Royston Town vs Biggleswade Town - Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Central - 061020

The Pitching In: Southern League Premier Division Central

Royston Town FC Vs Biggleswade Town FC Tuesday 6th October 2020 Kick Off 7.30pm Royston Town FC would like to welcome this evening’s opponents Biggleswade Town FC for their visit to Garden Walk for Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division Central fixture.

We wish their Players, Officials and Supporters an enjoyable evening and hope the match will be a keenly contested and entertaining game.

We also welcome this evening’s Match Officials and hope they have an enjoyable game.

Royston Town Football Club President Chairman Secretary

Founded 1875

Alan Barlow Steve Jackson Terry McKinnell 9 Valley Rise, Royston, Herts SG8 9EY 07772 086709 email terry.mckinnell@talktalk.net

Treasurer Welfare Officer Fixture Secretary Executive Board

Angela Baulk Steve Endacott (07971 512402) Trevor Burrows, Andy Toovey, Eric Joyce, David Baulk, Angela Baulk, Chris Coote, Duncan Easley, Giles Parnwell

Webmaster Programme Editor Official Photographer

Steve Endacott Angela Baulk Kevin Richards

Football Management Team First Team Manager First Team Asst Manager Reserve Team Manager U18 Team Managers Womens Team Manager Vets Team Manager

Steve Castle Chris Watters Lewis Endacott Dan Evans/Matt Campany Lewis Endacott Lee Wilkinson

Ground

Garden Walk, Royston, Herts SG8 7HP Telephone (01763) 241204

Colours

First XI Reserves U18 Ladies Vets

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Members of: The Hertfordshire Football Association Southern League Premier Division The Herts Senior County League Thurlow Nunn Youth League Eastern Region Women’s Football League The Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Ladies League Royston Town Football Club is an unincorporated association controlled by its members under the Constitution of RTFC

CLUB HONOURS

Today’s Match Sponsor: Winners Herts County League (Div I) 1969-70, 1972-73 Herts County League (Premier Div) 1976-1977 South Midlands League (Div I) 1977-1978 South Midlands Reserve League (Div II) 1978-1979 South Midlands Reserve League (Div I) 1979-1980 North Herts (Div IV) League Cup, 1978-79, 1979-1980 Herts Charity Shield, 1981-82, 1989-90, 1996-1997 Herts Intermediate Cup, 1988-1989 Chiltern Youth League (Div I) 1989-1990 South Combinations Reserve Floodlight Cup, 1992-1993 Chiltern Youth League Cup, 1992-1993 South Midlands Challenge Trophy, 1995-1996 Eastern Region Women’s League (Div II) 1998-1999 Eastern Counties Youth League Cup, 2001-2002 South Midlands Reserve Challenge Cup 2004-2005 KB Tyres Division III Champions 2006-2007 South Midlands League (Div I) 2008-2009 South Midlands League Cup (Div I) 2008-2009 South Midlands Floodlit Cup 1994-1995 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 South Midlands Reserve League (Div II East) 2008-2009 South Midlands Reserve Challenge Cup 2008-2009 KB Tyres Division I League Cup 2009-2010 South Midlands Reserve Floodlit Cup 2009-2010 BIS Cambs League Division 2A 2010/2011 BIS Cambs League Divisional Champions 2010/2011 Veterans Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup 2010/2011 South Midlands Premier League 2011/2012 South Midlands Premier League Cup 2011/2012 Suburban League North Division 2012/2013, 2013/2014 Joint Winners of the Hinchingbrooke Cup 2013 Eastern Region Women’s League Plate 2013/2014, 2014/15 Suburban Premier League 2015-16 Eastern Region Women’s League Division 1 West 2015/16 Southern League Div 1 Central 2016/17

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Royston Town FC Club History So when did it all begin? After some intensive research the evidence is that the club came into existence in 1875 making Royston the third oldest Club in Hertfordshire after Hitchin and Bishop Stortford.

The Club’s very first honour came in 1911/12 when they won the Creake Charity Shield beating Wisbech 1-0 in extra time.

The Club’s first major honour in more recent times came in the guise of promotion to the Herts County Premier League in 1969/70 and they went on to be champions in 1972/73 and 1976/77. In 1978 we rejoined the South Midlands League and won the Division One title at the first time of asking. Success continued with a final appearance in the Herts Charity Shield for the first time in 1979 and runners up spot in the South Midlands League Premier Division in 1980. The Herts Charity Shield was won in 1981/82 and two years later the Club joined the Isthmian League Division Two North where we remained for 10 seasons before returning to the South Midlands League in 1994.

After a period in the doldrums which culminated in relegation from the South Midlands League Premier Division at the end of 2006/07, Paul Attfield was appointed manager with ex Spurs favourite Tony Galvin returning to Garden Walk as 1 st Team Coach in November 2007.

Paul immediately set about building a new 1st Team squad and a run of 17 games undefeated saw the Club move from bottom of the table to finish in 5th place in the League.

The foundations had been laid for the 2008/09 season and the first team took the South Midlands Division One League title with one of the best set of stats for any Step 6 Club in the country W33, D4, L3, GF138, GA30, GD+108, PTS 103.

