WESTFIELD FC OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2020-21 £1 vs HERTFORD TOWN FC Saturday 3 October 2020 vs HANWELL TOWN FC Tuesday 6 October 2020 Pitching In Isthmian League South Central Division Special thanks to our CLUB SPONSORS Westfield Football Club established 1953 Woking Park, Kingfield Road, Woking, GU22 9BA 01483 771106 (matchdays) or 07407 480032 Westfield FC is an unincorporated association, operating as a members club. Proud members of the Isthmian League, we are affiliated to the Surrey County FA and the English FA. AROUND the CLUB VICE PRESIDENTS Richard Hill - President John Ellesley Steve Perkins - Chairman Philip Arthur-Wosop Dave Robson - Honorary Secretary Peter Gales Darren Pasley - Fixtures Secretary Nobby Reynolds Peter Beale - Treasurer Alan Evans Neil Harding - Bar Manager Brian Weston Kevin Putney - Facilities Supervisor John McIlhargy Neil Collins - Website & Programme Editor John Ludlow Jim Ahmed - Vice Chairman & Commercial Manager Mick Joseph Kitty - Turnstile Operator Doreen Cable Jerry Connors - Facilities Co-ordinator Michael Lawrence Pete Rumble - Youth Liaison & Facilities Manager Alan Morton Graham Pope MANAGEMENT and BACKROOM Colin Rearden Simon Lane - Club Manager Neil Harding Matt Brown - Coach Pat Kelly To be confirmed - Physio David Robson Jim Lee - Kitman Michael Robson John Comer - Reserve Team Manager Martin Powell Craig Saunders - Reserve Team Coach Mark Pullen Robbie Porter - Under 18s Team Manager HONOURS and RECORDS Surrey Senior League Surrey Saturday Junior Cup Champions : 1972–73, 1973–74 Winners : 1954-55 Runners-up : 1955-56, 1957–58 Parthenon League Surrey Junior Charity Cup Runners-up : 1962–63 Runners-up : 1954–55 Combined Counties Premier League Surrey Senior Cup best performance Runners-up : 2016-17 Winners: 2017-18 Fourth round : 2002 vs Sutton Utd Surrey Senior League Cup FA Cup best performances Winners : 1971–72, 1972–73 First qualifying round : 1973 vs Lion Sports (FA Amateur Cup) and 2013 v Aylesbury Utd Combined Counties League Cup Runners up : 1989–90 Winners : 2016-17 FA Vase best performances Fourth round : 2000–01 v Arlesey Town Combined Counties Football Division One Third round: 2017 vs Crowborough Athletic Challenge Cup Runners-up : 2011–12 Best attendances 325 vs Guernsey FC 20 Sep 2011 Surrey Saturday Premier Cup 401 vs Frimley Green 7 May 2013 Runners-up : 2012-13 With grateful thanks to our LOCAL SPONSORS Valerie French Hairstyling Knaphill If you would like to support the Club in this way, please contact our Commercial manager Jim Ahmed in the Clubhouse or email [email protected] WELCOME TO WOKING PARK Good afternoon, and welcome back to Woking Park for our second and third home league games of the season, and we delighted to host both Towns, Hertford and Hanwell, for these games; we hope that you enjoy your day out, our facilities and hospitality, and have a safe journey home. We would like to extend a particularly warm welcome to our Match Officials and all those who have travelled over from Hertford and Hanwell for today’s games. Hertford Town started this season with a narrow defeat, 1-0 at home to Maldon & Tiptree in the FA Cup, and then picked up an unexpected 2-1 victory on the opening league Saturday at Tooting & Mitcham, early goals from Girsawek Jagdev and David Ogbonna in the first half, reduced by Jake Rose, but they held on for 3 points. They were without a game last weekend, and are currently seventh in the league table. Hanwell meanwhile have had a great start to the season, with progress in the FA Cup (4-1 at home to Spelthorne Sports, 1-0 at Haywards Heath, they now face our old friends Hartley Wintney this Saturday in Qualifying Round 2), a 2-0 win at Witham Town in the Trophy last Saturday and a home game vs Averley on 17th, and a league victory (1-0 Dwayne Duncan) at home to Bedfont Sports a couple of weeks ago. They have already scored 8 goals in 5 games, so we need to be aware of the threat from striker Gareth Chendlik in particular; he scored 17 times last season with a couple already this time out. Westfield have begun the season better than many had expected. After the close defeat to Frimley on penalties in the FA Cup, the young lads have really taken to their task well, 3-0 at home to Northwood and a comfortable 4-1 win at Chipstead last Saturday have provided some much needed confidence, as well as points on the board. Both Aderi Dede (4 goals) and Darnell Goather-Braithwaite (3) are looking lively and keen to impress. We are also delighted to welcome larger numbers of fans into Woking Park this season, as the ability to watch higher level football is inevitable disrupted by the ongoing pandemic. In these unusual