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 undefeated 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 winning 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 football 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 appearance 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. Sean moved into senor football with the Hares u18 Allied Coun- ty side and was captain of the team that won the treble, League Champi- Sean Mangan © onship, League Cup and Middlesex County Cup. After a short spell with AFC Hayes Sean re-joined the Hares in 2015/16 and was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league. Sean has now made over 150 appearance for the 1st team Tashan Jordan: 29 year old Attacking Midfielder who joined the Hares in 2017/18. Tash was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went Tashan Jordan undefeated in the league and has now made over 80 1st team appearances. Previous Clubs: QPR Youth, Wealdstone, AFC Hayes, Chipstead, Hillingdon Borough Richard Pacquette: 37 year old Forward who has represented and scored goals for a number of clubs in both the professional game and non league, Pac's joined the Hares in Oct 2018 and was part of the 2018/19 Richard Pacquette double winning side that went undefeated in the league. Pac's scored the winning goal in the 2018/19 MPC final and has now made over 50 appearance for the 1st team Lenny Farhall: 21 year old Forward who joined the Hares u18 Allied youth team in 2015/16. Lenny scored 68 goals in his two seasons with the Hares u18’s winning the golden boot twice. Lenny has progressed via the Hares Lenny Farhall reserves to become a regular member of the 1st team squad. Lenny was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league and has now made over 100 1st team appearances. Samuel Shaw: 21 year old Attacking Midfielder who joined the Hares u18 Allied youth team in 2015/16 and has progressed to the 1st team squad via Samuel Shaw the reserves. Samuel was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league and has now made over 150 1st team appearances. Paul Underwood: 28 year old Midfielder who is in his second spell with the club. Paul first joined Hares u18 Allied team and was a member of the squad that won the treble, League Championship, League Cup and Middle- Paul Underwood sex County Cup. After spells with AFC Hayes & Hillingdon Borough. Paul re-joined the Hares in 2016/17 and has now made over 100 1st team appearances. Paul was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league. Previous Clubs: AFC Hayes, Hillingdon Borough Gurkan Gokmen (Arif): 28 year old attacking midfielder who joined Hare- field from Metropolitan Police in October 2019. Arif was previously with the Gurkan Gokmen Harefield Utd u18 Allied side before heading off to play professional football in Turkey. Arif will be a great addition to the squad. Elliot Dobbs: 26 year old Left Back who originally joined the Hares in 2016/17 and after a short spell with Leaverstock Green returned to Hare- Elliott Dobbs field in January 2019. Elliott was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in the league. A strong defender who has made of 80 appearances for the club, Luke Baldwin: 30 year old Midfielder who joined the Hares in 2015/16. Luke was part of the 2018/19 double winning side that went undefeated in Luke Baldwin the league. Luke has now made over 150 appearance for the 1st team. Previous Clubs: Wealdstone, Harrow Borough, Hanwell Town, Southall, AFC Hayes Daniel Taylor: 25 year old attacking right back who joined the Hares in the Daniel Taylor summer. Rob Ratcliffe: 21 year old Defender/Midfielder joined the clubs u18 Allied youth team in 2015/16 and made his 1st team debut at age of 16. Rob Rob Ratcliffe went on to make 50 1st team appearances before heading off to University. Rob has returned for the 2020/21 season and will be a good addition to the squad Henry Clarkson: 21 year old Defender/Midfielder joined the clubs u18 Allied youth team in 2015/16 and made his 1st team debut at the age of 16. Henry went on to win the 1st team players player for the 2015/16 sea- Henry Clarkson son and before heading off to University Henry had made over 50 1st team appearances. Henry has returned for the 2020/21 season and will be a good addition to the squad Foday Sesay: 22 year old forward who joined the Hares during the Foday Sesay 2019/20 season. Foday has shown a lot of potential and will be another doo addition to the squad . Joe Clifton: 20 year old defender who re-joins the Hares this season following a season away with Colliers Wood / Broadfields Utd. Joe originally joined the Hares u18 Allied youth team in 2017/18 and progressed to the Joe Clifton 1st team squad via the reserves. Joe was part of the 2018/19 double winning squad that went undefeated in the league making 25 1st team appearances Reece Mallett: 20 year old Goalkeeper joined the Hares u18 Allied youth team in 2017/18 and has progressed to the 1st team squad via the re- Reece Mallett serves. Reece made 7 1st team appearances during the 2018/19 double winning season despite still being an Allied / youth player Will Hudson: 29 year old experienced midfielder re-joined the Hares this Will Hudson season. Will originally signed for the club during the 2015/16 season, but then left to play football in Australia at the beginning of the 2016/17 season Danny Glock: 31 year old forward joined the Hares during the 2019/20 Danny Glock season from local side North Greenford Utd FIRST TEAM SPONSORSHIP We are grateful to all the companies, supporters and other benevolent individuals who have sponsored the first team squad this season.

