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warm welcome to Joe Deeney of you for your support throughout the sea- his management team, players son. This is a special club with huge potential and officials of Hemel Hempstead and when we all come as one there is no AFootball Club. doubt it is one of the best in non-league foot- ball. As we look forward, we have a renewed Today marks the last game of the season. It confidence in what we can achieve. Despite seems to have flown by, but we can be proud the recent uncertainty after some very posi- that as we enter the last game of the season, tive meetings with Rory he has ensured us we very much have everything to play for. that he has the welfare of the club at heart Yes, we need a bit of luck but we have to and only wants success for Wealdstone. Our believe that it is possible. We have to take job will be to learn from this year, make the www.wealdstone-fc.com care of what we need to do and not worry required tweaks and continue to progress about what we can’t control. I urge you today this club. We should all be excited and be- to enjoy the day. Create a party atmosphere lieve that we will achieve the success we all and back these boys for the 90 minutes as want. Never stop believing. you have every week at The Vale. Back to today and we have a local derby Last weekend was full of mixed emotions. so Hemel will not come and roll over here. The Dulwich game was disappointing, and They will want to finish the season well so the feeling afterwards was painful. To then we know it will be a tough game. There is no pick ourselves up and produce the display second chance after today so the boys know we did at Chelmsford was incredible and the what they need to do and we are ready to boys yet again just showed the character capitalise on any slip ups above us. they have. To have given ourselves a small chance epitomised this squads never say Enjoy the game and hopefully we’ll see you die attitude. The thought of coming to play a for a drink at the awards this evening to game out with nothing riding on it is an expe- celebrate the season. rience we’ve only experienced last year and we didn’t want to face that scenario again. This is something we impressed on the boys Bobby and the management team. and they delivered for us on the day.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE CLUB AT FROM NEWS THE CLUB AT LATEST We would like to thank each and every one FIND OLD ELMSLIE ENDER MAGAZINES AT THE WFC MEGASTORE: www.wfcmegastore.co.uk sneak usinto7thplace.Howeverifwemiss and aseriesoffavourableresultscould W thing Iknowisthat we’llgiveourselvesabetter cism aboutourability tocompete,howeverone slate. There’s understandablysomescepti season andthechancetostartwith aclean obviously risklosingthem. considerably moremoneyelsewhere thenwe clubs atthislevel,howeverifaplayer isoffered fair andIbelievecompetitivecompared toother we wanttoretain. The offers wemakewillbe that wemaywellloseoneortwoplayers players. The natureoffootballatthislevelis cases, discussionshavestartedwiththose squad thatwe’dliketoretainand,inmost we canoverachieveifallpulltogether. not be‘peanuts’ andIhaveeveryconfidence supposition, thebudgetwehavewillcertainly across clubsinthedivisionisrarelymorethan ing fornextseason.Whilstcomparingbudgets positive conversationswithRoryaroundbuild tive. Bobbyisawareofthebudgetandhashad quently willhavetouseitwiselybecompeti budget thanwassetforthisseasonandconse so fornextseason.We willstartwithalower previous seasons,there’s nointentionofdoing haven’t publiclydisclosedourplayingbudgetin season’s budgetandinthesamewaywe great clubthisis. good impressionandanappreciationofwhata I wanteveryplayertoleaveWealdstone witha has representedusthisseasonfortheirefforts. players moveonandwethankeveryonewho progress. looking activitywhichwehopewillhelptheclub make theplay-offs, whilstplanningforward- retaining abudgetthatgaveuschanceto as welookedtocloseoutthisseasonwhilst past fewmonthshavebeenespeciallytough about playersandtherunningofclub. The Summer asandwhenthereisnewstoshare will tryandkeepeveryoneinformedoverthe missed. reflect onthisseasonbeinganopportunity out, Isuspectinthecoldlightofday, we’ll I’m personallylookingforwardtonext There areclearlymembersofthecurrent There’s lotsofspeculationaboutnext The summerwillinevitablyseeanumberof Plans areunderwayforpre-seasonandwe shout oftheplayoffs. A wintoday son withusmathematicallyina elcome tothelastgameofsea - - - - - Board. get behindtheManager, theplayersand chance ofsucceedingifweallpulltogetherand great historyand huge potential. ers atourlevelin thecountry. We alsohavea special andwehavesomeofthebest support I’ve saidbeforeandI’llsayitagain, thisclubis you toeveryonefortheirsupportthis season. ing supportandgenerosityofourfan base. wouldn’t betheclubwearewithout theamaz the MightyStones. This clubsimply etc. We shouldbemightyproudtoapartof hospitality, away coaches,fundraisingevents great photographers,Fingers!,ourboardroom catering, oureverimprovingsocialmediaand the brilliantclubshop.GoldenGoals,our announcers, ourawardwinningprogramme, Wembley fanvisits,turnstyleoperators,tannoy to groundworks,thepop-upbar, musicgigs, and passionatefambase.Fromstewarding, such amazingvolunteersandaloyal and collectivelywe’reblessedtohave are toomanypeopletothankindividually make OURclubbetter. energies andefforts arebeingspentintryingto but Iamcomfortableintheknowledgethatour soon! It’s easytopeddleanagendaandsnipe make itontomyChristmascardlistanytime opinion, there’s acoupleofnamesunlikelyto the club,andIrespecteveryone’s righttoan lutely questiontheBoardaboutrunningof and Twitter andwhilstsupportersshouldabso pitch. I,likemostotherfans,readtheforum wants tobeassuccessfulwecanonthe to progresstheclub,everysingleoneofus things shouldbeimportanttous. opposition fans,playersandofficials,allthose treat formerandcurrentplayers,respecting and values.Howwetreatotherclubs,how conduct itselfintherightway, tohaveprinciples something tosellplayers. progressing intofull-timefootball–wehave We alsohaveagoodtrackrecordofplayers pitch, thebestfansandpaycompetitivewages. my opinion,wehavethebestground, in thearea(andbeyond)aspirestojoin.In Football Clubtobetheclubthateveryplayer FROM THE BOARDROOM THE FROM On behalfoftheBoardDirectors, thank As alwaysatthisstageoftheseason,there Every singlememberofyourBoardwants I alsowantWealdstone FootballClubto I’ve alwayssaidthatIwantWealdstone BY DOMINIC WHYLEYBY

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match before we bowed out, after a similar teams coming up and more importantly defeat at lower mid-table Hampton the who will be coming down. The job of the week before. Yes, as I write this on the board is to ensure the management team morning of our trip to Chelmsford, we have is given a budget that allows them to be a faint chance of still getting a play off spot, competitive and keep our better players, but it would need the help of Malaysian whilst refreshing other parts. Getting betting syndicates that even Jeremy value for money will be key. It would be Albert wouldn’t bet on for that to happen. I an awful shame if we lost players like suspect we just ran out of puff in the end. Jonathan North, in his testimonial year, The small squad, reduced to keep in line Connor Stevens, Jerome Okimo, Freddie which what the finances required, stretched Grant, Rhys Taylor, Danny Green and the too far and the management team were magnificent Godfrey Poku because we unable to refresh when required, whilst couldn’t afford them anymore. Obviously teams around us were able to bring in new there are others as well, but you can build players. So what went wrong? I suggest a team around those that I have mentioned It’s time for the traditional EE end of most of us are happy with our defensive next season. line-up and the centre of midfield. You’d www.wfcmegastore.co.uk Whilst not being involved in post season season report... have to say our inability to score goals, games is a real disappointment; bizarrely, certainly from the centre forward positions, though assisted by the fact that we have ltimately, as the season draws to unfortunate circumstances, we lost Wadah has had a huge impact. As I am typing actually had some away fans this season a close, it will be one that ends Ahmidi and crashed out of the FA Cup at this, something has popped into my visiting the Vale, our home gates could well with great disappointment as home to Sutton, despite having a penalty twitter timeline that sums it up perfectly: average over 900 this season, for the first UWealdstone are likely to finish around to win the game as the match moved into “Stones were a goal scoring forward away time since the mid-seventies. Currently 10th or 11th, pretty much where we injury time at the end of the game. Torquay from getting into the play-offs”. It’s harsh averaging 906, an increase of 8.5% on ended the last campaign and lower came to town and gave us a footballing maybe, but pretty much spot on. Bradley the last campaign, almost of a third of our than the season before. Four seasons lesson. Bubb’s injury will not doubt be crucial league games have attracted four figure In Conference South football have seen November saw the start of rumblings when the season embers are picked over. gates and if we managed to get our stuff us firmly ensconced in mid-table. Our around the finances of the club. A meeting Our leading goalscorer in the league has together at Grosvenor Vale and engage budget for the last two campaigns have called by the board stated that there was eleven, after which the next has six. You not eject the burgeoning youth element, we been the highest and second highest six figure hole in the budget, with our then don’t go up with a scoring record so lame. could easily average four figures, which, in our history, so a return that means chairman reducing his investment for the Dulwich and Hampton defeats summed when we came to the HA4, would have the play offs haven’t been reached coming season to a third of what it had it up perfectly. Early domination, missed been pie in the sky stuff. Our first league can only be seen in those terms of been the previous two seasons. Despite chances and then the opposition score and attendance at the Vale was 387. We have disappointment. this, we carried on over budget! Our form we can’t recover. come along a long way. There was great optimism in August. on the football field fell away, no doubt There has to be an underlying feeling Anyway enjoy the summer. Hopefully A number of signings had been made affected by the boardroom issues that that the generous largesse of Peter Middlesex’s decent start with the white ball early and the management team had the ultimately saw the chairman asked to stand Marsden has been wasted. We may never will continue and the cricketing world cup MAGAZINES AT THE WFC MEGASTORE: THE MEGASTORE: WFC AT MAGAZINES summer to drill the squad and get their down, but the players continued to be paid be in a situation of being so flushed with brings a win for the boys in blue! fitness levels to a standard that would in full and on time. If the second half of cash again and what do we have to show I will leave you with a quote from Hunter hold Wealdstone in good stead throughout November was poor, then December was for it: a Trophy semi final and a new stand? Davies: “True supporters care. They care the season. Stones started well, with horrible as we crashed out of the Trophy to It seems painful that new and old directors enough to argue vehemently but often particularly a win over title favourites lower league Biggleswade and didn’t win were unable or unwilling to work together. perceptively about the team, the players, Woking at the Vale, in front of our largest a league game all month, scoring a single Peter’s money should have set the club up the issues; they care enough to commit league attendance since our Conference goal. We were hurtling towards the cliff and for many years. themselves to be the cause of the club; National days thirty years previously, there were many more concerned about This brings me to next season. A much- they care enough to turn up week after

