Match Programme: Baldock Town v Chesham United Reserves - 10/12/16

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Who’s Who at Baldock Town FC? President: Steve West Chairman: Graham Kingham Mob: 07968 215395 Email: gkingham@borrasconstruction.co.uk

Secretary, Treasurer & Programme Editor: Lee Rusbridge Mob: 07981 789037 Email: baldocktownfc@gmail.com

Matchday Catering & Commercial: Barry Kingham Mob: 07973 345248 Email: bkingham@borrasconstruction.co.uk

Matchday Hospitality: Philip Mills Mob: 07875 355624 Email: phil.millsBTFC@gmail.com

Club Photographer: Beth Watt Email: bethwatt72@gmail.com

1st Team Manager: Luke Gregson Mob: 07786 655602 Email: luke@gilbertgregson.com

Assistant Manager: Dean Gilbert Coach: Jim Starling Team Assistants: Doug McClure & Pinky Parker Development Team Manager: Simon Efford Mob: 07771 948448 Email: simon@i-mort.co.uk

Coaches: Andrew Wilson & Murray Sale

Roll of Honour Formed 2003 Herts Senior County League Division One Champions - 2007/08 Herts Senior County League Premier Division Champions - 2011/12 Anagram Records Trophy Winners - 2011/12, 2012/13 Herts Senior Centenary Trophy Winners - 2012/13

Welcome to Roker Park Good afternoon and welcome to Roker Park for this Spartan South Midlands League Division One clash between Baldock Town and Chesham United Reserves. We naturally welcome the players, supporters and officials of our opponents and hope they enjoy the facilities on offer.

We come into today’s game looking to get back to winning ways after a disappointing 2-1 defeat at Sandridge Rovers in the County Cup last Saturday. Although it was a cup we felt we could probably win, it gives us one less distraction as we play catch up with our rivals in the league.

Today’s opponents Chesham visit Roker Park looking to end a run of seven straight defeats that has seen them slip down the table in recent weeks. However, they gave a good account of themselves in the reverse fixture at The Meadow a few weeks ago. It took a last gasp goal from Alex Coppin to snatch all three points, so we won’t be taking them lightly this afternoon.

Moving away from the field for a moment, I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone that emailed the Council recently, as we begin our drive to take the club back home to Baldock.

I don’t think anyone is under any illusions that it is still a long road and way off, but the process has to start somewhere and we hope our voice and efforts have struck a chord with the Local Authority as they plan the future in Baldock.

Beyond today’s game, we are once again without a midweek fixture (despite my best efforts), so our next fixture is a week today at Broadfields United in the league - 3pm kick off. They groundshare at Harefield United, so that will be the first of two visits to Preston Park before the season is out.

A week on Wednesday (21st December), we will hopefully and finally play our re-scheduled Second Round Challenge Trophy tie against Hillingdon Borough—7.45pm kick off here at Roker Park. Winners of that tie will entertain Premier Division leaders London Colney in Round 3.

We will round off 2016 with a short trip to Codicote on Tuesday 27th December - 3pm kick off.

“The Cod” now have lights up at Bury Lane, so it will be our first meeting at their ground back in Codicote since our Herts Senior County League days.

We start 2017 with a huge top of the table clash against Harpenden Town here at Roker Park on the 2nd January, so we have some big games not to be missed over the festive period.

As always, if any companies/individuals are interested in sponsoring a game or advertising in the match day programme, please contact the club - baldocktownfc@gmail.com or speak to a committee member.

We are also keen to fill out the Player Sponsorship page, so if you can sponsor one of the lads for just £30.00, they and the club would be very grateful for your support.

Finally, thank you for your attendance this afternoon and we hope to see you again for our next home match against Hillingdon Borough a week on Wednesday (7.45pm KO).

Enjoy the game,

Lee Rusbridge

Today’s opponents - Chesham United Reserves CLUB HISTORY The story of Chesham United has many highs and many lows. It was formed in 1917 following the merger of Chesham Town FC (who were founder members of the Southern League in 1894 when still known as just Chesham FC) and Chesham Generals (who took their name from the General Baptist Church in Chesham Broadway).

Relative success in the following years paled into insignificance following the FA Amateur Cup run of 1967/68 when, against all the odds, little Chesham United went all the way from the Preliminary Round to the final of the FA Amateur Cup, finally losing 1-0 to Leytonstone in front of a 54,000 Wembley crowd. At a time when the population of Chesham was just 18,000 people, the club sold 22,000 tickets for this game.

The club went into turmoil on May 3rd 1983 when the main stand burned down. A new stand was officially opened with the visit of a Graham Taylor Watford side containing future United manager Luther Blissett in 1984. Season 1987/88 marked the centenary year of non-league football in the town of Chesham, an achievement commemorated with a match against a full strength Arsenal side on 18th August 1987.

In 1991 the club won the Isthmian League Division One title, and also reached the final of the inaugural Loctite Cup but lost to Bishops Stortford on penalties. In October 1992, the club went to the very top of the Isthmian league after a famous win at Enfield, and stayed ahead of the pack until the end of the season, being crowned Champions on the last day after a 4-0 win over Dulwich Hamlet. Witnessed by an average home gate of just short of 1,000, the season also saw the arrival of ex-Liverpool star Mark Lawrenson. However the season ended in disappointment when promotion to the Conference National was denied because the club could not afford the necessary ground improvements.