The 2011/2012 season will be seen as a watershed in our history with the winning of the South Midlands Premier Division title and promotion to Step 4 in the shape of the Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central.

In our first season back at Step 4 after an absence of 19 years it was hard to know what to expect and how we would perform.

Most of our supporters felt a mid-table position would be an acceptable target for the season, but we quickly found ourselves exceeding all expectations as our performances propelled us towards the top of the table. Four straight wins in the first four games set the tone and a run of nine wins with just one defeat between October and December saw us maintain a play-off position. In the very last game of the season a play-off was still a possibility and having gone 2-1 up away at AFC Hayes with just a few minutes of the game left it looked a near certainty. But it was not to be as Hayes scored an 87 minute equaliser and our play-off place was lost.

In our second season at this level our steady progress to claim a place in the play off zone was given a severe jolt when, at the beginning of November, Paul Attfield announced his resignation as first team manager due to ill health. The search for his replacement began almost immediately and we were inundated with applications from some very well know and successful managers. After an exhaustive selection process the Board appointed Steve Castle at the end of November and on Boxing Day Steve officially took over securing a 0 – 0 draw against the League’s form team and eventual champions Dunstable Town.

Our 2014/15 season opener was at home against one of the promotion favourites Rugby Town but an impressive team display ensured their threat was stifled and we ran out winners 2 -1. That victory really did set things buzzing but we were quickly brought back down to earth when on the following Tuesday night Bedworth United were the visitors winning the game 3 – 1.

As we all know consistency in performances provides the key to long term success and although the early stages of the season produced good results against the likes of Daventry Town and Beaconsfield these were punctuated by dismal performances against the likes of Aylesbury and Egham Town. From mid November to mid December We really lost our way with six defeats in seven games but our rollercoaster ride saw an incredible run of form over the Christmas period and into the New Year with five straight wins which helped us maintain a position in the play off places.

On a miserable Tuesday evening in February we travelled to lowly AFC Hayes and after an abject performance we lost the game 2 – 0. This prompted our Chairman to tell Steve Castle that he had given up on this team making the play – offs and said that we should start preparing instead for next season. That message was conveyed to players and we witnessed a most remarkable transformation in our results with a 14 game unbeaten run during which we scored 29 goals and conceded just seven resulting in us achieving the runners up spot to league champions Kettering Town and securing our place in the play- off semi final where we met local rivals Barton Rovers. After an incident packed 90 minutes and extra time the game ended in a goalless draw but

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it was not to be our night and we lost the shoot out 4-5 and had to suffer the agony of all the emotions which go with being defeated in this way.

We started the 2015/16 season strongly and between the end of December and the end of March we produced a rich vein of form with only one defeat in 14 games and this ensured we were sitting on top of the league with just 7 games to go and with the expectation that we could win promotion outright ran high throughout the whole club. However three games in succession proved our down fall when we could only draw 0 – 0 with Bedford and lost to Egham away 3- 1 and Godalming at home 1- 0 and once again we ended up in the play offs against AFC Rushden but we failed to turn up and went out tamely to our opponents 2 - 1.

Having finished runners up for two years in succession Steve Castle was determined to make it third time lucky and began to recruit some experienced new blood in the shape of John Frendo and Adam Murray whilst at the same time giving youngsters Gus Scott Morris and Josh C extended runs in the first team.

However the season didn’t start well and after four games we’d only mustered five points whilst promotion rivals Farnborough just couldn’t stop winning. Although results did improve, defeat in the FA Cup to Heybridge Swifts 4 – 1 and a thrashing by Barton Rovers at home 6 – 3 at the end of September didn’t do a great of good for our confidence.

Things took a dramatic turn thereafter with 12 successive league wins which ended with defeat 2-1 at Kidlington in early January 2017, interspersed by a magnificent run in the FA Trophy including victory against Step 2 outfit Hampton and Richmond Borough before in the replay against Dulwich Hamlet we eventually went down 1 -0.

With cup football out of the way the team put together an incredible run of 16 league games undefeated including a 5 – 0 thrashing of closest rivals Farnborough which saw us maintain the top spot until the end of the season by a margin of 12 points and the highest number of goals scored, 120, across all three Evostik Leagues.

Promotion to the Southern Premier League means that the Club will be playing at its highest level in its 142 year history!

Season 2017/18 saw The Crows exceeded all expectations in our first season at Step 3. Throughout the season we managed to maintain our hopes of a play-off place until they were finally put to bed with two successive defeats against the eventually play-off winners Slough Town and we had to be satisfied with a seventh place finish. The signing of Adam Marriott, a proven goal scorer who had played for Lincoln City, Stevenage and Cambridge United was without a doubt a real coup and he was to play a key role in the progress made by the Club by becoming our leading marksman with 31 goals. A good run in the FA Trophy with wins against Enfield Town and Leatherhead came to an end against Eastbourne Borough when having managed to draw at their place we lost the replay on penalties. We managed to get to the final of the Herts Senior Cup were we played Boreham Wood from Step 2 and in spite of a brave performance we never really had the power to compete and lost 2 – 1.

