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Head Coach 7 IAN MATHER

From the CEO 8 SAM GOMARSALL

Community Trust Manager 11 ASTRAZENECA

Our Partnership 12 FROM THE SLO

Dave Matthew-Jones 14 INCLUSION

Matt’s story 16 WELLBEING

Alfie’s story 18 EDUCATION

Michael’s story 19 ASTRAZENECA

Holiday Lunches Programme 20 HERE FOR U’S

in the First Lockdown 22 MATCH REPLAY

Leyton Orient 24 CUT THROAT LANE

Archive programme 26 TEN TO TACKLE Quiz 28 CFU CORNER

Ben Phillips & Andy Stephen 30 AROUND THE DIVISION

Owen Mizon 33 HOT OFF THE HABBIN

Andrew Stephen 36 PLAYER SPONSORS

First Team 2020/21 40 STAT PACK

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MARK BONNER ———— HEAD COACH ———— Today is the penultimate league fixture of 2020/21 season at The Abbey – a season that has been so intense but seems to have flown by recently. We have had a number of markers along the way that have guided us and signposted us towards the final stages, but they have crept up on us quite quickly.

The past two results have been really good performances, different in nature but both high in quality, work ethic and adaptability.

Tuesday’s match at Leyton Orient was an exciting watch, full of attacking intent from both sides. There would have been some atmosphere in normal times. As it was, the 11 travelling fans making use of the flats overlooking the pitch sung all night and made it feel like there were more people than in reality. It’s quite remarkable how accustomed we have become to playing in empty stadiums, and the difference, even the smallest number of supporters can make.

With just three games remaining, we understand the many permutations that the season end could bring about. In the end, we have to continue delivering performance levels and work levels that give us the best chance of gaining the victories we need.

The run of form Stevenage have been on since we met in December has been very good, and Alex will no doubt be pleased with the progress they have made. As a man with links and history with our club, I am pleased for him that he has taken to the job well and as first time managers, we both understand the challenges that this year has provided and he will no doubt be as excited as I am in hope of a return to more normal times next season.

Our earlier meeting saw them narrowly beat us on a day where we didn’t find the level we want to be at. It was a close game that nearly returned a point in the dying stages. We both have our motivations for today though and will want to keep maintaining the momentum we have both built. It should make for a good contest. www.cambridge-united.co.uk

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Today is Community Trust Takeover Day. Many words have been spoken of the Community Trust in recent months, and rightly so. The recently published impact report and the live stream event on Facebook clearly outlined the positive influence that has been undertaken and delivered throughout the pandemic in the past twelve months. Sam Gomarsall deserves huge recognition for his leadership, but will be the first to credit a team of people who not only deliver their specific roles and areas with quality, but they are all wired to work hard, motivated by a human desire to enrich lives, serve others and create a fairer, more equal society. What excellent values we have driving us on.

We hope in the months and years ahead that the scope of this work can broaden and its impact will become greater. Raising awareness and raising funds will make a difference. We have the ability to connect with thousands of people from across this city, all from different backgrounds with varying experiences. But we can all play a part in helping. Congratulations to the Community Trust staff for your excellent work, to all those who help raise funds, volunteer and invest in supporting these good works. And thank you, for making people in our City proud of the impact we are having.​■

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Ian————Mather CEO ———— Welcome to our closest neighbours Stevenage who have put in some very strong performances since January to secure their League 2 status with a comfortable points margin. As ever with our local rivals we can still expect a tough game.

For the U’s the prospect of promotion to League 1 is tantalisingly close. Thanks to the fixture list pitching Morecambe against Bolton today a win will be sufficient to send us up – with two games left to play. This is possible due to the great result we had on Tuesday against a strong Leyton Orient side.

Thanks to the ingenuity of the 11 fans who booked Air B&B apartments we had some very loud support at the game. It was a great reminder of what we have missed for most of this season. The Loud 11 did all fans proud with their endless cheering and humour. All our hope and expectation is that we will have unrestricted crowds for when the new season starts on 7 August.

Today we are celebrating the work of our Community Trust who have done so much brilliant work over the last year. I have no doubt that they, with the full support of the Club, have made a real difference to many lives through a very difficult period.

Trust manager, Sam Gomarsall and his team deserve a huge amount of credit for working tirelessly to make a difference. If you want to be impressed – have a read of their Impact Report click here.

Away from the pitch the story of the week was clearly the shambles of the proposed European Super League. In all of the hours of media coverage I saw supporter speak in favour of this other than one football fan in each of Beijing and Dubai. I guess they represented the new type of fans the leadership of ESL thought they could attract to replace what they referred to as “legacy fans”. I cannot recall such a big business blunder since EMI rejected the Beatles. The legacy fans are what make football come alive and they (including me) do not want www.cambridge-united.co.uk

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Sam Gomarsall ———— Community Trust Manager ———— Back in March of last year, we were all set for our “matchday takeover” to take place vs Cheltenham Town FC. We had over 1,000 children who had attended our anti-discrimination assemblies ready to pack the Mead, Plant & Grab stand; we had a showcase of our disability sport participants’ talents on the pitch set to take place at half-time and there were so many other initiatives lined up for a fantastic matchday highlighting the work of the Community Trust. It’s nice to be able to write programme notes before this year’s Community Trust Matchday Takeover with a little bit more certainty that the match will actually go ahead!

