FLEET TOWN v YATE TOWN

Tuesday February 26th 2019 – 7.45 P.M

Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Today’s Fleet Town ‘Man of the Match’ is Sponsored by Easi–Leaflets http://easi-leaflets.com

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Dear Fleet Town supporters, Good evening and a warm welcome to Calthorpe Park the home of Fleet Town F.C. for tonight’s Evo-Stik

League South Division 1 South fixture. In particular of course to the Committee, Players, Management and

supporters of our visitors Yate Town who have travelled up from Bristol.

They are having a fine season and currently lie second in our league with 60 points from their 27 games played

which of course means they are really pushing for promotion up to the next level. It also means that they will

be very difficult opponents and a real test if we are to get any sort of a result from tonight’s game. We were

beaten 4-2 down at their ground in September so we have an added incentive to stop them getting the double

over us.

We were all disappointed to hear the news that our much loved Secretary and Vice Chairman, Richard

Whittington has decided to resign his position with immediate effect. It was Richard’s decision to stand down

at the end of the season anyway but he decided to bring this forward. Richard and his lovely wife Claire not to

mention Carol, Claire’s mother, have all been towers of strength at Fleet Town F.C. for almost the last 10

years. Their combined contribution has been immeasurable and really hard to quantify. They will be sorely

missed and a real hard act to follow. The good news though is that they are not planning to go anywhere, they

will still support us and will still be around to help where they can on matchdays and at other times. They

simply don’t want the complete commitment that being in an official position entails.

The other good news is that Matthew Thorne a long standing supporter and recently joined committee member

has agreed to take over the Club Secretary’s role. Matt is a very able and committed person whom I am sure

will make a great success of it. We certainly all wish him the very best in what is a tough and demanding

position in a Non-League Club.

We hope you all enjoy the game tonight and as always thank our home fans for their amazing support which is

really appreciated.

Hope to see you back here again on Saturday for our league game against Larkhall Athletic.

‘Come on you Blues’

Martin Griffiths

WELCOME TO CALTHORPE PARK

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CHAIRMAN: To be Advised

VICE CHAIRMAN : Martin Waters

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Alec Grant,

Harry Cannon, Darren Edwards,

Nathan Cookson, Matthew Thorne

& Martin Waters

CLUB SECRETARY : Matthew Thorne

CLUB TREASURER : Sandy Riordan

FIRST TEAM MANAGER : David Kelly

ASSISTANT MANAGER : Tommy Taylor

FIRST TEAM COACH : Chris Neate

SPORTS THERAPIST : Edward Hensby

YOUTH TEAM MANAGER: Neil Selby

WEBSITE MANAGERS : Harry Cannon & Matt Thorne

CLUB WELFARE OFFICER : Chris Arnold

CLUB HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER : David Kelly

PROGRAMME EDITOR : Martin Griffiths

CLUB SHOP MANAGER : Claire Whittington

HOSPITALITY : Carol Black

TEA BAR : Maria Horsenail

GROUNDSMAN ; Bryan Smith

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FIXTURES AND RESULTS 2018/19

Date Opponents H/A Competition Score Result Att.

Sat Aug 18 Street A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 3-0 L 193

Tue Aug 21 Blackfield & Langley H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 0-2 L 120

Sat Aug 25 Petersfield Town H Emirates F.A. Cup Preliminary Round 3-1 W 141

Mon Aug 27 Thatcham Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 6-0 L 212

Sat Sep 1 Bristol Manor Farm H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 2-2 D 83

Tue Sep 4 Farnborough H Southern League Challenge Cup Preliminary Round 1-3 L 143

Sat Sep 8 East Grinstead H Emirates F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round 1-2 L 159

Sat Sep 15 Bideford A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 2-1 L 195

Tue Sep 18 Hamble Club H Hampshire Senior Cup Round 2 2-0 W 46

Sat Sep 22 A.F.C. Totton H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 2-5 L 148

Sat Sep 29 Yate Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 4-2 L 214

Sat Oct 6 Mangotsfield United H Evo-Stik League South Division1 South 1-2 L 73

Sat Oct 13 Barnstaple Town H Buildbase F.A. Trophy Preliminary Round 2-1 W 104

Tue Oct 16 Badshot Lea H Aldershot Senior Cup Round 1 2-1 W 67

Sat Oct 20 Slimbridge A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 1-3 W 75

