PremierSceneIssue 6 footballconference.co.uk In association with Skrill Premier Division Bulletin Tuesday 13th May 2014 Statistics League status awaits The Player With The Most........ Shots On Target James Norwood (Forest Green) 83 Shots Off Target season finale victors James Norwood (Forest Green) 67 By Steve Whitney Shots Without Scoring Peter Winn (Macclesfield) 46 Sunday sees the climax to ten months of hard work as Cambridge United take on Gateshead Shots Per Goal in the Promotion Final for a place in the Frankie Artus (Hereford) 34 Football League. The U’s finished second to champions Luton Assists Town in the regular season and whilst most Sean Newton (Lincoln City) 15 believe that should have been enough to take Offsides Richard Money’s side back to League Two Scott Rendell (Woking) 50 automatically (along with a third team via the play-offs), they instead have to do battle Fouls with a Gateshead outfit who only ended up Brett Williams (Aldershot) 86 three points shy of United in third after a have ended the 46-game season in fourth and Fouls Without A Card magnificent season under experienced boss fifth have made it through to the final which is Jake Hyde (Barnet) 32 Gary Mills. why the play-off scenario is a bit like Marmite! Ironically, Money is trying to emulate what The U’s ended FC Halifax Town’s dreams of Free-Kicks Won his opposite number did two seasons back making it back to the Football League under its Joe Healy (Welling) 81 when Mills led York City to victory in the FA new banner by winning the two-legged semi- Penalties Scored Trophy and Promotion Finals. final 2-1 on aggregate, coming back from a 1-0 Brett Williams (Aldershot) 7 Sadly, and rather unfortunately, Mills was first-leg deficit to win 2-0 at the R Costings sacked a year later with York sitting four Abbey Stadium, courtesy of a brace of goals Goals Scored Direct From Free-Kicks points above the relegation zone. from Delano Sam-Yorke, who had returned Danny Andrew (Macclesfield) 3 But he has bounced back superbly with the to the club with a bang having spent until Tynesiders and sits on the brink of a promotion Saves Made January on loan with league rivals Lincoln City. Danny Hurst (Southport) 243 ‘double’ with two different clubs. Gateshead shared a 1-1 draw in their first Cambridge will be hoping its third time lucky leg at Blundell Park against Grimsby Town, Defensive Clearances in the Promotion Final, having lost out to who then imploded in the return game at the Josh Coulson (Cambridge Utd) 77 Exeter City in 2008 at Wembley and again a International Stadium when they had Sam year later to Torquay United who, of course, Defensive Blocks Hatton and Scott Neilson dismissed as the we welcome back into the non-League fold for Gareth Dean (Nuneaton) 26 Tynesiders won 3-1 with a double from top 2014/15. scorer James Marwood and one from the This season’s finalists, however, are a The Team With The Most......... on-loan JJ O’Donnell. rarity in that they finished second and third Shots On Target Forest Green 294 respectively. So many times before clubs that The game will be screened live on BT Sport 2 (and 2HD) from 3pm. Shots Off Target Forest