Tring Athletic vs London Colney by Tring Athletic

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Tring Athletic v London Colney 7.30pm Tuesday 20th October 2020 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Match sponsorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tony Stedman

Grassroots Talk Good evening & welcome to the Grass Roots Stadium. Tonight we welcome the players, officials and supporters of London Colney, wishing them an enjoyable evening and safe journey home afterwards. We would usually look at the form and league positions of the two sides competing although I’m sure both sets of teams would prefer to ignore this tonight. It could be said you’ll be watching the league’s two strongest teams, as we are holding the rest of the division up! London Colney have play six matches picking up a solitary point in a 0-0 draw at Wembley in their opening game of the season. Looking back at our matches we can perhaps gain some comfort that seven of our league matches so far have been against clubs currently in the top 8. Today’s match sponsors is our treasurer Tony Stedman and we would like to thank him for his support. We have availability on future games (see page 12) or you could choose to sponsor your favourite player for the season (page 11.) Our Commercial Manager Graham Bright has been busy securing sponsors for our four sides, but we’d love to have more local businesses supporting us here at Tring Athletic. Our match 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. Covid Impact

With a vast number of laws and guidelines affecting us both on and off the pitch, we can sometimes fall short of volunteers. If you are able to help the club on a regular basis or even just occasionally please speak to a committee member. We are always grateful for extra support. Another home game The first team play again at home this weekend hosting Oxhey Jets. This will be our first home game on a Saturday this season so please spread the word, bring a friend and give us a big home support.

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Match Report Sat 17th October 2020 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Harpenden Town 3-1 TAFC First team As manager I have to apologise for the abysmal display that masqueraded as a first half from ourselves. The result was similar to Leighton Town but that was the only similarity to this effort against unbeaten Harpenden Town. We set up to defend in a similar way to Tuesday, to frustrate the opposition and try to get something on the break. To some extent we achieved the first part of the plan but too many poor touches in midfield, passes under hit instead of behind defenders resulted in very limited possession, one poorly delivered corner and one shot. I won't mention the players but a couple need to have a look at their decision making, one pass across our own area for no good reason will remain with me for some time. For 35 mins we limited our opponents to a couple of half chances and then from a corner a decision to change the way we defend resulted in a scrappy goal on the far post which had been vacated despite specific orders against. On 43 mins quite why a Tring Athletic forward decided to make a tackle in the penalty area, that was poor in its thought process and in its execution, was quite hard to believe. So within 10 mins the game had potentially slipped away. As plan A had totally failed we changed the way to play and that together with Harpenden Town dropping off resulted in some good and potentially fruitful football being played. We kept the ball well and slowly worked our way back into the game. On 63 mins an opponent turned towards his own goal and presented Ollie Butler with the ball, he carried it 10 yards before playing a slide rule pass into Callum Shortt who finished confidently. For 10/12 minutes it looked like the improbable might happen and we could yet get something out of the game but on 75 mins we again decided to shoot ourselves in the foot, which we at least is far more successfully done than we do at the real thing. We never looked like recovering from this blow and our opponents played out time to secure a deserved win. After 7 away games (which hasn't helped) we are at home to fellow strugglers London Colney on Tuesday when both teams will be desperate to get their first win of the season. Very soon but the proverbial 6 pointer! Our supporters have been behind us 100% and are needed again on Tuesday. David Saunders. Paolo Bagatti, Kevin Mcmanus, James Butler, Jack Sunderland (Gareth Terblanche), Frankie Hercules (Joe Naylor), Will Salmon (Steven Dodd), Harrison Cornick, Callum Shortt, Will Foley, Ollie Butler.

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The League

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Eynesbury Rovers Colney Heath Harefield United Biggleswade United Harpenden Town Potton United Leighton Town Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Newport Pagnell Town Baldock Town Oxhey Jets Arlesey Town Leverstock Green Crawley Green Edgware Town Broadfields United Wembley North Greenford United Dunstable Town London Colney Tring Athletic

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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 Officers First Team Manager First Team Coaches 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 Vacant Chris Juraszek, James Shaw Michael East Michael Churchill, Richard Priestly & Dan Wilson Michael Churchill, Iain Lorimar David Lawless Richard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dickieâ&#x20AC;? Smith Vacant Vacant Keith Eldridge / Colin Sturges Keith Eldridge Keith Eldridge Darrell Bodimeade Bob Winter / Tony Steadman Mick Eldridge BEM Vacant Vacant Debbie & Will Dunstan, Tash Young

Committee Members Bob Winter (Chairman) Tony Stedman, Ian Butler, Neil Foskett, Graham Bright, David Blair, Debbie Dunstan, Mark Weston, Chris Juraszek, James Shaw, Keith Eldridge.

