The BADGER 2023/24 Issue 03 vs Aylestone Park

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.

BSMFC MANAGERS NOTES

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Aylestone Park who are the visitors to the Sett for today’s United Counties Premier Division South fixture.

Aylestone Park are no strangers to the Sett, having enjoyed some good battles against them in recent times albeit in Division 1 and at a time when both teams were under different management.

Having appointed former Lutterworth Town Manager Josh Dixon ahead of the 2022/23 season Aylestone were the stand-out side in Division 1 last season, winning the title and with-it promotion to Step 5.

Boasting a strong squad and with fantastic facilities, they are certainly a Club on the up, we know that we face another significant test today.

That said and as we keep re-iterating, we must concentrate on ourselves. The one thing that we can control is our own performance.

We were excellent in last weeks FA Cup tie against Step 4 opposition and whilst the outcome may have been the same it was clear to all that the turning point came around the hour mark when the officials failed to spot an off the ball incident which resulted in our Captain having to be substituted with a bloodied nose following a head-butt by the visiting striker – cameras are everywhere nowadays. Given that we were 2-1 ahead at the time it was another case of what might have been.

Anyway, we can’t feel sorry for ourselves we need to ensure that we remain confident in our ability and take the positives from games to date into today; we are sure it is only a matter of time before we are rewarded for our performances.

On the player front the squad is looking strong; last week we were able to call upon the experienced Calvin Green along with youngsters Johnny Carey and Dylan Surace for the first time this season. Archie May, who has re-joined us following a season at Chenecks, was also involved as an unused substitute and we also have Josh Whaler back training with us.

There is real competition for places with no shirt guaranteed. However, this also means that we will have disappointed players who may not make the match day squad, we can only pick sixteen.

We understand that players want to be involved with the First Team therefore we would urge those who miss out to accept our decisions, take it on the chin and prove us wrong by putting in performances in the Reserves.

Onto the Reserves it was disappointing to see their scheduled season opener at Bourne fall foul of the weather last week, who’d have thought we’d have games postponed for waterlogged pitches in August…..anyway it is what it is, let’s hope that they can soon get their season up and running sooner rather than later as we have players itching at the bit!

Thank you for your support, enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you at Compton Park when we make the trip to Cogenhoe United on Tuesday.

“Boasting a strong squad with fantastic facilities, they are certainly a Club on the up, we know that we face another significant test today.”

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

TODAYS VISITORS

AYLESTONE PARK

The club was established as Aylestone Park Youth in 1968 and became founder members of the Leicestershire Youth League.

In the late 1970s the club was playing in the Charnwood Sunday League, winning the Division Three title in 1978–79.

In 1980 they joined Division Two of the Leicester & District League as Aylestone Park Old Boys. The club won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One.

The following season saw them finish as runners-up in Division One, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. The club were subsequently Premier Division runners-up in 1983–84 and 1984–85.

In 1989 they joined Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League. After finishing as runners-up in 1994–95, they were promoted to the Premier Division, where they remained until being relegated at the end of the 2001–02 season. The 2003–04 season saw them finish as runners-up in Division One, earning promotion back to the Premier Division.

In 2007 the club was renamed Aylestone Park and after finishing third in Premier Division in 2011–12, the club moved up to the East Midlands Counties League.

They won the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup and 2012–13, beating Ashby Ivanhoe. In 2015–16 they won the League Cup, beating South Normanton Athletic 2–1 in the final. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the club were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League and having won the league in 2022-23 season they gained promotion to the Premier Division South.

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League: 2022–23:

Aylestone Park FC

The Park 1968

Saffron Lane, Leicester

1,128

John Greaves

Josh Dixon

United Counties Premier Division South

1st of 21 (Promoted), United Counties Division One

Current Position

Last Time Out:

Form:

10th (P2, W1, D0, L1 Pts 3)

Lost 1-2 vs Sherwood Colliery (FA Cup Replay)

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COMEDY @ THE SETT

BSMFC 2023/24 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

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

A.WEBSTER ALHASSAN PANTER PORTER REZA SHEHI J.WEBSTER BINDER MALKIN CALVER

A.WEBSTER ALHASSAN PANTER 1 PORTER REZA 1 GREEN SURACE BINDER

BSMFC LEAGUE TABLE

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

FORM GUIDE L L L

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Vs Aylestone Park

Daventry Town Vs March Town United

Desborough Town Vs Cogenhoe United

Easington Sports Vs Wellingborough Town

Eynesbury Rovers Vs Racing Club Warwick

Godmanchester Rovers Vs Rugby Borough

Histon FC Vs G.N.G Oadby Town

Leicester Nirvana Vs St Neots Town

Newport Pagnell Town Vs Lutterworth Town

Yaxley FC Vs Coventry United

Harborough Town Reserves Vs Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves

Wellingborough Town Reserves Vs Irchester United Reserves

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RESERVE DIVISION

From Villains to Villain”

When Aston Villa won the league title in 1981, the future at Villa Park looked very bright indeed. In manager Ron Saunders they had an enigmatic tactical mastermind who took his responsibilities as seriously as anybody, and he had achieved success using just 14 players, and one of England’s most successful clubs had returned to the summit for the first time in over seven decades. By February, the title defence wasn’t going to plan, but the club were in the last eight of the European Cup and genuine contenders to replace Nottingham Forest at the top of the European game. So, when Saunders handed in his resignation, it was a shock to everybody. And shock turned to outrage just a few days later when the former Villain played the part for real, joining arch-rivals Birmingham.

