The BADGER 2023/24 Issue 01 vs Racing Club Warwick

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 – HELEN GILLIGAN

COMMITTEE – RICHARD GIBBON, STUART WYKES, RICHARD FAULKNER

MANAGEMENT / COACHING TEAM

FIRST TEAM – DALE WALTON

RESERVE TEAM - ROB JONES

‘B’ TEAM - ANDY DEMIDOW

LADIES TEAM - STUART WHITE

UNDER 18s BLACK (NSYL) - LOUIE GALBRAITH

UNDER 18s WHITE (NSYL) - DARREN SMITH

UNDER 18s (NDYAL) - DEANO GOMES

UNDER 16s - MARK LINNELL

UNDER 15s - SIMON WHEELER

UNDER 14s - RYAN NASH

UNDER 13s - CHRIS ASHTON

UNDER 12s BLACK - DANIEL BLAND / BEN SMITH

UNDER 12s WHITE - TONY HILL

UNDER 11s BLUE - IAN MARRIOTT

UNDER 11s WHITE - MIKE BRINKLEY

UNDER 11s GIRLS - STEPH NASH

UNDER 10s GIRLS - KERRY HOUGHTON

UNDER 9s - ANDREW JACKMAN

UNDER 8s - NEIL BYRNE

WELCOMETOTHESETT

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 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.

And just like that we are back at the Sett for what we hope will be another entertaining season of football.

We’d like to start by extending a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Racing Club Warwick who are this evening’s visitors to the Sett for what is our opening home fixture in the United Counties Premier Division South.

Tonight’s game comes hot on the heels of our season opener at St Neots on Saturday where a 3-0 defeat wasn’t the result that we’d hoped for. That said, there were positives to take from the game, which gives us something to build on as we “get back on the horse” this evening.

Looking ahead to the season, we are realistic and know the challenge that lies ahead. This league is tough. It’s unforgiving and relentless with the increase to twenty teams meaning that the schedule will often see us playing Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday.

Some would say that we overachieved last season, especially when you consider the size of the clubs (and budgets) that we are up against. On paper it looks a stronger league this time around with numerous teams expected to challenge at the top end of the table including tonight’s opponents.

That said we will not shirk away from the challenge, yes, we will have difficult periods however we are also confident that we have the players and quality within the squad to surprise a few this season – time will tell!

Looking at the squad, starting the season in July, prime holiday season, is never easy. Availability is impacted however, it’s the same for every club at our level and even with a handful of key players missing we were still able to field a strong side on Saturday which included debuts for summer signings Maurice Alhassan, Joel Powell and Callum Calver. We are sure that they will be welcomed at the Sett and that all three will prove their worth over the course of the season.

We were also able to call upon Tom Binder, who feels like a new signing having missed last season due to injury. It was great to have him back on the pitch as a second half substitute, and as he builds his fitness and with that his confidence, we are sure that you will see the value that he brings to the team.

Anyway, thank you for your support, enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you back at the Sett on Saturday when we host Step 4 side Hinckley LRFC in the FA Cup.

“Some would say that we overachieved last season, especially when you consider the size of the clubs (and budgets) that we are up against”

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 4 adult sides, including a recently formed Ladies team as well as 15 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

‘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

RACING CLUB WARWICK

MANAGER: LAST TIME OUT: Scott Easterlow Drew 2-2 vs Desborough Town

LEAGUE

TODAYS VISITORS

They were formed in 1919 under the name of Saltisford Rovers and played in various local leagues including the Warwick League, Leamington & District League and the Warwickshire Combination until 1967.

During this period the club won a number of honours, including the Birmingham Alliance Senior Cup when they defeated Birmingham City in the final at St. Andrews.

In 1967 the club joined the West Midlands (Regional) League. Three years later they changed to their current name (which came from the fact that their ground is by Warwick Racecourse) and soon afterwards switched to the Midland Football Combination, where they were champions in 1988 and runners-up in 1989.

After the latter honour they gained promotion to the Southern League where they remained until 2003 when they finished bottom of the

Western Division and dropped into the Midland Football Alliance.

They remained in the Midland Football Alliance until the end of the 2008–09 season, when they were relegated to the Midland Football Combination Premier Division, now the Midland Football League Division One.

At the start of the 2016–17 season the club began huge infrastructure renovations following the arrival of local businessman Chairman Gary Vella and the new committee members the previous year, including new changing rooms, floodlighting, stands and artificial training area.

The club’s record win is 15–0 recorded on 26 December 2016. They gained their first promotion for 30 years in 2018-19 as runnersup in the Midland Football League Division One.

The club installed a 3g pitch in the winter of 2020 in order to expand their community activity and provide a broad spectrum of football to include women’s and disability amongst other community groups.

