Waltham Forest v AFC Sudbury (4-1-14) by Waltham Forest Football Club

WALTHAM FOREST FC

versus

afc sudbury

4th January 2014

£2.00

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theeditor Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Wadham Lodge for this afternoon’s Ryman League Division 1 North match with AFC Sudbury. We wish their players, supporters and officials a pleasant stay with us. We also extend a warm welcome to this afternoon’s team of match officials. It’s been a long while since our last home game, and I trust that you all had an enjoyable festive period, helped most certainly by our 1-0 victory over Wroxham last weekend. Because of the two postponements over Christmas, the fixtures have started to pile up, so much so that we’ll be playing eight games in January. If we can build on our win at Wroxham, there’s no reason why these eight games can’t be used as a springboard to pull ourselves out of the bottom three. However, if we continue to struggle through them, the situation could prove to be very grave indeed. As I expected, Brentwood have put a few results together and hauled themselves out of the relegation places, and were replaced by Erith & Belvedere. Wroxham’s defeat by us means they’re now down to 21st, and should the bottom three sides pick up a few points in the next few weeks,

a whole number of clubs could be drawn down into the relegation dog-fight. Ware have a new Chairman and manager, who have left Broxbourne Borough after only half a season in charge. I sincerely hope that they haven’t left Broxbourne in too bad a state, and that the Herts club will be able to continue untroubled for the rest of the season. This does however meant that Ware will be looking to get themselves any way possible. They lost

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3-1 to Heybridge last week, but were much improved on recent Ware performances by all accounts. It is at this stage in the season where results really do begin to make a difference. Put a decent run together, and we’ll be back amongst the rest of the bottom half of the table. But if we fail to do so, our days at this level will be numbered.

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afc sudbury David Batch He is a Full UEFA A licence holder and played for Cambridge United, Wisbech Town and Norwich United; he then became manager of Downham Town and later the youth and reserves teams at Cambridge. He later became manager of Cambridge City. He then concentrated on building up business affairs before in April 2009 taking over as manager of Wroxham, leading the club to Wembley and the Final of the FA Vase. The club also finished in third place in the league and reached the League Cup Final in his second season. He guided them to promotion at the end of the 2011/12 season and joined the Ryman North where last season they finished in fifteenth place. He joined AFC as Manager on 21st May 2013. Alex Archer A goalkeeper, he started in the

lasttime Waltham Forest turned in an improved performance away to AFC Sudbury but it was ultimately in vain as they went down 3-0. Sudbury dominated the opening proceedings with Myers pulling off two blinding saves from close range to keep

Peterborough United youth set-up, playing a number of games for non-league on loan, including Stamford and Ilkeston Town before being released. At the start of the 2012/13 season when he joined Needham Market making eleven appearances before being released. He joined AFC at the start of October 2012 and making thirty-three starts and at the end of the season winning the Players Player of the Year Award.

number of local Essex and Suffolk non-league clubs including Wivenhoe Town and Needham Market. He joined AFC originally in January 2007 before at the end of the season leaving and joining AFC Hornchurch but soon went to Leiston. He then spent some time between these two clubs as well as Wivenhoe and Brantham Athletic. He spent last term with Leiston before signing once again for AFC in June 2013.

James Baker A strong well-built raiding forward whose previous clubs include Chelmsford City, Braintree Town, Eastleigh, Welling United and Billericay Town from where he signed for AFC at the start of the 2010/11 season.

Josh Carus A very experienced and dependable central defender he started his long career with Norwich City. He played for King’s Lynn before joining Wroxham where he spent many seasons. He joined AFC at the start of the 2013/14 season

Michael Brothers A former Colchester United player, he has played for a the scores level. Forest went close with Oyewale and Harfo both going close, but ultimately, the home ‘keeper was not troubled. On 50 minutes the home side took the lead. Jamie Forshaw was given far too much time on the edge of the area, and he duly fired into the top corner from long range. Then on 72 Cowely doubled Sudbury’s advantage.

