Issue 12 Basford United by St Neots Town Football Club

Saturday 13th December 2025 3pm

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CLUB WELFARE OFFICER

GEMMA KEECH

My name is Gemma Keech and I am the Club Welfare Officer (CWO) for St Neots Town Football Club.

Each football club that offers youth and open aged football is required to have a Club Welfare Officer. I am responsible for ensuring the wellbeing of the children, young people and vulnerable adults who attend the club, whether that be within the Academy or players aged Under 18 in the First Team.

My role is to be the first point of contact for all club members and parents / carers regarding concerns for the welfare of anyone within the club that fall within this group.

St Neots Town Football Club have appointed me to this voluntary role because of my employment roles in Education and Children’s Social Care, and therefore my knowledge and experience in Safeguarding and Child Protection.

My aim to be an approachable person for young p parents or carers, as well as club members, wher concerns may arise. These issues may range from about not fitting in or feeling left out, an individua dangerous incident or situation, other adult or yo persons’ behaviour or more serious allegations a another person, volunteer, member or profession the Club.

Please feel free to email me on sntfcwelfareofficer@gmail.com if you have any concerns or wish to discuss an issue, however big or small.

Hunts FA Safeguarding Team can also be contacted on 01480 447484 or by emailing Safeguarding@HuntsFA.com.

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Long Eaton United (A) 06 December 2025

MATCH REPORT

Long Eaton United (A) 06 December 2025

At the other end Williams broke free, but his finish was poor, and then it was Davidson-Miller again the centre of a home attack, but this time Goff saved comfortably. St Neots introduced substitute Richard-Noel for the injured Stainsby and he arrived just in time to see Evan Garnett open the scoring for the home side after 66 minutes following neat play by Matthews. The lively Andrian Ankrah burst through the home defence but saw his effort blocked and then another home substitution saw the introduction of James Shaw another attacking player.

With ten minutes left Long Eaton struck another significant blow with their second goal. On a quick break from defence Dexter Walters spotted a gap in the visiting defence and burst through to claim the home sides’ second goal. St Neots then went on to the offensive in a bid to find some reward for their efforts introducing two late substitutes and in the resultant team shuffle Rhys Thorpe from deep in midfield produced the long pass forward to pick out Neo RichardNoel to score St Neots consolation goal from close range.

St Neots Town: Goff, Agemoh-Davies, Muyembe, Ankrah, Henderson, Parker, Obeng, Stainsby, Thorpe, Barnes, Williams

Subs: Richard-Noel (for Stainsby 62 mins), Gothard (for Agemoh-Davies 82 mins), Siek (for Williams 84 mins), Anderson, and Mawer.

Cards: Barnes (Y – 67 mins), Thorpe (Y – 76 mins)

Goals: Richard-Noel (87 mins)

Long Eaton United: Hartman, Finnerty, Duncan, Cotterill, Bucci, Miller, Hanson, Garnett, Walters, Taylor

Subs: Matthews (for Finnerty 46 mins), Shaw (for Miller 74 mins). Atwal (for Duncan 82 mins), Betts, and Pace.

Cards: Taylor (Y – 69 mins)

Goals: Garnett (66 mins), Walters (80 mins)

Attendance: 146

Referee: Richard Morris (Belper)

(John Walker)

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Dec 23rd 2017 - Kings Langley (H)

Southern League Premier Division

ST NEOTS TOWN 3 KINGS LANGLEY 2

After a five matches injury lay-off leading home scorer Dylan Williams returned to the St Neots line-up as second half substitute and hit a stunning goal of the match to earn full points for his side. It was no less than their overall performance deserved for having traded the first half blow for blow with an improving and determined Kings Langley side they dominated much of the second half but a combination of indifferent finishing, a solid and packed visiting defense, and two outstanding saves by visiting keeper Martin Bennett made the possibility of yet another draw the most likely outcome. However, St Neots have created the reputation of playing right up to the final whistle and their reward of another three points haul was a great start to the Christmas festivities. Despite Williams reporting fit, Manager Matt Clements kept faith with his line up from the previous match but his decision to bring on Williams for the exciting talent of Stefan Broccoli in a straight midfield swap proved to be a master stroke.There was also another five-star display in attack by Lewis Irwin and Dion Sembie-Ferris and one day their pace and commitment will be a significant factor in a large St Neots victory.

