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THE WESSEX FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 49 Hello and welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter, if you have any contribution, please get in touch at - [email protected] You can keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at - @nls_wessex You are more than welcome to use any material (excluding attributed photographs) but it would be appreciated if any material used is acknowledged. It is hoped you enjoy reading this each week. With readership quite widespread, not only within our own competition, but across the three counties and beyond- if ANY club has anything they’d like to have published in here, whether that be a request for helpers, promotion of forthcoming events, items required or available for sale please contact the Newsletter Editor. As a general reminder- Match Reports, player news and photos are always welcome- it is your Newsletter! LEAGUE AGM The date of the AGM has been moved to and confirmed as Sunday 13th June commencing at 10:30, clubs have been supplied with instructions as regards connecting to the meeting on line. WESSEX LEAGUE CUP 2021/22, THE DRAW First Round Amesbury Town v Bemerton Heath Harlequins Ash United v Fleet Spurs East Cowes Victoria v Alton Fawley AFC v Verwood Town Folland Sports v Hythe & Dibden Horndean v Newport IOW New Milton Town v Totton & Eling Petersfield Town v Hamble Club United Services Portsmouth v Bournemouth Second Round AFC Portchester v Laverstock & Ford Andover Town v Bashley Ash United or Fleet Spurs v East Cowes Victoria or Alton Baffins Milton Rovers v Infinity Blackfield & Langley v Moneyfields Cowes Sports v Andover New Street Downton v United Services Portsmouth or Bournemouth Fareham Town v Horndean or Newport IOW Folland Sports or Hythe & Dibden v Alresford Town Hamworthy United [HOLDERS] v Amesbury Town or Bemerton Heath Harlequins New Milton Town or Totton & Eling v Fawley AFC or Verwood Town Petersfield Town or Hamble Club v AFC Stoneham Portland United v Romsey Town Ringwood Town v Brockenhurst Shaftesbury v Millbrook Whitchurch United v Christchurch Saturday, 05 June 2021 Page 1 of 9 THE WESSEX FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 49 NEW TWO YEAR DEAL WITH MJM SPORTS MJM Sports have achieved a truly impressive deal with the Wessex Football League; a 2-year extension to our existing deal which has been running since 2017. This new agreement will now run until 2025. This is a fantastic result for us and a tremendous endorsement of the quality and consistency of service that we have been able to offer all our customers, including the prestigious Wessex Football League. They appreciate that MJM will continue to perform at the same level for them over the coming years. Despite the difficulties presented by the Covid 19 pandemic and Brexit, MJM have continued to operate throughout all the ups and downs of the last year and we are now looking forward to greater stability in the economy as life gradually returns to some degree of normality. MJM Sports will continue to be bench wear sponsors for the Wessex Football League together with Kappa, ball provider with Uhlsport and subs boards with MJM Sports. The Wessex Football League was the first to benefit from this type of sponsorship and Chairman of the League, Nick Spencer said “I am delighted that the league’s relationship with MJM has been extended until 2025. The support the league and our clubs receive from MJM and Kappa for The Respect programme is much valued. The excellent sponsorship of bench wear from MJM has given the league a more professional appearance, the significant financial benefit to our clubs is very much appreciated by them”. Terry Schofield Managing Director of MJM commented ‘It started with Kappa Respect 4 years ago and has gained respect, so much to say that the whole sponsorship from Respect to Balls to sub boards to Benchwear has been a natural progression and the clubs are as much of this as we are . I must say a few words about our team design, decoration and dispatch all help with the success of this deal, here’s to the next chapter’ Dave Bandell UK sales Manager commented “Kappa in conjunction with MJM sports are delighted to extend our relationship with the Wessex league. The new extension to 2025 on bench wear product highlights Kappa’s commitment and also proves what a great job MJM Sports have done implementing the deal. We look forward to working with both parties and continuing to build on an already successful partnership” MJM are Barnstaple based and are now the largest independent supplier of team kits in the Southwest. We have been trading for over 20 years and offer a comprehensive service for all sports, including soccer clubs, where we offer everything from bench wear to full team strips, training