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Bedfont & Feltham v Sandhurst Town The Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League, Division One Saturday 21st September 2019. Kick-Off: 3.00pm

Volume 7, Issue 5

Good afternoon everyone.

Welcome to The Orchard for our fifth home match of season 2019-20. Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Sandhurst Town Football Club; and our three match officials for this Division One fixture. We trust you enjoy your brief stay with us and have a safe journey home afterwards.

Our visitors, known as The Fizzers, have had a couple of weeks off from playing. Their last match was on Saturday 7th September when they beat our neighbours FC Deportivo Galicia 4-1 at home. Last weekend saw them have a team bowling session and ‘a few beers’. Despite the lack of recent action, they have played seven league matches and have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Our last home match was on 31st August when we beat Lutterworth Athletic 5-0 in the Buildbase FA Vase First Round Qualifying. Michael Capon scored 4 that day and Jae Kelly the other. That saw us through to play Bedford FC in the Second Round Qualifying last Saturday. Jae Kelly opened up the scoring in a lacklustre first half whilst Michael Capon bagged another hat-trick in the second, making us clear 4-0 winners. We will be hosting Colliers Wood United (CCFL Premier Division) in the First Round Proper on Saturday 12th October.

Continuing with our recent form, we visited Fleet Spurs on 7th September in the league and won 2-1 with Michael Capon and Jae Kelly scoring late in the match to clinch the three points. Also, on the cup front, we lost 0-4 to Southall in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup back on the 10th September. We were due to play Molesey in the Southern Combination Challenge Cup on Tuesday evening, but their FA Vase match against Greenwich Borough had to be re-played due to last Saturday’s match being abandoned due to injury to Greenwich’s goalkeeper.

We’re on the road next Wednesday to Tooting Bec in the Premier Challenge Cup, then away to Ash United next Saturday. We’ll be at home to Epsom & Ewell on Tuesday 1st October in the Division One Challenge Cup. An updated fixture list can be found on the middle pages of this programme.

A full catalogue of last season’s programmes is on our website, and this season’s are being added as we go - https://www.bedfontandfelthamfc.co.uk/content.php?pg=downloads&pd=1047 Enjoy today’s match and see you again soon. Rob – Editor.

Visit http://bedfont-and-feltham.footballkit.co.uk to order your replica Bedfont & Feltham shirt and other teamwear.

Manager’s Notes Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Orchard. I hope our match officials and all associated with Sandhurst enjoy their short stay with us. It has been a while since my last set of notes but in that time we have had 2 Vase wins; a good 3 points at Fleet Spurs and a Middlesex Charity cup defeat to Southall. We have matched the club record to reach the first round proper for the 2nd year running in the FA Vase. Along the way, we’ve scored 9 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. A good away day at Bedford last weekend now sees us drawn at home to Combined Counties Premier side Colliers Wood. We will look to try and reach the second round for the first time in the club’s history on 12th October. Back to the league campaign today against a Sandhurst team that have started the season well. Last time out at Fleet, we were nowhere near our best on a tough pitch but still managed to claim the 3 points. Despite losing Rambo to injury early on and down to 10 after our first ‘sin bin’, the lads just kept going and sheer work rate will get you a lot at this level. We hope for a better performance today but as always we expect this squad to work hard and work smart. I hope you enjoy the game, thank you for your support. Adam.

