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Grass Roots Talk Good Afternoon and welcome to The Grass Roots Stadium for this Spartan South Midland Premier Division tie. Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Hillingdon Borough to Tring, we hope they enjoy their short stay with us, and have a safe trip back afterwards. We also give a warm welcome to our match officials- Jeff Aldous and his assistants-Mark Sage & Jack Scott Today's match is sponsored by one of Vice Presidents and ex-players Pete Oakley and we would like to thank Pete for his continued generous support. We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. We now look forward to the second half of the season. Our guests today are not having the best of seasons so far and at present are propping up the table. However our game back in September in the reverse fixture was a close affair when we got the winning goal in the 93rd minute. They will be out to gain revenge for that result and to try and move up the league to safety. It you look at their history, it is a shame to see them in this position. We lost again last Saturday by the odd goal at Colney Heath. Always a difficult place to go to but after some good results against the top sides, we would have hoped to have got something from that game. The reserves also lost against Carshalton this time 2-0. They are now struggling for a result but are putting in some fine performances against some very good sides. Tuesday we welcome what have become a bit of a bogey side to us-Holmer Green, when we will hope to get a result at last after two cup defeats this season. To keep up with all our teams results, fixtures and general club news. Don't forget to visit the web site. www.tafc.co.uk
TRING ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB *Charter Standard Club* The Grass Roots Stadium, Pendley Sports, Centre, Cow Lane, Tring, Herts. HP23 5NS Tel. No; 01442 891144 Website: www.tafc.co.uk email; tringathleticfc@hotmail.com Members of:
Molten Spartan South Midland Football League. Hertfordshire Football Association. West Herts Football Association. Suburban Combination League. Under 15 Wycombe Sunday League . Under 18 Southern Floodlit Corinthian League
President Life Vice Presidents
Chairman Programme Editor/ Vice Chairman Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Commercial Manager South Midlands & Suburban. Leagues. Match Secretary Match Secretary-West Herts Registration Secretary Club Welfare Officer Club Coach First Team Managers Reserve Team Managers
A Team Managers. B Team Managers Under 18’s Youth Under 15’s Youth
Sports Therapist. Press Officer. Groundsman Membership Secretary. Kit Laundering. Catering
Position closed Ralph Griffiths/Geoff Gaut Darrell Bodimeade Mick Eldridge. Dee Wells. Jack Winter, Morgan Weston, Matt Stacey, Gill Eldridge & Sandra Foskett.
Cleaning Committee Members.
Amanda Stacey & Alison Parker. Ray Brimsom, Keith Eldridge, Paul Humphreys, Andy Ayres, Mark Weston, Richard Vincent.
David Evans MBE Barry Johnson, Bob Allum, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stilwell. Alan Foskett. Pete Oakley Mick Eldridge. Barry Simmons. Robert Winter Keith Hamilton. Dan Barnett Tony Steadman David Stacey. Trevor Langley Trevor Langley vacant Julian Robinson, Ian Richardson. Colin Philips & Chris Juraszek, Stuart Stedman Vacant Steve Alford & Phil Monaghan Nick Seaton & Matt Hayward Graham Poll & Ian Butler
Tring Athletic Football Club CLUB HONOURSWEST HERTS LEAGUE 1961/2: Champions Division 1 1964/5: Champions Division 1 1965/6: Champions Division 1
1962/3: R/U Division 2 (Res)
Winners WH-Challenge Cup
1971/2: R/U Division 1, R/U Apsley Senior Cup Champions Division 2 (Res.) 1972/3: R/U Premier Division, R/U Premier Res (Res) Winners Marsworth Cup (Res.) 1983/4: R/U Division 1 1985/6: R/U Division 1 1986/7: R/U Watford Peace 1987/8: R/U Apsley Senior Cup 1993/4: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.) 1994/5: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.) 1999/0: R/U Division 3 (A Team) 2000/1: R/U Division 3 (B Team) 2001/2: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (A Team) 2002/3: R/U Division 2 (A Team) 2009/2010 Winners Sir Stanley Rous Challenge Cup (B Team) 2012/13 A Team winners Watford Peace Memorial Shield
SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE1994/5: R/U Senior Division Cup 1996/7: Winners St Mary’s Cup 1997/8: R/U Senior Division Champions Reserve Division 2 (Res) 1998/9: Winners- St Mary’s Cup Winners- Senior Division Cup 1999/0: Champions Senior Division. Winners- Herts. Charity Shield . Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy. R/U Senior Division Cup. R/U Herts. Intermediate Cup (Res.). Finalists: St Marys Cup (not played). Winners- Houghton Regis Cup. Winners-Managers of the Year. 2000/1: Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy Winners- Reserve Division 1 (Res.), Winner-Best Playing Surface 2001/2: Winners- Herts. Charity Shield Winner-Best Playing Surface 2002/3: Winners Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Division 1 Cup, R/U Cherry Red Books Trophy, Winner-Best Playing Surface 2004/5: Winners- St Mary's Cup, Finalists of South Midlands Floodlit Cup 2007/8: Winners-Herts Charity Shield 2008/09 Winners- South Midland League Challenge Trophy. Winners- South Midland League Premier Div. Cup. Winners- St.Mary’s Cup
LADIES2005/2006: TVCWL- Runners up. League cup finalist 2006/2007: North London Div 2 Runners up 2007/2008: North London Div 1 Runners up 2011/2012: Winners- Greater London Women’s Football Northern Div., County Cup Finalists
History of Tring Athletic: Formed in March 1958 by a group of local men who contributed app. £2,000 towards the cost of the land, fencing, changing rooms etc .Players, Committee members and friends carried out the work while the team played on another pitch. Originally formed for youngsters under the age of 21, the team won many trophies in the West Herts. Div. 3 including the Div. 1 title 3 times in 5 years, often playing against adult sides.
