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–co.uk – – – - Bedfont & Feltham v Jersey Bulls 0 The Cherry Red Reco rds Combined Counties Football League, Division One Saturday 9th November 2019. Kick-Off: 1.00pm Volume 7, Issue 12

Good afternoon everyone.

As tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday, we will be taking part in a minutes’ silence prior to kick-off as a token of our appreciation to those who fell in the two world wars and subsequent conflicts. Please join us.

Welcome to The Orchard for our twelfth home match of season 2019-20. This afternoon we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Jersey Bulls Football Club; and our three match officials for this cup fixture. We trust you enjoy your brief stay with us and have a safe flight home afterwards.

Our visitors were here a few weeks ago, when they played our tenants British Airways FC, so will be used to the surroundings of Heathrow Airport. They have joined the league this season in a similar vein to neighbouring Guernsey FC a few seasons ago. They too have hit the ground running, and are sitting rather proudly at the top of the Division One table. We are due to visit the Springfield Stadium in February, and are certainly looking forward to that visit. On Saturday, Jersey Bulls beat Dorking Wanderers Reserves 5-0. Their biggest league win was 7-1 against Bagshot back in September. In fact, Bagshot are one of only 5 teams to score against the Bulls. They have scored an impressive 52 goals so far this season, and have only had 5 scored against them.

Following last Saturday’s marathon match at Welling Town in the Buildbase FA Vase Second Round Proper that ended in a 1-3 loss in extra-time, we rested nine players on Tuesday evening when Hanworth Villa visited us in the Southern Combination Challenge Cup. We were winning the match thanks to a solitary goal from Nick Hardy just before half-time when suddenly, in the dying seconds of the second half, the Villains equalised. This led to a penalty shootout (rather than extra-time and a replay, per competition rules) and due to extremely good efforts from both team’s goalkeepers, only three penalties were actually scored. Unfortunately, two were in Hanworth’s favour which meant they won 2-1. We wish them well in the next round and for the rest of the season.

We’re back at The Orchard on Tuesday to Premier Division side Knaphill – in the league’s Premier Challenge Cup. We will be away to Walton & Hersham next weekend. An updated fixture list can be found on the middle pages of this programme and on our website.

For a full catalogue of last season’s programmes, visit our website. This season’s are being added as we go - https://www.bedfontandfelthamfc.co.uk/content.php?pg=downloads&pd=1047 Programmes for our midweek matches are now online only.

Enjoy today’s match and see you again soon. Rob – Editor. Manager’s Notes

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Orchard. I hope our match officials and all associated with Jersey Bulls enjoy their short stay with us.

We turn our attention back to the league campaign today after exiting two cup competitions over the last week or so. Our FA Vase run came to an end on Saturday at Welling. Going away to a Step 5 side, we were never going to be dubbed as favourites but after taking the tie to extra time and more than holding our own it was a sombre bus journey home. The boys worked incredibly hard for 120 minutes but they will say themselves that despite us working the home keeper, eventual man of the match, several times we never really hit our best levels. It was a record-breaking run for the club, but ultimately, we know we could've gone even further.

Five goals, a clean sheet and 3 points a fortnight ago at Eversley was much needed as we look to edge up the table now that our squad is looking the healthiest it's been all year. Today, we welcome the champions elect to the Orchard. We won’t be favourites for the second week running as they look to make it 14 wins from 14 games. We will have to be at our best to get something from the game.

Thank you for your support. I hope you enjoy the game.

Adam. Introducing Our Visitors – Jersey Bulls

Jersey Bulls is the newest football club in the system and the most southerly. Following the footsteps of Guernsey FC, the Bulls have been founded by Chairman Russell Le Feuvre to give island players an opportunity to test their abilities in a more competitive environment on the mainland. It also gives islanders an opportunity to support a club side in Jersey that competes nationally like the Jersey Reds and Team Jets do in rugby and netball respectively.

On 30 November 2018 the Bulls got official FA approval for their bid to join the English football leagues and a month later the Combined Counties League approved their membership bid to join Division One for the 2019/20 season. Since then, Bulls announced ex-island representative player Gary Freeman as Manager and signed up 32 players.

On 6 July 2019, the Bulls played their first ever football match in a friendly at their home ground at Springfield Stadium against EFL League Two team FC, losing 4-3. Striker Fraser Barlow made history when he put the Bulls in the lead to be the clubs first ever goal scorer.

Another friendly ten days later saw a 3-0 reverse against Leicester City U23 Academy before a further leap into history was made when Bulls hosted their first ever league match against Ash United, winning 3-0.

Barlow once again opened the scoring, followed with goals from Karl Hinds (penalty) and . The island of Jersey is geographically nearer to France (only 14 miles) than England (87 miles) at its closest point and entering a club in the national league will present a major challenge both logistically and financially.

