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Grass Roots Talk Good Afternoon and welcome to The Grass Roots Stadium for this Spartan South Midland Premier Division tie. Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Biggleswade Utd to Tring, we hope they enjoy their short stay with us, and have a safe trip back afterwards. We also give a warm welcome to our match officials- Mr J.Killen and his assistants-Mr P.Melvyn & Mr J.Reeder Tonight's match is sponsored by John Hollylee and we would like to thank him for his continued generous support. Our guests today are in a rich vein of form at present. They have won 4 and drawn 2 of their last 6 game s and in those games have beaten Berkhamsted, Hertford and Wembley. So they will come to us today full of confidence. However we to are playing well and have beaten Kings Langley and Wembley in recent weeks. We should therefore be in for a cracking game today. We picked up our second win in a row on Tuesday when after excellent work by our groundsman Daryll we were able to play our third game in4 days on the pitch and still have a good surface. This time we beat Holmer Green who have been a bit of a bogey side for us in recent years. That game was Dan Steadman's 100th game for the club so well done to Dan. Our under 15's lost to Harpenden in the Âź final of the County Cup on Sunday but put up a good performance. Our reserves played at Berkhamsted on Wednesday in The Plate where they won 3-2 after extra time. A great result as Berkhamsted although a division below are 6 points clear at the top. To keep up with all our teams results, fixtures and general club news. Don't forget to visit the web site. www.tafc.co.uk
TRING ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB *Charter Standard Club* The Grass Roots Stadium, Pendley Sports, Centre, Cow Lane, Tring, Herts. HP23 5NS Tel. No; 01442 891144 Website: www.tafc.co.uk email: tringathleticfc@hotmail.com Members of:
Molten Spartan South Midland Football League. Hertfordshire Football Association. West Herts Football Association. Suburban Combination League. Under 15 Wycombe Sunday League . Under 18 Southern Floodlit Corinthian League
President Life Vice Presidents
Chairman Programme Editor/ Vice Chairman Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Commercial Manager South Midlands & Suburban. Leagues. Match Secretary Match Secretary-West Herts Registration Secretary Club Welfare Officer Club Coach First Team Managers Reserve Team Managers
A Team Managers. B Team Managers Under 18’s Youth Under 15’s Youth
Sports Therapist. Press Officer. Groundsman Membership Secretary. Kit Laundering. Catering
Position closed Ralph Griffiths/Geoff Gaut Darrell Bodimeade Mick Eldridge. Dee Wells. Jack Winter, Morgan Weston, Matt Stacey, Gill Eldridge & Sandra Foskett.
Cleaning Committee Members.
Amanda Stacey & Alison Parker. Ray Brimsom, Keith Eldridge, Paul Humphreys, Andy Ayres, Mark Weston, Richard Vincent.
David Evans MBE Barry Johnson, Bob Allum, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stilwell. Alan Foskett. Pete Oakley Mick Eldridge. Barry Simmons. Robert Winter Keith Hamilton. Dan Barnett Tony Steadman David Stacey. Trevor Langley Trevor Langley vacant Julian Robinson, Ian Richardson. Colin Philips & Chris Juraszek, Stuart Stedman Vacant Steve Alford & Phil Monaghan Nick Seaton & Matt Hayward Graham Poll & Ian Butler
Tring Athletic Football Club CLUB HONOURSWEST HERTS LEAGUE 1961/2: Champions Division 1 1964/5: Champions Division 1 1965/6: Champions Division 1
1962/3: R/U Division 2 (Res)
Winners WH-Challenge Cup
1971/2: R/U Division 1, R/U Apsley Senior Cup Champions Division 2 (Res.) 1972/3: R/U Premier Division, R/U Premier Res (Res) Winners Marsworth Cup (Res.) 1983/4: R/U Division 1 1985/6: R/U Division 1 1986/7: R/U Watford Peace 1987/8: R/U Apsley Senior Cup 1993/4: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.) 1994/5: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.) 1999/0: R/U Division 3 (A Team) 2000/1: R/U Division 3 (B Team) 2001/2: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (A Team) 2002/3: R/U Division 2 (A Team) 2009/2010 Winners Sir Stanley Rous Challenge Cup (B Team) 2012/13 A Team winners Watford Peace Memorial Shield
SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE1994/5: R/U Senior Division Cup 1996/7: Winners St Mary’s Cup 1997/8: R/U Senior Division Champions Reserve Division 2 (Res) 1998/9: Winners- St Mary’s Cup Winners- Senior Division Cup 1999/0: Champions Senior Division. Winners- Herts. Charity Shield . Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy. R/U Senior Division Cup. R/U Herts. Intermediate Cup (Res.). Finalists: St Marys Cup (not played). Winners- Houghton Regis Cup. Winners-Managers of the Year. 2000/1: Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy Winners- Reserve Division 1 (Res.), Winner-Best Playing Surface 2001/2: Winners- Herts. Charity Shield Winner-Best Playing Surface 2002/3: Winners Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Division 1 Cup, R/U Cherry Red Books Trophy, Winner-Best Playing Surface 2004/5: Winners- St Mary's Cup, Finalists of South Midlands Floodlit Cup 2007/8: Winners-Herts Charity Shield 2008/09 Winners- South Midland League Challenge Trophy. Winners- South Midland League Premier Div. Cup. Winners- St.Mary’s Cup
LADIES2005/2006: TVCWL- Runners up. League cup finalist 2006/2007: North London Div 2 Runners up 2007/2008: North London Div 1 Runners up 2011/2012: Winners- Greater London Women’s Football Northern Div., County Cup Finalists
History of Tring Athletic: Formed in March 1958 by a group of local men who contributed app. £2,000 towards the cost of the land, fencing, changing rooms etc .Players, Committee members and friends carried out the work while the team played on another pitch. Originally formed for youngsters under the age of 21, the team won many trophies in the West Herts. Div. 3 including the Div. 1 title 3 times in 5 years, often playing against adult sides.
