WOOTTON READING TOWN UHLSPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SEASON 2010-11 BASSETT TOWN FC FC SATURDAY 16th OCTOBER 2010, KICK-OFF 3.00 PM READING TOWN Squad Played No. Sub Squad Played No. Sub WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN V Stewart Thompson Chris Rackley Liam Edmondson Alex Salmon John Beeden Demitrius Lawrence Shaun Carter Mark Bartley Chris Oram Danny Longwood Craig Bowden Michael Hancock Richie Carter Dave Stevens Matt Bown Adam Cashin-Murray Ryan Banks Luke Farrugia Alex Green Marcus Richardson Terry Adams Brett Rann Sam Collier Graeme Toomey Shaun Terry Danny Seaward Ethan Delaney Chris Hatton Sean Bailey Omari Edwards-Holmes Ryan Thomas Lyle Smith James Turner Adam Topping Adam Miles Luke Sharps Manager: Dave Turner Manager: Roddy Slater Assistants: Alan Blake & Luke Sharps Assistant: Tommy Boylan Match Officials Referee: P. Robertson Assist. Ref (Red Flag): D. Colman Assist. Ref (Yellow Flag): G. Saunders Next Home Games Tuesday 19-Oct-10 v Fairford Town Res (Hellenic Res Div 1) k-off 7.45pm Sunday 24-Oct-10 v Gloucester City Ladies (Glos County Womens League) k-off 2.30pm Thursday 28-Oct-10 v Bemerton Heath H (Wilts Under 18 Floodlit League) k-off 7.30pm Saturday 30-Oct-10 v Flackwell Heath (Uhlsport Hellenic League Prem Div) k-off 3.00pm keep upto date with the town by visiting the website at wootton bassett town f.c. www.wbtfc.co.uk official matchday programme 2010-11 issue 08 £1.50 WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN FC WOOTTON BASSETT TOWNTOWN FCFC SWINDON LONDON GLASGOW (founded 1882) Gerard Buxton Sports Ground Rylands Way, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire Tel : (01793) 853880 www.wbtfc.co.uk President: Ron Stone Chairman: Paul Harrison Secretary: Rod Carter Treasurer (Club & Youth Section): Dave Topping Club Development Officer: Andy Walduck Head of Senior Section: Chris Jones Cats HQ Reception First Team Manager: Dave Turner First Team Assistant Manager: Alan Blake Reserve Team Manager: Simon Paish COLOURDIGITAL COLOURDIGITAL COLOURDIG Senior Section Treasurer: Steve Martin OPYINGB&W COPYINGB&W COPYINGB&W CO Head of Youth Section: Peter Yeardley Youth Section Secretary: Gill Gascoigne NT24X7 PRINT24X7 PRINT24X7 PRINT24X7 PRINT24 Head of Womans & Girls Section: Bryan Wood WEB ORDERINGONLINE WEB ORDERINGONLIN Under 18 Floodlit Manager: Danny Groom SOLUTIONSDIGITAL SOLUTIONSDIGITAL SOLUTIO Website Editor and Designer: Scott Smedley VICE24X7 SERVICE24X7 SERVICE24X7 SERVICE24 Email: [email protected] TERSWE SELL XEROX COPIERS & PRINTERSWE SEL Programme Compiler: Mark Smedley Email: [email protected] Welfare Officers: Barbara Sealey Cats Solutions Ltd Two Rushy Platt, Swindon, SN5 8WQ Maggie Amos Committee Members: Terry Embling Adrian Amos Steve Matthews Life Members: Micky Woolford (1995) 01793 432913 Rod Carter (2008) www.cats-solutions.com Roger Williamson (2008) Printed by Cats Ltd, Swindon. Programme Printing & Sponsor Front Cover Photo:Chris Oram Wootton Bassett Town FC EDITORIAL would like to thank our kit Good afternoon and welcome back to Rylands Way for what is our first Saturday home sponsors for this season: fixture of the season in the Uhlsport Hellenic Premier League. Todays opponents are Reading Town for what is the first competitive match between the two clubs. We wish a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters from Reading Town who have Senior Section made the journey along the M4 for this fixture and wish them a safe journey home. First Team – TBA Firstly I must apologise that because of holidays this afternoons programme does not First Team Tracksuits & T-shirts – C.S. Building Services include details of the two away fixtures last week against Westbury in the County Cup and Macmillan Cancer Support and the league fixture with Shortwood United. Hopefully by the time you read these Reserves – Ganges Indian Cuisine notes we are through to the last sixteen of the County Cup and have three more points on our tally. The information on Reading Town is also missing their last two fixtures. Under 18 Floodlit – Quickmovenow.com Ladies – Aftech Sheet metal & fabrications and On a more positive note, on behalf of the Club I would like to congratulate Joe Shepherd, Tom Glass, Danny Hale and Adam Topping on all being selected for the bristol batteries Wiltshire Under 18 squad. It is a tremendous achievement to have so many players in the County squad and with another player from last years side who is now at Cirencester Academy also selected, it is a credit to Danny Groom for the work he has done with the YOUTH SECTION youngsters. Well done again and best wishes for the upcoming county fixtures. Under 18 – Aftech Limited Tuesday nights Floodlit Cup fixture saw Ben Jarrett, Jack Paish, Lee Moulton get a Under 16 Girls - SciMAT