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MARK BONNER Head Coach IAN MATHER From the CEO SOUTHEND UNITED Today’s Visitors WES HOOLAHAN Player of the Month Award

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It was only a few weeks ago we navigated our way through a tough away day in Essex, returning with a hard-fought win in a real physical contest. That game shows us today is a tough task again and Southend will be encouraged by an excellent win midweek at Newport.

Our own midweek game didn’t go as planned or as we hoped slipping to defeat at Salford. They’re a good team full of players that have played in the level above and are very open about their expectations and ambitions. Unfortunately we gave them a foot up with the goals in the first half and didn’t make them defend enough. We did however make some good opportunities ourselves and have a good share of possession, but made too many errors which they punished us for. This is uncharacteristic for us and hurts, but we will bounce back and find a better level again.

It had been a long few days on the road and to come home with three points from the six is a return that keeps us on track with our targets for the month. We need a strong performance this afternoon on what will no doubt be a cold one having seen the weather throughout the week which has www.cambridge-united.co.uk

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continued a challenging 2021 for us.

We have some good challenges ahead of us and the league continues to be as tight as always. Our consistency in January has been great and we need more consecutive results to keep in and around the top seven for as long as possible. With 18 games remaining there will be many ups and downs to come, but we will keep ourselves focussed on ourselves and the next game.

January’s form saw us rewarded with the Manager of the Month and Player of the Month trophies. Wes’ influence on the team is clear for all to see and his contribution to the team in January was superb, it is excellent recognition for him and so good to see the hunger, quality and humility he goes about his work with. We are all privileged to have him here, but I have to say I’m gutted for our supporters that they are unable to see him live. The Manager of the Month award comes our way for the second time this season and is received after a much busier month than last time. It’s without doubt been the toughest month of the season and the character, work ethic and resilience of everybody has delivered the results.

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Welcome to Southend. In this most unusual of seasons it is only 25 days since we played each other at Roots Hall and, hot off the back of beating Newport on Tuesday, this promises to be a very competitive match.

We didn’t have our best evening on the pitch against Salford but we did have another phenomenal effort from our supporters off it! We broke the 1,000 match pass milestone (1,163 to be exact) for the first time for a midweek fixture. Out of the 12 teams playing on Tuesday we had the second highest level of passes sold (only just second at that). To give some idea of scale, one team sold under 100.

These sales really are a massive help so please keep up the support.

WE BROKE THE 1,000 MATCH PASS MILESTONE (1,163 TO BE EXACT) FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A MIDWEEK FIXTURE For those who have tuned in this year, what a January we had! Taking 14 points from 18 was a fantastic return and, no wonder then that Mark Bonner was named as Sky Bet League Two Manager of the Month and Wes Hoolahan is League Two Player of the Month. They have both done a brilliant job and deserve every bit of praise that comes their way. Many have commented on Mark’s youth as a Head Coach (35) and the fact that Wes is 38 and playing great football. The take away – when it comes to high performance age doesn’t matter – it’s ability that counts.

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make a top pitch. Every year there is some repair and rejuvenation work needed over the summer months. Last year, due to Covid, it was simply not possible to do the very important work that was planned. We then moved into a crowded season with lots of games to be played followed by the wettest January for many years – it was also the coldest since 2010. Adding this all together it is a miracle we have any grass to play on at all! The fact that we have grass and a playable surface is down to our A team working miracles. We will get through to the end of the season with some mending on the way. The good news for next season is that we have planned to do some major refurbishment work over the summer so that when we kick off season 21/22 we will have a pitch to be proud of.

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TODAY’S VISITORS ———— SOUTHEND UNITED ———— Few people support a team in the lower leagues for the glory - generally, there’s more heartache than joy, but fans of Southend could be forgiven for thinking their particular dose of hardship has been piled into the last two seasons.

Having survived the League One drop by the skin of their teeth in 2019, they couldn’t avoid being pulled into the mire last term, eventually having the dreaded “R” confirmed when the campaign was curtailed - the Shrimpers were second bottom and 16 points adrift of safety at that point.

Fast forward to this season and they are battling for survival once again with their EFL status in jeopardy this time. Off-field

matters haven’t helped, with a winding up order finally dismissed in October having been adjourned four times.

