WINCHESTER CITY Fo otball Club The Citize ns Po st
Tuesday September 22nd 2020 Clevedon To wn 7.45 pm
FA Cup Preliminary Round
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The Citize ns Po st from t he b oardroom
Good Evening and welcome to the Simplyhealth City Ground for tonight's FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie betw een Winches ter City FC and Clevedon Town FC.
We would like to offer a very warm welcome to the Play ers, Management, Staff, Officials and Suppor ters that have made the long journey acr oss from Clevedon. Thank-you for making the jour ney, particularly given the fact it is midweek! We wish you an enjoyable and safe evening and hav e a safe journey home. All the best for the rest of the season.
It is great to be in the First Qualifying Round alr eady of the FA Cup after that impressive vict ory against Corsham Town in the previous round. It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and in particular, it was great to welcome supporters back to the Simplyhealth City Ground.
We made our Southern League bow this weekend and returned with an impressive 2-1 away win at Melk sham Town. Melksham are a well-run club and are always well-placed at the end of the season so that in particular made it an impressive result, in front of a virtuall y sold out crowd as well.
Thank s to all the City supporters that made the trip West and made themselves heard thr oughout.
After tonight, our youngsters are in FA Youth Cup action on Friday night here at The Simpl yhealth City Ground against Poole Town. It would be great to see as many of you down here as supporters to support our young side.
Our next league game is again here at The Simplyhealth City Ground against Mangotsfield Unit ed.
Thank -you all for your support - we have thoroughly enjoyed welcoming you back to the Simpl yhealth City Ground.
Stay safe and enjoy the game!
Matt Richbell - Commercial Director Since 19 65 www .joma-sport. com The Citize ns Po st DAVOs diary
Good evening and a warm welcome to everyone for our FA Cup 1st qualifyin g round tie against Clevedon Town, I wish their players, supporters and staff a pleasant stay and a safe trip home afterwards.
As with any Non league team the FA cup is vitally important, this season it probably took on even more importance financially due to Covid proving extremely problematic to clubs. I have to say I felt a lot more pressure to win that first game against Corsham, not the club were applying that pressure but we wanted to earn that money to help out, with that out there way we can now really go out and enjoy today, we are desperately wanting to keep the momentum going but for sure it will be a tough match! I felt we did a good job against Corsham and dominated the game as they sat back throughout and we patiently picked them off and won the game 2-0 to set this tie up. Cleve - don have actually got through 2 rounds to get this far with 2 very good wins, there is no doubt we will need to be at our best to get the win that we want.
We followed that up with a game against Melksham who are fancied to be right up there this season, we were excellent throughout and played some brilliant football, we scored through Tyrell with a good finish! Several chances missed let them back in the game as we didn’t deal with a set piece (which was their biggest threat against us) and so 1-1 and seemed like we may hav e not made the most of the good display, then a great move again finished with skipper Barron slotting home for a much deserved 2-1 win! Brilliant start to the season for us!
Player wise we are carrying a few injuries with Liam Callaghan, Simba Mlambo and Kel Alpobire all unavailable with minor injuries, the rest we have a few carrying some knocks who should be ok! We have a brilliant group who are all working hard, competition for places throughout and I hope we can keep the momentum going for as long as possible.
Please do enjoy the game tonight but shout as loud and proud for the boys a s you possibly can, they will need it!
Up the Citizens
Davo Match Report By Malcolm Clarke MELKSHAM 1 - 2 WINCHESTER CITY Tyrell Mitford scored one and made one as Winchester started the league season with a 2-1 win at Melksham. It was their third successive win against the Wiltshire club and the match attracted a sizeable crowd of 390 with Melksham having one of the best stadiums in the division.
On the playing side of things Melksham last season recovered from a slow start and at the time the season finished were in the running for a playoff place having won half of their 28 league games. In the close season they signed experienced strikers in Brazilian Felipe Barcelos who has previously played for Oxford City, Didcot and Thatcham, and Alan Griffin who in previous seasons formed an excellent front line partnership with Ben Whitehead at Cirencester. However Griffin was left on the bench as was fellow striker Jack Ball who performed well for the club last season.
Winchester started with the same outfield players in the starting line up as the previous Saturday with Charlie Philpott coming in for Ryan Pryce in goal.
Early on Ollie Balmer had a free kick saved at the expense of a corner and Josh McCor- mick playing at full back who was overlapping with good effect and combining well with his forwards had a couple of efforts that went over the bar. However an important incident in the first half was the sending off of Barcelos for an elbow on Rob Flooks.
However during the first half neither goalkeeper had more than routine saves to make .until right at the end of the half when Tyrell Mitford made space and scored with a low shot.
