2018/2019 Season

Cornard United versus Leiston Reserves

Thurlow Nunn First Division North Saturday 16th March 2019 Kick-Off: 15:00

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Match Day Teams

Cornard United Leiston Reserves (Team Colours: Blue) (Team Colours: Red) MATTHEW GROVE HARRISON BACON SEAN BARTLETT CHARLIE BECKWITH GK LEWIS BRENNAN LEWIS BELL DAN CLARKE ADAM BLADES MAX DINNELL LOUIE BLOOM BRAD DIX CHARLIE CANHAM DAVE DOWDING JOSH CHEETHAM EZRA DRANN WILL DAVIES JACK GRAHAM JAMES GAFFER CHARLIE HAYES JAC GARRARD KYLE HURLEY TOBY GROOM CHRISTIAN WALSH OWEN HAMMOND MICHAEL SCHOFIELD TOM MANSFIELD KEIRON BAKER JOE MURPHY DAN SAKAL WILL OXBROW LEWIS BLANCHETT MATT RUTTERFORD PATRICK STYLES

MANAGERS – MANAGER – IAN CORNFORTH MATT GROVE & MIKE SCHOFIELD ASSISTANT MANAGER – PETER COACHES – DOUGLAS COLIN ATHEY, JULIAN MUMFORD & COACH – DEAN LAST RYAN LINES, ALEX WATSON

Match Officials DION THORPE ISAAC HINDLE JOE FISHER-STEVENSON Welcome to Blackhouse Lane

Good afternoon and welcome to the home of Cornard United Football Club for the Thurlow Nunn First Division North league match against Leiston Reserves.

We extend a warm welcome to the directors, committee, staff, players and supporters of Leiston Reserves.

We would like to wish you all an enjoyable afternoon at Blackhouse lane.

We please ask that all visitors to Blackhouse Lane respect todays match officials, both on and off of the field of play. The match officials have a difficult job to do and without them we would not be able to play football.

Cornard United F.C. History

Cornard United are believed to have formed in 1920, playing in the Sudbury & District League for four seasons. They then transferred to the Nayland & District League for the 1924/25 – 1927/28 seasons, winning the league in all four seasons they were in it. In 1928/29 they returned back to the Sudbury & District League. Nothing is known of the club between 1929 and when they reformed in 1964.

In 2014, Cornard United celebrated its Golden Jubilee, having been re-formed back in 1964. The club initially played in The Sudbury Sunday League, before joining Division Three of The Bury and District League in 1966.

They were promoted to Division Two at the end of their first season, and further promoted again at the end of the next season. In 1970 they transferred to Division Six of The Colchester & East Essex League and were promoted to Division Five in 1972. After winning all 26 matches of the 1973-74 season they were promoted once again, and over the next few seasons, further success brought more promotions so by 1975 they had reached Division Two.

In 1976 the club switched leagues again, this time to Division One of The Essex and Suffolk Border League. However, when this league was restructured two seasons later the club were moved down to the Second Division. They remained in the Second Division until 1983 when they were promoted back to Division One. In 1985- 86 they won promotion to the Premier Division, and in the 1988-89 season they won the league, the league cup and the Suffolk senior cup with a 1-0 victory over local rivals, Sudbury Wanderers.

As a result of this success, the club was moved to Division One of the Eastern Counties League. They won this division at the first attempt, and were promoted to The Premier Division, where they remained until 1996, when after a poor season they were relegated back to the First Division, where they have remained ever since.

Initially, the club played at the Great Cornard Recreation Ground, before moving to Great Cornard Upper School in 1975. It was not until 1982 that they moved to their current ground in Blackhouse Lane. The record attendance at this ground was set in 2001 when over 450 people watched a friendly match against West Ham United.

After many years running The Club, Chairman and Manager, Chris Symes, left the club during 2013 and Mark Hoskin took over the roles. He, in turn, has now moved on and the current Chairman is Harvey Doherty who took over in 2014 after spending 10 years as chairman of Cornard dynamos.

