BANBURY LITHO FLOODLIT CHALLENGE CUP KO 7.45pm KO th Tuesday 17 Tuesday WOOD vs New College Swindon Swindon College New vs the Josh Kerr scoring v Bourton Photo courtesy of Simon Pizzey Quality For All Rover European Travel The Coach House Avening Road Nailsworth GL6 0BS Tel: 01453 832121 Email: [email protected] www.rovereuropean.co.uk UK & European Coach Tours, Theatre Trips, Day Excursions, Group Travel and Private Hire A view from the touchline We welcome the players, supporters Saturday and although they too and management of New College, have the made a big step up from Swindon for this Banbury Litho whatever football they played last Floodlit Challenge Cup fixture. This season, they battled to the end is their second visit to Meadowbank and were very unlucky not to get a this season and nobody can deny point from the game. They too are it has been a very challenging start learning to adapt to the demands of to the season so far. We wish them this level of football but Chris and well for both tonight and for the rest Shane are slowly beginning to get of the season. them to think as well as play. (There On to matters closer to home, are some photos from this game on Saturday’s result in the FA Vase the website). was not what we might have hoped Next Saturday the First Team are for, but given that we were at least away at Newent Town in the League seven players either injured or and the Development side are away unavailable it was going to be a big to Stonehouse in the County Cup(KO challenge whatever. Nevertheless 2.30pm). you only have to look at Norwich’s Please try and get along to support performance that same evening them with a similar number of players out Up the Wood so it can be done. As Matty Blythe said ‘a few invaluable lessons for our younger members of the group this afternoon.’ I feel sure those involved tonight will wish to put matters right on the pitch. I was able to watch the Development side play Fairford Reserves on THE TEAMS TODAY SHORTWOOD UNITED NEW COLLEGE SWINDON JOINT MANAGERS: JASON SCRIVENS MANAGER: MARK TEASEDALE & MATTY BLYTHE COACH: SIMON BLYTHE ASSISTANT: MATT COSNETT PHYSIO: BETHANY FRY PHYSIO: JACK SULLIVAN COACH: MICK BURKE COLOURS: RED & WHITE COLOURS: ROYAL BLUE From AdAm ClArke (Gk) 1 AdAm Mc Gill (Gk) BEN LANGWORTHY 2 ETHAN OLLIER JACOB NOWELL 3 GEORGE WEBB JOE TRYNER 4 ALEX HISCOCK JOSH KERR 5 JAMIE MITCHELL TOM HOSKINS 6 LUKE MC INTYRE BEN SNOOK 7 AARON ALEXANDER LEE BOWLES 8 MAX SPACKMAN TOM BLACK 9 JACK HULBERT TROY BUDD 10 10 CONNOR KING FIN BYRNES 11 JACK ROCKETT LUKE SOULE 12 MATT COSNETT mAx HArper-emerson 14 TYLER HAMMICK PAUL HOLMES 15 ROB FRIEND LUKE SOULE 16 JOSH LEWIS Referee: Graham Pugh Assistants: Dan Midwinter & Andy Davies th Match Saturday SL S&W 28UHL HellenicJanuary League 2017 Sept 7th Report WOOD GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH! 2019 AFC TottonShortwood 2 ShortwoodUnited 3 Malvern United Town 1 0 Malvern came to the Wood as red hot minutes. Harper – Emerson cut through the favourites to win this division but left Malvern defence and shot low and although pointless after a superb exhibition of Whitcombe made a fine parry Tom Black attacking football from both sides that was on hand to sweep home the rebound. kept the crowd entertained throughout. Town responded and Clark saved well from Malvern will rue missing a couple of golden Evans before Wood swept up field again. opportunities but Wood created more and Tom Black cut in from the left only to be deserved this victory. Credit must also go to tripped by ex-Wood man Nick Hancock and the match officials led by Chris Binney who Luke Soule smashed home the resultant had an excellent game in the middle and let penalty. Malvern were on the back foot and the game flow and showed excellent man with Bowles and Harper – Emerson creating management skills! from the flanks Wood looked dangerous. Wood lost Guy Halliday with a knee The third goal after 74 minutes was an early injury and Jacob Nowell with an apparent contender for goal of the season. Picking hamstring and with Joe Wilton already the ball up on the half way line, wide on missing it is hoped that these players are the flank, Harper – Emerson ran at the not going to be missing for too long with the defence, evaded tackles, cut in and fired stern tests coming up – starting at Fairford across Whitcombe into the bottom corner. next Saturday! The depth of the squad is A superb goal. such that the side more than coped with the With 9 minutes to go a cross to the far post loss of these two