cLUB News

Tring Athletic Football Club All the latest news and views

Our Sponsors play a big part in allowing us to run our teams.

In these times of uncertainty, You can show your support by using their services.

Grass Roots Talk How the world has changed since our last game.

A good win against Wembley, a side which had beaten us in the away fixture before we decided to make some changes to the clubs ethos.

We thought those changes were radical, little did we know what lay ahead.

We now know that the season has been called to a halt and we start again next season.as we were. No promotion, relegation or changes to leagues.

Well that is subject to FA ratification.

We commiserate with all the teams who budgeted to get promotion and all the effort put in by the managers, players and committees to get them into a position to do this.

Our first team still sat in second place and with teams dropping points were still in with a shout for a play off place.

Also Cliff, Trevor and the players in our under 18 side who have been top of the league all season and looked favourites to win the title.

We are still deciding how many sides we will be running next season.

Financial restraints may mean we drop one or two possibly two of our sides but the remaining ones will be locally based as we have pledged to do.

We have managed to carry out the work required to keep our ground

Grading and you will notice a new walkway past the tree at the Rugby end.

Can we request that this is used as a walkway and not a raised viewing point.

A special mention to all of our sponsors at this difficult time. They have all stood by our decisions and we ask that you support them if needing one of the services they provide. Whether that be electrical work with NP Electrics Leasing a car from Greenfleets , taking advantage of an office close to home with The Home Office or being in need of a a solicitor with Machins.

We will bring you more updates in the coming weeks. Stay safe and we will see you all when this thing is over.

In the meantime inside there are a couple of quizzes to keep you amused.

A look back on our past

The 1999/2000 season proved to be one to remember. During the summer we spent over ?50k on building new changing rooms and extending the social and bar area.

That meant a total of over ÂŁ90k had been spent on improving the facilities at Miswell Lane since 1993. To mark the opening of the new changing rooms we played a Watford XI in front of a huge crowd of about 1,000 people. The game was Refereed

by Graham Poll and Graham Barber. We also expanded on the playing side with a third team being set up to particularly attract young players, a veterans side for explayers and a Ladies side. The season turned out to be the most successful in the Club's history. In addition to winning the Senior Division title by 11 points we also reached 5 finals. We won the Herts Charity Shield (beating Potters Bar Town 2-1), Herts Senior Centenary Trophy (Wormley Rovers 2-0) and the Cherry Red Books Trophy in its inaugural year (Bedmond Sports & Social on penalties after a 1-1 draw). We were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Letchworth in the Senior Division Cup and although we also reached the St Marys Cup final it was never played because of the backlog of fixtures. Our achievements were recognised by the South Midlands who awarded us the Houghton Regis Cup for achievements in outside competitions and Mick Eldridge, Ray Brimson and Richard Vincent were voted Managers of the Season. In 60 games in all competitions we lost on only 6 occasions, a remarkable achievement. Our other teams also enjoyed success with the Reserves reaching the Final of the Herts Intermediate Cup and the A Team in their first season finishing runners up in the West Herts Division 3.

Club Officials Life President Life Vice Presidents

Mick Eldridge BEM David Evans MBE, Barry Johnson, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stillwell, Alan Foskett, Pete Oakley, Keith Hamilton,

Chairman Programme Editor/ Vice Chairman Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Commercial Manager Match Secretary - South Midlands & Suburban Match Secretary - West Herts Registration Secretary Club Welfare Officers First Team Manager First Team Coaches Reserve Team Interim Manager A Team Managers Under 18’s Midweek Youth Under 17's Youth Manager EJA Under 15's Manager Sports Physio Football Co-Ordinator Press Officer Website Social Media Groundsman Facilities Manager Membership Secretary Kit Laundering Kit Manager Catering Bar Manager

