. OFFICIAL DIGITAL PROGRAMME FLEET TOWN v BARTON ROVERS F.C. SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2017 – 3:00PM The Evo-Stik League South East

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CLUB CAPTAIN – MATT BUNYAN

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WELCOME FROM OUR JOINT MANAGER ANDY HUNT

Good afternoon and welcome to The Franki Foundation Ground, the home of Fleet Town Football Club. Today we are in action against Barton Rovers FC in the Evo-Stik League South East. I would like to extend a warm welcome to their Officials, supporters and ground hoppers. I hope you have an enjoyable stay with us today and a safe journey home. After last week’s fantastic wins over the Army u23’s in a friendly and Aylesbury in the league we have seen a great lift in the squad. The players have really bought into what Steve and I are asking them to do and we are seeing the benefits on the pitch. In both games I felt we played some very good football and looked to attack and score goals. Along with solid defensive displays we looked quite impressive. The squad is now exactly where we want it to be and after the project set at the start of the season I feel we are ahead of schedule. All the hard work now begins as we need to get the squad to further gel together, understand our way of playing and also look to keep improving, I am very excited about what Steve and I can build here over time to get the club in a position of pushing forward. On Saturday, Aylesbury were tough opponents who had been on a good run of form having just beaten Hartley Wintney and Beaconsfield Town. Our squad was the strongest we’d had all season and the new players have settled in very well. Plus having Matt Bunyan back was a real boost. On a heavy pitch we played the conditions well and broke forward with pace. Liam had a few situations to deal with in the first half but nothing that really troubled him. The only blip in performance was that we were 0-0 at half time having created some good chances. In the second half we really went for it and put Aylesbury under a lot of pressure. Bunners scored a good goal after a deep cross from Brad Wilson, which was a great way to return to the team. Luke Haskell scored our second when he coolly slotted past the keeper in a ‘one on one’ situation. It was the Aylesbury keeper who kept the score down by making a number of very good saves throughout the game. In midweek we were pleased to progress to the 3rd Round of The Russell Cotes Cup by beating Liphook United from The Hampshire League on Penalties after the scores were level at 2-2 after 90 minutes. We had a somewhat scratch side out for various reasons but it was a good workout and another win ! I fully expect today’s game to be another very tough one. Last season Barton made it into the ‘play offs’ and have been a club over the years that have really pushed for promotion to the next level. This year they are in the lower regions of the league like ourselves but I’m sure they’ll not be there for long. For us, we need to really dig deep this month and start to make our ground a fortress. Our home form will be key this season as we rebuild. Once again thank you to all the loyal and fantastic supporters we have at Fleet. You follow us home and away, which is awesome. Believe me the management and players really do appreciate you.

Enjoy the Game and COYB

Andy

CHAIRMAN: Alec Grant SPORTS THERAPIST: Mark Whiteley

VICE CHAIRMAN: Richard Whittington KIT MANAGER : Ben Foster COMMITTEE MEMBERS: YOUTH TEAM MANAGER: Neil Selby Alec Grant, Richard Whittington, WEBSITE MANAGER : Harry Cannon Chris Arnold, Harry Cannon, Darren Edwards CHILD WELFARE OFFICER : Chris Arnold and Nathan Cookson : PROGRAMME EDITOR : Martin Griffiths FIRST TEAM MANAGERS : TEA BAR : Maria Steve Dormer and Andy Hunt GROUNDSMAN: Bryan Smith FIRST TEAM COACHES : Neil Woodyer & Mark Whiteley

01252 623804 www.fleettownfc.co.uk Fleet Town F.C. Crookham Road, Fleet, Hants, GU5 5FA

Fleet Town is an unincorporated association, managed by a committee, currently comprising of the following individuals: Alec Grant, Richard Whittington, Chris Arnold, Harry Cannon, Darren Edwards and Nathan Cookson.

