View from the Chairman Tony Gale
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VIEW FROM THE CHAIRMAN TONY GALE WALTON CASUALS v HARROW BOROUGH Monday 26th August – BET Victor Southern Premier League This also gives me the opportunity to see our team live for the first time this season because, as you all know, with my sky commitments I am always somewhere else on a Saturday commentating on premier league fixtures. Our Academy starts at the beginning of September but we have already had a series of games for our youngsters to play. The standard of players has already improved from last season and I repeat to all of our supporters, if you do get the chance to pop down to the hub one Hello and a big warm welcome to everyone afternoon and see them in action. from harrow borough and we really hope that you enjoy your day at our lovely We are getting ever nearer to our first ground; hopefully not too much that you ladies’ fixture which is on the 1st don’t go away with the three points aswell. September, I personally can’t wait to see them in action and they hopefully get the It's been a difficult start to the season for support that they deserve. us by losing our first three games, which hasn’t been helped by injuries of 3 or 4 of On the sponsorship front, I am our key players. Steve is not the type of continuously looking at more angles to manager to make excuses so please allow bring some more money to our football me to say for him that it is difficult for any club. We have been hugely successful so far team to be at their maximum without 3 or but if anyone else has some ideas, please 4 regular first team players. It seems drop me a line. strange that there wasn’t a game on Saturday but on the bright side we are See you all this afternoon, TG playing on a bank holiday Monday and if the weather forecast are true we are in for a lovely sunny afternoon. VIEW FROM THE MANAGER STEVE CONROY WALTON CASUALS v HARROW BOROUGH Monday 26th August – BET Victor Southern Premier League This could have easily have been 3-0 but for the Tiverton Goalkeeper staying big and saving both efforts. At this level of football, as you know, you have to make those chances count. The Tiverton Goalkeeper was given ‘Man of the Match’ deservedly by his own supporters for his first half performance and kept them in the game. Second half was the complete opposite and to concede three again all in the last twenty minutes was not good enough and the boys were told that afterwards. The team have trained really well this week and enjoyed a bonding session at a good Spanish restaurant on Thursday after training. This was a great evening and has given everyone a more Good afternoon and welcome to everyone belief and confidence. Thanks must go to Steve involved at one of my old clubs; Harrow Borough Haughney for making the evening possible. FC. We hope you enjoy our hospitality off the pitch this afternoon in today’s Bank Holiday fixture in Last week is behind us now as we focus on this the Bet Victor Southern League Premier Division. afternoon’s game and I know there will be a reaction from last week. Out of the six halves we It’s always nice to see old friends again. Manager have played so far only one half was below the Steve Baker and I go back a long way to when we standards we have set. Results in any of the three used to play together at various clubs. Welcome games played so far could quite easily have been Steve and his coaching staff Darren , Jesse and so different . Byron. Also it will be good to see Peter Rogers; Chairman of Harrow, who I have known for many If we keep working as hard as we are the first win years during my playing career. will not be far away. Our home game last Saturday against Tiverton was Enjoy the game! a bit of a mixed bag to say the least. The first half we dominated and played really well and only Steve Conroy coming in one nil was a little bit disappointing after missing to great one v one chances. TODAYS TEAMS WALTON CASUALS v HARROW BOROUGH Monday 26th August – BET Victor Southern Premier League Walton Casuals Harrrow Borough Alex Tokarczy k Hafed Al-Duoubi Elgi Fejzo Josh Andrew Ollie Swain Chinua Cole Jay Gasson Adam Pepera Callum Webb Shaun Preddie Sam Amure Jordon Ireland Manolis Gogonas Kensley Mahoney Michael Atkinson Frank Keita Brendan Murphy -McVey Anthony O’Connor Nathan Webb Michael Bryan Keaton August George Moore George Pilbean George Fenton Max Ndah Ryan Moss Harry Sheppherd Max Holland George