Brixham AFC, Wall Park Road, TQ5 9UE
Members of:
KITCHEN KIT SOUTH WEST PENINSULA LEAGUE
TCS SOUTH DEVON LEAGUE
PIONEER YOUTH LEAGUE
President: Chairman:
Club Secretary/ Treasurer Fixture Secretary Youth Secretary
Vice Chair/PR Officer
Welfare Officer: Bar Manager: Team Managers:
John Charles Phil Thomas 07725 056504 phil.thomas71@hotmail.com Dean Hopper 07788 283567 79 North Boundary Road, Brixham TQ5 8LH brixhamafc.sec@outlook.com Ian Whiscombe 07913 038551 sunnydorset@hotmail.com Alex Foster 07885 791017 alfmarine1987@gmail.com
Alan McCoy 07717 604320 alan_mccoy@hotmail.com
Nicki Severn 07932 323116 nickit12@aol.com
Mike Crimp 07811 330093 Tim Porter 07427 667095 Jason Couch 07977 260264
Lee Hazlewood 07495 289344 Neil Burnell 07538 649647
Andy Raybould (U16s) 07552 433878 Mike Booth (U14s) 07825 576446
Martyn Upham (U13s) 07818 601828 Alex Foster (U12s) 07885 791017
Physio:
Dave Severn (U11s) 07748 468423 Mark Lovell (U8s) 07515 753627 Steve Parkin
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S W PENINSULA LEAGUE EAST RUNNERS UP 2022
S DEVON LEAGUE PREMIER RUNNERS UP 2014, 2022
SDL GEORGE BELLI CUP RUNNERS UP 2013, 2014
DEVON PREMIER CUP RUNNERS UP 2014
DEVON COUNTY U 18’S LEAGUE SOUTH CHAMPIONS 2022
DEVON COUNTY U 18’S LEAGUE CUP RUNNERS UP 2022
PIONEER U15’S CUP WINNERS 2018
PIONEER U12’S CUP RUNNERS UP 2022
PIONEER U10’S CUP RUNNERS UP 2022
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Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to Wall Park. A particular welcome to our friends who have made the rather tedious traipse down the A303, a safe journey home to you all; plus of course a very special welcome to the Casuals great to see you again lads!
Who? will have been the reaction of some Fish fans on hearing the draw for this round of the competition. Well, our visitors are no mugs, playing in Division One of the Wessex League at Step 6 like ourselves and also like ourselves, finishing as runners up last season but they have twice won away from home at Western League Premier Division clubs to reach this stage and have yet to lose a league game, so we should not take them lightly. I should remind you that there is no extra time today, a draw at 90 minutes will mean a penalty shootout.
Last Saturday’s match against Torrington was the perfect example of how to play football keep it simple. Particularly in the first half they were simply second best in every department, although to their credit they kept trying all game in somewhat difficult conditions. Another cracking match against Ivybridge on Tuesday, wasn’t it? Two teams who evidently both wanted to win, but even without six regular starters I think we deserved our victory. We await the quarter-final draw with some interest.
You will find bound into the centre of today’s programme a pull out and keep poster of our first team squad. With the addition of a 99p frame from Wilko, perhaps a suitable addition to the wife’s Christmas stocking? Although you might find a young son/grandson/nephew more pleased to receive such a thing …
The Under 16s home match against Buckland which had been advertised for tomorrow, has had to be postponed due to our opponents having to play their previously postponed County Cup match.
Looking further ahead, the eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that our home game against Dartmouth, which had been scheduled for 27th December , has been pulled forward by 24 hours and will now take place on the Monday at 11am. Enjoy today’s match, let’s make some noise and help our Flying Fishermen to victory!
We welcome everyone involved with Andover New Street to Wall Park this afternoon for our much anticipated FA Vase game.
I think it’s fair to say we certainly count ourselves lucky as being the ones with home comforts today. Let’s hope the wind and rain picks up to give everyone a real feel of how Wall Park is at it’s finest!
We obviously have to mention and welcome the fantastic support not only from our regulars, but today bolstered by our brilliant Fishy Brixham Casuals who have made the trip down this weekend. It’s always fantastic to see them at Wall Park and we continue to be incredibly grateful for their and everyone else’s continued support. Our victory against Ivybridge in the Devon Bowl on Tuesday was as much pleasing to get through as it was to witness some really positive performances by a few lads we haven’t been able to see for a while. Lennie Pegg, Mogs and Alfie Lloyds (albeit for only a short period) took their opportunities to display their value to our strong squad. Plus it was nice to have Jason back alongside me in the dugout. I don’t think he’s due another holiday until 2025 now!