Sat Oct 27 Salisbury H Buildbase F.A. Trophy 1st Qualifying Round 0-3 L 267

Sat Nov 3 Paulton Rovers H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 2-3 L 110

Tue Nov 13 Romsey H Russell Cotes Cup Round 2 1-0 W 55

Sat Nov 17 Cinderford Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 1-2 W 110

Sat Nov 24 Barnstaple Town H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 4-3 W 95

Tue Nov 27 Winchester City H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 1-2 L 101

Sat Dec 1 Cirencester Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 4-0 L 126

Mon Dec 3 Southampton F.C. A Hampshire Senior Cup Round 3 at AFC Totton’s Ground 1-0 L 101

Sat Dec 8 Evesham United H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 1-4 L 123

Sat Dec 15 Larkhall Athletic A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 3-1 L 70

Sat Dec 22 Melksham Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 2-1 L 382

Wed Dec 26 Thatcham Town H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 1-2 L 217

Sat Dec 29 Street H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 1-3 L 177

Tue Jan 1st Moneyfields A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 4-1 L 75

Sat Jan 5 Highworth Town H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 3-4 L 116

Tue Jan 8 Lymington Town A Russell Cotes Cup Round 3 2-1 W 35

Sat Jan 12 Blackfield & Langley A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 4-1 L 89

Sat Jan 19 Bideford H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 3-2 W 99

Sat Jan 26 A.F.C. Totton A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 5-3 L 333

Sat Feb 9 Mangotsfield United A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 5-3 L 107

Tue Feb 12 Woodley United A Aldershot Senior Cup Quarter Final 1-4 W 40

Sat Feb 16 Slimbridge H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 0-3 L 153

Sat Feb 23 Paulton Rovers A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South 4-1 L 117

Tue Feb 26 Yate Town H Evo-Stik Legaue South Division 1 South

Sat Mar 2 Larkhall Athletic H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Tue Mar 5 Sholing F.C. H Russell Cotes Cup – Quarter Final

Sat Mar 9 Evesham United A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Mar 16 Barnstaple Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Mar 23 Cirencester Town H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Mar 30 Winchester City A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Apr 6 Cinderford Town H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Apr 13 Melksham Town H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Apr 20 Bristol Manor Farm A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Mon Apr 22 Moneyfields H Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

