RHRFC v Hanham

HILL VS hanmam athletic 27th APRIL 15:00

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welcome CLUB OFFICIALS Chairman Wayne Lewis Vice Chairman Gareth Clowes Club Secretary Zack Coleman Treasurer Martin Coleman President Dave Elsmore

CONTENT

Vice Presidents Nick Matthews

3 Content

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

4 Our History 5 Wayne’s World 7 League Tables 10 Results/Fixtures 14 Our Squad 16 Hanham Athletic 20 Sponsors 24 Today’s Teams

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.

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 Hanham Athletic for this Marcliff Gloucestershire County League fixture. We hope they enjoy their short stay with us and have a safe journey home.

Today's match is the final home game of the season on the Hill. We have invited our club sponsors to the game today. We wish to thank them for their contribution to the football club for season 2023-24. Their sponsorship is vital in the club running 3 teams each week.

Hanham Athletic currently sit 7th in the league table with 39 points from 23 games. Their game last week resulted in 4-2 loss at Cheltenham Civil Service. The Hanham goals were scored by Brandon Robin Barnes and Paul Coles. The match today is being replayed as the game earlier in the season was abandoned due to a head injury to the Hill's, Kane Fellows. We are scheduled to visit Hanham on Monday 6th May. 3.00pm kick off Ruardean Hill’s previous first team match was away at Broadwell Amateurs which resulted in a 2-1 defeat. The Hill started well, but allowed Broadwell to take a 2-0 lead, before Taylor Blaby replied before half time. The Hill dominated possession in the second half but could not force an equaliser. A solid performance from the Hill with all the players disappointed that they did not take anything from the game.

In the North Glos Premier Division, the Reserve team lost 3-0 to Westbury United on the Hill. In Division 3, Ruardean Hill Rangers A beat Rank Outsiders Reserves by 8 goals to 2 at Steam Mills. The Hill goal scorers were Matt Cook, Lee Johnson, Cam Peacey, Dan Edwards, Ryan Shinners and three goals from Connor Dix. The Reserve team finish their league programme today at Ellwood. A difficult season for the reserves, although recent performances have led to optimism of an improvement in results for next season.

The A team play at Sling on Wednesday. 6.30pm kick off and your support would be appreciated.

Finally, we hope you enjoy today’s game and we would like to thank everyone for their support this season.

We hope to see you again during season 2024-25.

Thanks Midge

COUNTY LEAGUE TABLE POS TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

1

Avonmouth

29

23

2

2

Stoke Gifford United

30

18

7

3

Rockleaze Rangers

29

16

4

Bromley Heath United

26

15

5

Frampton United

27

14

6

Little Stoke

29

7

Hanham Athletic

23

8

Sharpness

9

Ruardean Hill Rangers

10

Wick

11

Cheltenham Civil Service

30

12

Broadwell Amateurs

28

13

Almondsbury

26

14

Gala Wilton

29

15

Quedgeley Wanderers

16

Hardwicke

GD

PTS

4

90

32

58

71

5

72

38

34

61

7

6

84

30

54

55

6

5

53

33

20

51

6

7

54

38

16

48

12

5

12

54

45

9

41

13

3

7

58

40

18

39*

25

10

5

10

36

40

-4

35

28

8

8

12

52

63

-11

32

30

7

10

13

56

60

-4

31

9

3

18

30

61

-31

30

8

4

16

35

54

-19

28

7

5

14

33

54

-21

26

7

5

17

41

75

-34

26

26

8

2

16

26

67

-41

26

27

5

4

18

32

76

-44

19

COUNTY LEAGUE TOP Scorers POS TEAM

P

G

1

Josh Pearce

Avonmouth

29

31

2

Karim Rendall

Hanham Athletic

24

27

3

Spike Weaver

Stoke Gifford United

32

25

4

Steve Clark

Ruardean Hill Rangers

23

18

5

Drew Sawdon

Rockleaze Rangers

23

14

6

Aidan Noble

Bromley Heath United

25

13

7

Jacob Saunders

Hanham Athletic

23

13

8

Louis Short

Wick

22

13

9

Daniel Webb

Rockleaze Rangers

25

12

10

Jenson Beard

Rockleaze Rangers

24

11

north Glos leagues premier league POS TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