Burnham Mark Mcloud Cheyce Grant Excellence Muhemba Arel Amu Kunle Otudeko Rohdell Gordon Manager – Steve Conroy Manager: Steve Baker Assistant Manager – Chris Winton Coach: Darron Wilkinson Coach – Liam Walsh Coach: Jesse Smith Sports Therapist – Katie Watts Sports Therapist: Magenta Ross Video Analyst & Kit Manager – Elliot Minto Goalkeeping Coach: Lee Pearce Referee - Michael Smith Assistant Referee 1 - Christopher Potter Assistant Referee 2 - Steven Scott BRYNLEY HAS A BALL WALTON CASUALS v HARROW BOROUGH Monday 26th August – BET Victor Southern Premier League Although the result didn’t go our way against Tiverton at the weekend, our official matchday mascot Brynley had a fantastic time behind the scenes. The young man, smartly dressed in full Casuals kit, had a look around the areas that most fans don’t get to see. The treatment room thankfully wasn’t too busy, then it was on to the home dressing room where Brynley met all of the players and management before getting his Casuals ball signed by all of the players. A kick around on the pitch followed, testing the keeper with a few shots before playing some neat one-twos with Stanley the Stag. Than it was onto the serious stuff. Leading out the team alongside skipper Alex, who did a great job of looking after the young Stag, Brynley took part in the customary handshakes with the opposition before a photo with Alex and the officials in the middle of the pitch. He wasn’t done there either, as he was asked to draw the winning ticket in the half time matchday raffle. A big thanks to Brynley for being such a great mascot on what was a superb day for the young lad, he has plenty of memories to take with him and his signed ball as a memento. Matchday mascot packages are available for children aged 6-12 for just £25 and all mascots get a free football to get signed. BECOME A MASCOT WALTON CASUALS v HARROW BOROUGH Monday 26th August – BET Victor Southern Premier League Walton Casuals are pleased to announce a new matchday mascot package for children aged 6-12 for the 2019/20 season. This package gives children the chance to have a look behind the scenes before a home match and meet their favourite players. They’ll get a chance to see inside the home changing room, meet the players and management and have photos taken, have a kick about on the pitch before the game and of course, walk out with the team prior to the start of the game and take part in the customary pre-match handshakes with the opposition. On top of this, they’ll walk away with a signed football and photos from the day. The price for this package is £25 per child and the mascot will receive the following. * Behind the scenes tour * Meet the players and have photos taken and get autographs. * Meet the management * Have a kick about on the pitch before the game while the players warm up and meet ‘Stan the Stag’ * Walk out onto the pitch with the players and take part in the pre-match handshakes * Free club football signed by all the players * Discounted entry for parents/carers * Complimentary matchday programme which will have a feature on the mascot inside * Photos of the day (Subject to a photographer being present) Parents/carers will of course be allowed to accompany the children around for the duration and take photos of their own, other than when the teams walk out onto the pitch when you will be asked to stand pitchside. ALL staff that will be looking after the mascots on any given matchday will be DBS checked. To enquire about availability or for any general queries, please email [email protected] MATCH REPORT WALTON CASUALS v TIVERTON TOWN Saturday 17th August – BET Victor Southern Premier League It took 17 minutes for Walton to score with some lovely play started by Grant, he played a one-two with Rohdell Gordon before Grant curled his shot edge of the box into the top corner, Williams no chance 1-0 Walton. 1 They then went in search of a second goal a with Murphy-Mcvey being played through one on one with the visiting keeper but his shot was saved. The game became end to end as Tiverton’s Steven Colwell found his shot saved before Casuals sprung the other way with Gordon beating 2 men and seeing his shot saved. The game headed into the break Walton 1-0 Tiverton. 3 A game of two halves this became as Tiverton shot out the blocks second half and were level after 20 BET Victor Southern Premier League minutes good play down the right allowed Saturday 17th August 2019 Nicholas Grimes to tap it home 1-1.