BEDFONT SPORTS OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2019/20

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HASSOCKS FC Saturday 12th September K.O. 3.00 PM ADMISSION PRICES: ADULTS £8.00 : CONCESSIONS £6.00 U16’s FREE *WITH A PAYING ADULT

As you will be aware in these challenging times, and we are all working together to ensure that we can host games in a safe environment. As such we have put the following guidelines in place to ensure the safety of all users of Bedfont Sports Club, and to prevent any risk of the spread of Covid-19.

COVID-19 VIRUS INFORMATION Bedfont Sports are taking practical measures to ensure participant and staff safety to help reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus (Coronavirus).

Please read the information carefully and contact Terry Reader ([email protected]), if you require any further clarification. We believe the steps below are crucial to providing your players with a safe environment and anyone who does not adhere to our steps below will not be able to use the facilities with us during this time.

On arrival at Bedfont Sports Club There will be other games going on at the club so we would ask you to do the following: • On arrival could the lead member of your party or the Covid officer for your club please make your way to the club how and ask for Our Covid Officer on duty on. • Your lead member/Covid Officer will be asked to sign in as part of track and trace for your group. Please ensure you have the names and contact details of all parties in your group on the day, we will not require these details, however if we have to contact you due to track and trace its important you have kept these details for 21 days. • We will ask everyone attending the facilities to use hand sanitizer, Bedfont Sports will have this available in the club house and we would ask everyone to use this at the point of entry of the club. If you have your own for your players please make sure they all sanitize prior to entering the ground prior to your game. • If you are able to come changed and ready for the game then that would be preferred. • Under no circumstances should any of your players/officials visit our facilities if they are feeling unwell, been in contact with someone who has Coronavirus or showing symptoms (persistent cough, difficulty breathing, a fever or a loss of smell/taste). Please do not put other people and other families at risk by taking chances. • If your players/officials are feeling unwell during there visit, please tell them to immediately inform your Covid officer/lead member of your party. • For information on the current situation for coronavirus please visit the WWW.GOV.UK website.

The clubhouse will be open and we are happy to welcome any of your players and officials to use our facilities during your visit to Bedfont Sports Club, lets all work together to Stay Alert, Stay Safe and prevent the spread of the virus. BEDFONT SPORTS CLUB (BEDFONT EAGLES) HATTON ROAD, BEDFONT MIDDLESEX, TW14 9QT

0208 890 9067

www.bedfontsportsclub.co.uk [email protected]

CLUB OFFICIALS

Chairman: Dave Reader Club Secretary: Terry Reader (07967 370 109) Match Secretary: Wayne Coe (07432 422 133) Welfare Officers: Andrea Reader, Kieron Cotter, Terry Reader & Mark Osborne General Manager: Paul Horsnell Hall Hire: Sheila Horsnell Eagles Chairman: Craig Woodbridge Bedfont Sunday: Andy Serpant 1st Team Manager: Paul Johnson 1st Team Asst: Jimmy Hibburt

1st Team- Bet Victor Isthmian League South Central Division U18’s – Samba Sports Isthmian League West Division Bedfont Eagles – Surrey Youth & Surrey Primary Leagues

Bedfont Sports Ltd, by guarantee, Directors, Dave Reader & Terry Reader “The Isthmian Football League strongly supports the FA statement that there should be zero tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly, any form of discriminatory abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association or action by that association” The FA 0800 085 0508 / Kick It Out 0207 253 0162 BEDFONT SPORTS CLUB