Bulls and their opponents will have to fly to or from Gatwick airport to play each other so the club has to rely on the generous support of their commercial partners to survive. With a population of just over 100,000 people on an area of only 45 square miles, Jersey is classed as a ‘crown dependency’, independent in status from the UK and having its own laws and government. It also has its own currency and its own language, Jérriais – a dialect of French, though you will be hard pressed to hear anyone still speak it unless you find yourself down at the Farmers Club.

Our Visitors – Statistics

Jersey Bulls – league results ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Aug H ASH UNITED 3-0 W 14 Aug a FC Deportivo Galicia 6-0 W 17 Aug a Godalming Town 5-0 W 25 Aug H FLEET SPURS 4-0 W 26 Aug a Westside 1-0 W 7 Sep H BAGSHOT 7-1 W 14 Sep a Kensington & Ealing 5-1 W 21 Sep H EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA 5-1 W 28 Sep a AFC Hayes 2-1 W 5 Oct H SANDHURST TOWN 4-1 W 12 Oct a British Airways 4-0 W 19 Oct H WALTON & HERSHAM 1-0 W 2 Nov H DORKING WANDERERS RES 5-0 W

Esoteric Recordings Division One Challenge Cup 2nd ROUND Dorking Wanderers Res 2-3 Jersey Bulls Game of the People

Rangers’ slow road back continues THERE WAS some encouraging news for Rangers in their 2018-19 financial results, but the figures also revealed just how far the club is behind “old firm” rivals Celtic. Rangers made a loss of £ 11.3 million despite revenues climbing by 63% to £ 53.2 million, boosted by a lengthy involvement in the Europa League. Chairman David King said the financial year had been positive, although the club is still reliant on cash from shareholders – as witnessed by £ 33.8 million of “soft” loans being converted to shares. Furthermore, the club will need a further injection of £ 10 million to meet its liabilities in 2019-20. As at June 30, the club was holding just £ 1 million in cash. Nevertheless, as Rangers continue to rebuild, King was very positive: “Our Club has the highest expectations within the economic sphere that we operate and this requires the appropriate strategy, resources and operational capability. For the first time in many years we have all three of these at every level within the Club.” Revenues grew for the fourth consecutive season – they have more than trebled in that timeframe as Rangers worked their way through the divisions after their demotion in 2012. Gate receipts at Ibrox Park climbed by 39% to around £ 32 million, while broadcasting was up by 22% to £ 4.6 million. Commercial income saw a sevenfold increase to almost £ 4 million and UEFA income totalled £ 6.4 million, up from £ 650,000. Rangers, like many clubs of their size and status, have to improve their player trading capabilities. At the moment, player sales contribute around 7% of income. A healthier figure would be in excess of 25%. Ross Wilson has recently joined the club from Southampton as Sporting Director. Player trading will figure high on his list of priorities. Southampton have had a good record of maximising their playing resources over the past five years. Rangers have yet to make a profit since the full extent of their financial problems were revealed, although the £ 11.3 million loss was lower than 2017-18 when the club lost £ 13.2 million. While revenues rose, expenses, at £ 58.2 million, were 49% higher largely due to wages and the costs associated with participation in European competition. Rangers’ total staff costs were £ 34.5 million of which £ 23 million were allocated to players’ wages. The club’s wage to revenue ratio is 43%. Rangers’ fans have stood by the club in recent years and in 2018-19, season ticket sales were at record levels, 45,500 were sold, generating £ 16.1 million of income. The average cost of a ticket was £ 355. Rangers finished second in the Scottish Premiership, finishing nine points behind Celtic. Two years earlier, the differential between the two clubs was 39 points. But while one gap appears to be closing, the financial gulf between the two clubs is substantial. Celtic’s results were announced in September and showed a pre-tax profit of £ 11.3 million from revenues of £ 83.4 million. Celtic, of course, have enjoyed a period of dominance in Scotland and regular European football. This means Celtic can pay more than double the amount Rangers can allocate to player wages. Rangers’ matchday income is healthy compared to Europe’s top clubs, the average attendance of 49,500 generating higher revenues than clubs like Everton and comparable levels to Italian giants Inter. TV income is far lower than the amounts earned by clubs from the big five , a reflection of the current status of Scottish football rather than Rangers’ historic status. This season, ’s Rangers are level on points with Celtic and have made a good start to their Europa League group, which includes Young Boys of Bern, Porto and Feyenoord. They topped the league for one week, but as ever, Celtic are now leading the way – on and off the pitch. With thanks to Neil Jensen - https://gameofthepeople.com/