ELMSLIE ENDER ENDER ELMSLIE particularly getting the fans purring with the trap door at the bottom than the play reduced budget will see us in very different week and support the team; they care what we could achieve this season. Whilst offs. terrain. With the Conference South only enough to criticise amongst themselves there was the odd blip in terms of results, To the immense credit of the relegating two clubs next season, it will be their own players. The opposite of love, the run through towards the end of October management team and the playing staff, hopefully be more difficult to fall out of the after all, is not hate, but indifference. was good and Stones firmly in a play 2019 saw the resurrection of our footballing trap door. The league next season looks Sud

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reetings from the Vale and here We WILL recover from this but a real we are bringing the curtain down crying shame that the money could not have on yet another season (or not been put to better use. Gdepending on the results today!). I It’s just such a pity that a couple of people know this, IF we sneak into the play offs sought fit to ignore the rest of the board and nobody will want to play us, least of all plough on regardless. Chelmsford and Woking but it starts with Lessons are now learnt with the right beating Hemel who will be no pushovers measures firmly in place. today. Other good news sees our attendances Since the turn of the year, it’s been a continually rise and that is clearly down to period of change and much greater stability the bargain season tickets offered by the throughout the club which has been long club with over 450 signed up for this current overdue. Funny how that has translated so campaign and hopefully similar numbers well onto the pitch with a smaller group of for next. Let’s not also forget we are many players and tighter budget controls! Premier & Football League fans second team As a club we now have an excellent man by way of the long established discounted at the helm in Rory and a more settled board admission prices and we will continue to to take the club forward. push this. There will be more announcements in Imagine how good our attendances could due course to come in the coming weeks as be if we can turn around our home form the club secures the right deals on player since we came into the NLS which has been recruitment, new sponsors and other outside pretty poor. investment. The club are working to rebuild the bridges I can assure all of you that huge strides with the youth set up and incorporate ever are being made behind the scenes to give stronger links going forward. They have over Bobby a decent budget to work with for the 450 players now wearing the famous blue & next campaign. We all want the same things white - and are also a huge huge part of our as you to put the best team out on the pitch future. The Ladies are going from strength and glean some silverware. to strength under the stewardship of Mark One thing for sure is this board will never Barton as well. sanction the profligate spending that was al- I thank everyone connected at the club lowed to happen with some stupendous and and too many to singularly mention for this ill thought out contracts dished out to some and every season for all their incredible players which came close to putting the club efforts to keep pushing the club forward.You into serious financial measures. This is NOT are ALL truly amazing! the fault of any player mind. We are a unique and special organisation We as a club have always honoured our with incredibly passionate fans and fantastic www.wealdstone-fc.com contracts to players and always will do. volunteers so let’s galvanise this great club Thankfully from the swift intervention of again and exceed the sum of our parts like I Rory, Dominic and Nick Symmons - these know we can do. gentlemen have had to cover a massive The snipers have had their say now it’s time shortfall from the previous regime of nigh on to move on. £100K just to get us to where we are now As a WHOLE UNIFIED set up moving in otherwise we would be in trouble. I thank the same direction, we have no limits to what them enormously and so should you. we can achieve both on and off the pitch. Bear in mind, this is after you take into By the way, don’t be too surprised if you account our £180K reserves built up in the get a phone call from Jez Albert or the like social club over a ten year period that have during the close season as you, the fans, been largely wasted in side 2 years and will have a role to play in helping with some now find ourselves down to a few thousand funding of a player or two. You’ve made the pounds. difference before and you can play a big part Leo, Karen,James and all the staff do an again. amazing job at Ruislip Social Club and are already making inroads to replenishing those Enjoy the summer, but first let’s see you coffers since the turn of the year but this all make the club’s “End of Season Awards” will take time over and above the increasing which kicks off this evening at 6.30 in the contributions it already makes to the football clubhouse while joining us for a beer or two

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As a young boy Jim, my brother, inspired by his hero Gordon Banks, started off footballing life as a Stoke City supporter. However it wasn’t long before our dad, who himself had been born in Wealdstone, took my brothers to Lower Mead and Jim caught the bug and transferred his loyalty to WFC. I was considered too young to go along , and had to make do with learning about Georgie Duck second hand. However before too long Jim started taking me to games. I have happy memories of munching sandwiches together on the bus over to Lower Mead, singing on the terraces about Barbara Robson and getting my own heroes - Clevere Forde, The Cordices, Byatt and so on. 1985 was a memorable year. We were growing up and a little apart. But we were there. We met on the terraces of the old Wembley at kick-off and watched The Stones win the F.A.Trophy and clinch the cup and league double. It was the stuff of dreams. We returned home to share our day with our delighted dad, who by then was starting to succumb to cancer, that had been diagnosed two years earlier. The man who had started it all, our own hero, died aged 53 a few weeks later.

I lost all interest in Wealdstone FC . That however, was not Jim’s style. He followed them closely www.wfcmegastore.co.uk wherever he was and whatever he was doing. A true supporter of the club. In time it was Jim’s turn to take his own boys, Eddie and Thomas , this time to Grosvenor Vale, along with his wife Liz. For me 2018 will also remain a memorable year. After 33 years I made it to a game- the FA Trophy victory over Warrington. I was there with my son Ben, and with Jim and Thomas. Different ground,different everything but same fantastic atmosphere that we had experienced at Lower Mead and one that makes premier league matches look like a vicar’s tea party. We had a great day. But we knew it wouldn’t happen again. Jim was like dad in many ways, and sadly this extended to health. Jim died from cancer , also at the age of 53 ,on 11th May 2018. A hero for me and many others. Peter