The 70’s/80’s The Club went through a lean time and it was decided to scrap the upper age limit. Many former players returned which resulted in another successful period in the early 1970’s. Many fine players turned out for the Club and went on to play for professional/senior clubs. In the mid-seventies the Club nearly folded and the ground was sold to the Council. The reserves were disbanded and the First team dropped down through the leagues. It was decided to turn to youth again. This formula enabled the Club to work back through the leagues and by 1986 we were competing in the Premier Div. and the reserves were resurrected.
South Midlands-The 90’s. In 1988 the Club joined The South Midlands and as a result gained Senior status with The Herts. FA In 1989 we entered in a 3 year ground sharing agreement with Tring Town. In 1992 the first team moved back to Miswell Lane, where the Reserves had continued to play. The side established itself in The South Midlands and gained promotion to the newly formed Senior Div. in 1993. In 1994/5 season, the First Team reached the final of the Senior Div. Cup While the Reserves were finalists in the Apsley Junior Cup for the second year running. In 1996/7 after leading the Div. for the whole season, some poor results at the end found us finishing 3 rd. We also reached the semi- final of the Herts. Charity Shield and won the St. Mary’s Cup beating 5 Senior sides including Isthmian League Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Town In 1997/8 after winning the last 14 games we lost out on the Title on goal difference of 2. The Reserves won their league by 10 points winning every home game. The following year we won the South Midlands Senior Div. Cup and also The St. Mary’s Cup for the second time, defeating neighbours Tring Town in the semi-final in front of a crowd of 350, mostly Athletic supporters. In the league after suffering just one defeat in 28 games, we finished 3 rd. The 1999/2000 season proved to be one to remember. £ 50k was spent on new changing rooms and extending the Clubhouse and over 1000 people turned up to watch a Watford X1 refereed by Graham Barber and Graham Poll.. We also formed a third team a Vets side and a Ladies team. The season turned out to be our most successful. Not only winning the Senior Div. by 11 points, we also reached 5 finals. Winning The Herts. Charity Shield, Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy and the Cherry Red Books Trophy in it’s inaugural year. We were narrowly beaten 1-0in The Senior Div. Cup and the reached Final of the St. Mary’s Cup which was never played because of a back log of fixtures. We were awarded the Houghton Cup for achievements in outside competitions. The Management team were also voted Managers of the season. We lost only 6 out of 60 games all season. The Reserves reached the Final of The Intermediate Cup and the A Team finished runners up in the West Herts. Div.
The New Millennium
We continued our success into the new one (2000/01) by retaining the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy (again beating Wormley Rovers 2-0) and the Cherry Red Books Trophy (Virginia Water 1-0). The Reserves won the League title and a newly formed B Team claimed the runners-up spot. The following season (2001/02) we won the Herts. Charity Shield for the 2nd time beating Letchworth 4-1. The A Team reached the Apsley Junior Cup final and the B Team won the sporting award.
Season 2002/03 – More success followed as we capture the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy for the 3rd time, to
become the first club to do so. We finished 3rd in the table and won the League Cup for the 2nd time, to make 12 major trophies in 7 years. We were also finalists in the Cherry Red Books Trophy. The A Team finished runners up as did the Under 16's in their first season, the B Team won the sporting award for the 2nd year running and the Ladies had a great run in the Women's FA Cup. For the 3rd year running Darrel Bodimeade won an award for the best playing surface, which is just reward for the tremendous job he does for the club.
Season 2003/04 –Following our failure to secure floodlights at Miswell Lane we entered into an historic alliance with Tring Town to play our first and reserve team football in season 2004/05 at Pendley where lights are already in place. The main focus was to be to raise the funds needed to build a new Clubhouse, the previous building burnt down in March 2003. Miswell Lane will be retained and will be used by our A, B, and Ladies sides. This new arrangement with Tring Town secured senior level football in the town.
Season2004/05 – New season at a new ground in a new division with fantastic facilities. First team finished 6th in the Premier Division and also won the St Mary's Cup for the 3rd time defeating Hemel Hempstead in the Final. We were also Runners Up in the South Midlands Floodlit Cup Final losing on penalties to Oxhey Jets. Played in the F A Vase for the first time.
Season 2005/6 –The Club entered the F A Cup for the 1st time in its history but was defeated in the prelim round. In a disappointing season the highlight was a victory over Watford in the Herts Senior Trophy with a large crowd enjoying a 1-0 win. Defeat in this competition came at the hands of Stevenage Borough of the Conference league
Season 2006/7-The first team finished mid table after a difficult start to the season. Went 3 rounds in the e.on FA Cup, losing to Kings Lyn, the biggest side in the competition at that time. The events of the year however came after the season had completed. Mick Eldridge and Ray Brimsom stepped down as first team managers after 17 years. Ron Brimsom also after 16 years decided to hand over the reigns and our Hon. Secretary Ralph Griffiths also stood down after 25 years in that position. A wealth of experience which thankfully will not be lost, as they are all staying on in some capacity.
Season 2007/2008-.The new management team of Phil Casserley and Terry Nightingale ended in glory at The County Ground, Letchworth, with the First Team lifting The Herts. Charity Shield for the 3 rd time.
Season 2008/2009- A reasonable league campaign saw the first team finish in 8th position. However in true Athletic tradition, it was in the cups in which we excelled, reaching 4 semi-finals. After being 4-2 up with just a few minutes to go, 3 late goals meant the first one slipped away. This strengthened the resolve of the whole team and in a remarkable last seven days of the season, three trophies were gained. Winning the League Challenge Trophy and Premier Div. Cup for the first time and also defeating local rivals Leverstock Green to pick up the St. Mary’s Cup for the 4th time Ex-player, Ben Williams re-joined the club as reserve team manager mid season and will lead the side in the Suburban League next season.
