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WINCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2017-18

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HAMPSHIRE SENIOR CUP WINCHESTER CITY v BASINGSTOKE TOWN TUESDAY 5th DECEMBER 19:45

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“THE CITIZENS POST” WHO’S WHO? BEHIND THE SCENES PRESIDENT – TERRY BONE CHAIRMAN – PAUL MURRAY DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL – DAVID MALONE VICE PRESIDENT –STEVE BRINE MP & COUNCILLOR IAN TAIT LIFE VICE PRESIDENTS – TERRY PAINE MBE & JOHN MOODY RPSL DEPUTY CHAIRMAN – DARRELL GOWERS SECRETARY – MARTIN MOODY TREASURER – DAVID MALONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS – KEVIN WATKINS, WAYNE ELKINS, ROBERT CONWAY, SALLY STATHAM, STEVE (RONNIE) RAINBIRD, ELLIOTT TRODD, MATT RICHBELL, MIKE CARTER HEAD OF COMMERCIAL – NEIL WILSON CAR PARKING & STADIUM – SALLY STATHAM STADIUM ANNOUNCER – WAYNE ELKINS WEBSITE – STEVE (RONNIE) RAINBIRD PROGRAMME EDITORS – MATT RICHBELL & MIKE CARTER MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY – WAYNE ELKINS GROUND MAINTENANCE – DAVE GREEN GROUNDSMAN – RAY BULPIT CHIEF STEWARD – STEVE RAINBIRD BAR MANAGER – KEVIN WATKINS PHOTOGRAPHER – TONY SMITH PLAYER SHIRTS SPONSORS & TRAVEL MANAGER – ROB CONWAY SHOP MANAGER – NIKKI PERCIVAL ASST. SHOP MANAGER – ROD YOUNGMAN CLUB CATERING – JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON, TINA ELKINS, MARGARET MOODY DUG-OUT CAFÉ – RONNIE THOMAS, RHIANNON TRINDER, SUZANNAH TAYLOR, SUMMER THOMAS CAR PARKING – SALLY STATHAM, DAVE GREEN 50-50 DRAW – JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON. TURNSTILE OPERATORS – RICH PICKETT & ALLY BROWN

ON THE PITCH FIRST-TEAM MANAGER – CRAIG DAVIS FIRST-TEAM ASSISTANT MANAGER – BARRY BLANKLEY FIRST-TEAM COACHES – RICHARD MORSE & GARETH BYRES GOALKEEPING COACH – STEVE HOLLICK SPORTS THERAPIST – MARK GIBSON CHIEF SCOUT – PETE MILLARD RESERVE TEAM MANAGER – RYAN ANDRES HEAD OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – ELLIOTT TRODD

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“THE CITIZENS POST” DAVO’S DIARY

Good evening and a warm welcome to Basingstoke Town for tonight’s Hampshire Snr cup tie, it’s a game we are looking forward to against a side from the league we are trying desperately to be a part of, we know it will be a tough game. I wish Terry Brown and his staff, players and Basingstoke supporters a pleasant stay with us and safe short trip home afterwards.

Saturday was a real battle of a game and gave me more satisfaction than just about any game this season, it was against a side who are spending a fortune and with a squad of players who are probably better than any in the league, so for us to contain them as comfortably as we did, they only had 2 shots of note on target the whole game... we then changed the game with our substitutions and took the game to them with Rob Carr and IK Hill who both came on scoring our goals! What pleased me most was the quality of our defending and in particular our clearances, this has caused us some issues in the last few weeks, we worked extremely hard on it at training on a freezing cold night on Thursday, it just goes to show that you get out what you put in!! Well done all of the lads and we are set nicely in the league, we have 2 tough away trips to navigate next after tonight, so fingers crossed for those.

Player news, we will not be risking anyone in tonight’s game, Oli Bailey will definitely be rested, Andy Jenkinson will not be involved, we will make decisions on a few others on the day, it’s a cup we are taking very seriously however we have 1 priority and that’s the league and so we will not risk anyone in any other games who are not fully fit.

Enjoy tonight’s game and let’s hope for a positive performance and result.

Up the citizens!

Davo

“THE CITIZENS POST” CHAIRMAN’S COMMENTS

Tonight we welcome Basingstoke Town to the Simplyhealth City Ground in the Hampshire Senior Cup. This is a good test for our Winchester team as this match pits us against a club from the Southern League Premier, which is the league in which we aspire to be. Also in this league are our near neighbours Gosport, Farnborough, Weymouth and Dorchester. We now have a squad that could be amongst them and that is why the league is of paramount importance to us for the rest of this season.

That is not to belittle the importance of the Hampshire Senior Cup. This is a competition with great heritage and in which we are proud to play. But we will not risk players who are not 100% fit. We are in the middle of a run of five games in fifteen days which is a big test for a squad of sixteen first team players.

Regards,

Paul Murray

Chairman

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“THE CITIZENS POST” IN THE OPPOSITION DUGOUT… BASINGSTOKE TOWN CLUB HISTORY

There is little doubt that football was being played in the Basingstoke area in the early 1890’s, but it was not until 1896 that a Basingstoke Town club was formed from Aldworth United and Basingstoke Albion.

In 1901 the club entered the Hampshire League, and in 1909 the local Hants Ironworks team merged with the ‘Town’ club. This merger produced dividends, with title success in 1911/12 and 1919/20. After playing at a couple of grounds in the area, the club moved to its present site in 1946. The ground is named after its benefactor, the late Lord Camrose.

