The BADGER 2022/23 Issue 16 vs Eynesbury Rovers

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ISSUE 16

OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME

vs EYNESBURY ROVERS UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH SATURDAY 4th MARCH 2023 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 – JAMIE JOLLANDS

‘B’ TEAM - ANDY DEMIDOW LADIES TEAM – STUART WHITE UNDER 18s (NSYL) - LOUIE GALBRAITH UNDER 18s (NDYAL) - 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 - IAN MARRIOTT UNDER 10s WHITE – MIKE BRINKLEY 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 Eynesbury Rovers who are the visitors to the Sett for today’s United Counties Premier Division South fixture.

Well, what a difference a week makes…… you may recall that last week’s Programme Notes referred to the tough run of fixtures that we’d faced and whilst that was true, we go into today’s game following back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.

On paper they were easier fixtures however football matches aren’t won on paper. Neither game was a ‘give me’ hence I am proud of the lads for their efforts over the past week. The challenge now is can we sustain the levels that we demand of ourselves between now and the end of the season starting with today’s fixture against an improved Eynesbury Rovers where we hope to make it a hat-trick of wins.

Looking back at the last 7-days there was an element of pressure as we welcomed a much-improved Rothwell Corinthians to the Sett; we went into the game on a bad run of form where defeat could have left us looking over our shoulder. As it was, we did enough to secure the points winning 2-1 thanks to Simmo and Joe Malkin, the latter with his first goal for the club.

Onto Tuesday we made the long trip to Godmanchester, not ideal mid-week!

To their credit the lads turned in an excellent performance and despite playing the majority of the second half with ten-men we came away with a 30-win courtesy of goals from Kev Shehi, and the Will’s (Glennon and Jones).

A welcome 3 points on the road lifting us into the top half of the table.

With players starting to return the squad is looking stronger, lets hope this bodes well for a positive end to the season as we aim for a top-half finish.

Away from the First Team we must mention the Reserves who have just picked up the UCL Reserve Team of the Month Award for February, very well deserved on the back of a strong month for Jonesy and the lads.

We also want to say Good Luck to the ‘B’ Team and Under 13s White who both represent the Club this weekend in Northamptonshire FA County Cup Semi-Finals. To get this far is an achievement to be proud of, to make the Finals would be the icing on the cake!

As always thank you for your support, enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you again next Saturday when we make the trip to Lutterworth Town.

Dale & Daniel

“Neither game was a ‘give me’ hence I am proud of the lads for their efforts over the past week”

Exceptional

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

EYNESBURY ROVERS MANAGER: NEIL MORRIS

LAST TIME OUT: LOST 2-7 vs COVENTRY UNITED

LEAGUE POS: 13th – P24 W7 D3 L14 Pts 24

FORM GUIDE: WWWLL

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 and 1913/14.

They lifted the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup for the first time in 1914 and won the County Junior Cup in 1921, 1927 and 1932. Whilst the first team competed in the Bedford & District League First Division Eynesbury’s Reserves won 2nd Division championships in 1927, 1931 and 1932.

In 1934 Eynesbury joined the South Midlands League and promotion was achieved at the first attempt whilst the Scott-Gatty Cup was won, but 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. In 1955 a crowd of 4,000 packed into Barford 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 Gary Pilsworth enjoyed great success as manager, leading Eynesbury to a best ever third place in the league, two Hunts Senior Cup wins, a Premier Cup success and two East Anglian Cup finals, and Alan Day kept the momentum going with a 1993 Senior Cup success. Barry Cavilla was next in the hot seat and the 1995-96 campaign saw Eynesbury finish fifth in the league and win 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 returned and 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 local rivals St Neots Town 3-0 in the final, while the 2003-04 campaign saw them reach the Huntingdonshire Premier Cup final only to lose 42 to Wootton Blue Cross.

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. Lee Bassett became the first Eynesbury player to score 50 goals in a season.

Matt Plumb took on the role of chairman in the summer of 2015 before Martin Field resigned in October 2015. 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 rejoined the Spartan South Midlands League and enjoyed their best ever run in the FA Vase reaching the 4th 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 Premier Division Rovers were moved back to the UCL Premier Division (South).

However, Steve resigned in October 2021 and exprofessional Rob Sinclair was appointed as his replacement. He led the team to a ninth placed finish but moved on at the end of the season.

