Stowmarket Town vs Lowestoft Town

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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

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STOW TOWN 4 TILBURY 1 SAT 15TH JANUARY 2022 Match Report: Iain van der Ree

STOWMARKET AVENGE THE HEAVY DEFEAT BY TILBURY IN OCTOBER, WITH AN IDENTICAL SCORELINE. Stowmarket travelled to the EMR stadium looking to continue their impressive showing in their first season in the Isthmian League North. Stow made the most of the early exchanges when striker George Bugg collected a through ball and breezed through the home defences to coolly slot the ball past the oncoming keeper.

With neither side looking as if they would be adding further to the scoring the first half ended at 0-1.

Frustration exuded from the dugout, when Stow comfortably in opposition territory saw Tilbury break down a play and move the ball quickly up field to level the score ten minutes into the second half, through Sam Jeremiah. The Dockers attempted to contain the Old Gold and Blacks; however, manager Paul Musgrove was clearly having none of it and made three inspired substitutions, which changed the course of the game. New Leiston signing Ben Hunter was fouled on a mazy run into the box and it was left to Josh Mayhew to restore Stow’s lead from the spot.

Willie Clemons took little time from the restart to increase the visitors lead with the goal from just inside the box. A ruthless Stowmarket added further to scoring, through a foul on Clemons leaving Mayhew to take his second penalty with aplomb.

Stowmarket remain second in the table.

STOWMARKET TOWN 1 James Bradbrook 2 Chris Casement 3 Oliver Caley-Brown 4 Josh Curry 5 Joe Jefford 6 Tom Bullard 7 Willie Clemons 8 Ben Hunter 9 George Bugg 10 Luke Brown 11 Reggie Lambe

TILBURY FC 1 Harry Girling 2 Casum Tiffin 3 Jordan Peart 4 Jamal Allen 5 George Allen 6 Lee Noble 7 Chris Millar 8 Charlie Kendall 9 Roman Campbell 10 Sam Jeremiah 20 Lewis Smith

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C H RI S CASE ME NT // SP ON SOR E D BY MOR E LY ’ S M O B & K EVIN B LU N D E L L

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TOWN MANAGER JAMIE GODBOLD COACHES LUKE PEARCE ANDY REYNOLDS GOALKEEPING COACH PLAYERS WARREN BURWOOD LUIS TIBBLES TRAVIS COLE SAM JOHNSON HARRY KNIGHTS DYLAN RUFFLES ADAM TANN JACK WILKINSON JAY BARBOR RYAN HAWKINS CHRIS HENDERSON RYAN JARVIS LOUIS MCINTOSH OWEN MURPHY HENRY POLLOCK ADAM SHERWOOD MARCUS WILKINSON JOSHUA HARVEY KIERAN HIGGS JAKE REED

MANAGER JAMIE GODBOLD BIOGRAPHY One of Lowestoft’s greatest ever players, Godbold looks to achieve similar success in his first season as manager of the club in 2018

Lowestoft Town have a fine history stretching back well over 100 years. The club is first recorded as East Suffolk F C with games, all friendlies in those days, recorded back in 1884. On merging with the original Kirkley club the title of Lowestoft was adopted in 1887 with ‘Town’ added in 1890 When the Norfolk & Suffolk League was formed in 1897, providing the first intercounty competitive matches, Lowestoft dominated, winning the title 6 times in the first 7 years. The ‘odd’ season out 1899-1900 saw Lowestoft’s attentions turn to the F Amateur Cup with victories over such famous names as Leytonstone (9-0), and Gt Marlow (1-0) on the way to the final which brought a 1-5 defeat by Bishop Auckland at Leicester.

In 1904 Lowestoft had to appear before a F A Commission to answer charges of professionalism after a testimonial had raised just under £5 for player Fred Timoney who was about to emigrate. Norwich City who had ‘poached’ 4 of Lowestoft’s successful side amongst others were also called before the commission. Whilst City accepted the ruling and formally adopted professionalism to start on the road that has seen them up amongst the top clubs in the country, Lowestoft paid a restitution of 2 guineas to regain amateur status. In 1925 came the decision to adopt the blue and white colours that have served them so well since.

Lowestoft became founder members of the Eastern Counties League in 1935 but before starting out on this new challenge once again merged with local rivals Kirkley. The move proved a wise one with the first season seeing them sharing the title with Harwich & Parkston and then winning it outright 2 years later.

Lowestoft took the bold step of becoming semi-professional in 1962. & 7 ECL titles and twice runners up in the following 9 seasons is clear testimony to the manner in which they dominated in those years.

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The ECL title was again won in 1977/8. The 1980s saw a decline in the club’s fortunes as crowds and income dropped. The unique club pavilion, originally the Yacht Club before being taken down and moved from the harbour to the Crown Meadow in 1902, was gradually falling into disrepair and the floodlighting system installed in 1964 was coming to the end of its lifespan. The floodlights were updated in 1986 and the new dressing room complex occupied in 1989 and at last attention could be paid to playing matters.

As playing fortunes declined a 19 year old local lad signed for the club in 1980 who was to figure prominently in the affairs of the club for the next 30 plus years. Micky Chapman soon became a favourite with his all action style, eye for the goal, long flowing hair and a genuine desire to bring success back to the club. 5 ‘Player of the Year’ trophies adorn his display cabinet as testimony to the respect he has earned from supporters and players alike. The 1990s saw Micky progress from captain to assistant manager and finally manager in 1994.

A persistent back injury forced Mick to hang up his boots in 1997 allowing him to concentrate fully on the managerial side.

