2018/2019 Season
Cornard United versus King’s Lynn Town Reserves
Thurlow Nunn First Division North Saturday 13th October 2018 Kick-Off: 15:00
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Match Day Teams
Cornard United King’s Lynn Town Res (Team Colours: Blue) (Team Colours: White & Black) 1 MATT GROVE HARRY BALDRY 2 LEWIS BRENNAN ALEX CLUNAN 3 BRAD DIX FREDDIE COLLISON 4 SCOTT JOHNSTON CHARLIE CONGREVE 5 CHARLIE HAYES NATHAN DAW 6 DAN CLARK (C) JACK FROHAWK 7 ANDREW SCHOFIELD LIAM FRYATT 8 MICHAEL SCHOFIELD JOSEPH GASCOIGNE 9 KADE IVATT LOUIS GAUGHRAN 10 SEAN BARTLETT LEWIS GIBSON 11 MAX DINNELL OWEN GILBERT 12 KYLE HURLEY KIERAN HAMILTON 14 JACK GRAHAM LUKE JOHNSON 15 CHRISTIAN WALSH EOIN MCQUAID CHARLIE RUDLAND KIEREN SHIPP PETER SINCLAIR KYRAN STANNARD EMRE UPSTON JOSHUA WINNER CONNOR YOUNG
MANAGERS – MANAGER – MATT GROVE & MIKE SCHOFIELD ADAM SEAR COACHES – COLIN ATHEY, JULIAN MUMFORD & RYAN LINES
Match Officials TRISTEN WATSON IAN COPPING IAN FRIEND Welcome to Blackhouse Lane
Good afternoon and welcome to the home of Cornard United Football Club for the Thurlow Nunn First Division North league match against King’s Lynn Town Reserves.
We extend a warm welcome to the directors, committee, staff, players and supporters of King’s Lynn Town Reserves.
We would like to wish you all an enjoyable afternoon at Blackhouse lane.
We please ask that all visitors to Blackhouse Lane respect todays match officials, both on and off of the field of play. The match officials have a difficult job to do and without them we would not be able to play football.
Cornard United F.C. History
Cornard United are believed to have formed in 1920, playing in the Sudbury & District League for four seasons. They then transferred to the Nayland & District League for the 1924/25 – 1927/28 seasons, winning the league in all four seasons they were in it. In 1928/29 they returned back to the Sudbury & District League. Nothing is known of the club between 1929 and when they reformed in 1964.
In 2014, Cornard United celebrated its Golden Jubilee, having been re-formed back in 1964. The club initially played in The Sudbury Sunday League, before joining Division Three of The Bury and District League in 1966.
They were promoted to Division Two at the end of their first season, and further promoted again at the end of the next season. In 1970 they transferred to Division Six of The Colchester & East Essex League and were promoted to Division Five in 1972. After winning all 26 matches of the 1973-74 season they were promoted once again, and over the next few seasons, further success brought more promotions so by 1975 they had reached Division Two.
In 1976 the club switched leagues again, this time to Division One of The Essex and Suffolk Border League. However, when this league was restructured two seasons later the club were moved down to the Second Division. They remained in the Second Division until 1983 when they were promoted back to Division One. In 1985- 86 they won promotion to the Premier Division, and in the 1988-89 season they won the league, the league cup and the Suffolk senior cup with a 1-0 victory over local rivals, Sudbury Wanderers.
As a result of this success, the club was moved to Division One of the Eastern Counties League. They won this division at the first attempt, and were promoted to The Premier Division, where they remained until 1996, when after a poor season they were relegated back to the First Division, where they have remained ever since.
Initially, the club played at the Great Cornard Recreation Ground, before moving to Great Cornard Upper School in 1975. It was not until 1982 that they moved to their current ground in Blackhouse Lane. The record attendance at this ground was set in 2001 when over 450 people watched a friendly match against West Ham United.
