The Bassett Bulletin Saturday 10th AugustSaturday K.O. 3.00PM 2019, 10th F.A.Preliminary Cup Extra Round RoyalWootton Bassett Town Aylesburyv DynamosVale

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Club Officials Season 2019-20 Senior Club Honours

President: Mark Smedley Chairman: Andy Walduck [email protected] Vice Chairman: Pete Yeardley [email protected] Club Secretary: Ian Thomas [email protected] Treasurer : Mike Price [email protected] Club Development Officer: Vacant Head of Senior Section: Paul Davis [email protected] Head of Ladies Section: Anthony Moore [email protected] Head of Youth Section: Mari Green [email protected] Head of Veterans Section: Nick Warren [email protected] Head of Senior Coaching: Mick Byrne [email protected] First Team Manager: Sam Collier [email protected] Club Sports Therapist: Kara Gregory [email protected] Dev Team Managers: Steve Chadwick Andy Mullen Ladies Team Managers: Jonny House James Goddard Programme Editor: Mark Smedley [email protected] Seniors Match Secretary: Paul Curtis Press and Media Officer: Stuart Smedley [email protected] Website Editor and Designer: Scott Smedley [email protected] Welfare Officer: Toni Fraser [email protected]

Life Members: Micky Woolford (1995) Pete Yeardley (2012) Bryan Wood (2017) Rod Carter (2008) Ron Stone (2013) Scott Smedley (2018) Roger Williamson (2008) Dave Topping (2016) Stuart Smedley (2018) Paul Harrison (2012) Mark Smedley (2016) Gordon Reeves (2019)

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Wiltshire Premier Shield Today’s Teams Royal W. Bassett Town Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

The Wiltshire FA have re-introduced the Wiltshire Premier Shield for Season 2019-20 after a break of 7 seasons. Whilst previously the Home Team Squad No. Sub Visitors Team Squad No. Sub 1 Declan Lehmann 1 James Weatherill competition involved just the 4 sides playing at Step 4 and above , 2 Tinashe Gwavava 2 Joe Fitzgerald the re-introduced Shield will now include the clubs playing at Step 5. 3 Tyron Leigh 3 Dan McAteer This means there will be 10 teams entering this season’s Shield and 4 Chris Jackson 4 Dan Wilson 5 Tom Cole 5 Lewis Strafford we will be one of the lowest level teams in the cup competition. The 6 Jonny Davoile 6 Keith Mupfururirwa 10 teams will be Swindon Town, Chippenham Town, Salisbury, 7 Danny Langford 7 Bruno Brito Swindon Supermarine, Melksham Town, Highworth Town, Westbury 8 Gio Wrona 8 Alfi Touceda United, Bradford Town, Amesbury and Royal Wootton Bassett Town. 9 Rhys Talmarsh 9 Alex Woodfine 10 Brad Pagliaroli 10 Roy Byron The one and only season we have played in this competition before 11 Callum Parsons 11 Alfie Gaspar was Season 2001-2 when we defeated Bemerton Heath Harlequins 12 Mani Roper 12 Jacob Troughton-Smith in the First Round 1-0 before knocking out Swindon Supermarine 2-0 14 Caine Bradbury 14 Carl Tappin 15 Alfie Presley 15 Abu Khan in the Second Round. We eventually went out at the Semi-Final 16 Tony Joyce 16 Archie Clarke stage losing 2-0 to Swindon Town. The First Round games are 17 Steve Yeardley 17 Ryan Tappin scheduled for October 7th, with the Second Round games in 18 Zak Eadle 18 Dan Ball December. Last season all the clubs bar Swindon Town were in the 19 Adam Corcoran 19 Tom Cranmer 20 Dale Richards 20 Lewis Merridan Wiltshire Senior Cup, details of which are shown below. 21 Callum Wright 21 Mohammed Tajdar Khan 22 22 Jacob Lowe 23 23 Joseph Williams 24 24 Harry James 25 25 26 26

Dugout Team Dugout Team Manager: Sam Collier Managers: Paul Bonham Assistant: Matt Bulman Assistant: Paul Toms Coach: Coach: Ryan Collings Therapist: Jennifer Higgins & Emma Day Physio:

Match Officials Referee: Mark Loughlin (Bristol) Assist. Ref (Red Flag): Mark Wikes (Bristol) Assist. Ref (Yellow Flag): Rebecca Halford (Bristol)

Next Home Games

Tue 20-Aug-19 v Marlborough Town (Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League) Kick-off 7.45PM Sat 24-Aug-19 v North Leigh (FA Cup Preliminary Round) Kick-off 3.00PM (Subject to today's result) Tue 27-Aug-19 v Cricklade Town (Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League) Kick-off 7.45PM

SNES SWINDON 38 Havelock St, SN1 1SD. Tel 01793 434 673 SNES ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT 111 High St, SN4 7AU. Tel 01793 851 483 46 3

Editorial & Club News

Welcome to this Season’s FA Cup When Palmer tried to do this again, however, the ball was just too high, and rolled down A warm welcome to the players, officials and spectators from Aylesbury Vale Dynamos for the back of the net. this Extra Preliminary Round FA Cup fixture . I hope they enjoy their short stay with us this afternoon and we wish them a safe journey home. After another corner, taken by Palmer, Offer put the ball in the net to add still another and just afterwards Offer got his third goal, and the Hospital's fifth, from a corner takenby After a good pre-season we have not made the start everyone was expecting and are now Winchcombe. Worsdell, the home team's inside left added the sixth and last goal, with a without a win against two sides we would normally be expected to win against. Our visitors good shot. Fielding to the ball in the net soon afterwards, but he was offside. Rose was today in contrast have made a perfect start winning both their opening league fixtures. injured just before the end of the game, but not seriously. The teams were:- They opened with a 2-1 away win at Leighton Town, who we beat at this stage of the FA Cup last season. They then followed that up on Tuesday night with a 2-0 home win over Wootton Bassett – Palmer; Marsh and Drury; Brown, Moore and Bowles; Sawyer, Embling, Crawley Town to go third in the league table after two games. They have in their ranks a Hunt, Gleed and Dunford. mix of experience, with two players having played professional football overseas, and some Mental Hospital – Blagden; Huntley and Strudley; Harris, Jeffries and Palmer; Winchcombe, exciting youngsters. Last season’s top scorer Bruno Brito, who played professional football Rose, Fielding, Worsdell and Offer. in Portugal, has scored in both of the two games played. Footnote The winner of today’s will be receive prize money of £2,250 and a home game against That last season before the outbreak of the Second World War was a tough one for North Leigh in the Preliminary Round, whilst the loser will pick up £750. Hopefully it will be Wootton Bassett Town in the Wiltshire League. The side finished fourth from bottom. Star our Treasurer Mike Price who has the smile on his face come 5’O clock and I have another player Bobbie Brown was to be the first player to be called up for military training as the programme to produce. If there is a draw tonight the replay will be on Tuesday night at season ended. Bassett were hopeful with him being stationed at Devizes he would still be Aylesbury with a 7.45pm kick-off. The address is The Greenfleets Stadium, able to play for the club but in the end the league was to be cancelled the following season Haywood Way Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 9WZ . as war broke out and only friendly games were played, mainly against military sides.

FA Cup Nostalgia That season Portsmouth went on to win the FA Cup and the route to Wembley that our Today’s programme includes some FA Cup nostalgia with the “On This Date” feature side of the draw took that season was as follows: looking back to our FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round win over Calne Town back in 2012. Prelim. Round: Wilts County Mental Hospital 6 Wootton Bassett Town 0 Later on in programme there is the match report from our very first FA Cup appearance 1st Qual Round: Wilts County Mental Hospital 0 Devizes Town 1 back in 1938 which unfortunately ended in defeat. We then trace our side of the draw all 2nd Qual Round: Devizes Town 3 Paulton Rovers 0 the way to the final which saw Portsmouth beat Wolves 4-1 in the final. 3rd Qual Round: Trowbridge Town 4 Devizes Town 1 4th Qual Round: Trowbridge Town 1 Cheltenham Town 3 Dev Team and Ladies 1st Round; Cheltenham T Cardiff City 1 / Cardiff City 1 Cheltenham 0 2nd Round: Cardiff City 1 Crewe Alex. 0 The Dev Team get their season underway next Saturday with a trip to Trowbridge Town. 3rd Round: Cardiff City 1 Charlton Athletic 0 The rest of the fixtures for the month of August for the Dev Team are elsewhere in today’s 4th Round: Cardiff City 0 Newcastle Utd 0/ Newcastle Utd 4 Cardiff City 1 programme. The Ladies team kick off their season at the beginning of September with an 5th Round: Newcastle Utd 1 Preston NE 2 FA Cup game of their own against Chipping Sodbury Town at home on Sunday 1 6th Round: Portsmouth 1 Preston NE 0 September. Their League fixtures start the following Sunday with a trip to play Marine Semi Final: Portsmouth 2 Huddersfield Town 1 Academy down in Plymouth in their first ever fixture in the South West Women’s League Final: Portsmouth 4 Wolves 1 Premier Division. All the Ladies fixtures for the season are again elsewhere in today’s programme. 4 45