The sixties were the beginning of a more successful period for the Camrose club, finishing as runners-up in 1965/66 and again the following season. It was third time lucky in 1967/68 when the Hampshire League was won. After being runners-up again in 1968/69, they won back to back titles in 1969/70 and 1970/71. The latter came without a league defeat, and the Hampshire Senior Cup was won for the first time.

The club joined the Southern League in 1971/72 and finished eighth in their first season. The highlight was reaching the FA Cup 1st Round for the first time. A then record attendance of 3,400 saw Northampton Town win 5 – 1 at the Camrose.

In 1984/85 the club won the Southern League Southern Division, without losing a home game. A couple of years later, in the Premier Division, the club had the chance to move across to the Isthmian League. It was a disastrous first season as the club was relegated, but the following year promotion was achieved with a last day victory at Southwick, and for the first time the club reached the FA Trophy 1st Round, losing at Kettering after a replay.

The following year saw more cup success as the club reached the 2nd round of the FA Cup for the first time. A crowd of over 4,000 saw Torquay Utd win 3 – 2.

The next few seasons were a struggle and in 1993/94 the club suffered relegation. After two years in Division One, the club had only another Senior Cup to show for its efforts. In 1996/97 promotion was achieved as runners-up and another appearance in the Senior Cup saw a second successive 2 – 0 win over Waterlooville.

The 1997/98 season became the club’s most memorable to date, with FA Cup success over Wycombe Wanderers. After a 2 – 2 draw at Adams Park, the team won the replay on penalties after another thrilling 2 – 2 draw at the Camrose. A new record attendance of 5,085 saw this remarkable result as in both games Basingstoke had trailed at every occasion.

In the second round it was an away trip to Northampton Town and, despite being under pressure for much of the game, the club earned a replay with a late equaliser. The replay saw Sky Sports beam the game live, and another crowd of nearly 5,000 saw Basingstoke go out on penalties.

1998/99 saw the club reach the 1st round of the FA Cup, again losing 2 – 1 at home to Bournemouth after a memorable 4th Qualifying round win at Dover Athletic. The Hampshire Senior Cup Final was lost 1 – 0 to Aldershot Town and the club finished in eighth.

The millennium season was the poorest in recent years, with only the club’s home form saving it from relegation. Indeed it was a last day draw at home to Hitchin Town and other results working in the clubs favour that meant Premier Division football was retained.

After a more encouraging 2000/01 season where the club finished third, there was an air of optimism as plans were implemented to improve the financial stability of the club.

2001/02 saw the club fail to match the success of the previous season, with a low table finish. The biggest disappointment was drawing against Conference leaders Dagenham & Redbridge in the FA Cup to a 4th minute injury time goal scored by goalkeeper Tony Roberts. Roberts went up to join the play in the dying minutes and scored with a 25 yard volley after the ‘stoke had taken a 2-0 lead. A feat that made FA Cup history and footage of which is often replayed on TV. The replay at Dagenham saw the ‘Stoke comprehensively defeated and D&R’s subsequent exploits were well documented by the media.

2002-03 was a season many thought would be the last in the Ryman Premier league, with virtually a new squad put together at the start of the season. But the team exceeded all expectations and put in a remarkable set of results to finish a respectable 5th.

The 2003-04 season was a real roller-coaster ride, with the club constantly chasing an elusive top 13 finish to secure a place in the newly formed Nationwide Conference South. Even though 14th was the best Basingstoke could do and this was followed by a play-off defeat, a place was secured when Hendon decided not to take up their option to join the Nationwide Conference South.

In their first season in the new division Town began well, with head coach Ernie Howe collecting the Conference South Manager of the Month award for August. Basingstoke went on to finish the 2004-05 season in sixth position, just a point off the play-offs.

The second season saw top ‘Stoke star Sergio Torres snapped up by League outfit Wycombe Wanderers. Basingstoke struggled for form and in March 2006, manager Ernie Howe was sacked. Francis Vines took over, leading the side to safety and watching them narrowly miss out on the Hampshire Senior Cup in a 1-0 defeat to Farnborough Town at Dean Court.

The 2006-07 season saw the poorest league performance in years but the best FA Cup run since 1997. Basingstoke defeated League One Side Chesterfield away from home in the First Round (courtesy of a Matt Warner strike) but were knocked out by Aldershot Town in an FA Cup second round replay at The Camrose. In the league, ‘Stoke were lucky to avoid relegation and stayed up on the last day of the season by goal difference.

The 2007-08 season in the newly branded Blue Square South started well but soon led to mid- table mediocrity. Francis Vines resigned as manager in March 2008 and long serving player, coach and assistant manager Steve Richardson took over as caretaker boss until the end of the season. Basingstoke won the Hampshire Senior Cup against Farnborough at Dean Court 1-0 courtesy of a James Taylor goal.

In May 2008, Ex-Scotland international Frank Gray was appointed as Basingstoke Town’s new manager and a new plan was implemented to improve off field activities with a view to creating more stability for the club and it’s finances. Work began on Commercial, Communication and Community, while operating on a fairly low budget. The 2010/11 season began to see the results of this work, with the regeneration of the practice courts, the expansion of the Football in the Community, improvement in Commercial activity and the appointment of a full time General Manager. The budget was also improved but expectations were high and a mid table finish felt like a disappointment.

The 2011/12 season was a hectic one. Results started positively and Basingstoke reached the FA Cup first round, this time going down 1-0 away at League One Brentford. However, Town began to drop away from the Blue Square South play-off picture and Frank Gray was eventually released in February 2012. Long time club servant Jason Bristow took the reigns with the club 12 points adrift of the play-off zone. A tremendous sequence of results followed and the seemingly impossible was achieved, with Basingstoke qualifying for the play-offs on the final day of the season. Despite defeat in the semi-finals to eventual winners Dartford, the season ended with a very positive mood around The Camrose.