Bedfont Sports Club was founded in 2002, when with considerable help from the local Council a lease was taken out on the near derelict Hatton Road Recreation Ground. The only building on the site was refurbished to allow use as a bar and clubhouse on the ground floor and changing rooms on the upper one. Most of this work was carried out or supervised by the Chairman Dave Reader. Much work was also done to the playing area to provide playable pitches for Bedfont Sports on Saturdays and Bedfont Sunday, one of the oldest Sunday teams in Middlesex, on Sundays. To give the Club a junior section Bedfont Eagles, formed in 1978,joined the two adult Clubs a short time later. Bedfont Sports started in the Hounslow and District League for two seasons and then joined the Middlesex County Football League, this being a feeder League to Step 5. More work was needed to enable the team to play in the Premier Division of the MCFL to which they gained promotion in 2004/05. After many ups and downs promotion was finally achieved to the Combined Counties Reserve Division in season 2008/09. During this time application were made to the F A and the Football Foundation for funds to enable Flood Lights and a new Dressing Room block to be built together with a 3G five a side pitch. This finally materialised in 2010/11to give the state-of-the-art complex now available at Bedfont Sports. In the Combined Counties League Bedfont gained promotion to the Premier Division in season 2011/12 and have spent the past two seasons consolidating that position. Permanent fencing now surrounds the ground and the erection of a 150-seater stand has been installed. Bedfont Sports is a true Community Club catering for 22 Junior Teams, 2 U18 youth teams, 3 Men's Sunday teams and our senior 1' 1 team. The Youth Section is particularly vibrant playing in the Ryman Youth and Allied counties Youth Leagues and having won the Combined Counties under 18 Cup 4 times in the last 5 seasons also we are currently the holders of the Under 15s Middlesex County cups. Players from the Youth section make the step up to adult football, at least 8 from that section being regulars in the 1st team at present. A successful kick boxing club use the facilities together with a boxing club, a rugby team and three darts teams. The bar area has been recently refurbished as a Sports bar with televisions on all walls. We are very proud that our Youth teams have been home-grown from Bedfont Eagles and with some real talent coming through this will continue for years to come. In 2018 Bedfont Sports won promotion into the Isthmian League, Step 4 in The FA Football Pyramid. Bedfont Sports Club SPECTATORS/VISITOR CONDITIONS Bedfont Sports Club aims to create and maintain an environment where employees, volunteers, and spectators/visitors(both home or away) can enjoy the game of football, safe in the knowledge that they are free from all forms of harassment, abuse, unacceptable or disorderly conduct. Bedfont Sports Club will not tolerate Unacceptable Conduct both physical or verbal from spectators/visitors {both home or away) at Bedfont Sports Club. Unacceptable Conduct is where there is:-- Actual, attempted or threatened physical violence against any person or persons. Intentional damaged to property. Using threatening, abusive, offensive or insulting words or conduct both verbal and non-verbal Displaying writing or any other item which is threatening, abusive or insulting Disorderly conduct involves any activity which stirs up or sustains, or is likely, or is designed to incite or sustain hatred or ill will against or towards individuals or groups of people because of :- Gender, Age, Colour, race, nationality, {Including Citizenship) or ethnic or national origin Membership or presumed membership of a religious group or of a social or cultural group with perceived religious affiliation, Sexual orientation, Transgender identity, Disability. Any spectator/visitor (home or away) behaving in this way will face eviction from the grounds and their actions will/may be reported to Police. Ticket holders who conduct themselves in this manner face having their ticket immediately revoked and all spectators/visitors face the prospect of a life ban from Bedfont Sports Club. All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge Bedfont Sports Club's right to search any person and their belongings whether outside or inside the Ground and to refuse entry to or eject from the Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search. Threatening, abusive or violent behaviour, and/or foul, offensive or abusive language is strict ly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground, irrespective if entry payment has been made. Bedfont Sports Club may impose a ban from the Ground as a result . Causing damage to, or interfering or tampering with any equipment, furniture, fitting or fixture within the Ground will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. Racial, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, chanting or harassment is strict ly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. Bedfont Sports Club may impose a ban from the Ground as a result. Responsibility for minors (any child under the age of 16 years) remains at all times with a parent or guardian. Should any 'minor' be required to leave the ground for any of the above reasons they SHALL be accompanied by their parent or guardian. Should a parent or guardian not be present then the minor will be placed into the care of police or social services. At all times whilst present in the Ground, persons must comply with any and all instructions of any steward or officer of Bedfont Sports Club and/or any police officer. Failure to comply with any instruction may lead to immediate ejection from the Ground. The Pitching In Grassroots Sports Investment Programme is our new sponsor We are delighted to announce that the new sponsor of the, Isthmian, Northern Premier and Southern Leagues is Pitching In. For the period of this sponsorship we will be known as the Pitching In Isthmian League. Pitching In is a new Grassroots Sports Investment Programme that has today been launched by GVC, the multi-national sports-betting and gaming group which owns Ladbrokes and Coral. The partnership covers all three leagues that make up Steps 3 & 4 of the National Leagues System, who market themselves collectively as the Trident Leagues. England footballing legend Stuart Pearce, who played for Wealdstone FC for five years at the start of his long and illustrious career, has been appointed as the official Pitching In ambassador. Stuart commented: “I am delighted to be taking up the role of ambassador for Pitching In, as I’m passionate about the importance of investing in grassroots sports and in developing young talent. I started out playing for Wealdstone FC before joining Coventry City, so I understand how important funding is to the non-league game. Grassroots football is facing huge challenges at the moment and many clubs are struggling to stay afloat. GVC’s Pitching In investment will help make a big difference to hundreds of clubs and thousands of players across the country.” Pitching In has been set up with the objective of supporting, protecting and encouraging grassroots sports in the UK through a range of initiatives. In addition to financial support, a key focus of the partnership will be to facilitate and encourage members of the community to become volunteers and do some pitching in of their own. A Pitching In volunteering scheme will be established to link GVC’s Ladbrokes and Coral shop colleagues with their local clubs. In the weeks ahead Pitching In and the Trident Leagues will be announcing further initiatives to provide financial support and opportunities for all the 226 clubs (rising to 240 in 2021). CHAIRMAN’S CORNER Today we welcome Hassocks FC, to our FA Cup Pre Lim fixture, we extend a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters and we hope that we all enjoy the game today.