Introducing Our Visitors – Sandhurst Town Sandhurst Football Club was formed in 1910 and played in the Reading & District League until 1979 apart from a short spell in the East Berkshire Football League. In 1979, the Club was elected into the Aldershot & District Football League.1984 saw the Club finish as runners-up from whence they became founder members of the Chiltonian Football League and a stepping-stone toward becoming a senior club. The best season in the Chiltonian Football League was in 1986-1987 when they finished in second place. In 1990 the Club applied for membership of the Combined Counties Football League and were granted senior status by the Berks & Bucks County Football Association. The first two seasons were disastrous finishing in bottom place on each occasion and only escaped relegation back to the Chiltonian Football League at the end of the second season due to the resignation of another member club. However, the form of the Club improved dramatically thereafter over a number of years with managers Peter Browning and subsequently John Underwood bringing the club cup and league success. The first ground used by the Club was a field adjacent to the Bull & Butcher public house that may well have been used as the club headquarters. After a few years, a move was made to the Memorial Park where the Club remained until the 1996 close season, apart from a couple of seasons during the 1950’s spent on a nearby pitch in St. John’s Road. The introduction of the National Lottery prompted an immediate bid for funding for a new ground in Bottom Meadow adjacent to the Memorial Park. With support and backing through additional matched funding from Bracknell Forest Borough Council and Sandhurst Town Council, the Club were successful in the first round of allocations by the National Lotteries Charities Board. The new facilities opened in August 1997 at a cost of £265,000. The club celebrated its Centenary season in 2010/11 winning the Combined Counties League Cup final and getting through to two other semi-finals. The club today has a strong stable, business, financial and community focus today with our 1st team playing in Division 1 of the Combined Counties League. With Michael Herbert and Darryl Jelly starting their second season in charge they have taken the opportunity to strengthen their management team with Ryan Weeks joining as goal keeper coach and Jack Dumbleton as coach/ analyst. All the latest Fizzers news on Twitter @sandhursttownfc.

Sandhurst Town – Honours Yateley & District Hospital (Currie) Cup Winners 1925-1926, 1926-1927,

1971-1972,1983-1984 East Berkshire Football League Div.1 Winners 1926-1927, 1948-1949 Reading & District Football League Premier Division Winners 1933-1934 Division One Winners 1932-1933 Subsidiary Cup Winners (Res) 1973-1974 Ascot & District (Fielden) Charity Cup Winners 1933-1934, 1986-1987, 1987-1988 Reading Jubilee Cup Winners (A Team) 1988-1989 Aldershot & District Football League Division One Winners 1980-1981 Division One Cup Winners 1980-1981 Division Two Cup Winners (A Team) 1993-1994 Division Three Cup Winners (Res) 1981-1982 Eric Perrin Silver Plate Winners 1997-1998, 2006-2007 Combined Counties Football League Division One Cup (Res) 2000-2001, 2001-2002 Southern Combination Cup Winners 2002-2003 Aldershot Football Association Senior Invitation Cup 2000-2001, 2005-2006 Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy Winners 2006-2007 él Records Combined Counties Premier Challenge Cup Winners 2010-2011 Southern Combination Cup Runners up. 2011-2012 CLUB RECORDS Bottom Meadow Ground Attendance Record 2,449 v AFC Wimbledon 17th August 2002 Biggest Victory 9 – 1 v Cranleigh 8th January 2000 Best FA Cup Run 2004-05 2nd Qualifying Round v Leatherhead – Lost 2–0 Best FA Vase Run 2004-05 3rd Round Proper v AFC Newbury – Lost 3-0

Recent Results Friday 13th September F.A. Vase - 2nd Round Qualifying (CCFL teams underlined) Broadfields United 5-1 Hanworth Villa (at Harefield Utd) Saturday 14th September F.A. Vase - 2nd Round Qualifying (CCFL teams underlined) AFC Hayes 2-0 London Tigers Beckenham Town 6-0 Farnham Town Bedford 0-4 Bedfont & Feltham Cobham 2-4 Badshot Lea Croydon 1-3 Colliers Wood Utd Frimley Green 0-3 Ascot United Holmesdale 0-1 Egham Town Knaphill 2-2 Tunbridge Wells Raynes Park Vale 4-1 Walton & Hersham Malmesbury United 2-1 Camberley Town Milton Keynes Robins 1-4 Fleet Spurs Molesey A-A Greenwich Borough Peacehaven & Telscombe 3-2 Spelthorne Sports Redhill 4-3 Bagshot Rusthall 2-1 Godalming Town Seaford Town 2-0 FC Deportivo Galicia Westside 3-2 Bexhill United

