OLD BRADWELL UNITED
BOVINGDON FC
Spartan South Midlands Division 2
KICK OFF: 14:00 SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2022
Matchday Programme #3
OLD BRADWELL UNITED FC Bradwell Sports and Social Club Abbey Road Bradwell Milton Keynes MK13 9AR Chairman CLIVE CARTER Match Secretary DAVE TYSOE 1st Team Manager DAVID KEENE 1st Team Assistants SEAN DOLAN, LEE KIMBERLEY Media Manager BEN DYER Development Team Manager MITCH TOYER Development Team Assistant AARON JONES
CLUB HONOURS SSMFL Division 2 League champions: 21/22 SSMFL Division 2 cup: 18/19 Berks and Bucks Senior Trophy: 18/19 Buckingham Junior Charity Cup: 77/78, 78/79, 79/80, 90/91 NBDFL Premier Division champions: 80/81 NBDFL Division 1 champions: 79/80
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KEENO'S CORNER.. "We expect today will be a close tough affair"
Good afternoon to you all on what is our first game for 3 weeks, today we welcome Bovingdon to Abbey Road for a first meeting of the season between the two sides. We expect today will be a tough close affair as the meetings over the last 3 or 4 seasons have proven. Bovingdon are a fantastic team with an excellent group of younger players who are well coached. In the home fixture last year their goalkeeper made a couple of excellent saves to keep the scores level but in the 2nd half they were excellent and are probably the only team who outplayed us for much of that half. The ending was a bit crazy Bovingdon getting a penalty in the 90th minute and Tommy lobbing in an equaliser in the 94th/95th minute. It was one of those games afterwards where you know you have seen 2 very good teams going at it. Looking back to our last game its always pleasing to win but to win 12-0 is not a score that should happen at this level and in all honesty if it was 20-0 it wouldn’t have been a surprise. We have all been there at times where its hard to be competitive and player availability makes it even tougher and 61 have had those issues for a few seasons but they continue to get teams out every week and see the seasons through when a number of clubs would have thrown the towel in long ago. We are entering a period where cup games start to come thick and fast with the Berks and Bucks next week and further rounds of the Anagram and Div 2 cup to come as well. Invariably you end up playing catch up in the league for the next few months. One last point from myself is how pleasing it was that so many people came down to our last game to welcome Muzza ‘Home’ after a lengthy 6 month stint in hospital. Having been part of the club for a long time it was very fitting for him, his family and the club that it was so well attended and I think shows how well the club is run and how high it and Muzza are regarded. Enjoy the Game Cheers Keeno
Club captain Shaun Ennis gives his thoughts ahead of today's game..
My opinion on the season so far; we are doing well considering we have not yet performed to the levels we would expect. Defending the title was always going to be incredibly difficult, motivation comes easier to those who are still seeking success. If we are to retain the league title, we must continue to improve throughout the season and outwork every team in our league. There are a few changes to the squad since last season, which is no different to the previous campaign, so I expect our performances to keep improving and for us to be up there at the end of the season. Matches against Bovingdon are always of a high quality and very competitive, I expect today to be no different. A few weekends with no fixture would not have benefitted us. Getting three points and 90 minutes is all that matters today.
L1 HOME GAMES
L1
Stats as of season 15/16 onwards,including COVID-19 affected seasons
OUR VISITOR'S... BOVINGDON FC Bovingdon Football Club was formed in 1910 and originally played their matches at Blacksmiths Hill along the Chipperfield Road. There were no on-site facilities, and the players had to change in the Village Hall and walk to the ground. In 1953 the club moved to their current home ground in Green Lane, using a converted post-war Nissen hut as a changing room. The new clubhouse was opened in 1973 and the facilities are amongst the best in the area, sporting a clubhouse and bar, four changing rooms and separate shower blocks. The ground also provides two full size pitches, two junior pitches, and a floodlit training area. The early years were spent playing in the West Herts League, before progressing to the Herts Senior County League in the late 1950’s. They enjoyed most of their success during the years between 1950 and 1957 when they picked up no less than 22 trophies. Their most notable achievement was being crowned Champions seven years running. Bovingdon FC has won all of the local cup competitions; the Apsley Senior twice, Watford Peace six times, Webster Cup four times, plus the Chiltern Villages and the Herts Junior. They have also won the St Mary’s four times - in 1950, 1954, 1955, and 1957. More recent Cup success came when they won the Rickmansworth Charity Cup in 2005 and their Reserve Team won the Cecil Hudson Cup in 2015. In 2016/17 their Reserve Team won the league and cup double. The 2017/18 season was a fantastic year for the club, as the First Team won the Herts Senior County League for the first time in their history and their Reserve Team also won the league and cup double. They also won the SSMFL Div2 in their first season in the league. Currently Bovingdon run three senior teams, with the First Team playing in the Spartan South Midlands Football League, the Reserve Team and "A" team are playing in the Herts Senior County League. They also have a thriving junior section fielding teams from the under-7s through to the under-18s, who supply a stream of home-grown talent to the senior squad.
