Programme: Springfield FC (05/12/20)

CATHOLIC UNITED F O O T B A L L

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SPRINGFIELD FC | OLYMPIAN PREMIER DIVISION | SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER 2020 | 14:00 KO

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CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME: JAMES PAVIOUR

G

ood afternoon everyone & thank

Hopefully everyone enjoys the game this

you for reading the new online programme.

We decided this season that moving to digital programmes would allow us a wider reach, & the number of readers

afternoon; I think we have all missed football immensely.

Unfortunately current government tiering means the clubhouse remains closed, but there does seem to be an end to the pandemic in sight so let’s hope that can come soon

has been humbling. A huge thank you to

& in the meantime enjoy the return of

Rob Lilley & Tom Kearney for their efforts

football.

on all things media related; I honestly think all of our content is first class.

All the best,

INSIDE TODAY’S PROGRAMME 5

VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT: STUART MARSHALL

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MATCH PREVIEW: MICHAEL SAMMUT I/V

Pav Our season was gaining momentum throughout the club before the most recent lockdown, which was somewhat

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frustrating albeit necessary.

PLAYER SPONSORS

The match today versus Springfield FC will be a really tough test as it always

OPPOSITION FOCUS

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it. Earlier in the season we had a really competitive game at their place & I

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CLUB PERSON FEATURE: SCOTT CAMERON

suspect today will be no different.

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CATHOLIC UNITED HISTORY

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MATCH PHOTOS

CLUB INFORMATION CLUBHOUSE

OFFICIALS

The Len Forge Centre Eastwoodbury Lane Southend-on-Sea SS2 6UH

Belfairs Golf Club Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 4LR

President: Paul Marsh Chairman: James Paviour Secretary : Warren O’Neil Treasurer: Grace Harding Media Manager: Robert Lilley

HOME

AWAY

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HOME GROUND

VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT: STUART MARSHALL

I

would like to welcome everyone

games that will give us a good guide as

connected with Springfield FC &

to where we should be.

MANAGER SPONSORSHIP: RICHARD PIGGFORD

hope everyone has a safe trip to &

from the game.

I expressed to the boys before lockdown we were on a good run & we

With another lockdown complete &

need to continue that.

another month without football, it feels strange & like we are starting

Lastly I hope everyone enjoys the

again. Players have hopefully kept

game.

themselves fit & like me are ready to get going again. We have only managed one session which isn’t ideal & I believe this will have a negative impact on players & injuries.

Today’s game with prove a good test.

Springfield are well organised & although we beat them 3-0 before, I believe the game was closer than score line suggests. After the next five

EOFL PREMIER DIVISION

P

GD

PTS

UPCOMING FIXTURES

1

BASILDON TOWN

8

16

21

2

BUCKHURST HILL

7

16

21

3

CATHOLIC UNITED

8

3

14

Chingford Athletic (A) 12.12.20 / Premier Cup / 13:30 KO

4

SUNGATE

6

6

13

5

LEIGH RAMBLERS

8

3

13

6

HUTTON

6

5

11

Kelvedon Hatch (H) 19.12.20 / League / 14:00 KO

7

SPRINGFIELD

7

-7

8

8

CANNING TOWN

7

-4

7

Bishop’s Stortford Swifts (H)

9

SHENFIELD A.F.C

7

-4

7

02.01.20 / League / 14:00 KO

10

HAROLD WOOD ATHLETIC

7

-5

7

11

RAYLEIGH TOWN

6

-4

6

12

BISHOP’S STORTFORD SWIFTS

8

-8

6

13

KELVEDON HATCH

7

-13

4

14

OLD SOUTHENDIAN

6

-4

3

Harold Wood Athletic (A) 09.01.20 / League / 14:00 KO

TBC / League Cup / 13:30 KO

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Leigh Ramblers (A)

MATCH PREVIEW

MICHAEL SAMMUT INTERVIEW

This afternoon, Michael Sammut is set to play his 150th game for the club. The 27-year old, who opened the scoring last time out, discusses the season so far as well as the Hoops’ future How has the last month been & what

take our chances &

have you been doing to maintain

I think it has cost us

fitness?

in

I think this lockdown was a bit tougher

Hopefully we can pick

than the last & was only a month. I

up where we left off

have tried to get out running a couple

& get three points

of times during the week & every

today.

games

already.

