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Knebworth vs
AFC Hatfield
HSCL Division One
Saturday 6 September 2014
3.00pm kick off at Knebworth Recreation Ground
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Club Contacts…
Chairman Stuart Biddle
[email protected] 07974 938651
Vice-Chairman – senior section Dan Looney
[email protected] 07786 114108
Club Secretary Clare Biddle
[email protected] 01438 237871 / 07967 140219
Vice-Chairman – youth section Sean Westcott
[email protected] 07793 654816
Treasurer – senior section Danny Griffiths
[email protected] 07879 610771
Vice-Chairman – veterans section Alastair Moye 07799 332877
First team Manager Ady Bird
07597 374231
Reserve team Managers Jeff Pratt & Nigel Goodridge
07944 124240 / 07738 981085
Fixtures & Results – senior section Nigel Goodridge 07738 981085
Programme Editor
John Albon [email protected]
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Welcome to Knebworth Recreation Ground…
This afternoon we welcome our neighbours and friends from AFC Hatfield to the Recreation Ground. I’d like to welcome their chairman Neil Clixby, their players, staff, officials and supporters along with today’s referee David J Murphy. We hope you all have an enjoyable afternoon with us and a safe journey home. As mentioned in our last edition, there have been some changes at the club over the summer with Ady Bird joining us as First Team Manager and Ross Murphy as his assistant. They have already made a big impact on the team and squad and will be hoping to build on our solid league start today. Away from the league action, this time of year always sees numerous cup draws come out and routes to the final and the silverware can be plotted. Some of those involving ourselves and HSCL clubs are included today. This week’s Non-League Paper column focuses on the early season managerial changes, something we had to deal with last season. We are also still looking for people to take on some small weekly or monthly tasks to share the burden of running your football club; an hour a week or a few hours each month. If you’d like to get involved, please get in touch with Stuart. Please join us back at the pub after the game where food is generously laid on and live sports are shown on television – it’s just down the road and you’ll be warmly welcomed!
Enjoy the game!
John
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Non-League Paper programme column by Steve Coney
THE NEW season has not even reached the grand old age of one month for most clubs yet and the circus that is
the managerial roundabout has well and truly kicked-off.
At the time of writing, we have already seen six departures in the Premier League and Football League, with
Huddersfield boss Mark Robins losing his job after just one game! He was quickly followed by Crystal Palace,
Leeds, Watford, Colchester and Carlisle all losing their managers, either through resignations or chairmen
swinging the axe.
The Non-League scene has also jumped aboard this rollercoaster with at least three managers out the door before
September had even begun.
And with the exit of Tony Pulis from Crystal Palace due to apparent disagreements with the chairman, we at
NLP HQ decided to look back at some of the strangest managerial departures from the world of Non-League.
Get back from the pub on a Saturday evening and turn the TV on and you’re likely to see one of two people –
Leroy Rosenior or Steve Claridge. Claridge has had one Non-League managerial stint, taking charge of
Weymouth in 2003 but it’s his on screen counterpart who sprung to our minds.
Rosenior was put in charge of Torquay in 2007, just after they were relegated to Non-League. It didn’t last long
though with the former Fulham striker in charge for a whole ten minutes before Torquay were bought by a local
consortium.
Rosenior was unveiled to the local press at a news conference only for then owner Mike Bateson to almost
immediately agree to sell his 51% controlling stake in the club to the consortium, who duly relieved Rosenior of
his duties.
Chichester City were in the Sussex County League when they made headlines by sacking Mark Poulton as
manager, during a game! Poulton was taking charge of a cup tie against Redhill when his mobile started ringing.
Poulton probably rejected taking the call straight away (answering would surely have been a fine – Ed).
Poulton told the local press: “During the second half I had a call from Gary Walker, one of the directors, who
said he was sorry to interrupt me and then told me I'd been sacked!” It seemed to be the wrong decision though
with Chichester throwing a 2-1 lead away to lose 4-2!
Tipton Town parted company with manager Nick Hawkins and his first team staff last weekend despite their FA
Cup victory over Sporting Khalsa, with the conversation allegedly taking place on the way home through
FaceTime!