Season 2009/2010- After last season’s tremendous cup haul, this year the first team finished without a trophy. However they finished third in the league, the highest position the club’s history so far. With the ground getting the higher ground grading required, the management and players will be hoping to put in a challenge for the title in 2010/2011. The B Team did pick up some silver ware winning The Stanley Rous Challenge Cup at Hemel Hempstead Town’s ground.
Season 2010/2011- The first team finished runners up in The Premier Division. They also won The St. Mary’s Cup beating Leverstock Green in the final and reached the final of The Floodlite Cup, losing 2-0 to Royston Town
Season 2011/2012- With a new Management set up and several new faces in the First team, we were pleased to finish in the top six and reach 3 cup semi-finals. All our sides performed well, with one of our youth sides going through the league season undefeated. The ladies won their league and reached the final of the County Cup, losing to Arsenal reserves.
- Mixed season with the 1st team winning their initial F A Cup tie at Bedfont and then losing in the next round to Ashford Town after a replay, in the F A Vase we lost at first hurdle to FC Romania. In the League we finished just below half way, lost on penalties to Hadley in the semi final of the Premier Division Cup and were finalists in the St Mary's Cup losing to local rivals Berkhamsted. The "A" Team, under Dave Adamson and James Bevan won the West Herts Peace Memorial Cup for the first time in the Club's history. Unfortunately the Ladies team withdrew from their league through lack of players. SEASON 2012/2013
SEASON 2013/2014 -First team had a good run in The FA Vase and finished mid-table. Reserves finished
runners up on goal difference and won promotion to the Premier Division. Club purchased the Free-Hold of the ground and second pitch to ensure future football in the town.
Hillingdon Borough Football Club - History Founded in 1872 following a meeting of eight local businessmen, Yiewsley F.C. was the forerunner of the modern-day club, changing its name to Hillingdon Borough in 1964 following the formation of the London Borough Councils. The Club flourished in the sixties and seventies with its' main achievements being the FA Trophy Finalists in 1970-71 and the Southern League Runners-up to Cambridge United in 1968-69. The 1984-85 season saw a major downturn in the Club's fortunes with the sale of the Leas Stadium. The original Southern League Club is subject of a recorded history book (1872-1985) by Leigh Edwards , David Shute and Mike Hunter In 1985-86 a merger with Burnham F.C. was not enough to save the Club from extinction and in 1987 the name of Hillingdon was lost completely. A gap of almost four years left the Borough in the wilderness with no ground and no effective leadership or finance. Hillingdon Borough F.C. was re-formed in 1990 when officials of the Chiltonean League side, Bromley Park Rangers, took over the Ruislip F.C. Ground at Breakspear Road and together with four of the former Hillingdon Borough directors, formed the new club - Hillingdon Borough (1990) F.C. The four directors stayed for two seasons and it was then left to the nucleus of Bromley Park Rangers Committee Members to carry on. To help realise the potential of the club, the club purchased the 12 acre site at Middlesex Stadium with a view to developing the site, arena and training facilities A new company, Staravis Ltd., was formed and one of the first major projects was to turn the pitch through 90 degrees to have sufficient space around the pitch and ground to meet the higher league requirements. This involved removing some 50 trees, repositioning 3 of the floodlights, re-draining and relaying the lower half of the pitch. Further work was completed with a concrete wall to surround the Ground. Progress since has been slow and sure. Unfortunately, the infamous red tape problem reared its ugly head, and progress was temporarily halted pending several open enquiries and Council approvals. Finally, the official go ahead was given and The Directors of the Club have worked tirelessly since to push this project forward and raise the necessary finances. The first stage of re-development was completed in November 2004 when the present owner assisted the club by building and launching ‘Astro1’ a state of the art full size Astroturf pitch utilising third generation materials which make it one of the best training facilities in the area. Continued work goes on into progressing the development plans which should include, ground improvements including a new stand and Covered standing terraces, landscaped grounds to house several mini soccer, youth and an additional senior pitch, an extended club house & functions area together with improved car parking and a tree planting scheme will be initiated. The summer of 2005 and 2006 saw work on improvements to the stadium which eventually achieved the ‘D’ grade now required by Level 4 Clubs.