Sadly, a torrid start to the 2015/16 season saw Basingstoke languishing in the lower reaches of the league and the club took the decision to freshen up the First Team coaching staff, with Jason’s assistant, Michael Gilkes, taking the reigns. After a promising start, results quickly began to go the same way they did under the Bristow stewardship and Gilkes was released as Manager in March 2016.

Terry Brown – former AFC Wimbledon, Hayes & Yeading and Margate manager – was announced as First Team Manager shortly after Gilkes’ departure and although he wasn’t able to achieve the ‘mission impossible’, keeping Stoke up in the National League South, a new approach of youth and a full-time First Team points to an exciting next few seasons to come!

“THE CITIZENS POST” IN THE OPPOSITION DUGOUT… BASINGSTOKE TOWN PLAYER PROFILES

TERRY BROWN Manager As a player, Terry Brown turned out for Hayes (two spells), Slough Town (two spells), Sutton United and finished his playing career at Wokingham Town. Brown took over as Manager of Hayes in 1993 and spent nine years there before he took over the helm at Aldershot Town in 2002. Brown was Aldershot Manager for five years before moving on to AFC Wimbledon, for whom he was in charge between 2007 and 2012. Margate was his next Managerial position, between 2013 and 2015 and Brown then took over at the Camrose in 2016

JASON BRISTOW Assistant Manager An ex-Basingstoke Town defender, who was also First Team Manager. Bristow is also Academy Manager, as well as Assistant Manager. Bristow starting his playing career at Reading before switching to the Camrose in 2001.

COLM MCADDEN Goalkeeper Born in Reading, McAdden starting his playing career at Crystal Palace. Whilst serving the Eagles, McAdden went out on loan to Metropolitan Police, Sutton United, Three Bridges and Merstham before switching to Basingstoke.

AARON HOLT Goalkeeper In his first season at the club as cover for Colm McAdden.

DAN BAYLISS Defender Another player in his first season at the Camrose, who joined this summer from Flackwell Heath.

SHANE HOLLAMBY Defender

Hollamby is previously of Thatcham Town before he joined Hartley Wintney. Hollamby spent five seasons with ‘The Row’ before he switched to Basingstoke.

MARCUS JOHNSON-SCHUSTER Defender Started his Basingstoke Town career in the 2013-14 season. Then went on to serve Metropolitan Police, Swindon Supermarine, Hampton & Richmond Borough and Swindon Supermarine once again before returning for a second spell at Basingstoke. Over 100 career appearances to his name now.

CHARLIE KENNEDY Defender Kennedy has plied his trade in the football league with Barnet previously. When Kennedy left the Bees, he switched to Northwood and then Hayes & Yeading before moving to Basingstoke Town.

TIM WOHLFIEL Defender A defender who is another new recruit this season at the Camrose. Wohlfiel joined the club from Beaconsfield SYCOB.

ASHLEY ARTWELL Midfield Artwell played 19 games for Hayes & Yeading United in the 2013-14 campaign before he switched to Burnham. Artwell then moved on to Beaconsfield SYCOB before his eventual move to Basingstoke. Now in his second season at the club.

MICHAEL ATKINSON Midfield A midfielder in his second season for Basingstoke Town.

GEORGE BENNETT Midfield Bennett is now in his third season with the North Hampshire club and has made over 50 appearances for Terry Brown’s side.

DAN COLLIER Midfield Collier started as a youngster at Southampton FC. He since played for Wokingham & Emmbrook before moving to Basingstoke in 2016.

JORDAN GOATER Midfield Goater is a young midfielder who joined Basingstoke in the summer from local rivals Farnborough. The left-sided midfielder also lists Badshot Lea, Cove and Guildford City amongst his former clubs.

JACK McKNIGHT Midfield McKnight is a midfielder who is another new face at Basingstoke this summer. McKnight spent the previous two years at Beaconsfield SYCOB before moving to the Camrose.

BEN WRIGHT Striker A much-travelled striker with over 100 career goals to his name. Wright lists Gosport Borough as his most recent club before he re-joined Basingstoke. Wright began at the Camrose in 2006 before turning out for Fleet Town, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Peterborough United, Letchworth Town, Luton Town, Grimsby Town, Barnet, Newport County, Crawley, Hayes & Yeading United, Braintree Town, Forest Green Rovers, Salisbury City, Eastleigh, Havant & Waterlooville and Maidenhead United.

SAM ARGENT Striker Former Southampton youngster who first got competitive football with Hartley Wintney. Argent then served Hungerford Town and Basingstoke Town previously before he played for Whitchurch United in the Wessex League. Argent’s prolific form at Longmeadow earned him a move back to Hartley Wintney and since then he has returned for a second spell at Basingstoke.

