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2020 FINAL TIE Millfield v Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate Monday, 9th March 2020 Kick-off 7.00pm Milton Keynes Dons Football Club Stadium MK Welcome . from David Elleray, MBE Chairman of the Independent Schools Football Association “Everybody at ISFA is delighted to be here at StadiumMK for the 2020 Boodles ISFA Cup Final which is the 11th on this ground, and we owe MK Dons FC, their directors and staff a big debt of gratitude for acting as hosts for this match once again; they always ensure it is a special occasion for everybody involved. We also thank Boodles, our longstanding sponsors, for their continued outstanding support for this competition. They have been with us since the tournament’s inauguration back in 1992 and have played a huge part in its success over the years. Our Guest of Honour, John Little, has attended many Boodles Finals and has been a loyal ISFA supporter for many years so we are particularly delighted that he has agreed to act as our Guest of Honour this evening. A fine footballer in his day, he has been a stalwart for Cambridge University football and also in his role on The FA Council. There is a long tradition of top officials taking charge of the Boodles Final and tonight will be no exception. We welcome Kevin Friend, the 2019 FA Cup Final referee, and his team and hope he enjoys his evening away from the pressures of the Premier League. Finally, I congratulate both schools on reaching the Final. Millfield have a wonderful record in this competition, which is a testament to the standards which they have achieved so consistently over the last 20 years. By contrast, Queen Ethelburga’s are relatively new to the tournament and this is their first appearance in the Final, demonstrating the steady and impressive progress that they have made with their football programme in recent years. I am sure we will all enjoy a match played in the traditional ISFA spirit of fairness and sportsmanship.” 2 Tonight’s Guest of Honour JOHN LITTLE John Little attended grammar school in East London and had a brief spell playing and training with West Ham United at their Chadwell Heath Training Ground. However, with no academy structure in those days (1970), he was happy to be offered a place at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, playing in the Varsity match at the old Wembley Stadium five times. Staying at Cambridge for his PhD project, he played for the Corinthian-Casuals and then went to America to continue his research, also playing for the San Francisco Athletic Club, another interesting experience given that “most of the players on opposition teams were either Mexican or Brazilian and it needed a lot of confidence to compete against them!” On returning to the UK he rejoined Histon Football Club where he ended his senior football career. In 1984, he took over the Treasurership of the Cambridge University Football Club and later became their President, becoming the University’s representative at The Football Association in 1999. Having served for 20 years he is now a Vice-President of The FA, which he regards a great honour. As President of Cambridge University, founded in 1856, Mr. Little is an expert on the origins of the game and how it progressed from whole villages playing each other, occasionally with a pig’s bladder and invariably very violently, through to the attempts to agree a formal set of rules that could be agreed by all. In 1846 two boys from Shrewsbury School persuaded some Old Etonians to join them to form a club at Cambridge, playing on Parker’s Piece, a large piece of ground in the middle of Cambridge. Further attempts were made to find an agreed set of rules and a Committee of members from several schools – Rugby, Eton, Harrow; Winchester and Shrewsbury – met to agree the “Cambridge Rules”. These formed the basis of the Laws of the Game that were eventually adopted by the fledgling Football Association on its foundation in 1863. So although the rules were revised in later years it might be said that those schools in particular set football on the path to the sport we know today. 