RHRFC v Hanham by ruardeanhillcc

VS hanmam athletic 27th APRIL 15:00

PYROTECHNICS AT FOOTBALL

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Severe burns, due to temperatures of up to 2,000°C

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CLUBOFFICIALS

Chairman WayneLewis ViceChairman GarethClowes ClubSecretary ZackColeman Treasurer MartinColeman President DaveElsmore VicePresidents NickMatthews MalcolmJones GarethClowes 1stTeamManager BobbyWalding ReserveTeamManager SidMartin ThirdTeamManager PhilCook GroundMaintenance PaulGibson ProgrammeDesigner&Editor AdamCole CONTENT 3Content 4OurHistory 5Wayne’sWorld 7LeagueTables 10Results/Fixtures 14OurSquad 16HanhamAthletic 20Sponsors 24Today’sTeams welcome

RUARDAEAN HILL

RANGERS HISTORY

RuardeanHillRangersplaytheirfootballonthehighestpointintheForestofDean,920 feetabovesealevel.

Formedin1919,RuardeanHillplayedintheoldForestofDeanleagueuntilitstermination inthelate1950’s.TheythenmovedintotheNorthGloucestershireLeagueandhave remainedthereinsomecapacityeversince.

RuardeanHillgainedtheirfirstpromotiontotheNorthernSeniorLeaguein1994/95and competedinthisleagueforseveralseasonsbeforebeingrelegatedin2001.They immediatelyregainedpromotionthefollowingyearonlytoberelegatedagainin2004. Inthe2011/12season,theyearnedalastdaypromotionbacktotheseniorleagueaswell asreachingthefinalofthe‘AmateurCup’.The2012/13seasonbroughttheclubitsfirst promotiontotheNorthernSeniorLeagueDivision1fromback-to-backpromotions.‘The Hill’finishedinthetopeightforeachofthenextthreeseasonsbeforefinallywinningthe Division1titlein2016/2017season.Theyscoredanincredible125goalsandconceded just34in35games.

RuardeanHill’scurrentfirstteamhasagoodmixtureof youth,fromouryouthteams,andexperiencefromthe samecoregroupofplayers.Thecoregroupplayers havebeenintheteamforabout10years.Theynow field3seniorteams;theclub’spromotionsowealotto

thedepthofitsotherseniorteams.

Theclubarenowcompetingintheir5thseasoninthe

MarcliffCountyLeaguehavingfinished9thand5thin theirfirsttwoseasons.Theyarenowfullycementedin theCountyLeagueandtheyarelookingtopushon andfinishashighaspossible.

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 GD PTS 1 Avonmouth 29 23 2 4 90 32 58 71 2 Stoke Gifford United 30 18 7 5 72 38 34 61 3 Rockleaze Rangers 29 16 7 6 84 30 54 55 4 Bromley Heath United 26 15 6 5 53 33 20 51 5 Frampton United 27 14 6 7 54 38 16 48 6 Little Stoke 29 12 5 12 54 45 9 41 7 Hanham Athletic 23 13 3 7 58 40 18 39* 8 Sharpness 25 10 5 10 36 40 -4 35 9 Ruardean Hill Rangers 28 8 8 12 52 63 -11 32 10 Wick 30 7 10 13 56 60 -4 31 11 Cheltenham Civil Service 30 9 3 18 30 61 -31 30 12 Broadwell Amateurs 28 8 4 16 35 54 -19 28 13 Almondsbury 26 7 5 14 33 54 -21 26 14 Gala Wilton 29 7 5 17 41 75 -34 26 15 Quedgeley Wanderers 26 8 2 16 26 67 -41 26 16 Hardwicke 27 5 4 18 32 76 -44 19

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

COUNTY LEAGUE TOP Scorers

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Bream Amateurs 16 12 1 3 52 14 38 37 2 Westbury United 17 11 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

league

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

premier

north Glos leagues NGL

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Harrow Hill 18 14 1 3 56 25 31 43 2 Redbrook Rovers 18 13 3 2 71 36 35 42 3 Westbury United Res 18 22 0 6 54 36 18 36 4 Whitecroft Res 15 11 1 3 63 12 51 34 5 Blakeney Res 16 7 1 8 31 45 -14 19* 6 Staunton & Corse Res 15 5 3 7 45 30 15 18 7 Lydbrook Athletic A 16 5 0 11 40 44 -4 15 8 Ruardean Hill Rangers A 15 4 3 8 42 49 -7 9* 9 Sling Res 17 3 0 14 38 86 -48 9 10 Rank Outsiders Res 16 2 0 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

north Glos leagues division three

20th-26th

CheltenhamCivilService 4-2 HanhamAthletic FramptonUnited 2-2 Almondsbury GalaWilton 0-0 BromleyHeathUnited Hardwicke 2-1 Avonmouth RockleazeRangers 4-1 LittleStoke StokeGiffordUnited 4-3 Sharpness Wick 3-0 BroadwellAmateurs Avonmouth 6-2 RockleazeRangers BromleyHeathUnited 3-1 BroadwellAmateurs Wick 0-1 Almondsbury

County LEAGUE results

County league fixtures

27th-3rd

Almondsbury v RockleazeRangers

BromleyHeathUnited v QuedgeleyWanderers

Hardwicke v FramptonUnited

RuardeanHillRangers v HanhamAthletic

Sharpness v BroadwellAmateurs

LittleStoke v Almondsbury

HanhamAthletic v QuedgeleyWanderers

Sharpness v GalaWilton

Almondsbury v FramptonUnited

Avonmouth v BromleyHeathUnited

HanhamAthletic 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

A top goalkeeper, who has been keeping us in games for manyyears.Properclubman.

