Official Matchday Programme 2014/5 Spartan South Midland Premier Division TRING ATHLETIC v STOTFOLD Saturday 21st March 2015 ko-3:00pm
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Grass Roots Talk Good Evening and welcome to The Grass Roots Stadium for this Spartan South Midland Premier Division tie. Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Stotfold FC 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- Mr A.Hursey and his assistants -Mr C.Flack & Mr M.Ball Today's match is sponsored by Dick Lovelace, and we would like to thank him for his continued generous support. We met Stotfold back in December on a cold and wet night when we came away with a 1-0 win. Our guests today maybe in the lower half of the league but are sure to be looking to finish as high as possible and will give us a stern test again today. We showed once again that the First Team is nearly there and can compete against any side in the league. Although this was their third defeat in a row. Again it was by the odd goal and they put the opposition under some great pressure and deserved to get something from the game. The Reserves put up a great performance last Saturday only losing 1-0 to Sutton Utd Reserves who are a cut above in the Premier league. To show what a tough league this is, they played a good side from the level below on Tuesday in The Shield and won comfortably 5-1. Their home game today has been cancelled but they will be back here on Tuesday evening against Northwood. 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.
STOTFOLD FC-CLUB HISTORY Stotfold is a small country town with a population in the region of 7000. It is situated in the county of Bedfordshire, but being near the North Herts border has strong links with the Hertfordshire towns of Baldock, Hitchin and Letchworth. The first recorded football within Stotfold was in 1904, however it is certain that the gamewas played for a number of years before. Our present ground was first used in 1911 by Stotfold Athletic when it was just a meadow named 'Roker'. We were delighted tomove back some 43 years later in 1954 from the Hitchin Road Recreation Ground. For the first twenty years of the clubs history, we played in the Biggleswade and District League. This was followed by a spell of nearly 30 years in North Herts Football. The clubs first trophy was won in 1911 when we beat Potton 1-0 in the Biggleswade and District Championship. In 1951 we joined the South Midlands League Division 2 and in 1953 were promoted to Division 1. In 1955 we were promoted to the Premier Division, where we stayed for 30 years winning the championship in 1980 and were runners up no fewer than 9 times. The club joined the United Counties League in 1984/85 season with our best placing as runners up in 1993/94and 1995/96 under the guidance of ex Arsenal player Ian Allinson. During 1998-2000 the club won The Beds Senior and Premier Cups, UCL League Cup, and the Hinchingbrooke Cup as well as being runners up and finalists in two North Beds Charity Cups. The club also reached the last 32 of the FA Vase and the 3rd Qualifying Rd of the FA Cup in 2000 under Phil Pateman's management. Kenny Davidson took over the side in 2001, reaching the final of the Beds Senior Cup but resigned in Dec 2002. Phil Pateman assumed charge of the side again and the team won the North Beds Charity Cup and were finalists in the Hunts Premier Cup. However their most notable success came from being awarded national fair play team of the year by Ladbrokes in association with The Non League paper as well as the UCL fair play award. They finished a creditable 10th place from a previous 18th and retained the NBCC. During the summer Phil Pateman stepped down to concentrate solely on his chairman duties, and secured the services of, ex player and former St. Albans City and Baldock Manager, Steve Cook for the 2004/05 season. Steve left the club for Borehamwood after one season, and Jim Benton, stepped forward to take charge for the 05 /06 season. This saw many familiar faces drift away from the club and many new ones appear, poor discipline and performances on and off the pitch resulted in a bad year all round for the club and after Jims departure local Manager Glen Clarke was handed the position and after handing in his notice in on the eve of the new season. Coach & physio Ian Williscroft took charge for the first 9 games before Mark Teeling took charge midway through September. After gaining 11 points from 17 league games and some heavy defeats Mark was replaced in December by the previously successful partnership of Ian Donnelly and Ian Allinson. With the club staring relegation in the face, Ian recruited several senior players and combined these with the best of our young squad and the club hauled themselves out of the bottom two winning eight of
