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Message from the Chairman

I would extend a warm welcome to the supporters of Langford, and Players Committee to Colney today. I look forward to an entertaining and fun filled match.

We wish the very best of luck to all teams competing in the , however we will obviously be looking for our boys to put on a great performance and do us proud.

So lets all get behind the boys and show our support.

Come on you Blue Boys!

Chris Maloney Club Chairman

Program compiled and edited by Stephen Cooper

Hatfield Town Langford

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Kwabena Asamoah Ben Watson Connor bridge Dario Barros Jordon Stewart Samuel Belshaw Dean auburn Louie Benjamin Mok Ali Lewis Croucher Mickey Clark Jack Edwards Alfie Cobden Lewis Osbourne Richard Cooke Charlie rome Jack worbey Jaidan Doocey Josh bamford Chris Gray James Todd Harry poulton Darcy Hollis Karl dean Charlie Jay Ediz greengrass Max Jessop Sean nugent

Toby Kirkham Manager: Martin Wells Greg Mackintosh Assistant: Ky Brooks James Manlove Ibrahim Mehmet Steve Newton Matthew Noot Darren O'brien Paul Otim Bailey Rose Jack Sheldrake Anthony Thomas Craige Tomkins Curtis Warner Ashley Whitt

Manager: Chris Maloney Assistant Manager: Tolga Husayin Coach: Jake Knight

Alfie Gibbs Bailey Rose Charlie Jay Curtis Warner Darren O’Brien TBC TBC Midfielder Midfielder Attacker

Gregor Mackintosh Dean Cairns Jack Sheldrake Jaidan Doocey Louie Benjamin Defender Midfielder Midfielder Goalkeeper Defender

Paul Otim Richard Cooke Sami Mahrouche Samuel Belshaw Toby Kirkham Attacker Defender Midfielder Attacker Midfielder

FIRST TEAM

FIXTURE TABLE TYPE DATE TIME HOME SCORE AWAY HCS 31/07/2018 19:45 TRING ATHLETIC 3 - 0 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 04/08/2018 15:00 RISBOROUGH RANGERS 4 - 0 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 11/08/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN 1 - 4 BEDFORD ONE 14/08/2018 19:45 HATFIELD TOWN 2 - 1 CODICOTE ONE 18/08/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN 2 - 5 ENFIELD BOROUGH ONE 25/08/2018 15:00 HILLINGDON BOROUGH 4 - 1 HATFIELD TOWN LCT 28/08/2018 19:45 HATFIELD TOWN 1 - 3 LEIGHTON TOWN FAV 01/09/2018 15:00 WHITTON UNITED 5 - 2 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 08/09/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN 0 - 3 WODSON PARK ONE 22/09/2018 15:00 BUCKINGHAM TOWN 2 - 2 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 25/09/2018 19:45 WODSON PARK 2 - 1 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 29/09/2018 15:00 BRIMSDOWN 3 - 0 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 02/10/2018 19:45 ENFIELD BOROUGH 7 - 2 HATFIELD TOWN ONE 06/10/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN 1 - 4 PARK VIEW ONE 13/10/2018 15:00 LONDON LIONS 7 - 1 HATFIELD TOWN D1C 16/10/2018 19:45 HATFIELD TOWN 0 - 0 RISBOROUGH RANGERS ONE 20/10/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - LANGFORD ONE 27/10/2018 15:00 BUCKINGHAM ATHLETIC - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 03/11/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - BROADFIELDS UNITED ONE 10/11/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - HAREFIELDS UNITED ONE 17/11/2018 15:00 AMERSHAM - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 24/11/2018 15:00 FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 01/12/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - AMPTHILL TOWN ONE 08/12/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - BUCKINGHAM TOWN ONE 22/12/2018 15:00 CODICOTE - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 29/12/2018 15:00 RAYNERS LANE - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 12/01/2019 15:00 AMPTHILL - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 19/01/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH ONE 26/01/2019 15:00 BEDFORD - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 02/02/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - WINSLOW ONE 09/02/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - HILLINGDON BOROUGH ONE 16/02/2019 15:00 LANGFORD - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 23/02/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - BUCKINGHAM ATHLETIC ONE 02/03/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - BRIMSDOWN ONE 09/03/2019 15:00 PARK VIEW - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 16/03/2019 15:00 WINSLOW - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 23/03/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - RISBOROUGH ONE 30/03/2019 15:00 BROADFIELDS UNITED - HATFIELD TOWN ONE 06/04/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - LONDON LIONS ONE 13/04/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - AMERSHAM ONE 20/04/2019 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN - RAYNERS LANE ONE 27/04/2019 15:00 HAREFIELD UNITED - HATFIELD TOWN

