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Bet Victor Southern League Central Division Saturday 2nd November 2019 Kick-Off 3:00pm 2017/18 Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Champions Southern League DivisionSaturday One Central27th April1 Programme 2019 Kick-Off of3:00pm Welwyn Garden City FC Welwyn Garden City Welcome to the 'The Isabel Hospice Stadium' Page 3 Football Club Southern League Central league table Page 4 Management Full Results and Fixtures listing Page 5 & 6 Away addresses at a glance Page 6 First team Team management and club records Page 7 This seasons player roll call Page 8 Todays Visitors Coleshill Town FC A club history Page 9 & 10 Nicky Ironton Players and sponsorship Pages 13 & 14 (Manager) Player Roll Call by Gavin Meaden Page 15 Jon Stevenson Focus on Welwyn Garden City U-18’s Page 16 Are you “The Face in the Crowd” Page 17 (Assistant) Citizens Time-Line Page 17 Callem Kingsley Our latest Match reports by Phil Ravitz Pages 11, 19 & 23 (Physio) The Non-League column Page 20 Ricci Crace WGC FC Fantasy Football League standings Page 21 Club Honours & Achievements Page 24 Dave Bastian New Rule changes for 2019/20 by the FA Page 25 (Coaches) Full team line-ups Page 28 Dave Keenleyside (Team Captain) Up next at the Head Groundsman Isabel Hospice Stadium Paul Cox Tuesday 5th November Kit Manager Dave Owen Southern League Cup Citizens v Needham Market Kick-Off 7:45 pm 2 Welcome to Herns Way & at the heart of the community and hope their liaison raises the profile of both charity and club. The charity has cared The Isabel Hospice Stadium for 1,855 people in the last year, supporting them to live well at home and with specialist care in their In-Patient Today we welcome Coleshill Town FC to Herns Way and Unit. They have 700 volunteers and see an ideal partner in the Isabel Hospice Stadium for this Southern League Cen- WGC FC, a club owned by its members and who are also tral division match, believed to be the first ever meeting of administered totally by volunteers. the two sides. And, we welcome the players, Officials and Linda Cudmore, Isabel Hospice Community Fundraiser supporters of our guests inviting them to join us for hospi- said “We are delighted to have the stadium named the Isa- tality after the game. Our welcome extends to our visiting bel Hospice Stadium. Our first partnership event will be at match officials Neil Morrison who will be assisted by Neo the Fireworks display at the stadium on 1st November Neophytou & Gareth Burton. We hope you enjoy your visit where there will be Isabel Hospice collectors there on the to Herns Way and have a safe journey home. night, collecting donations to pay towards vital care for Updated fixtures local people. Please pop some money in the yellow can when you see them, or tap on our contactless collection We have two cup matches to make you aware of: box as just £28 could pay for an hour’s expert nursing care Tues Nov 5th (H) Needham Market (SLC) at our In-Patient Unit this Christmas.” Mon 11th Nov (A) Hitchin Town (HSC) Ray Fiveash, Welwyn GC FC chairman added: “ We are Coach Trip Chatter also delighted with this partnership. The Isabel Hospice is A few of us were chatting about players we would like to a well known and well supported charity in the area. “ We hope the partnership will prove fruitful to both parties and see back at the club. There were several names mentioned. we look forward to working with the Isabel on a number Ben Long, Ben Spaul, Jason Caswell, Nick Elliott, Luke of projects in the future.’’ Robbins, Craig Arnott and Jay Lovell. However, the man that got the most mentions was midfielder Darryl Smith. Front cover photo: Carl Mensah tuned goal poacher in our recent match at Daventry Town. Rumour has it the Team News giant defender is negotiating a new deal at Herns Way with boss Nicky Ironton for the No:9 shirt. Callum Stead pictured right receives his Committee mem- bers September player of the month award from Club Chair- Please get behind the lads - your support man Ray Fiveash. Callum has been in superb form for the Citizens since joining us from Biggleswade Town. and vocal encouragement are vital! Stadium naming announcement COME ON YOU WELWYN Garden City Football Club and the Isabel Hos- pice are delighted to announce a working partnership that will see the Football Club’s Herns Lane ground called the CITIZENS Isabel Hospice Stadium for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. Both parties say that they hope that this is the beginning of a fruitful relationship between the town’s football club and the well known local charity. The Isabel Hospice say they are delighted that WGC FC have chosen to name their Sta- dium – the Isabel Hospice Stadium. Both organizations are 3 Southern League Central Division - League Table September 2019 Played Won Drew Lost For Against Goal diff Points Berkhamsted 10 7 30 0 29 5 24 24 Corby Town 9 7 2 0 19 7 12 23 AFC Dunstable 10 6 1 3 29 15 14 19 The Citizens 9 5 3 1 22 9 13 18 Halesowen Town 8 6 0 2 15 9 6 18 Aylesbury United 9 4 5 0 11 1 10 17 Bedford Town 9 4 4 1 17 11 6 16 Daventry Town 10 5 1 4 15 16 -1 16 Barton Rovers 10 4 3 3 21 17 4 15 Bedworth United 10 4 2 4 17 16 1 14 Thame United 9 4 1 4 24 13 11 13 North Leigh 9 4 1 4 17 16 1 13 Kidlington 10 3 2 5 9 17 1 11 Coleshill Town 10 3 1 6 18 17 1 10 Yaxley 0 3 1 5 18 17 1 10 Biggleswade 10 2 4 4 9 12 -3 10 Didcot Town 11 3 1 7 9 20 -11 10 Kempston Rovers 10 2 1 7 11 22 -11 7 St Neots Town 10 1 2 7 9 32 -23 5 Wantage Town 10 0 0 10 2 49 -47 0 4 Welwyn Garden City FC Fixtures 2019 Sat 6th July (H) Luton Town (F) L 895 1-3 Reece Tues 10th July (H) Barnet (F) D 105 1-1 Carey Sun 14th July (H) Maccabi GB (F) L 55 0-1 Fri 19th July (H) MK Dons (F) L 330 0-1 Tues 23rd July (A) Wormley Rovers (F) W 46 6-0 OG, Payne, Da Silva (2) Alomenu, Cleaver Sat 27th July (H) St Margaretsbury (F) W 75 3-2 Da Silva (2) Keenleyside Tues 30th July (A) Stotfold (F) W 66 5-0 Da Silva, Payne, Carey Spencer, Ironton Tues 6thAugust (A) Sandridge Rovers (F) W 35 3-2 Da Silva, Alomenu, Spencer Fri 9th August (H) Chalfont St Peter (F) D 50 1-1 Da Silva Sat 17th Aug (H) Wantage Town (SL) W 116 2-1 Ironton, Da Silva Tues 20th Aug (A) Biggleswade (SL) W 86 3-1 Da Silva (2) Rolfe Sat 24th Aug (A) Wingate/Finchley (FAC) L 121 0-2 Mon 26th Aug (H) Berkhamsted (SL) D 151 1-1 Mensah Sat 31st Aug (A) Halesowen Town (SL) W 503 2-0 Rolfe, Ironton Tues 3rd