12 BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT RESERVESFOOTBALL CLUB Eastern Counties First Division South SATURDAY 12th JANUARY 2019 : KO 3.00pm v BRAINTREE TOWN RESERVES WELCOME TO THE TAYDAL STADIUM Sauka Groundworks & Civil Engineering Tel: 01206 390083 www.brightlingsearegentfc.com BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT RESERVES WELCOME Today we welcome the players, staff and supporters from Braintree Town Reserves FC to the Taydal Stadium, the home of Brightlingsea Regent, along with the match officials, and hope you enjoy the hospitality provided by our match day staff and have a safe journey home. After a good run of results in December, the Reserves will be looking to bounce back after last week’s defeat to Hackney Wick. I hope you enjoy the game today and, as always.... #UpTheRs! Neil Payne, Programme Editor BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT RESERVES A BRIEF HISTORY Brightlingsea Regent, previously Brightlingsea United, have completed around 100 years of competitive football. Firstly in the Border League, between 1908/1909 to 1970 when they joined The Essex Senior league for 20 years having much success, before going on to join the then Jewson League in 1990 and then back to the Border League in 2001/2002. Brightlingsea United FC and Regent Park Rangers FC amalgamated at the start of 2005/06 season to become Brightlingsea Regent Football Club. During this time the squad and club have continued to grow and develop, having success in the Border League Division 1 and cup. In 2009/2010 new Management team James Webster and Mark Gridley guided Regent to a 4th place finish and followed up the following season in 2010/2011 by winning the Kent Blaxill Premier Border League in a superb season by playing 34, winning 31, drawing 2 and losing just 1 game. In season 2011-12, James Webster added Tom Rothery to the Management team in September and they finished their first season back at step 6 with a creditable 5th place finish. They also reached the quarter-final of the Essex Senior Cup before losing to League 2 side Dagenham & Redbridge. The 2012-13 season was successful for many reasons. Firstly a FA Vase cup run, which was the longest in the club’s history before bowing out in round 3 (last 64). The club gained promotion back to step 5 and the Premier Division with a third place finish which included a 22 game unbeaten run during the season. In the final game of the season the team won the First Division KO Cup final with a 1-0 victory over Gt armouth.Y The 2013-14 season in the Eastern Counties Premier Division again proved to be successful for Brightlingsea; gaining promotion after finishing Runners-up to Hadleigh Utd, losing out on the final day by goal difference. The club also reached the last 16 of the FA Vase and in doing so again created history. The 2016-17 season saw Brightlingsea Regent crowned as champions of the Isthmian North Division, notching up an impressive 103 points and finishing 12 points ahead of their closest rivals, ensuring an historic promotion to the Bostik Premier League. In October 2017 long-standing manager James Webster left the club to be replaced by former assistant manager and coach Tom Rothery, who maintained the R’s first team standing at Step 3 in the Bostik Premier League. The 2018/19 season sees the Brightlingsea Regent Reserves playing their first season in the newly-formed Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Division One South at step 6 in the football pyramid, under the management of Lee Clark, his assistant Glen Last and Head Coach Adam Munn. Honours 1988-1989 Essex Senior League Champions 2011-2012 A V Lee Memorial Trophy Winners 1989-1990 Essex Senior League Champions 2012-2013 First Division KO Cup Winners 1990-1991 Eastern Counties Division 1 Runners up 2013-2014 Eastern Counties League Premier Division 2005-2006 Essex Junior Cup Runners Up Runners-up 2010-2011 Essex Suffolk Border League 2016-2017 Isthmian League North Division Champions Premier Division Champions 2017-2018 Tolleshunt D’Arcy Memorial Cup Winners 02 www.brightlingsearegentfc.com BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT RESERVES FIXTURES 2018/19 AUGUST 2018 07/08/18 19:45 H Halstead Town First Division South 0-3 L 11/08/18 15:00 H Wormley Rovers First Division South 0-0 D 18/08/18 15:00 A Hackney Wick First Division South 6-1 L 24/08/18 19:45 H Holland First Division South 2-3 L SEPTEMBER 2018 01/09/18 15:00 H Frenford First Division South 2-3 L 08/09/18 15:00 A Fire United First Division South 4-0 L 15/09/18 15:00 A Benfleet First Division South 1-0 L 18/09/18 19:45 A Coggeshall United First Division KO Cup P-P 22/09/18 15:00 H May & Baker First Division South 2-1 L 25/09/18 19:45 A Little Oakley Challenge Cup 2-3 W 29/09/18 15:00 H Lopes Tavares First Division South 3-0 W OCTOBER 2018 02/10/18 19:45 A Holland First Division South 1-0 L 13/10/18 15:00 H Newbury Forest First Division South P-P 19/10/18 19:45 A Halstead Town First Division South 4-1 L 23/10/18 19:45 A Hadleigh United Challenge Cup 5-2 L 27/10/18 15:00 H White Ensign First Division South 1-3 L NOVEMBER 2018 03/11/18 15:00 A Harwich & Parkeston First Division South 4-2 L 10/11/18 15:00 A Hashtag United First Division South 3-0 L 17/11/18 15:00 H Little Oakley First Division South 1-3 L 24/11/18 15:00 A Burnham Ramblers First Division South 3-0 L DECEMBER 2018 01/12/18 15:00 A Newbury Forest First Division South P-P 08/12/18 15:00 H Fire United First Division South 3-0 W 15/12/18 15:00 A Wivenhoe Town First Division South 0-8 W 22/12/18 15:00 H Hashtag United First Division South 0-3 L 29/12/18 15:00 A Braintree Town Res First Division South 3-3 D JANUARY 2019 05/01/19 15:00 H Hackney Wick First Division South 1-2 L 12/01/19 15:00 H Braintree Town Reserves First Division South 19/01/19 15:00 A Little Oakley First Division South 26/01/19 15:00 H Coggeshall United First Division South FEBRUARY 2019 02/02/19 15:00 A White Ensign First Division South 09/02/19 15:00 A Lopes Tavares First Division South 16/02/19 15:00 H Benfleet First Division South MARCH 2019 02/03/19 15:00 A Wormley Rovers First Division South 16/03/19 15:00 A Frenford First Division South 23/03/19 15:00 H Burnham Ramblers First Division South APRIL 2019 06/04/19 15:00 H Harwich & Parkeston First Division South 13/04/19 15:00 H Newbury Forest First Division South 22/04/19 15:00 H Wivenhoe Town First Division South 27/04/19 15:00 A May & Baker First Division South www.brightlingsearegentfc.com 03 ProudProud to t osponsor Sponsor Thurlow Nunn League EASTERN COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE The largest family owned Vauxhall dealer group, trusted for over 140 years • 12 dealerships across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire • All used cars come with 12 months warranty • All new cars come with 36 months warranty • We offer a price guarantee with our cars price checked daily • Exclusive football league offers available for new and used car sales, service and your MOT requirements 140 for all your Vauxhall needs visit... 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