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“THE CITIZENS POST” 2017-18 1st TEAM FIXTURES

Tue 05/12/17 Basingstoke Town (H) Hampshire Senior Cup Sat 09/12/17 Slimbridge (A) League Sat 16/12/17 Kidlington (A) League Sat 23/12/17 Shortwood United (H) League Tue 26/12/17 Wimborne Town (A) League Mon 01/01/18 AFC Totton (H) League Sat 06/01/18 Paulton Rovers (A) League Thu 11/01/18 Southampton XI (H) Southampton Senior Cup Sat 13/01/18 Larkhall Athletic (H) League Sat 20/01/18 Bishops Cleeve (A) League Sat 27/01/18 Cinderford Town (H) League Sat 03/02/18 Mangotsfield United (A) League Sat 10/02/18 Didcot Town (H) League Sat 17/02/18 Bristol Manor Farm (A) League Sat 24/02/18 Barnstaple Town (H) League Sat 03/03/18 Salisbury (A) League Sat 10/03/18 Taunton Town (H) League Sat 17/03/18 Slimbridge (A) League Sat 24/03/18 Evesham United (A) League Sat 31/03/18 Cirencester Town (H) League Mon 02/04/18 AFC Totton (A) League Sat 07/04/18 Yate Town (H) League Sat 14/04/18 Swindon Supermarine (A) League Sat 21/04/18 North Leigh (H) League Sat 28/04/18 Bideford (A) League

“THE CITIZENS POST” 2017-18 1st TEAM RESULTS

DATE RESULT COMPETITION ATT Wed 05/07/17 Romsey Town 2-2 WCFC (Bailey, Stanley) Pre-Season Fri 07/07/17 WCFC 3-2 Gosport Borough (Bailey 2, White) Pre-Season Tue 11/07/17 WCFC 0-1 Hungerford Town Pre-Season Sat 15/07/17 WCFC 4-0 Hanwell Town (O.G, White, Barron (pen), Byres) Pre-Season Tue 18/07/17 WCFC P-P Sholing Pre-Season Sat 22/07/17 Bashley 0-2 WCFC (Tomasso (pen), Stanley) Pre-Season Tue 25/07/17 Blackfield & Langley 1-1 WCFC (Carr) Pre-Season Sat 29/07/17 WCFC 3-3 Alresford Town (Jenkinson 2, Barron) Pre-Season Tue 01/08/17 Moneyfields 3-3 WCFC (Barron 3 (3 pens)) Pre-Season Sat 05/08/17 WCFC 0-1 Farnborough Pre-Season Sat 12/08/17 Shortwood United 2-4 WCFC (Bailey, Cox 3) League 96 Tue 15/08/17 WCFC 0-1 Kidlington League 116 Sat 19/08/17 Bracknell Town 0-4 WCFC (Cox, Carr, Jenkinson, Flooks) FA Cup 238 Sat 26/08/17 Larkhall Athletic 1-2 WCFC (Carr, Cox) League 114 Mon 28/08/17 WCFC 1-0 Wimborne Town (Harfield) League 197 Sat 02/09/17 Paulton Rovers 1-0 WCFC FA Cup 190 Sat 09/09/17 Cirencester Town 1-0 WCFC League 121 Tue 19/09/17 WCFC 6-2 East Cowes Vics (Mlambo, Cox 4, Bailey) H.Senior Cup 44 Sat 23/09/17 WCFC 3-0 Mangotsfield United (Cox, Carr, Bailey) League 161 Tue 26/09/17 Didcot Town 2-4 WCFC (Bailey 2, Carr, Mlambo) League 111 Sat 30/09/17 Barnstaple Town 1-4 WCFC (Bailey 2, Mlambo, Flooks) League 130 Sat 07/10/17 Kidlington 3-1 WCFC (Harfield) FA Trophy 78 Sat 14/10/17 WCFC 1-2 Bristol Manor Farm (Bailey) League 194 Tue 17/10/17 WCFC 1-1 Paulton Rovers (Carr) League 110 Sat 21/10/17 Taunton Town 4-1 WCFC (Bailey) League 340 Fri 27/10/17 WCFC 4-5 Salisbury (Cook, Barron, Bailey 2) League 623 Sat 04/11/17 Cinderford Town 2-2 WCFC (Gilbert, Cox) League 118 Sat 11/11/17 WCFC 2-1 Bishops Cleeve (Bailey 2) League 156 Tue 14/11/17 WCFC 4-1 Nursling (Andrady (pen), Corner, McCormick S.Senior Cup 66 Sunley) Sat 18/11/17 Yate Town 1-1 WCFC (Cox) League 152 Tue 21/11/17 WCFC 3-2 Swindon Supermarine (Barron 2 (2pens), Bailey) League 85 Sat 25/11/17 WCFC 2-3 Bideford AFC (Sampson O.G, Bailey) League 165 Tue 28/11/17 North Leigh 1-2 WCFC (Bailey, Jenkinson) League 52 Sat 02/12/17 WCFC 2-0 Evesham United (Carr, Hill) League 171

“THE CITIZENS POST” CUP DRAWS

HAMPSHIRE SENIOR CUP

Moneyfields v Havant & Waterlooville AFC Portchester v Romsey Town Eastleigh FC v Bournemouth Poppies Tadley Calleva v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Christchurch Alresford Town v Hartley Wintney WCFC v Basingstoke Town Farnborough FC v AFC Bournemouth

SOUTHAMPTON SENIOR CUP 4th ROUND

Sholing v Hamble Club Netley Central Sports v Lymington Town Team Solent v Blackfield & Langley WCFC v Southampton XI

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IK HILL Q&A

Age: 17

Place of Birth: Basingstoke

Middle name: Callum

Hair colour: Dark Brown

Previous Clubs (oldest to most recent): Oakley

Nickname: TK unfortunately 

3 words to describe yourself: Determined, clueless, cheerful

3 best attributes: Dribbling, agility, pace

Career highlight so far: Going on trial at Portsmouth

Favourite Stadium you've played at? Salisbury

Biggest inspiration in your career? Mum

Best player of all time? Messi

Rising star? Oli

Biggest joker? Kinger and Baz

Most vain? Coxy

Quickest player? Rob

Slowest player? Baz

Most skilful? Oli

Hardest shot? Jenks

What boots do you wear? Nike Mercurial Superfly’s

What music gets you motivated before a game? J Hus, Not3s and Drake

Which Football Club do you support? Southampton

Favourite TV show? A League of Their Own

Favourite food? Pizza

What do you do outside of Football, during the day? College

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Megan Fox, Mila Kunis and A League of Their Own cast

Who would you include in your all-time 5-a-side team? De Gea, Rio Ferdinand, Hazard, Neymar, Messi

What advice would you give to a young aspiring sports star? Never too late to achieve your dreams

What do you do in your free time? Go out with mates and college work

The Citizen’s Post thanks IK for his time and wishes him all the best for the rest of the Season!