The 70’s/80’s The Club went through a lean time and it was decided to scrap the upper age limit. Many former players returned which resulted in another successful period in the early 1970’s. Many fine players turned out for the Club and went on to play for professional/senior clubs. In the mid-seventies the Club nearly folded and the ground was sold to the Council. The reserves were disbanded and the First team dropped down through the leagues. It was decided to turn to youth again. This formula enabled the Club to work back through the leagues and by 1986 we were competing in the Premier Div. and the reserves were resurrected.
South Midlands-The 90’s. In 1988 the Club joined The South Midlands and as a result gained Senior status with The Herts. FA In 1989 we entered in a 3 year ground sharing agreement with Tring Town. In 1992 the first team moved back to Miswell Lane, where the Reserves had continued to play. The side established itself in The South Midlands and gained promotion to the newly formed Senior Div. in 1993. In 1994/5 season, the First Team reached the final of the Senior Div. Cup While the Reserves were finalists in the Apsley Junior Cup for the second year running. In 1996/7 after leading the Div. for the whole season, some poor results at the end found us finishing 3 rd. We also reached the semi- final of the Herts. Charity Shield and won the St. Mary’s Cup beating 5 Senior sides including Isthmian League Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Town In 1997/8 after winning the last 14 games we lost out on the Title on goal difference of 2. The Reserves won their league by 10 points winning every home game. The following year we won the South Midlands Senior Div. Cup and also The St. Mary’s Cup for the second time, defeating neighbours Tring Town in the semi-final in front of a crowd of 350, mostly Athletic supporters. In the league after suffering just one defeat in 28 games, we finished 3 rd. The 1999/2000 season proved to be one to remember. £ 50k was spent on new changing rooms and extending the Clubhouse and over 1000 people turned up to watch a Watford X1 refereed by Graham Barber and Graham Poll.. We also formed a third team a Vets side and a Ladies team. The season turned out to be our most successful. Not only winning the Senior Div. by 11 points, we also reached 5 finals. Winning The Herts. Charity Shield, Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy and the Cherry Red Books Trophy in it’s inaugural year. We were narrowly beaten 1-0in The Senior Div. Cup and the reached Final of the St. Mary’s Cup which was never played because of a back log of fixtures. We were awarded the Houghton Cup for achievements in outside competitions. The Management team were also voted Managers of the season. We lost only 6 out of 60 games all season. The Reserves reached the Final of The Intermediate Cup and the A Team finished runners up in the West Herts. Div.
The New Millennium
We continued our success into the new one (2000/01) by retaining the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy (again beating Wormley Rovers 2-0) and the Cherry Red Books Trophy (Virginia Water 1-0). The Reserves won the League title and a newly formed B Team claimed the runners-up spot. The following season (2001/02) we won the Herts. Charity Shield for the 2nd time beating Letchworth 4-1. The A Team reached the Apsley Junior Cup final and the B Team won the sporting award.
Season 2002/03 – More success followed as we capture the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy for the 3rd time, to
become the first club to do so. We finished 3rd in the table and won the League Cup for the 2nd time, to make 12 major trophies in 7 years. We were also finalists in the Cherry Red Books Trophy. The A Team finished runners up as did the Under 16's in their first season, the B Team won the sporting award for the 2nd year running and the Ladies had a great run in the Women's FA Cup. For the 3rd year running Darrel Bodimeade won an award for the best playing surface, which is just reward for the tremendous job he does for the club.
Season 2003/04 –Following our failure to secure floodlights at Miswell Lane we entered into an historic alliance with Tring Town to play our first and reserve team football in season 2004/05 at Pendley where lights are already in place. The main focus was to be to raise the funds needed to build a new Clubhouse, the previous building burnt down in March 2003. Miswell Lane will be retained and will be used by our A, B, and Ladies sides. This new arrangement with Tring Town secured senior level football in the town.
Season2004/05 – New season at a new ground in a new division with fantastic facilities. First team finished 6th in the Premier Division and also won the St Mary's Cup for the 3rd time defeating Hemel Hempstead in the Final. We were also Runners Up in the South Midlands Floodlit Cup Final losing on penalties to Oxhey Jets. Played in the F A Vase for the first time.
