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11/11/23
HILL QUEDGELEY WANDERERS 14:00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEGUE
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welcome CLUB OFFICIALS Chairman Wayne Lewis Vice Chairman Gareth Clowes Club Secretary Zack Coleman Treasurer Martin Coleman President Dave Elsmore Vice Presidents Nick Matthews Malcolm Jones Gareth Clowes 1st Team Manager Bobby Walding Reserve Team Manager Sid Martin Third Team Manager Phil Cook Ground Maintenance Paul Gibson Programme Designer & Editor Adam Cole
CONTENT 5 Wayne’s World 6 Club History 8 Leagues 10 Results/Fixtures 12 Our Squad 14 Quedgeley Wanderers 19 Ru-ar You?
WAYNE’S WORLD A very warm welcome to all attending the match this afternoon at the Recreation Ground, home of Ruardean Hill Rangers Football Club. We would like to offer a special welcome to the players, management, and supporters of Quedgeley Wanderers for this Marcliff Gloucestershire County League fixture. We hope they enjoy their short stay with us and have a safe journey home. Today’s visitors currently sit one place above the Hill in the league table on six points. Last week they lost 3-1 away to Stoke Gifford United with their goal being scored by Oliver Barnett. Ruardean Hill’s first team travelled to Wick last Saturday and drew 1-1. The Hill took an early lead through Ollie Mason before conceding a goal almost straight from the Wick kick off. The Hill defended as a team for the rest of the match to gain a deserved point. Special mention to Arron Underwood, who frustrated the players and supporters with his annual man of the match performance at the Wick ground. The previous home game against Hanham Athletic was abandoned at half time due to a head injury to Hill’s, Kane Fellows. We are pleased to say that Kane was discharged from hospital that evening and attended the club the next day. Ruardean Hill would like to thank everyone involved in managing Kane’s injury and helping ensure that he was as warm and as comfortable as possible, in awful weather conditions ,until the ambulance arrived. The Hill defended as a team for the rest of the match to gain a deserved point.Next week, the Hill play FC Lakeside at home in the next round of the Gloucestershire Senior Amateur. 2.00 pm kick off. Today, the reserve team travel to play Mitcheldean in the North Glos Premier Division and the A team travel to Sling in Division 3. Both matches are 2pm kick off. Neither team had fixtures last week. The Reserve team game vs Milkwall on the Hill was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Finally, we hope you enjoy today’s game and will continue to support Ruardean Hill Rangers throughout the 2023/24 season.
RUARDAEAN HILL
RANGERS HISTORY Ruardean Hill Rangers play their football on the highest point in the Forest of Dean, 920 feet above sea level. Formed in 1919, Ruardean Hill played in the old Forest of Dean league until its termination in the late 1950’s. They then moved into the North Gloucestershire League and have remained there in some capacity ever since. Ruardean Hill gained their first promotion to the Northern Senior League in 1994/95 and competed in this league for several seasons before being relegated in 2001. They immediately regained promotion the following year only to be relegated again in 2004. In the 2011/12 season, they earned a last day promotion back to the senior league as well as reaching the final of the ‘Amateur Cup’. The 2012/13 season brought the club its first promotion to the Northern Senior League Division 1 from back-to-back promotions. ‘The Hill’ finished in the top eight for each of the next three seasons before finally winning the Division 1 title in 2016/2017 season. They scored an incredible 125 goals and conceded just 34 in 35 games. Ruardean Hill’s current first team has a good mixture of youth, from our youth teams, and experience from the same core group of players. The core group players have been in the team for about 10 years. They now field 3 senior teams; the club’s promotions owe a lot to the depth of its other senior teams. The club are now competing in their 5th season in the Marcliff County League having finished 9th and 5th in their first two seasons. They are now fully cemented in the County League and they are looking to push on and finish as high as possible.
