Ashby Ivanhoe FC vs Radford FC Saturday 9 August 2014

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ASHBY IVANHOE’S FIRST MATCH AT STEP 6

WORLD WAR ONE 1914 - 1918

VS RADFORD

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EAST MIDLANDS COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST 2014 - 3:00PM NFU SPORTS GROUND

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CHAIRMANS WELCOME Good afternoon and welcome to you all for what marks another milestone in the clubs progress over the last few years, our first game at Step 6 v Radford FC. May I extend a very warm welcome to the players, managers, spectators and officials of Radford FC and hope that you enjoy the game and our hospitality. It is a pleasure to welcome you to our ground.

ASHBY IVANHOE FOOTBALL CLUB NFU Sports Ground Lower Packington Road Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire, LE65 1TS

CLUB OFFICIALS

Club Chairman: Stuart Bonser Club President: David Morris Vice President: Charlie Tissington Snr Senior Secretary: Martin Smith Matchday Secretary: Charlie Tissington Jnr Finance Manager: Neil Johnson Operations Manager: Mark Curtis Facilities Manager: Dave Buckley Commercial Manager: Stuart Bonser Supporters Club Chairman: Mick Buckley Website & Programme Editor: Matthew Lester Matchday PA: Mick Buckley Hospitality/Catering/Bar Manager: Pete & Anna Harvey

FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT Manager: Tony Hemmings Assistant: Martin Rowntree Coach: Yogi Desai Physio: Edward Kelly

RESERVE TEAM MANAGEMENT Manager: Craig Savidge Assistant: Paul Foster Coach: Andy Parry

UNDER 18S MANAGEMENT Manager: Alex Roome Assistant: Luke Thorogood

GROUND STAFF

Mark Pepper, Darren Wearmouth, John Willars, Doug Kendrick

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As you will see there has been, yet again, a lot of hard work done around the ground and on the pitch and this is testament to the desire of many at this club to move forward. The work has been relentless since the season ended with the new stand, entrance, hard standing etc.. My sincere thanks go to Mark Pepper, Darren Wearmouth, Mick Buckley, Dave Buckley, John Willars, Doug Kendrick, David Morris, and Charlie Tissington as well as some players, Josh Pepper, Robbie Avins, Jake Conkay and the First Team Gaffer, Tony Hemmings who all rolled their sleeves up and came up trumps again for the club. Additionally we have now finalised quotes for the new floodlights and seated accommodation which we hope will be in place before Christmas. The cost of new floodlights and seated accommodation will be in excess of £90,000 and we hope to secure maximum funding through the stadia improvement fund and of course we will keep you updated of our progress.

On the field it has been pleasing to see the majority of last season’s squads have returned along with some new faces that will add to the team. The football management team welcomes a new coach, Yogi Desai, who is a passionate coach and who wants to improve players individually and collectively and the feedback from players has been really positive.

Welcome Yogi. The reserve team management remains the same with Craig and Paul and joining them this season is Andy Parry. The Under 18's management team remains the same with Alex and Luke. This consistency can only spell good things for the club and I am sure that each of the respective management team will be working as hard as they did last season to continue with the progress they made.

The junior section continues to grow at the club and this season we will have increased numbers by over 20% again with over 130 junior players now registered with the club. This gives us teams from Under 9's through to the Seniors and our philosophy as a club is getting stronger each year as the youngsters now have a structured coaching programme with natural progression into the Senior squads, evidence of which will be seen today in the reserves and first team. This philosophy is vital to the future of the club and we have worked hard to get the message across that we are a "club".

I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to all of our sponsors at the club who have continued to support us again this season. The support you provide us is vital to the sustainability of the club. We welcome some of the sponsors to today’s game, Stacy Corcoran from Vision Express and Peter Whitehead from John German, who have kindly sponsored our new terrace.

Finally, I would like to thank Matthew Lester, our matchday programme and website editor for continuing to blow us away with his hard work in putting this programme together. Great job Matthew.

Good luck to Tony and the team today.

