NORTH GREENFORD UNITED A Warm Welcome To Berkeley Fields CRAWLEY GREEN Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Tuesday 6th October 2020 Kick off 7.30pm Match Sponsor Andrew Swanzy Offi cial Matchday Programme WELCOME TO BERKELEY FIELDS We extend a warm welcome to the players, offi cials and supporters of Crawley Green for this Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division match. We hope you enjoy a pleasant stay with us, along with the referee Deryll David and his assistants David Now the article in question was about a team Augros and Nigel Hickes plus our match that were national champions and included sponsor Andrew Swanzy and wish you someone called Paula Radcliffe. Yes, I believe all a safe journey home. she ended up being a little quicker than the aforementioned senior male runner. Regular readers of this column will be aware that I am technically a journalist – having Obviously, I have remembered that complaint worked on a number of papers both north but a key thing is that it is evidence someone and south and even west. That was not has actually read what you have written. always the case because I had a career For whatever reason, people rarely comment change from working on the land to the about articles even if they are positive. opportunity to work on the local rag. I had Yes, I know you should never encourage a a phone-call at lunchtime after spending a journalist’s self-ego. morning digging a sewage ditch with an offer that was diffi cult to refu se. Although I will Our Paul was right to send a letter of probably be cremated, I am hoping my complaint to the Non-League Paper but we gravestone will have the following message: have to realise what a massive task they ‘Digging rubbish in the morning, writing have on a Saturday in collating the reports rubbish in the afternoon. and results from across the country in a short amount of time. By the time they are fi nished, The fi rst morning was memorable. As I in the current climate, the pubs have even walked into the offi ce, the editor growled: shut. “You have already had your fi rst complaint!. Brilliant, no doubt you will be a success.” It is important for NGU to have coverage in all types of media. The fi rst step is to The ‘complaint’ was an article I had written have a dedicated press offi cer or media about the Under-13s girls at the athletics secretary to ensure all platforms are covered, club where I was press offi cer. It came from both digitally and printed. It is the most the wife of the club’s top athlete who felt important post on a committee and should he should get all the coverage apart from not be shared with another position. It is when he was unable to provide a sample for initially from this position where you initially a drugs test at the end of a championship attract new members/players and potential cross-country race held in sub-zero advertisers/sponsors. temperatures. Graham White 2019-20 North Greenford United v Crawley Green 3 NORTH GREENFORD UNITED FC BERKELEY FIELDS, BERKELEY AVENUE GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX, UB6 0NX TEL: 020 8422 8923 www.pitchero.com/clubs/northgreenfordunitedfc Patron: Marc Todd First XI Managers: Colin Jones President: John Bivens First XI Assistants: Chairman: John Bivens Paul Mills, Gary Brown Vice Chairman: Richard Rooney Under-18s Manager Dino Pashias Treasurer: Barbara Bivens Under-18s Assistants: General Secretary: Richard Rooney Mark Warwick, John Webb, Andy Martin Football Secretary: Barbara Bivens Club Coach: Chris Paladino Assistant Football Secretaries: Club Physio: Barbara Bivens Pat Hillier, Andy Martin, Darren Barden Welfare and Safety Offi cers: Programme Editor: Graham White Barbara Bivens, Richard Rooney Website: Darren Barden Commercial and Development Offi cers: Groundsman: Steve Goldfi nch Barbara Bivens, Richard Rooney NORTH GREENFORD UNITED IS A MEMBERS CLUB RUN BY AN ELECTED COMMITTEE Affi liated to: The Middlesex Football Association Members of: The Spartan South Midlands Football League and The Allied Counties Youth League SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES AT NORTH GREENFORD UNITED We are looking for sponsorship partners for North Greenford United play in The Spartan our club for the forthcoming season. South Midlands League Premier Division. Options can include: Pitch Perimeter Boards or Banners They regularly compete against local teams giving you increased advertising exposure in Web Site Advertising local communities. Match Day Sponsorship For more information contact Barbara Bivens Football Shirt Number Sponsorship on 07915 661580 or email barbarabivens@ talktalk.net WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 4 North Greenford United v