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WELCOME TO ASHBY IVANHOE FC ASHBY IVANHOE VS ROCESTER

Welcome to the NFU Sports Ground for tonight's Midland Football League Division One against Rocester

ASHBY IVANHOE FOOTBALL CLUB

NFU Sports Ground Lower Packington Road Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire, LE65 1TS 01530 413140 ------------------------------------------------

CLUB OFFICIALS Directors: Jon Emmerson & Neil Johnson Club Chairman: Stuart Bonser Club President: David Morris Vice Chairman: Bryan Smith Vice President: Charlie Tissington Snr Senior & Matchday Secretary: Charlie Tissington Jnr Finance Manager: Charlie Tissington Snr Operations Manager: Ian Irving Facilities Manager: Dave Buckley Commercial Manager: Stuart Bonser Interim CWO: Chris Wood Supporters Club Chairman: Mick Buckley Website and Programme Editor: Ryan Johnson Marketing & Communications Manager: Ryan Morris Matchday PA: Mick Buckley Photographer: Shaun Adey Lifetime Members: Keith Wright Head Of Girls & Ladies Football: Neil Crowder Fundraising Co-Ordinator: Charlotte Barnett Membership Co-Ordinator: Nicole Featherstone FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT Manager: Andy Gray Coaches: Pete Dunn & Chris Wood Goal Keepers Coach: Rob Lawrence

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CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME Club Chairman Stuart Bonser gives his latest thoughts ahead of tonight's match

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FIRST TEAM UPDATE Andy Gray gives his latest thoughts ahead of tonight's match

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FIRST TEAM LEAGUE TABLE & GOALSCORERS Latest fixtures update

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IN OPPOSITION All the information of tonight's opponent Rocester

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MAN OF THE MATCH See the winner and vote your next man of the match

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COMPETITION CORNER Word search and spot the ball competition and win a free drink for the first correct entry handed in

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CLUB HISTORY A brief history of Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club

TWITTER: @AshbyIvanhoe_FC FACEBOOK: Ashby Ivanhoe FC FACEBOOK: Ashby Ivanhoe FC Soccer School

RESERVE TEAM MANAGEMENT Knights Manager: Anthony Hurd HEAD OF PLAYER RECRUITMENT Gary Timms MIDWEEK FLOODLIT UNDER 18 MANAGER Conrad Corrolan GROUND STAFF Mark Pepper, Darren Wearmouth, Ryan Morris

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CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME Good evening and welcome to tonight’s game against our visitors Rocester FC and may I extend a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Rocester FC and hope that we all enjoy a good game.

I start my notes with sad news of passing away of Robert Birch.

Robert, was the son Bob Birch, who was one of the clubs long standing supporters and volunteers in the days when we played on Hood Park and we would like to pay our respects by holding a minutes silence at tonight’s game in memory of Robert and pass on our condolences to his family and friends.

Last Saturday saw our home support grow to 154 which was fantastic to see and thank you all for following the team, I know the players and the Club really appreciate it. Thank you to you all for following the COVID guidance and notices that are now placed around the ground and now that we have football back lets ensure that we all continue to follow the rules now set and keep everyone and yourselves safe whilst with us.

The result could have gone either way but a draw was testament to our players who worked hard against a strong Lichfield team and I hope the players took the positives out of the game and can continue to work hard for each other and I am sure more wins will come their way.

This week sees the Midweek Under 18 team start their campaign, here at home tomorrow night and Conrad, James, Mo and Chris have worked hard to pull a squad together that will represent the club under lights and I wish the players all the best for their first experience under the lights and hope you have a good season.

On Thursday night, the Knights are at home against Ellistown FC and I am sure that the players will relish the local derby against some former players and Manager at Ashby Ivanhoe FC. The Knights kicked off their season last Saturday with a narrow defeat against Blaby but I have to remind everyone that the Knights are playing against many first teams in the Premier Division and it will be a good test for the players as they continue with their development and progress at the Club.

All that remains is to wish the players a good game and hope that we can put another performance together which brings us further points.

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FIRST TEAM UPDATE Hello all. Firstly may I take this opportunity to thank you for your

support. Our two previous home games have seen good numbers coming through the club's gates and the players, staff, and myself

appreciate that massively. It does make a difference and long may it continue.

