Tring Athletic vs Oxhey Jets by Tring Athletic

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Tring Athletic v Oxhey Jets Saturday 24th October 2020 3pm Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Match sponsorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Brannan

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Grassroots Talk

Good afternoon & welcome to the Grass Roots Stadium. Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Oxhey Jets, wishing them an enjoyable afternoon and a safe journey home afterwards. This is our 12th competitive match of the season, but the first time we’ve played at home on a Saturday. Today’s match sponsors is John Brannan, a loyal supporter of over 30 years who is usually found cheering us on from the Rugby Club end. John was a member of our committee serving as Chairman during our Miswell Lane days and we would like to thank him for his support. We have availability on future games (see page 14) or you could choose to sponsor your favourite player for the season (page 13) 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. New Arrival Congratulations to our former Jets player Scott Bonner and his partner Abbie, on the birth of Bertie George Bonner this week. Covid Compliance

We had visits to the ground by the police and the league covid officer 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 from today. 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.. 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.

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 •

Pages 6 & 7—Match report TAFC 3-1 London Colney

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Page 8—Tuesday’s match highlights

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Page 12—Our assistant manager Michael East features on this week’s player profile.

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Page 21—A message from Ian Butler who stepped down as planned at the recent AGM.

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Page 22—Today’s match squads

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Pages 30 & 31—On this Day, we look back to 2009 and a victory at Langford.

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Page 32 - Charity Raffle to win a TAFC Gold Membership, raising money for the Pepper Foundation. Clicking on the advert takes you straight to the site to buy a ticket.

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Page 39—Already a TAFC Gold member? We are delighted to share with you some new benefits from local businesses.

Match Report Tuesday 20th October 2020 Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Tring Athletic 3-1 London Colney The battle between the bottom two teams in this Division was never going to be pretty. Our opponents had arrived on the back of a resounding defeat last Saturday, while we were pointless and the periods when we had looked up to the required standard, were getting shorter and shorter in recent games. There was no lack of commitment from the 28 players involved but the moments of genuine quality were few and far between. Our trump card was produced by Physio Richard Smith who cajoled, encouraged and convinced Tring old boy Connor Smith to play. London Colney playing down the slope started quickly and has a reasonable chance in the first minute and then were given a free header from a corner which fortunately cleared the bar. There was some quality in their long passes and having forced a number of corners they were awarded a penalty on 15 mins after a rash challenge by Gareth Terblanche. Custodian David Saunders pulled off an excellent save to his right and it looked like Lady Luck had decided to at least grin if not smile. However within 10 mins a strike from 25 yards flew in the top right hand corner giving our visitors the lead. For the next 10 mins we battled and scrapped to get back in the game and on 40 mins a well delivered Will Foley corner resulted in Connor Smith hitting the post and Joe Naylor followed up to equalise. For once we managed to get through on level times to half time. The second period carried on in a helter skelter fashion and despite wanting to "get the ball down and play" it was understandable that the season to date had its effect on the side. As ever it is impossible to criticise the effort and commitment and on 70 another expertly placed Will Foley corner resulted in James Butler rising highest in the box and planting a header back across goal. A Colney defender tried to clear off the line, possibly with the use of his arm, but it only fell to Connor Smith who fired in from close range.

Match Report For 15 mins the two teams went toe to toe and their forwards were a handful. On 84 mins Connor Smith, having missed an easy chance after a mazy run, smashed a ball in from 30 yds. This was a great reward for a player who battled and lead the line well for the entire 93 minutes.For once we managed to see the game out to register our first win. Difficult to pick out individuals and at last most players achieved 7 out of 10 but although our scorer got the MOM award ,Harrison Cornick must have run him a close second but all 14 players and our supporters who were there in good numbers did their bit. Team David Saunders, Paolo Bagatti, Keven Mcmanus (Will Salmon) James Butler, Gareth Terblanche, Joe Chott (Prince Nimoh) Harrison Cornick, Will Foley, Joe Naylor (A.Bryan) Olly Butler, Connor Smith More action pictures from the match can be found by clicking on the picture below and using the password Vp93Qa97

Highlights & Social Media Match Highlights TAFC 3-1 London Colney Click on the image below to view

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The League

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

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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 Officer 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

Michael East

Nickname (s)

Easty

Position

Assistant Manager

Previous club(s)

Berkhamsted, Cockfosters & Harefield

Occupation

Recruitment Account Manager

Favourite Food

The wife’s Boxing Day pie

Dream holiday destination

Safari

Footballing hero / inspiration

Ian Wright

Who do you support?