“THE CITIZENS POST” MALCOLM’S MUSINGS

We welcome Basingstoke to Winchester for tonight’s Hampshire Senior Cup with a place in the last 8 at stake. Last season the two clubs met in the semi-final of the competition, with Basingstoke emerging 3-1 winners, with our only goal in this match being an own goal. To reach this stage of the competition Basingstoke beat Gosport Borough 5-0, while we beat East Cowes Vics 6-2, with Pat Cox scoring four goals in the latter game. Basingstoke currently play in the Evostik Southern Premier Division, and at the time of writing were just below mid-table in that division., having had a slow start to the campaign in which they lost their first three matches. However, their squad contains strikers Ben Wright and Sam Argent. Ben who is Basingstoke born has scored prolifically at National League South level and below throughout his career played a major part in Eastleigh reaching the National League, while Sam joined the club from Hartley Wintney earlier in the season. The Basingstoke manager is Terry Brown who has previously managed AFC Wimbledon in the football league, and both Hayes and Aldershot Town in the National League. Their Academy Manager is long term club stalwart Jason Bristow who has served the club both as player and manager. Basingstoke joined the Southern League Southern Division in 1971/72 when the 16-team division also contained Winchester City, Waterlooville and Salisbury. In fact, they joined this league the same division as ourselves, although we only spent two years in this spell of Southern League football before returning to the Hampshire League. Basingstoke though have spent 17 seasons in both the Southern and Isthmian Leagues and 12 seasons in the National League South. In fact, in 2014/15 they reached the playoffs as a result of finishing 3rd, but were relegated the following season and their squad since returning to the Southern League has a younger feel to it. Basingstoke seem to have sorted out their ground problems that were very much a concern to them last season and appear to be moving at the end of this season from the Camrose ground (now nicknamed the Ark Cancer Charity stadium) their home since 1945 to a new ground at Winklebury. I actually work in Basingstoke and at last season’s Hampshire Senior Cup semi-final saw a couple of people who worked at the same location as me, one of whom helped out behind the bar, an important job which at our end Kev Watkins, Rob Conway and Sam Beadle have with occasional additional help have served us well for a number of years. They have won the Hampshire Senior Cup 7 times and are the current holders of the trophy. Their best F A Cup seasons were 1989/90 when they lost to Torquay in the 2nd round proper, 1997/98 when they beat Wycombe and lost to Northampton on penalties with a 3rd round tie against Leicester City at stake for the winners, and in 2006/07 when they achieved a splendid 1-0 win at Chesterfield in the 1st round proper, before being eliminated by Aldershot Town. They have twice reached the 3rd round proper of the F A Trophy, and amongst their former players is ex-Southampton goalkeeper Tony Godfrey

“THE CITIZENS POST” MATCH REPORT WCFC 2-0 EVESHAM UNITED BY MALCOLM CLARKE

Winchester achieved an excellent 2-0 win against an Evesham team who went into the match closely matched with them in terms of points. The game was won by two second half goals scored by the substitutes, with the manager deserving credit for making two substitutions early in the second half which had a major effect on the game. For youngster IK Hill, it was his first Southern League goal having previously scored against Fleet in the Hampshire Senior Cup last season.

For Winchester Adam Tomasso returned from a four match suspension and he replaced the unavailable Liam Gilbert in the only change to the starting line-up from Tuesday. Early on Ryan Pryce made an important block to deny Paul Fahy and the dangerous Lewis Powell hit a free kick just off target, while at the other end Andy Jenkinson had a routine shot saved, but generally defences were on top in a goalless first half.

In the second half Ryan Pryce with his outstretched hand did just enough to deflect the ball away from Paul Fahy, but Winchester then took off Andy Jenkinson and Simba Mlambo and bought on Rob Carr and IK Hill, and the change soon produced a positive result when in the 63rd minute a Rob Carr free kick eluded everyone to give Winchester the lead. In the 80th minute it was 2-0 when Kevin Sawyer could not hold on to a Carr shot and IK Hill followed up to score.

Evesham tried hard to get back into the game, but Winchester were defending very well as a unit and were denying them any clear chances as they completed a well- earned win.

On Tuesday, they are at home to Basingstoke in the Hampshire Senior Cup and on Saturday they are away to Slimbridge in the league.