players and Max Harper found Harry Clark who managed to squeeze Emerson again showed he is a real threat to the ball home and give Malvern hope. any side while Tom Hoskins earned his man Malvern pressed and it Wood’s turn to be of the match award with a dominant display on the back foot. Clark saved well from his at the back. namesake. Hoskins made a superb block to The game was goalless at the break but not deny Miller and the Wood defence battled for the sake of trying as both sides got down hard to keep the Town attack at bay. the flanks and created several chances. When the whistle blew both sides left to Whitcombe, in goal for the visitors, kept his warm applause from the appreciative crowd side in it with some fine stops and Wood’s who knew both sides had given everything. fine attacking football created several other Shortwood: shooting opportunities as well only to see Adam Clark, Ben Langworthy (Fin Blythe them go over the bar. For Malvern Kyonn 80), Jacob Nowell (Josh Kerr 60), Tom Evans found himself through, rounded Hoskins, Joe Tryner, Ben Snook, Tom Black, Adam Clark but somehow side footed the Guy Halliday (Max Harper – Emerson 21), ball wide! Luke Soule, Finlay Byrnes, Lee Bowles Wood deservedly took the lead after 50 Attendance: 77 THE HISTORY OF SHORTWOOD UNITED Shortwood United Football Club supplementary cup, defeating they finished 2nd by 1 point was formed in 1900 and since Ardley 4-2 in the final. The behind Oxford City Nomads. then have played at four different subsequent season pushed With Nomad’s not applying for grounds, Nailsworth Playing our success even further when promotion, and with Shortwood Field, Table Land, Wallow Green following a good run in the FA Cup filling all the relevant criteria, and finally at our current ground, and semi finalists in the League they were promoted to the Meadowbank. The club has been Cup, we pressed the eventual Southern League for the first at Meadowbank since 1972, and Champions Hungerford to the time in their history! The 2012- includes an all weather training final day of the season where we 13 season was again a successful area opened by the late Ted lost out on goal difference after one. Following a disappointing Croker. Gradual improvements amassing 99 pts and scoring 99 early exit from the FA cup the over the years culminated in a goals. Shortwood’s fine form club had a good run in the FA major enhancement in 2009 to continued into the next season Trophy including a magnificent meet ground grading criteria for when they again finished second away victory at premier league any future promotions. in the league to Almondsbury, side Weymouth on the way. and runners up in the GFA Trophy In their first season in the League football was commenced again to Almondsbury, had good Southern League they finished in the Stroud League where FA Cup and Vase runs and reached a creditable eighth position. The following continued success the final of the Floodlit cup. 2013-14 season saw Shortwood during the Having lost the away leg 3-0 to progress further in the FA Cup 1970s promotion was gained to Reading Town they produced one than ever before! Early wins the Northern Senior and then the of the most exciting comebacks over Egham and Aylesbury put Gloucestershire County League. and entertaining matches ever them up against Conference Promotion to the Hellenic league seen at Meadowbank where the South outfit Dorchester and was achieved in 1981 only to be score remained at 0-0 till the 67th a 1-0 away win, and a further relegated in our first season but minute when the deadlock was 1-0 win at Didcot put them into finishing runners up the following broken and Shortwood ran out uncharted waters of the fourth year ensured promotion straight 5-0 winners (AET). Shortwood’s qualifying round where they back. In 1983 we won the league campaign in 2011 was a drew Conference side Aldershot Hellenic Division One Cup and disappointment by their own high at Meadowbank. A late, but GFA Trophy and in the following standards, but more silverware deserved, equaliser gave them year won the Hellenic League. was added in the shape of the a replay and a heroic 2-1 win It was a further six years until GFA Trophy after a 1-0 win sparked wild celebrations. A success was realised again when over Tuffley Rovers in the final. home draw pitted Shortwood the treble of League winners, 2011-12 season, however, was against League 1 side Port GFA Trophy and Stroud Charity pivotal in the Club’s history! Not Vale in front of a record crowd Cup was completed.