our last ten games. During the summer the squad was strengthened further and this culminated in the most successful season in the clubs history. The first and second team squads won their respective league and county cup competitions, (the first club to do so), with the second team remaining unbeaten in the league. In addition the club were the only club to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup before losing to Tonbridge Angels. So it was a shock and bitter disappointment when the UCL decided against awarding Ian Allinson the Manager of the Year Award. During the summer Ian was offered the Managers job at Ryman Premier League Borehamwood and this was an offer he could ill afford to miss. He has since given the opportunity to several of the successful side to play with him at that level. However he left a great legacy and we promoted Ian Donnelly the position with reserve manager Terry Kitchener stepping up to assist him. Success continued winning the UCL League Cup and North Beds Charity Cup and finishing League Runners Up. The Reserves and the Under 18 Academy continued to sweep all before them under Gordon Bickerstaff’s Management and after Ian Donnelly stepped down with Terry at the end of last season it was easy to promote from within again with Gordon bringing his Assistant Cecil Lee with him. The management have an opportunity to take us to a new level with most of the first team likely to have come through our Academy set up with many of last season’s players having resigned despite the disappointment of being refused SSML status for the third year running. In what turned out to be the club’s final season in the UCL, 2009/10 saw the first team produce a very creditable performance reaching the 4th round of the FA Vase and finishing 7th in the league. They also Having finally been granted a move to the Molten Spartan South Midlands League in 2010/2011 the Eagles struggled to adapt until the new year and eventually finished mid table. The first team reached the final of the NBCC losing to Biggleswade Town 2-1. The reserves most of their players who needed a fresh challenge after being so successful leaving Manager Malcolm Ward with a difficult task and they also finished in a respectable mid table position. The Academy continued to go from strength to strength with the U15 and U18 Academy teams winning the Beds County Cup. The 18’s also won the County Floodlight Cup and the Ridgeon’s League West Title under Manager Ryan Brooke. In 2012 Gordon Bickerstaff stood down and Steve Young took charge of first team duties supporting by Roy Ryall. Gary Hoy took over the Reserves whilst continuing to run our Under 17 and 18 Academy teams. After another poor start the first team secured a respectable mid table position whilst the Reserves, (made up almost entirely of Academy players), won the Biggleswade KO Cup. Our Under 18s reached the first round of the FA Youth club for the very first time despite playing mostly 16 yr old players before going out to Leyton Orient. U17s finished 2nd and U18’s first in their respective leagues. Last season the Academy have again flourished reaching the 3rd QR of the FA Youth Cup before losing to full time Academy side Cambridge United on penalties. They also have reached 2 semi-finals and are 3rd in the league. The first team turned their season around from being 3rd from bottom of the SSML Premier Division with just 18 points at Xmas, to two cup finals and a semi-final place in another. They also moved away from the foot of the table with a further 29 points in the second half of the season. During the close season the club reappointed Steve Young as Manager but the club were left stunned and when Coach Tony Lamacraft collapsed after an abandoned first
team friendly caused by the double leg fracture of one of the Stotfold players Wells. Despite the valiant efforts of club officials and paramedics including an air ambulance crew Tony passed away. Over 500 attended his funeral and Tony is sadly missed not just by Stotfold but the whole of the local football community. Steve has promoted within with Michael Parkin and Matt Endersby stepping up and the club have also appointed Rob Bates as the Under 18 Academy Manager. Rob played professionally for Colchester United and was the Academy Manager for Biggleswade Town last season before resigning his position in the summer, with most of that academy side following him to the club after a hugely successful 2013 season. The club has also reformed the Reserve side after a traumatic 2013 season and Dave Elkin joins from Langford. Despite the loss of a number of first team players during the summer the team have rebuilt and are looking to progress, continuing with the development of youth as this is the way forward for the club.
