The BADGER 2022/23 Issue 10 vs Wellingborough Town

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ISSUE 10

OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME

vs WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH SATURDAY 3rd DECEMBER 2022 I 3pm KICK OFF

Bugbrooke St Michaels FC The Badgers, founded 1929

CLUB COMMITTEE PRESIDENT - WILLY MARRIOTT CHAIRMAN - KEVIN GARDNER VICE-CHAIRMAN - NIGEL THOMAS CLUB SECRETARY - GRAHAM CONNEW YOUTH SECRETARY & TREASURER - NICK INWOOD FIXTURES SECRETARY - DAVE MELLOR GROUNDSMAN - DANNY POWELL

WELFARE OFFICER - BEN ROBINSON COMMITTEE – RICHARD GIBBON, STUART WYKES

MANAGEMENT / COACHING TEAM FIRST TEAM – DALE WALTON RESERVE TEAM - ROB JONES ‘A’ TEAM - MARIUS OBREJA ‘B’ TEAM - ANDY DEMIDOW LADIES TEAM – STUART WHITE UNDER 18s (NSYL) - LOUIE GALBRAITH / JAMIE MASON UNDER 17s - DEANO GOMES UNDER 16s - DARREN SMITH UNDER 15s - MARK LINNELL

UNDER 14s - SIMON WHEELER UNDER 13s BLACK - CHRIS ASHTON UNDER 13s BLUE - NICK INWOOD UNDER 13s WHITE - RYAN NASH UNDER 11s BLACK - DANIEL BLAND / BEN SMITH UNDER 11s WHITE - TONY HILL UNDER 10s BLUE & WHITE - IAN MARRIOTT UNDER 8s – ANDREW JACKMAN

From the Chairman …

As Chairman of Bugbrooke St Michael’s Football Club I would like to offer you a warm welcome to The Sett and 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 four 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 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 set 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 Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club would like to place on record our thanks to our team of volunteers, our advertisers and sponsors.

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MANAGERS NOTES

Good afternoon. We’d like to start today’s programme notes by extending a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Wellingborough Town who are the visitors to the Sett for today’s United Counties Premier Division South fixture.

Wellingborough Town need no introduction as not only do they boast two former Badgers in their ranks in the shape of Calvin and Charlie Green they are a side that we have already met this season having travelled to the Dog & Duck in the FA Vase back in August.

On that occasion it was the Doughboys who came out on top, triumphing 2-1 in what was a fantastic game of football, hopefully today’s game will be equally as entertaining albeit we will be hoping for a different outcome this time!

We go into today’s game looking to return to winning ways having lost 2-1 against MK Irish last time out. It was a closely fought encounter where perhaps we didn’t get the rub of green however, we need to learn that to get results at this level we need to play for entirety of the 90 minutes.

In the build up to the game we were delighted to announce the return of Dan Porter, who coincidently re-joined us from today’s visitors; a player who needs no introduction Ports will add much needed experience to the squad whilst providing us with a different option in the attacking third, welcome back!

Prior to the loss to MK IrIsh, we made the short trip to Long Buckby AFC where second half braces for the Will’s (Glennon and Jones) meant that we came away with the points thanks to a 4-0 success.

Fulfilment of those fixtures means that we are just two games away from the halfway point of the season. Our Mid-Year Report currently reads “it’s been a decent start, however we we could do better”. The key to achieving this is to add consistency to our game, as a win has generally been followed by a loss whereas we know that to build momentum and make a sustained push to climb the table wins need to be followed by wins, the players at are disposal are more than capable of achieving this.

Anyway, as today’s game represents our final Home fixture of the calendar year, we’d like to sign off by wishing you and your families a very merry Christmas and here’s to a prosperous 2023!

As always thank you for your support, enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you again when we make the trip to Rothwell Corinthians on Saturday 17th December.

Dale & Daniel

“Ports will add much needed experience to the squad whilst providing us with a different option in the attacking third, welcome back!”

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Leadership

Development

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OUR HISTORY

Formed in 1929, Bugbrooke St. Michael’s 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 immediate 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 the 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 5 adult sides, including a recently formed Ladies team as well as 13 youth teams.

The club has had 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 foyer.

