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Tring Athletic v Baldock Town Saturday 12th December 2020 3pm Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Match sponsor— Ian Ranger
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Grassroots Talk
Good afternoon & welcome to the Grass Roots Stadium. Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Baldock Town, We wish them an enjoyable afternoon and a safe journey home afterwards.
Today’s match sponsor is Ian Ranger and you can find our more about our sponsor on page 19. We have availability on future games (see page 18) including some in January so if you are stuck for a Christmas gift idea please speak to Graham Bright if you are interested. Alternatively you could choose to sponsor your favourite player for the season (page 17) This is the last home first team game of 2020 in what has been a tough year for TAFC in a number of ways. It is testament to our long term and newer volunteers along with support from our sponsors and members that we remain in a strong position as a club. The floodlights are close to completion and the clubhouse has undergone a refurbishment ahead of the opening of Pendley Day Nursery in January (see page 16 for more information.) We as a committee are now reviewing potential projects for 2021 as we continue to look to improve our facilities and grow our supporter base within the local community. See an update from our chairman Bob Winter overleaf. If you are able to volunteer for the club on a regular basis or even just occasionally please speak to a committee member. We are always grateful for extra support. Next Saturday the first team travel to Newport Pagnelll and the reserves host Oxhey on Tuesday evening and Old Parmiterians next weekend. Entry to reserve team matches is by donation & they would welcome your support. May we take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.. We hope to see you back on 2nd January for the visit of North Greenford.
Today’s programme
This is the second season of producing online only programmes and we hope to keep improving this offering as time goes on. This is a work in progress so please let us know what you think. If you click on any of the logos or adverts it should direct you straight to our sponsors websites. This also means we can bring you features such as match highlights at the click of a button. Today’s programme includes •
Page 6-7 —A message from your chairman Bob Winter
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Pages 8 & 9—Match report TAFC 0-2 Dunstable Town
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Pages 10 & 11—Match report Broadfields Utd 0-1 TAFC
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Page 12—Match highlights vs Wembley
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Page 24—Today’s match squads
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Pages 34 & 35 —On this Day, we look back to 2015 and a 6 -0 win against Welwyn Garden City in the semi final of the Herts Charity Shield.
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Page 42&43—Membership details for the season. Already a TAFC Gold member? We are delighted to share with you some new benefits from local businesses.
Covid Compliance We had visits to the ground by Hertfordshire Police and the league covid officer during home matches before lockdown and we have taken on board their feedback regarding the control steps we have taken. You will see stricter measures in place around the ground. There will be 10 covid compliance officers, in hi-viz vests, in strategic positions around the ground. They have full authority to deal with covid non-compliance in any way they see fit. We must be compliant, not complacent. Please continue to help us by socially distancing and adhering to the controls we have in place around the stadium.
Chairman’s Chat Firstly, season’s greetings and hope you are all well in these strange times. The pandemic has made for a challenging and frustrating time for us all – but hopefully there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Despite this, it has also been a very exciting time around the club with the new floodlights going up – a real milestone for the club. There has been a slight delay due to the need for a number of the contractor’s staff to self- isolate, but should be complete for Christmas. We can then start planning the big switch on event, which we will probably do in two stages – a low key event the first time we use them, and a much larger celebration when conditions allow us to do this properly. Either way I’m delighted to announce that Life Vice-President Barry Simmons has agreed to throw the switch. This is fitting as Barry actually started the whole floodlight project, and also recognises the massive contribution Barry has made to the club over the years.
We have also used the lockdown to renovate the clubhouse, which is now looking fabulous - many thanks to all those who have made this happen. Going forward both myself and the Executive Committee are determined that there will be a focus on investing in the infrastructure of the club, and are putting plans in place to make sure this is the case – we want the club to have the very best facilities possible.