Since those days the club has been through many managers, including ex-England Internationals Graham Roberts and Luther Blissett, and literally hundreds of players, including a stint with Bruce Grobbelaar between the sticks.

In the early 2000s the club again had an eye on promotion to the Conference as Bob Dowie led a strong Chesham side to 6th in the Ryman Premier, possibly an under achievement when considering the resources at his disposal. The team that year included Wayne Andrews and Fitz Hall, both of whom went on to enjoy professional careers in the higher echelons of football. Two years later and the club were once again relegated back to Division One. With re-structuring on the horizon, the 2003/04 season was all about finishing in the top six. After an indifferent start, the team climbed up the table to eventually take 4th spot in the Ryman Division One (North) and earn a place in the Southern League Premier Division.

United’s first year in the Southern League was certainly adventurous. At times they looked title contenders, then flirted with relegation and in the end were happy to finish in mid-table. The following summer the true price of years of over-achieving came to light. Nearly two decades of wealthy Chairmen helping to fund the club was over and it was time for the Generals to stand on their own feet, a task that proved too much.

By February 2006 the club was truly on its knees. The front pages of local papers were highlighting the sorry plight of the club that had seen so much. A public meeting was called at the Town Hall to “Save Chesham United” – it was a last desperate throw of the dice …

Fortunately the sorry tale had a happy ending. A local businessman, Charles Manchester, read the stories, visited The Meadow, showed an interest and helped get the club back on its feet. His intention was always to hand over the club to its supporters and he gradually brought more members of the Chesham United Supporters’ Trust onto the main club board whilst other Trust members took on many of the day to day tasks of running the club.

Fittingly, after four years at the helm, he was able to stand down at the end of the 2009/10 last season with promotion back to the Southern League Premier Division secured and the club back on a stable footing. After good work by the Supporters Trust, the club’s financial position was improved following a takeover of the club by businessman Roger Payne in 2012. This takeover has allowed Chesham to consistently challenge for promotion into Conference South.

Following relegation to the Southern League South & West Division in 2006, Chesham were transferred to the Midlands Division after a single season. In 2007/08 United finished 6th and missed out on the play-offs on goal difference, but in 2008/09 finished 5th, but lost in the play-off semi-finals to two late goals at Nuneaton Town having led 1-0 for much of the game.

In 2009/10 a fourth place finish was enough to reach the play-offs again. A 1-0 victory away at Burnham set up a final against Slough Town with a crowd of 1,115 witnessing a 4-0 victory at the Meadow to secure promotion. Consolidation in the Southern Premier was the main aim for 2010/11, but Chesham finished 6th in the league having been in the play-off race for much of the campaign.

Chesham achieved a 4th place finish in the 2011/12 season, losing in the play-off semi-finals to AFC Totton.

In the 2012/13 season Chesham reached the FA Trophy Second Round, whilst in the league were unbeaten in their last 17 league games to finish 3rd, before losing to Hemel Hempstead Town in the play-offs. Chesham were able to build on this in the 2013/14 season, pushing eventual champions Hemel Hempstead Town all the way in the title race, but ultimately had to settle for a place in the playoffs.

After beating Stourbridge 2-1 at The Meadow in the play-off semi-final, Chesham lost 3-1 to St Albans City in front of a crowd of 2,960, the largest seen at The Meadow for many years. After the successful 2013-14 season, however, there were many personnel changes at the club the following year and a season of consolidation in 2014-15 ended with a 12th place finish.

The 2015-16 season was most notable for an FA Cup run that saw Chesham United reach the 2nd Round Proper of the competition. In the First Round a goal by Ryan Blake gave The Generals a 1-0 win away at Bristol Rovers that earned the club the Ronnie Radford Award for FA Cup Giant Killing of the Season, presented at Wembley Stadium during the FA Cup Final in May. United finally went out of the competition with an away defeat at Bradford City. This run marked the first time that a Chesham United side had knocked a Football League side out of the competition and was the best run since 1979-80 when Chesham reached the Third Round Proper, finally losing 0-2 to Cambridge United in front of a record 5,000 crowd at The Meadow. Another good cup run in the FA Trophy saw Chesham hold Torquay United to an away draw in the First Round Proper before exiting the competition in the replay at The Meadow.

The cup runs did have a detrimental effect on the league performance and, with the bulk of last season's squad retained along with some new additions, we go into the new season hoping to improve on last year's final 11th place finish. The 2016-17 season also marks the start of the 10th season for management team Andy Leese and Jon Meakes with the opening game of the season being their 500th match in charge at The Meadow.

Saturday 3rd December - Herts Senior Centenary Trophy Quarter-Final

SANDRIDGE ROVERS 2-1 BALDOCK TOWN Two goals in the remaining 13 minutes saw Baldock Town crash out of the County Cup at Sandridge Rovers on Saturday.