Of course, in a slightly manic morning the

day before the game, the matchday was postponed due to increasing coronavirus concerns. One week later, Cambridge United launched the ‘Here For U’s’ programme providing practical, emotional and physical support to its’ local community.

You can read & see more about what we did in those first few weeks & months on page 20.

Throughout this programme, you will read about the impact that we have had in our local community this past year – we hope you feel an immense sense of pride that your football club ‘never went away’ and continued to change lives for the better.

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We have worked this past year with multiple stakeholders across Cambridge to be part of a city-wide fightback to Covid-19. We exist to serve an incredible city which is home to world-class universities and a flourishing science, tech and business sector. However, we also must recognise the multitude of inequalities that exist within Cambridge. Our club’s home is the Abbey Ward where almost 1 in 3 children are growing up in poverty and there are differences in life expectancy of almost 10 years between the richest and poorest areas of the city. We think that there is a real risk that the pandemic will increase this level of disparity. Instead, we want to help Cambridge build back better as a healthier,

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stronger & more equal city.

Indeed, in a year where Marcus Rashford changed government policy on free school meals, you will see the way that we worked with partners to tackle food poverty within our city. We cooked & delivered over 1,700 meals but also began to run Activate Holiday Lunch Activity Sessions (page 19). I want to pay special tribute to the support of our friends at AstraZeneca, Cambridge United’s Community Sponsor, in supporting this programme alongside continuing their vital partnership on the Active Science programme (page 11).

Over this past year, we simply could not have provided the level of support we did without the contributions of Cambridge United supporters. Thank you to every single fan who donated to the Here For U’s campaign alongside the numerous offers from fans to volunteer. We hope that you are proud of the impact your club is making; your continued support can help us make a tangible difference in the way our city builds back from this pandemic. Thank you. ■

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AstraZeneca ———— Partnership Goes from Strength to Strength ———— AstraZeneca’s Community Sponsorship supports Cambridge United and its Community Trust in our attempt to be at the heart of a healthier, stronger and more equal Cambridge. Nick Fairbairn, our Commercial Manager, spoke with Steve Twait, AstraZeneca’s vice-president for Alliance and Integration Management about exactly why AstraZeneca has chosen to support their local football club in this way.

Through their flagship programme, Active Science, Cambridge United Community Trust and AstraZeneca want to inspire the next generation of scientists. Whilst the programme hasn’t been able to take place in the same format in schools as usual this year, the content has been moved online. Over the past two weeks, the Community Trust have engaged a staggering 1,800 students across 14 schools in our first-ever Active Science virtual assemblies ensuring that children across our community still get the opportunity to see the links between science

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& sport and we hope begin to see the potential of a career in science.

In so-called “normal times”, Active Science is a series of six one-hour long lessons, aimed at Year 5/6 pupils. It involves, for example, children running with parachutes in order to demonstrate the aerodynamics of force or seeing the effects of different exercises on their cardiovascular system.

Or in the words of one year 5: “Learning science is way more awesome than I thought.”

Over 3,000 pupils have completed the programme in total and with visits from AstraZeneca scientists & Cambridge United Football players, the programme focuses on those schools in disadvantaged communities and is vital in supporting wider participation in science. We are grateful to AstraZeneca for their continued support of the club & community trust and you can see more about the Holiday Lunch programme they support on page 19. ■

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FROM THE SLO ———— DAVE MATTHEW-JONES ———— This week football seemed to once again do forward to playing a full and central role in what it does best sometimes by shooting that. The anger from MPs on all sides of the itself in the foot. When everyone was talking Commons showed that a handful of billionaire about the great community work that owners have misjudged not only the mood of clubs have done during the past year and fans – but the mood of an entire nation. For how incredible the patience of supporters years football has appeased them, but all it has has been, the fiasco of the European Super done is heighten their appetite and make them League came along. The ESL highlighted stronger. Now is the time to stop that.” the need for stronger With all the clubs having regulation of football and now withdrawn from taking also a stronger independent their place in the ESL and regulator. apologising to everyone for FOOTBALL IS FOR Everyone involved with ever getting involved, it really EVERYONE AT the game should welcome shouldn’t influence the work WHATEVER LEVEL THEY and outcome of the review. It the announcement of the Governments fan-led review. shouldn’t now hide the areas ARE INVOLVED The Department for Digital, that need to be addressed.

Culture, Media & Sport secretary of state The investigation should look at all levels Oliver Dowden last Monday told the of the pyramid. It should not just includ the Commons that the recent European Super supporters of those Premier League clubs League proposals had left the Government and the Premier League clubs themselves. with no other option than to act.