Ltd First Team opportunity along with veterans Shaun Terry and Nathan Hall. The last time that Nathan played for the Club was back in 2006-7 and it is good to see him back Under 16 - K & M Developments, C.S. Building Services, playing for the Club, even if he is now in the twilight years of his playing career. I A.T. Kitchin Homes understand the team played very well and were unlucky to lose to a goal towards the end of the game, having missed a few chances along the way. Once again I will not be here Under 15 - GSL UK Limited this afternoon, as QPR are at home, and it seems sometime since I was last able to make a Under 14 Girls - TBA game, but I hope to make it back to Rylands Way soon. Under 14A – The Barber Shop, Looking at what is in tonights programme, the From the Archives feature this week PAS Construction, CCTV Nationwide, looks back to 1982-3 when Danny Groom and Steve Thomas were performing for both Surehome Construction, Wason & Webb the First Team and Reserves, the Reserves having a particularly good season. The Player Profile this week features Matty Bown. The August edition of the Clubs newsletter Under 14B – TBA Touchline is once again featured and the Moonraker features the report on the Wiltshire Under 12 – C.S. Building Services League from the Swindon Evening Advertiser. There is the usual updated league table of the Clubs own Fantasy Football League, whilst World of Soccer looks at the stupidity Under 11 – Total Value Consultancy, I.C.C. Car & of the transfer window and asks whether it would withstand a challenge under EU Commercial Vehicle Body Repairs, legislation on free movement of labour. Luke Walduck provides the latest news from Babcock Homesafe everyday the Youth Section. Under 10A - Quattro Group, High Motive In terms of upcoming fixtures here at Rylands Way the Reserves entertain Fairford Town this coming Tuesday. The next game is then on Sunday 24th when the Ladies play Under 10B - WGS Power & Lighting Ltd, High Motive host to Gloucester City Ladies. The Under 18’s are next at home on Thursday 28th Under 9 - S.D.C. South Marston October when Bemerton Heath Harlequins visit Rylands Way. The next First Team th Under 8 - TBA fixture is on Saturday 30 October when Flackwell Heath are in town. Training Equipment – Don Rogers Sports Enjoy the game and cheer the lads on to three more points. First Team Training Kit Sponsor – Milfed Best wishes Programme Printing & Sponsor – Cats Solutions Mark And all our First Team player sponors and all our groundside board sponsors World of Soccer You may not be aware but EU law is of huge importance for the football industry and is to blame for the transfer windows that currently exist. Although the EU accepts the specificity of sport it grants no exemption from EU law for the industry. Where purely sporting rules are integral for the sport and are considered proportionate (e.g. eligibility rules for International football) these can be justified, but where rules are either not integral for sport or have a disproportionate impact on EU rights they can be challenged by the Commission or in the European Court of Justice (ECJ). A number of long standing and traditional football practices have been struck down or fundamentally altered by the EU and a number of its regulations and practices remain potentially at risk of being declared unlawful. The Bosman Case, which most of you will be familiar with, was a legal decision made by the European Court of Justice in 1995. The case challenged the legality of the system of transfers for football players and the existence of quota systems, whereby only a limited number of foreign players were allowed to play in a club match. The decision binds all football governing bodies that are based in the EU. The Bosman case arose because of a Belgium player called Jean-Marc Bosmans contract with Belgium club side RFC Liege had run out and he wanted to be transferred to French club Dunkerque. Liege, however, refused to let Bosman leave without the payment of a transfer fee which Dunkerque were unwilling to pay. Bosman claimed that as an EU citizen, he possessed the right to freedom of movement within the EU if he wished to find work. The transfer system prevented him exercising his right to freedom of movement and Bosman argued that the system should be changed so that players who were out of contract with their club could move to another club without the paying of a transfer fee. The case was heard at the ECJ, and the court found in favour of Bosman. There were two important decisions: 1. Transfer fees for out-of-contract players were illegal where a player was moving between one EU nation and another. From now on only players still serving contracts with their teams could have transfer fees paid for them. 2. Quota systems were also held to be illegal.