1

Bream Amateurs

16

12

2

Westbury United

17

11

1

3

52

14

38

37

1

5

45

23

22

34

3

Howle Hill

17

10

1

6

48

29

19

31

4

Huntley

17

9

3

5

44

32

12

30

5

Milkwall

15

8

5

2

40

23

17

29

6

Mitcheldean

18

6

8

4

35

39

-4

26

7

Broadwell Amateurs

18

4

5

9

27

54

-27

17

8

Ellwood

16

4

4

8

23

26

-3

16

9

Harrow Hill Res

17

2

5

10

24

42

-18

11

10

Ruardean Hill Rangers Res

17

1

1

15

21

77

-56

4

NGL premier league TOP Scorers POS TEAM

P

G

1

Akeem Wright

Westbury United

19

22

2

James Clarke

Bream Amateurs

14

15

3

Joseph Thomas

Howle Hill

18

15

4

Carl Adams

Bream Amateurs

15

11

5

Mark Wayman

Ellwood

15

13

6

Adam Beaumont

Mitcheldean

19

10

7

Tom Grange

Bream Amateurs

12

10

8

Bradley Taylor

Huntley

16

10

9

Oliver Cook

Harrow Hill Res

11

8

10

Daniel Hall

Huntley

18

8

north Glos leagues division three POS TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

1

Harrow Hill

18

14

2

Redbrook Rovers

18

13

3

Westbury United Res

18

22

4

Whitecroft Res

15

11

5

Blakeney Res

16

6

Staunton & Corse Res

15

7

Lydbrook Athletic A

16

5

8

Ruardean Hill Rangers A

15

4

9

Sling Res

17

3

10

Rank Outsiders Res

16

2

0

GD

PTS

1

3

56

25

31

43

3

2

71

36

35

42

0

6

54

36

18

36

1

3

63

12

51

34

7

1

8

31

45

-14

19*

5

3

7

45

30

15

18

0

11

40

44

-4

15

3

8

42

49

-7

9*

0

14

38

86

-48

9

14

20

97

-77

6

NGL Division three TOP Scorers POS TEAM

P

G

1

Jayden Makondora

Redbrook Rovers Res

16

20

2

Dameon Goodman

Harrow Hill A

15

18

3

Samuel Birchley

Staunton & Corse A

16

17

4

Scott James

Whitecroft Res

13

16

5

Connor Dix

Ruardean Hill Rangers A

16

15

6

Joel Phillips

Westbury United Res

12

13

7

Ben Johnson

Redbrook Rovers Res

7

12

8

Carl Stevens

Lydbrook Athletic A

12

12

9

Simeon Jones

Lydbrook Athletic A

17

11

10

Ralph Heaven-Richards

Redbrook Rovers Res

17

10

County LEAGUE results 20th-26th Cheltenham Civil Service 4-2 Hanham Athletic Frampton United 2-2 Almondsbury Gala Wilton 0-0 Bromley Heath United Hardwicke 2-1 Avonmouth Rockleaze Rangers 4-1 Little Stoke Stoke Gifford United 4-3 Sharpness Wick 3-0 Broadwell Amateurs Avonmouth 6-2 Rockleaze Rangers Bromley Heath United 3-1 Broadwell Amateurs Wick 0-1 Almondsbury

County league fixtures 27th-3rd Almondsbury

v

Rockleaze Rangers

Bromley Heath United

v

Quedgeley Wanderers

Hardwicke

v

Frampton United

Ruardean Hill Rangers

v

Hanham Athletic

Sharpness

v

Broadwell Amateurs

Little Stoke

v

Almondsbury

Hanham Athletic

v

Quedgeley Wanderers

Sharpness

v

Gala Wilton

Almondsbury

v

Frampton United

Avonmouth

v

Bromley Heath United

Hanham Athletic

v

Hardwicke

well done Craig! the club would like to say a huge well done to Craig Hyndman after he completed the london marathon last week in aid of sue Ryder with a time of 4:10:36.

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. Second season in the first team. Bags of flair.

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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Callum Matthews Experienced goalkeeper who has played at Toolstation and County league level, very comfortable on the ball and has good positional awareness Josh Gibbs Vice captain, always voted best trainer but can't finish. Loves a tackle, a strong tenacious player who plays with heart on his sleeve. 100% every game and becoming a great all round player Luke Wiltshire Joined us last season, a welcomed addition to the squad, another tenacious player, gives 100%. Great attitude

Joel Athay Young lad who plays full back, comfortable on the ball, decent left footed player

Mitch Wise Good ball playing centre back who loves a last ditch tackle, outstanding at reading the game and pops up with the odd goal

Jason Adams Captain and leader, wealth of Toolstation experience with Keynsham. Great addition to the squad season

Jason Side Assistant Manager – Box to Box player, keeps running and running. Sets the standards of the midfield, can also fill in at full back

Sam Brown Browner can and will play in any position of which is asked to. Outstanding in so many positions. Great attitude

Ty Fudgell Box to Box player, a player with vast amount of experience playing a higher standard. strong and robust player

Nathan Flower Experienced player who has played at a higher level another who loves a tackle, keeps us ticking in the centre of midfield

Richard Wathan Known as “Sir Richard”, don't let his Mr Nice guy look fool you, out and out centre back, no nonsense.

