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ood afternoon and welcome to Highbury for today’s Sky Bet League One match against Walsall.

It feels like it’s been a while since I last wrote my programmes notes as we have played our last three games away from Highbury in all competitions. The last time we played in front of our supporters was against Blackpool, and we all know what a superb day that was for the football club. We continue to keep improving our home form, and most importantly, we are looking to build on the result and atmosphere we had that day.

We had a good result in the FA Cup last weekend at Alfreton, and we are looking to start another run of positive results today against Walsall. We also saw on Tuesday at Bury in the Checkatrade Trophy a couple of senior players

in Dean Marney and Conor McAleny continuing their comeback from injury, and I’m impressed with the application and attitude they have shown despite their setbacks. Along with Ryan Taylor and James Wallace, we are starting to have a much bigger squad of players to choose from, which is a good problem for any manager to have.

Since our last home game we saw a major milestone reached for one of our players. Alex Cairns reached 100 appearances for the club at Gillingham, and I have to say that Alex has been first class in every department since I’ve been at the club. Like everyone, he has things to learn and work on, but the work that he puts in every day at the training ground doesn’t go unnoticed, and it goes without saying that he is a key man for the future of our football club.

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I’d like to welcome Walsall’s manager Dean Keates, his staff, players and supporters to Highbury for today’s match. They have a good side, and probably like ourselves, are searching for consistency in results heading into an important phase of the season.

Thank you once again for your continued support.

Enjoy today’s match,

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100 UP FOR

CAIRNS AT FLEETWOOD WORDS: DAVID MITCHELL

Goalkeeper Alex Cairns reached a milestone at Town as he made his 100th appearance for the club in the sides 4-1 Emirates FA Cup win over Alfreton.

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leetwood Town’s First Round Cup win at Alfreton was goalkeeper Alex Cairns’s 100th game for the club.

It is a remarkable achievement considering that the Yorkshireman had little to show in previous spells at Leeds United, Barrow, Stalybridge Celtic, Chesterfield and Rotherham.

“When I think that two years ago I’d played half a game for Leeds in the Championship and a few games in the Conference North for Stalybridge Celtic, reaching one hundred games for your club is an achievement to be really proud of for me and my family. It proves that anything in life is worth the time and effort.

“On and off the field it has been a brilliant two years. There are a number of us on around the same games and I’ve become really good friends with the likes of Lewie Coyle, Kyle Dempsey, Ash Hunter and Cian Bolger. We like a game of golf together. Ash can miraculously find a ball anywhere on the course! He’s a top lad.”

Alex knew on arrival at Fleetwood that he may need to continue to play the waiting game.

“I was told by manager Steven Pressley and goalkeeping coach Dave Lucas that I wasn’t going to be their guaranteed number one.

“They liked the look of me, though, and that is testimony to the club who must have thought that I was a half decent keeper despite not being tested out other than in that half game for Leeds United back in 2011. The manager then left just before the season started and Uwe Rosler came in.

He explained to me that he hadn’t had the chance to have a proper look at things and went with the experience of Chris Neal.

“I fully understood that. It was just one of those things. I’d already been training for five to six weeks by then and with the

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gaffer’s decision I knew that I had to work really hard from there.

“A solid keeper tends to keep his spot for near enough the whole season which makes it difficult when you are trying to break through yourself. For a goalkeeper there aren’t any other options.”

Chris Neal was to play in the first seventeen EFL games but it was an early injury at Chesterfield on 18th October 2016 that handed Alex his first chance for Fleetwood.

“I had nearly a full game at Chesterfield.

We won one nil and I made a couple of decent saves, came off my line and took some crosses. It was definitely a springboard for me.”

WHEN WE CAME OFF THE PITCH AT THE END, CALLUM TOLD ME HOW PROUD HE WAS OF ME AND HOW MY BROTHER WOULD BE LOOKING DOWN ON ME. I FIRMLY BELIEVE HE WAS.

A month later came his FA Cup debut in the First Round replay against Southport. It was a particularly poignant occasion for the 25 year-old.

“It was a very personal day for me because I had lost my younger brother, Blake, in a car crash on that day two years earlier.

“When I found out that I was playing I rang Mum and Dad straight away. They were buzzing on what was otherwise a sad day for our family. They were pleased that some good had come out of it. One of my best friends, Callum Howe, was Southport’s captain and when he saw our team sheet he

almost broke down knowing how important the day was to me.

“When we came off the pitch at the end Callum told me how proud he was of me and how my little brother would be looking down on me. I firmly believe he was. To stay in the team for the rest of the season meant so much. People say that things happen for a reason and I believe that to be the case in being selected for the Southport game.

“Blake wasn’t as keen on football as me and my older brother but loved a kick around. In my head I speak to him every day and he pushes me to do the very best I can.

“Our journey towards the play offs in my first season was a wonderful period for me and the team. It made me truly realise what momentum can bring.