FIXTURES AND RESULTS 2017/18

Date Opponents H/A Competition Score Result Att. Sat Aug 12 AFC A Evo-Stik League South East 4 - 0 L 121 Tue Aug 15 Chalfont St. Peter H Evo-Stik League South East 1 -1 D 117 Sat Aug 19 AFC Totton H Emirates F.A. Cup Preliminary Round 1 - 1 D 130 Tue Aug 22 AFC Totton A Emirates F.A. Cup Preliminary Replay 5 - 0 L 195 Sat Aug 26 AFC Rushden & Diamonds A Evo-Stik League South East 7- 1 L 540 Mon Aug 28 Moneyfields H Evo-Stik League South East 1- 3 L 109 Sat Sep 9 Hayes & Yeading United A Evo-Stik League South East 3-0 L 149 Sat Sep 16 Arlesey Town H Evo-Stik League South East 0-2 L 109 D Tue Sep 19 Farnborough H Hampshire Senior Cup 2nd Round 2-2 126 L 3-4 Pens Sat Sep 23 Aylesbury United A Evo-Stik League South East 1-1 D 124 Tue Sep 26 Uxbridge H Evo-Stik League South East 6-0 W 75 Sat Sep 30 Beaconsfield Town H Evo-Stik League South East 0-2 L 104 Tue Oct 3 Basingstoke Town H The BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup 17-18 - First Round 2-6 L 139 Sat Oct 7 Yate Town H Buildbase F.A. Trophy Preliminary Round 1-1 D 89 Tue Oct 10 Yate Town A Buildbase F.A. Trophy Preliminary Round Replay 2-1 L 112 Sat Oct 14 Hanwell Town A Evo-Stik League South East 2-0 L 105 Sat Oct 21 Marlow H Evo-Stik League South East 2-0 W 89 Tue Oct 24 Ashford Town (Middx) A Evo-Stik League South East 10-0 L 122 Sat Oct 28 Northwood A Evo-Stik League South East 2-1 L 74 Sat Nov 4 Cambridge City A Evo-Stik League South East 4-1 L 190 Sat Nov 11 Aylesbury H Evo-Stik League South East 2-0 W 78 D Wed Nov 15 Liphook United H Hampshire F.A. Russell Cotes Cup Round 2 2-2 56 W 3-1 pens Sat Nov 18 Barton Rovers H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Nov 25 Bedford Town A Evo-Stik League South East Tue Nov 28 Egham Town H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Dec 2 Kempston Rovers H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Dec 9 Thame United A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Dec 16 Chalfont St. Peter A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Dec 23 AFC Dunstable H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Dec 26 Moneyfields A Evo-Stik League South East Mon Jan 1 Hartley Wintney H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Jan 6 Arlesey Town A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Jan 13 AFC Rushden & Diamonds H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Jan 20 Aylesbury A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Jan 27 Cambridge City H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Feb 3 Uxbridge A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Feb 10 Aylesbury United H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Feb 17 Beaconsfield Town A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Feb 24 Hanwell Town H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Mar 3 Marlow A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Mar 10 Ashford Town (Middx) H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Mar 17 Thame United H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Mar 24 Kempston Rovers A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Mar 31 Hayes & Yeading United H Evo-Stik League South East Mon Apr 2 Hartley Wintney A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Apr 7 Barton Rovers A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Apr 14 Northwood H Evo-Stik League South East Sat Apr 21 Egham Town A Evo-Stik League South East Sat Apr 28 Bedford Town H Evo-Stik League South East

THE OTHER MATCHES IN OUR LEAGUE TODAY

AFC Dunstable v Egham Town

AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Northwood

Arlesey Town v Beaconsfield Town

Aylesbury v Kempston Rovers

Chalfont St Peter v Ashford Town 11 13 0 Hartley Wintney v Cambridge City

Hayes & Yeading Utd v Aylesbury Utd

Marlow v Bedford Town

Moneyfields v Hanwell Town

Thame United v Uxbridge

5 10 13 0 6 5 12 0 7 3 12 0 4 10 10 0 10 3 10 0 7 3 9 0 6 3 9 0 6 3 9 0 7 1 9 0 8 1 7 0 5 1 7 0 5 1 7 0 11 -3 7 0 8 -3 7 0 10 0 6 0

17. Aylesbury United 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 6 10 -4 6 0

18. Thame United 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 7 15 -8 6 0

19. Arlesey Town 5 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 6 11 -5 1 0

20. Aylesbury 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 4 3 9 -6 1 0

21. Fleet Town 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 3 19 -16 1 0

22. Hanwell Town 5 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 11 -10 0 0

A CONDENSED HISTORY OF BARTON ROVERS F.C.