Everyone involved deserves to be listened to The Super League proposals were from the largest to the smallest of clubs. The condemned by politicians on all sides of strength of our national sport is based on each the House and Labour’s Jo Stevens MP, level being strong and it cannot be allowed to Shadow Secretary of State, has called for the be weakened any further. review to show “real teeth” throughout the With the review and the possible law changes undertaking. that could be made, there is a real chance The review will be chaired by Tracey Crouch to save the football pyramid. It would be a MP who was sports minister from 2015-17. tragedy if this opportunity isn’t seized or gets Tracey wrote on Twitter “Delighted Gov kicked into the long grass. If the desire is really has asked me to lead Review into football there to do something, it needs to be taken governance. I can assure fans that I will now. work with you, and for you, to consider how There may not be another opportunity in our we keep the traditions of integrity & fair generation to ensure the much needed change competition at the heart of the sport.” are made. Football is for everyone at whatever The Government’s 2019 manifesto level they are involved. committed to a “fan led” review of football Throughout the pandemic we have heard governance and the Football Supporters’ everyone saying that supporters were missed Association (FSA) who are coordinating the or that without them football isn’t the same.

Sustain the Game! campaign also welcomed Now is the time for them to be listened to at a the announcement. national level. If you are asked to be involved, Malcolm Clarke, chair of the FSA said “The then take the opportunity to do so. Give your FSA welcomes today’s announcement of views and your opinions whatever they may be the launch of the fan-led review and looks and whenever you can do so. ■ CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V STEVENAGE FC

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INCLUSION ———— MatT’s story ———— and enjoyable sessions where people can play Matt’s story highlights how our ‘Every Player with others with the same disabilities as them.

Counts’ disability sport sessions consistently Prior to lockdown, we delivered 13 weekly give him a safe and enjoyable space to be football sessions to 200+ participants catering physically active and spend time socialising for participants with a variety of impairments with his friends. It is also a “lifeline” in terms of alongside supporting our visually impaired and his mental health and wellbeing, giving him the cerebral palsy teams as they took confidence to maintain a job and part in their respective national spend quality time with his young leagues. family. We want to challenge During lockdown periods we perceptions about disabilities and continued to engage via Zoom promote confidence that transfers FOOTBALL HAS football sessions as well as into other areas of participants’ HELPED ME lives: Matt is a fantastic example REGAIN MY LOST keeping our Facebook Groups active. We provided over 300 of this in practice. In his own CONFIDENCE Zoom calls in 2020 to over 100 words: “Without the Trust and the disability participants. We also other guys in the team, I’d never delivered 44 activity packs which included have imagined myself taking on a full-time job football and specialist equipment to ensure 2 years ago. Football has helped me regain there were no barriers to people taking part in my lost confidence after finding out about my the online sessions. You can check out our full decreasing vision. It’s got me back being me.” range of sessions here and if you or someone People with disabilities are twice as likely to be inactive than those without disabilities and we you know could benefit from the sessions, let want to reduce this disparity by providing safe us know! ■

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WELLBEING ———— Alfie’s story ———— Alfie’s story demonstrates the wrap-around care and support the Community Trust can offer individuals with regards to their physical and mental health.

Empowering people like Alfie demonstrates the power the programmes we deliver can have on our local community and we hope by sharing these stories, more people will be able to access our services. The free “Support U’s” weekly mental health football session is available for males aged between 18-65, and aims to improve both physical and mental fitness by providing an opportunity for those who participate to take part in some physical activity whilst building relationships, being part of a team and boosting self-confidence.

Being able to offer support to fans of the football club and wider community is a key element of Cambridge United’s Mental Health Charter and aim of being a mentally healthy football club. As a club, we believe that everybody has mental health and we

all experience ups and downs. We believe that harnessing the positive power of football and physical activity will provide real benefits to both physical and mental fitness within our fanbase and to the wider community.

The sessions are from 11-12pm on Wednesday morning and take place at the Abbey Leisure Complex, CB5 8NT. In normal times, we then go back to the Abbey Stadium to have a cup of tea or coffee! It is open for all, but particularly focused on those looking to improve their mental and physical fitness.

Encouraging connectivity and peer support through accessible communitybased wellbeing activities is at the heart of what we do. Whether through walking football sessions, our Man vs FAT weight management programme, community bootcamps or running groups: we want to see a Healthier Cambridge. Click here to check out all our opportunities. ■

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EDUCATION ———— Michael’s story ———— had the theme this year of ‘United Against Michael’s story is an example of our Bullying’ and were delivered live to each education work and the impact it can individual school from the Abbey Stadium, have on teachers, schools & pupils. We featuring a brief look at the Main Stand and use sport as a non-traditional educational the pitch. Some lucky children even had an tool, allowing messages to be conveyed in impromptu chat with Ian new and interesting ways, Darler! and engage those who We’re inspiring primary may not respond as well school children in everything to traditional techniques.

WE WORK WITH We work with teachers to TEACHERS TO DELIVER from Maths and English to teamwork and sport deliver fun, educational PE FUN, EDUCATIONAL through Premier League and classroom sessions on a PE AND CLASSROOM Primary Stars. One teacher range of subjects.

