BURROUGHSPARK Great Wakering Rovers FC Vs. Tilbury FC Isthmian Senior North Division Official Matchday Programme Club Directory 2018/19 President Roger Burroughs Chairman: David Patient Vice Chairman: Mike Lee The League’s Respect Treasurer: Elaine Pitts statement: “The Isthmian Secretary: Dan Ellis Football League strongly Other Positions supports the FA statement that Social Secretary: Elaine Pitts there should be a zero tolerance Fixtures Secretary: Dan Ellis approach against racism and all Bar Manager: Elaine Pitts Press Officer: Jim Laird forms of discrimination. Programme Editor: Dan Ellis Accordingly any form of Website: Dan Ellis discriminatory abuse whether Welfare Officer: Martin Spencer it be based on race or ethnicity, Committee Members sexual orientation, gender, faith, Andrew Knight, Carole Knight, Roy Kettridge, Maisie Hare, age, ability or any other form Jim Johnson of abuse will be reported to The Management Team Football Association for action Manager: Stephen Butterworth by that Association.” Player Assist Manager: Simon Glover Player/Coach: Martin Tuohy (The FA 0800 085 0508 / Physio: James Kick it Out 020 7253 0162) Kit Person: Great Wakering Rovers are a members club run Trusties by a members committee and Trusties Roger Burroughs, Elaine Pitts Welcome To Burroughs Park Good Evening and welcome to Burroughs Park for this Isthmian North match between Great Wakering Rovers and Tilbury. We would like to wish our visiting players, Management, Committee Members and Supporters a very warm welcome and hope they enjoy the facilities on offer. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our Match Officials visiting us this today. In the middle we are pleased to have Farai Hallam and his Assistants Michael Iddenden-Smith & Andrew Simmonds. we hope you enjoy your short stay with us. Last season Rovers finished well and kept their place in the Isthmian North finishing in 15th place. We have had a up and down Pre-Season with Wins and losses, but as we all know now is the time it starts to matter and Rovers started in fine fashion with a convincing 4-1 win away to Felixstowe & Walton with a debut goal for Brandon Diau, 2 goals for Jack Stevenson and a goal for Billy Johnson after coming off the bench to score within 5 mins. Today we kick off our first home league game to Tilbury FC, we faced each other twice last season losing 3-2 at home but getting revenge away winning 3-0 which kick started our road to survival. Let’s hope today’s game is as entertaining as always and you all enjoy the game. Dan Ellis Club Secretary Last Weekends Round Up In The Isthmian North By Ian Townsend Yesterday’s North Division kick off turned out to be a great day for teams beginning with g, as they both ended with four-goal glory! Grays Athletic began their first full season under the leadership of Jim Cooper by showing why they are quite highly fancied, a Tony Stokes double, a third from Manny Ogunrinde and a clincher from Joao Carlos seeing them thrash Brentwood Town, who had earlier had the temerity to take the lead at Parkside, Jacob Wiggins scoring after just two minutes. Michael Toner received his marching orders in the second half for Town, but it didn’t impact the result too much as Athletic had scored all four goals by then. Great Wakering Rovers were the other side to hit a quartet of goals, and they got two in each half at Felixstowe and Walton United. The first two came against eleven men, as Brandon Diau and Jack Stevenson sent them in at the break with a commanding lead, the second two came against ten men, as Seasiders keeper Danny Crump picked up a red card on the hour mark. Stevenson followed the dismissal with his second of the match, and whilst Tom Debenham (who hasn’t been bought out by Sports Direct) got one back for the home side Billy Johnson soon made it four. Witham Town had a fabulous start to the season, and ended the first day in third place following a three-nil win at Hullbridge Sports. The damage was done before the break, George Bugg, Marcus Bowers and Oliver Emsden with the goals, the last two in the forty-fourth and forty-fifth minutes. Bury Town also managed three goals, but they conceded one at home to Basildon United. A quick-fire start saw them go two up inside nine minutes through Cemal Ramadan and Ryan Jolland, but the Bees got one back nine minutes from the break through Ayomikun Odukoya. The visitors were down to ten men by then, Adam Vyse getting his marching orders, and Ollie Hughes was able to restore a two goal cushion for Bury before they also went down to ten, Jolland heading for an early bath. Coggeshall Town