Despite being a goal behind and a man down at the interval Melksham showed great spirit at the start of the second half and 10 minutes into the half they drew level when Ryan Bole played a free kick taken on the right hand side into the box and Phil Ormrod got a decisive touch.
After this Winchester had slightly more attacks than Melksham, but with defenders making crucial blocks any chances created were no m ore than half chances. However Winchester got the all important second goal in the 78th minute when Mitford put Jamie Barron clear and the Winchester captain made no mistake. Shortly before the goal Reece Rusher and Jack Wilson had come on as substitutes to replace Max Smith and Rob Carr.
Ollie Balmer had a great chance when he was clean through, but he was denied by a good save from Jamie Bartlett. Right at the end of the half Melksham came close following a corner which Bartlett went up for, but it was a great three points for Winchester who had a very good travelling support for the gam e. WINCH ESTER CITY Football Club CHANGES SIGNAL EXCITING FUTURE FOR WINCHESTER CITY
Following a n E mergency General Meeting, Winchester City Football Club are delighted to announce the a ppointment o f a new Chairman, Ken Raisbeck, writes Matt Richbell.
Ken h as been i nvolved with t he football c lub for several years, m ost recently last season as Head of Youth & Devel- opment. K en is a lso C hairman of W inchester Youth FC, who have n ow a malgamated w ith W inchester C ity F ootball Club and a s a result, the new community club have over 500 players of all ages.
Ken i s h eading up a new Board of Directors that will be overseeing the running of the football club as well as devel- oping f uture plans including implementing a 4G pitch at The Tha nks to Gary Marsh for the photography. Simplyhealth City G round to create a hub for the local football community.
In asking him about his vision for the future Ken commented “Winchester City FC has a wonderful heritage a nd t he role of any incumbent management board is to ensure the club is on a sustainable footing f or future years. The key is to develop and activate partnerships across the local community and u se f ootball a s a vehicle for positive engagement. Football like many other industries is having a tough t ime and w e are not sure what the immediate future holds, but when football does return we want a product that the City of Winchester c an be proud of and one that i nspires f uture generations to get involved in football”.
First- Team Manager, Craig Davis, has welcomed t he c hanges at t he f ootball club; “It’s exciting to be part of this project and I know the players share our a mbition. Winchester i s a great club a nd I look forward to working with the n ew b oard of directors to deliver the s uccess t his c lub d eserves. I can’t wait to welcome fans back when safe to do so and l hope this includes many new ones keen to see our brand of football ”
Winchester C ity Football C lub h as created a ‘Future Fund’ to support the club during these difficult times on Just Giving - https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/matthew-richbell
The c lub welcomes t he s upport that i t h as received to date of its supporters, committee members and l ocal community b ut remains on the lookout for the support of local businesses and there are some e xciting sponsorship p ackages available at the football club. For more information, please contact; com [email protected].
Thank-you for your continued support. Todays Visitors celevedon
Cameron Allen – Sign ed in September 2020 on a joint registration with Melksham Town, Cameron has played for Bristol City, Mangotsfield Utd., Dorchester Town, Tiverton Town, and Frome. Joel Bayliss – Join ed the club in August 2019 after returning to the area after studying at Nottingham University, where he briefly played for Beeston Hornets. Finlay Biggs – A m ember of the 18/19 Under-18 squad who has been promoted to the first team squad. Syd Camper – Syd first joined Clevedon in October 2015 from Weston-super-Mare Academy, making his 1st XI debut in their Conference side in December 2013, after loan spells with Yate Town, Shepton Mallet and Larkhall Athletic. After leaving Clevedon at the end of 2015/16 he went on to play for Bridgwater ’84, re-joining us in September 2018. Mike D angerfield - Sign ed in July 2019, Michael is an experienced goalkeeper who joined us from Cheddar having previously appeared for Patchway Town, Bedford Town, Weston St Johns and Wells City. Morgan Davies – Mem ber of