SESSIONS ON A RANGE said of our online lessons to Over the past year, we have his students this half-term: worked with 68 schools OF SUBJECTS “One individual in my class in South Cambridgeshire, who finds motivation to write in English a real Hertfordshire & Suffolk and have adapted to challenge was engaged as never before by deliver a lot of our education work online. these lessons. Using football and Cambridge A good example would be our annual anti United specifically, enthused and motivated bullying assemblies which this year were him. His writing has been noticeably better in delivered to 23 different schools, virtually through Zoom and Microsoft Teams. These class and it is no longer a struggle to get him starting his work.” ■ assemblies, linked with Anti-Bullying Alliance,

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ASTRAZENECA ———— Activate Holiday Lunches Programme ———— The Activate Holiday Lunch Programme programme, kindly sponsored by AstraZeneca, engaged young people in (school) years 1-9.

This Easter holiday, 180 children from the Abbey, North Cambridge & Trumpington wards had the chance to engage in fun football & multi-sport sessions. They also had the option to receive a free takeaway lunch after the session finished and 376 free healthy meals to participants, the majority of whom receive free school meals.

We first ran this in last summer as coronavirus restrictions began to ease & 150 young people engaged with the programme with 350 total hours of activity! One parent told CUCT what they thought, “the sessions were fantastic, amazingly run and [we were] just so grateful we were able to come. It made a huge difference to all of our mental health to have an organised activity to do. Thank you so much.”

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costs and reduced incomes. For some children that can lead to a holiday experience gap, with children from disadvantaged families less likely to access organised out-of-school activities, more likely to experience ‘unhealthy holidays’ in terms of nutrition and physical health & more likely to experience social isolation. We organised these Activate sessions with this in mind and two-thirds of parents’ felt that these had helped their finances. Alongside this, 90% of parents/carers either strongly agreed or agreed that the participant felt more inspired and engaged after attending the sessions and 80% felt their child’s mental health had improved.

This latest initiative comes off the back of the hugely successful ‘Call For the Ball’ project which ran in January as we came to terms with the third national lockdown. We delivered 500 free balls to children living in Cambridge City who did not currently own one and invited many of these same children to come to the Activate sessions off the back of this. ■

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HERE FOR U’S ———— in the First Lockdown ———— Going back to March 2020, we recognised the immediate challenges that the lockdown would bring. These were unprecedented times and the club wanted to do everything it could to play its part in helping the community through this. The Here for U’s response work was all about providing the people who needed it with practical, emotional and physical support.

PRACTICAL

We opened up a Community Careline for over 70’s to ring up asking for help with their everyday needs – from picking up prescriptions to shopping or having a friendly chat. With firstteam Head Coach taking the very first shift on the Careline, in the following 3 months – we regularly delivered shopping & medication to over 50 individuals and signposted many others to Mutual Aid Groups across the city.

Collaborating with our catering team at the club, the city council & Cambridge Sustainable Food we cooked and delivered 1,717 meals over the following months. All those receiving meals were signposted by the city council as being at risk of food poverty. As one parent said: “the meals

and activity packs you deliver are an absolute lifesaver.”

EMOTIONAL

All 12 of the staff on the Community Careline (included the head coach) had previously been qualified as Mental Health first aiders trained by the club. The club board, first-team players & staff ensured all season ticket holders over the age of 64 were contacted within the next two weeks whilst Trust staff held wellbeing calls with 100+ of elderly participants from our seniors’ programmes including Walking Football, Dementia Sports Café, Seniors Lunches.

PHYSICAL

Replacing our in-person weekly Virtual Community Bootcamp with an online version, we recognised that there was also a need to engage younger families. Delivering 82 family fitness fun sessions on weekday mornings & 18 Community Bootcamps, one evening a week: the sessions were viewed over 100,000 times. We also delivered 305 education activity packs in the first lockdown to families attempting home education for the first time. ■

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MEMORIES DOWN ———— CUT THROAT LANE ———— Welcome back to the Abbey for our penultimate home game of the season. And greetings to our visitors from Broadhall Way and indeed one of our old boys who it seems has turned things around. Let’s hope they will just roll over today!

Just drawing breath after Tuesday evening’s events and what was our twelfth away league win of the season. Who would bet against a lucky thirteen before we (hopefully) lift the title, deservedly in my book.

WHO WOULD BET AGAINST A LUCKY THIRTEEN BEFORE WE (HOPEFULLY) LIFT THE TITLE, DESERVEDLY IN MY BOOK

tuition job for many years at the Leicestershire FA. So, our rivals snaffled four points off us that season having won 2-1 at London Road in the November, but they were faced with another season in what was then Division 3.

Arguments rage about this but in an ideal world for me our closest rivals would be in the same division as us every season.

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A win that day may well have secured promotion but it wasn’t meant to be in a tense, tight, typically robust Cambs derby and honours were shared in a 1-1 draw in front of 8,307.

The visitors took the lead on the 7th minute through Giuliano Grazioli, but King of the Abbey Paul Wanless equalised 19 minutes later.

