CATHOLIC UNITED F O O T B A L L
C L U B
SPRINGFIELD FC | OLYMPIAN PREMIER DIVISION | SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER 2020 | 14:00 KO
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CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME: JAMES PAVIOUR
G
ood afternoon everyone & thank
Hopefully everyone enjoys the game this
you for reading the new online programme.
We decided this season that moving to digital programmes would allow us a wider reach, & the number of readers
afternoon; I think we have all missed football immensely. Unfortunately current government tiering means the clubhouse remains closed, but there does seem to be an end to the pandemic in sight so let’s hope that can come soon
has been humbling. A huge thank you to
& in the meantime enjoy the return of
Rob Lilley & Tom Kearney for their efforts
football.
on all things media related; I honestly think all of our content is first class.
All the best,
INSIDE TODAY’S PROGRAMME 5
VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT: STUART MARSHALL
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MATCH PREVIEW: MICHAEL SAMMUT I/V
Pav Our season was gaining momentum throughout the club before the most recent lockdown, which was somewhat
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frustrating albeit necessary.
PLAYER SPONSORS
The match today versus Springfield FC will be a really tough test as it always
OPPOSITION FOCUS
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it. Earlier in the season we had a really competitive game at their place & I
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CLUB PERSON FEATURE: SCOTT CAMERON
suspect today will be no different.
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CATHOLIC UNITED HISTORY
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MATCH PHOTOS
CLUB INFORMATION CLUBHOUSE
OFFICIALS
The Len Forge Centre Eastwoodbury Lane Southend-on-Sea SS2 6UH
Belfairs Golf Club Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 4LR
President: Paul Marsh Chairman: James Paviour Secretary : Warren O’Neil Treasurer: Grace Harding Media Manager: Robert Lilley
HOME
AWAY
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HOME GROUND
VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT: STUART MARSHALL
I
would like to welcome everyone
games that will give us a good guide as
connected with Springfield FC &
to where we should be.
MANAGER SPONSORSHIP: RICHARD PIGGFORD
hope everyone has a safe trip to &
from the game.
I expressed to the boys before lockdown we were on a good run & we
With another lockdown complete &
need to continue that.
another month without football, it feels strange & like we are starting
Lastly I hope everyone enjoys the
again. Players have hopefully kept
game.
themselves fit & like me are ready to get going again. We have only managed one session which isn’t ideal & I believe this will have a negative impact on players & injuries. Today’s game with prove a good test. Springfield are well organised & although we beat them 3-0 before, I believe the game was closer than score line suggests. After the next five
EOFL PREMIER DIVISION
P
GD
PTS
UPCOMING FIXTURES
1
BASILDON TOWN
8
16
21
2
BUCKHURST HILL
7
16
21
3
CATHOLIC UNITED
8
3
14
Chingford Athletic (A) 12.12.20 / Premier Cup / 13:30 KO
4
SUNGATE
6
6
13
5
LEIGH RAMBLERS
8
3
13
6
HUTTON
6
5
11
Kelvedon Hatch (H) 19.12.20 / League / 14:00 KO
7
SPRINGFIELD
7
-7
8
8
CANNING TOWN
7
-4
7
Bishop’s Stortford Swifts (H)
9
SHENFIELD A.F.C
7
-4
7
02.01.20 / League / 14:00 KO
10
HAROLD WOOD ATHLETIC
7
-5
7
11
RAYLEIGH TOWN
6
-4
6
12
BISHOP’S STORTFORD SWIFTS
8
-8
6
13
KELVEDON HATCH
7
-13
4
14
OLD SOUTHENDIAN
6
-4
3
Harold Wood Athletic (A) 09.01.20 / League / 14:00 KO
TBC / League Cup / 13:30 KO
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Leigh Ramblers (A)
MATCH PREVIEW
MICHAEL SAMMUT INTERVIEW
This afternoon, Michael Sammut is set to play his 150th game for the club. The 27-year old, who opened the scoring last time out, discusses the season so far as well as the Hoops’ future How has the last month been & what
take our chances &
have you been doing to maintain
I think it has cost us
fitness?
in
I think this lockdown was a bit tougher
Hopefully we can pick
than the last & was only a month. I
up where we left off
have tried to get out running a couple
& get three points
of times during the week & every
today.
games
already.
Saturday was doing a seafront run with a few of the boys. I don’t actually mind
How do you see this
running which is unusual in our team.
afternoon’s playing
after
The latest lockdown felt untimely
four weeks off?
having built
It
successive
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match
out
momentum with victories
after
an
will
be
tough
for both teams as
indifferent opening to the season - is
nothing really compares to a match.