TODAY’S BIG MATCH - STOTFOLD Previous Games 05/06
Home
(Cup)
Drew
1-1
Meenan
Away
(Cup)
Lost
0-2
07/08
Away
(Cup)
Won
1-0
Wilkinson
10/11
Home
Won
2-1
Iannone, Mullins
Away
Drew
1-1
Hall
Away
Won
2-1
King, Mitchell
Home
Won
1-0
Waite
Home
Won
2-0
Humphreys, C Salmon
Away
Won
2-1
King 2 (1 Pen)
Home
Won
2-0
Myatt, Hall
Away
Won
2-1
Gibbs 2 (Pens)
Away
Won
1-0
Vardy
W
D
L
F
5
4
1
0
Away
7
5
1
Total
12
9
2
11/12
12/13
13/14
14/15
Our Record P Home
A
GD
8
2
6
1
9
6
3
1
17
8
9
MATCH REPORT – SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2015 SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS PREMIER DIVISION HADLEY
(0) 2
TRING ATHLETIC
(0) 1
WE LEAVE IT TOO LATE We waited until we were 2 goals behind before mounting a late surge which should have yielded at least a point out of this game. We have never achieved much success from our visits to Hadley, with just one draw to show from 5 previous visits, but we started positively and were the more effective side during the first quarter of the match. Kieran Turner was prominent in our best early moves nearly picking out Chris Vardy with a clever pass which a defender cleared for the first corner of the game in the 7th minute. Then Kieran linked up nicely with Vardy before firing a shot just wide of the far post. Kieran turned provider again with a fine free kick that just skimmed the head of Adam Toone with the goal at the mercy of our big centre back. We were stringing together some nice moves and Ryan Sturges and new signing Lee Stobbs, who was making his first start, combined well down our right before Lee fired in a dangerous cross which Chris Vardy, under pressure from a defender, put well over the bar. Hadley, under the tutelage of former Spurs and Chelsea star Micky Hazzard, are recognised as the best footballing side in the South Midlands but had showed little during this opening spell. Early on we had to block a couple of shots after a bit of casual play and there was a moment when we conceded possession and were momentarily outnumbered at the back but a misplaced pass averted the possible danger. But we were coping well with their attacks and they didn't win their first corner until 21st minute. But gradually they started to get their act together and started to dominate possession. The home skipper Nick Chrysanthou fired in a good long range shot but it was comfortably collected by Jack Hopwood and despite ending the first half strongly the home side had created little in the way of genuine goal scoring opportunities. Half Time:
Hadley 0
Tring Athletic
0
The half time team talk by Micky Hazzard must have hit the right spot as Hadley started the second half in a far more threatening manner. Within two minutes of the restart former Arsenal player Jernande Meade struck the post with a terrific free kick and then a few minutes later Jermal Baptiste was played through but was denied by Jack Hopwood who came out to block him. We were dropping deeper and deeper and finding it harder to break out from our own half. The tall centre back Louis Bowen headed a corner over and the skilful Meade was becoming more and more influential with his tricky footwork and close control. Meade broke down the left and whipped in a super cross which we manage to clear and then smashed a shot just wide of the far post. A goal was on the cards and in the 58th minute it duly arrived when Laste Dombaxe struck a superb free kick from outside the box that gave Jack Hopwood no chance. We deserved to be behind and it seems churlish to complain but it has to be said that it was never a free kick in the first place as Meade had lost control of the ball. Score 1-0.