Halfway through the second half Posh skipper Andy Edwards was sent off for taking out Alex Russell and you can imagine the final quarter of the game was rather like the Alamo at the Corona End but to no avail for the home side.

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CFU CORNER ———— Ben Phillips & Andy Stephen ———— CFU are working hard at helping the football to us. We hope to continue and expand our club become more diverse and inclusive. We relationship with Cambridge United Football want our football club to be at the Centre of Club and our local community, for projects the community in the city of Cambridge. We that will benefit the youth, both boys and girls live in a multi-cultural city and want the Abbey in the future.”

Stadium to be welcoming place for everyone.

On another note, we were recently asked As a Supporters Trust we have recently set up by many fans if we could ask the club about and established a new community relationship the possibility of the club being able to have on behalf of the football club, by approaching another successful pilot scheme game for the and welcoming our neighbours at the last home game of the season versus Grimsby.

Cambridge Central Mosque in Mill Road.

We have chatted with Ian Mather at length Through Cambridge Fans United’s contacts and while the club would love to welcome with Fans for Diversity, a national project fans back with open arms, the decision is organised by the Football ultimately out of their Supporters’ Association and hands. The government Kick it Out, we were able are not allowing fans into to lead the way, along with stadiums in any capacity ONE THING THE PANDEMIC until the 17th of May at Charlton Athletic, in being HAS TAUGHT US IS THAT one of the only EFL clubs the earliest, but hopefully to provide a number of gift with restrictions slowly WE NEED TO LOOK OUT packs in time for Ramadan, being eased, and if FOR ONE ANOTHER which began on Monday the number of cases of April 12th and continues until the 12th May. the virus remain low, we can resume some The gifts included food items that can be used normality soon. Fingers crossed we will be throughout the period, and some gifts from watching the U’s in League 1 next season and the Football Club, including calendars and the Abbey will be rocking once more! footballs, which were provided by Cambridge Finally, on behalf of our members, CFU would United Community Trust. like to offer our deepest sympathy to the One thing the pandemic has taught us is that Royal Family on the death of Prince Philip, we need to look out for one another. It is Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke was a keen important that we build closer relationships sportsman, and it should never be forgotten with everyone locally. Football provides us a that his Award Scheme reached out to and unique opportunity. It can unite people from all included disability groups long before anyone backgrounds. Both football clubs and Mosques ever mentioned the words inclusion or have been responsible for doing so much diversity. good work within the past year throughout He understood that everyone’s challenges their communities and we should be working are different and that we can all experience together and building on these foundations, achievement, meaningfully. Despite his supporting one another. illustrious position, he understood that Shahida Rahman Trustee, Cambridge Central everyone can and should be valued for what Mosque said, “We are delighted to welcome they offer. I am sure that he would have everyone involved in the project celebrating approved of what we are trying to do. diversity in football. On behalf of the Mosque, RIP, Sir. I would like to thank those involved for the CFU serving our fans and the community. ■ United in Endeavour generous Ramadan packs that were presented CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V STEVENAGE FC

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Around the Division ———— LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP ———— OWEN MIZON TAKES HIS LATEST LOOK ACROSS LEAGUE TWO As we embark on the tail end of a season like no other, who will write themselves in folklore and produce pandemonium for their clubs? As ever, let’s digest the trials and tribulations of Sky Bet League Two. League leaders Cambridge United are on the cusp of promotion after securing an invaluable 2-4 win against Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road.

A brace from Joe Ironside, as well as strikes from Paul Mullin and Shilow Tracey, ensured that Mark Bonner’s side will be celebrating a return to the third tier of English football for the first time since 2002 should they record victory today. Despite losing just twice in their last 11, the O’s play-off hopes are now faint. Jobi McAnuff’s men are 10th and four points from the top seven.

An exquisite George Lloyd finish helped Cheltenham Town narrowly edge out Stevenage 0-1 at the Lamex Stadium to keep their title aspirations on track. The Robins sit in 2nd and have a three-point cushion from 4th with a crucial game in hand. Where today’s opponents are concerned, they’ve recorded three consecutive defeats and slip to 16th, but will no doubt be adamant to return to winning ways and spoil United’s party this afternoon.

Bolton Wanderers also boasted their promotion credentials and remain in the final automatic promotion spot after overcoming Carlisle United 1-0 thanks to Eoin Doyle’s 18th goal of the season. Now winless in four, the Cumbrians’ playoff possibilities have crumbled. They’ve fell to 11th and need to make up five points from their final four.

Hot on the Trotters’ heels are Morecambe, who are a place and point behind in 4th after recording a comprehensive 0-3 win over basement side Grimsby Town. Quickfire strikes from Cole Stockton and Yann Songo’o put the Shrimps in the driving seat, before a late Luke Waterfall own goal sealed the points. It sets the stage for a season-defining 90 minutes at the

Globe Arena today, where Derek Adams’ men do battle with Ian Evatt’s Bolton in the hunt for 3rd.

