Canvey Island Saturday 12Th October 2019 KO 3:00Pm #ASHCVI @Ashfordtownmx
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
ASHFORD TOWN MIDDLESEX F.C. vs Canvey Island Saturday 12th October 2019 KO 3:00pm #ASHCVI @ashfordtownmx 2 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com CLUB PARTNERS If you would like to become a club partner please contact our commercial team: [email protected] #ASHCVI 3 @ashfordtownmx CONTENTS Page 6: Welcome to the RPS Page 8: Recent Action - Harlow Town Page 10: FA Trophy Preliminary Round Fixtures Page 14: Today’s Opponents Page 28: Fixtures & Results Page 30: League Table Page 32: Appearances & Goalscorers Page 34: Ashford in Action Page 36: Under 18’s Page 38: ATFC Women Page 42: The Non-League Paper Page 46: Today’s Squads Page 10 Page 14 Page 28 Page 30 Page 36 Page 38 Page 42 Page 46 4 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com Ashford Town (Middlesex) Football Club Limited The Robert Parker Stadium, Short Lane, Stanwell, Middlesex TW19 7BH Telephone: 01784 245908 Email: [email protected] Website: ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com Member of the BetVictor Isthmian League, affiliated to Middlesex and Surrey FA’s, and an FA Charter Standard Community Club Company Registration Number: 07904731 Company Limited By Guarantee Directors: First Team Manager: Russell Canderton Nick Bailey (Chairman), First Team Assistant Manager: Scott Weight Graham Felce (Vice-Chairman) Goalkeeper Coach: Steve Honey Alan Constable (General Secretary) Physio: Martin O’Connell Paul Blair (Football Secretary) Steve Clark (Finance Director) Chris Canderton (Membership Secretary) Women’s Team Manager:Will Boye Steve Honey Robert Parker Under 18’s Manager:Finn Kemp Under 18’s Assistants: David Gully, Sam Eason Patrons: Russell Grant - The Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Groundsmen: Liam Balmer, Steve Honey Ray Dorset President: Programme Edited by: Paul Gully for Elevated Online Robert Parker Website and Social Media:Elevated Online Vice Presidents: Lynne Morgan Follow us across social media Bob Lewis Pat Munns Stewart Lloyd Life Vice-Presidents: Paul Burgess Alan Constable @ashfordtownmx Gareth Coates #ASHCVI 5 @ashfordtownmx Welcome to the RPSAlan Constable Good afternoon everyone Firstly we welcome everyone associated with Canvey Island FC and hope they had a pleasant journey to Short Lane. We have not played our visitors since the 2009-2010 season when we were both at Step 3 in the Isthmian League. They had the better of things drawing here one apiece whilst we lost at Canvey 1-2. Our scorers were Jones Awuah in the home match and Warren Harris at Canvey. This afternoon’s match is in the FA Trophy with the winners advancing to the 1st Qualifying Round, the draw to be made on Monday by the FA. Canvey will have seen our record so far this season and will surely fancy their chances but despite the overall lack of points to show for it, there remains a feeling that we are on the verge of much better things, or certainly would be, with a little more luck than we have been having. Last week, we lost in the fifth minute of stoppage time to a controversial goal against Harlow Town when to a man, we felt there had been an assault on Scott Weight in our own area, clearly not seen by the referee and a corner was given from which Harlow scraped a winner. In a 1-2 defeat, our scorer was Dan Brown with an excellent strike in the first two minutes. It had been a good, close and sometimes thrilling encounter but much of the match was overshadowed by the events in those last few seconds when Scott was sent off, for what we don’t quite know and two Harlow players were sent off only for one them to be called back apparently, as the referee only reported one dismissal as far as they concerned. The truth was that he seemed to lose control of the situation, admittedly not helped by some of the players on both sides, and it was clear from the discussions that took place between the three officials for what seemed an eternity that none of them seemed to have a clear handle on what had actually happened. We can only move on. Canvey arrive here today in 15th place in the Northern Section of the Isthmian League, having won three and lost three of their league matches to date but they had the disappointment of going out of the FA Cup in midweek losing on penalties in a replay against Bowers and Pitsea. Once again we appeal to everyone involved with the club to support our social events when they occur and we have two now in hand in November. On Saturday 2 November, the annual Halloween Night takes place, with prizes for the best outfits and so on plus bar deals. Let’s be honest, some of our supporters (and committee) won’t need to do too much to dress up as ghouls, etc., and