Jack Hopwood was called into action again in the 71st minute denying Baptiste with a great save. We were living dangerously and Hadley doubled their lead in the 77th minute through Baptiste following an unusual lapse by Jack. The 18 year old has been superb for us since stepping for the injured Matt Evans but he was caught out by a tricky bounce and the Hadley forward followed up to tuck away the loose ball. Score 2-0. Julian and Ian decided to shake things up and adopt a more attacking approach bringing on teenagers Ollie Hogg and Taylor Collins for Stuart Stedman and Ryan McMahon and they soon combined to great effect to bring us right back in the game. Ollie is a terrific prospect and was making a welcome return following an illness. In the 82nd minute he released Chris Vardy down the left with a super pass and our leading scorer outpaced the defender before crossing to fellow forward Taylor Collins to finish for his 16th goal of the season. Score 2-1. It was now game on as the roles reversed with us now dominating possession and our hosts dropping deep to defend. From a corner the ball was played back into Adam Toone who stabbed it wide of the post unaware that behind him Taylor Collins was waiting in a better position. Lee Stobbs then sent in a great cross which Chris Vardy was just unable to control. Pressure was mounting on Hadley as we won a series of corners and time was on our side as there was a lot to be added on following an injury to the referee who had to be replaced. We went mighty close to an equaliser in the 97th minute when Chris Vardy produced a lovely back heel to play in Lee Stobbs whose shot was superbly saved by the home keeper Charlie Mann, who did even better to recover quickly and tip a follow up header from Adam Toone away for another corner. Still the corners kept coming and Adam Toone must have thought he had scored with a great header but the ball was cleared off the line with our p[layers claiming the defender had used his hand to keep the ball out. But time eventually ran out and Hadley held onto the victory by the skin of their teeth. Full Time:
Hadley 2
Tring Athletic
1
Although that makes it 3 defeats in a week we can point to the fact that they were all by the narrowest of margins against very good teams. A little bit of good fortune with refereeing decisions would have helped but we have not had much luck in that department this season. Team: 1 Jack Hopwood 2 Ryan Sturges 3 Dan Steadman 4 Kevin McManus 5 Adam Toone 6 Greg Deer 7 Lee Stobbs 8 Ryan McMahon (12 Taylor Collins 70) 9 Chris Vardy 10 Kieran Turner 11 Stuart Stedman (14 Ollie Hogg 70). Sub not used: 15 Luke Dunstan. Scorers: H:
Laste Dombaxe (58), Jermal Baptiste (77) TA:
Taylor Collins (82)
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.
2015 FIXTURES FIRST TEAM Sat. 21st Mar
Stotfold-League-Home
Tues 24th Mar
Northwood -Shield-Home
th
Sat 28 Mar Leverstock Green- League-Away Tues 31st Sat 4th Apr
Welling-Lge-Home Royston-Lge-Home
Sun Sports-League-Away
Tues 7th Mar Hoddesdon-League-Away Sat 11th
RESERVES
Wembley-League-Home
League Table Season 2014/2015 inc-17/03/2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
MSSML.PREMIER DIVISION
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GDS
PTS
Kings Langley AFC Dunstable Sun Sports Wembley Harefield United London Colney Berkhamsted St Margaretsbury Hertford Town Hadley Tring Athletic Oxhey Jets Biggleswade United Colney Heath Cockfosters Leverstock Green Hoddesdon Town Stotfold London Tigers Ampthill Town Holmer Green Hillingdon Borough
30 33 32 30 36 30 31 29 32 32 34 32 34 35 32 33 33 31 30 33 29 33
23 20 21 20 19 19 17 15 15 16 15 15 13 11 11 9 9 7 7 5 6 2
3 7 2 3 6 4 3 8 6 3 6 5 5 9 4 5 5 9 8 5 1 7
4 6 9 7 11 7 11 6 11 13 13 12 16 15 17 19 19 15 15 23 22 24
93 71 71 70 83 50 72 68 68 63 56 64 62 63 38 46 43 47 48 33 38 51