Sept (H) Harpenden Town (F) W 75 5-0 Carrington, Cleaver, Stead Tues 10th Sept (H) Hitchin Town (SLC) W 123 5-0 Cleaver, Keenleyside,OG,Stead, Da Silva Sat 14th Sept (H) Thame United (SL) L 73 1-2 McClelland Tues 17th Sept (H) Sandridge Rovers (F) W 60 10-0 Bailey (3) Carrington (2) Satterly- Hull, Stead, Quarrington-Carter, McClelland Sat 21st Sept (A) Kempston Rovers (SL) W 83 3-0 Cleaver, Ironton, Carrington Tues 24th Sept (H) Hadley (HCS) W 77 2-0 McClelland, Keenleyside Sat 28th Sept (H) Canvey Island (FAT) L 186 1-4 Stead Sat Oct 5th (H) Bedworth United (SL) D 104 1-1 Alomenu Tues 8th Oct (H) Royston Town (SLC) W 97 5-3 Bailey(2) Alomenu, Da-Silva, Cleaver Tues 15th Oct (H) St Neots Town (SL) W 125 7-1 Bailey(3)Keenleyside(2) Stead, Cathline Sat Oct 19th (A) Daventry Town (SL) D 108 2-2 Rolfe, Mensah Sat Nov 2nd (H) Coleshill Town (SL) Sat Nov 9th (H) Kidlington (SL) Tues Nov 5th (H) Needham Market (SLC) Mon 11th Nov (A) Hitchin Town (HSC) Sat Nov 16th (A) North Leigh (SL) Sat Nov 23rd (H) Yaxley (SL) Tues Nov 26th (H) Tring Atletic (HCS) Sat Nov 30th (A) Aylesbury United (SL) Sat Dec 7th (H) Bedford Town (SL) Sat Dec 14th (A) Didcot Town (SL) Sat Dec 21st (A) Corby Town (SL) Thu Dec 26th (H) Barton Rovers (SL) Key: SL = Southern League, FAC = FA Cup, HCS = Herts Charity Shield, FAT = FA Trophy, HSC = Herts Senior Cup 5 Welwyn Garden City FC Fixtures 2020 Wed Jan 1st (A) Berkhamsted (SL) Sat Jan 4th (H) Biggleswade (SL) Sat Jan 11th (A) Wantage Town (SL) Sat Jan 18th (H) Kempston Rovers (SL) Sat Jan 25th (A) Thame United (SL) Sat Feb 1st (H) AFC Dunstable (SL) Sat Feb 8th (A) Bedworth Town (SL) Sat Feb 15 (H) Daventry Town (SL) Sat Feb 22nd (A) Coleshill Town (SL) Sat Feb 29th (A) Kidlington (SL) Sat Mar 7th (H) North Leigh (SL) Sat Mar 14th (A) Yaxley (SL) Sat Mar 21st (H) Halesowen Town (SL) Sat Apr 4th (A) St Neots Town (SL) Sat Apr 11th (H) Corby Town (SL) Mon Apr 13th (A) Barton Rovers (SL) Sat Apr 18th (H) Didcot Town (SL) Sat Apr 25th (A) Bedford Town (SL) Southern League Central Division Ground locations and addresses Club Stadium Name Postcode Distance Travel Time Map AFC Dunstable Creasey Park Stadium LU6 1BB 29.2 45 mins Directions Aylesbury United The Meadow HP5 1NE 30.4 45 mins Directions Barton Rovers Sharpenhoe Road MK45 4LQ 20.3 31 mins Directions Bedford Town The Eyrie MK44 3LW 30.7 39 mins Directions Bedworth United The Oval CV12 8NN 84.1 1 hour 51 mins Directions Berkhamsted Broadwater HP4 2AL 27.8 41 mins Directions Biggleswade Langford Road SG18 9JT 22.8 31 mins Directions Coleshill Pack Meadow B46 3JE 92.1 1 hour 57 mins Directions Corby Town Steel Park NN17 2AE 66.8 1 hour 23 mins Directions Daventry United Communications Park NN11 4NS 61.8 1 hour 27 mins Directions Didcot Town Loop Meadow OX11 7GA 70.2 1 hour 29 mins Directions Halesowen Town The Grove B63 3TB 116.0 2 hours 39 mins Directions Kempston Rovers Hillgrounds Leisure MK42 8SZ 35.3 49 mins Directions Kidlington Yarnton Road Stadium OX5 1AT 70.4 1 hour 29 mins Directions North Leigh Eynsham Park OX29 6SL 76.6 1 hour 45 mins Directions St Neots Town Rowley Park Stadium PE19 6SL 35.4 46 mins Directions Thame United Meadow View Park OX9 3RN 50.5 1 hour 9 mins Directions Wantage Town