Sam Clarke A former Gt Wakering player, He was allowed to bounce off three defenders before curling the ball home past the stranded Myers. In the dying embers of the game, Sudbury confirmed their win with another longrange effort from Forshaw.

match report: 7 he signed for AFC at the start of the 2008/09 season. He is a strong tough tackling midfielder who missed most of last season after suffering a broken arm early in the season and later on a knee injury. He has now fully recovered and looking to make up for lost time in season 2103/14. He is the club’s current longest serving player. Dave Cowley A player who can play in a variety of midfield positions signed for AFC at the start of last season having played previously with both Harlow Town and Grays Athletic. His whole-hearted performances earned him the 2012/2013 First Team Supporters Player of the Season award. Greg Crane A central defender, he started his career with Norwich City in their youth and Reserve sides, leaving The Canaries in January 2004. He had trials with a number of Football League Clubs, before joining Lowestoft Town in March, 2004.He remained with “The Trawlerboys” until the start of the 2006/07 season, when he signed for Kings Lynn and won the Southern League title with them. He was with The Linnets until June, 2009, and returned to Lowestoft Town at the start of the 2009/10 season. He was released by Lowestoft in the first week of October, 2013, and signed for A.F.C. on 8th October, making his debut the same day.

Matt Daniels He joined AFC at the start of the 2013/14 season following his previous manager at Wroxham to the club. He started his football with Ipswich Town in their youth team before joining up with Wroxham Jamie Forshaw A fast raiding forward, he was with Norwich City as a schoolboy and then joined Southend United’s youth team and while there went on loan to Bishop’s Stortford during 2008/09 but was released. He joined Ebbsfleet in July 2009 and then had a spell on loan with Ashford Town before being signed by Lowestoft Town. In June 2012 he joined King’s Lynn Town however his stay was short as in November 2012 he went to Wroxham and remained with them throughout the 2012/13 season. He joined AFC on 15th June 2013. Jemel Fox A defender he started with Coplestonians, before linking up with Needham Market from where he originally signed for AFC in February 2010. He won the Supporters Player of the Year at the end of the 2010/11 season. He left AFC in February 2012 and played for Leiston before in season 2013/13 playing again for Needham Market. He is a great supporter of the club’s Grassroots section and AFC Ladies and he re-joined AFC on 9th August 2013.

Dan Heath A goalkeeper he started off in the Cambridge United youth system and played for a number of local clubs. He played a solitary game or AFC in October 2010 helping out in a goal-keeping crisis. He went onto play for Felixstowe & Walton United, Hadleigh United and had a spell on loan at Leiston last season. He originally signed for Wroxham later came back to The MEL Group Stadium. Ryan Henshaw A strong defender/midfield player he started with both Cornard United and Witham Town Reserves before signing originally for AFC in March 2010. He had short spells with Chelmsford City and Haverhill Rovers before returning to AFC in November 2012. Ollie Hughes A young forward who began his football with Walsham-Le – Willows, where he spent three seasons. Ollie joined Leiston in September, 2013, and then signed for A.F.C. Sudbury on 8th November, 2013. Had trials with Luton Town at the beginning of this season. Ben Lewis He is a well-built, quick strong defender who joined the club at the start of the 2013/14 season following the manager from his previous club Wroxham.

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thetreesurgeon Today we play our first Saturday fixture of 2014 against AFC Sudbury (always allowing for the inclement weather that decimated most of the Christmas matches in Division One North) Sudbury are once again sitting in mid table, which given their previous achievements in their previous League seems unlikely. Every season they start in the Ryman league, myself and I think almost every other club, are expecting them to be up in the promotion race (also in previous years they have always been the bookies favourites for the title before a ball is kicked). I think it demonstrates just how tough this Division is to get out of (or in our case this season - to stay in). We had a good Christmas period with an excellent away win at Wroxham, after the Boxing day postponement, in a game where neither side looked particularly good defensively and both sides missed a hat full of chances But, importantly, we managed to win the game, when in the past, this season we have tended to be the side who conceded the only goal in a tight game and we achieved our first “double” of the season.