This cup tie was the proverbial game two halves as Luke Gregson's men were left to rue a number of missed chances in a dominant first half. A lively Rovers upped their game in the second and in the end went through to the Semi-Final with two well-taken goals.

Gregson brought his side to Sandridge on the back of an excellent 5-0 win against Ampthill Town last time out. With skipper Rob Beckwith injured in training, Sam Perrin partnered Dean Gilbert at centre half, with Adam Pitcairn returning at right back. The only other change was Harry Holland starting up top in place of Lee Harman, who was only fit enough for the bench.

Both sides scrapped for supremacy in a largely uneventful opening 20 minutes as far as goalmouth action was concerned. The Reds had their first chance of note on 21 minutes when a surging run from Freddie Morris, saw him play a lovely one-two before unleashing a low shot, which was well-saved.

The opening goal of the game even caught the reporter unaware as he updated the Chairman with the latest score.

However, I was reliably informed that Charlie Payne sent in a super low cross and this was gratefully dispatched from close range by Josh Furness, who is on a decent run of goalscoring form of late - that was his fourth in six games.

This goal gave Baldock a real lift and they began to turn the screw on the home side. A perfectly-weighted pass behind the home defence by Josh Furness had top scorer Anthony James through on goal, but the Rovers keeper was up to the task with a smart save. Soon after it was James again testing the reflexes of the keeper. This time, Dean Gilbert sent a free-kick into the penalty area and James did well to send a powerful header goalwards, but he was denied by another good stop.

Town's best chance to double their advantage came just before the interval when a fine passage of play ended with a flick in the box from James into the path of Harry Holland, who crashed a volley on to the top of the cross bar from eight yards out.

The home side would've been grateful to get to the interval just one goal behind and with the slope in their favour in the second half, they were still bang in the contest.

Unfortunately for the visitors, they didn't show the same level of intensity and dominance in the second half and the game really opened up. This suited Sandridge more as they had a number of quick players, who could run at the Town backline whenever a visiting attack broke down.

He wasn't called upon much in the first half, but Jack Farmer made a terrific reflex save to keep Rovers at bay on the hour. Despite play flowing from end to end and Rovers being arguably the better of the two sides in the second period, Town's goal was largely untroubled until Dean Gilbert was penalised for handball on the edge of the area with 13 minutes remaining.

Whilst you can often pick fault in a goal conceded, you could only really commend the quality of the Rovers equaliser.

With the wall and Farmer set, the home player sent an excellent free-kick over the wall and into the top corner.

Gregson made a double substitution to try and turn the tide with Jack Gregson and Kim Forsythe coming on for Alex Coppin and Freddie Morris, but within a minute Sandridge grabbed what proved to be the winner. A corner from the Sandridge left was driven in to the near post and a powerful header flew into the top corner to the delight of the home players, bench and support.

Baldock were unable to recover and crash out of the Senior Centenary Trophy at the Quarter-Final stage. With them already a number of games behind their rivals in the league, this cup exit may well be a blessing in disguise, but Gregson was still disappointed. The Reds player/manager commented: "I thought we played quite well in the first half and should have had the game put to bed by half time. But we thought the job was done, dropped our level and couldn't get going again. I'm disappointed, but hopefully this is a valuable lesson learnt and we will go again!"

Town: Farmer, Pitcairn, Payne, Gilbert, Perrin, Morris(J Gregson 83), Coppin(Forsythe 83), L Gregson, Holland (Harman 61), James, Furness Subs Not Used: Beckwith, Robertson

with Mr Baldock...

The latest instalment of On the Road with Mr Baldock coincides with a trip to Sandridge Rovers in the Quarter Final of the Senior Centenary Trophy.

This was a bit of a trip down memory lane for me having visited the Spencer Recreation Ground many times as a player in our Herts Senior County League days. I always felt this one was a potential banana skin for us. I don't recall winning too many games there as a player and the 1st team's record isn't all that good either.

With Mrs Baldock Christmas shopping with her Mum and boys in Bedford, I was making this trip alone. Before they set off, we had to go via Luton Town Centre for an emergency dental appointment for her youngest. After arriving the customary five minutes late for the appointment, he was in and out quicker than an F1 pit stop with anti-biotics for a couple of abscess' - nasty!

This cup tie was a 1.30pm kick off due to Sandridge having no floodlights, so I had the dilemma of doing my weekly food shop before or after the football - the pressure was palpable, but I got there in the end! Before then though, I was off to the Macron store in Letchworth to try on a new winter coat from our new club shop.

After trying on three different sizes over two visits, I plumped for the 2XL - sounds big, but it is good fit to be fair My long arms made the large look like a short sleeve top. If you are buying any clothing from our club shop, I would advise going along to try it on first as some of the garments can come up small.

Anyway, with my new coat ordered, I left for Sandridge around 12.50 and got lucky in finding a parking space at the ground for 1.25 just as the teams were coming out.

Despite our less than impressive record at Sandridge, it has always been a Ground I liked.

Their Chairman Nigel Rump is a top bloke and my Dad often bumps into him during the week when he is out delivering.