They along with supporters of the club have built up the excellent changing rooms and 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

TODAYS VISITORS

COVENTRY SPHINX MANAGER: Jake Stone

LAST TIME OUT: WON 7-5 vs GNG Oadby

LEAGUE POS: 5th – P14 W9 D1 L4 Pts 28

FORM GUIDE: WWLWW

The original Wellingborough Town was formed in 1867 and is the sixth oldest football club in the country and a founder member of the first football league. Traditionally known as ‘The Doughboys’ which derived from the traditional local dish of ‘Hock & Dough’ Wellingborough Town are also the oldest club in the County of Northamptonshire.

They successfully applied to join the Metropolitan League in 1968-69 and finished a creditable 7th.

The following year however, they were League Champions and in 1970-71 they joined the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division finishing a creditable 3rd. With their ambitions now on a ‘high’ the Club joined the Southern League Division One North in 1971-72.

Upon formation in 1867 the club played under part Handling Code until 1869 when they became a true soccer club. At that time the club ground was in Broad Green, Wellingborough and the club colours were old gold and black.

The Club was able to maintain mid-table positions throughout the seventies before a reorganisation of the league saw them enter the Midland Division of the Southern League after the League was split into Southern and Midland Divisions with no Premier Division. They remained in what was known as the Southern league, Midland Division until 1988-89 when they were relegated to the United Counties League.

In 1879 Wellingborough Town became the first club to play under floodlights when they entertained Bedford at the Bassett’s Close, Wellingborough. The game was a close encounter with Bedford winning 1-2. The lights were powered by generators positioned at each end of the pitch.

In 1894 the Wellingborough Charity Cup Competition started and by this time the Club was playing on the Thomas Field, Union Lane.

Wellingborough.

In the same year the Club became founder members of the Leicestershire & Northants League and in the following season joined the Midland League. The first recorded winners of the now 1st Division of the United Counties League were Wellingborough Town Reserves.

The following year, 1896-97, saw the Club become founder members of the United league.

In 1899-00 the Club were runners-up in the Midland League before joining Division 1 of the Southern League in 1901-02. It was at this time they moved to their current ground at the Dog & Duck, London Road, Wellingborough.

In 1905 the Club changed its name to Wellingborough Redwell but resigned at the end of the season after finishing bottom of Division 1.

The first recorded silverware was won when they became League Champions in 1910-11. The Club continued to be known as Wellingborough Redwell until 1919 when they reverted to their former name of Wellingborough Town F.C. In 1922 the Club ground record of 7,169 was set when they entertained Kettering Town in the Maunsell Cup Final, winning 2-1.

There then followed 13 years of struggle with the Club avoiding relegation from the Premier Division of the United Counties League on several occasions. Their worst fears became a reality when in season 2001-02 they folded and resigned from the League. This was a black period in the history of a club that had formed the backbone of the first professional league.

Wellingborough Town has figured prominently in the annals of the FA Cup and many exciting encounters have been recorded against old opponents such as Peterborough United, Kettering Town, Corby Town and Cambridge City. The pinnacle of their Cup success was when they reached the First-Round proper in 1965 being drawn against Aldershot, who at that time were in the Football League Third Division.

Despite losing 2-1 Wellingborough were not disgraced.

The Town had been without a senior football team for a period of two years when a local retired Senior police Officer, Laurie Owen, formed group of sporting friends in an attempt to resurrect the ‘Doughboys’. He was joined by a local businessman, Alan Warwick, whose father played for the ‘Doughboys’ in the twenties and the then Mayor of Wellingborough, David Smith.

In their first season back in senior football the team finished second in the United Counties League Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division after losing just one game. The NFA Junior Cup was also won after beating Peterborough Northern Star 2-0 after extra-time at Northampton Town’s Sixfields stadium.

They have remained in the United Counties Premier Division since.