On the field, First team results saw an upturn prior to the enforced break with 3 wins from the last 5 league games. It’s great to see the hard work and commitment of both players and management team being rewarded, and we must all play our part in supporting them in the challenges ahead. Also really pleasing that our Reserves and two U16 youth sides continue to play well and are getting the results they deserve. Whilst results are important, this club is all about people in my view and creating an environment where players can play and develop, and Members can enjoy themselves and feel that they are involved and part of things. Hopefully we are getting this right, but please shout if you have any ideas of how things could be improved. Likewise, please let me know if you would like to become more involved in any aspect of the club in any way, however large or small – all help will be gratefully received. Anyway, I’m really looking forward to seeing some football today, and catching up with everyone. Enjoy the game – onwards and upwards! Cheers Bob
Match Report Saturday 31st October 2020 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Tring Athletic 0-2 Dunstable Town
One step forwards for two steps back. Having secured 3 valuable points in the week and coaxed the Officials into playing the game after good work by our groundsman, we felt confident of securing the points. Defending the bottom end we began by consistently making hard work of the basic passes which could not always be blamed on the conditions. With players unavailable, we had to make a couple of positional changes and these undoubtedly affected us. On 14 mins we contrived to manufacture a Dunstable corner out of nothing which resulted in ex Tring Athletic striker Chris Stapleton converting on a free far post.
We improved and Joe Naylor could arguably been awarded a penalty when he was brought down by the Town keeper but having been told to cross the ball into the area to test any possible weaknesses we failed to do and all we had to show was a couple of long range attempts. On 31 mins we allowed our opponents to double the lead after more poor defending and after a good save by David Saunders they scored from the follow up.
Match Report On 35 mins Ollie Butler headed a good chance over from Will Foley free kick and with the slope and elements behind us in the second we had reasonable hopes of salvaging something from the game. Although we dominated the second period we never really got any consistent pressure on the Dunstable Town rearguard. Joe Chott forced a save with a decent cross shot and there was a possible penalty for handball on the hour. Sub Tom Shaw put in a couple of good crosses and put a free kick over the bar, Will Foley had 2 chances but to a large extent the game petered out. On the plus side 17 year old Rohan Hutchings did well on his debut . Team David Saunders, Harrison Cornick (Rohan Hutchins) Scott Bonner ,James Butler, Gareth Terblanche, Will Salmon, Will Foley, Oliver Butler, Joe Chott, Stephen Dodd (Tom Shaw) Joe .Naylor (Meshach Hendrickson)
Match Report Tuesday 27th October 2020 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Broadfields 0-1 Tring Athletic A great result for Tring against another side close to the foot of the A battling away win for Tring with Ollie Butler scoring the winner in the 69th minute. For our final fixture before the lockdown we travelled to face fellow strugglers Broadfields. We were missing Harrison Cornick, Jack Sunderland, Paolo Bagatti, David Saunders and Adam Murphy through injury. Will Foley, Connor Smith and Stephen Dodd we unavailable through work commitments, but after our recent attempts to get new blood in we were able to give Scott Bullock, Tom Shaw and 17 year old Ronan Hutchins their first starts. With a slightly different formation we generally succeeded in keeping our opponents in front of us and Johnny Pitts in goal only really had 2 shots to save in the 90+ minutes. To be fair the same can largely be said of ourselves. On a wide pitch we were able to defend but found it harder to get enough bodies in and around centre forward Ollie Butler. Throughout the game we looked reasonably dangerous from set pieces especially corners and Scott Bonner, returning from injury, could have done better. The back four kept a good line and our custodian confidently dealt with the longer balls over the top. When possible we tried to play from the back and Ronan Hutchins was able to get on the ball and showed an ability to play on the turn. This kept us at least playing forwards, while Scott Bullock and Scott Bonner protected the space behind Ronan. Out wide Tom Shaw and Joe Naylor gave committed performances with Tom able to deliver a couple of crosses whilst Joe as ever was a handful.
Kevin McManus and James (the better Butler ho hum) won nearly every first ball and the full backs Prince Nimoh and Gareth Terblanche stopped the vast majority of crosses.