Their playing surface might not be one of the better ones, but their clubhouse is the type of place we've been crying out for for years. It is snug, has a family feel to it and has a larger function room attached to the rear overlooking the pitch.

Mark Furness treated me to a decent cup of tea at the interval and it warmed the cockles nicely on what was a pretty chilly afternoon. Shame the result didn't match, but if it means we reap the benefits of this latest cup exit in the league, then I'm sure this will be seen as a blessing in disguise come the end of the season.

With holders Bishops Stortford Swifts through with a resounding 4-0 win over Belstone, it means "Hamez" once again misses out on a reunion with his old team mates. London Lions hammered Letchworth 4-0 and Wodson Park were 7-2 winners at Sarratt, so the trophy really is up for grabs.

Saturday 3rd December - Herts Senior County League Division One

BALDOCK TOWN DEVELOPMENT 3-0 HINTON Baldock Town development side delivered a near perfect performance to undo a Hinton side who had only lost once this season. On paper, it looked like it was going to be a long afternoon for Town, but this was not the case as many of Simon Efford’s squad were available for the fixture.

Baldock started as they meant to go on, dictating the game from the first minute. The work rate and effort was immediate and it was excellent pressing that gave Town the lead as early as the third minute.

Hinton tried to play out from the goalkeeper and pressing from Steve Fletcher on the left back meant he passed the ball to the centre half. Declan Sayer was quick to nick the ball from the defender’s feet and fire a shot past the Hinton goalkeeper to make it 1-0.

The development side have had a habit of slowing down when they get themselves in front, but this was not on their agenda as they continued to cause Hinton problems. Town were passing the ball better and the shape of the side and good defending limited Hinton to crossing and shooting from deep.

Baldock doubled their lead on 19 minutes when an excellent free-kick from skipper Dean Laing cleared everyone and found its way into the corner of the goal with the Hinton keeper stationary. Going in at half time 2-0 up was a first this season for the young side and it was going to be hard for the first half performance to be replicated in the second half.

The second half started the same as the first with Town on the front foot and the work rate from the whole team gave Hinton limited options on how to try to break Baldock down.

Baldock could and should have made it three on 50 minutes when Stephen Fletcher was put through from an excellent pass by Elliot Powell, but his finish was wide of the goal. Fletcher made up for his miss on 63 minutes when again, a quick press by Robbie Wilcock on the Hinton centre back, allowed him to put Fletcher through on goal and this time, he finished neatly past the Hinton keeper.

Hinton tried to get themselves a goal, but the Town back four and the impressive Daniel Plumb gave them very little chances. The visitors could have got themselves back into the game with 20 minutes to go, but some heroic defending by Dean Laing and Daniel Plumb gave Town their first clean sheet of the season.

The game finished 3-0 and it was clear to see the delight of the players and staff. Baldock have a tough away game against Hampstead Heath next time out and it will be interesting to see if this performance can be mirrored. Manager Simon Efford said of the game, “That was about as near as perfect as we can get, I’m so happy for the squad involved in that today.

I’ve told them that they have set the bar now to what they need to do, week in, week out. I have felt over the last two or three games that we were getting closer and I still feel we can improve a lot. The main thing is the players are starting to get to know each other on the pitch and the work rate was faultless from Plumby through to Steve, they put in such a shift.

A key thing today was the shape of the team and that each player did their jobs well. Plumby and the back four were sensational, they organised and defended so well against very good players. Our two wide players gave us so much offensively and defensively and the three central players in Dec, Robbie & Ollie not only worked very hard, the quality in their play was the best I have seen from us.

The lone striker is a tough role but Steve gives you so much in his movement, work rate and commitment to the team, he defends from the front and it gives us time to get up the pitch to support him. As happy as I am with the result, it means nothing if we go and play poorly and lose next Saturday.

We haven’t had back to back wins yet and it is something we will try to get this week, the confidence will be high”.

Head-to-Head v Chesham United Reserves 7 PREVIOUS MEETINGS Home - P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 F 5 A 5, Away - P 4 W 3 D 1 L 0 F 8 A 5 League Meetings - Pld 7 W 4 D 2 L 1 F 13 A 10 Cup Meetings - Pld 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 F 0 A 0 All Meetings - Pld 7 W 4 D 2 L 1 F 13 A 10 12/03/14 - SSML Division One - Baldock Town 1-3 Chesham United Reserves 31/03/14 - SSML Division One - Chesham United Reserves 0-0 Baldock Town 20/08/14 - SSML Division One - Chesham United Reserves 1-2 Baldock Town 18/02/15 - SSML Division One - Baldock Town 2-2 Chesham United Reserves 11/11/16 - SSML Division One - Chesham United Reserves 2-3 Baldock Town 05/04/16 - SSML Division One - Baldock Town 2-0 Chesham United Reserves 16/11/16 - SSML Division One - Chesham United Reserves 2-3 Baldock Town

GOALSCORERS v CHESHAM UNITED RESERVES 3 - Anthony James 2 - Lewis Barker, Jack Gregson 1 - Alex Coppin, Anthony Bowskill, Ian Morrison, Michael Payne, Owen Robertson, Simon Martin

