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Grass Roots Talk

Good Afternoon and welcome to The Grass Roots Stadium for this

Spartan South Midland Premier Division tie.

Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of London Colney

to Tring, we hope they enjoy their short stay with us, and have a safe trip

back afterwards.

We also give a warm welcome to our match officials- Mr N.Neophytou and

his assistants Mr.M.Taylor & Mr.A McCree

Today's match is sponsored by Ralph Griffiths and we would like to thank

Our great supporter and long-time stalwart of the club for his continued

generous support.

Hopefully the weather has changed and we can get down to the rest of the

season without too many interruptions

Our guests today are having another good season in The Premier Division.

When we met at the very start of the season when we played out a 1-1

draw. Both teams were fielding new sides and it looked like both would

have a mediocre year ahead. Colney have reached a cup final where they

lost narrowly to Hertford Town and are in 8th place in the league with

games in hand.

We have also come good in the second half of the season as our young side

has started to gel and to show some good skill and battling qualities, this

therefore should be a better encounter than the earlier one.

The Reserves were unfortunate to loose on Tuesday to a strong

Northwood side in The Challenge Shield.

The Youth side also went down to a skilful Newport Pagnell side on the

same evening.

On Tuesday we have the re-arranged game against AFC Dunstable.

To keep up with all our teams results, fixtures and general club news.

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TRING ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB

*Charter Standard Club* The Grass Roots Stadium, Pendley Sports, Centre, Cow Lane, Tring, Herts. HP23 5NS Tel. No; 01442 891144

Website: www.tafc.co.uk email; tringathleticfc@hotmail.com

Members of: Molten Spartan South Midland Football League. Hertfordshire Football Association. West Herts Football Association. Suburban Combination League.

Under 15 Wycombe Sunday League . Under 18 Southern Floodlit Corinthian League

President David Evans MBE

Life Vice Presidents Barry Johnson, Bob Allum, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stilwell.

Alan Foskett. Pete Oakley

Chairman Mick Eldridge.

Programme Editor/ Vice Chairman Barry Simmons.

Hon. Secretary Robert Winter

Hon. Treasurer Keith Hamilton.

Commercial Manager Dan Barnett

South Midlands & Suburban. Leagues. Match Secretary - Tony Steadman

Match Secretary-West Herts David Stacey.

Registration Secretary Trevor Langley

Club Welfare Officer Trevor Langley

Club Coach vacant

First Team Managers Julian Robinson, Ian Richardson.

Reserve Team Managers Colin Philips & Chris Juraszek, Stuart Stedman

A Team Managers. Vacant

B Team Managers Steve Alford & Phil Monaghan

Under 18’s Youth Nick Seaton & Matt Hayward

Under 15’s Youth Graham Poll & Ian Butler

Sports Therapist. Position closed

Press Officer. Ralph Griffiths/Geoff Gaut

Groundsman Darrell Bodimeade

Membership Secretary. Mick Eldridge.

Kit Laundering. Dee Wells.

Catering Jack Winter, Morgan Weston, Matt Stacey, Gill Eldridge & Sandra Foskett.

Cleaning Amanda Stacey & Alison Parker.

Committee Members. Ray Brimsom, Keith Eldridge, Paul Humphreys, Andy Ayres, Mark Weston, Richard Vincent.

Tring Athletic Football Club CLUB HONOURS-

WEST HERTS LEAGUE

1961/2: Champions Division 1 1964/5: Champions Division 1 1962/3: R/U Division 2 (Res) 1965/6: Champions Division 1 Winners WH-Challenge Cup

1971/2: R/U Division 1, R/U Apsley Senior Cup

Champions Division 2 (Res.)

1972/3: R/U Premier Division, R/U Premier Res (Res)

Winners Marsworth Cup (Res.)

1983/4: R/U Division 1 1985/6: R/U Division 1

1986/7: R/U Watford Peace 1987/8: R/U Apsley Senior Cup

1993/4: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.) 1994/5: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.)

1999/0: R/U Division 3 (A Team) 2000/1: R/U Division 3 (B Team)

2001/2: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (A Team) 2002/3: R/U Division 2 (A Team) 2009/2010 Winners Sir Stanley Rous Challenge Cup (B Team)

2012/13 A Team winners Watford Peace Memorial Shield

SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE-

1994/5: R/U Senior Division Cup

1996/7: Winners St Mary’s Cup

1997/8: R/U Senior Division

Champions Reserve Division 2 (Res)

1998/9: Winners- St Mary’s Cup

Winners- Senior Division Cup

1999/0: Champions Senior Division. Winners- Herts. Charity Shield . Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy. R/U Senior Division Cup. R/U Herts. Intermediate Cup (Res.). Finalists: St Marys Cup (not played).

Winners- Houghton Regis Cup. Winners-Managers of the Year.

2000/1: Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy

Winners- Reserve Division 1 (Res.), Winner-Best Playing Surface

2001/2: Winners- Herts. Charity Shield

Winner-Best Playing Surface 2002/3: Winners Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Division 1 Cup, R/U Cherry Red Books Trophy, Winner-Best Playing Surface 2004/5: Winners- St Mary's Cup, Finalists of South Midlands Floodlit Cup 2007/8: Winners-Herts Charity Shield 2008/09 Winners- South Midland League Challenge Trophy. Winners- South Midland League Premier

Div. Cup. Winners- St.Mary’s Cup

LADIES- 2005/2006: TVCWL- Runners up. League cup finalist

2006/2007: North London Div 2 Runners up

2007/2008: North London Div 1 Runners up

2011/2012: Winners- Greater London Women’s Football Northern Div., County Cup Finalists

History of Tring Athletic: Formed in March 1958 by a group of local men who contributed app. £2,000 towards the cost of the land, fencing,

changing rooms etc .Players, Committee members and friends carried out the work while the team played on another

pitch. Originally formed for youngsters under the age of 21, the team won many trophies in the West Herts. Div. 3

including the Div. 1 title 3 times in 5 years, often playing against adult sides.

The 70’s/80’s The Club went through a lean time and it was decided to scrap the upper age limit. Many former players returned

which resulted in another successful period in the early 1970’s.

Many fine players turned out for the Club and went on to play for professional/senior clubs. In the mid-seventies the

Club nearly folded and the ground was sold to the Council. The reserves were disbanded and the First team dropped

down through the leagues. It was decided to turn to youth again. This formula enabled the Club to work back through

the leagues and by 1986 we were competing in the Premier Div. and the reserves were resurrected.

South Midlands-The 90’s. In 1988 the Club joined The South Midlands and as a result gained Senior status with The Herts. FA

In 1989 we entered in a 3 year ground sharing agreement with Tring Town.