A Look Back To Our First Ever FA Cup Game

From the Mental Hospital to Portsmouth Shrivenham on Tuesday Night Saturday 17 September 1938 It was a disappointing night on Tuesday but we were our own worst enemies at times. Individual errors at the back were The Wiltshire Gazette, Thursday 22nd September 1938 responsible for all three goals conceded and then young Rhys’ indiscretion, which resulted in his sending off, certainly didn’t When Wootton Bassett visited the Wilts County Mental Hospital in the preliminary round help the cause, especially when we already had a player in the of the FA Cup on Saturday, they were soundly defeated by 6-0. Yet, at the start of the sin-bin at the time. Rhys reminds me of former player Geoff game, it seemed as though the home team were in for a evenly-contested match, and at Swatton, who played under Pete Yeardley and Mick Byrne, always playing on the edge but a fantastic player who always knew where the net was. first Wootton Bassett were undoubtedly playing the better quality football. In the first half People need to remember that Rhys is still a youngster and still, in my view, trying to work the Mental-Hospital lacked co-operation and team work, and although their play was not out where that edge is. On Tuesday he stepped over it but he more than anyone will so greatly improved in the second half, it appeared that Wootton Bassett absolutely went know he let his team mates down and will be keen to put it right as soon as possible. He to pieces. will be punished for his misdemeanour by the FA in due course. What he probably needs now is one of the more experienced players on the pitch to give a little bit of guidance, The game at the beginning was closely contested, and Wootton Bassett opened the attack, metaphorically put his arm round him and steer him in the right direction. From what I saw on Tuesday the team has some fantastic individual players but we seem to be missing so that Blagden, in the Hospital goal was kept hard at work. When the home team got a good leader/organiser, someone like Mark Vaughan or Tony Maciek or Mick Byrne when away with the leather they missed several fine chances, including shots at an open goal. he played, who can give that guidance and support to our talented youngsters from the Eventually Offer put the Hospital one up. There were plenty of free kicks for each side pitch. This does not have to be your captain, hopefully a player will step up into that role during the game. Wootton Bassett took the ball away once to give the home defence a today in what is the most prestigious competition in which we play. busy ten minutes, but luck was not with them. Play in the middle of the first half was fast, but indecisive, and it might have been anyone's game. Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup Eventually the Hospital began to get the better of the play, and were almost continually The draw for the Second Round of the Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup has now been made and we have been drawn away against Stonehouse Town with the game scheduled to be attacking, although finding difficulty in penetrating the visitors' defence, which worked played on Saturday 17th August 2019. Stonehouse are in their first season in the Hellenic hard. When they at last succeeded, Fielding added to the home score. So, at half time, the League and play in Division One West having been promoted from the Gloucestershire score was 2-0. County League last season, having finished in 3rd place in that league. They opened their first season in the Hellenic League with a 3-1 defeat at Clanfield 85, never an easy place to In the second half there were numerous corners, and most of them at the Wootton Bassett go as we found out two season’s ago when we scraped a 1-0 away win courtesy of a goal from a certain Sam Collier. Anyone wishing to travel to support the lads at Stonehouse the end. At the start Rose had bad luck for the Hospital with an excellent shot, but play became address of the ground is as follows, Oldends Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL10 sluggish. Palmer, of the Hospital team, was cautioned by the referee after a charging 2DG.. incident. Winchcombe for the home team, was as usual working hard, and put some fine Finally I hope you all enjoy today’s encounter in the prestigious FA Cup, neither side passes across the Bassett goalmouth, opportunities which were not always taken by the playing here today will make the final at Wembley but you can be sure both will be keen other forwards. Drury and Marsh, the Wootton Bassett backs, were working like Trojans, to go as far as possible in this season’s competition and I am sure you are in for a good but corners came all too often. From one of these Palmer made the Hospital's score up to game. three with a finely judged shot, which with the combination of the wind and the turn on Mark the ball, made it just into the visitor's goal. 44 5

From The Governor

Good afternoon to all and welcome to our first league game of the season. I would like to welcome [Away Team] management players and supporters to the Gerard Buxton Stadium, I hope they enjoy there day out at our ground. Matt and I have been busy over the summer months and are really pleased with the players we have been able to get for this coming season. Callum Parsons and Jonny Davoile have both been key players in getting their former clubs promoted out of the Hellenic League and are big signings for us this season. As are the two further players we have picked up from Newbury. Danny Langford showed last season what a handful he can be at this level and we expect him and Brad to link up well this season. Sam x

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Opponents 10 Year Record

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Historical Record - Last 10 Seasons Plus Current Season League & Division FAC FAV Pld Won Drew Lost For Agst Pts Position Top Scorer 2009/10 Spartan S.Mid Prem 4QR 1QR 42 28 8 6 109 41 92 1 out of 22 C. Henney 54 2010/11 Southern One Cent Pre 1QR* 42 19 11 12 73 62 68 8 out of 22 Not known 2011/12 Southern One Cent Pre 1QR* 42 12 8 22 50 82 44 20 out of 22 Not known 2012/13 Southern One Cent Pre Pre* 42 16 10 16 76 73 58 12 out of 22 Not known 2013/14 Southern One Cent 1QR 1QR* 42 14 6 22 56 73 48 16 out of 22 Not known 2014/15 Southern One Cent 1QR 1QR* 42 25 7 10 81 46 82 3 out of 22 Not known 2015/16 Southern One Cent 1QR 1QR* 42 20 8 14 72 52 68 8 out of 22 Not known 2016/17 Southern One Cent Pre Pre* 42 12 8 22 54 75 44 19 out of 22 Not known 2017/18 Southern One East 1QR 1QR* 42 9 6 27 40 88 33 21 out of 22 Not known 2018/19 Southern One Cent Pre Pre* 38 8 7 23 42 79 31 19 out of 20 B. Brito & T. Deacon 8 2019/20 Spartan S.Mid Prem 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 out of 21 B. Brito 2 Totals 418 165 79 174 657 672 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 39.5% 18.9% 41.6% * Were in FA Trophy in these seasons Southern League One Central 332 126 65 141 504 542 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 38.0% 19.6% 42.5% Spartan S.Midland One East 42 9 6 27 40 88 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 21.4% 14.3% 64.3% Spartan S.Midland Premier 44 30 8 6 113 42 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 68.2% 18.2% 13.6%

Overall Record Spartan SM Premier Division Record Last 10 Years + Current Season Last 10 Years + Current Season

Lost 41.6% Lost 13.6%

Drew 18.9% Drew 18.2%

Won 39.5% Won 68.2%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0%

Last Season - 2018-19 Southern League Division One Central Results 2018-19 P W D L F A Pts Home Away 1 Peterborough Sports 38 30 5 3 109 28 95 W 1 - 0 L 0 - 5 2 Bromsgrove Sporting 38 27 6 5 108 44 87 D 0 - 0 L 0 - 5 3 Corby Town 38 24 5 9 106 60 77 L 1 - 4 L 2 - 5 4 Bedford Town 38 21 2 15 84 52 65 W 1 - 0 L 0 - 1 5 Sutton Coldfield Town 38 17 11 10 65 49 62 L 0 - 2 L 0 - 2 6 Berkhamsted 38 17 8 13 68 53 59 L 0 - 3 D 1 - 1 7 Didcot Town 38 16 10 12 69 61 58 L 2 - 4 D 1 - 1 8 Thame United 38 17 6 15 60 61 57 L 0 - 3 L 1 - 4 9 Coleshill Town 38 16 8 14 60 58 56 D 1 - 1 L 0 - 2 10 AFC Dunstable 38 16 7 15 58 71 55 L 0 - 1 L 3 - 4 11 Yaxley 38 15 4 19 72 92 49 L 0 - 2 W 3 - 1 12 Cambridge City 38 12 11 15 58 54 47 W 3- 0 W 3 - 2 13 Kempston Rovers 38 11 10 17 58 75 43 L 1 - 2 L 0 - 3 14 Welwyn Garden City 38 11 10 17 52 64 42 D 0 - 0 L 0 - 2 15 Aylesbury United 38 12 6 20 62 86 42 W 3 - 1 L 0 - 2 16 Barton Rovers 38 10 11 17 45 68 41 D 2 - 2 D 1 - 1 17 North Leigh 38 9 7 22 67 106 34 L 0 - 3 L 1 - 3 18 Kidlington 38 9 7 22 43 82 34 L 0 - 1 L 2 - 3 19 Aylesbury 38 8 7 23 42 79 31 20 Dunstable Town 38 8 7 23 49 92 31 W 3 - 2 W 6 - 1

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Bluefin Insurance Challenge Cup & Banbury Litho Floodlit Cup

HELLENIC LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP SPONSORED BY BLUEFIN SEASON 2019-20

First Round - 03 August 2019 Adderbury Park 5 - 4 Thornbury Town Banbury United Dev v Highworth Town Res Chippenham Town Dev v Newent Town Didcot Town Dev 6 - 1 Aston Clinton Kintbury Rangers Dev v Wantage Town Dev Langley 2 - 4 Woodley United Long Crendon 1 - 1 Holyport (5-6 pens) Penn & Tylers Green 1 - 2 Wokingham & Emmbrook Stokenchurch v Abingdon United Woodstock Town v Heyford Athletic Second Round - 17 August 2019 Banbury U Dev or Highworth T R v Wellington Adderbury Park v Chippenham T D or Newent Binfield v Chalfont Wasps Bishops Cleeve v Malmesbury Victoria Brackley Town Saints v Old Bradwell Utd Dev Buckingham Athletic v Ardley United Chalvey Sports v Abingdon Town Cheltenham Saracens v Hereford Pegasus Chinnor (withdrawn) v Wokingham & Emmbrook Clanfield 85 v Hereford Lads Club Didcot Town Dev v Holyport Easington Sports v Virginia Water Fairford Town v New College Swindon Faringdon Town v Brimscombe & Thrupp Flackwell Heath v Marlow United Hazelmere Sports v AFC Aldermaston Kidington Dev v Kintbury R Res or Wantage T D Woodley United v Windsor Letcombe v Tuffley Rovers Longlevens v Malvern Town Lydney Town v Cirencester Town Dev Milton United v Southam United Risborough Rangers v Woodstock T or Heyford Ath Shortwood United v Bourton Rovers Shrivenham v Moreton Rangers Stonehouse Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town Stokenchurch or Abingdon Utd v Holmer Green Swindon Robins v Westfields Taplow United v Reading City Thame Rangers v Yateley Tytherington Rocks v Headington Amateurs Wallingford Town v Burnham