the successful Under 18 side at Clevedon, promoted to the first team at the start of 2017/18 until, later, a serious injury kept him out of the game until August 2020. Eth an Feltham – Came th rough the 2017/18 youth squad, making his first team debut in the opening match of the 18/19 season; left, and then returned, to the club in January 2020 after a short spell at Crib bs. Archie Ferris - Ar chie originally joined the club in July 2015 after starting at the North Somerset Football Develop ment side before leaving for a spell and returning in July 2018. Callum Gould – Initially join ed the club in January 2020 after playing for Odd Down at Under-18 level, switch ing back to Odd Down for a short spell before returning again to Clevedon. Will Go uld – Join ed the club in September 2020 after being released from his contract as a second year scholar at Bristol City . Glen Hayer - Played one game for Cleved on in September 2015, having previously played for Langport Rovers 2 000 and Weston-super-Mare Under-18s, before returning for a second spell a year later. Glen was selected to r epresent the Panjab FA in the 2018 CONIFA World Cup in 2018. Sam Iles – Sign ed in November 2019 from fellow Western League side, Cribbs, Sam is an experienced defender who we’ve been keen to sign for a while. Callum Kingdon – Callu m joined us from Winterbourne United in November 2015, having also appeared for Longwell Green Sports, Cheddar and Langford Rovers. Charles Lovell - Regular goalkeeper for the Un der-18 side in 2019/20 who made his first team debut at Tavistock, in the Les Phillips Cup in January 2020. Jay Murray – Jay join ed us in August 2019 from Odd Down, and is the son of Bristol City legend, Scott. He has also played for Hengrove Athletic, Bristol Academy and Congresbury. Elliott Nich olson - Sign ed in July 2018 from Shepton Mallet having also appeared at Under-18 level for Weston-super-Mare and for Clevedon United. Mitch Osmo nd – After a spell at Car diff City Academy, Mitch joined the Under-18 squad at Clevedon, making his first team debut in August 2018, before leaving to captain Portishead and returning to the Seasiders in July 2 020. Harley Wilkinson – Pr omising young goalkeeper who joined the club from Wells City in August 2020 having also played at Bridgwater College. Morgan Williams – Mor gan made his senior debut in September 2017 after initially joining the Under 18 squad, he has also played at Bridgwater and the North Somerset Football Development side. Todays Visitors celevedon
Greg Yarde – A you ng defender originally from Bristol City who was injured for a lengthy spell and who coach ed at Bristol Inner City Academy during his recovery. The Management Team Mickey Bell (Player/Manager) - Micky was first ap pointed manager at Clevedon in May 2010 and was re-appointed in July 2015 after a spell as manager at Weston-super-Mare. He started his playing career at North ampton before moving to Wycombe Wanderers and Bristol City, where he spent 8 years before being released in the summer of 2005. After joining Port Vale for a short spell he then moved to Chelten- ham Town, where he helped them gain promotion, as he had Bristol City. Injuries forced him to retire from the professional game and he moved to Team Bath as player-coach and then Weston-super-Mare in 2008, before leaving the following summer. He continued coaching youngsters in North Somerset and had a spell on the coaching staff at the Southampton FC Academy before being appointed at the Hand Stad ium as a manager in his own right for the first time.
Lee Rendall (Assistant Manager) – Lee join ed the club in April 2020 as Assistant Manager having left Odd Down, wh ere he had been the manager since 2018. He had joined the club in 2015 as assistant to former Seasider Ray Joh nson and took over the top role in when Johnson left. A very experienced coach, having also p reviously been with Ashton & Backwell and Highbridge United, Lee will be a great asset to the club
Alex White (Coach) - E xperienced player who signed in July 2015 having spent the 2014/15 season coach ing with the North Somerset Development Team and has since been coaching at Clevedon with the Under-18 and first team squads; he also made an emergency debut in goal in the 2016/17 season.
Ryan King (Coach) – Ryan played for Clevedon’s reserve side as a youngster back in the early 1990s and then went on to play for Nailsea before turning to coaching at the club and later to become club chairman. He re-joined us in October 2019 to help out the existing coaching team.