27 45 41 43 61 21 52 36 53 53 47 56 66 58 66 76 74 72 71 95 88 97
+66 +26 +30 +27 +22 +29 +20 +32 +15 +10 +9 +8 -4 +5 -28 -30 -31 -25 -23 -62 -50 -46
72 67 65 63 63 61 54 53 51 51 51 50 44 42 37 32 32 30 29 20 19 13
Suburban Premier Division 2014/15-inc 17/03/2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Suburban .Premier Division
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GDS
PTS
Metropolitan Police Sutton United Corinthian Royston Town Carshalton Athletic Tonbridge Angels Welling United Uxbridge Hampton & Richmond Boro Boreham Wood Corinthian-Casuals Tring Athletic
18 13 16 17 18 11 15 13 13 15 16 15
11 11 8 7 6 4 5 5 4 5 4 2
3 2 2 2 3 6 3 3 4 1 4 3
4 0 6 8 9 1 7 5 5 9 8 10
51 42 38 38 26 25 23 15 20 30 20 14
36 6 33 39 43 17 27 26 21 34 28 32
+15 +36 +5 -1 -17 +8 -4 -11 -1 -4 -8 -18
36 35 26 23 21 18 18 18 16 16 16 9
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Hertford Town London Colney Berkhamsted 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
HertsCharity Shield League League FA Cup Ex.Prelim League League League League League League League League Ch.Trophy League FA Vase
22nd Nov 25nd Nov 29th Nov 2nd Nov 6th Dec 9th Dec 13th Dec 16th Dec 20th Dec 27th Dec 10th Jan 13th Jan 17th Jan 20th JAN 24 Jan 27 Jan 31st Jan 7th Feb 14th F 21st Feb 7th Mar 10th Mar 14th Mar 21st Mar 28th Mar 4th Apr 7th Apr 11thApr 14th Apr 18th Apr 25th Apr 28th Apr
Competition
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Att
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STATISTICS
Score
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2.3 1.1 1.5 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 M.Evans M.Evans M.Evans
K.McManus O.Butler O.Butler 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
2
C.Harrison M.Green C.Salmon 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
3
D.Steadman R.McMahon T.Gibbs 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 C.Salmon D.Stedman D.Stedman A.Toone D.Stedman C.Salmon A.Toone A.Toone
League League League League Prem.Div. Cup FA Vase League
A A H H A H H A H A H H A H H H A H H A A A
? 53 120 93 48 74 75 35 113 32 86 76 35 71 62 55 40 76 103 50 31
L D L L L W W W W W D D W L W L W L L L W L
Ampthill Town
FA Vase
A
80
W
4.1
M.Evans
K.McManus
P.Jeffrey
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 Harefield Utd Hertford Town London Tiger AFC Dunstable Berkhamsted London Colney AFC Dunstable Hadley Stotfold Leverstock Green Sun Sports Hoddesdon Town Wembley Sun Sports Oxhey Jets St Margaretsbury Holmer Green
St.Mary's Cup League Herts Sen. Cup FA Vase League League Ch.Trophy League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League St. Mary's Cup S/F League League League
H A H H H H A A H A H H H A A A H A A H H A H A A A H H A H A
20 50 53 173 35 53 26 54 110 61 85 54 90 23 45 41 83 95 183 91 76 30
W W L L W W L W L L W W W W L D W D D L L L
5.2 0-2 0.2 0-1 1-.0 2.1 0-2 3.1 0-1 0-1 4-O 3-O 1-O 3.2 1-2 1.2
M.Evans J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood J.Hopwood 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 R.Sturgess R.Sturgess A.Toone R.Sturgess R.Sturgess R.Sturgess R.Sturgess R.Sturgess R.Sturgess O.Butler R.Sturgess
K.McManus P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey P.Jeffrey S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman
2.2 4.1 1.1 2.2 0-1 1.2 1.2
K.McManus S.Steadman S.Steadman K.McManus S.Steadman K.McManus S.Steadman O.Hogg S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman S.Steadman D.Stedman
4
K.McManus C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon C.Salmon K.McManus D.Stedman C.Salmon K.McManus K.McManus S.Joliffe S.Joliffe A.Toone L.Dunstan K.McManus
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 D.Stedman D.Stedman C.Salmon C.Salmon K.McManus O.Butler D.Stedman D.Stedman D.Stedman K.McManus A.Toone A.Toone