In 1992 the first team moved back to Miswell Lane, where the Reserves had continued to play. The side established

itself in The South Midlands and gained promotion to the newly formed Senior Div.

in 1993. In 1994/5 season, the First Team reached the final of the Senior Div. Cup While the Reserves were finalists

in the Apsley Junior Cup for the second year running.

In 1996/7 after leading the Div. for the whole season, some poor results at the end found us finishing 3rd. We also

reached the semi- final of the Herts. Charity Shield and won the St. Mary’s Cup beating 5 Senior sides including

Isthmian League Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Town In 1997/8 after winning the last 14 games we lost out on

the Title on goal difference of 2. The Reserves won their league by 10 points winning every home game. The following year we won the South Midlands Senior Div. Cup and also The St. Mary’s Cup for the second time,

defeating neighbours Tring Town in the semi-final in front of a crowd of 350, mostly Athletic supporters. In the

league after suffering just one defeat in 28 games, we finished 3rd.

The 1999/2000 season proved to be one to remember. £ 50k was spent on new changing rooms and extending the

Clubhouse and over 1000 people turned up to watch a Watford X1 refereed by Graham Barber and Graham Poll.. We

also formed a third team a Vets side and a Ladies team. The season turned out to be our most successful. Not only

winning the Senior Div. by 11 points, we also reached 5 finals. Winning The Herts. Charity Shield, Herts. Senior

Centenary Trophy and the Cherry Red Books Trophy in it’s inaugural year. We were narrowly beaten 1-0in The Senior

Div. Cup and the reached Final of the St. Mary’s Cup which was never played because of a back log of fixtures.

We were awarded the Houghton Cup for achievements in outside competitions.

The Management team were also voted Managers of the season. We lost only 6 out of 60 games all season. The

Reserves reached the Final of The Intermediate Cup and the A Team finished runners up in the West Herts. Div.

The New Millennium We continued our success into the new one (2000/01) by retaining the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy (again beating

Wormley Rovers 2-0) and the Cherry Red Books Trophy (Virginia Water 1-0). The Reserves won the League title and a

newly formed B Team claimed the runners-up spot. The following season (2001/02) we won the Herts. Charity Shield

for the 2nd time beating Letchworth 4-1. The A Team reached the Apsley Junior Cup final and the B Team won the

sporting award. Season 2002/03 – More success followed as we capture the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy for the 3rd time, to

become the first club to do so. We finished 3rd in the table and won the League Cup for the 2nd time, to make 12

major trophies in 7 years. We were also finalists in the Cherry Red Books Trophy. The A Team finished runners up as

did the Under 16's in their first season, the B Team won the sporting award for the 2nd year running and the Ladies

had a great run in the Women's FA Cup. For the 3rd year running Darrel Bodimeade won an award for the best playing

surface, which is just reward for the tremendous job he does for the club.

Season 2003/04 –Following our failure to secure floodlights at Miswell Lane we entered into an historic alliance

with Tring Town to play our first and reserve team football in season 2004/05 at Pendley where lights are already in

place. The main focus was to be to raise the funds needed to build a new Clubhouse, the previous building burnt down

in March 2003. Miswell Lane will be retained and will be used by our A, B, and Ladies sides. This new arrangement

with Tring Town secured senior level football in the town.

Season2004/05 – New season at a new ground in a new division with fantastic facilities. First team finished 6th in

the Premier Division and also won the St Mary's Cup for the 3rd time defeating Hemel Hempstead in the Final. We

were also Runners Up in the South Midlands Floodlit Cup Final losing on penalties to Oxhey Jets. Played in the F A

Vase for the first time.

Season 2005/6 –The Club entered the F A Cup for the 1st time in its history but was defeated in the prelim

round. In a disappointing season the highlight was a victory over Watford in the Herts Senior Trophy with a large

crowd enjoying a 1-0 win. Defeat in this competition came at the hands of Stevenage Borough of the Conference

league

Season 2006/7-The first team finished mid table after a difficult start to the season. Went 3 rounds in the e.on

FA Cup, losing to Kings Lyn, the biggest side in the competition at that time. The events of the year however came

after the season had completed. Mick Eldridge and Ray Brimsom stepped down as first team managers after 17 years.

Ron Brimsom also after 16 years decided to hand over the reigns and our Hon. Secretary Ralph Griffiths also stood

down after 25 years in that position. A wealth of experience which thankfully will not be lost, as they are all staying

on in some capacity.

Season 2007/2008-.The new management team of Phil Casserley and Terry Nightingale ended in glory at The

County Ground, Letchworth, with the First Team lifting The Herts. Charity Shield for the 3rd time.

Season 2008/2009- A reasonable league campaign saw the first team finish in 8th position. However in true Athletic tradition, it was in the cups in which we excelled, reaching 4 semi-finals. After being 4-2 up

with just a few minutes to go, 3 late goals meant the first one slipped away. This strengthened the resolve of the

whole team and in a remarkable last seven days of the season, three trophies were gained. Winning the League

Challenge Trophy and Premier Div. Cup for the first time and also defeating local rivals Leverstock Green to pick up

the St. Mary’s Cup for the 4th time Ex-player, Ben Williams re-joined the club as reserve team manager mid season and will lead the side in the Suburban

League next season.

Season 2009/2010- After last season’s tremendous cup haul, this year the first team finished without a trophy. However they finished third in the league, the highest position the club’s history so far. With the ground getting the

higher ground grading required, the management and players will be hoping to put in a challenge for the title in

2010/2011.

The B Team did pick up some silver ware winning The Stanley Rous Challenge Cup at Hemel Hempstead Town’s ground.

Season 2010/2011- The first team finished runners up in The Premier Division. They also won The St. Mary’s

Cup beating Leverstock Green in the final and reached the final of The Floodlite Cup, losing 2-0 to Royston Town

Season 2011/2012- With a new Management set up and several new faces in the First team, we were pleased to

finish in the top six and reach 3 cup semi-finals. All our sides performed well, with one of our youth sides going

through the league season undefeated. The ladies won their league and reached the final of the County Cup, losing to

Arsenal reserves. SEASON 2012/2013 - Mixed season with the 1st team winning their initial F A Cup tie at Bedfont and then

losing in the next round to Ashford Town after a replay, in the F A Vase we lost at first hurdle to FC Romania. In the

League we finished just below half way, lost on penalties to Hadley in the semi final of the Premier Division Cup and

were finalists in the St Mary's Cup losing to local rivals Berkhamsted. The "A" Team, under Dave Adamson and James

Bevan won the West Herts Peace Memorial Cup for the first time in the Club's history. Unfortunately the Ladies

team withdrew from their league through lack of players. SEASON 2013/2014 -First team had a good run in The FA Vase and finished mid-table. Reserves finished

runners up on goal difference and won promotion to the Premier Division. Club purchased the Free-Hold of the ground

and second pitch to ensure future football in the town.