Fixtures & Results Tuesday 6th December Spartan South Midlands League Division One Harpenden Town A-A Biggleswade - abandoned on 40 mins due to player injury

SSML Challenge Trophy - Round Two Langford 4-1 Sun Sports

SSML Division One Cup - Quarter-Final Hadley Wood & Wingate 0-1 Hatfield Town

Middlesex Premier Cup - Quarter-Final Kensington Borough 1-2 Hillingdon Borough (played at Hillingdon Borough FC)

Wednesday 7th December Middlesex Senior Charity Cup - Round One Southall 2-5 Ashford Town (Middx)

Saturday 10th December Spartan South Midlands League Division One Arlesey Town Reserves v Hatfield Town Baldock Town v Chesham United Reserves Bedford v Brimsdown Codicote v Southall Harefield United v Broadfields United Hillingdon Borough v Wodson Park Risborough Rangers v Biggleswade Winslow United v Kensington Borough

Beds Senior Trophy - Quarter-Final Langford v Sharnbrook The 61FC (Luton) v Ampthill Town

Monday 12th December SSML Division One Brimsdown v Hadley Wood & Wingate

Tuesday 13th December North Beds Charity Cup - Round One Ampthill Town v Bedford

Buckingham Senior Charity Cup - Round One Old Bradwell United v Winslow United

SSML Challenge Trophy - Round Three Thame Rangers v Risborough Rangers

Player Sponsorship 2016/17 The Player Sponsorship has been a great success and source of income for the Club over the past few seasons. Once again, the players have been tasked with getting themselves sponsored.

For £30, the player’s sponsor will have their details listed below and receive a FREE raffle ticket for the Club’s Xmas Prize Draw.

If you can help by sponsoring one of the players below, please see a committee member on match days. On non-match days, please email the club at baldocktownfc@gmail.com.

Player

Sponsored by

Luke GREGSON

PINKY PARKER

Dean GILBERT

LYNN P PARKER CIVIL FUNERAL CELEBRANT

Jim STARLING

LEE RUSBRIDGE

Jack FARMER

THE RED ARMY

Adam PITCAIRN Josh FURNESS

SCOUSE STEVE AND GILESY

Sam PERRIN Rob BECKWITH Lewis BARKER

THE DRAPER TWINS

Jack GREGSON

THE RED ARMY

Harry HOLLAND

SCOUSE STEVE AND GILESY

Anthony JAMES

SUNSHINE GARDENS BALDOCK

Alex COPPIN Luke HENNESSEY Charlie PAYNE

C.C.H.

Kim FORSYTHE

JR ROOFING

Owen ROBERTSON Lee HARMAN Freddie MORRIS Charlie BRIGGS

2016/2017 Statistics Date- FA Cup; Comp v Opposition FAC

Score Scorers

02/08/16 HCS1

a

Berkhamsted

L 2-3

Barker, Holland

06/08/16 FACEP

a

Flackwell Heath

L 3-6

Holland, J.Gregson, James

09/08/16 SSML1

H BEDFORD

W 2-0 Barker, James (pen)

13/08/16 SSML1

H LANGFORD

W 3-0 James 3 (inc 1 pen)

27/08/16 SSML1

H WODSON PARK

W 2-0 Payne 2

03/09/16 SSML1

a

Buckingham Athletic

W 1-0 James

Langford

D 2-2

10/09/16 FAV1Q a

L Gregson (pen), Forsythe (4-5 on pens)

17/09/16 SSML1

H ARLESEY TOWN RES

W 5-0 James 4, Forsythe

20/09/16 LCT1

H OXHEY JETS

D 1-1

24/09/16 FAV2Q a

Long Melford

Holland

(4-1 on pens)

W 3-2 James 2, Coppin

01/10/16 SSML1

H HAREFIELD UNITED

W 1-0 Turner

04/10/16 D1C1

H SOUTHALL

D 3-3

08/10/16 HSCT1

H TRING TOWN AFC

W 7-0 James 4, Payne, Holland, J Gregson

11/10/16 D1C2

a

Risborough Rangers

W 3-2 Barker, OG, Holland

15/10/16 SSML1

a

Kensington Borough

W 3-0 L Gregson (pen), Forsythe, Holland

18/10/16 SSML1

H BIGGLESWADE

L 2-4

Forsythe, Robertson

22/10/16 FAV1R

a

L 1-2

James

25/10/16 SSML1

H RISBOROUGH RANGERS

29/10/16 SSML1

a

Hadley Wood & Wingate D 3-3

05/11/16 HSCT2

a

Tring Corinthians

Biggleswade United

Forsythe (p), Pitcairn, J Gregson (4-3 on pens)

W 3-2 Holland, Barker, L Gregson James 2, L Gregson

W 4-2 James 2, L Gregson, Forsythe

08/11/16 NBCC1 H POTTON UNITED

W 3-2 L.Gregson (pen), Forsythe, James

12/11/16 SSML1

a

Bedford

W 6-1 James 2, L.Gregson, Furness, Holland, Robertson

16/11/16 SSML1

a

Chesham United Res

W 3-2 James, Robertson, Coppin

19/11/16 SSML1

a

Arlesey Town Res

W 6-2 James 3, Gilbert, Furness, Harman (pen)