Saturday was doing a seafront run with a few of the boys. I don’t actually mind

How do you see this

running which is unusual in our team.

afternoon’s playing

after

The latest lockdown felt untimely

four weeks off?

having built

It

successive

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match

out

momentum with victories

after

an

will

be

tough

for both teams as

indifferent opening to the season - is

nothing really compares to a match.

As you approach an appearance

that how you saw it?

I think fitness will play a major part.

milestone, what would you say

Yes, definitely we seemed to have

We’ve played Springfield already &

have been your most memorable

found our form after a mixed start. The

they are a good team so it won’t be

moments since debuting in February

last game against Rayleigh I thought

easy - we will have to start fast & work

2016?

we played really well but we need to

hard.

In my first full season I think winning

EVER-PRESENT

Michael Sammut has featured in 101 consecutive league matches for the Hoops since the start of 2016/17.

CLUB REVIEW

Prior to the second lockdown, the Hoops registered an unbeaten set of results & will be hoping to carry that momentum into this weekend’s matches.

The Reserves face lowly positioned opposition having swept aside Chingford Athletic Res. 5-1 to maintain their blistering start. Dropping down from the 1XI to secure minutes, Luke Trice was on target for the league leaders along with braces from James Warder & Franklin Craik - who extended his tally to 12 for the season.

A slight blow going into today’s fixture is absense of Joe O’Kane who suffered a broken collarbone during

the Essex Premier Cup against Harold Wood was

training before the latest period off. However, assistant

my favourite. The drive home still scars me today.

Eamonn Kearney is confident the Reserves can cope:

We were a league below at the time & I think it’s

“This season has seen an increase in squad depth with

when everyone started taking note of Catholic

players competing for positions across the starting XI.”

United straight after that. We’ve been lucky enough to win a few trophies since, winning the league the way we did with so many games towards the end

He added: “This with development of these players &

was a great season! The Anagrams Record Trophy

improved maturity, it has led to our positive start to

finals; especially Clapton was a great game with a

the season.”

great crowd. My favourite moments have to be Ellis Sands & Ed Collis going through the window at our old clubhouse & Dan Trenkel’s rant at Dan Williams mid-game away against Bishop’s Stortford still makes me laugh.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the rest of the season, what should this team be targeting as a successful campaign? Looking ahead, is moving up to Step 6 something you’d like to happen?

We need to finish as high as possible really, I’m not sure what happens with promotion, but we have aim to be in these positions. We’ve always done well in cup competitions so we will be disappointed if we don’t go on a run in the cups. I think moving into Step 6 is important for the club; we’ve seen clubs from our division move up & do well whether in the the club are ready behind the scenes & hopefully it’s something that can happen in the future.

SATURDAY RESERVES: SHENFIELD A.F.C RES. (H) Play Football / League / 14:00 KO SATURDAY ‘A’ TEAM: Landwick (H) Eastwoodbury Lane / League / 14:00 KO SATURDAY VETS: Ecko Whitecaps (H) Belfairs Park / League / 14:00 KO SUNDAY FIRST XI: Runwell Sports (A) Runwell S&S Club / League / 10:30 KO SUNDAY RESERVES: Sierra Nevada (H) Victory Sports / League / 10:30 KO SUNDAY ‘A’ TEAM: Power Town Res. (H) Victory Sports / League / 10:30 KO

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league or the FA Trophy/Vase competitions. I think

WEEKEND FIXTURES

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RHYS FATT SPONSORED BY:

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MATTHEW GIPSON

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HARLEY KEE

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EVERYTHING IN SPORT

MAX KENT

SCOTT KEYS

SPONSORED BY:

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CM INTERIORS

JOHN NUTMAN SPONSORED BY:

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THE OAK TREE VEGAN RESTAURANT

BRADLEIGH ROWLAND SPONSORED BY:

MICHAEL SAMMUT SPONSORED BY: BISHOPSGATE INSURANCE BROKERS

ELLIS SANDS

SIMON THOMAS

SPONSORED BY:

SPONSORED BY:

SIMON THOMAS

BARTLEY’S RUM KICK

LUKE TRICE

BRADLEY VAUGHAN

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OPPOSITION FOCUS

SPRINGFIELD FC After an untimely break having returned to winning ways pre-lockdown, Dan Williams’ side travel to Eastwoodbury Lane to face the Hoops again looking to secure their first away points of the season.