London Colney History

London Colney Football Club was formed in 1907, playing at Whitehorse Lane until

moving to its present ground at Cotlandswick, London Colney in 1976.

The Club played in the Mid Herts League until the mid fifties, when it joined the Herts

County League. The Club has enjoyed many successes over the years with the 1st team

winning the Premier Division League 3 times between 1986 and 1990, and the reserves

winning the Reserve Division 4 times between 1987 and 1992.

In 1992 the Club moved to the South Midlands League where in the first season the 1st

Team became runners up in the Senior Division and the Reserves won the Division 1

Reserves section. Further successes came between 1993 and 1998 with the 1st Team

winning The O,Brian Butcher Challenge Cup, The Herts Charity Shield, The Herts

Centenary Trophy, The Premier Division Cup and gaining promotion to the Premier

Division. The Reserves also did well during this time and in 1998 won The Reserves

Challenge Trophy.

In the 1998/99 season the South Midlands League amalgamated with the Spartan League to

form the Minerva Spartan South Midlands League and London Colney finished 3rd in the

Premier Division. The ‘Blue Boys’ had the title within their grasp after a brilliant 11 match

winning streak between October and December and they remained in the top two

throughout the final weeks of the season only to be pipped at the post on the final day of

the season by Barkingside and Potters Bar Town. This disappointment was eased a few

days later when they beat Hoddesdon Town 1-0 to win the Herts Charity Shield. The

Reserves had a brilliant season winning the Reserve League and the reserve cup

comfortably. This was also the year that The Spartan South Midlands League Management

committee made first Team Manager Mick Wright Manager of the Year for the 1998/99

season.

The 1999/2000 season saw Malcolm Doctor join Mick Wright as a joint manager of the 1st

Team. They were finalists in the both the Challenge Trophy and the Premier Division Cup

only being beaten in penalty shoot outs in both matches. This year London Colney was

once again a competitor in the FA Vase and reached the last sixteen losing 4-3 to Eccles

Hill United who travelled from Yorkshire for the match.

The 2000/2001 season saw the 1st Team finishing runners up in the League. The reserves

finished a creditable 6th in the reserve division.

In the 2001/2002 season London Colney saw its greatest successes yet with the 1st Team

winning the League with a ten point difference – the highest in the league’s history. We lost

only two games; scored a massive 119 goals; had a goal difference of 87 after going

unbeaten for the first 27 league games. We went top after just three games and maintained

domination apart from a few days in December, won 28 of our 38 games and provided the

league’s leading scorer through Gary Sippetts who bagged an incredible 45 strikes. London

Colney were also runners up in the Herts Senior Trophy, the only team in the league to ever

reach that position, only narrowly losing to Borehamwood 3-2 in a very hard fought match.

We also won the Challenge Trophy and were semi-finalists in the Premier Division Cup.

These achievements were rewarded with our Managers, Malcolm Doctor and Mick Wright

being awarded with the Managers of the Year Trophy.

The 2002/03 season – what a difference a year makes – whilst not expecting the same

successes as the previous season the loss of many of our players to other clubs meant a

disastrous start to the season. We then lost Malcolm Doctor who resigned early in the

season. However thanks to John Templeton stepping into the breach to join Mick we

managed to finish the season a creditable 6th in the league. Our reserves were an academy

side and whilst there footballing skills were undisputed and they won the league and were

finalists in the reserve cup, they contributed little to the well-being and spirit of London

Colney Football Club.

2003/04 season saw several of our players returning to the club and with an optimistic

outlook and a great deal of enthusiasm. The first team management remained the same with

Mick Wright and John Templeton at the helm. The reserves have reverted to a normal club

side with Ray Flanagan and Alan Connell in charge. The first team finished 6th in the

league and were finalists in the Challenge Trophy losing to Brook House on penalties after

extra time. The reserves finished in the bottom half of the reserve division, which was

commendable as it was the first season with Ray and Alan in charge.

2004/05 saw Mick Wright stepping down as Manager leaving John Templeton in sole

charge. After a very good start, when we won 7 league games in a row, we seemed to lose

our way and finished a disappointing 11th in the league. However we fared better in the

Challenge Trophy and were finalists but were well beaten by Hillingdon Borough 4-1 on

the night. The Reserves finished in the lower half of the table in the Reserve Division

2005/06 season saw a new Management Team of Nigel Tester, Kevin Bland and Vince

Buck without much success with the 1st Team finishing 14th in the league but having a

good FA Vase Cup run. The reserves finished third under the management of Mark Tyrell

and Gary Barber.

2006/2007 We started the season with a new management team but it was decided that for

the long term good of the club we would have to part company with the new manager

before the end of the season. The 1st team finished mid table and had an early exit in all

major cup competitions. In contrast the Reserves, under the guidance of Manager Mark

Tyrrell, had a brilliant season by winning the league on the last game of the season and also

winning the Reserve Challenge Cup beating WGC Reserves from a division above. They

were also the losing finalists in the Herts Intermediate Cup.2007/2008 London Colney FC

Centenary Year.

Saw the club relegated from the Premier League for the first time we now start the next

century of the club trying to get back to Premier SSMFL Premier Status.

2008/2009 saw additional committee members joining a new management team of Julian

Robinson as Manager with Frank Patrick as his assistant with most of the young squad

retained with a couple of new faces to begin the season in Division One and begin a period

of stability with steady consolidation of a club that had shared it’s near past of turmoil with

near extinction a possibility.

2009/10 After what seemed an endless season due to fixture congestion and the weather

being so inclement the club had a tremendous campaign, albeit after the disappointment of

losing out by 1 point for one of the promotion places leaving everyone at the club deflated

for a while until we reflected on two cup final victories and one losing 9-10 on pens in the

other. The first team with a third place finish in the MSSML Div One good cup runs in the

FA and Vase competitions, the reserves having a tremendous season finishing second in

Div Two, The A team won the Bingham Cup and finished runners up in the other cup final

and finally the U18’s winning the league and cup double.

2010/11 A management team of Dave Townsend and Frank Patrick were quickly invited

into the hot seat following the departure of Julian Robinson to Tring Athletic to try and

stabilise the club once more and push for honours, following early disappointing results the

team were unable to reach the promotion spots to remain in the division although a

Hertfordshire Charity Shield Final saw the Blueboys lose against Premier side Leverstock

Green

2011/12 Following the disappointment of staying in Division One a new management team

of Ryan Thompson, Chris Day and Tony Kavanagh were brought in to bring fresh impetus

into the club after Dave Townsend stepped down to become Reserve team manager due to

his heavy work commitments together with his impending marriage. The season went from

strength to strength with promotion to the premier division gained by a record 15 points

with top scorer Matty Newman hitting the 50 goal mark over all competitions, with the

young reserve side finishing a creditable mid table.