Sat Apr 27 Highworth Town A Evo-Stik League South Division 1 South

MATCH RANGE

. RECENT HISTORY OF YATE TOWN F.C. The club celebrated its Golden Jubilee in season 1996/97. During the 1997/98 close season John Freeguard was appointed Manager but after obtaining just two victories from seventeen games he resigned and was replaced by Martin Durnell, Manager of Yate’s very successful Youth Team, assisted by Club Captain Danny Iddles. Despite these changes the Club still finished in the basement spot, but as before, relegation was avoided due to the restructuring of the Southern League. The 1998/99 season a young side finished 20th in the Southern League. The 1999/2000 season saw Yate Town return to the Midland Division for the first time for six seasons due to the regionalisation of the Midland and Southern Division into Western and Eastern Divisions. Unfortunately they finished well adrift and were relegated to the Hellenic League. Manager Martin Durnell resigned and was replaced by former players Gary Hewlett and Richard Thompson who became Joint Player Managers. After a poor start to the 2000/01 season Yate Town enjoyed a long run of victories that saw them finish in third place in the league. The following two seasons saw Yate finish third and second behind eventual champions North Leigh. North Leigh did not take up the promotion place available so Yate were again returned to the Southern League level of non-league football. After a poor start to the 2003-04 season, Yate improved and consolidated Southern League status by finishing in sixteenth position. Yate enjoyed their most successful season in 2004-05. They finished Runners-up in Division One West, and secured promotion to the Southern League Premier Division for the first time. Additionally, they won the Glos F.A. Senior Challenge Cup for the first time in their history, beating Bristol Rovers 2:0 in the final at the Memorial Stadium. They had previously defeated Bristol City and Forest Green Rovers on route to the final. Town exceeded all expectations 2005-2006 season, their first in the Premier Division. Despite another poor start, they finished in a highly creditable sixth position, and also retained the G.F.A. Senior Cup when beating Cheltenham Town in the Final. In 2006-2007 Yate were again challenging for a play off spot for much of the time, but were badly hit by injuries in the final few weeks, which led to a poor run of results, and Town finished in a mid table position. In 2007-2008 season Yate continued to establish themselves as a Premier Division Club, and finally finished in an encouraging tenth position. A poor run of results which saw Yate gain only two wins in twenty League matches and slide into a relegation position, led to Richard Thompson being relieved of his duties in February 2009 and Lee Barlass, who had been Richard's Assistant for several seasons, also left the Club. Dave Mogg, formerly Manager at Hallen F.C. and Assistant Manager at Taunton Town and Weston Super Mare was then appointed as Manager. Despite his best efforts, the Club could not climb out of the relegation zone and are now in the South & West Division. The 2009-10 season saw a much changed and relatively inexperienced squad finish in a respectable mid table position. Despite the addition of several experienced players, the 2010-11 season saw little progress being made under David Mogg, and after two years in charge he was replaced as manager by Rob Cousins, initially in a caretaker capacity. Performances quickly improved, and Rob was soon appointed as permanent manager. A string of good performances at the end of last season led to us regaining the Glos. F.A. Senior Challenge Cup, beating Cheltenham Town Reserves 3-2 in the Final, having beaten Bristol City Reserves in the Semi-Final. We again finished in a mid-table position in the league. In the 2011-2012 season we made a very poor start to the League campaign, although making some progress in both F.A. Cup and F.A. Trophy. Results improved considerably after the first third of the season, although we finished in the bottom half of the table. The 2013-14 season was notable for a superb run in the FA Cup, where we made it into the First Round Proper for the first time. Despite a series of poor results in the League, we excelled in the FA Cup, and victories against Poole Town, Winchester City, Oxford City and North Leigh saw us drawn at home to Conference giants Newport County in the Final Qualifying Round. We were leading 3-1 as the tie approached injury time, but two late goals saw Newport secure a 3-3 draw after an excellent performance. Few people gave us a chance in the replay against a team which eventually gained promotion to the Football League, but a never to be forgotten night saw us fight back from being a goal down to equalise and then two goals in extra time gave us a tremendous 3-1 victory. This amazing performance earned us a trip to neighbouring Football League Club, Cheltenham Town in the First Round Proper, and we again excelled ourselves before losing 3-0. This Cup run was the catalyst for much improved results in the League, and we eventually finished just outside the Play Offs in sixth position. Unfortunately we became a victim of our own success, and the close season saw the departure of most that squad. During the 2013/2014 season, the new look squad acquitted themselves very well. After an inconsistent start, a series of good results saw us briefly threaten to make the play -offs, before we ended the season in a creditable ninth position. We also had another decent run in the FA Cup, before losing to Gloucester City in the third qualifying round replay. The 2014-15 season saw us struggle for consistency, which led to Rob Cousins and Michael Meaker being replaced by Craig Laird, assisted by Rob Boyd in March 2015. Several experienced and high profile signings were introduced by Craig for the 2015-16 season, but unfortunately that campaign proved very disappointing, and led to another change in management, with Paul Britton, assisted by John Lester before the start of the following season. Many new, younger players were introduced into the squad throughout the 2016-17 campaign, and by the end of that season virtually a new look young team was in place. There was a disappointing start to last season, however, so several more experienced players joined the club. This led to a vast improvement, and at one time there appeared to be an outside chance of being involved in the play-offs before we ended last season in a comfortable mid-table position. Last season’s improvement has been built on this term and we have currently got ourselves in to an excellent position to push for an automatic promotion place.

thatcham town player profiles

BIDEFORD A.F.C. MANAGEMENT & PLAYER PROFILES

Sean Joyce – Manager – A former professional who made over 200

YATE TOWN F.C. MANAGEMENT & PLAYER PROFILES Paul 'Polly' Britton: Polly was appointed as Manager in April 2016, and has been responsible for building basically a new young team. He is also associated with The Bristol Rovers Academy and has previously enjoyed considerable success as Manager of Bitton FC in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division.

John Lester : Appointed as Polly’s assistant during the 2016-17 close season, having been previously associated with Bitton FC for many years as Manager, Assistant Manager and player.

Nick Peare : Nick is a midfield player, also at home in defence, who was transferred from Mangotsfield United in November 2017. An experienced player at Southern League level, he was previously with Shortwood Utd, and has also played for Taunton Town and Swindon Supermarine.

. Lewis Thomas: Lewis is a former Wales Under 19 goalkeeper, who is currently on loan with us from Forest Green Rovers, where he is on a two year contract after playing for Swansea City Under 23’s last season

Elliot Keightley : New signing this season, a defender who captained North Leigh last season, and has also previously played for Bishops Cleeve, Cinderford Town and Paulton Rovers.