In truth, Ron Saunders resignation was being rumoured in the press for days before it happened. A man of strong principles, Saunders was willing to burn bridges where he thought he had been wronged, and in Aston Villa chairman Ron Bendall, he felt he had been let down. Winning the league with just 14 players was a phenomenal achievement, and Saunders expected that achievement to be matched by ambition. With the added pressures of the European Cup, he requested an array of reinforcements. But Bendall, with an eye on the bottom line, argued that the club had paid out over £1 million in wages in the title winning season, and consequently were £800,000 in the red. Over the summer, only Andy Blair was brought in. Saunders was not happy.

On top of this, Bendall decided to change Saunders contract. The manager had enjoyed a three-year rolling deal and had made no secret of his desire to spend his entire managerial career at Villa Park. Bendall didn’t like the level of compensation such a deal would require were he to change managers, so proposed a straight threeyear deal, to be renewed in 1984. Saunders, unsurprisingly, took it poorly, and argued in the press that it showed a lack of faith in his ability. A 4-1 defeat to Manchester United a few days later would be his final game, and he handed in his resignation.

Across the city, Birmingham were struggling. They had failed to adequately replace the goals of Trevor Francis, two years after selling him to Forest, and were in a relegation scrap. While protest groups were set up by Aston Villa fans to have Saunders reinstated, the Blues were forced to relieve Jim Smith of his duties. And with a title-winning manager sitting a few short miles away in Solihull without a job, there was one obvious thing to do.

Saunders took the reins and tried to ingratiate himself with his new club. Birmingham were a sleeping giant, he declared, although his first job was to steer them to survival. Of course, this riled up Aston Villa supporters, and irony never being far away in football, the Second City Derby would be the first game after Saunders appointment at St. Andrews.

The new manager was in the stands, with everybody agreeing that taking on his old team just a few days into the job might be a step too far. But that didn’t stop howls of abuse from Villa fans. If Saunders had taken the job to sleight his former chairman, it was a perfect opportunity. But instead, it was his old employers who took the bragging rights, a Peter Withe goal securing the win. ‘Saunders Saunders what’s the score?’ rang out around St. Andrews.

Saunders achieved his first ambition, keeping Birmingham in the First Division, but the achievement was overshadowed by his former employers winning the ultimate prize in European football. And over the following seasons, the Blues continued to struggle, eventually being relegated in 1984. Despite leading them straight back to the top-flight, Saunders resigned in 1986 after a chastening defeat to Altrincham in the FA Cup.

He moved on to West Brom, who he was unable to save from relegation, dropping with Birmingham into the Second Division. A year later, Aston Villa would follow them, just six years after Saunders had led them to the title, and five years after his replacement had led them to the European Cup.

There have been others that have followed in Saunders’ footsteps and managed both clubs in the Second City, but none have incurred such a dramatic intake of breath.

To lead one side of the city to the league title, and set them up for European glory, only to take charge on the other before that task was complete. Truly, he became a villain.

Enjoy the game!

Martyn Green

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TODAY’S LINE UPS

BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS

Manager:

Dale Walton

Colours: White / Black / Black

FROM:

Luke Reeve

Callum Calver

Matt Bazeley

Brandon Hallmark

Tom Simmons

Tom Smyth

Tom Walton

Joel Powell

Tom Binder

Johnny Carey

Trent Oakes

Kieran Spencer

Aidan Webster

Jake Webster

Eddie Panter

Maurice Alhassan

Kevin Shehi

Dan Porter

Calvin Green

Joe Malkin

Dylan Surace

Shad Reza

Freddie King

Archie May-Corcoran

AYLESTONE PARK

Manager:

Josh Dixon

Colours: Red / Red / Red

FROM:

Lee Barratt

Jake Finnerty

Dylan Fitzpatrick

Thomas Holyoak

Marshal Keenan

Charley Kilburn

Aiden Kirby

Matthew Langham

Joseph Latham

Kade Lewis

Tawanda Mangondoza

Samuel Kane Moore

Justin Peace

Aaron Preston

Callum Riley

Ryan Seal

Marley Spencer

Kyle Tott

Declan Towers

Benjamin White

Jake Wormleighton

Josh Wormleighton

MATCH OFFICIALS

Chris Walton - Thomas Brentnall - Stewart Glendenning