The BADGER 2022/23 Issue 20 vs Easington Sports

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.

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.

BSMFC 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 Easington Sports who are the visitors to the Sett for today’s United Counties Premier Division South fixture.

As I am sure you are aware today’s fixture brings down the curtain on our 2022/23 season. It’s been a rollercoaster with plenty of bumps along the way however a win today would secure us a top-half finish (9th place) which when you consider the size of our club coupled with our limited finances in comparison to many opponents it would represent a fantastic achievement and one that myself, the staff and all the players should rightly be proud of!

That said victory today is not a given against a good Easington Sports side who themselves will be looking to finish their season on a high note, they sit a couple of places behind us in the table and whilst they can’t overtake us, they’re not on the beach yet as their mid-week win at Histon proved.

As always, we will focus on what we can control which is our performance. Get that right and hopefully the result will take care of itself.

Given that today is our last game it would be amiss of us not to thank everyone who works tirelessly behind the scenes at the club or those that support us on a match day which includes our many sponsors. We really do appreciate your support. Without you our club would not be the club that it is today!

We also want to take the opportunity to recognise the efforts of our peers (other BSMFC Coaches) and their teams as despite the cabinet not being as full as it was last season there are many positives across the Club.

Whether that be a new look Reserve Team under the watchful eye of Rob Jones finishing in the top-three, the ‘B’ Team, also under new management, on track for a top-two finish, the Ladies Team who have performed well all season and have reached the NTFA Cup Final, NDYAL Cup Finals for our Under 12s and 16s, our newly formed Under 8s, and best of all the soon to be first ever Girls Team…………. there is so much to be proud of!

For some of you the season is not yet over, therefore we wish you all the best for what lies ahead, lets hope that when the season does end the cabinet is full again!

Following the conclusion of today’s game, it’ll be time to celebrate, re-charge the batteries ready to go again.

Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you back at the Sett very soon.

“As always, we will focus on what we can control which is our performance. Get that right and hopefully the result will take care of itself”

Dale & Daniel

BSMFC 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

ASINGTON SPORTS

MANAGER: LAST TIME OUT: Andy Sharman

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TODAYS VISITORS

The Club was formed in the immediate postwar period of 1945/46 to fulfill the sporting and social needs of the young people of the Easington housing estate in Banbury, many of whom were returning from war service.

The Club, then known as ‘The Clan’, soon prospered, as there was an obvious need for such a facility, and formed a cricket, tennis and a Ladies section. Football was, however, the main branch of the Club’s activity, and they began playing in the local Junior Leagues as Easington Sports F.C.

The football was played on pastureland to the west of Wykham Lane, and for a few years endured the lack of facilities enjoyed today by almost all clubs. (No water available on site, no real changing facilities to name but two of the privations to be met on a cold winter’s afternoon).

Fortunately, this situation was soon to change, for as a result of tireless fund raising by all concerned and some dedicated work by stalwarts such as Gordon Vivash, Tim Fountain and many other committed club members, the prospect of a new ground owned by the Club became a reality.

The purchase of the Addison Road ground and the building of a clubroom, together with the Club’s entry to the Oxfordshire Senior League was the beginning of senior football for Sports, and to their credit they proved to be a formidable force at that level. (Becoming winners and finalists in the Senior Cup and heading the Premier League table on two occasions in the early and mid-fifties).

In view of their success at county level the Club sought entry, and was accepted into the old Warwickshire Combination, which at that time counted professional and semi professional teams. (Aston Villa ‘A’, West Bromwich Albion ‘B’ and teams which now grace the Conference as members).

Although having moderate success in this competition, as with many other amateur clubs; finance played its part in the decision to return to the Oxfordshire Senior League, where the expenses, in particular travelling, were much more in line with the club’s limited income.

Looking to raise their standards once more, the Club sought entry to the Hellenic League. Subject to certain ground improvements they were readily accepted and have remained as membersof Division One ever since.