Match Report Up front Ollie Butler made maximum use of the possession he had and apart from one or two rushed decisions in the last 10 mins we showed our growing maturity by managing the game. The only goal came after 69 mins when some neat interplay through midfield resulted in a sweeping pass from Will Salmon out wide to Prince Nimoh, who having shown a reluctance on earlier occasions to cross the ball, picked out a peach of a delivery for Ollie Butler to head home on the far post. Subs Joe Chott and Callum Shortt, who has missed out on minutes recently, played their part.. By a twist of fate we have now won our last 3 Tuesday night games. The break will be used to have a look back on the season to date and bring in a couple of more players into the positions that need strengthening. Team Jonny Pitts, Prince Nimoh, Kevin Mcmanus, James Butler, Gareth Terblanche, Scott Bonner (Will Salmon) Scott Bullock, Ronan Hutchings (Callum Shortt) Tom Shaw, Ollie Butler, Joe Naylor (Joe Chott)
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The League
POS
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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W
D
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GD
PTS
Eynesbury Rovers
11
8
0
3
17
24
Colney Heath
10
7
3
0
10
24
Biggleswade United
11
7
1
3
7
22
Harefield United
11
7
0
4
1
21
Potton United
11
6
2
3
8
20
Leighton Town
9
6
1
2
12
19
Harpenden Town
9
6
1
2
10
19
Oxhey Jets
9
5
3
1
12
18
Newport Pagnell Town
10
5
3
2
8
18
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
8
5
1
2
5
16
Baldock Town
11
5
1
5
1
16
Leverstock Green
10
4
1
5
1
13
Arlesey Town
8
4
0
4
-3
12
Dunstable Town
11
3
3
5
-9
12
Crawley Green
12
3
2
7
-11
11
Tring Athletic
13
3
0
10
-9
9
Broadfields United
9
2
1
6
-6
7
North Greenford United
9
2
1
6
-7
7
Edgware Town
9
2
1
6
-12
7
Wembley
12
1
2
9
-20
5
London Colney
9
1
1
7
-15
4
Table as at Thursday 10th December
Officials Life President Life Vice Presidents
Mick Eldridge BEM David Evans MBE, Barry Johnson, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stillwell, Alan Foskett, Pete Oakley, Keith Hamilton
Chairman Vice Chairman Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Commercial Manager Match Secretary - South Midlands & Herts Snr Registration Secretary Club Welfare Officer First Team Manager First Team Coach Reserve Team Management EJA Under 16's Brown Manager EJA Under 16's Yellow Manager Sports Physio Football Co-Ordinator Press Officer Website Social Media Programme Editor Groundsman Facilities Manager Membership Secretary Kit Laundering Kit Manager Catering Bar Manager
Bob Winter Tony Stedman & Mark Weston David Blair Tony Stedman Graham Bright Tony Stedman Trevor Langley Kirstie McNeil Chris Juraszek Michael East Michael Churchill, Richard Priestly & Dan Wilson Michael Churchill, Iain Lorimar David Lawless Richard “Dickie� Smith Vacant Vacant Keith Eldridge / Colin Sturges Keith Eldridge Keith Eldridge Darrell Bodimeade Bob Winter / Tony Steadman Mick Eldridge BEM Vacant Vacant Vacant Tash Young
Committee Members Bob Winter (Chairman) Tony Stedman, Ian Butler, Neil Foskett, Graham Bright, David Blair, Mark Weston, Chris Juraszek, Keith Eldridge.
Player Sponsorship Why not sponsor your favourite Player's kit, It only costs ÂŁ50 for a season. If you are interested then please contact the Club on match days or via email on tringathleticfc@hotmail.com.