Good addition to the squad last season

Brandon Barnes His experience to the team is priceless, great on the ball, his passing range is different level and has a wand of left foot. Great addition to the squad in 22/23 season.

Karim Rendall Wealth of Southern league and western league experience, knows where the goal is. Also has the quickest hat trick ever!! Great addition to the squad in 22/23

Paul Coles Great all round player, who works his socks of for the team, never gives teams time to settle on the ball. Great person to have in the dressing room.

Jack Knight Striker with an eye for goal, great lad to have around the club and a great addition to have to the squad in the 22/23 season

Craig Sperring The oldest player with a wealth of experience, cracking attitude and a great voice to have in the dressing room. Great to have on the management team

George Latham Another lad with a great attitude and decent lad to have in the changing room. Can play full back or centre back. Decent left peg on him

Ben Francis Another player who has a great attitude and has Hanham blood running through them. Can play in a number of positions. Great on the ball and has good passing range

Jamal Simms Strong box to box centre midfielder, powerful and has great attitude. Another good addition to the squad in the 22/23 season

Jamie Fry Little man' quickest player at the club, great attitude and works hard for the team

Jack Fry ‘Jocker’ has been at Hanham for many years, has a great attitude and keeps the midfield ticking by keeping every neat and tidy

Dan Spill Another new addition to the squad this year ‘Spilly’ brings a wreath of Toolstation experience most recently with Bishop Sutton, good footballer who adds some flare to the midfield, also has an eye for goalde and keeps the midfield ticking by keeping every neat and tidy

Jacob Saunders New addition to the squad this season, he can play as wide player or through the middle, good attitude with a lot of pace and aggression

HANHAM ATHLETIC history Hanham Athletic FC are one of the oldest clubs in the Bristol area. The Gloucestershire Football Association recognises the club as being founded in 1896, but the club's establishment is believed to have been much earlier. During the 19th-century Hanham was a small mining village bordering the south east of Bristol, and in the club’s early days the players lived locally, many of them coming to play straight from a shift in the pits. A tradition and history which is still recognised today with the club’s nickname 'The Miners'.

We are a committee led Community Amateur Sports Club that manages Men’s football teams across a number of leagues, leases and maintains the sports pavilion and grounds of Hanham Athletic FC – titled The Hallet Construction Pavilion.

Over the years we have offered the opportunity for regular football to thousands of boys and men, with c.100 people signing on to our books each year. We were founder members of the Gloucester County League in the late 1960s and have previously very successfully played county league football for many years with a proud history of honours and promotions. We run our First, Reserve and Vets teams and operate a talented Sunday team. We have, in the past, won awards for our grounds work and programmes.

We, many years ago - played in the FA cup, almost getting to Wembley, as well as the FA Vase during the 1970s. In 1980 the club started our own Charity Shield Competition running tournaments with 16 teams participating and we continue to run tournament and charity events almost every year. We are a family friendly club, with a strong social following, a determination to support people, and a huge passion for football.

Tom Morgan and Jason Side (aka Skinney & Sider) were appointed the management team of our our 1st Team for the 2021/2022 season and despite great efforts we were relegated to the Bristol Premier Combination League for the 2022/2023 season.

The 2022/2023 season for the HAFC 1st team was a resounding success as we won the Bristol Premier Combination League AND the League Cup – great work by all involed with the first team.

Thank you!

We would like to say a huge thank you to mapledean homes ltd for sponsoring our first team tracksuits

2023-24 kit sponsors

2023-24 sponsors

2023-24 sponsors

SQUADS Taylor Blaby Steve Clark Tommy Coleman Tom Cosheril Kane Fellows Fin Jones Tom Landon Danny Latham Charley Mason Oli Mason Dave Matthews Kane Sansom Alex Stephens Charlie Taylor Max Telling Aaron Underwood Bobby Walding

Shaun Enever

Jason Adams Joel Athena Sam Brown Leon Clayton Clarke Paul Coles Ty Fudgell Josh Gibbs Andy Nash Karim Rendall Jacob Saunders Jamal Simms Dan Spill Richard Wathan Finn Williams Luke Wiltshire Mitch Wise

Thank you for your support this season!