Evo-Stik League Southern £2 Division 1 South and West th Saturday 4 February 2017 – Kick off 3.00p.m. Winchester City Wantage Town Red and black shirts, Green and white shirts, WINCHESTER CITY REVIEW red shorts and socks Green socks and shorts From: From: 2016 – 2017 No Lewis Noice No. Eddie Cavanagh Brendon Norris Mark Burton Danny King Cameron McNeil Adam Tomasso Kai Robinson Matt Evans Joe Wood Stuart Mott James Glover Adam Roberts Harvey Scholes Stuart Green Dan Sadler Programme printed by Lewis Tallack Kalum Youngsam Craig Feeney Jared Jones Joe Briggs Mark Francis Jason Silver Todd Hathaway Jamie Ford Sean McKeon Howard Neighbour Callum Preece Jack Hannam Manager – Ben Sadler Physio - Sean McKeon Snr Andy Jenkinson Coach - Chris Aplin Joe Hayward Robbie Matthews MATCH OFFICIALS Danny Smith Referee: James Durkin Assistant Referee: Stephen Fall Olly Searle Assistant Referee: Christopher Arkless WINCHESTER CITY v WANTAGE TOWN Manager – Ian Saunders Evo-Stik League Southern - Division 1 South and West Assistant Manager – Jason Hampson Goalkeeping Coach – Jamie Cotton th Sports Therapist – Mark Gibson Saturday 4 February 2017 RESULT WINCHESTER CITY WANTAGE TOWN 24 2 2 23 WINCHESTER CITY 2016 – 2017 Sponsored by Denplan Football Association Full Member Club Affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and North Hants Divisional Football Association Members of The Evo-Stik League Southern Members of the Wyvern Football Combination League Members of the Southampton and District Tyro League Members of the Hampshire Youth League Members of the City of Southampton Youth League MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President - Terry Bone Vice President - Steve Brine MP Life Vice Presidents - Terry Paine MBE, John Moody RPSL Chairman - Paul Murray Vice Chairman- Darell Gowers Website and Stadium and Clubhouse Manager Secretary - Martin Moody Treasurer/Director of Football - David Malone Head of Commercial – Neil Wilson Web Manager – Steve Rainbird Programme Editor - John Moody Car Parking and Stadium - Sally Statham Bar Manager and Social Media - Kevin Watkins Match Announcer - Wayne Elkins Players Shirt Sponsors and Travel Manager - Rob Conway Youth Football - Elliott Trodd Shop Manager and Membership Secretary – Rich Pickett They Also Serve Pitch Side Catering – Ronnie Thomas, Rhiannon Trinder, Suzannah Taylor and Summer Thomas. Gate – Ally Brown, Tom Pickett and Simon Woods Bar – Sam Beadle Club Shop – Clash and Rod Youngman Ground/Car Parking – Dave Green and Sally Statham Board Room Host – John Moody Club House Catering – Judy Malone, Tina Elkins, Judith Towerton and Margaret Moody 50/50 Draw – Judy Malone and Judith Towerton Chief Steward – Ally Brown Our Jolly Yellow Coats (Stewards) - Gemma Percival, Ally Brown Official Photographer – Tony Smith 3 22 Official Programme Seller – Tina Elkins The Chairman's Notes Our opponents today are Wantage Town, whom we welcome here to the Denplan. Their nickname The Freds, short for The Alfredians from the name of their ground Alfredian Park, reveals a link between Wantage and Winchester. King Alfred was born in Wantage and died in Winchester. He is probably buried at Hyde Church, less than half a mile of this ground. Wantage are having a tough season, not helped by Tuesday night’s result at home, when they went down by four goals to nil against North Leigh. This result also saw North Leigh leapfrog the Citizens on goal difference putting Winchester back into ninth place in the league. Our next game is also away to North Leigh, followed by tough matches against Mangotsfield and Evesham. Please note that our away match against Salisbury next Tuesday has been postponed as Salisbury are playing in the League Cup. Non League football is enjoying some excellent publicity through the exploits of Lincoln and Sutton in the FA Cup. Arsenal at home, what a dream tie for Sutton, managed by Paul Doswell who lives locally. Off the pitch, we apologise for the closure of the Dugout Cafe, which has suffered a collapse of part of the roof. If anyone knows of a flat roof contractor locally, who might be able to help, please let me know! Kind Regards Paul Murray Chairman. 