Premier Division Abbey Rangers 0-1 Sutton Common Rovers Guildford City 0-1 Balham

Division 1 Kensington & Ealing B 1-5 Jersey Bulls Monday 16th September Premier Division Sutton Common Rovers 1-2 Redhill

Tuesday 17th September F.A. Vase - 2nd Round Qualifying (CCFL team underlined) Molesey 0-3 Greenwich Borough

F.A. Vase - 2nd Round Qualifying Replay (CCFL team underlined) Tunbridge Wells 5-1 Knaphill

Wednesday 18th September Premier Division Balham 4-1 Banstead Athletic

Division 1 Westside 4-2 Dorking Wanderers Res

Division One Club Directory – 2019-20

AFC HAYES – Farm Park

Kingshill Avenue, Hayes UB4 8BZ

ASH UNITED – Shawfield Stadium

Youngs Drive, Shawfield Road, Ash, Aldershot GU12 6RB

BAGSHOT – Camberley Town FC – Krooner Park

Wilton Road, Camberley GU15 2QP

BEDFONT & FELTHAM – The Orchard

Hatton Road, Bedfont TW14 9QT

BRITISH AIRWAYS – Bedfont & Feltham FC – The Orchard

Hatton Road, Bedfont TW14 9QT

CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED – Chalky Lane

Chessington KT9 2NF

COVE – Oak Farm Fields

7 Squirrel Lane, Cove, Farnborough GU14 8PB

DORKING WANDERERS RESERVES – Meadowbank Stadium

Mill Lane, Dorking RH4 1DX

EPSOM & EWELL – Chipstead FC – High Road

Chipstead, Coulsdon CR5 3SF

EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA – Eversley Sports Association

Eversley Cross, Hook RG27 0NS

FARNHAM TOWN – Memorial Ground

Mead Lane, Farnham GU9 7DY

FC DEPORTIVO GALICIA – Bedfont Sports FC

Hatton Road, Bedfont TW14 9QT

FLEET SPURS – Southwood Sports Pavilion

Kennels Lane, Farnborough GU14 0ST

GODALMING TOWN – The Bill Kyte Stadium Wey Court, Meadrow, Godalming GU7 3JE

JERSEY BULLS – Springfield Stadium

Janvrin Road, St. Helier, Jersey JE2 4LF

KENSINGTON & EALING BOROUGH – Leatherhead FC – Fetcham Grove

Guildford Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead KT22 9AS

SANDHURST TOWN – Bottom Meadow

Sandhurst Memorial Park, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst GU47 9BJ

TOOTING BEC – Tooting & Mitcham United FC – Imperial Fields

Bishopsford Road, Morden SM4 6BF

WALTON & HERSHAM – Elbridge Xcel Sports Hub

Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames KT12 2JP

WESTSIDE – Chessington & Hook United FC – Chalky Lane

Chessington KT9 2NF

League Table

As at Friday 20th September:

POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Jersey Bulls 7 7 0 0 31 2 29 21 2 Sandhurst Town 7 5 1 1 17 8 9 16 3 Farnham Town 5 4 0 1 15 6 9 12 4 British Airways 7 3 2 2 15 13 2 11 5 Epsom & Ewell 6 3 1 2 16 13 3 10 6 Bedfont & Feltham 6 3 1 2 11 8 3 10 7 Cove 6 3 1 2 11 15 -4 10 8 Kensington & Ealing Borough 7 3 0 4 19 18 1 9 9 Fleet Spurs 5 3 0 2 11 11 0 9 10 Westside 6 2 1 3 11 8 3 7 11 Dorking Wanderers Reserves 6 2 1 3 16 14 2 7 12 Walton & Hersham 4 2 1 1 7 8 -1 7 13 Tooting Bec 4 1 3 0 8 6 2 6 14 Ash United 6 2 0 4 11 19 -8 6 15 Bagshot 6 2 0 4 7 17 -10 6 16 AFC Hayes 5 1 2 2 13 13 0 5 17 FC Deportivo Galicia 7 1 2 4 5 21 -16 5 18 Chessington & Hook United 6 2 1 3 9 11 -2 4* 19 Eversley & California 6 1 0 5 5 13 -8 3 20 Godalming Town 6 0 1 5 10 24 -14 1

* adjustment made

By David Richardson IT’S quite telling that Danny Cowley mentioned his and brother Nicky’s Non-League roots in the opening press conference as Huddersfield Town manager. From the Essex Senior League to the Championship in a little over a decade is some rise – and they will never forget where they came from.