Saturday's result was another close affair against a very useful

Lichfield team. I think you'll agree that we were slow 'out of the

blocks' but after a change at half time, we bossed the second half and created more than enough chances to win the game.

On a positive note, we remain unbeaten in our first 3 games, having played two of last season's top 5.

Tonight will be another tough test as we welcome Rocester to the NFU. Welcome to all involved.

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FIRST TEAM LEAGUE TABLE & GOALSCORERS League Table 2019/2020 Season Midland Football League Division 1 Correct to Tuesday 15th September 2020

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KICK OFF YOUR BUSINESS WITH OUR NEW SEASON RAFFLE The team at Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club understand that times are tough for many businesses and appreciate that spending your money on sponsorship and advertising may not be on top of your priority list but we want to help your business Kick Off with us for the forthcoming Season and invite you to enter our SPONSORSHIP RAFFLE and work with you to promote your business to our ever growing players, coaches, spectators, parents and help you to get your business noticed as a supporter of local football. Each Raffle ticket costs just £250 and your business details get entered into the draw to take place on FRIDAY 18th September at the Clubhouse.

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LETS KICK START YOUR BUSINESS AND OUR SEASON TOGETHER AND BE PART OF A WINNING TEAM! TURN OVERLEAF TO SEE ALL RAFFLE PRIZES

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A RAFFLE WHERE EVERY BUSINESS WINS! THE MAIN PRIZES ARE: MAIN STAND SPONSORSHIP

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IN OPPOSITION TODAY - ROCESTER Rocester F.C.’s lengthy history dates back to 1876 when a number of friendly matches were played against teams from the surrounding area.

As far as can be ascertained, the Ashbourne News Cup provided the club with its first ever trophy in 1913, and several more honours followed during the 1920s and 1930s in local competitions before the club disbanded in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War II. Reformed in 1946, Rocester were soon among the honours again and a move into the Stafford Amateur League in 1953 brought further success when no less than eight trophies were won in just three seasons.

The club stepped up into the Staffordshire County League (North) in 1957, and remained there with varying degrees of success until the formation of the Staffordshire Senior league in 1984.

The appointment of retired Black Country businessman Don Hill as Chairman led to a rapid rise, and under the guidance of former player Alan Beaman the club won its first senior honours when both the Senior League title and the Staffordshire F.A. Vase were annexed in 1986.

Further success followed in 1987 when the Senior League title was retained, and only a penalty shootout defeat in the Staffordshire F.A. Vase Final prevented a repeat of the double achieved a year earlier.

1986-87 proved to be a memorable season in the F.A. Vase, which Rocester had entered for the first time. Starting in the Extra Preliminary, they reached the last 16, knocking out the holders and hot favourites Halesowen Town along the way before a club record attendance of 1,026 at Leek Town.

During the summer of 1987 Rocester moved from their old home, in truth no more than a field with wooden changing rooms, to the present ground, named at the time as Riversfield. The new ground was built on the site of an ancient Roman fort, which led to the adoption of their nickname ‘The Romans’.

At the same time the club joined Division One of the West Midlands (Regional) League where they remained unbeaten in their first 22 games before going on to claim the championship with some ease. They also won the League Cup and the Staffordshire F.A. Vase to complete a magnificent treble.

Rocester took their place in the Premier Division and following an initial mid-table finish they made a challenge for the title in 1989-90 only to be edged into 2nd place by Hinckley Town on goaldifference.

In 1994 Rocester became founder members of the Midland Football Alliance, and in 1998 claimed second place behind Bloxwich Town. However the following season promotion to the Southern League was achieved as MFA Champions. The ground, now renamed ‘Hillsfield’ in memory of Don Hill who died in 1996, had already met the required grade.

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PLAYER PROFILE Name: Sam Grouse

Nickname: Grousey Age: 22

Position: Striker

Nationality: British Height: 5ft �11

Weight: 10 Stone 5

Previous Clubs & Honours: Barwell, Grantham, Stamford and Harrowby

Time With Ashby Ivanhoe? Joined middle of last season

Reason for playing at Ashby Ivanhoe? To win things with a great bunch of lads

What movie character describes you best and why? Dash out of the incredible Why? Because I am like a whippet

Something you may not know about me: I played and scored for England School Boys

Likes: Scoring goals and winning games Dislikes: Hate loosing

My most memorable football moment is - favourite Ashby Ivanhoe moment?