The Tipton departure followed in the footsteps of Enfield, Witton, Coalville and Cheshunt in the first few weeks
of the 2014-15 season.
There will inevitably be more managerial casualties in the months to come and we can only hope the decisions
are remembered in years to come – not necessarily for the right reasons!
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Local Scene… HFA Cup Draws 2014/15…
Herts FA Intermediate Cup
Round 1
Sat 18 Oct
1 Bushey Sports Club Reserves
v
Knebworth
2 Bedmond S&S Res
v
Standon and Puckeridge Res
3 Cheshunt Reserves
v
Wodson Park Reserves
5 Colney Heath Reserves
v
Hatfield Town Reserves
6 Buntingford Town
v
Borehamwood Reserves
9 Bovingdon Reserves
v
Berkhamsted Reserves
10 Kimpton Rovers
v
Hertford Heath Reserves
Herts FA Junior Cup
Round 1
Sat 27 Sep
6 Albury
v
Old Parmiterians Res
8 Croxley Green
v
Heath Rovers
10 Bovingdon 'A'
v
St Ippolyts
17 Wormley YFC
v
Buntingford Cougars
19 Croxley C & H Reserves
v
Goffs Oak Crusaders
Herts FA Senior Centenary Trophy
Round 1
Sat 11 Oct
2 Sandridge Rovers
v
Tring Corinthians
3 Bovingdon
v
Bedmond S&S Club
4 Lemsford
v
Wormley Rovers
5 Standon and Puckeridge
v
Hatfield Social
6 Bushey Sports Club
v
Welwyn Garden City
8 Codicote
v
LGC Eagles
9 FC Broxbourne Borough
v
Sarratt
10 Hertford Heath
v
Harpenden Town
Anagram Records Trophy
Round 1
Sat 4 Oct
3 Sandridge Rovers
v
Sarratt
4 Whitwell
v
FC Deportivo Galicia
5 Old Bradwell United
v
Bushey Sports Club
6 Letchworth Garden City Eagles
v
The 61 FC
7 Totternhoe
v
Cuffley
8 Chipperfield Corinthians
v
Aston Clinton
9 Manford Way
v
Belstone
Note: The above shows only fixtures involving HSCL clubs. The full draws can be found on both the Herts FA and HSCL websites
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Local Scene… HSCL Cup Draws 2014/15…
Aubrey Cup
Round 1
Sat 27 Sep
1 Standon and Puckeridge
v
Hinton
2 Whitwell
v
Old Parmiterians
3 Bushey Sports Club
v
Broadfields
4 Cheshunt Reserves
v
Chipperfield Corinthians
5 Wormley Rovers
v
Belstone
6 Evergreen
v
Mill End Sports
7 Bovingdon
v
LGC Eagles
8 Hertford Heath
v
Lemsford
9 Bedmond S&S Club
v
Sarratt
10 AFC Hatfield
v
Knebworth
11 Kimpton Rovers
v
Buntingford Town
Cecil Hudson Cup
Round 1
Sat 27 Sep
1 FC Lemsford
v
Hertford Heath Reserves
2 LGC Eagles Reserves
v
Knebworth Reserves
Chairmans Cup
Quarter Final
TBC
1 Broadfields
v
Goffs Oak Crusaders
2 Evergreen
v
Old Parmiterians
3 Hampstead Heath
v
Hinton
4 Cheshunt Reserves
v
Croxley Green
Greg Cup
Quarter Final
TBC
1 Wormley YFC
v
LGC Eagles Res
2 Hertford Town U21s
v
Buntingford Town
3 FC Lemsford
v
St Ippolyts
4 Kimpton Rovers
v
Knebworth
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Introducing Todays Visitors…
AFC Hatfield
AFC Hatfield were formed in the summer of 2008 by Darryn Stewart to bring his Mid Herts
Rural Minors team “Sherrardswood & Birchwood” into senior football. Most of the team had
played together since they were 8 years old and the objective then, as it is now, is to give young
adult footballers the chance to play a decent level of senior football and hopefully see them
progress onwards to higher levels.