The Cowley brothers have now been at every level of English football from tier two down to Non-League’s Step 5. They even picked up back-to-back Manager of the Year honours at our annual National Game Awards!

Their recent success at Lincoln City, who they took to the National League title and then League Two winners, has seen them linked to a number of jobs higher up the ladder. For Imps fans, news of their departure would have been something they’d have known was eventually coming but would have done little to dampen the pain of seeing them leave Sincil Bank for pastures new last Monday.

Of course, it all began at Concord Rangers with Danny as joint-manager to Danny Scopes – the man back in the Beachboys’ hot-seat this season – and Nicky as a player. Since then they’ve gone on to form a formidable partnership, taking Concord to National League South football before a third-place finish with Braintree Town in Non-League’s top tier and a subsequent move into the full-time management with Lincoln.

Concord chairman Ant Smith told The NLP what stood them apart all those years ago and how a relentless quest to be as good as they possibly can has been the cornerstone of their success, which is why he thinks they’ll go right to the very top. “Danny would only ask for that extra one per cent to make things better for the players or the club,” said Smith. “He wasn’t asking for thousands of pounds, just little bits and pieces that would make a big difference.

“On a Thursday night after training we’d have ‘Pizza Night’. I’d order them in, a few of the committee would go down there and we’d have a laugh and it just helped that comradery and the bonding between us all. Little things like that. “Their desire to win games and their attention to detail was just incredible. For anybody in Non-League to watch what they’ve done gives everyone hope. I truly believe they will manage England one day.”

It would be a remarkable story should they go on to lead the Three Lions but for now we wish them all the best in their new challenge and know they continue to be great ambassadors for Non-League football.

Like Chris Wilder in the Premier League at Sheffield United, it is a boost to Non-League gaffers with big aspirations to see these examples. It shows there are sharp managerial minds outside of the Football League. Let’s hope more get a shot because of them.

Our History Bedfont & Feltham Football club was formed in May 2012 following the amalgamation of Bedfont Football & Social Club with Feltham FC, taking the place of Feltham in the step 6 Combined Counties Division 1. The changes bought some decent results; two 5th place finishes in their first two seasons.

The 2015/16 season saw a runners-up spot, 3 points behind CB Hounslow United and this was good enough for promotion to the Premier Division.

The club only lasted at the higher level for one season, finishing second-bottom and some 13 points adrift of safety. Season 2017-18 saw the club finish in 17th place. In the summer of 2018, Adam Bessent joined from Staines Lammas and their loss was Bedfont & Feltham's gain.

Season 2018-19 started very well for Bedfont & Feltham seeing them unbeaten at the top of the league. Getting off to a cracking start helped: an 11-0 win over Bagshot earned the TalkSPORT 2 'Non-League Team of the Week' award.

The club held their heads high and were one of the forerunners throughout the season; suffering their first league defeat in November. Further losses in January and February saw the crown slip slightly, leading to an eventual fifth-place finish. In the FA Cup, 2015-16 saw the club's best FA Cup run as they beat London Tigers and AFC Hayes (both after replays). A tough test against AFC Rushden & Diamonds awaited them in the 1st Qualifying Round where the run ended, despite a credible performance in the 2-1 defeat. The FA Vase has proved trickier, the best run being the 1st Round in 2013 where they lost 1-0 at Welwyn Garden City. Local cup wins include the CCL Division 1 Challenge Cup, lifted in 2015 as they beat Worcester Park 4-3 on penalties in the final as well as the Middlesex Premier Cup a year earlier.

