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Official Matchday Programme 2019-20 PRICE £1 vs HANWELL TOWN FC Saturday 19 October 2019 BetVictor League South Central Division vs BRACKNELL TOWN FC Tuesday 22 October 2019 Velocity Trophy Group 5 2019-20 club sponsor Are you at risk of type 2 diabetes? Find out by taking our 1-minute quiz www.FruitStreetHealth.co.uk Westfield Football Club established 1953 Woking Park, Kingfield Road, Woking, GU22 9BA 01483 771106 (matchdays) or 07407 480032 Around the Club Welcome to Woking Park Steve Perkins - Chairman Everyone here at Westfield FC, Dave Robson - Vice Chairman players, officials, supporters and Richard Hill - President generous sponsors are delighted Michael Lawrence - Secretary to welcome you all to Saturday’s Darren Pasley - Fixtures Secretary game in the BetVictor South Peter Beale - Treasurer Central Division game, and Mick Powell - Facilities Manager Tuesday’s night tie in the Velocity Neil Harding - Bar Manager Trophy (prev. Isthmian League Kevin Putney - Facilities Supervisor Cup). Neil Collins - Website & Programme Editor Jim Ahmed - Commercial Manager A particularly warm welcome is Rich Talbot - Marketing Manager extended to our Match Officials Pete Rumble - Youth Liaison Officer and all those who have travelled from both Hanwell and Management & Backroom Bracknell Town for our seventh Tony Reid - Club Manager and eighth home games of the Martyn Lee - Assistant Manager season. We hope you enjoy your David Powell & Alex Lumley - Coaches day, our facilities and hospitality, Stuart Baverstock - Goalkeeping Coach and have a safe journey home. Tiffany Weedon - Physio Jim Lee - Kitman Tony’s team continue to show Roger Steer - Director of Football their togetherness in the last few Dean Thomas - Head of Recruitment weeks by recovering from a Nick Ayling - Reserve Team Manager disappointing 2-0 league defeat at Mark Long - Reserve Team Coach Barking with back to back 5-3 Robbie Porter - Under 18s Team Manager wins and our first ever in the FA Trophy, where we now face Vice Presidents Beaconsfield Town next Saturday. John Ellesley Michael Lawrence Philip Arthur-Wosop Alan Morton Enjoy the games, Peter Gales Graham Pope Neil Collins Nobby Reynolds Colin Rearden Programme Editor Alan Evans Neil Harding Brian Weston Pat Kelly To our volunteers, fans, John McIlhargy David Robson sponsors and everyone John Ludlow Michael Robson who helps to support the Mick Joseph Martin Powell Club at each game - Doreen Cable Mark Pullen WE THANK YOU ALL Special thanks to our CLUB SPONSORS In memory of Harry Hurley 3rd March 1947 – 25th July 2019 Today we remember a past player and great friend to the club. HARRY HURLEY Harry played for WESTFIELD F.C. from 1967 to 1972. A talented yet uncompromising left back. Friends and past players were His humour meant he was able to enjoy the company asked to sum up Harry.. of all around him even on training evenings, “a genuine guy” an occasion on which he sometimes didn’t excel. “ loved the banter” Please join us today to remember our friend with a minute’s applause before the match commences. “ a decent human being” A series of articles by the author of the book ‘A History and Guide to Football Programmes’ describing how programmes have changed over a century-and-a-half of Association Football More Substantial Issues Before the Great War The fund-raising potential of football programmes became widely appreciated by clubs in the years which followed the turn of the century, and by the outbreak of the Great War, clubs had become polarised into those who published multi-page, advertising-included recognisable match programmes, and those who published nothing at all. Few, if any, remained with the half-way house of a simple team sheet. Some of these early programmes were substantial affairs, providing a comprehen- sive coverage of club matters, commentary on football topics and description of visiting clubs. “The Villa News and Record”, for instance, comprised 20 pages and was arguably superior to the club’s programmes some 50 years later. Birmingham City (or just plain Birmingham as they were then known) favoured a very large page size, with a cover of blue paper and white internal pages. A curiosity amongst programmes from the early decades of this century was the “Everton and Liverpool Official Football Programme” .... “the only programme issued by Authority of the Everton and Liverpool Clubs.” This was a substantial, 16 large page edition, which covered both city clubs, featuring the first team match of one, and the reserve team fixture of the other, both played on opposite sides of Stanley Park on the same afternoon. This, apparently, happy collaborative arrangement persisted for many years on Merseyside, before the clubs reverted to their 19th century habit of issuing separate match