PRATT’S THE WAY (UH HUH, UH HUH) I LIKE IT (UH HUH, UH HUH) Dave Pratt leaps to head his second goal at Concord last Saturday from Jeff Monakana’s THE LINE-UPS excellent cross PICTURE: Dan Finill WEALDSTONE v HUNGERFORD www.dfinillphotgraphy.co.uk ROYAL BLUE & WHITE ALL RED G Jonathan North G Michael Luyambula www.wealdstone-fc.com Reece Mitchell Marc Johnston-Schuster STONES Ramarni Medford-Smith Matt Jones Connor Stevens Charlie Ten-Grotenhuis Jerome Okimo (c) Josh Martin (c) Godfrey Poku James Rusby Tarryn Allarakhia Cameron Hargreaves Simon Mensah Alfy Whittingham Dave Pratt Danilo Orsi-Dadamo Daniel Green Tom Anderson Eion McKeown Darren Foxley Jeffrey Monakana Richie Whittingham Ogo Obi Romone Rose Alexander Samizadeh Daniel Bailey £3 Pawel Kowalkowski Tarik Moore-Azille Christian Smith Rhys Kavanagh Bradley Hudson-Odoi Tommy Ouldridge James Clarke Tommy Rees G Callum Thomas Marvel Ekpiteta G Sonny Wheeler REFEREE Dean Skipper ASSISTANT David Hutton and Brian O’Sullivan MATCH SPONSOR The Halfway Line tea bar BALL DONOR Toby Jackson Lapel Badges award-winningYour match programme in the No.1 (voted National League South) sponsored by Ruislip Social Club NEXT HOME GAME v BILLERICAY TOWN Main club sponsor: Vanarama National League South Saturday February 2, KO 3pm INSIDE v HUNGERFORD League sponsors SIMON Vanarama National Lge South, MENSAH Saturday January 19, 2019, 3pm INTERVIEW @wealdstonefc @wealdstonefootballclub WEALDSTONE v HUNGERFORD TOWN BY MARK HYDE Mick Gill Following the sad passing of Mick last Wednesday morning we will be having a Minutes Silence prior to kick-off ‘In the summer of 2006 I came to Wealdstone as Gordon’s 1st team Coach, &, as always in my footballing career, Dad came with me. From day one it became clear exactly what the Football Club actually stood for. In many ways its’ values embodied everything that my Dad held dear. Honesty, togetherness, integrity, dignity, traditionalism, family & an overwhelming desire to fight your corner & look after your own. In many ways I was oblivious to most of the relationships that he’d developed with other supporters as I went about my job with the team. Latterly, after a fantastic 10 years, & having relinquished my position within the club as a result of Dad’s ever deteriorating condition (that I never made him aware of as he’d of hated that), I realised just how strong a bond he’d developed with both the Club & the people associated with it. Even in his final months when he was too ill to attend matches I’d sit with him every Saturday afternoon & keep @WealdstoneProg - TWITTER [email protected] him updated of every bit of action of every game via either a Twitter feed or some other form of notification & I’m convinced he understood whatever I was telling him be it good or bad ! Even in the last 3 weeks of his life in his Carehome the door to his room had his picture on it complete with his Stones scarf & the self same scarf adorned one of the pictures in his room. Dad loved his football & he loved genuine people - which is why I know he felt so at home & happy amongst you all. So, from my perspective, I’d like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making my Dad (& me) feel so at home here for so many years. A special club with special people. My family & I thank you all for allowing my Dad the privilege of being a part of The Wealdstone Family’ - Mark Wealdstone FC (2000) Ltd. AGM Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of Wealdstone Football Club (2000) Limited (“the Company”) will be held at Ruislip Manor Sports and Social Club, Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip Manor, Middlesex on Sunday 3 February at 5.00 p.m. for the following purposes: 1. To receive and consider the Report of the Directors and the accounts of the Company for the period ended 31 May 2018 2. To transact any other business that may be transacted at a General Meeting BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Andrew Lane - Company Secretary - Dated 14 January 2019 Note 1: A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting may appoint a proxy to attend and vote in his or her stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. Note 2: While the Company prefers to give notice of future General Meetings, and to distribute documentation, by e-mail we will always distribute documents by post if requested to do so. If you would prefer to receive information by post please contact Andrew Lane on 07836 716349 or mail at 26 Carr Road,Northolt,Middlesex,UB5 4RA. Please note that the meeting is for shareholders only. STATEMENT FROM RORY FITZGERALD (Intrim Chairman) ollowing the statement every team playing under the Wealdstone issued on 15th January name to feel