With some ‘ups and downs’, Sport’s have almost always been mid-table at the end of each season, which, considering their amateur status against mostly professional or wellsponsored opponents has not been too bad a record. The Club has always sought to give the youngsters of Banbury and district an opportunity to get into senior football, and indeed beyond, and has continually run youth teams at various age levels. Wishing all those whose ability took them to higher levels good luck and feeling grateful that the club gave them the start/plat- form to their careers.

It has sometimes been said that Easington Sports have not been ambitious or forward looking enough in their sixty years, but shrewd and cautious stewardship by series of committees over the years have ensured that the club has never overreached itself financially and has remained faithful to its original ideals to provide football of a good standard for local youth.

In 2019 the club were awarded Community Charter Standard Status and currently have 35 affiliated teams. Our youth teams include both boys and girls and our open age section now includes three male, two female and a pan disability squad. We remain committed to providing those in the local community with a pathway into football. Our lateral movement into the UCLS for 2021 /2022 provided a welcome new challenge.

BSMFC SUMMARY

BSMFC LEAGUE TABLE

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

FORM GUIDE W W L W D

BSMFC TODAYS FIXTURES

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Vs Easington Sports

Cogenhoe United Vs Rothwell Corinthians

Coventry Sphinx Vs Eynesbury Rovers

Long Buckby AFC Vs Histon

March Town United Vs Desborough Town

Milton Keynes Irish Vs Godmanchester Rovers

Newport Pagnell Town Vs Lutterworth Town

Rugby Town Vs Wellingborough Town

RESERVE DIVISION

Daventry Town Reserves Vs Harborough Town Reserves

Godmanchester Rovers Reserves Vs Newport Pagnell Town Reserves

Desborough Town Reserves Vs Kempston Rovers Reserves

Rothwell Corinthians Reserves Vs Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves

Wellingborough Town Reserves Vs Cogenhoe United Reserves

BSMFC 2022/23 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

1 KING SHEHI SPENCER WEATHERLY HALLMARK DALTON

A.WEBSTER SPENCER WEATHERLY J.WEBSTER SHEHI COULSON MPAMBI DOHERTY HYNAM DALTON

A.WEBSTER SPENCER JONES 2 E.PANTER J.WEBSTER COULSON SHEHI WEATHERLY DOHERTY

A.WEBSTER COULSON JONES WEATHERLY J.WEBSTER PORTER MPAMBI KING GARWOOD SMYTH

A.WEBSTER PORTER JONES

‘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

Throwing objects onto the pitch

Drug use within the football ground

Discriminatory behaviour

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.

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

#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame

BSMFC RESERVE TEAM

NEXT UP 29/04 vs Bourne Town (Away)

FORM GUIDE W L L W W GOALSCORER

BSMFC UNDER 18s TEAM

NORTHANTS SENIOR YOUTH LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION

LAST TIME

WON 2-1 vs KETTERING TOWN – JAYMAN SHIELD

FORM GUIDE L L D D W

NEXT UP GOALSCORER

Not Applicable LEVON STEWART – 25 GOALS

BSMFC LADIES TEAM

” Small Acts of Resistance”

It is a photograph that has gone down in infamy. England, fresh from the Home International tournament, travelled to Nazi Germany in 1938 for a friendly. Amid increasing tensions between the two countries, and with the policy of appeasement desperately seeking to avoid conflict at all costs, the England players were warned that the slightest spark could tip the entire continent into an unimaginably destructive war. With that in mind, both British and German officials put pressure on the players to show their respect to the Führer and give the Hitler salute. To the disappointment of all involved, including some among the greatest players of their generation, they acquiesced and performed the salute. The photograph is a monument of shame to English football, but what cannot be seen is that, outside of the eleven on the pitch, one player refused.