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Whereabouts do you live FanHobbsy? I’ve recently in moved the Stand Boston’s impressive York Street ground: back to Pinner after a short stay Better than Torquay? in Hemel Hempstead but I have lived most of my life in & around the Harrow area stone).. Trophy Final in 85 / Ketter- the atmosphere at those games were ing away to win the Gola League unbelievable. Are you working? Yes, I’m full 1985 / Newport away in the trophy time and have been with the What was your highlight of last 2012 / Cambridge away again in same company for just over 30 season? The trophy run, only to fall at the Trophy 2012. years, based in Hayes, Middle- the semis again. sex. And most memorable Weald- Best non-League ground you’ve vis- stone game, and moment? First Stones game? The first ited? I’d have to say Boston United Wembley in 85, winning the FA game that I actually remember Best stadium you’ve EVER visited?. Trophy by beating Boston United going to was Wembley in 1966 The new Wembley Stadium & becoming the first team to win Amateur Cup Final versus Hen- Where do you like to stand (or sit) the Non League Double - and the don, winning 3-1 - although I’ve at the Vale? Either in The Bulla / Brian celebrations continued well into been told I was actually taken to Collins or the new seated area at the the early hours. a few games from the ripe old Hobbsy and turret end age of three! his oldest What really gets your goat What are your expectations for the watching football? Players diving What or who persuaded you grandson Stones for this season? Was always & rolling around like they have to become a Stones fan? My Kieran at The the Play Offs - and we still have hope been shot. Dad, Grandad and Vale How does the current programme Uncles have all been Have you ever played the game compare with others you see? There’s Stones fans since the yourself (to any level) and most no comparison, it’s by far the best in the 1930s. I also have a memorable moments ? Only for league & total value for money. Wealdstone have always SFC Wealdstone (Only??? - Ed) cousin that has caught Any articles or features that you’d like the family bug (Mark) Any suggestions to improve to see? Not really, I wouldn’t of thought and now a couple of come first since my school your Stones -watching experi- you could fit much more in it! ence at the Vale? To be honest my grandsons (Kieran What do you think of the bars and there isn’t, the ground at Ruislip and Ashley) attend on catering at The Vale? Any beers or has come on leaps and bounds a regular basis home days... amazingly I always food you’d like to be added? I can’t since we moved in & I can hon- and away. fault either really. Do you follow any estly say it feels like home after so many years on the road. I just It would be nice to have something hot other team? QPR seemed to be unwell when and different during the winter months results only (enough hope the lease can be sorted for the long term. like curry n rice (if we ever get midweek said) but Wealdstone games). Favourite current Wealdstone has been -and always Stones had a long away trip Do you buy much at the clubshop? will be - the one for me line-up? Northy - Tyler - Okimo - Stevens - Grant - Poku - Smith Have done occasionally, also have (it’s running through away such as Gateshead, Altrincham etc... - Green - Mensah - Allarakhian - Bubb (when bought online my veins). As we say: Once a Stone always Amazingly I always seemed to feel unwell a Stone. fit) Otherwise it would have to be Dave Pratt. How do you feel on the kit debate- on school days when the mighty Stones solid blue shirts or quarters? I would What was your favourite era watching the had a long away trip). Favourite all-time Stones line-up? Bob Iles - Steve Perkins - Stuart Pearce - Dennis Byatt go with the Solid Blue ones Stones? I’d have to say the 1980s (Gola & How big a part of your life is the game? - Paul Bowgett - Brian Greenway - Robin What is your Wealdstone ‘claim to FA Trophy Double Winners) Massive. Even if I can’t get to games now Wainwright - Gary Donnellan - Neil Cordice - fame’? One of the famous two who wore How do you fit watching football, and I’m always glued to twitter and the forum & Alan Cordice - George Duck. the Boiler Suits back in the 80s. Say no Wealdstone, into your family/working get regular updated texts from others who more :) life? To be honest Wealdstone always used attend the games (like Big Dave). Best away trips to watch football? Alder- shot (when we took approx 13 coachloads Finally, where do you see the club in to come first, so I never had a problem Most memorable game/s you’ve EVER of fans in the FA Cup, 1975) + Reading + five years time? We should be in the getting to matches (even mid week games seen? There’s been a few (all Weald- QPR + Newport County & Cambridge United, National Conference. FIND A WHOLE WORLD OF MEMORABILIA AT THE WEALDSTONE MEGASTORE:www.wfcmegastore.co.uk THE BIG, INTERVIEW BIG The George Duck for SidProsserat life” andsigning decision ofmy making “thebest Southend before Spurs, Millwalland youthful careerat Two coveredhis Parts Oneand 1979. between 1972and seven seasons, 251 timesinjust Duck, whonetted scorer: George greatest-ever goal story ofStones’ continued the programme we In thelasthome H****w B*****h.... to localrivals controversial move - andfinally, the which heachieved of Wembley glory- genham insearch decision to join Da came thedifficult Wealdstone. Then Story: Part Three

- - day whowillnever forgivemefor porters atWealdstone tothis me geographically” saidGeorge. Weald atthetime,soitsuited Leighton BuzzardtoHarrow more intermsofusmovingfrom the intenserivalry. Iwasthinking a bitnaiivebutIdidn’trealise Wealdstone... maybeitseems sign forHarrowBoroughtospite say, inallhonestythat Ididnot that Irealisewhatdid.Letme time andit’s onlyinretrospect deal tosuitDagenhamatthe Adams signingforSpurs. signing forManCity.... like Tony Everton... likeDavidBeckham to StevieGerrardsigningfor arch-rivals? Itwastantamount King ofLowerMeadjoiningour What wereyouthinking? The and signforHarrowBorough? S “I knowthereare afewsup “To behonest,itwasjusta how couldyouthengo poisoned chalice.George, o nowlet’s graspthe - keen onsigning EddieStein keep me. and itseemedthey wantedto goals inmytwoseasonsthere play, George”.Ihadscored55 of Eddie,hejustsaid“Stayand I saidwasquittinginsupport straight-up managerandafter back tomanagetheside. time beforetheybroughthim again itwasonlyamatterof and whenhebecameavailable glory daysunder Ted Hardy, people harkingbacktothe chance ofwinningthetitle. behind Enfieldwithareal second intheIsthmianLeague and Iwasastonished.We were second seasonatDagenham Terry hadbeensackedinmy background toit,Eddieand stand andacceptthat. signing forHarrow. Iunder “But Dagenham weredead ‘To befair, Ted wasactuallya “But therewerealways “Buttogiveyouabitofthe - BY TIMPARKS straight backto the Conference,this Southern League andlookingtobounce Harrow Borough atLowerMead. Third qualifyinground,Wealdstone v unpalatable truth….. men. Nothingwasfurtherfrom the force intheredshirtofMicky Tomkys’ maybe wethoughthewouldbe aspent bridge sincehehadleftLowerMead and mian PremierDivision. League andBoroughintheparallelIsth Stones justrelegatedtotheSouthern would befacingusonthepitch,with I and Eddiegoingtheotherway.” legend Cliff Jones)goingtoEarlsmead winger SteveJones(thesonofex-Spurs as atwo-for-oneexchangewithmeand from Harrow.... sokeenthatitwassetup The Stoneswere enjoyinglifeinthe Saturday October241981:FA Cup Much waterhadflowedunderthe ers.Itneveroccurredtomethathe George hadsignedfor The Hairdress remember feelingquiteshockedthat rivals... to ourarch ‘defection’ George’s covers Part Three apt thattoday’s Charlotte. How (far left)and daughters Lucy Jon’s lovely distracted by have been legend might although the boardroom... badge inthe Borough’ Harrow an ‘Ihate him towear persuaded sor JonTaffel match spon ago when spot afortnight was putonthe Left: George

- - - I scoredanearly header–thenDave just kidsreally. of theteamIhadplayedin,and theywere Nigel JohnsonandStuartPearce wereleft playing againstWealdstone… Ithinkonly wasn’t reallythinkingaboutthe factIwas it broughtbacknothingbutanticipation. I away changingroom,butapart fromthat Dreams. Itwasstrangeturning left intothe old stompingground. who waslookingforwardtoreturninghis Pearce aswellthemercurialGeorge, their numberincludedformerStoneDavid decent teamtochallengeforhonoursand tween theteams–Boroughwerebuildinga of theopposition. There wasrealrivalry be the ElmslieEndandhowlingforheads seemingly mostoftheminthebearpit draw in13games. game comingafterarunof12winsand at LowerMead,October1981 and keeperLesCurrellintheRumble sure onHarrowdefenderDaveHowells Alan Cordice(left)putsthepres “The atmosphere wascracklingand “Lower Meadwasmy Theatre of A crowdof1,138wereinattendance, HEMPSTEAD 27.04.19HEMPSTEAD WEALDSTONE CONTINUED OVERPAGE v - HEMEL HEMEL - WEALDSTONE v HEMEL GEORGE DUCK CONTINUED HEMPSTEAD 27.04.19