times, if we could ask you to respect the government guidelines, and consider your social distancing and regular use of hand sanitiser, this will I’m sure mean that we all have an enjoyable afternoon. As required by FA and Government guidelines, we have produced a risk assessment which you will find on our website. John Comer’s reserve side have had just the one competitive game so far this season, losing a league cup tie 4-2 at home to Yateley United last weekend, but now have a series of four league games this month, starting at Watlington Town this Saturday (3rd). Their next home game is on Saturday (10th) vs Flackwell Heath, 3pm kick-off. Our U18 team have done well in the FA Youth Cup so far, winning on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Seaford Town three weeks ago, but sadly losing (4-3 on penalties) at Pagham last Thursday after an admirable 3-3 draw. They too have four league games coming up this month, the first at home to Cove, 19:45pm on Monday 12th. Enjoy the game, Neil Collins Programme Editor To our volunteers, fans, sponsors and everyone who helps to support the Club at each game - WE THANK YOU ALL WELCOME to our visitors HERTFORD TOWN FC The club was established in 1901 as Port Vale Rovers but were soon renamed Hertford Football Club to gain recognition as the town's main club. Following a merger with Hertford United, the club was renamed Hertford Town. After absorbing two more clubs – Blue Cross and Horns – in 1908, the club joined the Eastern Division of the Hertfordshire Senior County League for the 1908–09 season, which saw them finish as runners-up. League reorganisation in 1909 saw Hertford placed in the Central Division. They finished bottom of the division in its first season, before they were moved back into the Eastern Division in 1910. The club was also playing in the East Herts League, which they won in 1912–13. The following season saw the club retain the East Herts League title and finish second in the Eastern Division of the Hertfordshire Senior County League. After switching to the Middlesex League for the 1920–21 season, the club joined Division One of the Spartan League in 1921. Following league reorganisation in 1928, Hertford were placed in Division One East, with an eleventh- place finish seeing them moved to Division One the following season when a Premier Division was created. In 1938–39 Hertford were Division One runners-up and promoted to the Premier Division. However, the following season was abandoned due to World War II and when the league restarted in 1945, Hertford were placed in the Central Division, finishing bottom of the table in the 1945–46 season.[7] Despite their poor performance, the club were placed in the Premier Division the following season, but went on to finish bottom of the table again. The club lost the use of its ground in 1947 and left the league for a season before returning to the Spartan League in 1948, when they were placed in Division One East. After winning the division in 1949– 50, they were promoted back to the Premier Division in 1950 and were runners-up in 1955–56 and 1956–57. In 1959 Hertford transferred to the Delphian League and were runners-up in their first season. They went on to win back-to-back league titles in 1960–61 and 1961–62. The 1962–63 season was abandoned due to bad weather, but Hertford won both the League Cup and the Eastern Section of the emergency competition, going on to lose the title decider to Western Section Champions Edmonton 5–2 on aggregate. They also won the East Anglian Cup by beating Boston United 1–0 in the final, a match played at home in front of a 3,000 crowd. When the Delphian League was disbanded at the end of the season, Hertford joined the new Division Two of the Athenian League alongside most of the other former Delphian League clubs. A fourth-place finish in 1963–64 was enough to earn promotion to Division One at the first attempt and the club went on to win the league's Memorial Shield in 1967–68. Hertford switched to the Eastern Counties League in 1972. They won the League Cup and finished third in the league in their first season, but left to join the newly-formed Division Two of the Isthmian League. The division was renamed Division One in 1977, and the club were relegated to Division Two North after finishing bottom of the table in 1984–85. League restructuring in 1991 saw the club placed in Division Three. They were promoted to Division Two after finishing runners-up in 1998–99, but were relegated the following season. Further league restructuring saw Hertford placed in Division One North in 2002, but they finished bottom of the table in the division's inaugural season and were relegated to Division Two.