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FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

TUESDAY 5th DECEMBER LEAGUE Mangotsfield United v Cinderford Town Paulton Rovers v North Leigh Salisbury v Kidlington Shortwood United v Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town v Barnstaple Town

HAMPSHIRE SENIOR CUP 3rd ROUND WCFC v Basingstoke Town

DEVON ST LUKES CHALLENGE CUP 1st ROUND Bideford v Stoke Gabriel

SATURDAY 9th DECEMBER LEAGUE Bideford v Shortwood United Bishops Cleeve v Larkhall Athletic Bristol Manor Farm v AFC Totton Cirencester Town v Barnstaple Town Mangotsfield United v Didcot Town North Leigh v Yate Town Paulton Rovers v Cinderford Town Slimbridge v WCFC Taunton Town v Salisbury Wimborne Town v Kidlington

SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER LEAGUE Evesham United v Swindon Supermarine

TUESDAY 12th DECEMBER LEAGUE Cirencester Town v North Leigh Shortwood United v Kidlington Taunton Town v Cinderford Town

GLOUCESTERSHIRE SENIOR CUP FIRST ROUND Yate Town v Bishops Cleeve

WEDNESDAY 13th DECEMBER WILTSHIRE SENIOR CUP QUARTER-FINAL Westbury United v Salisbury

“THE CITIZENS POST” 1st TEAM LEAGUE TABLE

P W D L FOR AGAINST G. PTS DIFF 1 TAUNTON 16 12 3 1 38 18 20 39 TOWN 2 BRISTOL 19 10 5 4 46 32 14 35 MANOR FARM 3 WCFC 19 10 3 6 39 30 9 33 4 BIDEFORD 16 10 2 4 33 21 12 32 5 SWINDON 16 10 2 4 27 19 8 32 SUPERMARINE 6 WIMBORNE 18 9 3 6 39 26 13 30 TOWN 7 AFC TOTTON 17 9 3 5 29 16 13 30 8 DIDCOT TOWN 18 9 3 6 35 34 1 30 9 SALISBURY 16 8 5 3 42 18 24 29 10 EVESHAM 19 8 5 6 30 28 2 29 UNITED 11 KIDLINGTON 16 7 7 2 31 19 12 28 12 YATE TOWN 19 5 7 7 35 38 -3 22 13 LARKHALL 17 6 3 8 32 31 1 21 ATHLETIC 14 NORTH LEIGH 17 6 3 8 28 30 -2 21 15 SLIMBRIDGE 18 5 4 9 28 49 -21 19 16 CINDERFORD 16 4 6 6 27 25 2 18 TOWN 17 PAULTON 17 5 3 9 24 33 -9 18 ROVERS 18 CIRENCESTER 17 4 4 9 25 35 -10 16 TOWN 19 SHORTWOOD 15 4 3 8 23 42 -19 15 UNITED 20 BARNSTAPLE 17 3 4 10 27 42 -15 13 TOWN 21 MANGOTSFIELD 18 3 4 11 19 39 -20 13 UNITED 22 BISHOPS 19 1 2 16 16 48 -32 5 CLEEVE

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RECENT RESULTS

SATURDAY 2nd DECEMBER 2017 LEAGUE AFC Totton 2-1 Cirencester Town (262) (Craig Feeney 2 (1pen)) (Thomas Anderson) Barnstaple Town 1-1 Wimborne Town (91) (Aaron Harper-Penman) (James Stokoe) Cinderford Town 1-1 North Leigh (107) (James Spruce) (Michael Hopkins (pen)) Didcot Town 4-0 Slimbridge (122) (Marlon Agyakwa, Felipe Barcelos, Seth Humphries, Oliver Thomas) Kidlington 2-0 Bishops Cleeve (51) (Lance Williams, Duran Martin (pen)) Larkhall Athletic 2-3 Taunton Town (120) (George King, Matthew Britton) (Pierce Mitchell, Chris McGrath, Daniel Sullivan) Shortwood United 1-0 Mangotsfield United (83) (Nicholas Humphreys) Swindon Supermarine 2-1 Paulton Rovers (136) (Joshua Grace-Parsons 2) (Jack Ball) WCFC 2-0 Evesham United (173) (Rob Carr, IK Hill) Yate Town 1-3 Bristol Manor Farm (169) (Lewis Leigh-Gilchrist) (Dean Stamp, Kyle Holly 2 (2pens))

“THE CITIZENS POST” AROUND THE LEAGUE – NEWS

Salisbury’s fixture with Bideford on Saturday 2nd December was abandoned. Salisbury were 3-0 up when on 43 minutes the game was stopped. Each sides received a red card apiece and then Referee, Daniel Lamport, called a halt to proceedings following a disturbance on the steps to the tunnel. Owen Howe, Stuart Green and Eddie Perrett had all already scored for Salisbury before George Colson and Billy Tucker were both sent off for Salisbury and Bideford respectively.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Taunton Town maintained their position at the top-of-the-table following an away win at Larkhall Athletic. Three goals from three different goalscorers gave the leaders a 3-2 away triumph.

Bristol Manor Farm kept up the pressure on Taunton as they won 3-1 away at Yate Town with prolific forward, Dean Stamp, once again amongst the goals.

“THE CITIZENS POST” EVO-STIK SOUTH & WEST DIVISION ONE LEADING GOALSCORERS

1. Dean Stamp (Bristol Manor Farm) 17 2. Oli Bailey (WCFC) 15 3. Tobias Holmes (Wimborne Town) 12 4. Benjamin Whitehead (Cirencester Town) 11 5. Felipe Barcelos (Didcot Town) 11 6. Marley Thomas (Slimbridge) 10 7. Anaclet Odhiambo (Kidlington) 10 8. Joshua Grace-Parsons (Swindon Supermarine) 10 9. Matthew Wright (Taunton Town) 9 Jordan Charran (Barnstaple Town) 9