Arsenal

Favourite TV programme

Game of Thrones

Best ground you’ve played at

King Power Stadium

Best football moment

Watching my daughter’s first game

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?

Twitter—give him a follow @Michael_East Kasabian—Fire

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

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Kevin McManus

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Adam Murphy

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Joe Naylor

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Prince Nimoh

Bob Winter

Jonny Pitts

Available

Will Salmon

JS Property Group

David Saunders

Petron Sports

Callum Shortt

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Matt Stacey

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Dan Steadman

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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 afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match sponsor is loyal supporter John Brannan who has been watching Athletic for around 30 years. We would like to thank John 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

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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

Next home game

Chairmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Message This is just a quick summary of my time as Chairman of our wonderful club Tring Athletic. In February 2020 I received a telephone call from Tony Stedman informing me that Howard Wells had stepped down as Chairman and would I be prepared to stand as Chairman. It was explained to me that we had a few problems to overcome which I believe is well documented so no need to go over spilt milk again. I explained at the time I was changing my working practise so it would be my honour to try and help the club to find some stability but it would be a relatively short appointment. With the help of everyone I believe we are on a wonderful new path with floodlights being installed next month and finances in a much better place than they were in February. I always had the intention to stand down when the time was right and I am nominating Bob Winter as my successor for the role and with the help of our really good committee I believe we could not be in better hands. Bob has shown to me he is level headed and will drive the club forward both on and off the field. I intend to stay on as a Committee member and manager of the reserves. I wish to say on record that Tony Stedman has done an amazing job in keeping us afloat with the finances and with our new committee members we are somehow thriving through covid 19 as a club after correcting some decisions we made in the past. Here's to the rest of season results improving and see you all soon. Ian Butler

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s- Squads

Tring Athletic FC

David Saunders Jonny Pitts Paulo Bagatti Kevin McManus Adam Murphy Harrison Cornick James Butler Will Salmon Will Foley Oliver Butler Scott Bonner Prince Nimoh Connor Smith Jack Sunderland Joe Naylor Frankie Hercules Callum Shortt Joe Chott Connor Goodliffe Gareth Terblanche

Manager - Chris Juraszek Asst Manager - Michael East Physio - Dickie Smith

Oxhey Jets Rob Partington Louis Bircham Andrew Brennan Daryl Brown Reece Cameron Sean Giordmaina Thomas Gibson Nicholas Kerley Ashley Lewis Daniel May Luke Preedy Lewis Putman Jamie Speer Louis Stead Bradley Sweeney

Manager:

Stuart Atkins

Asst Mgr

Chris Campbell

Coaches

Chris Colman Dave Sells

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.

Connor Smith - Returned to Tring in October 2020 scoring twice against London Colney. Connor played 58 times between 2010 & 2015.

Reserved for the reserves

Saturday 17th October The reserves suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat away at league leaders Oracle Components. Saturday 10th October Lewis Dwight, Tom Ainsworth and an own goal were the scorers as we beat Hertford Heath 3-1 at home.

This afternoon we have another tough fixture as we travel to 3rd placed Aldenham on Saturday and await further fixtures.