Howell, our centre back, bulleted one in Left: A blast from George’s past. Who at the Elmslie End to put us 2-0 up with recognises the players flanking oue about two attacks. Wealdstone pulled it ex-star? Yes, it’s West Ham legends back to 2-1 – and really, they should have Trevor Brooking (left) and skipper been well ahead – but then I managed to Billy Bonds... who were showing off score another, going round Ray God- their FA Cup in 1980 in East London dard and putting the ball in from a narrow when someone suggested that they angle. I slid on my knees to the corner set up a photoshoot with FA Trophy flag and celebrated – I was just delighted winners Dagenham. And who else to have come back to Lower Mead and would you choose to meet than scored a couple of goals.” Daggers’ main man George? The game ended in acrimony with Borough keeper Les Currell pelted with stunning accuracy by half a dozen eggs. But he was totally controlled by their The game was stopped and Stones right back, Anton Joseph, and we just chairman David Martle came over to the stopped playing. Telford had a great Elmslie End fans to appeal for calm, while following there and when they got a goal stewards roped off an area immediately back you could see the belief flowing behind the goal…. And not long after play through them”. restarted, Dave Pearce netted a breaka- I reminded George about the dramatic way goal against his old club to complete game-changing save by Telford keeper the humiliation. Kevin Charlton right on the full-time whis- “But Wealdstone beat Borough tle. “Ah no, don’t make me think about the next time!” George laughed. that” he agonized. “Telford had made it ‘Just seven days later we met 3-1 on the day, 3-3 on aggregate, and I again in the FA Trophy in a think the players were settling for extra strange twist of fate… and that time when we had one last chance – the playing and we missed him – but it was ball came over and I hit it on the volley time we had all the play but it an awesome performance that day that ended 2-2. In the replay we got from the edge of the box. I couldn’t have saw us win 2-0,,, and it might have been hit it sweeter. I was on my feet about to cel- absolutely stuffed 4-0 at Lower 3-0 when I had a goal disallowed for a Mead.” ebrate when the keeper somehow reached tight offside flag” said George. the shot and turned it onto the crossbar.. it he dream of repeating his FA couldn’t get to the Stones game at was like his arm came out of his sleeve an Trophy heroics still beat loud Weymouth the following Saturday, and extra 18 inches! I think that was the best in George’s heart, however. instead arrived a bit late at Earlsmead save I’ve ever seen and it couldn’t have TThe following season, with Ifully expecting to see George book his come at a worse moment.” Duck & Pearce forming a deadly second Wembley appearance in three was standing behind that goal and can partnership, Borough steamed all years. Just as I came through the turn- still remember the anguish among the the way to the semi-finals with a stiles, there was Dave Pearce right in Borough fans, who saw their Wembley stream of impressive wins - includ- front of me, wheeling away after scoring Idream evaporate at that very moment. ing a 5-1 walloping of holders for Borough in the first five minutes. The momentum was entirely with the Enfield in the last eight. “It was maybe the worst thing that could Shropshire side, backed by around 1,000 It led to the famous second leg, happen” said George. ‘Telford just had to travelling fans and it was no surprise when dubbed ‘The Miracle of Earlsmead’ go for it – you can’t sit back when you’re they scored twice more in extra time to by barely-believing Telford fans. 3-0 down on aggregate. But what I really win 5-1 on the day, and 5-3 on aggregate. Despite the bitter cross-Harrow remember is that three or four of our play- Their special train was delayed but nobody rivalry, you had to feel for George ers just couldn’t handle it. They went into cared! Especially not the Stones fans who and his team when they suffered their shells. were rocking the supporters coaches as tragedy just a week before the first “Clevere Forde especially, the winger the news came through on the way back leg. Dave Howell’s cousin Mickey, who had been at Wealdstone the year be- from Weymouth! playing for Hayes against Borough, fore – he was our matchwinner, so clever “It was desperately sad” said George. “I died after a clash of heads. Above: Trophy misery for George. The and strong, players just bounced off him sat in the changing room afterwards and “It was terrible for the staff and players, Shropshire Star carries the story of Telford’s and me and Pearcey has said pre-match: the players were upset, but not as upset and we travelled up to Telford under a amazing comeback win over Harrow Boro ‘Just get the ball over to us, Clev, and as they should have been. Me and Jonesy great cloud. Obviously Howellsey wasn’t we’ll get the goals’. CONTINUED OVERPAGE FIND A WHOLE WORLD OF MEMORABILIA AT THE WEALDSTONE MEGASTORE:www.wfcmegastore.co.uk GEORGE DUCK CONTINUED came upandIwas dismayedtohearthatthe a bigpull.Butthen thequestionofmoney Mead andthethought ofcoming‘home’ was gone differently! the club.HowIwishthatconversation had pub inHarrow, withaviewtomereturning stone managerBrianHallatthe JohnLyon but inthesummerof’84Imet Weald astonishing career. may haveensuredagloriousfinaletohis last tiltatWembley… but he passedupwhat G says itallreally”. couple ofyears.Istayedsevenyears! That Wimbledon wayI’dhavebeenoff insidea Eglite... Irestmycase! Brinkman, BillyByrne, Terry Dyson, Adriaan mick, BobbyMoss,FreddieBarwick,Steve Henderson, EricBurgess,JohnMcCor John Morton,WillieWatson, RayFulton,John GOAL! The greatestfeelingintheworld. into thebox;getonendofthem;andthen it outofthemud;playwide;qualitycrosses the ballbackquickly;getitondeck;keep pure, easyontheeyeattackingfootball.Win Stones. We hadbetterqualityplayersplaying Currell… buttheDNA wasdifferent atthe Howell, SteveEmmanuel,DerekDoyle,Les players inHarryManoe,RayMetz,Dave easy answer:No!Borohadverycommitted stone inthe70s?Iaskedhim. promotion totheConference.” and Pearceygettingthegoals,butdidn’ttake Colchester. We wontheIsthmianLeague,me both lost–ustoNewportandWealdstone to Harrow gottothesecondroundtoobutwe round afterbeatingEnfieldinareplay, and George. “StonesgottotheFA Cupsecond Enfield weretheundisputedtopdogs. T we knewwhattheyweremissing”. had beenatWembley threeyearsearlierand “I knewhehadbuiltagoodsquad atLower “I think most people know this story by now, “And iftheclubhadwantedtoplay “Here areafewofthosequalityplayers: “That’s adifficultquestion,butIhavean Was thatBorosidebetterthanWeald “They werethreegreatteams:said North London.Harrow, Wealdstone and amazing timetobeafootballfanin he followingseason,1983-84wasan medal butwasstilldesperateforone league titlesandone Trophy winners eorge wasnow32,hadwontwo - - - shirt) fiveyearslater... a similarpicture(inblue Stones itmighthavebeen 1980. Ifhe’dre-signedfor while withDagenhamin George liftstheFA Trophy Stones double Stones “Would Ihave winning side?winning Could it have have it Could been me and been and me Alan Cord got into the into got up front?” up was enoughtomake methinkIshouldpackit in. after scoringmy 200thgoalforWealdstone –butthat those years–the otherwasstretchedligaments just afterwards. and Ihadnofeelinginthatpart ofmyfaceforyears Park Hospitalfortwodays,with mycheekallcavedin, Tottenham aroundthesametime. IwasinNorthwick me withhisfist–aninjurylike Gary Mabbutt’s for to theballfirstandnoddeditpast him,andhecaught with agoalkeeperthatbrokehischeekbone.“Ijustgot with Hendonthefollowingseason,acollision finest hourashiscareerdrewtoaprematureclose paralleled outsidetheLeagueforadozenyears. around buthisguileandaccuracymeanthewasun ously andwonderingwhatmighthavebeen.Iwas Ewell tokeepusupinthelastgame. just avoidedrelegation–IscoredavolleyatEpsom& Hendon justdidn’thavetheplayersandinendwe the manageratHendon…itwasamassivemistake. signed forEddiePreslandagain,whowasbythen simple asthat. handled thatway. Everyotherclubusedwageslips, that situationandIdon’tknow, evennow, whyitwas and halfthemoneyoverbar….Ihadneverliked club werestillpayinghalfthemoneyinawageslip, “I wasluckytoonlysuffer acoupleofinjuriesinall It wasashameGeorgemissedoutontheStones’ “All thetimeIwaslookingoveratWealdstone envi “Brian Hallwouldn’tbudgeandsoIwent ice have beenthebiggestcentreforward air. GeorgeDuck,at6ft,mightnot and inonewayhewasbetter:Inthe balance, andadevastatingvolley– was asimilarplayer–goodtouchand P Lyon.” if I’dre-signedfortheclubatJohn history mighthavebeenverydifferent played upfrontwith Alan Cordice? needed Andy Graham?CouldIhave Mark Graves?Would theclubhave winning side?Was Itoosimilarto ley. Would Ihavegotinthatdouble- squad andbeentravellingtoWemb to havejustbeenintheWealdstone again. Iwouldhavegiveneverything my career, showingloyaltytoEddie say thatwasthebiggestregretin the clubandIholdmyhandsup genuinely delightedforeveryoneat “No oneknowstheanswer, but AG’s shoes.Inmanyways he could veryeasilyhavefilled ersonally, IreckonGeorge HEMPSTEAD 27.04.19HEMPSTEAD WEALDSTONE CONTINUED OVERPAGE v HEMEL HEMEL - - - FIND A WHOLE WORLD OF MEMORABILIA AT THE WEALDSTONE MEGASTORE:www.wfcmegastore.co.uk GEORGE DUCK CONTINUED