like an integral part of the club. about the changes to the We want to be a club, not just a first team. ExecutiveF Board, we want to We are evaluating the formation of an under provide some further details on 23’s side for next season to establish if this the future running of the club. will help from a footballing perspective and Firstly, there are some inaccuracies how this can co-exist with our well established within the statement issued by Peter Under 18’s side. We are also discussing the Marsden, we would like to document that appointment of a director of football to help us the board did invite Peter to attend the build a footballing structure which can attract emergency board meeting last night, however, and develop players and provide a further Peter declined that invitation. David Hawkins source of talent for the first team, as well as was also invited, however, David chose not to helping grow Wealdstone Ladies. acknowledge or respond to our invitation. We want to continue to invest in our As previously detailed, the decision to facilities however this investment must be replace Peter Marsden as chairman wasn’t proportionate given the length of the lease we taken lightly, the decision was taken in the have at the current site. best interests of the Football Club. The We want to continue to develop our executive board have given every opportunity commercial partnerships and make the club for Peter to work alongside his co-directors a valued and respected part of the community. and embrace activity within the business. We will continue to speak to people who Unfortunately, in the two and half years might be willing to invest in the club or support as chairman, Peter has not only failed to our progress in whatever way they can. I’m in maintain a working relationship with current the process of speaking to potential investors members of the board and members of and is anticipated that we will have new previous boards. commercial relationships which we will be The level of investment from Peter Marsden looking to announce in the near future. stretches to hundreds of thousand pounds We want to maintain our competitive budget and the club will have generated cumulative like most clubs at our level, we need to use losses of close to £750’000.00 across the that budget wisely and attract the right profile three financial years ending 31 May 2019. of player. Peter’s contribution both financially and as We want to improve communications from a director has been a huge boost to the club www.wealdstone-fc.com the Board to help ensure that supporters however a change of leadership was needed remain engaged and it feels like we’re all to both return the club to a more sustainable pulling in the same direction. footing and to formulate a clear plan on how to progress the club both on and off the pitch. The Board believe that it should be viewed as an honour and a privilege to be a Director As announced, I have stepped-up to of Wealdstone FC and everything we do become Chairman initially on a temporary should be in service of this great club, with basis with Mark Randall appointed as my its proud history and some of the best fans in Vice-Chairman. The Board is likely to need non-league football. further strengthening and re-shaping and announcements will be made as and when Each Board member will have a clear areas they are confirmed. of responsibility, we are working on terms of reference for the board, the “Wealdstone We are confident we will find the balance Constitution” and an initial five year plan _FC WFC WEBSITE: between ambition and sustainability; our initial which again will be communicated once the priority is to ensure the club is sufficiently new board have agreed our goals for the next well funded to the end of this season and the five years. Board commit to delivering this outcome. It’s imperative that any club lives within its means Rest assured that this Board has ambitions and Wealdstone FC is no exception. Because to grow the club and progress to the next level, however this will take time and in wealdstone of this, in recent weeks we have reduced the current playing budget and believe that any football not every club can achieve its goals. changes can be made around the fringes What is important is that we don’t lose the of the team rather than the spine. If we can ambition and energy to keep trying. meet the goals and have the opportunity to Every decision we make will be aimed at strengthen then we will, however we have a giving the club the best chance of being both fantastic group of players and management successful in the short-term but also existing team that should be able to improve our in a meaningful form for future generations.