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LEAGUE TABLE

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH as at 02/12/22

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Rugby Town

15

12

2

1

24

38

2

Coventry Sphinx

14

11

1

2

31

34

3

Newport Pagnell Town

14

9

4

1

23

31

4

Milton Keynes Irish

15

9

2

4

10

29

5

Wellingborough Town

14

9

1

4

8

28

6

March Town United

13

8

3

2

20

27

7

Coventry United

13

8

0

5

3

24

8

Histon FC

15

7

1

7

2

22

9

Easington Sports

16

6

2

8

-1

20

10

Bugbrooke St.Michaels

15

5

2

8

-9

17

11

G.N.G Oadby Town

14

5

1

8

-13

16

12

Desborough Town

15

4

3

8

-8

15

13

Godmanchester Rovers

13

3

4

6

-3

13

14

Cogenhoe United

13

3

3

7

-6

12

15

Lutterworth Town

15

3

3

9

-16

12

16

Eynesbury Rovers

15

3

3

9

-18

12

17

Rothwell Corinthians

14

3

0

11

-20

9

18

Long Buckby AFC

15

2

3

10

-27

9

FORM GUIDE

WLLWL 10/12 vs Rothwell Corinthians (Away)

NEXT UP

17/12 vs Godmanchester Rovers (Away) 07/01 vs Desborough Town (Home)

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2022/23 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

