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MARK BONNER Head Coach IAN MATHER From the CEO WALSALL FC Today’s Visitors HARRISON DUNK Player Interview

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MARK BONNER ———— HEAD COACH ———— We come into this afternoon after the disappointment of Tuesday night. I should make clear it’s a frustration with the result against Scunthorpe and the fact we came away with nothing from a game that being frank, we dominated in very much the way we had set out to do prior to kick off. The game plan, the way the players performed was exactly what we asked them to do.

The statistics on the night reflected a high level of performance, as did the post-match comments of the opposing away Manager Neil Cox. On another day, we probably win that game comfortably given the control we had and the number of entries we made into the final third, where we had a high number of good quality of chances on goal or opportunities to create more chances on goal with an extra pass.

But the matter of the fact is the result was a loss, in a game we should never in a million years lose. We all know that. But we also know there’s little use in dwelling on that or the points that could have been, other than to focus our attention on this next game making the necessary steps to give ourselves the best chance of taking the points that are still available to us.

In the last two home games, we’ve lost narrowly in matches that we certainly shouldn’t have done. That’s frustrating because we’ve created enough chances in both of those games to earn a better points return. We’ve seen that done so well throughout this season from this team, who have found ways to churn out results in games that we’ve probably had less control over than in our previous two home games.

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part of the natural swing and flow of a full Sky Bet League Two season, and we know this team is most certainly capable of scoring goals because we’ve seen them do it so regularly thus far. They are continuing to create chances, and therefore we can be confident that whilst you do that as a side, the ball will drop for you again for us to take advantage of those key moments in a game.

The players in this team don’t like losing matches, there is hurt in the dressing room when they do. And angry players, eager to bounce back is never a bad thing when you’re asking them to bring an intensity every day to training and on a matchday. We are hopeful that reflects in our performance today against Walsall.

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Ian Mather ———— CEO ———— Welcome to Walsall and their new Head Coach, Brian Dutton. It is good to see another talented young coach stepping up to the top job and I wish him well for the rest of the season, starting next week!

As we can all see this season we have had, and will continue to have, some odd results. Clearly the one on Tuesday was tough to take as we enjoyed so much of the play. Sometimes the unexpected happens. I guess that is part of why we all love football. Time to move on and look forward.

Looking forward is my theme for today, specifically in relation to our hopes for a new stadium and how we need to continue to look after the Abbey. There have been many false dawns on the road to a new home for the U’s.

We are as keen as ever to build a new stadium.

It would not only be a huge asset to help our club progress through the 21st century but it would be great for the city and wider region to have a substantial and sustainable multi-use site. For the moment the matter is out of our hands whilst the City and South Cambridgeshire Planning Authority consider what land, if any, is to be released from the Green Belt. The site for a new stadium is very much part of the plans being considered.

As the May council elections get closer do ask candidates on your doorstep whether they will support the plan by Marshall for a development which would allow for our new stadium. Your voice matters in this. We expect the initial decision on which proposals are approved in the Autumn followed by further public consultation. I wish it could all happen sooner but we do not set the timetable. This is a huge decision for the area and it is right that it is done carefully.

In the meantime, we must, and we will, maintain the Abbey. Some of the improvements we have made in the last year or so are easy to spot: Top of the list was tarmacking Cut Throat Lane. This was long overdue and has made a big difference to the approach to the ground. We now have a next www.cambridge-united.co.uk

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home fixture board (organised by CUSP). Less obvious is the work done to repair faults on the roof of the Mead & Plant Stand. Next on the agenda is major renovation on our magnificent floodlight towers, the tallest in England I understand. This is due to start on 12 April and will be the most comprehensive maintenance work they will have undergone since 1981.

In the summer the pitch will have a lot of work done on it to restore it to one of the best playing surfaces in the league. We are also looking at putting in place scoreboards by next season.

We are planning for the future. For now, the focus is three points and an entertaining afternoon. Enjoy the game. ■

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TODAY’S VISITORS ———— WALSALL FC ———— “A hard earned point, real men, rolling their sleeves up and fighting for the badge” – Walsall Manager Brian Dutton’s take on the midweek draw at Exeter – and in a way that’s been the Saddler’s season in a nutshell.

Steady enough but unspectacular.

There have been highlights of course – the 3-1 victory at Tranmere, the home win against Bolton, but the West Midlands side haven’t quite managed to put a sustained run together to challenge for the top seven.