L.MERCHANT- A.THOMPSON- M.HERBERT- J.GEDDES-

NEIL SPILLER ROY ELLISON NEIL SPILLER

T.LAWRENCE- I.LAWRENCE- J.BEARDSELL- J.SHUTT-

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L.BAINBRIDGE H.JOHN- M.FERGUSON- L.WRIGHT- CHRISTOPHER IAN GREIG BRIAN WOOD ROSSITER J.RHODES- D.KENT- B.JAMES- W.MANN- CHRISTOPHER KEITH PAT SPILLER WOOD WALLINGTON

R.COX H.BIRKETT- A.BLOOMFIELD A.WATSON (MANAGER)- (PHYSIO)- JOE COLE LUKE O’RYAN JOE COLE

W.MANN-

(NON-LEAGUE BIBLE) THAT WAS THE SEASON THAT WASN’T…a look back at 2019/20 It has become customary for our first programme of the new season to devote a couple of pages to reviewing the previous year…although according to the Football Association, the season never happened! As I said (via Twitter) at the time, we will include all of last season’s games in our club records, not least because the alternative is to pretend that players like Lewis Bainbridge, Jack Beardsell, Isaac Lawrence, Miles Ferguson and Joe Shutt, amongst others, didn’t make their first team debuts. So, we will look back at 2019/20, with a degree of affection, as it was Mark Pritchett’s last as manager (little did we know that at the time) and there was plenty to be positive about by the time Covid-19 brought an early end to a season that had been decimated by some appalling weather. August 2019 A much changed squad took to the field for our first game of the 2019/20 season, with new signings Alex Avenell, Jai Maisey, Dec Earwaker, Jack Beardsell, Ellis Waugh and Martin Smith all including in the squad for the long trip to face Virginia Water on the first Saturday in August. Goals from Earwaker and substitute Luke Troke salvaged a draw, after Rovers had trailed 2-0, in what was an otherwise disappointing performance, although that looked a more positive performance when compared to the 4-0 defeat at Bishops Cleeve just three days later.

Luke Troke scores a late equaliser against Virginia Water A difficult start became more difficult within the week, as Rovers exited the FA Cup against opposition they would have hoped to have beaten, as North Greenford United took their place in the next round courtesy of a 2-1 win in the replayed game, after a 1-1 draw at Glevum Park. Although a Challenge Cup win followed against Letcombe, that was a rare positive in the opening month and defeats against Longlevens and Shortwood United (the latter a dismal showing in the FA Vase) were sandwiched either side of a creditable 3-3 draw against Brimscombe & Thrupp, after Rovers had been 3-1 down with minutes remaining. September 2019 After a rocky start to the season, Rovers had a comparatively positive second month, with only one defeat (a 3-1 reverse at home to high-flying Fairford Town) and recorded wins against Shrivenham, Thornbury Town and Cheltenham Saracens in the month, whilst also creating something of a buzz with two more 3-3 draws, home to Windsor and away at Ardley United.

A late, late Ross Langworthy free-kick restored parity against Windsor at Glevum Park

Whilst the defence did, at times, look frail there were plenty of goals being dished around and after fourteen competitive games Rovers had scored 32 times, with Jake Rhodes, Beardsell and Ross Langworthy all scoring six times each. October 2019 October started with Rovers recording a sensational 4-1 win over Binfield, who were seen as title challengers from the outset, before a less notable victory followed over strugglers Holmer Green, with the team from High Wycombe making Pritch’s team work incredibly hard for the three points.

Macaulay Herbert scored Rovers’ second in their superb 4-1 win over Binfield The weather then began to play its part in disrupting the season and a 1-1 draw with Royal Wootton Bassett Town, with Lewis Bainbridge getting Rovers’ goal, provided the last action in a month short on fixtures.