Stuart Bonser - Club Chairman FRONT COVER IMAGES BY: James Pawlowski, Simon Quinton & Peter Scumaci

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FIRST TEAM UPDATE A wander into history making is how I describe our forthcoming campaign, unknown territory, the first time Ashby Ivanhoe FC have played at step 6. Last season was filled with a lot of trials and tribulations; emotions were high at times with elation and rock bottom through disappointment, notably after our loss at Melton.

However, the players showed great RESILIENCE in dealing with disappointment and continued to work towards our GOAL that was promotion. It was an incredible end to our football season, something that I’ve never experienced in 27 years of being in the football fraternity; the top 3 teams in the league finishing on the same points separated only by goal difference.

Moreover, many changes happened last season: I lost my assistant manager due to work commitments, and then I appointed a club scout and coach and after only 4 months he also moved on to pursue other avenues in football. Only Martin, who is now my assistant manager, and I remain at the club as a management team. For the last 6 weeks of last season, I had to manage match days and most training sessions on my own, which I found difficult, however, with the support of the Chairman, Charlie Tissington and some of the senior players, we were able to motivate the players and finish the season positively.

In the close season I was able to appoint a coach called ‘YOGI’, who runs his own football academy in nearby Measham. He has a wealth of coaching experience, as he’s worked in academies and spent numerous hours working and watching professional coaches deliver coaching sessions tailored to team philosophy. Therefore, I believe we have acquired a great asset to the club.

Responding to the Gaffer's comments, Yogi said; "I'm delighted to be on board with the club working with the 1st Team and relish the opportunity that the Chairman and the Gaffer have given me. We've got a great bunch of lads. I have every confidence that if we maintain the right attitude and embrace the ongoing focus on football development through dedication, commitment and hard work on the training ground, we will succeed together and pave the way forward.

The campaign starts now and we need to hit the ground running on Saturday with a strong performance and a positive result."

In turn, we have also appointed a match day First Aider, ‘Edward Kelly’, a young man that had to finish his football career early through a serious injury which is a shame, as he would have been playing at a high standard as he had the right temperament required to make it as a footballer. As he settles in to his role, he will on match days take on more responsibilities.

Pre-season has gone well: the players have applied themselves well in training, with the majority of the players working to a common goal - WINNING FOOTBALL MATCHES, however, at last my avenues of acquiring players have widened, therefore making changes shouldn’t be as difficult as the previous season.

Although our results during pre-season have been positive, my focus is Radford FC, who I know little about.

I’m hoping that the players don’t let the occasion pass them by and that they play the football that I know they can.

All in all I hope you all enjoy today’s game!!!!

Anthony Hemmings First Team Manager

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FIRST TEAM LEAGUE TABLE & GOALSCORERS Final League Table 2013/2014 Season Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division 1 2 3

Allexton & New Parks Melton Mowbray Ashby Ivanhoe

PL

W

32 32 32

20 21 21

D 7 4 4

L 5 7 7

4 Birstall United 32 20 5 7 5 FC GNG 32 20 2 10 6 Friar Lane & Epworth 32 18 5 9 7 Sileby Town 32 15 11 6 8 Caterpillar 32 16 6 10 9 Desford 32 13 6 13 10 Kirby Muxloe Reserves 32 13 5 14 11 Shepshed Dynamo Reserves 32 10 6 16 12 Cottesmore Amateurs 32 11 4 17 13 Saffron Dynamo 32 8 4 20 14 Earl Shilton Albion 32 8 1 23 15 Rothley Imperial 32 10 1 21 16 Dunton & Broughton Rangers 32 6 3 23 17 Highfield Rangers 32 4 2 26 Rothley Imperial deducted 6 points Caterpillar & Cottesmore Amateurs deducted 3 points

F

A

Goalscorers 2013/2014 Season +/-

PTS

87 33 104 55 82 34

54 49 48

67 67 67

Phil Gibson 31 Luke Thorogood 11 Sam Carline 10

77 92 91 72 80 62 49 71 55 46 56 55 36 24

35 40 41 33 14 3 -15 -6 -14 -43 -41 -45 -57 -96

65 62 59 56 51 45 44 36 34 28 25 25 21 14

Chris Nettel Elliott Bott Dan Stevenson Danny Quinn Michael Ellis Harry Bourne Calvin Dickson Tom Nolan Daniel Turnock Neil Akers Angus Blair-Park Dean Clafferty Macauley Holmes Callum McBride John Noon Jack Ryder Chris Saunders Russell Wagg Own Goals

