THE OFFICIAL NORTHWOOD MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2017-18 MATCHDAY THE OFFICIAL NORTHWOOD Woods versus HARTLEY WINTNEY Saturday 23rd December 2017 Kick-off 3.00pm EVO-STIKEVO-STIK LEAGUE LEAGUE SOUTH, SOUTH, EAST EAST Northwood FC UP Founded: 1926 FRONT Northwood Park, Chestnut Avenue, Northwood HA6 1HR VICE-CHAIRMAN & EDITOR Tel. 01923 617081 KEN GREEN elcome back to Northwood Park this afternoon, and we are pleased to see all Wour supporters new and old, and also extend our welcome all connected with Hartley Wintney; we trust they enjoy their stay with us and have a safe journey home later. Life President: Pat Byrne Chairman: Ian Barry We met Hartley Wintney, last season’s Combined Vice-Chairman: Ken Green Counties League champions, for the first team on Club Secretary & Treasurer: Alan Evans the seasonal opening day back in sunny August. And (Tel. 07960 744349) the Woods, in Simon Lane’s first competitive game, 46 Webster Gardens, Ealing W5 5ND got off to the worst possible start when Sam Argent Commercial Manager: David Mosely gave the home side the lead inside the opening 45 Youth Officials: Lisa Bennett & Richard Elderfield seconds; the same player added a second goal a few Additional committee members: minutes before the interval whistle – and that was David Blincko, Shamira Hamirani, the end of the afternoon’s scoring. Marc Harding, Sarah Wheeler Hartley have made a good start to their first Manager: Simon Lane campaign at this level, and currently are in seventh Coaches: Jake Heracleous & Rob Patwell place in the table, so well positioned to make a Physio: Dan Daggett serious challenge for promotion at the first attempt. We have continued to have a mixed bag of results, the most recent being last Saturday’s 2-0 defeat away to Moneyfields, who scored a goal in each Matchday Programme: Ken Green half. Our last scheduled home game, against AFC Photographs: James Brown Dunstable, was postponed due to some freezing in an area of the pitch; that fixture has been re- arranged for Tuesday 9th January. CLUB HONOURS A battling 3-3 draw at Thame United a couple of Isthmian League Division One North champions: 2003 weeks ago, which included the first two goals Isthmian League Division Two runners-up: 2000 for the club for Wilson Chingoka, was followed Isthmian League Division Three promotion: 1997 by an extremely spirited performance at third- Isthmian League Cup winners: 2002 placed Beaconsfield Town. The home side led with Isthmian Charity Shield winners: 2002 two slightly fortuitous deflected goals, but the Isthmian Associate Members Trophy winners: 1993, 2000 spirited Woods fought back well to level the scores Middlesex Senior Cup winners: 2007, 2016 Middlesex Senior Cup finalists: 2000, 2002, before the break – and there were more first-time Middlesex Senior Cup semi-finalists: 1992, 1993, 1997, goalscorers in Tom Gilbey and Isaac Olurunfemi. 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup finalists: 1994, 2003, 2005, 2012 Next up for the Woods is a first visit to play at Hayes Middlesex Intermediate Cup winners: 1979 & Yeading United on Boxing Day – although we did Middlesex Junior Cup winners: 1938 of course play at Beaconsfield Road against the old Middlesex Junior Cup finalists: 1935, 1936 Yeading club, once our great rivals, a few years back. London Spartan League Premier Division champions: 1992 Kick-off for that one is 1.00 p.m. London Spartan League Premier Division runners-up: 1990 London Spartan League Cup winners: 1990, 1992 And we are back here at Chestnut Avenue on New Hellenic League Division One champions: 1979 Year’s Day for a visit from Chalfont St Peter at the Hellenic League Premier Division Cup finalists: 1982 mote usual time of 3.00 p.m. – don’t miss it!! Hellenic League Division One Cup winners: 1979 Middlesex League Premier Division champions: 1978 Many thanks for your support today, and I hope you Middlesex League Premier Division runners-up: 1972, 1977 all enjoy a wonderful Christmas!! Middlesex League Challenge Cup winners: 1975, 1977, 1978 Harrow, Wembley & District League champions: 1933, Ken 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1949 2 Northwood v Hartley Wintney Merry Christmas!! CHAIRMAN IAN BARRY ood afternoon and welcome to See you all hopefully in the clubhouse after Chestnut Avenue for today’s Evostik the game for a drink and some food and of GLeague fixture. We welcome our course back here on New Year’s Day. visitors from Hartley Wintney FC and trust they enjoy their short stay here. Well, as we enter the festive period, I look back Up the Woods! at the season so far and giving my honest appraisal, we could do a lot better. Ian I’m certainly looking for a vast improvement