(signed) See you at the back post ... You’re allveryspecial people.” stone iswonderful.It’s notun-noticed. that allthevolunteerscarryout atWeald years agoformeandWillie. hosted thatspecialsportinglunchafew a wonderfuldayitwaswhentheclubkindly for throughoutmywholecareer-andwhat “Simply theBest”supportersIeverplayed with Tina Turner whenshesaysyou’re they treatedmelikeRoyaltyandIagree felt aspecialbondwiththeStonesfans- me. ButfinallyIhavetosaythatalways I lovedit. general, andWealdstone inparticular and we stoppedandchattedaboutfootballin a jobIhadforover30years.Everyday I wasinmyblackcabalongsideWillie…. Knowledge’ andgotmylicence,sothere into thecabbyinggame,hadlearned‘The the finalstrawforme.Ihaddecidedtoget shouldn’t thattellyousomething! been sackedthreetimesasmymanager, ‘Eddie, Ican’tkeepfollowingyou. You’ve his newclubDulwichHamlet.Itoldhim: and hecontactedmetoaskifI’dsignfor “Eddie Preslandhadlefttheclubbythen, “The unpaid,behind-the-scenes work “Football isadruganditwillneverleave “I lovedplayingforEddiebutthatwas

George Duck No.10. - as thefinalwhistlesoundsat Wembley George (left)breaksdownwithemotion ‘This isforyou,Mum’. Grosvenor Vale!” just waittillIgetdownto talk enoughaboutfootballbut ing formyneighbour. all girls)anddoabitofdog-walk who hasthreekidsofherown, son ChrisanddaughterKaren, with thegrandchildren(hehasa watch alotoffootball,keepup had togiveupmylicence. nights inWatford Generaland and Ijustpassedout.spenttwo Indian mealwhileIhadtheflu- can bringitonandI’deatenan still unexplained.Severalthings a coupleofyearsagothatis phalactic shock,outoftheblue, a cabbiebutIsufferedanana ground” he says. ‘For years I was Budgens storeroundthecorner. Langley, workingpart-timeinthe in aretirementblock Abbots G “It’s agood life.Idon’tgetto So nowIplayabitofgolf, “It suitsmedowntothe Sue andlivesonhisown is separatedfromwife eorge, now67yearsold,

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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN WEALDSTONE v HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN

Hemel only lasted three seasons in the Premier with a best finish of ninth in 1966 TUDORS FACTS before two consecutive relegations saw GROUND - Vauxhall Road Hemel start the 1969/70 season in Division FOUNDED- 1885 high league finishes. In 1922, Apsley left Two, a level which Hemel remained for nearly MANAGER - Joe Deeney the Herts County League to join the 30 years! In the summer of 1972, Hemel 2017/18 - National League South 5th Spartan League. Hempstead Town merged with Hemel Apsley competed in the Spartan League for Hempstead United, the new club took the 2001/2002 season and following the 30 years, during this time the club moved simple name of Hemel Hempstead and made resignation of Phillips after a 6-1 defeat at the home twice, first to Gee’s Meadow in Bourne United’s Vauxhall Road ground as its home. hands of Chertsey, ex-Hemel player Tony www.wfcmegastore.co.uk End for one season, before moving to the new The last ten years has been very eventful Kelly was appointed as manager. Following Wood Lane Ground, more commonly known for Hemel with various ground improvements, another 6th place finish, restructuring saw as Crabtree Lane where the club remained 2 league championships, a play-off final win, Hemel leave the Isthmian after nearly 30 years until 1972. Whilst in the Spartan League, two automatic promotions, promotion through of competing in that league and for the first Apsley claimed three runners up spots in the restructuring, and a relegation, not to mention time Hemel started a season in the Southern lower divisions, there was a Division One seven changes of manager. The first tasks of League, competing in the Premier division. championship place in 1933/34, but the club the new Committee which gained control of The 2017/18, season saw the National failed to make an impression in the Premier the club in 1997 were to change the name League South increase play-off positions to Division and were soon relegated. Apsley back to Hemel Hempstead Town FC, then to he history of Hemel Hempstead Town the second to seventh placed sides in the final were one of 29 clubs who rejoined the Spartan install successful Leverstock Green manager league table. With the prospect of a play-off FC is a complex past, with mergers League in the season immediately following and ex-Hemel captain Mick Vipond as between local clubs and numerous position much more achievable, a competitive the second World War, the club showed a manager. The result was a quick promotion season saw many clubs fancying their Tname changes before finally settling as the great improvement in form and consistency at with Hemel winning the Division Three chances at promotion. Despite some club as it is known today. Of the clubs that this time but again only had a couple of championship at the first attempt, conceding merged over the years to form the club as inconsistent form, a more settled Hemel squad runners up spots to show for it. The clubs only 28 goals that season and scoring 86, than previous seasons did well enough to we know it today, the history of Apsley FC name changed to Hemel Hempstead Town, it quite a turnaround from the previous season. goes furthest back. Formed in 1885 as spend much of the season in the play-off’s and had been some time now since the club had This was the first league championship the even in the latter stages of the campaign Apsley End FC, the club was based at actually been based in Apsley, and following club had won since 1934. After a stuttering Salmon Meadow and played in a claret and automatic promotion was still with sights. promotion to the Spartan Premier League for start to Division Two, Hemel parted company Eventually, a new club record finish of fifth blue strip. The first record of competitive the 1951/52 season, the club left to join the with Vipond in December 1998 and football was in 1889, when the club entered place in the National League South secured a Delphian League. Hemel didn’t set the ex-Watford star and 1985 FA Cup finalist Neil home play-off “elimination” tie (effectively a the Herts Senior Cup. Apsley End were Delphian League alight, finishing in the bottom Price was appointed as manager. Price guided then one of the founding member clubs of “quarter-final) against Braintree, who beat two of the division on five occasions during the Tudors to 4th place and bettered this the Hemel on penalties on their way to winning the the West Herts Football Association and eleven seasons. The clubs best finish in the following season when Hemel won the entered their first league competition in play-offs. The Tudors reached the final of the Delphian League was as runners up in Division Two championship, only to be denied Herts Senior Cup this season but conceded 1891/92, before changing the name to just 1961/62, this success was unable to be built promotion due to insufficient ground grading. Apsley FC two years later. Apsley won the the final against Hitchin Town, due to Hemel upon as the following season continuous poor In this championship season Hemel conceded staffs concerns about the safety of their Division One championship in 1894/95, the weather caused the Delphian League to be just 27 goals in 42 league games, the best first honour in the clubs history. Around players on the playing surface of the neutral abandoned after Hemel had played twelve defensive record in the clubs history. Hemel venue. This season also saw landmark this time, many clubs competed in more games. An emergency competition was followed this up with a 6th place finish and in than one league at a time; small numbers appearances for Tudors players Jordan organised giving Hemel a further eight the summer of 2001 Price was replaced at the Parkes and Kyle Connolly who each reached of competing clubs meant that entering fixtures, however the Delphian League helm by former Barnet goalkeeper Gary more than one competition would allow 200 appearances for Hemel, whilst the disbanded once the season finished in 1963 Phillips. By this time various ground management team of Dean Brennan and the clubs to play more regularly. Apsley and the clubs formed Division Two of the improvements had led to a “B” grading for also competed in the Herts County Stuart Maynard took charge of their 300th Athenian League. Vauxhall Road which made the club eligible for game. League, entering as a founding member In their opening season in the Athenian promotion. Hemel failed to find their feet in the club in 1898/99. Apsley were one of the League, Hemel finished fifth in Division Two more successful local teams competing in and were subsequently promoted to Division the Herts County League either side of the One due to restructuring. In 1964-65 Hemel WEALDSTONE’S RECORD v HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN first World War, winning three league finished as runners up in Division One, championships along with many other FIND A WHOLE OF THE WORLD WEALDSTONE MEMORABILIA MEGASTORE: AT winning promotion to the Premier Division. P 18 W 3 D 7 L 8 F 24 A 31 HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN OPPOSITION IN FOCUS

