TEAM SOLENT FOOTBALL Official Match Programme 2016/17 No. 20
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v CROYDON
THE BUILDBASE FA VASE Saturday 7th January, Kick Off - 15:00, Test Park Referee: Leigh Crowhurst 4th Official: Ross Murphy
Assistant Referees: Wayne Webb, Stuart Marlows
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A Note from the Chairman Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen A belated happy new year to you all. We welcome to Test Park, the officials, players and supporters of Croydon football club, for this FA Buildbase Vase 4th round tie. Croydon play in the South Eastern Counties Premier Division and currently hold a mid-table position. We are very pleased to have been rewarded with a home tie after our impressive performance and 1-0 victory against much fancied Bodmin Town, in the previous round. This is a historic match for Team Solent football club, as this is the furthest we have progressed in an FA national competition.
Croydon have a proud history in non-league football and during the 1980/90s, played in the Isthmian Premier Division and will provide us with formidable opposition. Many thanks to everybody who has attended this afternoon’s match, let’s hope that we can enjoy a competitive game of football and if it is anything like the match in the previous round against Bodmin Town, we will have an enjoyable and entertaining afternoon. Best Wishes
Bill Moore Chairman
Jimmy, the management team and players are eagerly looking forward to this tie, with the knowledge, that if we play to our full potential, we can make further progress.
Editor: Matt Clewes Sub Editor: Genevieve Lewis Writers: James Taylor Eleanor Pomeroy Ash Boyne Max Clark Fred Blagden Gary Day
Designers: Robin White Charlotte Beattie Rebecca Savory
Produced by Solent Press students on the Solent Press unit at Southampton Solent University.
THE BUILDBASE FA VASE
The FA Vase effectively replaced The FA Amateur Cup in 1974. In Numbers:
2 St Andrews Finals
43 Seasons (inc. 2016-17)
1 Upton Park Final
37 Wembley Finals
1 White Hart Lane Final
2 Villa Park Finals
Current Holders: Morpeth Town
In that year The FA Council had decided to abolish the official distinction between amateur and professional footballers and this meant the end of The Amateur Cup and Amateur Internationals involving England.
allocated to The FA Trophy.
Two-hundred and twenty clubs entered The Vase in its first season but they did not include those clubs which had dominated in The Amateur Cup. Enfield, Hendon, Dagenham, Skelmersdale United and others at their level were immediately
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For the first time in history, small clubs – even village clubs – had the chance of playing in a national final at Wembley. The first Vase Finalists were Hoddesdon Town from the Spartan League and Epsom & Ewell from the Surrey Senior League. The Hertfordshire side edged home 2-1 before a crowd of 9,000. Even a competition as democratic as The Vase had its elite clubs in the early years. Billericay Town, initially of the Essex
Senior League, won it three times in four seasons. Halesowen Town, then in the West Midlands Regional League, appeared in three Finals and were successful in two of them. They even beat a Southall side that had a young Les Ferdinand leading the attack. Until the new Wembley opened in 2007 the record attendance for a Vase Final was the 26,489 who saw the drawn 1989 Final between Sudbury Town and Tamworth at the old Wembley. Tamworth won the replay 3-0 at Peterborough and Ian Moores, a former Division One player with Tottenham Hotspur, scored one of the goals. The 2013-14 Vase competition was the 40th in history. Wembley has hosted 34 Finals, Villa Park and St Andrews two each, Upton Park and White Hart Lane one each. Thirty-two different clubs have got their hands on The Vase, donated by former FA Councillor Frank Adams. Whitley Bay lead the way with four wins. Aficionados of The Vase competition tend to rate the 1992 Final between Wimborne Town and Guiseley as the best so far. Wessex League Wimborne had a modest record in the competition before then, having never ventured beyond the
Third Round, but they embarked on a spectacular Vase journey that took them all the way from the First Round to The Final. A goal down after 14 minutes at Wembley, the Dorset side fought back to win 5-3. When The Vase Final returned to Wembley, a record 36,232 fans saw Truro City beat AFC Totton 3-1. Whitley Bay, the 2002 winners, achieved a sensational hat-trick of Final victories from 2009 to 2011. The Northern League’s dominance continued for two more seasons, with success for Dunston UTS and Spennymoor Town before Sholing, then Wessex League champions, got their name engraved. North Shields then came from behind to win the first Final to go to extra time since 2001-02. In 2015-16 Wembley Stadium staged the first Non-League Finals day, which saw both the Vase and the Trophy decided back-to-back in front of almost 47,000 fans. Morpeth Town came from behind to stun Hereford 4-1 with 45-year-old Chris Swailes on the scoresheet to win the Vase with a third different club.