Cornard United F.C. History Cont…

The first team was managed by Paul Grainger, with Chris Tracy assisted by Jack Wignall taking over for 2015/16. Ry Lines & Liam Aves took up the reins partway through 2017/18 season which was very much a transition season. Family commitments have meant that Ry Lines stepped down ahead of the 2018/19 season. The current management team is Mathew Grove and Mike Schofield with Colin Athey as goal keeping coach.

Cornard United also run reserve and U18 teams. The Reserve Team playing in the Thurlow Nunn Reserve league, managed by experienced Ray Manser and Steve Rogers and the Under 18s play in the Thurlow Nunn Youth League, South Division and for 2018/19 has seen them managed by Alex Watson.

First Team Fixtures & Results

Please note: fixtures are subject to change, please refer to the Thurlow Nunn League website (www. Thurlownunnleague.co.uk) for changes

Date Time Home Team Score Away Team Competition 05-Jan 15:00 Cornard United 2 - 2 Norwich CBS First Division North 12-Jan 15:00 Kings Lynn Town Res 1 - 4 Cornard United First Division North 19-Jan 15:00 Cornard United 0 - 0 Fakenham Town First Division North 25-Jan 19:45 AFC Sudbury Res 0 - 1 Cornard United First Division North 02-Feb 15:00 Cornard United 1 - 2 Lakenheath First Division North 09-Feb 15:00 Kirkley & Pakefield Res 0 - 1 Cornard United Suffolk Senior Cup 16-Feb 15:00 Swaffham Town 2 - 2 Cornard United First Division North 23-Feb 15:00 March Town United 1 - 1 Cornard United First Division North 02-Mar 15:00 Cornard United 3 - 1 Diss Town First Division North 09-Mar 15:00 Fakenham Town 3 - 3 Cornard United First Division North 16-Mar 15:00 Cornard United - - - Leiston Reserves First Division North 23-Mar 15:00 Mulbarton Wanderers - - - Cornard United First Division North 30-Mar 15:00 Wisbech St Mary - - - Cornard United First Division North 05-Apr 19:45 Cornard United - - - Ipswich Wanderers Suffolk Senior Cup Semi Final Suffolk Senior Cup Semi Final to be played at Hadleigh United FC, Millfield, Hadleigh, Suffolk

Visiting Club History – Leiston Reserves

Leiston Town Football Club was first affiliated with the Suffolk County FA in 1880 and at the Visiting Club History – Haverhill Borough time was undoubtedly closely associated with the Richard Garrett Eng ineering Works. In the early days, games were played on the old Recreation Ground adjacent to Gas Hill (now known as Park Hill) and players would change at either the White Horse Hotel or at the Works Hall. In the early 1920’s Richard Garrett’s bought the ground off Victory Road renaming it the Leiston Works Athletic Association and this has been the home for over 90 years although the ground name was changed in the 1980’s to LTAA (Leiston Town Athletics Association).

In the early years the club were members of the North Suffolk League and then Ipswich and District League, winning the latter League three times in 1900, 1901 & 1902. They then had two spells in the East Anglian League sandwiched between spells in the Ipswich & District League. After the Great War the club was reformed as Leiston Works Athletic and during the 1920’s were part of three Leagues – Essex and Suffolk Border League, Ipswich & District League and North Suffolk League. In 1934 the club returned to be called Leiston Town spending fourteen years in the Ipswich & District League before returning to the North Suffolk League for a third time but yet again returning to the Ipswich & District League five years later in 1953 where they stayed for the next 48 years. During the Second World War the King’s Regiment, which included most of the players of Liverpool FC, were stationed at Leiston and they played some of their matches at the LWAA ground.

Leiston Town were ‘Full Members’ of the Football Association from the early 1950’s until 1982 following their relegation from the Senior Division (the only other Suffolk teams to be Full Members at this time were Ipswich Town and Lowestoft Town) and soon after this period the club dropped the Town part to become just Leiston FC. During this period Leiston were accepted and played in the FA Cup, FA Amateur Cup and later the FA Vase. The clubs Youth team were the first club in Suffolk to enter the FA Youth Challenge Cup reaching the First Round and a trip to Highbury to face Arsenal in 1954 where they took an early lead before losing 8-1 to the Gunners.