Given where we had started from we definitely exceeded our own and many other peoples’ expectations and this has provided us with the building blocks to face this season in the newly constituted Southern Premier Central League.

Season 2018/19 saw us finishing in a respectable 9th position in what proved to be a very strong Premier Division Central.

During February/March we recorded six wins out of seven league games to give us a faint hope of a play-off spot, but three straight defeats in April put paid to our chances. We suffered another early at AFC Sudbury in the FA Cup and in the FA Trophy we progressed through two rounds before being beaten in a replay at Needham Market.

A comprehensive history of the Club can be found in The History of Royston Town FC 1875 - 2012 first published in 2013. The book was written by the Club’s President, Alan Barlow after over five years of painstaking research and can be purchase via the Club on by visiting www.avbarlow.com.

Royston Town FC Player Pen Pics

Joe Welch (Goalkeeper) Joined us from Chelmsford City in 2016/17, Joe started his career at Southend United before joining Histon where he played over 50 games and earned a loan deal at Stevenage. Joe’s other clubs include Ebbsfleet, Bromley and St Albans City.

Harry Smart (Goalkeeper) After joining the Crows in season 2018/19, Harry has proved to be a more than capable understudy to Joe Welch when called upon.

Gus Scott-Morriss (Defender) Full-back who made his Crows first-team debut in season 2014/15, Gus was a member of our successful Under 18s team that season and has gone on to establish himself as a First Team regular with over 200 appearances to date.

Ed Asafu-Adjaye (Defender) Rejoined the Crows last season after spending a season at Hayes & Yeading, Ed started his playing career at Luton Town and broke into the 1st team during the 2008/9 season. In total he made 64 appearances for The Hatters before moving to Forest Green Rovers and then to Hemel Hempstead Town, Ed is a versatile defender who can anywhere across the back four.

Adam Murray (Defender) Adam joined us at the beginning of 2017/18, having spent the previous two seasons at Cambridge City where he made 60 appearances. He quickly settled into the squad and has proved to be a formidable addition for the Crows.

Daniel Brathwaite (Defender) Joined the Crows from Chesham United for the start of 2015/16, Daniel is an experienced defender whose former clubs include Boreham Wood and Dover Athletic.

Dan Newton (Defender) Joined us at the start of this season, Centre-Back Dan spent last season at Biggleswade FC after previously playing for Northwood.

Taylor Parr (Defender) Centre-Back who re-joined The Crows in February 2019 from St Neots Town. Taylor made 59 appearances for us between 20122014 and spent three seasons at St Neots Town, making 126 appearances for The Saints.

James Brighton (Defender) Experienced full-back who joined us in November 2019 from Kettering Town, where he had spent a successful four seasons.

James has previously played for Hemel Hempstead Town, Cambridge City & Cambridge United.

Josh Castiglione (Midfield) Midfielder who was a member of our successful Under 18 team in season 2014/15 and made the step up to the First Team the following season, Josh is approaching 200 appearances & has chipped in with 30+ goals.

Scott Bridges (Midfield) Scott rejoined the Crows last season after spending last season at Hayes & Yeading, having previously been a Crow for four years, scoring 71 goals in 194 appearances. Originally he was with Aston Villa until 2007, Scott then played most of his football at Banbury United. Scott was made Club Captain in 2016.

Spyros Mentis (Midfield) Versatile hard-working midfielder or defender, Spyros rejoined The Crows in 2018/19 after a season away at Hayes & Yeading, he previously played just under 100 games for us from 2013 during his first spell at Garden Walk.

Tom Newman (Midfield) Joined The Crows at the start of 2018/19, Tom impressed when called upon and chipped in with some useful goals from midfield.

Adam Watkins (Midfield) Re-joined us last season after a couple of seasons away at Chesham United & Cambridge City. Adam started his career as a 17 year old at Luton Town and in his 5 years there played 42 games for the Hatters before moving to Eastleigh and then Dunstable Town, where he scored 19 goals in 127 appearances.

Danny Green (Midfield) Joined us in December 2018 from Chesham United, Danny is an experienced midfielder whose other previous clubs include St Albans City and Dunstable Town.

Jonny Edwards (Forward) Joined the Crows at the beginning of this season and made an immediate impact with four goals in the first competitive game of the season. After leaving the Stevenage Academy Jonny impressed within the Peterborough United youth set-up to earn himself a professional contract, making his First Team debut in 2015. He then spent time at Accrington Stanley, Woking, Halifax Town and Maidstone United after leaving Peterborough.

Brandon Adams (Forward) Brandon spent four years at Queens Park Rangers which included loan deals at Malaysian club Perlis and Linfield in Northern Ireland. After leaving the R’s in 2018 Brandon dropped into non-league hoping to catch the eye of pro clubs and has certainty impressed. After a short stint at Enfield Town he moved to Ware last season and bagged an impressive 23 league goals in 25 games.

Josh Williams (Forward) Signed for the Crows this season after spending last season at Ware, where he scored 17 goals in 30 appearances, Josh previously played for FC Romania.

Isaac Galliford (Forward) Previously with Hitchin Town, St Neots Town & Hemel Hempstead after starting out with Luton Town. Isaac signed for us for the beginning of this season. Whilst with The Canaries Isaac’s performances earned him an England ‘C’ call-up.