Player Profile

Players name

William Salmon

Nickname (s)

Sammo

Position

Central Defensive Midfielder

Previous club(s)

None

Occupation

Carpenter

Favourite Food

Pizza

Dream holiday destination

Indonesia

Footballing hero / inspiration

Kaka

Who do you support?

Spurs

Favourite TV programme

Match of the Day

Best ground you’ve played at

Millwall—The Den

Best football moment

Playing for Watford Academy

You can only have one app on your phone - which one do you choose? You are in charge of the dressing room music for the day, what is getting played?

Disney Plus Abba—Voulez Vous

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

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Will Foley

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Connor Goodliffe

Tay Refurbishments

Frankie Hercules

Available

Kevin McManus

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Adam Murphy

Available

Joe Naylor

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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. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only costs ÂŁ50 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 7th November 2020 Harpenden Town The Cook Partnership Saturday 14th November 2020 Newport Pagnell Town Tuesday 8th December 2020 Potten United Saturday 12th December 2020 Baldock Town Ian Ranger Saturday 2nd January 2021 North Greenford United Saturday 9th January 2021 Eynesbury United Saturday 23rd January 2021 Leighton Town Saturday 6th February 2021 Wembley 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 Saturday 24th April 2021 Biggleswade United Brian Lovell - Samaritans collection day

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Match Sponsor This eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match sponsor is our Treasurer and Match Secretary, Tony Stedman. Tony has been involved at Athletic for nearly 20 years in a variety of positions. He has also taken up another role this week at the club as a joint vice chairman. We would like to thank Tony 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 7 Nov Tue 10 Nov Sat 14 Nov Tue 17 Nov Sat 21 Nov Sat 28 Nov Tue 1 Dec Sat 5 Dec Tue 8 Dec Sat 12 Dec Sat 19 Dec Sat 28 Dec Sat 2 Jan c Sat 9 Jan Sat 16 Jan Sat 23 Jan Sat 6 Feb Sat 13 Feb Sat 20 Feb Sat 27 Feb Sat 6 Mar Sat 13 Mar Sat 20 Mar Sat 27 Mar Sat 3 Apr Sat 17 Apr Sat 04 Apr

L 2-0 L2-3 W1-1 (5-6 pens) L3-2 L1-2 L2-1 L3-1 L4-1 L3-1 L3-1 7.45pm 3.00 pm 7.45pm 3.00pm 7.45pm 3.00pm 7.45pm 3.00pm 7.45pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 7;45pm 3.00pm 7.45pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 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 Harpenden Town Harefield United Newport Pagnell T Edgware Town Eynesbury Rovers Baldock Town Crawley Green Newport Pagnell T Potton United Baldock Town North Greenford Leverstock Green North Greenford Eynesbury Rovers Aylesbury Vale Dyn. Leighton Town Wembley Colney Heath Broadfields United Harefield United Arlesey Town Oxhey Jets Edgware Town Dunstable Town Leverstock Green London Colney Biggleswade United

Our Opponents The club was established in 1907 and joined the MidHerts League. In 1955 they moved up to Division One A of the Hertfordshire Senior County League. Following a thirdplace finish in their first season in the division, the club were promoted to the Premier Division. They went on to win the Premier Division title in 1956–57, and after finishing as runners-up in each of the next two seasons, were champions again in 1959–60. The club won the Herts Intermediate Cup in 1974–75 and again in 1982–83. London Colney were Premier Division runners-up again in 1985–86 and were champions the following season. They won back-to-back titles in 1988–89 and 1989–90 (a season in which they also won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy) before moving up to Division One of the South Midlands League in 1992. The club were Division One runners-up in 1992–93 and were promoted to the Senior Division. They were Senior Division runners-up and the following season and won the Herts Charity Shield for the first time. In 1994–95 the club won the Senior Division and the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1997 the South Midlands League merged with the Spartan League to form the Spartan South Midlands League; London Colney were placed in the Premier Division North, and following a third-place finish in the league's inaugural season, secured a place in the Premier Division for the following season as the league underwent reorganisation. After winning the Herts Charity Shield again in 1998–99, they were Premier Division runners-up in 2000–01 and went on to win the league title and the Challenge Cup the following season. However, following a decline in form, the club finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2007–08 and were relegated to Division One.