the evening is usually great fun. We are following that up a fortnight later, on Saturday 16 November with our first “gin” evening. Gin seems to be the drink of the moment with so many different flavours now available. We are still making the final arrangements and there will be more details shortly but we will have some for you to try on what should be another great evening. Barring a replay against Canvey, next Tuesday we are just down the road at Bedfont Sports in the 1st Round of the Middlesex Senior Cup, kick-off 7.45 p.m. and a new date for your diary is Tuesday 19 November when we will be entertaining Guildford City in the 1st Round of the Specsavers Surrey Senior Cup 6 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com #ASHCVI 7 @ashfordtownmx Recent Action Ashford 1 - 2 Harlow Town 8 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com Home to Harlow #ASHCVI 9 @ashfordtownmx 10 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com #ASHCVI 11 @ashfordtownmx 12 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com #ASHCVI 13 @ashfordtownmx Today’s Opponents Canvey Island Club History The Club was founded in 1926, but unfortunately most of the early records of the Club were lost in the devastating East Coast floods of 1953. The Club were very successful during their days in the local leagues, winning many cups and league championships in the process. During these years, the club appointed Denis Neville as manager, his first job after leaving his position as the Dutch National Team manager. However, the club had drifted away towards the end of the 1980’s, and the very existence of Canvey Island FC was in serious doubt. When it looked as though the end was near, local businessman and former Canvey player Jeff King took over as manager, as well as helping to generate funds to take the club forward. Canvey the enjoyed a meteoric rise up the football pyramid, the success starting in 1993 where The Gulls won the Essex Senior League and reached the semi-final of the FA Vase. The Club then gained promotion to the Isthmian League in 1994 and won promotion from Division Three and Division Two in successive seasons. In 1995/96 after beating Conference team Hednesford Town in the FA Cup they reached the First Round Proper and drew 2-2 with Football League team Brighton & Hove Albion at Park Lane in front of a then ground record crowd of 3,400. The replay was lost at Brighton in front of a crowd of over 7,000. As well as winning Division Two the team were also winners of the Carlton Trophy and Thames-side Trophy. The season 1998/99 was yet another exciting one for the supporters as the Club won the Division One championship and the Essex Senior Cup, beating Leyton Orient in the final. Season 1999/2000 was the Club's first season in the Premier Division of the Ryman League and they finished a very creditable fifth in the League and retained the Essex Senior Cup, defeating Purfleet in the Final. The following season had seen the team win the FA Trophy by beating Forest Green Rovers 1-0 in the final in front of over 10,000 people at Villa Park and thousands more watching live on television. To win the FA Trophy they had to beat four Conference League teams in succession - Stevenage Borough, Telford United, Chester City (over two legs) and Forest Green. In previous rounds Canvey defeated Harlow Town, Northwood and Bilston Town. Earlier in the season the Club had another great FA Cup run and after beating Braintree Town, King's Lynn and Cambridge City they were drawn against Port Vale from the Second Division of the Football League. In an exciting match at Park Lane they drew 4-4 after being 4-2 down with only two minutes left to play. 14 #ASHCVI ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com However, even better was to follow as they went to Port Vale and beat them 2-1 after extra time. They were then drawn at home to Football League neighbours Southend United. To accommodate the number of people wishing to see the game, Canvey agreed to transfer the match to Southend's Roots Hall ground. A capacity crowd of 11,400 people saw the game, with record gate receipts for a game at Southend, and Canvey were narrowly beaten. These tremendous cup runs took their toll in the League. With a large number of matches being postponed on opponents’ grounds because of waterlogged pitches, it meant they had to complete the season with ten league games in fifteen days and consequently dropped points that may have taken them to the league title and a place in the Conference League. However, it was still a fine performance to finish runners-up in their second season inthe Premier Division. The Club had enjoyed a then record-breaking season the following year when they reached the Third Round Proper of the FACup for the first time.