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Recent Results

Saturday 2nd November F.A. Vase - 2nd Round Abbey Rangers P-P Ascot United Binfield 3-1 Redhill Christchurch P-P Badshot Lea Raynes Park 4-0 Sutton Common Rovers Welling Town 3-1 Bedfont & Feltham

Division 1 AFC Hayes P-P British Airways Bagshot 2-1 Tooting Bec Farnham Town 3-1 Ash United FC Deportivo Galicia 1-1 Eversley & California Jersey Bulls 5-0 Dorking Wanderers Res Kensington & Ealing B P-P Chessington & Hook Utd Sandhurst Town P-P Fleet Spurs Walton & Hersham 6-3 Epsom & Ewell Westside P-P Godalming Town

Sunday 3rd November F.A. Vase - 2nd Round Southall 3-1 Seaford Town

Tuesday 5th November Southern Combination Cup - 2nd Round Bedfont & Feltham 1-1 Hanworth Villa (1-2 Pens) Division One Club Directory – 2019-20

AFC HAYES – Farm Park Kingshill Avenue, Hayes UB4 8BZ ASH UNITED – Shawfield Stadium Youngs Drive, Shawfield Road, Ash, Aldershot GU12 6RB BAGSHOT – Camberley Town FC – Krooner Park Wilton Road, Camberley GU15 2QP BEDFONT & FELTHAM – The Orchard Hatton Road, Bedfont TW14 9QT BRITISH AIRWAYS – Bedfont & Feltham FC – The Orchard Hatton Road, Bedfont TW14 9QT CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED – Chalky Lane Chessington KT9 2NF COVE – Oak Farm Fields 7 Squirrel Lane, Cove, Farnborough GU14 8PB DORKING WANDERERS RESERVES – Meadowbank Stadium Mill Lane, Dorking RH4 1DX EPSOM & EWELL – Chipstead FC – High Road Chipstead, Coulsdon CR5 3SF EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA – Eversley Sports Association Eversley Cross, Hook RG27 0NS FARNHAM TOWN – Memorial Ground Mead Lane, Farnham GU9 7DY FC DEPORTIVO GALICIA – Bedfont Sports FC Hatton Road, Bedfont TW14 9QT FLEET SPURS – Southwood Sports Pavilion Kennels Lane, Farnborough GU14 0ST GODALMING TOWN – The Bill Kyte Stadium Wey Court, Meadrow, Godalming GU7 3JE JERSEY BULLS – Springfield Stadium Janvrin Road, St. Helier, Jersey JE2 4LF KENSINGTON & EALING BOROUGH – Raynes Park Vale FC Prince Georges Playing Field, Grand Drive, Raynes Park, London. SW20 9DZ SANDHURST TOWN – Bottom Meadow Sandhurst Memorial Park, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst GU47 9BJ TOOTING BEC – Tooting & Mitcham United FC – Imperial Fields Bishopsford Road, Morden SM4 6BF WALTON & HERSHAM – Elbridge Xcel Sports Hub Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames KT12 2JP WESTSIDE – Chessington & Hook United FC – Chalky Lane Chessington KT9 2NF

Latest League Table

Division One – up to and including Saturday 2nd November There were no midweek league matches.

P W D L F A Pts GD 1. Jersey Bulls 13 13 0 0 52 5 39 + 47 2. Farnham Town 12 9 2 1 28 10 29 + 18 3. Kensington & Ealing Bo 13 8 0 5 33 26 24 + 7 4. Tooting Bec 11 6 4 1 30 15 22 + 15 5. Walton & Hersham 11 7 1 3 31 17 22 + 14 6. Sandhurst Town 12 6 3 3 23 17 21 + 6 7. Westside 12 6 2 4 28 18 20 + 10 8. Dorking Wanderers Res 14 6 1 7 31 33 19 - 2 9. British Airways 13 5 3 5 22 31 18 - 9 10. Cove 12 4 3 5 23 35 15 - 12 11. Bedfont & Feltham 11 4 2 5 22 19 14 + 3 12. AFC Hayes 11 4 2 5 26 25 14 + 1 13. Epsom & Ewell 12 4 2 6 26 30 14 - 4 14. FC Deportivo Galicia 14 3 4 7 12 35 13 - 23 15. Fleet Spurs 12 4 0 8 23 27 12 - 4 16. Ash United 13 4 0 9 22 36 12 - 14 17. Bagshot 13 3 2 8 16 32 11 - 16 18. Chessington & Hook(-3) 10 3 4 3 15 16 10 - 1 19. Godalming Town 11 2 1 8 20 36 7 - 16 20. Eversley & California 12 1 2 9 11 31 5 - 20

*(03/08, Godalming Town v Chessington & Hook Utd: Chessington played ineligible player, 2-4, three points deducted) This Day In Football History

9 November 1996 Just When You Think It Can't Get Any Worse, It Does

On 9 November 1996, Liechtenstein hosted Macedonia in a World Cup qualifier that ended up setting a record for both teams.