Hopefully, our visit to Redbridge on New Years Day has improved our points tally even further. Today, I want to reflect on something I was already aware of, but, that has been brought home to me in recent weeks, about the state of our task to re-establish our club as a leading light in the Borough firstly and in non league in general. A couple of weeks before Christmas we reenacted that good old Christmas tradition of sending the children up into the loft to rescue as many of the old Christmas decorations as possible (I say children - the youngest is in his twenties). In between tangles lights, mountains of tinsel and the odd bauble, they also discovered hidden treasure - a pile of old programmes and one of my old scrapbooks with match cuttings from the 1980’s There used to be a programme on the BBC in the 1990’s called “The Rock & Roll Years” - which featured a different year each week, with news clips with a soundtrack of the popular “hits” of that year. I loved watching those programmes but, after the initial enjoyment had subsided, I was left with a very hollow feeling as it brought home my own

mortality when I realised how many years ago that featured year was in the past. It was the same feeling with the scrapbook - the 1980’s was a time of almost continued success under George Wakeling when we played as Leyton - Wingate and after enjoying reading about all the wins and success, I longed to be back there again. But, the point I am getting to (rather slowly you will feel) was the attendances at those games. A few 400 and 500 crowds in games against Leytonstone - Ilford (which you could understand, being a local derby and both sides doing really well) - another in the same region for the FA Trophy games against Boston United and Macclesfield, once again, no surprise - but, what really took my breath away, was a figure in excess of 300 for an Essex Senior Cup game against Barking. Now, I know that the Essex Senior Cup in those days was still reasonably highly regarded and not the mid-week “fill in” it has become in recent times, but, nevertheless, that is still some turn out - what would we give to get a couple of those size crowds this season. Our Committee has to manage on 50 people if we are lucky and out of that

charlie ward: 9 we still have find officials expenses as well as other standard running cost for match days, like the electricity for the floodlights and buildings and hot water for the showers etc. So any time anyone gets the hump with the way the club is bring run, just put things into perspective - it is a miracle that given the rapid decline in interest and

attendances at our games (in common with many other clubs in our area at our level) we are able to keep going at all. I just hope that today we will see our numbers boosted by the additional travelling support that AFC Sudbury always seem to bring and that we will repaying them with typical hospitality off the field, but, a thumping on it

leaving them to travel back pointless. Now that Christmas is over, all that good will has disappeared. Three points today will do much to bolster our confidence and hope we can still be playing Ryman League football once again, to the hardly fifty people who bother to turn at the majority of our games.

forest v afc sudbury, 19th august 2006

what’s in a name? stuart hamonds WHAT’S IN a name? Not a lot if you’re one of the myriad of Non-League and lower Football League players who share the same christian and surnames, but it can get confusing. Take last Saturday for example. I get the St Albans City teamsheet for their FA Trophy second round tie with Cambridge United at Clarence Park, and find that Danny Green is on the bench - but then he’s not, as striker Mark Nwokeji feels an injury in the warmup and the two swap places. Now, is this the Danny Green who John Still plucked from Bishop’s Stortford’s right-wing when he was Dagenham & Redbridge manager, and turned him into a League One player? Or is it the ‘other’ Danny Green who went from Billericay to Dagenham a year later, and who also played on the right flank, and had been at Bishop’s Stortford previously. No, because the first is now at Charlton Athletic, the second is at

Maidenhead and a local reporter informs me that this one came from Harpenden Town, has spent time on loan at Potters Bar Town this term and plays rightback or central midfield. But, lo and behold, he comes into the team on the right wing! These lads’ stats have all probably merged into one on the internet – and there are others, like the two Mike Greens who both play for Gloucester City, or the fatherson, managerplayer combinations we’ve seen over the years with the Craig Edwards at Grays,

Chelmsford and Billericay, and Chris Kinnears at Dover.