Contrasting emotions for the Mariners, who are nine points adrift and face the most mammoth of tasks. A return to the National League looms.

Tranmere Rovers ended their run of seven matches without a win by gaining a significant 0-1 success over Bradford City at Valley Parade.

A Paudie O’Connor own goal on the stroke of half time was enough to keep Rovers in 5th, four points behind 3rd. Three defeats on the bounce for the Bantams has all but ended their outside play-off hopes, they’re now situated in 13th.

Play-off rivals Forest Green Rovers and Exeter City shared the spoils in a battling stalemate at the New Lawn. After enjoying formidable starts to the campaign, both sides have seemed to lost the spark with inconsistency hitting at the wrong time. The hosts are congregated in 6th after winning just the solitary game in eight, whereas the Grecians have won two in ten and have ground to make up in 8th.

Newport County occupy the final play-off spot after they saw off ten-man Crawley Town 2-0 at Rodney Parade, their first win in four. Liam Shephard drew first blood for the Exiles on 52, before Aaron Lewis made sure of the points in the 100th minute. Despite leaving South Wales empty-handed, the Red Devils are a satisfactory 12th.

Goals in each half from Ian Henderson and Jordan Turnbull helped maintain Salford City’s top seven pursuit as they claimed a 0-2 win at Walsall. Allocated in 9th, the Ammies will require a winning run in their remaining four games if they want to claw back the current three-point gap. Safety is now secured for Brian Dutton’s side, who are a lowly 19th.

Port Vale are the form side in the division after a Tom Conlon brace helped breeze the Valiants to a 0-2 win against Barrow. The only club in the top four divisions to have beaten all 91 fellow teams, CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V STEVENAGE FC

31 Darrell Clarke’s side have picked up maximum points in seven of their last eight and march up to 14th. The task is simple for the Bluebirds, they’re in 22nd and need one win in their last four to ensure EFL safety in their first campaign back.

The division’s leading marksmen Oldham Athletic made it 70 for the campaign with a resounding 0-3 win at Harrogate Town. Alfie McCalmont, Dylan Bahamboula and George Blackwood all appeared on the scoresheet for the Latics, who leapfrogged the Sulphurites and moved to 15th.

In spite of one win from their last nine, avoiding the drop was always the sole aim for Simon Weaver’s side, who are 17th.

Just below the Sulphurites are Mansfield Town who, to a man, put in an exceptional performance at the One Call Stadium as they swept past Scunthorpe United 3-0 to stretch their unbeaten run to four games. George Lapslie gave the

Stags the advantage going into half time before a dominant second half was topped off by two goals in three minutes from James Perch and Tyrese Sinclair. The result compiled further misery on the Iron, who are winless in six and slump to 20th.

Colchester United earned the bragging rights of Essex and took a pivotal step towards safety after pushing rivals Southend United closer to relegation during a 2-0 win. First half strikes from Michael Folivi and Harry Pell was enough to separate the sides and secure consecutive wins for the first time since early December. Sitting in 21st, the job is all but achieved for the U’s now.

For the Shrimpers, who had Jason Demetriou sent off, it’s the polar opposite. Languishing in 23rd, they simply have to win three in a row to stand any chance of the great escape, something they haven’t done since October 2018. ■

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Hot———— offAndrewthe Habbin Stephen ———— FOOTBALL IS THE BALLET OF THE MASSES DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Odd as it may seem, our deadly rivals St. Evenage have a lot in common with us.

We depend on the continued existence of real, and fair, competition and the endless opportunities to win. Equally, both clubs are motivated by the constant jeopardy of a disastrous relegation which is the other side of the same coin. Like us, they respect their roots and their community. They treat their fans with respect, unlike noisy neighbours Spurs. The Big Six are united only in their willingness to treat their fans and the traditions they cherish with utter contempt.

I won’t attempt to explain what football means to genuine fans. Sir Bobby Robson has already done that better than anyone else ever could.

Rivals we may be but the grubby Super League proposal is a timely reminder of everything that ‘ordinary’ football clubs have in common.

Whenever inadequate and egocentric owners wreak havoc on clubs like Bury, Darlington, Blackpool, Coventry and all the others, we feel a sense of solidarity with all those other fans who have been deprived, however temporarily, of their right to dream. The Big Six don’t care if Clubs like ours go to the wall as long as their own wallets grow fatter.

On Tuesday a group of Cambridge fans rented a flat at Orient’s ground so that they could cheer on the U’s to victory. Mark Bonner, classy as always, went over to them at the end of the game to thank them for their passionate and boisterous support. He knows, as we all do, that our chosen clubs are a vital part of our lives, successful or not.

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games. During the awful year or so of the pandemic, our team’s performances have been a ray of sunlight in almost unrelieved gloom. Any club owner who is happy to take that joy away from anyone doesn’t deserve to be the custodian of a football club at any level. I would love to see the authorities strip them of that right.