TOMLANDON

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 GloucesterAthletic.

BOBBYWALDING

A hard working, committed player, who will never be outbattled.Clubcaptain.

connordallimore

A great character who can play anywhere central. Works hard and is good on the ball. New signing from Gloucester Athletic, who also has CountyLeagueexperience.

MATTCOOK

A great player to have in the squad. Works hard and will neverlettheclubdown.

TOMMYCOLEMAN

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 Towninrecentmonths.

KaneSansom

Into his second season with us now and has been an excellent addition, strong target man who will brings othersintothegame.

CharleyMason

Confidentontheballand neverstopsworkingforthe team.Leadsbyexample.First teamcaptain.

KANEFELLOWS

A natural leader who has recently started to rediscover his love for playing Quality on the ball and loves a challenge.

STEVECLARK

Back from a season with Lydney and is the goalscorer we ’ ve been missing. A pacey forward with an eye for goal, greattohavehimback.

tomcosheril

First season with the club, Tom has impressed in preseason. A quick winger who will cause defenders some problemsforsure.

CharlieTaylor

A young player with lots of potential and a great left foot. Keen to learn. Recently joinedfromSoudley.

maxtelling

A young talent, who will be playing his first season in Senior football Decent on the ball and not afraid to get physical.

OLLIEMASON

Ollie is an exiting young talent who is comfortable playing at fullback or on the wing. Dual signedwithPegasus.

tyAdams

Been a regular in the reserves for a few years now making several first team appearances, can play wide orthroughthemiddle.

danMatthews

Proper Clubman. Gives his all, displaying superb work ethic. His progress has been temporarily halted, whilst he recoversfromaninjury.

benball

Anenergeticand intelligentplayer,whohas impressedduringpreseason.Secondseasonin thefirstteam.Bagsofflair.

ALEXSTEPHENS

A young player with plenty of pace and energy. Has more time to play now he has finished University. Debut seasoninthefirstteam.

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JoelAthay

Youngladwhoplaysfullback,comfortableonthe ball,decentleftfootedplayer

JasonAdams

Captainandleader,wealthofToolstation experiencewithKeynsham.Greatadditiontothe squadseason

SamBrown

Brownercanandwillplayinanypositionofwhichis askedto Outstandinginsomanypositions Great attitude

NathanFlower

Experiencedplayerwhohasplayedatahigherlevel anotherwholovesatackle,keepsustickinginthe centreofmidfield

CallumMatthews

Experiencedgoalkeeperwhohasplayedat ToolstationandCountyleaguelevel,very comfortableontheballandhasgoodpositional awareness

JoshGibbs

Vicecaptain,alwaysvotedbesttrainerbutcan't finish.Lovesatackle,astrongtenaciousplayerwho playswithheartonhissleeve.100%everygameand becomingagreatallroundplayer

LukeWiltshire

Joineduslastseason,awelcomedadditiontothe squad,anothertenaciousplayer,gives100% Great attitude

MitchWise

Goodballplayingcentrebackwholovesalastditch tackle,outstandingatreadingthegameandpops upwiththeoddgoal

JasonSide

AssistantManager–BoxtoBoxplayer,keepsrunning andrunning Setsthestandardsofthemidfield,can alsofillinatfullback

TyFudgell

BoxtoBoxplayer,aplayerwithvastamountof experienceplayingahigherstandard strongand robustplayer

RichardWathan

Knownas“SirRichard”,don'tlethisMrNiceguylook foolyou,outandoutcentreback,nononsense. Goodadditiontothesquadlastseason

BrandonBarnes

Hisexperiencetotheteamispriceless,greaton theball,hispassingrangeisdifferentleveland hasawandofleftfoot.Greatadditiontothe squadin22/23season

PaulColes

Greatallroundplayer,whoworkshissocksoffor theteam,nevergivesteamstimetosettleonthe ball. Greatpersontohaveinthedressingroom.

CraigSperring

Theoldestplayerwithawealthofexperience, crackingattitudeandagreatvoicetohaveinthe dressingroom.Greattohaveonthe managementteam

BenFrancis

Anotherplayerwhohasagreatattitudeandhas Hanhambloodrunningthroughthem.Canplayin anumberofpositions.Greatontheballandhas goodpassingrange

JamieFry

Littleman'quickestplayerattheclub,great attitudeandworkshardfortheteam

DanSpill

Anothernewadditiontothesquadthisyear ‘Spilly’bringsawreathofToolstationexperience mostrecentlywithBishopSutton,goodfootballer whoaddssomeflaretothemidfield,alsohasan eyeforgoaldeandkeepsthemidfieldtickingby keepingeveryneatandtidy

KarimRendall

WealthofSouthernleagueandwesternleague experience,knowswherethegoalis.Alsohasthe quickesthattrickever!!Greatadditiontothe squadin22/23

JackKnight

Strikerwithaneyeforgoal,greatladtohave aroundthecluband agreatadditiontohaveto thesquadinthe22/23season

GeorgeLatham

Anotherladwithagreatattitudeanddecentlad tohaveinthechangingroom.Canplayfullback orcentreback.Decentleftpegonhim

JamalSimms

Strongboxtoboxcentremidfielder,powerful andhasgreatattitude.Anothergoodadditionto thesquadinthe22/23season

JackFry

‘Jocker’hasbeenatHanhamformanyyears,has agreatattitudeandkeepsthemidfieldtickingby keepingeveryneatandtidy

JacobSaunders

Newadditiontothesquadthisseason,hecan playaswideplayerorthroughthemiddle,good attitudewithalotofpaceandaggression

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.