As you approach an appearance
that how you saw it?
I think fitness will play a major part.
milestone, what would you say
Yes, definitely we seemed to have
We’ve played Springfield already &
have been your most memorable
found our form after a mixed start. The
they are a good team so it won’t be
moments since debuting in February
last game against Rayleigh I thought
easy - we will have to start fast & work
2016?
we played really well but we need to
hard.
In my first full season I think winning
EVER-PRESENT
Michael Sammut has featured in 101 consecutive league matches for the Hoops since the start of 2016/17.
CLUB REVIEW
Prior to the second lockdown, the Hoops registered an unbeaten set of results & will be hoping to carry that momentum into this weekend’s matches. The Reserves face lowly positioned opposition having swept aside Chingford Athletic Res. 5-1 to maintain their blistering start. Dropping down from the 1XI to secure minutes, Luke Trice was on target for the league leaders along with braces from James Warder & Franklin Craik - who extended his tally to 12 for the season. A slight blow going into today’s fixture is absense of Joe O’Kane who suffered a broken collarbone during
the Essex Premier Cup against Harold Wood was
training before the latest period off. However, assistant
my favourite. The drive home still scars me today.
Eamonn Kearney is confident the Reserves can cope:
We were a league below at the time & I think it’s
“This season has seen an increase in squad depth with
when everyone started taking note of Catholic
players competing for positions across the starting XI.”
United straight after that. We’ve been lucky enough to win a few trophies since, winning the league the way we did with so many games towards the end
He added: “This with development of these players &
was a great season! The Anagrams Record Trophy
improved maturity, it has led to our positive start to
finals; especially Clapton was a great game with a
the season.”
great crowd. My favourite moments have to be Ellis Sands & Ed Collis going through the window at our old clubhouse & Dan Trenkel’s rant at Dan Williams mid-game away against Bishop’s Stortford still makes me laugh. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the rest of the season, what should this team be targeting as a successful campaign? Looking ahead, is moving up to Step 6 something you’d like to happen? We need to finish as high as possible really, I’m not sure what happens with promotion, but we have aim to be in these positions. We’ve always done well in cup competitions so we will be disappointed if we don’t go on a run in the cups. I think moving into Step 6 is important for the club; we’ve seen clubs from our division move up & do well whether in the the club are ready behind the scenes & hopefully it’s something that can happen in the future.
SATURDAY RESERVES: SHENFIELD A.F.C RES. (H) Play Football / League / 14:00 KO SATURDAY ‘A’ TEAM: Landwick (H) Eastwoodbury Lane / League / 14:00 KO SATURDAY VETS: Ecko Whitecaps (H) Belfairs Park / League / 14:00 KO SUNDAY FIRST XI: Runwell Sports (A) Runwell S&S Club / League / 10:30 KO SUNDAY RESERVES: Sierra Nevada (H) Victory Sports / League / 10:30 KO SUNDAY ‘A’ TEAM: Power Town Res. (H) Victory Sports / League / 10:30 KO
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league or the FA Trophy/Vase competitions. I think
WEEKEND FIXTURES
2020/21 FIRST TEAM SQUAD AARON BALDWIN SPONSORED BY:
ESSEX PROPERTY CENTRE
TED BUCHANAN SPONSORED BY:
LOUIS GODWIN-GREEN CAPTAIN SPONSORED BY:
PAUL MARSH
MARK BAPTIST SPONSORED BY:
KEVIN WALL
RHYS FATT SPONSORED BY:
EAST LONDON PACKAGING SUPPLIES
MATTHEW GIPSON
PATRICK KEARNEY
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:
JOHN & FRANCES PYE
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THOMAS KEARNEY
HARLEY KEE
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:
JOHN MARSLAND
EVERYTHING IN SPORT
MAX KENT
SCOTT KEYS
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:
ALFIE LINDFIELD
CALLUM MATTHEWS
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:
CM INTERIORS
JOHN NUTMAN SPONSORED BY:
LOUIS ROBINSON SPONSORED BY:
THE OAK TREE VEGAN RESTAURANT
BRADLEIGH ROWLAND SPONSORED BY:
MICHAEL SAMMUT SPONSORED BY: BISHOPSGATE INSURANCE BROKERS
ELLIS SANDS
SIMON THOMAS
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:
SIMON THOMAS
BARTLEY’S RUM KICK
LUKE TRICE
BRADLEY VAUGHAN
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:
JAMES PAVIOUR
JOSH WILLIAMS
JAKE WILLIS SPONSORED BY:
SIMON THOMAS
LILLEVILLA LOG CABINS
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OPPOSITION FOCUS
SPRINGFIELD FC After an untimely break having returned to winning ways pre-lockdown, Dan Williams’ side travel to Eastwoodbury Lane to face the Hoops again looking to secure their first away points of the season.