HELLENIC LEAGUE FLOODLIT CUP SPONSORED BY BANBURY LITHO SEASON 2019-20 First Round Abingdon Town v Holmer Green Bishops Cleeve v Tytherington Rocks Bourton Rovers v Fairford Town Brimscombe & Thrupp v Cirencester Town Dev Buckingham Athletic Dev v Milton United Burnham v Banbury United Dev Chinnor L - W Marlow United Clanfield 85 v Cheltenham Saracens Didcot Town Dev v Brackley Town Saints Easington Sports v Abingdon United Flackwell Heath v Binfield Holyport v Wallingford Town Langley v Risborough Rangers Long Crendon v Southam United Longlevens v Moreton Rangers Newent Town v Hereford Lads Club Reading City v Penn & Tylers Green Royal W.Bassett Town v Malvern Town Shortwood United v New College Swindon Shrivenham v Wantage Town Dev Stonehouse Town v Malmesbury Victoria Tuffley Rovers v Thornbury Town Virginia Water v Yateley United Wellington v Hereford Pegasus Westfields v Lydney Town Windsor v Thame Rangers Woodley United v AFC Aldermaston Ardley United bye Chalvey Sports bye Highworth Town Res bye Kidlington Dev bye Wokingham & Emmbrook bye

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Previous Meetings Moonraker 2019-20

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Youth Section Opponents In Focus

With Aylesbury having dropped down from the Southern League at the end of last season it is hard to judge whether they have assembled a side to bounce back at the first attempt, subject to meeting ground grading requirements. It is interesting to note that they have played three sides from the Uhlsport Hellenic League in pre-season. They opened their pre- season campaign with a 4-0 win over our opponents on Saturday, Holmer Green. They then met southern League Premier Division opponents Beaconsfield Town, going down 2-0 to higher league opposition. Their second Hellenic League opponents were another Premier League side, Ardley United, with Aylesbury winning 2-1 making it two wins out of two against sides from our division. Next up were Division One East side Risborough Rangers, a side who have moved over from the Spartan South Midland League Division One for this coming season. On the same sweltering night that we met Chippenham Town, Aylesbury went down narrowly 1-0. Their final pre-season game was against Spartan South Midland side Berkhamstead.

Saturday saw them open their Spartan South Midland league campaign with a trip to Leighton Town. On what can best be described as a “difficult pitch” both sides sought to get the ball forward as quickly as possible looking for knock-ons rather than playing through Quiz Answers the midfield. Whilst the home side had the better of things in the first half there were few 1. Abba 2. Lloyd Cole 3. Earth Wind & Fire 4. XTC 5. Gary Lineker 6. Raith Rovers 7. Everton chances created until Aylesbury went in front on the half hour mark, midfield player Bruno 8. El Darado 9. North Dakota Mystery Player: Alex Green Brito firing in with a powerful left foot shot. Leighton got themselves back in the game when a cross from the right to the far post was headed in. Aylesbury went back in front three minutes before the break when tall centre half Dan Wilson came up for a corner and rose above everybody to head powerfully into the net to make it 2-1. Before the break Aylesbury lost one of their centre backs Lewis Strafford after he landed badly and had to be assisted off the pitch. Second half saw limited chances for either side but Leighton ended the game with just 9 men (one sent-off and one in the sin-bin) and were unable to get the elusive equaliser as Aylesbury opened their league campaign with a win. Tuesday night saw them win 2-0 at home, Bruno Brito with his second of the season and young Abu Khan with the other goal that saw Aylesbury gave 3rd in the table . 11

Opponents History Veterans & U18 Floodlit Team

The Veterans Section have entered two teams in the new Veterans Division of the Corsham Aylesbury Vale Dynamos is an amalgamation of Aylesbury FC and Bedgrove Dynamos, two local clubs with a rich history in local football Aylesbury FC enjoyed a long history in senior and junior football Print Wiltshire Senior League. The County League has taken over from the Wiltshire FA dating back to the 1930’s under the previous names of Aylesbury Vale, Haywood United, Belgrave, running veterans league football having established a critical mass. The FA will continue Stocklake and Negretti and Zambra FC, which was founded in the 1930’s by workers at the Negretti looking to develop veterans football in the south of the county which is still unrepresented and Zambra company then based in London’s King Cross district. The company moved to the Stocklake in the first season of the new league. In the final “season” under the Wiltshire Flexi–League Industrial Estate, Aylesbury. the Royal Wootton Bassett Town Blue side went close to winning the title but eventually in 1949 and by the mid 50’s the premises had a bar, football, cricket and tennis facilities. The football lost out to the most successful side in the veterans category, Marlborough Town. club joined the Aylesbury District League in 1954. The social club changed its name to Stocklake when Eleven teams have entered the new league and will be split into two divisions as follows: Negretti and Zambra sold the premises to the local council, who then leased the facilities; hence the different sections adopted the name Stocklake. Under the guidance of Chairman Mr Ernie Crotty, the North Wiltshire Division club gained many honours including runners up in ADL’s top divisions, before gaining intermediate AFC Swindon status in the Wycombe and District League first and senior divisions. Sadly Ernie was killed in a road Defence Academy accident just before the club moved premises to the present location at Haywood Way in 1987. Marlborough Town Vets After gaining senior status and promotion to the Chiltern League in 1988, Stocklake enjoyed many Royal Wootton Bassett Town Blue further successes including Division One runners up in 1991, Premier Division and League Cup runners Stratton Juniors up the following season and Wycombe Senior Cup success in 1995. Cup success was also followed on Swindon Rovers in the following season, this time the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup being added to the trophy cabinet. Belgrave FC was formed in 1983 by Jim Sullivan who lived in nearby Belgrave Road. Jim had Mid Wiltshire Division two sons who were passionate about football but were limited to where they could play, so formed a Chippenham Yard Dogs team himself with the help of neighbours Lynne and David Hatcher. By 1990, under the guidance of FC Calne Danny Martone, Belgrave had grown to five youth teams providing football for over ninety boys from the Quarrendon and Haydon Hill areas of Aylesbury. 1996 saw the forming of two senior teams under Holt the Belgrave FC name and by the turn of the millennium teams were represented at all levels from Royal Wootton Bassett Town Yellow Under 8’s through to seniors, Trowbridge Tigers

At the start of the 2000/2001 season, the senior Belgrave FC team was renamed Haywood United The club has re-entered an U18 team in the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League. The U18 following an amalgamation with Stocklake FC with Danny Martone voted in as chairman of the new side were first members of the U18 Division of the Wiltshire Senior League in Season 2015-16 club. Haywood United joined the Spartan South Midlands League and won promotion into Division when they won the North Division but lost the play-off against the South Division winners One after two seasons. Notable achievements during the 2001/2002 season included league awards for the best kept and most improved ground; this included the erection of floodlights and perimeter Melksham Town to finish as runners-up. After finishing fourth in the North Division in Season fencing, which Danny and his hard working committee fought hard to establish. Season 2002/2003 2016-17 they withdrew from the league and return for Season 2019-20 after a two year saw a difficult start in Division One, but with the arrival of manager Jon Franklin and his assistant Keith absence. The side will be managed by Shane Saunders, playing home games on a Thursday Walker just after Christmas, the club eventually consolidated finishing in 9th place. Promotion was night. gained to the South Midlands Premier Division the following year after a campaign that saw 23 wins, 7 Bassett will be joined in the league for Season 2019-20 by Calne Town, Chippenham Town, draws and only 4 losses. Haywood United proved themselves capable of staying in the Premier Division after finishing 3rd in the 2004/2005 season in a campaign that only include one loss in the Downton, FC Chippenham, Melksham Town, New College Swindon, Pewsey Vale, Radstock twenty matches after Christmas. Town and Shrivenham. 12 37

Hellenic Premier Round-up

Midweek Action: Binfield, Reading City, Fairford & Westfields The club also entered the FA Cup and Vase for the first time and won the Buckingham Charity Cup in make it two from two 2006. Season 2006/2007 began with Haywood United becoming Aylesbury Vale FC and saw Keith Walker and Steve Gleinster take over as joint managers and steadily build a squad. This was recognised Binfield made it two wins from two on Monday night with a 2-0 home win over near in the 2008/2009 season, under the management of Mark Eaton, with a good cup run in the FA Cup neighbours Windsor in a match that saw a bumper crowd of 271. A first half goal from and FA Vase, winning three rounds in the FA Cup losing to Level 4 side Gosport after a replay, and Danny Horscroft gave them the lead at the break and they added a second through Asa losing out in the 4th round of the FA Vase to Leiston Town. After Christmas the side suffered due to Povey on 64 minutes. The following day Windsor manager Mick Woodham resigned on the long term injuries and finished mid table. May 2009 saw a major new development in a new semi back of two straight defeats. professional side vote for a name change. Aylesbury Football Club was formed under the leadership of Chairman Roger Dance and assisted by Vice Chairman Danny Martone. Another side who made it two wins from two games on Monday night were Reading City. Former Chairman Bill Harrison was made President of the club. Great success on the field of play was to A solitary goal from Josh Blackwood just before the break was enough to secure the points follow, with the team having a fantastic run in the F.A. Cup. We were the last 'level five' team in the in a 1-0 win over Burnham, who also are a side to open the season with back-to-back country to remain in the competition and were rewarded with a visit to Haywood Way for the F.A. Cup defeats. trophy, allowing the team, supporters and local people to get their hands on this famous trophy and Tuesday night saw two further teams secure a 100% record from their opening two games. make the most of this memorable occasion. We were finally knocked out of the competition by Wealdstone in a close game. A brave and superb display was witnessed by a bumper crowd of 800 plus. Ben Hayes opened the scoring for Westfields on 6 minutes in their home game with Longlevens. Richard Greaves made it 2-0 before Brad Martin pulled one back for Meanwhile, away from the midst of F.A. Cup drama, our success continued, becoming 'Double Longlevens. Late goals from Ryan Green and Aidan Thomas secured a 4-1 win to take Winners' Winning both the Spartan South Midland League and League Cup capping an extraordinary Westfields to the top on goal difference. season and gaining promotion to the Southern League Division 1 Central. Steve Bateman took over in 2013/14, steered the club to safety in his first 6 months in charge. Then in 2014/15 with Bateman at Fairford have made a great start to the season and maintained their 100% record with a 3- the helm FC has their most successful season to date most successful to date. Playing at the highest 1 win at Lydney to go second in the table. level in the club’s history, the team finished third in the League, having been pushing for promotion all season and narrowly lost out in the semi final to Bedworth United having already beaten them twice in Virginia Water picked up their first win of the season and remain unbeaten following a 3-1 the league. The 2015/16 finished with a flourish as the club finished just outside the play off positions, home win over Easington Sports, two goals for Liam Whyte and one for Joel Drew, Callum but had the consolation of our first major Cup Final, beating Chesham United in the Berks & Bucks Cup Convey wth the consolation goal for the visitors. at Windsor. Steve Bateman and his management team resigned at the end of the season and Danny Two goals from Jack Taylor gave Flackwell Heath all the points in their local derby Gordon & Gareth Risbridger took the helm , supported by Paul Bonham, Ryan Wiffin & Aaron Norman. Davis Haule took over from Gordon & Risbridger in December 2016, appointed brother Brian as his encounter with Holmer Green to secure their first points of the season. assistant and recruited former coaches Fraser McLachlan, Aaron Wiffin and added Ryan Collings to his Bishops Cleeve also opened their account for the season with a 4-0 home win over Tuffley back room staff for the 2017/18 season. Rovers, Jack Watts helping himself to a hat-trick , Liam Wright with the other Bishops In 2018/19 Scott Reynolds was appointed manager and when he resigned midway through the season Cleeve goal. it was left to Paul Bonham to take control but because of ground grading issues the Southern League made the decision to relegate the club and so after ten seasons in the Southern League the club will Whilst we were pressing the self destruct button once again in our local derby with start the 2019 season in the South Midlands League after what has been a difficult and turbulent Shrivenham (see elsewhere in the programme for the match report), Ardley United and period. In 2019 two became one when Aylesbury amalgamated with youth side Bedgrove Dynamos Brackley Town Saints were sharing two goals and the points. with the intention of allowing the youth of the town to progress through junior football to youth and then adult football and play at the highest possible level. 36 13