The 2022/23 campaign started with former Eynesbury United manager Mark Spavins in charge with ex-player Neil Morris as coach but after a tough start Spavins resigned and Morris took over.

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LEAGUE TABLE

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH as at 03/03/23

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Rugby Town

26

22

2

2

59

68

2

Wellingborough Town

24

17

3

4

26

54

3

Coventry Sphinx

22

17

1

4

51

52

4

Newport Pagnell Town

22

14

6

2

35

48

5

Milton Keynes Irish

25

13

6

6

16

45

6

Histon FC

24

14

2

8

16

44

7

Coventry United

25

13

2

10

4

41

8

March Town United

23

10

5

8

10

35

9

Bugbrooke St.Michaels

25

8

4

13

-17

28

10

G.N.G Oadby Town

24

8

2

14

-23

26

11

Easington Sports

24

7

4

13

-12

25

12

Desborough Town

24

6

7

11

-15

25

13

Eynesbury Rovers

24

7

3

14

-17

24

14

Godmanchester Rovers

23

5

7

11

-16

22

15

Cogenhoe United

22

5

6

11

-8

21

16

Lutterworth Town

24

6

3

15

-36

21

17

Rothwell Corinthians

22

4

3

15

-26

15

18

Long Buckby AFC

23

2

4

17

-47

10

FORM GUIDE

LLLWW 11/03 vs Lutterworth Town (Away)

NEXT UP

18/03 vs Wellingborough Town (Away) 25/03 vs GNG Oadby Town (Away)

