ConferenceSceneSeason 2 / Issue 35 footballconference.co.uk Vanarama Conference Bulletin Thursday 2nd April 2015 Statistics Crucial Easter for The Player With The Most........ Shots On Target John Rooney (Chester FC) 65 Shots Off Target Bottom Sides Lenell John-Lewis (Grimsby) 50 By Steve Whitney Shots Without Scoring Jake Moult (Altrincham) 37 A busy Easter weekend in the Vanarama Conference may just settle one or two issues. Shots Per Goal By 5pm on Monday, both AFC Telford United Steven Gillespie (Altrincham) 34 and Dartford could be heading out of non- Assists League football’s top division. Luke Young (Torquay) 14 Indeed, if the Bucks don’t win at home against Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday, Offsides it will be the Conference North for them next Richard Brodie (Southport) 50 season. Fouls Dartford’s 1-1 draw with Gateshead on John Akinde (Barnet) 89 Tuesday night gave them a chink of light in their battle to stay up. Fouls Without A Card However, they face a long trip to the Jurassic Andy Brown (Nuneaton) 30 coast on Saturday to face a Torquay United Free-Kicks Won side with little to play for but pride and final Godfrey Poku (AFC Telford) 75 placings, and then play host to current leaders Barnet in front of the live BT Sport cameras on Barnet and then host inconsistent Braintree Penalties Scored Easter Monday lunchtime. Town on Easter Monday. John Akinde (Barnet) 11 If Alfreton Town pick up positive results at The Wings head into the holiday period with Goals Scored Direct From Free-Kicks managerless Wrexham on Saturday and at only one win in 14 matches and they travel to Giuseppe Sole (Woking) 4 home to promotion-chasing Grimsby Town Kingfield to take on play-off chasing Woking on Easter Monday, then Darts could be on Saturday and then play host to another top Saves Made Conference South-bound. five contender, Eastleigh, 48 hours later. Phil Smith (Aldershot) 164 Welling United and Nuneaton Town also face BT Sport begin their Easter ‘double-header’ Defensive Clearances a crucial Easter period as they both attempt to at the New Lawn on Good Friday at 4.30pm Aaron Downes (Torquay) 69 survive in the Vanarama Conference. where fifth-placed Forest Green Rovers take Boro have a tough test on Saturday when on an Aldershot Town outfit still in need of Defensive Blocks they travel to The Hive to play the leaders points to avoid going down. George Pilkington (Macclesfield) 21 What’s made the headlines this week By Steve Whitney The Team With The Most......... Number Two Leaves has previously been agreement, enabling his assistant Gary Shots On Target Barnet 255 Rovers part of the coaching City to continue Mills. Shots Off Target Altrincham 246 Assistant boss Dave set-ups at Hereford to play their home Fifty-Year Lease for Kevan has left Forest United, Stockport games at Aggborough Chester Shots Per Goal Nuneaton 9.73 Green. The 46-year- County, Notts County next season. The fifty-year lease Corners Barnet 274 old departs The New and Cheltenham Wilkin & Mills Leave on the Swansway Lawn having served Town. Wrexham Chester Stadium has Fouls Alfreton Town 463 as assistant to Ady Groundshare Just 24 hours after been formally handed Woodwork Strikes Bristol Rovers 14 Pennock since his Extension Agreed losing the FA Trophy over by Cheshire arrival at Forest Kidderminster and Final at Wembley, West and Chester Offsides Forest Green 127 Green in November Conference North Kevin Wilkin lost his Council to Chester FC. Penalties Conceded Dartford, Welling, Lincoln C 10 2013. Kevan is set to outfit Worcester job as manager of The initial lease link up with a club have announced Wrexham. He was granted to the club Yellow Cards Southport 77 back in the Football the signing of a followed out of the was due to expire Red Cards Welling 11 League where he further groundshare Racecourse door by next April. Statistical Information Matthew Plunkett > +44 (0)1430 456105 Conference Signings Provided by Steve Whitney ■■Deadline Signings ■■Gateshead ■■Nuneaton Town Joel Dixon – Sunderland (Rest of Season Loan) Lucas Dawson – Stoke ■■AFC Telford United Josh Gillies – Carlisle (Rest of Season Loan) Jaanai Gordon – West Ham (Rest of Season Loan) Dan Lincoln – Reading (Loan) Dominic Thomas – Bristol R Bradley Reid – Wolves Josh Rees – Nottingham Forest (Rest of Season Loan) ■■Aldershot Town ■■Grimsby Town ■■Southport Seam McGinty – Rochdale (Rest of Season Loan) Jordan Chapell – Torquay (Rest of Season Loan) Steven Hewitt – Burnley (Rest of Season Loan) Giorgio Rasulo – MK Dons (Rest of Season Loan) Josh Gowling – Kidderminster (Rest of Season Loan) Tony Thompson – Rotherham (Rest of Season Loan) Tom Richards – Fulham (Rest of Season Loan) Seb Usai – Cowdenbeath ■■Kidderminster Harriers ■■Alfreton Town ■■Torquay United William Boyle – Huddersfield (Rest of Season Loan) Jimmy Phillips – Burton Alb (Rest of Season Loan) Kadell Daniel – Charlton (Rest of Season Loan) James Fry – Birmingham (Rest of Season Loan) Jake Speight – Harrogate T (Rest of Season Loan) Nathaniel Kelly – Birmingham (Rest of Season Loan) ■■Welling United Gurjit Singh - Tipton ■■Bristol Rovers Tashan Adeyinka - Maidenhead Abdulai Baggie - Tranmere Sam Berry – Sheffield Utd (Rest of Season Loan) ■■Lincoln City Adam Dawson – Leicester (Rest of Season Loan) Jonathan Henly – Reading (Rest of Season Loan) Jordan Keane – Alfreton (Rest of Season Loan) Ross Lafayette – Luton (Rest of Season Loan) Harry Osborne – Charlton (Rest of Season Loan) ■■Chester FC Kieran Wallace – Sheffield Utd (Rest of Season Loan) Brad Abbott – Barnsley (Rest of Season Loan) ■■Woking ■■Macclesfield Town Michael Crowe – Ipswich (Rest of Season Loan) ■■Dover Athletic Mike Phenix – Barnsley (Rest of Season Loan) Manny Oyeleke – Brentford (Rest of Season Loan) Joe O`Cearuill – Heybridge Swifts Jack Sampson – Morecambe (Rest of Season Loan) Lionel Stone – Brentford (Loan) Statistical Information Matthew Plunkett > +44 (0)1430 456105 Statistical Previews 2014/15 Season Altrincham V Southport Braintree Town V Lincoln City Top Scorers Goals 03/04: 3.00pm Top Scorers Goals Top Scorers Goals 03/04: 3.00pm Top Scorers Goals D Reeves 18 Referee: P Rees (Bristol) R Brodie 12 K Davis 8 Referee: J Amey (Dorset) B Tomlinson 12 J Lawrie 6 Last Meetings J Connor 4 D Sparkes 7 Last Meetings J Burrow 8 K Perry 5 L Foster 3 J Cox 7 A Power 7 N Clee 5 FC 23/08/2014 P Rutherford 3 C Strutton 4 FC 23/08/2014 D Sam-Yorke 5 R Crowther 3 Southport ......... 2 Altrincham .......1 A Bakayoko 2 M Brundle 4 Lincoln City ....... 3 Braintree Town .2 H Bencherif 5 FC 29/03/2011 FC 18/03/2014 Y R Altrincham ........ 1 Southport .........1 Y R Y R Braintree Town .. 0 Lincoln City ......2 Y R P Cavanagh 10 1 League Head to Head L Foster 14 0 K Davis 6 1 League Head to Head A Power 8 2 T Marshall 5 2 R Brodie 9 2 M Paine 5 1 D Sam-Yorke 4 2 J Moult 6 0 Altrincham 7, draws 4, Southport 6 L George 12 0 C Isaac 5 1 Braintree Town 1, draws 1, Lincoln City 5 A Mendy 7 0 J Lawrie 6 0 Games Since P Rutherford 6 0 A Massey 7 0 Games Since B Tomlinson 7 0 S Leather 3 1 S Kay 5 0 S Marks 4 1 H Bencherif 4 1 0 a win 0 2 a win 4 Goal Details: 4 home win 0 Goal Details: Goal Details: 1 home win 4 Goal Details: When: first half 15[33], 0 away win 0 When: first half 19[26], When: first half 21[19], 1 away win 2 When: first half 33[33], 2 a defeat 6 0 a defeat 0 second half 34[31]. second half 25[35]. second half 26[29]. second half 24[32]. 1 home defeat 5 0 home defeat 0 From: open play 40[46], From: open play 32[36], From: open play 27[33], From: open play 34[48], 1 away defeat 2 0 away defeat 3 crosses 1[1], corners 7 a score draw 7 crosses 4[5], corners crosses 3[6], corners 3 a score draw 1 crosses 3[3], corners 3[5], penalties 0[3], 1 a no score draw 3 4[6], penalties 0[3], 6[4], penalties 6[2], 22 a no score draw 2 9[1], penalties 8[5], direct from free-kick 0 conceding a goal 0 direct from free-kick direct from free-kick 0 conceding a goal 0 direct from free-kick 1[1], free-kicks 1[7] 0 scoring a goal 0 1[4], free-kicks 3[4] 3[0], free-kicks 2[3] 0 scoring a goal 0 0[3], free-kicks 2[5] For 49 Against 64 ...............Total Goals............. For 44 Against 61 For 47 Against 48 ...............Total Goals............. For 57 Against 65 W 2 D 1 L 3 Pts 7 ............Current Form............ W 4 D 2 L 0 Pts 14 W 2 D 1 L 3 Pts 7 ............Current Form............ W 1 D 2 L 3 Pts 5 Bristol Rovers V Chester FC FC Halifax V Macclesfield Top Scorers Goals 03/04: 3.00pm Top Scorers Goals Top Scorers Goals 03/04: 3.00pm Top Scorers Goals M Taylor 13 Referee: R Whitton (Essex) J Rooney 8 L Maynard 10 Referee: S Bennett (Staffordshire) M Barnes-Homer 9 E Harrison 7 Last Meetings S McConville 7 S Boden 10 Last Meetings W Fairhurst 9 A Monkhouse 5 C Hobson 6 R Peniket 6 D Whitaker 5 N Blissett 5 FC 22/11/2014 C Mahon 6 J Bolton 4 FC 09/09/2014 C Holroyd 4 L Mansell 4 Chester FC ........ 2 Bristol Rovers ...2 B Heneghan 5 J Jackson 4 Macclesfield .....