The BADGER 2023/24 Issue 07 vs GNG Oadby 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 / DARREN WILLIX

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 GNG Oadby Town who are the visitors to the Sett for todays United Counties Premier Division South fixture.

Whilst we go into today’s game full of confidence following back-to-back wins and equally as important back-to-back clean sheets, we will not rest on our laurels and are under no illusions as to the task that we face against an Oadby side who sit just above us in the league table.

Make no bones about it Tuesday night was special!

Under the lights against a very good Newport Pagnell side, you could feel the atmosphere around the ground, the players did not disappoint as they turned in a fantastic performance to make our supporters proud. Today’s game will be equally as tough.

Its vital that we build on Tuesday because as you all know football has a habit of biting you when you least expect it, Tuesday night means nothing if we don’t follow it up with a positive performance and result today.

Ahead of Tuesday’s game we were delighted to boost the squad with the addition of Silva Obeng who has joined us on a dual registration with Harborough Town; since then, we hade added Alfie Green and Dante

Winning is our aim and with two games a week for next month it is important that we have a strong group of players who are supporting and pushing each other. There will always be those who are frustrated not to start, some may not make the match day squad, how they respond, and their support of the team is just as important as their contribution on the pitch. We are a tight bunch and those not involved, whilst disappointed, are supportive of the calls that we make.

Away from the league our reward for last weeks win at Raunds is a trip to United Counties Premier Division North side Lincoln United in Round 1 of the FA Vase –the Club will be running a coach for players and supporters; it would be amazing if it was full, more details to follow!

Off the pitch we’d like to say a HUGE thank you to Mitch Austin who continues to support the club. You may have noticed the Tracksuits and warm up T-Shirts that the players are wearing on a match day bare the logo of the Fibre Group, this is in addition to our playing kit – Mitch has a fantastic connection with the club which we are extremely grateful for.

Away from the First Team its great to see the club in such great shape. The Reserves and ‘B’ Team have both started the season well, the Under 18’s are looking strong with two teams now competing in the Northants Senior Youth League; one of whom has another exciting FA Youth Cup tie to look forward to on Thursday night when they travel to Hayden Road to take on AFC Rushden & Diamonds.

We also have our Ladies team who have a huge game in the FA Women’s Cup on Sunday, 2pm Kick Off. And that’s without mentioning our youth teams which now includes two dedicated Girls teams. Amazing to see, lets get behind them!

Thank you for your support, enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday when we travel to Wellingborough Town in the league cup.

Dale & Daniel

“Away from the pitch we’d like to say a HUGE thank you to Mitch Austin who continues to support the club”

“Mitch has a fantastic connection with the club which we are extremely grateful for”

Memoli

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

GNG OADBY TOWN

Full name:

Nickname(s):

Founded: Ground: Capacity: Manager:

League: 2022–23:

GNG Oadby Town

The Poachers

1937 (as Oadby Imperial)

Riverside Ground

Unknown

Sukh Malhi

United Counties Premier Division South

13th of 18, United Counties Premier Division South

The exact year of formation of today’s visitors GNG Oadby Town is unknown however it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the “City Medals” competition in the 1939–40 season. Around 1943 the club merged with a local junior side to become Oadby United, two years later in 1949 they reverted to original name of Oadby Imperial which coincided being accepted into the Leicestershire Senior League Division 2 for the 1949–50 season. The first season saw the club finish in 11th place out of 16. In 1951 Oadby Imperial changed their name to become Oadby Town FC.

Current Position

Last Time Out:

Form:

11th (P11, W4, D1, L6 Pts 13)

Lost 2-4 vs Coventry United

In the same year they won the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two Championship and were promoted to Division One (later to become the Premier League). The 1956–57 season saw the club finish as runners-up in the Leicestershire Senior League to Leicester City ‘A’ and were also runners-up to Whitwick Colliery in the Coalville Charity Cup.

It wasn’t until 1963 that the club won its first major honours winning the Leicestershire Senior Cup for the first time beating Newfoundpool WMC in the final. The following season saw three pieces of silverware collected as well as retaining their Leicestershire Senior Cup crown, Oadby were also Leicestershire Senior League champions for the first time and won the Coalville Charity Cup for a second time.

It was to be a further four years (1967–68) for Oadby to regain the Senior League crown and for good measure they retained their Senior League title the following year and also added the Leicestershire Challenge and Rolleston Charity Cups.

A fourth Senior League crown was achieved in the 1972–73 season. This was to be the last league title for over twenty years as it was not until the 1994–95 season that they regained the title.

Titles six, seven and eight came in three consecutive years between 1997 and 1999, the latter resulting in promotion to the Midland Football Alliance Oadby Town have won the Leicestershire Senior League eight times and been runners-up seven times.

In the 1999–2000 season the club joined the Midland Football Alliance, and in their first season in this league they were crowned champions. In the 2002–03 season Oadby Town were FA Vase semi-finalists, losing out to Brigg Town 3–1 on aggregate. The 2004–05 season saw the club win their first Leicestershire Challenge Cup crown for over 30 years and 3rd in total, beating fellow Midland Alliance side Barwell 2–1 at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester. The 2006–07 season saw Oadby enter the Rolleston Charity Cup for the first time in nine years and winning the competition for a ninth time beating Barwell 2–1 in the final at Holmes Park. The following season saw Oadby retain the Rolleston Charity Cup beating favourites Hinckley United 4–1 in the final.

On top of that they won the Leicestershire Challenge Cup for the fourth time beating Friar Lane & Epworth 3–0 at the Walkers Stadium. In 2010–11 Oadby Town finished 22nd in the Midland Football Alliance and were relegated to the East Midlands Counties League.

