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Welcome to the Robert Parker Stadium ASHFORD TOWN (MIDDLESEX) FOOTBALL CLUB The Bostik League—Senior South Central Division Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v Westfield FC OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Season 2018/2019 -

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Page 1: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

Welcome to the Robert Parker Stadium

ASHFORD TOWN (MIDDLESEX) FOOTBALL CLUB

The Bostik LeaguemdashSenior South Central Division

Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM

Ashford Town (Mx) v Westfield FC

OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Season 20182019 -

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) Football Club Limited The Robert Parker Stadium Short Lane Stanwell Middlesex TW19 7BH

Tel 01784 245908 W wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom E clubinfoatmfccouk Members of the Southern Suburban Isthmian Youth and Greater London Womenrsquos Football Leagues Affiliated to Middlesex amp Surrey FArsquos

Company Registration Number 07904731 Company Limited By Guarantee

Club Directory

Directors Nick Bailey Dan Butler Alan Constable Paul Blair Steve Clark Robert

Parker

Patrons Mr Ray Dorset Mr Russell Grant - The Lord of Ashford (Middlesex)

President Mr Bob Parker

Life Members Mr Alan Constable Mr Bob Parker Mr Steve Clark

Vice-President Ms Lynne Morgan Mr Gareth Coates Mr Bob Lewis

Chairman Mr Nick Bailey amp Mr Alan Constable chairmanatmfccouk

Vice-Chairmen Mr Nick Bailey

General Secretary Mr Alan Constable generalsecretaryatmfccouk

Football Secretary Mr Paul Blair footballsecretaryatmfccouk

Finance Director Mr Steve Clark

Programme Editor Mr Graham Felce

Press Secretary Mr Larry Mansell lmansellashfordtownicloudcom

Groundsmen Mr Liam Balmer amp Mr Steve Honey

Membership Secretary Mr Chris Canderton

Webmaster Mr Gareth Coates webmasteratmfccouk

Safety Officer Mr Liam Balmer

Welfare Officer Mrs Emma Bailey welfareatmfccouk

Football Development Officer Mr Ben Murray

Club General Committee Mr Daryl Watson Mr Jamie Brunton Mr Graham Felce Mr John Gully Mr

Roger King Miss S Cooley

1st Team Manager Mr Ben Murray

Assistant Manager Mr Mark Green

Goalkeeper Coach Mr Steve Honey

Physiotherapist Mr Martin OrsquoConnell

Kit Manager Mr Chad Beadle

Ladies Team Manager Mr Will Boye

Youth Team Manager

Club Photographer Mr Steve McCarthy

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Good Afternoon everyone

Once again we welcome everyone from Westfield FC to Short Lane this

afternoon this time in the League As we are well aware after the two

Trophy games our opponents who romped the CCL last season are

rapidly acclimatising themselves to Step 4 football and another close

match is predicted Although they lost their leading scorer to Met Police

at the end of last season (we can tell a similar story although Jack Bea-

dle has now moved on again this time trying his luck at Hartley Wintney

for whom he made his debut last week)

Following Saturdayrsquos rather drab nil-nil draw in the FA Trophy both

Westfield and Ashford contrived to put up a far better show on Tuesday

evening when Ashford won the closest of contests by three goals to two

thus setting up a home tie against Lewes FC in the next round

Ashford found themselves on the back foot at first just as they had in the

first match with Aaron Watson particularly taking the eye in the opening

minutes for the home side The Tangerines soon came into the game

though and took the lead on 16 minutes a crisp shot from Bradley Wil-

son finding the back of the net after Tom Bruntonrsquos initial effort was

saved

Kofi Lockhart-Adams then made it two just eight minutes into the sec-

ond period and it was something if an individual effort as he weaved his

way though

However the two goal lead was short lived as a fierce cross seemed to

come off the chest of Watson and rebound into goal If he meant it it

was a great goal if he didnrsquot it was a fluke but Westfield werenrsquot con-

cerned about that and the goal spurred them on as Ashford found them-

selves resisting heavy pressure An equaliser looked inevitable when a

penalty was awarded for a trip but Watson blasted the ball against the

cross bar and to safety

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It did not stop the home side pushing forward and continuing to attack

with gusto but Ashford managed to resist all attempts and then as the

gaps were appearing it was Lockhart-Adams with a similar goal to his

first which seemingly made the match safe at 3-1

Westfield were undaunted even though the writing was on the wall with

just 8 minutes plus stoppage left on the clock They did manage the last

word though when referee Matthieson awarded a second penalty this

time scored to make it 3-2 but the final whistle went before there was

time to kick off again much to Ashfordrsquos relief

After todays game Ashford will be playing the delayed Middlesex Senior

Cup match away to Hanworth Villa next Tuesday evening kick-off 730

pm whilst the Surrey Senior Cup game at home to Horley Town will be

on the following Tuesday

A word for the Under-18rsquos now finally stabilising under the control of Joe

Monks A host of new players have been signed over the last three

weeks and the lads were unlucky to go down to Tooting amp Mitcham on

Monday evening drawing the match in the League Cup two apiece but

losing 3-4 on penalties A big difference though from the 0-16 and 0-14

defeats in the opening two games of the campaign The next game is on

Monday 22 October at home to Wealdstone U18 kick-off 745 pm

Enjoy the Game Alan

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Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club

playing in the Woking and District League and also running a youth

team

The 1950s

From the start the Club had success in the competitions it entered

Among the trophies won in the early years were the Surrey Youth

Invitation Cup in 195354 the Surrey Junior Charity Cup in 195455 and 195556 the Sur-

rey Junior Cup (at the first attempt) in 195556 and the Surrey Youth Cup in 195657

Following several seasons in local league football the Club made the break into Surrey

Intermediate football using the present ground at Woking Park Kingfield Successes soon

came and after becoming League Champions and Cup winners on several occasions in

the subsequent seasons the Club decided to apply for senior status The application was

accepted in 1964 and after one season in the Parthenon League Westfield met the nec-

essary ground grading requirements and joined the Surrey Senior League

The 1960s

Westfieldrsquos future success in senior football sprang from their ability to attract the best

local youngsters and they were successful in winning the Surrey Youth Cup again in

196667 and 196970 and the Surrey Youth Shield in 196970 and 197071 This talent

matured and there followed three tremendous seasons for the senior side when they won

the Surrey Senior League Cup in 197172 followed by the League and Cup double in

197273 and the League Championship again in 197374

The 1970s and 1980s

The Surrey Senior League was disbanded and reformed as the Combined Counties Foot-

ball League in 1978 and Westfield FC became founder members and have retained mem-

bership to date Success however has been more difficult to achieve and in recent times

the closest the senior team has come to honours was in 198990 when they lost the final

of the Combined Counties League Cup to Hartley Wintney in extra time

2000-2003

In recent seasons with former Woking player John Cassidy as manager the senior side

improved their league position finishing sixth in season 200001 That season saw the

Club enter the Carlsberg FA Vase for the first time performing beyond expectations be-

fore losing in the Fourth Round to Ryman League Arlesey Town on the way beating

Wantage Town Lewes and Bowers United

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

Ben Murray Bob Lewis

Mark Green Bob Lewis

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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Club Directory

Directors Nick Bailey Dan Butler Alan Constable Paul Blair Steve Clark Robert

Parker

Patrons Mr Ray Dorset Mr Russell Grant - The Lord of Ashford (Middlesex)