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Tonight’s Opponents – Biggleswade Town Club History

1874 - 1954 - the First 80 Years Biggleswade Town were originally formed as Biggleswade F.C. in 1874 and began by playing friendlies. They became one of the founder members of the Biggleswade and District League in 1902/03 and won the championship at the first attempt. The successful season was climaxed by winning the Bedfordshire Senior Cup - the first of eight victories so far in the competition. The ‘Waders’, as the club are known, first entered the FA Cup in 1904.

2008 - Chris Nunn became manager in Nov 06 after a very poor start to the season saw the team heading for certain relegation. In Feb 07 the team had made up a lot of points but were still bottom of the Premier table. The team avoided relegation on the last league day of the season. The winning of the NBC Cup in the very last match of the campaign reinforced that optimism.

The 2007/08 season saw the squad develop further with new signings and for the first time in 15 years the club found itself top of the division at one point. A final position of 3rd was a result of hard work and changes gradually moving the club forward. As the 2008/09 season beckoned, the new Stadium was ready for occupation and the seasons in the 'wilderness of ground sharing' were over. For the first time in the clubs 134-year history, it finally had a home of its very own.

2008 – 2009 - Moving into the new ground certainly created a great feeling at the Club and new faces began to appear on the playing side as well as behind the scenes. As the final whistle blew on the last friendly there was a definite feeling of readiness for the forthcoming season.

The Wader’s first season (2009-10) at Step Four proved a tough start but gradually the team strengthened and finished in a comfortable twelfth place with the team taking points off every side that season except Bury Town and Hitchin Town who finished first and second respectively.

2010-2011 - This season saw the Waders climb to their highest ever position in the football pyramid, finally finishing in 4th place and with the resultant position in the playoffs. Waders travelled to 3rd place Daventry Town, a team they had previously beaten both home and away in the regular season. Football being football, Daventry ran out easy winners ending Waders hopes of promotion.

2011-2012 - This season saw the Waders fade as season progressed. Having topped the league early in the season, injuries and suspensions took its toll and the season finished with a top half finish just outside the play offs.

2012-2013 - Winning the 2012/13 Playoff final secured a place in the Southern League Premier, was upstaged by the best ever season in the club’s 140-year history, finishing 9th in our first Premier season, reaching the First Round Proper of the FA Cup losing to a well organised Stourbridge side. Season ended with Waders beating Luton Town at Luton to lift the County Cup. 2013-2014 - First season ever at step three and the Waders feel they have arrived. Finishing a creditable 9th in the table and reaching the FA Cup first round proper for the first time in the club’s history put the club in the record books. The Waders were the draw specialist of the premier division and had they converted the drawn games to winning ones, they would have finished in the play-off positions. Winning the Beds Senior Cup for the second successive season was the icing on the cake.

2014-2015 - This season was a real test for the Waders, with injuries both on and off the field. Long term injuries meant bringing in loan players and they all played their part.

2015-2016 - A difficult season for the Waders, Southern League gets harder every season, an injection of new players helped steer the ship.

2016-2017 - Having established their premier status the Waders went on to achieve their highest points total and finished just outside the play-offs in a creditable 7th position 2017-2018 - Tough season with the club suffering a number of significant injuries ended with a Mid Table finish and a narrow loss to Luton Town in the Beds Senior Cup Final.

2018-2019 - A successful first season for new manager Lee Allanson and his new squad. Winners of the Beds senior cup. 7th in the Southern league central premier division, narrowly missing a play-off place. Reached the 2nd round qualifying of the FA trophy only just beaten 1-0 away to conference side AFC Fylde.

2020-2021 - Following a disruptive 2019-20 season involving the loss of Lee Allanson and most of the squad to Hendon, Waders appointed former manager Chris Nunn in caretaker role to see the season out. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the season to an early close with the club safe from any relegation worries despite having to put together a new team in mid-season. Nunny was re-appointed full time manager for the 2020-2021 season, bringing in Scott Davies and Russell Short as Assistants.

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Tonight’s Opponents – Biggleswade Town Player Pen Pics Kyle Forster (GK)

Kyle re-signs for the season. He started his career with Luton Town and then had spells playing for Kings Langley, Bedford Town and Barton rovers. Excellent shot stopper and kicker of the ball, who we are delighted to have back with us.

Jake Kierons

Signed for the club last year from St Neots. Young promising full back with a great willingness to learn. Can also play centre half on occasions. Has also played for Bury Town and Kings Lynn.

Tommy Boxer

A commanding centre half who is comfortable on the ball. Previous captain at St Neots.

Former clubs include Ware Town and Potters Bar. Russell rejoins the Waders after a couple of seasons away, as part of Chris Nunn’s management team. He will be combining the role with playing.

Russell Short

Starting his playing days at Ipswich Town he then moved to Histon in the Conference before enjoying a spell & promotion with Bury Town. He has also played for Hendon, Biggleswade Town and has more recently had spells with St Neots & Needham Market after a lengthy spell out with injury. Playing over 400 games, he adds vital experience to the group.

