Changes Galore As New Season Begins
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NationalSceneSeason 3 / Issue 1 thenationalleague.org.uk Vanarama National League Bulletin Thursday 6th August 2015 2014/15 Statistics Changes galore as The Player With The Most........ Shots On Target John Rooney (Chester FC) 70 Shots Off Target new season begins L John-Lewis (Grimsby), J Rooney (Chester FC) 54 By Steve Whitney Shots Without Scoring Jake Moult (Altrincham) 37 The 2015/16 season has rapidly come around and it sees the competition possess a new Shots Per Goal name – The Vanarama National League – and Steven Gillespie (Altrincham) 34 more new teams. We welcome Tranmere Rovers for the Assists first time, having come down from the J Reason (Eastleigh), L Young (Torquay) 14 Football League along with former members Offsides Cheltenham Town, who return following a Richard Brodie (Southport) 51 16-year gap and only 10 years since they were League Two play-off winners. front with several clubs making wholesale Fouls Also tasting football at the top of the non- changes to their squads, including FC Halifax, John Akinde (Barnet) 94 League Pyramid for the first time are Guiseley Lincoln, Wrexham, Gateshead and Aldershot. Predictably the bookmakers don’t fancy Fouls Without A Card AFC, Bromley and Boreham Wood, while Cheyenne Dunkley (Kidderminster) 26 Barrow AFC return after a two-year sojourn in Boreham Wood’s chances of staying beyond the northern section. 2015/16, but Ian Allison is a shrewd boss Free-Kicks Won Tranmere begin life outside of the Football and he has made some extremely good Godfrey Poku (AFC Telford) 86 League with a new manager in the vastly acquisitions. Forest Green Rovers have flattered to Penalties Scored deceive in recent seasons, but manager John Akinde (Barnet) 11 Ady Pennock has made some good signings, Goals Scored Direct From Free-Kicks including improving his strike force considerably with Keanu Marsh-Brown and G Sole (Woking), J Rooney (Chester FC) 4 Aaron O’Connor moving into The New Lawn. Saves Made Grimsby Town came close to regaining their P Smith (Aldershot), D Lewis (Kidd’minster) 185 place in the League in 2014/15, losing the Promotion Final to Bristol Rovers in front Defensive Clearances of a record Wembley crowd, and they too Aaron Downes (Torquay) 73 have strengthened an already strong squad Defensive Blocks with some quality additions, including Andy George Pilkington (Macclesfield) 22 Monkhouse, who played against them for Rovers in May, and the north section’s top The Team With The Most......... scorer with 29 goals, Omar Bogle, signed for experienced Gary Brabin, who has managed at an undisclosed fee from Solihull Moors. Shots On Target Grimsby 285 this level with the likes of Southport and Luton Shots Off Target Altrincham 274 in the past. And Rovers are one of several National Shots Per Goal Altrincham 9.41 League clubs who start the season with a new Corners Barnet 311 man at the helm, with Aldershot employing Scotsman Barry Smith, Braintree losing Fouls Torquay 513 Alan Devonshire and hiring the successful Woodwork Strikes Bristol Rovers, Barnet 16 Danny Cowley from National League South Concord Rangers, Gateshead with the vastly Offsides Forest Green 135 experienced Malcolm Crosby taking over from Gary Mills after he accepted the Wrexham