Adam Bessent has brought in Emil Kot as Head Coach, alongside Mark Goff as Coach, and the club is continuing its foray into youth football, with teams from Under 8s to Under 16s.

The club has retained the FA Charter Standard and looks forward to season 2019-20 with great enthusiasm.

FIRST TEAM FIXTURES AND RESULTS – SEASON 2019-20 Home matches in Bold/Capitals

Date Opposition Score Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 SAT 03/08/19 BAGSHOT 3-0 105 Keadell Wacewicz D-Murphy Bond Dunckley Pearce 2 Sat 10/08/19 Chessington & Hook United 0-3 85 Keadell Wacewicz Kibreab Bond Hamadi Pearce 3 SAT 17/08/19 FARNHAM TOWN 0-1 47 Keadell Thompson R-Galean Wilson Hayden D-Murphy 4 Sat 24/09/19 British Airways 1-1 58 Keadell Thompson Pearce D-Murphy Hayden Dunckley 5 MON 31/09/19 AFC HAYES (11.30AM) 5-2 112 Keadell Kibreab Pearce Bond Hayden D-Murphy 6 SAT 31/09/19 LUTTERWORTH ATH (FAV 1RQ) 5-0 58 Keadell Wacewicz Msamala Betts Kibreab Pearce 7 Sat 07/09/19 Fleet Spurs 2-1 30 Keadell R-Galean Kibreab Bond Dunckley Pearce 8 Tue 10/09/19 Southall (MCC 1) 0-4 65 Keadell R-Galean Hayden Kibreab Dunckley Pearce 9 Sat 14/09/19 Bedford (FAV 2RQ) 4-0 32 Keadell Lewis Msamala Hayden Dunckley Pearce

10 SAT 21/09/19 SANDHURST TOWN 11 Wed 25/09/19 Tooting Bec (PCC 1) 12 Sat 28/09/19 Ash United 13 TUE 01/10/19 EPSOM & EWELL (ERC 1) 14 SAT 05/10/19 DORKING WANDERERS RES 15 TUE 08/10/19 MOLESEY (SCC) 16 SAT 12/10/19 COLLIERS WOOD UTD (FAV 1P) 17 SAT 19/10/19 KENSINGTON & EALING BORO’ 18 Tue 22/10/19 (ERC 2nd Round if required) 19 Sat 26/10/19 Eversley & California 20 SAT 02/11/19 COVE 21 SAT 09/11/19 JERSEY BULLS 22 Sat 16/11/19 Walton & Hersham 23 Tue 19/11/19 Tooting Bec 24 SAT 23/11/19 GODALMING TOWN 25 Sat 30/11/19 Sandhurst Town 26 SAT 07/12/19 FC DEPORTIVO GALICIA 27 Sat 14/12/19 Epsom & Ewell 28 SAT 21/12/19 WESTSIDE 29 Sat 28/12/19 Bagshot 30 SAT 04/01/20 WALTON & HERSHAM 31 SAT 11/01/20 TOOTING BEC 32 Sat 18/01/20 Cove 33 SAT 25/01/20 ASH UNITED 34 Sat 01/02/20 Kensington & Ealing Borough 35 Sat 08/02/20 Dorking Wanderers Reserves 36 SAT 15/02/20 FLEET SPURS 37 Sat 22/02/20 Jersey Bulls 38 Sat 29/02/20 FC Deportivo Galicia 39 SAT 07/03/20 EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA 40 Sat 14/03/20 Farnham Town 41 Sat 21/03/20 Westside 42 Sat 28/03/20 Godalming Town 43 SAT 04/04/20 CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED 44 SAT 11/04/20 BRITISH AIRWAYS 45 Mon 13/04/20 AFC Hayes (11.30am) 46 SAT 18/04/20 EPSOM & EWELL

Key: All matches are in the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League, Division One unless otherwise shown by the following: FAV – FA Vase; ERC – Esoteric Recordings Cup; PCC – Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup; MCC – Middlesex FA Senior Charity Cup; MPC – Middlesex FA Premier Cup; SCC – Southern Combination Challenge Cup

Goal Scorers shown in bold. Captain shown underlined Kick-off times: Saturdays: 3pm, mid-week: 7.45pm except where otherwise shown.