On the football side, the work in the first season in 1990 was towards gaining entry into The London Spartan League which was achieved. Honours for the club were hard to come by, however a purple patch in the late 90’s saw the Club winning the Spartan League Cup in 1997 whilst being runners up in the London Senior Cup a few weeks later. In consecutive seasons of 95/96 and 96/97 Hillingdon Borough was runner up in The Spartan League just missing out on the Championship by the smallest of margins. The Youth Section of the Club was formed in 1990, when four teams broke away from
Alpine F.C. and in later years were joined by teams from Hillingdon Eagles. With the introduction of our Saturday morning Coaching School, the Youth Section has gone from strength to strength with many players progressing through our successful Under 18 set-up to play for the First Team. The amalgamation of The Spartan & South Midland Football League in the late 90’s produced a stronger football League & our first major success was achieved at the end of the 2004/2005 season when the Club defeated London Colney in the Final of the Spartan South Midlands League Challenge Trophy by 4-1 on an excellent night for the club at Hanwell Town FC. This was co-incidentally achieved exactly eight years to the day of their last cup success. Season 2005/06 saw the club go from strength to strength and both teams, the one on the field and the one off the field, ensured a return back up the pyramid to the newly formed Southern League Division One South & West following the successful ground grading, PLUS an unprecedented appearance in the FA Vase Final at St Andrews, Birmingham City FC against Cheshire side Nantwich Town. Although suffering a 3 – 1 defeat, the season will be long remembered for our great cup runs and league campaign, finishing runners up to Oxford City in the League on goal difference and also runners up in the Challenge Trophy and Floodlit Cup. Two years followed in the Southern League South and West Division, culminating in winning the Southern League Cup against Cleveden, in a two legged affair, having already beaten three other Premier Division sides on the way to the final. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, we lost our sponsor just before the start of the season, and without a budget, we also lost manager Steve Ringrose and virtually all of the players who had given us success. We played Enfield in the Final of the Middlesex Charity Cup, left over from the previous year. With a completely new team we put up a good show before losing in extra time. We were switched to the Ryman League where we struggled to compete. Half way through the season Steve Hale was appointed as First team manager and although he produced a good team it was not enough to stave off relegation, and we returned to the Spartan South Midland League for the 2009/10 season. After the resignation of Steve Hale after a run of disappointing results, John Nolan was appointed manager in mid season, his reign, however was short lived and Gary Meakin, along with Steve Emanuel were drafted in towards the end of the season. They had to draft in a whole new squad of players and managed to stave off relegation with a late run of wins. In the following summer, Hillingdon Borough came within inches of folding entirely when the club Chairman, Gamdoor Dhaliwal resigned and the remaining committee were left leaderless and without a penny. Fortunately Mick Harris, (a local business man and father of Ben Harris who played at Birmingham in the FA Vase final) stepped in and filled the void. Gary Meakin continued as first team manager for the 2010/11 season and started well, although results declined into the winter. With just two months left of last season to play, Meakin left to take the vacant Northwood job and left the club in a world of trouble, having only 8 days left to sign any new players. Steve Hawkins took on the role of caretaker manager and brought Jess Smith to the club as his assistant. The pair did a fantastic job, under very difficult circumstances and Jess Smith was soon after given the opportunity of being the first team manager for the 2011/12 season and finished a respectable 10th place and took the club to its first cup final since 2008. Jesse and Gary unfortunately resigned early on in their second season and Jason O’Conner and football icon winner Sam Hurrell stepped in to fill the position.
PREVIOUS GAMES v HILLINGDON BOROUGH
Previous Games 2004/05
Home
Drew
3-3
Skyers, Johnson, Stedman
Lost
2-3
Williams 2
Won
2-1
Williams, Martin
Home
Lost
0-1
Away
Lost
1-3
Wort
Won
2-1
Duncan, Martin
Away Home 2005/06
(Cup)
2006/07
Away
2009/10
Home
Won
5-0
Burfoot 3, Gray, Mullins
Away
Won
4-0
Burfoot, Ellis, Addison, Franklin
Lost
1-3
Iannone
Home
Won
3-2
Redford, OG, Court
Away
Won
2-0
Redford, Mullins
Home
Drew
0-0
Away
Won
4-0
2010/11
Home
2011/12
2012/13
(Cup)
(Cup)
Away
(Cup)
Lost
0-1
Home
Won
2-0
Hall, C Salmon
Lost
0-4
Away 2013/14
Home
2014/15
Thomas, Jarvis, Hall, OG
1-2
Vardy
Away
Lost
Won
4-2
Vardy 2, King P, Skinner
Away
Won
2-1
Vardy, King
W
D
L
F
A
Our Record P
GD
Home
9
4
2
3
17
12
5
Away
10
6
0
4
21
15
6
Total
19
10
2
7
38
27
11
HB League Record 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 09/10
Prem Prem Prem Prem Prem
P 42 42 42 44 42
05/06
Prem
38
W D L F A 17 7 18 90 91 9 11 22 63 102 16 11 15 63 53 15 10 19 84 80 10 10 22 53 106 During this period in Southern League 28 4 6 80 41
GD -1 -39 10 4 -53
PTS 58 38 59 55 40
POS 11/22 19/22 10/22 16/23 18/22
39
88
2/20