has played over 500 games in the football TUDORS WHO’S WHO league, with his previous clubs including Watford, Millwall, Crystal Palace, Wolves, LAURIE WALKER - GOALKEEPER Swindon Town and Yeovil Town. Returned to Vauxhall Road in the summer JACQUES KPOHOMOUH - of 2017, two years after departing from DEFENDER his first spell at Hemel. A hugely popular Previously of Bangor, Southport and figure amongst Tudors fans, Laurie was a Droysden, Jacques more recently played member of the 2013/14 Southern League for Southern League Premier Division side Championship winning team and broke Hartley Witney before joining Hemel midway the record that season for the most clean through the 2018/19 season. sheets kept by a single Hemel ‘keeper in one season. JORDAN PARKES - MIDFIELD DANNY BONESS - GOALKEEPER Fans` favourite Jordan re-joined The Tudors www.wfcmegastore.co.uk A former West Ham scholar who has also from Ebbsfleet United in September 2016. played for Colchester, Grays Athletic, Big- Parkes joined Ebbsfleet at the beginning gleswade Town and local side Kings Langley. of last season having spent three years at released by Luton at the end of the season, under-17 and under-19 levels, and he is Danny Joined the Tudors in 2017 and has Vauxhall Road, captaining the side to the joining The Tudors in the summer of 2018. also eligible to play for Wales and Jamaica spent a duration of 2018/19 on loan at Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division JACK SNELUS - MIDFIELD through his Welsh mother and Jamaican father. Watt is a product of Arsenal’s youth Hendon. title and to the First Round Proper of the A graduate of the Luton Town academy academy and came to prominence during KYLE CONNOLLY - DEFENDER FA Cup. The Conference (National League) until his release in 2017, Jack impressed in South player of the year for 2014/15 and a the Gunners’ 2008–09 FA Youth Cup winning Formerly with Arsenal and Boreham Wood. the Hatters’ FA Youth Cup run in 2016/17, set-piece specialist, Fleet paid Hemel an season and made his full debut for the Joined Watford’s Academy in December scoring a hat-trick against Dagenham & undisclosed fee for Parkes after he scored Arsenal first-team the following season. 2011. Trialled with Hemel in the summer Redbridge, plus earning his first team debut 31 goals from midfield for the Tudors. He He has featured on loan for a number of of 2013 and subsequently signed by Dean as a late sub in a 2-0 win over West Brom began his playing career at Watford, making Football League clubs, including Southend Brennan for the 2013/14 season, during U23s. Jack had a spell in Sweden at second his League debut in 2008, while also earning United, two spells at Leeds United, Sheffield which went on to be awarded “Young Player division side Eskilstuna City, before joining international honours with England under- Wednesday, Crawley Town and Colchester of the Year”. In 2014/15, Kyle scored the The Tudors in the Autumn of 2018. 18s, under-19s and under-20s. He played United goal of the season, a deft volley against for Brentford, Farnborough and Barnet on KIERAN MONLOUIS - MIDFIELD Chelmsford City. A nasty injury sustained AREL AMU - FORWARD loan, joining the latter on a permanent basis Kieran is a box to box midfielder who joined during 2015/16 side-lined him for a couple of in 2010, operating mainly in the full-back Hemel in the latter stages of 2018/19. Kieran Joined The Tudors midway through the months, but didn’t prevent him from going on position. After fifty-one appearances for was at St Albans City the previous season 2018/19 season, having already scored 14 to collect the Manager’s Player of the Year the Bees, he was briefly at Chelmsford when last summer Hamilton Academicals goals for Dunstable Town in his second pro- award. City before signing for his home-town club paid a fee to take him to Scotland. Previous lific season at the Southern League Division TOM HAMBLIN - DEFENDER Hemel Hempstead in 2012. In three seasons clubs include Stoke City, Charlton Athletic One Central side. Original with Luton Town, with the Tudors, Parkes helped the club to and Maldon & Tiptree. Amu’s non-league journey has also seen him signed from todays hosts Wealdstone in the represent Barton, Arlesey and Welling. summer of 2017. Tom is a no nonsense, old promotion from the Southern League and MARK RANDALL - MIDFIELD school centre back who moved to London in scooped all three player-of-the-year awards Spent his formative footballing years at JASON WILLIAMS - FORWARD June 2013. Tom has played for Gloucester for 2014/15. Arsenal where he was touted by manager Began his career with Southend United. City in the Vanarama Conference North KAVAN COTTER - MIDFIELD Arsène Wenger as a key Arsenal player for In 2014 he joined Chelmsford City initially League for seven seasons, prior to this he Started his career with Arsenal’s youth the future. He was released at the end of his on a one-month loan deal, which was later was also at Bristol City and Mangotsfield. academy, before moving to Queens Park contract in 2011 and subsequently joined extended, where he was in impressive form, JOE HOWE - DEFENDER Rangers and then Luton Town at under-13 Chesterfield, where he won the Football scoring five goals in seven league games. Joined Hemel in the summer of 2017, level, with whom he started his scholarship. League Trophy. In 2013 he signed a two-year Williams returned on loan to Chelmsford City finishing last season with Ryman League Cotter was a member of the under-18 team contract with Italian third-tier side Ascoli. In in 2016. After being released by Southend, Premier Division side Leatherhead. Formerly that won the Youth Alliance South East title March 2014 Randall completed a move to Williams joined Concord Rangers in 2017 with MK Dons, Northampton Town, Kettering and the Youth Alliance Cup in 2015–16, and MK Dons then in January 2016, following but left the Beachboys before the start of Town, Welling United and Croydon Athletic, also reached the quarter-finals of the FA a mutual decision to terminate his contract the season to sign for Bishop’s Stortford. He the defender made over 200 appearances Youth Cup. He captained the under-18 team with Milton Keynes Dons, Randall joined moved to Kingstonian in February 2018 then for Ebbsfleet United over six years before the following season and made his first-team League 2 side Barnet. Spells with Newport Whitehawk in July 2018. He joined Hemel moving on last year to National League side debut in a 2–1 victory away to Gillingham in and Crawley followed before joining Hemel in Hempstead Town in March 2019. Bromley, in turn moving to the Tanners. an EFL Trophy group stage match in 2016. March 2019. DANIEL ROWE - FORWARD DARREN WARD - DEFENDER Cotter signed a professional contract with SANCHEZ WATT - FORWARD Joined The Tudors in March 2019, having Luton in 2017. Loan spells with Hitchin Town been released from Braintree Town. Formerly Vastly experienced central defender Darren On loan to the Tudors from Billericay Town.

FIND A WHOLE OF THE WORLD WEALDSTONE MEMORABILIA MEGASTORE: AT of Boston, QPR and Leicester City. and Oxford City followed before he was He has represented England at under-16, KEY TO SYMBOLS = Yellow Card = Goal = 2nd Player Substituted NLS = National League South MCC = Middlesex Charity Cup = Red Card = Penalty = 2nd Substitute Used FAC = FA Cup S = Straight Red = 1st Player Substituted = 3rd Player Substituted FAT = FA Trophy RESULTS & FIXTURES 2018/2019 = Man of the Match = 1st Substitute Used = 3rd Substitute Used MSC = Middlesex Senior Cup