Today will be very much a venture into the unknown. We are fully aware of Andover’s great league form, undefeated and challenging on many fronts, which will no doubt make this our biggest test and battle of the season so far. The lads will be up for the challenge and will no doubt be looking forward to hopefully celebrating with you in the clubhouse after.
Enjoy the game.
HAMMER
MARE
BRIXHAM
YES
SMARDONS,
DAVID
BRIXHAM
BURTON
CROWN
Many years ago when I was teenager growing up in Andover as an avid Andover FC fan, New Street, who were reformed in 1961 by Bob Bryden, were a junior side, and even after Andover had been promoted to the Southern League in the early seventies, New Street were still the ‘noisy neighbours’ plying their trade in the equivalent of the South Devon League. Times change however, and from winning Division Four of the Hampshire League in their first season in that competition Andover New Street, as they were re-named in 2001, have moved steadily up the ladder and now sit on a par with us at Step 6 in the Wessex League’s Division One. Apart from one disastrous season in the Premier Division in 2018 19, this is their highest ever placing. Perennial strugglers until a runners up finish in 2018, they are now one of the higher-ranked clubs in the division, like ourselves ending as runners-up last season when they also reached this stage of the FA Vase for the first time. It is curious that in the previous ten years they failed to win a Vase match at all! This season they have twice defeated Western League Premier Division opposition on the way to this round, both it should be noted away from home: at Sherborne (on penalties) and, somewhat spectacularly, by 5-1 after conceding an early goal, at Street last time out. The club’s ground since 1992 has been Foxcotte Park, just north of Andover, half a mile from the nearest bus stop and somewhat eerily located adjacent to the town cemetery where my late parents are at rest. A side note for visiting fans are you old enough, like me, to remember the days of Richie Freeman and Rob Dunney sharing goalscoring duties up front?
Nearest Pub: Royal Oak, Charlton Road, 19 minutes Nearest chippy: Forget it. Zenith Fish Bar in Shakespeare Avenue is well in excess of half an hour away on foot!
Born Bury, 24 May 2002 (Gemini)
Nickname JJ
Age 20 Height 5’9 Weight 11st 4
Occupation Student Lives Paignton
Status Not married Position on pitch Midfielder/forward
Former clubs Torquay Utd, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Buckland
Best player played with Adam Randall Best player played against Billy Gilmour
Favourite other team Liverpool
Favourite food Kebab
Favourite holiday destination Greece
Favourite TV show The Office
Dogs or cats? Dogs Night in or night out? In Hobbies outside football Golf
Which person in the world would you most like to meet? Steven Gerrard
Third
YOU NEVER forget your first time! Wembley had that same impact on me as it has, and does, for many others.
Mine was an FA Vase final between Guisley and Gresley Rovers in 1991. My main memories are being slightly late and running up the steps inside as the national anthems were playing! Mainly it was seeing that famous patch of grass and how green it looked. It wasn’t an ordinary pitch. There was something about it. The goals were different too, the famous tunnel way behind the goal all capturing my imagination.
Of course, the game probably helped. A 4 4 thriller between the two sides in those days the final went to a replay but the six-year-old me was hooked in.
Over the years I was lucky enough to see many more FA Vase finals at the famous ground: Diss Town winning in 1994, Tiverton Town’s back-to-back success a few years later.
Since working at the paper I’ve only missed one Newport Pagnell Town’s most recent win with a decent excuse of having a five-day old baby.
From the Northern League domination and the evolution to the fixture becoming part of Non-League Finals Day, the only real low point was watching Hebburn and Consett play their game out in front of an empty stadium because of Covid. It was right, however, the players got their chance to play on that pristine surface. For me, the FA Vase is a hidden gem in our footballing calendar. At the moment it’s early days, but as the rounds tick on over the coming weeks and months, the dreams and aspiration will begin to grow. There’s a rawness about the competition. In the latter stages teams from the other end of the country are drawn against each other modern technology means scouting has become easier and there are always contacts for managers to draw on for information.
But quite often it is football in its purest form, two teams who know very little about each other trying to win a game of football on a given day and aiming to take another step on the road to Wembley.
The FA deserve credit for how Non League Day already has that feel of an important date in the annual fixture list.
