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Who’s Who at HTFC Ltd Director Doug McIlwain Director Russell Yezek Director Hans Reif Who’s Who at HTFC President Hans Reif [email protected] Chairman Doug McIlwain [email protected] Vice Chairman George Yezek Secretary Russell Yezek [email protected] Treasurer Doug McIlwain [email protected] Fixture Secretary David Pinner [email protected] Welfare Officer Russell Yezek [email protected] First Team Manager Alex Cook [email protected] First Team Assistant Manager Alex Minall [email protected] Reserve Team Manager Clive Hiscock [email protected] Development Team Manager Luke Brook [email protected] Groundsmen Russell Yezek & Michael Plunkett
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Well firstly Happy new Year to you all
We start 2020 in a similar position to previous years however the sprit of the club is high from boardroom to the pitch Unfortunately we say goodbye to The Development Team Manager Sparky McIlwain who is moving to Australia to be with the love of his life and I thank him for his service and wish him well both professional- ly and personally We also say goodbye to Alfie Tate 1st Team Coach who is moving on as of yet I’m not sure if its from the club or just the 1st team but I thank him for his service and wish him well We say hello and welcome to new 1st Team Assistant Manager Alex Minall who has an existing working relationship with the 1st Team Manager and without putting to much pressure on him we expect good things The astute amongst you will have noticed that we have started (maybe finished) building NEW Dugouts on the main pitch for years I have been asked by various managers “can we have dugouts the other side of the pitch” my reply has always been “when we can afford it” im not sure if we can afford it or not but its time to invest in infrastructure as well as players and management So we start 2020 with a new set of dugouts and new Assistant Manager for the 1st Team and a vacancy in the Development Team an interesting start to the year Doug McIlwain - Chairman
Huntingdon Town Football Club were formed in 1995 following a move from the West Anglian League to the Cambs League. Prior to entry to the Cambs League Division 2B for the 1996-97 season, Town were known as Sun FC and origi- nally began life back in 1980 as the Montagu which was formed by the current Secretary Russell Yezek. The committee decided that they wished to progress in local football and choose to resurrect the then defunct name of Huntingdon Town. Progress was soon made both on & off the field. Behind the scenes the club is run on a very sound footing by a solid committee led by Chairman Hans Reif. On the playing front the appointment of Manager Andy Rossi, who’s wealth of experience on both the playing & Managerial side, led to a steady climb through the Cambs league. In 1998 “The Town” gained promotion from Division 2B into Division 1B. In the season 1999-2000 the club finished as winners of Division 1B as well as winning the Huntingdonshire FA Junior Cup for the first time. The following season saw more Cup success, retaining the Hunts Junior Cup, as well as runners up in the Hunts Scott Gatty Cup. The 2001-2002 season was also very successful winning the Scott Gatty Cup & also the Hunts Junior Cup for the third successive time. The club also finished runners up in the Cambs League Senior B Division and the Percy Oldham Cup that season. TheClub moved to their new site at Jubilee Park in 2003 & this enabled work to be undertaken to provide the facilities neces- sary for the continued progression of the Club. The team moved to play in the UCL Division 1, having transferred from the Cambs league at the end of the 2002/2003 season. The first four seasons in the United Counties League were something of a learning curve for Town, reflected in their league positions of 17th, 14th, 12th & 14th respectively. The 2007-2008 saw the 1st Team finish 4th only missing out on promotion by goal difference & the