Some years ago, after an away game at Stevenage, I was standing in the Gents next to a Stevenage fan. He asked me what I thought about the game. I had been in the Supporters’ Club for some time and may have taken a glass, if not two. I launched into a diatribe about how that cheat Adam Miller had dived to get a penalty. Of course the Stevenage fan turned out to be Adam’s father. He laughed and we agreed that it had been a good game really. Later Adam Miller saw sense and came to play for us. I hope we win on Saturday. I think that 3 points would take us up but, in our league, all results are possible. Time to reclaim the peoples’ game and to make it fairer for us all. ■

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

PLAYERS P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

1

Cambridge United

43

23

8

12

23

77

2

Cheltenham Town

42

22

9

11

19

75

3

Bolton Wanderers

43

21

10

12

6

73

4

Morecambe

43

21

9

13

8

72

5

Tranmere Rovers

43

19

12

12

5

69

6

Forest Green Rovers

42

18

12

12

6

66

7

Newport County

42

18

11

13

10

65

8

Exeter City

42

16

14

12

19

62

9

Salford City

42

16

14

12

15

62

10 Leyton Orient

43

17

10

16

3

61

11 Carlisle United

42

17

9

16

8

60

12 Crawley Town

43

16

11

16

-3

59

13 Bradford City

42

16

10

16

-1

58

14 Port Vale

43

16

9

18

3

57

15 Oldham Athletic

43

15

9

19

-2

54

16 Stevenage

43

12

17

14

-2

53

17 Harrogate Town

43

15

8

20

-7

53

18 Mansfield Town

43

11

19

13

-2

52

19 Walsall

43

10

19

14

-8

49

20 Scunthorpe United

42

13

8

21

-16

47

21 Colchester United

43

10

17

16

-17

47

22 Barrow

42

12

10

20

-6

46

23 Southend United

43

8

14

21

-31

38

24 Grimsby Town

42

8

13

21

-30

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20/21 Apps Lge Cups Alese Aji 1 (1) 0 Battersby Jake 0 0 Bennett Liam 0 0 Boateng Hiram 18 (5) 2 Burton Callum 23 (1) 6 Cundy Robbie 14 (3) 6 Dallas Andrew 0 (1) 2 (2) Darling Harry 15 (1) 4 Davies Leon 4 (9) 6 Dickens Tom 0 0 Digby Paul 31 (1) 6 Drysdale Declan 10 (1) 0 Dunk Harrison 32 (6) 5 (3) El Mizouni Idris 3 (8) 4 Hannant Luke 35 (5) 5 Hoolahan Wes 27 (4) 1 (1) Iredale Jack 24 (12) 5 (2) Ironside Joe 30 (11) 4 (1) Knibbs Harvey 7 (16) 6 (2) Knowles Tom 0 4 (1) Knoyle Kyle 43 5 (1) May Adam 24 (12) 5 (3) McKenzie-Lyle Kai 0 0 Mitov Dimitar 20 2 Mullin Paul 42 (1) 2 (2) Neal Joe 0 0 (1) O'Neil Liam 11 (8) 1 (1) Okedina Jubril 11 (1) 1 Simper Lewis 0 0 (1) Taylor Greg 43 6 Tracey Shilow 5 (10) 0 Worman Ben 0 0 (2) Yearn Kai 0 0

20/21 Goals Lge Cups 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 4 0 14 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

20/21 Totals CUFC Career Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 (5) 0 25 0 29 (1) 0 47 0 20 (3) 1 23 1 2 (3) 0 33 2 19 (1) 1 73 3 10 (9) 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 37 (1) 0 38 0 10 (1) 1 11 1 37 (9) 0 380 22 7 (8) 0 22 1 40 (5) 6 74 7 28 (5) 5 33 5 29 (14) 4 43 4 34 (12) 14 46 14 13 (18) 3 62 12 4 (1) 1 12 2 48 (1) 2 78 3 29 (15) 3 44 3 0 0 0 0 22 0 81 0 44 (3) 31 53 33 0 (1) 0 1 0 12 (9) 1 120 3 12 (1) 0 13 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 49 0 349 6 5 (10) 1 15 1 0 (2) 1 6 1 0 0 0 0

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OPPONENT

SUBS

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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

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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

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Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Iredale

Davies

Digby

May

Knowles*

Ironside**

Knibbs

Dallas

Mullin 1**

DUNK*

Worman

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-

Mitov

Sat 19th Morecambe

A 5-0

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Knoyle**

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

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Hoolahan 1

Ironside*

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Iredale

Dallas**

Davies**

Knowles

Knibbs*

-

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Sat 26th Tranmere Rovers

H 0-0

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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

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Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

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Digby

May***

Hoolahan**

Ironside

Mullin

Iredale**

Darling

Dallas

Davies

El Mizouni***

Knibbs*

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Tue 6th Burton Albion (EFLTG)

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Davies

Darling 1

Taylor

Iredale

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Digby

El Mizouni**

Knowles*

Ironside

Knibbs 1

Knoyle

Dallas

Mullin

Dunk*

May**

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McKenzie-Lyle

Sat 10th Newport County

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Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant

Digby

May*

Dunk

Hoolahan*** Mullin 2**

Cundy

Davies

Knibbs***

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Burton

Sat 17th Scunthorpe United

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Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant 1**

