WINCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2017-18 “THE CITIZENS POST” SOUTHAMPTON SENIOR CUP QUARTER-FINAL WINCHESTER CITY v SOUTHAMPTON FC THURSDAY 11th JANUARY 2018 “THE CITIZENS POST” CLUB SPONSORS “THE CITIZENS POST” CLUB SPONSORS “THE CITIZENS POST” WHO’S WHO? BEHIND THE SCENES PRESIDENT – TERRY BONE CHAIRMAN – PAUL MURRAY DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL – DAVID MALONE VICE PRESIDENT –STEVE BRINE MP & COUNCILLOR IAN TAIT LIFE VICE PRESIDENTS – TERRY PAINE MBE & JOHN MOODY RPSL DEPUTY CHAIRMAN – DARRELL GOWERS SECRETARY – MARTIN MOODY TREASURER – DAVID MALONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS – KEVIN WATKINS, WAYNE ELKINS, ROBERT CONWAY, SALLY STATHAM, STEVE (RONNIE) RAINBIRD, ELLIOTT TRODD, MATT RICHBELL, MIKE CARTER HEAD OF COMMERCIAL – NEIL WILSON CAR PARKING & STADIUM – SALLY STATHAM STADIUM ANNOUNCER – WAYNE ELKINS WEBSITE – STEVE (RONNIE) RAINBIRD PROGRAMME EDITORS – MATT RICHBELL & MIKE CARTER MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY – WAYNE ELKINS GROUND MAINTENANCE – DAVE GREEN GROUNDSMAN – RAY BULPIT CHIEF STEWARD – STEVE RAINBIRD BAR MANAGER – KEVIN WATKINS PHOTOGRAPHER – TONY SMITH PLAYER SHIRTS SPONSORS & TRAVEL MANAGER – ROB CONWAY SHOP MANAGER – NIKKI PERCIVAL ASST. SHOP MANAGER – ROD YOUNGMAN CLUB CATERING – JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON, TINA ELKINS, MARGARET MOODY DUG- OUT CAFÉ – RONNIE THOMAS, RHIANNON TRINDER, SUZANNAH TAYLOR, SUMMER THOMAS CAR PARKING – SALLY STATHAM, DAVE GREEN 50-50 DRAW – JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON. TURNSTILE OPERATORS – RICH PICKETT & ALLY BROWN ON THE PITCH FIRST-TEAM MANAGER – CRAIG DAVIS FIRST-TEAM ASSISTANT MANAGER – BARRY BLANKLEY FIRST-TEAM COACHES – RICHARD MORSE & GARETH BYRES GOALKEEPING COACH – STEVE HOLLICK SPORTS THERAPIST – MARK GIBSON CHIEF SCOUT – PETE MILLARD RESERVE TEAM MANAGER – RYAN ANDRESS HEAD OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – ELLIOTT TRODD “THE CITIZENS POST” CONTACT US… [email protected] [email protected] Address: The Simplyhealth City Ground, Hillier Way, Abbotts Barton, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7SR @wincityfc @wcfcprogramme @WCFC-staff @WCFC_fans Winchester City Football Club winchestercityfc “THE CITIZENS POST” DAVO’S DIARY Good evening and a very warm welcome to everyone today’s exciting fixture against Southampton FC, it’s brilliant for us that we got this draw and we hope that everybody enjoys this prestigious game. Today we will be fielding a side that comprises of mainly our youngsters who deserve this opportunity for the way that they battled through a really physically tough game against Nursling, as in all games though we will using the 1st team squad as well, it would have been easy for us to play a full 1st team for this game, however, as a club who are trusting in youth and really developing a fantastic group of youth players, plus with an important league game on Saturday, we have selected a side to reward the young lads and also give minutes to those that need them. One thing is for sure, everyone on that pitch will be giving it their all to put on a show against the full time professionals from Southampton, this is their first season back in this competition and they have thrashed their opposition in the previous rounds and so this will be extremely tough but we will all enjoy the experience and give it a good go! On reflection, and looking back on last Saturday, we had a decent point away at Paulton Rovers. They have some decent players and it’s never an easy place to go, so to battle back from 2-1 down and get a point was good. Away points in this league are always decent, we were hoping for all three, but we respect the point and it keeps us ticking along in an extremely tight league. Player wise, we picked up injuries to Liam Gilbert, Pat Cox and Rob Carr on Saturday as well as still have injury to Danny King, we are hoping that some if not all of them will be back available for the weekend though. Once again, I hope everyone enjoys the game, we are honoured to have this fixture and as a club we hope that our boys can put on a good show, give them all the support you can tonight. Up the Citizens! Davo “THE CITIZENS POST” CHAIRMAN’S COMMENTS Tonight’s Quarter-Final tie of the Southampton Senior Cup is between Winchester City Football Club and Southampton U23s. We welcome the players, fans, management and officials of Southampton here to the Simplyhealth City Ground. First of all, I must compliment and thank Saints for entering and competing in this season’s centenary Southampton Senior Cup competition. There is some discussion as to whether this is the centenary, i.e. 100 years since the first one, or, as I am reliably informed, this is the 100th playing of the competition, with