“THE CITIZENS POST” 2017-18 RESERVE TEAM RESULTS

Weds 16/08/17 Poole Town 6-1 WCFC League Weds 23/08/17 Bashley 2-1 WCFC League Tues 29/08/17 WCFC 1-2 Basingstoke Town League Tues 12/09/17 Tadley Calleva 0-2 WCFC Memorial Shield Thur 28/09/17 WCFC 0-1 Salisbury League Wed 04/10/17 Lymington Town 2-1 WCFC Challenge Cup Thurs 12/10/17 WCFC 1-0 AFC Stoneham S.Senior cup Wed 18/10/17 AFC Portchester 0-2 WCFC League Tues 24/10/17 AFC Stoneham 1-3 WCFC Memorial Shield Thur 02/11/17 WCFC 2-1 Dorchester Town League Wed 08/11/17 Wimborne Town 1-7 WCFC League Tue 14/11/17 WCFC 4-1 Nursling S.Senior Cup

Moneyfields v WCFC was due to take place on Weds 22/11/17 but was postponed. Re-arranged date TBC. 2017-18 RESERVE TEAM

FIXTURES

Thu 07/12/17 WCFC v Wimborne Town League Thu 14/12/17 WCFC v Gosport Borough Memorial Shield

OTHER FIXTURES TBC

“THE CITIZENS POST” WYVERN COMBINATION MIDWEEK DIVISION LEAGUE TABLE

Basingstoke Town 10 6 1 3 25 18 7 19

Poole Town 6 6 0 0 32 4 28 18

Salisbury 5 5 0 0 17 4 13 15

Dorchester Town 6 4 1 1 26 12 14 13

Moneyfields 8 4 0 4 20 20 0 12

WINCHESTER CITY 7 3 0 4 14 13 1 9

Bashley 7 3 0 4 8 23 -15 9

Wimborne Town 9 1 0 8 9 36 -27 3

AFC Portchester 10 0 2 8 9 30 -21 2

WYVERN COMBINATION MIDWEEK DIVISION TOP GOALSCORERS:

1. Oliver Balmer (Poole Town) 24 2. Kieran Rodgers (Basingstoke Town) 10 3. Elliot Bevis (Bashley) 7 4. Sam Hockey (Poole Town) 7 George Gregory (Moneyfields) 6

“THE CITIZENS POST” CUP HONOURS

FA Vase: Winners (2004)

Hampshire Senior Cup: Winners (1935 & 2005). Finalists (1888 & 2016)

Hampshire Tournament Cup: Winners (1888). Finalists (1889 & 1890)

Hampshire Floodlit Cup: Winners (2005). Finalists (2003)

Russell Cotes Cup: Winners (1955 & 1971)

North Hants Senior Cup: Winners (1982, 1987, 2002 & 2015)

North Hants League Cup: Winners (2003)

Southampton Senior Cup: Winners (1950, 1952, 2001 & 2003). Finalists (1909)

Basingstoke Senior Cup: Finalists (2002)

Andover & District Open Cup: Winners (2002)

Hampshire Intermediate Cup: Winners (1952, 1968, 1973 & 2002)

Wessex League Cup: Winners (2004)

Wyvern Challenge Shield: Finalists (2013)

Hampshire League, League Cup: Winners (1994 & 2003)

Hampshire League Combination Cup: Finalists (2002)

Hampshire Chronicle Cup: Winners (2005)

Southern Newspapers Invitation Cup: Winners (1971)

Inter-League Challenge: Winners (2001 & 2002)

“THE CITIZENS POST” LEAGUE HONOURS

Southern League: Play-Off Semi-Finalists (2016)

Wessex Premier League: Winners (2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2011-12). Runners-Up (2004- 2005, 2014-2015)

Hampshire County League: Winners (1928-1929)

Hampshire Premier League: Winners (2002-2003)

Hampshire League Division 1: Winners (2001-2002). Runners-Up (1929-1930, 1949-1950 & 1970-1971)

Hampshire League Division 2: Winners (1957-1958, 1973-1974 & 1991-1992)

Hampshire League Division 3: Runners-Up (1967-1968 & 1979-1980)

Hampshire League Division 3 East: Runners-Up (1949-1950 & 1951-1952)

Hampshire League North Division: Winners (1904-1905 & 1928-1929). Runners-Up (1909- 1910, 1911-1912 & 1919-1920)

Hampshire League Championship Shield: Winners (1928-1929)

Hampshire League Combination Division 2: Winners (2005-2006)

South Hampshire League: Winners (1896-1897, 1897-1898 & 1898-1899)

North Hants League: Winners (2002-2003)

“THE CITIZENS POST” PLAYER PROFILES

RYAN PRYCE – Ex-AFC Bournemouth Goalkeeper that also lists Salisbury City, Gosport Borough and Fleet Town amongst his former clubs. Pryce made five senior appearances for the Cherries, making his debut against Southend United.

CALLUM MAHER – Goalkeeper signed this year from Brockenhurst, had a taste of step 4 with Bashley a couple of seasons ago and performed extremely well, delighted he will be with us working alongside Prycey.

DAN WILLIAMSON – Referred to by Manager, Craig Davis as an “electric-heeled, attack-minded right back” joined the club from Fleet Town. Williamson has also previously played for Marlow and Hungerford Town.

DANNY KING - Left sided defender, the clubs longest-serving player currently and a real fans favourite. A teacher by trade, he has played for Chelsea and Southampton in his youth.

ADAM TOMASSO - Had a brilliant season for City and part of the promotion side in 2014/2015. Played for AFC Totton and Lymington Town. A student fabricator/welder, another one of our long serving players.

ROB FLOOKS – Centre-back who is in his second spell with the club. Flooks previously played for Fawley AFC and AFC Totton before he first came to City. Flooks subsequently left the club due to work commitments and switched to Alresford Town before returning to City this summer.