It was a similar story last term, the Saddlers finished the curtailed season comfortably

around mid-table, a long way clear of trouble, two places above the U’s but 11 points short of the coveted positions.

A lack of clean sheets has been the problem of late, but with that particular demon put to rest on Tuesday night, Dutton’s side now have a platform from which to build.

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Walsall have built a reputation as draw specialists this term. 14 times in the league this season, the Saddlers have ended the game all square, no team in the division has CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V WALSALL F.C.

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Tuesday’s stalemate at Exeter ended a sequence of back to back defeats, and secured a first clean sheet since November 3rd after a run of 21 league matches without one.

The bigger picture is just one win in 12 matches, that victory coming at Port Vale in January, five of those 12 games ended all square.

Away from home, Walsall have managed just three victories, with those wins coming at Tranmere, Oldham and Port Vale, with the Saddlers scoring three goals on each occasion.

Overall, their league record this season reads: Played 31, Won 8, Drawn 14, and Lost 9.

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of Darrell Clarke to Port Vale.

The 35 year old had worked as Clarke’s assistant at former Club Bristol Rovers, before both men made the move to the Banks’s Stadium.

Dutton is embarking on his first senior Head Coach role following a long playing career.

The 35 year old was a versatile defender, who could play in a number of other positions and had a brief spell at the Abbey in the early 2000’s.

He went on to represent, among others, Weymouth, Eastleigh, Salisbury and Harrogate Town.

His competitive record since taking the Saddlers hotseat reads: Played 5, Won 0, Drawn 2, Lost 3​■

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HARRISON DUNK ———— PLAYER INTERVIEW ———— You just don’t teach an old Dunk new tricks!

United’s longest serving current player, Harrison Dunk, is determined to round off a consistent TENTH season in amber and black positively.

The U’s veteran is enjoying his most reliable run in the side for many a season - set to make his 40th appearance of 20/21 this afternoon – and proving to be a real stalwart at left back for Mark Bonner’s familiar back four.

Dunk says he’s revelled in the opportunity to shake off recent injury laden seasons and is hopeful of contributing his best performances right through to May. “I really want to finish the season strongly,” he said.

“I’ve had some injury issues over the past years at the Club that have killed my season a little bit. I was a bit in and out of the side, and on the bench because of those setbacks.

“That’s not been the case this year I feel I’ve had a good run. I hope that’s showed up in my performances and I want carry that on.”

Dunk doesn’t hide away from the fact Tuesday’s home loss to Scunthorpe stung in the home dressing room post-match, given the way the U’s dominated the match in so many areas, but he’s quick to point out the side know how to move on and have efficiently refocused.

“We were obviously very disappointed, but we can’t dwell on it. It’s quickly been about how we can rebound. On another night we could have scored two or three goals and would have become quite an easy match, but it wasn’t to be and that game is done now.

“There are still a lot of games to go before the end of the season, and we won’t know for certain exactly the importance of each result until the end of the season.

“I’m sure there will be more results like that (Tuesday’s defeat to Scunthorpe) before the end of the season, just as other teams around us will drop points. That’s just going to happen, and it’s going to come down to who can get their consistency until the end of the season.”

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League Two’s top spot for the first time since mid-January, but Dunk feels it’s wasted energy for the team to concern themselves with League positioning at the current time.

With an unrelenting fixture schedule and plenty of action before the business end of the campaign comes to a close, the 30-year old says the U’s must only attend to putting further points on the board on a game to game basis and letting the table take care of itself.

“We’ve still got to play all the bigger teams around us still, so there’s a long way to go and it’s in our own hands in that regard.

“We’ve got games Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday.

It’s relentless, but it’s relentless for everyone so all you can do is keep going and keep putting as many points on the board. And where we end up is where we end up.

“Nobody expects us to be up there, so we don’t feel the pressure to win the League or anything like that because on paper we probably shouldn’t. We expected the table to change and it will do again before the end of the season. We just have to carry on as we have been doing and hope we end the season well.”​■

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MEMORIES DOWN ———— CUT THROAT LANE ———— Good afternoon everybody and particularly our visitors from the old saddle-making town of Walsall. Been a while I suspect since a saddle was assembled in or anywhere near the town, the leather symbol disappeared from the club’s badge a long while ago but, thankfully, the nickname remains. And if my memory serves me correctly I was once served the finest pint of Mild ever imbibed in that town, again I suspect if it’s still around then it is not what it was. I stand to be corrected though...