CLUB INFORMATION Founded: 1935 Joined League: 1980 Manager: Dan Williams
FORM GUIDE W - Shenfield A.F.C (H)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 25.02.17 SPRINGFIELD 1-2 CATHOLIC UNITED In February 2017, a late header from
ing’ touch on Ellis Sands’ dangerous
Dan Trenkel sent Catholic United into
free kick from wide avoided the tie go-
the final four of the Senior League Cup
ing to extra time.
after edging past Premier League opposition Springfield at Arun Close.
D - Harold Wood (H) 2-2 / League / 24.10.20
L - Buckhurst Hill (A) 8-3 / League / 17.10.20
James Paviour’s side set up a semi final clash away against Kelvedon Hatch
2-1 / League / 31.10.20 Having comfortably negotiated the
aiming to avenge their Premier Cup
first three rounds against Upminster,
defeat a few years previously & reach
Roydon & Ryan respectively, scoring
the League Cup final for the first time.
14 goals in the process, the Hoops had already equalled their best return in a
However, Mike Dean’s first half dis-
competition they had perpetually un-
missal along with ruing missed op-
derperformed in.
portunities even with 10 men meant the Hoops would end the season
L - Catholic United (H) 0-3 / League / 26.09.20
L - Sungate (A) 1-0 / League / 19.09.20
The Division One side took the lead in
trophy-less for the first time under
the first half through Irish striker Aaron
Paviour’s reign.
Comerford who ended the campaign joint top scorer with 20 goals. Louis
Meanwhile Springfield would go on to
O’Sullivan responded for the hosts
win the league by six points, & a far su-
after the break before Trenkel’s ‘glanc-
perior goals difference.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS 26.09.20 PREM S’FIELD 0 - 3 HOOPS 09.01.19 PREM HOOPS 7 - 3 TOWN
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07.09.19 PREM S’FIELD 1 - 0 HOOPS 26.01.19 PREM HOOPS 7 - 2 S’FIELD 29.12.18 PREM S’FIELD 1 - 4 HOOPS
AARON BALDWIN OPENS THE SCORING FROM CLOSE RANGE IN SEPTEMBER
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CLUB PERSON FOCUS: SCOTT CAMERON Introducing Scott Cameron (below), current Minors chairman since the beginning of the season & mini Hoops coach, who continues the adventure following a decade long association with the club
I
joined the club in 2010 as a parent
the core of what we wanted to do. With
of two boys, Finlay & Liam, that
the support of everyone at the club,
wanted to play football & the hoops are obviously very special to me as a
we have created a real community club which is evidenced through the
Celtic fan. I became the manager very soon after joining & ran the team from U8s to U16s. The club used to have a
length of time that teams have stayed together. This has also shown that teams that stay together, win together
mini soccer secretary & I took on that role in 2011 & became secretary for whole club a few years later.
too & we have experienced cup finals at Great Wakering & Roots Hall as well as league victories & promotions across the club.
The main changes to the club started when we ceased having internal trials which allowed players, parents &
COVID-19 has obviously had a major effect on this season & it has been
coaches to feel more confident that the club had the best interests of all at
difficult to balance the desire to play football with ensuring we maintained
CUFC U13s: TABLE TOPPERS WITH FOOTBALL RESTARTING THIS WEEKEND
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all safeguarding protocols to keep everyone safe. The committee & managers have worked diligently behind the scenes to ensure this has been carried out with minimal fuss & I sure there are still some challenges ahead.
HALF TIME QUIZ 01
WHO IS THE EXBLUES STRIKER?
The next step for the club is to embrace change, whilst maintaining our community perspective &
between Manchester United & Chelsea held? Last month, Bodø/Glimt
first time in which country?
04 finals
How many World Cup goals did Diego Maradona score? 6 / 7 / 8
mini soccer, wildcats & transitioning our older players into the seniors. From a personal point of view, my real pleasure now
05 &
Which former Leeds Liverpool player is manager of Oldham Athletic?
comes from coaching our mini Hoops along with those two little boys from 2010 that have matured into coaches themselves.