wear, to balls and boards and much more. We have outstanding facilities at our new premises, where we offer a design service for those clubs that need it, together with, embroidery for club logo etc and printing player details on shirts. To find out more about the quality of service they can offer your club, contact: Terry Schofield – MJM Sports M: 07501 253796 e: [email protected] Saturday, 05 June 2021 Page 2 of 9 THE WESSEX FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 49 CAN YOU HEAR ME The Wessex Football League Show is the official podcast of the Wessex Football League. We’re on air live from the 103.9 Voice FM studios in Southampton from 14:00 to 16:00 every Sunday and you can also listen live on www.voicefmradio.co.uk from anywhere in the world. You can listen again afterwards, normally just one hour after the show has finished via the same website and there is also a Voice FM App you can download to your Phone I-Pad or Computer device. Our aim is to promote all local football but specifically the 41 teams of the Wessex Football League. So far, we have had managers, chairmen, players, press officers and secretaries joining us as studio guests, via zoom and phone guests; from many Wessex Football League clubs, as well as guests from local teams both higher up and lower down the pyramid. This is your show and is a platform for your club to promote its events and raise its profile. If your club produces post-match interviews, please either email us a copy of the audio or give permission for us to play them on air straight from your website or social media sites, as we will aim to play them on the show. Please come and join us one Sunday, we do have access to the two studios so it is easy to accommodate guests in the studio, but please email [email protected] or [email protected] for more information. Saturday, 05 June 2021 Page 3 of 9 THE WESSEX FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 49 QUIZ TIME The answers to the following ten questions each comprise of a Christian name and surname. Having answered the questions take the first letter of each surname and re-arrange them into the name of a ground that has staged Wessex League Football. Answers on the last page. 1. Refereed this season’s FA Cup Final and has a tenuous connection with the Wessex League. 2. Started 297 games for Saints between 2008 and 2014 scoring 106 goals. Surprisingly to many he was capped by England and then subsequently transferred to Liverpool - a move that emphatically failed to work out. 3. Central defender who made in excess of 500 appearances for Arsenal and won 66 caps for England, fitting in an HM prison stay along the line. 4. 148 appearances for Arsenal Ladies and nearly as many for England. Has appeared on “Strictly Come Dancing” and is a regular on TV. 5. Southampton born defender who made over 200 appearances for Spurs winning two FA Cup Winners medals and one in the EUFA Cup between 1980 and 1986 6. The Manager who succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. 7. Striker who won 89 Caps for England and scored 118 goals for Liverpool between 1996 and 2004. Rather fond of horse racing. – 23 October 8. Transferred from Hamburg to Southampton in 1980. 9. Chairman of Southampton from the mid 1980’s to 2006 and oversaw the move to St Marys. Has been an MEP since 2019. 10. Son of a long serving West Ham Manager, played for Saints and Bournemouth but perhaps best known for his managerial association with Harry Redknapp. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Emirates FA Cup dates 2021/22 Buildbase FA Vase dates 2021/22 Extra Preliminary Round: 7 August 1st Round Qualifying: 11 September Preliminary Round: 21 August 2nd Round Qualifying: 25 September 1st Round Qualifying: 4 September 1st Round Proper: 23 October 2nd Round Proper: 20 November As a reminder we are still a few weeks off knowing 3rd Round Proper: 11 December our accepted entrants in both competitions. CLUB NEWS There’s been a new Management team appointed at Hurn Bridge. Ben Hatch is the new Christchurch Manager; he’ll be assisted by Barney Gritt with James Rowe and Ryan Thorpe in coaching roles. Ollie Lovell is another player to sign for an American University- Ashlands. The Eagles are based in Ohio and we wish the former Hamble Club player (who made 12 starts in 2020/21) all the best on his career path. Signings can be made on the standard Registration forms but cannot be registered until the Whole Game System is rolled over for 2021/22, but with many teams announcing their signings ahead of the new campaign, please note that clubs need to be reminded about obtaining International Clearance if ANY player they are signing played outside this country in the season just finished or indeed earlier if he has not played here since then.

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