Leigh Ramblers vs Rayleigh Town - Matchday eProgramme - 26/03/2022

Season 2021/22

Issue 9

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME LEIGH RAMBLERS v RAYLEIGH TOWN

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Contents

14 - A Team Semi-Final

4 - Welcome to Belfairs

Road to the semis and the season so far

6 - Today's Opposition

15 - Last week's results

Learn about Rayleigh Town

Results round-up for last week's fixtures

9 - Form Guide

16 - Race for the Golden Boot

Latest results for each side

Who is currently topping the list?

10 - League Tables

17 - Team Sheet

The current standings for all our adult men's teams

Squad lists for each team

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CLUB DETAILS GROUND

CLUB

KITS

OFFICIALS Belfairs Sports Ground Eastwood Road North Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 4LR

President: Paul Cannon Chairman: Matthew Southgate

Vice Chairman: Justin Mountstephens Secretary: Richard Ackery Treasurer: Gareth Ackery HOME

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AWAY

3RD

Welcome

Welcome back to Belfairs Park, where after a brief trip away from home to Shenfield last week, we return for our next four fixtures.

Today we extend a warm welcome to the Rayleigh Town players, coaching staff and supporters, who have made the short journey to Leigh for today's match. Town is another side that didn't visit Belfairs last season and so arrive for the first time since January 2020, when they came away with a 3-2 win.

Today will be another tough game for the Rams, with both sides at opposite ends of the table and Town currently performing very well in the League and undefeated so far in March.

Pitsea Town also travel to Leigh today and whilst it is technically their home fixture, we extend a very warm welcome to them here at Belfairs Park. They will take on our A Team in the semi-final of the Chautard Cup.

UPCOMING FIXTURES @ BELFAIRS PARK Sunday 27 March 2022 Leigh Ramblers Ladies v Hutton @ 14:00

Saturday 2 April 2022 Leigh Ramblers v Old Southendian @ 14:00 Leigh Ramblers A v Southend Rangers A @ 14:00

Saturday 9 April 2022 Gareth Ackery Testimonial @ 11:00 Leigh Ramblers v Canning Town @ 14:00 Leigh Ramblers A v BKS Sports Reserves @ 14:00

Sunday 10 April 2022 Leigh Ramblers Ladies v Barking @ 14:00

Tuesday 12 April 2022 Leigh Ramblers v Springfield @ 18:15

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Today's Opposition

Rayleigh Town Following discovery of Rams own formation date, a year earlier than first thought, we now share our 125th

Home

anniversary with Rayleigh Town, a club steeped in tradition just like us.

Away

Chairman: Peter Clarke Secretary: Gary Brooks Manager: Paul Higgins

Town joined the Olympian League in 1976 as Rayleigh, due to pressure from their previous league where their 3rd Team

Rayleigh Town Sports & Social Club, London Road, Rayleigh SS6 9DT

remained as Rayleigh Town. The name reverted back to Rayleigh Town again with the Olympian League in 1980.

They boast a significant honours list, with numerous league, Essex Intermediate Cup and League Senior Cup titles to their name.

In addition to the 1st and Reserve sides playing in the Olympian League, Town have an A and Development teams competing in the

Mid-Essex League, a Saturday Vets, a Sunday team and three Sunday Vets sides.

LEADING GOALSCORERS 2021/22 Liam Oliver

Harry Talbot

Appearances: 22

Appearances: 17

Goals: 16

Goals: 16

LAST MEETING

04/09/2021 Rayleigh Town 2 - 1 Leigh Ramblers

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Form Guide

RAMS Form (Last 5)

RAYLEIGH TOWN - LLLLL

Form (Last 5) - WWLLW

19/03/2022 - EOFL

19/03/22 - EOFL

1-0 Shenfield AFC (A)

1-3 Kelvedon Hatch (A)

12/03/2022 - EOFL

05/03/22 - EOFL

1-2 Sungate (H)

0-5 Galleywood (A)

26/02/2022 - EOFL

26/02/2022 - EOFL

0-1 Catholic United (H)

0-2 Old Southendian (H)

19/02/2022 - EOFL

19/02/2022 - SLC

1-2 Kelvedon Hatch (H)

3-2 Catholic United (A)

12/02/2022 - EOFL

12/02/2022 - EOFL

2-5 Ongar Town (H)

2-1 Canning Town (H)

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GARETH ACKERY TESTIMONIAL MATCH SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2022 11:00 KICK-OFF

After 18 years as Club President, Gareth stood down at the end of last season. As a result of the pandemic, the final match that had been planned to commemorate this in 2020 had to be postponed. The match will now take place ahead of this season's final home league fixture.

The game is open to everyone who has ever shared a pitch with Gareth over the years, even if you're only able to play a couple of minutes. If you can't play, you're more than welcome to watch, have a drink, a bite to eat and then enjoy the first team game afterwards.

Meet @ 10:00 if you would like to play.

£5 match fee with all proceeds to

Rams' chosen charities.

Followed by Leigh Ramblers vs Canning Town @14:00

League Tables

ProKit Essex Olympian League - Premier Division

ProKit Essex Olympian League - Division 5

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Southend Borough & District Football Combination - Division Two

Southend & Basildon Sunday League - Premier Division

Sceptre Sunday League - Division Three

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A Team Semi-Final

The A Team take on Pitsea Town today in the semifinal of the Chautard Cup.