10-in-a-row & Scotland had qualified for the World
Where was the 2008
03 won the top flight for the
football for all, & it has been a real step forward to join forces with the seniors. In an ideal world, we would have a home to call our own that could act as a hub for our club & allow us to expand the offer from
I moved to Southend in 1998 just as Celtic stopped
02 Champions League final
06 NAME THE STADIUM
Cup in France. It will be with great excitement that I will be able to get the kilt out & watch a major tournament for the first time with my own boys. Just a shame that Celtic appear to have blown our very own 10-in-a-row dream.... but you never know.
ANSWERS: 01 CHRISTOPHE DUGARRY 02 LUZHNIKI STADIUM, MOSCOW 03 NORWAY 04 8 05 HARRY KEWELL 06 CITY GROUND (NOTTINGHAM FOREST)
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CATHOLIC UNITED HISTORY
C
atholic United has a long history of football in Southend-on-Sea,
PRESIDENTS 1959-65 Bishop George Beck 1965-78 Stan Groom 1978-96 Rev Fred Wall 1996-17 Tony Cotgrove 2017- Paul Marsh
CHAIRMANS 1959-60 Joe Persighetti 1960-65 Stan Groom 1965-66 John Mudd 1966-81 Glen Foy 1981-83 Martin Britt 1983-85 Chris Sexton 1985-93 Tony Cotgrove 1993-97 Kevin Wall 1997-01 Keith Exley 2001-11 Paul Marsh 2011-18 Chris Knight 2018- James Paviour
Celtic kit to be on general sale.
originally known in the 1930’s as Southend Catholic & then later as Catholic Athletic.
Foy did not hear from Celtic for about two weeks, when out of the blue a parcel containing a brand new strip arrived, together with a letter wishing
Catholic United, as we now know it, was founded in 1959 during a meeting
Catholic United every success. The first time the kit was worn (below) was in
at Sacred Heart Church Hall. Joe Persigetti was elected the first Chairman
the prestigious 1968 Walton Cup final played at Roots Hall, where Catholic
& his nephew Tony Cotgrove later became club president in 1996. The
United beat Haden United 2-0 to claim the trophy for the second time in as
family tradition within the Club has remained throughout time.
many years. It was then decided in our gratitude to Celtic it would be written into the club’s constitution that our club colours would always be the world famous green & white hoops.
Originally the club played in white shirts and black shorts, but there was soon a desire to make the club more easily recognisable from other teams by its colours. Our chairman
The club played its early football at Nazareth House, which was then an
at the time, Glen Foy wrote a letter to the Celtic Football Club chairman, Bob Kelly, asking if we could buy a kit from them with an accompanying ex-
orphanage. This was possibly the time when the teams were best supported as all the children would watch. Like Wellstead Gardens in its prime before
planation for the reasons behind the request. Also in those days, the manufacturer Umbro would not allow the
the club were evicted in 2018, Nazareth House was regarded as one of the best pitches in the area & was unfortu-
nately lost to the building of St Helen’s primary school in the early 1970’s.
BACK-TO-BACK WALTON CUP WINNERS
Despite continuously moving between grounds, the club were ready to take the quality of football on offer to the next level. In 2009, the club was accepted to play in the prestigious Essex Olympian League (Step Five), & having worked up through the leagues, Catholic United were crowned Premier Division champions in 2018 at the first attempt. In recent years, prolonged cup runs have become a feature in the season calendar, with consecutive victories coming in the 2017/18 & 2018/19 Anagram Records Trophy - a competition devised of clubs from Essex, Hertfordshire & Middlesex at the equivalent
2017/18 PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPIONS & ANAGRAMS RECORD TROPHY WINNERS
level. Last season, the Hoops competed in the FA Vase for the first time beating Essex Senior League side Clacton FC 6-1 in the first qualifying round.
SBC Premier Division (2): 1968-69, 1969-70 SBC Division One (1): 1964/65, 2000/01 SBC Walton Cup (2): 1966/67, 1967/68 SBC Charity Cup (4): 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94 SBC Division Three (1): 1962/63 EOFL Premier Division (1): 2017/18 EOFL Division Two (1): 2015/16 EOFL Division Three (1): 2014/15 EOFL Challenge Cup (1): 2018/19 Anagrams Record Trophy (2): 2017/18, 2018/19
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CLUB HONOURS
At the start of the 2020/21 season, the club announced they will be working alongside MIND to help raise vital awareness for mental health.