There are the two Steve Browns who have both managed or coached at Dover, and it must be something about the name Danny, because boy, just like with the Greens I’ve had trouble with the two Danny Rowes up north. It doesn’t help that these same-namers tend to

frequent the same part of the country, and often the same clubs. So one Danny Rowe has played up front for Barrow and Stockport - and so has the other! Oh what fun it was to try and decipher which was which when they were both at County and going by the names of Danny L Rowe and Danny M Rowe. One is now at Lincoln City, and I think it was the one I once interviewed in the middle of a purple patch at Edgeley Park about his formative years at Manchester United. The other, last Sunday’s copy of The NLP informed me, came on as sub in Macclesfield’s 1-0 win over Salisbury. But who the ‘L’ is who I have not really got a clue! THE OTHER name game I like are the famous names – or ones very similar – in the NonLeague ranks. I was impressed by Stourbridge left-back Jamie Oliver at Stevenage recently. Thankfully he kept his clothes on, but couldn’t come up with a recipe for 15

minutes of FA Cup fame. Another one who starred in this year’s qualifying rounds is Brighouse Town’s Nick Jaggar, while Jason Bourne has reigned supreme during Tunbridge Wells’ recent FA Vase efforts. At Chester we used to have the original Mark Wright and David Cameron, as manager and striker respectively, while the various Non-League versions of Michael Jackson and Robbie Williams have provided plenty of entertaining headlines over the years. See how many grass-roots celebs you spot over the festive period and let me know at stuarthammonds@gmail.com or @stuhammonds_NLP Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

