in goal, stopping everything that Stow could fire at him to earn his side a well deserved draw.
STOWMARKET TOWN 1 James Bradbrook 2 Chris Casement 3 Josh Curry 4 Ben Hunter 5 Joe Jefford 6 Tom Bullard 7 Willie Clemons 8 Jack Ainsley 9 Luke Brown 10 Craig Parker 11 Reginald Thompson- Lambe
BASILDON UNITED 1 Emmanuel Olajide 2 Ellis Ashworth 3 Aundre Wholas-Spencer 4 Samuel Carter 5 Valckx Fernandes Mendes Da Graca 6 Henry Lukombo 7 Fahad Nyanja 8 Nathan Fuma 9 Joe Wright 10 Daniel McCullock 11 Hassan Nalbant
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MATCH PHOTOS
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C H RI S CASE ME NT SP ON SOR E D BY MOR L EY ’ S M O B & K EVIN B LU N D E L L
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GRAYS ATHLETIC MANAGER PAUL JOYNES ASSISTANT MANAGER ADAM FLINT HEAD COACH ALEX O’LEARY COACHES DAVE ROSS DANNIE TIPPETT ALLEN HALES ASHLEY MILLER LAYERS P PAT AHERN JOE BEDFORD KAI BROWN ANOINTED CHUKWU LEWIS CLARK RIMMEL DANIEL LEWIS DARK ARON GORDON MITCH HAHN MACAULEY JOYNES DAVID KNIGHT CALLUM LEAHY JACK MCQUEEN FREDDY MONCUR GEOFREY OKONKWO JOE PAXMAN DANNY SAMBRIDGE RYAN SAMMONS JAMES SMITH JOSH WRIGHT
MANAGER PAUL JOYNES
HISTORY The roots of the modern day Grays Athletic can be traced back as far as 1888, although 1890 has become the de facto established formation date. The reasons for this disparity are almost certainly lost in the mists of time. Grays Athletic therefore celebrated its centenary in 1990, played at The Recreation Ground, Bridge Road from 1906 to 2010, and became members of the Athenian League in 1912. Grays became very strong after the Second World War, winning the Essex Senior Cup in 1945 and winning the Corinthian League and Cup in 1946. They rejoined the Athenian League in 1958 where they remained until 1983.
In 1981 the Club Patron Mr Ron Billings purchased the ground and the Club was reformed as a Limited Company in 1982 under the guidance of Jeff and Fred Saxton. In 1983 a fire destroyed the 400-seater stand that included the dressing and kit rooms. Ron Billings came to the rescue by building the Ball Court Complex that included dressing rooms, club room and bar. Grays went on to become Isthmian Division 2 Champions in 1985. The 1987-88 season saw the Club promoted to the then Vauxhall Opel Premier League after amassing 100 points. They then won the Essex Senior Cup and the Essex Thameside Trophy. A great FA Cup run in 1988-89 ended in the First Round proper, losing 2-0 away at Bath City. Grays won the League Cup, defeating Enfield in 1991-92. In 1993-94 and 1994-95 the Club won the Essex Senior Cup by defeating Billericay Town on both occasions. Relegated to Division One in 1997, they returned to the Premier Division in 1999-00. The FA Cup campaign in 2000-01 ended with defeat in the First Round proper for the third time, losing 4-0 away at Reading. This signalled the start of major changes with Mike Woodward installed as Director of Football, Craig Edwards as Manager and the departure of Jeff and Fred Saxton after 25 years of loyal service. Season 2002-03 started poorly and saw Edwards depart, being replaced by Mark Stimson as player manager who appointed Scott Barrett as his assistant. Ahead of the 2003-04 season, the Club made the bold decision to turn most of the players into full time professionals, with the majority of players in their early twenties. Despite being knocked out of the FA Cup in the second qualifying round, 2004-05 became the most successful in the Club’s history. Stimson and his players won a number of manager and player of the month awards, with three players being called into the England National XI squad: Stuart Thurgood, Mitchell Cole and Dennis Oli. The ultimate success being crowned League Champions of the Nationwide Conference South and winning the FA Trophy; beating Hucknall Town on penalties at Villa Park.