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 A.Toone A.Toone A.Toone S.Joliffe S.Joliffe D.Stedman S.Joliffe K.McManus K.McManus L.Dunstan D.Stedman G.Deer
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 K.Turner K.Turner R.Tomlin R.Sturges D.Stedman L.Dunstan R.Tomlin O.Hogg T.Colllins R.Tomlin
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 V.Iannone V.Iannone S.Joliffe R.Tomlin R.Tomlin S.Joliffe R.McMahon R.Tomlin O.Hogg S.Joliffe
R.Sturges L.Stobbs
G.Deer R.McMahon
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 S.Joliffe S.Joliffe T.Colllins C.Vardy V.Iannone C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy C.Vardy
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 T.Colllins O.Hogg K.Turner V.Iannone L.Dunstan K.Turner K.Turner V.Iannone K.Turner T.Colllins T.Colllins K.Turner
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 R.Tomlin C.Vardy O.Hogg L.Dunstan C.Vardy T.Colllins T.Colllins L.Dunstan R.Tomlin G.Deer K.Turner S.Steadman
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 L.Dunstan S,King D.Stedman K.Turner O.Butler R.McMahon S.King K.Turner A.Toone K.Turner R.Tomlin O.Hogg
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 S,King T.Colllins S.King S.King T.Colllins V.Iannone L.Dunstan T.Colllins R.McMahon V.Iannone L.Stobbs T.Colllins
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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 O.Hogg R.Tomlin L.Dunstan O.Hogg K.Turner R.Tomlin O.Hogg R.McMahon S.King L.Stobbs L.Dunstan
Tring Athletic First Team Appearances. Season 2014/2015 Player
1ST Team Total
Total as Sub
Club Total
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 Stedman Ollie Hogg Chris Cutler Carl Harrison David Salmon Rob Tomlin Lee Stobbs
66 81 43 39 54 81 64 24 389 353 114 32 25 17 130 44 84 229 20 17 40 43 N/K 15 2 2 139 13 3
19 17 3 0 2 4 19 0 ? 24
68 86 44 41 58 82 122 28 396 368 199 33 32 22 147 54 91 239 25 26 108 44 515 16 3 20 180 14 3
14 9 10 23 3 ? 64 0 5 5 10 N/K 5 1 1 14 4 2
Total 1st Team Goals 22 5 8 0 2 37 5 0 45 31 4 12 0 1 3 2 33 78 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
1st Team
As Sub
Goals
42 37 31 39 33 37 30 24 23 30 20 32 25 17 26 16 20 16 20 17 19 6 15 15 2 2 0 13 3
15 5 3 0 1 4 6 0 5 0 4 14 9 10 4 2 11 6 0 5 2 3 1 5 1 1 0 4 2
16 4 4 0 1 26 3 0 5 2 0 12 0 1 2 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tue 17th Mar 2015 League Shield TAFC Reserve team 5-1 Newport Pagnell TAFC goals: Oliver Butler, Taylor Collins, Tom Cullimore, Oliver Hogg, Miles Blumsom Tring kept faith largely in the lads who had travelled to Sutton and done so well last weekend and it paid dividends with another committed display and a handsome victory. Highlights 0-1. Tring go behind after shocking defending from 3 successive corners. James Cullimore headed off the line from one but a goal resulted from the third. 1-1 A good move involving Fitzgerald on the left ended up with Olly Butler finishing with aplomb to equalise. 2-1 Green jinked on the right and crossed for Collins to head home. Half Time 2-1 3-1 Fitzgerald forages on the left again. His misplaced cross finds Tom Cullimore 30 yards. He unleashes a thunderbolt, Van Basten style, into the net to stake a claim for goal of the season. Let's hope it was captured on camera.. 4-1 Ollie Hoggs tenacity in the box pays off and he slams the ball past the despairing dive of the keeper. 5-1 Joe Naylor steams through and pulls the ball back for Miles Blunsom to drill home. In the 93rd minute, House probes in midfield and seems to release Blunsom through. Loud Cries of "oh no not again" from the bench, the stands, the bar, the pitch and from Tring High St but thankfully Miles couldn't get on the end of it. Team - Grasso, Cullimore T (Blunsom) Tomlin , Mcmahon (Naylor), Stacey, Green, Cullimore J, Hogg, Collins, Butler O ( House), Fitzgerald.