the first one being played in 1908. I believe that the latter must be the case. Saints have also agreed to play the games as drawn either home or away and that is why we see our visitors here tonight. Saints have won the trophy seven times, having played in nine finals. They were winners in 1910, 1912 and 1913, 1946, 1970, 1983 and 1984. This season, Southampton have comfortably beaten BTC and QK Southampton, whilst Winchester have beaten AFC Stoneham and Nursling. This brings us to this evening’s match, which is the plum tie in the Quarter Finals. Winchester will continue with their policy of playing a young team in this competition, but bolstered by the inclusion of a few first team members. Other than that, the Citizens will be fielding the usual young reserves side. Enjoy the game, which should be interesting in many ways! Kind Regards Paul Murray Chairman Winchester City Football Club FROM EVERYBODY AT WINCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB: “THE CITIZENS POST” IN THE OPPOSITION DUGOUT… SOUTHAMPTON FC CLUB HISTORY In 2001 the move from the Dell to the new St Mary's Stadium was something of a spiritual homecoming for Southampton Football Club. The team that play in red and white today can trace their roots back to the club formed in 1885 by members of St. Mary's Church Young Men's association who played their football on the banks of the Itchen for 13 years before moving on. Originally called Southampton St. Mary's, the club joined the Southern League in 1894 and won the championship for three years running between 1897 and 1899 and again in 1901, 1903 and 1904. That success spanned some major changes for the Saints as they moved to a newly built £10,000 stadium called The Dell in 1898. Although they would spend the next 103 years there, the future was far from certain in those early days and the club had to rent the premises first before they could stump up the cash to buy the stadium outright in the early part of the next century. Saints were briefly forced to switch home matches to their local rivals Portsmouth's ground at Fratton Park during World War II when a bomb landed on the Dell pitch, leaving an 18-foot crater which damaged an underground culvert and flooded the pitch. Promotion was narrowly missed in 1949 and 1950 by a margin of one point and then goal average as Charlie Wayman rattled in a total of 56 goals. Then relegation in 1953 sent Saints sliding back into Division 3 (South). It took until 1960 for Saints to regain Second Division status, Derek Reeves plundering 39 of the champions' 106 League goals. In 1963 a crowd of 68,000 at Villa Park saw them lose 1-0 to Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final. The dream of Division 1 football at The Dell for the first time was finally realised in 1966 when Ted Bates' team were promoted as runners-up. It was a never-to-be-forgotten achievement. For the following campaign Ron Davies arrived to score 43 goals in his first season and Saints stayed among the elite for eight years. Twice they qualified for Europe before becoming the first victims of the new three-down relegation system in 1974. The most memorable day in Southampton Football Club's history came in 1976 when the Second Division side, managed by Lawrie McMenemy, won the FA Cup for the first time with a sensational 1- 0 victory at Wembley over odds-on favourites Manchester United. In 1978 Saints gained promotion back to Division 1 and a year later they were back at Wembley, losing 3-2 to Nottingham Forest in the League Cup Final. Alan Ball was in the Saints team, one of several star names to join the club. The signing of Kevin Keegan, twice European Footballer of the Year, from Hamburg, was a masterstroke by McMenemy, a move which stunned the football world and one that was followed in the 1983/84 season by the most successful campaign in the club's history. With the great Peter Shilton in goal they finished runners-up to Liverpool in the league and reached the FA Cup semi-finals, losing to Everton in extra time. By finishing fifth in 1984/85 Saints qualified for European football for the fourth time in five seasons and the following year reached the FA Cup semi-finals again, only to go out to Liverpool. McMenemy then left in the close season to be replaced by former Saints player Chris Nicholl. In 1986/87 Saints were again stopped one step short of Wembley with Liverpool again their tormentors, beating them over two legs in the Littlewoods Cup semi-final. During the 1988/89 season Saints created history by becoming the first club to include three brothers - Danny, Rodney and Raymond Wallace - in a First Division match. The following year Saints emerged as one of the country's most entertaining teams as second top scorers in the First Division with 71 strikes in their goals for column.