Having joined the HSCL in Division One, the first season was, understandably, a challenge and
saw the club finish second bottom, a position repeated the next year although with an
improvement both in scoring more goals and conceding less.
Season 2010/11, only the clubs third in Senior football, saw several experienced heads mixed
with the youngsters and a dramatic charge up the league table saw them finish in 10th position
and have some very creditable cup runs. Sadly the end of the season saw Darryn stand down as
manager and the departure of three players to a higher level.
New managers arrived in the shape of the two Garys, Doctor and Statham, and the club again
improved on its previous league best finish with a 5th place finish. However the end of the season
saw further managerial changes with Mark Zienkowicz taking over the reins.
The 2012/13 season saw the club granted Charter Standard Status, a huge achievement for such a
new side and continued progress was made, on and off the field. This was bettered in 2013/14
with club finishing in 7th place with 9 wins from their 24 league games.
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Today’s Teams…
Knebworth AFC Hatfield
Orange and black Green and yellow
Adam Burnett 1 Ben Bateman
Alex Hamer 2 Lee Brinkley
Elliott Polzin 3 Ross Davidson
Ben Swain 4 Dan Zienkowicz
Dale Chester (c) 5 Henry Otomi
Jordan Borrie 6 Jake Hoy
Callum Rowe 7 Dale Stewart
Jack Evans 8 Scott Brinkley
Christian Lett 9 Chris Jones
Carl Smith 10 Martin Farrer
Jon Butler 11 Alex Reynolds
Jon Dunne 12 Jimmy Davis
Jordan Folorunso 14 Anthony Assin
Alex Brookes 15 Charlie Lloyd
Max Taylor 16 Michael Njoroge
Ross Murphy 17 / GK Connor Timms
Manager – Ady Bird Manager – Mark Zienkowicz
Assistant – Ross Murphy Assistant – David Eames
Referee David J Murphy
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Forthcoming Knebworth FC fixtures…
Day Date & Kick Off Team Opposition (H/A) Competition
Saturday 13th Sept 3.00pm Firsts Hampstead Heath (A) HSCL Div One
Saturday 13th Sept 3.00pm Res LGC Eagles Res (H) HSCL Res/Dev
Saturday 20th Sept 3.00pm Firsts Old Parmiterians (H) HSCL Div One
Saturday 20th Sept 3.00pm Res Buntingford Town Res (A) HSCL Res/Dev
Saturday 27th Sept 3.00pm Firsts AFC Hatfield (A) Aubrey Cup
Saturday 27th Sept 3.00pm Res LGC Eagles Res (A) Cecil Hudson Cup
Saturday 4th Oct 2.30pm Firsts Buntingford Town (A) HSCL Div One
Saturday 4th Oct 2.30pm Res Wormley Rovers Res (H) HSCL Res/Dev
Saturday 18th Oct 2.00pm Firsts Bushey Sports Club Res (A) County Intermediate Cup
Elsewhere today…
Senior Premier Division Chipperfield Corinthians Lemsford
Cuffley Bedmond S&S Club Hatfield Social Bovingdon Hertford Heath Belstone
LGC Eagles Mill End Sports Sandridge Rovers Wormley Rovers
Sarratt Whitwell Standon & Puckeridge Bushey Sports Club
Senior Division One
Broadfields Cheshunt Res Buntingford Town Hinton
Colney Heath Res Old Parmiterians Kimpton Rovers Evergreen
Reserve / Development North & East Division Buntingford Town Res Cuffley Res
FC Lemsford Hertford Heath Res Goffs Oak Crusaders Knebworth Res
St Ippolyts Standon & Puckeridge Res Wormley Rovers Res Wormley YFC
Reserve / Development South & West Division One Bedmond S&S Club Res Chipperfield Corinthians Res
Bovingdon Res Evergreen Res Bushey Sports Club Res Lemsford Res
Croxley Green Sandridge Rovers Res All kick offs 3.00pm unless stated
Club History…
