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BEDFONT & FELTHAM FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDED 2012 e Bedfont & Feltham v Cove Division One Tuesday 3rd December 2019 Official Programme p D FORf.Jn The Orchard, Hatton Road, Bedfont, Middlesex TW14 9QT Tel: 020 8890 7264 [email protected] www.bedfontandfelthamfc.co.uk Twitter: @BedfontFeltham Facebook: /BedfontFeltham Affiliated: Middlesex FA Members: Combined Counties Football League Middlesex County Football League (Sunday) The Surrey Youth League Club Colours: Yellow & Blue Change Colours: Red & White Programme Cover Design: Rob Healy Management Committee: President: Alan Hale Vice President: John Cronk Chairman: Brian Barry – [email protected] Vice Chairman: Alan Hale Treasurer: Rob Healy General Secretary: Derrick Smith Director of Football: Scott Savoy – [email protected] Membership Secretary: Jane Rescorla Media Manager / Photographer: Joanna Ginger – [email protected] Media Manager / Programmes: Rob Healy – [email protected] Match-day Coordinator: Andy Smith Additional Members: Adam Bessent & Chris Beauchamp Bedfont & Feltham v Cove 0 The Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League, Division One rd Manager’sTuesday 3 DecemberNotes 2019. Kick-Off: 7.45pm Volume 7, Issue 15 Good evening everyone. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Orchard. I hope our match officialsWelcome and to The all Orchard associated for our with fifteenth Jersey home Bulls match enjoy of seasontheir short2019-20. stay with us. This evening we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Cove Football Club; and our three match officials for this Division One fixture. We trust you enjoy your Webrief turn stay our with attention us and have back a safe to joutherney league home campaignafterwards. today after exiting two cup competitions over the last week or so. Our FA Vase run came to an end onOur Saturday visitors, knownat Welling. as The GoingWasps areaway currently to a Step in 13 5th sideplace, inwe the were Division never One going table. toOn be Saturday, dubbed they as favouritesbeat Tooting but Bec after 2-1. We taking were theoriginally tie to due extra to play time Cove and at more home thanlast monthholding but our our own FA Vase it was match a sombre at Welling bus Town journey took itshome. place*. The We’re boys due worked to play Cove away on 18th January. Last season, we won 4-2 away with Michael Capon scoring incrediblytwo goals and hard Ross for & 120Paul minutesNunn scoring but one they apiece. will sayWe wonthemselves 4-1 at home that – Petedespite Davis, us workingFarhad Mahboudi, the home Elliott keeper, Hayden eventual and Michael man Capon of the were match, our scorer severals that times day. we never really hit our best levels. It was a record-breaking run for the club, butOur ultimately, last home match we know was versuswe could've Godalming gone Town even on further.23rd November. We drew 1-1 thanks to an injury-time goal from Michael Capon. On Saturday, we visited Sandhurst FiveTown goals, and came a clean away sheet with three and points3 points after a winningfortnight 5-2. ago Jae at Kelly, Eversley Michael was Capon much (2) neededand Kelvin as Karanjawe look (2 to [1Pen]) edge were up the our tablescorers. now that our squad is looking the healthiestWe will be it'sat home been to all our year. neighbours Today, FC we Deportivo welcome Galicia the on c hampionsSaturday. We elect then to visit theTooting Orchard. Bec next We Tuesday won’t andbe favouritesEpsom & Ewell for onthe Saturday second 14 weekth. An updatedrunning fixture as they list lookcan beto foundmake on it the14 middlewins from pages 14 of games.this programme We will and have on our to website.be at our best to get something from the game. For a full catalogue of last season’s programmes, visit our website. This season’s are being added as we go - https://www.bedfontandfelthamfc.co.uk/content.php?pg=downloads&pd=1047 ThankProgrammes you for for your our midweek support. matches I hope are you now enjoy online the only. game. Adam.*Incidentally, Welling Town visited Chatham Town (their own league opponents) in the Third Round of the FA Vase on Saturday and lost 0-1. Enjoy tonight’s match and see you again soon. Rob – Editor. Visit https://bedfont-and-feltham.footballkit.co.uk to order your replica Bedfont & Feltham shirt and other teamwear. Manager’s Notes Good evening everyone and welcome to the Orchard. I hope our match officials and all associated with Cove enjoy their short stay with us. We were back to winning ways on Saturday against Sandhurst, a fully deserved 3 points after a very good away day. In comparison to our last game here against Godalming we were very clinical and took our chances in our good patches during the game. Another positive was that we managed the game and score line really well and saw the second half out fairly comfortably. Tonight's visitors had a very good result on Saturday too and just another example of how competitive the league is this year and you shouldn't read too much in to league positions. Only 8 points separate 4th to 16th. We will have to be at our best again to get a positive result. Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy the game. Adam Introducing Our Visitors – Cove FC Cove Football Club was formed in 1897 by a group of local friends playing on a field behind their favourite Public House. Later moving to a more central location, Cove Green became their home until 1973, when they moved to their present ground at the Oak Farm Stadium. Playing their football in The Surrey Leagues, Cove enjoyed success for many years, winning more than their fair share of silverware including the League Championship 3 years in succession and a double in that period. In 1973, the club decided to upgrade and were accepted into the Hampshire Leagues, but had to leave 'The Green' for safety reasons and play at Oak Farm. The Division 4 Championship was won at the first attempt, and the Division 3 title followed 2 years later. After a couple of seasons, Cove finished Runners-Up in Division 2, but decided to withdraw from this league due to the time incurred travelling to away matches at Portsmouth or Southampton. This was before the M3 motorway was built and all roads were A and B types. They returned to the more local Combined Counties League in 1980 and won the League Cup beating close neighbours and rivals Ash United. Since moving into their new home, many changes have taken place at Oak Farm with the installation of floodlights a concrete perimeter wall and stand in their quest to host senior non-league football. These achievements are the more remarkable with Farnborough Town (then Conference League) and Aldershot Town (then Football League) just a couple of miles down the road. In 1990, Cove was given the opportunity to join the Isthmian League after finishing third. New manager ‘Chick’ Botley assembled a squad strong enough to finish a respectable fourth in their first season. Two more successful seasons followed narrowly missing out on promotion, one being a final day defeat by the new Aldershot Town. Due to the ever-spiraling cost of football at this level, Cove were forced to withdraw from their league and after 3 unsuccessful attempts to join the Wessex League, had to revert back into The Combined Counties League, where they remained with little success. In 2009, the club appointed Koo Dumbuya as manager and a member of the Steve Beeks double winning team and well known around the area. Having played professional football for Aldershot and Brentford, the club decided his playing experience and knowledge could be invaluable and in his first season, Cove won the Southern Combination Cup with a 4-0 victory over Chessington and Hook. In Season 2010-11, Cove won the Combined Counties League Cup with a 2-0 win over Bedfont, followed by a victory over Farnborough Town in the semi-final of the Aldershot Senior Cup before losing to Fleet Town in the final. In 2011 manager Koo Dumbuya left the club after 4 years as player/manager to take up a post at Chertsey Town, leaving a big hole to fill as his knowledge of local football was immense. During season 2012-13 following some poor performances, the club employed an ex-player Anthony Millerick who brought instant success with the winning of the Aldershot Senior Cup and a 3-0 victory over Fleet Spurs, also finishing 3rd in the League, our highest position for many a year. 2013-2014 was another successful season finishing 5th after a run of 22 games, 19 wins and 1 defeat and 2 draws. Cove thrived in 2014-2015 as well sitting on top of the league for half the season, but unable to go for promotion due to the cost of ground improvements and travel, saw a considerable dip in form, leaving Cove with a fifth-place finish and a mass exodus of management and players. With hindsight a poor decision by the committee at the time. Cove FC – continued A complete change of personnel followed with the appointment of Dave Matthews as manager, following his success as a Youth Team coach. He accepted the challenge of building a new team capable of retaining their position in the Premier Division. However, our young team of hopefuls were unable to compete at this level and after some poor results found ourselves at the foot of the table many points adrift of safety. Following Dave’s resignation at Christmas, new manager Paul Duncan set about trying to save our Premier status, but despite some improved performances the points difference right at the bottom was too much and hence we found ourselves relegated to the CCFL Division One.