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WALTHAMSTOW FOOTBALL CLUB ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 2017-18 vs ENFIELD 1893 Wednesday 13th February 2019 // 7.45PM Wadham Lodge // Essex Senior League WALTHAMSTOW FOOTBALL CLUB Match Day Centres, Wadham Lodge, Kitchener Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JP CLUB MANAGEMENT President: June Brazier Chairman & Secretary: Andy Perkins Vice Chairman: Steve Howe Company Secretary: Vacant Treasurer: Vacant Communications Manager & Assistant Secretary: Andrzej Perkins Club Historian: David Chapman Charter Standard, Veterans & Ladies Secretary: Tony Brazier Life Members: A. Brazier M.B.E., J. Brazier, D. Chapman, D. Crabb, C.E. Gross, K.J. Harris, S. Howe, G. Larkbey, A McLean, A. P. Perkins, D. Salmon, C. Ward, D.E. Ward FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT Player/Manager: Ryan Maxwell Assistant Manager: Craig Pope Coach: Lee Flynn | Physio: Lucelta Eugene MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2018-19 Editor: Andrzej Perkins Contributors: Tony Brazier, David Chapman, Graham Larkbey, Steve Howe, Charlie Ward Photography: Vacant SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: facebook.com/walthamstowfc Instagram: @walthamstowfc Twitter: @walthamstowfc YouTube: youtube.com/walthamstowfc Website: walthamstowfc.com THE EDITOR ANDRZEJ PERKINS Image: Bill Badger ood evening, welcome to Wadham Lodge defeat was disapointing Saturday’s victory closes the for this Essex Senior League game against gap on Stansted a bit. Enfield, a game rescheduled from earlier in the season. It’s now crucial that we win all our remaining games G and hope that all the teams above us slip up. A big ask, My notes on Saturday’s programme were a bit doom but not out of the question given the way some of the and gloom. Defeat against Hullbridge seemed to games have gone recently. be the end of our title hopes, but a superb win over Stansted on still gives us a tiny bit of hope. Our results in a matter of a few days shows how quickly things can change in football, and although we It was a brilliant team performance, but particularly beat Enfield 4-0 a few weeks ago, they beat Takeley impressive for me were James Bransgrove, Kyan 1-0 at the weekend, showing they’re a match for Gulliver, Ben Crilley (making his full debut) and the anyone on their day. We’re going to have to be at the front two of Marcus Bowers and Dwade James. The top of our game again this evening to get another pair ran their socks off, Bowers getting a deserved crucial three points. goal, and James doing the running for two players. I just hope they’re well rested and ready to do the same Enjoy the game, again this evening! Andrzej The key thing from the two games was to make @tweetperkins ground on the league leaders, and while the Hullbridge 3 THE TREE SURGEON CHARLIE WARD Image: Bill Badger onight we host Enfield 1893, who did us and when up against a numerical disadvantage, is a few others, a big favour on Saturday, with phenomenal. an unexpected victory at Takeley, we have to thank them by doing ourselves a favour Even in defeat on Wednesday last week, for most Tby beating them tonight to cling on to our hope of of the time after we conceded the second goal we getting promotion. outplayed the visitors, even their own Twitter site applauded our work rate. We met them about a month ago and managed a good 4-0 win, so we will be after the double tonight. On Saturday, we had the same situation as the previous game, down to ten with the scores level, but, And what of us? with a very much longer time left in the game to cope. I believe there is a sweepstake doing the rounds as But, once again, we defied the odds and put in a to what minute we will get a player sent off and the superb display and in the end, I think it is fair to say, number of his shirt. we deserved the three points. Why don’t we do the officials a favour and just leave Nice to see Marcus finally getting off the goal scoring one player in the dressing room at kick off. mark and certainly on the day, our Stansted old boy, Jack Folan, contributed more than our old boy, James Joking aside, one thing that has come out of our last Peagram, playing for the opposition. two home games, that is our work rate, especially 4 Image: Bill Badger I said in programme notes, back in November last playable after the Wednesday evening mud bath. year, there was only one team who could stop us being successful this season and that team was us and I Anyone who saw the pitch at the end of the game think I have been proven right. against Hullbridge would have laid money on a postponement on Saturday and their excellent work Pound for pound, does any squad in our League have only makes the postponement of the game when better players than us - I think not, but, can they Leyton Athletic somehow got the game called off manage a game and not allow the tension of a game the previous Saturday, even more farcical and raises get to them, up until now, undoubtedly. questions of Leyton’s integrity. I do not think it is coincidence that most of our Let us hope we can spank their bottom when we meet sending’s off have come against the sides at the in March. top end of the table, when the game takes on vital importance and we just do not seem to able to get After tonight we have a quick return with Stansted, away from flexing our physical and verbal muscles. next Saturday, when we travel to them for a Gordon Brasted Trophy game. That must change, starting today, if it does not, we are only wasting the tons of talent in our side and the I would love to see us progress to a final this season, mountains of effort we are putting in, on the field. either in the GBT of in the Errington Cup, where of course we renew hostilities with Stansted, back at the Our win on Saturday, has made everyone sit up and Lodge. take notice and there is still an outside chance we can achieve something this season, but, we must be match Would I swap cup final glory for promotion? smarter than we have showed at stages this season. Definitely not, but, why can’t I have both? Tonight represents a very good chance for us to Finally, I must mention the Rabble, who has been manage back to back wins and begin a run of winning awesome, especially, in the last two games and I am games in the next few weeks, we have to if we want to sure played a massive part in keeping the team going make an impression at the end of the season. when battling in a game with only ten men. Can I just say well done to the MatchDay ground Hopefully, they can lift the side tonight for another staff, who somehow managed to get the game vital three points. 5 THE BEER HUNTER A warm welcome to one and all for tonight’s game. Our next Away trip is up into rural Essex to Stansted’s After that, we have a short local trip to Ilford to delightful ground. play Barkingside. No pubs near the ground (the Cauliflower opposite has been closed for some If you’re arriving by train, you emerge from the months following a fire), but if you have some time in station to find a choice of pubs: the Queen’s Head hand the Prince of Wales, pictured above, (behind the is a small, straightforward local with a choice of two ground, some way along Green Lane at the junction changing beers, while the King’s Arms has Greene with Connaught Road) is a small, friendly local with King IPA and Abbot plus a guest. Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA and Young’s Bitter, plus up to three guests. Up on Silver Street - the main road past the ground - the Cock is another Greene King house, with IPA and If you’re arriving by train, turn left outside Ilford Abbot plus Old Speckled Hen, and does reasonably station and you’ll find Jono’s Bar, which has a surprise priced meals. in the form of Castle Rock Harvest Pale, plus St Austell Tribute. In contrast, across the road the Linden House is a five-star hotel and luxury restaurant, which also has a Finally in this run, we head up country again to bar with two changing guest beers. Sawbridgeworth, where the nearest pub to the ground 6 is the Gate, a lively local which is also home to the Sawbridgeworth Brewery. As well as a selection of their beers, there are usually guest ales on offer too. Just along the road, the White Lion offers Greene King plus guests, while a wander around the back streets of this attractive town will lead you to the Queen’s Head (Knight Street - a varying guest beer served using the cask breather system) and the Old Bell (Bell Street - cosy 16th- century timbered local with an open fire and Adnam’s Broadside, Woodforde’s Wherry and a guest). All in all, a good day out beerwise whatever the result! 7 classic programme david chapman e extend a warm welcome this evening Wto one of our oldest friends in Enfield FC. It appears that Enfield have recently changed their name by dropping the date of ‘1893’, referring to the original year they were formed.