Penn & Tylers Green Football Club Official Matchday Programme 2014/15
vs Didcot Town Uhlsport Hellenic League Division One East Saturday 22nd November 2014
PENN & TYLERS GREEN FC Not just a football club… the heart of a community
Welcome to French Meadows - the home of Penn & Tylers Green FC - and the latest edition of the Matchday magazine. Enjoy the great football, great hospitality and a great read Youth Team First Team Mark Bentley Manager Giovanni Sepede Junior Football Chairman Darren Jones Assistant Tony Hurst Manager Girls Football Vice Chairman JonPaul Iaciofano Vanessa Morton Andy Walker Club Physio Club Secretary Mini Football John Grimsdell Andreas Latta Scott Marshall Reserve Team Treasurer Manager Development Off Paul Avis Neil Cannings Neil Cannings President Norman Rowe
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A warm welcome to todays visitors, Didcot Town and todays match officials, James & both Steve’s, as French Meadows hosts the another exciting game of Hellenic League action
Long standing supporters of Penn & Tylers Green FC and members of Penn & Tylers Green Sports & Social Club, Hazel and Paul Hopkins got married earlier this year in Las Vegas in the United States of America.
We hope you have a great day with us, enjoy the football, make use of our facilities and above all leave with fond memories
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Hellenic League Div 1 East Just two games took place in he league. Leaders Brackley Town 'Development' strode past mid-table visitors Woodley Town. A Matt Hammond brace led the way followed by others from Henry Jackson and Matt Carr. The visitors reply came from Steve Doe. Fourth placed Rayners Lane were beaten at home by second bottom Burnham with two goals second half goals from David Forgali. Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup Todays visitors Didcot Town Reserves visited bottom placed Saxton Rovers, and two Arron Grey goals were enough to win the tie.
A single goal was enough for Wokingham & Emmbrook to progress against mid-table TVL club Unity Third from bottom Sandhurst Devels were well beaten at Abingdon United Reserves
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Wantage Town Reserves beat fourth place Ardington & Lockinge .
The club was in their thoughts even on their special day as the Penn & Tylers Green FC club tie clearly shows. It is always good to see when people get their priorities right.
Girls Football Great Win at Crendon The arrival of their new Prostar kit has spurred Penn & Tylers Green FC Girls U15 to two very creditable results this month in the Bucks Girls Football League, a 1-1 draw with Chinnor and a 32 win against Crendon Corinthians. The girls have also done really well to play the fixtures through the terrible whether and all three teams deserve great credit for persevering in the conditions and working together to ensure that the fixtures were played. The draw against Chinnor really was a game of two halves as what felt like a force nine-gale blew across the Chilterns escarpment and straight down Chinnor’s exposed pitch. Penn & Tylers Green FC took full advantage of the wind in the first half and took the lead through a good strike from Megan Stokes. However, the match turned in the second half after torrential (near horizontal) rain decided to start just after half time with Penn & Tylers Green FC now playing against the opposition, the wind and the rain. Prospects were looking bleaker than the weather after Chinnor equalised from a terrific long shot and our goal kicks started blowing back towards our goal, however somehow the girls found the spirit and determination to hold firm and earn a well-deserved draw. The conditions last weekend for the match against Crendon were equally unpromising, as no sooner had the waterlogged pitch passed the early morning pitch inspection than the fog rolled in. Fortunately the fog cleared and Penn & Tylers Green FC showed some excellent early form taking the lead through Emily Freeman’s left foot shot. Not without precedent, the girls then sat back and allowed Crendon to gain the up hand, equalising before half time and taking the lead early in the second half. Clearly sensing their manager’s ever growing frustration on the side-lines, and perhaps his vociferous instructions, the girls then showed great character to impose themselves on the match, the defence pushed up (at last!), the midfield started closing down and making forward runs and the forwards got more involved in the play. We equalised through a Nancie Sinfield penalty after Niamh Potts was rather unceremoniously upended. The match was now end to end with both teams creating some good opportunities and with perfect timing in the last five minutes Penn & Tylers Green FC found the precious winner when, following a succession of throw-ins Lucy Howson found some space to cross for Nancie to find a cool left foot finish for her second goal. The girls can now look forward with greater confidence to the remainder of the season.
Penn & Tylers Green 2—1 Wraysbury Village A win at long last; the First Team managed to put the negative run of results behind them. On a pleasant, sunny Autumn Saturday afternoon in Penn the boys in blue & white took on Wraysbury Village FC in the third round of the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup. What on paper looked like a certain home win did not turn out that way. Wraysbury, playing in red & black had other ideas and certainly gave us a game. They fought for everything and made it difficult for us. What did not help was the fact that we wasted too many opportunities.
After that it was one way traffic only, but it was just not falling into place. Anton Bradley had a shot from four yards out but their keeper Karim Toniaitia made a terrific save. Soon after that Chris Hurst was just about to pull the trigger, when a superb tackle by one of the opposition’s defenders deflected the shot to a corner. It went on and on and on. Into the bargain a stonewall penalty not given (opinion of the Chairman, Secretary and Supporters). Wraysbury FC had one defender sent off. This was a bit harsh and their club assistant official (who was honest and good throughout the game) was put a bit under pressure, which we all thought was not necessary.
