Issue 07: Arnold Town (28th October 2023) by Melbourne Dynamo FC

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MATCH REPORTS MELBOURNE DYNAMO

TEVERSAL

SATURDAY 07TH OCTOBER 2023 | 15:00 After the previous week’s disappointment of conceding an injury time equaliser to AFC Normanton, the lads were back in action at home again, this time to Teversal - another of the leagues big hitters who only two seasons ago were a Step 6 side. Out was Nkumrah, Fox, Jones and Peverley, whilst Hughes was only fit enough for the bench. The first-half saw big chances for Smith, Withers and Bodill. Dynamo had the strong wind at their backs and, with half-time approaching, finally took the lead. Quick thinking from Cox saw him release Goodband, who powered down the right expertly picking out Supple at the back stick, who controlled well with his left foot and finished under the keeper to give the home side a deserved lead at the break. Coxy had to be alert to deny Teversal at the begging of the second-half, but then the home side should have been two-up, as Supple again finished superbly only to be called be back by the linesman’s offside flag, a decision the official would later admit he got wrong. The home side stood firm and collected their 4th clean sheet of the season, and a 5th win putting them up to 8th in the league. A great start to the season for the lads.

Image: Goodband delivers

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TODAY’S OPPONENTS

Football has been played in the Arnold area for over a hundred years and the Eagles can trace their proud history back to its beginnings. The current club, formed in 1989, was born out of the merger between the old established Arnold FC (who began life as Arnold St Mary’s in 1928) and near neighbours Arnold Kingswell. Initially the newly formed club competed in the Central Midlands League (Supreme Division) and then moved into the NCEL Division One and then swiftly to the NCEL Premier after two successive Championship seasons in 92/93 and 93/94. On a roll, the Eagles almost made it three in a row but ended 94/95 as runners up in the NCEL Premier. Season 20102011 saw Arnold compete for the 17th successive season in the NCEL Premier Division. The Eagles have managed to lift the prestigious Notts Senior Cup trophy no less than five times since 1989 and have been runners up once. The most recent success came in 2005 when spectacular long range effort from Scott Huckerby was enough to give the Eagles a 1-0 victory over Eastwood Town in front of a crowd of more than 650 at Notts County’s Meadow Lane ground. A number of fine runs in the FA Cup and FA Vase have also been achieved over the years. In 2002 the Eagles had their best run in the FA Cup since reforming when they reached the 4th Qualifying Round before narrowly going out to Scarborough in front of 900 at Gedling Road. During the 05/06 season the Club equalled their best FA Vase performance by reaching the 5th Round where they lost out by a single goal to Crook Town , again at Gedling Road, in front of 560 spectators. They had earlier reached the same stage in 01/02 going out 1-3 at Wroxham. The 2007-08 season saw the curtain finally come down at the Club’s Gedling Road ground which had been their home for over fifty years. They spent part of 2008-09 playing home games at various local Clubs whilst waiting for their move to their new home. The Eagles finally moved into their new £2 million home in January 2009. The first game saw the Eagles win 3-2 against Thackley with Craig Mitchell scoring the first ever goal at EV. 2008/09 saw the Eagle Valley Facility officially opened with friendlies against Notts County with a Club record attendance of over 1300, Nigel Clough’s Derby County with over 700 in attendance and an official opening day with Sven Goran Eriksson doing the honours cutting the ribbon outside the Clubhouse. A real strength for the Club has been the strong fan base and the support provided by the Supporters Club which has existed for over 25 years. The Club has consistently maintained links with the professional game. Chris Freestone (Middlesbrough - 1994) Tristram Whitman (Doncaster Rovers - 2000) and most recently (2006) Ben Hutchinson (Middlesbrough) all moved from the Arnold team into the professional ranks. Chris Freestone returned to us in 2005/06 and is now the Clubs top goal scorer with over 100 goals. Freestone, together with Martin Carruthers (Aston Villa, Stoke City), took over the management reigns midway through season 2009-2010.