Season 2012/13 Saw the side finish 7th in the Spartan Midlands League Premier Division

consolidating the improvement under Ryan Thompsons guidance this after a season of

unprecedented injuries leaving the squad sadly depleted of up to 10 first team players for

most of the season.

Season 2013/14 Saw the side again finish 7th in the Spartan Midlands League Premier

Division in what would be Ryan Thompsons last season as manager. After a slow start, the

team had a good middle and end to the campaign climbing up the table in the process. Matt

Newman also departed scoring 32 goals in his final season with the Blueboys, backed up

well by Martin Collins with 17 goals.

Season 2014/15 had started with Jim Nicholls and his coaching staff taking over from Ryan

Thompson. However Jim has since stepped down and Ryan Thompson has again taken

over the first team duties. We wish them all the best for the coming season.

Sat 21st Feb 2015-League

Berkhamsted 2-2 TAFC First team

TAFC goals: Stewart King (2)

KINGY'S BRACE EARNS A DRAMATIC DERBY POINT We appeared to be hurtling towards defeat when our local rivals and near neighbours Berkhamsted took a commanding 2-0 lead by the early stages of the second half. Up to that point we had been a pale shadow of the side that had performed so well in the last 3 months, with just 3 narrow defeats (2 of which were against top 5 sides) from 14 games. In response Julian Robinson and Ian Richardson made some inspired changes that led to substitute Stewart King coming on and making a dramatic impact by firstly reducing the deficit within seconds and then grabbing a dramatic equaliser deep into added time. It was boys own stuff from Kingy. Our exertions in midweek, when we bravely battled for a well deserved 1-1 draw at 2nd placed AFC Dunstable, seemed to have taken its toll on our young players as they seemed a bit flat and below par during the first half. Berko started strongly and their centre forward BJ Christie, who was making a return to the side after injury, produced the first shot of the game after only 2 minutes. It didn't test Jack Hopwood but 8 minutes later he would have been happy to see Frankie Jowle's shot cum cross flash dangerous across the area and out harmlessly for a goal kick. We were slow to get going but we did win the first corner of the game after 13 minutes, which unfortunately came to nothing. Berko looked the more dangerous team and their right back Courtney Massey whipped in a great cross which we managed to clear. But soon afterwards in the 19th minute we were not so successful in clearing our lines and Frankie Jowle took full advantage to fire a shot into the far corner. It was a well taken goal and gave the home side the initiative. Score 1-0. Berko nearly doubled their lead within seconds when a quick break caught us on the hop but this time Jowle's shot was easily saved by Jack Hopwood. We were missing Vinnie Iannone up front and were finding it difficult to make an impression on the home defence in which big centre back and captain Ed Canham won everything in the air. But the home defence got in a muddle 10 minutes before the break and that allowed Chris Vardy to break away, but the ball wouldn't run kindly for him and his shot was pushed away by keeper Carl Tasker. Unfortunately none of our players were on hand to snap up the loose ball. Prior to that we won a free kick in a good position and Taylor Collins's well struck delivery forced the keeper to dive and punch the ball away. We won a couple of corners but again they came to nothing. It was then Berkos turn to win their first corner in the 36th minute and Ed Canham will feel he should have done better than direct a free header straight into the arms of Jack Hopwood. We had a great chance to equalise 2 minutes later when Ryan Sturges seized on a poor clearance from keeper Carl Tasker then found himself with a good sight of goal following an exchange of passes with Kieran Turner but the keeper atoned for his error by making a great save at the expense of a corner. Tasker missed the corner but Dan Steadman and Ollie Hogg got in each others way at the far post and keeper was probably relieved that he could safely gather the ball in. With just a few minutes left to the break BJ Christie shaped up to shoot but Sam Joliffe did brilliantly to block his effort. After a disappointing half we could have no complaint about being a goal down to our hosts who had been the better side. Half Time: Berkhamsted 1 Tring Athletic 0

Adam Toone appeared after the break in place of the unwell Ollie Hogg and he slotted into his usual centre back position allowing Sam Joliffe to return to his normal midfield role. It was great to see the big man back again after he injured himself against London Tigers on 27th January, but he will be unhappy about his wayward header which allowed BJ Christie a run on goal and finally resulted in him pushing the Berko forward over for a penalty and getting a yellow card for his troubles. To quote Tony Pullis " I've seen old women on the high street take more of a knock than that and stay on their feet" and the Berko forward did go over rather easily for a big guy, but if the boot had been on the other foot we would have expected a penalty. Josh Chamberlain, who was making his 200 appearance, confidently dispatched the penalty to cement his place as Berko's leading scorer with 24 goals and give his side a huge 2 goal advantage after 49 minutes. Score 2-0. We were not performing to our usual standard and were facing a big uphill challenge to get back 2 goals and recognising this we brought on Ryan McMahon and Stewart King in the 58th minute for Ryan Sturges and Rob Tomlin and the impact was immediate as within a minute we pulled a goal back. It was created by a precisely taken free kick from Kieran Turner and Stewart King was on the end of it to head it past Carl Tasker to get us right back into a game that appeared to be drifting away from us. Score 2-1. With Ryan McMahon and Sam Joliffe in the centre of midfield we were able to match our hosts physicality and the game became much more evenly balanced. Jack Hopwood made a couple of saves from Adiel Mannion and later from Josh Chamberlain and Kieran Turner struck a free kick just over. In the 70th minute Kieran Turner produced some lovely footwork and was just about to break into the opposition area when he was cynical pulled down from behind by Max Farrelly. It certainly robbed us of a potential scoring opportunity and Farrelly was booked but it was a classic case of Berko man taking one for the team. Time was running out for us when we won a free kick in a good position and the same combination came to our rescue with Kieran Turner's superb set piece being finished off by Stewart King. Kingy has endured a lot of injuries this season and this was only his 7 goal but undoubtedly it would have been one of his most enjoyable moments, grabbing an equaliser in a local derby in the 94th minute. Score 2-2. There was just enough time for us to deal with a free kick before the Referee blew the final whistle on an eventful derby match, which attracted a crowd of 183 (with a large contingent of Athletic supporters), the biggest attendance in the South Midlands League this season. Full Time: Berkhamsted 2 Tring Athletic 2 After a poor first half and going behind again so soon in the second we may have buckled under the pressure but again we showed tremendous fight and character to haul ourselves back and keep going to the very end. Also full marks to Julian and Ian for boldly making changes which in the end rewarded us with a point which we thoroughly deserved. There were only 3 other games played on Saturday so full marks to our hosts for putting the game on. The only significant change saw Dunstable go top after beating Biggleswade 2-0 but the odds still favour Kings Langley who are only 2 points behind with 5 games in hand. We remain in 6th place and Berko in 10th. After a heavy schedule of 5 games in 2 weeks which has taken its toll on the players we now have a week off to heal and rest a few weary bones before travelling to Holmer Green on Saturday. Crowd: 183

CLUB NOTICE

Please

Be considerate when parking your car;

Do not drop litter around the ground, either take it home or use the bins provided;

Do not use foul or abusive language or obscene gestures;

Do not throw any items onto the pitch;

Do not run onto the pitch or encroach the playing area;

Do not sit on, or in front of, the barrier surrounding the playing area;

Note that no alcohol - in cans, bottles or glasses - is allowed outside the

Clubhouse whilst matches are in progress.