November 2019

When play resumed, after a gap of 18 days, visiting Flackwell Heath flattened the mood a little, as they recorded a 3-2 win and next up was a return trip to Holmer Green, where a rare Macaulay Herbert goal contributed to a 4-3 win that was made to look much harder than it might have done. The 5-1 thumping dished out by Westfields – who had led 4-0 within 45 minutes – did little to help confidence and it took a late Joe Shutt goal to secure a 2-2 draw against Reading City in the penultimate game of a month which ended with another cup victory, this time a 3-0 Floodlit Cup win over Bourton Rovers on 26 November.

Adam Bloomfield makes it 3-0 against Bourton Rovers to secure a Floodlit Cup win

December 2019

The final month of 2019 saw just four games played, but 20 goals in the games played, as a 2-2 draw with Windsor was followed by a 4-4 Floodlit Cup tie at Malvern Town (with Pritch scoring a hat-trick before being sent-off) in a game where Rovers had been 4-0 Statistics 2019/20 Competition Uhlsport Hellenic Premier Division, unless stated FAC = FA Cup; FAV = FA Vase; GFA = GFA Challenge Trophy; BFCC = Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup;

PPFC = Perpetua Press Floodlit Cup; SC = Supplementary

Hill, Sam Hill, Jai Maisey, Declan Earwaker, Macaulay Herbert, Warren Mann, Dominik Kent, Jack Beardsell, Jake Rhodes, Adam Bloomfield, Brett James, Luke Troke, Ellis Waugh, Courtney Hamilton, Martin Smith, Ashley Bird, Mark Pritchett, Ryan Caddock, Jack Phillips, Lewis Bainbridge, Bradley Newman, Joshua Bird, Harri John, Ross Langworthy, Tyreece Briscoe, Ross Graham, Luke Merchant. Isaac Lawrence, Ben Prictor, Paul Carter, Niall Priday, Jeremiah Idowu, Harry Clapton, Matt Sysum, Miles Ferguson, Kieran Alder, Ollie Price, Charlie Holliday, Joel White, Freddie Lapworth, Joe Shutt, Jayson Watkins, Liam Wright, Rudi McKinnon, Antoine Thompson, Callum Ebanls, Cup Alex Avenell, MoM 2019 K/O A/H RES Score Att. Scorers 03/Aug 3pm Virginia Water A D 2-2 52 D Earwaker, L Troke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 U 15 U 17 Declan Earwaker 06/Aug 7:45pm Bishops Cleeve A L 0-4 53 - 1 2 3 U 5 8 7 10 16 11 9 6 12 14 4 U Jack Beardsell 10/Aug 3pm North Greenford United FAC H D 1-1 86 J Rhodes 1 2 U 5 11 10 8 9 3 17 U U 12 4 7 6 15 U Jack Phillips 13/Aug 7:45pm North Greenford United FACr A L 1-2 56 L Bainbridge 1 2 5 7 10 8 9 11 3 16 12 U 4 6 15 U Warren Mann 17/Aug 3pm Letcombe BFCC A W 3-1 26 L Bainbridge, E Waugh, J Rhodes 1 3 5 10 8 14 11 U 9 2 4 6 7 12 15 Lewis Bainbridge Goalscorers 21/Aug 7:45pm Longlevens A L 2-3 117 D Kent, R Langworthy 1 3 4 5 7 10 8 11 17 U U 6 2 9 12 14 Harri John Rhodes, Jake 10 26/Aug 3pm Brimscombe & Thrupp H D 3-3 182 D Kent, A Bloomfield, J Beardsell 2 5 11 10 7 15 12 9 4 6 14 1 U 3 8 Jack Beardsell Pritchett, Mark 9 31/Aug 3pm Shortwood United FAV A L 0-5 75 - 1 2 12 5 U 10 8 16 11 3 15 4 7 6 9 Macaulay Herbert Langworthy, Ross 8 03/Sep 7:45pm Shrivenham A W 3-2 38 R Langworthy (2), B James 1 U 5 11 7 9 6 U 10 4 U 2 3 8 12 Ross Langworthy Beardsell, Jack 8 07/Sep 3pm Windsor H D 3-3 52 J Beardsell, T Briscoe, R Langworthy 1 4 5 11 7 8 14 9 3 2 10 6 12 U Ross Langworthy Kent, Dominik 6 10/Sep 7:45pm Thornbury Town BLFC H W 6-1 65 J Beardsell (2), R Langworthy (2), M Pritchett, 1N Priday U 5 10 11 16 4 6 14 9 U 2 3 8 17 7 Mark Pritchett Shutt, Joe 5 21/Sep 3pm Ardley United A D 3-3 53 M Pritchett, J Rhodes (2) U 5 8 7 10 6 11 4 15 14 9 1 2 3 16 Jake Rhodes Bainbridge, Lewis 5 24/Sep 7:45pm Fairford Town H L 1-3 109 J Beardsell 5 11 10 7 9 14 U U 1 2 3 6 16 15 4 8 Ben Prictor Alder, Kieran 4 28/Sep 3pm Cheltenham Saracens BFCC A W 4-1 44 J Beardsell, M Pritchett, J Rhodes (2) U 5 15 11 10 16 4 7 6 8 1 3 9 14 2 Jake Rhodes Bloomfield, Adam 3 05/Oct 3pm Binfield H W 4-1 61 K Alder, M Herbert, R Langworthy, D Kent U 5 8 11 10 U 4 14 2 9 6 1 3 15 16 7 Ross Langworthy Ebanks, Callum 3 12/Oct 3pm Holmer Green H W 2-1 88 D Kent, J Rhodes U 5 8 10 16 11 4 12 U 7 6 1 2 3 15 9 Ben Prictor Herbert, Macaulay 2 22/Oct 7:45pm Royal Wootton Bassett Town A D 1-1 52 L Bainbridge U 5 U 7 10 8 15 4 11 6 1 2 3 9 12 U Mark Pritchett Hill, Sam 2 09/Nov 3pm Flackwell Heath H L 2-3 57 K Alder, A Bloomfield U 5 11 10 9 16 4 7 U 6 1 2 3 17 8 15 Tyreece Briscoe Mann, Warren 2 16/Nov 3pm Holmer Green A W 4-3 53 K Alder (2), M Herbert, R Langworthy U 5 14 8 11 17 9 4 U 2 10 6 3 16 7 1 Ben Prictor Troke, Luke 1 19/Nov 7:45pm Westfields A L 1-5 129 S Hill 3 5 7 8 12 14 4 9 6 1 2 11 10 15 U Tyreece Briscoe Earwaker, Dec 1 23/Nov 3pm Reading City H D 2-2 47 M Pritchett, J Shutt 3 5 9 8 11 12 U 4 U 7 6 1 2 16 10 Liam Wright Waugh, Ellis 1 26/Nov 7:45pm Bourton Rovers BLFC H W 3-0 46 J Shutt, S Hill, A Bloomfield 3 5 U 8 6 9 12 4 11 14 2 1 16 7 10 Joe Shutt James, Brett 1 07/Dec 3pm Windsor A D 2-2 87 M Pritchett (2) 3 5 9 10 15 6 14 4 U 8 1 2 U 7 11 Mark Pritchett Briscoe, Tyreece 1 10/Dec 7:45pm Malvern Town BLFC A D 4-4* 76 M Pritchett (3), J Shutt 12 9 10 6 14 U 4 15 2 8 1 5 3 11 7 Mark Pritchett Priday, Niall 1 26/Dec 1pm Brimscombe & Thrupp A L 3-4 84 J Rhodes, D Kent, J Shutt 5 9 10 11 6 16 U 2 8 1 4 3 14 U 12 7 Joe Shutt Lawrence, Isaac 1 28/Dec 3pm Lydney Town H W 1-0 80 L Bainbridge 1 5 9 10 11 6 14 U 8 2 3 15 U 4 7 12 Miles Ferguson 2020 04/Jan 3pm Hardwicke GFA A W 1-0 84 I Lawrence U 5 11 6 10 7 8 1 2 3 9 15 4 14 Isaac Lawrence 11/Jan 3pm Fairford Town A L 2-4 70 J Beardsell (2) 2 5 9 10 11 14 6 8 1 U 3 16 4 7 15 Dominik Kent 21-Jan 7:45pm Bitton GFA A L 1-2 46 J Shutt 2 5 9 8 10 15 4 11 15 6 1 3 12 7 Harri John 25/Jan 3pm Easington Sports H W 3-0 47 W Mann, L Bainbridge, D Kent 2 5 9 8 10 17 U 4 11 6 1 12 3 7 14 U Dominik Kent 04/Feb 7:45pm Shortwood United BLFC H W 3-0 103 C Ebanks, W Mann (pen), J Rhodes 5 9 11 7 6 14 U 4 8 1 2 3 16 15 10 Callum Ebanks 22/Feb 3pm Brackley Town Saints A W 3-1 72 J Rhodes, C Ebanks (2) 5 9 8 11 6 14 4 15 16 1 2 3 7 10 Callum Ebanks REMAINDER OF SEASON CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