Josh Ford: Josh is an experienced central defender, who has returned to us this season after spending last

season with Paulton Rovers, where he was captain. He began his career at Q.P.R where he spent three years,

one as a professional. He has also played for Frome Town, Forest Green Rovers and Larkhall Athletic.

Sam Boulton : Defender who was transferred from Frome Town in November 2016, so now in his third

season with us. Sam was formerly captain of Yeovil Town’s Under 18’s. and was voted our Supporters Player of the Season last season, when he was also our joint “Players Player”

Joe Guest : Midfielder - Previous clubs : Paulton Rovers, Chipping Sodbury Town

David Sims-Burgess : David is a product of Bristol Academy, a quick direct attacker who was transferred from Paulton Rovers in March 2018, having previously played for Chipping Sodbury Town.

Jack Twyman: Jack is an influential midfielder who has joined us this season, having previously played for Slimbridg

Ross Langworthy: Ross joined us in January 2018 after returning from an eight month spell in New Zealand, where he played for Eastern Suburbs AFC and Auckland based North Shore United, where he was top scorer. A pacey attacking wide midfield player or striker, Ross has considerable

experience at Southern League level with Shortwood United and Cirencester Town.

YATE TOWN SQUAD 2018/19

FLEET TOWN YOUTH

Our Youth team are having an excellent season and currently lie 2nd in The Allied Counties Youth League South Division. Although the current leaders Camberley Town have 2 games in hand on us, we play them at home next Monday night and a win would really open things up. They play their home games at Calthorpe Park and if you are free the £4 entry fee is well worth it to see them play good passing football. You never know you may see a future star of the Fleet Town 1st team.

Fixtures and Results

DATE OPPONENTS H/A COMPETITION SCORE RESULT

27/08/18 Fleet Spurs H Allied Counties Youth League 2-2 D

03/09/18 Thatcham Town H F.A. Youth Cup 4-1 W

10/09/18 Westfield H Allied Counties Youth League 6-0 W

19/09/18 Hungerford T. A F.A. Youth Cup 2-1 L

24/09/18 Knaphill H Allied Counties Youth League 4-4 D

01/10/18 Sholing H Hampshire Floodlit Cup 2-0 W

08/10/18 Ash United H Allied Counties Youth League 5-0 W

18/10/18 Camberley Town A Allied Counties Youth League 1-3 W

29/10/18 Cove H Allied Counties Youth League 8-1 W

08/11/18 Winchester City A Hampshire Floodlit Cup 3-1 L

19/11/18 Fleet Spurs A Allied Counties Youth League 1-1 D

17/12/18 Guildford City H Allied Counties Youth League 0-4 L

07/01/19 Alton Town H Allied Counties Youth League 1-0 W

17/01/19 Fleet Spurs A Allied Counties Lge Cup Round 2 1-0 L

31/01/19 Cove A Allied Counties Youth League 0-3 W

05/02/19 Alton Town A Allied Counties Youth League 1-1 D

13/02/19 Westfield A Allied Counties Youth League 1-4 W

20/02/19 Guildford City A Allied Counties Youth League TBA

04/03/19 Camberley Town H Allied Counties Youth League

12/03/19 Ash United A Allied Counties Youth League

26/03/19 Knaphill A Allied Counties Youth League

Allied Counties Youth League

P W D L GD PTS

1 Camberley 10 8 1 1 20 25

2 Fleet Town 12 7 4 1 23 25

3 Fleet Spurs 12 8 3 1 26 24*

4 Ash United 10 6 1 3 0 19

5 Knaphill 10 5 1 4 3 16

6 Cove 15 5 0 10 -17 15

7 Alton Town 11 3 2 6 -3 11

8 Guildford City 11 2 0 9 -17 6

9 Westfield 11 1 0 10 -35 3

• Points adjustment

If you want more up to date information on our Youth Team please visit their excellent

website : http;//fulltime-league.thefa.com/Index.do?

league=3625959

Fleet Town Ladies are having a good season in The Hampshire County Women’s League where they currently lie 5th.

They play their home games here at Calthorpe Park on Sundays with a 3 p.m. kick off and would really appreciate your support.