7 8 9 10 11 Sub 1 Sub 2 Sub 3 Sub 4 Sub 5 Zend J.Nunn Kelly 2 Hardy Msamala Betts Davis (8) Hamadi Capon (10) R.Nunn (11) 1 Kelly Zend Capon R.Nunn Matwiejszyn Wilson (11) R-Galean Hayden Davis (2) Betts (8) 2 Zend Davis Capon R.Nunn Kelly Jendras Hamadi Hardy (4) Betts (8) Howard (3) 3 Zend Howard Capon R.Nunn 1(P) Kelly Bond (2) Hardy Kibreab (6) Msamala Pątek (7) 4

Howard Zend Capon 3 R. Nunn Kelly Pątek (8) Thompson Msamala (10) Betts Hardy (6) 5 Howard Zend Capon 4 R.Nunn Kelly Pątek Thompson Lewis Davis Wilson 6

Kelly D-Murphy Capon R.Nunn Msamala Zend (10) Lewis (2) Thompson (3) Betts Collins 7 Hardy Betts Capon Zend Msamala Collins (9) Howard (7) Thompson (2) Kelly Lewis 8

Howard Bond Capon 3 Zend Kelly Hardy (7) Thompson (10) Goff Betts (8) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

This Week’s League & Cup Fixtures Saturday 21st September Division 1 Bagshot v Chessington & Hook Utd Bedfont & Feltham v Sandhurst Town Cove v Dorking Wanderers Res Epsom & Ewell v AFC Hayes Farnham Town v British Airways Godalming Town v FC Deportivo Galicia Jersey Bulls v Eversley & California Kensington & Ealing B v Ash United Tooting Bec v Fleet Spurs Westside v Walton & Hersham Monday 23rd September Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 2nd Round Sutton Common Rovers v Chessington & Hook Utd Tuesday 24th September Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 1st Round Egham Town v Raynes Park Vale FC Deportivo Galicia v AFC Hayes Godalming Town v CB Hounslow Utd Spelthorne Sports v Chessington & Hook Utd Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 2nd Round Ash United v Bagshot Cobham v Fleet Spurs Farnham Town v Walton & Hersham Frimley Green v Ascot United Molesey v Kensington & Ealing B Sandhurst Town v Cove Sheerwater v Epsom & Ewell Wednesday 25th September Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 1st Round Colliers Wood Utd v British Airways Guildford City v Hanworth Villa Tooting Bec v Bedfont & Feltham Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 2nd Round Westside v Southall

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Game of the People

Why we grudgingly tolerate international breaks.

NO MATTER how well Gareth Southgate’s team performs and how much good progress was made in the 2018 World Cup, many football fans still find international break weekends tedious and an unwelcome distraction.

Southgate and his immediate predecessors got what England managers, going way back as far as Sir Alf Ramsey and Don Revie, wanted – a decent preparation period for important international matches. I would wager that club managers don’t warm to the international break for it disturbs momentum and, quite often, players come back injured or jaded after a long journey.

The media must also find it a chore. Regardless of how much they talk-up internationals, lower division games and women’s football, the absence of top-level football is like a blank weekend for many people.

Way back in time, the debate of “club v country” was really built around player availability and the vain hope that clubs would prioritise the development of the national team. The idea of a break in domestic football was one of the many subjects that came to the fore when England failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1974 and 1978. There has always been a desire to create an “England FC” as managers try to replicate the spirit of a club rather than a disparate group of players who get together every few months.