42 52 50 39 66 59 64 77 69 89 97 100 93 120

Pre-Season Results 2014/2015 DATE

KO

H/A

Sat 5th Jul Sat 12th Jul Sat 19th Jul Sat 26th Jul Sat 2nd Aug

14:00 13:00 13:00 14:00 15:00

H H H H H

OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

RESULT

Holbrook St Michaels Swanwick Pentrich Road Bulwell FC Selston FC Thurnby Nirvana

Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly

Won 3-1 Won 4-3 Won 3-1 Won 2-1 Lost 0-2

Today’s East Midlands Counties League Fixtures Saturday 9th August 2014 Ashby Ivanhoe v Radford Bardon Hill v Aylestone Park Barrow Town v Stapenhill Blaby & Whetstone Athletic v Arnold Town Gedling Miners Welfare v Borrowash Victoria

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9 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Graham Street Prims v Greenwood Meadows Holbrook Sports v Kimberley Miners Welfare Holwell Sports v St Andrews Radcliffe Olympic v Ellistown & Ibstock United South Normanton Athletic v Anstey Nomads

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FIRST TEAM 2014/2015 SEASON FIXTURES & RESULTS DATE

KO

H/A

Sat 9th Aug Sat 16th Aug Sat 23rd Aug Mon 25th Aug Sat 30th Aug Sat 6th Sep Sat 13th Sep Sat 20th Sep Sat 27th Sep Tue 30th Sep Sat 4th Oct Wed 8th Oct Sat 11th Oct Sat 18th Oct Sat 25th Oct Sat 1st Nov Sat 8th Nov Sat 15th Nov Sat 22nd Nov Sat 29th Nov Sat 6th Dec Sat 13th Dec Sat 20th Dec Sat 27th Dec Sat 3rd Jan Sat 10th Jan Sat 17th Jan Sat 24th Jan Sat 31st Jan Sat 7th Feb Sat 14th Feb Sat 21st Feb Sat 28th Feb Sat 7th Mar Sat 14th Mar Sat 21st Mar Sat 4th Apr Mon 6th Apr TBC

15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 19:45 15:00 19:45 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00

H H A A H H H A H A A A A A A H A H A H H A A H A H A H H H A H H A H A A H A

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OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

Radford Bardon Hill Gedling Miners Welfare Stapenhill Arnold Town Borrowash Victoria Holwell Sports Radcliffe Olympic South Normanton Athletic Graham Street Prims Blaby & Whetstone Athletic South Normanton Athletic Bardon Hill Aylestone Park Arnold Town Anstey Nomads Ellistown & Ibstock United St Andrews Holbrook Sports Kimberley Miners Welfare Barrow Town Radford Borrowash Victoria Gedling Miners Welfare South Normanton Athletic Greenwood Meadows Kimberley Miners Welfare Radcliffe Olympic Holbrook Sports Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Barrow Town Aylestone Park Graham Street Prims Anstey Nomads Ellistown & Ibstock United St Andrews Greenwood Meadows Stapenhill Holwell Sports

League League League League League League League League League League League League Cup 1st Round League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League

RESULT

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RESERVE TEAM UPDATE Well we’re back already after what seems to be a very short summer! After taking a personal break with a rather long holiday (or scouting trip to Portugal!) it is good to see that the club has continued to train throughout the summer, and from attending training it is pleasing to see that the majority of the players are looking in good shape for early August. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Yogi to the club as head coach, I already see his efforts are paying off and his training methods look to be a breath of fresh air and a valuable asset to the club.

As we all know by now, both the 1st team and the reserves finished in promotion positions last year and have indeed both moved up a level. This is fantastic news for the club as a whole and it is vital that the club continues this progress this season, as we did last. This of course, will not be easy after stepping up a level, but with the right commitment and attitude from the management and players, I feel anything is possible with the bunch of players we have assembled at the club.