Anyone who witnessed their first half display against the U’s in January, or Tuesday’s excellent win at Newport will know today’s visitors shouldn’t be taken lightly - but the campaign viewed in a wider context suggests there are still big battles ahead if they’re to avoid a second consecutive drop zone finish.

THE FORM

After a wretched start which saw no victories in any competition until November 14th (16 winless games in all) there were signs of a mini resurgence in December.

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9 league this term, adding to the success at Walsall back in November. It ended a run of six away games without a win.

Overall on the road in the League this season, the record reads: Played: 13, Won: 2, Drawn: 4, Lost: 7.

THE MANAGER – MARK MOLESLEY

Mark Molesley’s side embarked on a run of one defeat in eight games claiming crucial victories against Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Colchester and Barrow to ensure they started 2021 with hope.

Reality set in soon afterwards, though, with the 5-1 reverse at Port Vale at the end of last month condemning Southend to a fourth straight defeat and sealing their place at the foot of the League Two table. They brought that losing sequence to an impressive end on Tuesday, beating Newport and lifting themselves off the bottom in the process.

The victory in South Wales was only the Shrimpers’ second away from home in the

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Molesley arrived at Southend in August having enjoyed a successful spell managing Weymouth in the non-league ranks. He took the Terras into the National League having secured back to back promotions before making the move to Essex.

Molesley has also coached Bournemouth’s under 21’s – a job he combined with his fulltime role as Weymouth manager.

The 39 year old featured previously as a player for the Cherries, making over 50 appearances, he also had spells at Cambridge City, Stevenage, Grays Athletic, Aldershot and Exeter.

His competitive record since joining Southend reads: Played: 32, Won: 6 Drawn: 6, Lost: 20​■

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WES HOOLAHAN ———— PLAYER INTERVIEW ———— The Hoolahan mantelpiece has taken the strain of yet another accolade this week, with the Irishman’s magical form through January earning him League Two’s Player of the Month award.

Two goals, yet more assists and some quite ridiculous individual displays from the 38year old aside, Hoolahan says credit for his latest honour should be laid at the feet of his teammates.

He said: “It’s been a great month. We won so many games and went through January in the middle of that seven game unbeaten run, so it really has been a positive month. It’s certainly been nice to get the assists and a couple of goals to go with it. I’m delighted to win the award, but I couldn’t have done it without any of the other lads.

“It’s been brilliant, I came here wanting to get the games, wanted to play and be competitive and for the team to be at the right end of the League. We’re obviously at that top end so it’s going well so far.”

The fact Hoolahan hasn’t featured in any of United’s midweek fixtures, as part of the carefully thought through training programme to draw out his best performances, perhaps makes his Player of the Month award that bit more impressive. He says the way United’s staff have managed him has worked perfectly in helping to contribute his maximum towards the U’s push up League Two. “I’m buzzing to be playing week in and week out, getting 90 minutes each week, hopefully that can continue.

“Credit to Bonz (Mark Bonner) for the way he’s managed me and my minutes. I’ve been kept off my feet during the early part of the week, and then through the middle stage I start to get going and at the later part of the week I’m prepared for the game on Saturday. I think over the last couple of months, it’s shown that has been working out really well.”

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absolutely dead certain there’s room for another promotion medal come May, and is determined to add another to his magnificent C.V. “I’m hoping we can continue this journey and pick up plenty more points along the way. We really just have to keep going as we are. It is a tough League, everybody is beating everybody this season, and there’s genuinely about 14 or 15 teams that have a chance of getting promotion.

“We just need to keep our heads down, continue what we’ve been doing so well, and that will push you along to where you want to be, which is promotion.”​■

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MEMORIES DOWN ———— CUT THROAT LANE ———— Afternoon campers and welcome to our shrimp-catching rivals from Sarfend. They are having a tough season of it led by exCambridge City old boy, Mark Molseley.

Looking at the records over the years, in 36 competitive fixtures the Shrimpers have won 18 of them with 10 draws, so maybe some optimism should abound.

After all the efforts to get the Salford match on I must say I had a sense of foreboding as to the game itself and the result. And don’t you hate it when your instincts are proven to be right, in the wrong way! Still top of the league though.