Today, supporters are embroiled in “club v country” as the passion that was once there for England among fans was a lot higher than it is today. Thirty years ago, a West Ham fan might say he also supported England, but today, it is all about the club. This is arguably a by-product of the Premier League era, the emphasis on supporter engagement, of myopic backing of “the club”. It doesn’t help that England’s fortunes have declined substantially in the past 15 years, although it may be that the tide has turned.

How much of the decline of international support is to do with the multi-national

structure of top football is open to debate. While some may consider the all-star Premier League teams makes for exciting, cosmopolitan football, it also means that young talent is often stymied and national teams are less enticing than clubs that bring together expensive stars from all over the world.

Moreover, major qualifying competitions are hardly really appealing box-office fixtures, although you do get the occasional gem like Germany versus Netherlands. England v Kosovo will be a huge game for the latter, but for English fans, it is not Liverpool v Everton, or even Bournemouth v Burnley. The really interesting and compelling internationals only come in the competition proper and the larger these tournaments get, the more sub-standard games there will eventually be.

It doesn’t help that watching often pedestrian international football is very different from committed club football. Wembley, despite its expensive rebuild, still struggles to build an atmosphere – hence all the dreadful trimmings such as blasted music and pyrotechnics.

Football has become very club-centric because that’s where the money flows and because clubs work very hard on building global franchises. International events such as the World Cup and European Championship appear to be less about the football and more about the commercial “event” and the culture of “being there”. Thankfully, the 2018 World Cup restored some faith in an elite competition, despite all the misgivings about the hosts.

On the subject of 2018, England’s performance did a lot to build goodwill for the national team after a long period of apathy. But that goodwill could easily be lost if 2020 is a damp squib. We all know that giving England the chance to prepare properly is not an unreasonable request, but we still find the international break, especially in early season, a break in routine that we don’t really want. We have to grin and bear it and believe that it is all for the greater good.

With thanks to Neil Jensen - https://gameofthepeople.com/

The Buildbase FA Vase – First Round Proper

- Involving Combined Counties Football League Clubs…

Southall v Tunbridge Wells

Egham Town v Binfield

Raynes Park Vale v Horndean

Westside v Deal Town

Bedfont & Feltham v Colliers Wood United

Sporting Club Thamesmead v Ascot United

Mile Oak v Redhill

Sutton Common Rovers v Snodland Town

Westbury United v Badshot Lea

AFC Hayes v FC Broxbourne Borough

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SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2019 - KICK OFF 3.00PM

Manager: Adam Bessent Manager: Michael Herbert Assistant Manager: Jake Bessent Assistant Manager / Coach: Darryl Jelly Head Coach: Emil Kot Coach / Analyst: Jack Dumbleton Coach: Mark Goff GK Coach: Ryan Weeks Physio: Andy Nolan

Team to be chosen from: Team to be chosen from:

KAVANAGH KEADELL MATT WATSON IVAN THOMPSON CARL PRESTIGE

GILMAR RODRIGUEZ-GALEAN JOE BARLEY JAMES WILSON LUKE COX

ELLIOTT HAYDEN SAM GREEN CAMERON DANIEL-MURPHY MITCH COOPER

JOSH ZEND GRANT KEMP JOSH HOWARD LUKE BURROWS

MICHAEL CAPON BRAD BROWN ROSS NUNN © ASHLEY LEDGER

JAE KELLY OWEN DAVIES OKERA LEWIS JAMIE MITCHELL

TOM BETTS RYAN HOWELLS FORTUNE MSAMALA TOM COOPER

RICH BOND MARVIN HINDS JAMIE PEARCE CALLY SAMUEL

NICK HARDY HAYDON RICHARDSON CHARLIE COLLINS ABDUL KAMARA

MICHAEL CHARLES PADDY GARDNER

THE TEAMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE KICK OFF www.brig htling s eareg entfc .c om

TODAY’S MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dave Sheldrake

Assistant Referee:

Nigel Hickes

Assistant Referee:

Aadam Mirza

Bedfont & Feltham Yellow & Blue, Blue, Blue

Sandhurst Town Red & Black, Black, Black