Note that any form of racial abuse, or language used to incite or provoke

others is an arrestable offence.

Tring Athletic Football Club reserves the right to refuse admission or to eject

from the ground any person at any time.

2014 FIXTURES

FIRST TEAM RESERVES

Tues. 10th Mar AFC Dunstable-League-Home

Sat. 14th Mar Hadley-League-Away

Sat. 21st Mar Stotfold-League-Home

Sat 28th Mar Leverstock Green- League-Away

Sat 4th Apr Sun Sports-League-Away

Tues 7th Mar Hodesdon-League-Away

League Table Season 2014/2015 inc-03/03/2015

MSSML.PREMIER DIVISION P W D L GF GA GDS PTS

1 Kings Langley 28 22 2 4 87 26 +61 68 2 AFC Dunstable 31 19 7 5 68 42 +26 64 3 Harefield United 34 18 6 10 81 56 +25 60 4 Sun Sports 30 19 2 9 66 41 +25 59 5 Wembley 28 19 2 7 66 41 +25 59 6 Berkhamsted 29 17 3 9 70 46 +24 54 7 London Colney 27 16 4 7 45 20 +25 52 8 Tring Athletic 31 15 6 10 54 42 +12 51 9 Hertford Town 30 14 6 10 66 50 +16 48

10 St Margaretsbury 27 13 8 6 65 35 +30 47 11 Hadley 29 14 3 12 58 51 +7 45 12 Oxhey Jets 30 13 5 12 57 55 +2 44 13 Biggleswade United 32 13 5 14 61 60 +1 44 14 Colney Heath 32 10 8 14 58 55 +3 38 15 Cockfosters 28 9 4 15 35 59 -24 31 16 Stotfold 28 7 8 13 44 65 -21 29 17 Hoddesdon Town 30 8 5 17 38 66 -28 29 18 Leverstock Green 30 8 5 17 42 72 -30 29 19 London Tigers 25 4 8 13 39 63 -24 20 20 Ampthill Town 32 5 4 23 32 94 -62 19 21 Holmer Green 26 5 1 20 34 84 -50 16 22 Hillingdon Borough 31 2 6 23 49 92 -43 12

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10 Hampton & Richmond Boro 12 4 3 5 20 21 -1 15 11 Corinthian-Casuals 15 3 4 8 19 28 -9 13 12 Tring Athletic 14 2 3 9 14 31 -17 9

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Tring Athletic score first STATISTICS Date Opponents Competition V Att R Score 1 2 3 4

31-July Hertford Town HertsCharity Shield A ? L 2.3 M.Evans K.McManus C.Harrison D.Steadman

9-Aug London Colney League A 53 D 1.1 M.Evans O.Butler M.Green R.McMahon

12-Aug Berkhamsted League H 120 L 1.5 M.Evans O.Butler C.Salmon T.Gibbs

16-Aug Holmer Green FA Cup Ex.Prelim H 93 L 3.4 M.Evans O.Butler K.McManus M.Green

19-Aug Cockfosters League A 48 L 0.1 M.Evans O.Butler P.Jeffrey K.McManus

23-Aug Hadley League H 74 W 3.1 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey O.Butler

26-Aug Hoddesdon League H 75 W 6.1 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey T.Gibbs

30th Aug Ampthill Town League A 35 W 2.O M.Evans O.Butler K.McManus C.Salmon

6th-Sep Leverstock Green League H 113 W 2.O M.Evans M.Green K.McManus C.Salmon

9th Sep Hillingdon Boro League A 32 W 2.O M.Evans M.Green K.McManus C.Salmon

13th Sep Harefield Utd League H 86 D 1.1 M.Evans M.Green O.Butler C.Salmon

20th Sep Oxhey Jets League H 76 D 1.1 M.Evans L.Benning O.Butler C.Salmon

23rd Sep Stony Statford Ch.Trophy A 35 W 9.O M.Evans M.Green K.McManus C.Salmon

27th Sep Colney Heath League H 71 L 0.1 M.Evans L.Benning K.McManus C.Salmon

4th Oct Woodford Utd FA Vase

H 62 W 2.1 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey C.Salmon

7th Oct Cockfosters League H 55 L 1.2 M.Evans M.Green P.Jeffrey K.McManus

11th Oct Biggleswade Utd League A 40 W 2.1 M.Evans M.Green P.Jeffrey S.Joliffe

18th Oct Hertford Town League H 76 L 2.4 M.Evans M.Green P.Jeffrey K.McManus

25th Oct Kings Langley League H 103 L 0-3 M.Evans M.Green K.McManus S.Joliffe

28th Oct Holmer Green Prem.Div. Cup A L 4.4 M.Evans C.Cutler K.McManus C.Salmon

1 st Nov Enfield 1893 FA Vase A 50 W 0-4 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey C.Salmon

15th Nov St. Margaretsbury League A 31 L 1.4 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey M.Green

22nd Nov Ampthill Town FA Vase A 80 W 4.1 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey C.Salmon

25nd Nov Bushey Sports St.Mary's Cup H 20 W 5.2 M.Evans M.Green K.McManus D.Stedman

29th Nov Wembley League A 50 W 0-2 J.Hopwood K.McManus P.Jeffrey D.Stedman

2nd Nov Hadley Herts Sen. Cup H 53 L 0.2 J.Hopwood K.McManus P.Jeffrey A.Toone

6th Dec Norwich Utd FA Vase H 173 L 0-1 J.Hopwood K.McManus P.Jeffrey D.Stedman

9th Dec Stotfold League H 35 W 1-.0 J.Hopwood K.McManus S.Steadman C.Salmon

13th Dec Ampthill Town League H 53 W 2.1 J.Hopwood O.Butler S.Steadman A.Toone

16th Dec St. Margaretsbury Ch.Trophy A 26 L 0-2 J.Hopwood O.Butler S.Steadman

A.Toone

20th Dec Kings Langley League A 54 W 3.1 J.Hopwood O.Butler S.Steadman

K.McManus

27th Dec Sun Sports League H 110 L 0-1 J.Hopwood O.Butler K.McManus C.Salmon

10th Jan Colney Heath League A 61 L 0-1 J.Hopwood K.McManus S.Steadman C.Salmon

13th Jan Hillingdon Boro League H 85 W 4-O J.Hopwood K.McManus S.Steadman C.Salmon