President Mr Bob Parker

Life Members Mr Alan Constable Mr Bob Parker Mr Steve Clark

Vice-President Ms Lynne Morgan Mr Gareth Coates Mr Bob Lewis

Chairman Mr Nick Bailey amp Mr Alan Constable chairmanatmfccouk

Vice-Chairmen Mr Nick Bailey

General Secretary Mr Alan Constable generalsecretaryatmfccouk

Football Secretary Mr Paul Blair footballsecretaryatmfccouk

Finance Director Mr Steve Clark

Programme Editor Mr Graham Felce

Press Secretary Mr Larry Mansell lmansellashfordtownicloudcom

Groundsmen Mr Liam Balmer amp Mr Steve Honey

Membership Secretary Mr Chris Canderton

Webmaster Mr Gareth Coates webmasteratmfccouk

Safety Officer Mr Liam Balmer

Welfare Officer Mrs Emma Bailey welfareatmfccouk

Football Development Officer Mr Ben Murray

Club General Committee Mr Daryl Watson Mr Jamie Brunton Mr Graham Felce Mr John Gully Mr

Roger King Miss S Cooley

1st Team Manager Mr Ben Murray

Assistant Manager Mr Mark Green

Goalkeeper Coach Mr Steve Honey

Physiotherapist Mr Martin OrsquoConnell

Kit Manager Mr Chad Beadle

Ladies Team Manager Mr Will Boye

Youth Team Manager

Club Photographer Mr Steve McCarthy

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Good Afternoon everyone

Once again we welcome everyone from Westfield FC to Short Lane this

afternoon this time in the League As we are well aware after the two

Trophy games our opponents who romped the CCL last season are

rapidly acclimatising themselves to Step 4 football and another close

match is predicted Although they lost their leading scorer to Met Police

at the end of last season (we can tell a similar story although Jack Bea-

dle has now moved on again this time trying his luck at Hartley Wintney

for whom he made his debut last week)

Following Saturdayrsquos rather drab nil-nil draw in the FA Trophy both

Westfield and Ashford contrived to put up a far better show on Tuesday

evening when Ashford won the closest of contests by three goals to two

thus setting up a home tie against Lewes FC in the next round

Ashford found themselves on the back foot at first just as they had in the

first match with Aaron Watson particularly taking the eye in the opening

minutes for the home side The Tangerines soon came into the game

though and took the lead on 16 minutes a crisp shot from Bradley Wil-

son finding the back of the net after Tom Bruntonrsquos initial effort was

saved

Kofi Lockhart-Adams then made it two just eight minutes into the sec-

ond period and it was something if an individual effort as he weaved his

way though

However the two goal lead was short lived as a fierce cross seemed to

come off the chest of Watson and rebound into goal If he meant it it

was a great goal if he didnrsquot it was a fluke but Westfield werenrsquot con-

cerned about that and the goal spurred them on as Ashford found them-

selves resisting heavy pressure An equaliser looked inevitable when a

penalty was awarded for a trip but Watson blasted the ball against the

cross bar and to safety

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It did not stop the home side pushing forward and continuing to attack

with gusto but Ashford managed to resist all attempts and then as the

gaps were appearing it was Lockhart-Adams with a similar goal to his

first which seemingly made the match safe at 3-1

Westfield were undaunted even though the writing was on the wall with

just 8 minutes plus stoppage left on the clock They did manage the last

word though when referee Matthieson awarded a second penalty this

time scored to make it 3-2 but the final whistle went before there was

time to kick off again much to Ashfordrsquos relief

After todays game Ashford will be playing the delayed Middlesex Senior

Cup match away to Hanworth Villa next Tuesday evening kick-off 730

pm whilst the Surrey Senior Cup game at home to Horley Town will be

on the following Tuesday

A word for the Under-18rsquos now finally stabilising under the control of Joe

Monks A host of new players have been signed over the last three

weeks and the lads were unlucky to go down to Tooting amp Mitcham on

Monday evening drawing the match in the League Cup two apiece but

losing 3-4 on penalties A big difference though from the 0-16 and 0-14

defeats in the opening two games of the campaign The next game is on

Monday 22 October at home to Wealdstone U18 kick-off 745 pm

Enjoy the Game Alan

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Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club

playing in the Woking and District League and also running a youth

team

The 1950s

From the start the Club had success in the competitions it entered

Among the trophies won in the early years were the Surrey Youth

Invitation Cup in 195354 the Surrey Junior Charity Cup in 195455 and 195556 the Sur-

rey Junior Cup (at the first attempt) in 195556 and the Surrey Youth Cup in 195657

Following several seasons in local league football the Club made the break into Surrey

Intermediate football using the present ground at Woking Park Kingfield Successes soon

came and after becoming League Champions and Cup winners on several occasions in

the subsequent seasons the Club decided to apply for senior status The application was

accepted in 1964 and after one season in the Parthenon League Westfield met the nec-

essary ground grading requirements and joined the Surrey Senior League

The 1960s

Westfieldrsquos future success in senior football sprang from their ability to attract the best

local youngsters and they were successful in winning the Surrey Youth Cup again in

196667 and 196970 and the Surrey Youth Shield in 196970 and 197071 This talent

matured and there followed three tremendous seasons for the senior side when they won

the Surrey Senior League Cup in 197172 followed by the League and Cup double in

197273 and the League Championship again in 197374

The 1970s and 1980s

The Surrey Senior League was disbanded and reformed as the Combined Counties Foot-

ball League in 1978 and Westfield FC became founder members and have retained mem-

bership to date Success however has been more difficult to achieve and in recent times

the closest the senior team has come to honours was in 198990 when they lost the final

of the Combined Counties League Cup to Hartley Wintney in extra time

2000-2003

In recent seasons with former Woking player John Cassidy as manager the senior side

improved their league position finishing sixth in season 200001 That season saw the

Club enter the Carlsberg FA Vase for the first time performing beyond expectations be-

fore losing in the Fourth Round to Ryman League Arlesey Town on the way beating

Wantage Town Lewes and Bowers United

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

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Date Result Title Goalscorers

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19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

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09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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23

final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

Page 3: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

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Good Afternoon everyone

Once again we welcome everyone from Westfield FC to Short Lane this

afternoon this time in the League As we are well aware after the two

Trophy games our opponents who romped the CCL last season are

rapidly acclimatising themselves to Step 4 football and another close

match is predicted Although they lost their leading scorer to Met Police

at the end of last season (we can tell a similar story although Jack Bea-

dle has now moved on again this time trying his luck at Hartley Wintney

for whom he made his debut last week)