It was the fourth match of the campaign for both of them, including a previous meeting that resulted in a 3-0 win for Macedonia in Skopje. But a 1-1 draw with Iceland and a 3-0 loss to Ireland left Macedonia struggling for points, while Liechtenstein had lost their other two matches to Ireland (0-5) and Lithuania (2-1).

Playing before a crowd of 2,700 at the Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, it took only eight minutes for Macedonia to open the scoring with a goal from forward Dejvi Glavevski (pictured). He doubled the lead four minutes later and by the break, the visitors were up by six. They stretched the lead to nine (including a third goal from Glavevski) before Liechtenstein finally got a goal from midfielder Franz Schädler in the 78th minute, then Macedonia added two more in the 87th and 90th minutes. The final scoreline of 1-11 remains Macedonia's record victory and Liechtenstein's record defeat.

Liechtenstein went on to lose all 10 of their qualification matches, finishing at the bottom of the group with no points and a goal differential of -49. Macedonia fared slightly better, with a record of four wins, one draw, and five losses, but also failed to qualify for the World Cup.

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Remembrance

FIRST TEAM FIXTURES AND RESULTS – SEASON 2019-20 Home matches in Bold/Capitals Kick-off times: Saturdays: 3pm, mid-week: 7.45pm Goal Scorers shown in bold. Captain shown underlined except where otherwise shown. Date Opposition Score Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sub 1 Sub 2 Sub 3 1 SAT 03/08/19 BAGSHOT 3-0 105 Keadell Wacewicz D-Murphy Bond Dunckley Pearce Zend J.Nunn Kelly 2 Hardy Msamala Davis (8) Capon (10) R.Nunn (11) 1 2 Sat 10/08/19 Chessington & Hook United 0-3 85 Keadell Wacewicz Kibreab Bond Hamadi Pearce Kelly Zend Capon R.Nunn Matwiejszyn Wilson (11) Davis (2) Betts (8) 2 3 SAT 17/08/19 FARNHAM TOWN 0-1 47 Keadell Thompson R-Galean Wilson Hayden D-Murphy Zend Davis Capon R.Nunn Kelly Hardy (4) Betts (8) Howard (3) 3 4 Sat 24/09/19 British Airways 1-1 58 Keadell Thompson Pearce D-Murphy Hayden Dunckley Zend Howard Capon R.Nunn 1(P) Kelly Bond (2) Kibreab (6) 3ąWHN  4 5 MON 31/09/19 AFC HAYES (11.30AM) 5-2 112 Keadell Kibreab Pearce Bond Hayden D-Murphy Howard Zend Capon 3 R. Nunn Kelly 3ąWHN  Msamala (10) Hardy (6) 5 6 SAT 31/09/19 LUTTERWORTH ATH (FAV 1RQ) 5-0 58 Keadell Wacewicz Msamala Betts Kibreab Pearce Howard Zend Capon 4 R.Nunn Kelly Thompson (11) Lewis (10) 6 7 Sat 07/09/19 Fleet Spurs 2-1 30 Keadell R-Galean Kibreab Bond Dunckley Pearce Kelly D-Murphy Capon R.Nunn Msamala Zend (10) Lewis (2) Thompson (3) 7 8 Tue 10/09/19 Southall (MCC 1) 0-4 65 Keadell R-Galean Hayden Kibreab Dunckley Pearce Hardy Betts Capon Zend Msamala Collins (9) Howard (7) Thompson (2) 8 9 Sat 14/09/19 Bedford (FAV 2RQ) 4-0 32 Keadell Lewis Msamala Hayden Dunckley Pearce Howard Bond Capon 3 Zend Kelly Hardy (7) Thompson (10) Betts (8) 9 10 SAT 21/09/19 SANDHURST TOWN 0-0 43 Keadell Lewis Msamala Hayden D-Murphy Pearce Howard Bond Capon Zend Kelly Kibreab (5) Thompson (7) Hardy (10) 10 11 Wed 25/09/19 Tooting Bec (PCC 1) 4-2 20 Szczech