Green 272 It has been a terrific season in the Football Conference with attendances once again Shots Per Goal Hyde 12.84 showing how the competition has grown in Corners Grimsby 272 recent years and viewing figures for live BT Sport matches also being phenomenal. Fouls Tamworth 562 Skrill Premier Promotion Final tickets will be Woodwork Strikes FC Halifax 17 sold via the ticket agency ‘SeeTickets’. Cambridge United: 0871 230 1107 Offsides Chester FC 135 http://www.seetickets.com/go/cambridge Penalties Conceded Forest Green 12 Gateshead: 0871 297 0044 http://www.seetickets.com/go/gateshead Yellow Cards Chester FC 95 Please Note: All statistics exclude play-off matches Red Cards Chester FC 11 Statistical Information Matthew Plunkett > +44 (0)1430 456105 Cambridge Utd v Gateshead In association with Sunday 18th May, Kick-off 4pm, Live on BT Sport 1 Referee: P Bankes (Merseyside) Cambridge Utd League Head To Head Gateshead Top Scorers & Card Count Played ....10 Draws ....... 2 0-0’s ......1 Top Scorers & Card Count Cambridge wins 5 Goals 16 (1.6 per game) Top Scorers Goals Y R Times failed to score 4 Top Scorers Goals Y R L Berry 12 R Donaldson 3 1 Gateshead wins 3 Goals 8 (0.8 per game) J Marwood 11 M Maddison 7 2 K Appiah 10 N Arnold 4 0 Times failed to score 5 M Maddison 9 P Turnbull 7 1 A Cunnington 8 L Hughes 3 0 C Larkin 8 C Magnay 6 0 A Pugh 6 T Champion 3 0 Biggest League win for each team: J Chandler 8 J Curtis 5 0 D Sam-Yorke 5 R Tait 2 0 04/09/2010 J Brown 5 L Hatch 4 0 Cambridge Utd 5-0 Gateshead 03/04/2010 & 26/04/2014 Player With The Most... 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Gateshead 2-0 Cambridge Utd shots offsides shots offsides Luke Berry 54 Adam Cunnington 17 Recent Meetings James Marwood 63 James Marwood 14 shots on target fouls 26/04/14 FC shots on target fouls Luke Berry 35 Tom Champion 53 Gateshead ............. 2 Cambridge Utd ......0 James Marwood 43 James Marwood 31 shots off target free-kicks won Larkin 18 Att: 2,916 shots off target free-kicks won Liam Hughes 21 Harrison Dunk 59 Ramshaw 81 Marcus Maddison 24 James Marwood 71 assists defensive clearances 14/09/13 FC assists defensive clearances Ryan Donaldson 8 Josh Coulson 77 Cambridge Utd ....... 1 Gateshead ..............0 James Marwood 10 James Curtis 69 Cunnington 16 crosses defensive blocks Att: 2,599 crosses defensive blocks Richard Tait 285 Josh Coulson 20 James Marwood 310 James Curtis 18 Squad Recent Matches Managerial Records Recent Matches Squad At current club Apps(sub apps) 04/05/14 Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg 04/05/14 Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg Apps(sub apps) 2 Roberts 12(4) Cambridge Utd ...... 2 FC Halifax ..............0 Richard Money Gateshead ............. 3 Grimsby ................... 1 1 Bartlett 46(0) 3 Taylor 43(3) Sam-Yorke 11, 38 Att: 6,262 Played 80 Won 35 Drawn 23 Lost 22 Marwood 22, 84 Disley 60 2 Magnay 24(6) 4 Coulson 39(0) Cambridge Utd: A. Smith, Roberts, Miller, For 118 Against 79 O’Donnell 90 Att: 8,144 3 O’Brien 9(0) 5 Bonner 9(0) Coulson, Taylor, Donaldson, Champion, Berry Av Pts/game 1.60 Gateshead: Bartlett, Baxter, Curtis, Clark, 4 Chandler 33(7) 6 Miller 41(0) (Chambers 80), Dunk (Hughes 69), Elliott, Biggest Win(s) Cambridge Utd 7 Hyde 2 Magnay, Chandler, Turnbull, Oster, Maddison 5 Curtis 41(0) 7 Donaldson 29(1) Sam-Yorke (Cunnington 72). Booked: Dunk 55, (12/04/2014). Biggest Loss(es) Newport (Hatch 72), Marwood, Larkin (O’Donnell 67). 