Following Saturdayrsquos rather drab nil-nil draw in the FA Trophy both

Westfield and Ashford contrived to put up a far better show on Tuesday

evening when Ashford won the closest of contests by three goals to two

thus setting up a home tie against Lewes FC in the next round

Ashford found themselves on the back foot at first just as they had in the

first match with Aaron Watson particularly taking the eye in the opening

minutes for the home side The Tangerines soon came into the game

though and took the lead on 16 minutes a crisp shot from Bradley Wil-

son finding the back of the net after Tom Bruntonrsquos initial effort was

saved

Kofi Lockhart-Adams then made it two just eight minutes into the sec-

ond period and it was something if an individual effort as he weaved his

way though

However the two goal lead was short lived as a fierce cross seemed to

come off the chest of Watson and rebound into goal If he meant it it

was a great goal if he didnrsquot it was a fluke but Westfield werenrsquot con-

cerned about that and the goal spurred them on as Ashford found them-

selves resisting heavy pressure An equaliser looked inevitable when a

penalty was awarded for a trip but Watson blasted the ball against the

cross bar and to safety

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It did not stop the home side pushing forward and continuing to attack

with gusto but Ashford managed to resist all attempts and then as the

gaps were appearing it was Lockhart-Adams with a similar goal to his

first which seemingly made the match safe at 3-1

Westfield were undaunted even though the writing was on the wall with

just 8 minutes plus stoppage left on the clock They did manage the last

word though when referee Matthieson awarded a second penalty this

time scored to make it 3-2 but the final whistle went before there was

time to kick off again much to Ashfordrsquos relief

After todays game Ashford will be playing the delayed Middlesex Senior

Cup match away to Hanworth Villa next Tuesday evening kick-off 730

pm whilst the Surrey Senior Cup game at home to Horley Town will be

on the following Tuesday

A word for the Under-18rsquos now finally stabilising under the control of Joe

Monks A host of new players have been signed over the last three

weeks and the lads were unlucky to go down to Tooting amp Mitcham on

Monday evening drawing the match in the League Cup two apiece but

losing 3-4 on penalties A big difference though from the 0-16 and 0-14

defeats in the opening two games of the campaign The next game is on

Monday 22 October at home to Wealdstone U18 kick-off 745 pm

Enjoy the Game Alan

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Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club

playing in the Woking and District League and also running a youth

team

The 1950s

From the start the Club had success in the competitions it entered

Among the trophies won in the early years were the Surrey Youth

Invitation Cup in 195354 the Surrey Junior Charity Cup in 195455 and 195556 the Sur-

rey Junior Cup (at the first attempt) in 195556 and the Surrey Youth Cup in 195657

Following several seasons in local league football the Club made the break into Surrey

Intermediate football using the present ground at Woking Park Kingfield Successes soon

came and after becoming League Champions and Cup winners on several occasions in

the subsequent seasons the Club decided to apply for senior status The application was

accepted in 1964 and after one season in the Parthenon League Westfield met the nec-

essary ground grading requirements and joined the Surrey Senior League

The 1960s

Westfieldrsquos future success in senior football sprang from their ability to attract the best

local youngsters and they were successful in winning the Surrey Youth Cup again in

196667 and 196970 and the Surrey Youth Shield in 196970 and 197071 This talent

matured and there followed three tremendous seasons for the senior side when they won

the Surrey Senior League Cup in 197172 followed by the League and Cup double in

197273 and the League Championship again in 197374

The 1970s and 1980s

The Surrey Senior League was disbanded and reformed as the Combined Counties Foot-

ball League in 1978 and Westfield FC became founder members and have retained mem-

bership to date Success however has been more difficult to achieve and in recent times

the closest the senior team has come to honours was in 198990 when they lost the final

of the Combined Counties League Cup to Hartley Wintney in extra time

2000-2003

In recent seasons with former Woking player John Cassidy as manager the senior side

improved their league position finishing sixth in season 200001 That season saw the

Club enter the Carlsberg FA Vase for the first time performing beyond expectations be-

fore losing in the Fourth Round to Ryman League Arlesey Town on the way beating

Wantage Town Lewes and Bowers United

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

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Page 4: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

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It did not stop the home side pushing forward and continuing to attack

with gusto but Ashford managed to resist all attempts and then as the

gaps were appearing it was Lockhart-Adams with a similar goal to his

first which seemingly made the match safe at 3-1

Westfield were undaunted even though the writing was on the wall with

just 8 minutes plus stoppage left on the clock They did manage the last

word though when referee Matthieson awarded a second penalty this

time scored to make it 3-2 but the final whistle went before there was

time to kick off again much to Ashfordrsquos relief

After todays game Ashford will be playing the delayed Middlesex Senior

Cup match away to Hanworth Villa next Tuesday evening kick-off 730

pm whilst the Surrey Senior Cup game at home to Horley Town will be

on the following Tuesday

A word for the Under-18rsquos now finally stabilising under the control of Joe

Monks A host of new players have been signed over the last three

weeks and the lads were unlucky to go down to Tooting amp Mitcham on

Monday evening drawing the match in the League Cup two apiece but

losing 3-4 on penalties A big difference though from the 0-16 and 0-14

defeats in the opening two games of the campaign The next game is on

Monday 22 October at home to Wealdstone U18 kick-off 745 pm

Enjoy the Game Alan

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Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club

playing in the Woking and District League and also running a youth

team

The 1950s

From the start the Club had success in the competitions it entered

Among the trophies won in the early years were the Surrey Youth

Invitation Cup in 195354 the Surrey Junior Charity Cup in 195455 and 195556 the Sur-

rey Junior Cup (at the first attempt) in 195556 and the Surrey Youth Cup in 195657

Following several seasons in local league football the Club made the break into Surrey

Intermediate football using the present ground at Woking Park Kingfield Successes soon

came and after becoming League Champions and Cup winners on several occasions in

the subsequent seasons the Club decided to apply for senior status The application was

accepted in 1964 and after one season in the Parthenon League Westfield met the nec-

essary ground grading requirements and joined the Surrey Senior League

The 1960s

Westfieldrsquos future success in senior football sprang from their ability to attract the best

local youngsters and they were successful in winning the Surrey Youth Cup again in

196667 and 196970 and the Surrey Youth Shield in 196970 and 197071 This talent

matured and there followed three tremendous seasons for the senior side when they won

the Surrey Senior League Cup in 197172 followed by the League and Cup double in

197273 and the League Championship again in 197374

The 1970s and 1980s

The Surrey Senior League was disbanded and reformed as the Combined Counties Foot-

ball League in 1978 and Westfield FC became founder members and have retained mem-

bership to date Success however has been more difficult to achieve and in recent times

the closest the senior team has come to honours was in 198990 when they lost the final

of the Combined Counties League Cup to Hartley Wintney in extra time

2000-2003

In recent seasons with former Woking player John Cassidy as manager the senior side

improved their league position finishing sixth in season 200001 That season saw the

Club enter the Carlsberg FA Vase for the first time performing beyond expectations be-

fore losing in the Fourth Round to Ryman League Arlesey Town on the way beating

Wantage Town Lewes and Bowers United

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

Page 5: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

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Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club

playing in the Woking and District League and also running a youth

team

The 1950s

From the start the Club had success in the competitions it entered

Among the trophies won in the early years were the Surrey Youth

Invitation Cup in 195354 the Surrey Junior Charity Cup in 195455 and 195556 the Sur-

rey Junior Cup (at the first attempt) in 195556 and the Surrey Youth Cup in 195657

Following several seasons in local league football the Club made the break into Surrey

Intermediate football using the present ground at Woking Park Kingfield Successes soon

came and after becoming League Champions and Cup winners on several occasions in

the subsequent seasons the Club decided to apply for senior status The application was

accepted in 1964 and after one season in the Parthenon League Westfield met the nec-

essary ground grading requirements and joined the Surrey Senior League

The 1960s

Westfieldrsquos future success in senior football sprang from their ability to attract the best

local youngsters and they were successful in winning the Surrey Youth Cup again in