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TAFC First team 1-2 AFC Dunstable TAFC goals: Christopher Vardy LATE OFFSIDE GOAL ROBS US OF A POINT We had a bad start and finish to this game after we conceded a goal after only 10 minutes and then, after staging a comeback to level the score midway through the 2nd half, we succumbed to a winner 5 minutes from time. What made matters worse was that the winning goal was clearly offside, a fact that was confirmed by a visiting official. Dunstable are challenging for promotion and are a tough enough outfit to compete against without giving them a helping hand. This was our 2nd close defeat in 3 days and completes a tough 2.5 month schedule during which we have played all the teams above us with the exception of Wembley. Our young side have responded superbly to the challenge and since December we have only lost once to a team below us and that was away at Colney Heath back in January. During this period we have suffered 5 defeats, all by a single goal and have pushed more experienced outfits to the limit and the way Dunstable resorted to time wasting tactics at the end was a complement to our players. Dan Steadman and Ollie Butler were available again so we were able to play our more favoured 3 at the back formation. The game itself was at times scrappy although there was a positive start with the visitors winning a corner after only 40 seconds and just over a minute later Chris Vardy tried a snap shot which went well over but showed a degree of confidence. Kieran Turner produced some deft footwork to win a corner and the Dunstable left back Newman Carney found himself free down the left but fortunately for us his cross was blocked. The visitors took the lead in the 10th minute in rather disappointing circumstances. Adam Toone saw his free kick charged down by Lorenzo Silvestri, who was no where near 10 yards away, but we managed to scramble the ball away for corner. But our reprieve was short lived as we failed to clear the set piece and George Biggadike was able to score from close range. Score 0-1. It was not the start we wanted and although there were pockets of good play we were struggling to get our game going and find the accuracy to open up a solid Dunstable defence. Our guests were the better side and looked more threatening but we gave Jack Hopwood plenty of cover and for all their possession our visitors didn't stretched Jack too much. A disappointing half ended with Dunstable holding a 1-0 lead and looking in a strong position.. Half Time: Tring Athletic 0 AFC Dunstable 1 Within 90 seconds of the restart Dunstable broke quickly and their Captain Wayne Mills fired a good shot which Jack Hopwood got down well to save and then Stuart Stedman had to head behind for a corner a dangerous cross. Regrettably Mills was stretchered off 10 from the end and we hope it is not too serious and that he makes a swift recovery. We retaliated with a quick free kick to Kieran Turner whose shot was deflected, but keeper Ricky Perks got down safely to gather. We were not making any real inroads through the opposition defence so in the 66th minute Julian and Ian made a bold triple substitution bringing on Rob Tomlin, Luke Dunstan and Lee Stobbs for Kieran Turner, Stuart Stedman and Ollie Butler. The change seemed to perk us up and 4 minutes later we equalised when Greg Deer's free kick was headed on by Chris Vardy and helped into the net by a defender. Its debatable whether Vardy's header was on target but he did get the important touch so he gets credited with the goal. Score 1-1.
Within a minute we nearly committed an act of gross negligence when we lost the ball on the edge of our area but we were let off lightly when Jermaine Hall sent his shot wide of the target. Suddenly the game opened out a bit and Taylor Collins nearly capitalised on an unusual bit of hesitancy in the visitors defence, with the keeper calming the situation by gathering up the ball. We were boldly going for the win but that meant we were vulnerable to breakaways. There was a heart in the mouth moment when Adam Toone, fell or was tripped, as he tried to deal with a long ball allowing sub Chris Francis a free run on goal but his shot hit the post. Later Francis was through again but Jack Hopwood was equal to his shot. It was even stevens at this stage but with 5 minutes to go we rather rashly gave a free kick away in a dangerous position to the left of our area. The ball was expertly whipped into our box and Grant Fryer headed the ball home at the far post. We