Attendances have been huge over the years some big teams have made it there of course and the next challenge will be to increase the neutral support on the day. So why not this year? The FA Vase final is usually an action-packed spectacle. Even if you’re side aren’t in the competition, try and get along. Especially if you haven’t been before.
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Club president John Charles is a local football legend. He was a founding member of Brixham Villa in 1953 and after he stopped playing became a qualified FA coach and manager. He also coached at Eden Park Primary School from 1970. One of his proteges was Brixham born England Under 21 international Dan Gosling of Watford, formerly with Plymouth Argyle, Everton, Newcastle and Bournemouth. Brixham Town did him the honour of naming their home ground after him. John achieved national recognition as the winner of the BBC Sports Unsung Hero award in 2009, and was a driving force behind the merger of Brixham United and Brixham Villa in 2012.
WWLWWW 2-0 2-3 Ivybridge Town 17 12 2 3 35 14 21 38 2.235 LDDWWL X X BRIXHAM 15 10 3 2 39 14 25 33 2.200 WWLDDW
Dec 26 Apr 7 Dartmouth 17 10 0 7 27 33 -6 30 1.764 WLLLLL
4-0 Jan 21 Axminster Town 16 8 5 3 35 27 8 29 1.812 WLDWDW
1-1 2-2 Newton Abbot Spurs 16 7 4 5 38 24 14 25 1.562 WDLDWL 4-0 1-3 Bovey Tracey 14 8 0 6 30 21 9 24 1.714 WWWLWL
5-1 Dec 31 Teignmouth 13 7 2 4 26 17 9 23 1.769 DLLWWD
2-0 Mar 18
Cullompton Rangers
16 7 1 8 27 37 -10 22 1.375 WLWLLW
4-0 Dec 10 Sidmouth Town 17 6 3 8 44 41 3 21 1.235 WDWLLW
4-0 Feb 18 Torrington 18 6 1 11 33 47 -14 19 1.055 LDWWWL
Mar 25 Feb 4 Torridgeside 14 4 4 6 22 24 -2 16 1.142 DWDDLL
Mar 4 Nov 19 Honiton Town 15 3 5 7 17 22 -7 14 0.933 WLLDDL
Jan 7 2-1 Plymouth Marjon 19 4 2 13 23 45 -22 14 0.736 DLLLLW
Dec 3 2-1 Elmore 19 4 2 13 31 55 -24 14 0.736 LDLWLL
Apr 22 Mar 11 Holsworthy 16 4 1 11 15 35 -20 13 0.812 LLWDLW
Feb 11 2-2 Elburton Villa 14 2 3 9 21 35 -14 9 0.642 LLLDDD Apr 15 Dec 17 Bridport 13 1 4 8 16 37 -21 7 0.538 LDLLWD
AXMINSTER TOWN
Tiger Way EX13 5HN 56 miles, 75 minutes
BOVEY TRACEY
Mill Marsh Park TQ13 9FF 20 miles, 40 minutes
BRIDPORT
St Marys Field DT6 5LA 67 miles, 90 minutes
CREDITON UNITED
Lords Meadow EX17 1ER 37 miles, 60 minutes
CULLOMPTON RANGERS
Speeds Meadow EX15 1DW 42 miles, 55 minutes
DARTMOUTH
Longcross TQ6 9LW 7 miles, 35 minutes (via ferry)
ELBURTON VILLA
Haye Road PL9 8HS 30 miles, 50 minutes
ELMORE Horsdon Park EX16 4DB 51 miles, 60 minutes
HOLSWORTHY
Upcott Field EX22 6HF 69 miles, 90 minutes
HONITON TOWN
Mountbatten Park EX14 1AW 45 miles, 55 minutes
IVYBRIDGE TOWN
Erme Valley PL21 9ES 23 miles, 40 minutes
NEWTON ABBOT SPURS Recreation Ground TQ12 2AR 15 miles, 30 minutes
OKEHAMPTON ARGYLE
Simmons Park EX20 1GE 50 miles, 65 minutes
PLYMOUTH MARJON
The Campus PL6 8BH 36 miles, 55 minutes
SIDMOUTH TOWN
Manstone Lane EX10 9TF 41 miles, 60 minutes
TEIGNMOUTH
Coombe Lane TQ14 9EX 19 miles, 35 minutes
TORRIDGESIDE
Donnacroft EX38 7BU 66 miles, 90 minutes
TORRINGTON
Vicarage Field EX38 7AJ 67 miles, 90 minutes
Until 1974, football players were either professionals or amateurs. Professionals were paid to play by their clubs, and the only cup competitions such clubs could enter were the FA Cup and, after 1969, for clubs outside the Football League, the FA Trophy. Amateurs, on the other hand, were not paid by their clubs (at least not officially!) and such clubs had their own competition, the FA Amateur Cup.