The A Team's season so far

This will be the third

meeting between the two sides so far this season

We were delighted to be able to introduce an A

and Town have gained the upper hand in both

Team to the Club once again this season. Aimed at

fixtures so far.

bringing through younger players into the Club and act as a bridge between the youth football and the

The two sides first met back in October, when the

higher teams, it was expected that this season could

Rams visited Bromfords School. Rams lost 6-3 that

be a year of finding our feet and that was precisely

day, although the game itself was much more even

how it played out.

than the score-line might suggest, and it was a few individual errors that made the difference. On

The season began well with a victory over Old

balance, Town took their chances well and deserved

Southendian B. In reality however, the side was

the win.

boosted by a couple of first team players making their way back from injury and who had missed pre-

The return fixture at the end of January saw Town

season.

win by the same margin, winning 5-2. Whilst there were some questionable decisions from the match

This early victory was followed with comprehensive

official, most notably waving away the assistant's

defeats to Basildon Town A in the league and Santos

offside flag for Pitsea's first goal, Rams didn't start

in the County Cup. Conceding 11 and scoring just 2

the game well enough and didn't deserve anything

in those two fixtures, it became clear that some

from the game.

additional experience would be needed to add to the talent of the younger players within the squad.

Road to the Semis This was duly added over the course of the next few You may be expecting a tale about a string of

weeks, with Chris Sutherby organising things at the

victories on the way to the semis, but in reality with

back with Jack O'Connor and Nick Hilder returning to

both sides having received byes in Round 1, it was

the Club to add vital experience in the middle of the

straight into the quarter final where both sides

park. Both Jack and Nick have added goals from

recorded comprehensive victories against their

midfield to supplement the efforts of youngsters Kai

opponents.

Baker and Callum Horncastle up top.

Chautard Cup Quarter Final Results

With just one League game to go, we have cemented a top 4 place, which is a strong showing given our

Old Southendian B

1-8

Leigh Ramblers A

Pitsea Town

9-1

Landwick

BKS Sports Reserves

2-1

Southend Rangers A

Earls Hall United A

2-1

Basildon Town A

early season frailties and demonstrates the growth over the course of the year.

Attention now turns to today's semi-final and our other cup competition, the Cater Cup, as a final chance to add silverware to the Club cabinet this

If Rams are to prevail they'll need to keep Town's top

year.

scorer Ryan Hanlon quieter than during the previous two meetings. With 37 goals in just 19 appearances, he hit a hattrick in each of the two meetings between the sides.

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Last week's Results ProKit UK Essex Olympian Football League Premier Division

Shenfield AFC

1 - 0

1st Team

Division Five

Reserves

1 - 3

Pitsea Athletic Reserves

J Howson

Southend Borough & District Football Combination League Cater Cup

A Team

1 - 0

Landwick

C Horncastle

Sceptre Sunday League Division Three

Thames Rovers

4 - 4

Sunday Reserves Z Miller C Darnell H Philips

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This week's other matches

RESERVES

SUNDAY FIRST

Runwell Sports Reserves

No Game

EOFL Div. 5 14:00 @ Runwell Sports & Social Club SS11 7QA

A TEAM

SUNDAY RESERVES

Pitsea Town

No Game

Chautard Cup Semi-Final 14:00 @ Belfairs Park SS9 4LR

N E D L GO OOT B The race for the Club's Golden Boot 2021/22

NAME

TEAM

Jack Gosling

Sunday Reserves

Charlie Batchelor

Reserves

13

Zak Miller

Sunday Reserves

13

Nick Hilder

A

11

Elliot Benopoulos-Jones

Sunday 1st

11

Callum Horncastle

A

11

Kai Baker

A / Reserves

9

Jack O'Connor

A

9

Brandon Holmes

Reserves / A

8

Joe Howson

Reserves

8

Connor Darnell

Sunday Reserves

8

Jacob Meads

Reserves

7

Regan Schmid

A

6

Jack Gardner

1st

5

Matt Brinklow

1st / A

5

Toby Walker

Sunday 1st

5

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GOALS 14

TEAMS

LEIGH RAMBLERS

RAYLEIGH TOWN

SHIRTS: BLUE/BLACK, SHORTS: BLACK, SOCKS: BLACK

SHIRTS: YELLOW, SHORTS: BLACK, SOCKS: YELLOW

EXACT MATCHDAY SQUAD & SHIRT NOS. TBC

EXACT MATCHDAY SQUAD & SHIRT NOS. TBC

HILLS LOWE 3. TOM FRANKS 4. JACK UNWIN 5. GEORGE MOXON 6. PAUL HAYES 7. CHARLIE BATCHELOR 8. JACOB MEADS 9. BRODIE HORNE 10. JACK GARDNER 11. PAT CANNON 12. NIYAZI SAHAN 13. JUSTIN HAZELL 14. CAMERON JARVIS 15. MATT BRINKLOW 16. ANDREW WEBSTER 17. BARV WAIWAIKU 18. WILL HAYES

BALDRY BAXTER 3. MARK BROWN 4. SONNY COUTTS 5. ALFIE LARKIN 6. JACK LONG 7. PATRICK MILLS 8. LIAM OLIVER 9. MITCHELL PRUE 10. CHARLIE SEADEN 11. GEORGE VILE 12. HABEEB APATIRA 13. GEORGE ASTON 14. WILLIAM VILE 15. HARRY HIGGINS 16. HARRY TALBOT 17. JAMES SWEETMAN 18. PAUL MORRIS 19. HARRISON TOPLISS

Manager: Mark Hunter

Manager: Paul Higgins

1. GEORGE

1. WILL

2. RYAN

2. BEN

Referee: Alfie Treacher Assistant Referees: Oliver Townsend & James Perry