TOTAL APPEARANCES 11 11 4 7 31 22 31 28 22 17 10 5 5 3 1 10 26 1 6 20 1 3 20 9 16 2 19 19 17 3 10 13 0 1 6 3 2 2 1 1 12 0 3 1 4 2 STARTS 11 10 4 6 31 21 30 27 16 5 8 4 2 1 0 2 25 1 6 10 1 0 17 9 15 1 19 18 17 3 4 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 9 0 2 1 0 2 SUBSTITUTE 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 12 2 1 3 2 1 8 1 0 0 10 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 11 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 UNUSED SUBSTITUTE 0 8 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Statistics 2019/20 Competition Uhlsport Hellenic Premier Division, unless stated FAC = FA Cup; FAV = FA Vase; GFA = GFA Challenge Trophy; BFCC = Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup;

PPFC = Perpetua Press Floodlit Cup; SC = Supplementary

TOTAL APPEARANCES 11 11 4 7 31 22 31 28 22 17 10 5 5 3 1 10 26 1 6 20 1 3 20 9 16 2 19 19 17 3 10 13 0 1 6 3 2 2 1 1 12 0 3 1 4 2 STARTS 11 10 4 6 31 21 30 27 16 5 8 4 2 1 0 2 25 1 6 10 1 0 17 9 15 1 19 18 17 3 4 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 9 0 2 1 0 2 SUBSTITUTE 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 12 2 1 3 2 1 8 1 0 0 10 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 11 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 UNUSED SUBSTITUTE 0 8 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 in front and had to rely on penalties to take them through to the next round. That was followed by a 4-3 defeat on Boxing Day, with Ty Briscoe missing a penalty that would have salvaged another 4-4 draw, before a more sedate affair two days later, as Lewis Bainbridge’s late winner separated Rovers from Lydney Town in a 1-0 win.

Mark Pritchett’s ‘screamer’ makes it 2-2 against Windsor at Stag Meadow

January 2020 The New Year started with a much delayed County Cup tie against Hardwicke AFC and an Isaac Lawrence goal was enough to record a win that set-up a tie against Bitton AFC, although that ended in a cruel defeat, as the hosts scored twice late on to take their place in the quarter-final. In between there was another disappointing defeat, away at Fairford Town, although the month ended well, as Easington Sports left Glevum Park on the end of an emphatic 3-0 victory.

Lewis Bainbridge makes it 2-0 against Easington Sports, in one of the best performances of the season February 2020 February would, unbelievably, prove to be the last month of the season for the first team but the acquisition of Cheltenham Town’s Callum Ebanks on a work experience arrangement gave hope (at least to those expecting the season to last a little longer!) that Rovers would continue to carry a goalscoring threat, as he netted three times in two appearances, helping the side to a 3-0 win over Shortwood United in the Floodlit Cup, before a brace at Brackley Town Saints resulted in a terrific 3-1 scoreline . That was to prove the last of the action for Rovers. By the time the weather had improved and Flackwell Heath were set to host our visit, a pandemic came along and swfitly ended the season.