Crawley Green PREVIEW OF THE BLUES BIG GAME Welcome to tonight’s SSMFL Premier Division match against Crawley Green. We extend a warm welcome to the Maroon’s joint managers Craig Bicknell and Craig Meyrick, their management team and players, along with the club’s committee members and supporters, and hope you all have a safe journey home after the game. We only completed one of our scheduled fi xtures against Crawley last season, the away game played on the 26th October, as the 4th April return match was one of 16 that fell victim to the Covid-19 lockdown. This was another case of what could have been for the club as its search for a fi rst league win went into November. The fi nal 4-1 score line suggests a very comfortable win for the Maroons which wasn’t in fact the case. After trailing by a single goal at half-time we COLIN JONES levelled the score on the hour courtesy of a promising fi rst half performances deserved Dominic Rhone penalty but then, and not for more in terms of goals on the board. In all the fi rst time after getting ourselves back in three games, we lost signifi cant momentum in the game, we failed to build on this and went the second period. on to concede on three more occasions. For their part, Crawley Green achieved an When Covid-19 brought an abrupt premature impressive away win at Tring Athletic, but end to last season, Crawley Green were suffered narrow single-goal defeats to three holding on to a strong top-half-of-the-table clubs currently in the top fi ve – Newport spot in eighth place on 44 points. Pagnell Town (5th), Eynesbury Rovers (3rd) and the early pacemakers, Colney Heath, We, on the other hand, were still eight points continuing where they left off last season. adrift of the club sitting immediately above us – Wembley – with 16 fi xtures still to The last of these followed a 5-0 drubbing by complete. Leighton Town, clearly another title contender, and was only lost in the game’s dying Both clubs, however, have made similar starts moments. to their current league campaigns – we sit two places above the Maroons in 16th but Both teams will clearly be keen to add three that is only on goal difference – and both more to their points tally this evening. The must be disappointed at this early stage by Maroons will clearly be encouraged by their the way they have already dropped points. much-improved performance against Colney Heath, and we will be looking for a repeat of Despite an excellent 3-1 home victory over that impressive Edgware Town display. Edgware Town, we failed to convert the chances created in the games against Arlesey, Come on you Blues! Biggleswade United and Leverstock Green, particularly in these last two contests when Pat Hillier THIS PAGE IS SPONSORED BY STEVE GOLDFINCH North Greenford United v Crawley Green 5 MEET THE RETURNING BLUES 2020-21 6 - CONOR MOLYNEAUX (Forward): An ex-NGU Under-18s midfi elder who re-signed for experienced and versatile forward who joined the club in July 2019 and made 30 appearances NGU from Delaford Colts towards the end of last last season. season and re-signed for the club in July 2019. He made 28 appearances last season 5 - ETHAN RELF (Defender/Midfi elder): Ethan . was previously at the University of Northern Ohio 6 - SAM HOUSE (Goalkeeper): Experienced on a football scholarship. He signed for NGU in keeper who signed for NGU in July 2019 and September 2020. whose previous club was AFC Hayes. He made 26 appearances last season and was named 5 - CALLUM ROGERS (Defender): An manager’s and spectators player of the year. experienced centre-half who played for Harefi eld United last season. He was also a member of 6 - JOE MILLS (Midfi elder): A talented young assistant manager Gary Brown’s Under-18s. central midfi elder who was a regular in the 2018- 19 successful Under-18s side. He signed for the 4 - RYAN KING (Defender): An experienced seniors in July 2019 and made 23 appearances central defender who signed for NGU in July 2019 last season. having previously played for Hillingdon Borough and made six appearances last season. 6 - SAM MOLYNEAUX (Midfi elder): An experienced and versatile midfi elder who joined 4 - ANDREW MANITOU (Midfi elder): An NGU from Delaford Colts towards the end of last experienced midfi elder who played under Steve season and re-signed for the club in July 2019. Ringrose and returned to the club in 2018 having He made 22 appearances last season. played for Edgware. He re-signed for the Blues in July 2019 making 21 appearances last season. 6 - DANIEL CLIFTON (Midfi elder): A strong and versatile midfi elder who signed for NGU in July 4 - CHARLIE MITCHELL (Midfi elder): An 2019 and whose previous club was Harefi eld experienced attacking right midfi elder who made United.