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Season 2019-20 Fixtures

Date Opponents H/A

01-Sep Chipping Sodbury T (FAC PR) H 08-Sep Marine Academy Plymouth A 15-Sep Bishops Lydeard Ladies H 22-Sep Middlezoy Ladies A 29-Sep Callington Town Ladies H 06-Oct Portishead Ladies A 13-Oct Ilminster Town Ladies H 20-Oct Torquay United Ladies A 27-Oct Keynsham Town Dev H 03-Nov Bideford Ladies H 10-Nov Bideford Ladies A 17-Nov Marine Academy Plymouth H 24-Nov Bishops Lydeard Ladies A 01-Dec Middlezoy Ladies H 08-Dec Callington Town Ladies A 15-Dec Portishead Ladies H 05-Jan Ilminster Town Ladies A 12-Jan Torquay United Ladies H 19-Jan Keynsham Town Dev A TBA Wilts County Cup NK

FAC - Womens FA Cup, WSC - County Cup,

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Development Team RWBTFC Kit Sponsors Declan Lehmann Adam House Steve Yeardley Harrison Lea

Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League Sponsored by Premier Division Season 2018-19 Pld W D L F A PTS 1 Wroughton 28 20 5 3 94 28 65 2 Kintbury Rangers # 28 19 5 4 94 40 59 3 Shrewton United 28 17 2 9 95 49 53 4 Melksham Town Res 28 15 6 7 82 43 51 5 Purton 28 15 6 7 70 43 51 6 Trowbridge Town # 28 12 11 5 56 37 44 Dale Richards Tinashe Gwavava Tom Cole Caine Bradbury 7 Corsham Town Res 28 12 8 8 60 47 44 8 Cricklade Town 28 12 5 11 68 55 41 Sponsored by Sponsored by 9 Ludgershall Sports 28 10 7 11 48 67 37 10 Malmesbury Victoria Dev 28 9 5 14 53 89 32 11 Royal W. Bassett Town D 28 9 2 17 57 76 29 12 Marlborough Town 28 6 6 16 38 69 24 13 Pewsey Vale Dev 28 3 6 19 28 89 15 14 Devizes Town Res 28 4 3 21 23 104 15 15 Football ID # 28 6 5 17 43 73 13 # Points deduction Zak Eadle Tyron Leigh Callum Wright Callum Parsons Record of Westbury Utd Reserves has been expunged Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers

Sat 17-Aug Trowbridge Town A Tue 20-Aug Marlborough Town H Sat 24-Aug Ludgershall Sports A Tue 27-Aug Cricklade Town H Sat 31-Aug Shrewton United H Tony Joyce Jonny Davoile Alfie Presley Mani Roper Corsham Town Res A Corsham Town Res H Sponsored by Sponsored by Cricklade Town A Frome Collegians A Frome Collegians H FTC Round 1 Holt A Holt H Kintbury Rangers A Matt Bennett Danny Langford Rhys Talmarsh Brad Pagliaroli Kintbury Rangers H Ludgershall Sports H Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Malmesbury Vics Dev A Malmesbury Vics Dev H Marlborough Town A Melksham Town Res A Melksham Town Res H Pewsey Vale Dev A Pewsey Vale Dev H Gio Wrona Matt Bulman Sam Collier Kara Gregory Purton A Purton H Sponsored by Shrewton United A Stratton Juniors A Stratton Juniors H Trowbridge Town H Wroughton A Wroughton H FTC - Fountain Trophies Cup 34 15

First Team Statistics Hellenic Prem Fixtures & Results

Uhlsport Hellenic Brackley League Premier Ardley Bishops Town Brimsc'be Easington Flackwell Holmer Lydney Reading Royal W. Tuffley Virginia RWBTFC Season 2019-20 United Binfield Cleeve Saints & Thrupp Burnham Sports Fairford Heath Green Longl'vns Town City Bassett Shriven'm Rovers Water Westfields Windsor Ardley United 11-Jan 2 - 1 1 - 1 28-Mar 23-Oct 19-Nov 14-Mar 28-Dec 26-Aug 02-Nov 29-Feb 08-Feb 12-Oct 15-Feb 21-Sep 20-Aug 07-Dec 04-Jan Current Season 2019-20 Career Binfield 23-Sep 07-Dec 21-Dec 30-Nov 31-Jan 04-Jan 16-Nov 17-Jan 25-Jan 14-Mar 02-Nov 26-Aug 29-Feb 12-Oct 15-Feb 12-Aug 21-Sep 2 - 0 As Bishops Cleeve 30-Nov 07-Sep 14-Dec 04-Jan 05-Oct 22-Feb 25-Jan 26-Oct 07-Mar 26-Aug 11-Jan 09-Nov 21-Dec 20-Aug 4 - 0 21-Mar 23-Oct 23-Nov Brackley Town S 30-Oct 08-Feb 21-Sep 07-Dec 04-Sep 26-Dec 23-Nov 14-Aug 25-Sep 21-Mar 09-Nov 11-Apr 07-Mar 29-Feb 22-Feb 18-Jan 05-Oct 28-Dec Appearances Starts Sub Total Goals Apps Goals Brimscombe & T 23-Nov 0 - 1 03-Sep 07-Sep 14-Dec 11-Apr 20-Aug 22-Feb 26-Oct 23-Oct 08-Feb 07-Mar 25-Jan 13-Aug 26-Dec 14-Mar 11-Jan 16-Nov Giorgio Wrona 2 2 94 7 Burnham 18-Jan 20-Aug 15-Feb 04-Jan 21-Sep 24-Sep 0 - 3 26-Aug 21-Dec 28-Mar 16-Nov 29-Oct 14-Mar 02-Nov 29-Feb 28-Dec 04-Apr 13-Aug Bradley Paglianoli 2 2 1 42 19 Easington Sports 13-Aug 03-Sep 04-Apr 26-Aug 15-Feb 11-Jan 07-Dec 01-Feb 23-Oct 0 - 3 28-Mar 28-Dec 16-Nov 14-Mar 02-Nov 29-Oct 29-Feb 08-Feb Jonny Davoile 2 2 6 0 Fairford 09-Nov 21-Mar 28-Dec 28-Mar 01-Feb 30-Nov 07-Sep 14-Dec 05-Oct 03-Sep 29-Oct 22-Feb 13-Aug 26-Dec 11-Jan 29-Feb 08-Feb 07-Mar Flackwell Heath 25-Jan 23-Oct 29-Feb 19-Nov 14-Apr 26-Dec 20-Aug 21-Sep 2 - 0 07-Dec 1 - 2 03-Sep 28-Mar 16-Nov 14-Mar 08-Feb 02-Nov 24-Sep Callum Parsons 2 2 3 5 3 Holmer Green 26-Dec 28-Dec 02-Nov 11-Jan 29-Feb 08-Feb 18-Jan 15-Feb 29-Oct 21-Sep 07-Dec 13-Aug 3 - 3 28-Mar 16-Nov 03-Sep 14-Mar 01-Feb Tom Cole 2 2 5 0 Longlevens 07-Mar 09-Nov 26-Dec 16-Nov 18-Jan 23-Nov 30-Nov 04-Jan 07-Sep 14-Dec 14-Aug 05-Oct 25-Sep 21-Dec 21-Aug 12-Oct 30-Oct 26-Oct Tinashe Gwavava 2 2 2 0 Lydney Town 26-Oct 07-Mar 24-Sep 14-Mar 21-Dec 21-Mar 23-Nov 1 - 3 30-Nov 07-Sep 19-Nov 14-Dec 01-Feb 18-Jan 25-Jan 05-Oct 26-Dec 22-Feb Tyron Leigh 2 2 2 0 Reading City 21-Dec 26-Dec 14-Mar 25-Nov 02-Nov 1 - 0 25-Jan 12-Oct 04-Jan 18-Nov 15-Feb 21-Sep 07-Dec 3 - 1 28-Mar 11-Jan 16-Nov 22-Oct Royal W.Bassett 22-Feb 26-Oct 08-Feb 02-Nov 28-Dec 09-Nov 21-Mar 19-Nov 23-Nov 30-Nov 11-Jan 04-Apr 07-Sep 2 - 3 23-Oct 21-Sep 03-Sep 05-Oct Declan Lehmann 2 2 2 0 Shrivenham 05-Oct 22-Feb 01-Feb 26-Oct 19-Nov 07-Mar 09-Nov 26-Aug 21-Mar 23-Nov 08-Feb 23-Oct 30-Nov 29-Oct 03-Sep 07-Sep 28-Dec 14-Dec