When we beat Leicester road last season with a worldie goal

Goal for 2020/21 season? To win the league or get promoted Who fits the below descriptions in the team?

The smartest? Angus

The funniest? Big Macca

The dumbest? Andy Hulley

The angriest? Jordan Wilson Best looking? Quinny Best dressed? James

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IN OPPOSITION TODAY - ROCESTER League until being relegated back into the Midland Alliance in 2003 after four seasons away. However that disappointment was quickly forgotten when the Midland Alliance title was won at the first attempt, this time with promotion into the Northern Premier League. The move north signalled a big downturn in fortunes and the Romans went through a complete season without a league victory in 2004-05.

Once again relegated back into the Midland Alliance, the downward trend proved difficult to reverse and although performances improved, it wasn't until January 2006 that the team finally recorded its first league win, a 3-1 success at Quorn, to end a run of 67 league games without a win. After finishing bottom, a second successive relegation was only avoided due to league restructuring.

After two disastrous years the club began to move forward again and a respectable 12th place finish was attained along with a run to the 3rd Qualifying Round of the F.A. Cup where they lost narrowly at Kettering Town in front of over 1000 spectators.

The Romans continued to improve during 2007-08, and the season ended on a high when Kidsgrove Athletic were beaten 3-0 in the Staffs Senior Cup Final at Vale Park – the first time Rocester have ever won the prestigious trophy.

Former player Dave Langston proved the most successful of several managers over the next seven years, but his departure in 2013 decimated the squad and a complete rebuild was required. Following a poor start the team failed to recover sufficiently, and after finishing in the bottom three the Romans were spared relegation only after Gornal Athletic were deducted points and Highgate United failed to attain the necessary ground-grading - meaning the club could begin the 2014-15 campaign in the Premier Division of the newly-formed Midland Football League.

Mark Wilson’s appointment as Manager in September 2014 saw fortunes improve dramatically, and in his first season in charge his team finished 12th and reached the final of the League Cup. Wilson resigned in January 2015 with one of his players - Danny Martin - eventually taking over until relegation in 2018 when Andy O’Connor took up the reigns once again. Andy stabilised the club but left due to personal reasons in August 2019. Paul Wright was appointed in September 2019 as his replacement, coming in from Eastwood Hanley.

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ASHBY IVANHOE FC CLUB HISTORY Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club was founded in 1948 and play their home matches at the NFU Sports Ground, Lower Packington Road, Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire.

This is the clubs new home from the beginning of the 2012/2013 season. Since being founded in 1948 up until the end of the 2011/2012 season the clubs previous home was at Hood Park also in Ashby de la Zouch.

The club currently consists of Two adult teams and Twelve sides in the Junior section.

The first team play in the Midland Football League Division One, with the Knights in the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division. In the 2008/2009 season the club formed a Youth Team (Under 18’s) side who play in the Leicestershire Midweek Floodlit Youth League on Wednesday nights. A Sunday team was re-introduced for this season and they play in the Burton Sunday League Division Four.

The club’s junior sides ranging from Under 7’s through to Under 18’s play in the Burton Junior Football League and the Tamworth Junior Football Leagues. The junior section came after the club merged with the David Hunt Soccer School at the beginning of the 2009/2010 season.

In February 2004, Ashby Ivanhoe became an FA Charter Standard football club. The club is very ambitious and has plans to progress further up the league pyramid system. The club is run by an experienced management team and enjoys the support of some very prestigious commercial partners.

Ashby Ivanhoe had one of their most successful seasons in 2010/11 as they completed a league and cup double by winning the Leicestershire Senior League by nine points and also lifted the Coalville Charity Cup for the very first time after producing a superb second half comeback to beat Bardon Hill 3-2 in the final. They have also reached successive Leicestershire Senior Cup finals in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 but had to settle for runners-up on both occasions losing 3-1, firstly to Ibstock United and then Aylestone Park.