Time to meander down Cut Throat Lane again and you’ll forgive my indulgence for returning once more to our inaugural 1970/71 season. 13 February 1971 saw us entertain the Minstermen from York City. York were enjoying a good season and ultimately picked up the final promotion spot to division 3. Three years later they found themselves in division 2 for the first time, a long way away from all those seasons lolling in the Conference. In an ultimately disappointing season the U’s managed a creditable 1-1 draw against the men in maroon - why oh why did they change their colours to red and blue - with our goal coming from Ivan Hollett, our leading marksman that season with 11 deposits in the old onion bag. A decent crowd of 4,593 was in attendance.

Flicking through that day’s programme, the York line up is interesting. Phil Boyer, remember him at Norwich and Southampton?

He in fact left York that season to team up with his old teammate, Ted MacDougall at Bournemouth. The Cherries were promoted too, in second place to Notts County and Mr Mac managed a paltry 42 goals! He got another 35 the following season in division 3.

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IN 36 COMPETITIVE FIXTURES THE SHRIMPERS HAVE WON 18 OF THEM WITH 10 DRAWS, SO MAYBE SOME OPTIMISM SHOULD ABOUND I end with a reminder that it’s Robbie Williams’ 47th birthday today. Let us hope that Bonz and the boys dish out some entertainment accordingly!

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COMMUNITY TRUST ——— KICK THE HABIT ——— CUCT LAUNCH ANTI-PROBLEM GAMBLING CAMPAIGN – KICK THE HABIT

Cambridge United Community Trust (CUCT) is keen to be a positive influence in the battle against gambling harms, and has linked up with gambling support charities GamCare and Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) to help tackle the issue in a new campaign called ‘Kick the Habit’. The collaboration will focus initially on two key tracks – awareness and prevention.

The awareness strand of the work will see CUCT use social media channels to promote a series of articles, podcasts and interviews, exploring the consequences of gambling problems and educating on the issue.

Cambridge United legend John Taylor is our lead ambassador in supporting this campaign and he says “Admitting you have a problem is the hardest part. The next steps to recovery are you talking to someone about your addiction and then having people there to listen to you”.

GamCare provides the non-judgemental, listening ear that John is referring to 24 hours a day through the National Gambling Helpline (over the phone or via live chat) as well as connecting you with others in similar situations through their online group, chatrooms and Forum. GamCare and their partners also provide a range of support services across the country, including with charity Breakeven across Cambridgeshire.

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partnership with YGAM and involve delivering sessions in schools to educate young people on the dangers of problem gambling and gaming addiction. This will touch on the issues surrounding ‘loot boxes’, virtual treasure chests containing undisclosed items that are paid for with real money, which are now prevalent in many popular games including the FIFA series.

Community Trust Wellbeing Manager Vicky Neal said about ‘Kick the Habit’ “We want to be able to support individuals that are affected by gambling, either themselves or someone they are close to, by signposting them to the support GamCare offers, as well as educate our younger generations on the topic of addiction & gambling with support from YGAM’.

If the issues raised by our ‘Kick the Habit’ campaign affect you or someone close to you and think your story could be helpful in raising awareness about problem gambling, please get in touch with Vicky at CUCT via email vicky. neal@cambridge-united.co.uk.

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CFU CORNER ———— Ben Phillips ———— It has been another busy fortnight since the last home game at the Abbey and Cambridge Fans United (CFU) have been keeping proactive for fellow supporters in a number of ways.

The organisation is now in its 21st year of being a supporter’s trust & has come a long way since being instrumental in ensuring that the club survived back in 2005. Now under new leadership, we are aiming to be the driving force to help work and support the football club in projects that will help protect and enhance the future of Cambridge United Football Club & aim to promote it within the local community.

This lockdown has seen CFU Trust Board members working together, volunteering to support the Club’s Community Trust with some of the initiatives being run for the wider community. CFU board members have actively started to ring fellow fans, checking in with them for a chat and seeing if they are ok, while chatting all things United through the Forever U’s campaign.

Last week Connor Rifo, Nigel Browne, Colin Proctor, Dave Matthew Jones & Ben Phillips gave up some time to work with the Community Trust to deliver footballs in the community on the ‘Call for a Ball’ scheme.

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will have. It will allow us to work together on more projects that will benefit the football club and the community. We want Cambridge United to be more diverse & for everyone to feel welcome.