THE OLD CUT THROAT LANE MEANDER TODAY REVEALS AN INTERESTING FIXTURE PLAYED OUT ON 6 MARCH 1990 AND THE ‘STONES FROM KENT WERE IN TOWN Starting to pen these notes before the Scunny game I was hoping that “we are still top of the league then” would be a given but not so.

The mini Tuesday curse has struck again. I hear sales of worry beads have increased again in Barnwell, Romsey and outlying villages. Fear not, and stay together in endeavour.

The old Cut Throat Lane meander today reveals an interesting fixture played out on 6 March 1990 and the ‘Stones from Kent were in town. Little did we know it but this was actually the footballing equivalent of “hors d’oeuvres” and the main course and dessert were to follow in May in the form of the renownedly ‘dreaded’ promotion playoffs, and the dessert didn’t even take place in Maidstone! We won the March portion 2-0 in front of 4,464 (oh for a crowd) with goals from Dublin, both in the first half. Suite (sic). That evening’s programme is included today for your delectation, note the cover price of 80p, that’s well over £3 in today’s money. A quick glance at the lineups reveals a certain Steve Butler (bless) and www.cambridge-united.co.uk

Ken Charlery (non-bless) in the Kent side’s forward line. Having drawn away in the previous September and knocked them out of the League Cup over two legs early doors we have never lost against Maidstone... that is an indelible fact as that dire Sunday afternoon in the FA Cup back in December 1986 has been wiped from all statistics and records relating in any way to CUFC. In fact it was probably Carlisle or Colchester involved.

In other news, on this day in 1836 the Battle of the Alamo took place. Let’s hope Davy Crockett is wearing a Saddlers’ shirt this afternoon!

Enjoy the game and stay safe.

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CFU CORNER ———— Ben Phillips ———— I would like to start today’s article by talking about how important buying your ifollow pass is to watch the U’s in action this season. While it’s not how we would all like to watch Mark Bonner’s side in action, I do feel it has being a godsend for fans with us not being able to attend matches in person. Our fans should be praised massively for the support you have all shown throughout the season in buying a match pass and backing the boys on the pitch.

Keep buying your Ifollow match passes and get behind the U’s, your support is massively appreciated by everyone at Cambridge United.

The revenue generated by Ifollow match passes is crucial for football league clubs in the current climate and has helped them make up some of the deficit lost from normal match day revenue. The pandemic has had severe impacts on football clubs though and there will be a lot of clubs, especially at grassroots and nonleague level who will be struggling financially from the current situation in the pandemic.

With the government’s latest announcement and Boris Johnson’s roadmap plan on restrictions being lifted, we can now see some form of light at the end of the tunnel on what has being a difficult period for everyone. Sadly though it looks increasingly likely that we will not see fans attending fixtures for the rest of the current football season.

The Abbey isn’t the same without fans on a match day, matches being played in empty stadiums is a strange feeling and big loss.

Everybody at CFU is looking forward to the new season already and the welcoming return of fans and the abbey stadium coming alive and a hive of activity once more on a match day. We are pleased to inform you that we are working on a number of exciting changes that will enhance the match day experience and benefit the U’s fans for the new season.

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We are excited to announce that through Cambridge United Lottery, which is attached and works closely with CFU we will soon be arranging the installation of some new scoreboards within the Abbey stadium at the Newmarket Road end & the South stand sections of the ground. This has been funded by the Cambridge United Lottery, a weekly lottery prize draw where fans can sign up and win cash prizes. In return for the money raised from Lottery members playing, it’s reinvested into the football club to help fund improvements for fans around the stadium & to fund initiatives within the local abbey ward area. They have contributed significant contributions to the football club and funded a host of different things now. Cambridge United Lottery would like to achieve funding for even further projects & the more members we have sign up to play, the more projects we can fund to help enhance the match day experience. If you fancy a flutter then find out more details on how to sign up and play here; www.cufclottery.co.uk Members of the CFU Committee are also working hard closely with Ian Mather and local authorities & Police to see about the possibility of having alcohol sold within the north terrace, (NRE) on a match day and hope to get their proposal approved by the authorities in time for welcoming new fans back for next season.