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

Daniel Statham Warren Northcott Andrew McCree

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 Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;2009 The maxim which states that the ends justify the means could be aptly applied to this game after a solid performance enabled us to pick up 3 points that pushed us up to 4th place in the table. The first half was a non event as both teams found it hard to string many moves together but we improved after the break with goals from Mark Burfoot and Vinnie Iannone clinching a merited victory, our 5th from the last 6 games. There were some good moments in the first half with Mark Burfoot knocking a tantalising ball across the area from a throw which went unclaimed. Later Tony Fields robbed a defender in the area and with colleagues waiting in the middle an opening goal looked on the cards but he delayed just a fraction too long and his pass was cut out. From a sloppy throw we presented Langford with the ball which was knocked across to the far left where Ross Scotney was waiting unmarked. The winger ran towards our area but pulled his shot wide of the far post. Luke Nichol dragged a shot well wide of the goal after a corner was cleared to him then later his namesake Ryan Nichols picked up one of our loose passes and advanced towards our goal, but his shot went straight at Tom Vincent. Mark Burfoot drew a diving save from Langford keeper Scot Walters and Ashley Addison was inches away from connecting with a David Whicker free kick. A long throw presented Mark Burfoot with a shooting opportunity but the big man sent his effort wide. With many of Langfords moves breaking down because the wind was carrying the ball too far, their skipper Adam Pitcairn decided to take matters in hand and make better use of the conditions by striking a good long range shot which Tom Vincent turned over the bar. From the corner Tom spilled the ball as he fell but the danger was quickly cleared. With black storm clouds gathering as the second half got under way we might have thought that this was a bad omen for the next 45 minutes or so. But the sun came out and similarly there was a brighter performance from our players. Ross Scotney had an early opportunity but he over ran the ball and Tom Vincent was out quickly to gather up safely. A goal was desperately needed to lift the game and fortunately it fell to us in the 55th minute. It came from a corner sent over by Danny Gray which Mark Burfoot headed in from close range without any challenge. The Langford manager responded by shuffling his side around, pushing Adam Pitcairn from left back into midfield, moving Ross Scotney back to left back and swapping Gus Stewart from right to left wing. The changes didnt noticeably improve the home sides situation and it was Ashley Addison who went close twice to extending our lead. Firstly he volleyed just over after Tony Fields had nodded back across goal a Danny Gray free kick then he latched onto a Mark Burfoot flick and lobbed the keeper but it just cleared the bar. Again the Langford manager responded this time bringing on Andy Gordon for Mark Whittiker and moving the tall Gus Stewart to centre forward. Phil Casserley also made a substitution, Vinnie Iannone coming on for Danny Gray to join Mark Burfoot up front with Ashley Addison moving to the wing.

Langford 0-2 TAFC In the battle of the substitutes Phil can take the greater satisfaction as within 3 minutes Vinnie Iannone scored a crucial 2nd goal as a result of great play by Matt Myatt. The midfielder is one of the teams unsung heroes, working hard for the side, clearing the danger and protecting the back four. In the 72nd minute he latched onto a loose pass and threaded with great precision a superb pass to Vinnie who held off the defender and coolly slotted the ball past the keeper to put us into a commanding 2-0 lead.

Langford pushed forward but we defended very well and gave the opposition very few opportunities to pull a goal back. Tom Vincent had to punch a difficult cross off the top of the lanky Gus Stewarts head and later he scrambled across his goal to make a save from a free kick but he wasnt called upon to make use of his considerable talents. In fact he nearly turned provider on 2 occasions with his long clearances. Firstly he sent Mark Burfoot through to lob the keeper but Steve Starling did well to get back and prevent a 3rd goal. Then Darren Franklin nearly benefited as he bore down on goal, but he fell and his pained expression suggests he felt he was pushed from behind. Darren had come on for Mark Burfoot and it was good to see him back in action after missing 7 games. There were a couple of moments of danger, Ross Scotney hitting a shot well wide from a corner and Lee Pateman would have latched onto a well struck free kick had Steve Smith, who had another great game, not read the situation and cleared the ball. There was one unfortunately incident which seemed totally out of keeping in what had been a very clean game when Langfords big centre back Gary Watts took out Ashley Addison with a terrible tackle and rightly got red carded. The last word went to Ashley whose shot went well over and the final score remained 2-0. TA:Tom Vincent, Dave Salmon, Rob Duncan, Graham Hall (Capt), Steve Smith, Matt Myatt, Tony Fields, David Whicker, Mark Burfoot (Darren Franklin 70), Ashley Addison, Danny Gray (Vinnie Iannone 69). Subs not used: Keith Eldridge, Henry Thomas

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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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