SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER TH 2:00 PM KICK
CLUB COMMITTEE CLUB COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT: WILLY MARRIOTT
CHAIRMAN: KEVIN GARDNER
VICE-CHAIRMAN: NIGEL THOMAS
CLUB SECRETARY: GRAHAM CONNEW
YOUTH SECRETARY: HAYLEY EVANS
FEMALE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER / SECRETARY: STEPH NASH (Club Man Of The Year)
WELFARE OFFICER: HAYLEY EVANS
BAR & FACILITIES MANAGER: TYLER REEVE
TREASURER: NICK INWOOD
FIXTURES SECRETARY: STUART DIMOND
GROUNDSMAN: DANNY POWELL
DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER: JASON CHEESEMAN
COMMITTEE MEMBER: RICHARD GIBBON
COMMITTEE MEMBER: STUART WYKES
COMMITTEE MEMBER: RICH FAULKNER (Club Man Of The Year)
COMMITTEE MEMBER: STEVE REEVE
COMMITTEE MEMBER: JOE THOMAS
COMMITTEE MEMBER: STUART WHITE
MANAGEMENT/COACHING TEAM MANAGEMENT/COACHING TEAM
FIRST TEAM: CALVIN GREEN
RESERVE TEAM: BRENDAN EMBRA
LADIES TEAM: STUART WHITE
UNDER 18s GIRLS: JAMES GEDDES UNDER 18s (NYSL): LEE HAINES
UNDER 16s: RYAN NASH
UNDER 15s: CHRIS ASHTON
UNDER 14s BLACK: RICH FAULKNER
UNDER 14s WHITE: TONY HILL UNDER 13s WHITE: TOM MURFITT
UNDER 13s BLUES: IAN MARRIOTT
UNDER 12s: NICK HILLIKER
UNDER 13s BLACKS GIRLS: STEPH NASH
UNDER 13s WHITES GIRLS: ALAN THOMAS
UNDER 11s: ANDREW JACKMAN
UNDER 10s: SCOTT ROGERS
UNDER 9s BLACK: MANI JOHAL
UNDER 9s WHITES: PETE TINSTON
UNDER 8s BLACK: JASON CHEESEMAN
UNDER 8s WHITE: IAN MARRIOTT
Minis : JACK THOMAS
WELCOME TO FROM THE CHAIRMAN... FROM THE CHAIRMAN...
THE SETT
As Chairman of Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club, I would like to offer you a warm welcome to The Sett and I hope that you have an enjoyable visit.
Here at Bugbrooke St Michaels we are working hard to develop a club with a strong inclusive ethos, offering opportunities for players of all ages and abilities.
We are extremely proud of our youth development programme, supporting players from seven all the way up to eighteen. Many of our young players go on to have success with one of our adult teams, with some players going on to even bigger and better things!
There is a great wealth of local support for the club, everyone that helps does so on a voluntary basis and through everyone’s hard work and dedication we have been able to achieve and maintain FA Accredited status.
Whilst some clubs choose to reinvest their revenue into players and wages, here at Bugbrooke we hold a different set of values. All of our profits go into upgrading our equipment and facilities, building a solid future-proof foundation that will be here for future generations to enjoy.
Whilst this can sometimes hold us back from gaining huge success on the pitch, we feel our excellent facilities, youth development programme and ethos on community sets us apart from other clubs.
Success and progression starts from the beginnings.
Thank you for your support today, we hope that you enjoy the game, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Kev
Kevin Gardner, Chairman
Bugbroooke St Michaels Football Club would like to place on record our thanks to our team of volunteers, our advertisers and sponsors.
FEMALE FOOTBALL
##HERGAMETOO HERGAMETOO @ THE SETT
Bugbrooke U18 Girls were formed last year and were successful in their first season competing in Div 1 of the Bedfordshire FA Girls Football League. They finished 3rd and were the only team to beat Real Bedford – in their final league game of the season – as well as reaching the League Cup Final – losing to Real Bedford!
Despite losing 15 players at the end of last season, mostly due to players becoming too old, the squad is still 18 strong and has started the season impressively They have won all four of their matches so far, and currently sit top of Div 1 of the newly formed Northants Women’s & Girls Football League.
Coaches James Geddes and Bob Lane work closely with Ladies team coaches (Stuart White and Alex DeBoer) to ensure that the team also provides a pathway into Women’s football A number of players have made the step up over the last 12 months and the aim is to have more players joining the Ladies squad during the current season. The team is supported by Physio Kayleigh Brocklehurst who also plays for the Ladies team
New sponsors Halo Security and GA Photography have generously agreed to provide new kit, training tops and hoodies so the girls will soon look as impressive off the pitch as they do on it!