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0-1 R1N

0-7 FAC

Sat 24 H Redbridge

Mon 26 A Burnham Ramblers

Sat 31 A Aveley

0-6 ESC

R1N

Sat 15 H Thurrock

Sat 22 H Aveley

R1N

8 A Needham Market

Tue 11 A Cheshunt

Sat

R1N

1 H Maldon & Tiptree

Sat 25 A Waltham Abbey

Feb Sat

R1N

Sat 18 H Chatham Town

Tue 21 H Ware

R1N

Sat 11 A Soham Town Rangers

Wed 15 H Burnham Ramblers

R1N

4 H AFC Sudbury

R1N

Sat

Tangara

1-0 R1N

Sat 28 A Wroxham

Jan Wed 1 A Redbridge

Tue 7 A VCD Athletic

Tangara

Sat 14 H Romford

Tangara *

0-4 R1N

Wed 11 H Needham Market

Tangara

2-0 R1N

7 A Heybridge Swifts

Dec Sat

Tangara

Duncan

1-5 R1N

Sat 30 H Witham Town

R1N

1-10

Sat 23 A Dereham Town

Crowley

3-3 R1N

Sat 16 H Brentwood Town

Myers

0-4 R1N

Myers

9 A Harlow Town

Sat

1-1 R1N

Tue 29 H Maldon & Tiptree

2 A Tilbury

0-2 R1N

Sat 26 H Erith & Belvedere

Nov Sat

1-2 R1N

Sat 19 H Barkingside

Myers

2-1 R1N

0-1 RLC

Myers

0-6 FAT

Sat 12 A Aveley

5 A Folkstone Invicta

Wed 16 H Harlow Town

Oct Sat

Myers

0-1 R1N

2-2 R1N

Tue 24 A Ware

Wed 14 H Waltham Abbey

Myers

2-3 R1N

Sat 21 A Thurrock

Harris

0-4 R1N

Harris

Myers

Hasler

Wed 11 H Cheshunt

1-2 R1N

0-1 R1N

Wed 21 H Wroxham

7 A Maldon & Tiptree

3-2 R1N

Sat 17 A AFC Sudbury

Sep Sat

0-4 R1N

0-3 R1N

Wed 14 A Romford

0-5 R1N

Aug Sat 10 H VCD Athletic

Laurent

Bella

Laurent

Koffi *

Laurent *

Mustapha

Laurent

Panton

Smallwood

Panton

Hassan

Twumasi

Bella

Atta

Bella

Hassan

Blair *

P-Johnson* Ikumelo

Koffi 1

Ikumelo

Twumasi

Ikumelo

Twumasi

Hudson *

P-Johnson *

Ikumelo

P-Johnson

Ikumelo

P-Johnson

Atta

P-Johnson

Kartal

Atta *

Atta

Ikumelo

P-Johnson*

P-Johnson

Koffi

Worrell

Ikumelo

Twumasi

Ikumelo

Hudson

Kartal

P-Johnson

Murphy *

Atta *

Bella

Atta

Waldron

Kartal

Kartal *

Kartal

P-Johnson

Waldron

P-Johnson

Mustapha *

Mustapha*

Mustapha

Twumasi

Twumasi *

Koffi

Mustapha *

Mustapha

P-Johnson

Mustapha

Mohammad

Mustapha *

Murphy *

Zambelli

Mohammad

Afful

Afful Isa

Scott *

Koffi Mason

Koffi

Fisher

Menga

Scott

Fisher Fisher 1

McKenzie 1 Koffi

Scott 1

Menga *

Worrell

Taylor

Worrell *

Menga

Oyewale

Oyewale 2

Oyewale

Scott

Taylor

Arbaut

Oyewale

Fisher 2 Fisher

Oyewale

Scott *

Oyewale

Worrell

Menga *

Worrell * 1

Menga

Fisher

Menga

Oyewale *

Oyewale 1 *

Menga 1 Menga

Oyewale

Worrell *

Worrell 1 * Oyewale 1 *

Menga

Worrell * 2 Worrell

Mustapha

Smith 1

Worrell

Okus

Fisher * 1

Afful

Mejzine *

P-Johnson * Mohamed *

Worrell *

Mejzine

Mejzine *

Worrell

Worrell 1

Mejzine Mejzine *

McKenzie James *

10 Mustapha

Harfo

Findlator *

Dujon *

Fisher

Koffi

Koffi *

Koffi

Zambelli *

Murphy

Smallwood *

Mustapha

Mustapha *

Yilmaz *

Scott

McKenzie

Med Nelo *

Bwanga

Med Nelo *

Med Nalo *

Agac *

Agac

Odumlami *

Harfo *

Harfo

Harfo *

Makuna *

Makuna

Panton

Sub 1

Sub 2

Taylor

Igbo (4)

Taylor (4)

Taylor

Taylor (7)

Taylor (10)

Mustapha (8)

Kartal

McKenzie (7) 1

Kartal (5)

Yilmaz (9)

Blair (7)

Okus (4)

Okus

Ezel (9)

Sal (4)

Cicek (7)

Taylor (8)

Scott (6)

Oyewale

Kamara (7)

Worrell (6)

Worrell

Arbaut (7)

James (6)

Taylor (9)

Med Nalo

Mustapha

Afful (6)

Myers (1)

Igbo

Igbo (11)

Rusev (2)

Hassan (2)

Afful

Worrell (9)

Kartal (11)

Cicek (10)

Mustapha (4) Hassan (6)

Smith (9)

Panton

Hassan (8)

Yildiz (6)

Atta (4)

Mejzine (10)

Mohamed (10)

Blair (10)

Ezel (7)

Oyewale (4) Med Nelo (11)

Bwanga (7)

Taylor (9)

Taylor (10)

Zambelli (7)

Sub 3 Kartal (8)

Murphy (12)

Yildiz (8)

Antoni (3)

Taylor (10) Zambelli (11)

Harfo (7)

Odumlami (7)

Smith

Mohamed (6)

Dujon (9)

Mohamed (10)

Mohamed (7) *

Murphy (8)

Solomon (7)

Adeyemi (9)

Findlator (9)