Rhys Talmarsh 2 2 2 0 Tuffley Rovers 14-Dec 05-Oct 29-Oct 04-Apr 26-Aug 26-Oct 07-Mar 24-Sep 09-Nov 21-Mar 01-Feb 28-Dec 23-Nov 18-Jan 04-Jan 30-Nov 13-Aug 07-Sep Danny Langford 1 1 2 1 5 1 Virginia Water 01-Feb 27-Mar 16-Nov 23-Oct 09-Nov 04-Feb 3 - 1 26-Oct 21-Dec 04-Jan 22-Feb 15-Feb 24-Sep 14-Dec 26-Nov 2 - 2 11-Apr 26-Aug Caine Bradbury 1 1 2 2 0 New signings this season Westfields 07-Sep 14-Dec 18-Jan 15-Feb 24-Sep 22-Feb 26-Oct 21-Dec 07-Mar 09-Nov 4 - 1 26-Aug 21-Mar 04-Jan 25-Jan 19-Nov 23-Nov 5 - 0 Harrison Lea 1 1 2 2 0 Windsor 03-Sep 29-Oct 28-Mar 25-Jan 04-Apr 19-Nov 14-Apr 02-Nov 11-Jan 20-Aug 29-Feb 12-Oct 28-Jan 18-Feb 21-Sep 07-Dec 26-Dec 30-Nov Matt Bennett 2 2 187 55 Tyron Leigh and Callum Mani Roper 1 1 16 0 Parsons Chris Jackson 1 1 34 1 Steve Yeardley 0 507 77 Adam Corcoran 0 195 10 Dale Richards 0 164 18 Callum Wright 0 82 4 Tony Joyce 0 48 0 Lee Beale 0 8 0 Alfie Presley 0 0 0 Zak Eadle 0 0 0

RWBTFC Average Home League Attendances - Results & Fixtures RWBTFC Attendances - Season 2019-20 (and comparison to 2018-19) Last 10 Years plus current season 158.0 Ardley United 57 160 Binfield 83 2018-19 35 Bishops Cleeve 2019-20 Uhlsport Hellenic 140 Brackley Town 89 League Premier Abingdon Ardley Ascot Bishops Brackley Brimsco & Flackwell Holmer Lydney Reading Royal W. Tuffley Virginia Wantage Brimscombe & T 98 Season 2018-19 Utd United United Binfield Cleeve Town Thrupp Fairford Heath Green Longl'vns Town City Bassett Shriven'm Rovers Water Town Windsor 120 Burnham Abingdon Utd 0 - 2 2 - 4 4 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 2 2 - 3 2 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 3 0 - 1 3 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 3 2 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 4 0 - 1 Easington Sports Ardley United 4 - 1 2 - 3 1 - 4 2 - 2 3 - 4 4 - 2 4 - 5 2 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 3 1 - 4 3 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 1 100 Fairford 120 Flackwell Heath 42 Ascot United 2 - 2 4 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 3 3 - 0 1 - 3 4 - 0 2 - 0 4 - 1 5 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 3 1 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 1 4 - 2 80 69.7 68.9 70.3 68.6 Holmer Green 52 Binfield 64.0 63.6 0 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 5 3 - 2 3 - 1 4 - 2 1 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 2 59.4 Longlevens 67 Bishops Cleeve 52.9 48 1 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 3 6 - 3 4 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 3 3 - 2 3 - 3 2 - 1 3 - 1 2 - 1 5 - 1 5 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 0 Attendance 60 Lydney Town 40.7 42.8 Reading City 52 Brackley Town 2 - 0 3 - 0 5 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 3 - 2 4 - 0 4 - 1 1 - 1 5 - 2 4 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 3 0 - 3 121 40 Shrivenham 158 Brimscombe & T 4 - 0 6 - 4 3 - 1 3 - 3 0 - 2 2 - 3 1 - 2 2 - 1 3 - 0 0 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 1 Tuffley Rovers 96 Fairford 20 Virginia Water 45 1 - 2 1 - 0 1 - 4 1 - 2 0 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 2 5 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 3 3 - 3 0 - 2 3 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 3 1 - 1 Westfields Flackwell Heath 0 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 3 2 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 2 4 - 1 3 - 3 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 Windsor 56 0 Holmer Green 68.6 2 - 0 5 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 4 1 - 6 1 - 3 1 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 0 3 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 2 3 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 0 3 - 1 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Average 158.0 Longlevens Season 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 3 - 1 0 - 4 1 - 0 4 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 3 2 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 2 (Average Attendances) Lydney Town 3 - 0 3 - 3 3 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 5 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 2 1 - 3 0 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0 Reading City 4 - 0 1 - 4 0 - 0 2 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 0 1 - 3 3 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 3 2 - 1 0 - 4 4 - 3 1 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 3 0 - 3 Royal W.Bassett 3 - 2 2 - 1 0 - 4 1 - 0 3 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 1 4 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 2 3 - 1 0 - 1 6 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 1 Shrivenham 1 - 2 3 - 0 2 - 2 4 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 2 3 - 5 3 - 0 0 - 1 2 - 0 4 - 1 3 - 3 1 - 5 2 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 3 Tuffley Rovers 1 - 3 4 - 0 2 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 3 1 - 2 4 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 3 0 - 3 6 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 6 Virginia Water 5 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 1 3 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 1 Wantage Town 7 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 1 4 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 2 4 - 1 3 - 4 6 - 0 2 - 1 4 - 1 4 - 2 3 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 2 - 0 Windsor 5 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 3 2 - 0 6 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 4 1 - 0 2 - 1 4 - 3 6 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 16 33

F.A. Competitions League Tables

RWBTFC F.A. Cup Record 1938-39 Pr Wiltshire Mental Hospital A L 0 - 6 THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY FOR ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C. 2019-20 2019-2020 Season 1939-40 Pr Frome Town (War) A P - P Date Round Opponents H/A Result Prize Money UHLSPORT Hellenic League Premier Division 1946-47 EPr Dilton Rovers H W 5 - 1 Winner Loser Pr Swindon GWR Corinthians A L 1 - 5 10-Aug-19 Extra Preliminary Round v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos H £2,250 £750 Pld W D L F A Pts 1947-48 EPr Pewsey Vale H L 0 - 2 24-Aug-19 Preliminary Round v North Leigh H £2,890 £960 1 Westfields 2 2 0 0 9 1 6 1948-49 EPr Swindon BR Corinthians A L 3 - 6 7-Sep-19 First Qualifying Round v £4,500 £1,500 21-Sep-19 Second Qualifying Round v £6,750 £2,250 1949-50 EPr Warminster Town H L 4 - 5 2 Fairford Town 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 5-Oct-19 Third Qualifying Round v £11,250 £3,750 1950-51 EPr Spencer Moulton H W 2 - 1 19-Oct-19 Fourth Qualifying Round v £18,750 £6,250 3 Reading City 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Pr Devizes Town A L 0 - 4 9-Nov-19 First Round v £36,000 2004-05 Pr Exmouth A L 2 - 3 4 Binfield 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 30-Nov-19 Second Round v £54,000 2007-08 EPr Highworth Town A D 0 - 0 4-Jan-20 Third Round v £135,000 5 Virginia Water 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 EPr Highworth Town H W 2 - 1 25-Jan-20 Fourth Round v £180,000 6 Ardley United 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Pr Bracknell Town H W 2 - 1 4-Mar-20 Fifth Round v £360,000 QR1 Brockenhurst A D 1 - 1 21-Mar-20 Sixth Round v £720,000 7 Bishops Cleeve 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 QR1 Brockenhurst H L 1 - 5 18-Apr-20 Semi-Final v Wembley £1,800,000 £900,000 8 Flackwell Heath 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 2008-09 EPr Flackwell Heath A D 1 - 1 23-May-20 Final v Wembley £3,600,000 £1,800,000 EPr Flackwell Heath H L 1 - 6 * Still in competition Total Prize Money Won £0 9 Longlevens AFC 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2009-10 EPr Westbury United H D 2 - 2 10 Shrivenham 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 EPr Westbury United A W 3 - 2 Pr Brockenhurst H L 0 - 1 11 Lydney Town 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 2010-11 EPr Bradford Town A D 1 - 1 12 Brackley Town Saints 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 EPr Bradford Town (W4-3 pens) H D 3- 3 Pr Almondsbury UWE A W 1 - 0 13 Royal Wootton Bassett Town 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 QR1 Hamble ASSC A D 1 - 1 14 Holmer Green 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 QR1 Hamble ASSC H L 0 - 2 2011-12 EPr Radstock Town A L 1 - 2 15 Tuffley Rovers 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 2012-13 EPr Calne Town H W 4 - 2 16 Brimscombe & Thrupp 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Pr Hamworthy United H W 1 - 0 QR1 Highworth Town H W 3 - 1 17 Burnham 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 QR2 Dorchester Town A L 0 - 4 18 Easington Sports 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 2013-14 EPr Totton & Eling H L 0 - 2 2014-15 EPr Brockenhurst A W 3 - 0 19 Windsor 2 0 0 2 0 7 0 Pr Bradford Town A L 1 - 2 2015-16 EPr Bracknell Town H L 0 - 2 2016-17 EPr Andover Town A L 2 - 5 2017-18 EPr Crawley Green H L 1 - 2 2019-2020 Season 2018-19 EPr Leighton Town A W 1 - 0 Pr Lydney Town H D 0 - 0 Spartan South Midland League Premier Division Pr Lydney Town A L 3 - 5 Pld W D L F A Pts RWBTFC F.A. Vase Record 1 Wembley 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 2001-02 QR2 Calne Town H W 3 - 2 THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY FOR ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C. FA VASE 2019-20 2 Edgware Town 2 2 0 0 6 3 6 R1 St Blazey H L 0 - 2 Date Round Opponents H/A Result Prize Money 3 2002-03 QR2 Shortwood United A L 1 - 5 Winner Loser Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 2003-04 QR2 Bemerton Heath Harl's A L 1 - 4 31-Aug-19 First Round Qualifying v New College Swindon A £550 £175 4 Colney Heath 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 14-Sep-19 Second Round Qualifying v Tadley Calleva A £725 £250 2004-05 QR1 Wellington A L 0 - 4 12-Oct-19 First Round Proper v £825 £275 5 Eynesbury Rovers 2 1 1 0 6 1 4 2005-06 QR1 Christchurch H D 1 - 1 2-Nov-19 Second Round Proper v £900 £300 QR1 Christchurch A L 0 - 1 30-Nov-19 Third Round Proper v £1,125 £375 6 Arlesey Town 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 2006-07 QR1 Shrewton United A D 1 - 1 11-Jan-20 Fourth Round Proper v £1,875 £625 7 Broadfields United 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 QR1 Shrewton United H L 2 - 3 8-Feb-20 Fifth Round Proper v £2,250 £750 2007-08 QR2 Bournemouth A L 0 - 12 29-Feb-20 Sixth Round Proper v £4,125 £1,375 8 Oxhey Jets 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 2008-09 QR1 Buckingham Athletic A W 5 - 3 21-Mar-20 Semi-final 1st leg v £5,500 £1,750 28-Mar-20 Semi-final 2nd leg v 9 Newport Pagnell Town 2 1 0 1 8 4 3 QR2 Henley Town A W 6 - 0 17-May-20 Final (at Wembley) v £30,000 £20,000 R1 Kidlington H W 3 - 2 10 Harpenden Town 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 * Still in competition Total Prize Money Won £0 R2 Wimbourne Town A L 0 - 4 11 Harefield United 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2009-10 QR1 Hamble ASSC H L 2 - 3 2010-11 QR2 Devizes Town A W 4 - 0 12 Biggleswade United 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 R1 Cadbury Heath A L 1 - 2 13 Dunstable Town 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 2011-12 QR1 Shortwood United A L 0 - 4 2012-13 QR1 GE Hamble A L 0 - 6 14 Leighton Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 2013-14 QR2 Odd Down A L 0 - 7 15 Leverstock Green 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2014-15 QR1 Cove A W 3 - 2 16 Tring Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 QR2 Abingdon United H L 2 - 3 2015-16 QR1 Binfield H D 1 - 1 17 London Colney 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 QR1 Binfield A W 4 - 3 18 Baldock Town 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 QR2 Windsor FC A L 1 - 2 2016-17 QR2 Thame Utd H L 2 - 4 19 Crawley Green 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 2017-18 QR1 Fairford Town H W 3 - 1 20 North Greenford United 2 0 0 2 2 7 0 QR2 Codicote H W 5 - 0 R1 Ampthill Town H W 2- 1 21 Potton United 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 R2 Horndean A L 2- 3 2018-19 QR2 Bashley H L 0 - 4 32 17