GIRLS ONLY FOOTBALL WITH BRENTFORD FC AT BEDFONT SPORTS JOIN OUR FREE GIRLS ONLY PREMIER LEAGUE KICKS SESSIONS WITH BRENTFORD FC Brentford FC are running FREE girls only football sessions every Monday from 5pm until 6pm at Bedfont Sports Club on our 3G pitches. It’s a free walk in session so any girls are welcome to come along and join in with the excellent coaches from Brentford FC. If you want more detail’s, please contact Amber on 0208 326 7030 or at [email protected]

COME ON GIRLS, GIVE OUR FREE PREMIER LEAGUE KICKS SESSIONS A GO, EVERY MONDAY AT BEDFONT SPORTS CLUB

Club History Hassocks Hassocks Football Club was founded in 1902 and spent the first 80 years of it's existence competing in the Mid Sussex Football League and Brighton and Hove and District Football League, playing at Adastra Park in the middle of the village. The Robins first piece of silverware came when lifting the Mid Sussex League's prestigious Mowatt Cup in 1928 and they added the showpiece trophy of the Montgomery Cup in 1960. The club really began to get noticed with the move into the Brighton and Hove League in the mid 60's, winning promotion from Division Three to Division One in back-to-back seasons in 1965 and 1966 and then eventually lifting the league championship in 1972 after finishing runners up the previous year. The Sussex Intermediate Cup was added in 1975 to complete a golden era for Hassocks and ambitions of senior football were finally realised for 1981-82 when the club became members of Division Two of the Sussex County Football League. They finished that first season in 12th place and consolidated that hard earned senior status with a succession of top half placings in the division until a change in ground grading rules saw them demoted into Division Three and a return to intermediate football. 1991 saw huge changes, with Jim Goodrum taking over as chairman, Dave John arriving as general manager from Haywards Heath Town and a new coaching team of Nick Greenwood and Peter Liddell taking over first team affairs with a massive influx of players. Results were immediate as Greenwood and Liddell led Hassocks to the Division Three title by 10 points in 1991-92 but more importantly the progress on the pitch was matched off it with the club finally leaving Adastra Park to move into it's own purpose built ground, The Beacon. Club History Hassocks The improved facilities at the venue that members worked so hard to secure meant promotion and a return to senior football and just three years later the runners up spot in Division Two was secured. To take their place in Division One of the Sussex County League for the first time, quality floodlights had to be provided and they came through fundraising and a generous donation from Chelsea vice-chairman Matthew Harding who lived locally and whose sons Pat and Joel would all onto represent the club. The floodlights were officially opened when a Chelsea XI featuring Graham Rix and Liam Brady made the journey to the Beacon, one season later they made their debut in the FA Vase and then a year on in the FA Cup with a remarkable run to the third qualifying round coming in 2001-2002 which was finally ended by Lewes en route to meeting Stoke City in the first round proper. 2002 saw Hassocks mark their centenary by facing an ex-Arsenal and Celebrity XI while Steve Coppell took charge of Brighton and Hove Albion for the first time when the Seagulls visited the Beacon to open the new Maurice Boxall Stand, funded in part by the previous seasons FA Cup run. In 2007, the ground was improved further with the opening of one of the finest clubhouses in the County League after a long fundraising and building process. The Robins enjoyed their most successful season on record in 2011-12 when manager Mickey Jewell led his side to a best fourth placed finish in Division One as well as the semi finals of the RUR Cup. Club History Hassocks Jewell stepped down at the end of the 2013-14 season, since when club legend John returned for a brief third spell at the helm followed by Mark Dalgleish and Phil Wickwar who have guided the side to solid if not spectacular lower mid table finishes in recent years, with Mark then taking sole charge from 2018-19. Following the curtailed 2019-2020 it was felt a change in management was required, which has seen Dave John taking back over as overall manager. He has a number of coaches and ex-players assisting him, as the club look to progress through some exciting young talent. HASSOCKS Line Up From:

Shirts: Blue – Shorts: Blue – Socks: Blue - GK: Yellow Manager : Dave John Asst: Mark Enticknap Asst: Bradley Sweetman Physio: Phil Wickwar Coach: Jordan Wilson

Dave Carruthers Louie Pittock Andy Whittingham George Brown Dan Turner James Littlejohn Harvey Enticknap Brad Bant (capt) Jack Troak Phil Gault Charlie Pitcher Jack Gardner Ben O’Leary Alfie Loversidge Arni Kublickas Joe Bull George Galbraith-Gibbons Chris Neatherway

FIXTURES & RESULTS LEAGUE TABLE

BEDFONT SPORTS CLUB Line Up From:

Shirts: Red / Black – Shorts: Black – Socks: Red / Black - GK: Orange Manager : Paul Johnson Asst Manager: Jimmy Hibburt 1st Team Coach: Paul Barry 1st Team Coach Ricky Wellard Physio: Dan Harvey Matchday Asst: George Gay

Dimi Kyriatzis Paul Johnson Olly Davis Muna Mwatsiya Kevin Diomande Daniel Opoku-Boateng Pat Kavanagh Max Webb Michael Kinsella Ricky Wellard Veron Kokurinkov Darryl Sanders Stephan Langley Charlie Postance Will Plumridge Jordan Esprit Ricardo Andre Ethan Kaiser Shamal Edwards Imran Kayani Charlie Wickham

Match Referee: Charles Maitland Asst 1: Stephen Lawley – Asst 2: Robert Alderton Bedfont sports 20-21 playing squad