Unused

Myers/Hassan

Laurent/Arbaut

Laurent/Igbo

James/Myers

Scott/Kartal

Afful/Chakarto

Crowley

Kartal/Crowley

Taylor/Kartal/Crowley

Kartal/Crowley/Cicek

Kartal/P-Johnson

Mejzini

Med Nalo / Soloman

Kartal/Hassan/Mendoh

Okus/Smallwood

Hassan/Smallwood

Ezel/Myers

Myers/Taylor

Ezel, Taylor

Ezel, Yildiz

Atta, Ozyasa

Adeyemi/Hasler

Hasler/Blair

Mukana/Myers

Ryman league division 1 north table (31/1/14) P

Pts

VCD Athletic

Thurrock

Heybridge Swifts

Soham Town Rngrs

Witham Town

Harlow Town

Maldon & Tiptree

Dereham Town

Needham Market

AFC Sudbury

Redbridge

Aveley

Burnham Ramblers

-10

Waltham Abbey

-8

Tilbury

-6

Cheshunt

Romford

-2

Chatham Town

-11

Barkingside

-34

Brentwood Town

-13

Wroxham

-31

Erith & Belvedere

-31

Waltham Forest

-44

Ware

-26

R1N

R1N Sat 26 H Soham Town Rangers

R1N Sat 19 H Tilbury

Mon 21 A Chatham Town

R1N

R1N 5 H Heybridge Swifts

Sat 12 A Erith & Belvedere

Apr Sat

R1N

R1N Sat 22 H Dereham Town

Sat 29 A Witham Town

R1N

R1N 8 H Harlow Town Sat

Sat 15 A Brentwood Town

1 A Barkingside

Sat 22 H Aveley

Mar Sat

R1N

todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fixtures Aveley

VCD Athletic

Barkingside

Chatham Town

Dereham Town

Brentwood Town

Maldon & Tiptree

Cheshunt

Needham Market

Heybrudge Swifts

Soham Town Rangers

Redbridge

Thurrock

Witham Town

Tilbury

Harlow Town

Waltham Abbey

Romford

Waltham Forest

AFC Sudbury

Ware

Wroxham

CLASSIC PROGRAMME Forest have had the pleasure of a few encounters with AFC Sudbury in recent years. I know that the Beer Hunter has almost missed some of those due to being unavoidably delayed en route to their ground! In 1999 an amalgamation of Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers resulted in the formation of today’s AFC Sudbury. As Leyton Wingate we did meet the old Sudbury Town club back in October 1988 in the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Challenge Cup. A game we lost by two goals to one, scored by Stevie Lane. At the time we were comfortably positioned, midtable of the Premier Division of the Vauxhall-Opel League. Following on from a poor start to the season having picking up only four points from the first five games, although we were now on an unbeaten run of nine games, under manager, George Wakeling, who had a very good side which included Peter Mills in goal, Steve’s Robinson, Hamburger and Lane and Paul Taylor – the scorer of the last ever goal in the old Amateur Cup Final at Wembley. Our defeat did come as a shock as we had cruised past Halstead Town in the previous round scoring seven

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goals. True Sudbury Town were top of their league and had reached the semi-final of the FA Vase the previous season. The other big news of the week was LeytonstoneIlford’s attempt to redevelope

the old Chingford Town ground which had been turned down by the Epping Forest Conservators. One of the many problems facing non-league clubs in this area.

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thegreatest of great escapes They say those who are adrift in the relegation area by Christmas are doomed for the drop, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not always the case. Here are some of the all-time greatest escapes: 5) Brighton ,1997 Brighton were 11 points adrift at the foot of Division Three in December 1996. Everything that could go wrong was going wrong, including plans to sell their stadium off and a two-point penalty following a pitch invasion. The Seagulls went on a tremendous run from March and ensured they stayed in the Football League with a 1-1 draw against Hereford on the final day of the season.

4) West Ham, 2007 It all seems so long ago when Carlos Tevez scored a winning goal against future employers Manchester United to keep West Ham in the Premier League and relegate Sheffield United. The Argentinian striker, whose transfer was the subject of close legal scrutiny, was the Hammersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; talisman in a six-week run to avoid the drop.