6 Clark 44(0) County 6 Cambridge Utd 2 (06/11/2012). 8 Champion 43(0) Donaldson 76. Booked: Chandler 74, Marwood 90. 7 Larkin 24(4) 9 Cunnington 22(2) FC Halifax: Glennon, Bolton, Roberts, C. Smith Gary Mills Grimsby: McKeown, Hatton, Doig (Cook 86), 8 Turnbull 45(0) (Ainge 46), Lowe (Crowther 80), Maynard, Boyce, Thomas, Rodman, Disley, Kerr (Thanoj 10 Elliott 14(0) 9 Hatch 8(16) Marshall (Spencer 61), A. Smith, Pearson, Played 40 Won 21 Drawn 12 Lost 7 82), Neilson, Hannah (Fyfield 82), John-Lewis. 11 Dunk 27(3) McManus, Gregory. Booked: Ainge 89, For 64 Against 38 Booked: Disley 33, Boyce 58, Hatton 73. 11 Cummins 5(10) 13 Norris 15(0) Crowther 90. Av Pts/game 1.88 Dismissed: Neilson 55, Hatton 79. 13 Baird 0(0) 14 Tait 32(3) Biggest Win(s) Gateshead 5 Tamworth 14 Brown 22(10) 30/04/14 Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg 01/05/14 Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg 15 Pugh 4(9) 0 (05/04/2014). Biggest Loss(es) 15 Tait 3(1) 17 Hughes 30(10) FC Halifax .............. 1 Cambridge Utd ......0 Gateshead 0 Wrexham 3 (17/09/2013). Grimsby .................. 1 Gateshead ............... 1 16 Baxter 37(1) Gregory 83 pen Att: 3,668 Disley 24 Larkin 7 18 Berry 34(8) 17 Walker 21(9) Att: 5,234 19 Sam-Yorke 10(17) 18 Marwood 36(1) 21 Siegrist 3(0) Manager Head To Head 19 Lester 4(4) 22 Chadwick 8(0) Played .2 Money ................ 1 Mills ................... 1 20 Caskey 0(0) 23 Chambers 6(4) Goals Per Game Draws ..0 Goals 1 Goals 2 Goals Per Game 21 Ramshaw 7(13) 24 Arnold 14(21) 24 Kanda 0(0) FOR Games W D L Pts FOR Games W D L Pts 25 Smith 1(0) 25 Maddison 18(11) 28 Hancock 0(0) Failed to score 12 0 4 8 4 Goal Statistics Failed to score 9 0 4 5 4 26 Hope 0(0) 29 Gillies 4(8) Scored 1 goal 16 9 6 1 33 Scored 1 goal 15 6 5 4 23 27 Holt 0(1) For Ag 46 Played 46 For Ag 31 Lowe 0(0) Scored 2 goals 7 4 2 1 14 Scored 2 goals 13 8 3 2 27 28 Briggs 0(0) 39 Barnes-Homer 9(5) 72 35 Goals scored 72 50 29 Oster 31(1) Scored 3 goals 7 6 1 0 19 Scored 3 goals 6 5 1 0 16 58 118 Minutes per goal 58 83 30 Gurr 0(0) Scored 4+ goals 4 4 0 0 12 Scored 4+ goals 3 3 0 0 9 How the goals are scored 35 Noble 1(8) Average goals scored per game 1.57 Average goals scored per game 1.57 38 O’Donnell 12(2) 50 17 Right foot 41 23 AGAINST Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts 9 10 Left foot 18 10 Clean sheets 21 17 4 0 55 13 8 Headers 13 17 Clean sheets 17 13 4 0 43 Conceded 1 goal 17 5 6 6 21 Conceded 1 goal 14 7 5 2 26 0 0 Others 0 0 Conceded 2 goals 6 1 2 3 5 Type of play Conceded 2 goals 10 2 3 5 9 Conceded 3 goals 2 0 1 1 1 49 22 Open play 50 36 Conceded 3 goals 4 0 1 3 1 Conceded 4+ goals 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Cross 9 6 Conceded 4+ goals 1 0 0 1 0 Average goals conceded per game 0.76 5 7 Corner 4 3 Average goals conceded per game 1.09 7 2 Penalties 4 3 Clock Games Since.