As a reserve side, we more than exceeded my expectation in terms of league position last year and performed 100% better than the previous year. With this sort of progress over only 12 months, and the development and progression of so many youth team members – I dare not to ‘tempt fate’ and commit to a target this year going into an unknown league but I would be right in saying that the future looks very bright! Myself, Foz and Paz (who has now officially joined us as part of managerial set up) now cannot wait to get started with the challenge that lies ahead this season.

That’s it from me, so I’ll take this opportunity to wish Tony and the 1st team, and Alex and the youth team, all the very best for the upcoming season – after a 3rd place and 2 runners up positions last year let’s hope we can all go one step further this time.

Craig Savidge Reserve Team Manager

Pre-Season Results 2014/2015 DATE

KO

H/A

OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

Sat 19th Jul

15:00

Sat 2nd Aug Tue 5th Aug Tue 12th Aug

15:00 18:45 18:30

RESULT

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Borrowash Victoria Reserves

A H H

Loughborough FC Falcons FC Ravenstone United

Pre-Season Friendly A-A Match Abandoned Due to Weather Pre-Season Friendly Lost 2-3 Pre-Season Friendly Won 5-1 Pre-Season Friendly

Opening Fixtures 2014/2015 DATE

KO

H/A

Sat 16th Aug Sat 23rd Aug Mon 25th Aug Tue 2nd Sep Sat 6th Sep Tue 16th Sep Sat 20th Sep Tue 23rd Sep

15:00 15:00 15:00 19:30 15:00 19:30 15:00 19:30

A H H A A A H A

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OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

Anstey Nomads Reserves Ellistown & Ibstock Utd Res Aslockton CFC Lutterworth Athletic Reserves Hathern Ratby Sports Highfield Rangers Asfordby Amateurs

League League League Cup 1st Round League League League League League

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RESULT

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RESERVE TEAM LEAGUE TABLE & GOALSCORERS Final League Table 2013/2014 Season Leicestershire Combination Division One PL

W

D

Goalscorers 2013/2014 Season L

F

A

+/-

PTS

1

Sileby Town Reserves

18

15

1

2

50

14

36

46

Tom Nolan

8

2

Ashby Ivanhoe Reserves

18

11

3

4

46

30

16

36

James Rushton

6

3

Allexton & New Park Reserves 18

11

2

5

48

27

21

35

Kerr Horn

5

4

Desford Reserves

18

10

2

6

53

43

10

32

Ben Pollard

5

5

Earl Shilton Albion Reserves

18

8

1

9

44

40

4

25

Rob Avins

4

6

Birstall United Reserves

18

7

3

8

25

33

-8

24

Johnny Robinson 4

7

Melton Mowbray Reserves

18

4

3

11

32

39

-7

15

Luke Hardwick

3

8

Saffron Dynamo Reserves

18

4

1

13

28

59

-31

13

Michael Verdi

3

9

Caterpillar Reserves

18

8

2

8

42

40

2

10

Matt Samples

2

10

Holwell Sports Reserves

18

3

0

15

20

63

-43

9

Daniel Turnock

2

Caterpillar Reserves deducted 16 points

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UNDER 18S UPDATE Under 18s Manager Notes Firstly may I extend a warm welcome to Radford FC & friends of the East Midlands Counties fraternity for what is a momentous occasion for our club. It’s taken a lot of hard work on & off the pitch to get to this moment today and I’m sure that everybody will agree that we deserve to be here.

I don’t think I stand alone when I say what a great job our Chairman Stuart Bonser has done in ensuring the clubs ‘off the field’ achievements match what’s happening ‘on the field’. We now have a thriving junior section with fully qualified coaches, the Under 18’s development squad whose fruits of labour will be amongst those on show today and a now successful senior section that are now competing in the East Midlands Counties League. This is a tribute to everybody’s hard work over the past few seasons so here’s to pushing the boundaries further.

As for the Youth Team, we have sadly seen the departure of the majority of players from last year’s successful season but it’s good to report that a lot of those have progressed into the senior teams now. We had our first friendly against Midland Combination outfit Loughborough Dynamo on Tuesday and played out an encouraging 0-0 draw with the new guys doing very well so we could be in for an interesting season.

Well I better stop it there or Doug Kendrick will no doubt be cursing me by now.

May I wish Tony and the boys all the best today and here’s hoping we can crown the day off by getting off to a winning start.