Jordy N’Gathe

22-year-old Jordy, previously of Oxford City and Banbury United, has joined as a right back.

Power and pace are Jordy’s best attributes in one v one situations whilst being an attacking threat down our right-hand side.

The former Republic of Ireland Under 21 international has just joined us this season in a role which will see him playing in midfield as well as being part of Chris Nunn’s management team.

Scott Davies

Having come through Reading’s academy, he went on to make 5 appearances for the club after successful loan spells at Aldershot, Wycombe Wanderers, Bristol Rovers and Yeovil.

Having left Reading in 2011 he signed for Crawley Town and Oxford United until 2014.

Since then, he has played over 200 games in the Conference South for a number of clubs before signing for the Waders this summer.

James Peters

Signed last season from St Ives. Hard working player who can play in either defence or midfield. Previous clubs include Bedford Town and Cambridge City.

Jonny Giles

Jonny has signed for us this season having been with Chelmsford City for the past 3 seasons.

On dual registration forms with National South side Slough Town, Jonny is a tricky, eyecatching winger who has also played for Oxford City and Aldershot since leaving Oxford United where they signed him from University football having caught the eye of a number of clubs.

Trey Charles

A lively winger who signed last season for the club. Had bags of pace and tricks.

Extremely dedicated member of the squad who we hope will contribute to the goals tally this season. Previous clubs include Hitchin Town, Bedford Town, Braintree and Hendon.

Shane Bush (C)

Club captain for the 20/21 season. Second season at the club, having joined from Kempston having previously played for Chesham United. A strong, hardworking centre forward who knows where the target is.

Joe Neal

A young forward on loan from Cambridge United. Fully of energy with a fantastic work ethic.

Kane Ferrell

Left back in his first season at the club. Full back with good pace and also distribution. Previous clubs include Kings Langley and also Wingate and Finchley.

Kweku is here for another season after joining us halfway through last year from Northwood FC.

Kweku Lucan

He is an exciting, fast winger who likes to beat his defender with pace and skill and has the ability to chip in with a number of goals. The former Peterborough United scholar has also played for St Albans and Wingate and Finchley before coming back to Biggleswade where we hope we can give him that platform to perform.

Sam Squire is a 20-year-old midfielder who joins us this season.

Sam Squire

He joined Cambridge United aged 8 and departed the club at 19. At 17 he got his first taste of mens football on loan at Cambridge City where he helped them reach the play-off final. After signing a professional contact at Cambridge United he enjoyed another loan spell at Needham Market for the majority of the 2018/19 season and then signed with them permanently last season.

He has now played over 100 games at steps 3/4 and is looking to have a successful season with the Waders!

Bradley Bell

Brad joined us at the end of last season and has re-signed for the coming season.

The 20-year-old, having come through the ranks at MK Dons Academy has now played over 80 games at non-league level, playing at Royston Town, Cambridge City and Hitchin Town. He’s an intricate two footed versatile player, who can play in many positions. In his first spell at the Waders, the season before last, he was part of the Biggleswade side to reach a club best, 2nd round of the FA Trophy as well as obtaining the Beds County Cup in the same season.

Darryl Reid

Signed for the waders last season under the previous management. Just 16 years old, Darryl spent most of last season as second choice to Sam and Kyle. He finally made his debut in the Bedfordshire Cup where he performed extremely well and resulted in moving on loan to Arlesey Town, keeping a clean sheet in his first match in a run of unbeaten matches for the club at the back end of the season.

Fabio Lopes

Young midfielder who has joined the Waders on a month’s loan from Oxford United. Impressed in his first game against Bromsgrove Sporting where he took the Man of the Match award.

Leon Chambers-Parillon

Under 21 midfielder joined the Waders on loan from Oxford United to gain experience of first team football. Scored on his debut against Leiston in a 7-4 victory.

Jamal McEwan

Jamal joined in late September and is a young confident midfielder who is comfortable on the ball with a hunger to get the ball back when he hasn’t got it.

First Team League Table Pitchin In Southern League 2020/21 Premier Division Central Team Needham Market Stourbridge Tamworth Rushall Olympic Lowestoft Town Stratford Town AFC Rushden & Diamonds Coalville Town Redditch United Banbury United Kings Langley Bromsgrove Sporting St Ives Town Biggleswade Town Hitchin Town Nuneaton Town Peterborough Sports Royston Town Barwell Hednesford Town Alvechurch Leiston

P 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

W 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -

D 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 -

L 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3

F 8 6 7 6 3 7 9 6 3 4 6 5 5 7 6 4 2 5 3 1 4 5

A Diff 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 2 6 1 3 6 3 3 2 1 3 1 6 0 5 0 6 -1 6 1 9 -3 5 -1 3 -1 7 -2 5 -2 6 -5 10 -6 12 -7

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Pts 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0