With the unwavering support of successive chairmen Mick had been able to improve the side year by year. In February 2012 he took charge of his 1000th game as Lowestoft manager.

After several years in the doldrums the 21st century has seen Micky team up with Ady Gallagher to bring a return to trophy winning days with the Ridgeons League title won twice, the League Cup collected twice and the Suffolk Premier Cup brought back to the Meadow five times. The culmination of all that recent success came in May 2008 when joint managers Micky Chapman and Ady Gallagher proudly led their squad out onto the hallowed

18 Wembley pitch in the F A Carlsberg Vase final. On a blazing hot Sunday afternoon in front of over 14,000 Lowestoft supporters, the Blues were in the lead for three quarters of the game before conceding a last minute goal to lose out to Kirkham & Wesham by the odd goal of three.

Season 2008-2009 saw the first team win a League and County Cup double, as well as reach the semi final of the F A Carlsberg Vase and the season ended with promotion to the Ryman League Division One North. Success continued unabated in 2009/10 with back to back promotions seeing the Blues soar to the Ryman Premier Division at the first attempt achieving a century of points and goals for the second consecutive season. An excellent F A Cup run saw the first round proper reached with the run ended at Wrexham by a cruel deflected goal in the final minutes.

The first season in the Ryman Premier Division saw the Trawlerboys involved in the promotion race right to the end. There was just 9 minutes of the season left when Tonbridge Angels scored the goal that gave them a 3-4 victory and ended Lowestoft’s hopes of a third successive promotion.

It was a similar story in the following 2 seasons with late goals in the Play Off final denying them promotion before the dream of Step 2 football was realised in 2014 with a play off victory over AFC Hornchurch and a 3rd promotion in 6 seasons.

Season 2014-2015 was one of consolidation in the highest sphere the club has ever reached and despite several early morning departures and a mere 8500 plus miles of travelling a satisfactory season ended with them holding a 16th place finish suffering just a single defeat in their final 13 fixtures.

On top of this the blues closed their season out by winning the Suffolk Premier Cup for the twelfth time; beating Whitton United

2-1 after extra time. It was also a season that marked the farewell of a true Lowestoft Town legend with Micky Chapman retiring after the last league game of the season at home to Barrow, who sealed the league title that day with a 3-2 victory of the blues.

After 32 years, 480 first team appearances, 193 goals, 1640 games and 147,600 plus minutes as a player, player/manager and then manager during that time, it was the end of an era for a figure who will forever be etched in the history of Lowestoft Town FC. Season 2015-2016 saw Ady Gallagher in sole charge for the first time but a season plagued with injuries saw the Trawler boy’s relegated on the last day of the season on goal difference bringing a return to the Ryman League Premier Division.

Season 2016-2017 was to prove one of consolidation as they adjusted to life at step 3 in a Season once again plagued with injuries.

Season 2017-2018 proved to be one of turmoil as firstly Ady Gallagher stepped down to be replaced by his assistant Dale Brooks. The club was then hit by financial problems which saw the departure of several leading players but Brooks achieved a minor miracle by avoiding relegation with the remnants of his squad aided by a bevy of youth loan signings and the clubs scholar’s.

Brooks stepped down during the summer to be replaced by two former players Jamie Godbold and Andy Reynolds who between themselves boast over 900 appearances for the Trawler boy’s. With a mixed squad of experience and exciting young prospects, optimism is rife for the forthcoming season.

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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

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MONDAY - THURSDAY CLO SED FRIDAY 7PM TILL CLOSE SAT & SUN 12 NOON TILL CLO SE OPEN MATCHDAYS

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RESERVES

This weekend we welcomed a very strong Walsham res side to Greens Meadow. After not playing since 4th of December with COVID and unplayable pitches.

We started the game on the front foot took the game to Walsham and took a deserved lead with a cool calm finish from top scorer Jack Wharton-Richardson. W e dominated the middle of the park for the rest of the first half with Alex Clarke, Jack Ainsley and Dom Docherty dictating the play.

Returning to goal Ryan Capon with nothing much to do and was a perfect first 45 mins going in 1-0 up but deserved to be more, second half started with Walsham trying to get back into the game but after weathering the pressure with great defending by a make shift back line due to injuries captain James Graham marshalling his back line superbly we finally got the second with a great header from captain Graham that settled us down until the 65th minute returning Ryan capon pulled up with a injury meaning defender Sam Blewitt stepped up to go in between the sticks and produced a couple of fine saves. We held on for a deserved 3 points in a difficult month of fixtures we next play on Tuesday 25th January away at halstead another difficult game to look forward too up the stow .

MOTM - JACK WHARTON-RICH ARDSON

STOWMARKET TOWN RES 2 - 1 WALSHAM RES

GOALS FROM James Graham Jack Wharton-Richardson AGE R CRA IG BRO WN - RESE RVE S MAN

RESERVES FIXTURES

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Next game is home to Heybridge Swits Saturday 22nd January 3:00pm KO

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STOWMARKET TOWN FC

LOWESTOFT TOWN

(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 Erken Okay o Willie Clemons o Reggie Lambe o Oliver Caley-Brown o Alex Clarke o

o Warren Burwood o Luis Tibbles o Travis Cole o Sam Johnson o Harry Knights o Dylan Ruffles o Adam Tann o Jack Wilkinson o Jay Barbor o Ryan Hawkins o Chris Henderson o Ryan Jarvis o Louis Mcintosh o Owen Murphy o Henry Pollock o Adam Sherwood o Marcus Wilkinson o Joshua Harvey o Kieran Higgs o Jake Reed

Manager Paul Musgrove Asst Manager Richard Wilkins

Jamie Godbold Manager

“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.”