showed why they are title favourites with a three-one win over AFC Sudbury, Mekhi McLeod, Nnaamdi Nwachuku and a very late Connor Hubble goal securing the points after Tom Maycock had made things interesting by pulling a goal back just after the hour. Heybridge Swifts were also three-one winners, at Histon, and had their three before the break courtesy of an Elliott Ronto double which sandwiched a goal from Alex Teniola. Lee Smith pulled one back for the home side just after the break but it didn’t make much difference to the outcome. Three-one was the most popular score of the afternoon, and Swifts’ rivals Maldon & Tiptree also recorded it. In this case Soham Town Rangers were on the receiving end, but this was a match which was in the balance for eighty minutes, three of the goals coming in the last ten. Danny Parish gave the Jammers and early lead, but there were eighty minutes on the clock before the same player was able to double it. Hanza Kaid made things safe with a third four minutes later, before Sam Mulready got a consolation from the spot with one minute to go. Cambridge City got their campaign off to a winning start at Tilbury, Adam Watkins and Matt Sparrow giving them a two-nil lead before George Sykes halved it from the spot to make the last eight minutes interesting; whilst a second half George Purcell double saw Canvey Island come from behind to defeat Romford, for whom Jimmy Cox scored an opener after just eleven minutes. We had only one draw, and it came at Aldiss Park, where the Magpies of Dereham Town flew into a two goal half time lead against Aveley, Adam Hipperson and Shaun Wones with the goals. The Millers awoke after the break, and a Wyan Reid double saw them leave Norfolk with a point. Today’s Visitors Tilbury F.C. now have concrete proof that they were instead, which they accepted, as they realised that formed in 1889, and competed in the Gravesend some good results would really aid their cause. League from 1889/1890. With the Docks being the only employer of any size in the area, all the Players In 1926/27, Tilbury reached the 3rd Round of the and Officials of the Club were Dockers, hence the Cup, the first Junior side to do so, and also became adoption of the nickname, “The Dockers”, which the first Junior club to knock a Senior club out of the still stands today. Cup, when they played superbly to defeat the mighty Walthamstow Avenue 3-2. During the Summer, they The aim of the Club was to gain success at were granted Senior status by the Essex F.A. Junior level via the Essex Junior Cup, and thereby to eventually bring Senior Level Football to the Disaster almost struck however. Application was made Town. Tilbury soon made a name at the Junior to several Leagues but, one by one, they were all level, with successive League championships, and rejected, and it looked as though Tilbury were an appearance in the Final of the Junior Cup in doomed. At the very last moment, the Kent League 1903/04, where they were defeated after a replay by stepped in and offered them a place, which was Chelmsford Arc Works. It was to be another 5 years eagerly accepted. With Tilbury remaining as one of before they reached the Final again, in 1908/09, but only 5 Amateur clubs in a Professional competition, it this time they carried off the Trophy by defeating the was no surprise that they found it tough going on the County’s oldest club, Saffron Walden Town. field of play. However, at this stage, support for the club was Off the field, however, the 4 seasons spent in the Kent poor. Only a couple of miles down the road, Grays League were a success. Tilbury enjoyed their time Athletic were now playing in Senior ranks, and in the League and made many friends and contacts. Grays Thurrock United were playing Professionally It was an off-field matter, though, that led to them in the Southern League. Most local fans were going eventually leaving the competition. The League had to these clubs, and finances for Tilbury were very expanded in size greatly since Tilbury joined, and tight. At the end of the 1910/11 season, the club also added to the difficulty of continually crossing the lost its home ground, and the Committee decided Thames was the end of season fixture congestion. that the club should take a break from playing while it sought a new home base. This meant a great many midweek matches and, with no Floodlights in those days, those games had to kick The intended short break stretched to three seasons, off at 4.30pm, and Tilbury nearly always had to field and was then further extended by the outbreak of the weakened teams due to players’ work commitments.