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SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 3:00 PM KICK OFF
THE BADGERS, FOUNDED 1929
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.
NOTES MMANAGERS ANAGERS
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to The Sett!
A warm welcome to the players, staff, supporters from Eyensbury. – Eyensbury like Aylestone park last week are a well-organised, free scoring team that will want to end in the play offs this season, like they did last year. They also boost two of the divisions top scorers. Another fixture we go into as underdogs but there's a real belief in the group that we can start picking up points, with four home games in a row now.
On last weeks game away at Aylestone park. Aylestone were able to call on two top step 3 players to play for them, whilst our two dual registration teenagers were called back with 24 hours notice of the game. Fair play to them for being able to fund that as with 10 minutes to go the step 3 striker put them 2-1 ahead. We gave it a right go but wasn't to be.
Enjoy the game and let’s get behind the lads! Up the badgers!
CALVIN GREEN CALVIN GREEN
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.
EYNESBURY ROVERS F.C. TODAY’S VISITORS
EYNESBURY ROVERS FC HISTORY
The club were formed in 1897 and played friendly matches before joining the Biggleswade & District League and then the St Neots Junior League, which they won in 1910/11. They lifted the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup for the first time in 1914 and won the County Junior Cup in 1921, 1927 and 1932 Rovers competed in the Bedford & District League and in 1934 they joined the South Midlands League. Promotion was achieved at the first attempt whilst the Scott-Gatty Cup was won, while Senior Cup finals in 1937 and 1939 ended in defeat. The post war era began with Rovers joining the United Counties League and they enjoyed spectacular cup success winning the Hunts Senior Cup and Hinchingbrooke Cup four times each in a five year period. In the 1950-51 campaign a Premier Cup success made it a cup hat trick In 1952 Eynesbury joined the Eastern Counties League finishing fourth in their second season. Three years later a crowd of 4,000 packed into Hall Road to watch a friendly against Fulham with the legendary Stanley Matthews guesting for Rovers. The club continued to enjoy cup success lifting the Senior Cup in 1955 and 1957, the Hinchingbrooke Cup in 1959 and Cambs Invitation Cup in 1962, but they were finding life difficult in the league. In 1963 they rejoined the UCL.
Successes in the Hinchingbrooke Cup in 1967 and Hunts Senior Cup in 1970 masked a continued decline and relegation was suffered in 1972. A top flight place was regained in 1977 and floodlights were installed in 1981 with Luton Town providing the opposition for the official opening in front of a four figure crowd. The Hunts Senior Cup was won in 1985 before the club enjoyed a successful spell finishing a best ever third place in the league, two Hunts Senior Cup wins, a Premier Cup success and two East Anglian Cup finals, and a 1993 Senior Cup success Barry Cavilla led Eynesbury to fifth in the league and wins in both the Senior and Premier Cups. Peter Schofield took over and done well to keep the team in the Premier Division on a small budget Neil King enjoyed success in the Hunts Senior Cup in 2000 but was followed by relegation a year later Steve Galbraith took over and in 2002 Rovers again won the Senior Cup beating St Neots 3-0 in the final, while the 2003-04 campaign saw them reach the Premier Cup final only to lose 42 to Wootton Blue Cross
EYNESBURY ROVERS F.C. TODAY’S VISITORS
In the summer of 2005 Dean Shipp took charge and the following season Rovers reached the final of the South Midlands Floodlit Cup losing 2-1 to Saffron Walden. In December 2007 Rovers appointed the management duo of Al Lenihan and former player Pat O'Keeffe. Season 2008/09 saw Rovers near the top of the table for most of the season but had to settle for 9th place after being deducted six points. Al & Pat resigned at the end of that season and Eynesbury appointed Matt Plumb to take charge for the start of the 2009/10 campaign and with Martin Field he guided Rovers back to the Premier Division in 2013/14. In a record breaking season they finished with a record number of points (98) and goals (118) and recorded a club record 11 consecutive wins. Matt Plumb took on the role of chairman in the summer of 2015 before Martin Field resigned in October. Mark Ducket was appointed as manager and in four campaigns he led Rovers to three Hunts Senior Cup Finals, winning 1-0 against St Neots Town in 2017, whilst in the same season recording 119 league goals and equaling their second best ever league placing finishing fifth. In 2019/20 Rovers joined the Spartan South Midlands League and enjoyed their best ever run in the FA Vase reaching the 4 Round.
In January 2020 Mark Ducket left to manage Bedford Town and Rovers appointed Steve Kuhne as his replacement. After two aborted seasons in the Spartan South Midlands League Rob Sinclair led Rovers to a ninth placed finish back in the UCL but moved on at the end of that season. th
After a few years of struggling against relegation with a number of different managers the club turned their fortunes around last season under the management of Darren Fairbrass and Neil Morris. They led the club to a fifth-place finish and a play-off place whilst lifting the UCL KO Cup for the first time in the club’s long history. This season Darren has moved on and Steve Kuhne joined as Neil’s assistant.
TEAMSHEETS
BUGBROOKE
ST MICHAELS
Manager
Calvin Green
Colours
White/Black
Team
John Meadows
Joe Malkin
Earl Atat
Will Bates
Tom Walton
Joel Powell
Jake Webster
Charlie Seaman
Calvin Green
Trey Kwayie
Ollie Pardoe
Milad Ehsani
Silvano Obeng
Chris Makekera
Enoch Opayinka
Greg Kaziboni
EYNESBURY ROVERS FC
Manager
Neil Morris
Colours
Blue/White
Team
James Hoskins
Reece King
Max Kimpton
Harry Hurst
Nathan George
Oliver Brookes
Lewis Lynn
Michael King (C)
Luke Young
Victor Osobu
Scott Joseph
Jamal Batchilly
Dammy Nickels
Oskar Ciach
Tommy Reynolds
Martin Hill
Assistant - Steve Kuhne
Coach - Nick Schleising
Physio - Conor Seaman
Matchday Assistant - Harry McDonnell
Match Officials: David Froom, Ricardo Queiroz, TBC
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