Sponsor Player Clem Asante
Available
Paolo Bagatti
Available
Connor Blake
Available
Ollie Butler
Available
Joe Chott
Available
Harrison Cornick
Available
Joe Cowan
Available
Will Foley
Available
Connor Goodliffe
Tay Refurbishments
Frankie Hercules
Available
Kevin McManus
Available
Adam Murphy
Available
Joe Naylor
Available
Prince Nimoh
Bob Winter
Jonny Pitts
Available
Will Salmon
JS Property Group
David Saunders
Petron Sports
Callum Shortt
Available
Matt Stacey
Available
Dan Steadman
Available
Jack Sunderland
Ralph Griffiths
Match Sponsorship Why not support the Club by sponsoring a Match. It’s only costs £50 and includes free entry for two, access to the boardroom for half-time refreshments and an acknowledgement in the match programme all season. Contact Graham Bright on 07722 240963 or via email to tringathleticfc@hotmail.com
Tuesday 15th September 2020 Crawley Green Heygates Tuesday 29th September 2020 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos B Smart Dry Cleaners Tuesday 20th October 2020 London Colney Tony Stedman Saturday 24th October 2020 Oxhey Jets John Brannan Saturday 31st October 2020 Dunstable Town Dick Lovelace Saturday 12th December 2020 Baldock Town Ian Ranger Saturday 2nd January 2021 North Greenford United Ralph Griffiths Saturday 9th January 2021 Eynesbury United Saturday 23rd January 2021 Leighton Town Saturday 6th February 2021 Wembley Tuesday 9th February 2021 Newport Pagnell Town Saturday 13th February 2021 Colney Heath Saturday 20th February 2021 Broadfields United Saturday 27th February 2021 Harefield United Saturday 6th March 2021 Arlesey Town Saturday 20th March 2021 Edgware Town Saturday 3rd April 2021 Leverstock Green Monday 5h April 2021 Potton United Pendley Day Nursery Saturday 24th April 2021 Biggleswade United Brian Lovell - Samaritans collection day Saturday 1st May 2021 Harpenden Town The Cook Partnership
Today’s Match Sponsor This afternoon’s match sponsor is Ian Ranger, a former player who made his club debut in August 1995 against Totternhoe having previously played for Berkhamsted Town. Range went on to make 374 appearances for Athletic picking up numerous trophies in the process. We would like to thank Ian for his continued support.
Fixture List Sat 12 Sep Tue 15 Sep Sat 19 Sep Sat 26 Sep Tue 29 Sep Sat 3 Oct Tues 6 OCt Fri 9 Oct Tue 13 Oct Sat 17 Oct Tue 20 Oct Sat 24 Oct Tue 27 Oct Sat 31 Oct Tue 3 Nov Sat 12 Dec Sat 19 Dec Sat 28 Dec Sat 2 Jan Sat 9 Jan Sat 16 Jan Sat 23 Jan Sat 6 Feb Tue 9 Feb Sat 13 Feb Sat 20 Feb Tue 23 Feb Sat 27 Feb Sat 6 Mar Sat 13 Mar Sat 20 Mar Sat 27 Mar Sat 3 Apr Mon 5 Apr Sat 17 Apr Tue 20 Apr Sat 24 Apr Tue 27 Apr Sat 1 May Mon 3 May Tue 11 May Sat 15 May
L 2-0 L2-3 W1-1 (5-6 pens) L3-2 L1-2 L2-1 L3-1 L4-1 L3-1 L3-1 W3-1 L1-2 W1-4 L0-2 W0-1 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 7.30pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 7.30pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 7.45pm 3.00pm 7.30pm 3.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 3.00pm
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Colney Heath Crawley Green Harefield United Arlesey Town Aylesbury Vale Biggleswade United Potton United Edgeware Town Leighton Town Harpenden Town London Colney Oxhey Jets Wembley Dunstable Town Broadfields United Baldock Town Newport Pagnell T Leverstock Green North Greenford Eynesbury Rovers Aylesbury Vale Dyn. Leighton Town Wembley Newport Pagnell T Colney Heath Broadfields United Edgware Town Harefield United Arlesey Town Oxhey Jets Edgware Town Dunstable Town Leverstock Green Potton United London Colney Eynesbury Rovers Biggleswade United North Greenford Harpenden Town Crawley Green Harefield United Baldock Town
Today’s- Squads
Tring Athletic FC