Barton Rovers have their home in Barton-le-Clay, a village of some 5000 people just north of Luton. Formed in 1898 the club played in inter village football for the first 50 years until 1946 when they reformed and joined the Luton & District League.

Fast forward more than a hundred years and Barton Rovers are now playing in the Southern League. For a team that has such a small population, playing football at this level is somewhat of an achievement in itself,.

By the end of 2008/9 Gary Fitzgerald was building a young and vibrant squad. Former Luton Town player Ross

Hanley had a superb season, winning the player of the season award. Fitzgerald believed in youth and the performances by Hanley were second to none. The 2009/10 Season witnessed Gary Fitzgerald’s third season in charge of the club. This season was to be a struggle, however there were many highlights along the way. In the league the club battled with relegation throughout the season, and had to await news on a reprieve which gladly came in the summer of 2010. Barton Rovers played some fantastic football throughout the season and the lads battled till the end. Even in such a tough season there were some outstanding individuals, Centre-back Paul Andrews developed into a no-nonsense defender and Tommy Hull a combatitive midfielder had a fine regime. The club enjoyed a great run in The FA Trophy, beating Ryman Premier side Horsham on the way.

The start of the 2010/11 season again saw Barton Rovers in the , this time in the newly created Central Division. Gary Fitzgerald departed the club after four seasons in charge due to an unconvincing start to the season and was replaced with Dan Kennoy. Dan was recruited from neighbours Arlesey Town where he held a coaching position with their first team. At 30 years of age the former Rovers player, managed to assemble a vibrant squad that ended the season in a solid 12th position in the Southern League Central division. One of the plum results in his first season was the 2-1 away win at promoted Hitchin Town. The 2010/11 season also saw the introduction of a Reserve Team, some 15 years after Barton Rovers Reserves kicked their last ball. Darren Whiley was charged with the responsibility of filtering players through to the 1st team and competing in the Suburban Football League. A solid 13th placed finish in the first season justified the decision to reintroduce a reserve team to the senior setup. Richard Wilmot was awarded the Players Player of the Year award, Sam Spencer was awarded Player of the Year and Andre Maltay picked up the Supporters Player of the Year.

The 2011/12 season saw Dan Kennoy retain a majority of the squad so the season started with an air of optimism.

It's fair to say that it didn't quite go as planned. Just four points from the opening nine games and an FA Cup defeat to lowly Hatfield Town and the young manager was started to fill the pressure. Then just one defeat in the next nine league games saw the confidence rise as well as the Rovers league position. Some convincing results continued notably the 5-1 away win at Chertsey Town and a 4-0 home win against Chalfont St Peter and the play off places were starting to look achievable. The final quarter of the season unfortunately ended the same as the season started and with only 13 points from the last 30 available the season ended with a league position of 11th place which meant a top half of the table finish, something that hasn't happened since 2005. Ricky Case and Tommy Hull cleaned up with the first team awards, Ricky taking the Players Player award and Top goal scorer with 14 goals. Tommy took home the Player of the Year and Supporters Player of the Year. Niran Vaughan was awarded the Young Player of the Year trophy. Kennoy stayed on for another crack at the helm in 2012/13 guiding the side to a respectable mid table finish. Some success in both FA cup and Trophy with the season ending with silverware in the shape of the North Beds Charity Cup. Arguably Rovers under the stewardship of Kennoy had its best season for many years in 2013/14. Flirting in the play off places all season before finishing 6th with a last day of the season defeat which saw the side miss out on the play offs by just 3 points. The clubs highest league position in its history was coupled by back to back North Beds Charity Cup success. Following Dan Kennoy’s decision to stand down at the end of the season 2014/15 saw new managers at the helm in the shape of former players Richard Wilmot and Wes Byrne. The season bettered the previous with Wilmot and Byrne achieving a club best of play off finalist beaten by Bedworth Utd 2-0 but the going on to lift the Beds Senior cup with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Biggleswade Town at Kenilworth Rd. The 2015-16 season yet another a new management team of Matt Endersby and Jon Reed taking the reigns to push the small village outfit to bigger things. Sadly the season was a right off with neither manager staying to the end of the campaign but the club did manage to retain the Beds FA senior cup with a 2-1 win overs AFC Dunstable. Former player Jimmy Gray took over in the Sharpenhoe Rd hot seat for the promotion chase in 2016/17. Jimmy was assisted by Mark Boyce whist Keith West stayed on as coach. Again it was close as it can be but no cigars as Rovers lost in the playoff final in an enthralling match against Farnborough.