“We played some brilliant football but also scraped results when we didn’t play well, a one nil, perhaps, or a draw. We just knew that whatever the state of the game we could get something out of it.

“I remember Conor McLaughlin’s last minute equalizer at AFC Wimbledon, for instance.”

A striker looks back on goals, a keeper on saves. Alex remembers some key ones over the two and a half seasons. It was a triple save at Northampton Town in August 2017 that brought him to the attention of a wider football public.

“In training you work on certain scenarios that might not work for five or six games, maybe never. With the triple save it was purely instinctive. I look back thinking how good a save it was but the best keepers make that quality of save week in, week out and that’s something for me to strive for.

“There are definitely other games that stand out. One was Millwall at home in the play off season. Ben Davies had scored with a header and I remembered having a lot to do that day. That was a big game for me.

PLAYER BIO NAME: Alexander Thomas Cairns AGE: 25 BIRTHDAY: 04/01/1993 POSITION: Goalkeeper PREVIOUS CLUBS: Leeds United (11-15) Barrow (12 L) Stalybridge Celtic (12-13 L) Chesterfield (15-16) Rotherham United (16) Fleetwood Town (2016-Present) Did You Know?

Whilst on loan at Stalybridge Celtic, Cairns was awarded the Player of the Year, Players’ Player of the Year and Supporters’ Player of the Year awards.

We drew 1-1 with Accrington Stanley at home back in September. I think I got man of the match that day. I made a couple of saves which the gaffer brought up afterwards.

“I thought that was a good point because I’d done my job for the lads. I made a couple of saves at Sunderland which the lads particularly commented on after the game. I know that doing that is part of my game but when you get the recognition from your teammates it’s a beautiful feeling. It makes you feel proud.”

I reminded Alex about his last minute heroics against Shrewsbury, a month ago, which preserved Fleetwood’s lead.

“The cross was coming in from my right and I naturally followed it to my left. AmadiHolloway got a head to it and I pulled off an instinctive reaction save to my right.

It’s something I work on in the gym, not necessarily with a ball.

“It is about developing the strength and balance. What goes on in preparation in the gym and on the training pitch is just as important as what happens on match day. ”Now that I am number one I can’t rest easy. The gaffer made a good point when he

said, ‘this game doesn’t stand still and neither should you. Getting the number one shirt this season gives me even more resolve. Paul Jones and Billy Crellin are good goalkeepers, you know, and if they get an opportunity they are going to take it.

THERE ARE DEFINITELY OTHER GAMES THAT STAND OUT. WITH THE TRIPLE SAVE, IT WAS PURELY INSTINCTIVE. I LOOK BACK THINKING HOW GOOD A SAVE IT WAS.

“I’ll be working incredibly hard each day for Dave Lucas and the rest of the staff. Dave and I have a very similar approach to what we believe in and it has been important to have his constant presence through a period where I’ve had four managers. Off the pitch I’m getting more leadership within the dressing room this season which I’m enjoying and I’m proud of. Things like where we position for crosses, for instance.”

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For a two month period either side of Christmas 2017, Alex lost his place to Chris Neal. It was a tricky time.

“I really wanted the opportunity to come through the situation that had developed on the pitch but didn’t get the chance. I spoke with plenty of goalkeepers during and after that time who said you just have to battle through it. On the flip side, Nealo’s a great goalkeeper and if I wasn’t delivering he was always getting a chance. I cannot fault that.

“The setback definitely made me a better goalkeeper and if I’m in that situation again I will know how to handle it. I’ll be working as hard as I can to make sure it doesn’t happen though.”

As a goalkeeper, Alex is closer to the fans than others on the pitch. What does he have to say about the Cod Army?

“The fans have been brilliant, even when I wasn’t in the side. They’ve always given me support and respect. I can’t thank them enough.”

Finally, I challenged Alex to tell me how many clean sheets he had kept in his 100 games. He paused for a few seconds before giving the exact answer – 37!

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WA L S A L L WHO ARE THEY? FORMED: 1888 NICKNAMES: The Saddlers MANAGER: Dean Keates LEAGUE TOP SCORER: Cook (5) LAST FIVE RESULTS: (L-R)

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DID YOU KNOW? Walsall made it to the final of the 2014/15 Checkatrade Trophy, playing at Wembley Stadium for the first time in their history, where they were beaten 2-0 by Sky Bet Championship side Bristol City.

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CAMERON WATTERS

The Gaffer

The Danger Man

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ean Keates took charge of Walsall in March 2018, returning to his home-town club where he won three promotions in 1999, 2001 and 2007 in two separate spells as a player.

Along with promotions at Walsall as a player, he was also promoted to League One with Hull City in 2004 and successive promotions at Peterborough in 2008 and 2009.

Keates’ managerial debut was in October 2016 at former club Wrexham, before taking over at the Bescot Stadium. It wasn’t an easy start for Dean Keates, losing 5 of his first 9 games in charge.

