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WEST BRIDGFORD V ELLISTOWN AND IBSTOCK 21st January 2017 Regatta way 3.00pm EAST MIDLANDS COUNTIES LEAGUE 2016/17 SEASON WBFC OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME WWW.westbridgfordfc.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/westbridgfordfootballclub Dunkirk 2-1 West Bridgford Meadow Covert Public House are Match Report Written By West Bridgford's John Burns It wasn't quite ' we'll fight them on the beaches ' as Winston Churchill famously delighted to be supporting West said as West Bridgford started the game fairly brightly. The first ten minutes saw former Dunkirk full back Ross McCaughey shoot just wide and Tim Hopkinson Bridgford FC. create a good early chance for himself. The home side under the new management team of Craig Clark and Dave Robinson and supported by the ex- perienced Jimmy Albans soon took control though on a heavy playing surface.The Bridgford players reminded me of an old Brenda Lee song ' slipping and sliding' as players seemed to struggle on the boggy surface. The youthful Dunkirk team began to dominate the game and it came as no surprise when Oliver Clark tapped home via the post in the 14th minute for a Dunkirk lead. 1-0 (Dunkirk) Dunkirk captain Tom Maddison and Oliver Clark were controlling the game from midfield allowing wingers Ben Fairclough, on loan from Lincoln United, and Ben Gowing licence to get forward giving the Bridgford full backs of Erentz and McCaughey a torrid time - thankfully for the visitors Martin Kearney made two excellent saves. In the 28th minute though the home side deservedly doubled their lead - Oliver Clark was left completely unmarked from a Ben Gowing corner to stab the ball home, his second of the game. HT 2-0 (Dunkirk) Bridgford made a half time substitution bringing on the enigmatic Abou Sylla for Tom Coole - how apt a Frenchman at Dunkirk. Sylla had an immediate impact on the game with his direct running and pace sparking a resilient Bridgford fight back. The midfield quartet of Aaron Large, Kevin Spriggs and Jamie Spiers had now sprung to life and were starting to influence the game and despite the reds missing skipper Jonathan Ventrella his replacement Dave Belshaw made a su- perb goal line clearance. Both sides made tactical substitutions as the heavy ground took its toll. Akintomide Jayeiola was introduced along with Will Heath for West Bridgford - Heath returning after a 5 month lay off through injury. Sylla con- tinued to run at the Dunkirk defence and on the 68th minute he found Aaron Large who delightfully curled the ball into the top corner. 2-1 (Dunkirk) Bridgford continued to surge forward - Pat Newsome missed a free header from 6 yards and Tim Hopkinson shot wide. Back came Dunkirk with Rob Norris and Steve Chaplin forcing two great saves from Martin Kearney. In the 85th minute Dun- kirk's Oliver Clark was unlucky to be shown a second yellow card for an innocu- ous looking tackle. The home side held on despite late Bridgford pressure and secured all three points.. FT 2-1 (Dunkirk) Man Of The Match: Abou Sylla Joint Manager Chris Marks was disappointed after the game, 'the first half was our worst display of the season with an excellent Dunkirk side taking full advan- tage, the second half was much better but we'd given ourselves too much to do'. West Bridgford second mens team development squad Fixtures and results Premier league table POS TEAM P W D L GD PTS Div2 30/08/2016 Bingham Town Reserves 0 - 3 West Bridgford AFC 1 West Bridgford 27 17 5 5 33 56 Div2 27/08/2016 Bilsthorpe Reserves 1-1 West Bridgford AFC 2 South Normanton Athletic 26 17 3 6 36 54 Div2 23/08/2016 Team DNF 5-2 West Bridgford AFC 3 Radcliffe Olympic 28 17 2 9 12 53 Div2 18/08/2016 Aslockton Cranmers 0 - 0 West Bridgford AFC 4 Stapenhill 25 16 4 5 32 52 Div2 09/09/2016 Mansfield Hosiery Mills 2-2 West Bridgford AFC 5 Kimberley Miners Welfare 26 16 4 6 29 52 Div2 17/09/2016 Selston Reserves 5-2 West Bridgford AFC 6 Aylestone Park 27 16 4 7 24 52 Div2 24/09/2016 West Bridgford AFC 5-0 Bingham Town Reserves 7 Birstall United 27 16 3 8 28 51 8 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 26 15 3 8 21 48 Div2 08/10/2016 Ravenshead 3-2 West Bridgford AFC 9 Radford 24 13 5 6 29 44 Div2 22/10/2016 West Bridgford AFC 0-3 Team DNF Basford Utd Community 10 Arnold Town 27 12 4 11 -4 40 Div2 29/10/2016 Res 3-2 West Bridgford AFC 11 Dunkirk 25 12 3 10 5 39 