1955-56 Joined Herts County League Division One "B" Herts County League Division One "B" Champions 1956-57 Placed in Premier Division on re-organisation 1962-63 Normal league programme cancelled, emergency competition run instead 1966 Relegated to Division One 1967 Relegated to Division Two 1969-70 Herts County League Division Two Champions Promoted to Division One 1971-72 Herts County League Division One runner-up Promoted to Premier Division 1976 Relegated to Division One 1977 Promoted to Premier Division 1978 Relegated to Division One 1980-81 Herts County League Division One Champions Promoted to Premier Division 1982 Relegated to Division One 1983-84 Herts County League Division One Champions Promoted to Premier Division 1985-86 League renamed Herts Senior County League 1987 Relegated to Division One 1988 Relegated to Division Two 1988-89 Promoted to Division One 1991-92 Promoted to Premier Division 1992-93 Herts Senior County League runner-up 1997 Relegated to Division One 1997-98 Promoted to Premier Division 2005 Relegated to Division One 2006-07 Herts Senior County League Division One runner-up Promoted to Premier Division 2016-17 Herts Senior County League runner-up 2017-18 Herts Senior County League Champions 2018-19 Joined Spartan South Midlands League Spartan South Midlands League Division Two Champions
HEAD TO HEAD
7 GAMES 22 GOALS OVERALL RESULTS
W5
L1
D1 HOME GAMES
D1
W3
L0
AWAY GAMES (inc. Neutral Venues)
D0
W2
L1
GOALS
13
9
RECORD SCORES BIGGEST WIN: 3-1 28 AUGUST 2021, SSMFL DIVISION 2
HEAVIEST DEFEAT:
0-4 4 AUGUST 2018, SSMFL DIVISION 2
LAST HOME MEETING
LAST AWAY MEETING
SATURDAY 5 February 2022 SSMFL DIV2
SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 SSMFL DIV2
OLD BRADWELL 1
BOVINGDON 1
(T.Cooke)
(L.Barkers-Obua)
BOVINGDON 1
OLD BRADWELL 3
(L.Beckwith)
(S.Valentine, D.Smith, J.Douglas-Smith)
Att: 82
Att: 88
Stats as of season 15/16 onwards,including COVID-19 affected seasons
IN FOCUS... ROSS BUTLER Age: 27 Position: Centre Back Year Joined the club: 2013 Number of Apps: 294 Number of Goals: 70
TEAM MATES... Worst Haircut ? "Why am i finding this so difficult, erm....will have to be Brylcreem Dale.
Worst Trainer?
Thoughts so far...
"Bash - not so difficult"
Most Skillful? "Scotty V"
Biggest lightweight? "Kian"
Worst clobber?
"Darryl"
Biggest moaner?
"We've started the season well without actually playing well. The league is as competitive as ever with a lot of teams in with a shout of winning it. That said, with the quality and depth in the 2 squads I'm confident there will be more silverware on the mantelpiece in the club come the end of this season".
"Dale Collins"
Finally, favourite OB player Past or present? "Steve Mcfadden/Shaun Ennis"
2022/23 Table
Results / Fixtures
2022/23 Season Stats
THE DEVS
Strong start to the season see's our development side sat in 3rd place and currently unbeaten in the league. We have also progressed through the preliminary round of the Bluefin Challenge cup and face Division 1 side Milton United in the First Round.
LAST MATCH vs WOODSTOCK TOWN Away Result: 1-3 Scorers: C.Wells x2, Dazley
NEXT FIXTURE vs HEADINGTON AMATEURS Away | Sat 5th November| KO - 14:15
U18s
Our 18s current sit atop of the Milton Keynes and District Development League U18Division 1 with 3 wins from 3. They are the top scorers in the league with 12 goals.
LAST MATCH vs SHENLEY U18 BOBCATS Away Result: 2-5 Scorers: D.Kannah x3, D.George, K.Walshe
NEXT FIXTURE vs AYLESBURY VALE DYNAMOS U18 Away | Sun 6th November| KO - 10:30 Bill Gosling County Youth Cup
OLD BRADWELL UNITED
BOVINGDON FC
Manager DAVID KEENE
Manager STEVE HUTCHINS
Black and white stripe shirts, black shorts, black socks
Green shirts, black shorts, black socks
LIAM JAHN HARRISON WADE AARON BHASIN ROSS BUTLER EWAN KEENE RYAN DON JAMIE COX SAMMY ONEILL TOMMY COOKE SCOTT VALENTINE DARRYL SMITH JOSH DOUGLAS-SMITH PETER MAXEY CHRIS KING TOBY CRIBB
KYE ALLPORT BEN BALDWIN LESLIE OBUA-BARKERS SCOTT BURGE JAY CAINES CONNOR CHURCH MATTHEW CLARKE HARRISON DATTA DANIEL DEVINE GARY DOWLING MATTHEW FALLON BILLY HOAR CIORA IAINS KAI JACKMAN JACK JOHNSON ROBERT JOHNSON BLAAZE LAWRENCE JORDON MULLHOLLAND CONNOR PERLMUTTER HARRY PETERSON SHAUN STEVENS TOKI SULE JACK WADMORE TYREEQ WHITE JACOB WYLDE
MATCH OFFICIALS
KEVAN ATKINS STEPHEN EDWARDS RICHARD TURNER