A Soccersix league plays on Monday evenings and the West Midlands Ambulance Service will play their home fixtures at the ground.

BSMFC 2023/24 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

A.WEBSTER MALKIN PANTER PORTER ALHASSAN SPENCER J.WEBSTER HALLMARK BINDER REZA SUBS

BSMFC LEAGUE TABLE

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

FORM GUIDE L

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vs Cogenhoe United (Away)

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Vs Racing Club Warwick

Daventry Town Vs Aylestone Park

Desborough Town Vs G.N.G Oadby Town

Eynesbury Rovers Vs Yaxley FC

Godmanchester Rovers Vs St Neots Town

Histon FC Vs March Town United

Leicester Nirvana Vs Rugby Borough

Lutterworth Town Vs Cogenhoe United

Newport Pagnell Town Vs Wellingborough Town

Coventry United Vs Easington Sports

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The King of the Copa”

When you think of the greats of South America football, a few obvious names spring to mind. Pelè, Maradona, Di Stefano. All legends in their time. But while they made their mark on the global and, in the Argentinians’ case, the European game, one name stands out above all others in their home continent. It is a name unfamiliar to Europeans. The Ecuadorian born son of a Jamaican oil worker, and at one time potential England international, Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera spent the 1960s dominating South America’s premier club competition, and building himself a legacy that has lasted ever since.

Born in the Ecuadorian city of Ancón, he spent most of his childhood idly playing in the streets, embarrassing players much older than him. At 15 he was snapped up by local club Everest and immediately introduced to the first team. Not that Alberto found this daunting. Quick, powerful, two-footed with a great leap, he made light work of more experienced defenders. By 21, he had played almost 93 games, and scored 101 goals. The continent’s giants were beginning to take notice.

He was initially loaned to Barcelona SC, the biggest club in Ecuador, but he had barely kicked a ball before Uruguayan royalty Peñarol, signing him after a friendly. In the fiery atmosphere of the Uruguayan Primera División, Spencer carved his name into the bedrock of South America football. Peñarol won the league at a canter, scoring 44 goals in just 18 games and with the Ecuadorian leading the charts. More importantly, they secured qualification for the inaugural Copa Libertadores, South America’s answer to the European Cup.

Spencer took to the competition like a duck to water. Peñarol began their campaign with the 7-1 demolition of Bolivian champions Jorge Wilstermann, the Ecuadorian netting four times, the first four of an unbroken record of 54 goals over the next decade. With the competition in its infancy, Peñarol advanced immediately to the semi-finals, where they met Argentinian champions San Lorenzo. After a draw in the first leg. Spencer dominated the second leg, scoring twice to fire his side into the final, where they met Paraguayan’s Olimpia

Again, he scored the match-winning goal, and Peñarol were continental champions. A heavy defeat to Real Madrid in the continental cup didn’t sour the achievement, although revenge was vowed.

Peñarol won the league and retained the Copa the following year. Real Madrid had lost their European, meaning the Uruguayans would first travel to Lisbon to take on Eusebio-inspired Benfica. A 1-0 first leg defeat was of little concern, and when the Portuguese turned up in Montevideo it was to a cacophony of noise. The European champions fell to a 5-0 defeat, Spencer scoring twice. But with the rules of the intercontinental cup not quite set (and, presumably, Europe unwilling to lose its dominance), the tie was balanced at one victory each. A deciding playoff was hastily arranged. Peñarol came out on top, and with no excuses this time, they were champions of the world.

Spencer’s record in the intercontinental cup - he would score three goals in 1966 as Peñarol secured a third Copa and then extracted revenge from Real Madridmakes him the second highest goalscorer in that competition as well, one goal behind Pelè. The Urugayan’s would win their own league eight times in the ten seasons that Spencer led their line, as he amassed 326 goals to become their (still) record goalscorer Peñarol were named the best South American team of the twentieth century, to put that achievement into context.

By 1970, with his pace beginning to desert him and his body beginning to slow down, Spencer moved back to Ecuador and Barcelona SC. He helped them to the title in his first season and added the final of his goals in the Copa. He finished his career with more than 500 goals, but only 17 caps because of Ecuador’s poor quality on the international stage. He did play five times for Uruguay, during which time he became the only Ecuadorian to score at Wembley against England, quite a feat consider Ecuador have never played England at Wembley..

His place in history seemingly secure, Alberto Spencer retired to the United States. His shock - and the anger of South American football - was provoked when he was left out of both FIFA and Pelè’s 100 greatest players of the twentieth century. Perhaps if he had been born in a better footballing nation, he would be held in similar regard to the great Brazilian.

Enjoy the game!

Martyn Green

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Manager:

Dale Walton

Colours: White / Black / Black

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