AUGUST Competition Result Crowd Pos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17/GK 4 WESTON-SUPER-MARE NLS 4-1 750 2 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku White Ahmidi Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Bubb Mambo Lench Monakana Sheppard 7 Hungerford Town NLS 1-1 435 5 North Tyler Sheppard Stevens Okimo Poku White Ahmidi Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Bubb Mambo Brown Lench Monakana 11 Billericay Town NLS 0-1 1,152 11 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Ahmidi Pratt White Hudson-Odoi Bubb Mambo Green Wilson Clark 13 WOKING NLS 1-0 1,323 8 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Ahmidi Pratt Green White Bubb Mambo Lench Clark Mitchell 18 Dartford NLS 3-0 981 5 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Ahmidi Pratt Green Bubb White Mambo Mitchell Clark Lench 25 CONCORD RANGERS NLS 1-1 786 5 North Tyler Grant Okimo Mambo Poku Monakana Ahmidi Pratt Green Bubb Wilson Hudson-Odoi Mitchell White Lench 27 Oxford City NLS 0-3 466 8 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku White Lench Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi White Bubb Sheppard Monakana Clark SEPTEMBER 1 TRURO CITY NLS 3-0 743 5 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Bubb Ahmidi Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Mambo Monakana Mitchell Lench Sheppard 8 Dulwich Hamlet NLS 1-1 1,103 6 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Ahmidi Pratt Lench Hudson-Odoi Wilson Mitchell Green Shomotun Brown 15 CHELMSFORD CITY NLS 2-3 856 11 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Bubb Ahmidi Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Wilson Sheppard Brown Monakana Lench 22 GREAT WAKERING ROVERS FAC2Q 2-0 402 11 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Lench Ahmidi Brown Bubb Shomotun Wilson Mambo Hudson-Odoi Monakana Sheppard 29 East Thurrock United NLS 1-0 274 7 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Lench Ahmidi Brown Shomotun Hudson-Odoi Wilson Green Monakana Slew OCTOBER 6 Hungerford Town FAC3Q 2-1 306 7 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Shomotun Ahmidi Bubb Green Hudson-Odoi Wilson Monakana Lench Slew Clark 13 HAMPTON & RICHMOND NLS 2-1 1,163 4 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Shomotun Ahmidi Pratt Green Bubb Wilson Charles Clark Slew Lench 20 SUTTON UNITED FAC4Q 1-2 1,082 4 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Bubb Ahmidi Pratt Green Shomotun Wilson Charles Lench Hudson-Odoi Slew Tyler 27 TORQUAY UNITED NLS 0-3 1,241 7 North Sheppard Tyler Stevens Okimo Poku Shomotun Lench Pratt Green Bubb Wilson Charles Mensah Hudson-Odoi Clark 29 GLOUCESTER CITY NLS 2-0 675 5 North Tyler Okimo Wilson Stevens Poku Shomotun Mensah Pratt Bubb Hudson-Odoi Sheppard Green Clark Charles Slew NOVEMBER 3 Welling United NLS 1-1 507 7 North Tyler Payne Stevens Wilson Poku Sheppard Mensah Pratt Bubb Hudson-Odoi Shomotun Charles Green Clark Slew 6 UXBRIDGE MSC2R 5-3 180 7 Wheeler Yala-Bolasie Payne Massingham Rodgers Regis Clark Slew Charles Green Azeez Shomotun Mitchell Monakana Mensah 10 BATH CITY NLS 3-3 901 7 North Tyler Payne Okimo Wilson Poku Hudson-Odoi Mensah Pratt Bubb Regis Sheppard Shomotun Monakana Green Charles 13 Hemel Hempstead Town NLS 1-0 703 2 North Tyler Payne Stevens Okimo Wilson Sheppard Poku Bubb Green Pratt Charles Hudson-Odoi Rees Mensah Monakana 17 Chippenham Town NLS 1-3 618 5 North Tyler Payne Stevens Okimo Wilson Mensah Poku Bubb Green Pratt Charles Hudson-Odoi Shomotun Sheppard Monakana 24 Concord Rangers FAT3Q 3-2 281 7 North Tyler Okimo Stevens Wilson Poku Shomotun Smith Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Bubb Charles Monakana Payne Mensah DECEMBER 1 EASTBOURNE BOROUGH NLS 0-3 719 8 Roberts Tyler Okimo Stevens Wilson Poku Shomotun Smith S Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Bubb Azeez Monakana Payne Mensah 8 St Albans City NLS 0-0 730 11 North Tyler Payne Stevens Okimo Poku Sheppard Smith Pratt Green Monakana Hudson-Odoi Wilson Mensah Regis Shomotun 15 Biggleswade Town FAT1P 1-2 258 11 North Sheppard Okimo Stevens Wilson Poku Mensah Smith Pratt McKeown Hudson-Odoi Green Samizadeh Kowalkowski Monakana Regis 26 SLOUGH TOWN NLS 0-3 1,059 12 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Lench Samizadeh Pratt Green Monakana Wilson Hudson-Odoi Smith Obi Kowalkowski 29 OXFORD CITY NLS 0-2 711 14 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Wilson Okimo Smith Poku Kowalkowski Green Obi Monakana Hudson-Odoi Mensah Lench McKeown JANUARY 1 Slough Town NLS 1-0 995 13 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Mensah Pratt Green Hudson-Odoi Wilson Smith Lench Kowalkowski Obi 5 DARTFORD NLS 1-1 824 12 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Mensah Pratt Green Mitchell Wilson Smith Lench McKeown Obi 8 BRENTFORD ‘B’ MSCQF 0-2 190 12 Wheeler Yala-Bolasie Medford-Smith Wilson Mambo Smith Clark Rodgers Bridgeman Mitchell Azeez Kowalkowski McKeown Sheppard 12 Concord Rangers NLS 2-2 492 13 North Mitchell Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green McKeown Monakana Obi Smith 19 HUNGERFORD TOWN NLS 1-0 740 11 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Monakana Hudson-Odoi McKeown Smith Mitchell Azeez 26 Woking NLS 2-0 2075 10 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Smith Monakana Mitchell McKeown Azeez Psterson FEBRUARY 5 Truro City NLS 2-1 251 8 North Clark Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Smith Monakana Mitchell McKeown Paterson 16 ST ALBANS CITY NLS 2-2 1,001 9 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Smith Monakana Mitchell McKeown Brown Azeez 23 Eastbourne Borough NLS 3-0 720 8 North Sheppard Medford-Smith Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Smith Pratt Green Monakana Mensah Paterson Mitchell McKeown Brown 25 BILLERICAY TOWN NLS 1-1 906 8 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Brown Smith Mitchell Azeez Monakana McKeown MARCH 2 Gloucester City NLS 0-0 396 8 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Smith Monakana Paterson McKeown Brown Tyler 5 Weston-super-Mare NLS 5-0 546 8 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Smith Sheppard McKeown Brown Paterson 9 WELLING UNITED NLS 1-3 811 8 North Sheppard Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Brown Smith Paterson Tyler Aziz Cox 16 Bath City NLS 1-1 966 9 North Sheppard Grant Smith Okimo Poku Allarakhia Mensah Pratt Green Brown Monakana Paterson Clark Antwi 23 CHIPPENHAM TOWN NLS 1-0 902 8 North Tyler Grant Smith Okimo Poku Allarakhia Brown Pratt Green Sheppard Moankana Mensah Azeez Clark Paterson 30 Torquay United NLS 2-3 2934 9 North Tyler Grant Smith Okimo Poku Allarakhia Brown Monakana Green Sheppard Pratt Azeez Mensah Clark Paterson APRIL 6 EAST THURROCK UTD NLS 3-0 764 9 North Tyler Grant Smith Okimo Poku Allarakhia Monakana Pratt Green Sheppard Brown Mensah Azeez Clark Paterson 13 Hampton & Richmond NLS 1-2 725 9 North Tyler Grant Smith Okimo Poku Allarakhia Brown Monakana Green Mensah Pratt Clark Azeez Paterson 20 DULWICH HAMLET NLS 1-3 1245 11 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Monakana Smith Pratt Green Brown Clark Sheppard Allarakhia Mensah Paterson 20 Chelmsford City NLS 3-0 954 10 North Tyler Grant Stevens Okimo Poku Allarakhia Smith Brown Green Mensah Clark Pratt Monakana Azeez Paterson 20 HEMEL HEM[STEAD TN NLS 1-3

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From left: The St Albans, Biggleswade, Slough, Town Concord, Woking programmes ... and above, the offerings from Truro City, Eastbourne, Gloucester, Weston SM and Torquay

ST ALBANS CITY You get just 32 photo that formed the centre page spread. the attendance either. Also, very strange for www.wfcmegastore.co.uk pages for your £2.50 at Clarence Score: 7/10 there to be a whole page allocated to a 16 line www.wfcmegastore.co.uk Park this season – and given there Here it is: Part Two of our own GLOUCESTER CITY. This is a £3 effort and poem written by someone who purports to be are 14½ pages of adverts then all exceptionally poor for the price. It’s a 40 “The Bard of TUFC”. At least though it only in all it’s a pretty small programme. pager but 22 of them are adverts. Excellent costs you £2 to buy this one. Score: 7/10 A very bland cover as well in my NLS programme review. Guess stats but nothing else really to commend HAMPTON & RB. Most definitely one of the eyes. Admittedly there are one this programme because once you strip out better offerings – in fact I think it’s the best of or two decent articles including the usual “welcomes” from Manager and the rest. A cover price of £2.50 buys you 40 Manager Ian Allinson’s editorial but what? Yes, we’ve won it again! Chairman and then take away the usual blurb pages, of which 11 are advertising. It’s well laid ultimately this programme is a mid- about us there really was little to enjoy – un- out and designed and looks professional. An table affair. Score: 6.5/10 A “big” programme too which some people less you like doing a quiz! Score: 4/10 interview with our own Tim Parks shows a bit BIGGLESWADE TOWN A nasty front cover like - although it does often mean that coat WESTON SUPER MARE. Another £3 offer- of effort on the part of the editor. On the nega- on this 32 page programme which despite pockets aren’t quite big enough to put the ing. It was the original programme from 9th tive side – do we really need a whole page having fewer advertising pages (10) than St programme in! It’s a 40 page programme with Feb so nearly a month out of date but at least just listing the teams in our division and their Albans manages to deliver far less informa- nearly half of those pages being adverts. A the editor did include a 4 page insert with an addresses? I thought the Old Historian might tion. Does it really need the 2 centre pages quick glance gives an impression of a pretty up to date league table. We were treated to be reminiscing about yesteryear Hampton