Season 2005/6 –The Club entered the F A Cup for the 1st time in its history but was defeated in the prelim round. In a disappointing season the highlight was a victory over Watford in the Herts Senior Trophy with a large crowd enjoying a 1-0 win. Defeat in this competition came at the hands of Stevenage Borough of the Conference league
Season 2006/7-The first team finished mid table after a difficult start to the season. Went 3 rounds in the e.on FA Cup, losing to Kings Lyn, the biggest side in the competition at that time. The events of the year however came after the season had completed. Mick Eldridge and Ray Brimsom stepped down as first team managers after 17 years. Ron Brimsom also after 16 years decided to hand over the reigns and our Hon. Secretary Ralph Griffiths also stood down after 25 years in that position. A wealth of experience which thankfully will not be lost, as they are all staying on in some capacity.
Season 2007/2008-.The new management team of Phil Casserley and Terry Nightingale ended in glory at The County Ground, Letchworth, with the First Team lifting The Herts. Charity Shield for the 3 rd time.
Season 2008/2009- A reasonable league campaign saw the first team finish in 8th position. However in true Athletic tradition, it was in the cups in which we excelled, reaching 4 semi-finals. After being 4-2 up with just a few minutes to go, 3 late goals meant the first one slipped away. This strengthened the resolve of the whole team and in a remarkable last seven days of the season, three trophies were gained. Winning the League Challenge Trophy and Premier Div. Cup for the first time and also defeating local rivals Leverstock Green to pick up the St. Mary’s Cup for the 4th time Ex-player, Ben Williams re-joined the club as reserve team manager mid season and will lead the side in the Suburban League next season.
Season 2009/2010- After last season’s tremendous cup haul, this year the first team finished without a trophy. However they finished third in the league, the highest position the club’s history so far. With the ground getting the higher ground grading required, the management and players will be hoping to put in a challenge for the title in 2010/2011. The B Team did pick up some silver ware winning The Stanley Rous Challenge Cup at Hemel Hempstead Town’s ground.
Season 2010/2011- The first team finished runners up in The Premier Division. They also won The St. Mary’s Cup beating Leverstock Green in the final and reached the final of The Floodlite Cup, losing 2-0 to Royston Town
Season 2011/2012- With a new Management set up and several new faces in the First team, we were pleased to finish in the top six and reach 3 cup semi-finals. All our sides performed well, with one of our youth sides going through the league season undefeated. The ladies won their league and reached the final of the County Cup, losing to Arsenal reserves.
- Mixed season with the 1st team winning their initial F A Cup tie at Bedfont and then losing in the next round to Ashford Town after a replay, in the F A Vase we lost at first hurdle to FC Romania. In the League we finished just below half way, lost on penalties to Hadley in the semi final of the Premier Division Cup and were finalists in the St Mary's Cup losing to local rivals Berkhamsted. The "A" Team, under Dave Adamson and James Bevan won the West Herts Peace Memorial Cup for the first time in the Club's history. Unfortunately the Ladies team withdrew from their league through lack of players. SEASON 2012/2013
SEASON 2013/2014 -First team had a good run in The FA Vase and finished mid-table. Reserves finished
runners up on goal difference and won promotion to the Premier Division. Club purchased the Free-Hold of the ground and second pitch to ensure future football in the town.
TODAYS BIG MATCH - BIGGLESWADE UNITED Previous Games 97/98
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2-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 4-0 4-1 3-2 1-0 2-2 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-2 1-2 3-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-1 3-1 7-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 5-1 3-1 2-1 3-2 4-1 3-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 1-3 2-1
Johnson 2, Ranger, Stewart Humphreys 2, Conway, Boniface D Foskett 2, Whicker OG Mosley P, Boniface James, Mosley P Boniface Stedman, Mosley P, Tardieu Foskett Humphreys Whicker, Gray, North Perry (Awarded game – ineligible player) Iannone 2, North Humphreys 2, Gibbs Gray 3, C Salmon, Otum, Caseman, OG Burfoot Hall Burfoot 2 Williams, Addison, C Salmon, Britton, OG Mullins, Burfoot, Gray Fields 2 Hall 2, C Salmon Mullins 2, Gray, Iannone Jackson 2, Iannone Dixon 2, Redford Waite Thomas, Fields P Smith, Waite
Taylor Collins Collins,Turner
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Humphreys 2 Johnson 2, Humphreys D Robbins
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Biggleswade United – Our Club History Biggleswade United Football Club was re-formed on the 16th July 1959. However, local history records indicate that there was a Biggleswade United side playing at Second Meadow as early as 1929. Our first season (1959/60) saw us competing in Division Three of the North Herts. League (NHL). After 10 successful years in the NHL the club made the step up to South Midlands League (SML) football. But towards the end of a 15-year association with the SML the club began to struggle and after three years of finishing in the bottom three of Division One we sought fresh fields. The club joined the Herts. Senior but club continued to find the going tough. In 1986 we elected to return to local League football, joining the Bedford and District Football League and began to build again. The appointment of Brian Swords as first team manager in 87/88 proved to be the turning point in the club's fortunes. During the next ten years the club achieved a tremendous amount of success on and off