Rovers celebrate scoring in their final home game of 2019/20 against Shortwood United ‘FINAL’ 2019/20 UHLSPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE, PREMIER DIVISION TABLE

Final fixtures played on 10 March 2020. Season ended shortly after and the Football Association declared at Step 3-7 competitions ‘Null and Void’. THE EMIRATES FA CUP 2020/21

The schedule for the 2020-21 season is as follows:

• Extra preliminary round: Tuesday 1 • Second round proper: Saturday 28 September 2020 November 2020 • Preliminary round: Saturday 12 September • Third round proper: Saturday 9 January 2020 2021 • First round qualifying: Tuesday 22 • Fourth round proper: Saturday 23 January September 2020 2021 • Second round qualifying: Saturday 3 • Fifth round proper: Wednesday 10 February October 2020 2021 • Third round qualifying: Tuesday 13 October • Quarter-finals: Saturday 20 March 2021 2020 • Semi-finals: Saturday 17 April 2021 • Fourth round qualifying: Saturday 24 • The Final: Saturday 15 May 2021 October 2020 • First round proper: Saturday 7 November 2020 The Emirates FA Cup Season 2020-21 Payments made from The FA's prize fund Extra preliminary round winners (184) £1,125 Losers receive £375 Preliminary round winners (160) £1,444 Losers receive £481 First round qualifying winners (116) £2,250 Losers receive £750 Second Round Qualifying winners (80) £3,375 Losers receive £1,125 Third Round Qualifying winners (40) £5,625 Losers receive £1,875 Fourth Round Qualifying winners (32) £9,375 Losers receive £3,125 First Round Proper winners (40) £22,629 Second Round Proper winners (20) £34,000 Third Round Proper winners (32) £82,000 Fourth Round Proper winners (16) £90,000 Fifth Round Proper winners (8) £180,000 Quarter-Final winners (4) £360,000 Semi-Final winners (2) £900,000 Semi-Final losers (2) £450,000 Final runners-up (1) £900,000 Final winners (1) £1,800,000

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Harefield United History

The club was formed in 1868, making it the oldest club in Middlesex. In their formative years they played under such names as Harefield Victoria and Breakspear Institute in the local Uxbridge Leagues before merging with Harefield FC in 1934 to become Harefield United, playing in the Uxbridge and District League. By 1947 the club had joined the Great Western Combination, playing at Taylors Meadow and winning the league once in the 1950-1 season. In 1964 the club moved to the Parthenon League, winning the league at the first attempt. They then joined the Middlesex League two seasons later where they stayed for five seasons, winning the league title four times and the league cup twice. In 1967-8 the club celebrated their centenary by moving to their present ground at Preston Park in Harefield, joining the Spartan League Senior Section in the 1971-2 season, staying there for four seasons, making their debut in the FA Vase in 1974-5 before progressing to Division Two of the Athenian League for the 1975-6 season. The club also made their debut in the FA Cup in 1979-80. The Athenian League folded in 1984, the year the Hares won the League Cup under manager Nobby Carpenter, making them still the current holders! The club then moved to the Isthmian League Division Two North for two seasons, then spent seven years in Division Two South before being relegated to Division Three where they stayed until after the 1996-7 season when lack of funds for ground improvements meant the club had to move back to the Spartan League. A year later they became founder members of the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division South, until it was renamed Division One where they finished runners up and won the League Cup, before playing in the Spartan Premier where they remained until being relegated to Division One at the end of 2015-6. This spell was the most successful in the club’s history winning the Challenge Trophy in 2002-3 and the Premier League Cup the following season when they were also runners up in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup. Under manager Stuart Leavy the Hares were league runners up twice, in 2006-7 and again in 2008-9 when they missed out on promotion to the Ryman League by one goal difference to Biggleswade Town. In 2002 Harefield United Youth FC was formed with teams from the former Denham Youth FC, the club currently fielding over twenty teams of all ages and levels from Under 7s to Under 21s, Sunday League teams, Under 18s Allied Counties, reserves and first team with some players having progressed all the way through the ranks. In 2010 the club won the National Award for Groundsman Of The Year for Steps 5 and 6, some achievement for a club with no groundsman and the pitch maintained by volunteers. In season 2016-7 the club played five FA Cup ties and won the Middlesex Cup, finishing eighth in Division One. In season 2017-18 the Hares promoted reserve team coach Brian Keeley to Head of Youth Development with former first team player Ben Payne as his assistant, looking to expand the thriving youth programme further at Harefield. In 2018 United celebrated their 150th year of football in Harefield as a community club promoting senior, junior, Sunday and women's football. The same season 2018-9 Manager Jason Shaw gained promotion in his fourth campaign by going unbeaten all season, only dropping four points and winning 34 consecutive matches, also winning the Middlesex Premier Cup against a strong Cockfosters side. “The Invincibles” now look to start the 2019- 20 season back in the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division. Here’s to the next 150 years! Appearance information Up to and including end of 2019/20 season (includes selected list of former players) Name Apps Goals Names Apps Goals Alder, Kieran 76 22 Hyett, Kane 0 0 Atwell, Liam 0 0 James, Brett 177 63 Bainbridge, Lewis 20 5 John, Harri 20 0 Beardsell, Jack 28 8 Kent, Dominik 66 14 Bird, Ashley 50 5 Lawrence, Isaac 19 1 Bird, Joshua 3 0 Lawrence, Toby 0 0 Birkett, Henry 24 3 Mann, Warren 418 77 Bloomfield, Adam 27 6 McKinnon, Rudi 1 0 Bradley, Shayne 230 106 Merchant, Luke 46 0 Earwaker, Declan 7 1 Priday, Niall 10 1 Ferguson, Miles 6 0 Pritchett, Mark 130 20 Foxwell, Marcus 302 32 Rhodes, Jake 47 15 Geddes, Jacob 0 0 Shutt, Joe 12 5 Guinan, Zachery 0 0 Thompson, Antoine 53 0 Hamilton, Courtney 178 6 Watkins, Jayson 0 0 Herbert, Macaulay 204 7 White, Joel 88 4 Hill, Sam 120 8 Wright, Liam 91 3 NB: The figures are correct for all league competitions from season 2007/08, when Tuffley Rovers returned to the County League (Step 7) and include all competitive games since the start of the 2013/14 season. There are some gaps in the information relating to cup games prior to the start of the 2013/14 campaign. This period is currently subject to a thorough review and there may be some variation to statistics in due course. Half-time quiz: Break for five

