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Hadley v United Spartan South Midlands League

Premier Division Saturday 16th February 2019 3.00pm, Brickfield Lane

Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoon’s Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division game against Potton United FC. We hope their players, officials and supporters have an enjoyable short stay with us and have a safe journey home later. We also extend a very warm welcome to our three match officials, Matthew Ball (Ref), Dani Mansour (Ass Ref) + Steve Williams (Ass Ref). Potton visit us today currently sitting in 5th place in the league. In our earlier meeting this season, we won 2-0, in a close fought game and today will be also be a tight affair. We come into the game, proudly sitting at the top of the table, for a third consecutive week. With FC losing on Wednesday night at Baldock, a win today, would keep us top, and there can be no better incentive for the boys today. In our last game, we progressed to the semi final of the Herts Charity Shield, following a very good 1-0 win away at Welwyn Garden City - Ibrahim Camara with the goal. I would like to wish good luck to both sides this afternoon and hope all of you enjoy the game and get behind the Bricks!

Guy Slee Chairman, Hadley FC

Recent Results

Saturday 9th February 2019

SSM Colney Heath 1 1 Town 77

SSM Crawley Green 0 3 Biggleswade United 61

SSM Edgware Town 1 4 Baldock Town 56

SSM Tigers 1 2 Harpenden Town 19

SSM Potton United 2 0 Cockfosters 66

SSM Tring Athletic 3 3 Oxhey Jets 75

SSM Wembley 1 2 Leverstock Green 35

Tuesday 12th February 2019

SSM Leighton Town 1 0 London Tigers 96

Wednesday 13th February 2019

SSM Baldock Town 3 2 Biggleswade FC 121 Forthcoming Hadley FC Fixtures

COMPETITION DATE OPPOSITION VENUE 16/02/19 League Potton United Home 15:00 20/02/19 League Wembley FC Home 19:30 23/02/19 League Biggleswade United FC Away 15:00 09/03/19 League Oxhey Jets Away 15:00 23/02/19 League Biggleswade United FC Away 15:00 30/03/19 League Crawley Green Home 15:00 02/04/19 League Biggleswade FC Away 19.45 Todays Fixtures

Saturday 16th February – Kick Off 3.00pm unless stated

PREMIER DIVISION Baldock Town v Cockfosters Biggleswade FC v London Tigers Crawley Green v North Greenford United Edgware Town v Arlesey Town Hadley v Potton United Harpenden Town v Leverstock Green Leighton Town v Biggleswade United London Colney v Colney Heath v Oxhey Jets Wembley v Tring Athletic

DIVISION ONE Amersham Town v Milton Keynes Robins v Brimsdown Broadfields United v Rayners Lane Buckingham Athletic v Enfield Borough FC Broxbourne Borough v Winslow United Langford v Hillingdon Borough Park View v Town Risborough Rangers v London Lions Wodson Park v Harefield United

1st team appearances 2018-19

LEAGUE (SUB ON) CUP (SUB ON) TOTAL Bradley Marriott 21 2 11 1 35 Yemi Buraimoh 11 11 6 6 34 Shaz Anwar 24 0 9 0 33 Alfie Bartram 24 0 9 0 33 Ibrahim Camara 19 4 9 1 33 Stephen O'Hara 21 0 11 0 32 Paul Wright 24 0 7 0 31 Sam Lyon 18 1 11 0 30 Peter Rosemin 2 13 7 6 28 Nnamdi Harold-Egole 10 2 11 1 24 Tom Milton 12 3 9 0 24 Jeff Idemudia 10 2 6 1 19 Emmanuel Hammond 10 6 1 1 18 Ned Clarke 14 1 2 0 17 Aaron Scott 10 0 3 0 13 Bradley Osborne 1 7 4 0 12 Luke Ward 9 0 3 0 12 Karl Beaumont 8 0 3 0 11 Jake King 5 1 2 3 11 Andrew White 5 2 4 0 11 Panny Boxer 3 1 5 1 10 David Laird 5 0 4 0 9 Nathan Linton 3 4 0 1 8 Rhys Shirley-Clarke 1 4 2 1 8 Ben Goode 2 0 5 0 7 Luke Alfano 6 0 0 0 6 Charlie Mann 5 0 1 0 6 Cameron Ferguson 1 2 2 0 5 Greg Marsh 3 0 2 0 5 Patrick Tshikala 3 1 1 0 5 Jonathan Davite 0 1 0 2 3 Taj Figuera 0 0 0 3 3 Ahmet Rifat 0 2 0 1 3 Joel Appiah 1 0 0 1 2 Brodie Couzins 0 2 0 0 2 Sam Edwards 2 0 0 0 2 Liam Magwood 1 0 1 0 2 Kenny Nobrega 0 0 0 2 2