the football pitch. Our record of League and Cup honours speak for themselves but aligned to this a great deal of work went on behind the scenes to match the on-field success. The club now boasts one of the best clubhouse and ground facilities in the Mid-Bedfordshire area. The success of the club has also attracted many new players as well as commanding a great deal of loyalty from those players who helped the club progress from Division Three of the Bedford and District League to County Senior Club status in just 15 years. The 1995/96 season was the most successful in the club's history - winning five major honours; the Beds Intermediate County Cup, Bedford and District League Championship, League Cup Championship and as the League's representatives the club won the Beds. FA Centenary Cup. Having won every major Bedford League honour the club felt it was time to move on and made the decision to make the step up once again and returned to Division One of the SML. In an exceptionally successful first season we celebrated a Division One "double" by winning the Championship and the Division One Cup. We also retained the Beds. FA Intermediate County Cup, only the second club in the competition's history to achieve this feat. To crown our success the club were awarded the SML Special Achievement Trophy in July 1997. In the season 1997/98 we finally achieved Senior status. This was achieved not only through the endeavours of the players on the field but ultimately as a result of an extremely hard working committee. With the help of the Biggleswade Town Council a new stand was erected and perimeter fencing installed. And two seasons later the club erected floodlights and on the evening of 26th October 1999 we played our first-ever floodlit game at Second Meadow, Ryman League side Leighton Town were the visitors in the Bedfordshire Premier Cup. The next eleven years saw the first team led by Steve "Snowy" Wright and under his management the club continued to enjoy a very high level of League and Cup success ultimately achieving promotion to the Molten Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Division and with it the opportunity to compete in the FA Cup. And under Snowy the club made three Beds FA Senior Challenge Cup final appearances, winning two of the three with victories over Stotfold (4-1) and Leighton Town (1-0) but missed out in 2006/07 going down 2-0 to Dunstable Town. Snowy's other cup successes came in the form of the Hunts Premeir Cup, North Beds Charity Cup, Hinchingbrooke Cup, the SML Division One Cup and the SML Special Achievement Award once again. The end of the 2006 2007 saw Snowy step down as manager with his assistant, Nick Burton taking over the first team reins. The 2006 2007 season marked a crucial time in the club's history with the formation of a youth structure that sees Biggleswade girls and boys aged 7 to 18 able to be part of Biggleswade United. We now have twelve youth teams including three girls teams with a well established youth committee. The profile of the club as a community club is very much boosted by the association with such a well organised and well structured youth set up. January 5th 2009 saw the club embark on further ambitious ground improvements. With financial backing from Biggleswade Town Council, Mid Beds District Council and the Football Foundation we installed a 260-seater stand, fully enclosed the ground with a double turnstile entrance and players' secure walkway which raised the ground to Grade E status. After several years of stability in terms of first team managers the next six years saw a regular turnover of first team and reserve team managers with Nick Burton, Dave Elkin and Phil Childs all taking over the first team reins for a time. At the start of the 2013 2014 season we appointed Mick Reardon and Mark Royal as first team managers both of whom have enjoyed success as coaches at the higher levels of football. Their disciplined approach was quickly adhered to and responded to by the players. The new 2014 – 2015 season has seen the arrival of several new young players to the club following the club’s positive decision to introduce a side that will compete in the Suburban League as well as continuing to compete in the SML Premier Division. The Suburban side will be managed by Gary Burkett who enjoyed success with Shefford Saints Under 18s and many talented young players will be part of the United Squad. Gary will be assisted by former Bushey Met Police manager, Tony Jones. In November 2014 the club took a further positive step to realise our ambitions with the appointment of Sky Sports Presenter and renowned author, Guillem Balague as Biggleswade United’s Director of Football. The club has certainly come a long way in relatively few years but we could not have done it without the help of a very supportive Town and District Council who clearly understand the benefits of having a community based club in Biggleswade. Our success is also very much down to a very hard working committee who throughout the year - not just the football season - continue to volunteer their time and commitment to the club, to help it continue to thrive and be a source of enjoyment for our supporters and the Biggleswade community.
CLUB NOTICE Please
Be considerate when parking your car; Do not drop litter around the ground, either take it home or use the bins provided; Do not use foul or abusive language or obscene gestures; Do not throw any items onto the pitch; Do not run onto the pitch or encroach the playing area; Do not sit on, or in front of, the barrier surrounding the playing area; Note that no alcohol - in cans, bottles or glasses - is allowed outside the Clubhouse whilst matches are in progress. Note that any form of racial abuse, or language used to incite or provoke others is an arrestable offence. Tring Athletic Football Club reserves the right to refuse admission or to eject from the ground any person at any time.