On The Road With The Lads

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Half Time Quiz

Answer the questions below and use the first letter of each answer to identify a former Wootton Bassett Town player. This player made his debut for the club in Season 2009-10

Questions Answer Letter

Pop Questions 1 What is the name of the group who share their name with a seafood company in Sweden?

2 What is the name the English singer and songwriter who caused a bit of a commotion for the first time in 1984 with his album "Rattlesnakes"?

3 What is the name of a disco group from the 1970's with three of natures elements in their name?

4 What is the name of the Swindon Group who had a hit with "Sense Working Overtime"?

Football Questions

5 What is the name of the former England striker who also scored 42 goals playing for Barcelona, likes his crisps?

6 What is the name of the Scottish League One side who play their home games at Stark's Park?

7 Can you name the Premier League club that dropped the Latin phrase "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum" from their badge in 2013?

General Knowledge

8 What is the name the city or country of fabulous riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in South America?

9 Bismark,situated on the eastern bank of the Missouri River, is the State Capital of which US State?

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Hellenic Record - Overall Club Sponsors

ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C. 31 YEARS IN THE HELLENIC LEAGUE 22nd 21st 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st Season Div Pld Won Drew Lost For Agst Pts Position Manager Top Scorer Royal Wootton Bassett Town F.C. 1988/89 1 28 11 7 10 50 41 40 5 out of 15 Mick Woolford Damon York 1989/90 1 30 13 8 9 52 35 47 7 out of 16 Mick Woolford Damon York 25 1990/91 1 30 11 8 11 32 36 41 8 out of 16 Mick Woolford Damon York 1991/92 1 32 10 8 14 45 59 38 12 out of 17 Mick Woolford Not known Would like to thank our various 1992/93 1 30 8 6 16 40 53 30 12 out of 16 Mick Woolford Scott Vincent 1993/94 1 34 15 8 11 65 57 53 9 out of 18 Mick Woolford Scott Vincent 1994/95 1 38 18 5 15 67 68 59 9 out of 20 Mick Woolford Scott Vincent/Darren Jell sponsors for this coming season. 1995/96 1 34 12 9 13 50 64 45 10 out of 18 Kevin Maloney Scott Vincent 1996/97 1 32 9 8 15 37 50 35 11 out of 17 Kevin Maloney Ian Curtis/Gary Ashford 8 1997/98 1 32 12 6 14 67 58 42 10 out of 17 Dave Warren Lee Stoddart/Peter Dearlove 10 Senior Section 1998/99 1 32 17 7 8 64 43 58 5 out of 17 Dave Warren Lee Stoddart 17 1999/00 1 28 15 7 6 54 32 52 3 out of 15 Barry Giles Lee Stoddart 2000/01 P 38 14 10 14 54 60 52 13 out of 20 Barry Giles Lee Stoddart 25 2001/02 P 42 11 9 22 39 75 42 19 out of 22 Pete Yeardley Mark Vaughan 14 First Team Shirt Sponsor: Mather & Murray 2002/03 P 40 10 10 20 36 70 40 15 out of 21 Pete Yeardley Geoff Swatton 9 2003/04 P 42 11 5 26 38 73 38 16 out of 22 Pete Yeardley Geoff Swatton 16 2004/05 P 42 6 9 27 30 85 27 21 out of 22 Pete Yeardley /Chris Jones Matty Bennett 10 Ladies Team: Aftech & TWB Scrap 2005/06 1W 34 17 10 7 58 30 61 5 out of 18 Paul Burke Matty Bennett 12 2006/07 1W 34 14 5 15 64 62 47 11 out of 18 Paul Burke Matty Bennett/Steve Yeardley 11 Dev Team Hospitality: www. snackandsandwich.co.uk 2007/08 1W 34 11 3 20 43 66 36 15 out of 18 Paul Burke Richie Saunders 12 2008/09 1W 32 17 9 6 61 31 60 4 out of 17 Dave Turner Shaun Terry 26 2009/10 1W 30 20 7 3 74 34 67 2 out of 16 Dave Turner Sam Collier 22 2010/11 P 42 13 7 22 55 87 46 15 out of 22 Dave Turner Sam Collier 26 Youth Section 2011/12 1W 32 15 7 10 69 47 52 5 out of 17 Dave Turner Matt Bown 18 2012/13 1W 30 22 3 5 75 40 69 2 out of 16 Dave Turner Mark Barnes 32 2013/14 P 38 11 12 15 60 60 45 14 out of 20 Jeff Roberts Levi Cox 14 2014/15 P 38 14 9 15 66 80 51 11 out of 20 Paul Braithwaite Dan Bailey 18 EPOC Properties & Clements Building Contractors(U18 Blue), 2015/16 P 38 12 5 21 50 86 41 15 out of 20 Paul Braithwaite Steve Robertson 30 2016/17 P 34 15 3 16 61 64 45 11 out of 19 P.Braithwaite/R.Hunter Steve Robertson 27 Barnes Coaches (U18 Yellow), Railston & EPOC Properties (U16), 2017/18 P 38 11 6 21 44 85 39 15 out of 20 Richard Hunter/Sam Collier Sam Collier 11 2018/19 P 36 14 7 15 66 71 49 10 out of 19 Sam Collier TJ Bohane 20 2019/20 P 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 13 out of 19 Sam Collier Callum McGhee-Parsons 3 J. Rouse & Sons and Catalent (U15) Total 1,076 409 224 443 1,671 1,808 1,448 Division 1 Premier Division Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 38.0% 20.8% 41.2% Pld Won Drew Lost For Agst Pts Bevirs Solicitors (U14), Howard Tenens (U13) Premier Division 468 142 92 234 599 896 515 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 30.3% 19.7% 50.0% Division 1 West 226 116 44 66 444 310 392 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 51.3% 19.5% 29.2% Division 1 380 151 87 142 623 596 540 Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 39.7% 22.9% 37.4% Mason Price (U9), Wason & Webb (U8)

Nickname Bassett Most Frequent Results Games Record Gate 2,103 v Swindon Town (1991) Draw 1 - 1 114 Best Gate - 2017/18 144 - Highworth Town Lose 0 - 1 88 Average Hellenic Attendance 2017/18 70.3 (up from 68.9 in 16/17) Win 2 - 1 75 Advertising Boards & Other Sponsorship Top Scorer - 2017/18 Sam Collier - 11 Goals Win 1 - 0 68 Record Known Win 16 - 0 v Clyffe Pypard (1933/34) Lose 1 - 2 67 Record Known Defeat 1 - 16 v Warminster T (3/11/1945) Draw 2 - 2 62 Aftech, TWB Scrap, C.S. building Services, Arctic Services,

% of Games Won, Drawn & Lost in Hellenic League % of Games Won, Drawn & Lost in Hellenic Advanced Sports Coaching Ltd, KG Sports Massage, (Total) League (Premier Division) Topping & Van Gerwen, Crump Butchers, Atwell Martin,

30.3% Park Flooring, Don Rogers Sports, Sally Pussey’s, SJ Curtis, 38.0% 41.2% Won 50.0% Won Drew Drew Awdry Bailey Douglas, Barnes Coaches, Haine & Smith 20.8% 19.7% Lost Lost Ty Connolly Landscaping & Surfacing

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Cover Guy - Player Profile Hellenic Record - Head to Head