Forthcoming League Fixtures 2020/21 Team

Date

Kick Off

1st Team

Tuesday 6th October th

U18’s

Thursday 8 October

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Venue

7.30

Biggleswade Town

League

Home

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Holmer Green U18’s

FA Youth Cup

Away

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3.00

Stourbridge

League

Home

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Saturday 10 October

3.00

Hatfield

League

Away

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Sunday 11 October

2.00

BrettVale FC

Womens FA Cup

Home

Women’s Dev

Sunday 11th October

2.00

Langford Ladies

League

Away

Reserves

Tuesday 13th October

st

1 Team

Saturday 10 October

Reserves Women’s 1

st

U18’s

7.45

Colney Heath Reserves

League

Home

th

7.45

Histon

League

Away

th

3.00

Tamworth

League

Away

th

League

Home

League

Home

League

Home

Thursday 15 October

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1 Team

Saturday 17 October

Reserves

Saturday 17 October

3.00

Wingate & Finchley Development

Women’s 1st

Sunday 18th October

2.00

Haringey Borough Women’s

Women’s Dev U18’s 1 Team 1st Team U18’s

Sunday 18 October

st

st

2.00

Letchworth GCE Ladies 1

nd

7.45

Haverhill Rovers U18’s

League

Home

th

Saturday 24 October

3.00

Hednesford Town FC

League

Home

th

Sunday 25 October

2.00

AFC Dunstable Womens

League

Away

Monday 27th October

7.45

Hitchin Town FC

League

Away

7.45

Newmarket Town FC

League

Away

Thursday 22 October

st

Women’s 1

th

th

Tuesday 28 October

Player Sponsorship 2020/21

Player: Dan Brathwaite Sponsored by: Katherine Thompson

Player: Ed Asafu-Adjaye Sponsored by: Jake Easley

Player: Adam Murray Sponsored by: Jeff Gil

Player: Josh Castiglione Sponsored by: Scott, Ryan-Lewis, Jacob, Lillie-Rose, Stanley Clowery, Lexie Tuck & Timothy Hutchinson

Player: Joe Welch Sponsored by: Ryan Easley

Player: Taylor Parr Sponsored by: Cambs Roofing

Player: Gus Scott-Morriss Sponsored: Luke Easley

Player: Jonny Edwards Sponsored by: Billy Baulk

Player: Adam Watkins Sponsored by: Toby Pendrick

Player: Spyros Mentis Sponsored by: Graham Hagger

Player: Isaac Galliford Sponsored by: Graham Hagger

Anyone interested in sponsoring a player please contact Alan Barlow on matchdays. ÂŁ150 per player

ROYSTON TOWN FC RESERVES - 2020/21

ROYSTON TOWN FC U18’S – 2020/21

ROYSTON TOWN FC WOMENS – 2020/21

ROYSTON TOWN FC VETS – 2020/21

Royston Town Fixtures & Results 2020/21 Date

Kick Off

Opponents

Competition

Venue

Result

Score

Royston Scorers

12th September 2020

3.00

Newmarket Town

19th September 2020 22nd September 2020 26th September 2020 29th September 2020 4th October 2020

3.00 7.45 3.00 7.45 3.00

Banbury United Wroxham Alvechurch Needham Market Stamford AFC

Emirates FA Cup: Preliminary Round League Emirates FA Cup: 1st Qual Round League League Emirates FA Cup: 2nd Qual Round

Home

Won

6-0

Edwards (4), Gallimore, Mentis

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CROWS BLOG: STILL WAITING! 04/10//2020 Hello all, The lads did better yesterday but not for the duration of 90 minutes. We played very well for 45 mins but seemed to struggle in the second half! Being 2 goals up, maybe we thought the game had been won but fair play to our opponents, they went for it and got their just rewards by eventually getting themselves level resulting in the lottery that is penalties.

On this occasion, we went through but we can’t let teams back in after having a sure lead. The start we’ve made this season is proving very frustrating for all of us. It seems that we take one stride forward but then quickly shoot ourselves in the foot and give opponents the opportunity to punish us.

As I said in my last blog post, it’s a case of us ‘digging in’, keep believing and working hard. To keep going and in these very trying times for all of us, we need to make sure that our performance levels are up to the standard that we all know these players can reach. I’m certainly not trying to make excuses for the boys but because everything isn’t ‘normal’ I do wonder sometimes if the upheaval of all that is going on has been an unsettling atmosphere around the place. Yes, we can argue that all the other teams have had to cope and that is true but we don’t seem quite right.

On a different note, I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce and welcome our new signing Duncan Culley to the club. He’s a lad that has previously played with Spyros, Scott and Ed at Hayes & Yeading. Duncan is a strong lad who will bring a big physical presence to our attack and hopefully plenty of goals to add as well!

Good luck mate!

Duncan Culley in action at Hayes & Yeading FC Keep the faith everyone, please! A good squad of players don’t become bad overnight. We all know what they are capable of, just retaining the belief is the important thing for me.