That one principled man was Stan Cullis. The Wolves legend was at the peak of his powers in the late 1930s, a regular in the national side and, before long, he would take over the captaincy. The man he would take the armband from was Eddie Hapgood, the Arsenal left back who had just pipped Cullis’ Wolves to the title. In the dressing room before the match, so Stanley Matthews recalled in his autobiography, there was a heated debate among the players about the appropriateness of the gesture. Hapgood, as leader, took the final decision. With the threat of war hanging over them, he decided that his players would make the salute. While most went along with their captain’s decision, Cullis famously replied “count me out”.

Rumours persist that this refusal saw him thrown out of the team. In reality, if it played a part at all, it was simply the final straw after a poor final game against Scotland in the Home Nations. Having already won the competition, and with Scotland having fallen to successive defeats, England took it easy against the Auld Enemy. Preston forward Frank O’Donnell led the Scottish line as they ran out 1-0 winners, Cullis taking the blame. It would have been no surprise for him to have been dropped in the next game, but his refusal to salute under any circumstances has, rightly, taken precedence in his story.

You can see the shame in the body language of some of the England players in that infamous photograph. Slumped bodies, eyes down, none of the respectful strength that the salute was supposed to convey. It is difficult to imagine that, as they submitted to their captain’s orders, one of two didn’t wish they were back in the dressing room with Cullis

While it is the most famous example, that England game in Berlin in 1938 was not the only example of pressure being put on British players to abandon any principles and misgivings to show implicit support to the Nazi leader.

Four years earlier, a precedent had been set when Derby County travelled across North West Germany on a preseason tour. Initially, things were friendly between the visitors and their hosts, and Derby lost three and drew one of their games as they got fit, ready for the season. Defender Dave Holford recalled the tense atmosphere of the new Nazi regime though, with Swastikas emblazoned across each town, and ‘Heil Hitler’ ringing out at the beginning of ever conversation. ‘Even then, you could see this was a country preparing for war’, he would later say.

Amid this strange atmosphere, the British ambassador informed the club that it would be prudent to give the salute for the German crowd in their final game. The players protested but were informed that it was an instruction from on high, and that it was necessary to avoid causing offence. Derby’s players, just as England four years later, acquiesced and gave the salute. All except Jack Kirby.

The Derby goalkeeper had been adamant that he wouldn’t give the salute, but was selected, nonetheless. In photographs, his teammates have their arms raised, while he stands there, looking down the line, arms by his side, clearly uncomfortable.

The Nazi regime controlled everything in Germany after 1933, including sports. One need only look at the badge of Bayern Munich in this period to see how pervasive their influence was.

It is easy to hold our high morals with 85 years of hindsight, but with the most catastrophic war of all time, up to that point, still in living memory, a few seconds of shame to avoid another must have seemed a fair exchange.

Shamefully, and honestly, had I been in their position I may have done the same. Which makes the courage and resistance of Stan Cullis and Jack Kirby all the more important. Before long, both would see the horrors of what they had resisted firsthand.

Enjoy the game!

Martyn Green

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BSMFC ‘A’ TEAM

BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS

Manager:

Dale Walton

Colours: White / Black / Black

FROM:

Luke Reeve

William Glennon

Brandon Hallmark

Ben Garwood

Tom Simmons

Tom Smyth

Tom Walton

Tom Binder

Trent Oakes

Kieran Spencer

Aidan Webster

Jake Webster

Will Jones

Eddie Panter

Kevin Shehi

Dan Porter

Calvin Green

Joe Malkin

Ben Drinkwater

Shad Reza

EASINGTON SPORTS

Manager:

Andy Sharman

Colours: Red & White / Red / Red

FROM:

Elliot Barton

Callum Convey

Joe Eyre

Leam Howards

Tommy Kinch

Josh Rose

Samuel Sherpa-Moore

Thomas Smith

Luke Swann

James Watts

Adam Doyle

Ollie Rose

George Coombes

Jack Fountain

Tom Haynes

Dan Watkin

Luke Fuller

Korben Haden

Bobby Whitton

MATCH OFFICIALS

Wyndham Trusler – Simon Cheney – Mateo Driscoll