CLUB INFORMATION Founded: 1935 Joined League: 1980 Manager: Dan Williams

FORM GUIDE W - Shenfield A.F.C (H)

FROM THE ARCHIVES: 25.02.17 SPRINGFIELD 1-2 CATHOLIC UNITED In February 2017, a late header from

ing’ touch on Ellis Sands’ dangerous

Dan Trenkel sent Catholic United into

free kick from wide avoided the tie go-

the final four of the Senior League Cup

ing to extra time.

after edging past Premier League opposition Springfield at Arun Close.

D - Harold Wood (H) 2-2 / League / 24.10.20

L - Buckhurst Hill (A) 8-3 / League / 17.10.20

James Paviour’s side set up a semi final clash away against Kelvedon Hatch

2-1 / League / 31.10.20 Having comfortably negotiated the

aiming to avenge their Premier Cup

first three rounds against Upminster,

defeat a few years previously & reach

Roydon & Ryan respectively, scoring

the League Cup final for the first time.

14 goals in the process, the Hoops had already equalled their best return in a

However, Mike Dean’s first half dis-

competition they had perpetually un-

missal along with ruing missed op-

derperformed in.

portunities even with 10 men meant the Hoops would end the season

L - Catholic United (H) 0-3 / League / 26.09.20

L - Sungate (A) 1-0 / League / 19.09.20

The Division One side took the lead in

trophy-less for the first time under

the first half through Irish striker Aaron

Paviour’s reign.

Comerford who ended the campaign joint top scorer with 20 goals. Louis

Meanwhile Springfield would go on to

O’Sullivan responded for the hosts

win the league by six points, & a far su-

after the break before Trenkel’s ‘glanc-

perior goals difference.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS 26.09.20 PREM S’FIELD 0 - 3 HOOPS 09.01.19 PREM HOOPS 7 - 3 TOWN

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07.09.19 PREM S’FIELD 1 - 0 HOOPS 26.01.19 PREM HOOPS 7 - 2 S’FIELD 29.12.18 PREM S’FIELD 1 - 4 HOOPS

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CLUB PERSON FOCUS: SCOTT CAMERON Introducing Scott Cameron (below), current Minors chairman since the beginning of the season & mini Hoops coach, who continues the adventure following a decade long association with the club

I

joined the club in 2010 as a parent

the core of what we wanted to do. With

of two boys, Finlay & Liam, that

the support of everyone at the club,

wanted to play football & the hoops are obviously very special to me as a

we have created a real community club which is evidenced through the

Celtic fan. I became the manager very soon after joining & ran the team from U8s to U16s. The club used to have a

length of time that teams have stayed together. This has also shown that teams that stay together, win together

mini soccer secretary & I took on that role in 2011 & became secretary for whole club a few years later.

too & we have experienced cup finals at Great Wakering & Roots Hall as well as league victories & promotions across the club.

The main changes to the club started when we ceased having internal trials which allowed players, parents &

COVID-19 has obviously had a major effect on this season & it has been

coaches to feel more confident that the club had the best interests of all at

difficult to balance the desire to play football with ensuring we maintained

CUFC U13s: TABLE TOPPERS WITH FOOTBALL RESTARTING THIS WEEKEND

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all safeguarding protocols to keep everyone safe.

The committee & managers have worked diligently behind the scenes to ensure this has been carried out with minimal fuss & I sure there are still some challenges ahead.

HALF TIME QUIZ 01

WHO IS THE EXBLUES STRIKER?

The next step for the club is to embrace change, whilst maintaining our community perspective &

between Manchester United & Chelsea held?

Last month, Bodø/Glimt

first time in which country?

04 finals

How many World Cup goals did Diego Maradona score? 6 / 7 / 8

mini soccer, wildcats & transitioning our older players into the seniors.

From a personal point of view, my real pleasure now

05 &

Which former Leeds Liverpool player is manager of Oldham Athletic?

comes from coaching our mini Hoops along with those two little boys from 2010 that have matured into coaches themselves.