Lee Harriman, former Coalville Town chief, was appointed manager for the 2011–12 season. Oadby managed a successful season with a decent run in the FA Vase, being the only team from below Step 5 to reach the 5th Round, losing to Staveley Miners Welfare.

Oadby Town moved across to the United Counties League Division One (Step 6) for the 2012–13 season. Turbulent times followed over a few seasons with various management changes and inevitable financial pressures forcing the committee to regrettably resign the club from the United Counties League towards the end of last season due to unsustainable financial pressures. The club was fortunately reinstated without hesitation or fear of further stresses and strains by a fresh consortium with some of the existing staff and players.

BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS

2023/24 RESULTS & APPEARANCES

LEAGUE TABLE - FIRST TEAM

PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH

Aylestone Park Vs Yaxley FC

Bugbrooke St.Michaels Vs G.N.G Oadby Town

Cogenhoe United Vs Daventry Town

Desborough Town Vs Histon FC

Easington Sports Vs Godmanchester Rovers

Eynesbury Rovers Vs Lutterworth Town

Newport Pagnell Town Vs Coventry United

Racing Club Warwick Vs March Town United

Rugby Borough Vs St Neots Town

Wellingborough Town Vs Leicester Nirvana

Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves Vs Wellingborough Town Reserves

Bourne Town Reserves Vs Bugbrooke St.Michaels Reserves

Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves Vs Harborough Town Reserves

RESERVE DIVISION KO CUP

Godmanchester Rovers Reserves Vs Buckingham Development

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LEAGUE TABLE - RESERVES

RESERVE DIVISION

” Mr. Libertadores”

Looking every bit like an Argentinian Larry David, Carlos Bianchi could have been one of the all-time greats as a player. A teenage sensation, he burst onto the scene at Velez Sarsfield as a precocious 18-yearold, topping the scoring charts in his first season as a professional as his boyhood club won their first ever league title in 1967. For many fans, this was the greatest Velez side ever to take the field, but despite Bianchi’s unstoppable efforts, they never built on their success. He continued to score freely, and after 121 goals in 165 games, earned himself a move to Reims.

Seven years in France saw him win top goal scorer five times, with a switch to PSG in 1977, where he was by many considered their finest import before the Qatari takeover. He returned to Velez in 1980 and added another 85 goals to his tally, before returning to Reims once more for a final season before retirement.

For all his individual success, Bianchi’s goals had yielded just a single trophy; that early title with Velez. Worse, his move to Europe had marked him as a selfish, egotistical player and had cost him a career in the national side. It was an injustice that would drive him in his managerial career. A few years of struggle at Reims and a few more at Nice fed a reputation in Argentina that he was not capable of leading a side, but not at Velez, where he remained a legend in the truest sense of the word. In 1993, he was given his chance.

He transformed Velez, allowing his players the individual freedom to express themselves, within an unbreakable collective. The players loved their new mentor. In his debut season, just as when he was a player, he led Velez to the league title. But that was just the start.

The following season, they were irrepressible on the continental stage. They were drawn in the toughest group of the tournament and won it at a canter. More pleasingly, local rivals Boca finished bottom.

Bianchi would lead his charges all the way, however, and in one of the tightest finals in Libertadores history, defeated Sao Paulo on penalties. The retained their league title too. In two years of management in South America, Bianchi had three trophies.

Later that year, he went one better. The Club World Championship saw Velez take on European Champions Milan, the Fabio Capello variant that was so dogged that they won the league scoring just 34 goals and beat them 2-0. More trophies followed in 1995 and 1996.

A brief, unsuccessful spell at Roma followed, before Bianchi returned to his homeland, this time with Boca. Success wasn’t immediate this time though, it took Boca two years to win the title instead.

Bianchi inherited a squad already brimming with talent. Martin Palermo, Fabio Coloccini, Walter Samuel, and the mercurial Juan Roman Riquelme were individually brilliant, but had failed to come together as a unit. Bianchi instilled a fierce tactical discipline, except for allowing Riquelme to float between the lines, and Boca slowly began to dominate Argentinian football. Three titles followed, in 1998, 1999 and 2000, but this simply gave Bianchi a way into the competition that really mattered to him; the Copa Liberatdores

In 2000, Boca scythed their way through continental competition, with Riquelme cementing his reputation as South America’s best player as his side put Palmeiras to the sword in the final. Once again, Bianchi would follow up his success on the global stage, beating a Real Madrid side that contained Hierro, Raul, Figo and Guti in the Club World Cup. It wasn’t just the brilliance of his side, it was their flexibility.

Where some of the great coaches get stuck in a tactical style and find it difficult to adapt, Boca under Bianchi were like a different team every week. Against Vasco on the way to retaining the following season’s Libertadores, they were an exceptional attacking side.

In the next round against Palmeiras, they gave a dogged, determined defensive masterclass. The only thing all these different Boca sides had in common; they won. In 2003, with many of his stars sold to Europe, he led a young side to his fourth Libertadores title. A young Carlos Tevez led the scoring charts. Once more, he beat Milan in the Club World Cup. It was effectively a glorious coda on a remarkable managerial career.

Where some of the great coaches get stuck in a tactical style and find it difficult to adapt, Boca under Bianchi were like a different team every week.

Against Vasco on the way to retaining the following season’s Libertadores, they were an exceptional attacking side.

Denied the chance to take charge of Argentina because of the reputation he had developed as a player, Mr. Libertadores had a couple of very brief stints in charge of Atletico Madrid and, later, Boca again. But he never took a long-term job and enjoyed his retirement. For such a short career, as his American doppelganger might say, he was pretty, pretty good

Enjoy the game!

Martyn Green

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BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS

Manager:

Dale Walton

Colours: White / Black / Black

FROM:

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GNG OADBY TOWN

Manager:

Sukh Malh

Colours: Red / Red / Red

FROM:

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