196667 and 196970 and the Surrey Youth Shield in 196970 and 197071 This talent

matured and there followed three tremendous seasons for the senior side when they won

the Surrey Senior League Cup in 197172 followed by the League and Cup double in

197273 and the League Championship again in 197374

The 1970s and 1980s

The Surrey Senior League was disbanded and reformed as the Combined Counties Foot-

ball League in 1978 and Westfield FC became founder members and have retained mem-

bership to date Success however has been more difficult to achieve and in recent times

the closest the senior team has come to honours was in 198990 when they lost the final

of the Combined Counties League Cup to Hartley Wintney in extra time

2000-2003

In recent seasons with former Woking player John Cassidy as manager the senior side

improved their league position finishing sixth in season 200001 That season saw the

Club enter the Carlsberg FA Vase for the first time performing beyond expectations be-

fore losing in the Fourth Round to Ryman League Arlesey Town on the way beating

Wantage Town Lewes and Bowers United

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

Page 6: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

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Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club

playing in the Woking and District League and also running a youth

team

The 1950s

From the start the Club had success in the competitions it entered

Among the trophies won in the early years were the Surrey Youth

Invitation Cup in 195354 the Surrey Junior Charity Cup in 195455 and 195556 the Sur-

rey Junior Cup (at the first attempt) in 195556 and the Surrey Youth Cup in 195657

Following several seasons in local league football the Club made the break into Surrey

Intermediate football using the present ground at Woking Park Kingfield Successes soon

came and after becoming League Champions and Cup winners on several occasions in

the subsequent seasons the Club decided to apply for senior status The application was

accepted in 1964 and after one season in the Parthenon League Westfield met the nec-

essary ground grading requirements and joined the Surrey Senior League

The 1960s

Westfieldrsquos future success in senior football sprang from their ability to attract the best

local youngsters and they were successful in winning the Surrey Youth Cup again in

196667 and 196970 and the Surrey Youth Shield in 196970 and 197071 This talent

matured and there followed three tremendous seasons for the senior side when they won

the Surrey Senior League Cup in 197172 followed by the League and Cup double in

197273 and the League Championship again in 197374

The 1970s and 1980s

The Surrey Senior League was disbanded and reformed as the Combined Counties Foot-

ball League in 1978 and Westfield FC became founder members and have retained mem-

bership to date Success however has been more difficult to achieve and in recent times

the closest the senior team has come to honours was in 198990 when they lost the final

of the Combined Counties League Cup to Hartley Wintney in extra time

2000-2003

In recent seasons with former Woking player John Cassidy as manager the senior side

improved their league position finishing sixth in season 200001 That season saw the

Club enter the Carlsberg FA Vase for the first time performing beyond expectations be-

fore losing in the Fourth Round to Ryman League Arlesey Town on the way beating

Wantage Town Lewes and Bowers United

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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+44 (0)1784 430000 or infofirstchoicebuscom

Season 200203 saw Westfield enter the FA Cup for the first time losing at home to Dor-

king in the Preliminary Round

Westfield continued to compete at youth level and they won the Combined Counties

Youth League Cup in 199192 as well as being runners-up in the League Following the

installation of floodlights in 1998 the U18 team joined the Southern Youth Floodlight

League as members of the Western Division

The Club also run an U16 team playing in the West Surrey Boys League This is currently

the Clubrsquos most successful side last season competing at U15 level the team won the

League Championship the League Cup and the Surrey County Cup

2003-2006

Following the end of the 200304 season Westfield lost both First and Reserve Team

managers John Cassidy moved to Frimley Green and thereafter back to Farnham Town

and Graham Pope moved to Godalming amp Guildford to manage their reserve team in the

Suburban league Westfield recruited Paul Donaghy from Guildford-based Merrow as first-

team manager and Dave Robson ndash long-time Westfield player ndash took over the reserves

At the end of 200506 Westfield were relegated to the 1st Division due to new ground-

grading regulations after a very acrimonious conflict with the league Numerous commit-

ments from league officials were reneged upon and after months of appeals and meet-

ings Westfield had to accept their unwelcome fate

After a mid-table Division 1 season and partly because of the league-enforced relegation

Manager Paul Donaghy decided to resign as First Team manager to join Godalming and

Reserve Team manager Dave Robson also quit The team of ex-player Martin Powell ex-

Spurs stalwart David Howells and coach John Comer took over the running of the senior

teams for the start of the 200708 season

2007-2010

In the close season of 200708 following a highly credible 4th place finish Martin re-

signed as manager due to personal circumstances his departure signalled the exits of

both David Howells and John Comer In July 2008 the position of 1st Team Manager was

filled by Steve Plunkett the ex-Godalming Town Reserves boss though hw was replaced

within 4 months by the returning Dave Robson as the club attempted to rebuild following

a mass exodus of players

Dave Robson did a fine job stabilizing the club but after an indifferent 200910 was re-

placed by joint managers Craig Moore and John Comer Off the pitch there was good

news as building of the new facilities commenced in 201011 and it promised to be a

good season as the management duo assembled the best squad since the 2008 season

However despite some wonderful results the team struggled to find consistency and

finished a disappointing 13th in the table There was better news for the reserves who

finished 4th in the reserve league and reached the final of the league cup where they

went down to double-winning side Mole Valley SCR

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Reserved seating in clubhouse Bar

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

Page 8: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

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2011-2015

During the summer of 2011 Craig Moore decided to step down to

concentrate on playing leaving John Comer as sole manager He

promoted Kevin Bailey from the reserves to be his assistant and

following Dave Kellyrsquos resignation as reserve team manager ap-

pointed David Robertson

In May 2011 the old pitch was dug up and raised a metre before

being re-seeded and in June the old clubhouse was demolished

The club moved into the new facilities in August 2011 with a thrill-

ing opening match in the FA Cup against Peacehaven amp

Telscombe in which the Sussex side eventually ran out 6-3 winners in front of a crowd of

190 The following month a new record attendance for a league fixture at Woking Park was

set when 325 witnessed the fixture against Guernsey

The season saw another improvement on the pitch where a position of 8th was achieved

and the team reached a cup final for the first time in nearly 20 years However they went

down 4-2 to Warlingham on the day

The following season the Club gained promotion in third place and played Walton Casuals

Reserves in the final of the Surrey Premier Cup going down 2 goals to 1 in a close game

In season 201314 with John Comer continuing as manager the Club had their best

league finish since 1981 ending in fourth place

With John Comerrsquos departure Martin Beard was appointed for the 2014-15 season After a

run of indifferent results Martin was replaced by Dan Snare who improved the side to

finish mid-table

2016 to date

For the 2016-17 season Tony Reid was appointed manager and enjoyed a stunning sea-

son finishing second in the League and winning the League Cup in May The following

season the Club continued to play exciting attacking football scoring an amazing 145

goals whilst only conceding only 45 and became deserved Champions with a fantastic

106 league points

As the 2018-19 season begins we say farewell to the Combined Counties League after 40

years of continuous competition and start an exciting journey into Step 4 of non-league

football We wish Tony and his management team well for yet another tremendous sea-

son

Picture( Right) - Westfield FC - courtesy and Copyright Andy Fitzsimons at Woking News

amp Mail

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Photo of you and the Player

MATCHDAY SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 1 (pound150 + VAT)