Hannah Lewis (Physio) – Han nah joined the club just after the start of the 2015/16 season and has done a sterling job for the club in that time. Division 1 South Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against GD - Points Points Bas ingstoke Town 1 1 0 0 6 3 3 3 AFC Totton 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 Sholing 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 Cirencester Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 Cinderford Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 Winchester City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 Frome Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 Highworth Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 Bideford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 Paulton Rovers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Thatcham Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Melksham Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 Money!elds 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 Mangots!eld United 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 Willand Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 Bristol Manor Farm 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 Slimbridge 1 0 0 1 3 6 -3 0 Bar nstaple Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 Evesham United 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 Results Fixtures AFC Totton 3 -0 Barnstaple Town Saturday 26th Sept 20 Bideford 2 - 2 Larkhall Athletic AFC Totton v Bideford Bristol Manor Farm 0 - 2 Cirencester Town Bristol Manor Farm v Highworth Town Cinderford Town 2 - 1 Money!elds Sholing v Slimbridge Evesham United 0 - 3 Sholing Willand Rovers v Larkhall Athletic Highworth Town 1 - 0 Willand Rovers Mangots!eld Utd 0 - 1 Frome Town Tuesday 29th Sept 20 Melksham Town 1 - 2 Winchester City Bar nstaple Town v Cinderford Town Slimbridge 3 - 6 Basingstoke Town Cirencester Town v Thatcham Town Thatcham Town 0 - 0 Paulton Rovers Frome Town v Evesham United Money!elds v Melksham Town Sholing v Highworth Town Winchester City v Mangots!eld Utd
Wednesday 30th Sept 20 Lar khall Athletic v Basingstoke Town Paulton Rovers v Bideford Slimbridge v Bristol Manor Farm Willand Rovers v AFC Totton Under 23’s
Results League Results: North Waltham U23 1-3 Whitchurch United U23 EAST DIVISION Andover Town U23 0-4 Sholing U23 Infinity 4-1 Clanfield WCFC U 23 3-0 Hamble Club U23 Liphook United 1-2 Fleetlands
John Stimpson Memorial Shield: WEST DIVISION Brockenhurst U23 5-5 Sholing U23 Colden Common 2-3 Lymington Town (Brock win on pens) Folland Sports 0-6 Fawley AFC Tadley Calleva U23 1-3 Andover Town U23 Lyndhurst 5-0 Bush Hill WCFC U 23 3-1 Petersfield Town U23QK Southampton 4-2 New Milton Town Gosport Borough U23 4-2 Infinity U23 SFD Bashley 2-2 Newport IoW
HAMPSHIRE COMBINATION CHALLENGE CUP 1st ROUND Fixtures Alton 4-1 Hayling United Fareham Town 0-4 U.S. Portsmouth 23rd SEPTEMBER AFC Portchester U23 v Hamble Club U23 PREMIER DIVISION Whitchurch United U23 v Sholing U23 AFC Stoneham 7-2 Salisbury Hamworthy United 5-2 Romsey Town 24th SEPTEMBER Petersfield Town 5-3 Wimborne Town Gosport Borough U23 v Andover Town U23 Totton & Eling 2-0 Bemerton Heath Har Match abandoned after 85 minutes FA Cup Preliminary Round - Selected Results
Basingstoke Town 2-2 Chichester City Badshot L ea 0-2 Bracknell Town (Chichester win on pens) Binfi eld 5-1 AFC Totton Fawley AFC 0-1 Tadley Calleva Bemerton Heath Harl 0-1 Sholing Kidlington 1-0 Thame UnitedWimborne Town 3-0 AFC Portchester Northwood 1-1 Slimbridge AFC S toneham 3-0 Pagham (Northwood win on pens) Cadbury Heath 1-5 Bristol Manor Farm Thatcham Town 1-5 AFC Dunstable Saltash United 1-0 Paulton Rovers Farnborough 0-0 Lymington Town (Farnborough win on pens) Sherborne Town 1-2 Clevedon Town Hartley Wintney 1-0 Hamworthy United Newton Abbot Spurs 0-4 Larkhall Athletic Bashley 0-2 Christchurch Bide ford 3-0 Wells City Moneyfields 4-2 Camberley Town Bar nstaple Town 2-0 Helston Athletic WCF C 2-0 Corsham Town Tavistock 2-1 Mangotsfield United Cowes Sports 1-0 Hamble Club
FA Cup First Qualifying Round - Selected Fixtures
Har tle y Wintney v Erith & Belvedere (730) Cowes Sports v Weston-super-Mare (730) Ashford United v Bracknell Town Bedfont Sports v Lewes Chalf ont St Peter v Farnborough Fairford Town v Sholing Cinde rford Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town Chich ester City v Cribbs Aylesbury United v Moneyfields Taunton Town v Wantage Town WCFC v Cle vedon Town Tadley Calleva v Truro City Bar nstap le Town v Wimborne Town Yate Town v Bristol Manor Farm Merthyr Town v Poole Town Ground Regulations Welcome to the Simply Health City Ground. Please respe ct the staff and the facilities:
◊ Please do not enter the field of play before, during or after the game. ◊ Ball games are not permitted around the ground whilst matches are in progress ◊ Please do not use rude, obscene, racial or abusive language or gestures that are likely to cause offence. ◊ Please do not take glasses outside. Alcohol may now be consumed outside, but in plastic glasses only (in accordance with new Hampshire FA ruling). ◊ Please do not climb floodlights, pylons, fences, stands and other club structures. ◊ Please do not stand in the hatched areas around the pitch. ◊ No offensive objects are permitted (including bottles, cans, glasses, smoke bombs, flares etc.) or throwing any objects on the field of play. ◊ Please note that all vehicles parked on the club premises are at owners/driver's risk. ◊ The club accepts no responsibility for any damage to vehicles. ◊ Any supporter who encroached on to the playing area will be arrested. ◊ Comments or items in the programme do not necessarily represent those of Winchester City FC. ◊ The club reserves the right to refuse admission, eject from the ground, or prosecute any person in breach of the rules Winche ster City FC CLUB HISTORY
The Winchester Football Club was founded in 1884 as a result of the endeavours of two residents of the city – Oxf ord graduate and former England Rugby cap Charles Sylvester Wooldridge and Hunting- don-born all-round sportsman (and, incidentally, inventor of ice hockey!) Arnold Tebbutt. The football club, which had strong links with Winchester College, made quite an impact in the early years of association football in Hampshire, reaching the final of the inaugural Hampshire Senior Cup competition in 1888 and providing a number of players to represent Hampshire in county-based competitions. However financial difficulties, combined with the indifference of Winchester residents, led to the 1884 club folding in 1893.