George Zammit Jonny Pitts Paulo Bagatti Kevin McManus Harrison Cornick James Butler Will Salmon Will Foley Oliver Butler Scott Bonner Scott Bullock Prince Nimoh Connor Smith Jack Sunderland Joe Naylor Callum Shortt Joe Chott Gareth Terblanche Rohan Hutchins Stephen Dodd Tom Shaw Manager - Chris Juraszek Asst Manager - Michael East Physio - Dickie Smith
Baldock Town FC Adam Harpur (GK) Aedan Gaffney Alex Coppin Ashley Hay Alfie Warman Ben Burton Cameron Groom (GK) Charlie Joy Charlie Rome Dan Harper Daryl Doolan Dylan Logan George Bates Jack Hewitt Josh Furness Lewis Franklin Lewis Sinclair Luis Brooker Luke Rowland Ollie Skinner (GK) Ollie Trott Theo Reed Tommy Reynolds Will McClelland Zach Decker
Manager:
Rob Bates
Asst Mgr
Ercan Mehmet
Coaches Tony Deitsch, Stuart Howard, Danny Hutchins Physio
Sam Roblett
Next Up
Our first team squad Goalkeepers David Saunders – Made his first team debut the day after his 16th birthday in 2018 and is now approaching 50 appearances. A local youngster and currently head boy at Tring School. Jonny Pitts - Joined in 2020 and saved a penalty 3 minutes into his first team debut. Jonny returned to the UK after some time in the US and despite living on Pancake Lane opted to us rather than Leverstock Green. Good lad! George Zammit - goalkeeper who was injured in preseason. Recovering after a knee operation & hoping to be back playing before Christmas. Formerly with Aylesbury Vale and Leighton Town. Defenders Paolo Bagatti - Made his club debut at Woking Reserves on 3rd September 2016 where we won 2-1. Paolo rejoined Athletic in 2020 playing for the first team in the FA Cup against Easington Sports.
Jack Sunderland – One of our longest serving players having made his debut in 2010. Jack started as a forward but has been converted to a strong attacking full back. Currently on 298 appearances and 69 goals for the club. Gareth Terblanche - First played for our u18s in 2012 before regularly playing for the A team and reserves. Made his first team debut in the 18/19 season. Adam Murphy - Made his debut against Colney Heath on 12th September 2020. Adam has previously captained Harefield United and played for Chalfont St Peter & Carlton Town at Step 4.
Harrison Cornick - originally played for both our midweek and Sunday u18 teams. Harrison made his first team debut towards the end of the 19/20 season after a good spell in the reserves. Kevin McManus - A first team regular between 2014-16, Kevin returned in 2020 to Athletic to bring some experience to the back line. Previous club include Dunstable Town. Midfielders Prince Nimoh - Prince joined TAFC in February 2019 making his debut for the reserves as a substitute in a 7-0 win over Hartley Witney. He then stepped up to the first team on 8th February 2020 scoring on his debut in a 6-0 win over Leverstock Green. Frankie Hercules - came up through the ranks from our u18s making his debut in 2016 against Hitchin. Has recently made his 100th club appearance.
Our first team squad Joe Chott - joined Athletic in the 19/20 season as a regular in the reserves. Made his first team debut against Easington Sports in the FA Cup in September . Olly Butler - Made his debut aged 16 in 2012/13 and has now racked up 250 club appearances turning out for the u18s, B, A, reserve and first teams. Will Salmon - First played for Tring in 2010 in our u18s and spent most of his career with the A & B sides. Became a reserve team regular in 2018/19 before making his first team debut in February 20 against Leverstock Green and getting on the scoresheet. Connor Goodliffe - Connor joined in 2020 on the recommendation of the Hemel u18s manager. He made his debut off the bench at Colney Heath on 12th September before starting against Crawley Green a few days later. Scott Bonner - Scott made his TAFC debut in the FA Cup on 1st September 2020 against Easington Sports. His former clubs include Kings Langley, Sun Sports, Berkhamsted, Leverstock Green & Oxhey Jets.