Currently this season we now have a management team of, Tony Fontanelle, John McLaughlin and Keith West still with hopes of securing that all so elusive promotion.

BARTON ROVERS F.C. 2017/18 PEN PICS

Tony Fontanelle : Manager Tony only recently took over the management reins from Mark Boyce after a disappointing start to the current season. He is a local man who previously managed Dunstable Town.

Keith West- Assistant Manager and Goalkeeping Coach Keith now in his 4rd season with the club he has made a great impact with the fitness and quality of Rovers keepers. He also runs the KW goalkeeping academy at the club. Upon the appointment of Tony Fontanelle Keith stepped up to be his assistant.

Jordon Odofin age: 23 Jordan is a big, strong 6’4 center half who is dominate in the air. Also he is comfortable with the ball at his feet and playing out from the back. He leant his trade at Barnet and then ventured aboard to gained good experience playing in Sweden with Osterlen FF. Previous clubs: Barnet, Nike Academy, Osterlen FF (Sweden), Dunstable town

Gerardo Smaldone age: 19

Gerardo is a good young player that came through the youth system at St Albans city. He is a strong right back with good defensive abilities .He has since progressed on and gained some senior experience at Berkhampstead previous clubs: St Albans, Potters Bar, and Berkhampstead

Paul Andrews age: 30

Club captain: Paul is edging ever closer to his testimonial season with the club. So far he has been a great servant to the club at centre half for many seasons which are hard to find in the modern game. He is very strong in the tackle, dominant in the air and has the pace to get back and cover. Previous clubs: Diss town, Ampthill town, Fakenham town

Sean Beesley age: 21 Sean is a young strong centre half who reads the game well. He Attacks aerial balls with good conviction and will be a good addition to the current squad. Previous club: Arlesey town, Hadley FC

Jack Keating age: 27

Australian born midfielder impressed the new management team in preseason with his hard work and commitment. He is an attacking midfielder who loves breaking into the box and scoring goals. Jack is a great team member who is able to adapt his game, to play in various positions on the pitch to help the team. Previous clubs: N/A

Claudio Diaz age: 22

Claudio is a centre mid field player that is comfortable either holding or getting around the park making things happen. He will also chip in was his fair share of goals throughout the season. He is very good on the ball and will make this Barton Rovers side tick by spraying passes and with driving runs. Claudio started his career at MK Doms before signing Professional forms for Northampton Town Previous clubs: MK Dons, Northampton Town, Braintree and Dunstable town

James Verney age: 18

James is a young promising winger with bags of potential to get back into the football league. He had been at Luton Town since he was a young boy and went all the way through their youth system.

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SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2017 – 3:00PM THE EVO–STIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST

FLEET TOWN BARTON ROVERS F.C.

JOINT MANAGERS: MANAGER : Tony Fontanelle Steve Dormer & Andy Hunt ASST. MANAGER ; Keith West Colours ; Navy & Sky Blue/Navy Blue/Navy Colours : Yellow/Black/Yellow 1 Liam Beach 1 Matt Finlay 2 Dquame Copeland 2 Gerardo Smalldone 3 Chris Dean 3 Jack Keating 4 Liam Flanighan 4 Claudio Dias 5 Chris Musgrove 5 Paul Andrews ( C ) 6 Chris Wales 6 Kyle Lincoln 7 Ryan Marklew 7 Charlie Payne 8 Matt Bunyan ( C ) 8 Jordan Odofin 9 Luke Haskell 9 Danny Watson 10 Patrik Ruzicka 10 George Quarrington-Carter 11 Bradley Wilson 11 James Verney SUBS SUBS 12 Alex Hendrie 12 Jamie Nicholls 14 Harrison Button 14 Adam Harpur 15 Billy Oram 15 Brandon Carney 16 Danilo Cadete 16 Andrew Phillips 17 James Haworth 17 Tom Peverall

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Assistant Referees: George Warren of London Lucasz Sipior of Chichester, West Sussex Jonathan Wilks of Hove,East Sussex