Sat 27th Dec 2014-League Sponsored by Anthony Deer - Cambridge Motors, Hemel Hempstead www.cambridgemotors.net TAFC First team 0-1 Sun Sports EARLY MIX UP PROVES TO BE COSTLY After taking the scalp of league leaders Kings Langley in the previous game we had the opportunity to inflict similar damage to 2nd placed Sun Sports title hopes. But a defensive mix up presented Sun with an early goal and despite valiant efforts to get back on level terms we couldn't find a way through the visitor's solid defence. Only 15 miles along the A41 separates our two clubs but despite this geographical closeness this was the first ever league encounter between us. The visitor's form had faltered recently with just one win from their last four games but they are one of the League's highest scorers and were still very much in the hunt for the title so this was a testing match for our young guns. It was strange to see Matt Jarvis line up for Sun. Jarvo played 100 First Team games and scored 8 goals for Athletic and never gave less than 100%. We showed one change from the team that started against Kings Langley, with Chris Salmon returning after injury in place of Dan Steadman who was himself injured. There were also two changes on the bench with the unavailable Kieran Turner replaced by another up and coming youngster 17 year old Rob Tomlin and Sam Joliffe had served his one match ban and took his place amongst the subs. Despite Chris Salmon's return Stuart Stedman kept the Captain's arm band. With the festive season just over it was unfortunate that we should present our guests with a belated Xmas present after just 97 seconds. A rare misunderstanding amongst our defenders allowed a simple pass to reach Nathan Pooley who held off a challenge to fire his side into a very early lead. Score 0-1. It was a most unfortunate start but undeterred by this set back the players rolled up their sleeves and competed on an equal footing to our more loftier opponents. Stuart Stedman collected a cross from Luke Dunstan after a fine move down the right and created space for a shot, but the prospect of scoring in two consecutive games might have gone to his head because he fired his shot just over. Sun went even closer in the 18th minute when centre back Scott Bonner thumped a header from a free kick against the bar. There was little to choose between the two sides but our visitors probably just had the edge in terms of possession. They played a very high line and their keeper Ross Hampton had to race from his goal on several occasions to deny Chris Vardy. Our leading scorer did find the net in the 34th minute but the goal was disallowed for reasons that were not clear. Vardy didn't look offside but the Linesman did put his flag up straight away so perhaps it
was for a foul of some sort. In the 37th minute it was our turn to hit the woodwork. Luke Dunstan and Ollie Hogg linked up superbly down the right flank with the former finding the head of Vinnie Iannone with a accurate cross, but unluckily Vinnie's header hit the post and bounced away to safety. An even half came to a close but crucially Sun had a one goal lead to hold onto. Half Time: Tring Athletic 0 Sun Sports 1 We started the second period brightly with Chris Vardy and Stuart Stedman whipping over great crosses from the left across the Sun area which were crying out for a finishing touch. Neither keeper had been tested so far but Jack Hopwood got down quickly to save a header from Ashley Lewis. Taylor Collins came on for Vinnie Iannone and he was soon in the action, lashing a long range effort just wide. As the half progressed Sun dropped deeper to protect their slim lead, relying on break aways to try and catch us out. Jack Hopwood tipped a free kick away from goal and Stuart Stedman produced a couple of great tackles to stop Ashley and Carl Penny in their tracks. We were dominating possession and territory and for the last 15 minutes it was all one way traffic as we put them under pressure. Sam Joliffe came off the bench as did Rob Tomlin to make his First Team debut as we tried to shake things up. The players worked their socks off but couldn't find a way through the brick wall that Sun erected around their area and the visitors held on for a narrow 1-0 win. Full Time: Tring Athletic 0 Sun Sports 1 A disappointing result but Julian and Ian will be pleased that their young side competed on an equal basis with a Team seven places above them in the table and challenging for the title. In the end it was a unusual error from our normally reliable defence that proved to be the difference. Teams: TA: 1 Jack Hopwood 2 Ollie Butler 3 Kevin McManus 4 Chris Salmon 5 Luke Dunstan 6 Ollie Hogg 7 Ryan McMahon (16 Sam Joliffe 61) 8 Greg Deer (14 Rob Tomlin 67) 9 Vinnie Iannone (12 Taylor Collins 48) 10 Chris Vardy 11 Stuart Stedman. Sub not used: 15 Ryan Sturges. SS: 1 Ross Hampton 2 Gary Wallace (14 Liam James 79) 3 Matt Jarvis (15 Marcel Jones 85) 4 Edwin Twesigomwe 5 Scott Bonner 6 Chris McCarthy 7 Dan Bourne (12 Carl Penny 59) 8 Dano Weeks 9 Ashley Lewis (Capt) 10 Gary Simmonds 11 Nathan Pooley. Crowd: 110
CLUB NOTICE Please
Be considerate when parking your car; Do not drop litter around the ground, either take it home or use the bins provided; Do not use foul or abusive language or obscene gestures; Do not throw any items onto the pitch; Do not run onto the pitch or encroach the playing area; Do not sit on, or in front of, the barrier surrounding the playing area; Note that no alcohol - in cans, bottles or glasses - is allowed outside the Clubhouse whilst matches are in progress. Note that any form of racial abuse, or language used to incite or provoke others is an arrestable offence. Tring Athletic Football Club reserves the right to refuse admission or to eject from the ground any person at any time.