BSMFC DATE

2022/23 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

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

Draw

0-0

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

SMYTH

07.01.23 Desborough Town

Home

Draw

1-1

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

SMYTH

GLENNON

WALTON

18.01.23 Coventry United

Away

Lost

1-2

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

SMYTH

GLENNON

28.01.23 March Town United

Away

Won

3-1

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

31.01.23 Coventry Sphinx

Away

Lost

0-3

REEVE

SPENCER

SIMMONS

SMYTH

GLENNON

WALTON

04.02.23 Histon FC

Away

Lost

0-3

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

SMYTH

GLENNON

WALTON

11.02.23 Rugby Town

Home

Lost

2-6

REEVE

GARWOOD

SHEHI

SPENCER

GLENNON

WALTON

18.02.23 Newport Pagnell Town

Home

Lost

0-3

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

HALLMARK

GLENNON

WALTON

25.02.23 Rothwell Corinthians

Home

Won

2-1

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

1 HALLMARK

GLENNON

28.02.23 Godmanchester Rovers

Away

Won

3-0

REEVE

GARWOOD

SIMMONS

04.03.23 Eynesbury Rovers

Home

11.03.23 Lutterworth Town

Away

18.03.23 Wellingborough Town

Away

25.03.23 G.N.G Oadby Town

Away

01.04.23 Long Buckby AFC

Home

08.04.22 Cogenhoe United

Home

11.04.23 Lutterworth Town

Home

15.04.23 Rothwell Corinthians

Away

22.04.22 Easington Sports

Home

1

SMYTH

GLENNON

WALTON 2

WALTON

WALTON 2

WALTON WALTON

3

WALTON WALTON

1

WALTON WALTON WALTON

WALTON 3

WALTON

WALTON 1

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

1

1

1

1

SMYTH

OAKES

JONES

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

COULSON

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

WEATHERLY

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

JONES

A.WEBSTER

COULSON

JONES

WEATHERLY

J.WEBSTER

PORTER

MPAMBI

KING

GARWOOD

SMYTH

A.WEBSTER

PORTER

JONES

E.PANTER

J.WEBSTER

WEATHERLY

SPENCER

NASH

COULSON

OAKES

A.WEBSTER

PORTER

JONES

E.PANTER

GREEN

1

OAKES

MPAMBI

J.WEBSTER

COULSON

SHEHI

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

GREEN

1

SHEHI

J.WEBSTER

HALLMARK

GIBBON

POWELL

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

JONES

E.PANTER

GREEN

SHEHI

J.WEBSTER

SMYTH

POWELL

A.WEBSTER

J.WEBSTER

SHEHI

E.PANTER

GREEN

DIMOND

BAZELEY

DOHERTY

GIBBON

A.WEBSTER

OAKES

KING

J.WEBSTER

GREEN

SHEHI

SPENCER

BINDER

POWELL

A.WEBSTER

J.WEBSTER

KING

PORTER

GREEN

SMYTH

SPENCER

SHEHI

AMIDI

GREEN

A.WEBSTER

SPENCER

DRINKWATER

MALKIN

SHEHI

E.PANTER

2

1

JONES 1

JONES

1

1

AMIDI

SMYTH

SIMMONS

BONIFAS

MALKIN

JONES

J.WEBSTER

PEARSON

GIBBON

MALKIN

GREEN

SHEHI

J.WEBSTER

SMYTH

MALKIN

GREEN

SPENCER

J.WEBSTER

HALLMARK

DRINKWATER

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TODAYS FIXTURES

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH Milton Keynes Irish

Vs

Coventry Sphinx

Bugbrooke St.Michaels

Vs

Eynesbury Rovers

Easington Sports

Vs

Desborough Town

G.N.G Oadby Town

Vs

Histon FC

Godmanchester Rovers

Vs

Lutterworth Town

Long Buckby AFC

Vs

Cogenhoe United

Newport Pagnell Town

Vs

Coventry United

Rothwell Corinthians

Vs

Wellingborough Town

Rugby Town

Vs

March Town United

RESERVE DIVISION Cogenhoe United Reserves

Vs

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Reserves

Wellingborough Town Reserves

Vs

Raunds Town Reserves

Bourne Town Reserves

Vs

G.N.G Oadby Town Reserves

Desborough Town Reserves

Vs

Newport Pagnell Town Reserves

Harborough Town Reserves

Vs

Godmanchester Rovers Reserves

Kempston Rovers Reserves

Vs

Milton Keynes Irish Reserves

Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves

Vs

Daventry Town Reserves

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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

#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame

• Throwing objects onto the pitch

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RESERVE TEAM

RESERVE DIVISION as at 03/03/23

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Harborough Town Reserves

20

17

2

1

67

53

2

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Reserves

23

16

4

3

35

52

3

Newport Pagnell Town Reserves

21

14

2

5

31

44

4

Milton Keynes Irish Reserves

21

13

1

7

55

40

5

Desborough Town Reserves

22

10

7

5

12

37

6

Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves

22

9

8

5

24

35

7

Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves

23

10

4

9

-16

34

8

Wellingborough Town Reserves

22

9

4

9

-18

31

9

Kempston Rovers Reserves

16

9

3

4

27

30

10

Daventry Town Reserves

22

9

3

10

-17

30

11

Cogenhoe United Reserves

19

6

5

8

1

23

12

G.N.G Oadby Town Reserves

24

6

4

14

-29

22

13

Rothwell Corinthians Reserves

23

4

3

16

-57

15

14

Godmanchester Rovers Reserves

19

5

1

13

-35

14 *

15

Bourne Town Reserves

21

2

6

13

-26

12

16

Raunds Town Reserves

20

0

3

17

-54

0*

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UNDER 18s TEAM

NORTHANTS SENIOR YOUTH LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION as at 03/03/23

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Bugbrooke St.Michael

10

7

0

3

25

21

2

Wellingborough Whitworth Red

11

6

1

4

-9

19

3

Moulton

10

5

0

5

2

15

4

Cranfield United

11

4

1

6

-2

13

5

Northampton O.N. Chenecks

5

4

0

1

11

12

6

Wellingborough Town

10

3

1

6

-19

10

7

Daventry Town FC

9

2

1

6

-8

7

LAST TIME

LOST 1-2 vs CRANFIELD UNITED

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GOALSCORER

LEVON STEWART – 24 GOALS

” Playing for the Enemy” Johan Cruyff was perhaps the most influential footballer of the twentieth century. His playing career, taking on a talismanic role for both Ajax and Barcelona, and the Dutch national team, saw the development of Total Football, from which possession football became the standard, beating the previously unstoppable Italian catenaccio. As a manager of the same clubs, he developed his style yet further, ingraining it into the young players at both clubs, including a fascinated Pep Guardiola.

But lesser known about the enigmatic genius is his time playing for the enemy. With his second spell in Amsterdam coming to an end, but not willing to call time on his playing career, Cruyff made the move no Ajax fan could countenance; he moved to arch-rivals Feyenoord.

Johan Cruyff was on a high in the summer of 1983.

Heading into the swansong of a glittering career, he had just helped him boyhood club to a league and cup double, and was looking forward to a final farewell season to round off his time on the pitch.

After leaving for Barcelona a decade earlier, and having spent a few years bouncing around the United States, he was home, and he was settled. It was something of a shock, then, when the club informed him that they no longer had a place for him. He had served his purpose, he had won them everything they wanted, and he was being put out to pasture.