London Colney won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy in 2009–10 and were Division One champions in 2011–12, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They were Premier Division runners-up in 2014–15 and 2015–16 before winning the league title and the league's Challenge Trophy in 2016–17. However, the club declined the opportunity of promotion to the Isthmian League

Todays- Squads

Tring Athletic FC David Saunders Jonny Pitts Paulo Bagatti Kevin McManus Adam Murphy Harrison Cornick Joe Cowan Will Salmon Will Foley Olly Butler Scott Bonner Prince Nimoh Clem Asante Jack Sunderland Joe Naylor Frankie Hercules Callum Shortt Joe Chott Connor Goodliffe Gareth Terblanche

London Colney

Lee Axwothy Elliot Beevor Denzel Conlch Issouf Coulibaly Ibrahima Diawara Scott Knight James Lawrance Dillon Lee Jack Mace Ross Mercer Isaac Olaleye Joe Reynolds Andrew Simmonds

Managers - Chris Juraszek & James Shaw

Manager:

Coach - Michael East

Coaches

Physio - Dickie Smith

Asst Mgr

Ken Charlery

NEW FLOODLIGHTS – Fundraising Challenge Update Getting Closer! An update from the Club on where we are with the new floodlights. As previously reported we have a grant of £39,308 from the Football Foundation Stadia Improvement Fund (Funded by The Premier League) his relates to an overall cost of £56,154. With full planning permission now secured, the aim is to get the new, state of the art floodlights installed during NOVEMBER THIS YEAR. However, we do have a funding challenge and the current update is:£16,846 TOTAL ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO RAISE (full cost less grant) £ 10,040 RAISED TO DATE (many thanks to our generous sponsors and supporters so far) £ 6,806 REMAINING TARGET TO BE RAISED We would love all our great sponsors, supporters and townsfolk to join us in achieving, and hopefully smashing, this target. Any donations, however large or small, would be very gratefully received every penny donated will go directly to the floodlight fund. We are creating a Floodlights Patrons Board which will be mounted in the Clubhouse, and will be a roll of honour of all have donated. This will be a permanent recognition of support, should you donate, your name will be up on the board at the club for ever. How to donate:1)Email Club Secretary Bob Winter on Robert.winter2007@ntlworld.com to confirm your donation and the name you would like on the Floodlights Patrons Board. 2)Transfer your donation to club bank account: Sort Code 40-44-32 Account No. 21133543 . Please put your SURNAME in the payment reference. Alternatively, a cheque made payable to Tring Athletic FC can be handed in at the bar.

Together we will get those new floodlights up!

Our first team squad Goalkeepers David Saunders â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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 heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Reserved for the reserves

Saturday 10th October The reserves suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat away at league leaders Oracle Components. Saturday 3rd October Lewis Dwight, Tom Ainsworth and an own goal were the scorers as we beat Hertford Heath 3-1 at home.

Next up we have another tough fixture as we travel to 3rd placed Aldenham on Saturday.

Click on the image below to watch the goals from the reserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win against Bovingdon back in September.

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Oracle Components First

Hatfield United First

Aldenham FC First

Bovingdon Reserves

Oxhey First

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Standon & Puckeridge FC Blues

Evergreen FC First

Tring Athletic Reserves

Sun Sports Watford First

Hinton First

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Buntingford Town First

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Old Parmiterians First

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Wheathampstead Wanderers (HSCL) First

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Hertford Heath First

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Bushey Rangers Saturday First

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Knebworth First

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Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Officials Referee Assistant Referee Assistant Referee

