HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN SATURDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER, 2019 • VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH ISSUE 6 • £2.50 Proud Stadium Sponsor of Tonbridge Angels FC
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ANGELS VERSUS HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN SATURDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER, 2019 • VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH ISSUE 6 • £2.50 Proud Stadium Sponsor of Tonbridge Angels FC Halcyon Wealth financial advisers are a client focused, innovative financial services consultancy. Financial advisers with offices in London. Canary Wharf and Tunbridge Wells. www.halcyonwealth.co.uk City of London Head Office 27 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2QP. Tel: 0203 755 1949 37th Floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AA. Tel: 0207 956 8553 22 Mount Ephraim Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1ED Tel: 01892 671 273 TONBRIDGE ANGELS FC THE HALCYON WEALTH LONGMEAD STADIUM INSIDE ISSUE 6 Darenth Avenue, Tonbridge, Kent TN10 3JF Telephone: 01732 352417 Associate Members of The Football Association. Affiliated to the Kent County Football Association. 4 - 5 Tonbridge Angels Football Club Limited is a Community Benefit Society, operating under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. Registered number IPO 32445. STEVE McKIMM CHAIRMAN: Dave Netherstreet VICE CHAIRMAN: Amy Weaver FINANCE DIRECTOR: David Couldridge MANAGER’S NOTES DIRECTORS: Peter Elves, Sarah Parks, Jim Rowe, Ernest Tomkinson, Vanessa Yates CLUB PRESIDENT: Steve Churcher LIFE VICE PRESIDENTS: Robin Apps, Colin Blewden, Linda Brown, Frank Davis, Chris Drew, Phil Emblen, Colin Fry, John Gibbons, Toni Jarrett, Mark Jenner, 8 - 9 Sheila Parks, Rob Steele, Nick Sullivan, Pat Westguard VICE PRESIDENTS: Mark Ailles, Bob “the Cat” Bevan MBE, Peter Johnson, Lorraine Parks, Mick Ruler “THE TUDORS” CLUB SECRETARY & WELFARE OFFICER: Charlie Cole COMMERCIAL TEAM: Martin Baker, David Brown, Bernard Chick, Steve Churcher, Geoff Curtis, Nicole Curtis, Laura Nicoll, Vanessa Yates HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS TEAM: Jim Rowe, Kathryn Bell, Dan Couldridge, Wink Tomkinson PHOTOGRAPHERS: David Couldridge, Wes Filtness VIDEOGRAPHER: Trevor Arnold HEAD GROUNDSMAN: Peter Elves SAFETY OFFICER: Paul Clark 18 - 21 TURNSTILE MANAGER: Linda Brown PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER: David Brown CLUB CHAPLAIN: Neil Durling BAR MANAGER: Tamara Johns MATCH ACTION PROGRAMME EDITOR: Dan Couldridge PROGRAMME TEAM: Charlie Cole, David Couldridge, Matt Davison, Wes Filtness, Max Meads, Jim Rowe, DARTFORD / CHIPPENHAM Wink Tomkinson, Rachel Watson PRINT: Knockout Print FIRST TEAM MANAGER: Steve McKimm ASSISTANT MANAGER: Barry Moore FIRST TEAM COACHES: James Scott, Chris Wye GOALKEEPING COACH: Stewart Copeland 28 - 29 CLUB PHYSIO: Melvin Slight KIT ROOM TEAM: Adam and Martin Meads ACADEMY MANAGERS: Jamie Coyle, Tom Parkinson YOUTH SECTION CHAIRMAN: Todd Tyrie VANARAMA SOUTH SECRETARY: Charlie Cole UNDER 16s (BOYS) MANAGER: Todd Tyrie UNDER 15s (BOYS) MANAGER: Dom Welsh UNDER 14s (BOYS) MANAGER: Steve Turner REPORTS AND NEWS Want to get in touch? E-mail: [email protected] FIRST TEAM HONOURS Southern League Tonbridge Angels FC is keen to make the any person guilty of such offences at games involving the club watching of football as pleasant as possible away from home, or any game under the overall jurisdiction of Division One South Runners-Up: 1972-73 • for spectators of all ages. The Club will strive the F.A. In addition, the club reserves the right to prosecute or Southern League Cup Finalists: 1954-55, 1956-57 to ensure that admission and the right to eject any person whose behaviour within the club premises is • Isthmian League Premier Division Runners-Up: remain within the Halcyon Wealth Longmead deemed, at the club’s discretion, to: bring the club or game into 2010-11 • Isthmian League Cup Finalists: 2016- Stadium is conditional upon a code of good disrepute; interfere with the safety or comfort of other spectators; 17 • FA Step 3 Super Play-Off Winners: 2018-19 conduct observed by all spectators. The impede in any way the activities of the club, including the following will not be tolerated: Failing to progress of any match; be in breach of any one of these Ground • Kent Senior Cup Winners: 1964-65, 1974-75 comply with instructions given by a Club Regulations. The Club may, at its discretion, bar anyone guilty of Finalists: 1956-57, 1958-59, 2006-07, 2012-13 Official, Steward or Police Officer; Throwing such offences, for ANY period. Any person barred shall be liable to • Kent Senior Shield Winners: 1951-52, 1955- missiles of any description; Encroaching on the playing area, civil action for trespass should they attempt to enter the ground 56, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1963-64 • Kent League or its immediate surrounds; Entering or attempting