With 30 seconds of injury time to go we gave away a silly free kick at the edge of the box. Luckily, from our point of view, it came to nothing and we saw out the game.
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When we all thought that extra time was looming, Josh Fox came up with the goods in the 90th minute with a “stunning tap in from about two yards”. A further sending off for one of their players “blowing a fuse” after the goal was, however, justified.
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Playing down the hill in the first half we had plenty of chances but just did not find the target. Penn & Tylers Green FC played quite well in the first 45 minutes but were just not clinical enough. The relief came in the 20th minute when after a good move captain Danny Jordan managed to find the net with a low shot from the edge of the box, giving their good keeper no chance. “We need that second goal” someone from the crowd was saying. How right he was. At the beginning of the second half it did not take long for our visitors to put a few moves together. This combined with about 10 minutes of woeful defending gave them the opportunity to equalise in the 51st minute. This was not what was in the script, but if you do not close the game out and the other team takes their opportunity, than they deserve to be still in the game.
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Match Report
Our Opponents Didcot Town • Club History Didcot Town FC were founded in 1907 and prior to becoming founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953 the club had competed in the North Berks, the Reading & District, the Oxfordshire Senior and also the Metropolitan Leagues, albeit with mixed fortune. Didcot adapted well to the new Hellenic League format and, under the captaincy of Ray Warr (who remains one of the club’s most dedicated supporters), became the inaugural League champions. After four seasons in the Hellenic League, Didcot joined the Metropolitan League and reached the League Cup Final in 1961/62. Then in 1963 Didcot returned to the Hellenic League where it has remained involved to this day. Didcot waited until the 1965/66 season to taste success again when they won the Premier Division Challenge Cup (Witney Town were defeated 3-2 in the final). The following season the cup was successfully defended but the club had to wait ten long years for further honours. Indeed, the intervening years had seen Didcot demoted to Division One, but season 1976/77 not only saw a return to the Premier League as Division One champions (from Flackwell Heath) but also success in the Challenge Cup. A decade later, in 1987, Didcot again returned to the Premier Division after finishing in third place behind champions Bishops Cleeve and runners-up Cheltenham Town Reserves. The club benefited from Hellenic League rules which prevent- ed Cheltenham Reserves from participat- ing in the Premier Division and Didcot took the second and last promotion spot. The season was rounded off with success in the Division One Challenge Cup, where Cheltenham Town Reserves, again the victims, were defeated 2-0 in the final. The club remained in the Premier Division for the next six campaigns, and managed a notable honour in 1992 when they lifted the Premier Division Cup (Banbury United defeated 3-0 in the final). Despite this success the following season resulted in disappointment with relegation to Division One. W ithin three years the club was reinstated to the Premier League and while the League Cup was won in 1997 the club had to wait until they moved to the impressive new Loop Meadow Stadium (in 1999) before a turnaround of fortunes was truly achieved. In fact, the club established itself as one of the most consistent performers in the Premier Division over the next 7 years, never finishing outside the top 7. And along the way silverware has been lifted in the form of the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy (2001 and 2003), the League’s Supplementary Cup (2003) and the Challenge Cup (2004). Season 2004-2005 ended up as arguably the most successful in the club’s history so far following a memora- ble 3-2 win in the final of the FA Vase at W hite Hart Lane against pretournament favourites AFC Sudbury. This came on the back of the club retaining the League Challenge Cup with a 5-1 win against Carterton. Didcot came agonizingly close to claiming the treble but failed to win the League by a point despite amassing 97 points and winning 31 of their 42 matches. The club also ended with their best ever defensive record, just 21 League goals conceded including a remarkable 19 clean sheets at the Loop Meadow. After a wait of 53 years the team finally brought the Hellenic League trophy back to Didcot in 2006 and with it the club ensured a move up into the Southern League for the first time. The Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy and the Hellenic League Challenge Cup were also claimed, the latter to make Didcot the first club to win the competition three times in a row. The League triumph broke all records with Town becoming the first club to reach more than 100 points in a season in the Hellenic League and the average points per game (2.63) gave Didcot the best record of any club at level 5 or above in British football that year. Didcot Town maintain their Hellenic League heritage through the Reserves competing in Divison One of the League.