Ian Butler Barry Simmons Robert Winter / Tony Stedman Tony Stedman Vacant Tony Stedman David Stacey Trevor Langley Kirsty McNeil / Trevor Langley Chris Juraszek, James Shaw To Be Confirmed Cliff Hercules Adam Rolfe, Josh Vise, Ian Butler Cliff Hercules, Trevor Hercules Alex Thompson Michael Churchill, Iain Lorimar Vacant Vacant Vacant Keith Eldridge Keith Eldridge Darrell Bodimeade Dave Stacey / Barry Simmons Mick Eldridge BEM Dee Vockins Paul Vockins Debbie Dunstan, Dave Stacey Tash Young

Committee Members Ian Butler (Chairman), Barry Simmons (Vice Chairman), Bob Winter, Tony Stedman, Neil Foskett, Debbie Dunstan, Mark Weston, Chris Juraszek, James Shaw, Keith Eldridge, Dave Stacey.

Supporting Tring Athletic FC since 2014 Insurance Reports Landlord Certification Commercial Lighting New Installations Emergency Call Out Contact www.np-electrics.co.uk hello@np-electrics.co.uk T: 01442 828315 M: 07917 100813

Quiz time Who were the top scorers (all completions) for the following clubs.

Date is the date of their last goal for the club.

Guess The Football Clubs:

Arsenal

228 goals 2013

Chelsea

211

2014

Everton

383.

1938

1. ☘

Liverpool

346.

1996

2.

Man City.

254.

Current

3. ⬇

Man United.

253.

2017

4. ⚫

Newcastle.

206.

2006

5.

Southampton. 227.

1982

Tottenham.

266.

1970

Watford.

186.

1992

6.

‍♂

⭐

7. ❤❤ 8.

9.

10.

‍♂♟ ‍♂ ‍♂ ‍♂

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

✝

❎

️

Thank you to all our advertisersHighlight Floodlights

Simon Mann.

Primo Barbers.

Cook Partnership

Heygates –Flour and animal feeds.

Telnik-Roofing

Power Rod-Drain Clearing.

Oakman Inns

John lambert car sales

Consultive

Grant & Stone

Answers to emogi Teams

1. Shamrock Rovers 2. Shelbourne 3. Southampton 4. Blackpool

Answers to goal scorers

5. LA Galaxy 6. Red Star Belgrade

Thierry Henry

7. Hearts

Frank Lampard

8. Manchester United

Dixie Dean

9. Wolverhampton Wanderers

Ian Rush

10. Roma

Sergio Aguerra

11. Swansea City

Wayne Rooney

12. Paris Saint Germain

Alan Shearer

13. Ajax

Mick Channon

14. New York Redbulls

Jimmy Greaves

15. Crystal Palace

Luther Blissett

Together we are the Future of our Club Help to keep the balance.

Support our Sponsors

Fans Supporters

Fans

Team Sponsors First Team

Reserves

A Team

U17’s & U18’s

Tring Athletic Quiz - April 2020 One entry per household via email to tringathleticfc@hotmail.com post to 12 Highfield Road, Tring, HP23 4DX or Whatsapp to 078 7634 7634 by Saturday 18th April 2020.

All answers can be found on tafc.co.uk or the website of our sponsors. £25 TAFC bar voucher for the winning entry. In the event of a tie, the winner will be chosen at random from the tied entries.

1.

Who was the first team’s top appearance maker in the 2009/10 season?

2.

Name the 3 top scorers for the first team in the 2014/15 season.

3.

How much land was purchased at Miswell Lane in 1958?

4.

Who won the 2018/19 manager’s player of the season for the reserves in 2018/19?

5.

How much is the weekly cash prize in the 100 club?

6.

At The Home Office you can hire the Boardroom for meetings - how many does it seat?

7.

How many stars are there in the Fund Star logo?

8.

What is the predominant colour of the fleet of NP Electric’s vans?

9.

When did Machins Solicitors start practicing under the Machins name?

If you find a “lost” Greenfleets branded golf ball, how many Titleist balls will they give you upon your first vehicle order?

Name

………………………………………….

Contact email / number

………………………………………….