In particular, we want more youngsters aged (16-25) to become members of CFU, as they are the next generation of football fan and are underrepresented at CFU. We want to ensure that fans can have a say in the way the Club is run. That is why we are urging everyone to become members and to encourage friends and family to join too.

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Around the Division ———— LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP ———— OWEN MIZON TAKES HIS LATEST LOOK ACROSS LEAGUE TWO What’s been put behind us from midweek is yet on the eve of the interval, when an unmarked another unpredictable tale of events. There’s Will Boyle headed home his fifth of the been thrills and spills, swings and roundabouts, season. It proved a worthy matchwinner culminating in a plethora of drama that we’re for the improving Robins, who secured a all well accustomed to by now. Just like that, third consecutive clean sheet, stretched we do battle once more. With four points their unbeaten streak to seven and enter separating 2nd and 9th, three points between the automatic promotion spots. Where the 13th and 20th and an ever-changing tussle at Sulphurites are concerned, their form remains the bottom, it really is all to play for. As ever, consistent. They now occupy 15th and are a let’s digest the trials and tribulations of Sky Bet welcoming ten points away from the danger League Two. zone.

Front runners Cambridge United were handed Tranmere Rovers’ devastating five-match a heavy blow at the Peninsula Stadium on winning run came to a surprising end in Tuesday night, with a firstmidweek as Stevenage half frenzy consigning them travelled home from Prenton to a 4-1 defeat at the hands Park with a 0-1 victory. of Salford City. The prolific Throughout the encounter, WITH FOUR POINTS Ian Henderson pounced on Boro nullified 16-goal striker SEPARATING 2ND AND a defensive mishap on the James Vaughan impeccably, 9TH, THREE POINTS 19th minute to hand the with David Stockdale proving Ammies the opener, before inspired between the sticks.

BETWEEN 13TH AND an audacious half-volley from Just as the game looked 20TH AND AN EVERRichie Towell 15 minutes later destined for a stalemate, CHANGING TUSSLE AT doubled the advantage. Onsubstitute Danny Newton THE BOTTOM, IT REALLY netted the winner with his loan Leeds United midfielder IS ALL TO PLAY FOR Robbie Gotts inflicted further first touch after 82 minutes damage moments before the to boost their battle against break to leave the U’s shellshocked. Henderson relegation. Alex Revell’s side have lost just added insult to injury by securing his brace twice in ten matches, both coming against on 69 minutes, which was promptly cancelled Exeter City, are 21st and now six invaluable out by a Paul Mullin strike. His 22nd of the points from the drop. Despite the setback, campaign proved to be just a consolation as Rovers obtain a satisfactory 4th position.

Mark Bonner’s side fell to a first defeat in eight, Southend United returned to winning but do remain three points clear at the summit. ways with a morale-boosting 0-1 win over Yet to lose at home this campaign, Richie promotion-chasing Newport County at Wellens’ men rise to within a point of the playRodney Parade. In a game of little chances, it offs in 9th. was always going to prove a slender victory.

Cheltenham Town capitalised on an off-night Travelling to Wales on the back of four for the chasing pack with a 0-1 success over consecutive defeats, an exquisite free-kick from Harrogate Town at the EnviroVent Stadium.

Tom Clifford on the 74th minute proved just Michael Duff’s side enjoyed an assured first the tonic for the Shrimpers, who held firm to half and were rewarded for their enterprise secure a first away win of the season and go CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V SOUTHEND UNITED

25 within a point from safety. Regarding form, it’s actually the Exiles who are enduring a torrid time right now. Falling to 5th, they’ve acquired just the solitary victory in ten matches and will be thankful for their early-season form.

Morecambe continued their formidable antics by rescuing a 1-1 draw against ten-man Bolton Wanderers in the sides’ first ever competitive meeting. Incisive build-up work from Nathan Delfouneso helped tee up Eoin Doyle minutes before the break, with the prolific striker netting the opener for the Trotters. The game was soon turned on its head when Marcus Maddison was sent off just 11 minutes into his debut for the hosts for a lunging tackle, ultimately handing the Shrimps the freedom to capitalise thanks to a Brad Lyons header on 82. A share of the spoils means Derek Adams’ team are 6th, a point from 3rd and 8th, with

a stuttering Bolton in 19th after tasting victory just once in 11 attempts.