DATE OPPOSITION

VENUE RESULT SCORE STARTING LINE-UP

12.07.22 Kettering Town (NFA Cup)

Home

Lost

2-3

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

SMYTH

GLENNON

WALTON

30.07.22 March Town United

Home

Lost

0-4

REEVE

WHALER

SHEHI

HALLMARK

GLENNON

WALTON

02.08.22 Cogenhoe United

Away

Won

1-0

REEVE

MPAMBI

SHEHI

1 HALLMARK

GLENNON

06.08.22 Long Buckby AFC - FA Cup

Home

Won

3-0

REEVE

WHALER

SHEHI

HALLMARK

GLENNON

13.08.22 Rugby Town

Away

Lost

0-2

REEVE

MPAMBI

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

LEON

20.08.22 Lichfield City - FA Cup

Away

Lost

0-2

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

SHEHI

GLENNON

LEON

23.08.22 GNG Oadby Town

Home

Won

4-2

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

LEON

27.08.22 Wellingborough Town - FA Vase

Away

Lost

1-2

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

LEON

03.09.22 Godmanchester Rovers

Home

Lost

0-3

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

WALTON

13.09.22 Desborough Town

Away

Draw

1-1

REEVE

NASH

MPAMBI

HALLMARK

GLENNON

WALTON

17.09.22 Newport Pagnell Town

Away

Won

2-1

REEVE

NASH

SHEHI

HALLMARK

GLENNON

WALTON

24.09.22 Easington Sports

Away

Lost

0-1

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

27.09.22 Milton Keynes Irish

Home

Draw

2-2

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

01.10.22 Histon FC

Home

Lost

1-2

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

08.10.22 Heather St. Johns - UCL Cup

Home

Won

4-2

REEVE

MPAMBI

SIMMONS

SMYTH

GLENNON

15.10.22 Coventry United

Home

Lost

1-3

REEVE

NASH

SHEHI

HALLMARK

GLENNON

22.10.22 Eynesbury Rovers

Away

Won

4-3

REEVE

SPENCER

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

29.10.22 March Town United - UCL Cup

Away

Lost

1-3

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

J.WEBSTER

GLENNON

05.11.22 Coventry Sphinx

Home

Lost

0-4

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

19.11.22 Long Buckby AFC

Away

Won

4-0

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

2

WALTON

26.11.22 Milton Keynes Irish

Away

Lost

1-2

REEVE

NASH

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

1

WALTON

03.12.22 Wellingborough Town

Home

10.12.22 Rothwell Corinthians

Away

17.12.22 Godmanchester Rovers

Away

07.01.22 Desborough Town

Home

14.01.22 Coventry Sphinx

Away

21.01.22 Lutterworth Town

Home

28.01.22 Newport Pagnell Town

Home

04.02.22 Histon FC

Away

11.02.22 Rugby Town

Home

18.02.22 March Town United

Away

04.03.22 Eynesbury Rovers

Home

18.03.22 Wellingborough Town

Away

25.03.22 G.N.G Oadby Town

Away

08.04.22 Cogenhoe United

Home

11.04.22 Lutterworth Town

Away

15.04.22 Long Buckby AFC

Home

22.04.22 Easington Sports

Home

1

WALTON 2

WALTON

WALTON 2

WALTON WALTON

3

WALTON WALTON

1

WALTON WALTON WALTON

SUBS A.WEBSTER

OAKES

A.WEBSTER

1

JONES

J.WEBSTER

BINDER

WEATHERLY

COULSON

HALLMARK

SPENCER

BONIFAS

OAKES

JONES

J.WEBSTER

KING

SPENCER

MPAMBI

LEON

BUCKINGHAM

DOHERTY

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

JONES

J.WEBSTER

KING

SPENCER

COULSON

LEON

HARRISON

TICHAWONA

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

JONES

SPENCER

KING

E.PANTER

MPAMBI

LEON

COULSON

HARRISON

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

JONES

SHEHI

KING

SPENCER

COULSON

NASH

HALL

TICHAWONA

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

COULSON

1

JONES

COULSON

KING

SPENCER

E.PANTER

TRKULJA

MPAMBI

WALTON

JONES

3

E.PANTER

SHEHI

SPENCER

COULSON

KING

MPAMBI

WALTON

OAKES

JONES

1

E.PANTER

SHEHI

SPENCER

MPAMBI

KING

-

WALTON

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

SPENCER

SHEHI

COULSON

KING

MPAMBI

DALTON

SMYTH

OAKES

WEATHERLY

SPENCER

KING

COULSON

BAZELEY

TRKULJA

BONIFAS

DOHERTY

SMYTH

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

COULSON

LASALIRE

MPAMBI

BINDER

SMYTH

OAKES

WEATHERLY

E.PANTER

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

COULSON

LASALIRE

MPAMBI

J.WEBSTER

LEON

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

SHEHI

KING

COULSON

J.WEBSTER

LEON

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

1

SPENCER

COULSON

SMYTH

KING

MPAMBI

SHEHI

COULSON

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

1

KING

SHEHI

SPENCER

A.WEBSTER

HALLMARK

NASH

SMYTH

COULSON

JONES

E.PANTER

1 A.WEBSTER

OAKES

SPENCER

KING

SIMMONS

MPAMBI

E.PANTER

2 A.WEBSTER

NASH

COULSON

J.WEBSTER

KING

SHEHI

E.PANTER

1

KING

SHEHI

SPENCER

WEATHERLY

HALLMARK

DALTON

J.WEBSTER

SHEHI

COULSON

MPAMBI

DOHERTY

HYNAM

DALTON

E.PANTER

J.WEBSTER

COULSON

SHEHI

WEATHERLY

DOHERTY

WEATHERLY

J.WEBSTER

PORTER

MPAMBI

KING

GARWOOD

1

SMYTH

OAKES

JONES

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

COULSON

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

WEATHERLY

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

JONES

A.WEBSTER

COULSON

JONES

1

2

1

1

SMYTH

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TODAYS FIXTURES

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH Histon FC

Vs

Desborough Town

Rugby Town

Vs

Milton Keynes Irish

Bugbrooke St.Michaels

Vs

Wellingborough Town

Easington Sports

Vs

March Town United

G.N.G Oadby Town

Vs

Cogenhoe United

Long Buckby AFC

Vs

Eynesbury Rovers

Rothwell Corinthians

Vs

Coventry United

RESERVE DIVISION Cogenhoe United Reserves

Vs

Kempston Rovers Reserves

Milton Keynes Irish Reserves

Vs

Daventry Town Reserves

Newport Pagnell Town Reserves

Vs

Raunds Town Reserves

Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves

Vs

Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves

Wellingborough Town Reserves

Vs

G.N.G Oadby Town Reserves

NORTHANTS FA JUNIOR CUP Corby Strip Mills

Vs

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Reserves

Wellingborough Whitworth First

Vs

Rothwell Corinthians Reserves

Desborough Town Reserves

Vs

Wittering Premiair

ISUZU FA VASE THIRD ROUND Belper United

Vs

Coventry Sphinx

Norwich United

Vs

Newport Pagnell Town

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‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME.’ A message from Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club about antisocial and criminal behaviour As we commence the new season we want to make you aware of new measures being taken across all of football, and the NLS, to ensure everyone can have a safe and enjoyable experience.

We are supporting strong action from the FA, and across the NLS to tackle antisocial and criminal behaviours that put all of us at risk.