In 1974, with many of the top amateur players receiving payment for playing, the Football Association abolished the distinction, scrapped the FA Amateur Cup and introduced the FA Vase for the majority of the clubs who had previously played in the competition. Well over 200 clubs entered in the first season, 1974 75, when Hoddesdon Town of the Spartan League beat Epsom & Ewell of the Surrey Senior League 2 1 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 9,000.
In September 2001 Hinckley AFC set a new record score in the competition, beating St Martins 18 0.
In recent years entry into the FA Vase has been restricted to clubs in the ninth and lower tiers of the English league system (those in the four levels above the ninth enter the FA Trophy). It was reorganisation of the National League system in 2004 that moved the dividing line down to the new Step 5 (ninth tier overall)
Clubs from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man also entered the Vase in the past. Guernsey FC, who were formed in 2011 and play in the Isthmian League entered in the 2012 13 season and reached the semi-finals.
It used to be the case that League success meant exemption from the qualifying rounds of the FA Vase for the following season, but the exemption system has now been altered. Clubs that reached the Third Round of the previous season’s Vase are now excused until the First Round Proper, unless they have won promotion to Step 4 and thus play in the FA Trophy instead. Clubs that reached the Fourth Round of the previous season’s Vase and have not been promoted are exempt until the Second Round Proper.
Only five teams have won the FA Vase more than once. Whitley Bay are the only team to win the Vase three times in successive seasons, while Billericay Town, Tiverton Town and Halesowen Town have won back to back titles.
In 2017 Forest Green Rovers became the first FA Vase winners to go on to play in the Football League, while Glossop North End and Hereford, both former Football League teams, have been beaten finalists. AFC Sudbury have reached the final four times, losing every time. Last season 618 clubs entered, the final being won by Newport Pagnell Town of the United Counties League, who beat Littlehampton Town of the Southern Combination 3 0. The club eventually winning the competition will benefit from the prize fund to the tune of more than £40,000 in total.
This season the competition has new title sponsors, Isuzu UK having taken over from builders’ merchants Buildbase, and the trophy is now known as the Isuzu FA Vase.
(All matches 2.30pm kick-off unless stated otherwise)
Sep 3 Elburton Villa Res 3-1 Durrant 2, Griffiths
Sep 17 DPC Newton Abbot Spurs Res 0-4
Sep 24 PAIGNTON SAINTS RES 3-2 Somers, Parkin, Robinson
Oct 1 BUCKFASTLEIGH RANGERS 1-5 Cawsey
Oct 15 Paignton Saints Res 3-2 Chancellor, Griffiths, Mercieca
Oct 22 Ivybridge Town Res 1-0 Sanders
Oct 29 ELBURTON VILLA RES 3-0 Walton 2, Cawsey
Nov 19 HC PAIGNTON SAINTS RES *2pm
Nov 26 Waldon Athletic
Dec 3
Dec 10
Dec 17 WATTS BLAKE BEARNE
Jan 7
Jan 14
Jan 21 KINGSTEIGNTON ATHLETIC
Jan 28
Feb 4 IVYBRIDGE TOWN RES
Feb 11
Feb 18 NEWTON ABBOT 66
Feb 25
Mar 4
Mar 11
Mar 18 WALDON ATHLETIC
Mar 25
Apr 8 Buckfastleigh Rangers
Apr 15 EAST ALLINGTON UNITED Apr 22
Apr 29
May 6 CHUDLEIGH ATHLETIC
May 13 Newton Abbot 66
tba Chudleigh Athletic, East Allington United, Kingsteignton Ath, WBB (away)
Home matches in BOLD CAPITALS. DPC Devon Premier Cup. GBC George Belli Cup. HC Herald Cup
Jan 21 tba Kingsteignton Athletic 7 6 1 0 29 8 21 19 x x BRIXHAM RES 6 5 0 1 14 10 4 15
Dec 17 tba Watts Blake Bearne 6 4 0 2 20 7 13 12
Mar 18 Nov 26 Waldon Athletic 6 4 0 2 13 10 3 12 Feb 4 1-0 Ivybridge Town Res 7 2 1 4 11 16 -5 7 3-0 3-1 Elburton Villa Res 6 2 1 3 8 13 -5 7
Apr 15 tba East Allington United 6 2 1 3 16 22 -6 7
Feb 18 May 13 Newton Abbot 66 8 1 1 6 13 24 -11 4 May 6 tba Chudleigh Athletic 7 1 1 5 12 27 -15 4 3-2 3-2 Paignton Saints Res 7 0 0 7 9 26 -21 0