now know that the Dunstable centre back was offside but the goal was allowed to stand. Score 1-2. Coming back twice against a quality side like Dunstable was a big ask and whilst Luke Dunstan fired a shot that whistled just gotover the bar we were unable to repeat our earlier rescue act and our guests picked up 3 valuable points in their pursuit of the title. Full Time: Tring Athletic 1 AFC Dunstable 2 It was disappointing not to get something out of this game and although we were not at our fluent best we did take a very strong side to the wire. Our young inexperienced team will have learnt some valuable lesions from the game which can only be beneficial in the future. Dunstable closed the gap on Kings Langley to 2 points but the league leaders have 3 games in hand so their destiny is in their own hands. We remain in 8th place but teams below have games in hand so we may drift down a few places in the table. With have 9 league games left but only 2 are against teams above us in the table. We need to start picking up wins again against lower placed teams starting at Hadley on Saturday but that would require setting a record because we have never won there! Teams: TA: 1 Jack Hopwood 2 Ollie Butler (14 Lee Stobbs 66) 3 Stuart Stedman (Capt) (16 Luke Dunstan 66) 4 Kevin McManus 5 Adam Toone 6 Dan Steadman 7 Ryan Sturges 8 Greg Deer 9 Chris Vardy 10 Taylor Collins 11 Kieran Turner (12 Rob Tomlin 66). Sub not used: 15 Ryan McMahon. AFCD: 1 Ricky Perks 2 James Bishop 3 Newman Carney 4 George Biggadike 5 Grant Fryer 6 Wayne Mills (Capt) (15 Jonathan Cooper 79) 7 Jamie Warne 8 Josh Humbert 9 Lorenzo Silvestri (12 Chris Francis 62) 10 Moses Olaleye 11 Jermaine Hall. Scorers: TA: George Biggadike (10, Grant Fryer (85) AFCD: Chris Vardy (70) Crowd: 76
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Sat 14th Mar 2015 League Sutton United 1-0 TAFC Reserve team They would have probably written songs and poems about it. It would have entered Tring folklore. Maybe a blockbuster film would have been scripted. Chris Juraszek played by a Warren Mitchell or Wilfred Bramble type character. Rude, Crochety. Captain Courageous James Cullimore played by Tom Hanks. Joe Fitzgerald played by a cocky young Sean Penn. Michael Green by George Clooney. But it wasn't to be. All ruined by a dastardly villain linesman (played by Lee Van Cleef) and his flag. Tring took the long trip to unbeaten Sutton United with a patched up team full of youth team players and players who had mainly played A Team football of late and the portents were grim. Even more so after the lads went 1 down after 2 mins to a goal from a corner. But the lads dug in and produced a fantastic dogged and committed display to frustrate their illustrious opponents. It was heroic stuff. Matt Stacey performed superbly on his full debut at centre half. Joe Fitzgerald and Tom Cullimore produced 90 minutes of tenacity as the Dogs of War in midfield. Sutton had 80% of possession and territorial superiority but the lads would not buckle - and even threatened on the break. George House jinked through but tried to chip the keeper when through on goal. The lads kept going. Grasso made a couple of fine saves to keep Tring in touch. Half Time - Sutton 1 TAFC 0 Trings young guns were growing in stature and confidence, led by a fine display from the ever improving James Cullimore. Sutton hit the bar. Sutton hit the post but the lads were hanging in. Sutton were moaning at the officials - obviously rattled that they weren't 3 or 4 up against a club so much lower in the league and in the football pyramid than themselves. Phillips, Seaton and Juraszek squabbled over substitutions - but though the personnel changed the level of commitment didn't. We were in injury time and, unbelievably, still in the game. Fitzgerald floated over a free kick, Green rose at the far post and arrowed a header into the net. He was mobbed by ecstatic team mates - but the joy was short lived, and endless tales of heroism denied by Lee Van Cleef with his flag. He had apparently seen a push. Team of heroes - Grasso, Cullimore J, Tomlin, Fitzgerald, Stacey, Green, Aird, Cullimore T, Naylor (Blunsom), House (Sibanda), Seaton (Wills)
TRING ATHLETIC (Red & Black) Jack Hopwood Ryan Sturges Stewart Stedman Dan Steadman Kevin McManus Adam Toone Chris Salmon Sam Joliffe Taylor Collins Chris Vardy Luke Dunstan Rob Tomlin Vinnie Iannone Kieron Turner Lee Stobbs Ollie Hogg Stewart King Greg Deer Lee Stobbs Ryan McMahon Ollie Butler
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