The decline of the city’s most high-profile club left a void that was subsequently to be filled by the Winchester Swallows FC. Formed in 1891, the Swallows were less socially exclusive than the 1884 club and had a membership more reflective of that of Winchester as a whole. The club changed its name to Winchester FC at the start of the start of the 1894/95 season, and again in 1907 when it became Winchester City FC. Like the 1884 club, the Swallows appeared in a dark blue and white strip and played their home games at Bar End, before moving in 1896 to a field adjoining the Old Red Deer pub in Stockbridge Road, and relocating again to the Roebuck Inn in 1902.
The club first played in a league-based competition in 1896/97 when it entered the newly-formed South Ham pshire League. Winchester FC won the title in this first season, and repeated that feat in the each of the following three years. The club joined the Hampshire League in 1898/99 where, after struggling during their first few seasons, they remained unbeaten throughout the 1904/05 season and won the League’s North ern Section. The club also enrolled to the Southampton and District League in 1908/09, but with no notable success.
Like a number of other football clubs, Winchester City FC effectively disbanded at the start of the First World War in 1914, and didn’t reappear until 1920. The rebirth of the club signalled two significant changes. Firstly, the club had moved again, this time playing its home fixtures at the Fair Field at Bar End (now the site of the Bar End Industrial Estate), a site where it was to stay until the Second World War. Secondly, it adopted a new strip, discarding its navy-blue colours in favour of red and white stripes.
The late 20s and early 30s proved to be a purple patch in City’s fortunes. The 1929/30 season saw the side again win the North ern Section of the Hampshire League, and achieve its most successful FA Cup run to date. That year saw City reach the fourth qualifying round of the tournament where a 3-0 defeat by Thames FC at the 120,000 capacity West Ham Stadium deprived them of an away trip to Fulham in the First-Rou nd proper. Any disappointment at this would have been forgotten two years later in 1931 when City lifted the Ham pshire Senior Cup for the first time after defeating Andover at The Dell.
One of the key members of the team in that era was the teenage Ted Drake. A local gas meter-reader at the time of joining City, Drake went on to enjoy a successful career with Southampton before joining Arsenal an d also collecting five England caps. The highlight of his subsequent managerial career saw him steer Chelsea to their first (an d, until 2005, their only) league title in 1955. Play was again interru pted by war in 1939, although the club did continue to play and took advantage of the presence of a number of enlisted players that passed through the city. The end of hostilities saw City move yet again, this time taking up a lease of the Army’s playing field at Airlie Road, Stanmore.
The 1950s saw a second notable period of success at Winchester City. The side were runners up in the Ham pshire League in 1949/50 and, in the same season, won their first Southampton Senior Cup final, an achievem ent which was repeated in 1951/52. The Russell Cotes Cup was also won for the first time in 1954/55. Success on the field was mirrored off the pitch as the club enjoyed some of its largest gates with cr owds that r egu larly topped 1,000 filing into the Airlie Road stands. CLUB HISTORY
It was d uring this period that the young Terry Paine ran out for his hometown club. His prodigious talent led to his being sign ed in 1956 by Southampton with whom he made a record number of appearances (713 over 17 seasons). Paine also made 19 appearances for England, the last of which was against Mexico in the 1 966 World Cup finals for which he (belatedly) received a winner’s medal in 2009.
Prior to the 1 970s City had played virtually all of its competitive football, with the exceptions of the Amateur and FA Cups, within the confines of the Hampshire county border. However, after the club’s Russell Cotes Cup victory and a creditable second spot in the Hampshire League in 1970/71 the club’s Boar d decided to make the step up and enter the Southern League for the first time. City survived for just two seasons at that higher level, achieving disap pointing final positions of 12th out of 16 (1971/72) and 21st out of 22 (1972/73), before electing to return to the Hampshire League.