Radcliffe Olympic Re- 12 Borrowash Victoria 25 11 5 9 15 38 Div2 12/11/2016 serves 1-1 West Bridgford AFC 13 Barrow Town 26 10 7 9 4 37 Div2 19/11/2016 West Bridgford AFC pp Underwood Villa Reserves 14 Ashby Ivanhoe 24 10 6 8 15 36 Div2 03/12/2016 West Bridgford AFC 2-1 Bilsthorpe Reserves 15 Holwell Sports 27 10 3 14 -4 33 Div2 10/12/2016 West Bridgford AFC 4-1 Selston Reserves 16 Greenwood Meadows 24 8 3 13 -11 27 Div2 17/12/2016 Underwood Villa 6-0 West Bridgford AFC Div2 14/01/2017 West Bridgford AFC 1-3 Ravenshead 17 Holbrook Sports 28 8 2 18 -38 26 18 Belper United 26 7 3 16 -21 24 Div2 21/01/2017 Greyhounders v West Bridgford AFC 19 Anstey Nomads 25 6 6 13 -22 24 Div2 tbc West Bridgford AFC v Radcliffe Olympic Reserves 20 Graham Street Prims 27 6 2 19 -45 20 Div2 11/02/2017 West Bridgford AFC v Greyhounders 21 Gedling Miners Welfare 27 4 1 22 -56 13 Div2 tbc West Bridgford AFC v Aslockton Cranmers 22 Ellistown & Ibstock United 27 0 2 25 -82 2 Div2 25/02/2017 West Bridgford AFC v Mansfield Hosiery Mills Data correct as on the 18th January 2017 Div2 4/03/2017 West Bridgford AFC v Basford reserves Please note that dogs are not allowed at Regatta way Div2 18/03/2017 West Bridgford AFC v Underwood Villa Reserves sports ground (except guide dogs) The thoughts of 2016-17 RESULTS Prem 06/08/2016 Greenwood Meadows 0 - 1 West Bridgford the Joint Prem 10/08/2016 South Normanton 0 - 1 West Bridgford Prem 13/08/2016 Ashby Ivanhoe 0 - 5 West Bridgford Managers, Chris Prem 20/08/2016 Stapenhill 2-2 West Bridgford Prem 23/08/2016 Belper United 4-4 West Bridgford and Ellistown & Ibstock Stuart Prem 27/08/2016 United 0 - 6 West Bridgford Prem 30/08/2016 Radcliffe Olympic 4-2 West Bridgford Prem 03/09/2016 Graham Street Prims 0 - 1 West Bridgford Prem 10/09/2016 West Bridgford 3—0 Holwell Sports Firstly We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Prem 17/09/2016 West Bridgford 1 - 4 Aylestone Park Ellistown and Ibstock FC, to Regatta way. NSC 29/09/2016 West Bridgford 3—1 Retford Our last 2 games have resulted in 2 defeats, and prior to those we Prem 01/10/2016 West Bridgford 2—0 Gedling Miners have only lost 5 games, never losing 2 games back to back. We Prem 08/10/2016 West Bridgford 1-1 Barrow Town were knocked out of the Notts FA Senior Cup by Teversal, who Prem 11/10/2016 West Bridgford 4-4 Dunkirk deserved to win as we played so poorly. Then on Saturday last Prem 15/10/2016 West Bridgford 0-2 Radford week we lost to a superb Dunkirk team, who were probably the LC 18/10/2016 West Bridgford 2-2 South Normanton Athletic best team we have played this season, and had certainly Prem 22/10/2016 Anstey Nomads 0-3 West Bridgford improved from the last time we played them, and even then, we Prem 29/10/2016 West Bridgford 4-2 Birstall United only drew with them in a brilliant 4-4 draw. 5-3 So coming in to today’s game we need to see a reaction from our LC 02/11/2016 South Normanton (pens) West Bridgford players. Yes, Ellistown are at the bottom of the league with only 2 Prem 05/11/2016 West Bridgford 1-1 Kimberley Miners Welfare points, and yes we are at the top of the league with 56, so on NSC 08/11/2016 Gedling Miners Welfare 1-6 West Bridgford paper you could say this will be an easy game for us. However Prem 12/11/2016 West Bridgford 4-3 Graham Street Prims with the last 2 results fresh in our minds, this could be a banana Prem 19/11/2016 Arnold Town 4-5 West Bridgford skin we could do without. We trained in the week and will be Prem 22/11/2016 West Bridgford 1-0 Belper United looking for a win and the 3 points that go with it as we try and Prem 26/11/2016 West Bridgford 2-3 Holbrook Sports maintain our lead at the top of a very tight table. Ellistown have Prem 03/12/2016 Blaby & Whetstone 2-7 West Bridgford started to turn results around lately, and although still losing NSC 07/12/2016 West Bridgford 2-1 AFC Mansfield games they are only by the odd goal, so they seem to be on a bit of a charge as they try and save their season. They have 90 Prem 10/12/2016 Holbrook Sports 0-2 West Bridgford signed on players, and we understand they are going through a Prem 17/12/2016 West Bridgford 4-0 Greenwood Meadows period of transition, so it could be an interesting game....lets hope Prem 20/12/2016 West Bridgford 3-1 Stapenhill they don't get their first win today, and we can repeat the earlier Prem 28/12/2016 Borrowash pp West Bridgford game in the season when we won 6-0 at their place.