from here on in and everyone needs to up their game. A tremendous amount of hard work goes on behind the scenes to make this the best club and facility it can be and I need the same desire on the pitch. “ I’m certainly looking for Santa’s Grotto is on its last day today, and all our visitors have loved the experience and this a vast improvement from will be a feature of the club going forward. I am determined that we become more of a here on in and everyone ‘hub’ for the community and it’s so nice to see people come here who haven’t been here before and listen to their feedback. needs to up their game “ In closing, on behalf of myself, the committee and our staff, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and New Year. www.northwoodfc.com 3 MANAGER SIMON LANE ood afternoon The last three games have everyone and all been difficult away Gwelcome to ones, with our youngsters Northwood Park for today’s collecting two draws from the visit of Hartley Wintney. trips to Thame United and Beaconsfield Town, losing last Our visitors arrive with hopes week at Moneyfields. of reaching the play-offs after a promotion year last year I will hope to finally get our and an excellent start to this best eleven on the pitch season. together soon, at the same time as trying to bring in one We visited our opponents on or two new players to cover a hot first day of the season this busy Christmas period. with high hopes for our brand new team after seven We will continue to work hard pre-season wins out of seven. and grow in the meantime, trying to eventually get that We played poorly on the key to ultimate consistency. day, conceding in the very first minute, seemingly with Enjoy the game… a number of our delayed players still mentally on the Up the Woods! motorway. Hartley were excellent, enjoying their new adventure and rising to the occasion Simon winning by two goals to nil. For our part today, we come into the fixture with a very challenging small squad size, and facing a big run of league games all against the top eight clubs in the division. 4 Northwood v Hartley Wintney Merry Christmas!! www.northwoodfc.com 5 WELCOME TO HARTLEY WINTNEY artley Wintney Football Club was founded League and, later, in the Aldershot League. in 1897 and played in an area situated at Causeway Farm, not far from their present In 1973, Glynn Howell was appointed Manager H and, with an influx of players, Hartley Wintney headquarters and adjacent to the village’s golf and cricket clubs. From stories told by the FC was put firmly on the local football map. In older members, and from the old club records, his six year reign, the team managed to win it appears that the village side competed well the Aldershot Senior League three times in against local opposition, despite the facilities succession and, on a night to remember, the not quite being up to today’s standard, with only Aldershot Senior Cup. In 1975, the facilities a horse trough or the pond to remove the heavy were once again improved, when a bar was built within the pavilion. After several seasons in the Aldershot Senior League, Hartley were admitted to the Combined Counties League, and after the first couple of seasons and two changes of management, the club appointed Ian Bedford as Manager. Once again an influx of senior players brought Hartley success. Within his three years in management, they gained trophies including the League title (1982-83) and runners-up (1981-82), Aldershot Senior Cup winners (1980-81), and George Allen Cup winners (1981-82). They were also runners-up in the League Cup (1982-83) and Aldershot Senior Cup (1981-82). mud from a sub-standard pitch. In 1953, the club moved to its present ground in Green Lane, During this period a new clubhouse was known as The Memorial Ground. A pavilion was opened by ex-Chelsea star Peter Osgood. erected and the team played in the Basingstoke Hartley Wintney FC has come a long way, from ‘village side’ in every sense of the term, to 6 Northwood v Hartley Wintney Merry Christmas!! today’s 7 days a week modern football club, but Bashley and Southern League Bideford AFC. its hard-working committee has succeeded in Hartley Wintney eventually went out after retaining a village atmosphere. In recent years, a brave performance at Conference South the club has invested in floodlights, completely neighbours Basingstoke Town. rebuilt the changing rooms at a cost of over £100,000, erected a stand with seating, and The euphoria of the cup run and promotion continues to look to improvements to meet the was dampened at the end of the 2011-12 ground grading requirements that will enable it season when the coaching staff left to join to play at the highest level that achievements on Thatcham Town.