After many years running The Club, Chairman and Manager, Chris Symes, left the club during 2013 and Mark Hoskin took over the roles. He, in turn, has now moved on and the current Chairman is Harvey Doherty who took over in 2014 after spending 10 years as chairman of Cornard dynamos.
Cornard United F.C. History Cont…
The first team was managed by Paul Grainger, with Chris Tracy assisted by Jack Wignall taking over for 2015/16. Ry Lines & Liam Aves took up the reins partway through 2017/18 season which was very much a transition season. Family commitments have meant that Ry Lines stepped down ahead of the 2018/19 season. The current management team is Mathew Grove and Mike Schofield with Colin Athey as goal keeping coach.
Cornard United also run reserve and U18 teams. The Reserve Team playing in the Thurlow Nunn Reserve league, managed by experienced Ray Manser and Steve Rogers and the Under 18s play in the Thurlow Nunn Youth League, South Division and for 2018/19 has seen them managed by Alex Watson.
First Team Fixtures & Results
Please note: fixtures are subject to change, please refer to the Thurlow Nunn League website (www. Thurlownunnleague.co.uk) for changes
Date Time Home Team Score Away Team Competition 01-Sept 15:00 Holland 4 - 2 Cornard United FA Vase 08-Sept 19:45 Cornard United 2 - 1 Wisbech St Mary First Division North 15-Spet 15:00 Felixstowe & Walton 0 - 3 Cornard United First Division North United Reserves 21-Sept 19:45 Cornard United 4 - 0 Ipswich Wanderers First Division North 25-Sept 19:45 Halstead Town 2 - 0 Cornard United Challenge Cup 2018- 2019 29-Sept 15:00 Harleston Town 6 - 2 Cornard United First Division North 06-Oct 15:00 Cornard United 6 - 2 Needham Market Res First Division North
09-Oct 19:45 Cornard United 1 - 2 Lakenheath First Division Knockout Cup 13-Oct 15:00 Cornard United - - - Kings Lynn Town Res First Division North 20-Oct 15:00 Cornard United - - - Trimely Red Devils Suffolk Senior Cup 27-Oct 15:00 Lakenheath - - - Cornard United First Division North
Visiting Club History – King’s Lynn Town Reserves Visiting Club History – Haverhill Borough Before the demise of King’s Lynn F.C. in November 2009, the Reserves played in the Eastern Counties League Premier Division.
The Club was reformed as King’s Lynn Town F.C. for the 2010/11 Season.
The Reserves have been extremely successful by winning the United Counties Reserve League Division 2 in season 2010/11 and the U.C.L. Reserves League Division 1 in season 2011/2012. Cup glory eluded them, in the same season, as they failed to win in the finals of the Reserve Supplementary Cup & the Reserve KO Cup .
For the season 2012/13 they transferred to the Peterborough & District League where they were placed into Division one. They gained promotion in their first season, winning 20 out of their 28 games gaining promotion to the Premier Division, level 7 of the National League Pyramid, for the season 2013/14. They again gained promotion as league winners of the Premier League after a 17 game unbeaten run, to pip Netherton United to the title. Netherton gained a degree of revenge in beating Lynn in an 11-10 penalty shoot-out to win the Presidents shield.
After a successful application they moved back to the Eastern Counties League First Division for season 2014/15, level 6 of the National League Pyramid. Having had a very successful season, they finished in 5th position. In another very successful 2015/16 season, they once again achieved a 5th place finish. In the 2016/17 season, although finishing in 10th position, the Team won the First Division K.O. Cup in a hard fought Final against Wisbech St. Mary. In the 2017/18 Season the Young Linnets achieved a Creditable 6th position in the Eastern Counties League First Division.
The Reserve team priority as always is to try and blood youngsters into the first team, over recent seasons many of the younger players have been given an opportunity with the first team, who play at Level 3 of the National League Pyramid.
It is hoped the development process of young players will continue and grow, therefore adding to the playing squad of the Club.
