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On The Road With Boro.,,
The BoroView Good evening and welcome to Mayesbrook Park for today's final pre
season game. We would like to thank west Ham Unated for sending a team tonlght so please ioin me in giving a warm welcome to the West Ham United Development
Team, their PtaYers, officials
and
supporters. AIso we give a warm welcome to today's match officials. Our first competitive game is in FA Cup action this coming Saturday when we travel to meet Harpenden Town an the FA
Cup Extra Preliminary Round. Directions for this fixture can be found elsewhere in this programme,
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The league fixtures have now been
released and
for our first match
we
welcome Maldon & Tiptree on the 14th August. A full list can be found elsewhere. SHIRT SPONSORSHIP
As previously talked about in the
summer, player sponsorship this year will be stightly different. It will now cost f,sO to sponsor a shift number but as well as a programme mentaon you will also get the shirt at the end of the season. If more than one person wants the same number that's
fine, we will have more than one shirt available. Please note these will be worn shirts. Orders are being taken now.
PREVIOUS GAMES AGAINST THE HAMMERS
BY ROAD
The last time we met a team from West Ham United was back in 1996 in a friendly at Sungate. We defeated a young
For our trip to Harpenden Town this coming Saturday, take the M25 to its junction with the M1 and head north until junction 9 and exit towards A5183/Redborn. At the roundabout take the 3'd exit onto the A5183. At the next roundabout continue straight onto Dunstable Road/A5183. At the next roundabout take the 1* exit onto Redborn Lane. At the roundabout take the ld exit onto St Albans Road/Alo8l. At the roundabout take ld exit onto Leyton Road. Then turn right to stay on Leyton Road and turn left onto Amenbury Lane. You get to the ground through the Amenbury Lane Car Park. Total travel time is allegedly about an hour. For your Satnav use AL5 2EF
West Ham side 4-2 in front of 837
spectators. Danny Ship gave the Hammers an early tead but goals from Carl Williams, an OG and Danny Benstock put us on top before Chris Coyne pulled one back for the Hammers. Lee Fulling made the game safe late in the 2"d half. 21.09.33 H Friendly W 3-1 2IJ.11.62H FriendlY L 2-4 24.09'63 H Met Lge L 2-4 07.L2.63 A Met Lge LL-2 31.Oa.64 H Met Lge L 2-3 23.01.65 A tlet Lge L O-2 31.O8.5a H Met Lge D 1-1 01.02.69 A ilet Lge L O-3 12.04.69 H Pro CUP L 1-2 E'T.
Grace Douglas 12 Years old And
Charlie Douglas
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will be
Mascots today in memory of John.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
From Romford Station take the train to Liverpool Street and then the Circle or Metropolitan line to Kings Cross & St Pancras. Walk to St, Pancras Station and get the train to Harpenden Station. From the station it's about an 11 minute walk to the ground,
Pre-season Round Up HARINGEY BOROUGH (O)1, ROMFORD (1)2 BY MIKE WOODS Saturday 3rd July 2O2L ' Pre-Season
Friendly Pre-season friendlies are notoriously unreliable'
indicators of how the regular season will pan out, but this result -and more especially the
manner in which it was achieved, and against a - will put Romford in good heart. The first chance of note fell to the home side. Chiduban Onokwai - who made five appearances for Romford in 2Ol7-1a - planted a header straight at the Romford keeper, but Romford went straight up the other end and fashioned a chance that ended with L'Heureux Menga shooting over the bar.
Step 3 side at that
Christian Adu Gyamfi latched on to a superb ball from Malaki Toussaint but screwed his shot wide after 16 minutes and then Haringey really ought to have opened the scoring two minutes later when Aresti's shot cannoned off the angle
of
post and bar. Romford cleared at the of a corner, from which Haringey's
expense
Djamas headed wide.
On 27 minutes, Romford were ahead. lesse Olukolu picked up a superb throw from his keeper, outpaced his marker and squared the ball for Steve Carvell, whose shot found the net
via a deflection that took it out of the
home
keeper's reach.
Haringey created - and missed - some decent chances for an equaliser, but Romford's defence looked sound; in midfield they showed steel and determination to win the ball, and no shortage of invention; Jacopo Gatti in particular looked comfortable and effective on the ball, but sadly he was forced to miss the second period after picking up a knock before the break. Romford were quickly on the front foot in the second half with Olukolu having one effort well saved before he was found by a superb pass
from Carvell, cut inside and rolled a delicate
shot into the far corner. Christian Adu Gyamfi had a header well saved, and then Olukolu's cross was volleyed narrowly wide by one of Romford's second half substitutes. Haringey pulled a goal back from the penalty spot seven minutes before the end. A Haringey forward was tripped in the box and although Romford's substitute keeper Brandon Bullman went the right way, he could not keep out Aresti's spot kick. Romford's management team of Derek Duncan and Mark Holloway look to have put together a decent squad, even at this early stage of
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the first competitive fixture is still and if this performance is anything to go by, Boro fans can look forward to seeing some exciting matches as the campaign progresses. proceedings
a month away -
BARKTNG (O)3, ROMFORD (O)O BY PHIL REDWIN
Saturday
loth July 2o2l '
Pre-season
Friendly
Match report supplied
by Phil
Redwin.
Despite the scoreline, there was plenty in this hard fought game - which was good to watch to be encouraged about. Jacopo Gatti, who had looked good at Haringey last week, was absent through injury, and also away was Mark Holloway, who was on holiday.