GOALS SCORED Darren O’Brien 5 Anthony Thomas 3 Ashley Whitt 1 Chris Gray 1 Charlie Jay 1 Dario Barros 1 Samuel Belshaw 1 Alfie Cobden 0 Bailey Rose 0 Craig Tomkins 0 Curtis Warner 0 Darcy Hollis 0 Greg Mackintosh 0 Huseyin Yildiz 0 Ibrahim Mehmet 0 Jack Sheldrake 0 James Manlove 0 Matthew Noot 0 Max Jessop 0 Mickey Clark 0 Steve Newton 0 Toby Kirkham 0 Tolga Husayin 0 Richard Cooke 0 Tyrell Samuda 1

UNDER 25’S TEAM

FIXTURE TABLE TYPE DATE TIME HOME SCORE AWAY LGE 01/09/2018 15:00 HATFIELD TOWN U25s - HINTON RESERVES

GOAL TABLE NAME GAMES PLAYED LGE CUP TOTAL

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Hatfield Town Club history

Hatfield Football Club was founded in 1886 by members of Hatfield Cricket Club and played their matches in Lord Salisbury's Hatfield Park. In the 1906/07 season Hatfield FC merged with Dagmar House School Old Boys to form Hatfield United FC. The merger was driven by there being only one pitch available, namely Showfield, later known as Stonecross Road, as the other was taken up by the extension of the town cemetery. The club began their league campaigns in the Mid Herts League in the 1890s and then moved to the Herts County League. In the 1920s there was another merger, this time with Hatfield Cricket and Athletic Clubs to form Hatfield United Athletic Club.

Moving up to the senior amateur Spartan League, their first season was cut short by the outbreak of war and they managed to complete only one fixture. The club reformed after the war and three years later the merger with the cricket section was undone with the cricketers returning to Hatfield Park and the football section continuing to compete in the Spartan League as Hatfield Town FC.

After several seasons they were not re-elected and moved to the Parthenon and London League before entering the in the mid-1960s as a semi-professional club with a number of permit players on their books. In the late 1970s when, once again, finances were inadequate the limited company was wound up in the High Court.

The football club continued to play at Stonecross Road until 1980 when the land was sold for housing, forcing a move to Angerland Common until 1984 when the club folded due to lack of finances and a committee to run the club.

Reforming in 1989 Hatfield Town played on the council run Roe Hill Playing Fields pitch and entered the Herts Senior County League where they won three divisional championships in successive seasons. Promotion to the prompted a move to Gosling Sports Park in neighbouring Welwyn Garden City before yet another collapse into dissolution in 1996. The club reformed once again in 1999, re-joining the Herts Senior County League.

Ahead of the 2007/08 season and with a change in management personnel, the club experienced an influx of players and hence a third team was registered that will play their home games at Roe Hill Playing Fields.

The end of the 2007/08 season saw the club promoted back into the Spartan South Midlands League after winning both the Herts Senior County Premier Division and the Reserve Division One. What was the A Team for the 2007/08 campaign went on to become a splinter group who formed AFC Hatfield and who aim to keep the Hatfield flag flying in the Herts Senior County League.

Town lost a "six pointer" at Kings Langley 0-2 late in the campaign which all but gifted the West Herts club second place. Luck did turn in the close-season though as Kings Langley's ground wasn't up to the standard required, third placed Hatfield Town gratefully accepted the offer of promotion.

In 2010 Hatfield Town made a semi-permanent move to the Gosling Sports Stadium in Welwyn Garden City. Much work was required to bring the ground up to the sufficient standard, but the opportunity to have their own ground more than compensated the effort.

Hatfield cemented their position in the Premier Division during the 2009/10 season finishing a creditable 12th in the league table. However, during the 2010/11 season Hatfield were to see many changes in the coaching staff. First Trevor Lloyd, long time manager of Hatfield Town, chose to take time out of football. His replacement, Andy Prutton, was to last only a few months at the helm before deciding to ply his trade elsewhere. Adam Parker was to step in, and despite some attractive football being played, the results were not good enough for Adam to want to remain at the club, and towards the end of the season he decided to leave. Regardless of the managerial changes, Hatfield still managed to improve their league position with an 11th placed finish, and the reserve team beat London Lions 3 – 1 to win the challenge trophy final.

For the 2011/12 season the club appointed joint managers Darryn Stewart and Kevin Pearman to take on the challenge. The season started successfully, with the club reaching the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, equalling the furthest the club has ever achieved in the competition. During the season the Chairmanship was to change twice, with current Chairman Chris Maloney stepping in to the position towards the end of the season. Despite the success in the cup, the team slowly started to slip down the table, and even after tinkering with the management team Hatfield finished bottom of the league and were relegated. However, due to events elsewhere, the club was invited to remain in the premier division which they gladly accepted.