The Buildbase FA Vase remaining events: Date
Round
Winning Club
Losing Club
Saturday 28 January
Fifth Round
£1,875
£625
Saturday 18 February
Sixth Round
£3,375
£1,125
Saturday 11 March
Semi-Final first leg
£4,500
£1,500
Saturday 18 March
Semi-Final second leg
£4,500
£1,500
Sunday 21 May
The Final
£25,000
£17,000
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THE BUILDBASE FA VASE Full 4th Round Draw Shildon V Atherton Colleries Billingham Town V Cleethorpes Town AFC Mansfield V Sunderland RCA South Shields V Morpeth Town Gorleston V Coleshill Town Sun Sports V Bromsgrove Sporting Newport Pagnell Town V Peterborough Sports Sporting Khalsa V Tring Athletic Ely City V Shepshed Dynamo Hinckley AFC V Berkhamsted Bradford Town V Southall Bristol Manor Farm V Melksham Town Chichester City V Buckland Athletic Team Solent V Croydon Exmouth Town V Corinthian Crowborough Athletic V Eastbourne Town
Team Solent’s Route in The Buildbase FA Vase: Date
Home
Away
Venue
Result
Sunday 11 September
Hythe & Dibden FC
Team Solent FC
Hythe & Dibden FC
1-2
Saturday 24 September
Hallen FC
Team Solent FC
Hallen FC
1-3
Saturday 22 October
Helston Athletic FC
Team Solent FC
Helston Athletic FC
1-2
Saturday 12 November
Shaftesbury Town FC
Team Solent FC
Shaftesbury Town FC
1-3
Saturday 28th January
Team Solent FC
Bodmin Town FC
Test Park
1-0
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Team Solent
Team Solent Football Club is the biggest sport club within Southampton Solent University.
now competing in Southern League Division 1 and recent winners of BUCS Division 1.
The men’s first team has recently won the Sydenhams Football League (Wessex) Division 1 title, the reserve men’s team plays in the Wyvern Combination League, and a development team plays in the British Universities (BUCS) competition.
Team Solent FC play on the university’s newest facility at Test Park - a multiple sports complex with a 3G pitch, rugby and football pitches.
The men’s first team also compete in the FA Cup and FA Vase each season, as well as being previous winners of the Southampton FA Senior Cup on four occasions. Team Solent also has a highly successful women’s football section,
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The men’s and women’s teams are predominantly made up of current university students, supplemented by alumni, staff and a few external players. In keeping with the nature of university sport, the team personnel changes substantially from year to year as students graduate.
Team Solent Line up Bradley Banda (GK)
Lewis Pitts
Adeoye Olumuyiwa
Steven Black
Patrick Nolan
Ryan Dacres - Smith
Ellis White
Curtis Thorn
Jemal Wiseman
Mike Lamb
Jim Orvis
Matt Sheedy
Tyrell Mitford
Manager James Taylor Assistant Manager Michael Marsh
Silvano Obeng Tobi Adekunle Jesse Waller-Lassen (C) George Butler
Physio Danni Bannan Goal Keeper Coach Lee Webber 11
Team Solent Roll of Honour League League
Between
Best Finish (seasons ended)
Junior Division 1
2005-06 (1 season)
Champions - 2006 *
Senior Division 1
2006-07 (1 season)
Champions - 2007*
2007-11 (4 seasons)
Champions - 2011*
Division 1
2011-2015 (4 seasons)
Champions - 2015*
Premier Division
2015 – date (2nd season)
Seventh – 2016
Southampton League
Hampshire Premier League Senior Division Sydenhams League (Wessex)
NB: * denotes promoted
Cup Honours Cup Competition
Between
Best Finish (seasons ended)
2011-date (6th season)
Winners - 2016
Senior Cup
2006-date (11th season)
Winners - 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016
Junior ‘A’ Cup
2005 - 06 (1 season)
Winners - 2006
2007-2011 (4 seasons)
Winners - 2008 and 2011
2005-2006 (1 season)
Winner - 2006
Sydenhams League (Wessex) League Cup Southampton FA
Hampshire Premier League Senior Cup Hampshire FA Junior ‘A’ Cup
Other Cup Competitions Entered Cup Competition
Between
Best Finish (seasons ended)
FA Cup
2013 - date (4th season)
Preliminary Rd - 2017
FA Vase
2012 - date (5th season)
Round 4 - 2017 (ongoing)