We are also exploring & working with the football club on making provisions for an area of seating for the elderly and vulnerable who would like to attend the Abbey on a match day.

We hope to bring more news on these projects and others soon.

As a supporters trust I would like fans & our current members to know that we are being proactive and are actively looking to make changes for fans and the wider community. ■ United in Endeavour

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Around the Division ———— LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP ———— OWEN MIZON TAKES HIS LATEST LOOK ACROSS LEAGUE TWO Cheltenham Town capitalised on their promotion rivals’ misfortunes by entering pole position with a 1-0 win over Southend United at Whaddon Road. Conor Thomas converted from the spot just after the break to seal a third consecutive win for the Robins, who once again proved astute defensively and are clearly demonstrating title credentials. Despite defeat, the Shrimpers are two points afloat in 22nd in what looks set to be a battle between three for the drop.

Cambridge United were on the receiving end of a smash-and-grab victory at the Abbey Stadium as a late Alfie Beestin strike separated the sides in a 0-1 Scunthorpe United success. The U’s had enjoyed a plethora of opportunities throughout the encounter, but it was the Iron who proved clinical as they returned to winning ways and climbed to 18th. Consecutive losses on home soil sees Mark Bonner’s men slip to 2nd, but with plenty to play for in their remaining 13 matches.

A brace from Danny Newton helped set a resurgent Stevenage side on their way to stunning promotion-chasing Forest Green Rovers 3-0 on Tuesday evening. Boro were two goals to the good at half-time thanks to Newton’s strikes, before Elliott List put the game to bed on 64 to send Alex Revell’s side 16th, 12 points clear of trouble and five unbeaten. Rovers, on the other hand, occupy the final automatic promotion spot.

Level on points and a place behind are Tranmere Rovers, who recorded their third win on the bounce with a 1-0 success over Newport County. Liam Feeney drilled home the only goal of the game after seven minutes, before Rovers showed tenacity and persistence to see out the encounter and earn an eighth win in ten. The Exiles obtain

8th and the solitary point from the playoffs, despite winning just twice since 12th December.

Morecambe continue to defy the odds in 5th after overcoming Crawley Town 3-1 at the Mazuma Stadium. An early Cole Stockton strike for the Shrimps was soon cancelled out by a cool Ashley Nadesan finish, before a second-half brace from Carlos Mendes Gomes helped the hosts see out a tricky tie assuringly and sink the Red Devils to 14th.

Bolton Wanderers continued their emphatic form after overpowering ten-man Oldham Athletic 0-2 at Boundary Park, their sixth win on the trot. An own goal from Harry Clarke set Ian Evatt’s men on their way, before the hosts were reduced to 10 men nine minutes later via a poor Kyle Jameson challenge. The advantage was doubled through Eoin Doyle on the 40th minute, cannoning his 13th of the campaign. The voyage into the top three continues for the Trotters, they now occupy 6th. Whereas the Latics, who have won just 25% of their home games, are 17th.

Salford City remain unbeaten at the Peninsula Stadium this season after Ian Henderson’s header at the end of the first half secured a first win in four as the Ammies overcame Port Vale 1-0. Richie Wellens’ side make up the last of the play-off pack, whereas the Valiants are languishing in 21st, 8 points clear of the drop.

Exeter City and Walsall shared the spoils in a St James Park stalemate on Tuesday evening.

The Grecians, who lacked a cutting edge, are situated in 9th and have a couple of pivotal games in hand. Today’s visitors the Saddlers, who remained stubborn to ensure the clean sheet, are 15th but winless in six.

A rampant Bradford City moved to 10th and within three points of the play-offs after edging out Mansfield Town 1-0 to stretch CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V WALSALL F.C.

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Harrogate Town secured three consecutive wins for the second time this season as a late Jack Muldoon strike sunk fellow promoted side Barrow 0-1 to send the Sulphurites up to a commendable 11th. It’s proven a tricky first season back for the Bluebirds, nonetheless, they’ve lost five of their last six and are located in 23rd. 2 points are required to escape, with the Cumbrian side boasting a healthier goal difference and two games in hand.

Colchester United came from behind to acquire a first win in fifteen matches, compiling further misery on Carlisle United in the process

with a 2-1 win at the JobServe Community Stadium. Jon Mellish had originally handed the travellers a 29th minute lead, but a quickfire brace from Callum Harriott midway through the second period gave interim coach Wayne Brown a morale-boosting win as they lie in 20th. Chris Beech will no doubt be frustrated by the Cumbrian’s recent form. They’re without a win in six, losing five of those and are 12th.

