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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
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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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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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at the snack bar for your free
Cup of tea or coffee
Only 1 voucher per person
Only valid on Saturday 20th October 2018
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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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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)
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Vice-President Ms Lynne Morgan Mr Gareth Coates Mr Bob Lewis
Chairman Mr Nick Bailey amp Mr Alan Constable chairmanatmfccouk
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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 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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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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
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Tyler Tobin Graham Felce
Max Webb Simon Gibson
Scott Weight Nick Bailey
Bradley Wilson
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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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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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6
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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Max Webb Simon Gibson
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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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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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+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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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Tom Brunton Eddie Hutchinson
Mark Bitmead John Gulley
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Samad Kazi Dan Butler
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Max Webb Simon Gibson
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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27
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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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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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16
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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18
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Complimentary refreshments
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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 Stock availability
bull Quality product at competitive prices
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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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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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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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18
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
For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom
19
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
For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom
20
For all the latest club news visit our website at wwwashfordtownmiddlesexfccom
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
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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
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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
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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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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) 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
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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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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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