JOSH HARFIELD – 21 year-old defender who was City reserve player three seasons ago. Since played for Whitchurch United and most recently, Fleet Town, Harfield has returned to City this summer, a player with real potential for the future.

JOE HAYWARD – Defender who joined us last season having previously been with Eastleigh FC, unfortunately broke his leg during last year but returned quickly and showed what great potential he has. Delighted he is with us again this year and look forward to seeing him in action.

ANDY JENKINSON - Twenty one year old Andy started his career at Reading, before joining Basingstoke Town when he was released by the Royals in 2013. He appeared for Basingstoke more than 50 times over two seasons, before moving on

37 to Maidenhead United. Andy signed for Chippenham in the close season, but he became frustrated by the lack of first team opportunities. He joined City with a determination to demonstrate his ability on a regular basis last season, he has returned for another season this year having impressed last year.

JAMIE BARRON - Resigned from Gosport Borough Jamie has played for Salisbury, Andover, Sholing and Folland Sports. A winner of a Schools National Cup medal. Scored a hat-trick of penalties in a pre-season friendly with Moneyfields this summer. Appointed Captain this season and a really important player for us.

OLI BAILEY – 20 year-old striker who has joined the club this summer from Gosport Borough, Has also previously played for Swindon Supermarine and started out as a youngster at Southampton FC. Pacey, enthusiastic forward with a bright future. Has already shown how good he is during pre season

PAT COX – A prolific striker that has signed for City at the end of this pre-season. Cox joined from Farnborough and also previously played for Fleet Town, Hayes & Yeading and Staines Town. Has been prolific at each of his previous clubs scoring 30 goals plus in each of the last few seasons at step 3 and 4, links back up once again with Manager, Craig Davis.

ROB CARR – 24 year-old highly rated winger that has previously played for both Woking and also Fleet Town. Another regular goalscorer with 20 goals plus in the last 3 seasons for Fleet Town.

SIMBA MLAMBO – Also signed from Davis’ former club, Fleet Town. Mlambo has spent the past few seasons in North Hampshire, and was an Alton Town player before this. Can play wide or up front and a player with immense speed and power in the air.

IK Hill – 16 year old forward player who broke through into the first team ranks last season, a player with a really bright future ahead of him, was looked at closely by Portsmouth FC last season, we are delighted to have him with us again and carry on developing his career this year.

BRETT STANLEY – Another player that has switched from City from Davis’ former club, Fleet Town.

GARETH BYRES – Player-Coach who has played for us in the past with distinction. Byres was previously running the club’s Under 16 side before stepping up to become First Team Coach. Has had an excellent playing career for ourselves, Fleet Town and AFC Totton where he appeared at Wembley in the FA Vase.

CRAIG DAVIS – Player-Manager who came to City from Fleet Town after relinquishing his position as Manager. Took over as Interim Manager until the end

38 of the 2016-17 season before taking over the reigns permanently. His playing career started off as a pro at Cardiff City before spells at Bashley, Salisbury, Gosport Borough and AFC Totton. Has won both the Southern League South and West and Premier as a player.

BARRY BLANKLEY – Assistant Manager – Joined Craig as his assistant manager this season having previously worked with him as a player at Salisbury and Bashley. Barry was a professional as a player at Southampton and Aldershot Town and has managed Bashley and AFC Totton in the past, was also Assistant Manager for Salisbury and Havant & Waterlooville.

RICHARD MORSE – Coach – Joined Davis backroom staff this season, previously Assistant Manager at Brockenhurst FC and had a good playing career at several clubs including Bashley, Brockenhurst, Lymington Town, an important part of the management team this year.

PETE MILLARD – Scout – Someone Craig Davis brought to the club this season and has previously worked for Bashley FC and Craig at Fleet Town, has a wealth of knowledge and provides important information to Craig throughout the season, really crucial member of the management team.

MARK GIBSON – Sports Therapist – ‘Gibbo’ joined The Citizens early in the 2016- 17 season after spending 2 ½ seasons with Havant & Waterlooville FC. Has hard work experience with Portsmouth FC, as well as several clients including Rugby, Gymnastics, and an Iron Man! A valuable, and much loved member of the backroom staff.

“THE CITIZENS POST” TODAY’S LINE-UPS Tuesday 5th December 2017 Hampshire Senior Cup

WCFC (Red & Black Shirts, Red Shorts, Red BASINGSTOKE TOWN From: Socks) From:

RYAN PRYCE COLM MCADDEN DAN WILLIAMSON DAN BAYLISS DANNY KING SHANE HOLLAMBY CRAIG DAVIS MARCUS JOHNSON-SCHUSTER ROB FLOOKS CHARLIE KENNEDY JOSH HARFIELD GEORGE BENNETT ANDY JENKINSON MICHAEL ATKINSON JAMIE BARRON © JORDAN GOATER OLI BAILEY BEN WRIGHT PAT COX KIERAN RODGERS LIAM GILBERT SAM SMART ROB CARR WILL SHAW JOE COOK HARRY LONG IK HILL JACK MCKNIGHT JOE HAYWOOD TIM WOHLFIEL BEN SUNLEY AARON HOLT

Manager – CRAIG DAVIS Manager – TERRY BROWN A/Manager – BARRY BLANKLEY A/Manager – JASON BRISTOW First-Team Coach – GARETH BYRES Physio – KELLY RUTLEDGE First-Team Coach – RICHARD MORSE Sports Therapist – JO BROCKSOM Sports Therapist – MARK GIBSON