Southern League Division One Central 2019/20 Saturday 17th August 2019 Kick-Off 3pm 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 W Football Club Management Welcome to the BP Mitchell Stadium Page 3 Southern League Central league table Page 4 First team Full Results and Fixtures listing Page 5 & 6 Away addresses mileages and links Page 6 Nicky Ironton Last seasons fixtures Pages 7 & 8 (Manager) This seasons player roll call Page 9 Todays Visitors “Wantage FC A club history” Page 10 Jon Stevenson Our latest Match reports by Phil Ravitz Pages 11, 20 & 23 (Assistant) Players and sponsorship Pages 12 & 13 Callem Kingsley Focus on Welwyn Garden City U-18’s Page 14 & 15 (Physio) Are you “The Face in the Crowd” Page 17 Hope Springs Eternal by David Coates Jnr Page 18 Ricci Crace Meet the Welwyn Garden City Committee Page 21 Dave Bastian Club Honours & Achievements Page 24 Phillip Neville Full team line-ups Page 26 (Coaches) Dave Keenleyside Up next at the (Team Captain) B.P.Mitchell Stadium Monday 26th August Head Groundsman Paul Cox Southern League Central Division Kit Manager Citizens v Berkhamsted FC Dave Owen Kick-Off 3pm 2 Welcome to Herns Way & the them are Halesowen Town, Bedworth Town & St Neots Town who have been relegated from the South- B.P Mitchell Stadium ern League Premier Division Central. Whilst Davent- ry Town are promoted as champions of the Uhlsport Today we welcome Wantage Town FC to Herns Way United Counties League and Wantage Town as for this, our first home game of the Southern League Champions of the Hellenic League Premier Division. Central Division for 2019/20. And we welcome the players, Officials and supporters of our guests inviting Front cover photo: Club captain Dave Keenleyside them to join us for hospitality after the game. Our wel- Lines-up with the match officials and the Luton Town come extends to our visiting match officials Joseph captain Sonny Bradley which was both clubs first pre Stokes who will be assisted by Simon Parbery & -season game of the current season with Luton Town Jack Hobbs. We hope you enjoy your visit to Herns running out winners 3-1 Way and have a safe journey home. Please get behind the lads - your support We welcome to the club Nicky Ironton as first team and vocal encouragement are vital! manager. Living locally, Nicky has a wealth of mana- gerial experience with the likes of Arlesey Town and Hemel Hempsted Town and a playing career which COME ON YOU CITIZENS saw him win the Conference championship with differ- ent clubs and also winning England Semi-Pro caps. 100th Appearance for Jay Nicky brings with his a new group of backroom staff to Herns Way. So we also welcome Jon Stevenson, Ricci Crace, Dave Bastian, David Owen and Callem Kingsley. We also extend our welcome to our new signings Con- nor Samson, Connor Clarke, Matt Crook, Ollie Carey, JP Antwi, Charlie Payne, Jordan Lowal, To- by Cleaver and Aundre Spencer. We welcome back to the club George Ironton Carl Mensah, Will McClel- land, and Lee Close. Divisional News There are a few changes to the Southern League Cen- tral Division for this new season. Not least of all a change of league sponsor. Replacing Evostik are BetVictor. Jay Rolfe receives a framed certificate from We say goodbye to league champions Peterborough Mike Isaacs to commemorate his 100th Sports and Bromsgrove Sporting, Cambridge City who appearance for the Citizens have moved to the Isthmian League and the relegated duo of Dunstable Town and Aylesbury FC. Replacing 3 Southern League Central Division - Final League Table 2018/19 Played Won Drew