At least, that’s what his employers in Amsterdam thought. Cruyff was never one to go alone with anybody else’s plan. He had missed the 1978 World Cup, which the Netherlands had been huge favourites to win, with rumours that he refused to play in front of the Argentinian military junta.

Without him, they lost the final to the hosts. With him, who knows what might have been. So, when his club, for whom he was a legend, for whom he had won everything up to and including the European Cup, tried to end his career early, he moved 35 miles to Rotterdam, and signed for their biggest rivals.

Feyenoord were not the same team that had won the European Cup in 1970. Ajax had far surpassed them, and the likes of PSV and AZ Alkmaar were threatening their position, while they spent the first years of the 1980s recording mid-table positions. Not that this encouraged fans, or the staff, that Cruyff should be joining. The press conference announcing the signing was a tepid affair, with Cruyff, his new manager, and the chairman all looking like they wondered if it was a mistake. The Feyenoord supporters certainly believed so, providing the hostile atmosphere at De Kuip that Cruyff had become used to as an Ajax player, when he ran out as a home player for the first time. ‘Feyenoord Forever, Cruyff Never’ read the banner some fans hung, and that was on the softer side of the abuse he received.

The way to win fans over, as Cruyff well knew, was playing well. Feyenoord started the season on fire, winning five of their first six games, as Cruyff got to know his new teammates, including a 21 year old Ruud Gullit. It was another shock, then, when they went to Amsterdam. A hostile atmosphere, with a game marred by crowd trouble, saw the hosts run out massive 8-2 winners. But Cruyff was tenacious, and he carried a grudge. He used the defeat as motivation, as Feyenoord responded with a 15 game unbeaten spell. They slipped to defeat against Groningen, not long before the return fixture against their nemeses.

Ajax travelled to De Kuip still hopeful that another win could derail Feyenoord’s title bid. But this time, things were different. An early goal from Gullit, and then a lovely finish by Cruyff, set the league leaders on their way. Ajax couldn’t get near them, and fell to a 4-1 defeat. Feyenoord wouldn’t lose again to the end of the season, wrapping up the title.

Just to add the icing to the cake, Cruyff also led his team through the ponderous rounds for the Dutch Cup.

Having won the double with Ajax, and been told that his time with the club was over, he led their faltering arch-rivals to the same achievement. And then, on his own terms, he left the field of play. His influence and his legacy have continued for the forty years since, but his playing days were over.

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

Civil Engineering Ltd

NORTHANTS COMBINATION DIVISION 1 as at 03/03/23

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Higham Town

15

11

3

1

27

36

2

AFC Towcester

17

10

2

5

25

32

3

Wootton St George

16

9

4

3

12

31

4

Finedon Volta

14

9

2

3

12

29

5

Medbourne

13

8

1

4

19

25

6

Corby FC Siam

14

6

5

3

7

23

7

Wollaston Victoria Reserves

14

6

4

4

1

22

8

Thrapston Venturas

16

6

2

8

0

20

9

Bugbrooke St.Michael A

17

5

2

10

-16

17

10

Milton

13

5

1

7

-11

16

11

Moulton Reserves

14

3

1

10

-16

10

12

West Haddon Albion

17

2

2

13

-30

8

13

Earls Barton United Reserves

14

1

3

10

-30

6

LAST TIME

LOST 0-3 vs HIGHAM TOWN

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‘B’ TEAM

NORTHANTS COMBINATION DIVISION 2 as at 03/03/23

POS

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1

Crick Athletic

17

10

3

4

17

33

2

Weldon United

17

9

5

3

15

32

3

Kettering FC

17

8

4

5

24

28

4

Corby Kingswood

14

8

2

4

12

26

5

Stanwick Rovers

17

6

4

7

10

22

6

Irchester United Reserves

17

6

3

8

-10

21

7

Bugbrooke St.Michael B

11

6

0

5

-3

18

8

Kettering Nomads Reserves

15

5

2

8

-10

17

9

Brixworth All Saints

14

4

4

6

-8

16

10

Roade Reserves

12

4

3

5

-5

15

11

Harpole Reserves

14

3

4

7

-8

13

12

Heyford Athletic Reserves

15

4

0

11

-34

12

LAST TIME

LOST 3-5

vs BRIXWORTH – DIVISION 2 KO CUP

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