Hampshire FA Senior Cup
2011 - date (6th season)
Round 3 - 2015
Hampshire FA Intermediate Cup
2006 - 11 (5 seasons)
Quarter-final - 2011
HFA Russel-Cotes Cup
2012 - 13 (1 season)
Round 1 - 2013
Southampton Senior League Cup
2006 - 07 (1 season)
Quarter-Final - 2007
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Fixtures and Results 2016/17 Upcoming games: Date
Home
Away
Venue
Cup
Saturday 14th January
Team Solent
AFC Portchester
Test Park
SWLP
Monday 16th January
Team Solent
Tadley Calleva
Test Park
SWCup
Saturday 21st January
Bournemouth
Team Solent
Victoria Park
SWLP
Monday 23rd January
Team Solent
AFC Stoneham
Test Park
SSC
Saturday 28th January
Portland United
Team Solent
Wayline Stadium
SWLP
Previous games: Date
Home
Away
Venue
Result
Tuesday 4th January
Team Solent
Fawley
Test Park
3-1
Wednesday 27th December
Team Solent
Verwood Town
Test Park
6-1
Saturday 17th December
Alreford Town
Team Solent
Arlebury Park
2-1
Tuesday 13th December
Portland United
Team Solent
Wayline Stadium
1-1 Won 4-2 on pens
Saturday 10th December
Horndean
Team Solent
Five Heads Park
3-2
Monday 5th December
Team Solent
Hamworthy United
Test Park
7-0
Saturday 3rd December
Team Solent
Bodmin Town
Test Park
1-0
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The Opponents: Croydon FC
The club was founded in 1953 as Croydon Amateurs FC and its original players came from some of the stronger clubs playing in local football. The club spent their first ten years in the Surrey Senior League but whilst failing to win the championship (thrice finishing runners-up), evolved into one of that competition’s strongest outfits. In 1963–64, they joined the Spartan League, winning the league title at the first attempt in their only season in the competition. 1964 saw them join the Athenian League where they spent the next ten years, winning the Second Division title in 1965–66, suffering relegation four years later and then gaining two successive promotions to the Premier Division as runners-up to Herne Bay
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(1970–71) and Harlow Town (1971–72) under the managership of Jimmy Rose. Rose’s departure to Dulwich Hamlet saw a mass player exodus and a season of struggle ensued. 1973 saw the suffix Amateurs dropped due to the impending changes to the status of players and a year later, under the management of Ted Shepherd, election to the expanding Isthmian League. Two seasons later, after an unbeaten 1975–76 campaign, the club gained promotion to the Isthmian’s top division – initially titled Division One but then retitled the Premier Division where they spent twelve seasons before deserved relegation to the First Division in 1989. A further relegation followed in 1994, but following Ken Jarvie taking over as Chairman /
Manager and internal reorganisation, they were promoted back to Division One within two seasons. The club’s first Isthmian League title – champions of Division One followed in 2000, before relegation two years later. The non-league scene was reorganised at the end of the 2005–06 season and this restructuring saw Croydon placed in the Kent League where following a third place finish in 2006–07, the club finished in midtable the second two seasons. 2008–09 culminated with success in the Kent League Cup after a penalty shoot-out win over Erith Town.
That turned out to be the club’s final Kent League fixture as they shuffled sideways into the Combined Counties League (a competition which evolved from the Surrey Senior League) for the 2009–10 season. This was effectively back where they spent their first ten years. After four fairly nondescript seasons, Croydon were moved again for season 2014-1025 by the FA, this time back to the Kent League in its new guise as the Southern Counties East Football League. The last couple of years in this League have followed a similar pattern. For after promising starts the Trams have finished in a disappointing eighteenth position in both seasons.
