20 The Today’s SQUADS ALVIS SPORTING CLUB LITTLETON FC TankMENOfficial Match day Programme 2013 / 14 Neil Collett Alex Baird Jack Hartopp Tim Beattie Alvis Sporting Club Chris Woodward Callum Clarke Commemorating The 25th Anniversary Michael Quirke Jamie Clarke Sean Martin Daniel Cliffe Of The Hillsborough Disaster 15th April 1989 Brian Howe Steve Edghill Matt Taylor Kyonn Evans Christian Jordan Will Gayton Samuel Odusoga Adam Guest Steve Evans Stuart Hall Calvin Thompson Kevin Ingram Matt Bannister Leon Kandekore Dean Kimberlin Matt Mitchell Patrick Suffo Glen Sitch Leon Kelly Dean Smith Thomas Maguire Jamie Saunston Fabian Spence Richard Tomkins Joss Holford Antonio Vernashi Arron Donaldson Haydn Whitcombe Ryan Caputo Matt Chambers Luke McKiernan Simon Fitter The St. Mary’s Hospice Paolo Razza Nathan Haywood Kieran Fitzharris Jamie Insall Midland Football Combination Matt Sanders Matthew Mitchell Premier Division Darren Judge Jack Paul Wood Andrew Hayes ALVIS SPORTING CLUB Bradley Ausden V Carl Welland LITTLETON FC Saturday 12h April 2014 KO 3:07 pm Always in reserve: The Alvis Scorpion Tank www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ 2 19 Welcome to our 2013/14 edition of Alvis Sporting Club’s Player Profile Worst dressed player? The Tankmen Azza D “ ” Which ground would you most like to play at? Contributions from The Chairman Don Corrigan, Bob Bannister Old Trafford Feature’s editor, The “Dugout”, Sponsors and associates: Sweet Popcorn or Salty Popcorn? CarSelect, Warehouse Coventry, BCS Group, Ristorante Da Vinci, Toffee Favourite food? BODYmatters Gym and Health Club. Chinese Favourite crisp flavour? BBQ Xbox or PS3? Xbox Most Famous Person You’ve met? Gotta be Pat Love or Hate Marmite? Love Half Empty or Half Full? Name? Half Empty Joss Holford Last Holiday, where? Nickname? Kavos Princess Do you walk under a ladder? Age? No 21 Ideal Pizza Topping? Alvis Sporting Club Roll Call and Officials School? BBQ Chicken Myton School Red or Brown sauce? Place Of Birth? Chairman: Don Corrigan Red Ashford Middlesex Vice Chair: David Taylor Current Boots? Footballing Idol? Treasurer: Mick Razza Adidas Nitro charge Paul Scholes Secretary: Nicki Reynolds Boxers or Y Fronts? Club Supported? Committee: Craig Collins Boxers Man Utd. Senior Manager: Damian Cassidy What do you dream about? Dream Woman? Coach: Rob Kimberlin Photographer: Being the face on a postage stamp Serinda Swan ( Google her) Coach: Nigel Starkey David Taylor. What is your most treasured possession? Coach: Gaz Skelton Ball Boy: Luke Collins. My Phone Alliance Manager: Mike Roberts Programme production: Favourite Film? Physios: Sian Evans The Tactical Penguin. Lion King Security Dave Norris and dav.ID. Memorable Sporting Moment Who would you like to say sorry League: St Mary’s Hospice to and why? Losing to Pelsall Villa on my Midland Football Combination debut Damian for signing me Division: Premier League Best Talent? How old will you live to? Cleaning football boots 88 www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ 18 3 We’re delighted to be a partner with a club who’s ambition and strive for success matches ours. Alvis FC is a prestigious club that invests in its own community and is a beacon of success in its own field representing Coventry in a positive light. A View from the Chair. We are aiming to follow this ethos in bringing the best in entertainment to Coventry. We’ve brought names such as Pete Tong, Zane Lowe, Mike Skinner, Dirty South, Breach, Oneman, Hannah Wants, and Skream to the Sky Blue city. MANY MORE ARE TO FOLLOW Good afternoon and a warm welcome to Five Acres, Littleton. We have also appeared in the national press for the nights we have put on, This is somewhat an unusual occasion to welcome you all here. including The Guardian (nightclub of the month) and Mixmag magazine. This has occurred as our floodlighting and ground improvements Follow us on twitter @rehabwarehouse or on Facebook. have not been completed at our home ground in Green Lane Finham The Warehouse,50 Bishops Street,Coventry,CV1 1AA Coventry. We have been on a ground share adventure this season, starting at Coventry Copsewood, then for a short waterlogged period at Kenilworth, where we only played once, and now onto The Vale Stadium, Castle Vale, Birmingham. Unfortunately today the fixture was unable to be played at The Vale, as a previously arranged fixture had been booked already. So with the cooperation of Littleton FC Chairman, Colin Emms, the game has been reversed to be played here. I would also like to extend a warm welcome this afternoon to our match officials: Robert Hathaway, Robert Usher and Les Croy. Your supplier of choice for : Good luck to both sides and I’m sure you are all looking forward to Manufacturing capabilities include standard and bespoke signage, an entertaining game of football, I look forward to reading the labels, temporary and permanent road traffic signs and bespoke steel report on the game as I am at present away on a well anticipated fabrication/installation. golfing break in Portugal. 