The 2013/2014 season saw the first team achieve a long-term ambition as they won promotion into the Step 6 of the Pyramid system playing in the East Midlands Counties League for the 2014/2015 season after finishing third place in the Leicestershire Senior League. It was a close title race with the top three all finishing level on points with Ashby third on goal difference. The Reserves were also promoted to the Leicestershire Senior League Division One. 2014/2015 saw Ashby compete at Step 6 for the first time and they had a very good season and secured a top six finish in the East Midlands Counties League which featured victories against all of the sides above them. The Reserve side were involved in a tight title race and it went down to a last day decider against Lutterworth Athletic Reserves but despite the result going against them on the day they were still promoted for the second season in succession and will play at Step 7 in the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division for 2015/2016.

2015/2016 saw Ashby have another fine season and they mounted a strong title challenge and they led the East Midlands Counties League for the majority of the season before finally finishing in third place. That saw them assured of a first ever appearance in the FA Cup for the 2016/2017 season where the aim again will be to push for promotion to Step 5.

The 2016-17 season was the most memorable in the history of Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club. For the very first time in the clubs history they were accepted to play in the most famous club competition in the world, The FA Cup. It turned into a thrilling journey with higher ranked opponents of Quorn and vs Rocester | Tuesday 15th September 2020 | www.ashbyivanhoefc.co.uk

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ASHBY IVANHOE FC CLUB HISTORY Loughborough Dynamo knocked out before Ashby fell to Ilkeston in the 1st Qualifying Round. Prior to the Ilkeston defeat Ashby received a visit from the FA Cup which was paraded through the town centre visiting local sponsors before players and spectators had the opportunity to view the cup at the NFU Sports Ground.

The league season was inconsistent with a strong finish to the season seeing the team finish in tenth place. The season did end with a first appearance in the final of the Jenkins & Jenkins League Cup but Dunkirk overturned a one goal deficit late on to see Ashby end as runners-up.

The 2017-18 season saw the 1st team finish Seventeenth in the East midland Counties and the Reserves finished in the bottom Two and relegation to Division One. 2018-19 saw the 1st team finish in the bottom half of the East Midlands Counties Football League and The Reserves now called the Knights finish runners up in the Senior League Division One and promoted back to step 7 in the Senior League Premier Division.

In the 2019-20 season Ashby first team faced a fresh challenge when they were moved to the Midland Premier League Division one by the FA in a shake up of the NLS, the season as we all know was expunged due to the pandemic. The Reserves league also had all results expunged.

As a club we are now looking to but our ground and have since the end of the previous season become a CIC club.

CLUB HONOURS East Midlands Counties Football League League Cup Runners Up: 2016/2017 Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division Champions: 2010/2011 Division One Runners Up: 2007/2008 North Leicestershire Football League Premier Division Champions: 1994/1995, 1996/1997 1998/1999, 2002/2003 Premier Division Runners-Up: 1997/1998, 2004/2005 Cobbin Trophy Winners: 1996/1997 Chairmans Shield Winners: 1995/1996, 1996/1997 Leicestershire Senior Cup Runners Up: 2011/2012, 2012/2013 Coalville Charity Cup Winners: 2010/2011 Runners Up: 2002/2003 vs Rocester | Tuesday 15th September 2020 | www.ashbyivanhoefc.co.uk

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THE TEAMS

ASHBY IVANHOE

MANAGER: Andy Gray COACHES: Pete Dunn & Chris Wood GOAL KEEPER COACH: Rob Lawrance PHYSIO: Adie Minshull Byron Musgrove (GK)

ROCESTER

MANAGER: Paul Wright COACHES: Baz Rodgers GOAL KEEPER COACH: Dan Edwards PHYSIO: Riccara Marlowe Charlie Wood (GK)

Sam Taylor (GK)

Carl Allen

Chris Acott

Matt Nutt

Angus Blair-Park

Elisio Francisco

Jake Conkay

Derry Creighton

Liam Donaghy

Jordan Godfrey

Ryan Dowling

Josh Sedgley

James Grouse

Jack Thatcher

Sam Grouse

Joe Brockley

Macauley Holmes (CAPT.)

Lewis Dawson

Andy Hulley

Tommie Cooke

Luke Garner

Callum Jackson

Ross McGarry Joseph Neal Danny Quinn Jack Robinson Tom Rowell

Charlie Cooke Jack Dundas Jay Lovatt Liam Morris Oliver Marsh

Alex Rowland

Kieran Lawton

Jack Samples

Jack Hurd

Harry Stewart Mitch White Jordan Wilson

Jack Stevens Jacob Holding (GK) Charlie Batho

MATCH OFFICIALS

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