2014 FIXTURES FIRST TEAM th
17 Jan
Hillingdon Boro-Home-League
Tues 20th
Holmer Green-Home-League
Wed 21st Sat 24th Tues 27th Sat 31st
RESERVES
Berkhamsted-Away Challenge Plate Biggleswade Utd-Home-League
Sutton Utd -Away
London Tigers-AwayHertford Town-Away-League
Royston Town -Home
League Table Season 2014/2015 inc-10/01/2015 MSSML.PREMIER DIVISION 1
P
Kings Langley Harefield United Sun Sports AFC Dunstable Berkhamsted Hertford Town Wembley St Margaretsbury London Colney Colney Heath Biggleswade United Hadley Tring Athletic Oxhey Jets Hoddesdon Town Cockfosters Leverstock Green Stotfold London Tigers Ampthill Town Holmer Green Hillingdon Borough
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
W
22 26 24 23 24 22 20 21 21 25 25 22 22 23 22 22 25 24 20 26 22 25
D
16 14 15 14 14 13 13 11 11 10 10 11 10 8 8 8 7 6 4 4 4 2
L
2 5 2 4 2 4 1 6 3 4 4 1 3 5 4 3 5 7 6 4 1 4
GF
4 7 7 5 8 5 6 4 7 11 11 10 9 10 10 11 13 11 10 18 17 19
GA
62 63 53 48 55 51 49 53 34 47 50 41 33 39 33 31 39 37 30 25 29 42
PTS
22 41 31 35 33 28 30 28 18 36 51 42 31 45 42 48 63 53 45 69 76 77
50 47 47 46 44 43 40 39 36 34 34 34 33 29 28 27 26 25 18 16 13 10
Suburban Premier Division 2014/15-inc 10/01/2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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GF
GA
GDS
PTS
Metropolitan Police Sutton United Royston Town Corinthian Carshalton Athletic Tonbridge Angels Hampton & Richmond Boro Uxbridge Welling United Corinthian-Casuals Boreham Wood Tring Athletic
15 9 14 13 14 9 10 8 11 11 11 13
10 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2
3 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 1 3 0 3
2 0 8 6 7 1 4 2 6 5 8 8
46 31 35 30 21 22 18 10 18 18 18 14
28 6 38 31 37 14 18 13 22 19 28 27
+18 +25 -3 -1 -16 +8 +0 -3 -4 -1 -10 -13
33 23 18 17 17 16 14 14 13 12 9 9
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Tring Athletic score first Date 31-July 9-Aug 12-Aug
Opponents Hertford Town London Colney Berkhamsted
Competition HertsCharity Shield League League
V A A H
Att ? 53 120
R L D L
Score 2.3 1.1 1.5
STATISTICS 1 M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans
2
3
4
K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler
C.Harrison M.Green C.Salmon
D.Steadman R.McMahon T.Gibbs
League League League League Prem.Div. Cup FA Vase League
H A H H A H A H H A H H H A H H A A A
93 48 74 75 35 113 32 86 76 35 71 62 55 40 76
Ampthill Town
FA Vase
Bushey Sports Wembley Hadley Norwich Utd Stotfold Ampthill Town St. Margaretsbury Kings Langley Sun Sports Colney Heath Hillingdon Boro Holmer Green Biggleswade Utd London Tigers Hertford Town Harefield Utd London Tiger Berkhamsted Holmer Green London Colney Hadley Stotfold Leverstock Green TBA Hoddesdon Town Wembley Oxhey Jets St Margaretsbury
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Holmer Green Cockfosters Hadley Hoddesdon Ampthill Town Leverstock Green Hillingdon Boro Harefield Utd Oxhey Jets Stony Statford Colney Heath Woodford Utd Cockfosters Biggleswade Utd Hertford Town Kings Langley Holmer Green Enfield 1893 St. Margaretsbury
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L L W W W W W D D W L W L W L L L W L
3.4 0.1 3.1 6.1 2.O 2.O 2.O 1.1 1.1 9.O 0.1 2.1 1.2 2.1 2.4 0-3 4.4 0-4 /1.4
M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans
O.Butler O.Butler K.McManus K.McManus O.Butler M.Green M.Green M.Green L.Benning M.Green L.Benning K.McManus M.Green M.Green M.Green M.Green C.Cutler K.McManus K.McManus
K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey K.McManus K.McManus K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler K.McManus K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey K.McManus K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey
M.Green K.McManus O.Butler T.Gibbs C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon K.McManus S.Joliffe K.McManus S.Joliffe C.Salmon C.Salmon M.Green
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80
W
4.1
M.Evans
K.McManus
P.Jeffrey
C.Salmon
H A H H H H A A H A H H H A A A H A A H A H A
20 50 53 173 35 53 26 54 110 61
W W L L W W L W L L
5.2 0-2 0.2 0-1 1-.0 2.1 2.O 3.1 0-1 0-1
M.Evans J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood
M.Green K.McManus K.McManus K.McManus K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler O.Butler O.Butler K.McManus
K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman
D.Stedman D.Stedman A.Toone D.Stedman C.Salmon A.Toone A.Toone
K.McManus S.Steadman
K.McManus C.Salmon C.Salmon
SEASON 2014/2015 5 M.Green C.Salmon M.Green A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone S.Jollife A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon A.Toone A.Toone K.McManus C.Salmon D.Stedman L.Dunstan D.Stedman
6 C.Salmon R.Sturges R.McMahon C.Salmon L.Benning C.Salmon C.Salmon T.Gibbs T.Gibbs T.Gibbs R.McMahon R.McMahon S.Jollife S.Jollife T.Gibbs T.Gibbs T.Gibbs T.Gibbs R.McMahon T.Gibbs S.Jollife T.Gibbs D.Stedman R.McMahon A.Toone R.McMahon C.Salmon S.Jollife S.Jollife R.Sturges R.McMahon O.Hogg O.Hogg
7 R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird R.Sturges T.Gibbs C.Vardy C.Vardy T.Colllins C.Vardey R.Sturges R.Sturges R.Sturges R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird K.Turner K.Turner R.Sturges R.Sturges G.Deer R.Sturges R.Sturges R.Sturges O.Hogg S.Jollife G.Deer S.Jollife G.Deer T.Gibbs O.Butler R.Sturges R.McMahon G.Deer R.McMahon C.Vardy
8 L.Dunstan G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer T.Gibbs T.Gibbs G.Deer R.Sturges G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer K.Turner G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer G.Deer S.Jollife G.Deer G.Deer T.Gibbs G.Deer G.Deer R.Sturges T.Gibbs R.Sturges S.Jollife L.Dunstan R.McMahon R.McMahon O.Hogg G.Deer S.Joliffe