Lost For Against Goal diff Points Peterborough Sports (P) 38 30 5 3 109 28 81 95 Bromsgrove Sporting (P) 38 27 6 5 108 44 64 87 Corby Town 38 24 5 9 106 60 46 77 Bedford Town 38 21 2 15 84 52 32 65 Sutton Coldfield Town 38 17 11 10 65 49 16 62 Berkhamsted 38 17 8 13 68 53 15 59 Didcot Town 38 16 10 12 69 61 8 58 Thame United 38 17 6 15 60 61 -1 57 Coleshill Town 38 16 8 14 60 58 2 56 AFC Dunstable 38 16 7 15 58 71 -13 55 Yaxley 38 15 4 19 72 92 -20 49 Cambridge City 38 12 11 15 58 54 4 47 Kempston Rovers 38 11 10 17 58 75 -17 43 THE CITIZENS 38 11 10 17 52 64 -12 42 Aylesbury United 38 12 6 20 62 86 -24 42 Barton Rovers 38 10 11 17 45 68 -23 41 North Leigh 38 9 7 22 67 106 -39 34 Kidlington 38 9 7 22 43 83 -39 34 Aylesbury FC (R) 38 8 7 23 42 79 -37 31 Dunstable Town (R) 38 8 7 23 49 93 -43 31 Points adjustment for Welwyn Garden City for fielding three work experience players in one match –1 point 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, Allomenu, Spencer Fri 9th August (H) Chalfont St Peter (F) D 50 1-1 Da Silva Sat 17th Aug (H) Wantage Town (SL) Tues 20th Aug (A) Biggleswade (SL) Sat 24th Aug (A) Wingate/Finchley (FAC) Mon 26th Aug (H) Berkhamsted (SL) Sat 31st Aug (A) Halesowen Town (SL) Tues 3rd Sept (H) St Neots Town (SL) Sat 14th Sept (H) Thame United (SL) Sat 21st Sept (A) Kempston Rovers (SL) Sat 28th Sept (H) Canvey Island (FAT) Sat Oct 5th (H) Bedworth United (SL) Sat Oct 19th (A) Daventry Town (SL) Sat Nov 2nd (H) Coleshill Town (SL) Sat Nov 9th (H) Kidlington (SL) Sat Nov 16th (A) North Leigh (SL) Sat Nov 23rd (H) Yaxley (SL) 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) Sat Apr 25th (A) Bedford Town (SL) 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) 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 Alfredian Park OX12 8DW 84.8 1 hour 54 mins Directions Yaxley In2itive Park PE7 3NA 55.3 1 hour 5 mins Directions With thanks to Gavin Meaden for this information Note: All travel times are approximate Average distance - 55.8 miles 6 WELWYN GARDEN CITY - EVO-STIK LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION ONE CENTRAL 2018/19 Sat 14th July (A) Wingate/Finchley (F) L 0-4 Tues 17th July (A) Crawley Green (F) L 3-5 Rolfe, Williams, Ferrigno Sat 21st July (A) London Colney (F) W 2-0 Bronti, Ironton Weds 25th July (A) Oxhey Jets (F) L 0-2 Sat 28th July (N) Hertford Town (F) W 1-0 Joy Tues 31st July (H) Biggleswade (F) L 2-3 Clements, Bond Sat 4th Aug (H) Knebworth (F) W 8-0 Bond(3) Rolfe, Hunt, Ironton, Williams, Bronti Fri 17th Aug (A) AFC Dunstable (F) W 4-0 Williams(2) Clements, Lovell Sat 18th Aug (H) Didcot Town W (257) 2-1 Hunt, Rolfe Tues 21st Aug (A) Peterborough Sports L (207) 0-2 Sat 25th Aug (A) Brantham Ath - FAC L (68) 0-1 Mon 27th Aug (H) Barton Rovers W (146) 1-0 Williams Sat 1st Sept (A) Bedford Town W (315) 1-0 Bronti Tues 4th Sept (A) Kings Langley SLC Pre W (82) 1-0 Bond Sat 8th Sept (H) Yaxley FC W (110) 3-2 Payne (2) Fehmi Sat 15th Sept (A) Bromsgrove Sporting L (915) 0-2 Tues 18th Sept (H) Leverstock Green HCS W (60) 6-1 Hunt, (2) Rolfe (2) Ironton, Clements Sat 22nd Sept (H) Cambridge City L (144) 0-1 Sat 29th Sept (H) Berkhamsted Town L (135) 0-1 Tues 2ndOct (H) Barton Rovers SLC 1st W (51) 2-1 Elliott, Bronti Sat 6th Oct (A) Aylesbury United L (106) 1-3 Clements Sat 13th Oct (A) Chipstead - FAT Pre L (125) 1-2 Clements Tues 16th Oct (H) Bishops Stortford - HSC L (114) 1-2 Zanone Sat 20th Oct (H) Kidlington Athletic W (94) 2-1 Zanone, Elliott Sat 27th Oct (H) Ware (F) L (55) 1-5 Zanone Sat 3rd Nov (A) AFC Dunstable D (115) 1-1 Zanone Sat 10th Nov (A) Gt