NORTH GREENFORD UNITED £1.50 A Warm Welcome where sold To Berkeley Fields BALDOCK TOWN Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Tuesday 3rd December Kick off 7.45pm Match Sponsor Andrew Swanzy Offi cial Matchday Programme WELCOME TO BERKELEY FIELDS We extend a warm welcome to the players, offi cials and supporters of Baldock Town for this Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division match. We hope you enjoy a pleasant stay with us, along with the referee Tom Cartwright and his assistants Darren Fenner and Peter Panayiotou plus our My main question is why a League is offering match sponsor Andrew Swanzy and an incomplete policy on behalf of probably a wish you all a safe journey home. large insurance company and a club has to suffer because of it. We have decided to repeat the NLP article that appeared in Saturday’s programme for Where does this leave small clubs such as the postponed game against Broadfi elds North Greenford United? If such a thing United. It is on page 14 of this issue. happened to us then we would probably no longer exist. And the same applies to most The article highlights the huge legal bill a of the other sides in the non-league football northern club Ossett United have to pay after pyramid. an incident involving an opposing player in one of their games. As far as I can see players should take out their own personal cover to make sure they Although Ossett United took out insurance are protected. The premium should not cost offered by the Northern Premier League, the an arm and a leg. policy did not cover player-to-player cover. Most people know the risks of playing their It only covered personal cover and public preferred individual sport so they need to take liability. Surely in football the greatest risk of responsibility especially if there is a risk of not injury is a tackle. being able to work or pursue a normal life in the future. If you are driving a car you must at least have third party cover. Surely in football and The FA certainly needs to review the also rugby you need to have this type of insurance situation particularly with reference protection in place because of the nature of to player-to player contact. The policy needs the game. to be the same for all clubs to try and avoid the situation that Ossett United now have to Unfortunately mistakes do happen if a tackle face. is mistimed and it can cause serious injury which can affect the rest of your life. Graham White 2019-20 North Greenford United v Baldock Town 3 NORTH GREENFORD UNITED FC BERKELEY FIELDS, BERKELEY AVENUE GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX, UB6 0NX TEL: 020 8422 8923 www.pitchero.com/clubs/northgreenfordunitedfc Patron: Marc Todd First XI Managers: Colin Jones President: John Bivens First XI Assistants: Chairman: John Bivens Paul Mills, Gary Brown Vice Chairman: Richard Rooney Under-18s Manager Dino Pashias Treasurer: Barbara Bivens Under-18s Assistants: General Secretary: Richard Rooney Mark Warwick, John Webb, Andy Martin Football Secretary: Barbara Bivens Club Coach: Chris Paladino Assistant Football Secretaries: Club Physio: Barbara Bivens Pat Hillier, Andy Martin Welfare and Safety Offi cers: Programme Editor: Graham White Barbara Bivens, Richard Rooney Website: Darren Barden Commercial and Development Offi cers: Groundsman: Steve Goldfi nch Barbara Bivens, Richard Rooney NORTH GREENFORD UNITED IS A MEMBERS CLUB RUN BY AN ELECTED COMMITTEE Affi liated to: The Middlesex Football Association Members of: The Spartan South Midlands Football League and The Allied Counties Youth League SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES AT NORTH GREENFORD UNITED We are looking for sponsorship partners for North Greenford United play in The Spartan our club for the forthcoming season. South Midlands League Premier Division. Options can include: Pitch Perimeter Boards or Banners They regularly compete against local teams giving you increased advertising exposure in Web Site Advertising local communities. Match Day Sponsorship For more information contact Barbara Bivens Football Shirt Number Sponsorship on 07915 661580 or email barbarabivens@ talktalk.net WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 4 North Greenford United v Baldock Town PREVIEW OF TODAY’S BIG GAME Welcome to this evening’s re-arranged SSMFL Premier Division match against Baldock Town after the original fi xture scheduled for 2nd November was postponed due to a waterlogged Berkeley Fields pitch. We extend a warm welcome to our visitors, to Baldock’s manager Adam Fisher, his management team and players, along with the club’s committee members and supporters, and hope you all have a safe journey home after the game. The search for our fi rst Premier Division win still continues although in our last two