2/09/18

Gosport Falcons (H)

HCW2

L 0-6

09/09/18 Widbrook Utd R (A) HCW2 A-W

16/09/18 Portsmouth Uni 3 (H) HCW2 D 2-2

23/09/18 United Services (A) HCW2 H-W

30/09/18 Win City Flyers (H) HCW2 W 2-1

07/10/18 AFC Bedhampton (H) HCW2 L 0-2

21/10/18 AFC Stoneham (h) HCW2 W 1-0

28/10/18 Cowes (A) HCW2 W 2-0

11//11/18 Fordingbridge (A) HCW2 L 2-3

18/11/18 Hawley Ladies (A) Hants Int. Cup L 6-2

25/11/18 Portsmouth Uni 3 (H) Hants Junior Cup L 2-5

09/12/18 Gosport Falcons (A) HCW2 L 7-0

16/12/18 Fordingbridge Turks (H) HCW2 W 2-1

6/1/19

13/1/19

27/1/19

10/2/19 17/2/19 24/2/19

03/03/19 10/03/19

Widbrook United R (H)

Win City Flyers (A)

AFC Petersfield Ladies (H)

Stoneham Ladies

United Services Portsmouth

Gosport Falcons

Rushmoor Community

East Cowes Vics

HCW 2

HCW 2

HCW 2

HCW 2

HCW 2

Cup

HCW 2

HCW 2

W 6-1

W 0-1

L 0-5

L. 6-2

D. 0-0

L. 0-4

H - Double Header

A – Double Header

LEAGUE TABLE P W D L GD PTS

1 United Services Portsmouth 18 13 0 5 45 39

2 Gosport Falcons Women 14 11 1 2 34 34

3 AFC Bedhampton Ladies 11 10 0 1 59 30

4 AFC Stoneham Ladies 12 7 0 5 19 21

5 Fleet Town Ladies 14 7 0 7 -14 21

6 AFC Petersfield Ladies 10 6 1 3 10 19

7 Rushmoor Community Reserves 13 5 1 7 -47 16

8 Widbrook United Reserves 13 4 0 9 -14 12

9 Winchester City Flyers 12 4 0 8 -13 12

10 East Cowes Vics Ladies 8 3 0 5 -3 9

11 Cowes Ladies 1st XI 10 1 2 7 -20 5

12 Fordingbridge Turks Ladies 15 1 1 13 -55 4

13 Portsmouth Uni Womens 3rd – Now Withdrawn from League 0 0 0 0 0 0

FLEET TOWN LADIES

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Joe Wilson receiving the ‘Man of the Match’

Bottle of Champagne for his fine performance

in our last home game against Slimbridge.

This award is very generously sponsored

By Easi-Leaflets.

The only other game in our league tonight is : -

AFC Totton v Paulton Rovers

Fleet Town’s next away game is at Evesham United on Saturday March 9th at 3 p.m.

They play at The Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee, Stadium, Cheltenham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 2LZ

Driving Distance – 102.5 miles Sat/Nav. Driving Time – 1 hour 55 minutes

‘Come on you Blues’ .

Referee: James Robinson of Southampton

Assistant Referees:

Krasimir Petrov of Southampton

Robert Linter of Eastleigh, Hampshire

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26th 2019 – 7.45 P.M

THE EVO–STIK LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION 1 SOUTH

FLEET TOWN MANAGER : David Kelly

ASST. : Tommy Taylor

Colours ; Blue/Navy/Blue

1 Harvey White

2 Joe Wilson

3 Daniel Framp

4 Jordan Stepney

5 Sam Williams

6 Edwin Placket

7 Danilo Cadete

8 Ronan Silva

9 Meshach Williams

10 Billy Oram ( C )

11 Bradley Wilson

SUBS

12 Enow Ojong

14 Abdul Rajab

15 Harryson Wickens

16 Stuart Derry

17 Angus Youngson

YATE TOWN MANAGER : Polly Britton

ASST : John Lester

Colours : Yellow/’Yellow/Yellow

1 Alexis Andre Jnr

2 Nick Humphreys

3 Elliott Keightley

4 Lewis Leigh-Gilchrist

5 Josh Ford ( C )

6 Sam Boulton

7 Adam Price

8 Joe Guest

9 Mike Bryant

10 Dave Sims-Burgess

11 Jack Twyman

SUBS

12 Olly Mehew

14 Ross Langworthy

15 Ben Brookes

16 Sam Kamara

17 Josh Cann