programmes. The Sheffield clubs were early and prolific programme issuers, with Wednesday being one of the last clubs to feature team selections on the front page. Their 16- page productions from the early 1900’s were arguably before their time. It was not only League clubs who were beginning to make their programmes bigger and better. Hartlepool United, who did not join the League until after the Great War, had “Martin’s Key Card and Official Programme” issued on their behalf as early as 1909/10. This consisted of 12 pages, only three of which were given over to advertisements. By the outbreak of the Great War, those clubs who regularly issued programmes were publishing multi-page issues which we would recognise today - minus the gloss, colour and photography of course. Universal programme production across the country did not happen until the 1920s. For more information and advice on programmes and programme collecting, please visit www.pmfc.co.uk. NLP column by Matt Badcock NON-LEAGUE Day celebrated its tenth edition last Saturday – a simple idea from founder James Doe has mushroomed into an established part of the calendar. James – a QPR fan – came up with the concept when he visited Tavistock Town in a pre-season game in 2010 and that led to him visiting local club Harrow Borough. So each season during an international break, NLD encourages fans down to their local team. From there it has grown and grown. In the build-up to this weekend, Premier League clubs were tweeting about their local clubs and Prostate Cancer UK and Kick It Out continue to show their support each year. Perhaps you’re reading this today at your first Non-League game – we’re sure you will enjoy the experience. Many clubs have benefited from the extra publicity and media spotlight the day brings and that is something to be welcomed. It’s not easy when the game at the highest level is everywhere. Finding column inches or air time often needs an angle and NLD is just that. Of course, we can trot out many clichés about Non-League football. The players don’t dive – some do – that clubs are more welcoming – most are – and you can speak to the players in the bar after the game. And it’s affordable! Non-League football will mean different things to different people but there’s no doubting it is at the heart of the game in this country. Where else would four-figure crowds watch a game in the eighth tier? Sometimes even lower. Non-League football is to be celebrated and treasured. But we shouldn’t be blind to the fact a number of clubs are struggling to make ends meet. That getting through the season is an achievement. Costs are high and it is hard to compete. For those that have the resources, there are more that don’t. A particular issue facing these levels is volunteering. There aren’t enough of them! Giving up your time can be a rewarding experience and the more savvy clubs are making better use of people’s skills. Look around you in the crowd today, there are people from all backgrounds, industries and trades. Look at yourself, you will have skills that are invaluable to a Non-League club even if you don’t realise it. It doesn’t have to be all the hours under the sun. Just putting up posters to adver- tise games or delivering leaflets in the local area can make a big difference. And that all makes for a healthy, thriving Non-League. TJ Nkoma flicks the ball goal-wards in the 5-3 victory at Great Wakering Rovers last Saturday Westfield Home programmes are available to download from www.westfield-fc.com Westfield FC Sponsors 2019-20 Thank you to everyone for your much-valued support Valerie French Hairstyling Knaphill If you would like to support the Club in this way, please contact our Commercial manager Jim Ahmed in the Clubhouse or email [email protected] www.westfield-fc.com John McIlhargy Match Ball Sponsorship package: * Match day tickets for 2 Adults * Complementary matchday programme * Tea and cake/biscuits at half time * Your Company or name here * Posters around ground and in clubhouse This is all for just £50 - What a great deal! Please contact Dave Robson in the clubhouse or via our website Chipstead FAC Beaconsfield Town FAT Velocity (League) Trophy Group 5 Tues 10 Sep FC Romania 7.45pm Tues 24 Sep Hanwell Town 7.45pm Tues 8 Oct Chalfont St Peter 7.45pm Tues 22 Oct Bracknell Town 7.45pm Tues 5 Nov Marlow 7.45pm Surrey Senior Cup Preliminary Round Tues 29 Oct Spelthorne Sports 7.45pm Meet our visitors EghamWelcome Town to our FCvisitors HANWELL TOWN FC Photo courtesy Nigel Hunt Hanwell Town was originally founded in the losing side. 1920 by a team of ‘Geordies’ working in In 1970/1971 the club gained promotion the area and it is believed that this ex- to the Middlesex County League and in plains the black and white striped colours their very first season the club won the which are still used today.