Visiting Club Player Profiles – King’s Lynn Town
Reserves Harry Baldry (Midfield): Harry released by Peterborough Under 21 in the Summer of 2017, is an exciting young Midfield Player who can see a good pass. Moved to King’s Lynn Town, in October 2017, after a short spell with Wisbech Town. Matthew Castellan (Defender): Matthew joined King’s Lynn Town from Swaffham Town in the early Autumn of 2015 before moving to Dereham Town for the 2017 – 18 season. A young hard working Defender who wishes to excel as he progresses through the National League system. Alex Clunan (Midfield): A very hard working versatile Player who is comfortable in any position in midfield. Freddie Collison (Defender): At a very Young Age, Freddie is unflustered in Defence and is looking a very good prospect for the future and is also a Member of the Club’s Youth Team. Charlie Congreve (Goalkeeper): Charlie has been through the Club’s Youth System and is a young competent Goalkeeper who is making great strides in his knowledge between the Uprights. Nathan Daw (Utility Player): Nathan is a versatile Utility Player, who has been with the Club for several years having come through the Club’s Youth System, performs well in defence or attack. Jack Frohawk (Striker): An exciting Striker who has been with the Club for several years, coming through the Youth Team, and is always eager to get into the box and have a shot on target. Liam Fryatt (Midfield): A promising young Midfield Player who was with the Academies of Norwich City and Cambridge United in his Youth before moving to Dereham Town and then onto King’s Lynn Town in July 2015. Louis Gaughran (Striker): Louis is a strong robust Striker who has been recruited in the Summer of 2018, from Local Football, to add experience to the squad. Lewis Gibson (Left Sided Player): A versatile Player, who performs well in any position down the left of the pitch, had left the Club for a Season but is back after gaining experience with other Clubs. Owen Gilbert (Defender): For his age, Owen is a very experienced Defender. Released from Peterborough United Academy in the Summer of 2018, he wishes to use his experience gained as a Youth to push forward in Non League Football.
Kieran Hamilton (Striker ): Kieran is a promising exciting young Striker who moved down the A47 from Wisbech Town in Early 2018. The start of this current season, Kieran played his football at Holbeach United returning to The Walks in Mid September. Eoin McQuaid (Midfield): Eoin is an ever improving young midfield player, who has come through the ranks at King’s Lynn Community Football, then into King’s Lynn Town Youth and Reserves Teams. He is learning all the time and has a good eye for a pass. He achieved County Honours playing for Norfolk County Under 18 team in the 2015- 16 season. Charlie Rudland (Striker): A young talented Player, having come through the ranks of King’s Lynn Community Football, Charlie has progressed well in his development at the Club’s Youth Team and now progressing to the next footballing level. Kieren Shipp (Defender): A versatile young Defender, with a lot of potential, who has progressed through King’s Lynn Town Youth. He achieved County Honours playing for Norfolk County Under 18 team 2016/17 season and Captained the successful Norfolk County Under 18 team who won the Eastern Counties F.A. Youth League in April 2017. Peter Sinclair (Striker): Peter is a big strong Striker who has scored many goals in Local League Football and now wants to play at a Higher Level. Kyran Stannard (Midfield): Kyran, who has been with the Club’s Reserves for several years, is a strong young player with a good determined attitude and is a good distributor of the ball. Emre Upston (Midfield): A young talented Player who can play in several positions. Having come through the ranks of King’s Lynn Community Football, Emre has progressed well in his development at the Club’s Youth Team and now being given an opportunity to progress in his footballing ambitions to play at the next level. Joshua Winner (Striker): A strong Striker recruited from Local Football in the 2018 Summer. Joshua has been involved with previous Youth and Elite Squads of the Club at a younger age. Connor Young (Striker): A young strong robust Striker, who used to play out on the wing, has come through the ranks of King’s Lynn Town Youth Team and now moving on into the Reserves Squad.