Four Matchday Tickets

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Reserved seating in clubhouse Bar

Complimentary refreshments

MATCHDAY SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 2 (pound200 + VAT)

Four Matchday Tickets

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Only 1 voucher per person

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Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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HA Opponent Comp Result Scorers

H Ashford Town FAT Rep 2 3 Watson Steer

A Ashford Town FAT``` 0 0

H Northwood LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

A Chipstead LGE 0 3 Cooper-Smith Watson Efambe

H Chalfont St Peter LGE 2 2 Nloma Cooper-Smith

H Cheshunt LGE 1 4 Watson

A Molesey LGE 0 4 C-Andrews(2) Watson Cooper-Smith

H Marlow Town LGE 1 2 Nkoma

A Egham Town LGE 1 2 Carder-Andrews

Current Form

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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ASHFORD TOWN (MIDDLESEX) SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS

PLAYER SPONSORSHIP (pound60 + VAT)

Complementary Match Ticket to game of your Choice

Company listing on the website

Photo of you and the Player

MATCHDAY SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 1 (pound150 + VAT)

Four Matchday Tickets

Company Logo on Programme cover

Company listing on the website

Reserved seating in clubhouse Bar

Complimentary refreshments

MATCHDAY SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 2 (pound200 + VAT)

Four Matchday Tickets

Company Logo on Programme cover

Company listing on the website

Reserved seating in clubhouse Bar

Complimentary refreshments

Junior Mascots for the day

MATCHBALL SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 1 (pound50 + VAT)

One Matchday Ticket

Company Logo on Programme cover

Company listing on the website

MATCHBALL SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 2 (pound75 + VAT)

One Matchday Ticket

Company Logo on Programme cover

Company listing on the website

Junior Mascot for the day

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

Ben Murray Bob Lewis

Mark Green Bob Lewis

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bull Fast Delivery With over 40 yearsrsquo experience in the industry we have developed an extensive prod-uct and pricing knowledge to supply you with the necessary building materials required for the job Our comprehensive range of supplies includes

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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at the snack bar for your free

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Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

Ben Murray Bob Lewis

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

Ben Murray Bob Lewis

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

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Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

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Tristan Noel

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Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Only 1 voucher per person

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Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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This weekrsquos NLP programme column below written by Pat

By Pat McLaggon

There have been three notable wins for England over the past week with cause for celebration for Gareth Southgatersquos senior side and Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd while not forgetting the work of Paul Fairclough is raising the nationwide profile of the England C team

For England C it was a performance that belied the three daysrsquo prepara-tion the team had for their test against Estonia Under-23s with Alfie Paveyrsquos conversion from the penalty spot guiding the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road

It was a match that saw the visitors fail to register a shot on target and England C uphold the strictest level of discipline picking up no yellow or red cards

The NLPrsquos reporter rated each player at seven or higher reserving spe-cial praise for AFC Fyldersquo James Hardy but there was one disappoint-ment from the evening which stood out

Just 635 fans attended the match which was well promoted by host club Leyton Orient who had on-form centre-back Marvin Ekpiteta play the full 90 minutes on his home patch

Fairclough wonrsquot be fazed by that factor after months of scouting across the country culminated in a win and a clean sheet

ldquoWe pick players who have technical ability and we want them to go and express themselvesrdquo Fairclough told The NLP ldquoIrsquom extremely happy with the performance considering the short time we get with them

ldquoThey were very quiet around the dinner table when they arrived be-cause there was 12 new caps but by last night they were chatting away with each other and really bonding

ldquoIt was a good team performance playing the game in the main how I want them to play and more importantly the way they want to play

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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24

of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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ldquoThere are certain restrictions at club level and I fully understand that Irsquove been there and know what itrsquos like having to play for three points Here we can afford to give them a bit of poetic license where they can go and express themselves and I like to think they did thatrdquo

For the England senior side a 3-2 win owed much to a courageous first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball

It was Spainrsquos first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play

There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession downs comes out the victor and yet England played very attractive football for the match and made their small margin of possession count ndash just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem Ster-ling to end his Three Lions goal-drought

While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summerrsquos European Championship with a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland under the coaching of Boothroyd Goals from Reiss Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking Englandrsquos shot at silver-ware in Italy in 2019

A timely reminder that The NLP will be on sale this Sunday with special coverage dedicated to the FA Cup ndash another edition extended to 56 pag-

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

11082018 1-1 HmdashHertford Town Wilson

18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

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18082018 2-4 AmdashChipstead Bitmead(3) Cottee

21082018 0-1 Hndash Hayes amp Yeading Utd (LGE Cup)

25082018 4-1 Andash Cray Valley (PM) (FA Cup Pr Rd) Wilson

27082018 1-0 AmdashHanwell Town

01092018 1-1 HmdashCheshunt Bitmead

15092018 2-3 AmdashTooting amp Mitcham Utd Poley Cottee Webb

22092018 0-5 HmdashBracknell Town

25092018 2-0 AmdashMolesey Webb Wilson

29092018 4-2 HmdashHeybridge Swifts (FAT XP Rd ) Bitmead(2) Webb Cottee

02102018 2-0 Hndash Chessington amp Hook (Com Cp Rd1)

Haile Lockhartndash Adams

06102018 7-1 AmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd Howard

13102018 0-0 HmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd)

16102018 2-3 AmdashWestfield (FAT Prem Rd Replay) Wilson Lockhart-Adams

20102018 HmdashWestfield

23102018 AmdashHanworth Villa (Mdx Snr Cup)

27102018 HmdashLewes (FAT Q Rd 1)

30102018 HmdashHorley Town ( Surrey Snr Cup

03112018 AmdashNorthwood

10112018 HmdashWaltham Abbey

17112018 AmdashWare

24112018 HmdashMarlow

01122018 AmdashUxbridge

08122018 AmdashSouth Park

15122018 HmdashChalfont St Peter

22122018 HmdashHanwell Town

29122018 AmdashBedfont Sports

05012019 HmdashEgham Town

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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23

final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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First Team Fixtures 20182019

Date Result Title Goalscorers

12012019 AmdashCheshunt

19012018 AmdashFC Romania

26012019 HmdashHayes amp Yeading Utd

02022019 Andash Westfield

05022019 HmdashMolesey

09022019 AmdashHertford Town

16022019 Hndash Chipstead

23022019 Hndash Northwood

02032019 Andash Waltham Abbey

09032019 HmdashWare

16032019 Andash Marlow

23032019 Hndash Uxbridge

30032019 Hndash South Park

06042019 Andash Chalfont St Peter

13042019 Hndash Tooting amp Mitcham Utd

20042019 AmdashEgham Town

22042019 Hndash Bedfont Sports

27042019 AmdashBracknell Town

Todays Other Fixture

Bedfont Sports V Molesey

Chalfont St Peter V FC Romania

Cheshunt V Marlow

Chipstead V Waltham Abbey

Egham Town V Tooting amp Mitcham

Hanwell Town V Ware

Hertford Town V Hayes amp Yeading

Northwood V South Park

Uxbridge V Bracknell Town

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Complementary Match Ticket to game of your Choice

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Photo of you and the Player

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Four Matchday Tickets

Company Logo on Programme cover

Company listing on the website

Reserved seating in clubhouse Bar

Complimentary refreshments

MATCHDAY SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 2 (pound200 + VAT)