They do of course have several games in hand, which now have increased importance.

The Jobi McAnuff era got off to the perfect start as Leyton Orient travelled home from Blundell Park with a 0-1 win over basement side Grimsby Town. Substitute Dan Happe came off the bench to settle the contest and gain a first win since January 16th for the O’s, who sit content in 13th. With one win in 12, the Mariners are four points from safety. ■

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Hot off the Habbin ———— Andrew Stephen ———— THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PERFORMANCE, APART FROM THROWING AWAY THE GAME GLENN HODDLE

I don’t often agree with the eccentric Mr Hoddle. He certainly wasn’t very complimentary about us when we demolished his fancied Swindon Town team some years ago.

For all that, he was a wonderful player in the days when Spurs played attractive and compelling football and his comment above could have been made about our last home game. There is not much between many of the teams in our league and most games are a battle. Despite that, we outplayed Scunthorpe and, on chances, should have won comfortably. Any long term football fan knows that sometimes things don’t go your way. Scunthorpe never looked like scoring but did. We all know that winning away when you don’t deserve it is one of the great pleasures of football. I love it when we win like that.

Do I think that our promotion push is over?

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

PLAYERS P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

Lge

Cups

Lge

Cups

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

0

0

0

0 (1)

0

1

0

Boateng

Hiram

9 (4)

2

0

0

11 (4)

0

15

0

54

Burton

Callum

13 (1)

6

0

0

19 (1)

0

37

0

7

54

Dallas

Andrew

0 (1)

2 (2)

0

0

2 (3)

0

33

2

1

52

Davies

Leon

4 (9)

6

0

0

10 (9)

0

64

0

50

Dickens

Tom

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Digby

Paul

23

6

0

0

29

0

29

0

Drysdale

Declan

5 (1)

0

0

0

5 (1)

0

6

0

Dunk

Harrison 30 (1)

5 (3)

0

0

35 (4)

0

373

22

16

8

7

15

56

2

Cambridge United

33

16

7

10

18

55

3

Forest Green Rovers

31

15

9

7

11

4

Tranmere Rovers

31

16

6

9

5

Morecambe

32

15

7

10

14

8

10

CUFC Career

0 (1)

31

32

20/21 Totals

Aji

Cheltenham Town

Bolton Wanderers

20/21 Goals

Alese

1

6

20/21 Apps

1

7

Salford City

31

13

10

8

15

49

8

Newport County

31

13

9

9

6

48

9

Exeter City

30

12

11

7

14

47

Hannant

Luke

31

5

2

3

36

5

65

6

10 Bradford City

30

13

7

10

3

46

Hoolahan

Wes

20 (3)

1 (1)

4

0

21 (4)

4

25

4

11 Harrogate Town

32

13

6

13

-1

45

Iredale

Jack

16 (11) 5 (2)

2

0

21 (13)

2

34

2

Joe

20 (11) 4 (1)

11

0

24 (12)

11

36

11

12 Carlisle United

28

13

4

11

7

43

Ironside

13 Leyton Orient

31

12

6

13

3

42

Knibbs

Harvey

7 (16)

6 (2)

2

1

13 (18)

3

62

12

Knoyle

Kyle

33

5 (1)

1

0

38 (1)

1

68

2

May

Adam

22 (6)

5 (3)

2

0

27 (9)

2

36

2

McKenzie-Lyle Kai

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

2

0

0

22

0

81

0

32 (1)

2 (2)

22

2

34 (3)

24

43

26

14 Crawley Town

30

11

8

11

1

41

15 Walsall

31

8

14

9

-4

38

16 Stevenage

33

8

14

11

-4

38

Mitov

Dimitar

17 Oldham Athletic

31

11

5

15

-7

38

Mullin

Paul

18 Scunthorpe United

30

12

2

16

-7

38

Neal

Joe

0

0 (1)

0

0

0 (1)

0

1

0

37

O'Neil

Liam

4 (5)

1 (1)

1

0

5 (6)

1

110

3

Okedina

Jubril

6 (1)

1

0

0

7 (1)

0

8

0

Simper

Lewis

0

0 (1)

0

0

0 (1)

0

1

0 6

19 Mansfield Town 20 Colchester United

31 31

8 8

13 12

10 11

-3 -10

36

21 Port Vale

32

9

7

16

-5

34

Taylor

Greg

33

6

0

0

39

0

339

22 Southend United

32

7

7

18

-26

28

Tracey

Shilow

3 (4)

0

0

0

3 (4)

0

7

0

23 Barrow

30

6

8

16

-8

26

Worman

Ben

0

0 (2)

0

1

0 (2)

1

6

1

24 Grimsby Town

30

6

6

18

-27

24

Yearn

Kai

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V WALSALL F.C.