3 3 Tonight’s Referee KEVIN FRIEND Tonight’s referee, KEVIN FRIEND, is from Leicestershire and began refereeing at the age of 14. He has been taking charge of Premier League matches since 2009 and his major appointments have included four major occasions at Wembley Stadium: the 2009 FA Vase Final (Whitley Bay v. Glossop North End), the 2012 FA Community Shield (Manchester City v. Chelsea), the 2013 League Cup Final (Swansea City v. Bradford City) and the 2019 FA Cup Final (Manchester City v. Watford). Amongst his main appointments during the current season have been Manchester United v. Arsenal, Newcastle v. Wolves, Crystal Palace v. Liverpool and Everton v. Arsenal. For all the latest news on independent schools football and in particular, today's Boodles ISFA Cup Final visit . www.isfa.org.uk Twitter: @isfafootball 4 AGONY AND ECSTACY! Another chapter in Millfield’s Boodles story Four times the champions, no school can boast a more distinguished or more dramatic history in the Boodles ISFA Cup than Millfield. Having only entered the tournament for the first time in Season 1999-2000, today will be their 11th appearance in the Final in just 21 seasons. Their record of consistency has been astonishing, having reached the semi-finals in 16 of the last 18 seasons. They have also been eliminated from the tournament on penalties on no less than 5 occasions, twice in the Final and twice in the semi-final. It is therefore perhaps surprising that Millfield have only lifted the trophy on four occasions – 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2014. This demonstrates how difficult it is to win this prestigious competition and is also perhaps evidence that fortune has too often chosen not to smile on the boys from Somerset. There have been so many memorable occasions down the years – a 4-4 draw with Bradfield in 2000-01, a record breaking 16-15 penalty shoot-out victory at Eton (which finished in virtual darkness) in 2007-08 and then, the same season, an 8-7 shoot-out defeat in the Final against Charterhouse. They hold the record for the largest victory in the Final, 6-1 in 2014. Last season they defeated Shrewsbury on penalties 8-7 on penalties in the semi-final. What drama! By comparison, Millfield’s journey to this season’s Final has been relatively straightforward, notwithstanding an extra-time victory over Manchester Grammar School and a tight one-goal away win in the semi-final. Maybe the drama and excitement will all come in tonight’s Final; certainly that would be in keeping with the Millfield tradition! Millfield’s last victory came in 2014 when they defeated Bradfield 6-1 5 5 DRAMATIC AWAY SEMI-FINAL WIN : Brooke House 0 Millfield 1 MILLFIELD QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S Shirts: White Shirts: Royal Blue Shorts: Royal Blue Shorts: Royal Blue Socks: White Socks: Royal Blue 1. Cameron Pike 1. Kian Johnson Referee: Millfield, 2019-20 2. Will Green 2. Daniel Ingoldsby KEVIN FRIEND BACK ROW : Hassam Elsheikh, Dylan Edwards, Archie Heywood, 3. Ben Jones (Capt) 3. Jay McGrath Cameron Pike, Sam Ojo, Alex Kemsley, Toby McCallum (Vice Captain), 4. Archie Harding 4. Daniel Mutch Dominic Clatworthy. Assistant Referees: FRONT ROW : Will Green, Alfie Prescott, Ben Jones (Captain), Rafa 5. Archie Heywood 5. Ryan Bostock Periera, Rafa Teniente, Archie Harding, James Wood. OLIVER MACKAY 6. Alex Kemsley 6. Luke Hemingway & 7. Dylan Edwards 7. Kyle Bingham RUEBYN RICARDO 8. Rafa Teniente 8. Samuel Westhead 9. Alfie Prescott 9. Will Monteiro Fourth Official: 10. Toby McCallum 10. Samuel Kitchen TIM MEREDITH 11. Sam Ojo 11. Harry Colville 12. James Wood 12. Jay Chandar 13. Rafa Pereira 13. Adel Alsree 14. Dom Clatworthy 14. Lucas Abusin 15. Hassan El Sheikh 15. Thomas Tweddle 16. Joe Macdonald 16. Louis Jarvis 17. George Farmer 17. Ashley Hammond 18. Henry Grad 18. Harrison Bailey Queen Ethelburga’s 2019-2020 (Back Row L-R) : Luke Hemingway, Harry Colville, Daniel Mutch, Jay Chandar, Jay McGrath, Kian Johnson, Ryan Bostock, Thomas Tweddle, Lucas Abusin, Will Monteiro, Oliver Snoddy. (Front Row L-R) : Sam Westhead, Daniel Ingoldsby, Sam Kitchen, Kyle Bingham, Louis Jarvis Today’s match will consist of 40 minutes each way. If the scores are level at full-time, extra-time of 10 minutes each way will be played. If the scores are still level after extra-time, then the winners will be decided by the taking of penalty kicks by each team. BIG CROWD FOR THE SEMI-FINAL! : Shrewsbury 1 Queen Ethelburga’s 3 QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S COLLEGIATE First Yorkshire school in Boodles Final. Founded as a school in 1912 in Harrogate, Queen Ethelburga’s moved to their present site at the Thorpe Underwood Estate, near York, in 1991. Here they enjoy truly outstanding facilities for all sport, including football. After a brief and somewhat painful experience in the Boodles ISFA Cup when they first entered in Seasons 2011-12 and 2012-13, Queen Ethelburga’s withdrew for two years in order to strengthen before returning in 2015-16 when they enjoyed a memorable return with an away victory at Eton. Initially, success continued to prove elusive but the Yorkshiremen have come alive in the last two seasons with an unfortunate penalty shoot-out defeat at Repton in last season’s quarter-final and now tonight’s appearance in the Cup Final. It has not been an easy route to this season’s Final with only two of their five matches being played at home and three matches against Hudl League schools.