to enter the during the period of their ban. He or she has the right of appeal Winners: 1992-93 • Kent League Cup Winners: Stadium while in possession of a flare, smoke bomb or firework; for reconsideration of the term after a period of twelve months Making an obscene or insulting gesture; Climbing on any building, has elapsed. Such application must be in writing to the Board of 1989-90, 1991-92 • Kent League Charity Shield wall, fence, or floodlight pylon; Playing ball games; Chanting or Directors, whose decision will be final and binding. Only one such Winners: 1993-94 • Kent Floodlight Cup Winners: singing obscene or indecent songs or using obscene or indecent appeal is permitted. It is forbidden: to bring bottles, glasses or 1963-64, 1966-67 Finalists: 1961-62 • FA Cup language; Defacing any advertisement or notice within the other similar articles into the club premises – such items may be 1st Round Proper: 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, Stadium or Clubhouse; Taking alcohol, glasses or bottles outside confiscated; to consume intoxicating liquor anywhere other than 1967-68, 1972-73 • FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round: of the Clubhouse. Tonbridge Angels FC reserves the right to in such bars licensed for that purpose; to climb the floodlight prosecute or eject any person who within the Club premises is pylons, stands or other buildings and structures within the 1953-54, 1954-55, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, deemed to behave in any of the following ways: using obscene ground; to obstruct any gangways, access ways or emergency 1977-78, 1991-92, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2016-17 • language; being under the influence of alcohol or drugs; making exits. ALL VEHICLES ARE PARKED AT OWNERS RISK. Whilst every FA Trophy 2nd Round/Last 32: 2007-08, 2012-13 vulgar gestures; using terms of racial abuse; taunting opposing care has been taken in the production of this programme, the • FA Trophy 1st Round/Last 64: 1970-71, 1971- team s upporters or entering any area reserved for opposing publishers and Tonbridge Angels FC cannot take responsibility for 72, 2004-05, 2013-14. supporters. The club may, at its discretion, bar anyone guilty of any errors or omissions. The views expressed in this programme such offences for a period of up to FIVE YEARS. This also covers are not necessarily the views of Tonbridge Angels FC. STEVE McKIMM Good afternoon everyone and welcome to around the squad and a sloping and smaller the Halcyon Wealth Longmead Stadium for pitch didn’t necessarily help but I refuse to our Vanarama National South league game use any of that as an excuse for a below par against Hemel Hempstead Town. performance. It’s great to be hosting our old friend Sammy Four of five players were simply not at their Moore and his team for what is the club’s best and at this level that will cost you. first ever visit to the Angels. Greetings also Falling behind just before the break was no to their officials and supporters and I hope more that we deserved for a poor first half everyone has a safe journey home later performance. We huffed and puffed in the today. second period and created a few chances but conceding again virtually meant the The Tudors have made a very good start to game was sewn up for the hosts. the season currently lying in third position after ten games with six wins, two of OK, they put themselves at risk by picking those on the road. That tells you we have up a straight red and a penalty late on to a difficult challenge this afternoon and if give something of a grandstand finish but you add into that the experience that some overall we can’t really argue with the final of their players have – you can read about result which was down to our mediocre them in Matt Davison’s piece on Page 8 of performance. this programme – then we should be in for a I was very grateful to Frank Wilson over at very entertaining game. Merstham for his co-operation in arranging Despite our relatively lowly position in the a short notice friendly at Moatside last table I know enough about my players to Tuesday. I wanted some of the squad believe that on their day they can be good who’ve not been playing that regularly to enough to give anyone in this league a get some minutes under their belts and also decent game so let’s hope this is going to to look at some other players with five of be one of those days. our Academy forming part of the squad. Whilst we lost the game 2-1 it gave me and Two weeks ago against Weymouth we gave the coaches a chance to look at a few things a very good account of ourselves in a 1-1 which training sessions simply can’t provide. draw and I’m pleased to say we carried that form over into the following Tuesday’s This potentially could be Ade’s last game fixture against Dartford a game in which we for us as his loan period comes to an end. I totally deserved the three points. think you can all agree with the tremendous effort he’s put in while being here.