Grab a cup of tea and something to eat, then spend the five minutes of your half-time break trying to answer these questions. As ever, there is a theme and this week we look at some great facts about this wonderful competition… 1. Easy start. Who are the current holders of the Emirates FA Cup?

2. The 1981 FA Cup final is usually remembered for Ricky Villa’s solo effort to secure a 3-2 win for Tottenham Hotspur over Manchester City. This picture from the game features a City player who later went on to score an FA Cup final goal, too. Who is he and which team did he score for, in which year (3 points up for grabs!)?

3. We face a tie against Leighton Town or Abingdon United if we can overcome this evening’s visitors. We actually played Leighton Town in 2017/18 and recorded a 3-2 win but which team then knocked Rovers out in the next stage of the competition?

4. Which club were the first ever winners of the FA Cup, way back in 1871-72 and won it four more times before they initially disbanded in 1887?

5. Tonight’s game is Harefield United’s 72nd FA Cup tie. What is the furthest

stage they have ever advanced to in the competition?

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If I told you that we had a wonderful time at Glastonbury in 1995, you might assume that that summer’s music festival (played in baking heat, I might add – I was there!) was particularly good. It was, but Tuffley Rovers’ trip to Glastonbury FC in August 1995 ended with a 5-1 victory in our first ever FA Cup tie (a Preliminary Round fixture). An opportunity to host Cinderford Town followed and our campaign ended swiftly, off the back of 4-0 reverse at Glevum Park. There were plenty of goals when we met Taunton Town in August 1996, but our campaign ended immediately, courtesy of a 5-2 defeat and twelve months later we made progress, with a good win at home to Cirencester Town (we narrowly claimed a 4-3 victory in another home tie) but when Paulton Rovers came in the First Qualifying Round a 3-1 defeat spelt that end of that year’s road to Wembley. An immediate exit to Minehead Town in 1998 was another disappointment, but in 1999 the record book shows a victory over one of the now foremost non-league clubs, as we beat Eastleigh 2-1 in the First Qualifying Round. A record breaking appearance in the Second Qualifying Round almost saw us progress further, but a 1-1 draw took us to a replay at home against Lymington & New Milton, only to see us eliminated courtesy of a 5 -0 thrashing! Revenge came against Taunton Town in 2000, as we won 4-1 in the Preliminary Round, but we once again failed to progress further, as a single goal victory went in favour of our opponents Chippenham Town in the next round. Four consecutive defeats saw our cup hopes perish at the first hurdle in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 but we had another opportunity to progress in 2005/06 as our Hellenic League side hosted Elmore. A 0-0 draw took us to only our second replay ever, but we succumbed to a late goal in a 1-0 defeat in the second meeting. That was to be our last FA Cup tie for 10 years, as the club’s withdrawal from the Hellenic League just a few weeks later saw us drop to a lower level of football, rendering us unable to enter the world’s most famous cup competition. Our return, ten years later in 2015, saw a wonderful win at Ardley United (4-1), followed up with a terrific 1-0 win at home to Southern League neighbours Bishops Cleeve, before we put in a brave display against Taunton Town, before losing 3-0. Ardley gained revenge 12 months later, but our return in 2017 saw a narrow win with ten- men away at Woodley United, then a momentous day at Leighton Town, when we made an astonishing comeback from 2-0 down, with just eight minutes remaining, to win 3-2 in the dying moments of the game. Swindon Supermarine demolished a Rovers team playing most of the game with ten-men, in the next round, to end another attempt to march on the Wembley arch.

