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TUFFLEY ROVERS VS. HAREFIELD UNITED TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2020 / 7:45Pm KICK OFF TUFFLEY ROVERS VS. HAREFIELD UNITED TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2020 / 7:45pm KICK OFF THE EMIRATES FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 20/21 01 EDITOR’S COMMENT Welcome to everyone visiting Glevum Park this afternoon, for our first game of the 2020/21 season. We start with an Emirates FA Cup, Extra Preliminary Round tie and I’d like to offer a warm welcome to the visiting players and club officials, as well as any visiting supporters. Away supporters might be few in number, as Harefield United face a 200 mile round-trip to Glevum Park tonight. We exited this, the greatest cup competition in the world, at this stage last year, as we were beaten, after a replay, by a team from the same league, North Greenford United, so we know that today we will meet challenging opposition. The year before we lost to another Spartan South Midland Premier Division team, Colney Heath, and so I’m sure Coxy will be hoping it is “third time lucky” as we look to book a home tie against Leighton Town or Abingdon United in the next round. The last season ended with something of a whimper, just as we were finding form, due to the Covid-19 pandemic but, if truth be told, 2019/20 was a pretty awful season for many clubs, with the weather, then the virus putting paid to our campaigns. Unlike twelve months ago, the squad has a very familiar feel to it, despite the change in our management team, and that is reassuring. The last two FA Cup exits have come at a time when our squad has been going through an evolutionary phase and when I look back on the defeat to North Greenford 12 months ago, the squad is unrecognisable. We are definitely a better side now, but that will count for nothing if we don’t produce a performance tonight. On that note, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of Mark Pritchett, who recently stood down as first team manager. I will personally miss working with Pritch and it was a sad day when we accepted his resignation. There is hope that, after a short break, he might continue as a player, but if that is ‘it’, I’d like to say that the last four years have been a blast and “thank you”. We are trying to continually adapt – standing still is not an option – and hopefully visitors who are familiar with Glevum Park will recognise the further progress that has been made during the extended close season. JMJ Fabrications have, once again, been a great supporter of the club and with their help and funding support from The Football Foundation, the new pitch-side barriers have been installed. The last six months have been a real challenge for many clubs. It is good to be back in competitive action tonight and all I can say, in closing, is may the best side win! If it goes well, thirteen more wins and we will be holding the FA Cup ahead of the 2020/21 season, as well as looking forward to a season in European football…well, you’ve got to dream! Thank you to everyone who has visited today. We hope to see you again at Glevum Park this season – we need your support more than ever. - Neil #uptherovers CHAIRMAN’S COMMENT I would like to start by welcoming everyone visiting Glevum Park this evening, for our first home game of the season and I hope that you have an enjoyable experience. Welcome, in particular, to our guests from Harefield United. During the extended break from football here, we have been able to upgrade our hospitality offer at the ground and complete the pitch-side barriers, installing a path at the bottom end of the ground and adding some additional drainage. Much of this isn’t possible without a good team involved and I’d like to offer a huge thank you to our volunteers that have given up countless hours to ensure your visit here is safe and Covid compliant. Please be respectful of our volunteers, if one of them does need to remind you about practising social distancing. On the pitch I am looking forward to the season ahead and hope that the team can kick-on from where they left off last season. In particular, I am hoping that Richard Cox (our Caretaker Manager) and of our other managers and coaches can have a successful season. Coxy has faced a bit of a challenge in taking up the reins at such short notice, although he has probably been helped a little by the fact that he has a settled squad to work with. In addition, I would like to thank all our sponsors for their continued support which goes a long way in helping us be able to manage this fantastic club. JMJ Fabrications, Altripan UK, Severn Signs and A&R Light Haulage Ltd., in particular have been very supportive of the club in recent months. A good FA Cup run is a real bonus to clubs at this level, so I hope that we can do the business tonight. Don’t forget there are no replays this year, nor extra-time at this stage, so if the scores are level at full-time we will have a penalty shoot-out. On a separate note, our third team are now less than a week away from their 100km charity walk, in aid of Heart Heroes. At the time of writing they have already raised over £1,600 for a local charity that helps young children and their families who are living with heart conditions. We’ve been overwhelmed with the support they’ve received, both from within and outside the club, and I will be joining them on the walk. If you are able to dig deep and donate via their Virgin Money Giving page that would be fantastic! We’ve included a page in today’s programme to advertise the work of this great charity. Thank you to everyone who has visited today. We hope to see you again at Glevum Park this season. - Dan Boon #uptherovers MANAGER’S COMMENT Hello to all of those who are visiting us today, including our opponents from Harefield United. In my opinion, the most important thing for Tuffley Rovers, ahead of the 2020/21 campaign, was to keep the squad together from last season and we’ve managed to do that. The squad is basically an Under 23s squad, sprinkled with a couple of experienced members who understand what Tuffley Rovers is all about, so we are delighted to have kept this group together and hope to build on the foundations created last year, so that we can keep progressing and move on to the next level. Pre-season has ensured all the players have had plenty of game time and we were able to work on a few areas we want to integrate into our philosophy. All in all, we’ve had a decent pre-season period. The FA Cup ties are always an exciting occasion and I’m sure we will give it our all against dangerous opposition. The biggest factor for me is that we have no regrets come the final whistle and the players ensure that they do the club and all of you proud. Thanks for the support today. - COXY Heart Heroes work with children and their families living with heart conditions. We aim to provide services for these children, to help them meet others who are in similar situa- tions and allow their family to talk to other families going through related experiences. At Heart Heroes we: • Support children with heart diseases aged 0 – 16. • Organise events and provide socialising opportunities for children to attend. • We aim to introduce families with similar experiences so that they can support each other. HAREFIELD UNITED: PLAYER PROFILES Jacob Ballheimer: 25 year old Goalkeeper who has progressed through the Harefield United youth system. Jacob moved into senior football with the u18 Allied County side and won the MFA Jeff Ritson Senior Youth Jacob Ballheimer Cup. Following a short spell in the USA Jacob re-joined the club in 2015/16 and was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went unde- feated in the league. Jacob has now made over 150 appearance for the 1st team Harry McCorkell: 21 year old left footed Defender/Midfielder who joined the clubs u18 Allied youth team in 2015/16 and has progressed to the 1st Harry McCorkell team squad via the reserves. Harry was part of the 2018/19 double win- ning side that went undefeated in the league. Harry has now made over 80 appearance for the 1st team Steven Green: 27 year old Right Back who has played all his youth foot- ball at the club. After a brief spell with Amersham, Steven re-joined the Steven Green Hares in 2015/16 and was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league. Steven has now made over 200 appear- ance for the 1st team Gary Edwards: 32 year old experienced Defender who joined the club in Gary Edwards January 2019 and was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league. Previous Clubs, Broadfields Utd, Amersham Town Thomas Payne: Thomas is a 19 year midfielder who joined the club this Thomas Payne season. Thomas brings creativity to the midfield and has shown a lot of potential during pre-season. During his youth football Thomas spent a number of years in the QPR development squad Sean Mangan: 27 year old Defender who has been at Harefield since the age of 12.
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