10-in-a-row & Scotland had qualified for the World

Where was the 2008

03 won the top flight for the

football for all, & it has been a real step forward to join forces with the seniors. In an ideal world, we would have a home to call our own that could act as a hub for our club & allow us to expand the offer from

I moved to Southend in 1998 just as Celtic stopped

02 Champions League final

06 NAME THE STADIUM

Cup in France. It will be with great excitement that I will be able to get the kilt out & watch a major tournament for the first time with my own boys. Just a shame that Celtic appear to have blown our very own 10-in-a-row dream.... but you never know.

ANSWERS: 01 CHRISTOPHE DUGARRY 02 LUZHNIKI STADIUM, MOSCOW 03 NORWAY 04 8 05 HARRY KEWELL 06 CITY GROUND (NOTTINGHAM FOREST)

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CATHOLIC UNITED HISTORY

C

atholic United has a long history of football in Southend-on-Sea,

PRESIDENTS 1959-65 Bishop George Beck 1965-78 Stan Groom 1978-96 Rev Fred Wall 1996-17 Tony Cotgrove 2017- Paul Marsh

CHAIRMANS 1959-60 Joe Persighetti 1960-65 Stan Groom 1965-66 John Mudd 1966-81 Glen Foy 1981-83 Martin Britt 1983-85 Chris Sexton 1985-93 Tony Cotgrove 1993-97 Kevin Wall 1997-01 Keith Exley 2001-11 Paul Marsh 2011-18 Chris Knight 2018- James Paviour

Celtic kit to be on general sale.

originally known in the 1930’s as Southend Catholic & then later as Catholic Athletic.

Foy did not hear from Celtic for about two weeks, when out of the blue a parcel containing a brand new strip arrived, together with a letter wishing

Catholic United, as we now know it, was founded in 1959 during a meeting

Catholic United every success. The first time the kit was worn (below) was in

at Sacred Heart Church Hall. Joe Persigetti was elected the first Chairman

the prestigious 1968 Walton Cup final played at Roots Hall, where Catholic

& his nephew Tony Cotgrove later became club president in 1996. The

United beat Haden United 2-0 to claim the trophy for the second time in as

family tradition within the Club has remained throughout time.

many years. It was then decided in our gratitude to Celtic it would be written into the club’s constitution that our club colours would always be the world famous green & white hoops.

Originally the club played in white shirts and black shorts, but there was soon a desire to make the club more easily recognisable from other teams by its colours. Our chairman

The club played its early football at Nazareth House, which was then an

at the time, Glen Foy wrote a letter to the Celtic Football Club chairman, Bob Kelly, asking if we could buy a kit from them with an accompanying ex-

orphanage. This was possibly the time when the teams were best supported as all the children would watch. Like Wellstead Gardens in its prime before

planation for the reasons behind the request. Also in those days, the manufacturer Umbro would not allow the

the club were evicted in 2018, Nazareth House was regarded as one of the best pitches in the area & was unfortu-

nately lost to the building of St Helen’s primary school in the early 1970’s.

BACK-TO-BACK WALTON CUP WINNERS

Despite continuously moving between grounds, the club were ready to take the quality of football on offer to the next level. In 2009, the club was accepted to play in the prestigious Essex Olympian League (Step Five), & having worked up through the leagues, Catholic United were crowned Premier Division champions in 2018 at the first attempt.

In recent years, prolonged cup runs have become a feature in the season calendar, with consecutive victories coming in the 2017/18 & 2018/19 Anagram Records Trophy - a competition devised of clubs from Essex, Hertfordshire & Middlesex at the equivalent

2017/18 PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPIONS & ANAGRAMS RECORD TROPHY WINNERS

level. Last season, the Hoops competed in the FA Vase for the first time beating Essex Senior League side Clacton FC 6-1 in the first qualifying round.

SBC Premier Division (2): 1968-69, 1969-70 SBC Division One (1): 1964/65, 2000/01 SBC Walton Cup (2): 1966/67, 1967/68 SBC Charity Cup (4): 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94 SBC Division Three (1): 1962/63 EOFL Premier Division (1): 2017/18 EOFL Division Two (1): 2015/16 EOFL Division Three (1): 2014/15 EOFL Challenge Cup (1): 2018/19 Anagrams Record Trophy (2): 2017/18, 2018/19

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CLUB HONOURS

At the start of the 2020/21 season, the club announced they will be working alongside MIND to help raise vital awareness for mental health.

Did you attend St Thomas More High School?

Are you, or have you ever been a teacher there?