Draw specialists Walsall and Mansfield Town battled out an inevitable 1-1 tie at the Banks’s Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The Saddlers drew first blood after 23 minutes when Lincoln City loanee Max Melbourne stabbed home a deep free kick from close range. Spearheaded by their previous five-game winning streak, the Stags remained level-headed and levelled eight minutes later when Ollie Clarke slotted under Liam Roberts from 12 yards.

Perhaps two points dropped for Nigel Clough’s resurgent side, they sit in 14th and are now seven unbeaten, three points, three places and a game in hand behind Darrell Clarke’s men who are adamant to find a consistent spell. ■

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Hot———— offAndrewthe Habbin Stephen ———— MENTALLY STRONG PEOPLE OVERCOME SETBACKS WITH CONFIDENCE BECAUSE ADVERSITY MAKES THEM BETTER AMY MORRIN

As I write, the Beast from the East, or Storm Darcy as it is fashionably named, is bringing snow and icy blasts all the way from the Urals.

Icicles hang from rooves in Barton Bendish and yet the weather was not severe enough to postpone the game at Salford yet again.

A pity, since I suspect that the difference was that they hadn’t played for three weeks and we have played a lot of games in a short time, travelling miles and playing on terrible pitches.

However, I can accept that and the fact that key players were unfit. What I find hard to accept is the hail of criticism, sometimes aimed at individuals, all over social media, when people can’t deal rationally with their own disappointment.

There is a young forward banging goals at Wimbledon now who might have stayed here had he not been subjected to unending and pointless criticism from so called fans.

Sometimes standing on Habbin North is no more pleasant than enduring the Siberian weather, but fans pay their money…

So much for fickleness or fickability or whatever its called nowadays. This feels like a promotion season and when we have our best team out, it looks like one too. Intriguingly, I was interviewed by the Irish Daily Mirror about Wes Hoolahan. They revere him in Dublin and they wanted to know what we thought. Every successful side has a player who, on their day, www.cambridge-united.co.uk

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At least people will stop saying that we only play well on iFollow. The sooner the crowds can come back, the better for us all. During these long unnatural months of the pandemic the success of our team has been wonderful because of the effect it has had on the City’s morale.

Cambridge is so much more than a University, however wonderful, great architecture and tourism. There is another side to the City which deserves more attention and better provision. The Community Trust have done a fine job in supporting our community, perhaps in ways that only football clubs can. It is trying much harder to cater for diversity, disability, disadvantage and need in every way it can. At the end of this season I really hope to see that we are top of the league. As much as that I want to be associated with a club that has got its values right and makes its own contribution to making society better , fairer and more tolerant. I believe that Cambridge United is making great strides in this direction.

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The Stat Pack ———— Fixtures & Results ———— LEAGUE TABLE

PLAYERS P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

20/21 Apps

20/21 Goals

20/21 Totals

CUFC Career

Apps Goals Apps

Lge

Cups

Lge

Cups

Alese

Aji

0 (1)

0

0

0

0 (1)

0

1

0

Boateng

Hiram

8 (2)

2

0

0

10 (2)

0

12

0

Burton

Callum

8 (1)

6

0

0

14 (1)

0

32

0

44

Dallas

Andrew

0 (1)

2 (2)

0

0

2 (3)

0

33

2

43

Davies

Leon

4 (8)

6

0

0

10 (8)

0

63

0

1

Cambridge United

28

14

6

8

16

48

2

Forest Green Rovers

26

12

9

5

10

45

3

Cheltenham Town

26

12

8

6

12

44

4

Tranmere Rovers

27

13

5

9

3

5

Newport County

26

12

7

7

8

Goals

6

Morecambe

27

12

7

8

-1

43

Dickens

Tom

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

Exeter City

26

11

9

6

15

42

Digby

Paul

23

6

0

0

29

0

29

0

42

Drysdale

Declan

2

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

Dunk

Harrison 26 (1)

5 (3)

0

0

31 (4)

0

369

22

Hannant

Luke

27

5

2

3

32

5

61

6

Hoolahan

Wes

17 (3)

1 (1)

4

0

18 (4)

4

22

4

8 9

Carlisle United Salford City

23

13

3

7

12

26

11

8

7

14

41

10 Leyton Orient

27

11

5

11

5

38

11 Walsall

26

8

12

6

-1

36

Iredale

Jack

13 (11) 5 (2)