After a brief stint as manager, Mike Hollister left the club and Micky Nathan took over for the 2012/13 season and the majority of the 2013/14 season. Many youth teams joined the club, including a disabled team. The club were relegated when they ended second bottom of the Premier league.

Ashley Purser took up the reins for the 2014/15 season in Division One, and an exciting campaign ended in a respectable 4th position in the league.

In the 2015/16 season, Kevin Pearman returned to the club, this time as manager, bringing many Hatfield-based players with him.

Hatfield Town are an ambitious club whose plans for the future include the building of their own ground and advancement within the pyramid. Chairman Chris Maloney aims to make the club a credit to the town it represents and a positive influence on the youth of Hatfield.

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CLUB HISTORY OF LANGFORD.

Between 1897 and 1908 friendly matches were played by a team from Langford against other local villages. Home games were at Boot Meadow, a couple of hundred yards from "The Boot" a former public house which still stands at the south end of the village. Langford Football Club was formed in 1908 and competitive football began with entry into The Biggleswade and District Junior League for the 1908-1909 season. On Saturday 12th September we played our first match, beating Shefford Town 6-2. We finished 10th of 11 teams, with only Shefford below us. Two years later Shefford were top and Langford runners up. We finished second for four years out of five, and won our first ever trophy, The Beds Junior Cup, in April 1914 with a 4-1 victory over Luton Rosedale. Sadly three of that cup winning team, and one of the reserves, died during the First World War. From 1919-1925, and again from 1935-1949, our home ground was at Vicarage End, next to the River Ivel, at the far north end of the village. In between, from 1925-1935, we played at The Leys, which was much more central. The building of a new housing estate at The Leys forced our return to Vicarage End. The inter-war years were not very successful, despite the team having some good players, several of whom served us for more than ten years. We won the Bedford and District League for the first time in 1931-1932, and after three defeats in the final of The North Beds Charity Cup collected that trophy in 1928, and also in 1931. In 1949 we moved grounds again to the new King George V Memorial Playing Field in the centre of Langford, and gained instant success on the improved surface. A wonderful season bought us the "double" of The Bedford League Championship and The League Cup. Our league record was P26 W20 D5 L1 F121 A35 Pts45. We scored two 10s, three 8s, and two 7s, and Johnny Gabitas (league) and "Dud" Dudley (cup) each scored 6 goals in a game, both club records. We then won nothing until 1969 when a 7-0 defeat of Brache Sparta secured us the Beds Intermediate Cup. The managerial skills of two former Luton Town winners, Billy Waugh and Roland Legate, bought us a succession of trophies between 1969 and 1976, and only Steve Norris has surpassed them. Steve's 1988-89 team repeated the "double" success of forty years previously, albeit at the much stronger level of the South Midlands League Premier Division. As of today, this is the highest league (level 5) in which we have competed. Over the last 20+ years we have suffered a few relegations and enjoyed promotions and many cup successes (see club honours list for details). Thanks to the vision and hard work of our former Chairman and President, Mr Ted Rutt, assisted by his hard working committee, we were able to move to our own ground at Forde Park in 1984. This is at the south end of the village just over the parish boundary with Henlow, and where we still play today. We purchased the Freehold from Mid-Beds District Council in 1991. A new 106 seater stand was opened I December 2007, and standing accommodation for another 100 spectators a year later. The pitch was levelled and re-sown in the summer of 2006, and is now one of the best in the league, thanks to the continuing efforts of a number of committee members. We are

pleased to have also won the League's Sportsmanship Cup, which covers hospitality as well as conduct throughout the club, on five occasions between 2000 and 2011. After a successful end to season 2016/2017, season 2017/2018 was a difficult anti-climax. Rob Bates and Paul Donnelly took over the team management full of confidence and apart from a heavy defeat in the FA Cup had some reasonable results including wins in the FA Vase. Unfortunately Rob and Paul decided to call it a day and were replaced by Rob Verdia and Martin Wells. Rob Verdia found it difficult to motivate the team and eventually handed over control to Martin. Thanks must go to Martin for keeping things together towards the end of a difficult season, narrowly avoiding relegation. We are pleased to say that Martin Wells continues in the position of manager for season 2018/2019 assisted by the returning Rob Verdia and Kylrn Brooks-Lynch, both qualified coaches. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS. WHEN YOU USE THEM MENTION HATFIELD TOWN FC

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