1st team appearances 2018-19 (continued)

LEAGUE (SUB ON) CUP (SUB ON) TOTAL Ashley Taylor-Forbes 0 0 2 0 2 Gilberto Abril 1 0 0 0 1 Daniel Akinwunmi 1 0 0 0 1 Williams Danquah 1 0 0 0 1 Steven Eyango-Bwanga 0 0 0 1 1 Ridwan Hussein 0 0 0 1 1 Beau Shulman 0 0 1 0 1

1st team goalscorers 2018-19

LEAGUE CUP TOTAL Jeff Idemudia 8 3 11

Emmanuel Hammond 10 0 10 Ibrahim Camara 5 1 6 Paul Wright 5 0 5

Shaz Anwar 3 1 4

Alfie Bartram 3 1 4 Yemi Buraimoh 2 2 4

Ned Clarke 4 0 4

David Laird 0 4 4 Nathan Linton 2 1 3

Stephen O'Hara 3 0 3

Luke Alfano 1 0 1

Sam Lyon 1 0 1 Bradley Marriott 1 0 1

Tom Milton 1 0 1

Peter Rosemin 0 1 1 1st team league table

P W D L GD PTS 1 Hadley 27 18 3 6 24 57

2 Biggleswade FC 24 17 5 2 47 56

3 Tring Athletic 26 17 4 5 32 55

4 Biggleswade United 26 16 5 5 27 53

5 Potton United 28 14 3 11 12 45

6 Arlesey Town 26 12 5 9 -1 41

7 Baldock Town 23 11 5 7 16 38

8 Crawley Green 26 11 5 10 -5 38

9 Edgware Town 26 9 10 7 2 37

10 Colney Heath 25 9 9 7 10 36

11 Oxhey Jets 25 9 8 8 -7 35

12 Leighton Town 26 8 9 9 -2 33

13 London Colney 25 9 4 12 -6 31

14 Wembley 27 7 8 12 -2 29

15 Leverstock Green 24 8 4 12 -4 28

16 Harpenden Town 24 7 3 14 -11 24

17 North Greenford United 24 6 5 13 -21 23

18 London Tigers 25 6 3 16 -32 21

19 Cockfosters 26 4 4 18 -37 16

20 Stotfold 25 2 6 17 -42 12

Reserve team league table

P W D L GD PTS 1 Oxhey Jets Reserves 21 15 4 2 39 49 2 Cockfosters Reserves 22 14 4 4 27 46 3 Hoddesdon Town Reserves 22 12 8 2 36 44 4 Hinton First 22 12 6 4 23 42 5 Bush Hill Rangers FC 16 13 2 1 30 41 6 Hadley Reserves 22 11 2 9 9 35

7 Rayners Lane Reserves 22 9 2 11 -5 29 8 Bovingdon Reserves 19 7 5 7 5 26 9 Oxhey First 16 7 5 4 4 26 10 Wodson Park Reserves 19 6 3 10 -13 21 11 Old Parmiterians First 19 5 6 8 -16 21 12 Aldenham FC First 20 6 2 12 -17 20 13 Buntingford Town First 19 5 3 11 -15 18

14 St Margaretsbury Reserves 23 3 6 14 -34 15

15 Welham Albion First 20 3 5 12 -32 14 16 Lemsford (Saturday) First 16 3 2 11 -20 11 17 Hatfield United First 18 2 5 11 -21 11