Wodson Park

L 1-3

23/11/16 D1CQF a 26/11/16 SSML1

H AMPTHILL TOWN

03/12/16 HSCTQ a

Sandridge Rovers

10/12/16 SSML1

H CHESHAM UNITED RES

17/12/16 SSML1

a

21/12/16 LCT2

H HILLINGDON BOROUGH

Broadfields United

Beckwith

W 5-0 Harman, Furness, Gilbert, James, Holland L 1-2

Furness

League

Cup

Total

Players Used = 28

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Lewis BARKER

7(2)

2

9(2)

2

16(4)

4

Rob BECKWITH

13

0

10

0

23

0

Charlie BRIGGS

0(2)

0

1

0

1(2)

0

Alex COPPIN

10(2)

1

10(2)

1

20(4)

2

Jack FARMER

14

0

13

0

27

0

Kim FORSYTHE

2(5)

3

5(2)

4

7(7)

7

Josh FURNESS

11(1)

3

12

1

23(1)

4

Dean GILBERT

10(2)

2

9(1)

0

19(3)

2

Connor GRAY

0

0

2(1)

0

2(1)

0

Jack GREGSON

7

0

7(2)

3

14(2)

3

Luke GREGSON

10

4

8(1)

3

18(1)

7

Lee HARMAN

2

2

0(1)

0

2(1)

2

Luke HENNESSEY

4(4)

0

1(3)

0

5(7)

0

Harry HOLLAND

9(3)

4

9

5

18(3)

9

Luke HOLT

0(1)

0

4

0

4(1)

0

Anthony JAMES

12(1)

18

8(3)

11

20(4)

29

Michael KING

1

0

0

0

1

0

Louis LEE

1

0

0

0

1

0

Callum McKENNA

0(1)

0

0

0

0(1)

0

Freddie MORRIS

3

0

2

0

5

0

Charlie PAYNE

11(1)

2

8(1)

1

19(2)

3

Adam PITCAIRN

11(1)

0

7

1

18(1)

1

Elliot POWELL

0

0

0(1)

0

0(1)

0

Sam PERRIN

12(1)

0

9

0

21(1)

0

Callum RILEY

1

0

1

0

2

0

Owen ROBERTSON

3(7)

3

6(6)

0

9(13)

3

Jim STARLING

0(1)

0

0

0

0(1)

0

Shaun TURNER

0(3)

1

2(3)

0

2(6)

1

Own goals

1

1

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Spartan South Midlands League Division One Table Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

GD

1.

Harpenden Town

19

14

3

2

64

21

45

43

2.

Biggleswade

15

13

0

2

45

18

39

27

3.

Baldock Town

14

12

1

1

45

14

37

31

4.

Langford

19

11

3

5

61

34

36

27

5.

Risborough Rangers

18

11

3

4

46

32

36

14

6.

Harefield United

20

11

2

7

42

24

35

18

7.

Kensington Borough

20

10

3

7

45

32

33

13

8.

Wodson Park

19

10

3

6

32

23

33

13

9.

Southall

16

9

1

6

31

25

28

6

10.

Winslow United

18

9

1

8

34

36

28

-2

11.

Buckingham Athletic

19

9

0

10

34

36

27

-2

12.

Hadley Wood & Wingate

19

8

3

8

36

46

27

-10

13.

Hillingdon Borough

16

8

1

7

47

28

25

19

14.

Broadfields United

17

8

1

8

40

36

25

4

15.

Codicote

18

7

1

10

37

38

22

-1

16.

Chesham United Reserves

19

7

0

12

35

48

21

-13

17.

Ampthill Town

19

6

2

11

33

53

20

-20

18.

Bedford

18

4

0

14

14

49

12

-35

19.

Arlesey Town Reserves

20

3

1

16

25

69

10

-44

20.

Hatfield Town

17

2

1

14

20

56

7

-36

21.

Brimsdown

18

1

2

15

30

78

5

-48

I’m delighted to advise that Baldock Town FC now has its very own club shop. Our kit suppliers Macron Hertfordshire have been putting it together behind the scenes for us and you can now purchase our merchandise online at:

www.klmsports.com If you go to the ”Club Shops” section and select “Baldock Town Football Club”, you can purchase merchandise such as a replica home shirt, winter coats, polo shirts, scarfs and mugs etc.

Should you order online, when you come to the payment page, please put in the “Order and Delivery Comments” - “SENIOR CLUB”. This will allow Macron to identify any purchases made by our supporters and they’ll give us a small commission on any sales connected to the Senior club.

Alternatively, if you would rather we ordered the items for you, please speak to Club Secretary Lee Rusbridge and he will assist you with your requirements.

Also, if you have any suggestions for anything we could look at adding to our Club Shop, by all means speak to us and we’ll discuss it with Macron.

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“Rusty & Mills Corner” Hi again and welcome to this afternoon’s game against Chesham United Reserves. Well I’ve been on the investigation trail again and found out the following; The town is known for its four B’s, usually quoted as:- Boots, Beer, Brushes and Baptists (Like the beer part!).