Royal Wootton Bassett Town - Head to Head in Hellenic League Fixtures Royal Wootton Bassett Town Points Opponents Pld Won Drew Lost For Against Points Ratio North Leigh Reserves 4 4 0 0 16 6 12 3.00 Most Frequent Winning Score Worcester College OB 4 4 0 0 11 2 12 3.00 The Herd 4 4 0 0 11 3 12 3.00 Middle Barton 2 2 0 0 5 2 6 3.00 W 2 - 1 75 Brad Pagliaroli Watlington Town 4 3 1 0 11 4 10 2.50 Newbury 4 3 1 0 9 4 10 2.50 W 1 - 0 68 Wokingham & Emmbr'k 4 3 1 0 6 3 10 2.50 W 3 - 1 60 Abingdon Town 4 3 0 1 12 4 9 2.25 Pagliaroli is entering his second season with Bassett Launton Sports 4 3 0 1 11 3 9 2.25 W 2 - 0 54 Banbury United Reserves 4 3 0 1 14 7 9 2.25 W 3 - 0 29 New College Swindon 4 3 0 1 13 8 9 2.25 Yarnton 14 10 1 3 32 15 31 2.21 W 3 - 2 27 after claiming the Players’ Player and Supporters’ Bicester Town 10 7 0 3 16 9 21 2.10 Letcombe 26 16 5 5 45 30 53 2.04 W 4 - 1 24 Player of the Year awards for an outstanding debut Clanfield 38 23 8 7 81 38 77 2.03 W 4 - 2 15 Ross Town 12 7 3 2 26 9 24 2.00 Winterbourne United 12 7 2 3 25 23 23 1.92 W 4 - 0 12 campaign at the Gerard Buxton Sports Ground. He is an Cirencester United 30 16 9 5 70 35 57 1.90 W 5 - 1 11 Easington Sports 36 20 8 8 79 42 68 1.89 Almondsbury Town 10 5 3 2 12 9 18 1.80 W 4 - 3 6 exciting attacking player with a sublime touch, great Tytherington Rocks 14 8 1 5 21 18 25 1.79 W 5 - 0 6 Headington Amateurs 24 12 6 6 53 35 42 1.75 Holyport 4 2 1 1 10 4 7 1.75 W 6 - 1 5 skill and excellent ability in front of goal. Windsor 4 2 1 1 7 6 71.75 W 5 - 2 4 Harrow Hill 10 5 2 3 11 10 17 1.70 Holmer Green 3 1 2 0 9 7 51.67 W 6 - 0 2 Gloucester United 6 3 1 2 9 8 10 1.67 W 6 - 2 2 Brackley Town Saints 8 3 4 1 13 9 13 1.63 Cheltenham Saracens 42 20 8 14 62 63 68 1.62 W 6 - 3 2 Pagliaroli is capable of playing through the middle as a centre forward or out on either wing. Shrivenham 9 4 2 3 13 11 14 1.56 Brimscombe & Thrupp 16 7 3 6 19 20 24 1.50 W 8 - 0 2 Woodley United 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 1.50 W 7 - 1 1 He is arguably at his most dangerous when cutting in from out wide on the right onto his Burnham 4 2 0 2 9 6 61.50 Hook Norton 12 5 3 4 16 14 18 1.50 W 5 - 3 1 favoured left foot though, and did that to superb effect last year. In forty games, Pagliaroli Swindon Supermarine 6 3 0 3 6 5 9 1.50 W 8 - 1 1 Rayners Lane 4 2 0 2 5 5 6 1.50 Cirencester Town Dev 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 1.50 W 7 - 3 1 finished as second top-scorer with eighteen goals. His haul included a pair in the season Forest Green Rov Res 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 1.50 W 13 - 1 1 Virginia Water 2 1 0 1 2 3 31.50 Purton 38 15 10 13 54 48 55 1.45 409 opener against Tuffley Rovers, the matchwinner away against Leighton Town in the FA Cup Oxford City Nomads 16 7 2 7 30 33 23 1.44 Malmesbury Victoria 12 4 5 3 18 14 17 1.42 Henley Town 10 4 2 4 13 9 14 1.40 Most Frequent Losing Score and further braces in wins against Lydney Town, Reading City and Holmer Green. Lambourn Sports 16 6 4 6 25 24 22 1.38 L 0 - 1 88 Ascot United 14 5 3 6 17 23 18 1.29 Cricklade Town 14 5 3 6 21 20 18 1.29 L 1 - 2 67 Previously, Pagliaroli featured for Wantage Town in 2014-15, splitting time between their Longlevens # 8 4 1 3 16 12 10 1.25 Carterton Town 24 8 6 10 35 37 30 1.25 L 0 - 2 58 Trowbridge Town 12 4 3 5 33 22 15 1.25 L 0 - 3 43 Southern League and Hellenic League Division One West sides. He then made his Hellenic Viking Sports 4 1 2 1 5 3 5 1.25 Chipping Norton Town 14 4 5 5 20 22 17 1.21 L 1 - 3 41 Bishops Cleeve 26 8 7 11 43 56 31 1.19 L 0 - 4 32 League Premier Division debut with Thatcham Town a season later, scoring four goals in Pegasus Juniors 22 7 5 10 32 42 26 1.18 Tuffley Rovers 22 6 8 8 37 40 26 1.18 L 2 - 3 29 Reading City/Highmoor Ib 12 4 2 6 20 29 14 1.17 L 1 - 4 16 seventeen appearances, twelve of which came from the bench. After a brief return spell in Reading Town 6 2 1 3 13 13 7 1.17 Lydney Town 18 6 3 9 29 29 21 1.17 L 1 - 5 14 the Southern League with Wantage, Pagliaroli joined Binfield in 2016-17, where he spent Thatcham Town 8 3 0 5 8 18 9 1.13 L 0 - 5 9 Abingdon United 20 5 7 8 26 39 22 1.10 Shortwood United 12 4 1 7 17 24 13 1.08 L 0 - 6 9 the best part of a season and a half. Old Woodstock Town 14 4 3 7 23 23 15 1.07 L 2 - 4 7 Kidlington 32 9 7 16 45 64 34 1.06 Highworth Town 34 11 2 21 42 70 35 1.03 L 3 - 4 7 Milton United 20 5 5 10 26 48 20 1.00 Didcot Town 14 4 2 8 17 30 14 1.00 L 2 - 5 5 Cirencester Town 6 1 3 2 7 8 6 1.00 L 1 - 6 4 Thirteen games in 2016-17 yielded three goals before Cheltenham Town Res 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 1.00 Fairford Town 18 4 6 8 18 36 18 1.00 L 3 - 5 3 Wallingford Town 12 3 2 7 17 28 11 0.92 L 0 - 8 2 he really made a name for himself two seasons ago. Yate Town 6 1 2 3 6 12 5 0.83 Ardley United 28 5 7 16 30 58 22 0.79 L 1 - 7 2 Pewsey Vale 14 2 5 7 16 22 11 0.79 L 2- 7 2 Beginning the campaign with the Moles, the forward Witney United 4 1 0 3 5 8 3 0.75 Hungerford Town 4 1 0 3 5 13 3 0.75 L 2 - 6 2 Flackwell Heath 14 2 4 8 13 39 10 0.71 L 2 - 9 1 scored eleven times in 32 appearances before Binfield 14 3 1 10 19 38 10 0.71 Thame United 10 1 4 5 10 18 7 0.70 L 3 - 6 1 moving to Letcombe, where he netted twice in three North Leigh 16 2 4 10 10 37 10 0.63 L 4 - 5 1 Hallen 8 0 5 3 9 18 5 0.63 Wantage Town 22 4 0 18 21 54 12 0.55 443 games. Brackley Town 8 1 1 6 8 21 4 0.50 Cirencester Academy 6 1 0 5 6 14 3 0.50 Almondsbury Picksons 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0.50 Most Frequent Drawing Score Pagliaroli has also featured for Kintbury Rangers in the North Berks League, scoring six times Bracknell Town 12 1 2 9 8 38 5 0.42 Slimbridge 8 1 0 7 4 17 3 0.38 D 1 - 1 114 Southall Town 6 0 1 5 2 16 1 0.17 D 2 - 2 62 in seven games for them in 2016-17. Endsleigh 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.00 Hardwicke 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.00 D 0 - 0 38 Wollen Sports 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.00 D 3 - 3 9 2018-19: 40 appearances, 18 goals Cinderford Town 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.00 Westfields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 4 - 4 1 1,076 409 224 443 1,671 1,808 1,448 1.35 224 # 3 points deducted for playing ineligible player 28 21