New players are always welcome regardless of their experience or ability especially as the team will lose another 9 players at the end of this season. For now though, the aim is to keep improving, stay top of the league and hopefully go one step further in one of the 3 Cup Competitions that the team are involved in!
james geddes
U18's Girls Manager
NEWS! ##BADGER BADGER @ THE SETT
Huge shoutout to our U16 goalkeeper Patrick who this week has been sponsored for goalkeeper gloves by a company called Just 4 Keepers (J4K)
In exchange for wearing their gloves, Patrick has agreed to post on social media and show them in action!
Patrick also now has access to different resources to help improve his game and an online forum where he can watch videos on the different aspects of goalkeeping, gain the opinions and input from other keepers and get individual help and support from the business owner, Ray Newland.
Ray was a professional goalkeeper who played for, amongst other teams, Everton.
This is fantastic for Patrick, who at just 15 years old, has already made his debut for our U18’s this season which includes a debut in the FA Youth Cup! He is a valued part of the squad and the future is looking bright for our young Badger!
As part of the U16’s squad he is a well respected and an invaluable part of the team! Where would we be without our number 1!
Best of luck to Patrick and both the U16’s and U18’s squads this season!
STEPH HAYLEY TEAM! MEET THE MEET THE
Steph is our ladies development officer and secretary. She has been part of the club since 2021 bringing a youth team to join as U12's. Steph has made an incredible impact on the club and girls football since joining and now runs her own U13 Blacks Girls team. This season Steph was awarded with Clubman of the year for her contribution and hard work to the club. In her spare time Steph enjoys spending time with her family and is a dedicated Spurs supporter. She is also known for a bag for life after a heavy night out!
Hayley is our club youth secretary and welfare officer. Hayley has been in her role for just over a year and is a dedicated member of the committee here at Bugbrooke. Her passion for helping the club strive and supporting coaches within her roles are invaluable.
In her spare time Hayley enjoys watching her son play within our U16's squad and supporting her daughter with her horse riding. She enjoys going out with her friends and walking her dog.
CALVIN GREEN NOTES MANAGERS MANAGERS
Good afternoon, everyone and a warm welcome to The Sett. Welcome to Hinckley AFC - Their players, the staff and the travelling supporters.
After three postponements in a row, we're excited to be back playing, but it's another tough test today. Hinckley AFC, like our last two opponents Newport Pagnell and Moulton will be looking to finish in the play offs at the end of the season. The league this year is tough to predict, it seems as if you don't perform on the day you will lose. So, let's hope it's our day today. Our home performances and results have been good, but we need more brilliant results like the point against Coventry and the win against Moulton to achieve what we need to do.
Thanks for your support as always! Up The Badgers!
Formed in 1929, Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club took over from Bugbrooke United who folded in 1928 after being in existence since 1910.
The club, which is named after the local St Michael’s and All Angels Church, initially took its place in the Northants Central Village League and had immense success, winning the league title from 1931 to 1937.
The club closed for the Second World War before reforming in 1947 and were once again successful, winning the CVL title from 1947 to 1950, and were Northants Lower Junior Cup runners-up in 1949, a feat repeated in 1954.
We finally won the N.F.A Lower Junior Cup in 1956 and followed this in 1957 by winning the prestigious Daventry Charity Cup.
The club had its most successful years from 1966 to 1972 when we won the Northants Central Combination Premier title and again from 1976 to 1979 with 1977 also seeing us win the N.F.A Lower Junior Cup again.
The club continued to succeed in the Northants Combination until 1987 when we took the decision to join the United Counties League.
At this time, we decided to run two teams in the U C L and two teams in the C N C We also began our youth section and have continued this ever since Today we run 4 adult sides, including a recently formed Ladies team as well as 15 youth teams.
The club has continued to enjoy success across all age groups over those 30 years, the most notable being N.F.A Junior Cup winners in 1992, N.F.A Lower Junior Cup in 1993, and U C L Division One winners in 2001
The reputation for producing successful youth teams has increased over those years and 4 of our youth players (under 16) have been signed by professional league clubs
The achievements of the club on the field have always been supported by a hardworking committee whose chief officers are recorded on a roll in the clubhouse flyer They, along with the supporters of the club, have built up the excellent changing room sand clubhouse since 1980.
We hope that you enjoy the facilities that they have provided over those years, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future.
HINCKLEY AFC TODAY’S VISITORS
Hinckley AFC is a community owned club that was established in January 2014, following the liquidation of Hinckley United The club aims to promote football for all in the Hinckley and Bosworth community, and is built on a structure of one vote per member. The club is committed to investing its money into football at all ages in the community, with a constitutional promise not to take any profits out of the club.