Then, two seasons ago, despite leading 1-0 at half-time thanks to Warren Mann’s penalty, we were comprehensively beaten 4-1 by Colney Heath, and exited the competition at the first stage.

Last year, against North Greenford United, we produced two fairly lacklustre performances (in our 26th and 27th FA Cup matches) and went out of the competition with a whimper. Today, in our 28th FA Cup tie, we will go in pursuit of a ninth victory; a fourth draw will no longer mean a replay and would lead to a first ever FA Cup penalty shoot-out for our club.

Courtesy of the Football Club History Database: F.A. CUP 1995-96 PRE GLASTONBURY A 5-1 1Q CINDERFORD TOWN H 0-4 1996-97 PRE TAUNTON TOWN H 2-5 1997-98 PRE CIRENCESTER TOWN A 4-3 1Q PAULTON ROVERS H 1-3 1998-99 1Q MINEHEAD TOWN H 0-3 1999-00 1Q EASTLEIGH H 2-1 2Q LYMINGTON & NEW MILTON A 1-1 2Qr LYMINGTON & NEW MILTON H 0-5 2000-01 PRE TAUNTON TOWN H 4-1 1Q CHIPPENHAM TOWN H 0-1 2001-02 PRE WIMBORNE TOWN H 2-5 2002-03 PRE ST BLAZEY H 0-1 2003-04 EP FROME TOWN A 0-1 2004-05 EP BARNSTAPLE TOWN H 0-3 2005-06 EP ELMORE H 0-0 EPr ELMORE A 0-1 2015-16 EP ARDLEY UNITED A 4-1 PRE BISHOPS CLEEVE H 1-0 1Q TAUNTON TOWN A 0-3 2016-17 EP ARDLEY UNITED A 2-3 2017-18 EP WOODLEY UNITED A 2-1 PRE LEIGHTON TOWN A 3-2 1Q SWINDON SUPERMARINE H 0-5 2018-19 EP COLNEY HEATH H 1-4 2019-20 EP NORTH GREENFORD UNITED H 1-1 EPr NORTH GREENFORD UNITED A 1-2

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THE EMIRATES FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2020— 7:45PM KICK OFF TUFFLEY ROVERS V HAREFIELD UNITED Claret & Blue shirts; Claret & Blue shorts; White shirts; White shorts; White socks (GK: Claret & Blue socks (GK: Orange). Green). Luke Merchant 1 Jacob Ballheimer Miles Ferguson 2 Steven Green Lewis Bainbridge 3 Harry McCorkell Henry Birkett 4 Gary Edwards Macaulay Herbert © 5 Sean Mangan © Toby Lawrence 6 Tashan Jordan Joe Shutt 7 Thomas Payne Dominik Kent 8 Richard Pacquette Warren Mann 9 Lenny Farhall Liam Wright 10 Samuel Shaw Jack Beardsell 11 Paul Underwood Isaac Lawrence 12 Gurkan Gokmen Adam Bloomfield 14 Elliott Dobbs Jake Rhodes 15 Luke Baldwin Jacob Geddes 16 Daniel Taylor Liam Atwell 17 Rob Ratcliffe Brett James 18 Henry Clarkson Harri John 19 Foday Sesay Antoine Thompson 20 Joe Clifton Kane Hyett 21 Reece Mallett Declan Earwaker 22 Will Hudson Zachery Guinan 23 Danny Glock

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