FACING US TODAY - POTTON UNITED FC Recent History 2005— Early in the year saw the death of two stalwarts of the club. Derek Inskip passed away in January having completed 50 years as Secretary And Terry King passed away in February—he was associated with the club for 40 years as player and then Manager. Reached Round Four of FA Vase before losing 2-1 at Bury Town. Finished runners-up to Cogenhoe United. A league match at Potton against Cogenhoe had to be abandoned due to floodlight failure and the rearranged match was the last of the season and Cogenhoe held on to a draw to secure the title by one point in front of a crowd over 300. Won League Knock Out Cup beating Woodford United in the final. Joint Managers Dick Newman and Roy Bloxham won 3 Manager of the Month awards as well as Manager of the Season award. Dick Newman resigned and was replaced by Ian Donnelly. 2006—Finished runners-up again, this time to Woodford United on goal difference. Roy Bloxham replaced Ian Donnelly as Manager and also bringing back Dick Newman as Assistant. 2007—Finished fourth in League and lost on penalties in Final of League Knock Out Cup to Boston Town. Roy Bloxham resigned as Manager and was replaced by Dean Chapman who had to build a new team as all of the first team had left to join other local clubs. We reached the Fourth Round of the FA Vase before losing 2-1 to eventual finalists AFC Totton. Finished fourth in league. 2008—After finishing our league programme early in April we had a nervous wait for other clubs to finish their programme of matches and escaped relegation by one point. Dean Chapman resigned as Manager and was replaced by Dean Shipp. Another rebuilding of the squad with the emphasis on youth and local players. Constitution of Potton Sports & Social Club revised to now incorporate as members—Potton United FC, Potton Town CC, Potton Tennis Club and Woodentops Playgroup. 2009—Finished second from bottom in the Premier Division, and under instructions from the FA to the UCL the club were relegated to the Division One as the ground did not come up to the required standards. July 2009—Manager Dean Shipp tendered his resignation and Tom Galvin and Declan Milton were appointed Joint Managers, being assisted by Tony Galvin, the ex Spurs and Republic of Ireland player as Head Coach. 2009-10—Finished in the bottom half of Division One and losing finalist in Beds Senior Trophy 2010-11—In September Tom Galvin decided he wanted to concentrate on playing and so Darren Staniforth and Glen Clark were appointed joint Managers. Finished near bottom of Division One. 2011-12—Darren and Glen still in charge, signing a few new players. Nicky Stocks replaced Glen Clark during the year. Reserves reformed under the management of Duncan Field and Kieran Dempsey and they will compete in Division Two of the County League. 2012-13—In lower level of both UCL and Bedfordshire County Leagues. Reached final of Beds FA Senior Trophy but lost 1-0 to Bedford FC. In March 2013 ground improvements finished that includ- ed fencing round the pitch, hard standing now all the way round the pitch and pay hut. 2013-14—Planning permission granted for covered standing for 50 spectators. Applied for funding for new floodlights. First Team finished 10th in league and Reserves in lower half odf their league. 2014-15—Application for grant for new floodlights has been granted and new floodlights being in- stalled. Small Spectator Stand being installed. Reserves enter UCL Reserve Division under man- agement of Nicky Stocks and a Potton United Under 18 has been entered in the Royston Crow League and will play their home matches at The Hollow on Sundays. The 1st team finished in 3rd place in Div 1, just missing out on promotion and got to the UCL knock-out cup final, losing 3-0 to AFC Rushden & Diamonds. 2015-16 – The club finished in 7th position in Division one, narrowly missing out on a FA Cup place for the next season 2016-17 – The club enter a reserve side back in the UCL under the management of Matt Gedney, Steve Maddix and Brad Smith and they make their way to the final of the Beds Intermediate Cup, losing on penalties to AFC U21s. Laurence Revell takes over the rolw of 1st team Man- ager in October 2016 with Darren Staniforth stepping up to Football General Manager to oversee all teams within the club. The 1st team finish in 6th position in Division One which earns them a place in the FA Cup for the 2017-18 season. 2017-18 – The club runs an under 18 team for only the second time in the clubs history, which was entered in the Northants Senior Youth League. Laurence resigns as manager in December 2016 and former Potton striker Steve Kuhne takes over the role assisted by Lee Pyke. The 1st team go on a great run in February/March which sees them finish as runners up and promoted back to Step 5 of the football pyramid. They also feature in the final of the North Beds Charity Cup, beating Bed- ford FC 2-0. The reserves management resign in January and are replaced by senior players James Jordan and Joe Wills. 2018-19 – The FA laterally moved the 1st team to the Spartan South Midlands League but the re- serves remain in the UCL. Previous meetings between the two clubs

DATE VENUE RESULT SCORER(S)

10/11/18 Away W 0-2 Marriott, Hammond

About Potton United FC

Founded - 1943

Nickname(s) - The Royals

Ground - Hutchinson Hollow

Manager - Steve Kuhne

Club website - www.pitchero.com/clubs/pottonunitedfc

Latest result: Potton United 2 v 0 Cockfosters (09/02/19, SSMFL Premier Division)