4 21 OUR SPONSORS City's Cup Honours List City's League Honours List F.A. Vase Southern League Winners 2004 Play-off quarter finalists 2016 Hampshire Senior Cup Wessex Premier League Winners 1931 and 2005 Champions 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2011-2012 Finalists 1888 and 2016 Runners Up 2004-2005, 2014-2015 Hampshire Tournament Cup Hampshire County League Winners 1888 Champions 1928-1929 Finalists 1889, 1890 Hampshire League Premier Division Hampshire Floodlit Cup Champions 2002-2003 Winners 2005 Finalists 2003 Hampshire League Division 1 Champions 2001-2002 Russell Cotes Cup Runners Up 1929-1930, 194 -1950, 1970-1971 Winners 1955 and 1971. Hampshire League Division 2 North Hants Senior Cup Champions 1957-1958, 1973-1974, 1991-1992 Winners 1982, 1987, 2002, and 2015 Hampshire League Division 3 North Hants League Cup Runners Up 1967-1968, 1979-1980 Winners 2003 Hampshire League Division 3 East Southampton Senior Cup Runners Up – Reserves 1949-1950, 1951-1952 Winners 1950, 1952, 2001, 2003 Finalists 1909 Hampshire League North Division Champions 1904 -1905, 1928-1929 Basingstoke Senior Cup Runners up 1909-1910, 1911-1912, 1919-1920 Finalists 2002 Hampshire League Championship Shield Andover and District Open Cup Winners 1928-1929 Winners 2002 Hampshire League Combination Division 2 Hampshire Intermediate Cup Champions 2005-2006 Winners 1952, 1968, 1973, 2002 South Hampshire League Wessex League Cup Champions 1896-1897, 1897-1898, 1898-1899 Winners 2004 North Hants League Wyvern Challenge Shield Champions 2002-2003 Finalists 2013 Hampshire League League Cup Winners 1994, 2003 Hampshire League Combination Cup Finalists 2002 Hampshire Chronicle Cup Winners 2005 Southern Newspapers Invitation Cup Winners 1971 Inter-League Challenge Champions 2001, 2002 20 5 The Manager in his own words Football Quotations Billions of words have been written about football most of which are non-sensible but The severe weather put paid to our home here are a few that make sense. game against Bideford, the pitch was frost- bound from Thursday and was When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the completely unplayable. Whilst I do not like a trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself break in our run-in to the end of the season, somewhere there; found a place where you belong. the postponement gave us a chance for our Denis Bergkamp (born 1969) former Dutch professional footballer Sports Therapist, Mark, to work on the walking wounded at the Denplan on Saturday morning. The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory Josef “Sepp” Herberger (1897-1977: German football player and manager) You will all be pleased to hear that young Joe is recovering well from his broken leg. In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team. He came in for treatment and a recovery session with our therapist and he is looking Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (1905-1980: French philosopher, novelist, in good shape for a timely return. and literary critic) Talking about our game at Bridwater and the penalty 'shouts', he said, “I The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. thought we should have got a penalty when Stuart Green was clipped and William “Bill” Shankly (1913-1981: Scottish footballer and manager of Liverpool we had another good shout when Andy Jenkinson, on as a late sub, was F.C.) pulled over. The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t But the two we thought were penalties weren’t given and the one we did get move, kick it until it does. was awarded for a bit of a soft handball. Howard's ability to hold his nerve from 12 yards proved the difference between the sides. We’re not Phillip Abraham “Phil” Woosnam (1932-2013) Welsh former inside-right and complaining though. We’ll take the three points, a 1-0 win and a clean manager. sheet.” Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. 'That looked like a Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. pen to me' – photo Johan Cruyff (1947 - 2016) - Dutch professional football player and coach. by Debbie Gould, Bridgwater Town If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later. Bob Paisley (1919 –1996), Manager of Liverpool F.C. 66 6 19 6 Malcolm's Welcome We welcome Wantage to Winchester for today’s game. Both Wantage and Winchester have a link to King Alfred and both have a statue erected of him, and there is now an annual cycle ride (now in its 9th year) from Wantage (the King’s birthplace) to his final resting place (Winchester). Wantage play at Alfredian Park. Earlier in the season we won 1-0 at Wantage with Craig Feeney scoring the all important goal in the 63rd minute. In last season’s corresponding match we won 3-0 in a game in which Wantage played 70 minutes with only 10 men, with Charlie Smeeton, Warren Bentley and a deflected Leigh Mills shot providing the goals. Winchester also won 3-0 at Wantage last season, with Jamie Barron scoring twice and Warren Bentley once. Prior to this I do not believe the clubs had previously met as Wantage only joined the Southern League in the 2014/15 season having been promoted after 58 consecutive seasons in the Hellenic League, a league that their reserves joined at the start of the season the first team began life in the Southern League.