The BADGER 2023/24 Issue 05 vs Desborough Town

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.

MANAGERS NOTES

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

Today’s visitors sit just below us in the league table however if last season is anything to go by then a close game can be expected as we finished the season level on points (4 goals worse off) with both league games ending in 1-1 draws.

Desborough are a well-established United Counties team with a proud history however from the outside looking in you would guess that their league position is reflective of their playing budget as like ourselves they rely on ability and not money to be able to compete at this level, something that is no different throughout football although it doesn’t make it easy.

This was proven on Tuesday night when we travelled to Wellingborough Town and in front of a crowd of more than 170, we came away pointless following a 5-2 defeat.

This came on the back of successive wins, the latter being our first home win of the season, a 4-1 success against Lutterworth Town with Calvin Green registering a hat-trick, his first for the club?!

The game at Wellingborough saw a return to the club for Max Prickett-Reed, who like Archie May is a former Under-18 who has re-joined us following a season with ON Chenecks.

Already, and with most teams now having played half a dozen games the league is starting to take shape. Bar one or two exceptions the top seven are as you would have predicted at the start of the season, and its no coincidence that the bigger clubs with money to spend are leading the way.

Whilst it is early days we know where we are as a club, we are realistic in our aims and ambition. There is no doubting the ability that we possess within our group hence we need to challenge ourselves to compete in every game regardless of the opposition. Who knows where this will take us, we will certainly surprise a few teams this season, just as we did last.

Away from the First Team it was great to see the Reserves finally get their season up and running following a false start; like last season the team has a great blend of youth and experience and with two wins from two it’s been a great start.

The ‘B’ Team have also started their season in a new Division with a win.

Looking ahead to next week best of luck to both of our Under 18s NSYL sides, the Black’s start their season with a trip to St Neots in the FA Youth Cup on Monday night whilst the White’s welcome Moulton to the Sett in the league on Thursday.

Finally, good luck to our Ladies and Youth Teams who all start their seasons next weekend.

Thank you for your support, enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you again at Hamilton Park when we take on Leicester Nirvana next Saturday.

Dale & Daniel

“Already, and with most teams now having played half a dozen games the league is starting to take shape. Bar one or two exceptions the top seven are as you would have predicted”

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

DESBOROUGH TOWN

Desborough Town have a remarkable history since it was formed in 1896 and joined the Northants League which is now known as the United Counties League. It has been a continual member of that combination apart from Season 1945/46 when the club had not been reformed following the break for the second world war.

Full name:

Nickname(s):

Founded:

Ground:

Capacity: Manager:

League: 2022–23:

Desborough Town

Ar Tarn 1896

SG Pathway Academy Stadium, Waterworks Field Unknown

Jim Le Masurier

United Counties Premier Division South

9th of 18, United Counties Premier Division South

The club was first affiliated to the Northants Football Association in 1896 with the Secretary being Mr A.L Mobbs the landlord of the Swan Inn which used to stand in Lower Street. The club has always played its home matches at the Waterworks Field and in the early days used to change in the outbuildings at the back of the Swan Inn before marching up the Braybrooke Road to the ground.

The second season saw the Formation of Northampton Town and the Cobblers first ever League game was played at the Waterworks Field on 25th September 1897 with Ar Tarn triumphing by two clear goals

Current Position

Last Time Out: Form:

14th (P6, W1, D2, L3 Pts 5)

Lost 0-1 vs Aylestone Park

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It was at this period that Desborough inherited the nicknames that are not forgotten with the passing of time. ‘Ar Tarn’ the local dialect meaning our town has probable survived the longest ‘The Buckets’ is a reference to the adjacent waterworks and was used by the local newspaper’s licensed crank in his reports on the Desborough matches at the time.

The most infamous of them all was ‘Dirty Desborough’ which had no reference to the team at all and were remarks made by a visiting medical officer referring to the town’s poor sanitation.

Success on the field came quickly to the Desborough Town team and in season 1900/01 they captured the Northants League title for the very first time.

There was a double celebration in the town as the club also captured the Northants Junior Cup beating Northampton Town Reserves in the Final Desborough’s first glory in the F.A Cup came in season 1910/11 when they reached the Fourth Qualifying Round of the competition before losing to Midland League Champions Chesterfield at the Waterworks Field before a crowd of over 2000 spectators. Chesterfield went on to beat Rotherham and Bolton before eventually losing to Chelsea.

Desborough’s best run in the competition was reserved for season 1926/27 when they reached the first-round proper of the competition and were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers.

The joy which swept the town was short lived however when the committee decided that the gate would be severely reduced by the fact that Kettering were playing Coventry City in another tie just six miles away and the game was switched to Doncaster’s Belle Vue ground.

This proved to be a disastrous decision as many of the town's spectators claimed they had been robbed of the greatest game ever to be staged at the Waterworks Field and deserted the club.

As a result, the club soon found itself with financial problems and the glory years of the twenties were not to be repeated. As for the game itself Desborough were drawing with just eight minutes remaining when the match was abandoned through fog and in the midweek replay, they went down by three clear goals.