This season is the sixth year for Chesham United Reserves in Spartan South Midlands League Division One, playing three levels below their First XI in the Southern League.

Last season they finished 5th - their highest since joining in 2011. However, Baldock completed a league double over them winning 3-2 away and 2-0 at home. Currently sitting 16th in the league Chesham may be in the lower echelons of the league but my memory tells me that we always seem to have tough, close games against them.

Remember you can always contact me on; Phil.MillsBTFC@gmail.com.

Rusty & Mills “Talk Balls” Rusty: So Millsy how you feeling today?

Mills: Ok thanks Rusty - bit disappointed about last week though Rusty: Yeah I know me too.

Mills: You know Rusty we had enough chances in the first half last week to finish the game off by half time!

Rusty: Yeah but I guess we should give the opposition some credit for their fight back in the second half.

Mills: Yeah in my opinion it was the pace in the subs they brought on up front that killed us off.

Rusty: Well no point in crying over spilt milk – what do we know about today’s opponents?

Mills: Well as a club Chesham seem to have been around a long while, did you see my facts?

Rusty: Yeah I can see Wikipedia has come in useful again!

Mills: Well it’s there – might as well use it? I like the fact their Town is known for the 4 B’s!

Rusty: Interesting mate - wonder how it got known as that?

Mills: Dunno Rusty mate - but on that basis guess we can refer to Baldock as a B&B Town!

Rusty: Why’s that? Is it because of the number of B&Bs in Baldock?

Mills: No Rusty we’ve just got Boots and BeerJ! COYB&B!!

Rusty: Dear oh dear! – Go and investigate our next opponents; I’ve got the programme to finish!

More Reds History On This Day 2 Years ago…

The Reds lost 1-0 at Top Field in SSML Division One against Crawley Green in a pretty forgetful affair. Town had won the reverse fixture by the same scoreline earlier in the campaign thanks to a Tom Oram goal. However, Pat Daly, who is currently banging in the goals at Langford, scored a 69th minute winner for the Dirty Clarets in this one.

5 Years ago…

Baldock moved to within a point of league leaders Met Police Bushey with a 2-0 win at then reigning champions Hinton. Kane Dougherty and an Anthony Bowskill penalty gave Town a fifth successive win and fourth clean sheet in a row.

Did You Know?

Today’s game will be the first ever meeting between Baldock Town and Chesham United Reserves actually played on a Saturday! All our seven previous meetings have been played midweek.

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Town Lotto has been running since February 2010 and has already paid out in excess of £9,000 in prizes to its subscribers. By signing up for just £4 per month – you can make a big difference to your local club and also give yourself the opportunity of winning a cash prize for your valued efforts! See a committee member on matchdays, call us on 07981 789037 or email us at baldocktownfc@gmail.com to join today!!!

CLUB NOTICES WANTED - 1st Team Physio The Club are actively looking to recruit a Physiotherapist for the 1st Team. They play the majority of their games on Saturdays and play some midweek games on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, so the ideal candidate would be available for these. The position would be ideally suited to someone either qualified or working toward a qualification and looking to gain experience in this field. Please email us – baldocktownfc@gmail.com should anyone be interested.

WANTED - Regular contributors to the programme We are looking to recruit a number of regular contributors to the programme. We are not looking for any particular type of candidate, just people who enjoy writing about Football or Sport in general. Articles can be anything from blogs or opinions on the game to a half-time quiz or anything that you feel our readers might find of interest. Again please email us (as above) or speak to Lee Rusbridge for more details.

Enamel Club Badges now on sale The Club have recently taken delivery of some Enamel Club badges (see right). These will be on sale at the gate on matchdays at £3 each.

Half-Season Tickets for sale Should you wish to purchase a half season ticket, they are on sale at £40 for Adults and £20 for concessions. Half season tickets cover all remaining SSML Division One home fixtures.

Follow our social media pages If you have profiles on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, please take the time to “Follow” or “Like” us across our social media channels. We rely on our followers to raise awareness and promote our activities within the local community, so a simple “share” or “retweet” can really help!

Visit Captain Spatch in his Hatch!

For first time visitors to Roker Park, there is hot food and drink available from our Burger Bar, which is located to the right of the bar in the Clubhouse. Captain Spatch offers a wide range of snacks from Burgers, Hot Dogs and Chips to Chocolate and Sweets, as well as a selection of hot and cold drinks.

Parking at Roker Park Whilst parking is limited at Roker Park on matchdays, we can get up to four rows of cars in, so park considerately and think of others when parking up. If the car park is full, you can park outside the ground, but please consider our neighbours and not park in front of their driveways.

Supporting the development of young players @ Baldock Town FC Thank you to each of the following companies who bought tickets for the opportunity to be main and kit sponsor of our new Development Team.