Cheers, Steve C

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By Brian Buck 17th game of the season (Match 13,276) Wednesday 26th August 2020. Shefford Town & Campton Development 4 Real Haynes Reserves 1 (Friendly Match) att 50 approx. This was my second game of the season here, coincidentally also with the hosts being Shefford Development and things had changed a bit since in the intervening three weeks. Then you were allowed to congregate only in the patio area in front of the clubhouse. Tonight, the rules had been relaxed and people were allowed freedom of movement around the whole ground, although I suspect that there was some kind of track & trace system on the go if you went anywhere near the bar, which we didn’t. So, this meant that I could sit in the clubs new 75 seater stand. It seems some locals have already taken kindly to it and their large club flag adorned half of the back of the stand. Anyway, the general impression I had on the night was that it was generally business as usual here. I think that the reason for largish crowd was for a variety of reasons. Both sides had a lot of mates of the players watching. There had been kiddies training on the top pitches and I suspect that some of the parents were reluctant to go home and finally the locals seem to have taken to the place and the bar in the clubhouse (or pub) as they like to call it, is well used. This match saw the hosts play a lot better than when I last saw them last, although they had a few experienced players on show tonight to help the youngsters get through the game more easily. By coincidence the visitors weren’t quite so great as they were when I saw them play in the second half ten days earlier. So it was that Shefford took an 8th minute lead through Andrew Hayday once a first team regular in his hey day. The lead was doubled from the spot just before half time following a trip. Then on 62 minutes we saw the best goal of the game, which came from a hard shot from just outside the area and which went in off the post. Then after Haynes pulled a goal back on 67 minutes, in added on time Mr Hayday claimed a second goal which was a well hit effort, again from the edge of the area. The game was well reffed by someone so young but exercising some maturity to belie his tender years!

18. (13,277) Thursday 27th August 2020. Blunham 1 Sharnbrook Reserves 6 (Played at Moggerhanger Recreation Ground) (Friendly Match) att 15 approx. As I drove down to pick up the Beds County League Vice Chairman, Peter Francis, it was absolutely bucketing it down and been so for at least an hour. There were puddles everywhere and roads were partially flooded. We both wondered why we were bothering with the game. We knew that it would still be on because the pitch here drains well, but did we really want to stand out in torrential rain? Well initially we didn’t. On our arrival players were still arriving, so we sat in the car until the last possible moment. It turned out that the ref, sitting in the car opposite, was doing the same thing and he only ventured out when he was told that they were ready to start.

He has a curious daytime job in that he is the announcer at the Henlow Greyhound Track!

Anyway, we soon got underway and as we did so there were signs that the rain was moving away and indeed, after about fifteen minutes it largely did, although at times there was some light drizzle for the remainder of the evening. However, before the bulk of the rain had departed the Sharnbrook number 5 had bagged a hattrick, completed by the 11th minute. Then on 19 minutes Blunham pulled a goal back. It was one the Sharnbrook keeper will want to forget as he seemed to have a long punt upfield safely under control, but in trying to catch it cleanly, the ball slipped out of his hands, leaving it to be tapped home by a waiting, just in case, Blunham attacker. After a fourth Sharnbrook goal on 32 minutes they scored a spectacular fifth when the keeper was intentionally lobbed from the edge of the centre circle. After the break Sharnbrook mixed things up a bit and perhaps Blunham played a bit better. But we only had one more goal, scored from the spot on 70 minutes. But we did get a large double rainbow!

We also saw a Blunham player sin binned on 75 minutes. Finally, right at the end there was a red card tackle, but the ref wisely dealt with it by bringing the game to a close!

19. (13,278) Friday 28th August 2020. Langford Reserves 4 Letchworth Garden City Eagles Reserves 2 (Friendly Match) att 30 approx. Conditions tonight were far worse than the previous night as the rain, sometimes almost torrential, never let up for the whole match.

This game only appeared on Twitter at around lunchtime and the good thing about it was that you could watch it from under cover in the stand, if you wanted to. Not everyone did and there were several spectators who chose to stand out in the rain to watch it, including one young lady, who when she finally sat down in the stand, told her boyfriend, “I’ve got a wet bum.”

Whether that was a key word to go off and do something together later on, I don’t know, but after that they soon departed! It transpires that Langford Reserves are last season’s Weston of the Herts Senior County League, who left their village ground to go and play in the Gosling stadium in Welwyn Garden City when they found that their ground didn’t meet Step 7 regulations. So, they came to Forde Park because it was nearer. It also appears that their committee have taken over the general running of Langford football club. Tonights game wasn’t as good as the scoreline suggests. Langford were three nil up by the 19th minute, with their second goal coming from a cross from the left which should have easily been cut out, but which somehow almost comically avoided all of their defenders. Then we had the ‘wally with the brolly’ saga in the second half. A gentleman fitting this description appeared and managed to wipe out our view of almost half the pitch. Fortunately, he eventually moved out of the way in time for us to see Langford’s fourth goal, scored on 70 minutes. But the Eagles were never that bad and for the last quarter of the game they were the better side and as such they deserved the goals they scored on 74 and 86 minutes, the first from the spot after a player was bundled over and the second when the keeper pushed a ball into his own net.

20. (13,279) Saturday 29th August 2020. Cranfield United 1 Newport Pagnell Town 6 (Friendly Match) att 70 approx. The intensity of the previous nights rain had subsided somewhat by the time we arrived here, where there was no problem with social distancing. To start with, although the bar was in use it wasn’t over-subscribed. Furthermore, when the game kicked off there were very few people visibly watching. Part of this was due to the fact that the stand was being used as a changing room for both sides, so therefore it was out of public use.