Lewis Msamala Hayden Dunckley Pearce Collins Betts Howard Hardy 2 Thompson Capon (9) Kelly (7) Wacewicz (10) 11 12 Sat 28/09/19 Ash United 1-4 70 Szczech Lewis Msamala Bond Dunckley Pearce Collins Hayden Hardy Kibreab Kelly Betts (5) 3ąWHN  Thompson (10) 12 13 TUE 01/10/19 EPSOM & EWELL (ERC 1) 3-1 43 &KDáXSQLF]DN Betts Msamala Bond Dunckley Pearce Collins Hayden Capon Karanja Kelly 2 3ąWHN  Hardy (10) Lewis (9) 13 14 SAT 05/10/19 DORKING WANDERERS RES 3-4 40 Windmill Betts Msamala Bond Kibreab Pearce Collins Hayden Capon Karanja Kelly Hardy (11) Szponsarski (7) 14 15 TUE 08/10/19 MOLESEY (SCC1) 5-2 32 &KDáXSQLF]DN Betts Msamala Bond Hayden Pearce Szponarski Kibreab Capon 2 Karanja 3(1P) Kelly R-Galean (4) Davis (10) Collins (7) 15 16 SAT 12/10/19 COLLIERS WOOD UTD (FAV 1P) 3-1 53 Keadell Betts Msamala Bond Hayden Pearce Collins Kibreab Capon Karanja 2 Kelly Davis (7) R-Galean (8) 3ąWHN  16 17 SAT 19/10/19 KENSINGTON & EALING BORO’ 2-3 36 Keadell Betts Msamala Bond Dunckley Pearce Collins Kibreab Capon Karanja Kelly R-Galean (2) Szponarski (5) R.Nunn (8) 17 18 Tue 22/10/19 British Airways (ERC 2) 3-0 16 Keadell R-Galean Nutbeam Kibreab Hayden Dunckley Karanja Davis Capon R.Nunn Szponarski Hardy (11) Gairy (8) Wilson (10) 18 19 Sat 26/10/19 Eversley & California 5-0 12 Keadell Betts Nutbeam Bond Dunckley Hayden Karanja 2 Kibreab Capon R.Nunn Kelly Davis (4) Msamala (9) Collins (11) 19 20 Sat 02/11/19 Welling Town (FAV 2P) (*AET 1-1 90 min) 1-3* 48 &KDáXSQLF]DN Betts Msamala Bond Dunckley Pearce Karanja Hayden Capon R.Nunn Kelly Collins (3) Szponarski (8) Lewis (2) 20 21 TUE 5/11/19 HANWORTH VILLA (SCC 2) (*PENS 1-2) 1-1* 37 &KDáXSQLF]DN 3ąWHN Pearce Betts Dunckley Lewis Gairy Kibreab Collins Hardy Szponarski Hayden (3) Msamala (5) Wilson (4) 21 22 SAT 09/11/19 JERSEY BULLS 22 23 TUE 12/11/19 KNAPHILL (PCC2) 23 24 Sat 16/11/19 Walton & Hersham 24 25 SAT 23/11/19 GODALMING TOWN 25 26 Sat 30/11/19 Sandhurst Town 26 27 TUE 03/12/19 COVE 27 28 SAT 07/12/19 FC DEPORTIVO GALICIA 28 29 Tue 10/12/19 Tooting Bec 29 30 Sat 14/12/19 Epsom & Ewell 30 31 SAT 21/12/19 WESTSIDE 31 32 Sat 28/12/19 Bagshot 32 33 SAT 04/01/20 WALTON & HERSHAM 33 34 SAT 11/01/20 TOOTING BEC 34 35 Sat 18/01/20 Cove 35 36 SAT 25/01/20 ASH UNITED 36 37 Sat 01/02/20 Kensington & Ealing Borough 37 38 Sat 08/02/20 Dorking Wanderers Reserves 38 39 SAT 15/02/20 FLEET SPURS 39 40 Sat 22/02/20 Jersey Bulls 40 41 Sat 29/02/20 FC Deportivo Galicia 41 42 SAT 07/03/20 EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA 42 43 Sat 14/03/20 Farnham Town 43 44 Sat 21/03/20 Westside 44 45 Sat 28/03/20 Godalming Town 45 46 SAT 04/04/20 CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED 46 47 SAT 11/04/20 BRITISH AIRWAYS 47 48 Mon 13/04/20 AFC Hayes (11.30am) 48 49 SAT 18/04/20 EPSOM & EWELL 49 Key: All matches are in the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League, Division One unless otherwise shown by the following: FAV – FA Vase; ERC – Esoteric Recordings Cup; PCC – Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup; MCC – Middlesex FA Senior Charity Cup; MPC – Middlesex FA Premier Cup; SCC – Southern Combination Challenge Cup Remembrance