2

0

18 (13)

2

31

2

12 Crawley Town

25

9

8

8

2

35

Ironside

Joe

16 (10) 4 (1)

11

0

20 (11)

11

31

11

13 Oldham Athletic

26

10

4

12

-5

34

Knibbs

Harvey

7 (14)

6 (2)

1

1

13 (16)

2

60

11

14 Mansfield Town

25

7

12

6

2

33

Knoyle

Kyle

28

5 (1)

1

0

33 (1)

1

63

2

15 Harrogate Town

27

9

6

12

-3

33

May

Adam

17 (6)

5 (3)

2

0

22 (9)

2

31

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16 Port Vale

28

9

5

14

-3

32

McKenzie-Lyle Kai

17 Colchester United

26

7

11

8

-6

32

Mitov

Dimitar

Mullin

Paul

Neal O'Neil

20

2

0

0

22

0

81

0

27 (1)

2 (2)

20

2

29 (3)

22

38

24

Joe

0

0 (1)

0

0

0 (1)

0

1

0

Liam

1 (3)

1 (1)

0

0

2 (4)

0

105

2

Okedina

Jubril

3

1

0

0

4

0

4

0

18 Scunthorpe United

26

10

2

14

-6

32

19 Bolton Wanderers

26

8

8

10

-7

32

20 Bradford City

25

8

7

10

-3

31

21 Stevenage

27

6

11

10

-7

29

Simper

Lewis

0

0 (1)

0

0

0 (1)

0

1

0

22 Barrow

25

5

8

12

-5

23

Taylor

Greg

28

6

0

0

34

0

334

6

23 Southend United

27

6

5

16

-26

23

Tracey

Shilow

1 (2)

0

0

0

1 (2)

0

3

0

24 Grimsby Town

27

5

6

16

-26

21

Worman

Ben

0

0 (2)

0

1

0 (2)

1

6

1

CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V SOUTHEND UNITED

35 FIXTURES DATE

OPPONENT

SUBS

GK SUB

SEPTEMBER 2020 Sat 5th Birmingham City (LC1)

A 1-0

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy 1

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

O’Neil*

Hoolahan**

Ironside

Mullin***

Iredale**

Dallas

May*

Davies

Knowles

Knibbs***

Tue 8th Fulham U21 (EFLTG)

H 2-0

Burton

Knoyle**

Iredale

Taylor

Dunk

Davies

Digby

May*

Knowles 1

Knibbs***

Dallas

Hannant

Mullin 1**

Cundy

Ironside***

Simper*

Worman

Burton Mitov

Sat 12th Carlisle United

H 3-0

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant 1

Digby

O’Neil*

Hoolahan**

Ironside 1 Mullin 1***

Iredale**

Dallas

Davies

May*

Knowles

Knibbs***

Burton

Tue 15th Newport County (LC2)

A 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Iredale

Davies

Digby

May

Knowles*

Ironside**

Knibbs

Dallas

Mullin 1**

DUNK*

Worman

NEAL

-

Mitov

Sat 19th Morecambe

A 5-0

Mitov

Knoyle**

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

May 1

Hoolahan 1

Ironside*

Mullin 3***

Iredale

Dallas**

Davies**

Knowles

Knibbs*

-

Burton

Sat 26th Tranmere Rovers

H 0-0

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

May**

Hoolahan*

Ironside

Mullin***

Iredale**

Darling***

Dallas

Davies

El Mizouni*

Knibbs

Burton

OCTOBER 2020 Sat 3rd Exeter City

A 0-2

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant*

Digby

May***

Hoolahan**

Ironside

Mullin

Iredale**

Darling

Dallas

Davies

El Mizouni***

Knibbs*

Burton

Tue 6th Burton Albion (EFLTG)

A 4-2

Burton

Davies

Darling 1

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant 2

Digby

El Mizouni**

Knowles*

Ironside

Knibbs 1

Knoyle

Dallas

Mullin

Dunk*

May**

Cundy

McKenzie-Lyle

Sat 10th Newport County

H 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant

Digby

May*

Dunk

Hoolahan*** Mullin 2**

Cundy

Davies

Knibbs***

Boateng*

Burton

Sat 17th Scunthorpe United

A 5-0

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant 1**

Digby*

May

Dunk

Ironside 2 Mullin 2p*** Hoolahan

Cundy

Davies

El Mizouni**

Knibbs***

Boateng*

Burton

Tue 20th Port Vale

H 3-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale*

Hannant

Digby

Boateng**

Dunk

Hoolahan*** Mullin 3 (1p)