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For more information go to www.bcsgroup.co.uk Don Corrigan Chairman, Alvis Sporting Club www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ 4 17 Premier League as of 09/04/14 Recent results The St. Mary’s Hospice Midland Football Combination www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ 16 5 HILLSBOROUGH 1989 Timeline. BACKGROUND It had been tradition for many years that The FA Cup semi finals were played at a neutral ground such as Highbury, Villa Park and Hillsborough. In the semi final of 1981 between Spurs and Wolves there had been 38 injuries, including broken arms, legs and ribs, as hundreds more spectators than were permitted were let into the Leppings Lane Terrace. After this Hillsborough was not chosen again to host a semi final until 1987. Support Alvis Sporting Club In 1984 Sheffield Wednesday were promoted into the First Division. Ground safety improvements were made during this time, the 3 pens in the lower Leppings & Lane were increased to 5 and a crush barrier after the narrow access tunnel to the terrace removed, to allow quicker entry onto the terrace. In the 1987 quarter final between Sheffield Wednesday Advertise Your Business With Us and Coventry City serious overcrowding was observed but Like any sports club, sponsorship is a very important part of a clubs revenue without serious injury. In 1988 Liverpool and Nottingham generation and we would like to provide you with an opportunity to sponsor our Forest met in the semi final and again crushing was club in exchange for advertising your business. reported. Liverpool lodged a formal complaint before the semi final in 1989. Per Year After the ground improvements of 1981 the safety 1 x Pitch-Side Advertising Board (8ft x 3ft) £350 certificate had become invalid and had not been renewed, the ground had no safety certificate. (includes production cost and free half page programme advert) MATCHDAY BUILD UP. Only one train was chartered to take fans to Sheffield, whereas the season before three trains ran. This added extra traffic to the M62, where road works caused delays. This caused congestion at the turnstiles at approx. 2:40pm. 5000 fans were trying to gain entry, as some fans presented tickets at the wrong turnstiles this caused a bottleneck and obstruction. To avoid fatalities outside, the order was given at 14:52 to open exit Gate C, this then funnelled the crowd down the tunnel into the already full two middle pens. Game kicked off at 15:00. At 15:05 a crash barrier gave way spilling people on top of each other and against the fencing at the front of the pen. Fans then tried to climb the fence to escape and were (One Pitch-side Spaces 8 x 3 now available at our “Green Lane” home) passed up into the tier above. Bruce Grobbelaar asked a 1 x Quarter Page Programme Advert (6.5cm x 9.5cm) £ 25 Police Officer to open the gate 1 x Half Page Programme Advert (13.5cm x 9.5cm) £ 50 to let supporters out onto the 1 x Full Page Programme Advert (13.5cm x 19.0cm) £100 pitch. At 15:06 A policeman ran onto Other sponsorship opportunities are also available, so call me on the number the pitch and ordered below to discuss how best to support your local football club while advertising the referee to stop the game. your business. The response to the disaster was slow and badly coordinated, supporters had to give first aid on the terraces and on the pitch. Mick Razza 96 people died and 766 were injured. Treasurer & Sponsorship 79 who died were under the age of 30 including two sisters, three lots of brothers, a father 07801 122 288 and son, and Steven Gerrards 10 year old cousin, Jon-Paul Gilhooley. “You are always on our mind” www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvissportingclub/ 6 15 Alvis—Club History The Midland Daily Telegraph and The Coventry Herald both record that on the 1st September 1928 Alvis FC, played in the Coventry Combination, against St.