17th Jan Holmer Green League H 54 W 3-O J.Hopwood R.Sturgess K.McManus C.Salmon

20th JAN Biggleswade Utd League H 90 W 1-O J.Hopwood R.Sturgess S.Steadman K.McManus

24 Jan

London Tigers League A 23 W 3.2

1-2 J.Hopwood A.Toone K.McManus D.Stedman

27 Jan

Harefield Utd League A 45 L 1.2 J.Hopwood R.Sturgess S.Steadman C.Salmon

31st Jan Hertford Town League A 41 D 2.2 J.Hopwood R.Sturgess O.Hogg K.McManus

7th Feb London Tiger League H 83 W 4.1 J.Hopwood R.Sturgess S.Steadman K.McManus

14th F AFC Dunstable League A 95 D 1.1 J.Hopwood R.Sturgess S.Steadman S.Joliffe

21st Feb Berkhamsted League A 183 D 2.2 J.Hopwood R.Sturgess S.Steadman S.Joliffe

7th Mar London Colney League H

10th Mar AFC Dunstable League H

14th Mar Hadley League A

21st Mar Stotfold League H

28th Mar Leverstock Green League A

4th Apr Sun Sports League A

7th Apr Hoddesdon Town League A

11thApr Wembley League H

18th Apr Oxhey Jets League A

25th Apr St Margaretsbury League H

28th Apr Holmer Green League A

SEASON 2014/2015 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 subs 5 6

M.Green C.Salmon R.Sturges L.Dunstan S.King C.Vardy S.Bailey-Aird R.McMahon V.Iannone S.Jollife

C.Salmon R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird G.Deer V.Iannone C.Vardy S.King T.Gibbs S.Steadman T.Colllins

M.Green R.McMahon R.Sturges G.Deer S.King C.Vardy T.Colllins V.Iannone S.Bailey-Aird

A.Toone C.Salmon T.Gibbs G.Deer V.Iannone- C.Vardy T.Colllins-[2] S.King L.Benning

A.Toone L.Benning C.Vardy T.Gibbs V.Iannone- G.Deer T.Colllins S.King R.Sturgess R.McMahan

A.Toone C.Salmon C.Vardy T.Gibbs S.King G.Deer T.Colllins R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird R.McMahon

A.Toone C.Salmon T.Colllins G.Deer S.King C.Vardy R.Sturges S.Bailey-Aird A.Toone T.Gibbs C.Vardey R.Sturges S.King G.Deer T.Colllins R.McMahon S.Bailey-Aird L.Benning

A.Toone T.Gibbs R.Sturges G.Deer S.King C.Vardy S.Bailey-Aird T.Colllins O.Butler A.Toone T.Gibbs R.Sturges G.Deer T.Colllins C.Vardy S.Bailey-Aird S.King R.McMahon A.Toone R.McMahon R.Sturges G.Deer T.Colllins S.King S.Bailey-Aird L.Benning K.Turner P.Jeffrey

A.Toone R.McMahon R.Sturges K.Turner C.Vardy T.Colllins P.Jeffrey S.King M.Green O.Butler

A.Toone S.Jollife S.Bailey-Aird G.Deer T.Colllins C.Vardey O.Butler K.Turner T.Gibbs P.Jeffrey

A.Toone S.Jollife K.Turner G.Deer O.Butler T.Colllins S.Bailey-Aird T.Gibbs P.Jeffrey A.Toone T.Gibbs K.Turner G.Deer T.Colllins C.Vardy R.Sturgess M.Green O.Butler S.Bailey-Aird

A.Toone T.Gibbs R.Sturges G.Deer O.Butler R.McMahon L.Dunstan L.Dunstan S.Jollife T.Colllins

A.Toone T.Gibbs R.Sturges G.Deer O.Butler C.Vardy L.Dunstan T.Colllins K.Turner S.Bailey-Aird

A.Toone T.Gibbs G.Deer S.Jollife T.Colllins O.Butler R.Sturges K.Turner C.Cutler S.Bailey-Aird

A.Toone R.McMahon R.Sturges G.Deer O.Butler K.Turner L.Dunstan T.Gibbs T.Colllins S.Bailey-Aird

S.Jollife T.Gibbs R.Sturges G.Deer S.King T.Colllins P.Jeffrey K.Turner O.Butler C.Vardey

A.Toone S.Jollife R.Sturges T.Gibbs O.Butler G.Deer C.Vardy S.King T.Colllins K.Turner

A.Toone T.Gibbs O.Hogg G.Deer C.Vardey S.Jollife K.Turner T.Colllins R.Sturgess S.Bailey-Aird

A.Toone D.Stedman S.Jollife G.Deer O.Butler T.Gibbs C.Vardy T.Colllins K.Turner R.McMahan

C.Salmon R.McMahon G.Deer R.Sturges C.Vardey K.Turner T.Colllins T.Gibbs P.Jeffrey V.Iannone

C.Salmon A.Toone S.Jollife T.Gibbs C.Vardy T.Colllins R.Sturges V.Iannone K.Turner

C.Salmon R.McMahon G.Deer R.Sturges O.Butler K.Turner T.Colllins D.Stedman C.Vardey S.Jollife

A.Toone C.Salmon T.Gibbs S.Jollife C.Vardy T.Colllins R.Sturgess O.Butler G.Deer

A.Toone S.Jollife O.Butler L.Dunstan C.Vardy K.Turner R.McMahan R.Sturges G.Deer T.Colllins

K.McManus S.Jollife R.Sturges R.McMahon T.Colllins K.Turner L.Dunstan C.Vardy O.Hogg

C.Salmon R.Sturges R.McMahon R.McMahon G.Deer T.Colllins K.Turner S.Bailey-Aird V.Iannone C.Vardy

D.Stedman R.McMahon G.Deer O.Hogg V.Iannone C.Vardy L.Dunstan R.Sturges T.Colllins K.Turner

L.Dunstan O.Hogg R.McMahon G.Deer V.Iannone C.Vardy S.Steadman T.Collins S.Joliffe R.Tomlin

D.Stedman O.Hogg C.Vardy S.Joliffe T.Colllins O.Butler R.Tomlin G.Deer K.Turner L.Dunstan

D.Stedman A.Toone K.Turner V.Iannone S.Joliffe T.Colllins R.Tomlin L.Dunstan S,King O.Hogg