The town of Hinckley has had a football team for many years, the earliest recorded team being Hinckley Town, who played in the Leicestershire Senior League in 1889. Following a name change to Hinckley Athletic, the club acquired land on Middlefield Lane, and in the mid-1990s they narrowly missed out on promotion to the Southern League on three occasions. Meanwhile, Hinckley Town were formed after changing their name from Westfield Wanderers in 1972, and they were promoted to the Southern League after a successful spell in the 1980s
In the summer of 1997, the two chairmen, Kevin Downes (Town) and Mick Voce (Athletic) established that both sides had something positive to offer a merger Thus, Hinckley Town and Hinckley Athletic became Hinckley United The intention of the merger was to create a higher standard of football in the town, something which was achieved when United won promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 2001
After finishing in 6th place in 2003/04, United were accepted into the newly formed Conference North. They moved into a new ground, on Leicester Road, in March 2005 After a successful start in 2006/07, tragedy struck when Matt Gadsby passed away while playing for the club at Harrogate Town on 9th September 2006. They went on to reach the play-off final, but lost out 4-3 to Farsley Celtic after conceding a last minute penalty.
Seasons of financial woe followed, and after being relegated from the Conference North in 2012/13, the club was liquidated six months later. After appointing Carl Abbott as their first manager, Hinckley AFC’s first match was on 5th July 2014, a 4-2 win against landlords Heather St John’s. Abbott led AFC to a third-place finish in the Midland League First Division in their inaugural season, including setting a new league record for matches unbeaten. They went 27 without defeat in all competitions from 21st October until 28th April, when they were defeated in the Leicestershire Senior Cup
Final
The on-field success continued into the start of the 2015/16 season, when they overturned a Redditch United side from three levels higher in the pyramid to reach the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup in their first campaign in the competition That season, the club finished fifth in the league and won their first piece of silverware: going one better than the previous season by winning the Senior Cup with a 5-1 victory over Oakham United in the Final
Continuing the theme of building on their success each season, 2016/17 yielded a new best league finish, with AFC ending as runners-up behind unbeaten champions Bromsgrove Sporting Alongside that there were best ever runs in the FA Vase, where Abbott’s men reached the last 16 stage but were beaten in extra time by Buckland Athletic, and the Polymac Packaging League Cup, where they reached the final
Abbott stepped down the following October, and the club had several managers for short spells between then and the present day – Dale Belford, Richard Lavery, James Jepson and John Ramshaw all with brief tenures before Dale’s son Courtney Belford took charge in the summer to give renewed optimism after a disappointing campaign
Covid regulations prevented him being able to complete either of his first two seasons in charge, ahead of the club’s move to the United Counties League in 2021/22.
But there the club mirrored their second-placed finish of five years previously, setting numerous records along the way They hit a new FA Vase record 18-0 win at St Martin’s in the FA Vase and set a 13-match winning streak on their way to the play-off final Ultimately though
Spa on penalties in the semi final The club did, though, go one better in the Midland Football League Cup, winning the final, at Walsall’s Bescot Stadium, by beating Premier Division Whitchurch Alport 2-0
The 2023/24 season saw Hinckley remain in the Midland League and have the best start to a campaign since formation, staying in the top five and losing only two matches until January 2024 A run undefeated throughout March, including an important late win against nearest rivals Droitwich Spa, saw Hinckley win the Division One title, fittingly away at Heather St John’s, on 6th April 2024 courtesy of an 82ndminute winning goal by Chandler Pegg.
The club were placed in the United Counties Premier Division South for their debut season at step five, and, with Conneely back in sole charge, he guided the club to a respectable ninth placed finish for their first season after promotion, after mounting a play-off charge for much of the campaign.
Upon a return to the Midland Football League, with Belford’s assistant Joe Conneely now in charge, Hinckley finished third but yet again suffered play-off defeat, this time at the hands of Droitwich Spa on penalties in the semi-final The club did, though, go one better in the Midland Football League Cup, winning the final, at Walsall’s Bescot Stadium, by beating Premier Division Whitchurch Alport 2-0.
The 2023/24 season saw Hinckley remain in the Midland League and have the best start to a campaign since formation, staying in the top five and losing only two matches until January 2024 A run undefeated throughout March, including an important late win against nearest rivals Droitwich Spa, saw Hinckley win the Division One title, fittingly away at Heather St John’s, on 6th April 2024 courtesy of an 82ndminute winning goal by Chandler Pegg
The club were placed in the United Counties Premier Division South for their debut season at step five, and after a play-off challenge for much of the season, AFC fell away towards the end but finished in a respectable ninth place for their first season after promotion. The memory of Matt Gadsby lives on through his wife Sarah and daughter Amelia, who hold the membership Number One of Hinckley AFC
TEAMSHEETS
BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS
Manager
Calvin Green
Colours
White/Black
Team
Ewan Evans
Ollie Pardoe
Reece Irwin
Joe Malkin
Tom Simmons
Harley Mallard
Tom Smyth
Calvin Green
Trey Kwayie
Lewis Brooks
Will Bates
Milad Ehsani
Romeo Ingman
Callum Farmer
Silvano Obeng
Allen Dogbe
Aaron Carmichael
Enoch Opayinka
HINCKLEY AFC
Manager
Ross Innes, Adam Davies and Chris Tullin
Colours Purple/Red
Team NOT PROVIDED
Match Officials: Simon Dutton, Kevin Atkins & Jakub Gierczyk
BADGERS