2014 FIXTURES FIRST TEAM Sat 24th Tues 27th Sat 31
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Biggleswade Utd-Home-League
Sutton Utd -Away
London Tigers-AwayHertford Town-Away-League
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Harefield Utd-Away-League
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League Table Season 2014/2015 inc-20/01/2015 1
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GA
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Kings Langley
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17
2
4
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22
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AFC Dunstable Harefield United Sun Sports Berkhamsted Hertford Town Wembley St Margaretsbury Tring Athletic Biggleswade United Hadley London Colney Colney Heath Oxhey Jets Hoddesdon Town Leverstock Green Cockfosters Stotfold London Tigers Ampthill Town Holmer Green Hillingdon Borough
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
25 27 25 24 24 21 21 24 27 23 21 26 23 23 26 22 24 21 27 23 26
15 14 15 14 13 13 11 12 11 12 11 10 8 8 8 8 6 4 4 4 2
5 6 2 2 4 1 6 3 5 1 3 5 5 5 5 3 7 7 4 1 4
5 7 8 8 7 7 4 9 11 10 7 11 10 10 13 11 11 10 19 18 20
51 64 53 55 52 49 53 40 55 46 34 48 39 35 40 31 37 32 27 30 42
36 42 38 33 34 31 28 32 53 44 18 37 45 44 63 48 53 47 74 79 81
50 48 47 44 43 40 39 39 38 37 36 35 29 29 29 27 25 19 16 13 10
Suburban Premier Division 2014/15-inc 17/01/2015
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Metropolitan Police Sutton United Royston Town Corinthian Carshalton Athletic Tonbridge Angels Hampton & Richmond Boro Uxbridge Welling United Corinthian-Casuals Boreham Wood Tring Athletic
15 9 14 13 14 9 10 8 11 11 11 13
10 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2
3 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 1 3 0 3
2 0 8 6 7 1 4 2 6 5 8 8
46 31 35 30 21 22 18 10 18 18 18 14
28 6 38 31 37 14 18 13 22 19 28 27
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33 23 18 17 17 16 14 14 13 12 9 9
SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLAND PREMIER DIVISION Tuesday 20th January 2015 Match sponsored by Jean & Les Robbins
Tring Athletic 3 1 Holmer Green Following another exibition of the fine work of our groundsman, this match was able to take place where many failed again. Athletic overcame local rivals Holmer Green with a hard working performance and enhance their home record for the season. Athletic nearly scored after just 2 minutes following a defensive error,but Chris Vardy' cross was just out of reach of Kieron Turner who could not get a firm touch to hit the target. Both sides looked to attack whenever they had the ball but it was Athletic who opened the scoring after 16 minutes. Ryan Sturges won the ball on the right then played a deft pass to Kieron Turner to score. Holmer Greens keeper had to go off in the 24th minute following an earlier injury, outfield player and captain Gary Lines donned the goalkeeping jersey and Paul Lindsay came on for the injured keeper. In the 27th minute Holmer Green equalised through Tom PeddleJames following a quick break, the ball seemingly taking a deflection to beat home keeper Jack Hopwood. Just 2 minutes later Athletic regained the lead. Ryan Sturges again involved putting a perfect cross into the area and finding Chris Vardy who headed into the goal. Holmer Green won a number of corners and free kicks during the last 10 minutes of the first half but were unable to create any chances with Athletic defending in numbers. Half Time: Tring Athletic 2 Holmer Green 1 Holmer Green looked to find an equaliser from the start of the second half, striker Dean Allen trying his luck from a long way out but keeper Jack Hopwood saved comfortably. It was Athletic however who then increased their lead. An excellent move involving Ryan Sturges and Kieron Turner down the right saw the latter fire in a low cross which found Vinnie Iannone at the far post, who blasted the ball into the roof of the net.
Athletic nearly scored again just minutes later, defender Kevin McManus hitting a post following a defenders error.
The game was fairly even, neither side were able to dominate possession but there was at times some good football being played. As the game progressed both sides made substitutions with Vinnie Iannone being replaced by Stewart King and Holmer Greens Tom Peddle-James being replaced by Tom Fifield. In the 74th minute Holmer Green won a free kick near Athletics penalty area, Nick Robinson found himself unmarked at the far post from the free kick, played the ball across the goal, the ball fell to Athletics Sam Joliffe who mis-hit his clearance but fortunately the ball rebounded off the crossbar before Athletic managed to clear the danger. In added time Taylor Collins, who earlier came on for Kieron Turner, ran at Holmer Greens defence, his initial shot rebounded off a defender but he then unleashed another shot which stand-in keeper Gary Lines did well to save. As usual this was a close game between the two sides, with both sides working hard to produce an entertaining game on a good playing surface. TAFC: Jack Hopwood,Kevin MaManus,Ryan Sturges,Chris Salmon (c), Dan Stedman,Adam Toone,Kieron Turner(Taylor Collins 77) ,Vinnie Iannone(Stewart King 68),Sam Jolliffe,Ollie Hogg,Chris Vardy(Rob Tomlin 77). Holmer Green: Dan Little (Paul Lindsay 24),Ben Bradley,Adam Weedon,Richard Wallace,Sam Pettyfer(Nick Robinson 68),Curtis Stone,Tom Peddle-James(Tom Fifield),Gary Lines (c),Dean Powles,Dean Allen,Andy Shed. Attendance: 54!