Will Foley - Another local lad coming up through the u18s and a regular in the reserves. Made his first team debut against Leverstock Green in February 2020. Forwards Joe Naylor - Local boy Joe has been with the Club for a number of years now, since making his First Team debut as a teenager back in 2014/15. He is strong, quick with good technical skills as well as an eye for goal. At the start of the 20/21 season he’d made 231 club appearance scoring 105 goals. Callum Shortt - Made his debut in March 2020 against Oxhey Jets. Previously played for Kempston Rovers. Clem Asante - A regular for the reserves since 2018/19 with a good goal scoring record. Yet another to make his first team debut against Leverstock Green in February 2020. Stephen Eboine - Joined from Wembley FC In February 2020 having already scored 14 goals in 26 appearances for them. Made his Tring debut against Colney Heath on 22 February before scoring his first goal 10 days later against his former club in a 1-0 win.
Connor Smith - Returned to Tring in October 2020 scoring twice against London Colney. Connor played 58 times between 2010 & 2015.
Our opponents Baldock Town FC played its first competitive match in September 2003 in the North Herts League at The Shed on Clothall Road, Baldock (Now known as Buffs FC). The match was against Magnum with a Rob Foster hat-trick sealing a 5-1 win.
Since then the Club have progressed from the North Herts League to the Herts Senior County League. The 1st Team won Division One of the HSCL in their debut season in 2007/2008. For three seasons from 2008/09, the team played its home matches on Saturday afternoons at The County Ground, Baldock Road in Letchworth, but they returned to Baldock for the 2011/12 season playing at Baldock Town FC's former home at Norton Road, which is now known as the North Herts Arena. After three near misses, the 1st Team finally won the Herts Senior County League Premier Division title in 2011/12. Unfortunately, due to ground grading issues, the team were unable to take their place in the Spartan South Midlands League.
For the 2012/13 season, the team began a groundshare with Hitchin Town FC. Despite finishing runners-up in the HSCL Premier Division the following season, it would still prove enough to secure that elusive promotion. Scott Grant's side also won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy for the first time and retained the Anagram Records Trophy.
Baldock Town The next two seasons saw a period of consolidation for the 1st Team finishing 7th and 10th respectively in Spartan South Midlands League Division One (Step 6 on the Non-League Pyramid). After Grant decided to step down Luke Gregson took the reins for the 2015/16 season, assisted by Dean Gilbert. After an indifferent start, the team went on a superb run and ended up just missing out on promotion. The 3rd place finish was the club's highest in the Football Pyramid to date. At the end of the 2018-19 season Luke Gregson stood down and former Welwyn Garden City manager Adam Fisher took over. Fisher’s side started slowly and only began to pick up some form at the end of November shortly after Rob Bates came on board as Assistant Manager bringing some key signings with him – Baldock went on an impressive unbeaten run climbing the table before the pandemic brought the season to a premature end. In the summer of 2020 Adam Fisher resigned as manager and the club promoted Assistant Manager Rob Bates to the Manager’s position. Rob has brought in his own management team and has also retained 90% of last season’s squad ahead of the 2020-21 season. The team currently groundshare at Arlesey Town FC's ground; there are plans in place to build a new stadium in Baldock near Clothall Common.
Reserved for the reserves
Saturday 5th December Last weekend saw 3rd placed Hatfield United visit and snatch a 3-3 draw through a controversial late equaliser. Tom Ainsworth scored twice and Dan To added a third before the scores were levelled up. This afternoon the reserves travel to Buntingford Town in the league and will host Old Parmiterians here at The Grass Roots Stadium next weekend. Click on the image below to watch the goals from the reserve’s win against Bovingdon back in September.