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Additionally, the Recreation Ground had been upgraded sufficiently to allow for promotion into the Nationwide Conference for season 2005-06.
Mark Stimson’s philosophy of entertaining the crowds proved to be very successful with a blend of youthful exuberance and the outstanding quality of the more experienced players. Having equalled the Conference record of Kettering Town and going unbeaten in the first 15 fixtures of the season, both manager and players alike won several monthly awards. A contentious 3-0 defeat at the hands of Mansfield Town in the FA Cup was put to one side as the team turned their attention to the FA Trophy and the league. The Club’s first season in the top flight of non-league ended in disappointment as they finished 3rd in the league, and went on to lose 5-4 on aggregate to Halifax Town in the playoff semi-finals. The team put the loss behind them as they won a second successive FA Trophy, this time winning 2-0 against Woking at Upton Park in front of more than 8,000 of their own fans in an attendance of nearly 15,000. Following Mark Stimson’s resignation, the Club appointed former European Cup winner Frank Gray to manage the side in the summer of 2006. Despite the pre-season expectations, Gray only lasted 18 matches before both Jamie Stuart and Mick Woodward had short spells in charge of the first team. Andy King was appointed manager, but his spell was short-lived and he left shortly afterwards, taking control of just seven matches. Justin Edinburgh was the club’s 4th manager of the season, and under his leadership the Club reached the FA Trophy semi-finals where they lost to eventual winners Stevenage Borough. Survival in the League went to the last day of the season and despite losing 1-0 to Morecambe, the club stayed up courtesy of other results going their way. An extremely indifferent 2007-08 campaign ultimately led to the Edinburgh’s departure, before once again Mick Woodward took the reins
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SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB CIC Stowmarket Community Sports & Social Club CIC was formed in 2009 with the aim to create a community club, driven by football, that builds better facilities for the good of Stowmarket. Our mission statement focuses on five key principles: • • • •
Community Equality Participants Trust and Respect Integrity and Fair Play
The CIC’s aim is to bring the community to Greens Meadow. To achieve this, our three main objectives are to: • • •
Improve the clubhouse facilities Improve the performances on the pitch Change the age demographic of the club to rejuvenate local interest
MOR E I N FO ON OU R WE BSI T E
OPE NIN G HO URS
MONDAY - THURSDAY CLO SED FRIDAY 7PM TILL CLOSE SAT & SUN 12 NOON TILL CLO SE OPEN MATCHDAYS
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FIRST TEAM FIXTURES
Next game is away to Lakenheath Football Club Suffolk County Cup Tues 15th March 7:45pm KO
JAMES BRADBR OOK
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STOWMARKET TOWN FC
GRAYS ATHLETIC
(GK) James Bradbrook o Josh Curry o Kane Munday o Jesse Nwabueze o Joe Jefford o Tom Bullard o Reggie Lambe o Chris Casement o George Bugg o Josh Mayhew o Evan Collard o Luke Brown o Ollie Brown o Craig Parker o Emmanuel Osei-Owusu o Ben Hunter o Willie Clemons o Reggie Lambe o Oliver Caley-Brown o Alex Clarke o
o Pat Ahern o Joe Bedford o Kai Brown o Anointed Chukwu o Lewis Clark o Rimmel Daniel o Lewis Dark o Aron Gordon o Mitch Hahn o Macauley Joynes o Dan Knight o Callum Leahy o Jack Mcqueen o Freddy Moncur o Geofrey Okonwo o Danny Sambridge o Joe Paxman o Ryan Sammons o James Smith o Josh Wright
Manager Paul Musgrove Asst Manager Richard Wilkins
Manager Paul Joynes Asst Manager Adam Flint
“The Isthmian Football League strongly supports the FA statement that there should be a zero-tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly, any form of discriminatory abuse whether it by reason of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sex and sexual orientation or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association.” (The FA 0800 085 0508 / Kick it Out 020 7253 0162).The Isthmian League and all Member Clubs in the League are committed to promoting equality by treating people fairly and with respect, by recognising that inequalities may exist, by taking steps to address them and providing access and opportunities for all members of the community.”