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Former Eagles managers include Ray O’Brien (Notts. County & Rep. of Ireland), Iain McCullough (Notts. County), Bill Brindley (Notts. County and Forest) and Phil Starbuck (Forest). The Club has had its fair share of professional players wearing the Arnold shirt including the likes of Nigel Jemson, Jason Lee, Brett Williams and Bryn Gunn (Forest) and Adrian Thorpe (Notts County). 2012/13 Will go down in history for the wrong reasons with Gary Hayward at the helm but with the club languishing near the bottom Graham Walker and Frank Corrigan took the reins and despite a 13 point penalty, Arnold still made up the points to finish 3rd from bottom but unfortunately we still faced relegation hence our drop into the EMCL. Secretary Graham Peck took over as Chairman due to the sad passing of MR Arnold himself, Roy Francis and as if this couldn’t get any worse they did with an automatic relegation. 2013/2014. After a great first half of the season Arnold were sitting in the top two, but after Xmas inclement weather saw a 9 week break from the game and a significant dip in form and 6th was the final placing. 2014/2015. A rather up and down season which saw the departure of Graham Peck as Chairman and at the end of the season both Managers left the Club. A solid mid table finish. 2015/2016. Ray Chilton appointed manager. Ray has connections with the Club mainly with the Youth teams winning several League and Cups along the way. Ray was one of the committee who brought the Club to Eagle Valley after many years at our former home at Gedling Road (King George v). A disappointing season saw us finish second from bottom and Ray decided to step down as manager. 2016/2017. Dave Marlow joined us from Linby CW as our new manager. Dave brought us stability during a much better season finishing 15th, sadly with things seemingly on the up Dave decided to move on to Eastwood CFC at the end of the season. We also lost Peter Chapman our Chairman and Treasurer who had helped steady the ship after losing Roy Francis a few years previous. 2017/2018. Another new start saw Tom Richardson take the reins for the season. Tom and his assistant Chris Galley joined us from Real Utd. A disappointing season saw the Eagles finish second from bottom of the EMCL. As the FA revamped the League system we escaped relegation to step 7 probably thanks to the resignation of Blaby & Whetstone. 2018/2019. Wayne Looker, last season’s coach, takes over as Manager for the coming season assisted by Kelvin Mushambi & Ray Chilton. Another disappointing season saw the First team relegated for the first time in their History from a purely footballing reason. The side finished bottom of the EMCL winning only three games all season. 2019/2020. ‘Under New Management’ as we start our new life at step 7. We find ourselves playing in the Abacus Lighting Central Midlands League (Black Dragon South Division). We welcome the return of Dave Marlow after his stint at Eastwood came to an end last season. Dave and his team took them up to the East Midlands Counties League from the Central Midlands League the previous season. We wish Dave, Jonathan and his team the best of luck for the coming season. 2020/2021. After last season was cut short due to Covid-19 we start a new season again with new Management. Phil Warwick takes over the First team after guiding last season’s u18’s in what was a very good season until the enforced curtailment. Richard Ashwell, Wayne Robinson and James Cottee join Phil as part of the Management/Coaching team. 2021/2022. Phil Warwick steps down after five games and a new management team is announced. Roy Hogarth assisted by Sergiy Korposh take over, their first game v Holbrook St Michaels at EV. 2022/2023. Eagles maintain their CML South position and with the addition of Ash White, who joined the Club last season in a coaching position, look forward to an improved season going forward. Mid season Roy Hogarth stepped down and Ash White steps up as Manager. 2023/2024, We move forward as we were after a much improved 22/23 season.

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THE RESSIES The Ressies have continued their good run of form, making it 9 wins from 9 at the start of the season. They’re not shy of goals either, scoring 47 and conceding only 13. Recent results have included 5-0 wins against Bargate Rovers Reserves, 7-3 against Castle Donington Reserves, and 11-4 against Ashland Rovers Reserves.

The race for the Golden Boot is on, with three of our players (Robin Bentley, Riley Moore and Joseph Shadbolt) appearing in the leagues top 5 highest goal scorers.

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BLAST FROM THE PAST This weeks Blast from the Past is the Double-Cup winning side from the 2014-15 season. This team missed out on a prestigious Treble on the last game of the season.

Back Row (L-R): Adam Ross, Danny Guild, Matthew Jones, Michael Tristam, Mark Croake, Dave Brough, Danny Wilks, Ben Blackburn & Bruce Hill. Front Row (L-R): Dave Worger, Josh Lowe, Alan Buxton (Assistant Manager), Carl Allsop (Captain), Gavin Salisbury (Manager) Danny Blackburn & Jak Ward

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MANAGERS GAV SALISBURY & ADAM DOLMAN

MANAGER ASH WHITE

1 TOM COX

# LIAM BLACK

2 TYLER WITHERS

# WILLIAM BRADLEY

3 NOAH TRIVETT

# KYLE CALLAN

4 CARL ALLSOP

(C)

# DANIEL CHAMBERS

5 ARCHIE MOORE

# ADAM CLIFT

6 OSCAR SUPPLE

# TYLER COBB

7 CONOR POYNTON

# JENTZEN DAVIES

8 MACAULEY JONES

# TOBY FRANCIS

9 JAMES SMITH

# ROBERT HARRIS

10 C H A R L I E T O V E L L

# MATTHEW HUBBARD

11 J A C K G O O D B A N D

# DELANE HYLTON

12 C I A N F O X

# LENFORD JENKINS

13 J A K E L A B A N

# KYME MASON

14 I S A A C N K U M R A H

# DARREN MILNES

15 J A C K B O D I L L

# LEWIS NEVILLE

16 L E W I S H U G H E S

# JAKE OGDEN

17 I S A A C G O S L I N G

# LEWIS RADFORD

18 S A M S I M P S O N

# JOE ROCK

19 J A K E P E V E R L E Y

# JAMIE ROYLE # PIOTR STRYCHARZ # CRAIG TAYLOR # ALEX WALKER # TYLER WHITE

OFFICIALS REFEREE: TIM MEREDITH| ASSISTANTS: REECE ASTLE & NIK RADOJCIC