Reserves win the Reserve Division 2 Title & win the Hunts Benevolent Cup. Huntingdon Town also run an Under 18 side in the Ridgeons Youth League. All three teams play their home games at the Clubs Jubilee Park ground on Kings Ripton Road, In July 2004 the new £37,000 floodlighting system was opened with a match against Peterborough United which attracted a near 1000 crowd. The new £1.1 million Clubhouse was open for the 2009-2010 season with the only success on the field being the all conquering U18 team, winning the league, league Cup & County Cup. The 2011-2012 season started full of optimism, with a new Chairman at the helm & many new signings. Faith was kept with the Management pairing of Ricky Marheineke & Paul Swannell who guided Town to a credible 5th place in the 2010-2011 season after sitting 3rd from bottom when taking over in February 2011. Optimism turned to joy with Town winning the United Counties League Division 1 Title, scoring over 100 goals in the process. Manager Ricky Marheineke won 2 Manager of the month awards. Town also reached the Semi – Final of the Hinchingbrooke Cup losing 3 – 0 to step 4 side St Neots Town. A new 50 seater stand was erected, with another planned by the end of the 2012–2013 season The 2012-2013 season saw Town finish 4th in their first season in the Premier again scoring over 100 goals & reaching the Hunts Senior Cup Final drawing 0-0 with St Neots Town & losing on Penalties. The second 50 seat stand was erect- ed The 2013-2014 season saw Town finish runners up in the league again scoring over 100 goals. But won the league KO Cup & the prestigious Hinchingbrooke Cup both for the first time The 2014-2015 season saw Town just staved off relegation, the club started the 2015-2016 season in turmoil. Doug McIlwain was bought in as Chairman to steady the ship & move the club forward. Rebuilding came with a price, losing both the Reserve & U18 team by the end of the season. Although Town finish bottom of the league for the first time in their history, due to circumstances held on to their posi- tion in the UCL Premier Division, so the 2016-2017 season starts on a more positive note with Bob Warby as Manager & Mark Forrest as his assistant full of optimism The 2016-2017 season saw Town bottom of the league for the second year running, but this time were relegated to Division 1. James Brattan & Ryan Hunnings were appointed joint Managers. Bob Warby has taking the role of Sporting Director to look to develop the Club to gain more Teams. Starting this season with the formation of an U18 team The 2017-2018 Season saw Town finish a credible 12th in Division 1 & reach the Final of the Hinchingbrooke Cup
Today we made the long trip over to Aylestone Park, who sit close to the top of the league. We knew today was always going to be a tough game, that was obviously reinforced by their 4-1 win last week. The game started with Aylestone having most of the possession, and looking comfortable to play the ball around at the back. We set up in a way to be able to soak up a lot of pressure as this is something we experience week in week out. Aylestone struggled to get going, some to do with how we were setting up, but they clearly hadn’t really got going. The instruction from them was to spin our defence and turn us, however about 10 minutes before half time they opened us up with a really nice combination from wide, linking in centrally and finishing off from close range, a really nice move. Going in at half time -1 0 down we felt like all of our hard work defensive- ly had been ruined, however there was still hope as we had a few coun- ter attacks that looked slightly dangerous. The message was the same for us, defensively soak up a lot of pressure and look to counter on the other teams mistakes. After digging in and springing a few counter attacks, we found ourselves level (against the run of play) through Mario Neves. We then proceeded to soak up pressure and emergency defend for the rest of the game, again having a few counter attacks. Aylestone had the majority of possession and chances, they also had 2 strong shouts for penalties, which on other days get given.