decent programme but a closer inspection Stefan Brown leaps to a Fan in the Stand article featuringcelebrate his winning matches but no, it’s part 24 of a lo- to list both team’s line-ups and does it really goal in the first half of our last home game against Chippenham... The mighty, mighty reveals that it flatters to deceive – the main THE LINE-UPS another one today need 2 whole pages for 2 league tables? our own Alan Hill which one canplease! cal history piece. Better than most WEALDSTONE PICTURE: Dan Finill v (dfinillphotography) ROYAL BLUE & WHITE E THURROCK UTD plus points being a 2 page look back to 1937 G YELLOW & BLACK Jonathan North Space filling in anyone’s eyes. Take away the only applaud but the programmesG Jack Giddens though. 8/10 Rhys Tyler Freddie Grant Lee Burns Christian Smith Jonathan Nzengo and a 2 page player interview with Greg Luer. Jerome Okimo (c) Ben Marlow WEALDSTONE. And now to the 7-page Wealdstone FC History and there is basically (a) lacking originalRyan Scott arti- Godfrey Poku Tarryn Allarakhia Steve Sheehan STONES Jeffrey Monakana Danny Harris It is lacking in content though and so not a Rickie Hayles Dave Pratt big one. Well, if you are reading this virtually nothing at all to read. It’s a shocker cles (b) padded out withSam Higgins big font Daniel Green Jake Sheppard Amos Nasha Alex Osborn contender in my book for a top 3 position. Stefan Brown

so that space is filled.Simon Mensah Score:Reece Dodson 5/10 then there’s really no need at all for really, but better than Hungerford’s effort!! Harry Lee Femi Azeez James Clark Shaun Batt Score: 7/10 G Dylan Paterson brahim Sori Diallo BATH CITY. 50% of thisReece Prestedge 48 me to explain why the Wealdstone Score: 2.5/10 Calvin Ekpiteta £3 Tom Derry TRURO CITY Part of me wants to give credit page programme is adverts so programme is easily the best in the SLOUGH TOWN The front cover is in colour, INSIDE SocialClub to Truro for issuing a fresh programme for our REFEREE Mark Howes David Hutton ASSISTANTS Andy Loe and division. Granted I haven’t seen the well done to Bath’sOBSERVER commercial and so are the adverts – but the rest is black Lawrence Dudley GEORGE MATCH SPONSORS his 50th Weadstone 1)anniversary Jon Taffel, on2) theProKit occasion UK of February visit rather than simply re-using the BALL DONOR Markie Barton Chelmsford programme yet which and white. There’s plenty of scope for some- manager. I reallyNEXT HOME do GAME not like theDUCK v DULWICH HAMLET Vanarama National League South Saturday April 20, Kick-off 3pm INTERVIEW

Youraward-winning match programme (voted No.1 in the original programme for our postponed trip on centre page statistics where you www.wealdstone-fc.com NationalLeague South) sponsored by Ruislip is usually quite good but, for me, one to improve the lay-out which, frankly, is WITH STONES Main club sponsor: 22/12. However, a closer inspection reveals LEGEND OF v EAST THURROCK UTD The Stones matchday programme unexciting. There are no photos (apart from have to try and de-code what League sponsors THE 1970s Vanarama National League South, Saturday April 6, 2019, 3pm that Truro were playing Eastbourne on the PART ONE @wealdstonefc some small pieces of clip art) which seems black boxes, green boxes, grey @wealdstonefootballclub easily qualifies for a near perfect odd. The fact that it sells for just £2 means Saturday and Wealdstone on the Tuesday so boxes etc mean. Quite a good score. Just looking at the most recent that this 40 pager is just about value for they went for a double header. A very small Looking Back piece on previous effort (v East Thurrock, [pictured money but it’s another mid-table effort really. 28 page programme is what you get for your clashes between Bath and The Stones and left) a 56 page affair which has a whopping Score: 5.5/10 £2.50. I thought the lay-out was pretty good I also admired the Bath City Hero article on 25 pages (plus stats and more) or readable CONCORD RANGERS. Well, at least although the front cover was pretty naff. An Billy Horton. All in all, a reasonable effort. articles. Absolutely brilliant and congratulations Concord changed the front cover on this average mid-table effort. Score: 6/10 Score: 7/10 to everyone who contributes to our wonderful programme for our league match but apart EASTBOURNE BOROUGH. It’s not a TORQUAY UTD. Well, I was hoping for a publication. Score: 9.5/10 from this the programme was almost identical bad effort this 48 pager that sells at £2.50. great programme here from a Club that has to the programme that was produced for our As they had just appointed new manager the best ground in the league and the highest OVERALL SCORES Wealdstone 9.5, Hampton 8.5, Billericay & visit to Essex nearly 2 months previously for Mark McGhee this gave the editorial team support (nearly 3,000 in attendance for our Welling (both 7.5), Dartford, Woking, East- our FA Trophy tie. Very disappointingly there something to write about and a farewell match). I was disappointed though as the bourne, Bath & Torquay (all 7), St Albans was virtually nothing to read apart from the article about the outgoing manager too. I small programme was only 36 pages with 6.5, Dulwich Hamlet & Truro (both 6), Hemel usual “welcomes”. Sorry to say, but this is a wasn’t sure what the Editor’s blog featuring more than half of these adverts. I wonder if & Slough (both 5.5), Oxford, Chippenham & very poor effort. Score: 2/10 Ivan Broadis was about really as he had no the team photo across the 2 centre pages is Weston (all 5), East Thurrock & Gloucester WOKING A glossy £3 affair as you would per- connection with Eastbourne – it seemed a bit featured in every programme or was it a one- (both 4), Biggleswade (FAT) 2.5, Concord haps expect from a club with big attendances random to me, albeit fairly interesting I sup- off when we visited? Odd to see statistics FIND A WHOLE OF THE WORLD WEALDSTONE MEMORABILIA MEGASTORE: AT (FAT) 2.5, Concord 2, Hungerford (FAC) 1, FIND A WHOLE OF THE WORLD WEALDSTONE MEMORABILIA MEGASTORE: AT who were in the National League last season. pose. As always, I quite like the large colour that don’t show who played and don’t show Hungerford 0. Chelmsford were not rated. WEALDSTONE v HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN BY MARK RANDALL

ood Afternoon and welcome to today’s final home match of the season against one of closest rivals GHemel Hempstead Town. Will it be the final match of the 2018/19 season? We shall see! Whatever happens, I hope that all of you will be coming the end of seasons awards night this evening to reflect and share a drink as one club. Before going any further today, we will shall be having a minutes silence to remember to Chris Humpries’ wife who sadly passed away after a long illness. You may have seen Chris, who is our Assistant Kit Manager, going about his business quietly but competently all people can watch a football match on a season and our thoughts are with Chris and Saturday has to be seen to be believed. his family at this time. From car parking to programme contributors, There are a couple of points that I would stewarding to player registration, without like to cover at this time. Firstly, there has these jobs there wouldn’t be a game to been some talk that the board of directors watch. On behalf of all the board, I thank you do not want promotion and I can assure all all and if you want to give something back

of you that this is not the case. It is no secret then please make yourself known to any www.wfcmegastore.co.uk that we do not currently have the investment matchday helper who will point you in the to compete in the national league premier right direction. and the ground would also need a great deal Last Saturday night saw the latest of investment. This being said we are all fundraising event put on by WFCSC with football people and not to take an opportunity two ex-Chelsea legends Paul Canoville that presented itself would be a complete and Nigel Spackman visiting the club and disservice to everyone connected to our great around fifty-five guests enjoying excellent club. Secondly, the budget for next season. conversation with a fish and chip supper. It will be lower than this season as currently Despite us hoping for more, we are pleased it is not sustainable under either the current to report that we made a profit on the night or previous board. This number will not be that will go to the club. We are waiting for publicised but the number currently being the final numbers which should have been discussed as a minimum is this season’s announced by the time you read this. median average for this league from the Please come and see us in the megastore _FC MEGASTORE: WFC leagues own official figures. Discussions with behind the dugouts for the final chance to some of the current squad are under way and purchase sale items in person. We have the hopefully there will be some positive news current home and white away kit on offer over the next few weeks. for £20 with only a few sizes left so grab a There are several meaningful discussions bargain. There are also mugs, clocks, books and negotiations currently in progress behind and much more on offer. wealdstone the scenes for both new investment and ways Mim is back selling her golden goals this of increasing our own revenue streams. Whilst week after her understudies Don and Lee these are not ready to be announced, they are Cross filled in last weekend. Mim will be taking place and a sign of all the hard work just the other side of the turnstiles so bring that it going on behind the scenes. your £1 coins for a chance to win £50 for the It is only right that I pay homage to all the correct time of the 1st goal and £10 for the hard-working volunteers around the club last. for their fantastic efforts over the course Up The Stones of the season. The amount of work that Mark goes on behind the scenes just so that 900 OUR TWITTER FEED: @