Did you attend St Thomas More High School? Are you, or have you ever been a teacher there? If the answer to either of these questions is YES then there’s a website and a Facebook site just waiting for you to visit them. Check out
www.stmalumni.co.uk and
www.facebook.com/stmalumni.southend.7 We wish Catholic United every success for the 2020/2021 season.
GAMES PLAYED
W4 D2 L2
GOALS BREAKDOWN
FIRST TEAM NUMBERS SCORED
15
OPEN PLAY: 8 SET PIECE: 4 PENALTY: 3
DISCIPLINARY
6
YELLOW
1
RED
HAT-TRICK HERO
Approaching a year to the day, Luke Trice’s treble - including a superb long range effort - against today’s opposition steered the Hoops to a 7-3 victory at the Len Salmon Stadium. Continuing his scoring form against Springfield, the 19-year old made it four in two earlier this season.
1
SIN BIN
STATISTICS UPDATED AS OF 04/12/20 GOALKEEPERS
Apps (Sub)
C/S
Assists
LOUIS GODWIN-GREEN
8
3
0
DEFENDERS
Apps (Sub)
Goals
Assists
TED BUCHANAN
2
1
0
MATTHEW GIPSON
0 (2)
0
0
PATRICK KEARNEY
7
0
0
SCOTT KEYS
0 (2)
0
0
JOHN NUTMAN
2 (1)
0
0
LOUIS ROBINSON
4 (2)
0
1
ELLIS SANDS
6
1
0
SIMON THOMAS
8
1
0
BRADLEY VAUGHAN
1
0
0
MIDFIELDERS
Apps (Sub)
Goals
Assists
JACK HOLLOWAY
0 (1)
0
0
THOMAS KEARNEY
4 (4)
0
1
HARLEY KEE
6 (1)
2
1
MAX KENT
7
0
4
CALLUM MATTHEWS
3 (4)
0
0
MICHAEL SAMMUT
8
1
0
BRADLEIGH ROWLAND
3 (2)
3
1
LUKE TRICE
2 (4)
1
1
FORWARDS
Apps (Sub)
Goals
Assists
AARON BALDWIN
6 (2)
3
3
RHYS FATT
2 (5)
0
0
RON HOBBROUGH
3 (1)
2
1
ALFIE LINDFIELD
5 (2)
0
2
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LATEST RESULT Rayleigh Town (H) 31.10.20
Premier Division
3-1 SAMMUT (13) ROWLAND (58, 66)
MOSS (79)
Starting XI (3-4-3): Godwin-Green; Thomas, Nutman, Sands; P. Kearney, Kee, Sammut, Kent; Rowland, T. Kearney, Baldwin Substitutes: Fatt, Holloway, Keys,
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Matthews, Robinson
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CATHOLIC UNITED LOUIS GODWIN-GREEN (GK) AARON BALDWIN TED BUCHANAN RHYS FATT JACK HOLLOWAY PATRICK KEARNEY THOMAS KEARNEY HARLEY KEE MAX KENT CALLUM MATTHEWS JOHN NUTMAN LOUIS ROBINSON BRADLEIGH ROWLAND MICHAEL SAMMUT ELLIS SANDS SIMON THOMAS
SPRINGFIELD FC DENZEL ADEBIYI NAVEEN ARAIN JOSHUA BARDOULEAU RYAN BATCHFORD LEWIS CHAPMAN JACK CLARKE ANDREW ELGAR HARRISON ELLES OLIVER EVANS JACK GIFFORD ALFIE HALLIDAY THOMAS HAYES JACK SAMUEL MUNDY CHARLIE NICHOLS TOM READ DAVID WAREHAM JNR JOE WILLIAMS
SQUAD LIST BASED OFF THE PREVIOUS TWO GAMES
NEXT HOME FIXTURE: KELVEDON HATCH (LEAGUE) SATURDAY 19th DECEMBER
OFFICIALS:
OTHER LEAGUE FIXTURES:
REFEREE: MATTHEW POINTER
BASILDON TOWN v HUTTON
ASSISTANT: GUY PELL-ILDERTON
BISHOP’S STORTFORD SWIFTS v OLD SOUTHENDIAN
ASSISTANT: BILLY STEVENS
CANNING TOWN v HAROLD WOOD ATHLETIC KELVEDON HATCH v SUNGATE LEIGH RAMBLERS v SHENFIELD A.F.C RAYLEIGH TOWN v BUCKHURST HILL