League History

The Combined Counties League can trace its existence back to 1922 when the Surrey Senior League was formed. The present title was not adopted until 1979. The first champions in 1922-23 were Egham, with Carshalton Athletic as runners-up. Farnham United Breweries were champions twice and runners-up twice to Epsom Town between 1923-27. Camberley & Yorktown were the first club to record a hat-trick of championship wins between 1930-33. The Second World War brought the Surrey Senior League to a close between 1939-46. After the war newcomers to league in 1946-47 included Chertsey Town, Devas Institute, Lagonda Sports, who after several name changes became Petters Sports, Leatherhead and Worcester Park. Leatherhead took the league by storm winning the championship four times between 1946-50. After finishing second in 1949-50 Banstead Athletic took over the role as most consistent club. They were champions the next four seasons and never finished lower than second between 1949- 59. In the 1960's a number of sides switched to the Spartan League they included Molesey, Chertsey Town, Addlestone, Hampton, Banstead Athletic and Feltham. Most of these clubs had previously won the Surrey Senior League championship at least once. In 1968-69 a second division was formed which was known as Division One, with the original league becoming the Premier Division. As the majority of clubs forming Division One were junior sides there was no automatic between the divisions. After three seasons Division One was disbanded and the league continued as before. Early in the 1970's Farnham Town and Farnborough Town joined the Spartan League. In an attempt to attract clubs from outside the county, the Surrey Senior League was renamed the Home Counties League in 1978-79. However there were objections to the new title and the current title, Combined Counties League was adopted for the 1979-80 season. In 1981-82 the league was split into East and West sections, with Ash United beating Malden Town in the play-off. Since 1982 the league has reverted back to one division. The Combined Counties league reached an agreement to become a feeder league for the , whilst at the bottom end of the league, arrangements had been made to accept clubs from the Surrey Premier at the expense of the bottom club. The 1990's saw the Combined Counties league get stronger with the acceptance of a number of sides from Isthmian and Spartan leagues. Clubs have also been accepted from the old Chiltonian League which no longer exists. The new millennium has seen the league spreading it's net further and further with clubs from Oxon and Sussex joining the ranks. The Combined Counties is certainly living up to it's name. For the 2002/03 season AFC Wimbledon joined the league. The new club, having only being formed a month or two earlier put fresh life into the league with an enthusiasm never seen before. Wherever they played they set new club attendance records bringing much needed finances to every club. Season 2003/04 saw yet another development to the league with the amalgamation of the Surrey . This made the Combined Counties a much stronger force with a total of 42 member clubs and now with two senior divisions. Season 2006/07 saw a major restructuring of the league with a number of new clubs from the now defunct Ryman's second division being accepted and a number of clubs being relegated from the league. 2011/12 saw the first non-mainland side join the league, when Guernsey were elected to the 1st Division. Season 2018/19 witnessed Chertsey Town becoming the first ever CCL team to win the F.A. Vase at Wembley.

By David Richardson

Is anyone else wondering who would be a play, but Bedfont provided the appropriate club secretary in the wake of more clubs documents that had been granted by The FA falling foul of the rules when it comes to themselves. ineligible players? However, it was found that the previous There seems to be so much red tape to jump club of one of the players – a team in over and areas where you can be tripped up Romania – had not applied to the Welsh FA that some may feel they don’t need the in 2014 for clearance and therefore the hassle. chain was not complete prior to him signing for Bedfont. Consequently, his international Brighouse Town joined Willand Rovers last clearance from the FA to Bedfont was week as the latest side to be kicked out of cancelled when this was raised four days the FA Trophy. prior to their first round qualifying fixture Both clubs fielded a player who didn’t have at Hitchin Town. international clearance, despite having played for other teams in the National Having considered the evidence presented League system before joining them, and by the club, FA members, in accordance were removed from the competition. with FA Trophy Rule 16(c), accepted the It remains to be seen how far these cases club did not know and could not have will go – presumably they will have played known, even had they made every in league and other competitions too. reasonable enquiry, that the player was ineligible and should not be removed from Both clubs felt they had followed the the competition. However, they were still guidelines but that wasn’t enough to subject to any other penalty such as being prevent them slipping the wrong side. ordered to replay the tie, which took place on Wednesday (November 6). And then Bedfont Sports joined the ineligible party. The feedback we often get is that clubs are finding it harder and harder to attract The Eagles won their initial FA Trophy people to putting their hand up for the vital preliminary round tie fixture at Grays jobs that keep Non-League clubs going – and Athletic 3-0 on October 12 but were charged issues like these aren’t helping. by football’s governing body for fielding a playing without international clearance. Volunteers need all the help and encouragement they can get. The game It had been suggested that two of the needs to get together and find some real Isthmian League South Central division’s solutions. players didn’t have the correct clearance to

This Week’s League & Cup Fixtures

Saturday 9th November Division 1 Ash United v Walton & Hersham Bedfont & Feltham v Jersey Bulls (1pm) Chessington & Hook Utd v FC Deportivo Galicia Cove v Bagshot Dorking Wanderers Res v AFC Hayes Epsom & Ewell v Sandhurst Town Eversley & California v Farnham Town Fleet Spurs v Westside Godalming Town v British Airways Tooting Bec v Kensington & Ealing B