Four Matchday Tickets

Company Logo on Programme cover

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Reserved seating in clubhouse Bar

Complimentary refreshments

Junior Mascots for the day

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Company Logo on Programme cover

Company listing on the website

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

Ben Murray Bob Lewis

Mark Green Bob Lewis

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC Player Sponsorship

Player Sponsor

Adam Baigent

Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson

Mark Bitmead John Gulley

Brannon Daly

Russell Canderton Lynne Morgan

James Cottee Paul Blair

Leo Decabo

Thomas Dilloway

Joe Green

Nebay Haile

Tom Howard

Samad Kazi Dan Butler

Kofi Lockhart-Adams

Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

Warren Thomas

Tyler Tobin Graham Felce

Max Webb Simon Gibson

Scott Weight Nick Bailey

Bradley Wilson

Ben Murray Bob Lewis

Mark Green Bob Lewis

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As one of the leading building materi-als suppliers serving throughout London here at Hitchcock and King Ltd delivering excellent customer service are at the forefront of every part of our business To achieve this we are dedi-cated to providing

bull Stock availability

bull Quality product at competitive prices

bull Fast Delivery With over 40 yearsrsquo experience in the industry we have developed an extensive prod-uct and pricing knowledge to supply you with the necessary building materials required for the job Our comprehensive range of supplies includes

bull Plasterboard Plaster and Beads

bull Timber MDF amp Sheet Materials

bull Fencing amp Decking

bull Electrical

No matter the building project scale we have access to thousands of items so you can rest assured knowing that we are able to supply you with whatever you need Further-more our close relationships with top suppliers means we are still able to source an item that you need even if we do not stock it ourselves

Our large fleet of over twenty vehicles means we have the capacity to transport your ma-terials directly to your door quickly and efficiently with the aim of samenext day delivery if the order is placed that morning Our advanced tracking technology allows us to track the progress of our lorries so we can let you know the exact location of your items

Whether you require a free quote or would like to make a quick and easy order donrsquot hesitate to get in touch with our friendly team of experts today ndash we are always happy to help with any enquiry

Official First Team Sponsor for the Season 20182019

Ashford 01784 892 716

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

22

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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23

final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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Steven Loveridge

Tristan Noel

Elliot Pooley

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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bull Stock availability

bull Quality product at competitive prices

bull Fast Delivery With over 40 yearsrsquo experience in the industry we have developed an extensive prod-uct and pricing knowledge to supply you with the necessary building materials required for the job Our comprehensive range of supplies includes

bull Plasterboard Plaster and Beads

bull Timber MDF amp Sheet Materials

bull Fencing amp Decking

bull Electrical

No matter the building project scale we have access to thousands of items so you can rest assured knowing that we are able to supply you with whatever you need Further-more our close relationships with top suppliers means we are still able to source an item that you need even if we do not stock it ourselves

Our large fleet of over twenty vehicles means we have the capacity to transport your ma-terials directly to your door quickly and efficiently with the aim of samenext day delivery if the order is placed that morning Our advanced tracking technology allows us to track the progress of our lorries so we can let you know the exact location of your items

Whether you require a free quote or would like to make a quick and easy order donrsquot hesitate to get in touch with our friendly team of experts today ndash we are always happy to help with any enquiry

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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23

final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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24

of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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at the snack bar for your free

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Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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21

As one of the leading building materi-als suppliers serving throughout London here at Hitchcock and King Ltd delivering excellent customer service are at the forefront of every part of our business To achieve this we are dedi-cated to providing

bull Stock availability

bull Quality product at competitive prices

bull Fast Delivery With over 40 yearsrsquo experience in the industry we have developed an extensive prod-uct and pricing knowledge to supply you with the necessary building materials required for the job Our comprehensive range of supplies includes

bull Plasterboard Plaster and Beads

bull Timber MDF amp Sheet Materials

bull Fencing amp Decking

bull Electrical

No matter the building project scale we have access to thousands of items so you can rest assured knowing that we are able to supply you with whatever you need Further-more our close relationships with top suppliers means we are still able to source an item that you need even if we do not stock it ourselves

Our large fleet of over twenty vehicles means we have the capacity to transport your ma-terials directly to your door quickly and efficiently with the aim of samenext day delivery if the order is placed that morning Our advanced tracking technology allows us to track the progress of our lorries so we can let you know the exact location of your items

Whether you require a free quote or would like to make a quick and easy order donrsquot hesitate to get in touch with our friendly team of experts today ndash we are always happy to help with any enquiry

Official First Team Sponsor for the Season 20182019

Ashford 01784 892 716

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

22

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

23

final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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Ashford Town Middlesex Brief History Until recently it was assumed that Ashford Town Football Club was formed in 1964 However new research has indicated the club was formed in 1958 as Ashford Albion and first competed in the Houns-low amp District League Albion won two consecutive promotions to reach the Premier Division of the Hounslow League and were still competing at this level when the club changed its name to Ashford Town in 1964 It was at this time that the club adopted its distinctive Tangerine amp White colours The club endured a difficult first campaign as the Town club and withdrew from the Prem-ier Division assuming the Reserve Teams place in Division Two Having rebuilt the club with a very young team Ashford Town rapidly advanced through the various divisions of that League absorbing Staines Youth Club FC on the way Several individuals from that era have remained with the Club and now form the backbone of the Committee including the Vice-Chairman and Sec-retary The Club were elected to the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967 and were promoted at the end of their first season The Ash Trees were League Cup finalists in 1970-71 and League runners-up in 1972-73 In 1974-75 Ashford enjoyed their best season under the managership of ex-Fulham player Frank Reid winning the League by three points from perennial contenders Merrow Although the championship eluded the Club in following seasons it usually fin-ished in the top four and prior to season 1982-83 an invitation was extended by Surrey County FA to become founder members of the Surrey County Premier League The invitation was readily accepted and Ashford played their first match in the new league on 4 September 1982 drawing 0-0 away to Farleigh Rovers Almost from its foundation the Club had aspirations to acquire its own ground and after one or two disappointments this was achieved in August 1985 when a long lease was signed with Spelthorne Borough Council enabling the Club to move to its present home at Short Lane Stanwell From what was nothing more than a field the facilities were quickly developed with the first match at Short Lane taking place in February 1986 following two postponements for snow The Club now possesses a modern clubhouse and bar kitchen facilities and boardroom Floodlights were erected in September 1995 whilst the pitch is railed all round and partly walled with standing covered accommodation plus a purpose built 150-seater stand built in 1998 (pictured) An additional 100 seats were installed on the opposite side of the ground to this stand in 2006 after the club won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division For both geographical and historical reasons Ashford affiliate to both Middlesex and Surrey FAs and in 1989-90 their last season as an Intermediate Club they reached the final of both Counties Premier Cup competitions beating Farnham Town in the Surrey version but losing to Willesden Hawkeye in the Middlesex

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final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