COUNTY LEAGUE TABLE POS TEAM
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
1
Avonmouth
9
2
Bromley Heath United
9
8
0
6
2
1
33
8
25
24
1
22
9
13
3
Stoke Gifford United
9
5
20
4
0
23
11
12
4
Frampton United
9
19
6
1
2
25
15
10
5
Sharpness
19
9
5
3
1
16
8
8
18
6
Rockleaze Rangers
10
5
2
3
35
11
24
17
7
Little Stoke
10
4
2
45
21
13
8
14
8
Cheltenham Civil Service
9
3
2
4
10
18
-8
11
9
Hanham Athletic
8
4
1
3
24
16
8
10*
10
Broadwell Amateurs
8
3
1
4
11
16
-5
10
11
Wick
10
1
4
5
16
24
-8
7
12
Gala Wilton
9
2
1
6
18
31
-13
7
13
Almondsbury
9
2
1
6
12
30
-18
7
14
Quedgeley Wanderers
9
2
0
7
8
33
-25
6
15
Ruardean Hill Rangers
8
1
2
5
13
22
-9
5
16
Hardwicke
9
1
2
6
10
32
-22
5
COUNTY LEAGUE TOP Scorers POS TEAM
P
G 14
1
Karim Kendall
Hanham Athletic
9
2
Josh Pearce
Avonmouth
9
9
3
Manolo Marquez Espada
Frampton United
9
8
4
Declan Chick
Cheltenham Civil Service
10
7
5
Dillan Kerr
Avonmouth
10
7
6
Spike Weaver
Stoke Gifford United
11
7
7
Jenson Beard
Rockleaze Rangers
8
6
8
Drew Sawdon
Rockleaze Rangers
8
6
9
Liam Towler
Wick
9
6
10
Steve Clark
Ruardean Hill Rangers
5
5
north Glos leagues premier league POS TEAM
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
1
Howle Hill
7
7
0
0
25
6
19
21
2
Bream Amateurs
5
4
1
0
23
4
19
13
3
Westbury United
8
4
1
3
19
12
7
13
4
Ellwood
8
4
1
3
19
13
6
13
5
Milkwall
6
4
1
1
14
10
4
13
6
Huntley
6
3
0
3
13
14
-1
9
7
Mitcheldean
8
1
5
2
16
18
-2
8
8
Broadwell Amateurs Res
8
2
1
5
11
27
-16
7
9
Newnham United
5
2
1
2
14
12
2
4*
10
Ruardean Hill Rangers Res
7
0
1
6
8
37
-29
1
11
Harrow Hill
6
0
0
6
9
18
-9
0
division three POS TEAM
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
1
Westbury United Res
9
7
0
2
31
22
9
21
2
Whitecroft Res
7
6
0
1
29
4
25
18
3
Harrow Hill A
7
6
0
1
27
10
17
18
4
Blakeney Res
7
4
1
2
17
12
5
13
5
Redbrook Rovers Res
7
3
2
2
27
18
9
11
6
Lydbrook Athletic A
7
2
0
5
16
20
-4
6
7
Staunton & Corse A
6
1
2
3
19
12
7
5
8
Rank Outsiders Res
6
1
0
5
9
29
-20
3
9
Ruardean Hill Rangers A
5
1
1
3
11
17
-6
1*
10
Sling
7
0
0
7
6
48
-42
0
County LEAGUE results 4th-10th Almondsbury P-P Frampton United Little Stoke 3-0 Rockleaze Rangers Wick
1-1
Ruardean Hill Rangers
County cup results 4th-10th Gala Wilton
1-1 Bromley Heath United (3-1)
Hanham Athletic P-P Avonmouth Sharpness P-P Broadwell Amateurs Stoke Gifford United 3-1 Quedgeley Wanderers
County league fixtures 11th-17th Almondsbury
v
Gala Wilton
Avonmouth
v
Broadwell Amateurs
Hanham Athletic
v
Cheltenham Civil Service
Hardwicke
v
Wick
Rockleaze Rangers
v
Frampton United
Ruardean Hill Rangers
v
Quedgeley Wanderers
Sharpness
v
Little Stoke
Stoke Gifford United
v
Bromley Heath United
MEET OUR SQUAD AARONUNDERWOOD
BOBBYWALDING
MATTCOOK
A top goalkeeper, who has been keeping us in games for many years. Proper clubman.
A hard working, committed player, who will never be outbattled. Club captain.
A great player to have in the squad. Works hard and will never let the club down.
TOMLANDON
connordallimore
TOMMYCOLEMAN
An experienced defender who has a good turn of pace. Good on the ball and is a natural leader. First season at the club, joining from Gloucester Athletic.
A great character who can play anywhere central. Works hard and is good on the ball. New signing from Gloucester Athletic, who also has County League experience.
An asset to the team. He reads the game well and uses his pace to get out of danger. Decent on the ball and loves a challenge. Has caught the eye of Cinderford Town in recent months.
KaneSansom
tomcosheril
tyAdams
Into his second season with us now and has been an excellent addition, strong target man who will brings others into the game.
First season with the club, Tom has impressed in preseason. A quick winger who will cause defenders some problems for sure.
Been a regular in the reserves for a few years now making several first team appearances, can play wide or through the middle.
CharleyMason
CharlieTaylor
danMatthews
Confident on the ball and never stops working for the team. Leads by example. First team captain.
A young player with lots of potential and a great left foot. Keen to learn. Recently joined from Soudley.
Proper Clubman. Gives his all, displaying superb work ethic. His progress has been temporarily halted, whilst he recovers from an injury.
KANEFELLOWS
maxtelling
benball
A natural leader who has recently started to rediscover his love for playing. Quality on the ball and loves a challenge.