9 S.King V.Iannone S.King V.IannoneV.IannoneS.King S.King S.King S.King T.Colllins T.Colllins C.Vardy T.Colllins O.Butler T.Colllins O.Butler O.Butler T.Colllins O.Butler S.King O.Butler C.Vardey O.Butler C.Vardey C.Vardy O.Butler C.Vardy C.Vardy T.Colllins G.Deer V.Iannone V.Iannone T.Colllins
10 C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy G.Deer G.Deer C.Vardy G.Deer C.Vardy C.Vardy S.King T.Colllins C.Vardey T.Colllins C.Vardy R.McMahon C.Vardy O.Butler K.Turner T.Colllins G.Deer S.Jollife T.Gibbs K.Turner T.Colllins K.Turner T.Colllins K.Turner K.Turner T.Colllins C.Vardy C.Vardy O.Butler
11 S.Bailey-Aird S.King T.Colllins T.Colllins-[2] T.Colllins T.Colllins R.Sturges T.Colllins S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird P.Jeffrey O.Butler S.Bailey-Aird R.Sturgess L.Dunstan L.Dunstan R.Sturges L.Dunstan P.Jeffrey C.Vardy K.Turner C.Vardy T.Colllins R.Sturges T.Colllins R.Sturgess R.McMahan L.Dunstan K.Turner L.Dunstan S.Steadman R.Tomlin
subs R.McMahon T.Gibbs V.Iannone S.King S.King R.Sturges R.McMahon T.Colllins S.King L.Benning S.King K.Turner T.Gibbs M.Green L.Dunstan T.Colllins K.Turner T.Gibbs K.Turner S.King T.Colllins T.Colllins T.Gibbs V.Iannone D.Stedman O.Butler R.Sturges C.Vardy S.Bailey-Aird R.Sturges T.Collins G.Deer
5 V.Iannone S.Steadman S.Bailey-Aird L.Benning R.Sturgess S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird O.Butler R.McMahon K.Turner M.Green T.Gibbs P.Jeffrey O.Butler S.Jollife K.Turner C.Cutler T.Colllins O.Butler T.Colllins R.Sturgess K.Turner P.Jeffrey K.Turner C.Vardey G.Deer G.Deer O.Hogg V.Iannone T.Colllins S.Joliffe K.Turner
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6 S.Jollife T.Colllins
R.McMahan R.McMahon L.Benning
P.Jeffrey O.Butler P.Jeffrey S.Bailey-Aird T.Colllins S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird S.Bailey-Aird C.Vardey K.Turner S.Bailey-Aird R.McMahan V.Iannone S.Jollife T.Colllins C.Vardy K.Turner R.Tomlin L.Dunstan
Tring Athletic First Team Appearances. Season 2014/2015 Player
1ST Team Total
Total as Sub
Club Total
Total Goals
1st Team
As Sub
Goals
Taylor Collins Ryan Sturges Greg Deer Kevin McManus Adam Toone Chris Vardy Ollie Butler Matt Evans Trevor Gibbs Chris Salmon Paul Jeffreys Kieron Turner Ryan McMahon Sonney Bailey-Aird Sam Joliffe Michael Green Stewart King Vinnie Iannone Jack Hopwood Luke Dunstan Dan Steadman Lee Benning Stuart Steaman Ollie Hogg Chris Cutler Carl Harrison David Salmon Rob Tomlin
56 71 41 28 47 72 61 24 389 348 115 21 19 17 123 45 78 223 9 9 29 43 397 6 2 2 139 2
15 16 3 0 1 4 18 0 ? 24
57 76 42 30 51 73 118 28 396 363 198 22 23 22 139 51 85 233 15 17 98 44 507 6 3 20 179 1
17 5 8 0 2 31 5 0 45 31 4 8 0 1 3 2 30 76 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0
32 27 29 28 25 28 27 24 23 25 20 21 19 17 18 16 14 10 9 9 8 6 7 6 2 2 0 2
11 4 3 0 0 4 5 0 5 0 4 11 6 10 5 2 5 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1
11 4 4 0 1 19 3 0 5 2 0 8 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 6 10 23 3 ? 63 0 1 4 10 N/K 1 1 1 14 1
Sat 10th Jan 2015 League TAFC Reserve team 0-2 Carshalton Athletic On 30 September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain triumphly waved an Anglo-German Agreement declaring "Peace for Our Time" at the Heston Aerodrome. Shortly afterwards came the bloodiest global conflict of the 20th Century. In the lead up to the 1976 Test Series, England Captain Tony Greig proudly declared that he intended to make the West Indies grovel. England slumped to a 3-0 Series Defeat. Along the same theme, on 10th January 2014 - Tring Athletic Reserve Manager Colin Phillips surveyed his striking options - with club record scorer Andy Humphreys and Alex Groom returning, and with Stewart King and Ryan Sturges in the line up - and confidently predicted goals in their Suburban Premier League clash with Carshalton Athletic. Athletic failed to record a shot of note all game... It wasn't for the want of trying. As has been the case all season, Tring grafted, worked hard and had good shape - but the opposition has been a step above all season. In the first half, Athletic were shoddy in possession but restricted their opponents to shots from distance. They also could have had a couple of penalties and could feel hard done by. King surged down the right and whipped over a cross that Humphreys and Groom agonisingly failed to reach. That was in Tring's first attack as sloppy play persistently put the lads under needless pressure. Tring improved - King surged forward again but was hauled down. No penalty. A free kick was whipped into the box - Smethers was hauled to the floor. No penalty. With Tring on the ascendancy and piling forward, Ryan Sturges inexplicably underhit a backward pass to George Tomlin. Green missed his tackle and Grasso could not stop the shot. Half Time - TAFC Res 0 Carshalton Ath 1 The second half started in the same vein - with Carshalton excellent defence preventing Humphreys and Green from getting a sniff. At the other end, a Carshalton free kick was left to beat everyone and was headed back across the box. 2-0. To their credit the lads kept on battling, with Caterer making a difference with his direct running. But no-one could get on the end of his crosses. At the other end, Grasso made a couple of fine saves to keep Tring in it. But despite their brave efforts and excellent team spirit it was not to be. Team - Grasso, Cullimore J, Tomlin G, Salmon D (Cullimore T) , Butler J, Green, Sturges (Caterer), Smethers, Groom, Humphreys, King (Seaton). Sub not used - Naylor.