Tuesday 12th November Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 1st Round FC Deportivo Galicia v AFC Hayes

Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 2nd Round Bedfont & Feltham v Knaphill Camberley Town v Colliers Wood Utd CB Hounslow v Balham Hanworth Villa v Jersey Bulls

Division 1 Chessington & Hook Utd v Ash United Tooting Bec v Epsom & Ewell Walton & Hersham v Sandhurst Town

Saturday 16th November Division 1 AFC Hayes v Eversley & California Bagshot v Farnham Town British Airways v Chessington & Hook Utd Dorking Wanderers Res v Cove FC Deportivo Galicia v Fleet Spurs Jersey Bulls v Epsom & Ewell Kensington & Ealing B v Godalming Town Sandhurst Town v Ash United Walton & Hersham v Bedfont & Feltham Westside v Tooting Bec

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Gone but not forgotten – Part One

The first in series of articles looking at teams that are no longer with us:

Brierley Hill Alliance I've started this article with this team, defunct since 1981, because they were the first team that I ever saw live. My memory of the match is extremely hazy - I was 3 or maybe 4 at the time - but I do remember that the occasion was Brierley Hill Alliance v Harriers, it was around 1968 or 1969, Kidderminster played in all red, Brierley Hill in all green (I think). The ground at Cottage Street is now a supermarket, but to a small boy like me it was huge and, from memory, almost entirely consisting of rusting corrugated iron sheets. The club was formed in 1887 after two local sides, Brockmoor Harriers and Brockmoor Pickwicks, merged and apparently, the ground at which I remember seeing them play had been home to the team since 1888-89, which may explain the vast expanses of rusty ironwork. The spent the last 4 years of their existence playing at the Dell Stadium, a short distance from Brierley Hill town centre and, actually, much closer to their original base in Brockmoor. The clubs' heyday was probably in the 1950's and early 60's when they were recognised as one of the strongest non-league sides in the region, won the Birmingham Senior Cup twice and progressed to the 2nd Round of the 1961-62 FA Cup, eventually going down 3-0 at Shrewsbury Town. During this period the club also made a piece of history when they were involved in the first FA Cup match to be played under floodlights, a 4-2 replay defeat at Kidderminster Harriers.

Northampton Spencer The demise of Spencer in 2016 was, personally, a sad occasion. I only visited the Kingsthorpe Mill ground once, but I found it to be a wonderful setting for non-league football and I immediately took a great liking to the club. Formed in 1936 by former members of the Spencer School football team, they took the name Spencer School Old Boys, they joined the in 1968 and immediately gained promotion to the Premier Division and moving into Kingsthorpe Mill in 1971. I think it is fair to say that the club never set the footballing world alight with just a single United Counties Premier League title (1991-92) to their name. Although they did finish as runners-up the following season as well as in the 1997-98 season. The never made it out of FA Cup qualifying but did achieve the Fourth Round of the FA Vase in 1987-88, playing eight games before falling 2-1 at Gresley Rovers. Unfortunately, when long-time Chairman Graham Wrighting decided to call it a day, there was no-one to fill his shoes and the club folded at the end of the 2015-16 season. I am just glad that I managed to see one of their games before it was too late.

Hayes FC As a former West Bromwich Albion season ticket holder, Hayes FC is a name that I immediately associate with Cyrille Regis, one of The Baggies all-time favourites. For it was the West London club that West Brom purchased the striker from in 1977. Probably the best £10,000 that the club ever spent. Of course, the club was later to sign Cyrille's nephew Jason Roberts, who also started his career at Hayes. The club was formed in the early part of the 20th Century as Botwell Mission, changing to Hayes 20 years later in 1929 nut retaining the nickname The Missioners for their entire existence. Over the years the club achieved a fair amount of success in the non-league/amateur world, twice reaching the Second Round of the FA Cup, reaching the Quarter-Final of the FA Trophy and being beaten finalists in the 1930-31 FA Amateur Cup (the forerunner of the FA Vase). After three seasons in the Conference South (now ) the club merged with another Conference South side, Yeading FC, to form Hayes & Yeading United, now playing in the Southern League Premier Division after being promoted from Step 4 in 2018-19.