Wednesday 9 November
Cullompton v Bridport PP
Saturday 12 November
Axminster v Okehampton
Crediton v Dartmouth Elmore v Plymouth Marjon Teignmouth v Bridport
Torridgside v Honiton Torrington v Ivybridge
Saturday 19 November
Bridport v Torrington
Cullompton v Teignmouth
Elburton v Newton Abbot Spurs Holsworthy v Axminster Honiton v Brixham Ivybridge v Elmore
Okehampton v Sidmouth
Plymouth Marjon v Crediton Torridgeside v Bovey Tracey
November 13th
U16s No match
U14s Home v WBB Yellow (9.30)
U13s No match
U12s Away v Watcombe Green (9.30) at Long Lane
U11s Away v Galmpton (9.00)
U8s Away v Stoke Gabriel Yellow (11.00)
November 20th
U16s Away v Torquay Academy Black (2.30)
U14s Home v Ashburton (12.30)
U13s Away v Buckland (9.00)
U12s Home v WBB (9.30)
U11s Home v KM United (11.00)
U8s Home v Kingsteignton (10.00) at South Devon College top pitch
Saturday 26 November
Dartmouth v Cullompton
Elmore v Torrington Honiton v Holsworthy
Ivybridge v Sidmouth
Newton Abbot Spurs v Torridgeside
Okehampton v Crediton
Plymouth Marjon v Bovey Tracey
Teignmouth v Elburton
Saturday 3 December
(*subject to today’s FA Vase results)
*Axminster v Bovey Tracey
*Brixham v Elmore
Crediton v Bridport
*Cullompton v Okehampton
Dartmouth v Torrington
*Honiton v Elburton
Plymouth Marjon v Sidmouth Torridgeside v Ivybridge
This Friday (18th) the club is hosting the league’s Pairs competition, play to start at 8pm, all welcome as usual!
You may not know the name Hubert Bath or his composition ‘Out of the Blue’ but if you have ever listened to Sports Report on BBC Radio the tune is very familiar. Since 3rd January 1948 a stirring march has announced what has become the longest running sports programme on radio. Originally the broadcast was carried on the BBC Light programme; after spells on the Third Network, Radio Three and Two, it now resides on 5 Live. Apart from its time on the Third it has always started at 5pm and for most of its life has carried two readings of the classified football results, thus ensuring that the programme became a staple for football fans all over the UK. If attending a game I would always try to park the car close enough to the ground to be back behind the wheel by the time of the first reading. Amazingly for a show that has been running for almost 75 years there have been only three presenters who have announced the results, the original was John Webster who held the post until 1974. He was replaced by James Alexander Gordon who read the results as a beautifully enunciated work of poetry. His voice is probably the most familiar to us as he was ever present during our formative years. The third presenter Charlotte Green took on the role in 2013 after a successful spell as newsreader on Radio Four. Without warning the classified results were dropped at the beginning of this season to general dismay on social media; the reason given by the BBC was a shortened programme ahead of a Premier League commentary beginning at 5.30pm. Talksport have started to broadcast the classified results during their GamesDayLive programme presented by Adrian Durham; as much as I like Durham’s style it’s just not the same as the version I grew up with and which accompanied me home from hundreds of games.
Classified Football Results, 1948-2022.
There are a multitude of things which have to happen off the pitch to help the lads to be successful on it. We’re on the lookout for committee members, matchday helpers and volunteers to boost our backroom team. Whatever your age or abilities, we have a role to suit. If you feel you can help out, even if only in a small way, we’d love to hear from you! See Phil Thomas in the clubhouse or call him for an informal chat on 07725 056504.
Programme design by South Devon Media 07913 038551
Photographs (cover and page 11) by Davesworld Photography Printed by AC Print, Paignton 01803 551205
James Alexander Gordon (credit: Oxford Mail)