Alex Roome Under 18s Manager

League Fixtures 2014/2015 DATE

KO

H/A

Wed 27th Aug Wed 3rd Sep Wed 17th Sep Wed 24th Sep Wed 8th Oct Wed 15th Oct Wed 22nd Oct Wed 5th Nov Wed 12th Nov Wed 19th Nov Wed 26th Nov Wed 3rd Dec Wed 10th Dec Wed 17th Dec Wed 7th Jan Wed 14th Jan Wed 21st Jan Wed 28th Jan

19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30

H H H A A H A A H A A H A H A H A H

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OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

Holwell Sports Youth Barrow Town Youth Guru Nanak Gurdwara 2014 Ibstock United Youth Birstall United Youth Coalville Town Youth Gresley Youth Quorn Youth 2014 Quorn Youth 2014 Holwell Sports Youth Barrow Town Youth Anstey Nomads Youth Guru Nanak Gurdwara 2014 Ibstock United Youth Anstey Nomads Youth Birstall United Youth Coalville Town Youth Gresley Youth

League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League

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RESULT

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UNDER 18S LEAGUE TABLE & GOALSCORERS Final League Table 2013/2014 Season Leicestershire Midweek Floodlit Youth League North Division PL

W

1 Coalville Town Youth 14 2 Ashby Ivanhoe Youth 14 3 Leicester Nirvana Youth 14 4 Ibstock United Youth 14 5 Gresley Youth 14 6 Anstey Nomads Youth 14 7 Holwell Sports Youth 14 8 Barrow Town Youth 14 Barrow Town Youth deducted 1 point

11 9 7 5 5 5 4 2

D 2 4 1 2 1 0 3 3

L 1 1 6 7 8 9 7 9

Goalscorers 2013/2014 Season

F

A

+/-

PTS

50 40 42 24 27 19 30 18

16 24 27 41 38 27 39 38

34 16 15 -17 -11 -8 -9 -20

35 31 22 17 16 15 15 8

Ben Earp Richard Commons Marcus Fletcher Warren Nicol Michael Archer Leon Yeomans Ben Pollard Craig Eastwood Steven Lynchehan

17 12 12 12 4 4 3 2 2

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SUNDAY TEAM UPDATE Following last season’s credible 4th place finish the Sunday Team were able to celebrate promotion alongside the rest of the clubs senior teams after being constituted in the Burton Sunday League Division 2 for the 2014/2015 season. There have been many changes in personal since the end of last season as well. Former manager Shaun Poynton has stepped down into a part time playing role due to family commitments, and 5 players, including three that have been with the club since its formation in 2007 have sadly permanently or temporarily hung their boots up for reasons including relocation, personal or professional commitment and injury.

With this and the loss of full back Dave Lord to a chronic case of shin splints until at least Christmas in mind, there has been a bit of a recruitment drive at the Sunday team this summer. Dean Reynolds has returned for his second managerial stint with the team after having to resign in 2012 due to work commitments, strikers Alex Bates and Patrick Conway are looking to cement places in the squad this pre-season, and across the midfield we’re pleased to welcome George Gadsby and winger Danny Hewitt who arrives from Springfield FC. Nathan Yeoman’s is another new player to have signed on the dotted line joining his brother Leon at the club and Nathan is adapt at playing full back or on the wing.

We’ve had somewhat mixed fortunes in pre-season, our first game saw us draw at Division 4 champions Woodville Rangers Reserves, the home side boasting a bumper squad of around 17 while we were only just able to field 11. On top of this we lost Nathan Yeomans to a hamstring injury with 10 minutes remaining resulting in us finishing with ten men. 1-1 at full time with spirited performances in all areas of the pitch and Ben Earp picking up where he left off last season by scoring the only goal. A 2-1 defeat to Charnwood Sunday League Division One side AFC Sporting Charnwood at Hind Leys College followed this, Ben Earp again grabbing the goal in a worthwhile work out and a good settling in exercise for some of our new players. Last Sunday a healthy squad of 14 put Burton Sunday League Division One side Seal Inn to the sword 4-0 as the team looked like it was beginning to click, Marcus Fletcher opened the scoring with a neat side footed finish from just inside the area, Leon Yeomans doubled the lead after Richard Commons played him through for his second assist of the game. George Gadsby then got his first goal in a blue shirt as he was slightly lucky to see his close range shot saved, the rebound smacking him square in the face decking the forward and giving us a 3-0 lead. Danny Hewitt then scored the only goal of the second half as he latched on to Gadsby’s superb through ball and headed over Seal’s stopper. Details of our latest friendly against Ravenstone Reserves can be found on the club website and we welcome neighbours and rivals Donisthorpe FC to Hood Park tomorrow morning, kick off 10:30am.