games, both away from home, we added another point at London Colney and then came agonisingly close to earning a third at Leverstock Green, only to lose out to our COLIN JONES hosts when they grabbed a winner three minutes from time. Their late winner provided yet another devastating killer blow to add to other narrow Both were evenly-matched, closely contested defeats this season. But despite these set- games and in both we scored fi rst. Against backs the spirit and morale of both players London Colney, after a bright start, we broke and management team remains high, and if the deadlock just after the half-hour after we can start eliminating the unforced errors recent signing Trent Skapetis had sent their and lapses in concentration while showing a goalkeeper the wrong way with a perfectly bit more desire at key moments in games the executed spot-kick. wins will surely start coming soon. Frustratingly we then once more went on to Today’s visitors Baldock Town have not had concede twice after the interval with London the best of starts to their league campaign Colney taking a 2-1 lead but were fortunate either and currently sit just one place above on this occasion to be awarded a second us in the Premier Division table on nine penalty in stoppage time. Skapetis again points, having won just two of their 15 showed great composure, claiming his brace games played. One of those victories was with another clinical fi nish and earning the achieved against league leaders Tring Athletic team a well-deserved share of the spoils. just before they were due to play us but since then they have only managed to add Against Leverstock Green on a diffi cult, heavy, two points to their league tally with draws sticky pitch the players produced another against Newport Pagnell Town and Potton committed, battling performance which saw United which have been offset by defeats to the teams returning to the changing rooms Leverstock Green and Colney Heath. at the interval with the score level at 1-1, Leverstock equalising ten minutes after Conor Our opponents will clearly be as keen as us Molyneaux had given us the lead midway to add three more points to their tally so we through the half with an excellent composed can expect another tough game this evening fi nish. but one that, if we play to our potential for the full 90 minutes, we should be capable of Although the second period was dominated winning. Let’s hope we can do just that. by the home side, we defended heroically, allowing the Greens few clear-cut chances. Pat Hillier THIS PAGE IS SPONSORED BY STEVE GOLDFINCH North Greenford United v Baldock Town 5 MEET THE MOST USED UNITED BLUES 21 - GEORGIE BROWN (Midfi elder): A talented 13 - MARK WEBB (Midfi elder): A hard-working ex-NGU Under-18s midfi elder who re-signed for and versatile central midfi elder who was a regular the club in July 2019. in last season’s successful Under-18s side. He signed for the fi rst team in July 2019. 20 - CONOR MOLYNEAUX (Forward): An 13 - DAMEL DIOUM (Defender): Promising experienced and versatile forward who joined young right-sided defender who signed for NGU NGU from Delaford Colts towards the end of last in September 2019. season and re-signed for the club in July 2019. 9 - RIDWAN EUBA (Defender): Left-sided 19 - SAM MOLYNEAUX (Midfi elder): An defender who signed for NGU in October 2017. experienced and versatile midfi elder who joined 11 - DANIEL CLIFTON (Midfi elder): A strong NGU from Delaford Colts towards the end of last and versatile midfi elder who signed for NGU in season and re-signed for the club in July 2019. July 2019 and whose previous club was Harefi eld United. 17 - SAM HOUSE (Goalkeeper): Experienced keeper who signed for NGU in July 2019 and 11 - JALON YOUNG (Defender): A strong and whose previous club was AFC Hayes. committed central defender who signed for NGU in September 2019 after receiving International 17 - TOM WARD (Defender): An experienced and Clearance from the Grenadian FA. versatile defender who signed for NGU in July 11 - JAMES BARNETT (Forward): A promising 2018 having played for Broadfi elds the previous young striker who was a regular in NGU’s Under season. He signed again for the First Team in July 18s side. He signed for the First Team in August 2019. 2019. 14 - ANDREW MANITOU (Midfi elder): An 9 - SIMON WRIGHT (Defender): A versatile experienced midfi elder who played for NGU defender who signed for the First Team in July under Steve Ringrose and returned to the club in 2019 having played for Herts University last December 2018 having played for Edgware Town. season. He signed again for the Blues in July 2019. 14 - JOE MILLS (Midfi elder): A talented young Includes starts and substitute appearances central midfi elder who was a regular in last season’s successful Under 18s side.