D.Stedman A.Toone K.Turner V.Iannone S.Joliffe O.Hogg C.Vardy S,King T.Colllins R.Tomlin

C.Salmon A.Toone R.Tomlin S.Joliffe T.Colllins K.Turner O.Hogg D.Stedman S.King L.Dunstan

C.Salmon S.Joliffe R.Sturges R.Tomlin C.Vardy V.Iannone L.Dunstan K.Turner S.King O.Hogg

K.McManus S.Joliffe D.Stedman R.Tomlin V.Iannone L.Dunstan C.Vardy O.Butler T.Colllins K.Turner

O.Butler D.Stedman L.Dunstan S.Joliffe C.Vardy K.Turner T.Colllins R.McMahon V.Iannone R.Tomlin

D.Stedman S.Joliffe R.Tomlin R.McMahon C.Vardy K.Turner T.Colllins S.King L.Dunstan O.Hogg

D.Stedman K.McManus O.Hogg R.Tomlin C.Vardy V.Iannone L.Dunstan K.Turner T.Colllins R.McMahon

D.Stedman K.McManus T.Colllins O.Hogg C.Vardy K.Turner R.Tomlin A.Toone R.McMahon S.King

Fixtures subject to changes-Please use website

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Tring Athletic First Team Appearances. Season 2014/2015

Player 1ST Team

Total Total as

Sub

Club

Total

Total

Goals

1st Team As Sub Goals

Taylor Collins 64 18 65 21 40 14 15

Ryan Sturges 79 17 84 5 35 5 4

Greg Deer 41 3 42 8 29 3 4

Kevin McManus 37 0 39 0 37 0 0

Adam Toone 52 2 56 2 30 0 1

Chris Vardy 79 4 80 36 35 4 24

Ollie Butler 63 19 120 5 29 6 3

Matt Evans 24 0 28 0 24 0 0

Trevor Gibbs 389 ? 396 45 23 5 5

Chris Salmon 353 24 368 31 30 0 2

Paul Jeffreys 114 199 4 20 4 0

Kieron Turner 30 14 31 12 30 14 12

Ryan McMahon 24 9 30 0 24 9 0

Sonney Bailey-Aird 17 10 22 1 17 10 1

Sam Joliffe 130 23 147 3 26 4 2

Michael Green 44 3 52 2 16 2 0

Stewart King 84 ? 91 33 20 11 7

Vinnie Iannone 229 64 239 78 16 6 3

Jack Hopwood 18 0 23 0 18 0 0

Luke Dunstan 16 4 25 2 16 4 2

Dan Steadman 38 5 106 0 17 2 0

Lee Benning 43 10 44 1 6 3 0

Stuart Stedman N/K N/K 513 3 13 1 1

Ollie Hogg 14 4 14 0 14 4 0

Chris Cutler 2 1 3 0 2 1 0

Carl Harrison 2 1 20 0 2 1 0

David Salmon 139 14 180 4 0 0 0

Rob Tomlin 11 3 13 0 11 3 0

TAFC Ged Keough Annual Golf Day - Friday 3rd July 2015 (posted Wed 11th Mar 2015)

27 hole competition including 9 hole Texas Scramble in the morning

on the Rothschild Championship course followed by the main 18

hole competition, with nearest the pin and longest drive, competition

in the afternoon on the Rosebery Championship course. Coffee on

arrival, lunch and 2 course evening meal with prize giving.

This will also be one of the qualifiers for the TAFC Golf Society but

the day is open to players of all abilities whether members or non

members of the Club.

Registration and coffee from 8am, first tee time 9:04am, lunch

11:30am followed by afternoon competition with a 1st tee time of

12:32pm and post competition meal at 6:30pm.

Email the Club to book your place or add name to the noticeboard

listing. EM: tringathleticfc@hotmail.com

New Date for QUIZ NIGHT (posted Tue 10th Mar 2015)

It has been necessary to move our General Knowledge Quiz Night by

one week to Saturday 25th April - please see "Forthcoming Events"

for further details.

100 Club Winners - February 2015 (posted Mon 2nd Mar 2015)

The monthly draw took place on Saturday after the Reserve team match and the

winners for the month of February were: 7th February: Clive Goodall £10; 14th

February: Diane Griffiths £10; 21st February: Bob Winter £10; 28th February:

Andy Playle £100 and Liam Ahern £30. Winnings can be collected from the

Club bar on match days.

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with some exciting developments in identifying possible line-ups for a future

event, has led to a re-think on our part.

So we're delighted to announce that Chilfest WILL be returning on Saturday 10

July 2015.

Staging Chilfest has always been about doing good for the local community and

we're also delighted to announce that we have once again chosen Rennie Grove

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years we have donated £20,000 to the charity to help them deliver hospice at

home care and support for people in our local community with cancer and life-

limiting illness.

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AFC Dunstable 1-1 TAFC First team TAFC goals: Christopher Vardy

VARDY MAGIC EARNS A DRAW The boys did us proud with this hard working, tenacious draw against a big, powerful Dunstable side that

were on a magnificent 16 game unbeaten run in the League. We don't have a great record against

Dunstable, just 1 win from 9 games, but we showed great character and team spirit against a team with

the incentive of going to the top of the table had they collected all 3 points.

But the stand out moment from the game was a piece of class finishing from Chris Vardy who evidently

came through the ranks at Dunstable before joining us. In the 35th minute he picked up a fine pass from

Ollie Hogg then danced his way past the keeper and a couple of defenders before slotting the ball into the

net. One of our supporters summed it up nicely by saying that he was forced to score because he ran out of

defenders to beat!

This was a tough fixture because we knew our hosts would go all out to keep the pressure on league

leaders Kings Langley and they started strongly and we had to dig in and concentrate on keeping things

tight at the back. It took 20 minutes before we had our first shot at goal, an effort from Luke Dunstan that

went well wide, but it was the start of a better period for us as we started to grow in confidence.

Chris Vardy went over in the area and there was a shout from our players for a penalty which the Referee

turned down. Soon afterwards Ollie Hogg sent Chris Vardy away down the left with a terrific pass. Our

leading marksman beat the defender for pace and then picked out Ryan Sturges at the far post with an

accurate cross, but Ryan's shot was cleared off the line.

We were looking dangerous going forward and Ryan Sturges and Chris Vardy smashed presentable

chances high over the bar. Finally our good play was rewarded in the 35th minute with the goal from

Vardy, his 24th of the season. Score 0-1.

Dunstable have some big players and we were missing our 2 main centre backs, Chris Salmon and Adam

Toone, so set pieces were a constant source of danger. Soon after we took the lead the home players

thought they had equalised from a corner but Jack Hopwood managed to scoop the ball away under severe

pressure. The Linesman, who was right in line, said the ball had not crossed the line and this was echoed

by a home substitute. Another corner did hit the net, but fortunately for us the ball landed behind the goal.