Cundy

Davies*

El Mizouni

May**

Ironside***

Knibbs

Burton

Sat 24th Bolton Wanderers

H 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant

Digby

Boateng**

Dunk

El Mizouni*

Dallas

Cundy

Davies

May**

Ironside*

Knowles

Knibbs

Tue 27th Walsall

A 0-2

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant**

May

Boateng

Davies

Ironside 1p Mullin 1p*

Iredale*

Darling

Dallas

El Mizouni**

Knowles

-

Burton

Sat 31st Crawley Town

A 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk***

Hannant

Iredale

Boateng

Davies**

Ironside 1*

Darling

Dallas

Hoolahan* El Mizouni**

Knowles

Knibbs***

Burton

Mullin Mullin

El Mizouni Ironside**

NOVEMBER 2020 Tue 3rd Salford City

H 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Darling

Dunk

Hannant

Iredale 1

Boateng

Taylor

Ironside 1p Hoolahan

Dallas

Mullin

Davies

El Mizouni

Knowles

Knibbs

Burton

SAT 7TH Shrewsbury Town (FAC1) H 0-2

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Iredale***

Boateng

May*

El Mizouni**

Knibbs

Darling

Dallas**

Hoolahan*

Davies

Knowles***

-

Burton

May

Dallas

Knibbs**

Knoyle

Taylor

Worman 1*

Neal**

Yearn

-

Mitov

Mullin

Iredale*

Dallas

CUNDY***

Davies**

MAY

Knibbs

Burton

Mullin 1

Darling

Davies

El Mizouni

MAY*

Ironside*

Knibbs**

Burton

Tue 10th Peterborough Utd (EFLTG) H 1-1#

Burton

Davies

Cundy

Darling

Dunk

El Mizouni

Knowles

Boateng*

Sat 14th Barrow

H 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant**

Digby

Boateng

Tue 24th Cheltenham Town

A 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Iredale**

Hannant

Digby

Boateng

Dunk*

Hoolahan

Tue 1st Mansfield Town

H 0-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk***

Hannant**

Digby

Boateng*

Hoolahan

Ironside

Mullin

Iredale**

Darling

Davies

El Mizouni

May*

Knibbs***

Burton

Sat 5th Oldham Athletic

H 1-2

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

May**

Iredale*

Knibbs

Mullin 1

Darling

Dallas

Hoolahan*

Davies

El Mizouni**

WORMAN

Burton

TUE 8TH Gillingham (EFLT2)

H 2-0

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy

Darling

Dunk

Hannant 1***

Digby

Taylor**

Davies

El Mizouni Mullin 1p* Iredale***

Dallas

Sat 12th Forest Green Rovers

A 0-2

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy

Darling

Dunk

Hannant***

Digby

Taylor**

Davies*

Hoolahan****

Mullin

Tue 15th Colchester United

H 2-1

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy

Darling

Iredale

Hannant

Digby

Taylor

El Mizouni*

Knibbs

Mullin 2**

Sat 19th Bradford City

A 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy*

Darling

Dunk

Hannant****

Digby

Taylor

Iredale**

Knibbs***

Mullin

Sat 26th Leyton Orient

H 2-1

Burton

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale*** Hannant**

Digby

MAY

Hoolahan 1

Ironside

Mullin 1***

Dunk***

Tue 29th Stevenage

A 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Digby

MAY***

Iredale**

Ironside*

Mullin

El Mizouni* Ironside 1***

DECEMBER 2020

Dunk

Hannant

MAY**

Knibbs*

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

MAY**

Knibbs*

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Davies*

MAY

Ironside**

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Hoolahan** Davies****

MAY*

Ironside***

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

CUNDY

Davies**

El Mizouni

Knibbs*

WORMAN

Mitov

CUNDY

Davies**

El Mizouni***

Knibbs*

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Iredale*** El Mizouni**** Dallas