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K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler O.Butler O.Butler K.McManus K.McManus O.Butler M.Green M.Green M.Green L.Benning M.Green L.Benning K.McManus M.Green M.Green M.Green M.Green C.Cutler K.McManus K.McManus
C.Harrison M.Green C.Salmon K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey K.McManus K.McManus K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler K.McManus K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey K.McManus K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey
D.Steadman R.McMahon T.Gibbs M.Green K.McManus O.Butler T.Gibbs C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon K.McManus S.Joliffe K.McManus S.Joliffe C.Salmon C.Salmon M.Green
A
80
W
4.1
M.Evans
K.McManus
P.Jeffrey
H A H H H H A A H A H H H A A A H A A H A H A
20 50 53 173 35 53 26 54 110 61 85 54
W W L L W W L W L L W W
5.2 0-2 0.2 0-1 1-.0 2.1 2.O 3.1 0-1 0-1 4.O 3.1
M.Evans J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood
M.Green K.McManus K.McManus K.McManus K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler O.Butler O.Butler K.McManus K.McManus R.Sturgess
K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman
C.Salmon D.Stedman D.Stedman A.Toone D.Stedman C.Salmon A.Toone A.Toone
K.McManus S.Steadman S.Steadman K.McManus
K.McManus C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon
SEASON 2014/2015 5 M.Green C.Salmon M.Green A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone S.Jollife A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon A.Toone A.Toone K.McManus C.Salmon D.Stedman L.Dunstan D.Stedman D.Stedman D.Stedman
6 C.Salmon R.Sturges R.McMahon C.Salmon L.Benning C.Salmon C.Salmon T.Gibbs T.Gibbs T.Gibbs R.McMahon R.McMahon S.Jollife S.Jollife T.Gibbs T.Gibbs T.Gibbs T.Gibbs R.McMahon T.Gibbs S.Jollife T.Gibbs D.Stedman R.McMahon A.Toone R.McMahon C.Salmon S.Jollife S.Jollife R.Sturges R.McMahon O.Hogg O.Hogg A.Toone A.Toone
7 R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird R.Sturges T.Gibbs C.Vardy C.Vardy T.Colllins C.Vardey R.Sturges R.Sturges R.Sturges R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird K.Turner K.Turner R.Sturges R.Sturges G.Deer R.Sturges R.Sturges R.Sturges O.Hogg S.Jollife G.Deer S.Jollife G.Deer T.Gibbs O.Butler R.Sturges R.McMahon G.Deer R.McMahon C.Vardy K.Turner K.Turner
8 L.Dunstan G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer T.Gibbs T.Gibbs G.Deer R.Sturges G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer K.Turner G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer S.Jollife G.Deer G.Deer T.Gibbs G.Deer G.Deer R.Sturges T.Gibbs R.Sturges S.Jollife L.Dunstan R.McMahon R.McMahon O.Hogg G.Deer S.Joliffe V.Iannone V.Iannone
9 S.King V.Iannone S.King V.IannoneV.IannoneS.King S.King S.King S.King T.Colllins T.Colllins C.Vardy T.Colllins O.Butler T.Colllins O.Butler O.Butler T.Colllins O.Butler S.King O.Butler C.Vardey O.Butler C.Vardey C.Vardy O.Butler C.Vardy C.Vardy T.Colllins G.Deer V.Iannone V.Iannone T.Colllins S.Joliffe S.Joliffe
10 C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy G.Deer G.Deer C.Vardy G.Deer C.Vardy C.Vardy S.King T.Colllins C.Vardey T.Colllins C.Vardy R.McMahon C.Vardy O.Butler K.Turner T.Colllins G.Deer S.Jollife T.Gibbs K.Turner T.Colllins K.Turner T.Colllins K.Turner K.Turner T.Colllins C.Vardy C.Vardy O.Butler T.Colllins O.Hogg
11 S.Bailey-Aird S.King T.Colllins T.Colllins-[2] T.Colllins T.Colllins R.Sturges T.Colllins S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird P.Jeffrey O.Butler S.Bailey-Aird R.Sturgess L.Dunstan L.Dunstan R.Sturges L.Dunstan P.Jeffrey C.Vardy K.Turner C.Vardy T.Colllins R.Sturges T.Colllins R.Sturgess R.McMahan L.Dunstan K.Turner L.Dunstan S.Steadman R.Tomlin R.Tomlin C.Vardy
subs R.McMahon T.Gibbs V.Iannone S.King S.King R.Sturges R.McMahon T.Colllins S.King L.Benning S.King K.Turner T.Gibbs M.Green L.Dunstan T.Colllins K.Turner T.Gibbs K.Turner S.King T.Colllins T.Colllins T.Gibbs V.Iannone D.Stedman O.Butler R.Sturges C.Vardy S.Bailey-Aird R.Sturges T.Collins G.Deer L.Dunstan S,King
