MERTHYR TOWN Saturday 28Th September – BET Victor Southern Premier League
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VIEW FROM THE MANAGER STEVE CONROY WALTON CASUALS v MERTHYR TOWN Saturday 28th September – BET Victor Southern Premier League ingredients in with good technical players, you will win more than you will lose. The hard work is paying off and they are getting the results they deserve, but we will not rest on our laurels and will now be working even harder to keep the unbeaten run going. Confidence is high, the boys have again trained well this week and will be looking to make it four league wins in a row. Thursday night's training was the first time we shared the pitch with the Ladies' team. Watching the ladies train, I could see why they are doing so well. They have some technically gifted players, Good afternoon and welcome to everyone even though they are a young team, still learning, involved at Merthyr Tydfil FC. We hope you enjoy and were very unlucky last week in their FA Cup our hospitality off the pitch for what is our first game losing after extra time. meeting this season in the Bet Victor Southern Premier Division. A warm welcome to Gavin If the group they have got stick together and grow Williams and his coaching staff. Since my last together, they will be a forced to be reckoned with programme notes, before the game against in the future. Weston- Super Mare, two weeks ago, we have picked up our first win and have since won two The Academy team are also improving and making more games on the bounce at Met. Police and Yate great strides forward. They had great win on Town, respectively. Wednesday defeating Carshalton FC 3-1. As I said previously, the first win was not far away, Again, I must mention that the supporters have as our performances have been good. A first win been fantastic and really patient for the first five gave us a platform to push on. games and I hope they can see that building a team from scratch takes time but hopefully now The wins were satisfying, but what really pleased we are giving them even something more to shout me the most, were the clean sheets we were able about! to keep the previous two games. COYS! Enjoy the game! I cannot fault the boys work rate and desire in all Steve Conroy the games so far, and when you put these TODAYS TEAMS WALTON CASUALS v MERTHYR TOWN Saturday 28th September – BET Victor Southern Premier League Merthyr Town Walton Casuals Alex Tokarczyk 1. Alex Harris(GK) Elgi Fejzo 2. Adam Davies Ollie Swain 3. Lewis Binns Jay Gasson 4. Ashley Evans(c) Callum Webb 5. Jarrad Wright Sam Amure 6. Kyle Patten Manolis Gogonas 7. Ben Swallow Michael Atkinson 8. Lee Lucas Brendan Murphy-McVey 9. Ryan Prosser Nathan Webb 10. Kieran Lewis Keaton August 11. Ian Traylor George Pilbean 12. Gethyn Hill Max Ndah 13. Cameron Clarke (GK) Harry Sheppherd 14. Jamie Veale George Burnham 15. Owain Jones Cheyce Grant 16. Kerry Morgan Arel Amu 17. Tom Meechan Rohdell Gordon 18.Eliot Richards 19. Corey Jenkins 20. Camden Duncan Manager – Steve Conroy Assistant Manager – Chris Winton Manager - Gavin Williams Coach – Liam Walsh Assistant Manager - Dean Clarke Sports Therapist – Katie Watts Coach - Ashley Thomas Video Analyst & Kit Manager – Elliot Minto PLAYER SPONSORS WALTON CASUALS v MERTHYR TOWN Saturday 28th September – BET Victor Southern Premier League A huge thank you to our below player sponsors . Your support is invaluable and appreciated. We hope all teams First Team, Academy teams and Ladies teams do you all proud this season First Team Alex Tokarczyk – Sponsored by Ray Hole Architects Brendan Murphy-McVey – Jools Butler Academy George Burnham – Innovative Apparel Elgi Fejzo – Jools Butler Sakariya Gutale – Jools Butler Ladies Molly Jones – Jools Butler Kaitlyn Lewis – Jools Butler Olivia Gregory – Richard Brown Sophie Balaam – Richard Brown For anyone who would like to sponsor a first team, academy or ladies team player please email [email protected] BECOME A MASCOT WALTON CASUALS v MERTHYR TOWN Saturday 28th September – BET Victor Southern Premier League Walton Casuals are plea sed 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 YATE TOWN vs. WALTON CASUALS Saturday 21st September – BET Victor Southern Premier League Later in the half as Casuals kept up the tempo, Adam Forster did well to block a Rowdell Gordon effort near the post and Rene Howe should have hit the target from close range after Jay Gasson 0 had knocked down a corner into his path. Yate's best spell came towards the end of the first period with Albie Hopkins testing Alex Tokarczyk in the Walton goal with a shot from the left and Mike Bryant glancing a header just wide following a cross into the box from Sam Boulton. 2 Further self-destruction followed at the beginning of the second half as an out-paced Elliott Keightley blatantly pulled Manolis Gogonas back as he burst through on the edge of the box and the inevitable BET Victor Southern Premier League red card followed. Saturday 21st September 2019 Yate failed to put Tokarczyk under any pressure during the whole of the second half and the only attempts on goal of note were a ground shot from Casuals netted twice inside the first six minutes Nick Peare that went well wide and a rising drive and from then on always looked comfortably in from Sam Kamara that cleared the crossbar. charge especially during the second half once the home side had been reduced to ten men. Forster at the other end had a much busier time however and it was he who kept the scoreline Stephen Ward looked to be in an offside position respectable with a number of brave saves. when he was played through in the third minute but the flag stayed down, defenders stopped and In the last fifteen minutes he went full length to he went on to finish clinically. push away a shot from substitute Cheyce Grant, saved bravely at the feet of the quick running There was nothing suspect about the second goal Gordon and also kept out an effort from Gogonas. soon afterwards though. Dave Fitzpatrick carved his way through several attempted tackles during a run in from the right and when he pulled the ball back Ward calmly side-footed home. CHARITY INITIATIVES WALTON CASUALS v MERTHYR TOWN Saturday 28th September – BET Victor Southern Premier League As we head towards Christmas and colder climates, Walton Casuals are taking on a double initiative in a bid to try and give back to the local community. These initiatives will take the form of donations for the Walton & Hersham Foodbank and clothing donations for the local Rentstart. Our designated foodbank game will take place against Merthyr Town on Saturday 28th September. ‘The Walton & Hersham Foodbank relies entirely on food that is donated by the public. We supply our clients with a variety of food products, all non-perishable, to cover all meal times. We regularly experience shortages of some types of food products. When planning to donate food, please check the shopping list for the items we are short of and those we have lots of such as Baked Beans, Pasta and Pulses as we have limited storage space. Please only donate food that is well within its best before date as we cannot issue out of date food. Thank you.’ Here is a list of items the Foodbank would appreciate most and those that they have plenty of already; Our friends at Met Police FC will also be taking donations for the East Elmbridge Foodbank on the same day, so even if you can’t get to us there’s another option available. Following on from this, we will be taking clothing donations for Elmbridge Rentstart during our games against Taunton Town on Saturday October 19th and Hayes & Yeading on Saturday 9th November. Rentstart will gratefully take donations of blankets, coats and sleeping bags but will also take hats, gloves and scarves.