JANUARY 2021 Sat 2nd Grimsby Town

A 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling**

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

MAY 1

Hoolahan***

Knibbs*

Mullin 1

Iredale***

Dallas

CUNDY

Davies

Ironside*

WORMAN

Burton

Sat 9th Harrogate Town

H 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

MAY

Hoolahan 1***

Knibbs*

Mullin

Iredale

O’Neil

Okedina

CUNDY

Davies***

Ironside 1*

Burton

Tue 12th OXFORD UNITED (EFLT3)

A 0-1

Burton

Okedina

Darling

Cundy

Iredale

Hannant***

Digby

MAY*****

Davies*

Knibbs**

Ironside**** KNOYLE***

TAYLOR

Dunk**

O’Neil*****

Dallas****

WORMAN*

Mitov

Sat 16th Colchester United

A 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling***

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant*

Digby

MAY**

Hoolahan

Knibbs 1

Mullin

Iredale

O’Neil**

Okedina

CUNDY***

Davies

Ironside*

Burton

TUE 19TH Southend United

A 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Dunk

Iredale 1

Digby

MAY

Davies

Ironside 1

Mullin*

O’Neil*

Okedina

CUNDY

Knibbs

WORMAN

NEAL

Burton

Sat 23rd Bradford City

H 0-0

Mitov*

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk***

Hannant**

Digby

MAY

Hoolahan

Ironside

Mullin

Iredale***

O’Neil

Okedina

Davies

Knibbs**

WORMAN

Burton*

Sat 30th Crawley Town

H 3-1

Burton

Knoyle 1

Okedina

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

MAY

Hoolahan 1 Ironside 1*

Mullin

Iredale

O’Neil

Davies

Tracey*

Knibbs

WORMAN McKenzie-Lyle

Sat 6th Barrow

A 0-0

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant*

Drysdale

MAY***

Hoolahan**** Ironside 1 Mullin 1** Iredale****

O’Neil***

Alese

Davies

Tracey*

Knibbs** McKenzie-Lyle

Tue 9th Salford City

A 1-4

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina***

Taylor

Dunk*

Hannant

Drysdale

MAY

O’Neil

Alese***

Davies

Ironside**

WORMAN McKenzie-Lyle

Sat 13th Southend United

H

FEBRUARY 2021

Sat 20th Mansfield Town

A

Tue 23rd Cheltenham Town

H

Sat 27th Port Vale

A

MARCH 2021 Tue 2nd Scunthorpe United

H

Sat 6th Walsall

H

Tue 9th Bolton Wanderers

A

Sat 13th Oldham Athletic

A

Sat 20th Forest Green Rovers

H

Sat 27th Carlisle United

A

APRIL 2021 Fri 2nd Morecambe

H

Mon 5th Tranmere Rovers

A

Sat 10th Exeter City

H

Sat 17th Newport County

A

Tue 20th Leyton Orient

A

Sat 24th Stevenage

H

MAY 2021 Sat 1st Harrogate Town

A

Sat 8th Grimsby Town

H

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TEAM SHEET ———— Line-Ups & Officials ———— CAMBRIDGE UNITED HEAD COACH: Mark Bonner Amber & Black

DIMITAR MITOV 1 KYLE KNOYLE 2 JACK IREDALE 3 PAUL DIGBY 4 GREG TAYLOR 5 DECLAN DRYSDALE 6 LUKE HANNANT 7 LIAM O’NEIL 8 ANDREW DALLAS 9 PAUL MULLIN 10 HARRISON DUNK 11 KAI MCKENZIE-LYLE 13 WES HOOLAHAN 14 JUBRIL OKEDINA 15 AJI ALESE 16 LEON DAVIES 17 SHILOW TRACEY 18 ADAM MAY 19 JOE IRONSIDE 20 LEWIS SIMPER 22 CALLUM BURTON 25 HARVEY KNIBBS 26 BEN WORMAN 27 JOE NEAL 28 TOM DICKENS 29 HIRAM BOATENG 44

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It can be a real issue in football, whether you’re watching, playing, managing or officiating. Imagine not being able to tell the difference between kit colours, and how that would affect your enjoyment of watching the game – either live or on TV. There are three types of colour blindness – and myriad colour combinations which cause problems. The common perception that colour-blind people only confuse reds and greens is a myth.

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