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Sat 10th Jan 2015 League Colney Heath 1-0 TAFC First team NARROW DEFEAT AT COLNEY On a blustery day Colney Heath completed the league double over Athletic following Ben Awads headed goal in the 79th minute, and by the same scoreline as that in September. Athletic started the better, kicking down the slope and with the strong wind in the same direction. In the first minute Taylor Collins was played in by Ollie Hogg but home keeper Tom Blackman managed to save with his legs. Athletic won two corners in quick succession and a half chance fell to Chris Vardy which sailed past the wrong side of the post. There then was a period where neither side dominated, both keepers had little to do, Athletic were looking to play a quick ball to speedy forwards Chris Vardy and Taylor Collins, however the strong wind would get behind the ball which would then go straight through to keeper Tom Blackman or it sailed harmlessly over the goal line. In the 32nd minute Colney Heaths full back Ben Crilley found himself in space and tested Jack Hopwood who saved low down. Just a minute later Sam Jolliffe hit tremendous half volley from just outside of the penalty area but keeper Tom Blackman pulled off an equally good save. Half Time: Colney Heath 0 Tring Athletic 0 Athletic again started the better winning early corners without troubling Colney Heaths goal. The home side were seeing a lot of the ball in midfield but were unable to penetrate Athletics defence. In the 66th minute Athletic were awarded a free kick
just outside of the area. Taylor Collins stepped up and his goal bound shot was turned away for a corner by keeper Tom Blackman. Colney Heath then had a succession of corners which were comfortably dealt with by Athletics defenders. Both sides made substitutions, then Colney Heath scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 79th minute. Ollie Butler was unlucky to concede a free kick on the right side, amazingly the referee even saw it as a yellow card, this appeared inconsistent with a number of earlier decisions. From the free kick the ball was floated into Athletics area where substitute Ben Awad headed into the goal off the underside of the bar. Athletic pushed forward looking for an equaliser but the home side defended well. In the final few minutes Colney Heaths Andrew Hannon and Danny Payne were yellow carded for late challenges. A disappointing result in difficult conditions for Athletic who were looking to carry on their impressive away record, their next fixture however comes quickly as they are away again on Tuesday when they visit London Tigers. Colney Heath: Tom Blackman,Ben Crilley,Jay Welsh(c),Carl Resch,Josh Bronti,Aaron Clarke,Jamie Eame(Ben Awad 61),Courtney Lawrence,Andrew Hannon,Chris Brothwood,Danny Payne. Att. 61
TAFC: Jack Hopwood,Kevin MaManus,Stuart Steadman(Luke Dunstan 81),Chris Salmon (c), Dan Stedman,Ollie Hogg(Kieron Turner 72),Chris Vardy,Sam Jolliffe,Taylor Collins, Ollie Butler,Rob Tomlin(Greg Deer 61).
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Biggleswade United –Second Meadow.Fairfield Rd,Biggleswade-SG18 0BS-T-07714661827
Cockfosters –Cockfosters Sports Ground,Chalk Lane,Cockfosters-EN4 9JG-T-02084495833
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Wed 17th Dec 2014 League Ampthill Town 1-1 TAFC Youth Team TAFC goals: Jack Blair Wed 17th December saw Tring’s U18 squad travel to Ampthill for this SCFYL encounter. After 5 weeks of inactivity due to various reasons, the visitors were hoping to maintain their unbeaten run against the league’s bottom of the table side. For Tring, the first half performance was a truly forgettable affair. All the good traits in their game that the squad had built over the past 3 months had disappeared and was replaced by hurried and naïve football with no composure, and a 4-4-2 formation that did not move cohesively as a unit. Ampthill, on the other hand sensed they could get something out of the game and were playing with a confidence that belied their league position. It came as no surprise when the home side took the lead. Having won the ball cheaply on the left and evaded a half-hearted tackle, the ball was delivered into the box and after failure to clear the ball Ampthill gleefully converted from close range to make it 1-0. They were unlucky not to double their lead when they broke through again, only to see Tring keeper, Teddy Ashley, make a couple of outstanding saves to keep the score down to 1-0 at the half-time interval. Manager Nick Seaton decided to hold a “Phil Brown style” half-time team-talk out on the pitch, were he left his side in no doubt that the performance thus far was not good enough and that he was not afraid to make radical changes of personnel within the squad if the performance did not improve. The next 45 minutes saw a resurgent Tring. All over the pitch the visitors seemed to be winning battles they had failed to win in the first half and there was far more thought and urgency in their overall play. The whole team was now beginning to function as a formation, denying the home side both space and time and several chances were now being created. Jack Blair was reintroduced in the second half and his pacey runs were causing problems for the home side’s back four and it was no surprise when he was on hand to coolly slot home the visitors deserved equaliser. Several further chances went begging for Tring as they went in search of a winner but to no avail. The game finished in an honourable draw with both sides believing they could have won it, if they had only taken their chances. Tring’s performance could be put down to a number of reasons, the main one being that of “ring rustiness” from a period of prolonged inactivity. With another 3 week lay-off due to Xmas the squad will now have to adjust quickly back into match mode in the early New Year as there are a tough bunch of fixtures waiting for them on their return! Team: Ashley, Wills, Keen, Areoye, Stacey, Seaton, Fitzgerald, Stroud (H), Naylor, Blair, Cullimore, Tomlin, Stroud (T), Foxcroft, Hogg and How
TRING ATHLETIC (Red & Black) Jack Hopwood Stewart Steadman Ollie Butler Kevin McManus Chris Salmon Greg Deer Ryan McMahon Ryan Sturges Taylor Collins Sam Joliffe Chris Vardy Vinnie Iannone Kieron Turner Rob Tomlin Adam Toone Sonny Bailey-Aird Trevor Gibbs Dan Stedman Matt Evans
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