post, Penalties Conceded Welling 12 and Torquay taking on Paul Cox, who took Yellow Cards Southport 88 Mansfield up two years ago. It’s been a busy close season on the player Red Cards Welling 12 Statistical Information Matthew Plunkett +44 (0)1430 456105 National Signings Provided by Steve Whitney I Aldershot Town Jamie Grimes Kidderminster Jack Muldoon Rochdale Sam Magri QPR Matt Rhead Mansfield Cheye Alexander Bishop’s Stortford Duane Ofori-Acheampong Torquay Matthew Sparrow Scunthorpe Matthew Barnes-Homer Macclesfield Craig Stanley Eastleigh Omar Beckles St Albans C I Eastleigh Greg Tempest Notts Co Rhys Browne Charlton Andy Drury Luton Luke Waterfall Wrexham Jake Gallagher Welling Utd Bradley Wood Alfreton (Undisclosed Fee) Sean McGinty Rochdale Ross Lafayette Luton Joe Partington AFC Bournemouth Luke Oliver Forest Green R I Macclesfield Town Tom Richards Fulham Josh Payne Woking Jack Saville Barnet Michael Poke Portsmouth (6-Month Loan) Theo Bailey-Jones Wrexham Jim Stevenson Luton Neill Byrne AFC Telford Utd Charlie Walker Luton I FC Halifax Town Kristian Dennis Stockport (Season’s Loan) Dan Walker Braintree Hamza Bencherif Lincoln C Tony Diagne Lincoln C (Season’s Loan) Andy Bishop Wrexham Curtis Haynes-Brown Lowestoft I Altrincham Matty Brown Chester FC Jack Sampson Morecambe Danny Whitehead Accrington Stanley George Bowerman Accrington Stanley Jordan Burrow Lincoln C Connor Hughes Hyde Utd Tim Deasy Northwich V I Southport Anthony Griffith Carlisle Kingsley James Chester (Undisclosed Fee) Josh O’Keefe Kidderminster Danny Maguire Blyth Spartans Jamie Allen Fleetwood Michael Rankine Gateshead Josh MacDonald Marske Utd Adam Blakeman Hyde Utd Shaun Tuton Buxton Michael Brewster St Mirren I Barrow AFC Sam Walker Curzon Ashton Peter Cavanagh Altrincham (Player-Coach) Elliott Whitehouse Notts Co Andy Coughlin Wrexham Neil Ashton Wrexham Andrai Jones Gateshead Ashley Grimes Walsall I Forest Green Rovers Josh Thompson Tranmere Andy Haworth Cheltenham Darren Jones Newport Co Jonathan Viscosi Chester David Mellor Oldham Andy Wright Morecambe Steve Williams FC Halifax Keanu Marsh-Brown Barnet (Undisclosed Fee) Jonny Maxted Hartlepool I Torquay United I Boreham Wood Aaron O’Connor Newport Co Delano Sam-Yorke Lincoln C Dan Butler Portsmouth Billy Clifford Walsall Waide Fairhurst Macclesfield Harry Crawford Dartford I Gateshead Bayan Fenwick Cardiff Scott Doe Dagenham & Redbridge Exodus Geohaghon Stourbridge Preston Edwards Ebbslfeet Utd (Season’s Loan) River Allen Plymouth Ryan Bowman Torquay James Hurst Hednesford Charlie Macdonald Barnet Tyrone Marsh Ebbsfleet Danny Woodards Tranmere Nathan Buddle Carlisle Jordan Cranston Notts Co Shepherd Murombedzi Reading Nathan Smith Port Vale (3-Month Loan) I Braintree Town Josh Gillies Carlisle Danny Johnson Cardiff Fabian Speiss Notts Co Michael Cheek Chelmsford James Marwood Forest Green Matt Fry Concord Rangers Paddy McLaughlin Grimsby I Tranmere Rovers Will Norris Cambridge Utd (Season’s Loan) Jimmy Phillips Burton Alb Scott Davies Fleetwood Jeremy Walker Concord Rangers Simon Ramsden Motherwell Jay Harris Wrexham Sam Russell Forest Green Liam Hogan Fleetwood I Bromley Jonathan Margetts Hull Sean Francis Dover I Grimsby Town Lois Maynard FC Halifax Bradley Goldberg Dagenham & Redbridge Padraig Amond Morecambe James Norwood Forest Green Lee Minshull