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27

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Only 1 voucher per person

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Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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23

final Runners-up spot in the League was also secured and with it the opportuni-ty to enter senior football as members of the Combined Counties League sen-ior status having been granted in May 1990 It was at this point that the club changed its name to Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC to avoid confusion with the Kent club of the same name During its ten year membership of the Combined Counties League the Club never finished below sixth place and after finishing 3rd and 2nd in seasons 1992-93 and 93-94 it went on to win the League Championship for four succes-sive seasons It was a relative disappointment to only come 4th in 1998-99 even though the Club won the League Cup but a 5th championship in just six seasons was secured in 99-00 along with the Middlesex Charity Cup the first ever senior county cup honour With the ground up to the required standard Ashford took their place in the Isthmian League for season 2000-2001 and by finishing in 3rd place secured promotion to Division 2 at the first attempt The first season in Division Two did not the Club making sufficient progress and after a series of indifferent results long serving manager Dave Kent left the Club on 28 March His replacement was Nathan Wharf an ex long serving player who stepped up from Reserve Team management Further major improvements were made to the ground to enable the Club to be granted a B-grade and to take its place in the newly regionalised Division One of the Ryman League A poor start saw the Club in the bottom echelons of the table but a number of new signings saw a significant improvement and a 17

th

place finish which was an excellent performance after winning just one of the opening 16 league matches Further progress was made in 2003-04 as the Club finished 12

th in Div 1

South In the close season prior to 2004-05 the pitch has been completely re-laid to include both irrigation and drainage systems at a cost of around pound50000 mostly financed by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund Further medium term plans include new changing accommodation adjacent to the pitch which will allow enlargement of the present clubhouse and a hard surface floodlit train-ing area The Club embarked upon new adventures in season 2004-05 in the Southern League for the first time having been transferred over as a result of the FA Re-structure The 4

th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was reached for the first time

and Mark Butler renowned goal scorer in his day with Aldershot Town Staines Town etc was promoted from Assistant Manager to Manager following the resig-nation of Nathan Wharf in December 2004 The play-offs were reached but re-sulted in a narrow defeat at Evesham United after extra time In 2005-06 Ashford went one better finishing second in Division One West of the Southern League to secure promotion to Step 3 This brought about a re-turn to the Isthmian League for season 2006-07 and saw Ashford competing at their highest ever level The season brought consolidation with the added bonus

Ashford Town Middlesex Brief HistorymdashContinued 2

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24

of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

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25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

27

Why not enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee Just present this voucher

at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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28

Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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29

1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

24

of reaching and winning the Westview (League) Cup Final when Ashford triumphed 4-1 over Dover Athletic at Brom-ley The Reserves also lifted a trophy securing the Middle-sex Premier Cup Ashford built on this success rallying from the foot of the ta-ble in November 2007 to narrowly miss a place in the promo-tion play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season a campaign which saw all of the clubs senior sides challenge for hon-ours The senior side reached the Final of the Southern Combination Cup the Reserves reached the Finals of both the Middlesex Premier and Surrey Premier Cups while the Under 18s led by club stalwart Mick Snowden were champions of the Southern Youth League The 2008-09 season saw Ashford begin the campaign in electrifying form win-ning their opening six matches to top the table Mark Butlers side followed this up with a fantastic FA Cup run which saw them come agonisingly close to elimi-nating Forest Green Rovers in the Fourth Qualifying Round at Short Lane Rov-ers won the replay and went on to run Derby County close in the Third Round Ashford endured a difficult winter which saw them flirt with relegation before a late resurgence saw the side safely into mid-table The cup competi-tions added much adventure to the season as Ashford followed up their exploits in the FA Cup with runs to the semi-finals of both the Middlesex Senior and Isth-mian League Cups and end their campaign by defeating Conference Premier outfit Woking 3-2 at Metropolitan Police to win the Surrey Senior Cup The 2009-10 season saw Ashford make a reasonable start to the campaign but the Ash Trees were shocked when manager Mark Butler tendered his resigna-tion on Friday 23rd October in order to take up the Managers role at Margate FC who were struggling at the foot of the table Ashford appointed former Leicester City and Bradford City midfielder Jamie Lawrence as his replacement and the Jamaican international immediately led his new charges on a twelve-match unbeaten run However issues off the pitch were causing problems for the club and a number of players including leading goal scorer Byron Harrison left for Carshalton Athletic where Mark Butler had accepted a coaching role af-ter leaving Margate where he had been in charge for just three months Ash-ford found scoring a problem after Harrison left and a dreadful run of form saw them go from the fringe of the play-off zone to battling relegation Ashford went into their final match knowing a win would almost guarantee survival while a draw would see them finish fourth from bottom - technically a relegation place but certain to receive a reprieve owing to the demise of various other clubs Sadly a heavy defeat for Ashford coupled with wins for Carshalton and Margate saw the latter two clubs survive - Margate receiving the reprieve for fin-ishing fourth from bottom During the summer of 2010 the club were initially placed in the Central Division of the Southern League but were then offered the chance to remain at Step

Ashford Town Middlesex

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

27

Why not enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee Just present this voucher

at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

28

Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

29

1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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25

Three of the non-league pyramid However as this offer was as a direct replacement for defunct Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil the decision was made that the vast increase in travelling would be too great a burden for the club and the club elected to remain in the Central Division During this time Bob Parker stepped down from his role as Chairman after twenty-eight years in the role The clubs home ground was renamed the Robert Parker Sta-dium in honour of Bob who remains at the club as President The club entered a new era in the Central Division of the Southern League with Jamie Lawrence at the helm and with a mixture of established local players and new faces but the season was a challenging one The club played some spar-kling football at times and enjoyed an exciting run in the FA Trophy reaching the Last 32 in the competition before losing at home to Dartford However League form was patchy and the club finished 16

th One bright spark was the club win-

ning the Southern Combination Cup defeating Hanworth Villa 1-0 in the Final Jamie Lawrence resigned as Manager in June 2011 and the club immediately appointed his assistant Paul Burgess to take the helm after more than 21 years at the club including 683 First Team appearances Despite having little time to do it and few resources at his disposal Burgo assembled a young and exciting team Although any hopes of a tilt at the promotion play-offs were dashed by a dreadful run where the club failed to win at home for four months Ashford fin-ished the season strongly winning two Cup Finals in 48 hours In the Middlesex Charity Cup Final the Ash Trees were 3-0 down to Northwood after 48 minutes before substitute Kofi Lockhart-Adams scored four times to put his team ahead the game finished 4-4 with Ashford winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2 Two days later Ashford defeated Badshot Lea 3-1 to add the Aldershot Senior Cup to the cabinet aided by a fine performance from Paul McCarthy who had saved two penalties in the first Final A memorable season was capped by the club being named winners of the Southern League Fair Play Award

In recent times Ashford now managed by Ben Murray and ably assisted by Mark

Green have been renowned for playing attractive football firstly in the Combined

Counties and after the team gained promotion in the Southern League The re-

turn of the side into the Combined Counties was a result of being relegated in

the 2013-14 season from the Southern League That season despite a late run

of good results after the team was invigorated by the appointment of Ben Murray

the team just fell short in trying to stay up

In the 201415 season the team had a fantastic start to the campaign winning

ten League games in succession after losing the first game at home to Cove

Despite that Ashford lost out to Molesey for the title and finished third as Cam-

berley Town took second place The exciting brand of football made Ashford

very pleasing on the eye to watch but the doggedness of the Molesey side saw

Ashford Town Middlesex

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26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

27

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at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