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Gone but not forgotten – Part One (continued)

Gothic FC I have included this club in the article purely because, until a few weeks ago, I had never heard the name before and it intrigued me enough to look into them origins of the club. The club was actually formed in 1898 as, as with a lot of early football teams, were a works team, in this case the works team of a company called Laurence, Scott and Electromotors based in Norwich. The company, which got itself off the ground by installing the lighting for the fledgling Colman's Mustard Carrow Works, soon built a new HQ, close to Colman's and was later to become Norwich City's home in Carrow Road. The new factory was called the Gothic Works, hence the name given to the football team. The team had some success in local football, winning the Norfolk & Suffolk League on seven occasions as well as taking the Norfolk Senior Cup three times. They joined the Eastern Counties League in 1963 but never lost their amateur status, which meant that they found it difficult to retain their better players. They almost went out of business at the end of the 1974-75 season but were saved by some local fund-raising. The stay of execution, however, was quite short-lived and at the end of the 1977-78 season the club withdrew from the Eastern Counties League with the intention of continuing lower down the pyramid in the . This, due to some player restrictions placed on the club was not possible, and they had to drop even lower down, eventually folding after a few more season. The club's Heartsease Lane ground was adopted by Norwich United in 1985 before the Planters moved into the current Plantation Park home.

Bromsgrove Rovers From humble beginnings to the fringe of the Football League. Bromsgrove Rovers almost had a Roy of the Rovers outcome before their untimely demise in 2010. The club was formed way back in 1885, playing local football in the Studley & District League. They steadily climbed up the pyramid over the next hundred years, finally making the dizzy heights of the Football Conference (National League) at the end of the 1991-92 season. What followed, in that remarkable year, was almost the greatest story ever told in non-league football. Rovers were one of the smallest teams, with one of the smallest budgets in the league but still managed to finish in second place. In truth they weren't as close to a Football League place as it may seem, trailing Champions Wycombe Wanderers by 15 points, but nevertheless it was a unbelievable achievement for the club. Sadly, that was as good as it got and four season later they finished second from bottom and were relegated back to the Southern League. The decline continued with two more relegation in three years, seeing the cub drop into the Midland Alliance. A brief resurgence, with promotion the following season and then again, to the Southern Premier in 2007-09, was swiftly followed by another drop into Step 4 and then, 2 years and a whole heap of financial problems later, the club were thrown out of the Southern League and wound up. A sad end to a club which almost achieved greatness. On the plus side a new club, Bromsgrove Sporting, has grown out of the ashes of Rovers, inheriting the magnificent Victoria Ground and sporting Rovers' green as their change kit. Sporting have made their way up the league and, at the time of writing, are holding their own in Step 3, a league higher than Rovers were in when they folded. Hopefully, the current administration has learned from the harsh lesson suffered by Rovers.

With thanks to https://www.botp.co.uk/

Our History

Bedfont & Feltham Football club was formed in May 2012 following the amalgamation of Bedfont Football & Social Club with Feltham FC, taking the place of Feltham in the step 6 Combined Counties Division 1. The changes bought some decent results; two 5th place finishes in their first two seasons.

The 2015/16 season saw a runners-up spot, 3 points behind CB Hounslow United and this was good enough for promotion to the Premier Division.

The club only lasted at the higher level for one season, finishing second- bottom and some 13 points adrift of safety. Season 2017-18 saw the club finish in 17th place. In the summer of 2018, Adam Bessent joined from Staines Lammas and their loss was Bedfont & Feltham's gain.

Season 2018-19 started very well for Bedfont & Feltham seeing them unbeaten at the top of the league. Getting off to a cracking start helped: an 11-0 win over Bagshot earned the TalkSPORT 2 'Non-League Team of the Week' award.

The club held their heads high and were one of the forerunners throughout the season; suffering their first league defeat in November. Further losses in January and February saw the crown slip slightly, leading to an eventual fifth-place finish.

In the FA Cup, 2015-16 saw the club's best FA Cup run as they beat London Tigers and AFC Hayes (both after replays). A tough test against AFC Rushden & Diamonds awaited them in the 1st Qualifying Round where the run ended, despite a credible performance in the 2-1 defeat. The FA Vase has proved trickier, the best run being the 1st Round in 2013 where they lost 1-0 at Welwyn Garden City. Local cup wins include the CCL Division 1 Challenge Cup, lifted in 2015 as they beat Worcester Park 4-3 on penalties in the final as well as the Middlesex Premier Cup a year earlier.

Adam Bessent has brought in Emil Kot as Head Coach, alongside Mark Goff as Coach, and the club is continuing its foray into youth football, with teams from Under 8s to Under 16s.

The club has retained the FA Charter Standard and looks forward to season 2019-20 with great enthusiasm.

SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2019 - KICK OFF 1.00PM

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Manager: Adam Bessent Manager: Gary Freeman Assistant Manager: Jake Bessent Assistant Manager: Kev Nelson Head Coach: Emil Kot Asst. Mgr/GK Coach: Jason Carpenter Coach: Mark Goff Physio: Chris Hamon Physio: Andy Nolan

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