Newport Co Nathan Arnold Cambridge Utd Martin Riley Mansfield Max Porter Newport Co Omar Bogle Solihull Moors (Undisclosed Fee) Iain Turner Sheffield Utd Aaron Tumwa Farnborough Danny East Portsmouth Alex Wall Luton Josh Gowling Kidderminster I Welling United Marcus Marshall Morecambe Sahr Kabba Lincoln C I Cheltenham Town Andy Monkhouse Bristol R Tom King Millwall (Loan) Jack Barthram Swindon Richard Tait Cambridge Utd Kevin Lokko Colchester Aaron Downes Torquay Harry Osborne Charlton Calum Kitscha Hayes & Yeading Utd I Guiseley AFC George Porter Maidstone Rhys Lovett Rochdale Rob Atkinson Accrington Stanley Brian Saah Dagenham & Redbridge George McLennan Reading Jake Charles Huddersfield (Loan) Ricky Wellard Sutton Utd Amari Morgan-Smith Tom Craddock Portsmouth Jack Munns Charlton Will Hatfield FC Halifax I Woking Danny Parslow York Adam Lockwood Oldham Jack Caprice Lincoln C Harry Pell Eastleigh Nick Hamann Braintree Dillon Phillips Charlton (6-Month Loan) I Kidderminster Harriers Godfrey Poku AFC Telford Utd Kyle Storer Wrexham Joe Clarke Wrexham Ismail Yakubu Newport Co Billy Waters Crewe Adam Dawson Bristol R Danny Wright Kidderminster Calvin Dinsley Redditch I Wrexham Jordan Jones Redditch I Chester FC Cameron Belford Swindon T Kelvin Langmead Ebbsfleet (Season’s Loan) Lee Fowler Crawley Jordan Chapell Torquay Alex Palmer WBA (6-Month Loan) James Gray Accrington Stanley Luke George Southport Lathaniel Rowe-Turner Alfreton Kayden Jackson Tamworth Ross Hannah Grimsby Dean Snedker Brackley Joel Logan Rochdale (Loan) Johnny Hunt Cambridge Utd Adriano Moke Macclesfield Ian Sharps Burton Alb I Lincoln City Sean Newton Lincoln C Tom Shaw Alfreton Lee Beevers Mansfield Adam Smith FC Halifax Chris Bush Welling Utd Javan Vidal Tamworth I Dover Athletic Liam Hearn Mansfield Dominic Vose Welling Utd Naby Diallo Bath C Callum Howe Scunthorpe Mason Watkins-Clark Stoke (Loan Statistical Information Matthew Plunkett +44 (0)1430 456105 Statistical Previews 2015/16 Season Aldershot V Gateshead Altrincham V Forest Green Top Scorers Goals 08/08: 3.00pm Top Scorers Goals Top Scorers Goals 08/08: 3.00pm Top Scorers Goals Williams 15 Referee: A Hopkins (Stoke) Rodman 9 Reeves 18 Referee: S Rushton (Staffordshire) Parkin 25 Hatton 6 Last Meetings Shaw 8 Clee 7 Last Meetings Norwood 11 Roberts 5 Wright 7 Lawrie 7 Guthrie 8 McCollin 4 FC 01/11/2014 Chandler 4 Perry 6 FC 14/02/2015 Hughes 7 Holman 3 Aldershot .......... 1 Gateshead ........2 Finnigan 4 Crowther 3 Altrincham ........ 2 Forest Green .....2 Frear 6 FC 27/09/2014 FC 06/12/2014 Y R Gateshead ......... 1 Aldershot .........1 Y R Y R Forest Green ..... 1 Altrincham .......1 Y R Roberts 10 1 League Head to Head Gjokaj 6 2 Cavanagh 11 1 League Head to Head Norwood 7 1 Hatton 6 0 Pattison 8 0 Marshall 6 2 Coles 5 1 Oastler 6 0 Aldershot 2, draws 2, Gateshead 4 Curtis 4 1 Moult 8 1 Altrincham 4, draws 7, Forest Green 5 Wedgbury 6 0 Williams 5 0 Games Since Rodman 3 1 Leather 4 1 Games Since Parkin 5 0 Gibbs 4 0 Turnbull 5 0 Lawrie 6 0 Sinclair 5 0 4 a win 3 4 a win 1 Goal Details: 2 home win 1 Goal Details: Goal Details: 1 home win 1 Goal Details: When: first half 23[25], 2 away win 6 When: first half 31[30], When: first half 17[38], 3 away win 0 When: first half 38[23], 0 a defeat 0 0 a defeat 4 second half 28[36]. second half 35[32]. second half 37[35].