The home side got an early rude awakening when their visitors took the lead in the second minute with the first attack of the match. They won a corner on the left aimed by Brendan Ocran to the near post where defender Sam Tring swiveled to half- volley the ball into the roof of the net. St Neots hit back immediately and within three minutes Nabil Shariff got the ball in the opposition net but an Assistant Referee ruled that the ball had gone beyond the bye line before being crossed. In their next attack Luke Knight had two efforts blocked by defenders and then an effort from Stefan Broccoli was only just too high.However, St Neots continued to press and were level after 25 minutes when Lewis Irwin split the home defense leaving Dion Sembie-Ferris to advance on goal to slip the ball beyond the advancing Martin Bennett. Two minutes later the transformation was complete as Irwin rose high above defenders to head St Neots’ second goal from a Johnny Herd corner. Fortunes continued to fluctuate as ninety seconds after the scores were even again as Kieran Turner played Mitchell Weiss clear of square home defence and his hard and low cross was turned into his own net by Johnny Herd as he attempted to cover at the far post. Mike Emery who was seldom extended did save well from an Ocran free kick arising from an incident where the already yellow carded Liam McDevitt may have been fortunate to stay on the field after a clumsy challenge that concede the free kick. St Neots finished the first half with two more good efforts – a volley from Irwin that grazed the cross bar and a header from McDevitt that was also just too high.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Dec 23rd 2017 - Kings Langley (H)

If the second half was fractionally less exciting it was because the visiting side had far less to offer in terms of attacking play. Sembie-Ferris almost added to his first half goal on the hour, but Bennett made an outstanding full length save and the keeper then charged from his line to pick the ball off the toes of Nabil Shariff whose pace had seen him outwit his marker. With 25 minutes left the visitors seemed committed to sitting on the draw as they sent on all three permitted substitutes to adopt a more defensive approach.St Neots responded by introducing Dylan Williams who looked as though he had never been away. With fourteen minutes remaining a superb move down the left involving Sembie-Ferris ended with Bennett producing the save of the match to deny the unlucky Shariff. But St Neots stuck to their guns and after 82 minutes again from a Sembie-Ferris assist, Williams went outside one defender and inside a second to unleash a curling shot into the net for the match winning goal to lift St Neots up to eighth in the league table.

St Neots: Emery, Bradshaw, Herd, Knight, McDevitt, Wood, Wiltshire, Broccoli, Irwin, Shariff, Sembie-Ferris,

Subs: Williams (for Broccoli 62 mins), Sinclair (for Sembie-Ferris 90 mins), Marsh-Brown (for Irwin 90+5 mins), O’Malley and Butler.

Cards: McDevitt (Y – 23 mins)

Goals: Sembie-Ferris (25 mins), Irwin (27 mins), Williams (82 mins)

Kings Langley: Bennett, Connolly, Adebiyi, Tring, Johnson, Godfrey, Ocran, Gosling, Weiss, King, Turner

Subs: Codicote-Stevens (for Gosling 66 mins), Price (for Weiss 71 mins), Ward (for Ocran 73 mins), Alasan and Folarin.

Cards: Weiss (Y – 20 mins), King (Y – 90+2 mins)

Goals: Tring (2 mins), Herd OG (29 mins)

Attendance: 318

Referee: Carl Pearse (Colchester)

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The Wall is completely under cover and protected from the elements and the flowers/shrubbery are cared for and tended to on a daily basis by our dedicated grounds staff. We would like to thank Kite Utilities, Ballinger Construction and Oasis Promotions and Print for all their collective help in getting this project from an idea by Chairman Barry Cavilla to a quite splendid addition to our stadium.

Stainless steel wall plaques are now available for loving messages to be engraved in the following two options:

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