The competition was won by TRAVEL FX. Each of the companies offer a wide range of products and services, so please consider supporting them with your custom: Abridge Court Ltd

AE Landscaping

Alan’s Locksmiths

A-Plan Insurance

Arena Personnel Ltd

Arena Stationers

Ayo Oladehin Chartered Accountants

Benchmark Services Limited

Caro Flood Defence Systems

Caroflow Limited

Carosystems Limited

CBM Property Maintenance

Centroheat Ltd

Clar-ity IT Consultants

D.Crumpton Painting & Decorating

Darren Neilson Flooring

DMC Construction

Fit 4 OCR Ltd

Fluid Studios Ltd

George Hay Accountants

Gilbert & Gregson Construction

Handy for Homes

Holland Motor Company

K Pix Photography

KBME

KBS Builders Ltd

Kenzo Construction

Khoi Khoi Bar & Vino

Kingham Construction

Lee’s Barbers

Letchworth Carpet Centre

Long Game Digital

Maple Partnership Ltd

Maybrey Reliance

MCK Book Keeping

Mick’s Barbers

MIDS Pest Control Ltd

M-Viron Baldock

Party Pix Photo Booths

Pride Landscapes

RSB Partnership

Satchells

Sports Therapy 4 U

Steve Duroe Plastering

Sureclean

The White Box Creative

Thomson Electrical

Yorkleigh Contracts

Baldock Town

Chesham United Res

Colours: All Red

Colours: Yellow & Black

Jack FARMER Adam PITCAIRN Charlie PAYNE Dean GILBERT Sam PERRIN Freddie MORRIS Alex COPPIN Luke GREGSON Harry HOLLAND Anthony JAMES Josh FURNESS Lee HARMAN Kim FORSYTHE Jack GREGSON Owen ROBERTSON Rob BECKWITH

Matt NOLAN Ricardo CATLYM Ryan WILLOUGHBY Etefia ETEFIA James AWOKOYA-DAVIDS Kordian NORAWSKI Andy ALI Michak GORNIAK Abdul ALLY Harry SEYMOUR Aaron GARRICK Kemani MURRAY Liam CRANE Rannel DENNIS Charlie BROOKS Ollie BEAZLEY

Manager: Luke GREGSON Assistant Manager: Dean GILBERT Coach: Jim STARLING Team Gopher: Pinky PARKER

Manager: Emanuel ASARE Assistant: Hicham BENMADANI Physios: Hanicka HALL Zara PINKERTON

Today’s officials - Referee: Gavin MUGE; Assistants: Andy EELY & Percy BROWN

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Next @ Roker Park Wednesday 21st December - 7.45pm KO SSML Challenge Trophy - Round Two

BALDOCK TOWN v HILLINGDON BOROUGH

Arlesey Town Reserves FC

Ampthill Park, Woburn Road, Ampthill, MK45 2HX Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/ampthilltownfc

New Lamb Meadow, Hitchin Rd, Arlesey, SG15 6RS Web: www.arleseytownfc.com

Bedford FC

Biggleswade FC

McMullen Park, Meadow Lane, Bedford, MK44 3SB Web: www.bedfordfc.net

Carlsberg Stadium, Biggleswade, SG18 9JT Web: N/A

Brimsdown FC

Broadfields United FC

Haringey Boro FC, White Hart Lane, London, N17 7JP Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/brimsdownfc

Harefield United FC, Preston Pk, Harefield, UB9 6NE Web: www.broadfieldsunitedfc.co.uk

Buckingham Athletic FC

Chesham United Reserves FC

Stratford Fields, Buckingham, MK18 1NY Web: www.buckinghamathletic.co.uk

The Meadow, Amy Lane, Chesham, HP5 1NE Web: www.cheshamunited.co.uk

Codicote FC

Hadley Wood & Wingate FC

Bury Lane, Codicote, SG4 8XY Web: www.codicotefc.co.uk

Abrahams Stadium, Summers Lane, London, N12 0PD Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/hadleywoodwingate

Harefield United FC

Harpenden Town FC

Preston Park, Breakspear Rd Nth, Harefield, UB9 6NE Web: www.harefieldunited.co.uk

Rothamsted Park, Amenbury Ln, Harpenden, AL5 2EF Web: www.harpenden.football

Hatfield Town FC

Hillingdon Borough FC

Gosling Stadium, Stanboro’ Rd, Welwyn GC, AL8 6XE Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/hatfieldtownfc

Middlesex Stadium, Breakspear Rd, Ruislip, HA4 7SB Web: www.clubwebsite.co.uk/hillingdonboroughfc

Kensington Borough FC

Langford FC

Amersham Town FC, School Ln, Amersham, HP7 0EJ Web: www.kensingtonboroughfc.co.uk

Forde Park, Langford Road, Henlow, SG16 6AF Web: www.clubwebsite.co.uk/langford

Risborough Rangers FC

Southall FC

Horsenden Lane, Princes Risborough, HP27 9NE Web: www.risboroughrangers.com

Hanwell Town FC, Perivale Ln, Perivale, UB6 8TL Web: www.southallfc.com

Winslow United FC

Wodson Park FC

Elmfields Gate, Winslow, MK18 3JG Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/winslowutd

WP Sports Centre, Wadesmill Rd, Ware, SG12 0UQ Web: www.clubwebsite.co.uk/wodsonparkfc

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