5 V.Iannone S.Steadman S.Bailey-Aird L.Benning R.Sturgess S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird O.Butler R.McMahon K.Turner M.Green T.Gibbs P.Jeffrey O.Butler S.Jollife K.Turner C.Cutler T.Colllins O.Butler T.Colllins R.Sturgess K.Turner P.Jeffrey K.Turner C.Vardey G.Deer G.Deer O.Hogg V.Iannone T.Colllins S.Joliffe K.Turner S,King T.Colllins
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6 S.Jollife T.Colllins
R.McMahan R.McMahon L.Benning
P.Jeffrey O.Butler P.Jeffrey S.Bailey-Aird T.Colllins S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird C.Vardey K.Turner S.Bailey-Aird R.McMahan V.Iannone S.Jollife T.Colllins C.Vardy K.Turner R.Tomlin L.Dunstan O.Hogg R.Tomlin
Tring Athletic First Team Appearances. Season 2014/2015 Player
1ST Team Total
Total as Sub
Club Total
Total Goals
1st Team
As Sub
Goals
Taylor Collins Ryan Sturges Greg Deer Kevin McManus Adam Toone Chris Vardy Ollie Butler Matt Evans Trevor Gibbs Chris Salmon Paul Jeffreys Kieron Turner Ryan McMahon Sonney Bailey-Aird Sam Joliffe Michael Green Stewart King Vinnie Iannone Jack Hopwood Luke Dunstan Dan Steadman Lee Benning Stuart Steaman Ollie Hogg Chris Cutler Carl Harrison David Salmon Rob Tomlin
58 72 41 30 49 73 61 24 389 350 115 23 19 17 125 45 80 225 11 10 31 43 398 8 2 2 139 4
16 16 3 0 1 4 18 0 ? 24
59 77 42 32 53 74 118 28 396 365 198 24 23 22 141 51 87 235 16 18 100 44 507 8 3 20 179 4
18 5 8 0 2 32 5 0 45 31 4 10 0 1 3 2 31 78 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0
34 28 29 30 27 29 27 24 23 27 20 23 19 17 20 16 16 12 11 10 10 6 8 8 2 2 0 4
12 4 3 0 0 4 5 0 5 0 4 11 6 10 5 2 5 5 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 2
12 4 4 0 1 20 3 0 5 2 0 10 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 6 10 23 3 ? 63 0 2 4 10 N/K 1 1 1 14 2
Sat 10th Jan 2015 League TAFC Reserve team 0-2 Carshalton Athletic On 30 September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain triumphly waved an Anglo-German Agreement declaring "Peace for Our Time" at the Heston Aerodrome. Shortly afterwards came the bloodiest global conflict of the 20th Century. In the lead up to the 1976 Test Series, England Captain Tony Greig proudly declared that he intended to make the West Indies grovel. England slumped to a 3-0 Series Defeat. Along the same theme, on 10th January 2014 - Tring Athletic Reserve Manager Colin Phillips surveyed his striking options - with club record scorer Andy Humphreys and Alex Groom returning, and with Stewart King and Ryan Sturges in the line up - and confidently predicted goals in their Suburban Premier League clash with Carshalton Athletic. Athletic failed to record a shot of note all game... It wasn't for the want of trying. As has been the case all season, Tring grafted, worked hard and had good shape - but the opposition has been a step above all season. In the first half, Athletic were shoddy in possession but restricted their opponents to shots from distance. They also could have had a couple of penalties and could feel hard done by. King surged down the right and whipped over a cross that Humphreys and Groom agonisingly failed to reach. That was in Tring's first attack as sloppy play persistently put the lads under needless pressure. Tring improved - King surged forward again but was hauled down. No penalty. A free kick was whipped into the box - Smethers was hauled to the floor. No penalty. With Tring on the ascendancy and piling forward, Ryan Sturges inexplicably underhit a backward pass to George Tomlin. Green missed his tackle and Grasso could not stop the shot. Half Time - TAFC Res 0 Carshalton Ath 1 The second half started in the same vein - with Carshalton excellent defence preventing Humphreys and Green from getting a sniff. At the other end, a Carshalton free kick was left to beat everyone and was headed back across the box. 2-0. To their credit the lads kept on battling, with Caterer making a difference with his direct running. But no-one could get on the end of his crosses. At the other end, Grasso made a couple of fine saves to keep Tring in it. But despite their brave efforts and excellent team spirit it was not to be. Team - Grasso, Cullimore J, Tomlin G, Salmon D (Cullimore T) , Butler J, Green, Sturges (Caterer), Smethers, Groom, Humphreys, King (Seaton). Sub not used - Naylor.