3) West Brom, 2005 With the odds stacked against the Baggies on the final day of the season, they

did the only thing they could and beat Portsmouth 2-0. Elsewhere, Crystal Palace drew with Charlton, while Norwich and Southampton both lost. West Brom became

the first club to be bottom of the Premier League at Christmas and avoid relegation. 2) Oldham Athletic, 1993 Most teams would be happy to overturn an eight-point

deficit in the final seven weeks of the season, but Oldham did it in seven days! Joe Royle’s men won their final three matches of the season against titlecontenders Aston Villa, Liverpool and

Southampton. Safety was secured on the final day of the season as they defeated the Saints 4-3 in an end-to-end encounter.

Eintracht Frankfurt, 1999 It was calculators all round for Frankfurt in 1999. They were four points behind with four games left, but three wins in a row gave them the slimmest of slim chances of survival. On the last day of the

season they needed to beat Champions League hopefuls Kaiserslautern and, if results went against them elsewhere, score five goals. With time ticking away in the firsthalf and the score at 1-1, Frankfurt’s only hope was to score three more goals to pick off Nurnberg who were 2-0 down against Freiburg. They scored three goals in 12 second half minutes to put them tantalisingly close to safety, only for Nurnberg to pull a goal back in the 86th minute of their game. But there was one final twist as Jan Aage Fjortoft netted to keep Frankfurt up on goals scored. So with all this in mind, maybe it isn’t all doom and gloom for Forest. Stranger things have happened and hopefully next year Forest will feature in one of these lists. Sam Puleston

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Soham Town Rangers

Wroxham

respect

Div Pos

Played

Yellow (5)

Red (10)

Misconduct (10)

Compliance (5)

Benches

Total

0 1

Redbridge

Cheshunt

Tilbury

Burnham Ramblers

Waltham Forest

AFC Sudbury

Waltham Abbey

Heybridge Swifts

Harlow Town

VCD Athletic

Brentwood Town

Dereham Town

Maldon & Tiptree

Witham Town

1 5

Barkingside

Needham Market

Aveley

Chatham Town

Romford

Erith & Belvedere

Ware

Thurrock

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500 reasons 122. Calais FC’s Megastore: ‘Everything must go’

Flare action

131. Mascots getting a kick in 132. Pink goalkeepers

123. A non-league club badge tattooed on the back of a bald man’s head 124. The photography of Stuart Roy Clarke

133. Omitted 134.

125. Amusing sponsors: Heh. 126. Striker: Fast single handed action. 127. Subbuteo Streaker Set 128. Being the only away fan 129. Watching the game with your mates 130. A bit of

to love football

138. The Road To Glory by Paul Horton 139. Joe Jordan in his AC Milan Pooh Jeans top: No giggling at the back. 140. The worst and possibly best away end you’ll ever see

The Dundee derby depicted in art 135. Danny Baker and Danny Kelly radio

shows: Ahoy hoy! A 2ft wide wooden Dundee United bow tie anyone? 136. Chequered goal nets: Why can’t they all be like this? WHY! 137. Best team photo ever?

141. Being able to get really close to the action: But still using binoculars.

Under 21S: 25 2013/14 ryman under 21 league - northern division P

Pts

Grays Athletic

Enfield Town

Wingate & Finchley

Leiston

-6

VCD Athletic

Heybridge Swifts

Needham Market

Waltham Abbey

-14

Ware

-16

Waltham Forest

-26

date Sunday 14th July (Friendly)

Opponents Bardag (A)

Score Scorers 3-2

Solomon, Rusev, Ademi

Sunday 21st July (Friendly)

Loxford Lions (A)

2-2

Rusev (2)

Saturday 27th July (Friendly)

Waltham Forest (Firsts)

3-5

Rusev (2), Solomon

Sunday 11th August (Friendly)

Akincilar (N)

1-3

Monday 23rd September

VCD Athletic (H)