For the r emainder of the 1970s City yoyo’d between the top two divisions of the Hampshire League before a potentially fatal blow hit the club in 1981. In that year the lease agreement with the Army for Airlie Road exp ired and was not renewed. Briefly homeless, the club eventually moved to its current ground, a pitch leased from the City Council at Hillier Way. The ground needed a considerable amount of work to get it u p to scratch, as did the team which had tumbled into the Hampshire League’s third division by 1982/83. The ignominy of this decline was made all the greater by the success of local rivals Winchester Castle in the first division – City cou ld no longer claim to be Winchester’s premier club.
The continuing existence of Winchester City FC throughout the 1980s owed much to the work of Geoff Cox who at various times acted as Chairm an, Manager, Coach and Groundsman at the club. Under his guidance the club was eventually to return to the Hampshire League’s top division in 1993/94. The new millennium ushered in a period of unprecedented success for Winchester City. Prompted in part by the arrival of new and ambitious members to the Board, the club merged with Winchester Castle and began a rapid rise through the local league structure. Promotion to the Hampshire Premier League was achieved in 2000/01, and followed two years later by promotion to the Wessex League. The Wessex League title was secured at the first attempt.
That same season witnessed the club’s greatest ever triumph. May 2004 saw City face Suffolk side AFC Sudbury in the final of FA Vase at Birmingham City’s St Andrew’s ground. Few that were there will forget the spine-jangling moment when club captain Danny Smith lifted the trophy after the 2-0 victory.
Further successes were recorded in the seasons that followed – 2004/05 saw City win the Hampshire Senior Cu p for the second time, beating Aldershot 2-1 at Bournemouth’s Dean Court ground, whilst 2005/06 witnessed the club regain the Wessex League championship and win promotion to the Southern League for a second spell. City’ s r etu rn to the Southern League lasted three seasons. Financial problems, followed by a final day points deduction saw City return to the Wessex League for the 2009/10 campaign. Despite a concerted push to gain promotion back to the Southern League which ultimately proved successful in 2011/12, the resources required to sustain the club’s position at that level proved elusive. Winchester City FC finished the 2012/13 season at the foot of the Southern league and facing an uncertain future. The late spring of 2013 saw a takeover at the club and, with a new Committee structure and financial backers in place, the 2013/14 season heralds the start of a new chapter in the history of Winchester City FC.
2013-2014 saw a season of re-organisation and team building, with City retaining a place in the Syden- hams Wessex League.
2015-2016 – City made a valiant attempt to take the Wessex title but just fell short to a very successful Peters field Town side who were rightly promoted to the Southern League. City under the Managership of Paul Masters th en set about strengthening the squad to win the title next season when out of the blue they were offered a place in the Southern League due to a withdrawal. The Club were given 24 hours to pay their fees and attend the AGM in Torquay. A frantic drive by Director of Football Dave Malone saw him arrive just in time with the r elevant p apers and bank draft! As a result, our neighbours, Peters field Town, wer e moved out of Division 1 South and West to accommodate City and placed in the Central Division! CLUB HISTORY
City's first season back in the Southern League was a success with them reaching the play-offs final losing to Ban bury United in the quarter finals, who were promoted and coming within minutes of winning the Hampshire Senior Cup losing on penalties to Havant and Waterlooville. City's preparation for this season wer e disru pted by the unexpected resignation of Manager Paul Masters in the middle or pre-sea- son friendlies. The Club quickly filled the vacancy by appointing Petersfield Town's Manager Ian Saunders to the post.
The club started the season brightly and made it to the fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, beating US Portsm outh, Street and Truro City before finally succumbing to Harrow Borough. The club also had a successful run in the FA Trophy, thanks to wins against Petersfield Town, Fleet Town and Phoenix Sports before getting knocked out narrowly by Dulwich Hamlet. Craig Feeney and Howard Neighbour forced a str ong strike partnership, added to that the midfield flair of Captain Stuart Green and winger, Andy Jenkinson, City r ecover ed from a difficult spell before Christmas to mount a play-off push in the early stages of the New Y ear . Manager , Ian Sau nders, went away with the military, and during this time, Mick Catlin step ped in to take over the running of the First-Team. When Saunders returned, form deteriorated and Saunders subsequently left the club and was replaced by Interim Manager, Craig Davis, who joined the club from Fleet Town. Davis took control of the club until the end of the season, when it was announced that he would officially be becoming Permanent First Team Manager.