Current league position - 5/20 in SSMFL Premier Division

League record this season: Played 28, Won 14, Drawn 3, Lost 11, GD 12, Points 45

2017-18 season - 2/20 in United Counties League Division One (promoted)

Potton United FC Social Media twitter.com/PottonUnited Recent League Action

TUESDAY 12th FEBRUARY / WEDNESDAY 13th FEBRUARY

MIDWEEK HEADLINES Biggleswade United fell at the final hurdle in their quest to reach the Beds Senior Cup Final. Promo- tion chasing Biggleswade FC and Winslow United both suffered defeats. Hadley reach the semi- final of the Herts Charity Shield. . 12/13 February Stats: 11 games played of which 5 were home wins and 6 were away wins.

Highest Midweek Attendances: 122 Baldock Town v Biggleswade FC, 96 Leighton Town v London Tigers and 74 Barton Rovers v Biggleswade United.

PREMIER DIVISION Leighton Town had to dig deep before they overcame struggling London Tigers by a solitary goal at Bell Close, Kyle Faulkner heading the winner in the second period. Baldock Town and Biggleswade FC served up a treat on Wednesday night, hosts Baldock Town had double ‘joy’ and were 3-0 up after 55 minutes before a red card saw them reduced to 10 men on the hour mark. Biggleswade FC took full advantage of the extra man and within 11 minutes of the red card were back in the game at 3-2 however despite their efforts could not find an equalizer. Full results and goalscorers listed be- low.

1-0 Leighton Town v London Tigers (Faulkner) Attendance: 96 3-2 Baldock Town v Biggleswade FC (Joy [2], L Brooks) / (Northfield, A Marsh) Attendance: 122

BEDS SENIOR CUP Semi Final Biggleswade United’s hopes of a Beds Senior Cup Final place were dashed by Step 4 opponents Barton Rovers, Ieaun Lewis netting their only goal in the 1-3 defeat. Full result and goalscorers listed below.

3-1 Barton Rovers v Biggleswade United (Hartley, Phillips, Vincent) / (Lewis) Attendance: 74

HERTS CHARITY SHIELD Quarter Final A solitary second half strike from Ibrahim Camara gave Hadley a quarter final win at former SSML side Welwyn Garden City. Hadley now face the winners of Colney Heath or St Margaretsbury at home in the semi-final. Full result and goalscorer listed below.

0-1 Welwyn Garden City v Hadley (Camara) Attendance: Unknown

DIVISION ONE Winslow United’s hopes of promotion took a beating for the second time in five days when they suffered a successive loss, this time going down 0-3 at London Lions. Second placed Broadfields United maintained their challenge with a 4-0 win at Buckingham Athletic. At the bottom Hatfield Town, fresh from their win at the weekend, found visiting Ampthill Town a tougher nut to crack and were beaten by two goals to nil. Amersham Town remain in the relegation battle as they suffered a 1-3 home defeat at the hands of Risborough Rangers. Likewise Codicote who also went down 1-3 at home to Langford. Elsewhere FC Broxbourne Borough recorded at 4-1 success at Bedford and leapfrogged their opponents to move into fourth place while Milton Keynes Robins FC overcame visiting Rayners lane 2-0. Full results and goalscorers (where known) listed below.

1-3 Amersham Town v Risborough Rangers (Murphy) / (Cullen [3]) Attendance: 54 1-4 Bedford v FC Broxbourne Borough (Fisher) / (Wells [2], Fitzgerald, Daniel) Attendance: 20 0-4 Buckingham Athletic v Broadfields United (Spinks [2], Lawrence [2]) Attendance: 28 1-3 Codicote v Langford (Coughlan) / (Miller, Osborne, Rome) Attendance: 42 0-2 Hatfield Town v Ampthill Town (Kissiedu [2]) Attendance: 27 2-0 Milton Keynes Robins FC v Rayners Lane (Osei-Addo, Clarkson) Attendance: 41 3-0 London Lions v Winslow United (Unknown) Attendance: 25

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Manager: Anthony Clark Manager: Steve Kuhne Assistant: Junior Matti Ass Manager: Gary Chance Coach / Physio: Paul Badman Physio: Bradley Strong

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