Our fixtures were released this week and first up we play hosts to Winshill Parish at Hood Park on August 24th before facing Alrewas Athletic FC at home the following week. We have drawn Woodville Rangers in the Presidents Cup and will face them twice in two weeks on the 7th and 14th of September, the cup game being at Hood Park on the 7th with the league fixture at Mount Pleasant Rec on the 14th. We’ve been lucky enough to receive a bye in the first round of the Junior Cup as we look to better last season’s Quarter Final appearance. Full details of the Sunday Team’s fixtures and results can be found on the club’s website.

Stuart Mann Sunday Team Assistant Manager

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SUNDAY TEAM UPDATE Pre-Season Results 2014/2015 DATE

KO

H/A

Sun 20th Jul Sun 27th Jul Sun 3rd Aug Wed 6th Aug Sun 10th Aug Sun 17th Aug

10:30 10:30 10:30 18:30 10:30 10:30

A A H A H H

OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

RESULT

Woodville Reserves AFC Sporting Charnwood Seal Inn Ravenstone Reserves Donisthorpe FC Springfield FC

Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly Pre-Season Friendly

Drew 1-1 Lost 1-2 Won 4-0

Opening Fixtures 2014/2015 DATE

KO

H/A

Sun 24th Aug Sun 31st Aug Sun 7th Sep Sun 14th Sep Sun 28th Sep

10:30 10:30 10:30 10:30 10:30

H H H A H

OPPOSITION

COMPETITION

RESULT

Winshill Parish Alrewas Athletic FC Woodville Rangers Woodville Rangers Shobnall Dynamo 2013

League League Presidents Cup 1st Round League League

Final League Table 2013/2014 Season Burton & District Sunday League Division Three PL

W

D

L

Goalscorers 2013/2014 Season F

A

+/-

1 Yoxall Rangers 24 21 1 2 102 30 72 2 Alrewas Athletic FC 24 18 3 3 80 37 43 3 Shobnall Dynamo 2013 24 13 4 7 68 48 20 4 Ashby Ivanhoe 24 12 4 8 59 49 10 5 Albion Allstars 24 12 3 9 61 53 8 6 Alrewas Royal British Legion 24 13 2 9 85 48 37 7 Red Lion Repton 24 6 9 9 56 58 -2 8 Donisthorpe FC 24 7 6 11 42 60 -18 9 Real Roebuck 24 6 5 13 50 67 -17 10 Drum & Monkey 24 8 4 12 55 70 -15 11 Westfield Wanderers 24 6 3 15 39 66 -27 12 Wetmore Washlands 24 7 0 17 39 83 -44 13 New Inn Wanderers 24 3 4 17 43 110 -67 Real Roebuck & Westfield Wanderers awarded 3 points Red Lion Repton awarded 2 points Drum & Monkey deducted 4 points Alrewas Royal British Legion & Wetmore Washlands deducted 3 points

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PTS 64 57 43 40 39 38 29 27 26 24 24 18 13

Ben Earp Richard Commons Marcus Fletcher Warren Nicol Michael Archer Leon Yeomans Ben Pollard Craig Eastwood Steven Lynchehan Marcus Jinks Matt Jones Simon Thompson Own Goals

17 12 12 12 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 5

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DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH THE MOG Today is our first game at Step Six of the football pyramid, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on our first game at Step Seven. After years of being told that “Ashby should have a Senior League team” we finally gained promotion to the Senior League after a nerve wracking end to the 2004/05 season in the North Leicestershire League and our first game of the season took place at Sileby Town on 20th August 05.