Digby*

May

Dunk

Ironside 2 Mullin 2p*** Hoolahan

Cundy

Davies

El Mizouni**

Knibbs***

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Tue 20th Port Vale

H 3-1

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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

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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

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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

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Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

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Boateng

May*

El Mizouni**

Knibbs

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Dallas**

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May

Dallas

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Taylor

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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

Tracey**

Knibbs

O’Neil

Alese***

Davies

Ironside**

WORMAN McKenzie-Lyle

Sat 13th Southend United

H 0-0

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant

Drysdale

MAY*

Hoolahan***

Sat 20th Mansfield Town

A 3-0

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant**

O’Neil*

MAY

Hoolahan

Tue 23rd Cheltenham Town

H 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant*

O’Neil**

MAY

Iredale***

Sat 27th Port Vale

A 1-0

Burton

Knoyle

Drysdale

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Boateng*

MAY

Hoolahan

Tue 2nd Scunthorpe United

H 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Drysdale

Taylor

Dunk

Tracey

O’Neil*

MAY

Iredale**

Sat 6th Walsall

H 1-0

Burton

Knoyle

Drysdale

Taylor

Dunk

Boateng

O’Neil*

MAY

Hoolahan

Tue 9th Bolton Wanderers

A 1-2

Burton

Knoyle 1

Drysdale

Taylor

Dunk*

Hannant

Tracey

MAY***

Sat 13th Oldham Athletic

A 4-2

Burton

Knoyle

Drysdale

Taylor

Alese*

Iredale 2

Digby

O’Neil**

Sat 20th Forest Green Rovers

H 1-0

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng**

Digby

O’Neil*

Hoolahan 1 Ironside***

Sat 27th Carlisle United

A 2-1

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng***

Digby

O’Neil*

Hoolahan****

Ironside

Fri 2nd Morecambe

H 2-1

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng

Digby

O’Neil*

Mon 5th Tranmere Rovers

A 1-1

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng

Digby

O’Neil*

Sat 10th Exeter City

H 1-4

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng*

Digby

O’Neil**

Sat 17th Newport County

A 1-0

Burton

Knoyle

Drysdale 1

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng****

Digby

Tue 20th Leyton Orient

A 4-2

Burton

Knoyle

Drysdale

Taylor

Iredale

Boateng***

Digby

Hannant

Ironside 2 Mullin 1P**

Sat 24th Stevenage

H

FEBRUARY 2021 Mullin 1

Iredale*

Ironside

Mullin

O’Neil***

Alese

Davies

Tracey*

Knibbs

WORMAN McKenzie-Lyle

Ironside

Mullin 2

Iredale

Drysdale*

Alese

Davies

Knibbs 1**

WORMAN McKenzie-Lyle

Ironside

Mullin

Drysdale

Alese

Davies

Tracey***

Knibbs*

Boateng** McKenzie-Lyle

Tracey**

Mullin***

Iredale

O’Neil 1*

Okedina***

Alese

Davies

Ironside** McKenzie-Lyle

Ironside

Mullin

Hannant

Okedina

Alese

Davies**

Worman

Boateng* McKenzie-Lyle

Ironside

Mullin 1

Iredale

Okedina

Alese

Davies

Tracey*

Worman McKenzie-Lyle

Boateng**

Ironside

Mullin

Iredale*

Digby**

O’Neil***

Okedina

Alese

Worman McKenzie-Lyle

Hoolahan

Ironside Mullin 1P*** Hannant 1*

Okedina

Tracey

MAY***

Worman

Boateng** McKenzie-Lyle

MARCH 2021

Mullin

Drysdale

Hannant*

Dunk

Alese

Tracey***

MAY**

Chadwick

Mullin 1**

Drysdale

Hannant*

Dunk****

Alese

Tracey**

MAY 1***

Knibbs

Hoolahan***

Ironside Mullin 2 (1P)** Drysdale

Hannant**

Dunk***

Alese

Tracey*

MAY

McKenzie-Lyle

Hannant**

Ironside

Dunk***

Hoolahan**

Tracey

MAY*

Worman McKenzie-Lyle

Hoolahan

Ironside 1

Mullin

Drysdale

Hannant*

Dunk

Tracey**

MAY

Worman McKenzie-Lyle

Hannant** Hoolahan***

Ironside

Mullin*

O’Neil****

Dunk**

Okedina

Alese

Tracey*

MAY***

McKenzie-Lyle

O’Neil**

Dunk*

Okedina

Alese

MAY***

Neal

McKenzie-Lyle

APRIL 2021

MAY 2021 Sat 1st Harrogate Town

A

Sat 8th Grimsby Town

H

*/**/*** Denotes substitutions # Match won on penalties P Penalty 1 Number of goals scored

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Mullin 1*** Drysdale

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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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The intention is to positively influence decision-makers at every level of the game and improve the experience of colour-blind people – whatever their involvement in football.

This work has seen the production of a comprehensive guidance booklet.

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