Croydon FC Line up Frances Ameyaw
Jason Wyatt
Harry Brockman
Sam Nicholas-Scott
Tolulope Jonah
Rohann Howell
Jamie McGeoghegan
Heru Jess-King
Reiss Franklin
Danny Carpanini (GK)
Cedric Abraham
Head Coach Dickson Gill Coach: John Cumberbatch
Max Rothwell Andy Mott Jeff Duah-Kessie
GK Coach & Physio: Kenny Brockman
Karl Douglin Lauris Chin
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TEAM SOLENT 3-1 FAWLEY AFC Ref Number
5090/85
Date
Tuesday 03/01/2017
Competition
Kick-Off
7.45pm
Referee
Mr Sean Philips
Ground
Test Park (#1)
From
Sandown
Visit Number
76 (19th visit of the season)
Assistants
Paul Hicks/ Tony Eade
Conditions
Cold
Adjustments
90+2
Anemometer
4°C
Other Notes
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Premier Division
Match Details: 08
1-0
Waller-Lassen1
57
2-0
Waller-Lassen2
67
2-1
90
3-1
Whiteley E Taylor
Team Solent
No
Sub
1
James Taylor
2
Mike Lamb
3
Lewis Pitts
4
Adeoye Olumuyiwa
5
Ellis White
6
Jim Orvis
7
Ryan Dacres-Smith
8
Jemel Wiseman
9
O (Tobi) Adekunle
10
JesseWaller-Lassen
11
Matt Sheedy
gl
YC
RC
68
78
HT
68
2
Sub 3/5: No
Sub
12
Tyrell Mitford
HT
14
Ethan Taylor
68
15
Curtis Thorn
16
Steven Black
17
Craigh Hunt
16
68
gl
1
Sydenhams League (Wessex)
YC
RC
TEAM SOLENT’S first game in 2017 was their 37th in all competitions this season. Tonight’s line-up had a familiar look about it with James (Cat) Taylor once again donning the keeping gloves. In fact, both keepers are better known for their outfield abilities. Solent included two of its under-16 side on the bench tonight. Solent’s struggled to put their normal slick and efficient passing game together in the opening minutes. There was an early goal though as suddenly passing accuracy hit top drawer as Dacres-Smith found Sheedy whose ‘eye of a needle’ ball enabled Waller-Lassen to be in on Burch and finish firm and low. Waller-Lassen tried a distant effort that Burch blocked whilst a lunging downward White header from an Orvis corner was held by the Fawley keeper. Whiteley tried an effort for the visitors that Cat saved low, whilst Sheedy just failed to get a touch to an Orvis pass for Solent, the ball running through to Burch. Adekunle received a Wiseman pass for Solent but his shot hit the side netting. White did well to close down and deflect a Whiteley shot and, from the resultant Fawley corner, Sayce’s header drifted dangerously across the goal but went wide. Fawley defender Chugg did well to block an
Fawley FC
No
Sub
1
Lee Burch
2
Peter Keating
3
Matt Hawkins
4
Steven Green
5
Callum Chugg
6
Toby Cuss
7
Dylan Gain
8
Dane Sayce
9
Ben Bolton
10
Conor Whiteley
11
Matt Smith
gl
YC
RC
62
63
60
79
54 1
63
Sub 3/5: No
Sub
12
Daniel Semmens
79
14
Kieran Roche
75
15
Lewis Ross
63
16
Sam Burrows
17
Aaron Fry
gl
YC
RC
Adekunle shot whilst, at the other end, Lamb challenged Bolton, the ball going over. HT: 1-0. Mitford came on for Orvis at the break and he almost made an instant impact with a long-range effort that went just over in the opening ten seconds. Waller-Lassen netted his,
and his side’s, second; receiving a Wiseman pass he took it down well and completed a neat finish. Bolton and Smith had chances for the visitors, but they did get a goal back when a Whiteley free-kick from a tad over 25-yards managed to sneak inside the near corner with Solent expecting a kick to the far post. The under-16 players Hunt and E Taylor were brought on and, as Fawley got forward Solent had to rely on stout defending by White and Pitts to keep their lead intact. Adekunle almost finished it for Solent but his low shot from the left hit the near post, the ball went across the goal and out beyond the far stick. Fawley sensed a point but Pitts again defended well, heading a Roche cross clear, whilst Green shot wide. DacresSmith and Mitford combined and it was played to Adekunle on the left who crossed in for the unmarked E Taylor to leap high and send a header into the open net. I’m sure his dad, back in the goal, would be extremely proud to not only play in a game at this level with his son but to notch a goal too – a chip off the old block! FT: 3-1. There we are, game over, it wasn’t the most convincing show at times but ultimately, Solent usually have goals in their locker and it’s three more points. Attention can now be directed to the FA Vase game against Croydon on Saturday. Team Solent are the last Wessex League team remaining in the competition.
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NEXT UP v Croydon - Saturday 7th January 2017 In the event of a drawn game today, teams will play extra time and if the scores are still tied after 120mins, replay at Croydon FC will take place on Saturday 14th January.