Alex Cook 1st Team Manager D
07/09/19 HTFC Development 3 1 Sawrty FC League
14/09/19 Stamford Lions ‘A’ 0 5 HTFC Development League
21/09/19 Wittering Harriers Reserves 4 2 HTFC Development PDFL Cup
28/09/19 HTFC Development 1 2 Long Sutton Athletic ‘A’ League
12/10/19 HTFC Development 3 4 Warboys Town Reserves League
19/10/19 HTFC Development 4 0 Hampton ‘A’ League
26/10/19 Needingworth United 11 1 HTFC Development Junior Cup
02/11/19 Spalding Town Reserves 0 7 HTFC Development League
09/11/19 HTFC Development 10 0 Dresmas Reserves League
16/11/19 HTFC Development 4 1 NECI Reserves League
07/12/19 HTFC Development 0 5 Stilto United Reserves Minor Cup
14/12/19 Park Farm Pumus FC 2 0 HTFC Development League
04/01/20 Parkside Reserves 3 2 HTFC Development League
TBC Cambridge FC HTFC Development League
TBC Rippingale & Folkingham Reserves HTFC Development League
TBC Dreams Reserves HTFC Development League
TBC Hampton ‘A’ HTFC Development League
TBC Long Sutton Athletic ‘A’ HTFC Development League
TBC Deeping United FC HTFC Development League
TBC Peterbough NECI Reserves HTFC Development League
TBC Sawrty FC HTFC Development League
TBC Warboys Town Reserves HTFC Development League
TBC HTFC Development Cambridge FC League
TBC HTFC Development Deeping United FC League
TBC HTFC Development Dreams Reserves League
TBC HTFC Development Huntingdon Town Development League
TBC HTFC Development Park Farm Pumus FC League
TBC HTFC Development Parkside Reserves League
TBC HTFC Development Peterbough NECI Reserves League
TBC HTFC Development Rippingale & Folkingham Reserves League
TBC HTFC Development Stamford Lions ‘A’ League
TBC HTFC Development The Limetree Reserves League
Pos Club P W D L GD PTS
1 Deeping United FC 9 7 1 0 49 25*
2 Long Sutton Athletic ‘A’ 8 6 1 1 8 19
3 Park Farm Pumus FC 10 6 1 3 2 19
4 Huntingdon Town Development 9 6 0 3 27 18
5 Parkside Reserves 10 5 0 4 -15 18*
6 Cambridge FC 8 5 0 3 4 15
7 Warboys Town Reserves 9 3 0 4 -6 15*
8 Sawrty FC 6 4 0 2 13 12
9 NECI Reserves 8 2 1 4 -5 6*
10 Spalding Town Reserves 6 2 0 4 -13 6
11 Rippingale & Folkingham Reserves 10 2 0 8 -14 6
12 Hampton ‘A’ 10 2 0 8 -14 6
13 Stamford Lions ‘A’ 8 2 0 6 -16 6
14 Dreams Reserves 9 2 0 4 -20 3* 03/08/19 Desborough Town Reserves 1 4 HTFC Reserves League
10/08/19 Kempston Rovers Reserves 0 2 HTFC Reserves League
14//08/19 HTFC Reserves 0 1 Raunds Town Reserves League
17/08/19 HTFC Reserves 7 1 Cogenhoe United Reserves League
28/08/19 Potton United Reserves 1 1 HTFC Reserves League
31/08/19 HTFC Reserves 0 2 Rothwell Corinthians Reserves League
07/09/19 Northampton On Chenecks Reserves 0 1 HTFC Reserves League
21/09/19 HTFC Reserves 3 2 AFC Barley Mow Inter Cup
02/10/19 HTFC Reserves 3 1 Deeping Rangers Reserves League
08/10/19 Raunds Town Resrves 2 2 HTFC Reserves KO Cup
12/10/19 Newport Pagnell Reserves 1 1 HTFC Reserves League
19/10/19 Stilton United 4 0 HTFC Reserves Inter Cup
22/10/19 Yaxley Reserves 2 2 HTFC Reserves League
26/10/19 Wellingborough Whitworths Reserves 1 2 HTFC Reserves League
02/11/19 HTFC Reserves 2 2 Wellingborough Town Reserves League
05/11/19 Kempston Rovers Reserves 3 1 HTFC Reserves KO Cup
16/11/19 HTFC Reserves 2 3 Bugbrooke St Michaels Reserves League
23/11/19 HTFC Reserves 2 0 Wellingborough Whitworths Reserves League
30/11/19 Raunds Town Reserves 4 1 HTFC Reserves League
07/12/19 HTFC Reserves 1 2 Newport Pagnell Reserves League
04/01/20 Cogenhoe United Reserves 2 0 HTFC Reserves League
11/01/20 HTFC Reserves Northampton On Chenecks Reserves League
18/01/19 Bugbrooke St Michaels Reserves HTFC Reserves League
25/01/19 HTFC Reserves Bourne Town Reserves League
01/02/20 Irchester United Reserves HTFC Reserves League
08/02/20 HTFC Reserves Irchester United Reserves League
15/02/20 HTFC Reserves Yaxley Reserves League
22/02/20 Rothwell Corinthians Reserves HTFC Reserves League
29/02/20 HTFC Reserves Desborough Town Reserves League