Herts Senior County League - Division One POS
P
W
D
L
GD
PTS
1
Oracle Components First
9
8
0
1
12
24
2
Oxhey First
10
6
1
3
3
19
3
Hatfield United First
8
5
3
0
7
18
4
Tring Athletic Reserves
9
5
2
2
7
17
5
Bovingdon Reserves
8
5
0
3
8
15
6
Aldenham FC First
9
4
1
4
-2
13
7
Buntingford Town First
9
4
1
4
-2
13
8
Standon & Puckeridge FC Blues
7
3
2
2
4
11
9
Evergreen FC First
8
3
1
4
0
10
10
Wheathampstead Wanderers (HSCL) First
9
3
1
5
-9
10
11
Sun Sports Watford First
7
2
3
2
6
9
12
Hertford Heath First
8
2
3
3
0
9
13
Hinton First
10
3
0
7
-7
9
14
Old Parmiterians First
9
2
1
6
-9
7
15
Bushey Rangers Saturday First
7
0
3
4
-4
3
16
Knebworth First
7
1
0
6
-14
3
Today’s Officials Referee Assistant Referee Assistant Referee
Douglas Lawson Michael Heavey Nigel Hicks
Meet the Players Action photos from our game at Colney Heath
Player of the Month
Player of the month Sponsored by Olive Limes
October Harrison Cornick
On This Day—12th December 2015 We booked our place in the final of the Herts Charity Shield, a trophy we have lifted on three occasions, following a terrific performance against title chasing Welwyn Garden City. Our young guns registered their best result of the season and kept another clean sheet, their third from the last four games. We got off to a great start and could even afford to miss an early penalty after Sam Joliffe was tripped in the area in the third minute, but Sam's effort was well saved by keeper Joe Croft. But that didn't deter us as two minutes later Taylor Collins curled home a shot from outside the area with the keeper rooted to the spot. It was Taylor's first goal since his welcome return to the club following a spell at Aylesbury United. Score 1-0. We stunned our opponents in the 44th minute with a superb goal from Kieran Turner. Jack Westlake (who again put in a super unselfish shift in midfield) broke up an attack and played the ball out wide to Kieran. From an unpromising position on the right Kieran chipped the ball over the keeper and in off the far post. It was quite simply an exquisite goal. Score 2-0. WGC first half woes got even worse two minutes into added time and again it was Kieran Turner who was the chief architect behind it with a brilliant run along the bye line before crossing to Sam Joliffe to stab home from close range. Score 3-0. WGC made two changes at the start of the second half bringing on Levi Gunn and Bobby Dance for Daryl Smith and Ashley Kersey but any hopes of a rival were smashed within 66 seconds after a terrible defensive blunder allowed Sam Joliffe to grab his second goal of the game and virtually clinch our place in the final. Score 4-0. In the 77th minute our guests came the closest to scoring when Jason Caswell did well to get a firm shot on target forcing Matt Evans to get down low and make a super save. But there was a sting in the tail to that near miss as we immediately broke down the other end and scored our fifth goal. Kieran Turner and Joe Naylor (who three minutes earlier had replaced Taylor Collins) combined well and although the keeper saved Kieran's effort Joe was on hand to coolly slot the ball passed some defenders on the line. It was the 17 year olds fourth goal for the First Team and he looks a tremendous prospect for the future. Score 5-0.