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

Cundy

Davies

Burton

Sat 10th Newport County

H 2-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale

Hannant

Digby

May*

Dunk

Hoolahan*** Mullin 2**

Knibbs***

Boateng*

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)

Davies*

El Mizouni

May**

Ironside***

Knibbs

Burton

Cundy

El Mizouni Ironside**

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

NOVEMBER 2020 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

Tue 3rd Salford City

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Iredale***

Boateng

May*

El Mizouni**

Knibbs

Darling

Dallas**

Hoolahan*

Davies

Knowles***

-

Burton

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

Burton

Davies

Cundy

Darling

Dunk

El Mizouni

Knowles

Boateng*

May

Dallas

Knibbs**

Knoyle

Taylor

Worman 1*

Neal**

Yearn

-

Mitov

Sat 14th Barrow

H 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant**

Digby

Boateng

Mullin

Iredale*

Dallas

CUNDY***

Davies**

MAY

Knibbs

Burton

Tue 24th Cheltenham Town

A 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Cundy

Taylor

Iredale**

Hannant

Digby

Boateng

Dunk*

Hoolahan

Mullin 1

Darling

Davies

El Mizouni

MAY*

Ironside*

Knibbs**

Burton

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

MAY**

Knibbs*

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Sat 12th Forest Green Rovers

A 0-2

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy

Darling

Dunk

Hannant***

Digby

Taylor**

Davies*

Hoolahan****

Mullin

MAY**

Knibbs*

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Tue 15th Colchester United

H 2-1

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy

Darling

Iredale

Hannant

Digby

Taylor

El Mizouni*

Knibbs

Mullin 2**

Davies*

MAY

Ironside**

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Sat 19th Bradford City

A 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Cundy*

Darling

Dunk

Hannant****

Digby

Taylor

Iredale**

Knibbs***

Mullin

Hoolahan** Davies****

MAY*

Ironside***

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

Sat 26th Leyton Orient

H 2-1

Burton

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Iredale***

Hannant**

Digby

MAY

Hoolahan 1

Ironside

Mullin 1***

Dunk***

CUNDY

Davies**

El Mizouni

Knibbs*

WORMAN

Mitov

Tue 29th Stevenage

A 0-1

Burton

Knoyle

Darling

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant

Digby

MAY***

Iredale**

Ironside*

Mullin

CUNDY

Davies**

El Mizouni***

Knibbs*

WORMAN

NEAL

Mitov

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**

Sat 16th Colchester United

A 1-1

Mitov

Knoyle

Darling***

Taylor

Dunk

Hannant*

Digby

MAY**

Hoolahan

Knibbs 1

Mullin

El Mizouni* Ironside 1***

DECEMBER 2020

Iredale*** El Mizouni**** Dallas

JANUARY 2021

Ironside**** KNOYLE***

TAYLOR

Dunk**

O’Neil*****

Dallas****

WORMAN*

Mitov

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

Tue 9th Salford City

A 1-4

Burton

Knoyle

Okedina***

Taylor

Dunk*

Hannant

Drysdale

MAY

Tracey**

Knibbs

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**

Ironside

Sat 6th Walsall

H

Tue 9th Bolton Wanderers

A

FEBRUARY 2021 Mullin 1** Iredale****

O’Neil***

Alese

Davies

Tracey*

Knibbs** McKenzie-Lyle

Mullin 1

Iredale*

O’Neil

Alese***

Davies

Ironside**

WORMAN McKenzie-Lyle

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

Mullin

Hannant

Okedina

Alese

Davies**

Worman

Boateng* McKenzie-Lyle

MARCH 2021

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

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

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TEAM SHEET ———— Line-Ups & Officials ———— CAMBRIDGE UNITED

WALSALL FC

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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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