We had one more scare in the 43rd minute when Chris Francis was played into our area, but under great

pressure from Dan Steadman he stabbed the ball just past the far post.

It was a great half from the lads and they deserved their hard earned lead.

Half Time: AFC Dunstable 0 Tring Athletic 1

The home side made a change during the break brining on Enzo Silvestri for Fabio Bufano and they made

the running from the restart as we started slowly. Just 7 minutes into the half we conceded the equaliser

following a couple of errors. We gave the ball away cheaply near the half way line then a home players

scuffed his pass but it managed to be played through to James Warne who didn't waste the opportunity.

Score 1-1.

For our supporters they must have sensed a moment of déjà vu as in recent games against Harefield and

Hertford we have worked hard to take the lead only to lose the initiative in the second period, but that was

not going to be the case here.

Dunstable were clearly perked up by the goal and could sense a place at the top of the table was within

their grasp but we responded superbly to keep our opponents at bay. We had some anxious moment

especially from set pieces and Jack Hopwood had to get down sharply to save a deflected cross at the near

post. But the back 3 of Kevin McManus, Dan Steadman and stand in skipper Sam Joliffe stuck to their task

diligently.

We might have claimed a winner with about 15 minutes to go when Rob Tomlin's precise shot looked

destined for the far corner of the net until Ricky Perks made a great save to tip the ball around the post.

From the corner there was a made scramble in the Dunstable goal mouth but we just couldn't get a foot to

the ball and it was eventually hacked clear.

Dunstable kept pressing and brought on a giant forward Leon Simpson but we were in no mood to concede

any last minute goals and the game ended all square which was a fair result.

Full Time: AFC Dunstable 1 Tring Athletic 1

A terrific performance from the players and it was great to see Colin Philips and Chris Juraszek present at

the game as along with Youth Team Managers Nick Seaton and Matt Hayward they have played major

roles in bringing on youngsters through the teams and into the First Team squad. They would have taken a

lot of satisfaction at seeing so many youngsters doing so well against a top team.

Next up is another tough fixture with a short trip to Berkhamsted on Saturday, which is always a lively

affair.

Teams:

TA: 1 Jack Hopwood 2 Ryan Sturges 3 Stuart Stedman (15 Ryan McMahon 78) 4 Sam Joliffe 5 Dan

Steadman 6 Kevin McManus 7 Ollie Hogg 8 Rob Tomlin (17 Kieran Turner 78) 9 Chris Vardy 10 Vinnie

Iannone (16 Taylor Collins 66) 11 Luke Dunstan. Subs not used: 12 Stewart King 14 James Butler.

AFCD: 1Ricky Perks 2 Wayne Mills (Capt) 3 Newman Carney 4 Grant Fryer 5 Leon Cashman 6 Jamie

Warne 7 Jon Cooper (Marcus Campbell 88) 8 Fabio Bufano (14 Enzo Silvestri HT) 9 Jermaine Hall 10

James Bishop 11 Chris Francis (12 Leon Simpson 78). Subs not used. 15 George Biggadike, 17 Louis

Porcelli (G/K).

Scorers:

AFCD: James Warne (52)

TA: Chris Vardy (35)

Crowd: 95

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Team Date Sponsor

First Team - League Games

AFC Dunstable 3rd Jan Timothy Solk

Amptill Town 13th Dec

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Berkhamsted 12th Aug

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Biggleswade United 24th Jan John Hollylee

Cockfosters 7th Oct Ralph Griffiths

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Hillingdon Borough 17th Jan Pete Oakley

Hoddesdon Town 26th Aug

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Kings Langley 25th Oct Cambridge Motors, H Hempstead

London Colney 7th Mar Ralph Griffiths

London Tigers 14th Feb

John & Brian

Leverstock Green 6th Sep Cambridge Motors, H Hempstead

Oxhey Jets 20th Sep

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St Margaretsbury 25th Apr Timothy Solk

Stotfold FC- 21st Mar Dick Lovelace

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FA Cup-Holmer Green 16th Aug Watford Printers FA Vase-Woodford Utd 4th Oct Mick Eldridge FA Vase-Norwich Utd 6th Dec Mick Eldridge

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Kings Langley-

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Leverstock Green-

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London Colney-

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London Tigers-

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Wembley-

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Tue 3rd Mar 2015

Challenge Shield

Northwood 2-1 TAFC Reserve team

The reserves went down 2-1 at Northwood in the Suburban Challenge

Shield. Tring started strongly with Kieran Turner shooting just wide on

8 minutes and Alex Groom narrowly cleared the bar with a 30 yarder

and the keeper beaten. Again Turner went close from just outside the

box and Groom had a shot saved. Northwood took the lead after 36

minutes against the run of play and it remained that way until the

break.

Again Tring started brightly with Ollie Butler having a shot saved

within a minute of the restart. Northwood extended their lead following

a scramble in the 6 yard box before Tring pulled one back.

On the hour mark we were awarded a penalty following a handball and

Alex Groom's kick found the corner of the net.

Northwood also won a penalty on 72 minutes after a Dave Salmon foul

but the resulting kick smacked against the bar and was cleared.

Final score Northwood 2-1 TAFC

Sat 31st Jan 2015

League

Balmoral Grove 2-3 TAFC B team TAFC goals: Phillip Monaghan (2), Matthew Barnett

A fantastic win for the B team at the league leaders thanks to a Phil

Monaghan brace and Matt Barnett's 9th of the season

TRING ATHLETIC (Red & Black)

Jack Hopwood

Ryan Sturges

Stewart Stedman

Dan Steadman

Kevin McManus

Adam Toone

Chris Salmon

Sam Joliffe

Taylor Collins

Chris Vardy

Luke Dunstan

Rob Tomlin

Vinnie Iannone

Kieron Turner

Ryan McMahon

Ollie Butler

V

LONDON COLNEY

(Royal Blue)

Louis Porcelli (GK)

Ricky Perks (GK)

Wayne Mills (C)

Leon Cashman

Damian Pickering

George Biggadike

Jonathon Cooper

Taishan Griffith

James Bishop

Lee Stobbs

Newman Carney

Lorrell Smith

Moses Olaleye

Jimmy Hartley

Lorenzo Silvestri

Marcus Campbell

Jamal Harvey

Leon Simpson

Chris Francis

Louis Austin

Jermaine Hall

Julian Robinson

Ian Richardson

Trevor Langley

Manager

Ass. Manager

Coach

Physio

Ryan Thompson

Dan Norris

Tony Kavanagh

Dan Foster/Rosie Cannon

Referee -N.Neophytou

Assistants-M.Taylor & A.McCree

Match Sponsored by-Ralph Griffiths