Kenny Horn and Stan Ward were our management team and we were all a little nervous about whether we could make the step up to the higher level and when we went 2-0 down in the first half those fears seemed well founded. However we had some experienced players in the side with the likes of Rob “Bart” Bartholomew, Gez Eivors, and Gav Taylorson and in the second half we really took the game to Sileby. David “Didge” Gibson had very inconveniently arranged his wedding (the first one) for our opening day fixture, so many of our regulars were on duty there, as such we had many youngsters in the squad that day and ran Sileby ragged in the 2nd half. Rob Debney (what a talent he was) pulled a goal back and then got the equaliser with 10 minutes to go sparking wild celebrations from the travelling Shed Enders and the management! That showed we could certainly live at that level and the banter and the beers were flowing at Didge’s reception later that night.

However the following Tuesday we came crashing back to earth when we were thumped 6-0 at Saffron Dynamo in The Beacon Bitter Cup. Our next game was at home to Bardon and we drew 3-3 in a thrilling game with goals from Rob Debney again, Chris Nettel (no really he has been playing THAT long) and our new signing Kevin Lock who would go on to score 31 goals in 30 games. We then went on a run of 6 consecutive wins to see us top the table so we really had arrived.

It’s a really exciting day for everyone associated with Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club as we make another huge step forward in our progression as a club. Good luck to all of our teams this season and to Tony and all the first team lads let’s announce ourselves in our new league with a win today.

Dave Morris Club President

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ASHBY IVANHOE FC SUPPORTERS CLUB A warm welcome to everyone here today for Ivanhoe’s first match in the East Midland Counties League against Radford. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to the new season after being promoted last year and today’s match should give us a guide to the standard of football and opposing teams we face this season.

As you can see ground improvements are being carried out continually and if anyone would like to help the chairman Stuart Bonser and the rest of us please let us know as extra pairs of hands would always be appreciated.

We would like to wish Tony and the players all the best for the new season and hope they can achieve success in this higher league.

Don’t forget if have any comments regarding the club please e-mail me at mh.buckley@btinternet.com 2014/15 season is here - BRING IT ON Mick Buckley - Supporters Club Chairman

HALF TIME QUIZ Question 1: Who were the first British team to win the European Cup? Question 2: Which country does the team ‘Grasshoppers’ play in?

Question 3: Who won the golden boot at the 2014 World Cup and which country did he play for?

Question 4: Who won the Champions League with Real Madrid in 2000 and played for Bolton Wanderers?

Question 5: Which club used to play at Loakes Park?

Answers to the quiz can be found on page 16

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THE OPPOSITION RADFORD FC Radford FC were founded in 1964 as Manlove & Alliots FC and played in the Nottinghamshire Sunday League. Manlove & Alliots were an engineering firm situated in Radford and after the firm transferred to Scotland in 1970/71, the club carried on under the name of Radford Olympic FC. In 1977 they became the first amateur side in Britain to be allowed to wear advertising on their shirts and BBC Television came along to their home ground on Melbourne Park and filmed one of their matches and interviewed officials for the evening programme “Nationwide�.

In 1978 we formed a ground development committee and decided to seek out a piece of ground preferably in the Radford area for development of our own ground. Radford Olympic transferred to Saturday Football and made progress up the leagues and in 1982/83 finished Champions of the East Midlands Regional League. In 1983/84, they won the Central Midlands League Senior Cup and in 1987 Radford Olympic were renamed Radford FC. At the end of 2002/03 they were promoted to the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League and in their first season in the top flight they finished 11th.

After holding their own during the seasons 2003/04 & 2004/05 in the top league of the Central Midlands League, the club delivered silverware in the 2005/06 season under the guidance of Julian Garmston and assistant Pete Kelley, winning the C.M.L Phoenix Trophies Floodlight Cup and equally impressive was the equal fifth place finish in the C.M.L Supreme Division which in an extremely tough league was an excellent achievement. In addition new floodlighting and 1st phase significant ground improvements were actioned with Notts County providing a team to officially turn on the lights in early 2006 and during season 2005/06 a seated stand was completed.

The club joined the EMCL in 2008 and finished 14th in their first season. Since then the club has finished in the lower reaches of the league but as the club enters its 50th year in 2014 expectations are high for a much better season.