In 1980 the club received the ‘Illuminated Address’ from the Football Association to celebrate the club’s centenary but this decade saw some indifferent form in the Suffolk & Ipswich League including relegation to Division One in 1983 and a third place finish in the Senior Division in 1986. Further relegations and promotions followed into the 1990’s before the club achieved their long term goal of progression to the Eastern Counties set up in 2001 finishing third and the necessary promotion placing.

Despite their prestigious history, Leiston Football Club has not had the best of fortune with regards to silverware. After a hat-trick of League titles in 1900, 1901 and 1902 they had to wait 36 years before winning the Ipswich & District League Division Two and then a further 45 years for another Senior trophy. Four times we have been runners up in the Suffolk FA Premier Cup (2005, 2006, 2007 & 2016) and six times in the Suffolk FA Senior Cup (1892, 1897, 1904, 1949, 1966 and 1986) but finally in 2018 the Blues got their hands on the Suffolk FA Premier Cup after defeating Bury Town 3-0 at . In the Suffolk Junior Cup fortunes have fared more favourably. Four finals and three wins, in 1895, 1983 and 1984, with 1984 also seeing the club lift the Suffolk & Ipswich League Division One trophy.

Visiting Club History – Leiston Reserves

More recently, and in their first Jewson League season, Leiston lifted the Division One trophy in 2002. The club also lifted the prestigious East Anglian Cup after a penalty shoot-out over higher ranked Brentwood Town in May 2008 and then the club achieved back to back titles winning the Ridgeons Premier Division in 2011 and the Ryman League Division One North a year later in 2012. Efforts on and off the field in the past few seasons has also seen the club win prestigious awards for Respect and Fair Play from the Ryman League and the club is extremely proud to collect such achievements.

Season 2008/2009 will be long remembered in the history of Leiston as we became only one of three sides to ever reach the First Round proper of the FA Cup after starting the competition at the Extra Preliminary Round stage. Memorable wins at higher ranked Carshalton Athletic and Conference Premier Lewes in a run that lasted nine games and ended in a replay defeat at Conference North Fleetwood Town in front of 2000 fans after a record crowd of 1250 had watched the First Round goal less draw at Victory Road.

After ten seasons in the Eastern Counties League the club gained promotion to the Ryman League as champions of the Ridgeons League. The inaugural Ryman League season provided unexpected success and at the first attempt secured the Division One North title with some fantastic performances including a 26 game unbeaten run. Now in its sixth season at Step Three, the club achieved its highest ever finish last season (5th) and qualified for the play offs for the very first time, beaten by a single goal at Dulwich Hamlet in the Semi Finals. A fantastic effort by all but the Blues now say good bye to the as a new chapter begins in the newly formed Southern League Premier Division Central for season 2018/2019.

A very youthful Reserve side, under the guidance of Paul Bugg and Stuart Reavell, played some great football last term and were vastly improved finishing 13th and also reached the Suffolk Senior Cup Quarter Finals. The club continues to engage youth development and the U18's had another fine season winning the Thurlow Nunn Youth League (Central) Division and had long runs in the FA Youth Cup and Suffolk County Cup while the introduction and links with Junior sides in the community will see the club evolve further for the future.

Over the years, Leiston have been blessed with many able and willing Chairmen, Secretaries and committee members and the club has prides itself on its family attitudes. The club has also been very fortunate over the years to have players of note in their ranks and includes many links with professional clubs including Ian Gillespie, Ted Phillips, Jackie Warne, Stuart Boardley, Byron Lawrence and Jason Dozzell to name but a few. The club continues to improve its facilities in line with FA grading requirements and now has some of the best Non League facilities in Suffolk and the club is forever looking to improve. The efforts of Chairman Andy Crisp and Vice Chairman Peter Mayhew have been the main driving factors behind the changes and the meteoric rise of the club to step three of the national pyramid. Manager Glenn Driver, who has had two fantastic seasons in the first team hot seat, continues to push the club forward especially with the development of Youth at Victory Road.