A young talent, who will be playing his first season in Senior football. Decent on the ball and not afraid to get physical.
An energetic and intelligent player, who has impressed during preseason. Debut season in the first team.
STEVECLARK
OLLIEMASON
ALEXSTEPHENS
Back from a season with Lydney and is the goalscorer we’ve been missing. A pacey forward with an eye for goal, great to have him back.
Ollie is an exiting young talent who is comfortable playing at fullback or on the wing. Dual signed with Pegasus.
A young player with plenty of pace and energy. Has more time to play now he has finished University. Debut season in the first team.
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Nathan Charnock An excellent goalie who came through the youth section who has also spent time playing in the Maltese Premier League. Sean Lawson Sean brings valuable experience on and off the pitch, he will add a real attacking threat to the front line. Our captain. Ryan Hunt A great addition to the seniors, who has come up through the youth section. Ryan is a skilled, rapid player.
Luke Holder Reggie has been at the club for several years. He is a skilled player who gives 100% effort
Harry Reynolds Harry is a very talented and skilled player who impresses everyone. Harry is an asset to the team.
Christian Cooke Krippy is a player that impresses with his skills, workrate and speed. Always smiling!
Ollie Curtis Ollie is proving to be a very talented young striker who has settled well into the section
Connor Webb A player who can read the game well, Connor channels his skills to perform to a high standard each game.
Kory Taylor A talented player who has settled well into the club this season, Kory gives 100% effort.
Jack Bright Jack brings skill and experience to the side. Solid defender who loves a tackle
Jack Evans A talented player who came through the youth section, Jack is a delight to have at the club, helpful on and off the field.
James Lawes An experienced player, reliable and keeps his cool in front of the goal. A true clubman.
Rory Hunt Starting his full season at the club, Rory is a young talented player with a lot of pace to offer.
Ollie Barnett Ollie has made the transition into adult football with ease and is a valued vocal defender
James Stanbury James brings experience and skill to the team, a leader on the pitch.
Rio Spencer Ex Cheltenham player, Rio is dynamic and skillful, gets around the pitch quickly.
Alfie Pledger Ex Cheltenham player, Alfie is a strong and physical but also rapid up front.
Devon Morgan Devon is a versatile player who keeps his cool and level-headed. He is a speedy player around the pitch.
QUEDGELEY WANDERERS history QWFC was formed in 1994, with just one boys under 14's team. It was started by Dave Mulrain and Ron Capper, who took on the roles of Secretary and Treasurer, positions they went on to hold for a further ten years. Dave has since returned to the club as Chairman and is in his sixth season. They laid the foundations for the club to grow to the present day where we have over 400 members across 23 competitive teams of all ages, including girls sides, 2 adult teams, walking football and Veterans. Many hours have been dedicated to the club by a number of volunteers to get to the point we are at today. In July 2021, we installed floodlights due to gaining a grant from Crest Nicholson. They were installed by MUSCO lighting who have installed lights in many Premier league sides. This season we have set up a Seniors Committee, with James Mulrain taking the vice chairman seat. Kelly Mulrain will continue in her role as Seniors Secretary. Dave Mulrain and James Mulrain will work alongside Andy Gutteridge in the Treasurer’s role. Many of our dedicated players are stepping up to help the running of the club taking on roles. Social media and fundraising will be led by Luke Holder and Nathan Charnock. Steve Sparrow will continue to take the reins of the First Team this season. He will continue his winning ways after he took over towards the end of last season and worked hard to lead the team to survival. Rob Page will be coaching the team to success. We have a dedicated core group of players again this season, so we have high hopes for a positive and successful season in the County League. Our Reserve team are currently in Stroud League Division 2. The trio of Stuart Ballinger, Chris Riley and Steve Ballinger will be taking the reins. The three will be leading the Reserves to success with some new faces and a mixture of young and mature players, we have high hopes that they will triumph. We have a brilliant bunch of players/management both on and off the field and wish both teams the best of luck this season.
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Who is the RHRFC man?
Midfielder/Defender Had a spell at Ranks but a definite Ruardean Hill MANN Experienced head in a young 2s team Still squeezing into medium shorts Only player since Pele to wear Kings
SQUADS Tyler Adams Ben Ball Brian Burke Steve Clark Tommy Coleman Tom Cosheril Kane Fellows Fin Jones Tom Landon Charley Mason Ollie Mason Dave Matthews Kane Sansom Alex Stephens Charlie Taylor Max Telling Aaron Underwood Bobby Walding
Alan Berrow
Ollie Barnett Nathan Charnock Christian Cooke Jack Evans Luke Holder Jack Hornsby Rory Hunt Ryan Hunt Sean Lawson Devon Morgan Alfie Pegler Harry Reynolds Rio Spencer James Stanbury Kory Taylor Connor Webb
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