1-2 0-11

Solomon

Wednesday 11th September

Enfield Town (A)

Tuesday 1st October

VCD Athletic (A)

0-7

Wednesday 16th October

Heybridge Swifts (H)

2-4

Rusev, Solomon Solomon

Tuesday 29th October

Enfield Town (A)

1-3

Saturday 2nd November (ESST)

Earls Colne (H)

0-3

Tuesday 12th November

Leiston (A)

4-7

Wednesday 8th January

Grays Athletic (H)

Tuesday 14th January

Waltham Abbey (H)

Tuesday 21st January

Waltham Abbey (A)

Wednesday 29th January

Needham Market (A)

Adeyemi (2), Solomon, Sari

STORM DAMAGE SEES INVICTA`S GROUND SHUT Much of the stand roof was blown off by the gales which lashed the Kent Coast earlier in the week and has ended up halfway down the slope above the Polo Ground changing rooms. The club`s landlords Shepway Council closed the ground at The Fullicks Stadium because of the danger to the public, and sadly, as much as anything because of the Christmas ‘recess’, the club have been unable to do very much to rectify the situation in the short-time. Chairman Mark Jenner said: “The next stage is to get contractors on site to make the stand safe. I do not believe volunteers should be doing any more than picking up debris as we carry no insurance for building work or demolition and this is serious stuff that needs to be done by qualified contractors.”

vcd athletic v Forest Ryman League Division 1 North, tuesday 7th january 2014, 7.45PM VCD Athletic play at Oakwood, Old Road, Crayford, DA1 4DN. Telephone: 01322-524262. By Road Make your way to the M25 and the Dartford River Crossing. Once past the toll booths, bear left onto the A282 and join the A206 (Bob Dunn Way) (westbound). Continue along the A206 which becomes University Way and Thames Road. After about 3 miles join the A2000 (Perry Street) and after 他 mile

turn right into Crayford High Street. Continue into Old Road and the ground is on the right. By Public Transport From Stratford take the Jubilee Line to Canning Town and then the Docklands Light railway to Woolwich Arsenal. Then Southeastern Trains to Slade Green. Then bus 428 to Crayford High Street. Walk back along the High Street to Old Road. Ground is on the right. Alternatively take the Jubilee Line to London Bridge and Southeastern Trains

soham town rangers v Forest Ryman League Division 1 North, saturday 11th january 2014, 3pm Soham Town Rangers play at Julius Martin Lane, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 5EQ. Telephone: 01353-720732.

Julius Martin Lane and follow the road. The ground is 200 yards on the left, where car parking is available.

By Road Take the M11 northbound and then onto the A11 which joins the A14. Then take the A142 towards Ely. At the roundabout at the north end of Soham (Ely end), turn into The Shade and head towards the town centre. Just past the garage at the end of Townsend, turn right into

By Public Transport Take First Capital Connect train from Kings Cross to Ely. Then take Stagecoach Bus 12 towards Cambridge to Soham, Hall Street (Junction with Julius Martin Lane). Turn left into Julius Martin Lane and ground is on the left (about 5 minutes walk).

to Crayford. Then bus 492 (towards Sidcup) to Old Road.

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Programme

13 Director of football: Turgut Esendagli Colours: White shirts, blue shorts, blue socks

Managers: David Batch Colours: Red shirts, red shorts, red socks

patrick tangara emmanuel bella mark twumasi stephen ikumelo miguel pascal-johnson hulusi mustafa lee scott stephane koffi leon fisher chris taylor oyetunji oyewale

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

ALEX ARCHER ROSS WATSON JACK CAWLEY MATT DANIELS RYAN HENSHAW SCOTT MITCHELL STEVE SPRIGGS SAM CLARKE JAMES BAKER OLLIE HUGHES PAYTON SWATMAN

danny laurent alexander afful john kamara sonny james david myers

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GREG CRANE MATT DANIELS MICHAEL SHINN RICKY SPRIGGS DAVE COWLEY

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