Match Report v Shrivenham (H) The Non-League Paper

Bassett present Shrivy a derby gift So here we are again, the summer is finally done and competitive football is back for us all Gerard Buxton Ground, 6th August 2019 to enjoy. As a football fan this is the time of year that we all love. It is the moment where anything seems possible, a battle for the play-offs or maybe even a push against all the Royal Wootton Bassett Town 2 Shrivenham 3 odds for promotion. Nothing beats that feeling on the season’s opening day. Watching a raft of new signings take to the pitch, reconnecting with old friends after a long summer Ill-discipline and costly errors – two recurring problems for Royal Wootton Bassett Town – away and of course, tucking into a pre (and sometimes even post-match) pie. Personally, I combined to gift wrap a 3-2 victory to local rivals Shrivenham in Bassett's home opener as feel as though this excitement at the start of the season is amplified in Non-League, more their sluggish start to the 2019-20 campaign continued. Sam Collier's team had looked to be so than in the country’s higher divisions. in the driving seat after Danny Langford headed them in front after just quarter of an hour. But the game turned in the space of twelve first half minutes. First the visitors conjured up Open any sports publication over the next few weeks and you will be treated to page after a simple equaliser through Josh Morse before a moment of madness from Rhys Talmash page of Premier League previews, analysing to the finest detail every single signing, saw Bassett reduced to ten men. Then, five minutes before the break the home side formation and style of a play that a team could possibly adopt. Sure it can be interesting switched off at a set piece and Ryan Stanners ensured they went into the break behind. but it means that when the season kicks off there are no unknown quantities. In Non- Playing with ten men for the best part of an hour was never going to be easy. Even more so League the opposite is true. There is a reason why the overall conclusion of every single when chasing a two-goal deficit as was the case when overplaying at the back enabled Sam league is so hard to call, from down at the bottom of the pyramid to right up in the Ockwell to score a well-taken third for his team ten minutes after the restart. National League. Of course we go to great lengths to preview the leagues and over the past few weeks we have brought out a lot of material looking ahead to the upcoming Although Callum Parsons' late penalty got his team to within a goal and the visitors' own campaign but in truth there are just so many aspects which make the new Non-League sloppy discipline saw numbers evened up, it was all too late for Bassett who, again, were season so unpredictable. With unproven new signings, previously unknown managers and the instigators of their own downfall. Ultimately, Shrivenham didn't really have to work that even entirely new squads taking to the field, nothing can beat the start of the Non-League hard for the three points. You'd assume that scoring three goals in a derby victory away season for excitement! from home would be the consequence of an excellent attacking display. Yet, aside from their three goals, they only really had one other chance of note in the game – after just Another Channel Island club! seven minutes when Ollie Rejek dragged a shot straight at Declan Lehmann after Josh It was brilliant to see new Step 6 side Jersey Bulls take to the field for their first ever Morse had teed him up. And, after Talmash's dismissal, it was never readily apparent that professional match at the weekend. They have followed Guernsey to become the second they were playing with a man advantage. Channel Island club to enter the Non-League pyramid. Having spoken extensively to That's not to take any credit away from Gareth Davies' team. They were hard-working, solid Guernsey manager Tony Vince over the last few years I have become well accustomed to across all areas of the pitch and, most importantly, took their chances when they came and the huge logistical challenges that are involved with running a side just a matter of the were not guilty of defensive errors. They fell behind to a well-worked goal. A minute earlier, kilometres from the French coast. Early morning flights and accommodation need to be the Shrivenham defence had been exposed down the right-hand side as Brad Pagliaroli and regularly booked, which certainly doesn’t come cheap, so I take my hat off to those behind Tinashe Gwavava linked up well, the latter crossing for Talmash who volleyed over. And it the formation of the new club. Over the last few years Guernsey have managed to was down that flank that the goal was created. Gio Wrona's diagonal ball picked out galvanise a brilliant level of support from within the island and I feel confident that Jersey Pagliaroli, who cut inside and fired at goal from an angle. His shot forced an excellent save will be able to do exactly the same! from Mike Alexander, who parried the ball onto the bar. 22 27

On This Date

It is only in recent seasons that games have been played on this week in But to the 'keeper's misfortune, it dropped for Langford and he headed in from ten yards. August so we are limited to find other matches played by the Club on Pagliaroli was the creator of two further chances in the next ten minutes of the game. The 10th August. One such game played on this date was another Extra first saw him force another decent save from Alexander before Parsons could only produce Preliminary Round FA Cup game played on Friday 10th August 2012 a weak shot from Pagliaroli's square pass. Those missed opportunities proved costly when when local rivals Calne Town were our visitors in the very first game in Wrona showed Stanners too much space on the right side. The winger then fed a through that season’s competition. In hopefully what will be a good omen for pass to Rejek, who squared to Morse for the easiest of tap-ins. Bassett's task soon became today’s encounter it was a good day for Wootton Bassett Town. even harder. Already a man down – albeit temporarily – after Langford had been sin- binned, Talmash, having fouled Jamie Prictor, decided to headbutt the right back in a Our Match Day reporter noted that “Wootton Bassett Town's name will never be engraved moment of rage that he will surely have immediately regretted. on the grand old trophy, but they ensured a place in FA Cup history with a pulsating 4-2 victory against local rivals Calne Town, becoming the first team to record a win in the 132nd It certainly was no help for his team. And Bassett soon trailed, Stanners sweeping in on the edition of the competition. Admittedly Bassett will have to share the distinction with Ascot turn after Tom Ballard's corner fell kindly for him. Stanners was then involved in United and Thrapston Town, who also triumphed on a balmy summer's evening. However – Shrivenham's third shortly after the restart. One too many passes across the backline when for a small club – most would forgive the Rylands Way outfit for boasting about such an they had multiple chances to clear ultimately led to Stanners seizing on an underhit Tom accolade in future years. Cole ball. Tyron Leigh blocked an attempted through ball, but it fell perfectly for Ockwell, who shot a cannon into the bottom right corner from twenty-five yards. It was a great There could be no challenges to the claim that their all-Wiltshire tie was a barnstormer, finish, but a shot the visiting skipper should never have had the opportunity to take on. however. All 248 souls undoubtedly went home happy in the knowledge that they got their Bassett sought to find a way back into the game, but the odds were now stacked well money's worth and more. Drama, controversy, outstanding play. The game had it all as the against them. Two jinking runs from Pagliaroli brought Alexander back into action as he home side came back from a goal down, benefited from Calne missing a penalty and repelled a pair of tight-angled efforts around the post. But it seemed as though the home powered to glory with a strong second half showing.” side were going to be unable to find a way through. That was until Shrivenham's discipline Two goals from Mark Barnes and one a piece from Bassett lads Shaun Terry and Steve began to falter. With twenty minutes to go, Nathan Blackford needlessly dragged Cole Yeardley secured the win for Wootton Bassett Town in what was our last season at Rylands down in the box when challenging for a free kick. Why he felt the need to protest is unclear, Way. but it wasn't enough to put Parsons off his task as the forward sent Alexander the wrong way from the spot. Cards began to be produced at a first rate as both teams continued to Result: Wootton Bassett Town 4 Calne Town 2 frustrate one another with niggly, careless fouls. And Dave Bampton's second yellow for a Bassett Line-up: James Domm, Jack Ellis, Liam Edmondson, Adam Corcoran, Shaun Carter, challenge on Pagliaroli earned him an early shower with five minutes remaining to even Craig Bowden, Steve Yeardley, Matt Bown, Mark Barnes, Shaun Terry, Richie Carter. Subs: things up. Had Bassett been able to keep their full contingent on the pitch, perhaps they Aaron Dainton, Lewis Petrie would have been able to muster an equaliser and salvage a second consecutive 3-3 draw in Scorers: Mark Barnes 2, Shaun Terry, Steve Yeardley the closing stages. However, Talmash's earlier transgression meant it was a battle of equals and Shrivenham were able to protect their lead and preserve victory. Man of the Match: Steve Yeardley – battled away in midfield, helping contain the visitors in an area of the field they looked to control. In attack, his speed of thought set up Mark Man of the Match: Brad Pagliaroli – while he didn't get on the scoresheet, the winger was Barnes for his first, while his goal was deserved and superbly taken.. Bassett's main source of danger throughout the game and forced four quality saves from Shrivenham 'keeper Mike Alexander. 26 23

Royal Wootton Bassett Town F.C. First Team Season 2019-20

Royal Wootton Bassett Town FC Season 2018-2019 First Team Fixtures, Results, Teams & Scorers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 Last Date Opponents H/A Result Crowd Season

Sat 03-Aug Holmer Green A D 3 - 3 57 Lehmann Gwavava Wrona Leigh Cole Davoille Bradbury Roper Talmarsh Pagliaroli (1) Parsons (2) Langford Bennett Lea D 2 - 2 Tue 06-Aug Shrivenham H L 2 - 3 158 Lehmann Ge Wrona Leigh Cole Davoille Langford (1) Lea Talmarsh Pagliaroli Parsons (1) Jackson Bennett Bradbury L 0 - 1 Sat 10-Aug Aylesbury Vale Dyn.(FAC EP) H N/A Tue 13-Aug Fairford Town A D 3 - 3 Sat 17-Aug Stonehouse Town (BICC2) A N/A Sat 24-Aug North Leigh (FAC Prelim)* H D 0 - 0 Sat 31-Aug New College Swindon (FAV 1QR) A N/A Tue 03-Sep Westfields H W 3 - 2 Sat 07-Sep Reading City H W 3 - 1 Tue 10-Sep Malvern (FLC 1) H N/A Sat 14-Sep Tadley Calleva (FAV 2QR)* A N/A Sat 21-Sep Virginia Water H W 2 - 1 Wed 25-Sep Longlevens A W 2 - 1 Sat 28-Sep BICC 3rd Rnd/ Supp Cup Rnd 1 NK N/A Sat 05-Oct Windsor H W 2 - 1 Tue 08-Oct Wilts Premier Shield NK N/A Sat 12-Oct Ardley United A L 0 - 2 Sat 19-Oct BICC QF / Supp Cup Rnd 2 NK N/A Tue 23-Oct Tuffley Rovers H W 6 - 1 Sat 26-Oct Binfield H W 1 - 0 Tue 29-Oct Shrivenham A L 0 - 2 Sat 02-Nov Brackley Town Saints H L 1 - 3 Sat 09-Nov Burnham H L 0 - 4 Sat 16-Nov Easington Sports A L 2 - 3 Tue 19-Nov Fairford Town H W 2 - 1 Sat 23-Nov Flackwell Heath H W 2 - 1 Sat 30-Nov Holmer Green H W 4 - 2 Sat 07-Dec Reading City A L 3 - 4 Sat 14-Dec Virginia Water A L 0 - 2 Sat 21-Dec Bishops Cleeve A L 1 - 5 Sat 28-Dec Brimscombe & Thrupp H D 1 - 1 Sat 04-Jan Westfields A L 0 - 2 Sat 11-Jan Longlevens H L 2 - 3 Sat 18-Jan Tuffley Rovers A W 3 - 1 Sat 25-Jan Brimscombe & Thrupp A L 0 - 2 Sat 01-Feb Lydney Town A W 2 - 0 Sat 08-Feb Bishops Cleeve H D 3 - 3 Tue 18-Feb Windsor A L 3 - 4 Sat 22-Feb Ardley United H W 2 - 1 Sat 29-Feb Binfield A L 2 - 3 Sat 07-Mar Brackley Town Saints A D 1 - 1 Sat 14-Mar Burnham A D 1 - 1 Sat 21-Mar Easington Sports H L 1 - 2 Sat 28-Mar Flackwell Heath A D 3 - 3 Sat 04-Apr Lydney Town H W 3 - 2 FAC - FA Cup, FLC - Floodlight Cup, FAV - FA Vase, WPS - County Cup, BICC - Challenge Cup, SC - Supplementary Cup * - Subject to Result of Earlier Round, NK = Not Known Man of the Match

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