But part of this was because there was light rain falling. This lasted for about half an hour and then like many others who had been watching the game from their cars, I braved the elements and watched the match on what was a very autumnal afternoon, which then remained cloudy, breezy with some occasional light drizzle. The game itself was a decent one and for the first 20 minutes or so it was a close contest, played out on an immaculate pitch. But then someone noticed some shit on the pitch. Then after it was removed, the visitors soon took the lead. But it was an own goal, with a Cranfield defender turning a cross from the left into his own net.

Seven minutes later the lead was doubled, this time by way of a curling shot from the edge of the area. It’s always good when you happened to be standing behind the scorer in these instances because you get a perfect view of the goal. By now Pagnell were well in their stride and from here they never really looked back. Just before they break, they scored again when the ball was clipped over the advancing keeper. The score became 0-4 on 55 minutes, perhaps this had something to do with the rotund keeper distracted by a Kebab van arriving at the other end of the ground at the same time! After the fifth goal went in on 64 minutes Cranfield pulled a goal back from the spot on 77 minutes, given for handball. Then there a minor handbags scenario before Pagnell grabbed the last goal of the game, another own goal and a mirror image of the first one.

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Southern Premier League Central Club Directory Club

Address

Postcode

Phone

Return Mileage

Hayden Road Sports Ground, Hayden Road, Rushden

NN10 0HX

01933 359206

91

53 Redditch Road, Alvechurch

B48 7RS

0121 445 2929

227

The Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium, Station Approach, Banbury

OX16 5AD

01295 263354

140

Kirkby Road Sports Ground, Kirkby Road, Barwell, Leicester

LE9 8FQ

01455 843067

184

Langford Road, Biggleswade, Beds

SG18 9JT

01767 318802

30

The Victoria Ground, Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs

B61 0DR

01527 876949

244

Coalville Town

Owen St Sports Ground, Owen Street, Coalville, Leics

LE67 3DA

07496 792650

197

Hednesford Town

Keys Park, Keys Park Road, Hednesford Cannock, Staffordshire

WS12 2DZ

01543 422870

240

Hitchin Town

Top Field, Fishponds Road, Hitchin

SG5 1NU

01462 459028

34

Kings Langley

Gaywood Park, Hempstead Road, Kings Langley, Herts

WD4 8BS

07730 410330

72

Victory Road, Leiston, Suffolk

IP16 4DQ

01728 830308

167

Crown Meadow (Amber Dew Events Stadium), Love Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk

NR32 2PA

01502 573818

205

Needham Market

Bloomfields, Quinton Road, Needham Market, Suffolk

IP6 8DA

01449 721000

117

Nuneaton Borough

Liberty Way, Nuneaton, Warwicks

CV11 6BB

02476 349690

178

The Bee Arena, Peterborough Sports & Leisure, 651 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, Cambs

PE1 3HA

01733 567835

94

Redditch United

The Trico Stadium, Bromsgrove Road, Redditch

B97 4RN

01527 67450

228

Rushall Olympic

Dales Lane, Rushall, Walsall, West Midlands

WS4 1LJ

07909 560407

226

St Ives Town

Pro Edge Stadium, Westwood Road, St Ives

PE27 6DT

01480 463207

46

Stourbridge

War Memorial Athletic Ground, High Street, Amblecote, Stourbridge, W Mids

DY8 4HN

01384 394040

250

The DCS Stadium, Knights Lane, Tiddington, Stratford-Upon-Avon

CV37 7BZ

01789 261037

194

The Lamb Ground, Kettlebrook Road, Tamworth, Staffs

B77 1AA

01827 65798

217

AFC Rushden & Diamonds Alvechurch Banbury United Barwell Biggleswade Town Bromsgrove Sporting

Leiston Lowestoft Town

Peterborough Sports

Stratford Town Tamworth

Tuesday 6th October 2020 7.30pm Kick off

Royston Town FC

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Today’s Match Officials:

Referee: Craig Pullen Assistant Referees: Matthew Ball, Philip Wilkinson

Scott Taylor/ Arron Benstead

Green & White Shirts Green Shorts Green Socks

Kyle FORSTER (GK) Jake KEIRINS Tommy BOXER Russell SHORT Jordy N’GATHE Scott DAVIES James PETERS Jonny GILES Trey CHARLES Shane BUSH (C) Fabio LOPES Joe NEAL Bradley BELL Darryl REID (GK) Sam SQUIRE Kweku LUCAN Kane FERRELL Leon CHAMBERS-PARILLON Jamal McEwan

Joe WELCH (GK) Ed ASAFU-ADJAYE Dan BRATHWAITE (C) Scott BRIDGES Adam MURRAY Taylor PARR Josh CASTIGLIONE Adam WATKINS Brandon ADAMS Johnny EDWARDS Isaac GALLIFORD James BRIGHTON Josh WILLIAMS Spyros MENTIS Dan NEWTON Gus SCOTT-MORRISS Harry SMART (GK) Tom NEWMAN

Steve Castle/Chris Watters

Biggleswade Town FC

Managers/Coaches Sports Therapist(s)

Chris Nunn/Scott Davies/Russell Short Ryan Caulfield

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