TAFC 6-0 Welwyn Garden City Jason Caswell showed his goal scoring instinct by controlling the ball nicely then shooting just wide but generally this was a performance that the visitors will not want to remember and ten minutes from time they shot themselves in the foot again when a terrible wayward pass went straight to Kieran Turner who raced through to tuck away his 10th goal of the season. Score 6-0. The last action saw Dave O'Connor get his head to a corner but the keeper was able to make a comfortable save. FT Score 6-0. Afterwards Manager Ian Richardson expressed his satisfaction by saying "it was an outstanding performance from the first minute to the last. With a clean sheet and six goals I couldn't ask for more". TA: 1 Matt Evans 2 Jack Seaton 3 Stuart Stedman 4 Jack Westlake 5 Dan Steadman (Capt) 6 Kevin McManus (15 Dave O'Connor 72) 7 Lee Stobbs 8 Sam Joliffe 9 Taylor Collins (16 Joe Naylor 75) 10 Kieran Turner 11 Luke Dunstan (12 Ryan McMahon 58). Subs not used: 14 Ben Seaton 17 Jack Hopwood. WGC: 1 Joe Croft 2 Jay Lovell 3 Jay Welsh 4 Danny Payne 5 Carl Mensah 6 John McGrandles 7 Joe Othen-Price (12 Juan Cleventes 60) 8 Daryl Smith (Capt) (14 Levi Gunn HT) 9 Jason Caswell 10 Ashley Kersey (16 Bobby Dance HT) 11 Craig Arnott. Subs not used: 15 Yasin Boodhoo 17 Jamie Jackson .
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The Future of our Club
Above we see our new under 16s brown team who will be playing in the EJA League this season.
EJA U16s Brown POS
P
W
D
L
GD
PTS
1
St Albans City FC Academy U16
6
3
2
1
4
11
2
Cockfosters (Youth) U16
5
3
0
2
1
9
3
Leverstock Green U16
5
2
3
0
5
9
4
Ware FC Academy U16 EJA
6
2
2
2
-1
8
5
Baldock Town FC U16 EJA
3
2
0
1
2
6
6
Tring Athletic Youth U16 Brown
5
2
0
3
-3
6
7
BSC FC Youth U16 EJA Brown
6
1
3
2
-3
6
8
4
1
2
1
-1
5
9
Letchworth Garden City Eagles U16 Golds Stotfold U16
4
1
1
2
0
4
10
Codicote Wolves U16
6
1
1
4
-4
4
Recent results 8th Nov
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Bishops Stortford 1-0 TAFC Brown
1st Nov
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Cockfosters 5-1 TAFC Brown
25th Oct
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TAFC Brown 2 0 Letchworth Garden City
Next up Sunday 13th December
Away vs Cocdicote Wolves
Sunday 20th December
Away vs Letchworth Garden City Eagles Golds
Tuesday 22nd December
Away vs Tring Athletic Yellow
The Future of our Club
Above we see our new under 16s yellow team who will be playing in the EJA League this season.
EJA U16s Yellow POS
P
W
D
L
GD
PTS
5
3
2
0
6
11
2
Potters Bar Town Youth FC U16 EJA 7
3
2
2
10
11
3
London Lions U16 EJA
4
3
0
1
6
9
4
Tring Athletic Youth U16 Yellow
4
3
0
1
1
9
5
Cheshunt Youth U16 EJA
4
2
0
2
1
6
6
Edgware Town U16
5
2
0
3
-8
6
7
Ryan (Youth) U16 Green EJA
6
2
0
4
-2
6
8
BSC FC Youth U16 EJA Yellow
7
2
0
5
-12
6
9
Enfield Town Youth U16 EJA
3
1
1
1
1
4
10
Hornchurch Youth U16 Brown
5
1
1
3
-3
4
1
Hadley Youth (EJA) U16
Recent results 25th Oct
Lge
BSC Youth 3-4 TAFC Yellow
Trailing 3-1 at half time , the boys showed character to improve and get a win playing good football on an excellent playing surface despite heavy overnight rain. Our scorers were Taylor Robinson (2) Cameron Saunders and Lewis Whicker. 18th Oct
Lge
Hornchurch Youth Brown 0-3TAFC Yellow
11th Oct
Cup
Chelmsford City Youth 2-0 TAFC Yellow
Next up Sunday 13th December
Lge
Home vs Potters Bar Town
Sunday 20th December
Lge
Home vs Hormchurch Youth
Tuesday 22nd December
Cup Home vs TAFC Brown
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