Knebworth Football Club was formed in 1901 as founder members of the North Herts League and were crowned champions on five occasions and won the county Junior Cup in 1912/13, before moving to the Herts County League in 1948. A period of success came in the 1970s with a host of championships and cup wins, often under the influence of ex-Tottenham Hotspur player Johnny Brooks. Knebworth Football Club moved up the football ladder in 1983 to the South Midlands League, as well as to a new ground at Old Knebworth Lane. After five years the club returned to the North Herts League due to financial difficulties, winning three cups and a league title in two seasons, before going back to the Herts County League. There is no evidence to suggest that the club ever had a youth section, and in 1977 Doug Dilley set up Knebworth Youth Football Club initially with just an U12 boys team. The club began to grow and quickly had teams at U9 and U10 for the following season. The club continued to grow and within 25 years there were boys and girls teams representing the club from Under 6 through to Under 17 and over 200 registered players. Knebworth Football Club folded in 1995 when their ground at Old Knebworth Lane was sold as a health club. Four years later, Martyn Bond took his Knebworth Youth Football Club U18 side into senior football and re-formed Knebworth Football Club. After four successful years in the Hertford & District League the club were elected to the Herts Senior County League, achieving the FA's 'Charter Standard' award that same year and being crowned Herts FA 'Adult Club of the Year' in 2005. Knebworth Youth Football Club first achieved the FA's 'Charter Standard' award in 2004 and went on to pick up the Herts FA 'Club of the Year' in this category in both 2006 and also 2008. Further hard work and continued development saw the club achieve the coveted FA 'Development Club' status. In summer 2013, Knebworth Youth Football Club was incorporated into Knebworth Football Club. Knebworth Old Boys Football Club formed in the late 1980s as a veterans team playing on Sunday mornings, and in May 2014 agreed to join the club to bring all Knebworth football under one banner.
Club Directory 2014/15…
SENIOR DIVISION ONE
AFC Hatfield Birchwood Leisure Centre, Longmead, Birchwood, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 0AN
Broadfields Breakspear Road, Ruislip, Middx, HA4 7SB
Buntingford Town The Bury, London Road, Buntingford, Herts, SG9 9HZ
Cheshunt Reserves Theobalds Lane, Cheshunt, Herts, EN8 8RU
Colney Heath Reserves Recreation Ground, High Street, Colney Heath, St Albans, Herts, AL4 0NP
Evergreen Southway, Abbots Langley, Herts, WD4 8PN
Hampstead Heath The Hive, Camrose Avenue, Edgware, Middx, HA8 6AG
Hinton Holtwhites Sports Club, Kirkland Drive, Holtwhites Hill, Enfield, EN2 0RU
Kimpton Rovers The Recreation Ground, High Street, Kimpton, Herts, SG4 8RA
Old Parmiterians Thomas Parmiter Sports Centre, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0JU
RESERVE & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION NORTH & EAST
Buntingford Town Res The Bury, London Road, Buntingford, Herts, SG9 9HZ
Cuffley Res King George V Playing Fields, Northaw Road East, Cuffley, Herts, EN6 4RD
FC Lemsford Birchwood Leisure Centre, Longmead, Birchwood, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 0AN
Goffs Oak Crusaders Goffs Lane, Waltham Cross, Essex, EN7 5ET
Hertford Heath Res The Recreation Ground, Trinity Road, Hertford Heath, Herts, SG13 7QS
Hertford Town ‘A’ Hertingfordbury Park, West Street, Hertford, Herts, SG13 8EZ
LGC Eagles Res Pixmore Playing Fields, Ledgers Lane, Baldock Road, Letchworth, Herts, SG6
2EN
St Ippolyts The Recreation Ground, Orchard Close, St Ippolyts, Herts, SG4 7RH
Standon & Puckeridge Res The Recreation Ground, Station Road, Standon, Herts, SG11 1QT
Wormley Rovers Res Wormley Playing Fields, Church Lane, Wormley, Herts, EN10 7QF
Wormley YFC Wormley Playing Fields, Church Lane, Wormley, Herts, EN10 7QF