Chilfest is back for 2015 UPDATE, Saturday's acts announced today are Billy Ocean (headlining) ABC, Limahl, Bad Manners, The Real Thing, The Blow Monkeys & Sonia. Tickets will be on sale from Friday 5th December. From www.chilfest.co.uk - more details & further line ups to follow Since announcing back in July that Chilfest would not be returning we have been overwhelmed by the comments received from so many in support of the event. We have now had a chance to consider your views and this, combined with some exciting developments in identifying possible line-ups for a future event, has led to a re-think on our part. So we're delighted to announce that Chilfest WILL be returning on Saturday 10 July 2015. Staging Chilfest has always been about doing good for the local community and we're also delighted to announce that we have once again chosen Rennie Grove Hospice Care as our charity. Despite the financial challenges of the last two years we have donated ÂŁ20,000 to the charity to help them deliver hospice at home care and support for people in our local community with cancer and lifelimiting illness. We'll be posting more details about Chilfest 2015 in the coming weeks on this page and on our website but please share this announcement with all your Facebook and non-Facebook friends and help us get the word out there
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Sat 17th Jan 2015 League Sponsored by Pete Oakley TAFC First team 4-0 Hillingdon Borough TAFC goals: Vincenzo Iannone, Kieron Turner, Stewart King, Taylor Collins Although Athletic nearly scored in the first minute it was Hillingdon who had the better of the first 10 minutes. They won several corners and home keeper Jack Hopwood was called into action after 5 minutes to palm away a shot from Roy Byron. Athletic then moved up a gear and were creating a number of good opportunities, especially down the right hand side. Midfielder Kieron Turner had three shots during the half that just cleared the goal and Vinnie Iannone had a header saved by visiting keeper Alex Marginean following a good run by Taylor Collins. Athletic finally got their reward for all the hard work. Rob Tomlin won the ball in midfield, he fed the ball to Kieron Turner who played the ideal ball through to striker Vinnie Iannone who then coolly beat the keeper at the near post. Although Athletic dominated the remainder of the half Hillingdon had a great opportunity to equalise, however centre forward Robert Gradwells shot flew high over the bar. Half Time: Tring Athletic 1 Hillingdon Borough 0 It took Athletic just 4 minutes from the restart to increase their lead. A quick break saw Taylor Collins collect the ball, his pass inside found Kieron Turner who checked to the side of a defender before firing low into the far corner. Opportunities kept coming and Vinnie Iannone hit the underside of the bar following good work by Kieron Turner. The 61st minute saw a contentious referee decision. Vinnie Iannone was played through by Kieron Turner, he pushed the ball past the oncoming keeper who clattered him to the floor for an obvious penalty. Everyone was expecting a certain red card but the referee only produced a yellow.
Sam Joliffe stepped up to take the penalty but blasted the ball over the bar. Stewart King came on for Vinnie Iannone and scored with his first touch in the 70th minute after being played through by Taylor Collins. Athletic continued to create chances and scored again in the 81st minute. Stewart King returning the compliment by setting up Taylor Collins to score. An excellent result for the home side and their supporters. Athletic fully deserving the win following all their hard work and some excellent football at times. It was also pleasing to see defender Adam Toone slotting back into the side after injury and contributing to a clean sheet. Thanks also go to groundsman Darrell Bodimeade, working wonders, that enabled this game to go ahead following the adverse weather conditions over the past few days, including snow on the morning of the game. TAFC: Jack Hopwood, Kevin MaManus, Stuart Steadman(Luke Dunstan 56), Chris Salmon (c), Dan Stedman, Adam Toone, Kieron Turner, Vinnie Iannone(Stewart King 69), Sam Jolliffe(Ollie Hogg 76), Taylor Collins, Rob Tomlin. Subs not used: Chris Vardy and Ryan Sturges Hillingdon Borough: Alex Marginean,Ben Clements,David Carty,Tom Higging,Richard Dee,Tom Kirk (c),Roy Byron,Lewis Koch,Charles Conner(William Joseph (57),James Clarke-Samuel(Tim Sogunro 77)Robert Gradwell. ATT. 85
Norwich Utd progress to the last 16 of The FA Vase Norwich Utd who beat us 1-0 in the last round of The Vase beat Ashford Utd 5-0 In their re-arranged tie on Tuesday night. What might have been!!!
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Sun 18th Jan 2015 Herts County Cup 5th Round - Quarter final TAFC U15 Youth Team 1-2 Harpenden Colts Pirates TAFC goals: Harry Poll What a terrific effort by all of the lads this morning. We dominated the early stages of the game but gifted our opponents a goal – this one from our corner. After going a second goal down we re-grouped and really worked hard to get back into the game. Every player worked well in their positions and we gradually committed more and more players forward to try and create chances. It seemed unbelievable given the play that we could go into half time 2 goals down but after some great encouragement during the break we flew out in the second half. We were rewarded with an excellent goal from Harry Poll who finished well with his left foot after staying up for a corner. It was all Tring from then on but as hard as we tried we just couldn’t get the goal our play deserved. As the game wore on we left gaps at the back but Luke Priestley came to our rescue whenever Harpenden broke. This was a spirited performance the like of which we need every week.
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TRING ATHLETIC (Red & Black) Jack Hopwood Stewart Steadman Dan Stedman Kevin McManus Chris Salmon Adam Toone Sam Joliffe Taylor Collins Rob Tomlin Chris Vardy Vinnie Iannone Kieron Turner Vinnie Iannone Ryan McMahon Ryan Sturges Sonny Bailey-Aird Trevor Gibbs Greg Deer Matt Evans Ollie Butler
Julian Robinson Ian Richardson Trevor Langley
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