If the answer to either of these questions is YES then there’s a website and a Facebook site just waiting for you to visit them.

Check out

www.stmalumni.co.uk and

www.facebook.com/stmalumni.southend.7 We wish Catholic United every success for the 2020/2021 season.

GAMES PLAYED

W4 D2 L2

GOALS BREAKDOWN

FIRST TEAM NUMBERS SCORED

15

OPEN PLAY: 8 SET PIECE: 4 PENALTY: 3

DISCIPLINARY

6

YELLOW

1

RED

HAT-TRICK HERO

Approaching a year to the day, Luke Trice’s treble - including a superb long range effort - against today’s opposition steered the Hoops to a 7-3 victory at the Len Salmon Stadium. Continuing his scoring form against Springfield, the 19-year old made it four in two earlier this season.

1

SIN BIN

STATISTICS UPDATED AS OF 04/12/20 GOALKEEPERS

Apps (Sub)

C/S

Assists

LOUIS GODWIN-GREEN

8

3

0

DEFENDERS

Apps (Sub)

Goals

Assists

TED BUCHANAN

2

1

0

MATTHEW GIPSON

0 (2)

0

0

PATRICK KEARNEY

7

0

0

SCOTT KEYS

0 (2)

0

0

JOHN NUTMAN

2 (1)

0

0

LOUIS ROBINSON

4 (2)

0

1

ELLIS SANDS

6

1

0

SIMON THOMAS

8

1

0

BRADLEY VAUGHAN

1

0

0

MIDFIELDERS

Apps (Sub)

Goals

Assists

JACK HOLLOWAY

0 (1)

0

0

THOMAS KEARNEY

4 (4)

0

1

HARLEY KEE

6 (1)

2

1

MAX KENT

7

0

4

CALLUM MATTHEWS

3 (4)

0

0

MICHAEL SAMMUT

8

1

0

BRADLEIGH ROWLAND

3 (2)

3

1

LUKE TRICE

2 (4)

1

1

FORWARDS

Apps (Sub)

Goals

Assists

AARON BALDWIN

6 (2)

3

3

RHYS FATT

2 (5)

0

0

RON HOBBROUGH

3 (1)

2

1

ALFIE LINDFIELD

5 (2)

0

2

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LATEST RESULT Rayleigh Town (H) 31.10.20

Premier Division

3-1 SAMMUT (13) ROWLAND (58, 66)

MOSS (79)

Starting XI (3-4-3): Godwin-Green; Thomas, Nutman, Sands; P. Kearney, Kee, Sammut, Kent; Rowland, T. Kearney, Baldwin Substitutes: Fatt, Holloway, Keys,

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Matthews, Robinson

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CATHOLIC UNITED LOUIS GODWIN-GREEN (GK) AARON BALDWIN TED BUCHANAN RHYS FATT JACK HOLLOWAY PATRICK KEARNEY THOMAS KEARNEY HARLEY KEE MAX KENT CALLUM MATTHEWS JOHN NUTMAN LOUIS ROBINSON BRADLEIGH ROWLAND MICHAEL SAMMUT ELLIS SANDS SIMON THOMAS

SPRINGFIELD FC DENZEL ADEBIYI NAVEEN ARAIN JOSHUA BARDOULEAU RYAN BATCHFORD LEWIS CHAPMAN JACK CLARKE ANDREW ELGAR HARRISON ELLES OLIVER EVANS JACK GIFFORD ALFIE HALLIDAY THOMAS HAYES JACK SAMUEL MUNDY CHARLIE NICHOLS TOM READ DAVID WAREHAM JNR JOE WILLIAMS

SQUAD LIST BASED OFF THE PREVIOUS TWO GAMES

NEXT HOME FIXTURE: KELVEDON HATCH (LEAGUE) SATURDAY 19th DECEMBER

OFFICIALS:

OTHER LEAGUE FIXTURES:

REFEREE: MATTHEW POINTER

BASILDON TOWN v HUTTON

ASSISTANT: GUY PELL-ILDERTON

BISHOP’S STORTFORD SWIFTS v OLD SOUTHENDIAN

ASSISTANT: BILLY STEVENS

CANNING TOWN v HAROLD WOOD ATHLETIC KELVEDON HATCH v SUNGATE LEIGH RAMBLERS v SHENFIELD A.F.C RAYLEIGH TOWN v BUCKHURST HILL