Please remember the following activities are illegal, dangerous, have serious consequences and have no place in our game: • Carrying or using smoke bombs or pyros • Invading the pitch or entering the pitch without permission

For everyone’s safety, we will report anyone carrying out these offences to the police, which can result in a criminal record.

Anyone who enters the pitch without permission and those carrying or using smoke bombs or pyros will now receive an automatic club ban. These measures could also now apply to the parents or guardians of children involved in these activities.

This reflects the seriousness of the risks to fans and staff – pyros can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius and cause life changing injuries, while entering the pitch endangers players, managers and match officials. It also impacts the hard working volunteers, who ensure that our special part of the game continues to run.

• Drug use within the football ground

We know those who commit these illegal acts do not represent the majority of supporters. Please work with us to call out the risks.

• Discriminatory behaviour

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• Throwing objects onto the pitch

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RESERVE TEAM

RESERVE DIVISION as at 02/12/22

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Harborough Town Reserves

14

13

1

0

51

40

2

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Reserves

17

11

3

3

23

36

3

Kempston Rovers Reserves

13

9

2

2

33

29

4

Desborough Town Reserves

17

8

5

4

8

29

5

Newport Pagnell Town Reserves

14

9

1

4

21

28

6

Milton Keynes Irish Reserves

15

9

0

6

36

27

7

Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves

17

6

8

3

15

26

8

Daventry Town Reserves

15

6

3

6

-9

21

9

Wellingborough Town Reserves

15

6

3

6

-12

21

10

Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves

15

5

3

7

-7

18

11

Cogenhoe United Reserves

13

4

4

5

-2

16

12

G.N.G Oadby Town Reserves

17

4

3

10

-17

15

13

Rothwell Corinthians Reserves

19

3

3

13

-55

12

14

Godmanchester Rovers Reserves

14

4

1

9

-25

11 *

15

Bourne Town Reserves

16

2

4

10

-23

10

16

Raunds Town Reserves

13

0

2

11

-37

-1 *

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UNDER 18s TEAM

NORTHANTS SENIOR YOUTH LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION as at 02/12/22

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Wellingborough Whitworth Red

9

5

1

3

-6

16

2

Bugbrooke St.Michael

8

5

0

3

14

15

3

Moulton

8

5

0

3

8

15

4

Wellingborough Town

8

3

1

4

-11

10

5

Cranfield United

7

2

1

4

-5

7

6

Daventry Town FC

9

2

1

6

-8

7

7

Northampton O.N. Chenecks

3

2

0

1

8

6

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LEVON STEWART – 18 GOALS

” Controversy and Corruption at the World Cup” The controversy surrounding this year’s World Cup in Qatar rumbles on, and rightly so. A country with an appalling human right’s record, where LGBTQI+ fans cannot and do not feel welcome, and where hundreds or thousands of migrant workers are believed to have died in the construction of the stadia, it’s hosting of the World Cup is a stain on the game. But it is far from the first time that the competition has not lived up to the liberal image football likes to portray. In 1934, Mussolini believed the World Cup could unite and advertise his fascist Italy on the global stage. Even in 1966, England’s sole victory, took place in a country where homosexuality was still illegal. But perhaps none of the controversial editions come close to 1978, where the Argentinian junta so brazenly, so blatantly, hosted the World Cup to prop up their own hated regime.

It is difficult to pin down exactly to whom FIFA awarded the World Cup in 1978. The country, obviously, was Argentina, but the decision was made in 1966. The bid to host the competition was made under the Presidency of Arturo Umberto Illia, the third centre-left President in a row, representing something like a stable democracy. But, eight days before the decision was made, a coup d’etat removed Illia from office, replacing him with a military junta, who technically received the competition.

Argentinian politics being as unstable as they were in the sixties and seventies, various other coups, before the return of popular Juan Peron and then his wife Isabel (not Evita) and, eventually, another junta, which was in place when the tournament started in 1978. They had been in power for just two years, with a brutal crackdown on dissent, the removal of political liberties, and the disappearance of 30,000 people. Still, FIFA did what they do best, and concentrated on the football.