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28

Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

26

In the 201516 season Ashford again started the season excellently and were

amongst the front runners but found the red hot form of the excellent Hartley

Wintney too much to take the title but due to the Champions ground grading not

being of step 4 standard Ashford took the promotion place on offer to the run-

ners up This was achieved on the last game of the season as rivals Camberley

Town went down 3-2 at champions Hartley Wintney Mark Bitmead scored an

impressive 42 goals in the season with Dan Fleming scoring 25 goals

Back in the Southern League Ashford started brightly in the 201617 season oc-

cupying one of the play off places in October before a dip in form in the winter

period cost Ashford and the team slid down to mid table A strong ending to the

season culminated in Ashford finishing in 9th place The side also won the Mid-

dlesex Senior Cup Final played at Hanwell Town by beating Conference South

side Wealdstone by two goals to one Alex Fisher and Dan Fleming were the

scorers on the evening Russell Canderton was outstanding on the evening

making one miraculous clearance off the line Samad Kazi caught the eye as the

supporters player of the season

The current season saw Ashford win three rounds of the FA Cup before losing

out to Leatherhead in the 3rd Qualifying Round Unfortunately serious injuries to

Joe Green and Mark Bitmead saw Ashford fall out the play off places again

Mark had started tremendously well in the season scoring 11 goals in the first 11

games A poor run in the winter months saw Ashford hover in midtable but once

again the side has returned to form and have currently have only lost one out of

the last nine games The return of Mitchal Gough has been instrumental in the

recent good run Alex Fisher James Cottee Max Webb amp Jack Beadle have

been impressive throughout the season

And so to the New Season 2082019 looks set to be one of Transition for the

club with the sad loss of our Chairman Dave Baker during the close season the

position of Chairman has been split into a joint role between Alan Constable amp

Nick Bailey both of whom are keen to continue the development of the club and

its ever-growing Tangerine brand on the playing front there too have been some

changes with a number of the previous incumbents moving on during the close

season to a higher level within the Non-League Pyramid we wish them all the

well and thank them for there efforts whilst in the Tangerine colours and now

allows for the next chapter to be written and some new faces to entertain the

tangerine faithful

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

27

Why not enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee Just present this voucher

at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

28

Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

29

1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

27

Why not enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee Just present this voucher

at the snack bar for your free

Cup of tea or coffee

Only 1 voucher per person

Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018

Cannot be redeemed for anything else No cash value

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

28

Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

29

1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

28

Position Team P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Waltham Abbey 8 7 0 1 19 9 +10 21

2 Cheshunt 9 6 2 1 24 11 +13 20

3 Bracknell Town 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19

4 Hayes amp Yeading United 7 5 1 1 29 7 +22 16

5 Marlow 7 4 2 1 8 4 +4 14

6 Chipstead 9 4 1 4 19 14 +5 13

7 Hertford Town 9 3 4 2 19 17 +2 13

8 Northwood 9 4 1 4 19 22 -3 13

9 Ware 9 3 3 3 16 16 0 12

10 Chalfont St Peter 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 11

11 Westfield 9 3 2 4 18 16 +2 11

12 Uxbridge 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11

13 Ashford Town (Middx) 8 3 2 3 12 19 -7 11

14 Hanwell Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10

15 Tooting amp Mitcham United 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7

16 Bedfont Sports 8 2 1 5 17 24 -7 7

17 FC Romania 7 2 0 5 4 19 -15 6

18 Egham Town 7 1 1 5 4 19 -15 4

19 South Park 9 1 0 8 6 22 -16 3

20 Molesey 8 0 1 7 5 22 -17 1

Bostik South Central Division Table 201819

For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom

29

1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

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1958-59 Hounslow amp District League Division Two Runners-Up (promoted)

1959-60 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1965-66 Promoted from Hounslow amp District League Division Two (3rd place)

1966-67 Hounslow amp District League Division One Runners-Up (promoted)

1970-71 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) League Cup Finalists

1974-75 Surrey Intermediate League (Western) Champions

1989-90

Surrey Premier Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

Surrey Premier League Runners-Up (promoted to Combined Counties League)

1991-92 Dan-Air Class Elite Cup Finalists

1992-93 Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

1993-94

Parasol Challenge Cup Finalists

Parasol Challenge Vase Finalists

Combined Counties League Runners Up

1994-95 Combined Counties League Champions

1995-96 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Combination Cup Winners

1996-97 Combined Counties League Champions

Southern Youth League Champions

1997-98 Combined Counties League Champions

1998-99 Worldwide Carpets Premier Cup Winners

1999-2000 Combined Counties League Champions

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

2000-01 Promoted from Isthmian League Division Three (3rd place)

2001-02 Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Joint Winners

2002-03 Aldershot Senior Cup Winners

2003-04 Aldershot Senior Cup Finalists

2004-05 Middlesex Premier Cup Finalists

2005-06 Southern League ndash Div One West Runners-up

Promoted to Ryman League ndash Premier Division

2006-07 Isthmian League Cup Winners

Middlesex Premier Cup Winners

2007-08

Southern Combination Cup Finalists

Finalists Middlesex Premier Cup

Finalists Surrey Premier Cup

Champions Southern Youth League

2008-09

Surrey Senior Cup Winners

Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

Southern Youth League West Division Champions and League Runners-Up

2009-10 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Suburban League Cup Finalists

2010-11 Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

Southern Combination Cup Winners

2011-12

Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Evo-Stik Southern League Fair Play Trophy Winners

Aldershot Invitation Cup Winners

Jim Richardson Memorial Trophy Winners

2012-13 Middlesex Senior Cup Finalist

2013-14 Lord of Ashford in Middlesex Charity Bowl Winners

2015-16 Promoted to Evo-Southern Central Division One

2016-17 Middlesex Charity Cup Winners

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON

Page 30: Saturday 20th October 2018 KO 3PM Ashford Town (Mx) v ......Westfield FC Westfield Football Club was formed in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club, playing in the Woking and District League

Todayrsquos Match Officials

Referee Alastair Higgs

Assistants Luke Pullen amp Connor Fanelli

TODAYrsquoS SQUADS 20th October 2018

Senior South Central Division

Ashford Town (Middlesex) V Westfield FC

Tangerine amp White Colours Yellow amp Black

Tyler TOBIN 1 Gary ROSS

Steven LOVERIDGE 2 John OYENUGA

Tom DILLOWAY 3 Adam BELLMANIE

Adam BAIGENT 4 Louie DOWNEY

Elliot POLEY 5 Matt STEER

Scott WEIGHT 6 Jahmal KING

Bradley WILSON 7 Tinashe NKOMA

Max WEBB 8 George FRITH

James COTTEE 9 Daryl COOPER-SMITH

Tom BRUNTON 10 Karle CARDER-ANDREWS

Mark BITMEAD 11 Arron WATSON

Kofi LOCHART-ADAMS 12 William EFAMBE

Joe GREEN 14 Leavan SULLIVAN

Leo DECABO 15 Qudos BOLAJI

Tristan NOEL 16 TrsquoSharne GALLIMORE

Russell CANDERTON 17 Jason DWUNFUO

Sammi NAABAD 18 Patrick KIRBY

Warren THOMAS 19 Jamil OKAI

Nebay HAILE 20 Graeme PURDY

Samad KAZI 21 Daniel CHOULES

Tom HOWARD 22 Dale BURNHAM

Ben MURRAY MANAGER Tony REID

Mark GREEN ASSISTANT Louis CARDER-WALCOT

Russell CANDERTON COACH Dave POWELL

Steve HONEY COACH Martyn LEE

Martin OrsquoCONNELL PHYSIO Tiffany WEEDON