‘Davo’ f inished 11th with City in his first full season in charge, a season that saw a successful run, resulting in a Hampshire Senior Cup Semi-Final where City eventually lost to Blackfield & Langley. The Citizens also hosted Sou thampton FC in the Southampton Senior Cup and achieved memorable league victories against Didcot T own, Evesham United, Swindon Supermarine and Wimborne Town as well as impressive away draws at both Swindon Supermarine and Salisbury, the latter seeing City come from 2-0 down to salvage a point at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium.
In the 2018-19, City had an impressive pre-season including victories over Dorchester Town and Eastleigh. City started strongly in the league too. This went hand-in-hand with a cup run that saw the Citizens make it th rough to the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, following victories against Bourne- mouth Poppies, Frome Town, Merthyr Town and Cirencester Town before eventually losing 4-1 away at Torquay United. City’s league form dipped slightly during this period but a strong finish to the season meant that City missed out on the play-offs on the last day of the season. City needed three points away at Cin derford Town, but the game finished 0-0 meaning it was in fact Cinderford that finished in the final play-off berth.
Tyrell Mitford, Joe Cook and Josh Harfield left the clu b during the 2019-20 pre-season and into the clu b have come Kieran Douglas, Keith Emmerson, Olly Balmer an d Dan Williamson has returned to City . City perform ed well during the 2019-20 cam paign and were 4th in the league with a play-off berth looking likely when the season was curtailed due to Covid-19. City made the First Qualifying Round of the FA Cup before losing to Taunton Town but impressive cup runs in the local com petitions took place once again. City were also League Cup semi-finalists, securing £1000 prize money for doing so.
A belated pre-season campaign took place in August 2020 with away wins at Bedfont Sports, Hartley Wintney and Marlow FC. Tyrell Mitford has returned to the club along with Josh McCormick and new faces Graeme Purdy, Jack Wilson, Felix Davies, Charlie Philpott, Josh Davies and Kel Akpobire have all joined the club. WINCHESTER CITY Football Club covid risk assessment statement
Sounds dull doesn’t it? We take your safety seriously. We urge you to read our risk assessment statement. To familiarise yourself with what we exepct of you so that fooball can continue to be enjoyed by us all, safely.
As well as instructions here, you will find many new signs around the ground. Please respect and obey the instruc tions
Intr oduction This document is for all Players, Coaches, Staff, Volunteers, Officials and Spectators to prepare to the return of football at The Simplyhealth City Ground.
Winchester City F ootball Club has followed all FA guidance and risk assessed each directive to provide a policy that meets the criteria set by the F A. Many o f the dir ectives ar e mandato ry, and if not, are at the very least, adviso ry, to ensure the complete safety of all those that enter the Simplyhealth City Ground.
It is critical that this document is r ead by all attending The Simplyhealth City Ground. As per F A Guidance on 17th July 2020 r elating to grassroots football, the following is applicable at The Simplyhealth City Gr ound:
Covid Of fic er All Clubs must appoint a Covid-19 O fficer. This Officer must constantly monitor FA Guidelines and ensure that all updated information is communicated to all Players, Coaches, Staf f, V olunteers, Officials and Spectators (when they ar e permitted to return).
Code of Conduct It is the clubs’ r esponsibility to ensur e that T he Simplyhealth City Gr ound is a safe environment for all and we ther efo re need to minimise the risk of infection and use close care and attention in all aspects of preparation for the r etur n of F ootball.
If you or anyone in your household is experiencing symptoms r elated to Covid-19, please do not enter The Simplyhealth City Gr ound. If you do experience any symptoms, you should stay at home, arrange a test and self-isolate. This applies not just to Spectators, but also to Players, Coaches, Staff, Volunteers and Officials.
If you develop any symptoms whilst at The Simplyhealth City Gr ound, please make a member of staff aware and leave the stadium to return home, arrange a test and self-isolate.
Guidance fr om both the Government and also the FA is changing on a regular basis so please ensure that you know the latest guidance befo re attending The Simplyhealth City Ground.
Before you arrive at The Simplyhealth City Ground, when you arrive at the stadium and also before you leave the ground, please wash your hands. There will be sanitizer available throughout the ground, so please make sure that you apply this r egularly.
Please ensur e that you maintain Social Distancing thr oughout The Simplyhealth City Ground. The two-metre rule is still applicable so please keep two metr es apart wher ever possible.
You will be requested to sign-in upon your arrival at The Simplyhealth City Ground and give your details in line with the g overnment’s Track and Trace guidelines. This will be done evePaSS – an App that can be downloaded, altho ugh there will also be a paper sign-in sheet. These details will be destroyed within 21 days to ensure that the club r emains GDPR compliant.