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Division One East D
L
F
A
Pts
Brackley Town 'Dev'
10
2
2
36
22
32
Easington Sports
8
2
3
30
16
26
Wokingham & Emmbrook
6
1
1
26
11
19
Rayners Lane
5
3
6
31
30
18
Headington Amateurs
5
2
5
31
21
17
Old Woodstock Town
5
1
4
14
15
16
Finchampstead
5
3
3
19
13
15
Woodley Town
4
3
2
19
17
15
Henley Town
3
3
3
16
15
12
Chinnor
3
3
5
18
20
12
Burnham
3
1
9
25
43
10
Didcot Town
3
0
6
15
14
9
Penn & Tylers Green
2
1
6
17
19
7
Chalfont Wasps
0
3
7
11
52
3
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Todays Other League Fixtures
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Brackley Town Dev
Old Woodstock Town
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Wokinghamn & Emm'
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On the Edge Why do so many of us like, or should i say love, the game of football? It certainly brings to the table many controversial, if not contentious, moments in play which offers good banter, occasionally turning to argumentative scenes in both the clubs and pubs post match and even at media level where differences of opinion in regard to Law and on field situations are becoming common place. Amazingly (or is it) the centre of attention appears to lay on the shoulders of the referee and to his perception of certain incidents in play and last weekend was of no exception. In the game Q.P. Rangers v Man City the visiting goalkeeper took a free kick within his own penalty area and was judged to have played the ball twice before it left the penalty area. The second time he played the ball it did leave the penalty area only to be kicked straight back into the goal by a home forward, cheers from the home fans suggested a legitimate goal but to their dismay the `eagle eyed` referee spotted the incorrect procedure and quite rightly ordered the kick to be retaken in line with Law. The Law is simple and the ball can only be played once and must leave the penalty area to be deemed in play. If this incorrect procedure occurred elsewhere on the field of play then the opposing team would be awarded with an indirect free kick. It was amazing how many people did not realise this aspect in Law including referees but we all live and learn no matter who we are. In the Sunderland v Everton game a contentious issue arose concerning the Everton goalkeeper who ran outside his area in hope of seeing the ball safely back into the penalty area in order to clear the danger by hand. Relishing the ball would not reach this mentioned area and with a visiting forward in close proximity he laid his body (chest) across the ball to prevent any danger of losing any contact with the ball. This left many scratching their heads as to whether he had unfairly kept possession of the ball and in doing so prevented any chance of the on coming forward gaining possession of the ball and possibly a scoring opportunity. One must remember once the goalkeeper leaves his area his rights as goalkeeper disappear (hands) and he becomes no different to other on-field players. Many thought, as a goalkeeper, he had these rights but when I asked what would happen if a onfield player done the same in the centre circle what should be the outcome, many suggested an `indirect free kick` for obstruction, then why I ask, not the same for the goalkeeper outside his area, of course `ifs` and `buts` arose. If anything a player doing such is placing his self in danger with players challenging for the ball. NO offence is the initial outcome but if it stretches beyond acceptance then surely common sense would prevail and an offence would be perceived or a quick whistle and a `drop ball` to prevent any form of anarchy occurring, but on this occasion the goalkeeper was judged not to be circumventing law. All incidents mentioned needed the response and integrity of the referee and his team but it has to be said nine out of ten times they get it right, but as said such issues cause justified banter that’s why we all love the game, referees as well but unlike us the referee does not carry a TV around with him. Dennis Hedges
Division Two East D
L
F
A
Pts
Bracknell Town 'Dev'
5
1
2
22
12
10
Ascot United 'Dev'
5
0
2
24
12
12
Stokenchurch
5
0
1
19
7
12
Thame United Reserves
4
2
1
13
5
8
Flackwell Heath Reserves
4
0
2
15
11
4
Penn & Tylers Green Reserves
3
0
2
9
11
-2
Finchampstead Reserves
3
0
4
11
16
-5
Chinnor Reserves
2
2
2
8
14
-6
Henley Town Reserves
2
1
3
8
17
-9
Wokingham & Emmbrook Reserves
2
0
5
11
16
-5
Chalfont Wasps Reserves
1
2
5
13
20
-7
Rayners Lane Reserves
1
1
5
16
21
-5
Holyport Reserves
1
1
4
14
21
-7
Todays Other League Fixtures Chinnor
v
Stokenchurch
Thame Utd
v
Holyport
Wokingham & Emm'
v
Henley Town
Chalfont Wasps
v
Richings Park
Frontline (HRC)
v
Penn & Tylers Res
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League Tables
Jamie Jackson
1
Kieran Beesley
Adrian Smith
2
Kieran Collins
Josh Fox
3
Lewis Wilcox
Jordan Gumbs
4
Fletcher Hoey
Dean Munday
5
Oliver Barton
James Louison
6
John Robinson
James Pritchard
7
Arran Gray
George Coyle
8
Jamie Newport
Chris Hurst
9
Sam Borland
Danny Jordan
10
Jack Hollister
Anton Bradley
11
Taylor Janes
John Harding
12
Kris Gray
Alex Sethi
14
Jack Kitchener
Adam Parsons
15
Jason McCabe
Josh Briant
16
Charlie Noble
Jonathon Feaver
17
Giovanni Sepede
Manager
Mark Janes
JonPaul Iaciofano
Ass Manager
Neal McDermaid
John Grimsdell
Physio
Lee Newport
Referee: James Wassall 1st Ass Referee: Steve Shannon 2nd Ass Referee: Steve Reading Todays Ball Boys Jack Keating Harry Pymm