The competition itself started relatively innocuously.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland failed to qualify, meaning British hopes (or, at least, interests) were pinned on Scotland, who struggled to live up to their pretournament optimism. 1974 finalists West Germany and the Netherlands made it through, however, as did the hosts and their arch-rivals Brazil. Joining them was Peru, which wasn’t especially noteworthy at the time, but by the end of the tournament would be one of the biggest talking points in football.

The second group stage saw Argentina drawn with Brazil, Poland and Peru. After seeing off Poland, they drew with their South American rivals and would need a strong win in their final group game to qualify. Argentina started their game suspiciously late and knew that they needed a four-goal victory to qualify. Peru had enjoyed a strong start to the competition but waned in the second group stage, losing 3-0 to Brazil. But such a heavy defeat seemed out of the question, and Brazil prepared to move into the final. They had reckoned without the junta.

Both Argentina and Peru have always denied any kind of arrangement. But Peru’s players have admitted to a prematch visit from the Argentina President and Henry Kissinger (The United States supported the junta, and Kissinger was a master of inflaming and easing political tensions to aid his political ambitions). Only one player, Peruvian defensive midfielder and Ballon d’Or nominee Jose Velasquez, has ever claimed wrongdoing in the match.

With the benefit of this hindsight, Mario Kempes ran through a suspiciously open defence in the 21st minute to open the scoring. Rodolfo Manzo was accused to throwing the game to secure a transfer to Velez, and he left the gap. Early in the second half, he lost Kempes from a free-kick and the Argentine got his and the team’s second. Suspicious, but not necessarily damning.

But two goals would not be enough, and time was running out. Suspicious again, then, when in the 51st minute Peru’s best player, and the only one to have accused his teammates of corruption, was taken off. He was replaced by Raul Gorriti, who hadn’t played a minute of the competition up to this point.

The goals flowed then. A third. A fourth. A fifth. And a sixth. Argentina qualified for the final ahead of Brazil, where they would meet the Total Football of the Netherlands. In an overly physical game, Argentina forced extra time, and Kempes and Daniel Bertoni won it for the hosts.

But it was the Peru game that was remembered, and the questions marks still remain. A Peruvian senator has admitted that his nation threw the game, and Velasquez has accused some of his teammates, but there has never been any proof. The corruption always takes place behind closed doors, and it’s always the football that suffers.

Enjoy the game!

Martyn Green The Untold Game Find us at TheUntoldGame.co.uk or on social media @TheUntoldGame

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‘A’ TEAM

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NORTHANTS COMBINATION DIVISION 1 as at 02/12/22

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Higham Town

11

7

3

1

16

24

2

AFC Towcester

11

6

2

3

21

20

3

Wollaston Victoria Reserves

10

5

3

2

10

18

4

Finedon Volta

8

5

2

1

4

17

5

Bugbrooke St.Michael A

10

5

2

3

-2

17

6

Wootton St George

11

4

4

3

6

16

7

Corby FC Siam

10

4

4

2

3

16

8

Medbourne

9

5

0

4

4

15

9

Milton

10

4

1

5

-6

13

10

Moulton Reserves

9

3

0

6

-8

9

11

Thrapston Venturas

11

2

1

8

-17

7

12

Earls Barton United Reserves

10

1

3

6

-15

6

13

West Haddon Albion

10

1

1

8

-16

4

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NORTHANTS COMBINATION DIVISION 2 as at 02/12/22

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Corby Kingswood

11

7

1

3

10

22

2

Crick Athletic

11

6

2

3

7

20

3

Weldon United

10

5

3

2

10

18

4

Bugbrooke St.Michael B

10

5

1

4

1

16

5

Kettering Nomads Reserves

12

5

1

6

0

16

6

Kettering FC

11

4

3

4

19

15

7

Brixworth All Saints

11

4

3

4

-4

15

8

Harpole Reserves

9

4

2

3

7

14

9

Stanwick Rovers

10

3

4

3

4

13

10

Roade Reserves

9

4

1

4

-4

13

11

Irchester United Reserves

10

4

1

5

-9

13

12

Heyford Athletic Reserves

11

3

0

8

-21

9

13

Wellingborough Whitworth A

9

2

0

7

-20

6

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AARON CRAMPTON – 9 GOALS

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