Cont.. covid risk assessment statement
Please be considerate of others when yo u ar e using the facilities at The Simplyhealth City Gr ound.,
Travel If you have to travel to the g round with someone, please ensure that you always travel with the same person. Ensur e your windows ar e open to pr ovide ventilation and do not sit face-to-face.
Wher e possible, try and use alter native metho ds of transpo rt rather than driving and ensure a car is cleaned both befo re and after a journey. Please ensure that face masks are worn both to and from The Simplyhealth City Ground as well as to and from away fixtures.
Upon your arrival at The Simplyhealth City Gr ound, please ensure that you follow all guidelines that have been set by the club. Ther e will be signage in place ar ound the ground, as well as floor markings and restrictions on the facilities at the club. T oilet facilities will observe a strict ‘one-in, one-out’ policy, this will apply for both inside and outside toilets.
When you arrive at The Simplyhealth City Gr ound, please make sure you wash and sanitize your hands. There is ample handwash and sanitizer available ar ound the ground. Please also ensure that you wash and sanitize your hands befo re you leave the ground too.
Players, Match O fficials and Coaches/Staff are required to arrive at the ground already changed and showered wher ever possible. Changing Rooms will be available, but there will be social distancing measurers in place.
Spectators must also observe all guidelines in place at the ground and maintain good hygiene and social distancing when it is safe for them to return to The Simplyhealth City Ground.
During M atches There will be no pre-match handshakes (as was the case pre-lockdown). Make sure you wash and sanitize your hands befo re matches. There will be no team talk huddles – all team talks are to be carried out whilst maintaining social distancing, along with both warm-ups and cool-downs. There is no spitting permitted by either players or coaching staff. Players are reminded not to shout in each other’s faces.
All O fficials and Players must always socially distance on the touch lines and in dug outs etc. Due to the size of the dug -outs at The Simplyhealth City Ground, there will be a designated, socially distanced area for those that ther e is not r oom for.
Goal posts and balls must be sanitized before the games, at half-time and also again at full-time. There are to be no goal celebrations and no sharing of water bottles. Players are advised to bring their own drinks bottles with them. No equipment whatsoever is permitted to be shar ed.
Clubhouse All drinks pur chased in the clubhouse at The Simplyheal th City Gr ound will be served in single use disposable glasses. There is a one-way system in the clubhouse, entry through the main doors by the toilets and exit thr ough the door heading out towards the pitch. Social distancing measures are in place in the clubhouse. After the game, the clubhouse ar ea will be used pur ely for ho spitality – as this can be offered with social distancing, provided that the numbers are restricted within the area. Spectators will still be able to purchase drinks and consume these outside the clubhouse area.
Cash payments will be accepted, but car d payments ar e the preferred method of payment. PPE (Personal Pr otective Equipment) is available on-site for staff and volunteers should they wish to wear it.
Final st atement Winchester City F ootball Club thank-you for both reading and following our club guidelines. This statement will be updated when further guidelines are issued by both the FA and the Government. WCFC STAFF
BEHIND THE SCENES
PR ESID ENT JOH N MOODY R PSL CH AIRMA N KEN RAISBECK VICE PR ESID ENT STE VE BR INE MP & COUN CILLOR I AN T AIT LI FE VICE PR ESID ENT TERRY P AINE MBE CLUB S EC RET ARY MIKE C ARTER TR EASURER PHIL GOUGH COMMITTEE ME MBER S MIKE CARTER MATT RICHBELL STEVE RAINBIRD WAYNE ELKINS JO BROCKSOM PHIL GOUGH KEN RAISBECK JOHN MOODY JUDITH TOWERTON ALLAN HIGGS MARK DODD SALLY STATHAM
COVID-19 OFFICER MIKE CARTER CLUB WELFARE OFFICER MIKE CARTER CHARTER STANDARD OFFICER MIKE CARTER STADIUM GENERAL MANAGER MIKE CARTER STADIUM ANNOUNCER WAYNE ELKINS GROUND MAINTENANCE DAVE GREEN WEBSITE STEVE RAINBIRD MEDIA OFFICER MATT RICHBELL PROGRAMME EDITOR MATT RICHBELL MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY WAYNE ELKINS CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER GARY MARSH GROUNDS STAFF RAY BULPITT & IZZY MEW CHIEF STEWARD STEVE RAINBIRD BAR MANAGER MIKE CARTER CLUB CATERING SALLY STATHAM, JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON, MARGARET MOODY, JOHN MOODY, LYN BONE 50-50 DRAW JUDY MALONE & JUDITH TOWERTON TURNSTILE OPERATORS RICH PICKETT & ALLY BROWN
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