The 2018/19 season sees the Saddlers level on points with Fleetwood in League One, however Walsall have lost four of their last five games.

F GAFFER: Dean Keates watching on from the sidelines

DANGER MAN: Andy Cook applauding the Walsall fans

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ormer Carlisle United and Tranmere Rovers striker Andy Cook signed for Walsall in July 2018.

Cook arrived on a free transfer after the expiration of his contract at Tranmere, where he scored 28 times to help secure their place in League Two, including the opening goal in the National League play-off final.

His professional career began at Carlisle but never managed to make an appearance.

The 28-year-old played for Barrow, Grimsby Town and Tranmere before signing for Walsall this season.

Last season Cook was directly involved in 36 goals in 41 league games, which lead to him being picked in the National League Team of the Season. So far in the 2018/19 league campaign Cook has scored five goals.

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FLEETWOOD TOWN UNDER-18S YOUTH ALLIANCE FIXTURES 2018/19 DATE

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The Under 18s travelled to Gigg Lane for the FA Youth Cup last week which unfortunately ended in a 3-2 defeat against Bury, after beating Carlisle 2-1 in the first round. Simon Wiles believes that there is a lot of positives to take from this journey…

I thought the players put in a strong performance against Bury, especially in the manner that we moved the ball around, our work rate, the intensity we played at but unfortunately for us it wasn’t enough to take us through.

The experience has been a big learning curve for us all, one that will make us stronger as a group and as individuals moving forwards, but obviously it’s disappointing to not progress but I am pleased with what I saw on the night.

If you look at the group of players that we currently have, a lot are first years and now the fact that they can take this experience of being involved in two FA Youth Cup games is fantastic.

We’ve just got to make sure that we keep building, make sure that our recruitment is right and that we continue to develop our players within our academy.

So that when they come through they get the experience they need in both years of their scholarships.

I think there’s a lot of excitement around the academy, the under 18s and

the 23s. There is a good pathway for them, training with the first team and so on the whole I think it’s been a good experience and a vital one - especially for some of our younger players.

The journey of the FA Youth Cup, going from the victory at Carlisle to going out of the competition seven days later has seen a lot of different emotions but development wise, from my point of view, has been a great experience for them to see what it actually takes to go to the next level.

It’s been a pleasing week, even with the set back, it’s been a good one. We had a game on Tuesday which we won 4-1 in the Under 17s Clarets Cup, with a very professional and pleasing performance as the lads were able to put Bury behind them and bounce back.

There’s a real hunger and desire for the players to go on and give themselves the best opportunity and that’s the environment we want to create with the Under 18s. We’ve just got to keep moving forward and looking forward to the future.

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COMMUNITYTRUST FTFC COMMUNITY TRUST MILITARY PROJECT COORDINATOR DAVE WHITWORTH ON HIS LATEST PROJECT

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In partnership with the Royal British Legion we are currently delivering a health, wellbeing & fitness programme to forces families and ex forces personnel. We have tried to engage with as many ex-servicemen/women as possible.

Our activities have included coffee mornings/afternoons, fitness sessions at the training ground (Poolfoot Farm), walking groups, trips for specific forces groups (Royal Marines trip to a reserve training night & barbeque, Royal Engineers to the museum of science & industry and we have an upcoming visit to the maritime museum for the Royal Navy Association).

The most rewarding aspect of this project is the help & support that we are getting for the veterans who need it. We are doing this by having a great working relationship with some of the local veterans charities & partners in the area. A special mention must go to Alison Stirzaker, who is doing a fantastic job with Lancashire Age UK Older Veterans & John Maguire from the Military Pensions Service, who came to my coffee afternoon & spoke about help that veterans can get through his organization.

We have tried to attend all the local meetings for the individual veterans groups to offer help/support and social activities. The signposting aspect of this project means that we can get the right help for as many ex-forces people as possible and typically they are the hardest guys to find.

We have been doing some work with the serving soldiers and the reservists at Weeton Barracks, through the hosting of football matches at the training ground and also a recruitment day. The families of soldiers

have also benefitted from our project; we have been providing fitness & multi-sports sessions for them, which has been a great success. The rounders nights for the wives on camp was particularly well supported and everyone had great fun. Recently, we took a group of children from the barracks to a home game and they had a wonderful day out.

We have been working closely and had great support from Wyre Borough Council (councillor Andrea Kay), promoting new initiatives and trying to help with getting as many veterans to engage with us as possible. Also, we have had wonderful help from Alf Clempson, armed forces champion for Lancashire County Council. He has championed our project from the very beginning and has attended many of our activities, as a veteran himself.

We are currently trying to work with all the local doctor’s surgeries, hoping to engage with all the ex-service personnel that are registered within the practices. We ran a pilot in the Fleetwood surgeries which helped us engage with over 200 veterans. They now know that we are there for any help that they may need. As we move onward together through the whole of the area, we will endeavour to offer our help, services & ability to signpost to as many veterans as possible.

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