Steve Carvell played the whole match and impressed in midfield, taking all the free kicks'
Christian Adu Gyamfi and L'Heureux Menga both played, but crucially, one in each half
whereas last week they looked a handful together. Jesse Olukolu was very dangerous down the right wing in the first half but was
substituted for the second. The first half was even, although Boro created the better chances. The much of the second half was much the same, but crucially Barking found the net three times, in the 62nd, 75th and 78th minutes. Barking's first goal was an excellent shot just
inside
the post that gave substitute keeper
Brandon Bullman no chance. The second came after Carvell's free kick shaved the post with the keeper well beaten, but almost immediately Barking went up the other end and scored. The third was a bit of a mess, as Bullman played a short pass out to a defender who tried to go long but it ricocheted off an attacker back past the keeper and into the net.
(1)3, WALTHAMSTOW (1)1
ROMFORD BY MICHAEL WOODS
Wednesday 14th July ZOZL Friendly
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Pre-Season
for offside. This came
after
Walthamstow had fashioned a couple of decent chances, but on both occasions the visitors could not get their shots on target, although
after twenty-seven minutes they also had goal ruled out for offside.
Olukolu shortly afterwards. The first of the evening's penalties went to the visitors after thirty-six minutes for a foul, but the Boro keeper plunged to his left to push the spot kick away. In the first minute of first half stoppage time, Menga was put through by a delightful pass, and he rolled his shot into the corner to put Boro ahead. The lead lasted just 60 seconds as Walthamstow levelled with a near identical goal. Four minutes into the second half and Christian
Adu Gyamfi was fouled
in the box and
L'Heureux Menga sent the keeper the wrong way from twelve yards. The third penalty of the evening also went Romford's way. Another trip in the box, and again Menga sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot - in the opposite corner this time.
Two minutes later and the fourth spot kick of the evening was given for what - from this correspondent's viewpoint - looked a decent challenge, although the referee was much better placed! The same Walthamstow forward stepped up to take the kick, and the outcome was the same as the Boro keeper dived to his left to save. Four minutes from the end Chaka Barnett went down under challenge in the box, but the referee decided that on this occasion, it wasn't worth a penalty, even though it looked as good a claim as any of the other four.
A good work out for Romford against decent opposition - Walthamstow will undoubtedly be there or thereabouts at the end of the Essex Senior League season - with much to admire about Boro's play.
SAWBRIDGEWORTH TOWN (O)1, RoMFORD (1)r BY MICHAEL WOODS Saturday 17th July aOZL - Pre-Season
Friendly
On a blisteringlY hot afternoon at
This game was a tale of four penalties as Boro scored twice from the spot, while Walthamstow saw two of their own saved. Boro had the ball in the net in the thirteenth minute, but Christian Adu Gyamfi's effort was
disallowed
L'Heureux Menga was yellow carded for an altercation with a Walthamstow defender, but curiously there was no card forthcoming for a visiting defender who scythed down Jesse
a
Sawbridgeworth, it was a case of close shaves and good saves that restricted Boro to iust one goal. It was almost inevitable that having had
score four or five, Romford would concede an equaliser with fifteen minutes opportunities
to
left. Romford were ahead after iust two minutes. A cross-field ball from Steve Carvell found Jesse Olukolu wide on the right, and not for the last time during the afternoon, he cruised past his marker and delivered a cross. L'Heureux Menga converted from close range with his chest. Sawbridgeworth's first chance of the afternoon
saw them capitalise on some hesitant
Boro
defending, but their effort hit the top of the bar.
Christian Adu Gyamfi hit a post and Jesse Olukolu had a good shot pushed away for a corner as Boro dominated early proceedings, but it really should have been two after thifty-
two minutes as Menga and Adu Gyamfi contrived to miss from close range after yet another good run and cross from Olukolu.
Olukolu rounded off the half by creating a good chance for himselt but his shot was narrowly off target. The second half was not dissimilar to the first. once more it was Olukolu creating a chance for himself, and his fierce shot was well saved by the home goalkeeper by his near post, Romford had the ball in the net for a second
time after fifty-seven minutes, but
Menga's close range strike was ruled out for offside. Sawbridgeworth served notice that they were not out of the game when they forced a good
save from Boro's keeper just after the hour mark when a home forward burst through, and after seventy-five minutes they snatched an equaliser from a similar move. CLAPTON (O)1, ROMFORD BY MICHAEL WOODS
Wednesday 21st
(2)3
luly - Pre-Season Friendly
Romford's good start to pre-season continued tonight with a 3-1 win over Clapton on the 4G surface at the Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy in Enfield. Christian Adu Gyamfi emulated L'Heureux Menga, who bagged three against Walthamstow last week, with a hat-trick of his own. A strong start from Boro saw Gyamfi converting a penalty after 6 minutes and getting another two minutes later after being played through. His strike partner, L'heureux Menga wasn't there tonight but Boro looked very good coming forward. Clapton got back into it later in the first half, and both teams hit the post shortly before the break, Boro hit the post again shortly after the restart but there were few further chances for each side before Gyamfi completed his hat-trick with an excellent shot over the keeper from the corner of the penalty area after 72 minutes. Clapton's consolation came two minutes from time. Thanks to Phil Redwin and Paul Adams for
the match information. ROMFORD 1, WOODFORD TOWN 2 BY MICHAEL WOODS
saturday 24th July 2o2L
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Pre-Season
Friendly Romford were defeated in their latest friendly by Essex Senior League side Woodford Town.
Boro took the lead on the half hour when Christian Adu Gyamfi chested down and hammered home a cross from Usoman Tunkara, but the visitors equalised just three
minutes later and went ahead five minutes before the break. The second half was somewhat disjointed, but nevertheless, both sides created chances, but neither could find another goal. Thanks to Phil Redwin for the brief report.
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Manaoement Team Derek Duncan Mark HollowaY
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Referee: TBA Assistant: TBA Assistant: TBA Our Next Home Game The Pitching In Isthmian League North Division SaturdaY 14s August 2O21 V Maldon & TiPtree Kick Off; 3Pm