Last 3 Seasons League Record Season

League

Pos

PL

W

D

L

F

A

+/-

PTS

2013/2014

East Midlands Counties League

15 / 19 36

9

5

22

54

89

-35

32

2012/2013

East Midlands Counties League

19 / 19 36

8

4

24

48

92

-44

25*

2011/2012

East Midlands Counties League

17 / 19 36

9

4

23

41

80

-39

31

*Deducted 3 points Quiz Answers Q1: Celtic, Q2: Switzerland, Q3: James Rodriguez, Colombia, Q4: Ivan Campo, Q5: Wycombe Wanderers

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SENIOR FIXTURES

SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST Home vs Bardon Hill East Midlands Counties League Kick Off: 3:00pm

SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST

Away vs Gedling Miners Welfare East Midlands Counties League Kick Off: 3:00pm

Ground Address

Plains Social Club, Plains Road, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 6AW

MONDAY 25TH AUGUST

Away vs Stapenhill East Midlands Counties League Kick Off: 3:00pm

Ground Address

Maple Grove, Stapenhill, Burton on Trent, DE15 9NN

09-Aug-14 Saturday

1st XI

Home vs.

Radford

League

KO 3:00pm

10-Aug-14 Sunday

Sunday XI

Home vs.

Donisthorpe FC

Pre-Season Friendly

KO 10:30am

13-Aug-14 Wednesday

2nd XI

Home vs.

Ravenstone United

Pre-Season Friendly

KO 6:30pm

16-Aug-14 Saturday

1st XI 2nd XI

Home vs.

Away vs.

Bardon Hill Anstey Nomads Reserves

League League

KO 3:00pm KO 3:00pm

17-Aug-14 Sunday

Sunday XI

Home vs.

Springfield FC

Pre-Season Friendly

KO 10:30am

23-Aug-14 Saturday

1st XI 2nd XI

Away vs.

Home vs.

Gedling Miners Welfare Ellistown & Ibstock United Res

League League

KO 3:00pm KO 3:00pm

24-Aug-14 Sunday

Sunday XI

Home vs.

Winshill Parish

League

KO 10:30am

25-Aug-14 Monday

1st XI 2nd XI

Away vs.

Home vs.

Stapenhill Aslockton CFC

League League Cup 1st Round

KO 3:00pm KO 3:00pm

27-Aug-14 Wednesday

Under 18s

Home vs.

Holwell Sports Youth

League

KO 7:30pm

30-Aug-14 Saturday

1st XI

Home vs.

Arnold Town

League

KO 3:00pm

31-Aug-14 Sunday

Sunday XI

Home vs.

Alrewas Athletic FC

League

KO 10:30pm

02-Sep-14 Tuesday

2nd XI

Away vs.

Lutterworth Athletic Reserves

League

KO 7:30pm

Senior Fixture Venues

1st & 2nd Team: NFU Sports Ground, Sunday Team & Under 18s: Hood Park All Fixtures Are Subject to Change - Check www.ashbyivanhoefc.com for upto date fixtures

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THE TEAMS

ASHBY IVANHOE

MANAGER: Tony Hemmings Chris Hodge (GK) Connor Cannon (GK)

RADFORD

MANAGER: Tony Cox Rory Blyth (GK) Sheriff Babatunde

Kai-­Luca Monachello (GK)

Tristan Augustus

Angus Blair-­Park

Macauley Barber

Elliott Bott

Dwayne Brown

Alex Clarke

Jake Carlisle

Jake Conkay

Kevin Davis

James Fisher Phil Gibson Macauley Holmes Sam Kirk Callum McBride Chris Nettel Tom Nolan Jack Ryder Chris Saunders Dan Stevenson Luke Thorogood Luke Tozer

Danny Hogg Matt Hopewell Ayodeji Ikusemori Adam Kalka John King Rhys Lacey Raphael Matthew Joe Meakin Robert Needham Jahred Russell Derek Ubah

Daniel Turnock Russell Wagg Neil Walton

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Aidan Murphy Assistants: Terry Simmons, Iain Danson

NEXT UP AT THE NFU SPORTS GROUND

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