The twenties were certainly the glory years for Desborough Town as they captured trophy after trophy and on only two occasions in 1949 and 1967 have, they been able to top the league chart since. However, whilst they may not have had so much success on the field the progress behind the scenes has certainly been tremendous.

They have purchased the freehold of the ground allowing them a secure future, they have erected the best floodlighting system in the league and more recently have erected a first-class social club following the destruction of their original premises through fire in 2009 and in 2014 the club rebuilt the changing facilities.

The transfer of the cricket club to a new ground has now seen the club in total control of their premises with full training facilities next to the main pitch

HONOURS

United Counties League Champions:

1900-01, 1901-02, 1906-07, 1920-21, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1948-49, 1966-67

Reserve Team Champions:

1910-11, 1928-29

County Senior Cup Winners:

1910-11, 1913-14, 1928-29, 1951-52

BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS

2023/24 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

Lutterworth Town Vs March Town United

Aylestone Park Vs Easington Sports

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Vs Desborough Town

Cogenhoe United Vs Racing Club Warwick

G.N.G Oadby Town Vs Wellingborough Town

Godmanchester Rovers Vs Coventry United

Histon FC Vs Newport Pagnell Town

Leicester Nirvana Vs Eynesbury Rovers

St Neots Town Vs Daventry Town FA

Halesowen Town Vs Rugby Borough

Buckingham Development Vs Bourne Town Reserves

Desborough Town Reserves Vs Raunds Town Reserves

Huntingdon Town U23s Vs Bugbrooke St.Michaels Reserves

Kempston Rovers Reserves Vs Harborough Town Reserves

Wellingborough Town Reserves Vs Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves

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LEAGUE TABLE - RESERVES

RESERVE DIVISION

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Its chilly up North”

We often think of the coming of South American talent to England as a modern phenomenon. Halcyon days of barely playable mud patches, violent conduct being met with a stern word from the referee, and, in the main, British and Irish players filling out teams across the country, seem just a few decades away (until you remember that the Premier League is three decades old, and then you remember just how old you are). But as the birthplace of football, Britain has always had a unique attraction to the footballing world, and South Americans were setting records while rationing was still in place. One of those early pioneers set the First Division alight with his tricky feet and clinical finishing. That man was Jorge ‘George’ Robledo.

Born in the mining town of Iquique to a Chilean father and an English mother, Robledo’s stay in the nation of his birth was short and marked by political instability. His parents made the decision when he was just five that they would be safer in England and migrated to Yorkshire. Robledo grew up facing prejudice, and his ability was not discovered early enough to stop him heading down into the mines. Playing part-time for Huddersfield, he was spared conscription during the Second World War as a member of a protected profession. This allowed his talent to be spotted by Second Division Barnsley, and his career picked up from there.

Finally able to dedicate himself fully to football, Robledo’s ability improved. At the age of 20, the Football League returned following the end of the war, and Robledo made his debut. A hat trick against Nottingham Forest on his debut signaled what was to come, as Barnsley sought promotion to the First Division. Robledo’s 45 goals in 105 appearances weren’t enough to secure promotion over the next three years, but they were enough to attract the attention of First Division scouts. In 1949 Newcastle paid the not inconsiderable sum of £26,500 to take the Chilean into the top-flight, along with his brother Ted, who George insisted was part of the deal.

At Newcastle, Robledo found himself forced to play as an inside left, linking up with the preferred Jackie Milburn. He scored 11 goals in his first season, but even playing second-fiddle to Wor Jackie couldn’t hide his talent, and the country of his birth came calling. With the 1950 World Cup on the horizon, he made his Chile debut, and was named in the squad for the showpiece in Brazil. He made his debut in the first group game against, of all teams, England, and scored in the final group game against the USA, but it wasn’t enough for qualification. Still, not bad for a miner who didn’t speak Spanish.

Returning to Newcastle the following season, Robledo only got better. He scored 14 goals for the Toon and became the first South American to play in an FA Cup final, helping his side beat Blackpool 2-0. The following season was where the Chilean would really carve his name into the history of English football, though. Newcastle retained the FA Cup against Arsenal, and Robledo scored 33 league goals, and 39 in all competitions.

Another eighteen goals would follow in 1952-53, but it would prove to be Robledo’s final season in the northeast. Money was pouring into South American football as it tried to raise its standard, and Chilean club ColoColo came calling. Newcastle accepted an offer of £25,000 for George, who was top scorer in the Chilean league in his first two seasons, and made 153 appearances over five years, winning the league in 1956. After a year out of football, George returned for one final season with O’Higgins before retiring for good, in 1960. And becoming a PE teacher in a school in Vina del Mar until his death in 1989.

Oddly, his goal against Arsenal in the 1952 FA Cup final was immortalised in a child’s artwork, a painting called Walls and Bridges. Usually, a painting by an 11-year-old would be forgotten, but when that 11-year-old grows up to become John Lennon, it’s quite something.

Robledo’s record of 33 league goals in a season was the most of any non-British player in the top-flight, a record that stood for 71 years.

It is testament to his impact on the game that it took the unbelievable feats of a certain, colossal Norwegian, playing for the most immensely rich side in the league, to beat it.

Enjoy the game!

Martyn Green

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Manager:

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Colours: White / Black / Black

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