Colin Wordsworth Chaolun Tan John Wynne

Meet the Players Action photos from our game at Colney Heath

Player of the Month

Player of the month Sponsored by Olive Limes

September Paolo Bagatti

On This Day 20th October 2018 - TAFC 2-0 Edgeware Town We started on the front foot and came close to opening the scoring after just 10 minutes when Tommy Twelves header from a corner was cleared off the line by Sam Addae with the keeper well beaten. Many supporters will remember Sam from his time at Athletic, playing 48 games for the club between 20012 and 2015. The most memorable moment from his time here was a stunning goal he scored against Hertford Town in the 1st minute of the game. We later went onto win 6-0 but as least he can say he broke the ice first! He later modestly described it as his Roberto Carlos moment! Interestingly, the others in the team that day were current players Sam Joliffe and Jack Sunderland. A minute later the Town keeper Greg Ellingham tipped a free kick from Kieran Turner round the post although it looked as if it was going wide anyway. We had most of the early possession and territory with the opposition failing to test keeper Connor Sansom but despite doing most of the attacking we created just a few half chances rather than clear cut openings. Midway through the half the opposition left back David Sota did head a decent cross just wide but the Referee said he would have awarded us a foul on Connor Sansom had the ball hit the net. Chris Mason's astute pass nearly picked out an unmarked Jack Sunderland in the area and a fine Ben Johnson cross seemed to hypnotise the Town defence but they cleared the danger before we could pounce. It was all bits and pieces and nothing clear cut then Alex Campana sent a free kick just over the bar. However, it proved to be a bit of a prelude for the real thing when Camps lined up to take another free kick on the left hand side of the area in the 40th minute. This time he whipped in a fierce shot that beat the keeper and hit the roof of the net. It was Camps first goal for the club and was a long over due reward for some impressive performances for us. Score 1-0. That was the last action of any note and we went into the break deservedly holding a slim one goal lead and although it had been a game of few clear cut chances we had been the better side and looked the more likely to score. HT Score 1-0. The visitors were a different proposition from the restart showing a lot more attacking intent and creating some moments of danger for our defence. However, the first move of the second period saw Alex Campana make a great run to set Ashton Campbell free who was denied by a terrific saving tackle from a defender. Ben Johnson cleared a potentially dangerous moment in our area and Connor Sansom had to be alert to come out to beat Sam Odusoga to a through ball shortly after the same player had shot wide following a fine move. Just before the hour Sansom was forced to show off his skills by denying Steven Banavides with a great save, blocking the shot with his legs. The visitors had their tails up and we were forced to show off our defensive capabilities. Gradually we weathered the storm and Kieran Turner was unlucky to see his shot drift just wide of the far post. After the frenetic start to the second half the game evened out and chances were at a premium again. Jack Sunderland did put the ball in the net but was adjudged to have fouled the keeper. We nearly settled the game in the 81st minute when Carl Mensah smashed a shot against the bar. With just four minutes remaining Town nearly snatched a late dramatic equaliser when their leading scorer Mikkel James was played through but again Connor Sansom came to our rescue by using his legs to keep out the shot. Connor has really settled well into the side and has made a major contribution to our winning run with some crucial saves at key moments, he has been a superb signing. With just 3 minutes left on the clock we sealed the victory when Ashton Campbell made a brilliant run to the bye line then pulled the ball back nicely to Jack Read who found the back of the net for his 36th goal from 77 first team appearances, which is a superb return of nearly a goal every other game. Score 2-0. There was just time to show our strength in depth when we brought on one of our up and coming youngsters off the bench, yes Stuart "Beamer" Stedman. Somebody cruelly said he was 40 but he is much younger than that at 38! He made 2 tackles and then showed he has not lost any of his skills with a pass made with the outside of his right foot. Shame it hit the advertising hoarding!! FT Score 20. TA:1 Connor Sansom 2 Ben Johnson 3 Chris Mason 4 Roy Byron 5 Tommy Twelves 6 Carl Mensah 7 Joe Fitzgerald (14 Billie Busari 67) 8 Alex Campana (15 Stuart Stedman 90+1) 9 Ashton Campbell 10 Kieran Turner (Capt) 11 Jack Sunderland (12 Jack Read 74).

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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.

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Baldock Town FC U16 EJA

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Leverstock Green U16

Letchworth Garden City Eagles U16 Golds Stotfold U16

St Albans City FC Academy U16

Tring Athletic Youth U16 Brown

Cockfosters (Youth) U16

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BSC FC Youth U16 EJA Brown

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Codicote Wolves U16

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