TBC HTFC Reserves Potton United Reserves League
TBC HTFC Reserves Harborough Town Reserves League
TBC HTFC Reserves Kempston Rovers Reserves League
TBC Daventry Town Reserves HTFC Reserves League
TBC Harborough Town Reserves HTFC Reserves League
TBC Bourne Town Reserves HTFC Reserves League
TBC Wellingborough Town Reserves HTFC Reserves League Pos Club P W D L GD PTS
1 Yaxley Reserves 18 12 4 2 31 40
2 Bugbrooke St Michaels Reserves 17 11 3 3 25 36
3 Newport Pagnell Reserves 15 10 2 3 18 32 4 Kempston Rovers Reserves 16 10 1 5 23 31 5 Harborough Town Reserves 17 8 5 4 16 29
6 Northampton On Chenecks Reserves 18 8 3 7 -1 27
7 Huntingdon Town Reserves 16 7 4 6 9 25
8 Daventry Town Reserves 16 7 3 6 5 24
9 Desborough Town Reserves 16 6 4 7 -9 22
10 Rothwell Corinthians Reserves 16 6 3 8 -8 21
11 Wellingborough Whitworths Reserves 19 6 5 8 -9 20*
12 Wellingborough Town Reserves 16 5 3 10 -11 18
13 Raunds Town Reserves 18 5 3 10 -16 18
14 Irchester United Reserves 16 5 1 10 -16 16
15 Cogenhoe United Reserves 16 4 2 10 -12 14
16 Bourne Town Reserves 16 4 2 10 -19 14
17 Potton United Reserves 17 3 2 12 -24 11
28/07/19 Whittlesey Athletic 1 2 HTFC League 03/08/19 HTFC 3 3 St Andrews League 10/08/19 HTFC 3 1 Northampton Sileby Rangers League 17/08/19 Melton Town 1 0 HTFC League 20/08/19 Peterborough Northern Star 2 (6) 2 (5) HTFC KO Cup 24/08/19 HTFC 0 3 Aylestone Park League 31/08/19 Diss Town 1 3 HTFC FA VASE 07/09/19 Wellingborough Withworth 4 3 HTFC League 14/09/19 HTFC 2 1 Mulbarton Wanderers FA VASE 18/09/19 HTFC 2 3 Harrowby United League 28/09/19 Raunds Town 2 1 HTFC League 05/10/19 HTFC 3 2 Lutterworth Athletic League 12/10/19 HTFC 2 3 Frenford FA VASE 15/10/19 Potton United 4 1 HTFC Hinc Cup 19/10/19 Holwell Sports 4 4 HTFC League 20/10/19 HTFC 1 5 Birstall United Social League 09/11/19 HTFC 2 3 Rushden & Higham United League 13/11/19 Long Buckby 3 0 HTFC League 27/11/19 HTFC 0 2 Burton Park Wanderers League 30/11/19 HTFC 2 4 Bourne Town League 07/12/19 Harrowby United 2 2 HTFC League 11/12/19 Bugbrooke St Michaels 4 1 HTFC League 14/12/19 HTFC 2 2 Wellingborough Withworth League 21/12/19 Blackstones 4 0 HTFC League 28/12/19 Irchester United 5 2 HTFC League 04/01/20 HTFC 2 5 Melton Town League 08/01/20 HTFC Whittlesey Athletic League 11/01/20 Saffron Dynamo HTFC League 18/01/20 HTFC Bugbrooke St Michaels League 25/01/20 Aylestone Park HTFC League 01/02/20 HTFC Raunds Town League 08/02/20 Bourne Town HTFC League 15/02/20 St Andrews HTFC League 22/02/20 HTFC Holwell Sports League 29/02/20 Burton Park Wanderers HTFC League 07/03/20 Rushden & Higham United HTFC League 14/03/20 HTFC Blackstones League 21/03/20 HTFC Long Buckby League 28/03/20 Lutterworth Athletic HTFC League 04/04/20 HTFC Saffron Dynamo League 11/04/20 Northampton Sileby Rangers HTFC League 18/04/20 Birstall United Social HTFC League 25/04/20 HTFC Irchester United League Pos Club P W D L GD PTS 1 Long Buckby 19 15 2 2 40 47 2 Bugbrooke St Michaels 18 14 3 1 23 45 3 Aylestone Park 18 11 4 3 29 37 4 Irchester United 17 11 3 3 21 36 5 Melton Town 15 11 2 2 30 35 6 Blackstones 17 11 1 5 27 34 7 St Andrews 17 9 2 6 2 29 8 Harrowby United 16 8 4 4 12 28 9 Burton Park Wanderers 16 8 1 7 3 25 10 Wellingborough Withworth 19 7 4 8 -6 25 11 Saffron Dynamo 15 7 2 6 4 23 12 Holwell Sports 17 6 3 8 -2 21 13 Birstall United Social 18 7 0 11 -2 21 14 Rushden & Higham United 17 6 2 9 -12 20 15 Whittlesey Athletic 19 5 3 11 -26 18 16 Raunds Town 16 5 2 9 -5 17 17 Huntingdon Town 20 3 4 13 -25 13 18 Bourne Town 18 3 1 14 -34 10 19 Northampton Sileby Rangers 17 2 2 13 -35 8 20 Lutterworth Athletic 17 1 1 15 -44 4 Huntingdon Town Raunds Town Sarunas Snikas (GK) Sam Palmer Sam Adams Jakub Sulima Edmilson Fernandes Wilkes Makate (C) Ben Arnold Alex Minall Ruban Rey Antonio Douglas Scott Taylor Annoncio Anenou Sandro Aravio Mario Neves Ian King Adam Parmenter Morgan Cogman-Wright Ewan Young
Manager - Alex Cook Managers - Assistant 1 Referee Assistant 2 Martyn Allen Damon Pywell William Hardie